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THE MAINTENANCE CREW HAS A BIG HEADACHE. A main
waterline broke, but the repair job they must do is very dangerous
since the water main is close to a high pressure gas line.
Water Line Breakage
Leaves Buildings Dry
The water line feeding West Georgia’s academic complex broke in
half Wednesday, giving maintenance crews one of their biggest
problems yet, according to Robert G. Townley, director of
maintenance and security.
The break was at first believed
to be due to frozen pipes, but
proved to be of graver
consequence than suspected, he
said. Mr. Townley explained that
workers will need to operate the
heavy digging equipment only
inches away from a high pressure
gas line.
“That gas line has to be high
pressure,” he said. “It feeds not
only the academic center, but the
Student Center and the HPE
building. Repairing the water line
will require careful work with the
SGA Changes
Election Rules
Steve Roberts, chairman of
the SGA election committee,
states that there will be a “new
and added attraction” related to
the Feb. 24 elections of SGA
officials whowill assume office at
the start of the spring quarter.
Offices to be filled are:
president, vice-president,
secretary, treasurer, and judiciary
chairman. Letters of candidacy
will be accepted Feb. 17, with the
official campaign beginning the
next day at 8 a.m., Roberts said.
The entrance fee is $5.
A plan is being made for
speeches and debates, with a
possible question-and-answer
session, according to Roberts.
“This will be a chance for the
candidates to let students know
they really want the jobs, and
that they are interested in SGA
and are not just seeking a prestige
position,” he said.
In addition to the regular
voting hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
there will be an added time in
which students may vote in the
dorms.
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excavating equipment to avoid
danger.”
SGA Passes Proposals
Favoring'F Drop'System
Competency Exams
Rescheduled?
By AUDREY BLEDSOE
Proposals recommending that
a grade of “F” be dropped from
grade-point computation if the
course is repeated with a better
grade, and that the English
Competency exam be given to
incoming freshmen during
orientation week, were passed by
the executive council of the
Student Government Association
Monday.
The “F”-drop proposal
recommends specifically that a
better grade earned in a course
repeated for credit completely
replace the original “F” in
computing grade-point averages.
However, both grades will
remain on the student’s per
manent record.
COMPETENCY EXAM
The proposal for re-scheduling
the English Competency exam
recommends that the exam be
given to all incoming freshmen
during the testing period of fresh
men orientation. Only after
passing the exam should a
student be allowed to enter
regular English courses. Any
student who failed to pass would
receive writing lab instruction
until he was able to successfully
complete the competency test.
PROVISIONS
The “F”-drop proposal was
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GA. 30117
No-Curfew Concept
O.K. With Officials
Women’s curfews at West
Georgia College should soon be
liberalized, according to
President James E. Boyd. The
announcement came Monday
after a two-hour conference in the
president’s office among top
level administrators and a five
member SGA delegation.
Mike Purvis, chairman of the
SGA committee to abolish
women’s curfews, said that,
although the specific program
proposed would probably not be
adopted, “the concept, at least,
seems popular with all ad
ministrators at the conference.’’
ABOLISH CURFEWS
The proposal submitted by
Purvis’ committee calls for
“abolishment of women’s cur
fews at West Georgia College,
with the exception of first
quarter freshmen women.’’
Spring quarter of this year was
the suggested date for the
proposal to go into effect.
Full endorsement of the
proposal’s concept was received
first from Charles Smith,
director of housing, then from
Tracy Stallings, acting dean of
student affairs. Dr. Boyd stated
he “favored liberalization to
some degree, but possibly not to
the degree in the proposal.”
In a Dec. 9 memo to Mr.
previously passed by the student
senate, but was tabled at the
January 12 meeting of the
executive council because of a
disagreement about the number
of times an “F” could be dropped
and the number of F’s one could
drop. It is noted in the amended
proposal that a student must
have the approval of the dean of
the college to repeat a course
more than once for credit, and
that a student may drop F’s for
only 20 credit hours as an un
dergraduate student.
The proposal is now being sent
to Dean John Martin, dean of
academic affairs, for approval
and possible implementation.
Reasons given by the executive
council proposal are varied. It
was pointed out that all but three
units of the University System of
Georgia, and a large number of
colleges and universities in good
standing throughout the south
east and the nation, presently
follow such a system of grade
point computation.
“F” AN OBSTACLE
It was further stated that even
a single “F” used to compute
grade-point averages poses an
obstacle, especially to the
average student, difficult to
overcome in several quarters.
Also, computation of an “F” for a
course which has been repeated
with a better grade is an ex-post -
facto rejection of the “late
bloomer” concept. Also, it is
common practice to reject or
Stallings, Mr. Smith begins by
saying, “1 feel confident in en
dorsing this concept and en
courage its adoption on the West
Reasons Found For
Assistant’s Layoff
At the start of winter quarter, 10 student assistants in the social
science division lost their jobs, and 21 student assistants in the
humanities division, plus several in the math-science division, had their
hours cut.
Controversy over the job
termination and hour-cutting of
the assistants has raged for weeks,
prompting an SGA investigation.
According to Paul Smith,
director of financial aid, the
problems with student assistants
stemmed from a number of
causes.
Mr. Smith said that each
division chairman had been
requested to submit in August the
total number of student assistants
he expected to employ fall
quarter, and the chairman was
allotted a certain amount of
money in his budget for the
assistant program.
The pay scale for student
assistants was also printed in an
ignore the courses carried on the
transcripts of transfer students
that have the grade of “F” but
have been repeated with higher
grades.
The proposal to re-schedule the
English competency exam was
made on the basis that the
student would benefit more
throughout his career if the exam
were given in the proposed
manner.
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A PEACEFUL SNOW in Georgia throws everything out of order.
Night classes were called off Monday because of a light snow.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23. 1970
Georgia College campus.” The
body of the memo contains a
detailed analysis and
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August notice from Mr. Smith.
DIVISIONS EXCEED QUOTA
In October, Mr. Smith once
again issued memorandums to the
division chairmen, notifying
them about how much money
they had spent. At that time, it
was discovered that several had
exceeded the quota of student
assistants they’d set for
themselves in August.
At the end of fall quarter, the
division chairmen were advised
by Mr. Smith of the pay scale for
winter quarter, which had been
raised due to an increase in the
federal minimum wage.
Later, the chairmen of the
humanities, social science, and
math-science divisions found that
they had greatly exceeded their
budgets and would either have to
fire students or cut their hours,
financial aid director explained.
The choice was left to the
individual chairmen.
PAY RAISE
Although Mr. Smith said the
raise in pay from fall to winter
would have some effect on
division budgets, he added that
most of the trouble lay with the
hiring of additional student
assistants.
In the end, several of the
students who lost their positions
qualified for the campus
work-study program (CWSP).
However, six students were left
without jobs, Mr. Smith said.