Students' Handbook

STUDENTS'
HANDBOOK

West Georgia College

CarroUton, Ga.

1937-1938

Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2013

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Contents

General Regulations Page 5

Dormitory Rules Men Page 6

Dormitory Rules Women Page 7

Absences Page 8

Rules Regulating Use of Gymnasium Page 9

Probation Page 10

Advanced Credits Page 11

Library Regulations Page 11

Entertainments Page 12

Student Activities Page 13

Schedule of Student Activities Page 14

Honor Points Page 15

To The Student Personnel Of
West Georgia College:

The faculty joins me in giving to you a
most hearty and cordial welcome. Our
campus is a friendly place. This pamphlet
is printed for your information. We hope
that it contains information which will
aid you. The suggestions herein listed
have been found helpful by our faculty
and students. Therefore, we pass them on
to you.

The main objective of West Georgia
College is the progressive development of
the individual to take his or her place in
and improve society. You are requested
to help us.

Respectfully,

IRVINE S. INGRAM, President.

General Regulations

1. College regulations go into effect at the time
a student arrives on the campus and continue

, throughout commencement. Students permitted to
leave the campus at various times during the year
are responsible for upholding the standards of the
college during their absence.

2. If in case of emergency a parent wishes to call
a student home, communication must be made with
the president or dean.

3. Leave of absence may be refused because of
lov/ scholarship or of too frequent requests for leave.

4. Attendance at chapel is compulsory .

5. Dormitory women are not to ride or park in
cars with young men. Day women students are not
to park in cars with young men.

6. Students are requested not to smoke in the
academic building, the dining hall, or the gymn-
asium.

7. When the dormitories are officially closed for
holidays or the close of the session there shall not be
permitted any social engagements on the part of stu-
dents remaining beyond this time.

8. Outsiders who persist in making a nuisance of
themselves in the college community shall be barred
from having dates with college girls.

9. Girls are permitted to go hiking in groups of
four or more.

10. A grade of E automatically becomes an F if
re-examination is not taken in the subsequent quar-
ter.

11. Tennis courts will be closed from 9 A. M. to
1 P. M. on Sundays.

12. All communications from parents or guard-

ians concerning leave of absence must be made to
the dean or president. Standing permits are valid
for week-end visits at home.

13. Dates are allowed on Sunday only on the
front campus from three until five. Dates are
automatically discontinued in inclement weather.

14. Too frequent meetings between men and wo-
men students may be occasion for disciplinary act-
ion.

15. No student is allowed in the rooms and halls
of the academic building after 3:30 P. M. unless
under faculty supervision.

16. Overnight visitors may be entertained in the
dormitories only on week-ends.

17. Requests for trays during illness must be
made thirty minutes before meals.

18. Men and women students are not to be to-
gether on the campus after 6 P. M.

19. The official school colors shall be Crimson
Red and Royal Blue.

Dormitory Rules Men

1. Rooms must be kept in order and are inspect-
ed each day except Sunday. Change in furniture
or any other question about the rooms must be re-
ferred to the dormitory officials. Paste or anything
to mar the walls must not be used. Each person
is responsible for the upkeep and preservation of
property in his room and will be required to pay
for any damage.

2. Quiet hour will be observed in the dormitory
after seven every evening except Friday and Satur-
day.

3. Students wishing to entertain overnight guests
must get permission from Mr. Strozier.

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4. Students wishing to leave the dormitory in the
evening will indicate such by signing the proctor's
book.

5. Students wishing to leave school for the week-
end will sign their names and give destination and
time of expected return.

6. Each room is furnished by one sixty-watt
light. Any replacements must be made by the stu-
dents. Any additional appliances or lights will
cost fifty cents a month.

7. A fifty-cent deposit fee is charged for each
key This is returned when the key is turned in at
the end of the year.

8. Radios must not be played loud enough to dis-
turb others.

9. All radios must be turned off before eleven
o'clock every night.

10. Students are expected to conduct themselves
as gentlemen at all times.

Dormitory Rules Women

1. See (1) Dormitory Rules For Men.

2. Women leaving the campus must file a leave
of absence card, giving date and hour of their de-
parture and their specific destination.

3. After week-end trips a student is to return not
later than simset on Sunday.

4 All nights except Friday and Saturday are
closed nights and no engagements are permitted.
- 5. Quiet hours are observed every evening after
seven except Friday and Saturday.

6. Smoking is prohibited.

7. In case of illness or other emergency students

should report to the dean of women at once, day or
night.

8. Arrangements for guests must be made with
the dean of women. All guests are expected to con-
form to the dormitory regulations. Meals are twen-
ty-five cents each.

9. Women students must go to town in groups of
two or niore. This regulation applies to the theatre
and the shopping center.

10. Women are not to go to town in the morn-
ings, except by special permission of the dean of
women. Sunday church services are excepted.

11. Women are permitted to walk as far as the
Maple Street School on Sunday afternoons.

12. See (6) Dormitory Rules for Men.

13. See (8) Dormitory Rules for Men.

14. Freshmen are allowed one evening engage-
ment a week, sophomores two.

15. There shall be no engagements in the Wo-
men's Buildings during any student body social
function.

16. Women living on the campus shall fill all
evening engagements at the Women's Buildings.

17. All outgoing telephone calls must be reversed.
Use of telephone except for long distance calls is
prohibited during study hour.

Absences

1. There will be no excused absences except for
trips with athletic teams, the glee clubs, the debat-
ing club, the dramatic club, field trips sponsored by
instructors, and illness.

2. Quality points will be deducted from the stu-
dent's total for excessive class or chapel absences.

The term "excessive" shall be determined by the
dean of the college according to the rcord of the in-
dividual student.*

3. Three tardies in one class constitute one ab-
sence.

4. Except in cases of unavoidable absences satis-
factorily explained to the dean, students are charged
a fee of two dollars for making up a final examina-
tion and a fee of one dollar for making up a mid-
term examination.

5. A student desiring to continue his college work
after being absent from a class or exercise occurring
the two days immediately preceding or the two days
immediately following the Thanksgiving recess, the
Christmas recess, the Spring recess or other college
holidays, must pay a fine of $1.50 for each day on
which the absences occurred. The same fee is
charged for reinstatement of any kind.

* See 1937-1938 Bulletin of West Georgia College,
p. 50, for an explanation of quality points.

Rules Regulating Use Of The Gymnasium

1. The gymnasium is for the use of both men and
women, but they are not to use it at the same time.
When women's classes are scheduled, men must con-
fine their activities to the athletic field. Several
periods during the week will be set aside for activi-
ties in group dancing, folk dancing, marching tactics
and similar recreational activities, at which time
both men and women may attend.

2. Smoking is prohibited at all times in the gym-
nasium, on the athletic field when the student is par-
ticipating in any activity, and at any other time or
place when the student is wearing the official ath-
letic uniform of the College.

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3. Once each three or four weeks the gymnasium
is used for College social affairs. The group or
organization sponsoring the affair is held responsible
by the faculty for the removal of decorations and
the arrangement of the building for the next sche-
dule class following the entertainment.

4. Lockers and showers for students who do not
live in the Dormitory are available in the basement
of the dining hall, adjacent the gymnasium.

Probation

1. A student must pass at least one academic
course or be dropped from school at the end of the
quarter.

2. A student who passes only one course will be
put on probation during the subsequent quarter.

3. To remain in school a student who has been
placed on probation must pass two courses with a
minimum of two quality points at the mid-term ex-
aminations.

4. A student who has been dropped from school
on account of his academic work may return to
school after one quarter but is still on probation.

5. A student who makes no quality points for two
consecutive quarters will be placed on probation.

6. A student on probation will be required to re-
main on the campus except when given special per-
mission by the dean of men and dean of women.

7. Cutting classes or chapel while on disciplinary
or scholastic probation will be considered just cause
for suspension or expulsion of the offender.

8. While on disciplinary or scholastic probation
students are not expected to represent the college
in any intercollegiate activity.

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9. Any student while on disciplinary probation
for serious offense shall for that period of time lose
membership in all student organizations.

Advanced Credits

1. students entering with advanced credits are
required to fulfill the requirements of thirty-six
quality points for graduation.

2. The requirement of two physical education
courses is removed for students entering with ad-
vanced credits. Physical education will be required
during residence here, but may be completed in a
senior college.

LibraYy Regulations

1. The library shall be open from 7:30 A. M. to
5 P. M. on Mondays through Fridays. On Saturdays
when regular classes are held the library hours
shall be from 7:30 A. M. to 3:00 P. M. On all other
Saturdays hours shall be from 7:30 A. M. to 12 Noon.
Except on nights of general college functions, the
library will be open from 7 P. M. to 9 P. M. from
Mondays through Thursdays and on Fridays of
closed week-ends. Students abusing evening library
privileges will be deprived of these privileges.

2. Books not specially reserved may be drawn
from the library for home use for two weeks.

3. Books on special reserve must be consulted
in the library except as stated in regulations 4 and
5 below.

4. Reserve books may be drawn from the library
at 4:15 P. M. for home use overnight and must be
returned by 9:00 the following morning.

5. Reserve books may be drawn from the library

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at 11:00 A. M. on Saturday for home use over the
week-end and must be returned by 9:00 A. M. the
following Monday.

6. Periodicals may not be taken from the library
by students.

7. A fine of two cents a day will be charged on
books not returned on time.

8. A fine of twenty-five cents for the first hour
and five cents for every hour thereafter will be
charged on reserve books not returned on time.

9. Noise and disorder in the library will subject
the offender to withdrawal of library privileges.

10. Mutilation or theft of books or periodicals
will subject the offender to suspension or expulsion
from the college.

Entertainments

1. Requests for entertainments must be filed in
triplicate in the dean's office two weeks ahead of
time and must be signed by the faculty advisers.
Plans for an entertainment must not be made until
the application has been approved.

2. The student body as a whole is permitted one
social a month. (Exceptions only by permission of
the dean.) Students only are invited.

3. Private parties are limited to one a quarter
for each organization, the nature of the function
to be decided by the dean in conference with the
faculty advisers.

4. Social functions are limited to one a week dur-
ing the fall and winter quarters and to two a week
during the spring quarter. No social functions
are to be scheduled during the week of quarterly
examinations.

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Student Activities

1. All candidates for office of any student organi-
zation in order to qualify for election must have
passed with *'C" average or above all courses up to
the time of nomination.

2. When any organization gives a social function
the officers and members of that organization shall
be considered hosts, and as hosts shall be held re-
sponsible for carrying through the function in ac-
cordance with the rules and regulations of the col-
lege. (This rule applies to private parties as well as
public functions.)

3. Organizations giving private parties, shall In-
vite guests only from the student body and from
former membership of the organization.

4. There shall be a student activity committee
composed of the President of the Student Body,
President of the Sophomore Class, President of
the Freshman Class to work in co-operation with
the committee from the faculty. One of the duties
of this committee shall be to announce and conduct
student elections.

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SCHEDULE OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES
1937-1938

ORGANIZATION TIME OP MEETING

Mu Zeta Alpha 1st Thursdays, 7:00 P. M.

Room A

Zeta Sigma Pi 2nd Thursdays, 7:00 P. M.

Room 5.

French Club 2nd Tuesdays, 7:00 P. M.

Home Economics Club 2nd and 4th Tuesdays,
7:00 P. M.

Debating Club 4th Thursdays, 7:00 P. M.,

Room 5.

Ciceronian Society 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 A. M.

Dramatic Club Discretion of the Director*

Women's Glee Club Mondays and Thursdays,

9:50 A. M. Other meetings
at the discretion of the
Director.*

Men's Glee Club Mondays, 6:45 P. M. Wed-
nesdays, 7:00 P. M. Other
meetings at the discretion
of the Director.*

Chorus Discretion of the 'IDir ec tor. *

Voluntary Religious Club-Sundays, 5:00 P. M.

*. These organizations are to be given precedence
when preparing for a public appearance.

Staff meetings of THE WEST GEORGIAN and
THE CHIEFTAIN may be arranged by the editors
and advisers so as not to conflict with the schedule
as given above.

All organizations are expected to follow the pro-
gram as outlined above.

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Honor Points

1. Honor points are given for participation in extra-curricular activities. The purpose of
these honor points is two-fold: (a) to recognize merit; (b) to enable a greater number of stu-
dents to engage in extra-curricular activites.

2. Sophomores are allowed a maximum of twelve honor points; freshmen are allowed a
maximum of ten honor points. Honor points are given for offices and activities as listed
below:

ORGANIZATION 6 pts.

5 pts.

4 pts.

3 pts

2 pts.

1 pt.

WEST GEORGIAN Editor

Business

Associate

Feature

Reporters,

Mgr.

Editor

Managing

Editor

Editors

etc.

CHIEFTAIN

Editor

Business
Mgr.

Associate
Editor

Business
Staff
Other Eds.

GLEE CLUBS

Manager
(Men's)

President

Membership

CLASS OFFICERS

President

Other
Officers

CHORUS

President

Member-
ship

RELIGIOUS

ACTIVITIES

President

Secretary

Other
Officers

DRAMATIC
CLUB

Stage Mgr.

Officers

Member-
ship

DEBATING
CLUB

Officers
Teams

Member-
ship

HONORARY
SOCIETIES

Officers

Member-
ship

ATHLETICS

Varsity
Team Mgr.

Team Capt.

Varsity

3. The Activities Committee of the faculty constitutes a committee of revision.