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Volume XXXVIV No. 10
Reorganization Plan Proposed At College;
Enrollment Figures Drop At Registration
Total Student Number Decreases
According To Latest Statistics
Incomplete registration figures indicate that 5,258 students were
registered for classes as of Tuesday, September 26. This figure
represents a drop of 856 from last fall quarter when 6,114 students
registered. Due to the number of off-campus classes, complete
enrollment figures will not be available until next week.
At the close of registration,
there were 5,123 students
registered for classes. Of this
initial enrollment, 2,656 were
men and 2,467 were women. Class
breakdowns showed that there
were 1,423 freshmen, 957 of these
being first quarter freshmen.
Sophomores numbered 1,239;
juniors, 933; seniors, 904;
graduate students, 565; other, 59.
At present, 2,002 students are
living in dorms, while there are
3,256 off-campus students
registered for classes.
Since West Georgia became a
senior college in 1957, fall quarter
enrollments from year to year
have increased significantly.
During the past five years the
student body has grown at an
average of 670 additional
students each fall, with the
largest jump coming in 1969 when
enrollment increased by nearly
1000 over the previous year’s fall
total. However, that trend seems
to be beginning to change with
the leveling off of enrollment,
according to W. H. Smith,
director of admissions at West
Georgia.
“By looking at enrollment
Figures for past 15 years, it is
easy to see why West Georgia
became one of the fastest
growing institutions of higher
learning in the South during that
time period,” said Smith, ‘‘but
West Goergia, like many schools
across the country which have
experienced similar growth, will
GIRLS GALORE
Above are some of the 40 girls who have tried out all week for the West Georgia drill team
The Bravettes. The results will be announced sometime today.
begin to see their enrollments
stabilize.”
“It is hard to pinpoint one
primary reason for the change,”
Smith said. “Actually, I believe it
is a combination of factors.”
Smith pointed out that the
decline of the military draft, the
creation of more and more junior
colleges in the state, the
economic situation at the present
time, state grants for students
attending private institutions,
and the highly publicized shor
tage of jobs for college graduates
are all prime factors for
decreases in enrollment,
especially in the freshman class.
Smith said that West Georgia’s
enrollment is especially affected
by the jiaiior colleges in the
Atlanta area, as well as the new
community college in Rome.
“Our institution gets nearly 40
percent of its students from these
two areas of the state, so we are
bound to be affected,” he said.
Smith also explained that the
“tight money” situation is send
ing more and more students to
the community colleges and is
causing some young people to
forego college entirely.
“Another factor that has to be
considered is the publicity that
has been given to the fact that
many college graduates are
having a harder time of finding
jobs than they did a few years
ago,” Smith said.
According to Smith, state
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West Georgia College, Carrollton, Ga. 30117
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IT’S EASY!
Well at least it’s not as
dangerous as most people think.
See story page 10.
Students Arrested;
Released On Bond
Four West Georgia students
will be arraigned Monday in the
district court under Judge R. J.
Brown. James Sanford Greene of
Lawrenceville, John R. Fowler of
Lawrenceville, John Mion of
Atlanta and Richard Cave of
Atlanta, all 18 years of age, were
arrested early this past Monday
morning for violation of the
Georgia Drug Abuse Control Act.
They were charged with alleged
possession of marijuana and
other suspected narcotics. John
Mion was the only one to plead
not guilty. All four were released
on SI,OOO bond.
A search warrant was obtained
from Judge Martin of Carrollton.
Plan Designed To Better Serve
Higher Education In The Future
Several undercurrents of discontent with the proposed plan of
reorganization for this institution have surfaced during the present
public hearings for all faculty and staff members which are currently
being conducted by the Ad Hoc Committee on Reorganization.
Students will be asked to voice their opinions on the plan at public
hearings scheduled for a later date.
To prepare the students for
their confrontation with the Ad
Hoc Committee, all faculty
members have been requested to
conduct classroom discussions on
the reorganization plan next
week on Tuesday, Oct. 3, or
Wednesday, Oct. 4. This request
was transmitted to the faculty in
a memorandum from Student
Government President Rick
Waites.
The main structural change to
The campus police made the
arrest after the four had been
under surveillance for three or
four days. Lt. James Bailey of the
Campus Police Department said,
“this was a campus police matter
and no narcotic agents were
involved.”
Police confiscated several bags
of material suspected of being
narcotics. This material is now
being submitted to lab analysis,
by the Georgia Department of
Investigation.
In other drug arrests Pat
Pruner, a 19 year old Carrollton
resident and former WGC student
has been bound over to the
October term of Carroll Superior
Court following a hearing
Tuesday morning before State
Court Judge R. J. Brown.
Pruner is charged with
possession of marijuana and
other prohibited drugs.
He was arrested August 2 at
Jackson Court Apartments by
SGT. Billy Joe Reeves and
Officer Donnie Bates of the
Carrollton Police Department.
He remains free under a SI,OOO
bond which was set at the
preliminary hearing.
Pruner was represented by
Gene Beckham of the Johnson
and Beckham law firm and
Assistant District Attorney W. F.
I jee presented the state’s case.
Inside Today
Reorganization Chart Page 3
Campus Forum Page 5
Salvation At WGC Pagel 1
Football Picks Page 16
September 29, 1972.
be achieved by the proposed
reorganization will be the
combining of the present five
divisions Humanities, Social
Science, Math-Science,
Education, and Business into
three schools; School of
Education, School of Business,
School of Arts and Sciences which
will be headed by deans.
Holding a comparable rank of
dean will be the head of the
graduate school, the head of a
new section entitled Academic
and Student Services, and the
Associate Provost or Assistant
Vice President who is called the
Dean of Academic Programs.
The Dean of Academic and
Student Services will be in charge
of admissions, registration and
records, advisement, testing,
orientation, counseling,
placement, housing, health
services, financial aid, activities,
and discipline. The Dean of
Special Academic Programs will
be the superior of the directors of
five programs: learning,
resources, instructional and
research programs, programs
for exceptional students, non
traditional studies, and non
residential studies.
These six deans will be directly
responsible to the Provost or Vice
President who is directly under
the President in the chain of
authority over Academic Affairs.
The director of fiscal affairs and
the director of public affairs will
be “line” administrators.
The reorganization plan is
designed to help West Georgia
College better serve the purposes
of higher education in this area in
the future. It is predicted upon
certain assumptions outlined by
the Ad Hoc Committee on
Reorganization. These assump
tions are summed up in Point 14
of Section 1 the statement of
reorganization which is available
in the library :
“Since higher education is
going through a period of con
siderable change and inasmuch
as the internal and external
pressures for reform and ac
countability are likely to in-
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