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VOLUME XXXII, NUMBER 11
Prof. Bellows
offers cures
for Asian ills
A West Georgia College profes
sor has suggested the “destruc
tion of Red China’s nuclear com
plex’* as one solution to the prob
lems plaguing Southeast Asia.
Speaking at an assembly of stu
dents and faculty, Thomas J. Bel
lows, just back from more than a
year of study and research in
Singapore, said this action would
bring about a much needed
“breathing spell” for the de
veloping nations in that section of
the world.
Mr. Bellows pointed out that
China’s nuclear complex is
“largely concentrated in a
single area of Western China.”
TO PRECLUDE WAR
Destruction of the complex, he
declared, “would preclude the not
too distant situation when Red
China would be capable of rain
ing nuclear destruction on U.S.
cities.”
Furthermore, he said, “it would
crucially weaken Red China’s
ability to further disrupt an al
ready precarious Southeast Asian
milieu” as well as facilitate a
negotiated settlement in Vietnam.
“This is not a solution to the
problem of nation-building in
Southeast Asia,” he said, but “it
would serve notice on the rest of
Southeast Asia that they now had
an opportunity to construct via
ble political systems without the
continuous threat of disruption
via Chinese subversion.’*
NEGOTIATIONS IMPROBABLE
As things stand now there is lit
tle chance of a negotiated set
tlement in Vietnam, “principally
because there is very little over
which to negotiate.” Also, any
settlement acceptable to the U.S.
“would involve a significant loss
of face’* for North Vietnam and
China.
Mr. Bellows said that “escala
tion of some type appears to be
the most likely development.”
This might involve bombing the
industrial complex in and about
Hanoi, destruction of the port of
Haiphong, destroying the dikes
along the Red River, thereby cre
ating chaos in North Vietnam and
resulting in starvation of the peo
ple an action “which would
place an onus on the U.S. and
what it stands for that would be
impossible to overcome in the
foreseeable future.”
Destruction of Red China’s nu
clear complex would be “a more
palatable solution and one which
would involve much less loss of
life . . .”
But while “the great external
danger to Southeast Asia today is
Communist China,” the area
faces other pressing problems
with its population explosion and
its need to industrialize.
Mr. Bellows declared that “the
future of Southeast Asia is not
bright. Vietnam is a spectre
which falls across the entire re
gion. It is a haunting reminder
that a Communist inspired insur
rection can transform a difficult
situation into an impossible one.”
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NEW GYMNASIUM HOSTS REGISTRATION for the first time
as the winter quarter opens with rain and record enrollment.
26 upperclassmen
chosen for ‘who’s who’
Oberson’s out;
Maurice is in
“Maurice Williams and the
Zodiacs” and the original*‘Drift
ers” head the list of entertain
ment for this quarter. Both
groups will play for a four hour
dance coming up Feb. 16. This
information was recently re
leased by David Bailey, vice
president of SGA.
Roy Orbison, originally sched
uled for this quarter, will not be
able to come until next quarter.
The “Drifters” are well-known
by their hit records “Under the
Boardwalk” and “Sand in My
Shoes,” and “Maurice Williams
and the Zodiacs” are familiar
to West Georgia students from a
well-received dance during fall
quarter in ’64. Both groups will
cost $1,950 plus rent on the old
bowling alley.
Admission will be SI.OO for each
student, and only West Georgia
students will be admitted.
Other entertainment scheduled
for this quarter includes a dance
for every other weekend. Tomor
row night a dance featuring the
“Collegiates” will be held in the
old gym.
“Auntie Marne” will be pre
sented this quarter, March 2-4.
Each performance will begin at
7:00 p.m. and end at approximate
ly 10:00 p.m.
No definite plans have been made
on the Sweetheart Dance yet.
Time and place have not been
determined.
The student lounge will be turned
into a date area for students on
weekends when dances won’t be
held. Students will be able to
play records and dance.
Representing Georgia’s Fastest Growing College
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, 30117
Twenty-six juniors and seniors
from West Georgia have been
elected to Who’s WhoAmongStu
dents in American Colleges and
Universities.
Scholarship, participation and
leadership in academic and
extracurricular activities, citi
zenship, service to the school,
and promise for the future are
all considered by a faculty com
mittee in making selections for
this honor.
Selection of the following stu- (
dents was based on their achieve
ments in the above fields.
David Bailey, a senior major
ing in psychology, has been a
member of the French club, the
music club, the literary club,
the track team, a resident coun
selor and counselor, the vice
president of the SGA, and is pres
ently the president of the SGA
and a member of the psychology
club.
Penny Bradley, a senior from
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COED BRAVELY PREPARES to give blood during last Fri
day’s campus drive. SGA officials labeled number of donors
“disappointing.”
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‘Politics ’66*
E ditor P atterson
to open series
West Georgia college students will get a personal look at
candidates for this year’s Georgia gubernatorial race.
Blood drive
falls short of
expectations
Members of SGA and Cantebury
club co-sponsored a blood drive
Jan. 10 to give the students of
West Georgia college an oppor
tunity to show their support for
United States policy in Viet Nam.
Before the drive it was esti
mated that approximately 300
students would visit the health
and physical education building
between the hours of 10:00 and
4:00 to donate a pint of blood.
This estimate proved to be wish
ful thinking when the results of
the project were tallied. Eighty
one pints of blood were donated,
and eight were rejected.
There were more donors from
Row Hall than any other residence
hall.
SGA was the campus organiza
tion furnishing th most donors
eight. They were followed by the
Young Republicans and Alpha
Theta with seven each.
CAMPUS
SCENES
Girls living on first floor C of
the new dorm returning from
night class to find their rooms
under water.
*****
Two student assistants playing
tic-tac-toe on the blackboard dur
ing registration.
*****
Sign placed on clock in
Strozier hall: “What’s Wrong
with Our School.”
FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 196*'
Former Georgia governors Er
nest Vandiver and Ellis Arnall
are among the prominent poli
tical figures who will speak in
upcoming programs of a series
which begins today as Eugene
Patterson, editor of “The At
lanta Constitution,” speaks at two
o’clock in the auditorium.
FLU VICTIM
Editor Patterson was originally
scheduled to speak earlier in the
week, but was unable to appear
because of illness.
Jointly sponsored by the history
and political science club and
the student government associa
tion, the series plans to bring
all 1966 gubernatorial candi
dates, announced and prospec
tive, to the campus.
Patterson is expected to deline
ate some of the issues of the
forthcoming governor's race.
MADDOX TO SPEAK
Lester Maddox, former Atlan
ta restauranter, will speak in
one program of the series which
is open to the public.
The feeling of the sponsoring
organizations toward the politi
cal series was pointed up by
Carol Mumford, president of the
history and political science club:
“We felt the campus needed a
personalized interest in Geor
gia politics.”
Speakers and the dates of their
appearance she lists as:
Jan. 26: Superior Court Judge
Jephtha Tanksley of the Federal
Court of Atlanta, an announced
gubernatorial candidate will
speak in the Martha Munro build
ing at 7:30. (All programs are
set for 7:30 p.m.)
February 1, former governor
Vandiver will speak in the audi
torium. February 15, Lester
Maddox will speak in the audi
torium. February 23, former
governor Ellis Arnall will speak
in the health and physical educa
tion building.
Enrollment at
all-time peak
Enrollment at West Georgia
College for the winter quarter
totals 2,345. This number is the
highest figure in the history of
the institution, according to Miss
Elizabeth Parker, registrar.
This total amounts to a 30 per
cent increase over the 1,797 to
tal for the same quarter a year
ago, and a three percent increase
over the 2,259 enrollment for last
quarter.
Included in this record enroll
ment are the number of stu
dents enrolled in regular daytime
classes, night classes, and the
50 teachers enrolled in the Na
tional Science Foundation In-
Service Institute.
This institute is divided into
two different courses -one for
elementary teachers and one for
secondary teachers.