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Parents' Day
Ralph Nader To Give
Convocation Address
An address by Ralph Nader,
consumer rights advocate, will
highlight two weeks of activities
in the annual Fine Arts Festival.
Nader will speak at 10:30 a m.
Wednesday during the Parents’
Pay convocation in the HPE
building.
The Fine Arts Festival got
underway last Sunday with the
opening of a student art display
in the Humanities building,
followed Monday night by the
Alpha Theta production of Arthur
Miller s “Death of a Salesman.”
The play, which is one of many
art. drama, and music activities
being sponsored by the Fine Arts
department, is scheduled for a
final performance tonight at 8
p.m. in the auditorium.
OTHER EVENTS
In other festival events,
Mozart’s comic opera “The
Impresario,” directed by Inge
Manski Lundeen, lecturer in
music at West Georgia, will be
presented tonight at 8 p.m. in the
recital hall of the Humanities
building.
Monday Dr. Sterling Adams,
professor of music at Georgia
Southern College, will give a
harpsichord recital in the recital
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Second Front
Standardized Test To Rate
309 Juniors' Writing Skills
By USA HUGHES
News Editor
Rising juniors will be given a
test in reading and writing skills
Monday at 1:15 p.m. in the Social
Science lecture hall. The test will
last two hours, and those par
ticipating will be excused from
classes.
letters were sent to 309 juniors
who began as freshmen at West
Georgia, according to Dr. Georgia
Martin, assistant dean of student
affairs. The standardized test is
required by the Board of Regents
and its purpose is to “suggest
changes needed in our
curriculum,” she said.
“Although the student’s per
formance will not be on his
record, we hope that all who have
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AN ART ADMIRER VIEWS several of the art exhibits displayed
in the Humanities building this week. This display is composed of
student ait work and can be viewed during the entire two weeks of
the Fine Arts Festival.
hall at 8 p.m.
Tuesday afternoon several
faculty members will present
prose and poetry readings in the
recital hall at 4 p.m., and at 8
p.m. the college band, under the
direction of James Colling,
assistant professor of music, will
give a concert in the auditorium.
AWARDS PRESENTED
In addition to the Nader speech
on Wednesday, awards will be
presented at the convocation to
outstanding student leaders.
Among those to be recognized
will be recipients of the Tom
Herndon and Gordon Watson
awards, as well as students who
have been named to “Who’s Who
in American Colleges and
Universities.”
Other presentations will be for
the debate society, the Wall
Street Journal award to a
graduating senior in the Business
and Economic Studies division,
the National Business Education
award to a graduate of business
education, and the Wanda
Seagraves Jackson award to a
senior in the field of education.
Also, a citation will be
presented to Linda D. Thomas of
Bremen, this year’s recipient of
been scheduled for the test will
cooperate,’’ Dr. Martin con
tinued. “The exam is important
in evaluating what teachers are
doing. If students aren’t now
learning communications skills,
change is vital. Future classes
will benefit from this
evaluation.”
The test is similar to the former
English competency exam that
was required of junior students in
order to evaluate their ability to
write clearly.
Dr. James Mathews, chairman
of the humanities division and
member of the University
System testing committee, stated
that “the entire committee is not
sold on the test.”
WEST GEORGIAN
the Ted and Maryon Hirsch
scholarship which is awarded
annually to an outstanding
graduate student.
LUNCHEON
Following the convocation, a
luncheon will be held at 12 noon
on the Student Center mall. The
luncheon will be followed by an
outdoor band concert.
That afternoon a full slate of
activities has been planned,
beginning with an honors recital
by student musicians who
auditioned for the event. It will be
held in the recital hall at 4 p.m.
Works of student art will be on
display throughout Parents' Day
on the Student Center Mall and in
the Humanities Building.
CHORAL PROGRAM
Wednesday night, a choral
program, which is designed to
show the direction of old and new
music, is scheduled for 8 p.m. in
the auditorium. Entitled “The
Varieties of Choral Music. ’’ it
will feature the Concert Choir,
Chamber Singers, and Men’s and
Women’s Ensembles under the
direction of Wayne Abercrombie,
assistant professor of music, and
Max Peterson, instructor in
music.
Selections for the program will
range from Brahms to Bernstein,
and into “electronic” type music
for human voice by modern
composers Folk Rabb and Leslie
Bassett.
“In the first place some
teachers emphasize grammar,
other ideas, while others em
phasize petty rules of mechanics
and punctuation. It will be very
difficult to come up with a
common grading standard that
will work for the entire
University System of Georgia. It
will be interesting to see what
results from this trial run,” Dr.
Mathews said.
The elimination of the English
competency exam as a pre
requisite for graduation was
approved by the English
department in April, 1970. At this
time Dr. Paul Bowdre, then head
of the English department, said,
“The Fnglish department feels
that since individual faculty
members in all departments
should be the best judges of ac
ceptable and unacceptable
writings within their own
disciplines, they should identify
students needing additional
writing skills so that those
students may receive the needed
help from the English depart
ment.”
A proposal to eliminate the
existing English competency
examination was also approved
by the curriculum committee
and the Advisory Council last
May. A plan was adopted that
students who need further in
struction should be identified at
the end of each quarter and
reported on deficiency cards that
were to be turned in with the final
grades.
However, Dr. Mathews stated
that “if this new testing program
works, there is a good chance
that there will again be a
University system-wide English
examination for juniors.”
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DR. NICHOLAS P. MITCHELL (left), dean of the College of
General Studies at the University of South Carolina, has been
awarded this year’s Delbert Clark Award. Given annually by West
Georgia, the presentation was made by Dr. George W. Walker,
acting president, at a dinner Friday night sponsored by the con
tinuing education department
USC Dean Mitchell
Given Clark Award
Dr. Nicholas P. Mitchell, dean of the College of General Studies.
University of South Carolina, received the 1971 Delbert Clark Award
at the eighteenth annual Delbert Clark Award dinner in the dining hall
last Friday Dr. George W Walker, acting president of West Georgia,
presented the citation.
Dr. Mitchell is editor of “Adult
Leadership,” a national monthly
magazine in adult education,
initiator of the University of
South Carolina’s regional
campus system, immediate past
president of the National
University Extension
Association, and was twice
president of the Southeastern
Adult Education Association.
CITATION
The citation stated in part:
“He is admired for his ability to
cut quickly to the heart of a
problem, for his sound judgment,
integrity and modesty, and he is
enjoyed for his warmth and his
puckish sense of humor ... With
this citation, West Georgia
College recognizes his resour
ceful scholarship, imaginative
leadership, and his years of
dedicated service.”
Dr. Mitchell held an associate
professorship at 19, and at 22 he
received his Ph D. from Duke
University.
In his acceptance address. Dr.
Mitchell stressed the importance
of continuing education in
“keeping abreast of man’s ac
cumulating knowledge.”
Collier Sends
Band Survey
What entertainment do you
want next year? A mail survey
will soon be made of WGC
students giving them a chance to
answer that question, according
to Richard Collier, entertainment
chairman of the Union Program
Council.
Collier claims that student
response “will carry a great deal
of weight” in determining con
cert entertainment for 1971-72.
He adds that the groups listed
are, however, only under
prospective listing and are
“subject to change if unforeseen
difficulties arise.”
After survey sheets are
completed, they should be
returned to either the campus
post office or to the council office,
Collier said.
MAY 7, 1971
Functions of continuing
education, according to Dr.
Mitchell, are to provide
education for personal com
petence, and provide education
for joy in living.
The Delbert Clark Award is
presented annually by West
Georgia College in recognition of
outstanding contributions to the
field of adult education. Past
recipients include Irvine S.
Ingram, president emeritus,
West Georgia College (1962);
Ralph E.McGill, former editor of
the Atlanta Constitution (1954);
and Miss Katie Downs, retired
registrar and professor of
education, West Georgia College
(1964).
Council Okays
Curfew Drop
For Freshmen
The Presidential Advisory
Council approved Wednesday the
proposal by the Student
Government Association that
curfew for second and third
quarter freshmen women be
removed next fall.
Freshmen women, however,
will still be required to be in by
midnight on week nights and 2
a.m. on weekends.
The proposal originated with
Boyd Morely, SGA minister of
student affairs.
Morely said the proposal came
about because upperclass women
have adhered to curfew
regulations and that women are
“mature adults capable of
making responsible decisions.”
A similar proposal to eliminate
curfew for all women except
freshmen was created in
November, 1969, and was sub
sequently approved by the ad
visory council.
First put in use on a trial basis,
the system involved the use of
key check-outs for women who
plan to be out of residence halls
after midnight.