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VOLUMN 27 Collegeboro, Georgia, Suburb of Statesboro, Friday, April 23, 1954 NUMBER 23 GTC Honors Parents With Tarenfs Day' Parents responded to the Shirley Hanson, Avondale "Parent's Day" program in Estates, and her court will be number this week announced presented to the audience. President Zach S. Henderson. At 3:45 p. m. members of Over 80 families have sent in* Dramatic Club will present cards stating that they will be Alice Gurtenberg's one act play, present at the activities held in "Overtones," which will be their honor. supervised by Miss Dorothy The day's schedule calls for Few, speech director and the parents to arrive at 10:30 sponsor of Masquers. a. m. For the next 45 minutes The "Parent's Day activities an informal social hour will be were planned and sponsored by held in the dormitories, giving the inter-dormitory council with the guests a chance to become Miss Ida Long Rogers, dean of THE APOLLO BOYS' CHOIR will be presented in the auditorium tonight in the third and acquainted. At 11:45 a. m. a men, as advisor. final concert of the season by the Statesboro Community Concert Association. The program, special Sunday service will .be held in the college auditorium. which begins at 8:15, includes a wide variety of sacred and secular numbers, ranging in period The sermon will be delivered and temperment from early classical to modern. by Tom Cottingham Jr. 'Sadie Hawkins' Mr. Cottingham is Interna tional Harvester dealer in Doug Hart Conducts las and is a very active layman Dance Sponsored Radio Transmitter Is in the Methodist Church, holds the position of Associater History Class District Lay Leader of the Way- By Sanf ord Hall Jim Hart, English and cross District. He is also active Near Operation Date in youth activities and has been "Sadie Hawkins" will the the history teacher on the Labora- theme for the informal dance tory High School faculty, will speaker at a number of The Science Club is nearing Methodist Youth Assemblies. Saturday, April 24, at 8 p. m. conduct the Saturday Western in the gym sponsored by San- r*> the completion of a carrier Civilization class this Satur- Mr. Cottingham is also ford Hall. radio current transmitter, which Mary Alice Jones day in the absence of Dr. interested in family living. He Music for the dance, to which will operate solely on the GTC George A. Rogers. has attended in several National the girls will invite the boys, Home Life Conferences. campus. Mr. Hart, an exchange will be furnished by the combo. Presents Recital teacher from England, will pre- Special music for the service A floor show will be given at Beginning of the project be- sent the English point of view will be presented by the phil- 10:00. gan roughly two months ago on the causes of World War harmonic choir. At 12:30 p. m. Chairman of the committees and is expected to be finished Thursday Night I and the role of the nations in a picnic lunch for parents, for the occasion are Thomas in the early part of May. the conflicts which arose before faculty members and students Mock, Sylvania, decorations; Miss Mary Alice Jones will the war. will be served down by the Jimmy Becton, Pooler, refresh- The earlier radio current be presented in a junior voice lake, giving parents and faculty ments; and Gene Meadows, transmitter will send signal's recital on Thursday, April 29, HOME EC. GROUP a chance to become acquainted. Register, floor show . through the power lines only on at 8:15 p. m. in Concert Hall PLANS TYBEE TRIP If weather conditions prove un- the GTC campus. There will be Home Ec Club members will favorable, the lunch will be of the music building at Geor- McDOUGALD'S GOODIES no radio waves sent out. gia Teachers College. There will "Ho Bo" to finance a retreat to served in the gym. From 1:30 Tybee the weekend of May 14- until 2:30 open house will be KEEP EMPLOYEES HAPPY A schedule for two hours be no admission charge. 16. observed in the dormitories af- Don McDougald, comptroller, operation in the afternoon with Mary Alice will sing selec- Committees have been ap- ter which the guests will be varied programs is planned. has a very effective way of tions from Motzart, Schuman, pointed for recreation, lodging, taken on a tour of the campus. keeping his office force happy. The transmitter, which will Schubert, Lizst, and will Con- food, and transportation. The college band, under the He makes cakes and brownies operate on the power of 690 clude with "Voices of Spring," Mary Flanders, Rockledge, direction of Dana M. King, as- and brings a share to the of- by Straus. kilocycles, has been constructed president, says all members will sistant professor of music, will fice. Misses Mary Jane Moore primarily by Morris Davis, . Dr. Ronald J. Neil, head of be hired out to the teachers present its 4th annual presen- and Betty Sue Roundtree de- Tifton; Larry Cook, Newing- the division of music at GTC and people up town for various tation concert at 2:30. At the clare that Mr. McDougald turns ton, Glenn Thomas, Jesup; and will be the accompanist. jobs to finance the retreat. intermission, "Miss TC of 54," out a very good product. Bobbie Gene Kingery, Pulaski. Mary Alice takes an active part in all music activities. She is a member of En Melodie, H. J. McCormick Music Education Club, has been Annual Honors Day Program soloist for the Philharmonic Choir for two years, she is a member of the band, and has Is Set For May 10 Assembly Speaks Monday studied both piano and organ. The public is cordially in- The annual Honors Day pro- Tommie Jean Corbett, Vi- Vivien Cowart, Savannah; Al vited to attend this recital. gram for this year will be held dalia and Mrs. Marilu H. Mills, Crumpler, Hagin; Bobby Gene To Science Club at the regular assembly period Avondale Estates will appear in Kingery, Pulaski; Mrs. Ruth on May 10. At this time 28 both groups being honored. Knowlton, Statesboro; Marie Henry J. McCormick, man- seniors will be recognized for ager of the Bulloch County Hos- The others recognized for McKendree, St. Simons Island; their superior achievements. pital, and formerly on the "Constructive Leadership and Pat Meeks, Nichols; Barry Unselfish Stervice" are Rose Owens, Brunswick. science staff as a biology pro- Eleven will be honored for Mary Ammons, Brunswick; fessor at GTC, is to be the "Constructive Leadership and Janice Chastain, Albany; Mor- Melvin Peacock, Savannah; principle speaker at the Science Unselfish Service" and 19 more ris Davis, Tifton; Mary Mary Lula Peagler, Homerville; Club meeting Monday night, for "Excellent Scholarship." A Flanders, Rockledge; Mike Frances Rackley, Statesboro; April 26, at 7 p. m. grade point ratio of at least Genevrino, Newark, New Jersey; William Albert Rogers; Clax- five over the past five quarters Yvonne Jones, Jessup; Fred ton; Mary Salter, Frank Saun- Mr. McCormick was.with the ders, Rocky Ford; Laurien Sea- FBI for four years in the is the specification for "Ex- Pierce, Savannah; Gene Roberts, cellent Scholarship." The Lead- Wadley; and Christy Trowell, nor, Fitzgerald; Fayrene Stur- chemistry laboratory. He is go- gis, Statesboro. ing to speak on "Science and ership and Service group is Oliver. Crime Detection." chosen by the vote of the en- Others being honored for .Dr. William L. Pressley, presi- tire faculty, unlike the Who's scholastic achievement include dent of Westminster School in Anyone interested is invited Who group in which the stu- Mary Helen Altman, Waycross; Atlanta, will be the speaker for to attend this meeting. MARY ALICE JONES dents have a voice. Mrs. Betty Clary, Savannah; this occasion. Tyson's Type Backstage View Behind the Scenes Do any of you need help with your spring cleaning ? The students who are in the cast of the Masquers' That is, help at a very reasonable cost—$.50 an hour, Of Students Who production, "The Lady's Not for Burning," deserve with a minimum employment of two hours. The girls much praise for their efforts to provide an evening's from the college Home Economics Club are anxious entertainment for the students. But praise will be be- to lend a helping hand in the afternoons and on the Go Unaccredited When the curtain rises for stowed upon them through publicity and curtain calls weekends. If your house needs brightening, your after the performance. laundry needs to be washed, your windows need to be the Masquer's production of Christopher Fry's "The Lady's cleaned, your flowers need the weeds pulled so they Not for Burning," the audience Let's stop for a moment and consider the people can grow, then call 641-R and make arrangements for will see an array of elaborate who do behind-the-scenes work for this production. one, two or even maybe three gprls to come help you." 15th century sets and costumes. These people seldom receive recognition other than This is a small script I received this week from the Unseen by the audience will be having their names on the program sheet. Yet they Home Economics Club. So if you have Spring Fever the long hours of work put make a necessary contribution toward the success of and just feel lazy, the best and quickest way you can get forth by the committees who the play. Every spare minute of their time is spent that spring house work done is to call on these girls. helped make the production pos- on the difficult tasks of building the sets, designing and The Home Economics Club should be commended. sible. preparing the costumes, creating lighting effects, and Not merely because they are helping people clean In these weeks before, the advertising the play. houses, but because they are trying to contribute some- play ,the bustling activity of the committees and their chair- These tasks often require more time and effort thing worth while through their organization, rather men can be seen as hour after' than having it as a figurehead with a name. than the actual rehearsals. They are carried out under hour they work at their tasks. the handicaps of insufficient help and lack of money. There are too many clubs on TC's campus that are Almost any afternoon Jimmy figureheads and never accomplish anything. It was once Johnson can be found, cap Materials almost have to be begged, borrowed, or said "if at first you do not succeed, try, and try again." perched on the back of his head, stolen. Yet this preliminary work has to be completed The creator of this saying is unknown to me but I ten-penny nails protruding or there can be no performance. think if applied more' by clubs on campus our school from his mouth like. Mortimer We often forget the people behind the scenes and spirit would be boosted to a great extent. The only Snerd's front teeth—hammering away on the sets. give the actors full credit for a successful performance. bulwark in this policy is that numerous organizations Mary Lulu Peagler, chair- For the present production, at least, we say, "Hats never try the first time. Maybe a better statement could man of the publicity committee, Off!" to the behind-the-scenes workers who aren't be created. To me it should sound like this, "do some- is seen hurrying to the art de- around when the laurels are passed out. thing or call it quits." partment to inquire about the posters being made by Miss Gernant's art class. On her way she passes Bo Ginn, waiting Why Not Participate 'All the World's a Stage' for the other members of his "All the world's a stage"—just look around you and committee to go uptown to sell The Inter-Class Softball League is now in full you'll find that it's true. After all the stage is taken program ads, fervently practic- swing. Only there are a few minute problems that need from life itself. ing his sales talk to an unat- to be solved. If you'll look around you on the campus you'll find tentative azalea bush. comedy, tragedy, musicals, and anything you would like In the art department Mary One is more participation by the members of the Lulu finds Fey Carter, with all various classes. A softball game cannot be played if to see. You'll find scandal and holiness, you'll find love the air of professional dress and hate, devotion and irresponsibility, sports and aca- designer, deftly sketching off there is not a sufficient number of players to fill the demic application, and among all these things you'll the 15th century costumes positions. find beauty and ugliness. which she will also make. Over Another is the support and spirit of the entire stu- Let's go through the day and see what we find in another corner of the art dent body. At the first few games there was a limited going on around us. room is Ida Whittle, adorned number of students who attended the contest, but now It's 7:30 a. m. and let's look at the dining hall. wth smock, barret, and paint brush busily designing the pro- there is even less who care about tilts that are being You'll find love before it burst into blossom, covered played after chow. by the sleepy bodies and minds of numerous couples. grams. Cathy Holt, headed to play Intramurals are for the students' entertainment You'll find gloom, a test at eight and there has been practice, sees a student who has little preparation. Hate grumbles in the line as students and not for just a few who like to play the game. But not yet bought a ticket and at TC this seems to be inversely the situation. move by the serving table. If you really look hard, you'll with a gentle twist of the arm, see someone looking into space, searching for some un- convinces the student that he Why don't your students who want to play go answered mystery of the mind that came to them in a just absolutely must buy one. down to the softball diamond and try your hand at the dream last night. All these things make up early morn- Cathy is passed by Emma Jean games taking place there every available afternoon. ing GTC. Brock on her way from Miss And the rest of you go down and see a fine demonstra- At 10:00 a. m. at the Blue Tide you'll see joy and Few's office with a message to tion of play and sportsmanship. Christy Trowell who is madly anger. As the juke box sends for its fast music every- flipping switches in the audi- one tries to talk at once, then all of a sudden melan- torium trying to get just the choly settled over the flock, someone has played a right mood for the different slow sentimental number. A girl walks out rapidly, mad scenes. Girls, Get you a Man as a hornet because her beau didn't show up. A boy Hour after hour these com- is looking so down hearted—just got his draft notice. mittees work until the direc- Now is the time for all good luck to come to the Afternoon comes with a smile and sigh of relief tor's cry "Curtain Going Up!" aid of the men! Sadie Hawkins Day is Saturday, April as the last class bell rings and freedom in finally on the night of April 4 cul- 24. The so-called repression of the women will be ex- achieved. There's a dash to see who gets the first ride minates their tasks. posed and so will the men—to the mercy of all this to town. Someone trods reluctantly down to the library. backwash of subduedness over the past year. The instructors rush to their cars, as happy as the LAB SCHOOL CAMP Saturday night, Sanford Hall is sponsoring a students about the end of the class day. PLANS ANNOUNCED Sadie Hawkins Dance, maybe the men have fallen into The fifth annual Laboratory the spirit. Anyway they are making themselves bait for Night comes to the campus and so does both High School camp will be held fatigue and life. Couples leave hurriedly, looking for at the Tattnall Methodist Camp the dance. Get out girls and get you a man—in the recreation and enjoyment. A girl stands sadly by the Ground April 29-May 5, and open—it's the chance of the year. door, stareing into the blackness, a boy enters and she will be attended by the stu- gives him an indifferent look, and then going into a dents in the seventh and eighth rage when only a moment ago she was hurt to the root grades. of her pride and hoped with all her heart that he would J. P. Foldes, associate profes- You Are An Important Tool come. Students pour over their studies, with their sor of education, the director of minds a million miles away, thinking what a fruitless the camp, will be assisted by a This Sunday-you're only a tool. But you'll be an task life really is. group of 12 supervising teachers important tool to a mighty big machine if you act and and practice teachers. speak in the correct fashion. All these things and many more make up the Julian A. Pafford, principal drama of everyday college life. Look around you—it's The big machine is enjoyment; the enjoyment of of the Laboratory School, states our families on "Parent's Day." entertaining. that this faculty-supervised school camp is an integral part if the machinery of school spirit and courtesy is of the total education program to run smoothly Sunday, it's up to every little paret to of the Laboratory High School. run efficiently and correctly. If one fails to do his job, The George-Anne the whole machine gets out of whack. TROWELL GIVES TALK It's up to us tools to do a good job. Let's grind out (ESTABLISHED 1927) Christy Trowell, Oliver, gave a welcome Sunday morning and keep grinding through- EDITOR Remer Tyson a talk on The Genocide Treaty out the day. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Christy Trowell and National Defense to the BUSINESS MANAGER Charles Grovenstein Adam Brinson Chapter of the NEWS EDITOR Cherrell Williams Daughters of the American SPORTS EDITOR Gene Meadows Revolution at Twin City, Geor- What is Honors Day? CIRCULATION MANAGER Carl Tyson gia this afternoon. In his ad- TYPIST Harry Clark dress Christy stressed the role What is Honors Day? REPORTERS: Cherrell Williams, Cathy Holt, Phil Norton, of the United States as a leader in all United Nations Honors Day is not a date, it is not an event, it is a and journalism class 104 under the direction of Roy policy. symbol. It stands as a symbol of those who have ac- Powell. complished something in their college career and as FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1954 BREMSETH CHOSEN a reward for those people contributions which in most Cameron Bremsetn, head of cases come so hard, filled with routine, hard work, and Published weekly, September to June, except during holi- the business division, has been days by Georgia Teachers College students. named vice president of the application to the work that had to be done. (Entered as second class matter at Postoffice at College- First District GEA for the Honors Day also stands as a goal for future boro, Ga., under temporary permit.) year 1954-55, reports W. P. seniors to aim for and strive to attain. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 PER YEAR Sprayberry, state GEA presi- Look at Honors Day through this light and it wfll dent. shine with its intended radiance. Softball League Sparks' .388 Gene's Gab Gets Underway; Leads Professors Perrell Sparks, Canton, is By GENE MEADOWS currently leading the Teachers ■:'f ■■':■ -':-:^,-::,.■■■■ nil Frosh Unbeaten at the plate with a tremendous The importance of baseball as a major sport on .388 average. Sparks has 14 the TC campus is shown by the fact that seven boys The Inter-Class Softball League got off to a roaring- hits in 36 trips at the plate. who are students last year or either this year are play- start Wednesday as the fresh- Among those 14 hits are two ing baseball in the professional ranks this season. men edged tlie seniors 8-7. In home runs which also leads the Two of the players are going to school this quarter. other games, the juniors 11 and team. They are: sophomore Clyde Lane and junior Ronnie the sophomores 11. The fresh- Jimmy Ford, Augusta, is in West. Clyde Lane is starting his second season with men picked up their second the number two spot behind the local Statesboro Pilots in the Class D Georgia State straight win as they pounded Sparks with a .350 average fol- League. He is expected to give the opposing batsmen the juniors by a score of 17-6 lowed by Bo Warren with .294. and the seniors beat the plenty of trouble with his portside slants this season. sophomores 15-12. Here are the team's batting Ronnie West is starting his first year in pro ball average for the ten games. with the Vidalia Indians, also in the Georgia State The junior-sophomore game that ended in a tie will be Name AB H PCT. League. Ronnie was signed to play second base for the played off .at the end of the Sparks 36 14 .388 Indians. season. Ford 40 14 .350 Two of the boys left at the end of the winter Warren 41 12 .294 quarter for spring training. They are junior, At the end of the first week Evans 17 5 .293 George McLeod and senior, Vaughn Dyer. George is of play the freshman and the FERRELL SPARKS, Canton, is Perry 28 ' 8 .286 beginning his second year of professional play with the seniors are leading the lead currently leading the GTC base- Wallen 29 7 .241 with the juniors and sopho- Douglas Trojans in the Georgia State League. Last ball team in hitting with a .388 Potts 41 9 .220 mores bringing up the tail end. season George had a successful year with Bristol, Ten- average. He also leads in the Powell 38 7 .184 nessee in the Kitty League and he is expected to be a Standings Won Lost Pet. home run department with two 272 76 .297 mainstay on the Trojan pitching staff. Freshmen 2 0 1.000 in the ten games played thus TOTALS far this season. ♦ # - Vaughn Dyer made the jump from class D ball to Seniors 1 1 .500 * V class B this year as he moved to Lynchburg, Virginia Sophomores 0 1 .000 WHALEY AND DEAL WIN in the Piedmont League. Vaughn led the hitting for Juniors 0 1 .000 Beasley, Register; secretary the Statesbora Pilots last year with a .356 average. He Bertie Franklin, Townsend, Sue Whaley and Vivien Deal, plays the first base position. OFFICERS NOMINATED Jewel Hart, Statesboro; trea- Laboratory High School stu- BY HOME EC CLUB surer, Ann Harrison, Kite, June dents, won first place in the Three boys who played for the TC squad last year Miller, Nevils; reporter, Ann doubles at the district tennis are also playing pro baseball this summer. They are: Candidates for 1954-55 Home Davis, Odum; parliamentarian, match, which was held on the Bobby Driggers, Hollis Powell and Johnny Mallard. Economics Clubs officers were Sarah Ann Jordan, Bartow. GTC courts Friday, April 16. Hollis Powell, last season's leading batsman for nominated at the Home Ec the TC Professors, is also starting his second season Club meeting of April 19. in the pro ranks with the Jamestown team in New These candidates will cam- paign until May 4, when the York. Hollis is a first baseman and he weilds a heavy officers will be elected at a THE FAIR STORE stick at the plate. social given by June Miller. Johnny Mallard has been signed as a second base- They are as follows: presi- man for the Statesboro Pilots. Johnny played his first dent, Etta Ann Akins, States- year of professional baseball last year with the Jesup boro; vice president, Rachel Your Style Headquarters \* Bees, also in the Georgia State League. Powe, Camilla, Betty Jean In Statesboro for Campus or Dress Wear Fordh am s For Ladies and Men Barber & Beauty Shop 4 South Main Street STATESBORO, GA Phone 450

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