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Quiet hours syndrone
Students succumb
to finals pressure
By SARAH LEE
Twenty-four hours quiet hours have begun. A dead silence broken
only by the sound of occasional footsteps in the hall? hanks heavy in
the dorm. The college has provided its students with the best
possible atmosphere for studying for finals—yet it still seems an
impossible task.
Asa typical student tries to
concentrate on his biology notes,
his mind insists on concentrating
on its own romantic flights of
fantasy.
He suddenly craves things that
he ordinarily would never think
of wanting. Television has a mag
netic attraction it never had be
fore.
As the unaccustomed quietness
of the dorm becomes unbearable.
All-out war:
campus digs
in for battle
BY JIM WOODALL
Total war! The trench of World
War I seems to have taken over
our campus. Numerous “pits,”
dug for electric wiring, provide
the students with hazards equal
only to a stretch of the Meuse-
Argonne in 1918.
Men with metal detectors range
over the grounds, ostensibly
searching for gas mains, pipes,
and other underground obstacles.
The impression, however, is one
of soldiers gingerly searching for
land mines.
The pits along the walks are
similar to the bunkers at Cha
teau-Thiery, each with its bristle
of machine-guns ready to unleash
a withering blast at passers-by.
This could also be the scene of
an artillery duel, the ground
packed with shell craters. All
the campus needs now is a barbed
wire barricade patrolled by a few
hard-nosed Russian troops.
Perhaps Barry McGuire, with
his “Eve of Destruction” has
made a point for the West Geor
gia campus as well. We certain
ly seem to be on just such a
threshold.
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he acquires an almost irresist
ible urge to shout all the in
appropriate words in his vocab
ulary at the top of his voice.
And these are just the advance
symptoms. Soon the wails begin
to closeiifn f and the student is
slowly crushed by the pressure of
having to do well on three exams.
He naturally develops an urgent
desire to get out - out anywhere
among people and noise. But he
can’t because he has to stay here
and study.
Maybe he can take a short break
and return to his notes refreshed,
but when he turns to his room
mates, who have been struggling
with the same inner conflicts, he
finds that they are temporary
victors and says nothing.
Inspired by their example he has
another go at concentrating only
to be interrupted half a species
later by one of his fellow suf
ferers who can’t hold in his urge
to talk any longer.
There follows a fairly degenera
tive conversation on the diffi
culty of studying at the end of the
quarter. After all, students have
just finished a round of home
coming dances, basketball
games, Christmas parties, and
term papers put off until the last
minute. But instead of being con
gratulated for their persistence
in going to class at least twice
a week for an entire quarter,
they are made to face the or
deal of finals in their mentally
and physically exhausted state.
Concluding that finals are sim
ply at the wrong end of the quar
ter, the young scholar closes the
door and windows so the counse
lor can’t hear and turns on his
radio at low volume. There, that’s
better. Returning to his studies
he finds that concentration is
finally being rewarded with un
derstanding.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
DAN COLWELL TRIES DESPERATELY to concentrate on 191
math as the time for his final examination draws near.
Faculty panel discusses
timely problems in forum
Should the state of Georgia abolish capital punishment?
This was one of the topics discussed by a group of five panelists
at a faculty forum, sponsored by the History-Political Science club,
Tuesday night.
Bowling lanes
to go ’a go-go
Rumors that have been circulat
ing recently concerning the West
Georgia Lanes are no longer
rumors.
Tentative plans are now being
made to convert the presently un
used bowling lanes building into a
center for college students, ac
cording to a source that prefers
to be unnamed at present.
The new establishment, parts
of which may be open as early as
February, will be on the order
of a small scale shopping center.
Among its features will be cloth
ing shops for men and women, a
beauty shop, barber shop, restau
rant, and private dining room.
Plans even include a sidewalk
cafe and a discotheque.
Admittance to the center,
especially in the evenings, will be
somewhat restricted. A majority
of the clientele will be comprised
of West Georgia College students.
Dance company
performs here
BY CONNIE GENTRY
The Ruth Mitchell dance com
pany presented a concert of mod
ern dance Wednesday night under
the auspices of the Mutual Con
cert Association.
The group performed to the mu
sic of Hindemith, Brubeck, and
Purcell as well as to that of
some lesser known composers.
Though the dance group is well
known in Atlanta and has achieved
recognition and praise from all
parts of the southeast, their per
formance here was ragged and
amateurish.
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The panel consisted of Mr.
Theodore Fitz-Simons, Dr. Rob
ert Lampton, Dr. James Math
ews, Mr. Ross Clark, and Dean
Jerry Purser.
A group of about 50 people, in
cluding faculty and students,
gathered in the biology lecture
room to discuss campus, state
and national problems.
Miss Carole Mumford, presi
dent of the History-Politicalsci
ence club, was in charge and
asked the panel the slated ques
tions of dispute.
First was a campus problem
which was whether or not pro
fessors should make their own
scale of grading. This question
branched out into how very lit
tle all objective tests can help a
student and the point of having a
“plus” system in college so that
a student with an 88 average
would receive a B-plus instead
of just a B.
Discussed next was a problem on
state level: should Georgia
abolish capital punishment? All
agreed that capital punishment
should be abolished because (1)
no one has the right to take the
life of another and (2) capital
punishment has proved to be no
deterrent against crime.
Kissing has
bad effect
With the coming of winter, WGC
has had a head start on its
forthcoming six months of infec
tious diseases. The infirmary
roster is ridden with cases of in
testinal virus, influenza, colds,
and fever.
The real dread of most students,
however, is INFECTIOUS MONO
NUCLEOSIS, most frequently
known as the “kissing sickness.”
According to Mrs. Linda Mark
ham, R.N., one of the infirmary
nurses, about twelve percent of
the student body has been infect
ed this quarter.
“Only about ten students have
gone home for short periods at a
time,” said Mrs. Markham,
“whereas three have left for the
remainder of the quarter. The
other ten managed to stay and
attend classes.”
In abbreviated form, MONONU
CLEOSIS is “ ... an infectious
disease lasting from one to three
weeks, affecting the heart and
spleen.” It is characterized by
“. . . odd lymphocytes in the
blood, and high fevers.”
Students seem to have an al
most unreasoning fear of con
tracting this illness, but it seems
hard to imagine one’s lovely date
as a harbor for a dread disease.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER S, IMS
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days bid lor now
student center
Bids opened Tues., Nov. 16, on
West Georgia’s new student cen
ter, according to Mr. Harmon
Tolbert, director, of plant and
business operations.
Low bidder for the new struc
ture was Continental Construc
tion Cos. of Vidalia, Ga., the con
cern which built the new health
and physical education building.
Their bid was $1,121,000.
Construction time on the build
ing was given as 440 days from
commencement of work, which is
anticipated in early December.
This will amount to a little less
than 15 months.
Mr. Tolbert said that “all con
sidered, the center should be
ready by the spring or summer of
1967.”
The ground level will house stu
dent government offices, confer
ence rooms, publications offices,
and study areas. The kitchen for
the third floor dining hall will
be in the center of the ground
floor.
The main floor, or second floor,
will consist of a lobby, multi
purpose rooms, recreation
rooms, a snack bar, a post of
fice, and a book store.
The site of the student center
will be on the knoll between Row
dormitory and the new gym. It
will be circular in shape and will
be 150 feet in diameter.
The outside walls of the build
ing will be similar to those of
the health and physical educa
tion building.
Student Teaching:
requirements told
Students planning to practice
teach either winter or spring
quarter who have not had the
“September experience” prior to
fall quarter are required to ful
fill special provisionary require
ments.
According to Dr. Prentice L.
Gott, director of student teach
ing, students who expect to be
admitted to student teaching eith
er of the next two quarters must
complete these requirements
during the upcoming holidays.
One of the requirements is that
students observe five full con
secutive days in the same school.
Students, with the exception of
those who wish to observe in the
Fulton county school system must
make their own arrangements.
Dr. Gott will arrange for obser
vation in Fulton county.
A form stating complete re
quirements may be obtained in the
division of education office from
Mrs. Eloise Merrell, secretary.
Curfew doesn’t
affect college
Two recent issues of Carroll
ton High School’s newspaper,
“The Gold and Black,” carried
articles on a proposed curfew
in Carrollton by the Parent-
Teacher association.
The PTA made this proposal
after several acts of vandalism
to city property.
The proposal states that the cur
few time should be 11:00 p.m.
and apply to all teenagers.
However, this curfew seems ap
plicable to CHS students only.
According to John Robinson,
mayor of Carrollton, there is no
official curfew ordinance on the
law books.