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Volume XVI
JANUARY, 1949
American Council On Education
Extends Invitation To G-W
The president of the American
Council on Education, Dr. George P.
Zook, has extended to Gardner-
Webb college an invitation to mem
bership in that organization, it was
announced today by the office of
the college president.
According to the letter from the
Washington, D. C., office of the
Council, Gardner-Webb became eli
gible for institutional membership
in the Ametican Council on Educa
tion after 'becoming an accredited
member of the Southern Association
3 and Secondary Schools
The Council, which is a
representative of all types i
of American education,
The Council conducts certain stu
dies that seek to contribute to the
solution of specific educational pro
blems. Many of the findings and
recommendations of these studies
which are always widely distributed,
have made considerable impac'
educational policies and procsc
throughout the nation, according to
the Council’s president.
Two outstanding publications of
the Council are its Bulletin, Hi|
Education and National Affairs,
its quarterly publication, The Edu
cational Record. The Bulletin keeps
educators accurately informed on
happenings in Washington which
I the
and is frequently consulted by agen
cies of government and others on
national matters affecting educa-
quarterly pamphlet
cussions of current issues of import
ance, “contributed by individuals ex
pert in their respective fields," ~
Zook concludes.
N. C. Dignitaries At Sugar Bowl
Include Gardner-Webb President
The president of Gardner-Webb
College, P. L. Elliott, was among the
four distinguished North Carolina
supporters who were introduced to
pre-Sugar Bowl New Orleans hosts
and hostesses through a feature
story and group picture carried in
the December 31 edition of the New
Orleans Times-Pieayune.
Leading the party of 40 traveling
from North Carolina in two pullman
cars to attend the North Carolina-
Oklahoma football game on New
Years day were the four following
Cleveland county citizens and Gard-
ner-Webb supporters: Holt McPher
son, organizer of the party and man
aging editor of the Shelby Daily
Star, as well as chairman of the
Journalism Schools’ Committee of
the Southern Newspapers Publishers’
Assn.; Judge E. Y. Webb, senior
jurist of the United States Court;
Ralph W. Gardner, international
lawyer and son of the former am
bassador to England, O. Max Gard
ner; and Phil L. Elliott, president
of Gardner-Webb college.
Upon arrival, the group immedi
ately set out on a tour of the city
in a chartered bus. Wearing North
Carolina colors, the Shelby and
Cleveland county group could boast
of two former North Carolina foot
ball stalwarts who were interviewed
by the New Orleans paper. They
were Judge Webb and Ralph Gard
ner, both of Shelby.
Mr. Gardner, who told the Times-
Picayune that he considered the
present North Carolina team “pro
bably the best we ever had—and
Snavely is a wonderful coach,” play
ed center in 1935. Judge Webb played
tackle 56 years ago when “each half
lasted 45 minutes, and there were
no rest periods and no substitutes,
and the bruises were plentiful.”
“Killed At Age Of One Month
Read Confessions Listed Below
Yep, they were murdered before
they were one month old, and you
did it. Do you remember those New
Year’s Resolutions you made Janu
ary 1, 1949?
You are one to be honored if you
have kept them. These days only
a few of us make New Year’s Reso
lutions.
Maybe you were like BOBBY
BLANTON who thinks his resolu
tions are very personal or—AILEEN
TROUT who resolved not to go
steady in 1949—just can’t help lov
ing t:
ti you.
The “MOUNTAINEERS HALL”
resolved to let Dr. Dyer sleep once
in a while—Have they kept their
resolution, DR. DYER?—
“I resolved to keep my mouth shut
BETTY ELLIOTT what JIM said,”
said ELSIE BLOODWORTH—PA
TRICIA DETER resolved not to
look for bad points in people, but
the good ones—JIM DANIEL re
solved not to have blind-dates. “I
broke it twice and both were worse
than the others.” — DELORIS
DIXON resolved to get up every
morning when called—“I never get
enough sleep.”—
“I resolved to leave the girls
alone.” Didn’t I see ROBERT
ELLIOTT trying to impress a cer
tain girl in chow line?--LENA DUL-
LA resolved not to make any resolu
tions to break—you don’t know what
you’re missing, Lena.—
STEGALL resolved not to break
chow line in 1949.—You must have
been hungry Tuesday!!!—JOYCE
DIGH, “resolved not to aggravate
my roommate so much”—Has she
WEDDING BELLS RING
FOR DEAN OF WOMEN
The above photo shows Dr. Wyan
Washburn, college physician, In
his office. Dr. Washburn ad
dressed the student body in
chapel on January 17. He used
as his subject “A Typical Day
in the Life of a Practicing
Physician,” citing examples of
cases he has handled, and ex
plaining the latest progress of
medical science in treating such
News Diggers Enjoy
Annual Fish Feast
e school paper. The PILOT,
sponsored a fish fry for the staff
members at the Buffalo Fish Club
1 the evening of January 27.
The. group of about thirty-five stu-
;nts left the campus about six
clock and headed for the club
which is located between Kings
Mountain and Shelby. They arrived
about 6; 30, and immediately shouts
of joy and complaints of hunger
pangs began to rise from the joyous
students as the aroma of frying fish
began to fill their lungs. The group
led inside one of the larger
buildings and seated at tables and
left to await the return of the waiter
the fish. After the stomping of
many feet and the banging of many
hands on the tables, the fish-weary
waiters began to parade in bear
ing tempting morsels of goodness for
the group of hunger-stricken Gard-
2r-Webbers.
The party is given each year for
the students who lend their time and
efforts toward helping to make our
school paper excel among other
junior college publications in the
South.
\ grand time was had by all who
The Wingate Baptist Church was
the scene of a wedding marked by
dignity and simplicity on Sunday
evening at six o’clock, when Miss
Prances Austing Cuthbertson of
Monroe became the bride of Captain
Giles Wesley Vick, Jr., of Denton
and Greenville, South Carolina.
The church was made lovely for
the occasion with decorations of
seven-branched candelabra holding
white cathedral tapers, palms, fern
and floor baskets of white gladioli.
Prior to the ceremony Miss Em-
malyn Gamble, vocalist, and Miss
Abbie Miller, organist, of Gardner-
Webb College, Boiling Springs, ren
dered a program of nuptial music.
Miss Miller played “Fanfare Trium-
phale” by Armstrong, “Cantique D’
Amour,” by Sheppard, “Nocturne”
by Grieg, and “Traumerei” by Schu
mann. “To a Wild Rose” by Mc
Dowell was played during the cere
mony. The traditional wedding
march from “Lohengrin” by Wag
ner and that from “Midsummer
Nights’ Dream” by Mendelssohn
were played. Miss Gamble sang “I
Love Thee” by Grieg and “Because”
by d’Hardelot. As a benediction she
sang “The Lord’s Prayer” by Mal-
otte. The Reverend G. W. Vick, Sr.,
father of the bridegroom, read the
impressive double ring ceremony.
He was assisted by President Philip
Lovin Elliott of Gardner-Webb Col
lege.
n of h
r. She w
ion to and from the club was pro
vided by student non-staff members
10 were fortunate enough to own
vehicle of some description, and
10, at the same time, were great
fish lovers. The group devoured fish,
and still more fish until the
iger thought that he would
surely have to drag out the
a gown of gold imported crepe and
a halo of gold fichu and carried an
arm bouquet of mixed flowers.
Joe Pitts Vick of Winston-Salem
served as his brother’s best man.
Ushers were J. Clifton Williams, Joe
Chaney, Moke Williams, Jr., Herman
Moore, Edwin Lowery, Hai’ry Chan
ey, and Eugene Crowell Myers.
The bride came to the altar on the
arm of her father, Zeb Cuthbertson,
who gave her in marriage. She wore
a white duchess satin wedding gown
fashioned on princess lines with full-
length sleeves ending in calla lily
points. The full farthingale skirt
fell into a long train. finger
tip length, two-tiered veil of im
ported illusion was worn with a
tiara of seed pearls and orange blos
soms. She carried her maternal
grandmother’s Bible which was top
ped with a white orchid and shower
ed with white satin streamers.
The mother of the bride wore a
dress of navy crepe with blue ac
cessories and an orchid at her
shoulder. The bridegroom’s mother
wore a dress of black crepe and an
orchid corsage. Mrs. John Henry
the bride’s maternal
;s of black
her shoul-
Pollowing the ceremony, Mr. and
Mrs. O. L. Mangum and Mr. and
Mrs. M. W. Williams entertained
with a reception at the home of the'
bridal motif of green and white pre
dominated in the decorations. The
guests were greeted at the door by
' ’ ’ ' and hostesses and present-