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WEST GEORGIAN VOLUME XXXVII NUMBER 29 1 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 Continued on Page 16