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THE
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Gardner-Webb College
MONDAY, JANUARY 19,1976
BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
SGA Discusses
GWC Receives
Reaffirmation
New Legislation
The Senate held its first
meeting of ‘the spring se
mester on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
After roll was taken. Dr.
Tony Eastman and Dr.
Betty Cox spoke to the
Senate members concerning
a series of Cleveland County
Town meetings to be held
this semester in recognition
of the Bicentennial. The Se
nate is asking for student
support for these meetings.
Anyone wanting further in
formation about the meet
ings, should contact either
Dr. Eastman or Dr. Cox.
Also, in recognition of the
Bicentennial year, the AWS
along with the Senate is
planning a Bicentennial Day
either in March or April. All
students will be dismissed
from classes on that day in
order to join in the festivi
ties.
Rick Trexler reported that
the Student-Administration
meetings held each month
were going very well and
that many good ideas have
come from these meetings.
President Trexler also re
ported that a Trustees meet
ing will be held on Friday,
Feb. 27. Sixteen students
will attend this meeting
with the Trustees in order to
express the students’ ideas,
and needs.
The Student Government
Association is working on
the attainment of a budget
for the AWS for next year
since this organization has
been operating without one
this year. The SGA is also
working to have the Satur
day library hours changed.
Many students prefer that
the Ubrary be open in the
afternoon on Saturdays.
A fall break for next fall is
also being worked on. The
Coffeehouse is in the final
planning stages for reopen
ing.
Trexler reported that the
Drinking Code bill passed
by the Senate last semester
has passed and will be in
cluded in the handbook for
next year. However, the bill
is immediately effective.
Copies of this bill will be
placed around campus for
students’ reading.
The Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools has
reaffirmed Gardner-Webb as
a fully-accredited senior col
lege. The action of reaffirma
tion came last month in
Atlanta at the Southern As
sociation annual meeting.
This college became an ac
credited four-year college in
1971, the year Gardner-
Webb graduated its first
senior class.
“I am very happy that
Gardner-Webb has been re
affirmed by the Southern
Association,” §aid Dr.
Poston. “It confirms that
we are continuing to grow in
educational quality. This
step paves the way for us to
institute a Masters degree
program by 1980 at the lat
est.”
The College Delegate As
sembly of the Southern As
sociation of Colleges and
Schools is responsible for ac
crediting institutions of
higher learning in the sou
thern region of the United
States. Its principal concern
in accreditation is the im
provement of educational
quality.
The reaffirmation fol
lowed an evaluation by the
association of Gardner-
Webb’s institutional self-
study, a program of self-
examination and critique re
quired of member institu
tions and those seeking ac
creditation. A comprehen
sive self-study is to be made
once every 10 years, except
in the case of new institu
tions of junior colleges ad
vancing to senior-college
status. Those schools must
complete a status report by
the year of the first graduat
ing class, then complete a
self-study four years later.
“The evaluation shows
that we have made improve
ment in every area since our
initial self-study; and the
fact that the association did
not call for any corrections
in our program is a tribute
to everyone connected with
the institution,” Dr. Poston
stated.
Mr. McGraw, who at
tended the meeting in At
lanta, termed the reaffirma
tion “a reward for all the
dedicated efforts by the fa
culty and staff.”
Ensemble Begins Tour
The Gardner-Webb Col
lege Choral Ensemble begins
its Spring 1976 tour on Feb.
17, with a chapel program
here. From this point, the
official touring choir of the
college will continue to tra
vel extensively throughout
the Carolinas and Virginia
during the rest of the semes
ter.
The Choral Ensemble,
under the direction of Dr.
Jerry Hill, was organized in
1963, while Gardner-Webb
was still a junior college. At
that time, the music depart
ment had two choral groups,
the A choir and the B choir.
The only difference between
the two was that the A choir
traveled on weekend trips
and the B choir didn’t.
During this year, it was
decided that the two groups
would have more original
names than A and B and
would be called the Concert
Choir and the Choral En
semble. Thus, the Ensemble
began and gave its first per
formances in the fall of 1964.
During this time, the only
means of transportation the
college had for the music de
partment was an old, bat
tered, 1952 Chevrolet school
bus in wWch Dr. Hill drove
the band and the choral
groups. The bus had with
stood so many hard years,
that students nicknamed it
“Noah’s Ark” explaining
that it could withstand even
a flood.
In 1967, the Ensemble
was invited to sing at the
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“Their ideas and innova
tions are constantly upgrad
ing the quality of our pro
grams. Our primary objec
tive is that each student is
exposed to every educa
tional opportunity we have
to offer.”
This school offers the
bachelor of arts, bachelor of
science, and associate of arts
degree in over 24 areas of
study and has two-year pro
grams in business, secre
tarial science, and nursing.
“Gardner-Webb will con
tinue to strengthen her pro
grams, and her greatest
days lie ahead,” said Dr.
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Three
Students
Injured
Last month, three Gard
ner-Webb students were ser
iously injured in a one-car
wreck.
The accident occurred on
Dec. 19 in the Ft. Pierce,
Fla. area about 1:30 a.m.
The students involved were
Fernando Lopez, Eddie
Ochoa, and Charles Villoch.
Lopez, a freshman foot
ball player, sustained the
most serious injuries. Six
hours of “delicate” surgery
repaired a lacerated aorta
(the main blood vessel lead
ing to the heart). Fernando
also suffered a fractured left
leg and a dislocated femur.
Ochoa, a sophomore, had
the least serious injuries. He
sustained a dislocated
shoulder and lacerations.
Villoch, also a freshman
football player, suffered a
dislocated hip, a fractured
femur, head lacerations, and
a fractured hand.
None of the three injured
will return this semester.
Lopez and Villoch are still
hospitalized and the date of
their release has not yet
been annoimced.
The three students will re
main at their homes until
able to return to Gardner-
Webb. If anyone wishes to
write them, their addresses
are: Fernando Lopez, 1129
SW 7th Street, Miami, Fla.,
33130; Eddie Ochoa, 1030
NW 19 Court, Miami, Fla.,
and Charles Villoch, 5501
Orduna Drive, Coral Gables,
Fla., 33146.