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VOLUME XXXV - NUMBER IS
Committee to Explore
WG Academic Senate
Plans for an academic senate at West Georgia are now being pro
posed by the local chapter of the American Association of University
Professors (A.A.U.P.). The proposed academic senate would func
tion as the legislative body governing the academic community.
Dr. James E. Boyd, president
of the college, appointed an elev
en member faculty committee
Wednesday morning to study the
need for the senate and formulate
a proposal for one. Dr. Robert
Miller is the chairman of this
committee composed of Dr. J.
Lincoln DeVillier, Dr. Gordon
Finnie, Dr. Virginia Meehan, Dr.
Elmo Roberds, Dr. John Martin,
Dr. James Mathews, Dr. Bill
Morehead, Assistant Professor
Joe Turner, Dr. Bernice Free
man, and Assistant Professor
Henry DuFour.
NEW PROCEDURES NEEDED
According to Dean George Walk
er, “The faculty already has
these legislative powers,” but
the crux of the issue is the pres
ent lack of efficient and expedient
legislative machinery outside of
'e administration. Dean Walker
views this factor as the primary
reason for the need of a faculty
(or academic) senate.
Although the A.A.U.P. cannot
act officially within the college
governmental framework to im
plement an academic senate, it
can and is working through com
mittees, hoping to have the sen
ate functioning by next summer.
FACULTY UNWIELDY
Joe Turner, President of
A.A.U.P. at West Georgia, feels
that the faculty as a whole is an
“unwieldy body,” and that an
academic senate would better
serve the purpose of governing
the college community through
effective and representative pol
icy formulation.
The basic philosophy underlying
the academic senate proposal
is comparable to our federal gov
ernment’s "separation of pow
ers.” The A.A.U.P. feels that
the administration should serve
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Group Formed
For Campus Life
An important step forward has
been made in the direction of stu
dent-faculty relations with the
creation of the Student Life Com
mittee.
The committee, consisting of six
faculty members and four stu
dents, is designed to give the stu
dents a means of presenting their
wishes, desires, and complaints
concerning non-academic activ
ities at West Georgia College.
Chairman of the committee, Dr.
Robert Miller, Philosophy De
partment, said, “The committee
will generally be concerned with
basic student problems, but will
also keep abreast of what is going
on among the students outside
academic areas.”
Other faculty members on the
committee include. Mrs. Mary
Anne De Villier, Hugh Sorrell,
Miss Edna Earl Edwards, Gary
Wilson, and Dr. Edith Maxwell.
Four student members will soon
be appointed.
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Sorensen Cites
Election Issues
At Wed. Meeting
Theodore C. Sorensen, close
associate and advisor of the late
President John F. Kennedy, gave
his reflections on 1968 as an
election year in a speech at Win
ter Convocation here Wednesday.
He also gave some insights into
the future of American politics.
He noted that his party blames
the loss of the election on many
things - North Vietnam, Senator
McCarthy, Soviets, Hubert Hum
phrey, and an endless list of other
scapegoats.
Mr. Sorensen stated that 1968
showed we do have young people
interested in politics even though
they didn’t show up at the polls.
The elections showed that the
opinion polls are a reliable social
research medium. Electors this
year were more pragmatic than
ideological, and the polls showed
that Americans don’t like extre
mism.
He said that he found the low vot
er turn-out discomforting. The
electoral college once more
threatened to shake up politics
even more.
“The young people’s argument
that our present economy and
politics is outdated is valid. We
do need reforms to avert crisis,”
Sorensen said.
He was disgusted by the fact that
so much violence was shown at
both conventions and rallies for
George Wallace. He stated that
we must overhaul the method of
selecting a president.
After the convocation Mr. So
rensen met with a very enthus
iastic and receptive throng of
students and faculty. This event
was sponsored by the Young
Democrats.
THEODORE SORENSEN A DDRESSES WINTER CONVOCATION Wednesday afternoon as fifteen
hundred faculty and students gather in the HPE Budding. Before the address, music was provided by the
band and choir.
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GA. 30117
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DR. ROBERT MILLER
Prof Awarded
Internship in
Administration
Dr. James Robert Miller, as
sistant professor of philosophy
at West Georgia College, is one
of approximately 100 persons
from across the nation selected
to participate in the Academic
Administration Internship Pro
gram.
Sponsored by the American
Council on Education for the
1969-70 academic year, this pro
gram is designed to strengthen
leadership and develop persons
for key academic administration
positions in higher education.
“It’s purpose is acquainting
certain faculty with new ideas in
administration in effect at other
institutions,” explained Dr. Mil
ler. Additional purposes of the
internship program are to help
institutions identify younger fa
culty and staff who have shown
promise for academic admini
stration, to prepare them for
professional careers in this area
and to provide them with op
portunities for observation and
experience in decision-making.
“WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE”
Although at the present time Dr.
Miller foresees no personal ca
reer in this field, he views this
opportunity as “exciting-quite a
wonderful experience.”
Dr. Miller, who joined the col
lege’s faculty in the fall of 1967,
will attend a number of meetings
at Chicago where he will discuss
new ideas and suggestions for
New Events on Tap
For ’69 Homecoming
Something new has been added to Homecoming festivities this year
at West Georgia College.
In addition to the usual social events, banquet, business meeting,
basketball game, and Homecoming dance on January 25, a panel dis
cussion will feature presentations by three members of the college
faculty on the nature and goals of today’s students. It will then be fol
lowed by a question and answer session.
The discussion, entitled “Col
legian, 1969,” will be held in the
college’s Student Center at 4:00
p.m. “If response from the alum
ni is favorable, this will become
a regular feature of Homecoming
in future years,” according to
McDonald Willis, director of
alumni affairs.
HOMECOMING PARADE
Homecoming Day will begin with
a parade, sponsored by the senior
class. It will start from downtown
Carrollton at 1:00 p.m. and pro
ceed out Maple Street to the Stu
dent Center on the campus.
Many campus organizations will
changes in administration. His
duties will also involve research
work on various situations and
problems.
Most of the internship respon
sibilities will be carried out at
the West Georgia campus where
Dr. Miller will be released from
routine academic responsibil
ities in order to gain first-hand
experience and knowledge in the
administration processes.
WORK PROGRAM
Under this arrangement, the
college will provide him with the
opportunity to observe and work
with various administrative of
officials including: academic
deans, central administrative of
ficers, and the president. Work
ing with these positions, he will
have an opportunity to suggest
changes analyzed in the program
research.
“The top administrators here
are part of the whole program.
1 will be the link with the Amer
ican Council on Education, pro
moting the necessary transition
in policy changes where neces
sary,” Dr. Miller revealed.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17,1969
enter floats in the parade, which
will be led by the Third Army
Band from Fort McPherson. Res
idence halls on campus will also
be decorated and awards will be
presented for the best float and
the best residence hall display.
The traditional banquet will be
gin at 6:30 p.m. in the dining hall
of the Student Center, and will be
in the form of a smorgasbord.
At the annual business meeting
following dinner, alumni officers
for the coming year will be
elected and several amendments
to the Constitution will be voted
on. The business meeting will
then be followed by a brief pro
gram.
BASKETBALL GAME
A basketball game between the
West Georgia College Braves and
the Panthers of Georgia State
College will be played in the
Health - Physical Education
Building at 8:00.
Music for the Homecoming
dance, immediately following the
game, will be provided by the Jos
tins, a fourteen piece band. “Miss
Homecoming” and her court will
be announced at intermission.
Any club or organization wishing
to enter a contestant may do so
by submitting the young lady’s
name and a five-dollar entry fee
to the senior class through the di
rector of student activities before
Friday, January 17.
Invitational
Debate Meet
Here Jan. 24
Extensive preparations are now
being made for the 18th Annual
West Georgia Invitational Debate
and Forensics Tournament to be
held Jan. 24 and 25 and hosted by
the West Georgia College debate
team. Dr. Glenn More and de
bate coach Norman Darling will
be coordinating and supervising
the event.
Twenty - five colleges from
across the nation are expected to
participate. Among them are
Emory University, Georgia
Southern College, Gulf Coast
Junior College, Georgia Tech,
Spring Hill College and the Uni
versity of South Alabama.
The participants will be con
tending for first-place awards in
five categories: varsity and no
vice debate, oral interpretation,
persuasive speaking, extempo
raneous speaking, and after-din
ner speaking.
The winner in each area will re
ceive one of the 16 trophies of
fered, with the institution that has
compiled the best over - all rec
ord in the categories receiving
the sweepstakes trophy.