G-W's Scholastic
Standard Raised
Gardner-Webb’s scholastic stand
ards have been raised so that now
G-W is one of the highest if not
the highest in scholastic standards
in junior colleges in North Caro
lina. Prom 95 to 100 is an A. Prom
88 to 95 is a B, and from 78 to 87
is a C. Prom 70 to 78 is a D, and
no quality points are given on a D.
Last year the grading system was
A, from 86 to 93 was a B, from 76
to 86 was a C, and from 70 to 76
was a D,
The boy’s study hours are now
based on each individual’s scholas
tic record. The nights a person must
stay in range from no nights a week
for A average students to five nights
a week for D average students. All
students, including sophomores must
observe study hours.
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Gardner-Webb College, Boiling Springs, North Carolin>
Volume IV SEPTEMBER, 1950 Number 1
New Dean
Arrives
Miss Mabel Starnes, a native of
Asheville, has arrived to take over
her new position as dean of wo
men. Miss Starnes came to Gard
ner-Webb from Camdeni, S. C'.,
where she was assistant to the pas
tor of the First Baptist Church. Be
fore working at Camden, she held
positions at the Asheboro Street
Baptist Church in Greensboro, First
Baptist Church in Winston-Salem,
Pruitland Institute of Henderson
ville, and Mars Hill College. Miss
Starnes received her B.A. degree
from Carson-Newman College, Jef
ferson City, Tenn., and received an
M.R.E. degree from Southwestern
Seminary, Port Worth, Texas.
G. W. Farm Day Great Success
By MARION BENFIELD
On August 31, crowds of people flocked to the Gardner-
Webb farm to see the conversion of that farm from a mass
of scrub pine, pine forest, and gullied fields to one of the
best and most modern farms in the state.
The occasion was the Gardner-
Webb Miracle Farm Day, which was
a project of the Shelby Lions Club.
The farm day entered its embryo
stage more than a year ago when
some Gardner-Webb representatives
told the Shelby Lions Club that
Gardner-Webb had some not-so-
good farm land which, if made bet
ter, could supply food to the col
lege at a smaller cost than the col
lege was now paying.
There had been other Miracle
Days over the country, and the
Lions Club decided to try their hand
at sponsoring and producing a mira
cle day. When the county agricul
tural organization heard of the plan,
they decided to devote a large part
of their time to helping complete,
the plans for the farm day. ;
About two months before the day
set for the actual farm day, all of ;
16 Lions Club committees, with
the cooperation of the agricultural
organizations went to work in a big
way. The publicity group went to
work, and the farm day was one of
the most publicized events ever to
happen in western North Carolina.
Some five thousand dollars was
raised and many more thousands
of dollars worth of needed materials
was contributed by companies as
far away as Nashville, Tenn. Con
tracting companies from North and
South Carolina sent heavy equip
ment to do the grading, clearing of
land, and the building of a two
acre surface-water fish pond. Farm
implement companies sent farm
tractors to do the plowing, seeding,
and other light work. The Ford
Motor Company, Tractor Division,
gave the college $1,400 worth of
farm equipment. Groups of farmers
and farm organizations gave free
labor. 350 members of the Blacks
burg, South Carolina, Veterans
Class worked a day on the barn.
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Page Two)
New Teacher?^*^'"’^
Here
Gardner-Webb will have six
teachers plus the director of the
Department of Rural Community
Development. These seven will make
a total increase of one in the t
ching staff. The name of the di-
;ctor of the Department of Rur-
. Community Development i
be announced later. The names and
3f the other teachers fol-
Mrs. Dana Harris of Shelby is a
visiting teacher who will teach
Dean Terrell’s classes. Mrs. Harris
received her M.A. and B.A. dej^
from the South Carolina University
College for Women. She has i
M.A. degree from Columbia Uni
versity and studied three years c
her Ph.D. degree at the University
of North Carolina. Mrs. Harris has
taught at Western Carolina Tea
chers College, at Clemson, and £
Brenau College, Gainesville, Ga.
Mrs. Margaret Pales Coggin as te
cher of organ and as church c
ganist. Miss Jones received her B
from Carson-Newman College and
did a year of graduate study at th
Peabody Conservatory of Music a
Baltimore, Md.
Rev. L. S. Lamn will teach Bible.
Rev. Lamn is a graduate of Mars
Hill College and received his B.A.
degree from Wake Forest College.
He also studied at the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary. He
has served as pastor of the Bry
son City and Haynes Memorial Bap
tist churches and as Moderator of
the Sandy Run Association.
M. A. Mosley, Jr., will teach
Chemistry and related courses. Mr.
Mosley received his B.A. degree
from Wofford and his M.A. de
from North Carolina State College.
He also did additional study at '
University of North Carolina. Mr.
Mosley has taught at Clemson a”-"
(Continued on Page Two)
THE NEW POLE TYPE BARN WHICH WAS FINISHED ON MIRACLE FARM DAY.