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Voter Registration Begins
Students Urged to Take Part
By KENT WALTON
Carroll County is undergoing
the most extensive voter reg
istration campaign in its his
tory, according to Mr. Henry
Wise, political science instruc
tor, who has been deputized as a
voter registrar by Mr. O. L.
Spence, Chief Registrar of Car
roll County.
The most critical problem fac
ing the registrars is that of in
convenience. Most citizens’
working hours coincide with those
of the Voter Registrar's office in
the courthouse, thus making it
practically impossible for them
to register to vote. Mr. Wise
pointed out that "at present only
about 50 per cent of eligible vot
ers in Carroll County are reg
istered.”
REGISTRATION BOOTH
In an effort to solve this prob
lem, registering to vote will be
made easier and more conven
ient. Each Saturday until July
22nd, registration booths will be
set up in the major county shop
ping centers. In addition, Ken
Huggins, resident of Aycock,will
head a drive on campus for po
tential voters. Plans include set
ting up a registration booth in
the College Union, and canvas
sing all dorms.
Where are you as a citizen con
cerned? Volunteers to register
voters are desperately needed to
make this campaign successful.
Anyone who can devote a couple
of hours on Saturdays should con
tact Dr. Finney in the History of
fice, Ad Building.
There’s another way you're in
the picture. Mr. Wise brought
forth the suggestion that WGC
students, regardless of their
home county, should register to
vote in Carroll County. The pro
cess is simple. Just declare your
residence in Carroll County, and
if you’ve been a resident of Geor
gia for one year and of Carroll
County for six months, then
you’re eligible to vote here, pro
vided you’re eighteen years of
age. The benefits from register
ing here are many. Since most
students will be living here for
four years, then why not use the
right to vote? Why not help elect
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public officials instead of con
tinually griping about the ones
someone else elected? Students
can voice their opinion in local
government by voting as well as
by protesting and perhaps more
effectively.
TWO KINDS OF APATHY
The other primary barrier to
voting is apathy, a problem not
uncommon to WGC students. Mr.
Wise stated, "There are two
kinds of apathy; one results from
political security, and the other
from the feeling of being insig
nificant." When combined,
they’re one of the most for
midable detriments to effective
voting. An example - in the last
election (for the county school
board) only 231 voted of 3500
eligible voters. Mr. Wise cited
this example as "not unusual,"
and went on to state that "ten to
fifteen per cent is the best voter
turnout expected in local elec
tions.”
ADULT EDUCATIION
PROGRAM
The first corrective step is get
ging these people to register to
vote. The second phase is getting
them to use that vote wisely. In
order to teach citizens how to
vote, an adult education program
beginning May 30, will be con
ducted under the auspices of the
Dept, of Continuing Education.
Top county officials along with a
representative of the State At
torney General’s office will be on
hand to teach how to use
voting machines; who the local
officials are and their duties;
who the presidential candidates
are and their platforms. Mr. Wise
extended an invitation for all in
terested to be present. Detailed
information about time and place
will be made available soon.
Regarding the potential voters,
Mr. Wise said, "the main chal
lenge we who live in the demo
cratic system face is bringing
these people into the democratic
framework, so that the govern
ment can better represent them,
so that they can see police and
county officials as instruments
of their community, and not their
enemies.”
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Stan Ball, a Junior from Jackson, Ga., will participate in
National International Student Leadership Institute that will be
held at the U. N. Headquarters in New York. Students are
selected on the basis of their leadership ability In their par
ticular college and their academic excellence.
Ball to Attend U. N.;
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CARROLLTON Stanley Ball, a student at West Georgia College
and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ball of Jackson, Georgia, has
been accepted for participation in the Twenty-Third Annual National
Student Leadership Institute on World Affairs sponsored by the Coun
cil on International Relations and United Nations Affairs.
The institute is being held June
8-15, at United Nations Head
quarters and Sarah Lawrence
College (Bronxville, New York).
The Council on International Re
lations and United Nations Af
fairs, the college affiliate of the
United Nations Association of the
United States, is a national stu
dent organization devoted to the
creation of knowledgeable and in
formed opinion on issues of inter
national concern; to the building
of intelligent support by the pub
lic for the United Nations; for the
principles embodied in its char
ter and in the Universal Decla
ration of Human Rights; and to
the advancement of peace based
on justice and freedom.
NATION WIDE
The Council was formed in June
of last year through a merger of
the Collegiate Council for the
United Nations and the Associa
tion of International Relations
Clubs. CIRUNA has member
groups on more than 550 college
and university campuses
throughout the country.
Approximately 300 student lead
ers from all parts of the United
States will participate in this
year’s institute. Also attending
will be guests from India, Ghana,
Korea and a number of other
countries, as well as internation
al students studying in this coun
try.
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Carrollton Coca Cola Bottling Company
May 24, 1968
Sun and Gunn
Tans are Fun
By CARLEEN CHAFFIN
Where have all the coeds gone?
Where do the campus cuties dis
appear to in the warm spring af
ternoons? The question is one
which has the West Georgia males
in an egnimatic state, but to learn
the answer one does not have to
look far . . . just up!!!
Each day, Gunn Hall has an in
flux of girls who make their way
up to the "sun-roof” where they
douse themselves in suntan oil
and soak up the warmth of the
sun. These browned beauties
come from all over the campus,
uniting to achieve their overrid
ing goal: to be tanned. They en
dure through the sweltering heat
knowing that their suffering is not
in vain.
DISCOMFORT
Achieving their goal is not done
without a certain amount of dis
comfort, but the girls have found
certain diversions. Upon their
decision to "lie-out” they im
mediately equip themselves with
the "necessities of pleasure" and
then proceed to the roof. Among
these "necessities” are such
things as blankets, pillows, sun
glasses, radios, cards, books
(ranging from *Atlas Shrugged'
to "History of the Amer
icans”), magazines (ranging
from "Time” to "True Confes
sions”) and ice buckets.
Suntan oil is only one of the many
devices used to achieve a golden
brown body. More well known
lubricants to the WG coeds are
baby oil and iodine, cocoa but
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