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Pafford Axes Campus Beer
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BY PHIL PAXTON
President Ward Pafford vetoed the Faculty
Senate endorsed SGA Alcoholic Beverages
Proposal last Friday. March 21,during spring
holidays.
The proposal, if approved, would allow
alcoholic beverages to be consumed by those of
legal age at specified events and places on
campus, such as concerts, outdoor athletic
events, special group banquets and other ac
tivities when authorized by the appropriate
college administrators.
The proposal would have also provided for
drinking in residence halls when in compliance
with the housing office regulations. The proposal
also stipulated that any person found abusing
these rights or those of others while themselves
in an intoxicated state, as defined by campus
public safety officials, would be subject to trial
by the college judiciary. The maximum penalty
for drunken misbehavior would be explusion
from the college, although the proposal stated
that civil law would apply in cases.
Dr Pafford, in a memorandum to the Faculty
THF
WEST GEORGIAN
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Search In Sixth Month;
Seven Hopefuls On List
BY ALLEN GUNTER
Work of the advisory
presidential search committee,
at a temporary standstill as the
group enters its third quarter,
will resume April 7 when the
committee will again meet to
continue evaluating the seven
front running candidates for the
job of West Georgia College
president.
Committee Chairman Dr
Donald Wells, head of the
political science department,
said the committee still hopes
to make the April 15 “target
date” for choosing a candidate
for Board of Regents’ con
sideration. The 23 member
panel has been meeting since
early October in attempts to
find a successor for President
Ward Pafford who will resign in
June.
The committee, which has
been meeting during the past
month with Chancellor George
L. Simpson of the Board of
Regents to evaluate the can
didates, has postponed
meetings because Simpson has
been unable to attend. Dr. Wells
said that the Chancellor has
been “mostly listening” at the
meetings and that the com
mittee is “doing a hard,
meticulous job of evaluating.”
Dr. Wells said that the seven
candidates the committee has
been evaluating in its recent
meetings are all “obviously
front runners.”
The seven men, two of whom
are from West Georgia, were
interviewed separately during
the winter quarter by the
committee
West Georgia College, Carrollton, Ga. 30117
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The candidates who have
been interviewed by the com
mittee are: Dr. John Anderson,
Columbus College; Dr. Everett
Wilson, Sam Houston State
University; Dr. John Guilds,
University of South Carolina;
Dr. Maurice Townsend, Indiana
State University ; and Dr.
Leslie Campbell, Auburn
University.
Dr. Richard Dangle, dean of
the School of Arts and Sciences
at West Georgia, and Dr. John
No Money
CWSP Workers Lose Jobs
Available funds for CWSP
(College Work Study Program)
students are rapidly dwindling,
according to Paul Smith,
director of financial aid. “At
our present rate of ex
penditure,” he announced this
week, “we will run out of money
by the end of spring quarter.”
The financial crunch in the
student aid program comes
from reduced federal support,
the large number of students on
the payroll, and the higher wage
rates paid the students.
Smith said that the college
had three options to choose
from in dealing with the crisis:
reduce working hours, cut the
number of workers, or lower
wage rates. “It seems likely
that working hours will be
reduced and some CWSP s will
lose their jobs.”
Senate March 21, disapproved of the proposal for
a number of reasons, which he provided ex
planation for in the memorandum Pafford cited
11 reasons, each relating to the purpose of
the college and-or the image which the school is
obligated to portray.
Pafford said, "... certain specific provisions of
the proposal would inevitably result in an in
crease in the use of alcoholic beverages on the
West Georgia College Campus and at college
related functions.” Pafford said that the
provisions of the proposal were “excessively
general or inadequate.” He also said that the
SGA proposal was “carelessly and indifferently
composed.” Pafford severely criticized the SGA
proposal as an official document, citing “a
number of weaknesses in wording and
arrangement.”
Pafford also discussed the “unique character
of a college community.” Pafford said “Any
argument for developing a congruency between
campus regulations and local-state-federal
laws... must take into account the above con
sideration (that of the college community’s
unique character).”
Friday, March 28, 1975
Martin, dean of faculties and
Vice President of West Georgia
College, are the two local
candidates the committee is
considering.
Dr. Wells said that some
committee members have spent
time on the home campuses of
the candidates conducting
interviews there. He also said
that the committee has not yet
narrowed its choices of can
didates beyond the seven
Smith noted that the problem
became evident during winter
quarter when maximum
working hours were slashed
from 20 to 15 hours per week.
“That was a little application
of the brakes,” Smith said, “but
we may really have to slam
then on now.”
Federal support for the CWSP
program dropped at West
Georgia from $311,000 in 1973-74
to $265,431 in 1974-75. From July
1 to Dec. 31, there were 420
CWSP s who actually worked.
In a given quarter there are
usually 330 students on the
payroll.
At this point officials from the
financial aid office have asked
department members using
CWSP o trim the payrolls by
whatever means possible. The
workers are employed in both
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Pafford also seemed con
cerned with the concept of
condoning the public con
sumption of alcoholic
beverages. In his closing ad
dendum, Pafford said, “If
future proposals should be
made to modify them (our
current regulations), they
should specify and emphasize
decent conduct, the unique
character of a college com
munity, the clear dangers of
excess, our obligation to all
rightfully interested con
stituencies, and the good name
Z-6 Doors Shut
By New Problems
The West Georgia College
administration has been con
fronted with new complications
regarding the opening of the
new food services building, Z-6,
located on the west side of the
campus.
President Ward Pafford has
announced a cancellation of
earlier plans to make the
facility available for special
events during spring quarter.
Furthermore, fiscal
restraints may make it im
possible to open the facility for
official use as the campus food
center beginning with summer
quarter, according to Dr.
Pafford.
academic and non-academic
areas of the college.
“We are not telling any
department what to do, we are
just asking them to cut back,"
Smith said. “Next year it will be
even worse. We will still have
students who qualify for CWSP
jobs and it is highly unlikely
they will get them,” he added.
Many other colleges are
having the same problem.
Armstrong College in Savannah
recently cut their CWSP
working hours to five per week.
This was the only recourse with
less federal money paid out at
higher rates per hour .
Smith admitted that many
students have already been told
to cut back their working hours.
To those who still have jobs, he
advised, “hang on and grit your
teeth.”
of the college. They should not
positively sanction or condone
the use of alcohol.”
Pafford was not impressed by
the SGA proposal as he ex
pressed in the memorandum.
“Pious platitudes, sentimental
moralizing, frothy rhetoric, and
arrogant self-interest are of no
use in dealing with such an
issue,” said Pafford, “Realism,
common sense, and responsible
recognition of the human ends
of education are what is want
ed.”
President Pafford said, “I am
sorry about the whole thing. We
are now waiting to see precisely
what our budget allocations will
be—but we are admittedly
pessimistic at this point.”
He explained that no further
information regarding Z-6
should be anticipated until
fiscal year allocations are
complete and budget details can
be examined later in the spring
quarter.
Finance Talks
Set To Begin
Finance committee chairman
Ray McConnell has announced
the committee will begin ac
cepting budget requests from
campus groups and agencies
immediately. McConnell said,
“We will be accepting funding
requests until April 11. After
that, we will read the ap
plications and then, around
April 15, will begin formal
hearings.”
This year, according to the
chairman, funding procedures
will be open to all campus
groups and agencies who
qualify for student activity
monies. McConnell explained
that before this year, the fund
ing procedures had been open
only to certain groups or
agencies. But, a decision earlier
this year allows any group or
agency to apply for funding.
It is expected the final budget
will be in the neighborhood of
$230,000 but as of yet no final
estimates have been reached.
McConnell also said that any
questions in this area should be
directed to Cecil Knotts,
director of student activities.
The entire procedure, in
cluding requests and hearings,
should be completed in time for
the final report to be presented
at the June Regent’s meeting.