CO-PILOT
SATURDAY, APRIL 1,1978 BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
Curriculum Revamped
The Cxirriculum Commit
tee has arrived at its recom
mendations for change in
the GWC Core require
ments. Speaking for the
Committee, Dr. Not said,
“To-day, the world is full of
learned men, brilliant
teachers and vast libraries:
I do not believe that the
ages of Plato, Cicero or
Papinian afforded such fa
cilities for culture. From
now on, it is unthinkable to
come before the public or
move in polite circles with
out having worshipped at
Minerva’s shrine.”
“I insist you learn lan
guages perfectly! Greek
first, as old Quintilian pre
scribes; then Latin; then
Hebrew for the sake of the
Holy Scripture; then Chal
dee and Arabic, too. Model
GW Athletics
To Undergo Changes
GW Athletic Director
Eddie Holbrook has an
nounced that the GW ath
letic situation will undergo
several changes. Among the
changes will be the addition
of co-ed sports. Holbrook
stated that beginning in the
fall of ’79 there will be a men
and women’s football team,
along with a mixed volley
ball team. In order to save
on the growing cost of ath
letics Holbrook indicated
that both men and women
would use the same locker
room.
There will also be many
new sports on the intra
mural level such as hall
slides, mooning contest, and
tobacco spitting contest. In
tramural Director Dr. Gard
ner said, “In addition to
these activities I would like
to see skinny-dipping be
come a recreational sport
here at GW.”
When asked his opinion of
the athletic changes, Dr.
Williams said, “These
changes are just what our
school needs. Personally, I
would like to see tiddly
winks in NAIA competi
tion.”
Morgan Wins
Art Contest
Congratulations from the
Pilot are given to Dr. Mor
gan of the French Depart
ment. Dr. Morgan won a
nation-wide contest spon
sored by the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New
York. The contest was or
ganized for the purpose of
finding new talent. Dr. Mor
gan will travel to New York
for the ceremony in which
his painting will be placed
beside the “Mona Lisa”.
Again we congratulate Dr.
Morgan on this fine accom
plishment.
your Greek style on Plato,
your Latin on Cicero. Let no
history slip your memory;
cultivate cosmography, for
you will find its texts help
ful.”
“Include the liberal arts
of geometry, arithmetic and
music. Be sure to master all
the rules of astronomy; but
dismiss astrology and the
rest as but vanity and im-
slighting the Jewish doc
tors, Talmudists and Cab-
balists. By frequent exer
cises in dissection, acquire a
perfect knowledge of that
other world, which is man.”
‘A knowledge of nature is
indispensable; devote your
self to this study with un
flagging curiosity. Let there
be no sea, river or fountain
but you know the fish that
dwell in it. Be familiar with
all the shrubs, bushes and
trees in forest or orchard.”
“The carefully consult the
works of Greek, Arabian and
Latin physicians, without
Francois Rabelais, an in
dependent consultant for
the committee’s extensive
work, extimated the degree
program to average 15
years. Details of the pro
gram are to appear in the
next edition of the college
catalog, entitled Gardner-
Webb Catalog, 12 volumes.
Initial reactions to the
new program are favorable,
including President Wil
liam’s “It will certainly
solve the problem of unem
ployed graduates!” The
changes will go into effect
beginning next year.
GWC Freshmen
Rejoice
After reviewing the results of a survey conducted at the
close of this past fall semester at Gardner-Webb College, it
has been decided that the freshmen of GWC will not be re
quired to take final exams this semester and that seniors
will.
The above-mentioned survey indicated that freshmen
were too inexperienced at taking exams on the college level
to cope with their difficulties. To prepare freshmen for col-
lege-level exams, all freshmen will be required to pass a sem
inar on taking exams which will be offered during exam
week. This seminar is designed to establish and strengthen
the various study-techniques that, until now, students have
had to learn by practical application.
Of these various study techniques, the seminar will focus
primarily upon the cumulative technique, which involves
the accumulation and learning of notes and other study-
materials over an extended period of time, and the all-
nighter technique, which employs a simulant (usually caf-
fine) and allows the student to cram all the necessary know
ledge into his head and retain it, without sleep, until comple
tion of the exam. Several mini-exams will be given during
the course of the seminar in preparation for an actual exam
to be administered under simulated examination conditions
the final class period. Educators feel that the elimination of
freshman final exams and the introduction of the seminar on
taking exams will ease the transition of the students from
secondary school to College. The Co-Pilot agrees and adds
that no more will be cry, “Fresh Meat,” be heard escaping
professors’ lips when they enter their freshmen classes.
Seniors, however, will no longer enjoy coasting through
their final semester without final exams. Under the new rul
ing, seniors will be required to take all of their final exams.
As reason for this requirement, the Administration says
that seniors pay a great deal of money for their coUege edu
cation and should receive the full benefit of their invest
ment. With the expletives deleted from their comments con
cerning this new ruling, the seniors questioned by the Co-
Pilot had no comment.
DOGS CHOKE ON QUAKER OATS
Pilot Error Corrected By Co-Pilot
In an earlier issue, the Pilot reported that Jim Taylor, of
Gardner-Webb College’s Engineering Department, was
awarded his Doctorate Degree. The Co-Pilot would like to
correct this error. Mr. Taylor’s Engineering Dissertation,
considered brillant by the other members of the Engineering
Department, was rejected by the Doctoral Review Board of
Ole Miss University. Mr. Taylor was, however, subsequent
ly awarded his Ph.D. in English from the University of
Indiana of Pennsylvania for the style and dynamic delivery
of his Engineering Dissertation. Doctor Taylor has since
transferred from the Engineering Department of Gardner-
Webb College to undertake duties as an English professor
and better utilize his Ph.D. in English. Our apologies for our
error. Dr. Taylor, The Pilot stands corrected by the Co-
Pilot once again.
GWC Theatre Arts Department Runs In Neutral
Photo by Mike Sgirly
Theatre Arts Dept. Chairman
The Theatre Arts Department of Gardner-Webb College
is grieved to announce that there will be no graduates with a
B.A. in Theatre Arts from Gardner-Webb College this May.
It seems that none of the college’s drama students are will
ing to go above and beyond the call of the stage. The GWC
Catalog lists (as it has for years) theatre courses in The Art
of Drama, Stagecraft I, Stagecraft II, Applied Theatre,
Fundamentals of Acting, Theatre Arts in the Mass Media,
Religious Drama, British Drama, American Drama, World
Drama, and Directing, but apparently students have sched
uling conflicts of one sort or another in enrolling in all of
these courses except Applied Theatre.
Students also explain that the Drama professors here at
Gardner-Webb are self-centered tyrants who refuse to
establish office hours and cut their own lectiu-es more often
than not. The Theatre Arts Department chairman was not
available for comment concerning hese accusations and has
repeatedly refused to answer inquiries made by the Co-Pilot.
The drama students at Gardner-Webb can now take
heart, though. After struggling through several produc
tions, with which the drama professors refused to have any
thing to do, and operating with a reduced budget, there is
finally a trend on the upswing in the college’s Theatre Arts
Department.
In the future, the drama courses offered at Gardner-Webb
will be scheduled as not to conflict so repeatedly with other
courses, as has been the case in the past. In addition to this
welcome news, the new Sports Arena Convocation Center,
when completed, will house a new stage. These planned
activities have revived interest within the Theatre Arts De
partment. Rumor has it that upon completion of the new
Sports Arena Convocation Center, Hamrick Hall will be
bronzed.
Yes, the Theatre Arts Department here at Gardner-Webb,
though apparently inactive in past years, has begun to
solidify once again. Remember, you read it first here in the
Co-Pilot.