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THE PERPETUAL TRAFFIC JAM shown above is created by
allowing parking in front of Rowe Hall. Mr. Richard Johnson, chief
of campus police, says that he is waiting for the conversion of Rowe
to see how the parking situation will be affected before making any
changes. However, the problem could easily be solved right now
with a gallon of yellow paint, making this circle a permanent
loading zone with 15 minute parking. The cars now parked here
could be parked on Brumbelow Road or on the drive to the men’s
residence halls, innconveniencing no one.
Drinking
It appears that many violations of state and city regulations
concerning the sale and use of alcoholic beverages occur as a direct or
indirect result of ignorance of the laws.
In a statement to campus organizations and the entire student
body, Dean John Pershing urged students to familiarize themselves
with these regulations and to comply with them. These regulations are
ireprinted on this page.
It is regrettable that such a statement ever had to be made and that
the administration found it necessary to emphasize standards rather
than obedience to specific regulations. However, the administration
feels there is no alternative at the present.
The WEST GEORGIAN urges all students to become familiar with
these laws and to take responsibility for their own behavior as mature
adults. If students do not agree with these laws they should take
constructive action to change them, not just violate them.
Only when students accept responsibility for their own conduct can
the college and its administration disavow the role of “moral
watchdog” or “mother” that it has been forced to assume.
Give A Damn
West Georgia students proved last Thursday that they do give a
damn about their fellow man. Some 410 students gave 361 pints of
blood, nearly one third of the entire allotment for Carroll County. Last
year’s record donation of 256 pints, which placed West Georgia first
among Georgia institutions for the percentage of students giving, was
broken.
Most students gave blood to unknown benefactors with no thought
of material reward, although free concert tickets were used as an
incentive, and donors are entitled to free blood in the amount of their
donation.
Such altruistic gestures on the part of students will go far to
improve the sterotyped image that many people have of college
students due to all the publicity given to that small percentage of
college age people who are trouble makers. Hopefully, it is people of
the caliber of those who gave blood instead of causing trouble who
truly represent the student body of West Georgia College.
The WEST GEORGIAN would like to congratulate all those who
gave blood and thank the Circle K for sponsoring this project and all
those students who took time out to help.
Action
Students for Community Action Now, better known asSCAN, isa
unique project with a unique purpose. It encourages and facilitates
student- community involvement, benefiting both the community and
participating students.
Such projects as tutoring local dropouts to enable them to pass the
high school equivalency test will help local citizens obtain better jobs
within the community. This, in turn, allows the community to make
full use of its resources without hiring outside employees.
Tutoring local students in elementary and high school subjects will
help improve the general intellectual level of the community and help
more local residents get a better education.
The “big brother” program in which college students serve as
companion, advisor, and confidant to juvenile delinquents should help
to reduce juvenile delinquency in the community. Such efforts on the
part of college students will, no doubt, do much to improve
college-community relations.
The participating college student benefits, as well as the
community. Such projects give the student the opportunity to learn
and do something worthwhile. By applying what he has learned in the
classroom in a practical way, a student can make education relevant to
his own life. By helping just one fellow human being the student can
help not only society but himself as well.
Those perceptive, far-sighted people who began and still motivate
SCAN Mrs. Ashley T. Williams, coordinator; Dean John Pershing,
Dean of Student Affairs; students, George Edwards, Pam Williams,
Doug Lavendar, and Carol Meadows; and all others who have helped
with various programs are to be commended for their efforts to
involve the college student in his community.
THE WEST GEORGIAN
Pershing Encourages Students’
Compliance With Liquor Laws
In recent statement to all campus organization, John Pershing,
Dean of Student Affairs, urged students to comply with state laws
concerning alcoholic beverages.
Dean Pershing stated, “I
expect students to observe state
and city regulations. I will be glad
to discuss these regulations as set
forth in the following act, passed
by the Georgia Legislature in
1967, entitled “Purchase of
Alcoholic Beverages by or for
Minors,” with any interested
student or organizations.”
STATE LAW
“An Act to provide that it
shall be unlawful for minors to
purchase any alcoholic,
spirituous, malt or intoxicating
liquors or beverages; to provide
that it shall be unlawful for a
minor to misrepresent his age for
the purpose of obtaining any such
liquors or beverages; to provide
that it shall be unlawful to
knowingly act as an agent to
purchase or acquire any such
liquors or beverages for or on
behalf of a minor; to provide for
penalties; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
“Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Georgia:
“Section 1. It shall be
unlawful for any minor to
purchase any alcoholic,
spirituous, malt or intoxicating
liquors or beverages, provided
that this section shall not apply to
any such liquors or beverages to
be consumed for medical
purposes pursuant to a
prescription by a duly licensed
physician under the laws of the
State of Georgia.
AGE
“Section 2. It shall be
unlawful for any minor to falsely
misrepresent his age in any
manner whatever, for the purpose
of illegally obtaining any
alcoholic, spirituous, malt, or
intoxicating liquors or beverages.
“Section 3. It shall be
unlawful for any person to
knowingly and intentionally act
as agent to purchase or acquire
any alcoholic, spirituous, malt or
intoxicating liquors or beverages
for or on behalf of a minor except
for the authorized purposes set
forth in Section 1 of this Act.
“Section 4. Any person
violating the above sections shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be
punished as for a misdemeanor.
“Section 5. All laws and parts
of laws in conflict with this Act
are hereby repealed.”
LAWS INTERPRETED
Dean Pershing also distributed
the following interpretations of
the law, written by a member of
the faculty of the School of Law
at Emory, to all Campus groups.
“The Georgia law is very strict in
regard to furnishing liquor to
minors. Liquor here means any
kind of intoxicating beverage,
including beer and wine. A minor
is anyone under the age of 21.
The basic criminal statute is as
follows:
“Georgia Code Sec. 58-612
reads as follows:
“Any person who knowingly,
by himself or another, shall
furnish or cause to be furnished,
or permit any other person in his
employ to furnish any minor
spirituous or intoxicating or malt
liquors, without first obtaining
written authority from the parent
or guardian of said minor, shall be
guilty of a felony and shall be
punished by confinement and
labor in the penitentiary for not
less than one year or more than
five years.
FELONY
“Sec. 58-1061 also makes
furnishing to minors a
misdemeanor, but 1953 Act
making it a felony is controlling.
The basic statute dates at least
from 1875 and the 1953 Act
increased the penalty to a felony.
This statute is usually thought of
as relating to sales to minors, but
it is not so restricted.
“Furnish” means to deliver in
any way. In Blodgett v. State, 97
Ga. 351 (1895), Blodgett put a
jug of whiskey on a counter in a
store and gave a general invitation
to those present to help
themselves. A minor took a drink
and Blodgett was convicted under
the statute.
“It should also be noted that
the written permission must be
Lee Howell
McGill Championed
Equal Rights, Dignity
Ralph McGill died this week. He suffered a heart attack at the home
of a friend following a 71st birthday dinner. Thus, after 30-odd years
in journalism during which time he won numerous awards and honors
for his editorial excellence, the leading voice of responsible liberalism
in the South was stilled. ...
Many people who knew him
well called him “gentle.” They
tell of his little kindness to young
reporters, his fondness for
dialogue with youth, his interest
in people from all walks of life.
He was the man who could walk
with peasants and potentates
“and count it just the same,” as
Rudyard Kipling wrote.
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Yet, the Ralph McGill most of
us knew was the one who wrote
the page one column one editorial
daily in the Atlanta Constitution.
There we met the thunderer, the
crusader. We met a native
Southerner who loved his region
and because he loved it, because
he had faith in the ultimate
perfectability of the South, he
criticized the less-than-perfect.
We met a man condemned for his
convictions, damned for his
deliberation; we met a man
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Editor-in-Chief Judy Long
Managing Editor Malcolm Storey
News Editors Mary K. Zachary, Kent Walton
Feature Editor Pam Shirey
Assistant Feature Editor Dwight Campbell
Asst. News Editor Bob Garrett
Sports Editor Steve Ellerbee
Business Manager Glenn Mitchell
Radio Editor . Lee Howell
Circulation Manager Jim Darby
Photographer Larry Benton
Typist Leslie Fitterman. Lynn Simonton
Reporters Harold Drennon. Karen Roach. Freda Frazier. Bruce
Wingo, Mike Austin. Steve Axelberg, Greg Davis. Ron Cagle. John
Mann. Bill Harrell. Bruce Jones. Rod Lipham. Mary Williams. Jimmy
Drake, Eleanor Montgomery, Roxanne Caldwell. Connie Vansoii.
Karen Denmark.
FEBRUARY 7 t 1969
special for each occasion. A
general permission does not
satisfy the statute. Gill v. State,
86 Ga. 751 (1891)
“In addition to the criminal
offense, a tort action is created by
a statute reading as follows:
(Georgia Code Sec. 105-1205)
“A father, or, if the father is
dead, a mother, shall have a right
of action against any person who
shall sell or furnish spirituous
liquors to his or her child under
age, for his own use, and without
the said parent’s permission.”
RECENT DECISION
“This statute has not been
considered very often by the
courts, the most recent decision is
the case of Dodd v. Slater, next
friend, 101 Ga. App. 358(1960).
“It has been held that the
infant also has a tort action for
any injuries he might receive.
Dodd v. Slater, next friend, 101
Ga. App. 363(1960).”
praised for his principles,
applauded for his opinions.
I did not always agree with Mr.
McGill. Certainly, his support of
the war in Vietnam was anathema
to me. But, I did always respect
him and his opinion, for I know
that his support of the various
causes he championed was as
sincere as I consider my own.
EQUAL RIGHTS
The cause he championed the
longest and hardest, and the one
with which he is most closely
associated, was the struggle for
equal rights and human dignity
for all men, regardless of skin
pigmentation, economic standing
or religious belief.
Ralph McGill was never
neutral; he would probably have
been offended by those who are
trying in death to make him less
controversial than he ever
attempted to be in life.