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VOLUME XXXII, NUMBER 6
Student discipline committee triumphs
Students to debate
women's rules
“Should campus restrictions on
girls be liberalized?” is the first
issue to be debated next Thurs
day night in a series planned by
the Debate Club.
Each month an issue of current
interest will be presented. These
will be on-campus public debates,
and all students are encouraged
to attend.
This month’s debate will be held
Thursday, October 28, at 7:30 in
the auditorium. (At endance will
not count as a girl’s night out.)
The participants in the first de
bate of the month series will be:
for the affirmative, Robbie Jay
and Charlotte Bible, and for the
negative, Angus Perkerson and
Marie Cross. Following the de
bate, students will be allowed to
question the speakers.
There is a two-fold purpose in
the debate of the month series:
first, to allow the students to hear
a fair presentation of both sides
of issues in controversy on cam
pus - frequently the students do
not have a chance to hear why
the administration defends cer
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Play productions to double
during upcoming season
West Georgia's play productions, formerly only quarterly events,
have been notably affected by the growth which has stopped with neith-
er faculty, students nor buildings
Beginning this year the number
of theatre productions will be
doubled to accommodate the de
mand of a greatly enlarged stu
dent body, according to Dr. Dean
S. Ellis of the Speech Depart
ment.
PROPOSED CHARGE
This year there will be two or
more productions a quarter. As
in the past, one of the produc
tions will be free to students,
but special student rates will be
charged for the additional shows.
For the three “mainstage” pro
ductions each year (one of which
will be a musical) the following
rates are proposed. Adult season
tickets will be $2.50 or SI.OO for
each single ticket per produc
tion.
Students (college and high
school) season tickets will be
$1.50 or 60£ for each single
ticket. The student rates, which
will be charged for children, also
apply to faculty and staff mem
bers.
QUALITY INCREASE
An increase in the quality of the
productions being planned is the
first major reason for a change,
according to Dr. Ellis. Hence
forth, one of the four major pro
ductions being produced each
year will be a musical. The cost
of such a production is normally
between $2,500 and $3,000 an
amount equal to the present year
ly budget.
High royalty rates for musicals
and experimental plays cause
production expenses to increase.
Without box office receipts,
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ALPHA THETA MEMBERS WORK in their new scene and
costume shop. The shop is located in a house near the new gym on
the back campus road which was recently purchased by the college.
Sets were formerly built by the maintenance department, but now
drama students can build their own.
$7,000 to SB,OOO will be needed
from student activity money for
this year. With box office re
ceipts, only around $4,000 from
student activities will be needed,
Dr. Ellis explained.
Besides the three “mainstage”
productions (plus a summer pro
duction), experimental theatre
and/or arena productions will be
offered. This increase in the
number of productions, according
to Dr. Ellis, is both desirable
and necessary, since student en
rollment has more than tripled
in the last few years. More shows
need to be added to give the stu
dents an opportunity to both see
and participate in more and
varied types of stage productions.
With the increase in the number
of productions, there will be an
increase in expense. The nominal
ticket fee will help to defray this
expense.
STUDENT ATTENDANCE
A psychological aspect brings
in the second major reason for
this policy change. Dr. Ellis says
that when people have to pay to
see a performance, they sub
consciously expect it to be more
worthwhile. But what is free,
persons in our society tend to
think of as being inferior to what
they must pay to attend.
Ths is as true for sporting
events as for theatre produc
tions. Therefore, charging stu
dents a token fee to attend should
both increase the students’ re
spect for the production and in
crease the overall attendance at
productions.
Students who attend productions
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, 30117
call for the third reason for
change. Students pay an activity
fee to provide the basic support
for all student activities - those
they participate in and those they
do not participate in. A portion
of this is allocated for stage pro
ductions.
Dr. Ellis feels that those stu
dents who actually do attend pro
ductions and thereby benefit di
rectly from them should and
would be willing to pay an ad
ditional fee to provide the fi
nancial support for improvement
of work in this area.
History head not excited
about Viking discovery map
A simple line map ofcifce world
sketched in brown ink on a worm
eaten sheet of velum may change
the meaning of Columbus Day.
West Georgia’s History Depart
ment, however, is not overly ex
cited by the discovery.
Two articles in “Life” and
“Time” called the map alone
“the most exciting single ac
quisition of the Yale Library in
modern times.” The map and a
related volume, “Speculum His
toricale,” were purchased from
private parties for close to a mil
lion dollars.
Dr. Eugene R. Huck, head of
WGC’s Department of History,
had this to say: “I see no rea
son why there is such a stir
about this map and volume. What
does it matter who discovered
the North American continent?
According to ‘Life,’ this paper
Representing Georgia's Fastest Growing College
Deans Harris and Purser
accept recommendations
By Sarah Lee
A crowd of over 100 students attended the proceedings of the
SGA Student Disciplinary Committee Tuesday night in the audi
torium of Martha Munro, strikingly refuting charges of apathy
leveled recently at the West Georgia Student body.
The turn-out was especially
gratifying since there was little
advance notice of the meeting at
which five students took their
cases to have other students
make recommendations on the
discipline they will receive.
Attendance was more than rec
ord - it was a West Georgia
“first.” “Hearings have always
been open to the public,” said
SGA president Billy Whitworth,
“but this is the first time any
body ever bothered to come.”
STUDENT CHOICE
Students appearing at the hear
ing had been given a choice of
having decisions made quietly by
the proper deans or taking their
problems to the student com
mittee.
SGA president Whitworth acted
as chairman of the hearing, and
secretary Jane Croley read the
charge.
FIRST CASE
The first case involved the
breaking of rule 14 (drinking or
presence of alcohol on campus).
The defendant and a student whom
he had asked to be a witness in,
his behalf were questioned by the
committee made up of Whitworth,
Miss Croley, David Bailey, SGA
vice president, Howard Cleve
land, senior class president, Bill
Lipski, junior class president,
Henry Pinyan, sophomore class
president, Pam Hale, on-campus
representative at large, and Pete
Southerland, off-campus repre
sentative at large.
After hearing the testimony, the
committee recommended to the
dean of men that the matter be
handled by placing the defendant
on disciplinary probation for the
remainder of fall and all of win
was traced to a press in the
Rhine River Valley, circa 1440.”
Since there were no great civ
ilizations left here by the Vikings,
perhaps we have made too much
of these discoveries, although
they do indicate that someone had
found the outlying portions of the
North American continent before
Columbus.
Dr. Huck also mentioned the
fact that, like the English, the
Vikings failed to follow up their
discovery with a long range
plan. The Spaniards, however,
began colonization almost imme
diately, whereas the English de
layed for a hundred and twenty
five years.
The history books may not be
changed by the discovery of these
bits of time, but how would one
explain to a clan of youngsters
that there is no longer a Colum
bus Day?
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1965
ter quarters, this not going on his
permanent record.
Dean Purser took the rec
ommendation. If the student is not
satisfied with the decision, he
may appeal to the Advisory coun
cil.
SECOND CASE
The second case also involved
drinking on campus and disorder
ly conduct as well. The defen
dant, also a male student, pro
duced a material witness. Dean
Purser was also asked to take
the stand to clarify definitions of
disorderly conduct and presence
of alcohol.
After another deliberation, the
committee returned a verdict of
not guilty of the presence-of
alcohol charge and guilty of dis
orderly conduct, which involved
disobeying a school official.
Their recommendation, which
was accepted by the Dean Pur
ser, was off-the record discipli
nary probation for fall quar
ter and a verbal reprimand from
the dean of men.
The defendant in the third case
to be heard asked that the room
be cleared, and none of the de
tails of the proceedings can be
made public.
WOMAN ON PROBATION
The next case involved a vio
lation of general regulation three:
“Women are not to visit men’s
dormitories or apartments ex
cept by special permission from
the Dean of Women,” The wom
an student so charged was de
fended by a member of the West
Georgia faculty.
Another female student was
called as a character witness,
and the defendant’s mother was
present.
A plea of guilty was entered,
but the faculty member defending
her went on to show extenuating
circumstances including the
knowledge of the parents of both
the woman student and the male
student who occupied the apart
ment, the excellent reputation and
scholarship of both parties, and
the fact that Carrollton is not
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CAMPUS
SCENES
A boy taking his physical fit
ness test in a P.E. class getting
outrun by three girls.
Notice on placement bulletin
board that the Sunset Hills Coun
try Club has an opening for a
student “‘bartending experi
ence preferred.”
Female student seen leaving
bumper of her car behind in
mad rush from front campus
road.