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West Georgia College
VOLUME XXXI
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SOC members ponder over several new proposals concerning
upcoming entertainment and club constitutions.
\ ietnaniese Educators Here
To Sludv American Education
South Vietnamese educators, in this country for a three month
studv of rural education in the United States, are currently visit
ing West Georgia College. They arrived here October 18 and will
stay until November 1.
Five elementary education
provincial chiefs from Viet
nam are spending the weeks
of October 19-30 as guests of
West Georgia College.
This group consists of:
History Club
Offers Varied
Activities
By Cheryl Washington
Peace Corps activities were
featured in the October 14
meeting of the newly formed
History Club. Special guests of
the meeting were the assistant
director of the Peace Corps
and several West Georgia stu
dents who formerly served
abroad with the volunteer or
ganization.
On October 22, a debate be
tween the two opposing politi
cal parties in the Presidential
campaign was sponsored by
the History Club.
Representing the Democrats
was Mr. Ted Frankel, Chair
man of the Speaker’s Bureau
at the State Democratic Head
quarters in Atlanta. Dr. Evan
Porter, associate professor of
biology here at West Georgia,
presented the Republican ar
gument.
A question and answer ses
sion, with many of the group
in attendance taking part, fol
lowed the spirited debate.
Plans are now being made
to send a delegation to the
Mock United Nations at the
University of North Carolina in
February. Anyone interested
in joining may see either Mel
Steely or Charles Scudder, fac
ulty sponsors.
The History Club is open to
membership for history majors
or minors, and any interested
students. Officers are: presi
dent, Marion Smith; vice-pres
ident, Cheryl Hammond and
secretary - treasurer, Terry
Wald.
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CARROLLTON. GEORGIA. 30117. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 1964
Mrs. Tran Thi Meo, laison of
ficer of the Directorate of Ele
mentary Education; Mr. Ho
Van Chieu, a chief of the
Elementary Education Service,
Phong Dinh, Vietnam.
Mr. Nguyen Huy Phai, Pro
vincial Education Chief at
Quang Due; Mr. Tran Van
Hien, Chief of Elementary Ed
ucation serving at Ba Xuyen;
and Mr. Duong Thanh Mau,
Elementary Education Chief in
Vinh Binh.
West Georgia College is the
first of several U. S. colleges
the group plans to visit in
their tour of American educa
tion institutions.
After having arrived in San
Francisco, the educators
journeyed to Washington where
they spent three weeks and at
tended the NEA’s National Con
ference of Rural Education
held there. Of special interest
to them was the section of the
conference devoted to educa
tion for disadvantaged children
and youth.
The Vietnamese visitors not
only learn from their trip, but
also teach about their country.
On Friday, October 23, they
spoke to Mrs. Coe’s education
class on the differences be
tween education in the United
States and in South Vietnam
and showed a film on the build
ing of a school in a rural
Vietnamese village. They spoke
of the new life that education
will make for their country
which is presently defending
itself against Communist in
vasion.
Their schedule includes visits
to elementary schools in the
surrounding counties where
they study organization, admin
istration, methods of teaching
children in elementary schools
and supervision Mrs. Tran Thi
Meo said.
Their observational study
tour is being conducted by
the Agency for International
Development and the U. S. Of
fice of Education, Department
of Health, Education and Wel
fare.
Justice Douglas Visits;
Speaks at Convocation
New Circle K
Members Noted
At the most recent meeting
of the circle K Club, president
Terry Walls announced the
election of three new mem
bers: Harris Holmes, a sopho
more from Griffin; Bobby
Johns, a transfer student from
Georgia Southern and a for
mer Lt. Governor of Circle K
and Charles Shafe, a junior
from Metter, Georgia.
President Walls also an
nounced that Wayne Noles, a
senior from Carrollton, had
been elected Lt.-Governor, of
division “C” of Circle K In
ternational.
The Circle K Club is spon
sored by the Kiwanis Club of
Carrollton and its purpose is
to be of service to the stu
dents and the faculty of WGC.
Circle K stands ready to un
dertake any worthwhile activ
ity, and anyone desiring help
with service projects may con
tact Mr. Floyd Wirsing or any
club member.
CAM P U S
SCE A ES
Big blue green Plymouth seen
rolling about campus looking
like a giant Easter Egg.
New Dean of Men seen in
specting various midnight ac
tivities around the girl’s dormi
tories ... All in the line of
duty.
Nate seen picking up sacks
full of beer cans after “worst
weekend in West Georgia’s his
tory.”
Distinguished Professor seen
assisting two lovely coeds in
pushing a black Chevrolet out
of the dump.
Vietnamese educators visit with Mrs. Coe’s
education class. After giving the class a sketch
Mr. Justice William O. Douglas of the United States Supreme
Court will speak at the Fall Convocation at West Georgia College
on November 3 at 10:30 a.m. according to an announcement made
by Dr. James E. Boyd, West Georgia College president.
WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS
Ballard Moves
To December 2
After much ado, Hank Bal
lard and the Midnighters have
been scheduled to appear at
West Georgia on the night of
December 2.
A previous announce
ment was made by SOC con
cerning tentative plans for
bringing this famous combo
here on November 7. Due to
a change in the musical
group’s plans, the dance was
rescheduled for November 14.
It was then announced by
Mr. Wallace Buice that, be
cause of scheduled play prac
tice, the gym would not be
available for the dance on this
date.
Now final arrangements
have been made for “Hank
Ballard and the Midnighters”
to appear on December 2.
of Vietnamese education, the visiting educators
answered questions about their homeland.
NUMBER FOUR
Justice Douglas has been an
associate justice of the Su
preme Court for 24 years, hav
ing been appointed by the late
president Franklin Roosvelt in
1939. He was born in Minne
sota in 1898, graduated from
Whitman College in Walla Wal
la, Washington, and taught in
the high schools of Yakima,
Washington, before taking his
degree in law at Columbia Uni
versity. He practiced law in
New York City and was a
member of the law faculties
of Columbia and Yale Univer
sities.
Justice Douglas is the auth
or of 14 books and is prob
ably the most widely traveled
member of the Supreme Court.
He has visited and gotten to
know some 21 counties around
the world. In all of these coun
ties he has spent as much and
even more time in learning
about the people of the coun
try, their customs, attitudes
and way of life, as he has
observing their governments.
Justice Douglas is a Pres
byterian, a Mason, and a mem
ber of the Royal Geographic
Society of London.
Dice Anderson
Recovering
Mr. Dice R. Anderson, As
sociate professor of English at
West Georgia College, under
went surgery at St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Atlanta last week.
He is reported recovering
satisfactorily after successful
surgery.