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By Noel Brown, Editor
It came as a profound shock to the camp
us of West Georgia College last Friday to learn
that John F. Kennedy, President of the United
States, had been assassinated. Lamenting this
tragic event with a heavy heart, we all feel
a great personal loss because Kennedy was the
President of our country.
The tremendous shock and sadness at the
President’s death has been echoed across this
campus as well as across the country and the
world.
Dr. James E. Boyd, president of West Geor
gia College, commented, “This is the darkest
Georgia College
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Lovely Miss Jane Baxter, Miss Chieftain
for 1964, is pictured at the annual Beauty Re
view where she received her crown. With Miss
Baxter are Linda Mosley, first runner-up, and
Student Government Discusses
Possible Two Meal Ticket
The regular meeting of the Student Government Association
was held November 19, 1963. The first item on the agenda included
the reports from the Dining Hall and the Campus-Living Com
mittees.
The possibility of a two-meal
ticket was discussed by the
dining hall committee. It was
Spanish Club
Elects Officers
The Spanish Club of West
Georgia College, El Circulo Es
panol, has named its officers
and set a goal for the coming
school year.
At a recent bi-monthly meet
ing of the club Louie Meadows
was elected Vice President,
Charlotte Channell was re-elect
ed Secretary-Treasurer, and
Nita Keheley, Jerry Hartwig,
and Lowell White were chosen
as chairmen for committees on
Programs, Projects, and Pub
licity, respectively. No election
for President was necessary.
Ray Shurbutt is entitled to hold
this office until the end of
spring quarter, 1964.
Shurbutt, along with club
sponsor Dr. Robert Veitia, led
nine members of the club on
a trek to Mexico last summer.
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mentioned by Dean Holland,
who had investigated the mat
ter, that prices of three-meal
tickets would range from $99
! to $175. He further stated that
in January a committee will
I visit several colleges to investi
gate various dinning hall ar
rangements. This committee
will submit its findings to aid
in plans for anew dining hall.
The Campus Living Commit
tee reported the schedule of
forthcoming events on the
campus.
Under new business, A1 Co
hen announced that the Stu
dent Organizations Council
made $143 on the Four Fresh
men Concert. Also of interest
was the new arrangement of
the Student Government Assoc
iation and Student Organiza
tions Council calendars to avoid
conflicts. Don Cadora reported
that a light has been ordered
for the Row dormitory parking
lot.
All Student Government As
sociation recommendations and
reports are not final until ap
proved through official college
1 channels.
day in the history of the world. 1 feel that the
ramifications of this tragedy will be great and
fa- reaching.”
Dr. Emory Holland, dean of students, stat
ed “This was a tragic event and a dark day.
It is terrible that some people will sow such
seeds of hate in the minds of people.”
Don Cadora typified the feeling of WGC stu
dents when he said, “I find it difficult to be
lieve.”
John Kennedy’s election as president in 1960
culminated the rise to prominance of one of
the most brilliant young statesmen in history.
As president, Kennedy was controversial in
Miss Patti Parkman, second runner-up, The j
Beauty Review is annually sponsored by the !
Chieftain, College yearbook.
Campus Scenes
Latest Swiftie Thirteen
Folds’ girls folded compactly
in a compact.
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Faculty member with large
pasteboard box gathering pe
cans by the handsful as oblig
ing student shakes the tree.
Familiar campus couple sur
prised by manager while
“quickie” kissing at the Maple
Street Shoppette.
Important Notice
Dr. Richard Coffeen, chair
man of the division of ed
ucation, has announced that all
students who plan to student
teach spring quarter must file
an application by January 6,
1964. Application forms are
available in the education of
fice.
Classes Dismissed
Classes will not meet at West
Georgia College Monday, No
vember 25.
This action was taken by col
lege officials in reverence to the
late President John Kennedy.
Classes will resume Tuesday
and meet all day on Wednesday.
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that he stood strongly for what he believed to
be best for his country. Few great men have
failed to evoke controversy and criticism. For
example, Abraham Lincoln was one of the most
maligned presidents in history.
Shortly after the president’s death, follow
ing established lawful procedures, Lyndon B
Johnson was sworn to the office of president
This event, almost incidental to the rest of the
momentous events of the day, is the best ex
ample of the democratic government which John
F. Kennedy so well represented.
With sad hearts we must rededicate our
selves to maintaining our democratic system
for “ourselves and our posterity.”
j ane Baxter Reigns
As Miss Chieftain
By MARY BREWER
Thursday night, November 21, in an array of “soft lights and
sweet music,” the “Whirleybird” flew down to West Georgia Col
lege bringing along with it twenty-three beautiful girls for the
sixth annual Chieftain Beauty Review. Miss Jane Baxter was
crowned Miss Chieftain of 1964.
Jane Baxter was crowned
Miss Chieftain of 1964, by Ann
Brown, Miss Chieftain, 1963.
The court included Linda Mos
ley, first runner up, Patti
Parkman, second runner-up,
Fayron Savelle, Carol Smith,
Melba Buice, and Sharon Huck
eba.
Serving as Master of Cere
monies for the evening was An
gus Perkerson. Entertainment
for this gala event included
James “Sonny” Burt at the
piano, songs by the WGC Choir,
and a variety of pop, folk and
religious numbers done by
Cheryl Butler, Judy Brock,
Claire Buckelew, Marhsall
Chambers, Jim Boyd and Ed
Dye.
The 1964 leadout included
Gail Whitehurst, a freshman
from Douglasville; Jane Bax
ter, a sophomore from Cal
houn; Mary Em Robinson, a
sohomore from Atlanta; Lau
ra Holloman, a sophomore*
from Bremen; Sharon Hucke
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Bill Rhodes and Tony Moore, respectively, were elected pres
deut and vice-president of the freshman class of 1963-64. Rhodes
uefeated Lee Smith and Moore defeated Richard Hartsfield,
NUMBER SIX
Messiah Set
December o
On December 8, at 3:30 p.m.
in the college auditorium.
George Fredrick Han and e l’s
“Messiah” will be presented
by West Georgia College with
the assistance of churches and
schools in the West Georgia
area.
“T h e Messiah,” Handel’s
most succesful and best-known
oratorio, was composed in the
year 1741, and it was first
performed at Dublin, Ireland,
in 1742, with Handal conducting
the performance.
For this seventh annual per
formance of the West Geor
gia “Messiah,” the orchestra
will be from the Atlanta Srnp
phony along with two violinist
from the West Georgia area,
Mr. Ernest McClendon from
Carrollton, and Mrs. Florence
Tallman from Tallapoosa The
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