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THE PILOT
OCTOBER 28,1961
A man in the know, on the go — that’s W. Lawson Alien,
vice-president and director of public relations at Gard-
ner-Webb College. He’s meeting hundreds of high school
seniors this fall as he represents Gardner-Webb at al
most a hundred coUege days across the state. He’s tell
ing the Gardner-Webb story.
Lawson Alien Is
Go With College
W. Lawson Allen, a man with
a storj- to tell, is on the go this
fall. His story is the Gardner-
Webb College story; the road he
travels is the college day trail,
as he criss-crosses the state,
keening aptx)intments, inter
viewing hundreds of prospective
students for the college at Boil
ing Springs.
In a week’s time he ordinarily
travels between 700 and 900
miles and talks with some 200
high school seniors. As he talks,
he tells the story — Gardner-
Webb's own unique story.
Allen Is Just the man to do it
too. Having served under two
president’s — the late Dr. Phil
Elliott and Dr. E. Eugene Pos
ton — he knows the College
well.
His first years of service were
in 1944-46. After an absence he
returned to the College in 1953
as director of church-community
(Jevelopment. The next year he
became director of public rela
tions, and about a year later,
during an illne;s of Dr. Elliott’s
became vice-president.
Besides his work at Gardner-
Webb, Allen has had wide ex
perience as director of religious
education in leading Bantist
'churches in Asheville, Winston-
Salem. Louisville. Ky., Snartan-
burg, S. C., and Jacksonville, Fla.
Allen is married to the tormer
Miss Josephine Moody of Sylva.
They have two daughters, Louise
and Billie.
WATCHED GROWTH
He hold the B. S. degree from
Western Carolina College and the
M.R.E. degree from Southwestern
Man On The
Day Program
Baptist Theological Seminary.
He has watched Gardner-Webb
grow from around 250 students
in 1944-45 to around 375 in 1953-
54 to the prensent 601. And al
ways he has maintained a close
relationship with student person
nel.
In his first two years with
Gardner-Webb, for example, he
helped to establish the student
government association and su
pervised the writing of the stu
dent constitution.
Allen knows the pulse-beat of
the College, for he has been at
the heart of its operation for
some eight years.
He has also had a hand in the
growth of the physical plant,
seeing buildings added regular
ly: the Webb Administration
Building, the new science build
ing, a new gj'mnasium and pool,
and Stroup Dormitory for girls.
Fund-raising has been an in
herent part of his responsibili
ties.
And not only that, the seem- '
Ingly Intangible influences are
there. W. Lawson Allen, a true
Christian gentleman, has helped
to mold the character of many
a young man and many a youn^
woman.
This is the story he tells —
the story of a small Christian
college, devoted to the develop
ment of quality leaders — as
he criss-crosses the state, stirring
in the minds of high school sen
iors Ideals for a better tomorrow.
HELP
the
BULLDOGS
beat
WINGATE
Tomorrow
Night
BE
THERE!
Harrb in one of his less happy moments!