febTS TH [E 0 PILOT Gardner-Webb College THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1976 BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA Students Main Revenue Source Gardner-Webb students account for 64 percent of the college’s income through the payment of tuition and fees. ' According to a statement, of current fund revenue and expenditures released by the faculty’s Budget Advisory Committee, student tuition and fees amount to 63.9 per cent of Gardner-Webb’s an nual revenues. These payments include tuition charges and special fees for art and music, test ing and late registration, parking and library fines. Auxiliary enterprises op erated by the college account for most of the remaining revenue. Income received from the cafeteria, residence halls, athletics, bookstore, rent and camp totals 30.7 per cent. Additional revenue is re ceived from gifts and grants (3.1 percent), endowment and trust income (0.8 per cent), and other sources such as temporsiry invest- To Share Ideas EXPENDITURES Charts Explain Percentages of Revenue Sources and Expenditures Made by Gardner-Webb During the Past Fiscal Year. ments and interest income (1.5 percent). The College’s greatest ex penditure is for instructional services with 31.3 percent of the revenue being spent on faculty salaries, student in- The remaining 11 percent Operation of the auxil- struction and departmental iaries (cafeteria, bookstore, is divided among unrestricted budgets. An additional 4.6 residence areas and ath- student aid (5.9 percent), percent is allocated to the letics) account for 21.2 per- 1,1 1 1— i.-„ expenditures. library for books, supplies and salaries. the general administration (4.6 percent), and the opera- Students, Trustees Meet Tomorrow, 16 students will meet with the Board of Trustees to discuss some ob jectives and desires of the student body and to attempt solutions to any proposals which may arise. The students who will meet with the Board are: Randy Alexander, Bill Bau- com, June Carroll, Diana Crumpton, Bob Dominy, Paula Gulledge, Larry Honeycutt, Tony Leigh, Charlotte Meyer, Sherry Setzer, Joy Suther, John Sutton, Rick Trexler, Renee Warren, Tab Whitley, and Pam Wilson. Four main committees from the Board of Trustees are. Tone and Character, Public Relations, Finance, and Curriculum. Four stu- tion of a need for an entirely sessions, and longer hours in dues and memberships, new gym complex rather the library, CID, swimming Expenditures for mainte- pool, music building and gym. SGA President Rick Trex ler feels that this meeting “is a big step forward in bet ter relations and communi cations between students and administrative person nel.” He also hopes many new ideas and reforms will be enacted during the meet- The third-greatest outlay is tion of the public service in the general institutional radio station WGWG (0.6 area where 15.9 percent of percent). Expenses in the the income is spent for alum- general administration area ni, development, and public include employee benefits relations functions, grad- and the operations of the of- uation, legal counsel, tele- fices of the president, vice phone and postage costs, president and business staff. than remodeling and adding onto the old gym. Each committee will dis cuss more specific topics also. The Curriculum com mittee will talk about such topics as the CLEP tests and the updating of informa tion about classes. The Finance committee will discuss such topics as the need for more money for the performance groups, the immediate need for a Finan cial Aid Director, and appro priations in the cafeteria The statement of current fund revenue and expendi- nance of the physical plant tures was prepared by the (vehicles, equipment, utili ties, insurance and supplies) totals 8.2 percent. Student services such as the registrar, admissions, SGA, student personnel, college minister, health ser vices and religious activities faculty committee from in formation contained in the College’s annual audit re port for the year ending June 30, 1975. The various categories are those recom mended by the American In stitute of CPA, in connec- The Public Relations com mittee will be discussing the definite need for trustees and advisors to visit the accotint for 7.7 percent of tion with the National Asso- College’s spending during a ciation of College and Uni- ing. year. versity Business Managers. Tour of Holy Land Scheduled A tour of the Holy Land May 31 is the last day to ments for this credit, one and Greece is being arranged leave before tourist rates go should contact either Dr. and led by Drs. Alice CulU- into effect. If, for example, Cullinan or Dr. Murrell, nan and Vann Murrell tfie tour was to leave on through Wholesale Tours June 1, the cost would be dents wiU meet with each campus, meet with students, and leam what concerns them the most. Also dis cussed will be the updating of the information and pic tures in the catalog, pamph lets, and VIP folders. Main objectives to be dis- committee. There are three main ob jectives which all the stu dents will discuss with their respective committees. The most important and most urgent one is the issue of $1098, $200 more than any other time in the year. getting the faculty’s salaries cussed in the Tone and Cha- raised. The second objective racter meeting are the build- is re-doing the old tennis ing of^more and better side- courts, building new ones, walks around campus, the and adding a practice wall. The third topic is the ques- need for better treatment of dorms during summer camp The tour will include Athens, Greece; Amman, Jordan; and surrounding areas; Jerusalem, Nazareth, In order to plan the tour Capernaum, Bethlehem, adequately, a $100 deposit is Qumran and other cities and required by March 15. Ori- sites in this area, ginally, the deposit was re- quired by next Monday, but Cullinan has never more time has been allowed loured this area of the world for payment. “that this experi ence will help to make the Another advantage of this Scriptures more meaningful tour is that students may to me and the people travel- Dr. Cullinan revealed one earn three hours credit in ing on the tour, and will help interesting advantage about Biblical Studies. In order to to deepen our Christian ex leaving on May 31. It seems know more fully the require- perience.” International. The tour will depart from New York on May 31 in stead of May 30 as originally planned. It is open to any one wishing to go; not just Gardner-Webb students. The cost of the tour is $898. This fee includes round-trip air fare from New York, all room expenses and all food expenses.