Valdosta State University - Pinecone Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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iisfggz ori rvv' -'W of l f Y Q A' ec, M09 imgc L th l W 'f 'Of . THEN AND Now or cs. s. W. c. , fs fe X TJ .. . If in the PINE CONE of I934, we, the Senior Class, have showed W the spirit and growth of the Georgia State Womans College at Valdosta from l9I3 to l934, through the contrast of THEN and NOW, and have reflected the perspective and sense of relative values of the students within the college and without, we shall have given to our Alma Matera just glory on this her twenty-first birthday. But even before the opening of the College, in January, l9I3, the Tl-lEN of this book, a student played a very significant role in the life of the late Colonel W. S. West, one of the benefactors and founders of this the Georgia State Womans College. His sincere and ever abiding interest in one of his first pupils, Miss Ora Lee Cranford, gave to his life a direction and purpose which reached an expression in this our Alma Mater. R ii w .!'N' asf. 4501 J Colonel West often told of this early experience to his friends, and the incident here given parallels a clipping from the MACON Q TELEGRAPI-l. Now hold out your hands, said Mr. West-what a spirited person this pupil of his must have been! There, and he gave her three licks with the ruler. The offended young lady who found it so delightful to whisper in the school room, seemed to be not impressed by the sternness of her school master. She smiled at him and said, l'll get even with you for that! fb Mas. w. s. wzsr-si same,- ' c Some years later, Mr. West married Miss Ora Lee Cranford: he had succumbed to the attractive- ness of his pupil. When she had been Mrs. West only for a few moments, she looked up at her hus- band and said with that same tantalizing air of the girl he had punished, l told you l'd get even. Beginning with that small disciplinary problem, which gave to Colonel West his companion in life, his interest in students grew, until in IQO6 realizing the need for a college for the young women of South Georgia, he, as president of the Georgia Senate, presented in the legislature a bill for appropriation of funds to build this institution. The administration building 5 of our present Georgia State Womans College is named West I-Iall in honor of Colonel West, author of the charter of the col- lege and the first president of the Board of Trustees. K f X 6v '.:-IW' Q , ngjli X EL Q .pf , X The same student who prompted Colonel West's interest in I 1 xx Cx N. x XX X .X af ,' .,...- CI - , V ' X f iii I l ix X the education of the young women of Georgia, grew to maturity T- 'N W A i'. ' A along with the college. And during the last years of her life, her 2 j I 2 death occurring on December 4, l933, was endearingly called VI, 3 ' by students and faculty the Mother of the College. ,fi x i This devotion to the education of youth so characteristic .4- gjk of Colonel West, was likewise one of Mrs. West's chief joys, for E she provided for the education of numbers of young men and K women. As another expression of her love for youth, the lawn I in front of her palatial colonial residence on Patterson Street has y ,X for years been a playground and rendezvous for Valdosta chil- l .. i dren, Mas. w. s. wesr . - f f X E l lg fi f 1 4 l ff l ' G' Kilim if 'ff fi A A I ' lf 'Aff - ' ' X fl' T ' Q . S K fi, ff ' '- X i X Y l xg 'fi ,. , dlp, ,ii . li .l 'x

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fri r i .desi T Ai , i . C , Q .eg .3 yan. mg-s 1 1 J .. , T - U . l cr f 'N 0 '- f iii THEN AND Now 0F cs. s.w. c. T3 T. il it Q , The Reverend Richard W. Wallace, a very dear friend of the it A . late Colonel W. S. West, and pastor for many years of the ji 3151 ifqg 1 'tj ! . ik- 4 fx 'A fa sf X 1 l f C Sf lf .ii V tw Is i ri Li, 1. -Pr 1 .6 .Ai gh. v is lil. el f ?1 3,-.Z'. .,x i tu 4 1 First Christian Church of Valdosta, said in College Assembly in November, l928, lf you would know something of William Stanley West-look around youl This college is largely a mon- ument to his memory. l-le was one of the most picturesque characters with whom one is privileged to come in contact. In appearance as well as ideals and culture, he was a typical South- ern gentleman. l-le was a friend of education all his life, a friend of the children of the poor, a friend of the public school, and of the college. Colonel West was a lawyer, successful business- man, and a statesman. l-le was a very distinctive personality. Certain qualities of his character stood out conspicuously, so that COLONEL W- 5- WEST you could never forget them. Among the most outstanding of his characteristics, was his absolute hon- esty, his unwavering sincerity. Colonel West had certain definite aspirations, among which were these-to be President of the Georgia Senate, to be United States Senator, to see a finer college for women built in Valdosta: and at last in the ease of retirement from active life, to spend a few years with his family, his boolcs, and his ffiends at home. All these desires of his heart he realized except the last mentioned, for Colonel West's life was suddenly brought to a close on December 22, I9I4. The attainments of our college in her twenty-one years have been due largely to the activities of the first president, Dr. R. l-l. Powell and his enthusiastic corps of faculty. l-le never once lowered his standards for the college nor compromised with the ideals for attainment. The college will ever be a living memorial to her first president. On April IS, l933, the Board of Regents directed that the Georgia State Womans College should be the Liberal Arts Col- lege for women of the University System of Georgia: and in the reorganization of the University System there were made certain changes in the personnel. Dr. Powell went in July, I933, to Athens to serve as Dean of the Co-ordinate College of the University of Georgia, and was succeeded by Dr. Jere M.'Pound, President of the Georgia State Teachers College- at Athens, Georgia, who was elected by the Board of Regents in April to the presidency of the Georgia State Womans College. Dr. Pound left Athens after serving for twenty-one years as head of a woman's institution of higher ii I ' lf? . on. R. H. Powm learning' i in L. .. W A7 i if li f .w . , M QS N fn.. ix! . at-i 'I-. ro- ' , . -5.1 - if '23'Q3'QF- 1 1+-ps I . , W Ti' my W f 'R -'SL fl Q fi. M: Y ,.T'-'1 El-I l 'fi ' 'i 4 l i I I 4 i l I i