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Charles Auirey
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Poland: Discovering the
Basic Things
three weeks of
August the West Georgia Singers,
directed by Mr Bruce Borton.
instructor of fine arts, toured
Poland as a part of the
Ambassadors for friendship
program, directed this summer
by Mr. Jacques Courtemanche,
assistant professor of languages
The experience meant many
different things to the 29 mem
bers of the group, but I think we
all discovered a few basic things
about a country with a tortured
history, a Communist political
and economic system, and a
people that have been the butt of
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many jokes in recent years.
The darkest thing we saw was
the Nazi concentration camp at
Osweicen where four million
people, mostly Jews, were either
starved, tortured, or asphyxiated
to death in a little over four
years. The war is still real for
those people, many of whom can
remember Hitler’s troops
marching through their streets.
But the way Poland has
recovered from almost total
devastation is both uplifting and
amazing
The cities of Warsaw and
Gdansk, which had stood since
medieval times, were totally
destroyed by German bombs. But
the Poles, working without pay
and with few tools, restored the
old sections of the cities to their
tormer splendor.
Living in a Communist bloc
country for three weeks gives one
a pretty good chance to see how
such an economy works. Henrich,
our bus driver, makes as much
money as a high ranking minister
of state, though it would take
their combined wages to buy a
Fiat or Moskovitch automobile.
The basic necessities of life are
very inexpensive, but certain
manufactured goods such as
television sets, outboard motors,
record albums, and other
“luxury” items are almost
prohibitively expensive; not
really because they are all that
expensive to produce, but
because the government
regulates the prices. A student at
one of the universities told me
that the only things he disliked
about the country’s politics and
economy were the ever-present
bureaucrats and the Russian
domination of Polish politics.
There are signs that even those
problems may be fading. Private
enterprise, in the form of small
businesses, is returning to
Poland. The small farms have
always been privately owned,
because the farmers refused to
give them up. Hopefully this
resurgence of bush-league
capitalism will not lead to cor
porate giants such as GM and
ITT with their well-known ex
cesses, but at least it should keep
government prices somewhere
close to reality.
Russian domination of Polish
politics was supposed to be
celebrating the thirteenth an
niversary of its “liberation” by
Russia. Although the Poles were
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An Open Letter to the Students
of West Georgia College:
Dear Students,
Welcome to West Georgia
College. I hope your vacations
were rewarding and enjoyable.
As most of you already know,
the Dining Services were
transferred from a State
operation to a private contractor,
AHA Food Services Company,
last January. During this period
of transition, we have tried to
implement certain changes for
the benefit of our customers. In
some areas we have succeeded
In others we have had limited
success, hut we have not stopped
trying.
It is the intention of this letter
to inform you of a decision that
has been made. This decision
affects the student body as well
as ARA Food Services Company.
Starting this (Fall) quarter, the
cafeteria will be open to those
people who have purchased a
Poet’s Corner
“PROS”
I’m not really sure why the road
turned for some
And led them down the way
of moods and methods.
It’s sad when love depends on a technique
And not an emotion,
I guess whips and funny tricks
Are good for dirty old men
And movies
I’m content with loving you face to face.
—Katz
THE WEST GEORGIAN SEPTEMMR 30 1*74
certainly glad to be rid of the
Nazis, I didn’t see any glasses
being raised in favor of the still
present “liberators. ”
meal ticket or those who pay cash
for their meals only. This
decision was made necessary
because of the financial hard
ships caused by people eating
meals without paying for them
We cannot afford to feed people
without receiving payment.
We weighed the restrictions on
the cafeteria against another
alternative, doing away with the
seconds policy. We felt the
restrictions were the lesser of two
evils. I would like to stress that
this measure was not taken
maliciously or with the intent to
infringe upon the rights or
privileges of any student, but
rather to halt a situation that was
limiting the quality of services
we could render to the students.
We hope that you will un
derstand this situation and help
us provide a better service to all.
Sincerely,
s-Arthur M. Sternberg
Director of Dining Services
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