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West Georgia College ■
VOLUME XXX
★ Fine Arts Week Begins Today*
★ Front Campus Sign Under Constructions
Sign Finish
Expected By
End of Week
After four years of commit
tees, sub-committees, counter
committees, frustrations, and
countless delays, West Georgia
will get a front campus sign.
Construction began last week
on the red brick and pre-cast
stone structure which will be
located at the front campus
entrance.
Mr. Harmon Tolbert, director
of physical plant, stated that
the sign will be completed by
the end of the week.
The structure will be approx
imately seven feet high and 18
feet in length.
Pre-cast stone will form the
base and cover the top of the
sign.
Twelve inch white letters will
spell out WEST GEORGIA COL
LEGE on the brick surface
Two feet below, five inch black
letters will read, A DIVISION
OF THE UNIVERSITY SYS
TEM OF GEORGIA. The seal
of the college might later be
added to the center.
Mr. Doris Jones, director of
the college maintenance depart
ment, is directing construction.
Buck Breakfasts
With President
Dr. Eugene Huck, head pro
fessor of History, attended a
breakfast with President Lyn
don B. Johnson. The affair
took place Friday, May 8, at
the Dinkier Plaza Hotel in At
lanta.
Attending this function were
the state’s top political lead
ers. U. S. Senators Herman
Talmadge and Richard Russell,
along with Atlanta’s Mayor,
Ivan Allen were in atten
dance. President Johnson was
introduced by Governor Carl
Sanders. The subject of the
President’s address was “Lib
erty, Justice, and Moderation,
applied to the contemporary
social scene.
Johnson was accompanied
from Washington by Orval
Freeman, Secretary of Agricul
ture, and Anthony Celebrezze,
Secretary of Health, Educa
tion, and Welfare. Atlanta was
the last stop for the Presiden
tial tour after an extensive two
day trip through poverty strick
en Appalachia.
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This group of West Georgia faculty mem
bers are pleased as they approve final plans
for Fine Arts Week. Fine Arts Week Commit
tee members include: Wallace Buice (seated),
publicity chairman, (l-r) Nelson Carpenter,
drama production; Robert Jobson, art exhi
Johnson, Lodge Selected
In Student Opinion N ote
West Georgia students selected President Lyndon Johnson
and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge as presidential preferences
and U. N. Ambassador Adali Stevenson and Lodge as vice-presi
dential preferences in the opinion vote held last week.
Ballots were distributed in all
10:00 classes and students were
asked to mark their preferenc
es for president and vice-presi
dent for both political parties.
The West Georgian conducted
the poll.
In taking the Democratic;
presidential nomination, John
son led all candidates, receiv
ing 275 of the possible 334
votes. Lodge received 147 bal
lots in winning the Republica
tion nomination preference.
Lodge’s closest competitor
for the Republican presidential
nomination was Senator Barry
Goldwater. Goldwater received
78 votes. Richard Nixon re
Circle K Club Wins
Top State Award
The West Georgia chapter of
Circle K International won the
most outstanding club in the
Georgia District for the sec
ond straight year.
The award trophy was pre
sented to Circle K president
Bob Townley at the district
convention held at the Atlanta
Americana Hotel in Atlanta.
Circle K officers for this
year are Bob Townley, presi
dent; Leslie Brown, vice-presi
dent; Terry Walls, secretary;
and Philip Greer, treasurer.
CARROLLTON. GEORGIA. MONDAY. MAY 11. 1964
ceived 42 votes and Nelson
Rockefeller received 35.
Ambassador Stevenson won
the Democratic vice-presiden
tial race with 125 votes. Robert
Kennedy trailed with 80 votes
and Robert McNamara was
close with 71 votes.
Lodge defeated William
Scranton for the Republican
vice-presidential race, Lodge
receiving 94 votes and Scran
ton receiving 63. Richard Nix
on was close behind Scranton
with 60 votes.
The total vote breakdown is
as follows:
Democratic presidential can
didates: Lyndon Johnson, 275
votes; George Wallace, 30
votes; Robert Kennedy; 11
votes; Sargeant Schriver, 11
votes; Adali Stevenson, 4
votes; Robert McNamara, 1
vote; and Ted Kennedy, 1 vote.
Democratic vice-presidential
candidates: Adali Stevenson
125 votes; Robert Kennedy, 80
votes; Robert McNamara, 71
votes; Hubert Humphrey, 33
votes; Sargeant Schriver, 6
votes; George Wallace, 2 votes;
Herman Talmadge, 1 vote; Da
vid Lawrence, 1 vote; Carl San
ders, 1 vote; Lyndon Johnson,
1 vote.
Republican presidential can
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bit, arts and craft exhibit; Hugh Dean, Choral
concerts; Dr. James W. Mathews, chairman,
division of humanities; Dr. Robert Coe, head,
department of fine arts; and Mrs. Dorothy
Roush (not pictured) brochure design, clothes
line exhibit, and children’s art exhibit.
Margaret Mead
To Lecture
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Dr. Margaret Mead, eminent
antropologist, psychologist, lec
turer, is scheduled to speak on
the West Georgia College cam
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mem' an. Ihi
department of psychology.
Dr. Mead has traveled world
wide studying primitive socie
' ties and has written approxi-
I mately 20 books.
She has been associated with
many universities in the United
States and has served as Asso
ciate Curator of Ethnology at
the American Museum of Nat
ural History.
Dr. Mead, though retired, is
serving as a visiting professor
at Emory University.
Detailed information relative
to Dr. Mead’s appearance will
| be released later.
NUMBER SIXTEEN
Drama, Music,
Art, Lectures
To Be Featured
Fine Arts Week begins to
day and continues through Fri
day, presenting a varied line
up of programs and exhibits
available to West Georgia stu
dents and faculty. The schedule
consists of:
MONDAY
Art Exhibit, Work of Annie
Mae Holliday, Gordon Wat
son Room, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00
p.m. All week.
Children’s Art Exhibit, Hamm
Hall, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
All week.
Bock Reviews, by Dr. James
Mathews and Dr. Paul Bow
dre, 4:00 p.m., Date Room,
Adamson Hall.
Drama Production, “Long Day’s
Journey Into Night,’’ 8:00
p.m., directed by Nelson Car
penter, 8:00 p.m., college au
ditorium, Monday and Tues-
I day.
TUESDAY
Student “Clothesline” Show, Ar
tists in Action, College Quad
rangle, Arts and Crafts Ex
hibit, Lobby Biology Build
ing, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Tuesday and Wednesday
Reception Honoring Miss
Annie Mae Holliday, commen
tary by the Artist, 4:00 p.m.,
Gordon Watson Room.
WEDNESDAY
“The Poet Is A Person,” Au
gustus Napier, poet and lec
turer, Date Room, Adamson
Hall, 4:00 p.m.
College Choir Concert, Hugh
Deen Director, 8:00 p.m., col
lege auditorium.
THURSDAY
Music Department Student Hon
or Recital, 4:00 p.m., college
auditorium.
Choral Concert, West Georgia
College Choir, Carrollton Bach
Chorale, Churches, and
schools, Dr. Robert Coe, di
rector, 8:00 p.m., college au
ditorium.
FRIDAY
University of Georgia Trio Con
cert, 8:15 p.m., college audi
torium.
Campus
Scenes
With all the shifts appearing
profusely all over campus, the
big question seems to be “who
is” and “who isn’t.”
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Eclectic staff members reluc
tantly doling out the prize
money for the best short story
and the best poem to appear
in the spring edition.
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Group of hopeful girls in
town shopping for formats
just in case.