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LEE HOWELL
Edltor-in-Chief
SALLY ROBERTS
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GENE HORNE
Newt Editor Mary Zingleman
Features Editor Llnda Hanson
Sports Editor Dan Tingle
Staff Photographers Edgar Tirado, Mark Stone
Freedom of Religion
Means
Freedom from Religion
Historically, this country’s working people have
“labored six days, but on the seventh...rested.’’ To
enforce these customs, America has enacted “blue”
laws that are based on the traditions of one religious
group. We feel that they are no longer valid and that
such political or social prohibitions should not be further
perpetuated on the American people.
We would not necessarily encourage people to operate
their businesses on the Sabbath nor would we
necessairly encourage people to do their shopping then—
but, neither would we deny them the right to do so.
We were raised in a Christian culture in a democratic
land. We feel that this heritage is a good and stabilizing
force in our nation and that much Truth can be found in
the teachings of the Nazarene carpenter.
However, Christianity is strong enough to stand on its
own merits. It needs no false crutches to further its
value system nor legislation to force its followers to
obey its tenets.
Freedom of religion also means freedom from
religion. Each man must make up his own mind about
what he will believe. No society can or should do it for
him.
As the Scriptures tell us, “The Sabbath was made for
man— not man for the Sabbath.”
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THE WEST GEORGIAN
OUT OF THE WEST GEORGIAN OFFICE
'Poor' Toilet Training
Causes World's Problems
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Though I recently transferred
here from the North Avenue
Trade School for Boys, otherwise
known as Georgia Tech, I already
feel so much a part of the student
body here. As the classes roll on
and the quizes come more and
more frequently, I eagerly await,
as does any West Georgian, the
close of the quarter, and a well
deserved vacation.
The mental comparisons
typical of newcomers have
dwindled down to nothing, to the
point where they can be thought
of as having ceased. I’ve got over
the daily shock of having girls in
my classes, no big city skyline to
day dream about, and no
mountainous trails to take to
classes. I find the climb to the
new education center a breeze,
yet still cannot get used to getting
myself to class by 7:30 each day.
I find the people here more
frequently wear smiles than
sliderules, yet they are in general
similar to the students 1 might
find anywhere. The differences
are slight, the problems they
undergo are like anyones’. That
brings us to the raw meat of the
matter. I was once told and have
quite often delved into the fact
that a persons problems today
stem from the lack of proper
toilet-training he had yesterday
as a child.
Though not everyone of us will
discuss the matter, all of us have
Letters To The Editor
Individual
Institution
Dear Editor:
Do you realize that by an
appeal to “your” individuality
the college “institution” is
taking advantage of you? The
institution knows that as a
single person you are over
powered. By keeping you
separated from your brother,
the institution makes you
conform to its way.
We are attending college to
learn, but in the institution
aspect of college life we are
restricted. We are restricted in
that we are separated from the
power of unity. Together we can
make our stay here at this
college profitable and com
fortable.
One can enjoy something he
or she has had a hand in
creating. One is very un
comfortable in a situation that
he or she has had nothing to do
with.
I am writing this letter to try
to bring together our power as a
“whole,” to change our campus
life.
We need a starting point, and
a very good starting point is the
“rip-off” of our money on
BY LM HANSON
LM Hanson, otherwise known as Linda Marie, is a sophomore
from Columbus who recently transferred to WGC from Georgia Tech.
She is one of the more opinionated voices to come out of the M EST
GEORGIAN office
at some time or another gone
through the experience of being
toilet-trained. Also, not very
many people realize what an
important step this is in the lives
of so many innocent children.
Training a child is a measure
which, by formulating the basis
for his general character for the
rest of his life,cannot be taken
lightly.
Looking around the campus
one sees people of varying
backgrounds and obviously of
different schools of thought on the
training issue. For example,
there are the Frances Figities,
who today are hypernervous,
reserved, aloof, sexually stunted
and unattractive, and who never
seem to have a date. This is all a
result of the fact that years ago
their mothers made them “sit " at
regular intervals, not at will or
need, and who watched with
scornful eye while “t-t time"
was in session lest the child fail to
produce meaningful results.
Hilory Hotlips was the girl who
publicly announced every move
as a child, drew an audience
during her “training” sessions,
and who continues today to be
most popular, most active and
elected as most congenial in her
sorority group. Mighty Manfred,
•the wonder dog, (of Tom Terrific
fame) is the fellow who looks,
acts and often smells like a weary
old basset hound, all as a result of
the fact that sitting was never
exciting; he would lose interest,
his mother would lose interest
and he finally got the hang of it all
parking meters and parking
tickets. Have you ever stopped
to think about how much money
is taken from the “individuals”
every quarter?
Stop, Think about it! Now
think about the power we have
together! If we can get
together, we have the power to
change the present situation.
The word “individual” is only
a means to keep the “in
stitution" in power. To be a real
individual you have to create
your own individuality .It’s easy
to start making your own way.
Stop paying for the parking
meters and tickets. The in
stitution cannot jail all of us.
Ralph A. Nolan
Space Wasted
On Yearbook
Dear Editor:
Though I read with greatest
delight the frank review of this
year’s Chieftain by LM Hanson
and the comment by Lee
Howell, I fed that your staff
should not have allowed so
much space in the paper for any
kind of analysis of the book.
I believe that not only are
there many other things of
JUNE 30, 1972
by osmosis as a child. Dan
Degenerate always got into
heated debate, verbal or
physical, with his mother, and
treated the whole ordeal like
summer camp. He’d kick the dog,
tell nasty jokes in the second
grade and continues his
wreckless irresponsible ways
today.
Nancy Normal and her male
counterpart. Claude Typical, are
the anybodies around us. Their
mothers could count on them all
through training to excell and
graduate at the head of their
classes They were inticed by
cinnamon graham crackers,
discreetly set on the gaily painted
potty and sang little songs to
themselves and all around seems
ordinary today.
Yet with all the problems our
nation faces, both internal and
otherwise, one would wonder
what could be done about toilet
training as a means for
producing more ordinaries and
fewer wierdos. Nationwide
programs to instruct mothers
and other teachers how to train
their children could rid the nation
of those persons found un
desirable. unappealing or
unuseful.
A government-sponsored
program could combat apathy,
agony and animosity. This course
could, in its time, become as
effective as homemade chicken
soup, curing liver disease,
stubbed toes and broken hearts.
interest on this campus which
would be more worth your
while, but also believe that the
Chieftain was so terrible that
commenting on it at all is
beneath the standards set by
your staff and by the general
student body at WGC.
I agree whole-heartedly that
the annual this year is a
disgrace and a farce, but I think
you can really help renew an
interest in the annual by
starting up a drive to get totally
sincere people to join the annual
staff for the upcoming year.
Hopefully, everyone of I***
year’s staff will be replaced;
hopefully the chances of getting
a worthwhile product will be
greater as a result. I don’t want
to see the annual go at WGC, but
I’d much rather have none at all
than another one like this 1972
edition.
G. Griffin
LETTERS POLICY
The WEST GEORGIAN
welcomes letters from all
readers on topics of in
terest to the college
community. Letters must
be signed, but names will
be withheld on request.
They should be kept to a
minimal length.