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The Mystical World of Magic, a magic show,
will appear in the HPE building Thursday, Oct.
10 . The performance will be an all-girl magic
and illusion show featuring over 12 illusions.
Baroness Von Forst, the main performer, is not a
West Georgia Takes Membership
In Southeastern Library Network
West Georgia College is one of
99 university and public libraries
in 10 Southeastern states to be
connected by a computerized
network which will help make
resources of these libraries
available to students, scholars,
and research workers in the
region.
This network, the Southeastern
Library Network (SOLINET), is
the largest such organization in
the nation, and is expected to
trim an estimated two million
dollars in cataloging costs.
SOLINET is affiliated with and
based at the Southern Regional
Educational Board in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Grants totaling $600,000 from
the Andrew Mellon Foundation
and SIO,OOO from the Council on
Library Resources, together with
$268,891 contributed by member
institutions are being used to
create a library network that will
increase the availability of
bibliographic information and
resources in this region by use of
electronic data processing and
New Nursing Program Instituted At WGC
BY BIIBBA HOVIS
West Georgians nursing
program, approved last
fall by the Board of
Regents, is now in full
operation. Dr. Yvonne
Webb, head of the college’s
department of nursing,
said, “The development of
our nursing program is in
keeping with the planned
time schedule thanks to the
understanding and support
of the West Georgia College
administration and the
state board of examiners of
nurses.”
“The nursing classes
started Sept. 20 and we
have a total of 38 students
enrolled in the first class.
We do not anticipate a
MAGICAL WORLD
newcomer to this field. She began her career as a
child helping her father in his illusion acts. She
has appeared at the Dunes and Desert Inn in Las
Vegas, Madison Square Garden, and Radio City
Music Hall in New York City.
telecommunications. It is ex
pected to be in use sometime in
January or February, 1975.
Robert H. Simmons, director of
the library and member of the
board of directors of SOLINET,
explained that “the network will
allow members to exchange
information on cataloging and to
reduce cataloging costs.”
He added, “Its value to the
library user, however, will be in
allowing him to find quickly what
material of interest to him is
available in other libraries in
order to obtain it on inter-library
loan.”
As an intermediate step to
establishing its own > computer
center in Atlanta, SOLINET
plans a tie-in arrangement with
the Ohio College Library Center
whereby cathode ray tube ter
minals and existing telephone
lines will provide access to the
OCLC data base.
The process is similar to
systems used in making flight or
hotel reservations. SOLINET
was established in 1973 following
large attrition rate, since
the prerequisites of the
program include sound
preparation in the basic
sciences before the student
can be considered for the
We have
an additional 65 students
enrolled in the pre-nursing
classes,” said Dr. Webb.
There are now three
nursing professors on
campus, and Dr. Webb
expects to three more
instructors to adequately
meet the needs of the
classes in Fall, 1975. The
textbooks, ordered only one
month before the start of
classes, have arrived
without problems. Dr.
Webb said, “We are con
a feasibility study at Georgia
Tech.
The Mellon Foundation funds
are obtaining equipment
associated with phasing in
Atlanta computer center, and the
Council on Library Resources
grant will be devoted to training
librarians from member in
stitutions in the use of
telecommunications terminals.
Charles Stevens is presently
the executive director of
SOLINET. He was appointed to
that position July 1, 1974.
Previously, he served as the
excutive director of the National
Commission of Libraries and
Information Science in
Washington D.C.
Other SOLINET members in
our area are: Georgia Tech,
Georgia State, and Emory.
A network of computer ter
minals will soon link the college
with 99 other libraries across the
nation, making research
materials more available to
students and faculty members.
tinually ordering new
materials and the library
has ordered approximately
350 volumes and
periodicals for the
programs.”
According to Dr. Webb,
the college nursing
laboratory has basically
been established. “We are
experiencing difficulty
receiving equipment or
dered from some
manufacturers months
ago, however, we are
succeeding in rushing
through the requests for
critically needed supplies
and equipment, with the
patience and help of all
concerned.”
The various facets of the
Debate Team Preps
For NDT Tournament
The West Georgia debate team,
coming back from a successful
season last year in which two
teams qualified for the National
debate Tournament, begin their
season with a tournament at
Western Illinois University on
Sept. 27, according to Dr. Chester
Gibson, debate coach and
associate professor of speech.
Ray McConnell and Lamar
Garren, who qualified for both
the tournament of champions and
the national debate tournament
last year, will again represent the
college.
Also returning to the debate
squad this year will be George
Knapp and Jean-Pierre Sakey
who qualified for the national
debate tournament along with
McConnell and Garren.
West Georgia was one of the 16
colleges in the nation to qualify
two teams for the nationals. The
others included UCLA , Southern
California, Harvard, George
town, Northwestern,, Loyola of
Los Amgelcs, Redlands, Baylor,
Kansas State, Houston,
Augustana, Eastern Illionois,
Kentuckyd, North Carolina and
Wyoming
“The team also had an ex
cellent recruiting year,” Dr.
Gibson said.
“Two freshmen who enrolled
this fall were generally
recognized as the two best high
school debaters in the state last
year,” he said.
Art Department
Has Scholarship
Derrill M. Maxwell, acting
chairman of the art department,
has announced that there are two
250 dollar scholarships available
to art majors for the school year
1974-75.
Eligible students must be
sophomore, junior, or senior art
majors who will be enrolled at
West Georgia for fall, winter, and
spring quarters.
Interested students should
submit five labeled pieces of
work of any medium to the art
department office by noon on
Tuesday.
Students will be notified of the
judges' decisions by an an
nouncement on the bulletin board
beside the sculpture lab on
Friday, Oct. 4.
program are attracting
different types of students.
There aresixmale students
enrolled in the first nursing
class and additional males
are taking pre-nursing
courses. Dr. Webb feels
that nursing has a lot to
offer the male student
today. “Many of the former
medics in the services are
interested in a nursing
program leading to a
career in nursing ad
ministration or nursing
education,” said Dr. Webb.
“The field of anesthesia
appeals to many men. With
an education in basic
nursing a student can
become a registered nurse.
RN’s who meet all the
They are Irwin Sperling, a
freshmen from North Springs
High School in Atlanta, who won
the class AA state championship
and the all-state championship,
and David Tatum, a freshman
from Northside High School of
Warner Robins.
“David is one of the brightest
students we have ever had on the
team. His college board scores
were among the highest of any
freshman enrolled at West
Georgia, and he won statewide
recognition for his debating last
year,” said Dr. Gibson.
John Wittig, assistant
professor of speech, who won the
National Debate championship in
1964, is associate director of
debate.
SGA Changes
Meeting Date
In an attempt to boost sagging
attendance, the student govern
ment association voted Tuesday
to change its meeting day to
Thursdays at 7 p.m. SGA
President Lamar Chambers
expressed concern because at
tendance at the meeting was
poor.
Mike Morrow, minister of
student affairs, stated that many
students were unhappy with
having to wait in long lines to pay
traffic fines on registration day.
Morrow also said he is studying
ways to prevent the same oc
curance from happening in the
future.
Ray McConell, SGA minister of
finance affairs, said that the
refrigerator rental program had
received “between 15 and 20 bad
checks from students” par
ticipating in the program. He is
taking steps at this time to clear
up the problem.
Other items of business before
the SGA included the ap
pointment of former executive
assistant Lamar Garren to the
post of minister of academic
affairs. Garren then said he is in
the process of organizing a
petition requesting the library to
extend its hours during the week
and to open on Saturdays.
The next SGA meeting is
Thursday in meeting room two of
the student center.
requirements may become
nurse anesthesists. This is
a lucrative field; some men
are interested in becoming
physician’s assistants
while others may be in
terested in hanging out
their own shingle as a
nurse practioner,” she
continued.
Nursing students gain
clinical experience in a
number of area in
stitutions including:
Coweta General Hospital in
Newnan, Tanner Memorial
Hospital in Carrollton, the
new Douglas County
General Hospital, and
Annewakee Residential
Treatment Center in
Douglasville.