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VOLUME XXXVI-NUMBER 14
State Officials Here
For Gov’t Workshop
Lieutenant Governor George T. Smith and the student government
officers from seven Georgia colleges will gather on campus for a
workshop on state government held tomorrow.
The purpose of the conference
is to make plans for a larger,
statewide Student Workshop on
State Government to be
conducted at the state capitol in
May.
“This is one of sue regional
meetings being held across the
state to gather ideas and
determine topics to be discussed
at the statewide conference at the
capitol,” explained Ches Gwinn,
a West Georgia student and
member of the workshop steering
committee.
The workshop, which will be
hosted by the Student
Government Association is
scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in
the Student Center.
Speakers at the opening
session include State Senator
Lamar Plunkett of Bowdon, who
will inform’ the group of
upcoming legislation affecting
higher education, and Bert
Etheredge, chairman of the
Carroll County Republican
Executive Committee, who will
discuss the purposes and
techniques of lobbying.
The May Student Workshop
on State Government, which will
draw student government
representatives from every
college and university in Georgia,
is designed to give college
students an opportunity to gain a
better understanding of their
state government and provide
them with an opportunity to
meet with their legislators to
Senate Proposal Passes
The controversial College Senate constitution was passed in a
pre-Christmas faculty meeting by a surprisingly large margin.
Against 52 negative votes cast,
210 “yes” votes carried the
passage of the aging proposal. The
early morning faculty meeting,
held on “dead day” prior to
exams, was an unusually long,
English Exams
Held This Week
Have you missed, taking the
English competency exams in
previous quarters at West
Georgia? Passing this exam is a
requirement for graduation, so
you must take it, like it or not!
The exam is given during the
first week of each quarter. Many
students forget the competency
exam requirement and have to
forego graduating until they have
fulfilled the requirement.
The exam was given yesterday
at 6 p.m. in the Social Science
lecture hall. If you were planning
to take the exam this quarter the
joke is on you for reading this
article.
Notices for the next exam will
be posted on all official bulletin
boards. Better luck next time!
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discuss various problems and
concerns, Gwinn said.
Other than West Georgia
College, institutions to be
represented at the regional
meeting include Dalton Junior
College, Shorter College, Berry
College, Reinhardt College,
LaGrange College, and Columbus
College.
Chairman Morehead Resigns,
College Searching for Replacement
Dr. Marcus B. Morehead,
chairman of the mathematics and
science division for the past eight
months, has resigned his West
Georgia position to become a
research associate at his Alma
Mater, the University of North
Carolina.
Dr. Morehead submitted his
resignation to Dr. George Walker,
vice president of the college, last
week.
Dr. Herman W. Boyd,
professor of physics, is assuming
Dr. Morehead’s duties until the
college can secure a replacement.
Dr. Boyd speculated that Dr.
Morehead would “rather do
scientific research in his field of
study, geology, than perform in
an administrative capacity.”
Vice President W'alker also
shares this opinion.
“Dr. Morehead was a very fine
administrator and a good teacher
three-hour, session.
The senate constitution will be
forwarded to the Board of
Regents meeting next
Wednesday, according to Dr.
Stephen McCutchson, assistant to
the president. “There could be
changes made,” Dr. McCutchson
said, “but if passed in present
form, machinery for the
implementation of the senate will
be initiated this quarter.”
SURPRISING
Such possible expedience in
getting the structure underway is
probably good news to Dr.
Robert Miller, professor of
philosophy, who predicted
informally to students and
friends before the voting that the
proposal “probably would not
pass.” Dr. Miller chaired the
faculty committee who worked
on the constitution after its
revision by the president’s
advisory council.
Dr. Miller’s skepticism may
have been based on a generally
accepted theory that the
business-economic division was
almost entirely against the
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DR. MOREHEAD
and a fine researcher,” he said,
adding that, “Dr. Morehead had a
professional interest in the
research he was invited to do at
North Carolina and the policy of
this college is not to stand in the
way of the advancement of a
professor.”
Dr. Walker also expressed the
hope that Dr. Morehead would
come back to this college after he
finishes his research.
The recruitment of anew
division chairman is underway,
according to Dr. John Martin,
dean of academic affairs. Dr.
Martin said that there is a
procedure for replacement that
will consider both local eligibility
and eligibility of other qualified
persons.
“The speed of replacement
depends upon whether we find a
suitable person quickly,” said
Dean Martin.
To qualify for the position the
candidate must hold a Ph.D. in
science, have experience as an
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SOME STUDENTS STOOD in this line for as much as two hours to get their books for this quarter.
Enterprising students avoided the line by trading books for the ones they need this quarter. APO book
exchange helped to lighten the load some but for most people the line is an unavoidable evil.
Delay in New Building
Causes Class Changes
Although scheduled to be opened for winter quarter, the new
Classrqom Arts building, which was part of a four-building complex
dedicated last fall in ceremonies attended by the Board of Regents,
failed to meet the deadline set for its opening.
In the meantime, classes
originally set up to meet in the
building were shifted to other
campus buildings, and many of
the classes changed times.
The building, which will
eventually house the English, art,
speech and drama, languages,
philosophy and music
departments, failed to open for a
number of reasons, according to
Dr. James Mathews, chairman of
administrator, and have personal
qualifications suitable for
administration, he said.
AA UP to Investigate
Censorship Charges
The Executive Council of the Student Government Association has
requested that the West Georgia Chapter of the American Association
of University Professors investigate the alleged censorship of the
newspaper, THE WEST GEORGIAN.
The Executive Council charges
that college administrators
deleted and changed the wording
of several articles in the
November 21 edition of the
paper. College officials involved
were President James E. Boyd,
Vice-President George Walker,
Dean of Student Affairs Tracy
Stallings, and Humanities Division
Chairman James W. Mathews.
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GEORGIAN editor-in-chief Kent
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the division of humanities.
According to Mathews, the
finishing touches have not been
added to the interior of the
building. He said the work of spot
painting, cleaning up, and
installing parts to mechanical
equipment still remains to be
done.
Harmon Tolbert, assistant to
the president for campus
development, said the building
will be inspected sometime after
Jan. 13. He added that the
building will be inspected by the
architect, contractor, a member
of the state building authority,
and by appropriate college
officials.
As to when the building will be
occupied, Dr. Mathews said he
hoped the humanities division
will move in within two or three
weeks after inspection.
Walton, a second incident of
administrative interference
occurred prior to the publication
of the Dec. 5 issue.
Dr. Richard Coffeen,
president of the West Georgia
chapter of the AAUP, has sent a
letter to the SGA saying that the
Executive Council has taken the
request for an investigation under
consideration and has promised
to look into the matter during
winter quarter.