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WEST GEORGIAN
VOLUME XXXVII NUMBER 29
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TUSKEGEE DIRECTOR C. Edouard Ward conducts the
Institute’s 30-voice concert choir in its concert at West Georgia
Monday night. (For more information see review of the
performance on page 12.)
Organizations To Participate
In May 1 Walk for Mankind
West Georgia organizations are
making plans to participate in the
May 1 Walk for Mankind, ac
cording to Steve Roberts,
president of Circle K and coor
dinator of the project on campus.
A fund-raising event for
Project Concern, the 15-mile
walk, is in its second year in the
Carrollton area.
According to Roberts, almost
all the sororities and fraternities
have decided to join with local
residents for the walk, as will
many of the campus religious
groups.
Roberts said that each person
who desires to walk should seek
sponsor support. The sponsors
pledge a certain amount of
money for each mile walked.
In this way, he said, walkers
College Degree No Longer Passport
For Good Jobs With Higher Pay
BY AUDREY BLEDSOE
A few years ago, a person
without a high school education
couldn’t get a decent job. Later, a
college diploma became a virtual
necessity. Now A.B. and M.A.
degrees are no longer passports
to good jobs with high wages.
According to West Georgia
Placement Director Arthur
Sanders, the placement of West
Georgia graduates is not as much
of a problem as is placement of
graduates of some colleges
around the state.
“We have not suffered a large
decrease in the number of
companies recruiting,’’ he said.
are actually “earning’’ the
money, not asking for charitable
gifts from the sponsors. Sponsor
sheets may be obtained from the
office of David Parkman,
director of student activities.
Most campus groups have been
shown a film about the walk, 45 of
which was staged last year in 38
states. In addition, Roberts has
run the film at meetings of
Carrollton civic and service
organizations.
The film describes how money
raised in the walks is used by
Project Concern which was
originated by Dr. Jim Turpin. Dr.
Turpin is a medical doctor who
gave up a growing practice to
begin an independent non-profit
However, he admitted that WGC
does not have the variety of
companies recruiting that it had
in the past.
Asa result, many students are
not finding jobs, he said. A large
number of the graduates are
teachers, some of whom are
“having trouble.”
“Teachers can find jobs in the
South, but if they want to work
out of the South, they’re out of
luck,” Mr. Sanders said.
WORST CHANCES
Teachers of social studies,
English, and the basic sciences
have the poorest chances, ac
cording to Mr. Sanders. Primary
WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, CARROLLTON, GA. 30117
Pub. Banquet To Host
Look Editor Hedgepeth
William Hedgepeth, a senior
editor with Look magazine, will
be the featured speaker for the
Publications Board banquet
Thursday night, April 29.
Staff members of the three
campus publications, members
of the board itself, and special
guests will attend the affair
Court Denies Appeal
Of Former Students
Two former West Georgia students, who were sentenced last April
for illegal possession of drugs, have had their two year sentences
upheld by the State Court of Appeals.
The students, Ed Tant and
Mark Boatner, had questioned
the validity of the act under
which they were convicted.
program of medical relief for
those who lack the basic elements
of health, education, food,
shelter, and job opportunities.
Approximately 147 staff
members of 34 different
nationalities now make up the
program’s staff, and clinics have
been established in Hong Kong,
South Vietnam, Mexico and
Tennessee.
The Carrollton walk will be
between 7 and 8 a.m. on May 1
and is tentatively scheduled to
originate from the Carrollton
recreation department at Lake
Carroll.
Information sheets on other
aspects of the walk are being
distributed with the sponsor
sheets.
school teachers are still in great
demand. Students in psychology
and sociology will also face a
poor job market. However,
majors in the other liberal arts
and in business are “not having
much trouble.”
Recent and prospective
graduates confirm the placement
director’s predictions. A recent
graduate with an M.A. in English
is finding that many businesses
look askance at the M.A. because
“they think it means a higher
salary demand,” and that the
public schools refuse to recognize
the advanced degree because it
doesn’t include professional
which is scheduled for 7 p.m. at
the Sunset Hills Country Club.
Hedgepeth has covered many
southern stories from his Atlanta
office and has been assigned
particularly to the “youth” beat.
A graduate of Emory
University, he was editor of the
Emory Wheel, and after
They also contended that
they were tricked by the
undercover agent who infiltrated
their apartment and was present
at a party where marijuana was
smoked.
However, the court held that
the agent did nothing “to entice,
trick, or persuade the defendants
to commit the crime.”
In their appeal, the
defendants also cited prejudice
and bias in the community based
primarily upon news coverage.
In particular, they questioned
the validity of an article written
by one of them for THE WEST
GEORGIAN and a story in the
Carroll County Georgian with
pictures and an account of the
arrest.
The Court of Appeals said
that the trial court did not abuse
its discretion in permitting a
juror to serve who had read the
local newspaper articles and had
seen the pictures “where such
juror said that he believed he
could serve without prejudice
and could render a just verdict
under the evidence.”
The Court’s decision was
five-three and came after the
State Supreme Court transferred
the case to the Court of Appeals.
education courses.
His alternatives are taking a
low paying job or returning to
school to complete certification
requirements.
Another English major who
will graduate in June had hoped
to teach near Atlanta. She was
told that the DeKalb County
Board of Education had received
more than 17,000 applications by
mid-February.
An M.A. or T-5 certification is
almost a requirement for getting
a job in the Atlanta area, she
said.
Another student added that
jobs are still plentiful “if you
FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1971
graduation worked as a speech
writer for Carl Sanders.
His most recent articles in
Look were: “The American
South-Rise of the New Con
federacy,” in the Nov. 17 issue;
“The Commune Way Keeps
Spreading Because ‘ Maybe It’ll
Be Different Here*;” in the March
23 issue; “Cape Kennedy,” in the
Jan. 12 issue; and “Powder Keg
Among the Palms,” in the April 6
issue.
For the “American South”
article, Hedgepeth and a
photographer used an old pickup
truck, complete with gun rack
and Mississippi license plates,
and traveled over 8,000 miles in
two months.
Last year’s banquet speaker
was Lou Erickson, cartoonist for
the Atlanta Journal.
This year special awards will
be presented to staff members of
the publications.
Tri Delta
Donates
To Library
The newly established Beta
lota chapter of Delta Delta Delta
national sorority has presented a
gift of S2OO to the library.
The money, according to
Robert H. Simmons, librarian, is
being used to purchase a set of
books published by the Sierra
Club of San Francisco and
dealing with the Everglades, the
Central Park Country, the Sierra
Nevada, the parkland of Red
wood Creek, the Grand Canyon,
and the park country of Hawaii.
The books contain 500 color
plates and are accompanied by
related illustrated textbooks.
The library gift was made
available through the
organization’s Delta Century
Fund.
don’t mind South Georgia, small
towns, and ever smaller
schools.”
EASIEST CHANCES
Elementary education majors
are finding things easier. One
student said she had no trouble
finding just the job she wanted.
Another said that she had
received several lucrative offers.
A business major, though,
found that a business degree was
notan automatic admission card.
“Many large businesses seem to
prefer liberal arts degrees,” he
said.
Some students see graduate
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