GARDNER-WEBB PILOT
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VOL. XII No. 4
GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE, BOILING SPRINGS, N. C.
APRIL, 1945
SUMMER
SCHOOL
AT G.-W.
Gardner - Webb To
Have First Summer
School
Gardner - Webb College
feels her obligation to serve
in every way possible the
youth of a large territory in
western North Carolina; and
through those served in her
classrooms, the college as
pires to serve the churches
in this territory. The service
between the churches and the
college must be mutual if the
best interests of our youth
are to be met in any very
great way.
Gardner-Webb College is a
co-educational institution lo
cated at Boiling Springs in
the foothills. This location
affords every advantage of a
mountain climate. By auto
mobile the most picturesque
and ravishing mountain sce
nery is not more than an
hour from the school. Cool
nights, pleasant days and a
beautiful setting are among
the many natural attractions
found at Gardner-Webb. Sev
eral buses pass daily through
Boiling Springs. There are
hard surfaced roads leading
in from four directions. One
would seek in vain conditions
more conducive to summer
time study.
i.re Jubt inotitatl'ng
the summer school as a new
service to our people. Every
effort has been made to plan
our program for the greatest
service to the greatest num
ber. A student may take only
one subject, but may earn
credit for a full year of work
in that subject, or six semes
ter hours; eight semester
hours in courses requiring la
boratory work. Classes will
meet twice a day for an hour
and thirty minutes for six
days a week.
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THE PILOT STAFF has worked very hard tc get an edition of the paper out to you each
month. Members of the Staff are composed of Louise Edwards, Editor-in-Chief; J. T.
Jones, Associate Editor; Bernice McMurray, News Editor; Mr. W. Lawson Allen, Manag
ing Editor; Eris Smith, Margaret Wacaster, Jack Hoyle, Polly Camp, Martha Ann
Walker, Ida Lattimore, Nancy Trout, Louise Martin, and members of the Journalism
class.
MR- AVERAGE
HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR
Religious Worker
Visits College
Gardner-Webb College is
very fortunate in having
Miss Sarah Stevens, a young
people’s director in religious
work, from the First Baptist
church in Hickory.
Miss Stevens spoke at
Vespers Monday afternoon,
April 9, the title being “A
Good name” and in chapel on
Tuesday morning, April 10
on “Wells of Living Water”.
These talks have proved to
be very interesting and in
fluential.
Miss Stevens has been very
active in religious work since
1939. In June she plans to go
to Georgia to take up Y. W.
A. work.
Enrollment
Still Increasing
Ninety-two students have
enrolled for next year. Twen
ty-eight men and sixty-four
women. This is the largest
enrollment we have had at
this time of year. Those who
wish to reserve rooms should
send in their reservation fees
as soon as possible.
From the preliminary ques
tionnaire obtained from the
testing done by the college in
the high schools of Cleveland
average high school senior
is a girl of a little more than
sixteen years. She comes
from a large family and her
parents are either farmers or
textile workers. She is a
church member and a Baptist.
She does not wear glasses
nor has she missed any appre
ciable time from scnool on
account of illness.
Vocational Choices Not Made
Only one third have an idea
as to what they wish to be
come in life. The war has
brought on much of the in
decision especially am.ong the
young men graduating from
high school. Less than one-
fourth of the classes are plan
ning to secure further educa
tion in college or university.
In nearly every case the aver
age senior has engaged in
some extra-curricular activity
in high school. The most po
pular subject offered in the
schools is English, followed
closely by mathematics, and
the business subjects.
The young men who are
approaching the draft age are
either enlisted in the armed
forces or are planning noth
ing that would be disrupted
by the call to service. With
out exception the seniors are
anxiously waiting for the
time to come when they can
be self-supporting through
their own efforts. Many of
those who are not going to
college are expecting to have
work during the summer in
some industrial plant in this
section.
The psychological and ap
titude tests that have been
given in the past two weeks
have received a warm accep
tance by students and faculty
alike. A full report of all the
findings will be given as soon
as possible. Preliminary sam
plings indicate that the aver-
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Major Carr Is
Chapel Speaker
Fourth in a series of Voca
tional Guidance lectures,
Gardner-Webb students heard
a talk during the chapel hour
on April lit? by Major I. N.
Car*" of the
command from Atlanta, Geor
gia. Major Carr’s subject was
a military career using the 21
branches of the Army as a
basis for his talk. He
gave a brief resume of each
branch and the departments
coming under them. He plac
ed great emphasis on educa
tion since modern warfare is
becoming more and more me
chanized and also stressed
the fundamentals of discipline
which is very essential for a
successful military life.
Major Carr stated that
from the naval service come
the opportunity for travel,
wide social cor.tacts study
and patriot duty.
The purpose of these lec
tures is to give the students
a wider knowledge by voca
tions open now and vocations
that will be available in the
future. Professor W. W.
Davidson is in charge of se
curing the speakers for these
vocational guidance pro
grams.
MR. ALLEN ATTENDS
CONFERENCE
Mr. Allen, the director of
Church School Relations for
the college, attended the
Pastor’s Conference at the
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, March 12-16, in
I^oiiisvillp. KentiiP.ky Includ
ed in the conference were the
Mullins Foundation Lectures
on Preaching. Dr. Halford E.
Luccock, professor of Homi
letics of Yale Divinity School,
was the lecturer, using the
theme; “Literature in Preach
ing.” The subjects for the
lectures were indicative of
the rich content of his mes
sages at all the sessions.
“Vvhat Literature Can Do
for the Preacher”, “The
Hunger for Affirmations”,
“The Still Sad Music of Hu
manity”, “The Greatest Li
terature of All—the Bible”,
and “Literature and the Ser
mon” were the titles given to
the lectures held in the audi
torium of the Crescent Hill
Baptist Church and delivered
to a capacity audience at each
hour. Dr. Luccock’s dry hu
mor and keen insight into hu-
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THE END OF
THE TRAIL
On the Sabbath morning
of May 27, the Boiling
Springs Baptist Church will
be the scene of the commence
ment exercises of the 1945
graduating class of Gardner-
Webb College. These worthy
students will be the audience
at the 11 a.m. hour of Dr.
Ralph Alderman Herring, who
is president of the North
Carolina Baptist State Con
vention for the second time.
Dr. Herring is a native of
Pender County. His father
and mother were both missi
onaries to China, the latter
being a native Australian.
Mr. Herring has made un
usual educational successes.
He is a graduate of Campbell
College, he won his A. B. de
gree from Wake Forest Col
lege, his TH. M. and Ph. D.
degrees from the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary
at Louisville, Ky. He served
as pastor at Crestwood and
Ashland, Kentucky, before
coming to the First Baptist
Church in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina in 1936. He
is a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Southern Bap
tist Theological Seminary at
Louisville, and also of Wake
Forest College. He is the
former vice-president of the
Southern Baptist Convention.
Dr. Herring is recognized
all over North Carolina as one
of the greatest and most
popular ministers in our his
tory. The graduating class
and all others concerned are
deeply indebted to the College
officials for securing the ser
vices of this worthy and dis
tinguished gentlemen for this
important day in their lives.
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"SMIlTn'
THROUGH"
GOOD NAME
PRESERVED
It seems necessary for the
sake of the students and the
good name of this commun
ity to close at night the roads
leading into the campus and
to the spring.
It is not the purpose to
keep anyone out at any time
who has legitimate reason
for being in. The roads lead
ing fnto the campus and to
the spring are being closed
at night for your protection.
Any time that you need to
enter, or anyone else needs to
enter, the night watchman
will gladly let you in. Any
outsider who violates this re
gulation is laying himself
liable to prosecution.
ANNUALS
ARRIVE
That day so many of us
have looked forward to for
so long came quite unexpec
tedly! Our treasured annuals
were delivered to the college
on April 12. Everyone was
thrilled to the tips of his
toes! Our school colors, black
and red, were carried out in
the covers and sketches. At
the chapel hour on April 12,
Mary Grace Queen, editor of
the publication, presented a
copy to Mr. Paul Stacy, to
whom the volume was dedi
cated.
The staff is especially
grateful to Miss Cuthbertson,
sponsor for her helpful advice
and suggestions.
Of the 150 annuals that
were published, very few re
main to be sold.
On the night of April 27th
at 8:00 ,the “Classic Enter
tainers”, dramatics group of
Gardner-Webb College, will
present their major produc
tion—“Smilin’ Through” — a
play in a prologue and three
acts by Allan Langlon Mar
tin. It is the story of an an
cient tragedy visited upon
the heads of the younger
generation, and it has in /it
all of the romance and fan
tasy of the powerful love
drama and all of the glitter
ing humor of a rollicking
comedy piece. Between laughs
and tears this beauttful fan
tastic tale of a great i-omance
winds its way onward and
upward to a gripping climax.
The cast for “Smilin’
Through” Includes:
The Prologue
Sarah Wayne—Polly Camp
Mary Clare —■ Jimy Mc-
Knight
The Play
John Carteret—Sam Greene,
Jr.
Dr. Owen Harding—Lans-
ford Jolley
Kathleen Dungannon —
Jeane Rollins
Willie Ainley — Calvin
Crowe
Kenneth Wayne — J. T.
Jones, Jr.
Jeremiah Wayne — Hilton
Hamrick
Mooneyeen Clare—Patricia
Sumner
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