University of West Georgia - Chieftain Yearbook (Carrollton, GA)

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MISS KATIE DOWNS, B.S., M.A. II

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1959 CHIEFTAIN DEDICATION Ask a fifth grade teacher in one of Atlanta ' s big modern elementary schools and ask the first grade teacher in a three-teacher red frame rural schoolhouse. Ask them — for they know best what Miss Katie Downs has meant to West Georgia College and the teaching profession in our state. Miss Downs has devoted a wonderful lifetime to the teaching profession — as a teacher herself, as a student- teacher supervisor, and finally as registrar here at West Georgia. Educators will tell you she has done as much as anyone to raise the standards of teaching in Georgia. It was in 1934 that Miss Downs came to West Georgia, just one year after the beginning of the school. In the nearly 2 5 years since, she has been a guiding influence — not only for future teachers, but for all students who have come to know, love and respect her. Miss Downs ' accomplishments in the field of education would fill several volumes this size. Unfortunately we can only delve briefly here into her career. Miss Downs is a native of Oconee County and re- ceived her public schooling there. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Peabody College and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Georgia. She has done additional work at Columbia University and Ohio Slate University. She taught elementary school in Watkinsville for nine years and at the University of Georgia ' s demonstration school for twelve years before coming to West Georgia. This is Miss Downs ' final year as registrar and director of admissions at West Georgia. Future students will miss that relationship with one who knows so well how to counsel and guide young men and women. In appreciation for what she has meant and will con- tinue to mean to West Georgia College students, we, the staff take great pride in dedicating this, the 1959 Chief- tain, to Miss Katie Downs.