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THE PILOT
OCTOBER 28, 1961
THE PILOT
Published Monthly by the Students of
Vol. XVI
Gardner^Webb CJoUege
October 28, 1961
No. 2
STAFF
Editor Tilhe Wilson
Business Manager Vivian Hamrick
Assistant Business Manager Elizabeth Ledbetter
Sports Editors Skip West, Alan Carpenter
Staff Writers Mike Champion. Jo Lee Loveland,
navi's Moore, Judy Mason, Robert Philyaw, Rob Weir
Photographer _ _ Joe Phillips
Art Editor .. Jon Ward
Faculty Advisor Michael H. Palmer
R Founders Day Welcome
To the former students and teachers of Boiling Springs
High School, Boiling Springs College, and Gardner-WeWa
College and to the special guests and friends of the College,
we, the students of today’s Gardner-Webb welcome you.
Many changes have taken place since you were last here,
the most recent ones being the new science building and a new
president. We hope you will have time to relearn Gardner-
Webb as well as recall with friends the days that you were
here.
We wish for you to have a most pleasant and enjoyable
weekend, so that you may return home with a long-lasting
memory of this day.
The First Founders Day
Gardner-Webb College had its beginning at the 1903
meeting of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association. A com
mittee was appointed to investigate the possibility of build
ing a Baptist High School.
At the 1904 meeting, the committee recommended that
a Board of fifteen Trustees be appointed. They were to be
representatives of the Association to collect funds, acquire
a site and property, and to erect buildings.
On Monday, May 8, 1905, the Trustees met to receive
propositions from those communities who were bidding for
the school to be located in their particular locality. T^ie idea
of a denominational school was of significant interest to the
people of the Association, especially the location of the
school.
The Boiling Springs Church offered their old church
building and two acres of land. A committee was sent to
Shelby to appear before the trustees. A buggy furnished
the transportation for these men. When they came out of
the meeting, the men found a doll in the buggy evidently
left there by some child. They jokingly remarked, “We have
brought the first student to the new school.”
At a meeting of July 10, 1905, the Trustees selected
Boiling Springs as the site for the new school.
At the 1905 meeting, the Association voted to ask the
Sandy Run Baptist Association to pin them in their project.
Sandy Run eagerly accepted and elected 10 trustees to serve
jointly with Kings Mountain Association trustees.
The Trustees held their first joint meeting on October
27, 1905, at which time they decided to call the school the
Boiling Springs High School. A committee was elected to
secure a charter.
On November 13, 1905, the Trustees decided to erect
a brick building costing $10,000. June 1 of the next year the
men received the architect’s drawings. D. P. Queen was given
the contract to construct the building.
The first load of bricks was hauled by a woman — Mrs.
J. V. Devenny. She refused help from anyone.
A ground-breaking ceremony was held in the spring of
1^7. Work on the building started. The cornerstones were
laid on Jure 29, 1907, one for each of the associations.
The school opened in October 1907 with Professor J. D.
Huggins, Sr., filling the capacity as principal.
Ever since the school became a college, Founders Day
and Homecoming has been observed on the weekend nearest
the 27th of October. It is on this dav that former students
November Cometh
The wild November comes at last
Beneath a veil of rain.
The night wind blows its folds aside.
Her face is full of pain.
— Richard Henry Stoddard
Beneath this “veil of rain” is the month that many
people would call gloomiest — the dead month. The trees
have lost their gold and scarlet splendor of October and
stand stark and bare against the gray November sky. Alone
and lonely they stand under the hazy glow of the sun.
The sombemess of the month is reflected in the hues
of the bronze of chrysanthemums and the amber of topaz,
in the brown, sere grass and the gray tearful sky.
The month in between — a transition period. All the
glory of autumn has faded and winter has not yet brought
the grace and veneration of old age.
And yet beneath the gloom and sombemess lies a
strength and courage and hope — buried, perhaps, beneath
the face “full of pain,” buried deeply in the heart of Novem
ber.
November is humble, thankful—thankful for the small
est thing in the bareness of her life.
The wind stills; the folds of the rain veil slowly close;
the face of pain is covered by the pure whiteness and calm
of December snows.
Contest Slated
For Miss G-W
The annual Miss Gardner-
Webb contest is less than a
.month away, according to an
tinnouncement from Dean of Stu
dent Activities John B. Hiott. The
contest will be held early in No
vember, so that the winner may
participate in various Christmas
parades around and after Thanks
giving.
An entry fee of $1.50 is charg
ed various clubs, classes, and
other organizations that sponsor
girls for the contest. Dean Hiott
indicated that the money is used
to cover costs of flowers, crown,
ribbons, and other materials for
the contest.
Miss Gardner-Webb is chosen
by out-nf-tmvn .iudges on the
bases of beauty, poise, and charm,
and fv'ifillmg the ideals of Gard-
ner-Webb in every-day living.
Mfss Ellen
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the College.
BAND
The Kings Mountain High
School Band will perform as
part of the half-time ceremonies.
Sponsors for sophomores are
Posemary Temple for Ken San
ford, Cheryl Earley for Larry Hy-
der, Christine Parker for Gene
Allen, Donna Hennessee for Ezra
Munn, Collette White for Calvin
White, Mary Ann Hill for Bill
Emarr, Janice Wilson for Edgar
Cox, and Peggy Hoyle for Roy
Crisp.
During pre-game activities, the
Gardner-Webb College chorus
will present three selections: “It’s
A Grand Night For Singing,”
"Stout-Hearted Men,” and "Bat
tle Hymn of the Republic.” The
chorus is directed by Mrs. Nettie
R. Gidney.
Festive Gane
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ALMA MATER
Following these numbers the
choir, under the direction of
Mrs. Robert Gidney, will lead the
students, alumni, and other spec
tators in the singing of the Alma
Mater.
To bring to a peak the enthusi
asm of the fans at homecoming,
the 1961 Homecoming Queen will
be crowned during the half-time
program. To add to the spirit of
homecoming and football in gen
eral, the visiting Kings Moun
tain High School Band, marching
specialists, will also perform
during half-time.
Suecial Dinner
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From 1905 until 1928, when it
was changed to a junior college,
Gardner-Webb was known as
Boiling Snrings High School. In
1942, Boiling Springs Junior Col
lege became Gardner-Webb.
Letter.' were mailed to 134
former faculty members and ad
ministration, more than 250 chil
dren and grandchildren of the
original trustees, and approxi
mately 400 graduates of the old
high school imdting them to the
campus.
B. T. Falls, Sr., of Shelby is the
only living member of the orig
inal board of trustees.
Gardner-Webb will also be
host to numerous alumni of the
College.
Farmal Onenin^
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posts with Ordnance Missile Lab
oratories from 1951 to 1953.
Prior to this position. Dr.
Swann was director of research
for The American Mineral Spirits
Co., Chicago, a manufacturer and
marketer of petroleum solvents
and chemicals.
From 1941 to 1945, Swann was
The President's Page
The World of The Future
We are now dealing with individuals of the 21st century.
The average life span of a white person in the United States
is now 71 years. Seventy-one years from the present time
will be the year 2032. What will be some of the problems we
must face?
The first great problem will be the great amount of
leisure time. Electronics have already made the complete
automatic factory a reality. We shall have to deal with it.
We shall have the choice between allowing a small fraction
of the labor force to produce our goods and the others to
live at government expense or cut the work-hour week. I
predict the latter. That means more leisure time. How shall
we use it?
The second great problem we shall face will be to find
an answer to the question, “What is life for?” People have
been busy trjdng to earn a living. With a shorter work-hour
week they will begin to ask for the true meaning of life.
Shall we continue to go on our way seeking the answer in
TV and recreation or shall we look for the answer in God’s
word and way? You and I must determine that.
— Eugene Poston
Travelling With Tillie
By Tiilie Wilson
Thirty-five million years ago, the red, gray, and brown,
weirdly-carved ridges and valleys of the South Dakota
Badlands were lush valleys. Rains and winds have been,
and are continually, wearing away the many-shaped ridges.
Some of the formations are flat, a few with a dry grass
covering; some rounded as a knob; others come to a sharp
peak; and some have no definite shape — a combination of
many forms.
Cedar Pass, a small village, nestles in the Badlands.
It is very quaint, looking almost like the TV oowboy towns.
It seems to be hiding from the rest of the world, sheltered
from all life there in that barren land.
A few fossilized remains of prehistoric animals that
once roamed the region have been foimd — an early species
of the horse (three-toed), an early ancestor of the sheep,
and other smaller animals such as mice. The animals, hav
ing rather soft teeth, became extinct when the lush grass
and foliage began to toughen and tfiey could rjot chew the
coarser vegetation.
No Life
No human being has ever lived in these wasted lands,
but there is e\idence that some tribes of prehistoric Indians
stayed for periods of time at different intervals, probably to
hunt. The first white man to enter Mauvaises Terres was
a French-Canadian.
The Badlands played a small part in' the settlement of
the western United States. Here the last battle between
red and white men was fought, although it was not import
ant. The Indians, probably sensing eternal defeat, tegan
a ghost dance, praying for their savior to come. This activity
alarmed the white men, who .called for more calvary to be
sent in.
This in turn alarmed the Indians and many fled the
Badlands, causing more apprehension among the settlers.
An accidental shot started the battle, in which about 150
Indians and 30 calvarymen were killed.
The fascinating formations also served as a natural
fortress for the Souix Indians.
To relieve the dull grays and browns, there is sometimes
a splotch of yellow or purple decorating the buttresses
and pinnacles of the Badlands.
The silver of the moon illuminates the lusterless colors
of the intricate maze that is the Badlands; there is a quick
flip as a prairie dog hastily retreats and all is still.
G-W Spiritual Emphasis Week
Very SueGessful Say Students
_ Spiritual Emphasis Week was brought to a close on
FYiday morning, October 6. The last service, held during
chapel penod, was one of the most inspirational ones, and
a large group was in attendance.
The speaker for the. week, the dition to the services held Mon-
Reverend M. O. Owens, Jr., cen
tered his messages around the
theme “His Way—Mine.” In
keeping with this theme, each
student was encouraged to make
Christ’s way his way.
The Reverend Owens spoke in
chapel Monday," Tuesday, Wed
nesday, and during chapel period
on Thursday and Friday, in ad-
senior research chemist for the
Pure Oil Co., Chicago.
Early in his career — 1933 to
1938 — Swann was a research
chemist for Standard Ultramar
ine Co., Huntington, W. Va„
day through Thursday nights at
6:30.
IMPRESSIONS
Although Spiritual Emphasis
Week is over, definite impres
sions of the week remain in the
minds of the students who at
tended the meeting.
Several of these impressions
ivere expressed: "Better than
last year.” "An effective speak
er.” “Spirit of the week seems to
have had lasting effects.” “The
spiritual interest of the campus
since that week makes one won
der what results would have been
attained If the services could
have continued another week."
the field of dyestuff, pigments, Such comments as these
and .ntermediates. „p the students’ Impressions ot
Following the formal opening Spiritual Emphasis Week. To
program, the new building will follow up this week, the B. S. U.
be opened for public viewing, Council is planning more pro-
followed by open house In all grams that will be of special 1r-
buildings on the campus. terest to students.