GARDNER-WEBB PILOT
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THE PILOT STAFF
Volume XV October 27, 1947 Volume 2
Published by the students of Gardner-Webb College, Boiling
Springs, North Carolina Monthly.
- EDITORS —
Girls Sports
Photographer
Business Manager
Assistant Business Manager
Circulation Manager /
Faculty Advisors Kays Gary, Dick Young and
Reporters _
Cecil Bolick
Betty High
- Margaret Morris
Charles Mack
Doris Spangler
R. N. Hardin
-- Hugh Monteith
Paul Willis
Mary Parker
s Carolyn Wray
- Dot Elliott, Charles Mack, Tommy Spangle]
John Roberts, Sue Black, Dorothy Waters
Typists Elverne Redding and Elizabeth Lan
OM HONOR
in the history of Gardner-
tribute to the founders of
roots deep in the soil, the
pie of this area. Church and
ools and homes worked to-
ith an aim “to establish a
youth could have the best
under distinctive Christian
e heroic sacrifices of those
the sturdy foundation and
■any lean years. The noble
ates the growing Gardner-
alumni, and students ever
nd principles of the great
spirit of love, compassion,-
. founded and nurtured
of today is the lengthened
and honor.
-Just Looking—
ihe dramatics class practicing
■ Iviagnilicent ODsession” ....
yaeii iiawKins siuing m the dming
room witn "iviurpny uocKery . . .
iviibs (jtambie and Miss ijytton
dinging ••uewey was an Admiral
un me Hendersonville lootDall Dus.
. . . uon Hooerts and Paul Wlilis
uisoiiouiing me nrst issue of ■'ine
vjaptain Marvel shirt. . . . I-.01S
v.^nappel nxing “bags ’ for Sunday
Uinner. . . . Kosalie Carlisle clean
ing Lrays. . . iielen uooawin sit
ting wim jonn Kooeris ui
cnurch. . . . ' Ozark” iieever rid
ing cacK irom Hendersonvule on
me student bus. . . . sue Black
smgmg "'i'emptation”. . . . Jessie
ijavis acimg as assistant in me
uean of "Women’s onlce
Mary tielen Hamrick studying reai
nard m onemistry. ... All me
loiKs studymg "pngrim’s Progress'.
. . . uot uampoeil and ±30D0ie
Campbell sitting on the from
porcn. . . . Betty Bowen going 10
me iootoall game witn ulaxton
iiall. . . . Clyde Jenkins taking
a picture of Thomas McGraw. . . .
me Doys getting their picture tak
en lor the annual. ... Dr. Wayne
uates leading a chapel program.
. . . Ruth Berry visiting Hughey
McManus and G. W. . • . Paul
orordon at the sophomore class
meeting. . . Milton Windham re-
nearsing for the play. . . . Francis
Atkinson with her knee skinned.
. . Clara Andrews reading a
vVlnston-Salem paper. . . . Glenn
Hollins serving as librarian,
lithel Lancaster at the shop.
IjID Lattimore and Doug Wright
riding around. . . . Gabe Austell
with his arm in a sling. . . . Gene
Black with a lip hurt. . . . Bud
Monteith making eyes at the girls.
"Dot" Hord being peaceful
and content. . . . Doris Spangler
studying, . . . Joe Sherrill in Bio
logy. . . . the day students hunting
.vays to go home. . . . Carol Raines
boxing. . . . A1 Britt taking Bible
notes. . . . Bennie Ballentine and
Brother sitting in the offive. . . .
Miss Carolyn Wray talking things
over with three girls on second
floor. . . . Lou Jean Dedmon and
Joe Hamrick walking to the dorm
from the shop. . . . “Dot” Morris
helping the sick. . . . Ruth War-
lick going to hear Thomas L.
Thomas. . . . Mr. Hamrick direct
ing the band. . . . Betty High and
flachel Jenkins at the shop. . . .
Jaturday’s leisure time being spent
:ypinfe news for “The Pilot.” . . .
iee lighter faces. . . . We are still
jUst Looking .... —I. C. U.
Committee Named
To Greet Visitors
At a meeting of the Student
Government Legislature on Oc
tober 14, plans were made and a
coniiuiitee was appointed to
come visiting students and players
to the remaining football games
to be played here this season.
The committee, consisting
Paul Gordon, Loretta Phillips, and
Marcelle Cash, is to post welcome
signs and be on hand to welcome
all visitors to the games.
Plans for the adoption by the
student body of two or three for
eign orphans were discussed. The
plan requires $15 per month from
the student body for each child.
Plans were made for giving the
“Porthole test” some time shortly
after the 6 weeks tests.
It was decided that the Fresh
man elections will take place Oc
tober 30.
Faculty members present
Dr. Dyer and Miss Cuthbertson.
Students’
Hobbies
Varied
The cards which were filled out
n registration day contained more
information than might be expect
ed, A brief study reveals some un
usual interests among the student
body.
Lois Snyder, a sophomore, col
lects figures of dogs as her hobby.
She has more than a hundred
dogs of all descriptions, including
one real collie-shepherd dog, San
dy. They range from one-third of
an inch to one foot in height,
composed of giK.o»r'-^ood, tin, china,
and steel. Lois’ collection has been
made successful by the gifts of
friends, relatives, and members of
the family. The Snyder home is
decorated by dogs of all sorts.
Lois has in her collection ten
dogs from Georgia, six from Flor
ida, two from Asheville, two from
New York, five from Washington,
D. C., i ■ ■ “ ■ ■
Her interesting collection consists
of dogs eating, dogs see-sawing, a
dog running after a negro boy with
a watermelon, and others sitting,
standing, or running. These dogs
nave names such as Mickey, Trixie,
Dean, and Jackie. The three
stooges which came from Georgia
make up her dog orchestra. They
are mounted on a platform with
one dog playing an accordion, an
other, the drum, and the other, a
trumpet.
Her two show dogs are mounted
side by side on a platform with a
mirror standing at the back. The
dog she considers the cutest has a
short tail on one end and a long
tail on the other end. The head
may be placed on either end. The
tail is used as a neck. When the
head is placed on the short tail,
head is lowered. When the
head is placed on the long tail,
the dog stands tall. This dog came
~ ■ ■ ■ says she will,
GHOSTS WALK
FRIDAY mCHT
ihere is perhaps no night in the
year which the popular imagination
lias stamped with a more peculiar
character than the evening of the
jist of October, known as All
Hallows Eve, or Hallowe’en. It is
clearly a relic of pagan times, for
i,iiere is nothing in the church-
ocservance of the ensuing day of
All Saints to have originated such
extraordinary notions as are con
nected with this celebrated festi
val, or such remarkaole practices
as tnose Dy which it is distinguish
ed.
ihe leading idea respecting
Hallowe’en is that it is the time,
01 all others, when supernatural
imiuences prevail. It is the night
set apart tor a universal walking
abroad of spirits, both of the vlsi-
Dle and invisible world; for one 01
tne special characteristics attribut
ed to this mystic evening is the
lacuity conferred on the immater
ial principle in humanity to detach
itseii from its corporeal tenemem,
and wander abroad through the
leaims of space. Divination is then
otiieved to attain its highest
power, and the gift of calling
spirits ' from the vasty deep”, be
comes available to all who choose
to avail themseives of the privileges
of the occasion.
Nuts and apples are everywheie
in requisition, and are consumed
m immense numbers. But the
grand sport with apples on Hal
lowe’en is to set them afloat in a
tub of water, into which the ju
veniles, by turns, duck their heads
with the view of catching an ap
ple.—Book of Days.
accept
miniature or alive,
who would give her
Music is the hobby of Aaron
Fletcher, a sophomore. He plays
the accordion, electric guitar, Ham
mond organ, and any kind of
string instrument. He began his
hobby at the age of twelve by
playing the guitar. He was natur
ally gifted with music and till this
day has not had a lesson in music.
One thing that he still looks for
ward to in his leisure time is to
take music lessons and better edu
cate himself along that line.
Before his conversion, he played
all types of music with string in
functions. Religious music has ap
pealed to him ever since, and he
plays strictly religious music. His
present enjoyment is practicing
hymns as an outside study. No one
else in his family is gifted with
isterial day student who lives at
Gaffney, S. C., is assistant pastor
of the Temple Baptist church
there. Being talented with playing
various instruments helps him to
work with the music department
of the church. He believes that a
knowledge of music aids a min
ister with his ministerial work. It
is useful in the way of enlarging
the church. He tiioroughly enjoys
playing with an acompanist in a
religious meeting. He plays with
the attitude and hope that he may
influence someone with ideas and
thoughts of music.
Although his daily profession as
a minister comes first, he will still
use music, as a hobby, for the good
of Christ. With this goal in mind
and a strong feeling towards music
he hopes to acomplish more in his
work of spreading the Gospel.
factured in 1884 by the L
Waterman Company in New York
City. The first year about two
hundred pens were manufactured.
They were originally manufactured
by hand. Waterman also invented
the machinery to produce fountain
pens in commercial quantities.
Vets Get Break;
Red Tape Slashed
Veterans studying full time in
colleges and universities under the
G-I Bill will no longer have to
make periodic reports of earnings.
Veterans Administration announc
ed today.
The new plan is part of VA’s
program to streamline procedures
for paying subsistence allowances
during tl
school year.
VA adopted the new policy after
a survey showed that not more
than one per cent of the veterans
in full time college training re
ported any difference between their
estimated earnings and actual in
come during a school year.
CAST WORKING
ON PRODUCTION
Sometime in November, the date
to be set later, the dramatics class
will present for their first production
of the year “Magnificent Obses
sion”, a stage adaptation of the
famous novel by Lloyd C. Douglas.
The play concerns the death of
a famous brain surgeon and a
young man who decides to pursue
medicine as a career because of the
doctor’s death.
The following students will por
tray the cast of characters as in
dicated :
Martha, Nell Collins, Clyde;
Nancy Ashford, Carolyn Stroud,
Polkville; Helen Hudson, Betty
High, Dallas; Dr. Malcolm Pyle,
Milton Windham, Roxboro; Monty
Brent, Jim Spivey, Kings Moun
tain; Joyce Hudson, Mary Ann
Padgett, Franklinville; Bobby Mer
rick, Claude Garren, Caroleen; Dr.
Wayne Hudson, Jimmy Crowder,
Shelby; Perry, Don Roberts, Shel
by; Mrs. Wicks, Audrey Hartley
Blowing Rock; Marion Dawson
Barbara Wilson, Gastonia; Jack
Dawson, Lewis Hancock, Shelby.
Production crew: publicity, Ra
chel Jenkins, Gastonia, and Wal
ter McDaniel, Caroleen; stage
manager, Paul Gordon, Cramerton,
lighting, Alvin Britt, Shelby; pro
perties and sound effects, Clyde
High, Dallas, and Don Roberts
Shelby; costumes. Miss Evelyn
Lytton, Gastonia, Dorothy Bostic,
Gaffney, S. C., and Marcelle Cash
Gaffney, S. C.; make-up, Elizabeth
Blanton ,Lattimore, Sue Black,
Waco, N. C., and Emmett Looka-
doo, Lattimore; student director,
Paul Willis, Shelby.
The play is under the direction
of Miss Frances Cuthbertson of
The Old Days
Teacher
Recalls
BSJC
When I began teaching at Boil
ing- Springs the school was in its
infancy, a mere toddler. And from
its birth the people of that com
munity looked upon it as their
very own baby. They watched over
it with zealous care and their chief
interest was in its growth and
development. There were some,
indeed, in the village who were
really god-fathers to it and al
though not officially connected
with the school they gave unstint-
Ingly of their time and means.
One of the lovely memories of
those early years was the relation
ship that existed between the
school and people. In fact the
patrons for miles around shared
much the same feeling and when
there was a public debate, a read
ers contest or a recital, the audi
torium was filled with an enthu
siastic, sympathetic audience. That
was before the automobile came
into general use and every tree
on the campus was a “hitching
pest”! What an encouragement
and challenge such interest was!
We lacked many qf the con
veniences and modern improve
ments that the school enjoys to
day, but then as now, the chief
interest was in boys and girls, and
as we think of our students and
have followed many during the
years, we are sure that we had
the cream of the crop.” The
ichool then was a big happy fam
ily; it had its problems, to be sure,
but under the wise leadership of
Professor Huggins, the student
oody was ever challenged to high
est and best in life. Miss Curtis,
the “lady principal” was a godly
woman of quiet dignity and re
fined manner who had a marvelous
influence over the girls. They talk
ed to her about everything, even
their love affairs!
Mrs. Ritch as “matron” presided
and she seemed to have a sixth
sense, for she always knew when
a tired teacher needed i
hot tea and a little extri
There was an even balance be
tween the extracurricular activi
ties and the regular class room
work. Sports came in for their
full share and there was great
school spirit manifested in the
games played with other schools.
But the highlight of the school
year was the Hoey contest. This
contest was open to every high
school in Cleveland county and
winning the Hoey medal was the
ambition of youthful orators. Dur
ing these years the boys never had
to speak to empty benches! And
whether they lost or won, it was
Another happy memory is that
of friendships formed with those
who came to teach there. The
teachers were congenial to an un
usual degree. Sometimes we’d get
together and spend an evening
singing such songs as “I Was See
ing Nellie Home” and “Down by
the Old Mill Stream”. And again
with some of the boys of the
neighborhood as scouts, we would
lioy a ‘possum hunt! We had n
and sel