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VOLUME XXXIX - NUMBER 1
Cast Chosen
For Children's
Summer Play
West Georgia’s summer chil
dren’s theatre will feature “Han
sel and Gretel” on August 2, 3,
and 4 in the auditorium at 8 p.m.
The play, which is based on the
traditional children’s story, will
be directed by Nelson M. Carpen
ter. Children from Carrollton
will play the childrens’roles, and
West Georgia students will play
the adults’ roles.
Roles that have been cast in
clude: David Norrell as Hansel;
Mavis Crowe as Gretel; Boyd E
dgerton as their father, Ernst;
Jane Mcßee as their stepmother;
Colleen Scherr as the wicked
witch; Terri Traylor as the forest
fairy; Jenny Crowell as the black
cat; and Lynne Scudder, Marie
Veitia, Jim Warren, and Steve
Norrell as the four lost children.
Technical aspects of the produc
tion will be handled by Chip Ed
gerton and Boyd Edgerton, who
will also serve as assistant di
rector.
Anyone interested in helping
backstage or in ushering should
contact Nelson M. Carpenter in
Education 4 as soon as possible.
CAMPUS
SCENES
North Avenue Trade School
Squatter (Georgia Tech summer
surveying student) seen getting
his kicks by breaking coke bot
tle on front lawn of Row Hall.
Girls sleeping on roof of Boy
kin to avoid desert-like beat in
side.
Private planes making noc
turnal flights over Boykin to en
joy “Theatre Under the Stars.”
1510 Enrolled in
Three Programs
West Georgia’s enrollment this
quarter reached a total of approx
imately 1510 students, according
to campus Registrar Miss Eliza
beth Parker. This includes about
182 students in the newly formed
graduate school and participants
in various summer institutes
here. The total enrollment for
this time last year was only 1340.
A complete breakdown in the
student population includes ap
proximately 334 beginning fresh
men, 31 students inDr.Norrell’s
English institute, 36 students in
Dr. Huck’s summer institute, and
5 West Georgia students taking 10
quarter hours in Mexico under the
auspices of the college.
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“Hansel and Gretel,” a stage adaptation of the famous chil
dren’s story, will be presented on campus beginning August 2. The
play is directed by Mr. Nelson Carpenter and stars (l. to r.) David
Norrell, Boyd Edgerton, and Mavis Crowe.
History , English Institutes
Operate for Second Year
For the second summer in a row West Georgia has been named
the host college of two National Defense Education Act projects for
advanced study: the NDEA Institute in English and the NDEA In
stitute in History. Dr. L. N. Norrell is the director of the English
Institute and Dr. John M. Martin is the director of the History
Institute.
The English Institute’s primary
purpose is training teachers who
are concerned with the develop
ment of language arts among
disadvantaged children in grades
2 through 8. It is designed to
help underprivileged children
who fall behind their classmates
because of socio-economic rea
sons. Teachers from selected
areas are invited (upon their
own application) to attend this
six weeks program and learn
just what they can do to im
prove the language arts and
oral communications of their
pupils.
Institute teachers feel that once
contact has been made with the
student’s problem great strides
can be made in his education
(and subsequently in the educa
tion of his parents, who gen
erally have the same problems
as the child.)
The History Institute exists for
much the same reason as the Eng
lish Institute: the improvement of
teaching methods and the ad
vanced study of the teachers in
volved in this improvement of
methods. Unlike the English In
stitute, however, the History In
stitute is not primarily for teach
ers of disadvantaged youth. It en
compasses grades 4 through 8 and
takes in teachers from all types of
elementary schools.
Both the Institutes are working
with a regular faculty from within
the college circle and, in addition
to this, sponsor guest lecturers
from other colleges (and similar
programs) outside Georgia.
NDEA FACULTY
The faculty in English includes
Dr. Bernice Freeman, who has
been general instructional super
visor grades 1-12— in Troup
County, Georgia, since 1951 and
will be joining the West Georgia
Education Division faculty in the
fall; Dr. James D. Thomas, asso
ciate professor of psychology;
Dr. Paul H. Bowdre, Jr., profes
sor of English and head of the de
partment of English; and Dr. Dean
S. Ellis, assistant professor of
speech.
The faculty in History includes
Dr. John M. Martin, head ot ure
Representing Georgia's Fastest Growing College
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GEORGIA 30117
Graduate School; Dr. Eugene R.
Huck, head of the department of
History; Dr. J. David Griffin, as
sociate professor of History; and
part-time instructors Mr. Ernest
G. Babich, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl
vania, arid Mrs. Ruth W. Boyea,
New Britain, Connecticut.
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Death Claims
Three Students
This Quarter
Death struck at West Georgia
earlier this quarter as three col
lege students were killed, two in
automobile accidents and one by
murder.
Terry Rutledge of Covington, a
senior who had distinguished
himself on tire baseball diamond,
was the first to die. Rutledge was
killed after swerving off the road
on Interstate 20 while returning
home from the spring quarter.
Widely-held opinion has it that he
fell asleep at the wheel because of
late-night studying for final ex
ams.
Cheryl Jean Crawford, a senior
from Fort Rucker, Alabama, was
killed in a two-car collision June
12 while en route to West Georgia
for the summer quarter. The ac
cident occurred on U.S. 431 in
Russell County at 2:30 p.m. and
involved a Volkswagen, driven by
Miss Crawford, and a dump truck.
Charles L. Vaughn, a senior
from Griffin, was missing for six
days at the beginning of this quar
ter. His body was later discov
ered in a trash heap by Griffin
residents who were foraging for
scrap iron. Vaughn had been shot
six times, police reported.
Later, police found a 7.65 mm
automatic in a Griffin lake and
‘have no reason to doubt that this
is the murder weapon.’ In addi
tion, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lee
Smith, berth in their early twen
ties, have been arrested in con
nection with the murder. As yet,
police have no motive for the
slaying.
Thirteen New Faculty
Teach This Summer
A number of new faculty as well as several temporary persons arc
teaching in the present summer session, according to Dr. George W.
Walker, dean of the college.
Dr. Arthur W. Gardner has
joined the Division of Science and
Mathematics as associate pro
fessor of biology. He holds the
B.S. from Utah State University*
and the M.S. and Ph.D, from Kan
sas State University. He has
taught at Kansas State, Russell
Sage College, and Washburn Uni
versity.
In the Division of Social Sci
ences, Dr. Chee Soon Ahn has be
gun his appointment as assistant
professor of political science. He
has the LL.B from the University
of Seoul and the Ph.D. from Flor
ida State University.
Also in political science is Miss
Gail Stanley, who is teaching dur
ing the summer term only. A for
mer instructor here, Miss Stanley
holds the A. B. from Randolph Ma
con Woman’s College and the
M.A. from Emory University.
INSTITUTE FACULTY
The NDEA institute in history
has employed two temporary in
structors.
Ernest Babich, instructor in ed
ucational media, regularly teach
es in the public schools of Mount
Lebanon, Pa., and supervises
student teachers at the University
Of Pittsburgh.
Ruthe Boyea, instructor in
methods for the history institute,
is a regular faculty member at
Central Connecticut State College
at New Britain.
Working with the NDEA institute
in English is Dr. Bernice Free
man, formerly instructional su
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“THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LOOKING GLASS”, a musical
adaption of the works ot author Lewis Carroll, of “Alice in Wonder
land” fame, will be presented by the Kaleidoscope Players at 8
p.m. in the college auditorium on July 6. (See page 2 for story.)
JUNE 30, 1967
pervisor of the Troup County
Schools. Dr. Freeman will join
the permanent faculty in the fall
as associate professor of educa
tion and English. She holds the
A.B. from Bessie Tift College,
the M.A. from the University of
North Carolina, and the ED. D.
from Columbia Teachers Col
lege.
EDUCATION FACULTY
Within the Division of Education,
four permanent faculty have be
gun work this summer alongwith
three temporary persons.
Dr. W. Ray Cleere is assistant
professor of education and coor
dinator of counseling. He holds
the B.S. from Appalachian State
College, the M.E. from the Uni
versity of Mississippi, and the
Ed.D. from the University of
Georgia. He is a specialist in
guidance and counseling and has
four years’ experience in public
school work and four years with
the State Department of Educa
tion.
Dr. Horace F. Stewart, Jr., is
assistant professor of psychol
ogy. He comes from Augusta Co
llege, where he served two years
as assistant professor. His de
grees are 8.5., Penn State; M.S.,
Florida State, and Ph.D., Univer
sity of Florida.
Dr. James A. Wash, anew as
sistant professor of education,
holds the 8.5., M.Ed., and Ed.D.,
all from the University of Geor
gia. He has 12 years’ experience
in public schools, three years on
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