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Your Religion Is
What You Make It
VOLUME TWENTY-SIX
Thanksgiving Holidays Begin Wednesday
Staging Of" Best Foot
Foward " Set For Dec. 2
The West Georgia Drama Club will present “Best
Foot Forward” on Dec. 2 in the College Auditorium at 8
p. m. The admission will be 50c for students and 75c for
adults.
The play is a light-hearted
comedy by John Cecil Holm. It
was originally presented at the
Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New
York starring June Allyson.
The production is a master
piece of mistakes and confusion.
Bud Hopper played by Terry
Kay, is a student at a small col
lege called Winsocki. Because one
of his friends invited Miss Dela
ware Water Gap of 1956 to come
to the senior prom, he invites
Gail Joy, a famous movie star
portrayed by Shirley Daniels, to
come to the prom.
Bud, who thinks Joy
wouldn’t come, also invites Helen
Schlessinger (Marihope Shirley)
to the prom.
But Miss Joy does sho\| up and
so does Helen.
To add to the confusion the
boys Bud Dutch (Jim Thomas),
and Hunk Hoit (Mac Callaham)
have to give up their room at
Winsocki. One of the highlights
of the play is the friction be
tween the girls and Miss Joy. In
one scene, they become so jeal
ous they rip the clothes off Miss
Joy.
The other students in the play
are A1 Uphold, Harry Brown,
Jack Blanton, Fred Mashburn,
Bill Mills, Harold McWhorter,
Carson Pritchard
Visits Conference
J. Carson Pritchard, director
of Adult Education at West
Georgia College, attended the
Adult Education Association
Conference that was held at the
Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, Mis
souri, November 11-13, 1956 Mr.
Pritchard is a member of the
Delegate Assembly from Geor
gia-
The theme of the National
conference was how adult edu
cation programs can improve
community living.
Fifteen hundred educators,
volunteer and professional, con
vened at the conference which
featured worshops and discus
sions on goals and methods of
teaching geared to the needs of
adults, as well as areas of social
concern.
The conference spotlighted
outstanding programs that have
been brought about through co
operative citizens activity. A
panel of nationally known so
cial scientists and community
planners discussed theoretical
and practical problems concern
ed with citizen action to improve
local comunities.
The conference was preceded
by the annual meeting of the
National Association of Public
School Adult Education, which
explored the contribution the
public school adult educator
makes toward community im
provement.
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Actors AWJpjjpld, Marihope Shirey,
Terry Kaye, SJflrley Daniel, Mac Call
The West Georgian
Linda Butler, Marlene Green, Ed
nalin Hains, and Nan Hammond.
Mr. George Moorman, Director
qf Dramatics, will direct the play.
Wayne King will act as the as
sistant director and the stage
manager.
The cheerleaders, band, and
choir wilk also participate in the
production.
WGC Choir Plans
For Promising Year
The West Georgia Choir, un
der the direction of Mr. R. E.
Howell, is looking toward a pro
mising year of many successful
events for 1955-56, Yvonne Red
ding, newly elected president,
announced recently.
The choir has been working
on its annual Christmas Pro
gram and many beautiful songs
have been learned. A good many
spirituals will be sung and a
mong them will be, “Go Tell It
On The Mountain.”
At the beginning of the year
officers were elected: Yvonne
Redding, president; Doug Gro
oves, vice-president; Marilyn
Bledsoe, secretary and treasur
er; and Ruth Smith, reporter.
On November 8, 1955 the choir
made its first formal appearance
before the student assembly. It
assisted the Future Teachers of
America in the National Educa
tion Week Program.
On October 28, the choir mem
bers and their dates enjoyed a
hayride out to the Flying S Ran
ch in Villa Rica. They were serv
ed a delicious hamburger supper
and afterwards enjoyed dancing.
Members of the choir are:
Jayne Allen, Bob Auchmuty,
Charles Allgood, Nellie Beavers,
Marilyn Bledsoe, Janice Bram
blett, Bobbie Jean Brook, Quan
na Caldwell, Ann Cheney, Jea
nelle Coates, Freida Collins,
Sam Cook, Betty DeLoach, Ja
net Denny, Janice Denny, Edna
Dicky, Bobby Ergle, Donna Ech
ols Johnny Edwards.
Gail Ellis, Bobby Foster, Lar
ry Gable, Patsy Gamer, Doug
Grooves, Jane Hammock, Nan
'Hammond, Mary Jane Harts
field, Sara Holcombe, Marian
Hopkins, Martha Ann Hubbard,
Vera Jackson, Sandra Jones,
Wynell Jones, Bob Kennenton,
Ann Kinsler, Denise Lackey,
Annette Land, Elliotte Leathers,
Janis MacKool, Anne Mahoney,
Harold McWhorter, Gary Miller,
Bill Mills, Pat Nunnelly, Joseph
ine Pace, Myra Pangle, Jeanet
te Penn, Bill Perry, Judy Pharr,
Shirley Popham, Yvonne Red
ding, Una Robinson and Selwyn
Sewell.
ahan, Ednalyn Haynes, and Jim Thom
as prepart for Dec. 2 opening of play.
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'VRA installation held as officers pre- pare for Religious Emphasis Week.
Ad Building
Undergoes Major
Improvements
One of the first improvements
on our Building Program is the
offices in the Administra
tion Building. Some of the rooms
that were used last year for
classes have now been convert
ed into the new offices. The
other offices have been remodel
ed.
The office of the Dean and
Registrar have been remodeled
and new drapes bought.
Th business office was moved
to the other side of the building.
It is much larger than before.
The cashier window has been
opened into the hall to serve the
students.
The President’s office has been
moved across the hall. It has
been remodeled with panel walls
and new furniture. Anew car
pet has been bought for the of
fice.
The faculty offices have been
opened where the President and
Comptroller offices were. Miss
Crider, Mr. Moorman, Mr. Lewis,
Mr. Jones and Mr. Burroughs
have their offices here.
Reisman Trio
Entertains Campus
West Georgia College was hon
ored with the presence of the
Reisman Trio on November 10.
They presented the first of
a series of three concerts held in
the college auditorium.
A large crowd was present in
cluding both the college students
and townspeople.
The Reisman sisters formed a
trio gracefully rendering the
main selection by Tschaikovsky.
The violinist played the haunt
ing “Le Plus que Lente” by De
bussy. The cellist gave the ever
popular “Swan” by Saint Saens.
The pianist played Rachmani
noff’s “Prelude”.
The evening was very much en
joyed by all.
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1955
Campus Honored By Foreign Visitors
The students and faculty of
West Georgia College have been
honored with the presence of sev
eral foreign visitors during the
past month.
Mrs. Julide Hizilar, from
Edirne, Turkey, who is a high
school teacher of English, spent
fifteen days on our campus. She
resided in Melson Hall during
her stay here and had as her offi
cial hostess, Miss Katie Downs.
Mrs. Hizilar was invited to
America by the-Turkish-Ameri
can Cultural Association because
of her active participation in this
club and her excellent work in
teaching. She began her U. S*
tdUr in the early part of Juflg'Sfflf*
arrived at West Georgia on Octo
ber 26.
Her husband, Nedim Hizilar, is
a coach of football, basketball,
and other sports, and also teaches
mathematics in their local high
school. They have a four year old
son named Yavuseuz..
While here, Mrs. Hizilar visited
several of the classrooms where
she obtained ideas to carry back
to her school in Turkey. She is
very interested in English and
feels that the opportunities she
saw during her stay here will be
CAMPUS SCENES
SEEN . . . Lots of old familiar faces Homecoming week
end. Wasn’t it good to see last year’s sophs.?
★★★★★ ★ ★ * - *
BEHIND THE SCENES: Lots of hard work to make
Homecoming a success.
*★★**★*★★
Sue Stallings has one of the classiest raincoats on campus.
★ **★***★*■
Beße, have you lost something in someone’s ear?
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Reggie, put a nickel in the water fountain, then stepped on
the lever! Did she get a Coke? These rings can do strange
things.
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John Makool bides his time between Melson and the post
office. Which one offers more fascination, Johnt
★ ★*★★****
They keep Jessie “posted on how many days till the “W”
day in the dining hall every night.
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OVERHEARD: “He gave me aD in the course.” Reply
“I made an A in the course.”
★ ★★★★★***
Don Bonner was seen trying to place his being in the
trunk of a car. They wouldn’t let him in?
★ *★★★★*★★
Jane Dowdy is usually seen haunting the post office.
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Reggie and Diane got a nice shower. Not too many show
ers have been given this quarter. Maybe the cold weather
has turned the young man’s fancy away from love.
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It’d be good for more people to be on the campus scenes on
the week end.
★*★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★
SEEN . . . Gals on the tennis court in sub-zero weather in
big heavy coats. Miss “Mac” have a heart, you don’tTive
in an igloo!
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Five of our fme, upstanding WGC students chasing little
pigs after dark.
★ ★★★★****
Maxine Steed can’t ever hurry. She got all energetic and
fell right over the bob-wire!
of great value in developing in
ternational understanding.
She attracted a large audience,
of both students and faculty,
when she spoke' at one of the
Wednesday evening vesper serv
ices. The topic of her discussion
was the habits and customs of
the people in Turkey and how
they differ with those in Amer
ica.
Mrs. Hizilar left for Emory
University on November 9, where
she will stay for a few days ob
serving their ways and methods
of teaching. From there shp will
go to Greenville, South Carolina
T). C.,
ation sessions before leaving for
her home in Turkey.
Another visitor to our campus
was Miss Hermine Toors, from
the Netherlands. She is a student
at the University of Georgia. Miss
Toors spent Friday, November
18th, at West Georgia in the dif
ferent classrooms talking with
the students and faculty. Her pri
mary interest is in the field of
student-teacher relationships, the
elementary education program in
our country, and also the adult
education program.
Basketball
Practice To Begin
November 14
The West Georgia Braves bas
ketball tearrt will get practice
underway on November 14, 1955.
The team has a rough schedule
for the 1955-56 season. The boys
who will be leading the team are
returning lettermen, Donald
Sticher of Bowdon, Richard Ford
from Stone Mountain; Ronnie
Griffith from Rossville; and
“Frog” Fowler of Dalton. “Frog”
will enter school in the winter
quarter and join the team for
the Southern Union game.
The freshmen who are com
ing out for the squad will be
numerous. Since there are many
vacancies to be filled the fresh
men out for the squad AVill be
working hard to gain a position
on the team.
The schedule for the season to
come is going to be a hard road
to travel for the “Braves”, but
they are looking for a very suc
cessful season under the leader
ship of Coach, “Bill” Emerson.
Debate Club Makes
Trip To University
Of Alabama
The Debate Club of this year,
under the leadership of Mr. Bor
oughs, made a trip over to the
University of Alabama several
weeks ago. The purpose of this
trip was to discuss the debate
topic of this year. The topic is
Should lhe Non-Agricu4tuml In
dustries of the United States
Guarantee their Employers an
Annual Wage. At this tenth An
nual Alabama Discussion Confer
ence there were five rounds of
panel discussion of the subject.
The West Georgia Debate team
was one of the 25 colleges and
university represented. West
Georgia and Wood Junior Col
lege of Mississippi were the only
Junior Colleges present.
The trip was made by Mr. Bor
oughs and seven ot the College
Students. They include: Marlene
Green, Glenda O’dell, Hytt Smith,
James Hart, Roger Miles, John
Wasdin, Harold McWhorter and
Mr. Boroughs. Mr. Boroughs, af
ter returning to the campus, stat
ed that the conference was “An
inspiring discussion and highly
educational”. He says that he has
big plans for this years’ Debate
Club.
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Introducing the WGC Band and Majorettes.
Dr. Waights Henry
Leads Religious Week
By: ANN KINSLER
Religious Emphasis Week is being held this year,
November 20 through 23, Hazel Langley, president of
VRA, announced today.
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R. A. Building
Renamed For
Mrs. I. S. Ingram
West Georgia College has been
notified that the Arts Building
formerly known as the Rural
Arts, has been named the MAR
THA MUNRO BUILDING. The
name had been suggested by Mr.
Robert L. Reid, of the A and M
Alumni; Mr. Lewis Adams, of
the West Georgia College Alum
ni; and Miss Katie Downs, Ch
airman of the West Georgia Col
lege Memorial Committee.
The late Martha Munro was
the wife of President Irvine S.
Ingram. As Miss Munro, she
came to the A and M School at
the age of twenty-three to be
the English and dramatics tea
cher under the late Professor J.
H. Melson, Principal of the for
mer Fourth District A and M
School. Dr. Ingram succeeded
Professor Melson in 1920, where
he met Miss Munro and they
were married in 1921.
On two occasions Mrs. Ingram
acted as principal of the school
in the absence of her husband,
who was away for study. She
spent her adult life here on the
campus and devoted herself to
the interest of the institution.
Many organizations have me
morialized her memory. The
classes of 1955 and 1956 placed
a simple bronze plaque in the
Science Building. Trees and
plants have been erected to her
memory, as she was a gardener
of some interest and note. A
bronze plaque will commemo
rate the naming of the building
by the Regents of the University
System of Georgia and at a pro
per time fitting exercises will
be held concerning this action,
according to Miss Katie Downs,
Chairman of the West Ga. Col
lege Memorial Committee.
Enjoy That Turkey
And Pumpkin Pie
The speaker for the services
held during Religious Emphasis
Week is Dr. Waight G. Henry',
Jr., President of LaGrange Col
lege. Dr. Henry, the son of a
Methodist pastor, was born in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He holds
A.B. and D.D. degrees from Bir
mingham Southern College, and
he received a B.D. degree from
Yale University. Between the
years 1936 and 1944 he served as
a minister of the North Georgia
Conference. In 1944 he became
Executive Secretary of the Con
ference Board of Education and
he held that position until 1948,
at which time he became Presi
dent of LaGrange College.
Dr. and Mrs. ifenry have three
children, two boys and a girl. Be
sides the occupations previously
mentioned, he has distinguished
himself as a writer by his con
tributions to church publications
and his articles in the Columbus
newspaper.
Last night the students had
supper and afterwards attended
the opening vespers. Because Dr.
and Mrs. Henry could not arrive
until Monday, the Sunday night
service was led by The Reverend
J. Carson Pritchard.
The assembly today and to
morrow will be held at 9:50 a.m.,
and vespers will be held at 6:30
p.m. Tuesday evening all dormi
tory and. day. students .-are to be
served a Thanksgiving Dinner in
the cafeteria, after which they
will attend the vesper services
VRA members who are assist
ing in leading these services are
as follows: Betty Fields, Selwyn
Sewell, Juanita Grantham, Jane
Ballenger, Sammy Moore, and
Jane Hammock.
In the evenings Dr. Henry will
be in the dormitories to give stu
dents an opportunity for individ
ual counseling. For those who
wish to see him during the morn
ings or afternoons, he will be in
a designated place.
At 10:45 Wednesday morning
all students will assemble for the
special Thanksgiving message tc
be delivered by Dr. Henry. This
service will close the 1955 Reli
gious Emphasis Week.
"Julius Caesar"
Scheduled For
December 9
The Barter Theatre will pre
sent Julius Ceasar here Decem
ber 9 in the auditorium.
The play cast will need six ex
tra male members. These men
will be chosen by Mr. Moorman
from the student body.
The Alpha Thata will be host
to the play cast at an informal
coffee hour preceding the show.
The Barter Theatre players
are from Abington, Virginia.
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