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VOLUME XXXV - NUMBER 14
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ROW HALL BECOMES THE FIRST DORM in the University System of Georgia to be coed
when it is converted soon. Wing to the left is to house men and the wing to the right is for women.
The lobby will be shared.
Sorensen , Kennedy Aid, to Speak
Wednesday,Program inHPEBldg .
Theodore C. Sorensen, close
associate and advisor of the late
President John F. Kennedy, will
address a formal convocation of
students and faculty Wednesday.
The convocation will be held
in the college’s Health-Physical
Education Building at 2:15 p.m.
Now a partner in the New
York law firm of Paul, Weiss,
Goldberg, Rifkind, Wharton and
Garrison, Sorensen is also
editor-at-large of the “Saturday
Review,” visiting lecturer in
public and international affairs
at Princeton University’s
Woodrow Wilson School, and
‘Thousand Clowns’ Cast
Is Announced by Buice
Casting for Alpha Theta’s production “A Thousand Clowns” was
concluded Tuesday as five West Georgia students won parts in the
play. .
Written by Herb Gardner, the
play will be presented March 6,
7, and 8 under the direction of
Wallace Buice.
Filling the major roles will be
Kevin Buice as Nick Bums, a 13
year old; Mike Holt as Murray
Burns, Nick’s bachelor uncle;
Dana Rhodes as Albert
Early Count Has
3,875 on Campus
A preliminary enrollment
count following Monday s
Winter Quarter registration
indicated that 3,875 persons
have signed up for classes,
according to Miss Elizabeth
Parker, registrar.
This figure represents a
fifteen percent increase over the
1968 Winter Quarter enrollment
of 3,363.
It is a decrease, however, of
six percent from the 4,110
students enrolled during the Fall
Quarter of this year.
Miss Parker expected late
enrollments to swell the number.
The flu epidemic has delayed the
return of a number of students.
“But enrollment is usually
slightly off during the Winter
Quarter,” Miss Parker said.
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chairman of the advisory
committee to the New York
State Democratic Party.
NEBRASKA NATIVE
Sorensen, a native of Lincoln,
Nebraska, served as special
counsel to former President
Kennedy and President Lyndon
B. Johnson from 1961 to 1964.
In this capacity, he assisted in
the preparation and presentation
of the Presidents’ programs,
including legislative measures,
messages, and speeches. He was
also a member of the Executive
Committee of the National
Security Council and
Amundson, a social worker;
Jerry Pitts as Arnold Bums,
Murray’s brother and agent; Jay
Reardon as Leo Herman,
“Chipmunk,” a television
character; and Diane Green as
Sandra Markowitz, a social
worker.
“A Thousand Clowns” relates
the story of a bachelor uncle
who has been assigned the task
of rearing his precocious
nephew. Tired of writing cheap
stories for a children’s television
program, Murray, the uncle,
leaves his job. He saunters
through New York and discovers
to his delight that his
unemployed status provides him
with the time to do the things he
has always wanted to do.
The possible effects of this
unorthodox life on the ego of
the nephew instigates the arrival
of the social service team of
Albert Amundson and Sandra
Markowitz. Albert, strict and
stuffy, is prepared to take a
stern view of the Bohemian
guardianship. Sandra,
inexperienced, pretty, and
completely incapable of viewing
her welfare cases objectively, is
tearfully sympathetic to the
peculiar pair.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GA. 30117
participated in all cabinet
meetings, budget reviews,
pre-press conference meetings,
and similar planning sessions.
KENNEDY ASSISTANT
Sorensen began his
government service career in
1951 as an attorney for the
Federal Security Agency. He was
an assistant to Senator John F.
Kennedy from 1953 to 1961,
and also served as secretary to
the New England Senators’
Conference.
Vitally interested in
international affairs, Sorensen is
a member of the Executive
Committee of the United
Nations Association, chairman
of the Association’s Panel on
Atlantic Relationships, and
member of the Advisory Council
of the Pan American
Development Foundation.
He has lectured throughout
the United States and in many
foreign countries, and is the
author of the best selling book,
“Kennedy,” and “Decision-Mak
ing in the White House.”
New Figures Show College’s
Huge Local Economic Impact
Figures recently compiled at
West Georgia College indicate a
striking pattern of growth and
development over the five-year
period, 1963 to 1968. As the
institution has grown in physical
size and in number of students,
its budget and economic impact
on the area have shown
corresponding growth.
For example, in this five year
period, the Educational and
General Budget has increased
from less than a million dollars
to $4.4 million, a rise of nearly
350 percent.
The Auxiliary Enterprises
Budget increased from a little
over a half million dollars to
$l.B million, a rise of more than
230 percent.
General operations payrolls
grew from less than a million
Row Hall Conversion
To Co-Ed Almost Ready;
Sign Up Set Next Week
Conversion of Row Hall to coed status will take place soon. The
rearrangement will permit more men to be housed on the campus,
will alleviate the crowded three-to-a-room situations which exist in
some residence halls and will allow one of the older residence halls
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Several dates have been
designated by the Housing
Office for signing up for rooms
in Row Hall when it becomes
coed after the opening of Project
V-11. The sign-up will be
accomplished by class rank,
beginning with seniors. On
Monday, Jan. 13, senior men
currently in housing may come
to the Housing Office and sign
up for rooms in Row from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
WOMEN SIGN UP
Senior women currently
residing in the West Wing in Row
may also come in Monday to
sign up for vacancies in the East
Wing. Junior men and women
may sign up Tuesday,
sophomores on Wednesday, and
freshmen on Thursday. ID cards
will be checked by the Housing
Office in order to determine the
class rank of an individual.
The West Wing of Row will
be filled only on a basis of
two-to-a-room. Three-to-a-room
situations currently existing in
the East Wing will be allowed to
remain if the residents so desire,
but vacancies will be filled only
to a maximum of two-to-a-room.
JOINED BY LOBBY
Row Hall, which consists of
two large wings joined by a
lobby and study room, will be
altered so Row West will be used
for men students and Row East
for women students. In effect, it
will be two separate residence
halls, with a mutual lobby and
study room.
Row East and Row West will
have a combined hall council
made up of students
representing each wing.
Row Hall was built for men
dollars to $4.4 million, an
increase of nearly 400 percent.
Another strong evidence of
economic impact on the area is
in student spending in local
business firms. Over the five year
period, this figure grew from a
little over a third of a million
dollars to $1.2 million, an
increase of more than 215
percent.
None of the figures above
reflect the large expenditures
being made for new construction
on the campus. During the
current fiscal year, an estimated
$3 million worth of construction
work will be done on the
campus, and about half of this,
or $1.5 million, is taken up in
payrolls, again pumping more
money into the flourishing local
economy.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1969
and was used by them until this
fall when it was converted to
accommodate more women
students on the campus. Its
conversion, however, greatly
decreased the number of campus
spaces for men, and the new
arrangement will help remedy
this situation.
FIRST IN GEORGIA
Don Gehring, director of
housing at West Georgia, pointed
out that other colleges and
universities in the South have
had coed housing facilities, but
this will be the first time it has
been implemented in the
University System of Georgia.
The rearrangement is planned
to go into effect upon the
completion of Project V-11, a
new residence hall for 300
women.
Melson Hall, one of the older
buildings on the front campus
which has been used as a
women’s residence hall for
several years, is to be vacated
during the winter quarter for
needed repairs.
ACUTE SHORTAGE
Dr. James E. Boyd, president
of West Georgia College, said the
shortage of campus housing has
been one of the major problems
facing the institution for several
years.
While several residence halls
are under construction or
scheduled to be built, the college
in the meantime is attempting to
accommodate as many students
as possible with available
facilities.
Another impressive statistic
for the five year period is the
growth in the value of the
physical plant at the college.
This figure has risen from $3.1
million to $13.5 million, an
increase of 325 percent.
And more is on the way.
Eleven more buildings are now
under construction or design at
an estimated cost of $13.4
million. This will almost double
the present value of the physical
plant.
Detailed information about
some of the above figures is
contained in a fact sheet on the
college recently prepared by the
Public Relations Office.
Interested persons may obtain
one of the fact sheets by calling
or writing the public relations
office.