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SUMMER STUjDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIA
TION MEMBERS recently elected are, left to right,
representative of day students and uptown dormitories
Lexie McDonald, secretary-treasurer, Robert Woodham
and president Sadie Payton.
INSTITUTE ON COMMUNISM
FIRST OF KIND AT WCC
Anew idea in this state’s education is being presented
at West Georgia this summer. The addition of the Col
lege’s Institute on Communism is the first program of
its type ever to be offered at this school. The new pro
gram is the result of a directive by the General As
sembly calling upon all of Georgia’s schools to begin
teaching the fundamentals of democracy vs. Commu
nism.
This directive was necessi
tated due to the lack of know
ledge on the part of the public
concerning this most vita! sub
ject. Formerly, the teaching of
Communism was frowned upon
in this and other states, but pub
lic leaders have become aware of
the growing need for the Amer
ican people to be fully acquaint
ed with and understand this
treat to their security.
The magaine Time, in its is
sue of July 6, 1962, says: “Five
years ago, a high school teacher
who taught his class about Com
munism often had to fear assort
ed legal and social penalties; un
der Georgia law, for example, he
might have been accused of
breaking his oath to refrain
from ‘teaching any theory of
government or economics or of
social relations which is incon
sistent with the fundamental
principals of patriotism and high
ideals of Americanism.’
Last week the same teacher
might have been at a summer
seminar learning how best to
present Communist history and
theory to his twelth-graders next
fall.”
The six-week institute is spe
cifically designed for social sci
ence teachers, but other people
not in the teaching field are
recognizing the need for such
courses.
The Institute is broken up into
four subjects, with highly com
petent faculty members for each
course. Dr. Glenn Moore, as
sociate professor of social sci
ences, is teaching the course on
Comparative Economic Systems.
Dr. Moore received his Ph. D.
SJest (torgian
in history from the University
of Alabama.
Charles Scudder, instructor of
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Student Counselor’s
Handbook is Issued
A committee of the student
counselors worked throughout
the past school year in writing
a handbook to be used by fu
ture student counselors. Accord
ing to Dr. Emory Holland, Dean
of Students, “it will be extreme
ly valuable in improving the res
idence hall program in the com
ing year.”
Students who participated in
writing the handbook were: Fred
O’Neal, Lucille Cheatwood, Bob
Refo, Elizabeth Thompson, Phyl
lis Priest, and Ronald Jackson.
Debate Classes to be Offered in
Fall as Part of Regular Curriculum
Dr. James Mathews, chairman
of the Division of Humanities,
has announced that regular clas
ses for instruction in debate will
be offered for the first time be
ginning in the fall quarter.
The new course will be titled
English 204 “Argumentation
and Debate.” Students who are
interested in this type course
may elect the course in place
of basic speech.
English 204 will meet for two
hours per week throughout the
school year and in order to re
ceive credit, a student must en
roll for the entire three quar
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Student Government First
In Summer School History
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a, in the student government offices. 3
Representatives attending the
meeting were: Jimmy George,
representing Aycock; Sadie Pay
ton and Linda Moore, Mandeville;
and Lexie McDonald, Adamson.
Ihe first order of business was
the election of officers. Sadie
Payton, a junior from Buchanan
was chosen as the first presi
dent. Lexie McDonald, a junior
was elected secretary-treas
urer. Robert Woodham has been
chosen to represent the day stu
dents and uptown dormitoreis.
The chief supporter and or
ganizer of this group has been
the Dean of Students, Dr. Emory
Holland. Dr. Holland must be
given the credit and congragula
♦ ions for the idea of present
ing the 610 members of the stu
dent body the opportunity of gov
erning themselves.
The purpose of the organization
as laid down at the first meet
ing was “to assist in promoting
student activities and to provide
a n™m'MafiHlf lcn,s in lhR
The Association called upon the
students to present their sug
gestions for the duties of the or
ganization and for activities
which the Association could spon
sor. Some of the suggestions re
ceived have been: to have the
lunch room to fix lunch boxes
for students to take to Lake
Carroll for picnics.
Dances, with at least one big
dance with a band, plus a
square dance and hobo dance.
A watermelon cutting. Movies in
the gym. A weiner roast on
Lake Carroll. A hayride. A home
made ice cream party. And a
luau at Tanner’s Beach
Several of these projects and
others have been agreed upon
and are in the planning stage
at the present. The luau at Tan
ner’s is being planned as a
big event.
The new Association worked in
cooperation with Coach Corder
to bring about the watermelon
cutting held last Wednesday
evening. The group will coope
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ters. The course will carry five
hours credit.
Much of the course will con
stitute a study of the national
intercollegiate debate topic and
consequently, the debate class
will form a nucleus for the col
lege debate team. The debate
team in the past has entered
many tournaments and traveled
to many other colleges outside of
the state.
Dr. Mathews has announced
that he will be glad to talk
with students who have been on
debate teams previously or who
are interested in entering debate
next year.
Record Numbers Are Enrolled
For ’62 Summer Quarter at WGC
West Georgia’s enrollment for the summer quarter
has reached a neW record, according to the school regis
trar, Miss Elizabeth Parker.
A total of 610 have been en
rolled, surpassing even the fall
quarter enrollments of such re
cent years as 1955, 1956, and
1957. Since all previous summers
have been broken up into two
sessions at which many students
atended only one session, no com
parison in percentage increase
can be accurately made.
The breakdown of the student
body into classes shows some
remarkable facts. For (he first
time in (he school’s five-year his
tory as a senior institution, the
senior class outnumbers the
sophomores. According to the
Registrar’s office, there are 142
mores, 237 freshmen, and 25 oth
ers.
There are 347 commuting stu
dents coming from such distant
places as Atlanta and Alabama.
A total of 58 students reside in
uptown dormitories, while 205
have been assigned to the cam
pus. This compares to only 35
dorm students for the summer
of 1957. Some other intersting
details of the enrollment figures
are that 242 students are work
ing toward a BS degree in ed
ucation, 130 are working toward
AB degrees, 209 are working to
ward two year programs, and
29 are special students.
Studycades Are
Planned for
Atlanta Plays
The Adult Education Depart
ment of West Georgia has an
nounced sponsorship of a series
of studycades this summer to
various theatrical productions in
Atlanta.
Remaining studycades will be
on July 18 and 25, and on Au
gust 1,8, and 15. The groups
will go by chartered buses which
will leave the Administration
Building of the college at 6
p.m. for each trip, deliver the
participants to the plays, and re
turn them to the campus after
wards.
The participants will have the
choice of attending two different
plays. On July 18, they may
see either “Othello” at the
Academy Theater, or they may
see Barbara Cook in “Fanny”
at the Chastain Amphitheater in
Atlanta’s Memorial Park.
Those interested in making the
trips may make reservations by
calling the Adult Education Of
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Monday. July 16. 1962
Curriculum Changes
Help Add Students
The remarkable increase of
students for this summer is due
in large part to the added pro
grams in the school's curriculum.
The major innovation is the
change-over to a regular quar
ter in place of the old sum
mer sessions broken up info six
and three-week periods.
Another of the brand-new pro
grams is the course being taught
by Miss Ruth Miller, a grad
uate of Carson-Newman and Pea
body Colleges. This course in
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offered consequetively through
next year.
Each of the four courses will
carry five hours of credit, (he
completition of all of which will
constitute a minor in librarian
ship.
Twenly-eight students are en
rolled in the first class, includ
ing four men. About fifty per
cent of the class are full time
teachers who are taking the
courses in order to be cer
tified by the Department of Ed
ucation as a librarian, which
would offer them higher salar
ies.
However, some students are
taking only this one course as
an elective, while still others who
plan to be elementary or high
school teachers are taking the
course as part of their major
program.
The remaining three courses
will be offered in succession be
ginning fall quarter. The series
will begin again next summer.
Check Presented
For Local Students
West Georgia College was re
cently presented a check for
$375 to be used for scholar
ships for three local students.
A total of nine student organi
zations at Carrollton High School
raised the funds from various
activities.
The Carrollton High students
receiving the scholarships were
Jack Rigsby, Ann Entrekin, and
Carolyn Baxter.
The scholarship fund was a
special project of the Alpha Tri-
Hi-Y, but the project became so
popular that other school clubs
joined in also. Those partici
pating along with the Tri-Hi-Y
were: the Key Club, F.8.L.A.,
“C” Club, F.T.A., F.H.A., Li
brary Club, Student Council, and
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