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VOLUME XXXVII NUMBER 28
Regents Okay 914,879
For Underpaid Workers
The State Board of Regents
Tuesday authorized the payment
of $14,879 12 in claims to em
ployees at West Georgia who
contended they were underpaid
according to the federal Fair
Standards Act.
This action by the Regents was
made after Wage and Hour
Child Care Center
To Be Established
By the end of April the West Georgia area may have a
cooperative child care center.
Since staff schedules and
operating hours are now being
established, it is important that
all who are interested in such a
center attend a meeting Tuesday,
April 20, at 7:30 p.m. in meeting
room 2 of the Student Center,
according to a spokesman.
“The most important aspect of
our thinking has been the
cooperative aspect,” explained
one of the founders. Care of
children and finances involved
will be shared by those using the
center, she said. There will be no
salaried employees and everyone
who uses the center will donate
service.
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THE NEW FOLK, a musical group under the sponsorship of Campus Crusade for Christ
International, will perform in the HPE building next Thursday night at 8 p.m.
Division investigators had
charged that maids at West
Georgia were paid on a lower
scale than janitors, but their
duties were so similar that no
legal wage differential could be
set.
The payment was part of the
more than $26,000 which the
At present, only members of
the college community, faculty
and students, are involved, but
the center itself will be open to
other members of the college
community.
A large house on Maple Street,
within walking distance of the
college, has been rented to house
the center. However, work on the
house and yard will be necessary
before use, and volunteers are
needed to help with cleaning,
painting, and repairing the
house, she said.
(Anyone interested in any
aspect of the child care project
may contact Jayne Gosnold, P.O.
Box 10856, or phone 834-2402.)
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GA. 30117
board agreed to pay to West
Georgia and Middle Georgia
College, providing that other
claims, including $342 at West
Georgia, not be pursued by the
Wage and Hour Division.
Shealy F. McCoy, vice chan
cellor for fiscal affairs, told the
board that the settlement was
determined by negotiations, and
declined to pay claim to em
ployees at Georgia Southern
College.
The three Georgia Colleges had
all been investigated by the Wage
and Hour Division after the
University System became
subject to the Fair Labor Stan
dards Act in 1967.
At Middle Georgia, in
vestigators charged that em
ployees were earning less than
the minimum wage because they
had to furnish their own
uniforms.
The wage dispute at Georgia
Southern, which may lead to a
federal lawsuit, stems from
alleged wage discrimination
among cooks, according to sex,
the regents were told.
Musical Group, New Folk,
To Perform Thursday Night
The New Folk, a musical team
which travels and performs
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participates in a debate with a team from Harvard. (See story on
page 2 about the West Georgia team’s last debate of the season.)
under the sponsorship of Campus
Crusade for Christ International
will appear in concert at West
Georgia. April 22 at 8 p.m. The
concert will be held in the HPE
building and will be free.
Composed of seven college
students and recent graduates,
the New Folk team combines
songs of a religious nature with
recent heavy hits by top-name
groups. The team members also
write and arrange several of
their numbers.
According to Steve Campbell,
emcee for the New Folk,
“Students everywhere are
looking for freedom. This great
search leads some to sex, some to
drugs, others to religion. We have
found that Jesus Christ is the only
true source of freedom, for He
offers meaning in life, instead of
escape from it.”
Now on a nationwide tour, the
group is one of three that travels
under the auspices of the Campus
Crusade for Christ. The group
has released three albums and is
planning a fourth release in May.
In 1968 it was featured on a one
hour television special with Pat
Boone and Paul Stookey, of folk
singers, Peter, Paul and Mary.
According to a news release on
the group, the New Folk have
come together “with the specific
purpose of communicating to
others the solution they have
found as individuals to the
problems confronting their
generation today —a solution
found in God’s love and
forgiveness. At the conclusion of
each performance, the New Folk
look forward to talking in
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dividually with members of the
audience about the ideas
presented in the program.”
Dr. Donald Dickmann,
assistant professor of biology, is
in charge of bringing the group to
the West Georgia campus.
Inside
Today
'Gay Lib'
SEE STORY ON PAGE 3
Letters
SEE PAGE 4
Spring Fling
SEE PAGES 8 AND 9
Skydiver
SEE STORY ON PAGE 12