Augusta College - White Columns Yearbook (Augusta, GA)

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DANNY DANFORTH Sitting in the cafeteria with Danny Danforth. you wonder if the two of you ever will get a chance to converse uninterrupted. One by one friends drift over to our table, or Danny calls to someone across the room. Occasionally he glances at the clock on the wall. Apologizing profusely, he explains, I was the oldest of fourteen children. From the time the third and fourth were born, I was looking after kids. After the seventh and eighth got here, I was having to shout to get my viewpoint across. By the time the thirteenth arrived, I was the leader. Now, he continues, I just seem to make a lot of friends and, considering my childhood, 1 just naturally assume a leadership position. So, when you ' re trying to do a lot of things, time becomes very important. If time for Danny Is as limited as it is important, it is only because he is twice as active as the average student. I ' ve been an SGA Senator for two years, he relates, and during that time I served on various committees and worked on different projects. For me, being a small part of the decision-making process at A.C. is a learning experience — an extension of the classroom. Besides his SGA work, Danny, a youthful looking thirty-three, also is an active member of the Political Science Club, The Black Student Union, and The Interclub Council. When asked why someone would become involved with an SGA, which often seems internally weak and powerless, Danny bristles. Unfortunately, he replied, most A.C. students do not realize exactly what the Student Government Association is all about. SGA simply is a body of students who act in behalf of the silent majority. Over the years SGA has done innumberable things for the students: free telephones, better lighting on campus, improvement of faculty evaluation forms, incoming student orientation, and the list goes on. We serve an often-times apathetic and thankless group of people who would rather berate us than support us. I am here, he says, not only to learn, but to grow. SGA has become a part of that. After graduation, Danny hopes to work in some facet of the foreign service. He said, I like to travel; I like to learn; and I want to serve. The foreign service appears to be the right career choice for me. CAROLYN SMALLEY Carolyn Smalley is a quiet unassuming young woman whose objective is to better her situation In life. She feels college is the only way to meet her goal. You know, she says, I was at Augusta College in 1972, and at that time all I did was goof around. Eventually I left. After being on the outside of the academic environment, she continues, I realized that advancement and improvement come from dedication and hard work. These days, she says wryly. I ' m doing a lot of that. Between her first collegiate experience in 1972 and today, Carolyn took a one-year course at Augusta Tech in emergency room technology. She holds a job in that field at St. Joseph ' s Hospital. In many ways her job has been the deciding factor in her returning to school. After a while, my job at St. Joe ' s became less fulfilling, less satisfying to me. It was then I realized that being a Registered Nurse was what I wanted to do with my life. And that is what I ' m working on now. The decision to return to A.C. to study nursing was a big step for Carolyn Smalley and entails a lot of work. I ' m concentrating on bringing up my 1972 GPA. she says. It ' s not easy; but I ' m sticking to it, because today, unlike 1972, I am determined to succeed.

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