PAGE 2, THE PILOT
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1976
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Letter to the Editor
GREandGMAT
Report Changes
Educational Testing Ser
vice (ETS) reports several
major changes in two na
tional testing programs
whose scores are used as
part of the admissions pro
cess in many of the nation’s
graduate schools.
Both programs, the new-
ly-titled Graduate Manage
ment Admission Test
(GMAT) and the Graduate
Record Examinations
(GRE), together test more
than 400,000 prospective
graduate students every
year.
ETS says the changes
were made to help simplify
the test-taking process by
making it more accommo
dating for student candi
dates.
The GMAT formerly was
called the Admission Test
for Graduate Study in Busi
ness. The new name
parallels a similar change in
the sponsoring council’s
name—reflecting a trend
among graduate business
schools to broaden their cur
ricula and degree titles to in
clude other areas of admini
stration, as well as business.
The program is developed
and conducted by ETS for
the Admission Council for
Graduate Study in Manage
ment, a group representing
43 graduate schools of man
agement.
Another significant
change in the GMAT is an
expanded admission ticket
correction form that allows
the candidate to verify, and
correct if necessary, the ac-
cviracy of the information he
or she provided ETS on the
registration form. Walk-in
registration, established
during the 1974-75 academic
year, also will be honored.
space and material permit
ting.
There also are several new
additions to the GRE. For
the first time, a full-length
sample GRE aptitude test is
available to give candidates
an accurate view of the
scope of the test and the
type of questions it con
tains. The sample test is the
same length and format as
the currently used forms of
the aptitude test, and con
tains questions previously
used in past tests. An
answer key is provided. The
sample aptitude test may be
ordered separately or as part
of the Graduate Programs
and Admissions Manual,
which provides information
about more than 500 instruc
tions and their graduate pro
grams. See the 1975-76 GRE
Information Bulletin for
more details.
The aptitude test also has
been shortened by five
minutes from the former
three-hour total. And an es
timated additional 15
minutes of student time at
the test center has been
saved by soliciting back
ground information on the
registration form rather
than at the center.
For the first time, GRE
candidates will be allowed at
the time of the test admini
stration to delete or change
the list of institutons to
which scores are to be sent.
Dear Editor:
We are afraid this letter
may digress into emotional
rhetoric occasionally, for
which we apologize, but we
also feel this letter is a
necessity and long overdue.
Our first complaint is con
cerned with library service.
We feel that library hours as
they currently exist are
ridiculously short £ind inade
quate for proper study.
Since Gardner-Webb College
stresses academic excellence
in a Christian atmosphere, it
is absurd to expect that this
can be achieved without
lengthy access to academic
materials contained in the
library. Our suggestion for a
revision of library hours s as
follows:
Monday through Friday ...
7:45 a.m.-midnight
Fri 7:45 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sat 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday. 1:00 p.m.-midnight
On several occasions we
have spoken seriously with
our Senators concerning this
problem and possible re
medies. After reviewing
Senate minutes and seeing
no positive action taken, we
deem it necessary to appeal
for support to the academic
commimity. It has been
rumored that due to a lack of
personnel, there can be no
extension of library hours.
But it appears to us that
there are many students
who desire work on campus.
Another problem with lib
rary service is availability of
study rooms (carols) for stu
dent use. It is disconcerting
to walk into the library one
night and have a room be
made available with the use
of a single plea and another
night to be rebuffed because
a professor, who seldom
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or
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makes use of the room, has
his name ona list for reserva
tion of the carol. This incon
sistency is anxiety-produc-
ing in the student with a
limited amount of time for
study and a need for a quiet
study area.
A final problem is incon
sistency in checking student
materials as they leave the
library. We are concerned
with the theft of books and
reserve material. Every stu
dent should be checked
everytime or not at all.
Our second major com
plaint concerns cafeteria
hours. We see no logical rea
son why continental break
fast can no longer be served
as in previous semesters.
Specifically, we refer to
Tuesdays and Thursdays
when some students have no
8 o’clock classes and there
fore need not be in the cafe
teria for breakfast until 9
o’clock or later. In fairness
to students paying a fairly
large sum of money in order
to eat three meals a day, we
recommend that cafeteria
hours be extended until 9:30
a.m. for a continental break
fast.
Our final complaint is
with Chapel. We are con
cerned with the appropriate
ness of the topics of pro
grams chosen for presenta
tion to the general student
population. In the first
place, most of the programs
are of no particular religious
significance; henceforth, the
■label, “Chapel” is incorrect.
We suggest that the Tues
day morning meetings be
designated “Convocations.”
Secondly, if the programs
are going to be secular in na
ture, they should be directed
toward the interest of the
majority of the student
body. Along this line, we feel
it absurd that a religious
piece of music should be per
formed at the begiiming of a
secular^ program and often
become the only reference in
the entire program to the
Creator. Thirdly, presenta
tions should be planned well
enough so as not to run over
into valuable class time.
In conclusion, we do not
make these observations
^nd suggestions in an at
tempt to aggravate to alie
nate anyone on campus.
Rather we wish to stimulate
students and administration
to appropriate action. We
hope that this letter will be
taken in that spirit apd not
as an affront to any one
group or individual person
alities.
Sincerely,
Mike Flanders
Hope Garrett
The Tempest
Set For 8 p.m.
(Continued From Page 1)
Broadway premiere of
O’NmU’s Long Day’s Jour
ney Into Night.
The National Shakespeare
Company has to this date
performed Shakespeare’s
MacBeth, Romeo and Juliet,
Hamlet, Twelfth Night,
Much Ado About Nothing,
Othello, Taming of the
Shrew, The Tempest, As
You Like It, Julius Caesar,
King Lear, and Midsummer
Night’s Dream. The troupe
has also performed works by
several other authors.
Each season’s nine-month
trek takes the company all
over the United States with
three plays in repertoire.
The Editor Speaks Out
Throughout the ages, a
basic element to man’s de
velopment both ^s an indi
vidual and as a participant
in interpersonal relation
ships has been his ability to
trust himself and those with
whom he comes in contact.
This semester and last
semester, especially, a prob
lem has arisen on this cam
pus which disturbs me
greatly. The problem is the
stealing which has become
extremely widespread in re
cent months.
Not only are dormitories
being struck by petty
theivery, but during an arts
and crafts exhibit in the CID
lounge last semester, several
small, easily hidden items
were selfishly pilfered.
These original, creative ob
jects had been designed to
be used as Christmas gifts
by the people who made them.
This senseless stealing
will slowly destroy the trust
that is absolutely necessary
in order for the dormitory
situation, the college com
munity, the town, the state,
and even the country to
function effectively and
smoothly. If it is not
checked immediately, the
lack of trust will continue to
crumble the particular in
stitution until it is des
troyed. ,
If the stealing is being
caused by outsiders, local
authorities need to be
alerted to the theft. If the
stealing is being caused by
people within the Gardner-
Webb College community,
then we encourage and sup
port our own security per
sonnel in their efforts of law
enforcement on campus.
Are we going to let the
trust we have established
and maintained on this cam
pus be completely destrbyed
because of a few, either men
tally disturbed or selfish,
thieves?
— Becky Bost
The PUot
EMitor Becky Bost
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Layout Editor Crela Landreth
Staff Tommy Swinney, Bob Yavner
Typist Robin Hall
Photographers Jody Harwood
Advisor Mr. Van Scott
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