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BOILING SPRINGS, N. C.
PERMIT NO. 2
Volume IX, Number III
THE PILOT
December, 1954
A Merry Christmos And A Happy New Year
Honor RolS Students
Named at G-W For
Second Six Weeks
G-W Clinic Observes Debaters win Acclaim
Fifth Birthday Dec. 1st
The Gardner-Webb Clinic observed
its fifth birthday December 1. In
that time it has grown from a small
building with one doctor and one
nurse to a modern, 18 bed hospital
with two physicians and 22 other
personnel.
Last year the clinic served 1,492
patients with a total of 5,538 days
of hospital care. This amounts to
an average of 3.77 days hospitaliza
tion per patient, which is about half
the nation’s average.
Dr. W. Wyan Washburn and Dr.
Sam J. Crawley, Jr., college physi
cians, treated 17,700 out-patients
last year in addition to the 1,492
hospitalized. The clinic reported
227 births, and 152 surgical opera
tions.
The clinic was begun in 1949 with
a gift of $13,000 from the late Dr.
S. S. Royster and his family of
Shelby. B. G. Season of Boiling
Springs supervised construction. The
original building cost around $35,000
and a $20,000 addition was com
pleted in 1952.
The Rev. S. L. Lamm, clinic chap
lain, is a professor of Bible at
Gardner-Webb.
On December 2, 3, and 4, the
members of the Gardner-Webb Eng
lish Department, attended the Ap
palachian Mountain Forensic Tour
nament held at Appalachian State
Teachers College in Boone. The
team is composed of Mary Philbeck
of Boiling Springs, Lois Hoyle of
Waco, Sarah Ballard of Moores-
ville, and Reginald Stroupe of Dal
las. Lewis Ballard accompanied the
group.
Gardner-Webb, one of the two
junior colleges entered in the 10-
college debate, won four out of seven
decisions for the affirmative team
composed of Mary Philbeck and Lois
Hoyle. They beat East Tennessee
women’s team, Tennessee Tech
women’s team, Appalachian men’s
team, and Maryville women’s team.
The negative, composed of Sarah
Ballard and Reginald Stroupe won
two out of seven decisions over
Apaplachian women’s team, and
Maryville’s men’s team.
The debate query is; Resolved:
That the United States Should Ex
tend Diplomatic Recognition to the
Communistic Government of China.
Gardner-Wehb Student Pastor
Of 'Rural Church of the Year'
Sam O’Neal, a member of the
sophomore class of Gardner-Webb
College, is pastor of Pleasant Grove
Church, of Route 3, Rutherfordton,
which was recently named "Rural
Church of the Year” by the North
Carolina Grange.
This honor is bestowed upon the
rural church having made the most
outstanding achievements over the
preceding year. Pleasant Grove has
a membership of 255, with 86 of
these additions having been made
in the past 18 months. Other
achievem.ents include a complete
renovat'on of the sanctuary along
with the addition of new pulpit
furniture.
The church engaged in an $8,000
building project which resulted in
a new center vestibule, two new
Sunday School rooms on the ground
floor, a pastor’s study, a Library, a
balcony, and a steeple. A program
was launched and carried out for
the improvement of the cemetery
and grounds. In addition the church
supports a far-reaching youth pro
gram.
Mr. O’Neal and his wife, who at
tended Gardner-Webb College, live
in Rutherfordton. After his grad
uation from Gardner-Webb in Jan
uary of 1955, Mr. O’Neal plans to
attend Furman University.
Santa peeps around the corner as Fraulein prepares to head for home
for ihe Christmas holidays. V/e of the PILOT siaff wish to join
Santa in wishing- all the students and faculty of Gardner-Webb
College a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
SAM O’NEAL
Movie Calendar
For Co-Ed Theater
Dec. 20-21—Night People.
Dec. 22—Tarzan Escapes.
Plans Being Made For New
Gardner-Webb Athletic Field
Gardner-Webb College hopes to have its athletic field equipped with
lights and seats within the next three years.
The field, in good condition now as far as the playing area goes, lacks
seats for spectators and lights to permit night games. Both these ad
ditions are planned for the near future.
Gerald Morgan, late Shelby busi
nessman and ardent sports enthu
siast, made the initial gift that start
ed work on the present field. It
was his dream that additional work
would be done each year until the
athletic field was fully equipped. His
plans were cut short by his untimely
death two years ago.
The field is large enough for a
football field, baseball diamond,
football practice field, and track
course. Sloping banks make it a
simple matter to erect stadium seats
for thousands of spectators.
A new physical education build
ing is planned for the knoll over
looking the playing field. This
building will serve as a physical
education center for the college and
community. It will have 28,000
square feet of floor space. In an
adjoining wing will be a 35 x 75 foot
indoor swimming pool.
These additions to Gardner-
Webb’s athletic facilities should
made it a center for sports en
thusiasts throughout the county and
surrounding areas.
Mrs. Dorothy Hamrick, registrar
at Gardner-Webb College recently
released the list of honor students
for the six weeks ending Novem-
The “A” honor roll is composed
of students making an average of
95 or above on all subjects and
carrying at least 17 semester hours.
The five students making this list
Lewis Ballard of Mooresvills,
Donald Bridges of Shelby, Billie Sue
Bullard of Gibson, Margaret Hazel-
tine of Dana, and Reginald Stroup
of Stanley.
The general honor roll is made up
of students caiTying at least 15
hours and making an average of
92 or over. The 23 students on
this list are:
Sarah Ballard, Mooresville, Betty
Barker, Gastonia, Carol Bradley,
Forest City, Charlotte Carroll of
Thomasville, Cynthia Covington of
Rockingham, Lois Hoyle of Cherry-
ville, Nancy Lattimore of Lawndale,
Pat Matheny of Henrietta, Raymond
Needham of Winston-Salem, Donnis
Philbeck and Mary Philbeck of Boil
ing Springs, Vicki Plaster of Shelby,
Vera Rose of Morganton, Jimmy
Sides of Canton, Marlene Steele of
Stony Point, Mrs. Pat Stepp of Gas
tonia, Mrs. Ruby Talley of Shelby,
Janet Walker of Elkin, Hugh Wease
and Houston Wease of Lincolnton,
Charles Winstead of Zebulon, Bar
bara Ziedonis of Shelby, and Joe
Layell of Elkin.
G-W Faculty Attend
College Meeting
Dr. Phil Elliott, Dean J. O. Ter
rell, and W. Law: on Allen, recently
went to Louisville, Ky., to attend the
annual meeting of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Second
ary Schools.
The trio represented Gardner-
Webb College at the meeting, which
lasted for a week. They re
turned home Thursday in order to
be present at the breakfast in
Shelby Friday morning that opens
Gardner - Webb’s expansion cam
paign.
Dr. Elliott has been present at
practically every meeting of the
^ Southern Association since he be
came president of Gardner-Webb in
1943. He played a major role in
getting Gardner-Webb accepted for
membership in the Association in
1948.
Dean Terrell is a member of the
curriculum committee for junior col
leges, which is an affiliate organ
ization of the Association.
W. Lawson Allen, director of Pub
lic Relations, was named acting
president of Gardner-Webb Col
lege December 13 by the executive
committee of the board of trustees.
Dr. Philip L. EUiott, president, was
granted a leave of absence until
March 15. He will take an extended
rest in Florida to recuperate from
a heart condition.