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HO, HO, HO, AND WHAT FOR YOU, MY SON?
West Georgian student Mark Elliot is decked out in the traditional Santa Claus outfit
for the little ‘believers’ at the Christmas tree lighting here Wednesday night.
Thursday Appearance Slated
By U.S. Senator D. Gambrell
Asa part of his “Young
People’s Listening Tour,”
Senator David H. Gambrell,
Georgia’s Democratic junior U.
S. Senator, will be on the West
Georgia campus on Thursday,
Dec. 9 for an informal discussion
with students and other members
of the college community.
Arriving on campus at noon on
Thursday, Senator Gambrell will
participate in open discussion
with students and faculty at 1:30
in the Social Science building. All
interested parties are en
couraged to attend, says Dr. Mel
Steely, coordinator of the visit.
Senator Gambrell will make
other unscheduled stops around
the campus talking informally
with students, then go into
downtown Carrollton to continue
his tour.
Gambrell was sworn in as
United States Senator on
February 2, 1971, to fill the
vacancy created by the death of
Senator Richard B. Russell.
Gambrell is the son of E.
Smythe Gambrell and the former
Kathleen Haygood. He attended
the public schools of Atlanta and
was graduated cum laude from
Davidson College and Harvard
School, returning to Atlanta
to practice law in 1952. In 1963 he
formed his own law firm,
Gambrell and Mobley, and from
1965-1971 he served as director of
the National Legal Aid and
Defender Association.
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SENATOR GAMBRELL
As the newest member of the
United States Senate, Senator
Gambrell serves on the Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs
Committees and on the Select
Committee on Small Business.
Senator Alan Bible, Chairman of
the Small Business Committee
named Campbell as Chairman of
the Committee’s Subcommittee
on Science and Technology.
Senator Gambrell is par
ticularly pleased with these
assignments as he believes these
are two vital areas which touch
the personal lives of nearly every
Georgian, both rural and urban.
Additionally, Senator Gambrell
will continue to hold a seat on the
Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Committee, on which Senator
Russell had served since its in
ception.
Senator Gambrell served as
President of the Atlanta Bar
Association in 1965 and in 1967
was elected President of the
Georgia Bar Association, the
youngest man ever to serve in
this capacity in Georgia. Late in
1970 he was named Chairman of
the Democratic Party in Georgia,
a post which he held until his
appointment to the Senate in
February of the following year.
Senator Gambrell is married to
the former Luck Flanders of
Swainsboro, Georgia, and they
have four children, Luck, born
June 16, 1955; David Henry, Jr.,
THE WEST GEORGIAN
born March 27, 1957; Alice, born
February 10, 1960; and Mary,
born June 22, 1963.
Among the honors and awards
Senator Gambrell has received
are: President, Atlanta Bar
Association, 1965-66; President,
State Bar of Georgia, 1967-68;
Director of National Legal Aid
and Defenders Association, 1965-
71; Member, Board of Editors,
American Bar Association
Journal; Trustee, Metropolitan
Atlanta Commission on Crime
and Juvenile Delinquency, 1965-
68, General Counsel, 1970; Vice
President, State Y.M.C.A. of
Georgia, 1965-71; Member
Kiwanis Club of Atlanta;
Trustee, The Westminster
Schools; Member, First
Presbyterian Church, Atlanta,
Board of Deacons; Chairman,
Democratic Party of Georgia
Oct. 1970-Mar. 1971.
Professors Organize Local
Ga. Conservancy Chapter
Local environmentalists will be
pleased to know that a chapter of
the Georgia Conservancy, a
group described as “an umbrella
organization formed to look into
environmental problems
throughout the state of Georgia,”
is being organized for the
Carrollton area.
Organizers of the chapter. Dr.
Charles Masters and Dr. Newt
Gingrich, are now recruiting the
30 members necessary for af
filiation with the state group.
They urge all interested students,
faculty, and townspeople to join
in the Conservancy’s en
vironmental protection efforts.
The Conservancy was in
corporated in 1967 by 65
Georgians in an attempt to unite
individuals concerned about the
state’s natural resources. In
three years the organization’s
membership had grown to 4,000.
Governed by a Board of Trustees
and Executive Director Spec
Landrum, the Conservancy was
developed as a non-profit
organization.
Past Conservancy ac
complishments include the
acquisition of Panola Mountain
for a primitive nature area,
preservation of the Chattooga
River, creation of the Cum
berland Island National Seashore
Park, and sponsorship of Air
Studies Find
'No Censorship'
Reports dealing with the recent staff resignations and alleged
censroship issue involving the West Georgian were released Tuesday
by the investigating committees of the Student Government
Association and the American Association of University Professors. A
third investigation was carried out by the Publications Board con
cerning the role of the advisor while they differed in their recom
mendations, the committees agreed that the incident was not a case ot
deliberate censorship on the part of the advisors.
The AAUP committee, composed of chairman Mitt Conerly, Mel
Steely. Fran Chalfant, and Cecil
Fox. was formed at the request of
the SGA to ascertain whether
student rights were violated in
the incident. The committee held
hearings with the parties in
volved to determine the sequence
nf events and the various points
of view involved.
The following conclusions were
expressed in the AAUP
statement on the matter:
“After careful deliberation, the
committee finds there was no
censorship. However, in the
opinion of tlx* committee, there
was bad judgement exercised by
both sides. Moreover, the com
mittee also finds that there was a
distinct lack of communication
among the parties involved
There were also many instances
where the problem could have
lx*en worked out had there been
adequate communication and
good faith on the part of both
(-ditors and advisors.”
Recommendations by the
committee include an in
vestigation of the role of faculty
advisors and a probe to ascertain
whether the Publication Board
constitution and the AAUP
statement on Student Publica
tions are in conflict.
Committee member Cecil Fox
released a supplementary
statement in which he urged that
future editorial disagreements
between the editors and advisors
of The West Georgian be sub
mitted to the Publications Board
for arbitration. He commented
further that, “The real issue here
is whether there should really be
Quality Workshops.
Conservancy members receive
monthly news letters and special
bulletins on local and national
conservation issues. They have
the opportunity to participate in
monthly field trips led by
professionals and are invited to
attend lectures and discussions in
which Conservancy policy is
Late History Offered;
No Friday Classes
In an attempt to broaden
choices for students and
reallocate faculty class time, the
history department has an
nounced winter quarter plans for
an innovative schedule of History
100, 111, and 112 classes. Involved
in the program will be another
new concept in history in
struction, the “team teaching”
method.
Classes will be scheduled for
one and one half hours on Mon
day, Tuesday, and Thursday,
thus eliminating Friday af
ternoon classes. The history
department hopes that this
arrangement, eliminating
classes of Friday afternoons, will
DECEMBER 3, 1971
a paper at West Georgia at all,
and if so, who should run it. There
has never been a student vote on
how student activity funds should
lx* spent. My personal opinion is
that there should be a student
referendum on the entire
question of the student
publications extent and that
voting in such a referendum be
made an obligatory part of the
registration.”
The SGA Senate committee
concurred with AAUP findings
that censorship was not involved
fhaired by Richard Russell and
composed of Jeff Reid, Rick
Waites, Pat Sherlock, and Frank
Finn, the committee released a
statement which voiced findings
that “the advisors of The West
Georgian did in fact overstep
their assigned duties as advisors
and unnecessarily edited articles
in the newspaper which in some
cases changed the meaning of the
articles.”
The Senate committee reached
a conclusion similar to that of the
AAUP. recommending that lines
of communication be improved
between staff members and
faculty advisors. The special
committee of the Publications
Board was chaired by Barry
Banther of the Student Govern
ment Finance Committee. His
committee concluded that the
advisor’s function should be one
of non-interference and the
campus newspaper should not be
so heavily used as a teaching
facility. Miss Byron, advisor to
the West Georgian and jour
nalism instructor, concurred
with the findings.
shaped.
Student memberships are
available at a rate of $2 a year for
dues. Other classes of mem
bership are available at costs of
$7.50, $lO, $25, and SIOO per year.
Dr. Masters and Dr. Gingrich
urge all ecology-minded people to
contact them regarding
enrollment in the new chapter.
appeal to students who would
otherwise object to afternoon
classes.
History 100 will be taught by
Dr. Thomas Bryson at 3 p.m.
Lynn Holmes will instruct a class
in history 111 at the same hour,
and History 112 classes will be
offered under Dostourian at 3
p.m. and Conrad at 5 p.m.
The 111 and 112 classes will
incorporate the team teaching
program, with experts in various
Helds giving visiting lectures in
tiieir Helds of specialty. This is
intended, says Floyd Hoskins,
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