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"AGE TWO THE PILOT SEPTEMBER, 1950 GARDNER-WEBB PILOT Member Intercollegiate Press STAFF EDITORIAL ditor-In-Chief Marion Benfield ■ssociate Editor Nell Grantham lews Editor Louise Pruitt ports Editor Ronald Kiser eature Editor Robert Wright BUSINESS lusiness Manager James Stamey .ssistant Business Manager Bob Mullinax 'irculation Manager Jack Hutcherson culty Adviser Mr. Santford Martin, Jr. rypist . ___ Martin Nichols Editorial Policy In_ its editorials, The Pilot will not be a crusader and will ry its best not to take sides in any issue. The Pilot takes his stand: a newspaper’s job is not to try to form reader’s ipinions for them, but is to give all the facts and a fair, un- liased interpretation of these facts. The Pilot believes that the average college student is ca- )able of forming right opinions and right courses of action n any situation if he has access to the right facts. The Pilot vill try to place the facts on everything that happens of in- erest to Gardner-Webb students at each readers fingertips. The Pilot’s interpretation of the reasons and results of cer- ain happenings may not always be the same as yours. The ’ilot does not expect you to agree with its views always; rhe Pilot does expect you, the reader, to take your reason, conscience, and its editorials and develop your own s on any controversal issue that may arise. (M.W.B.) Read The Porthole A very important little book, especially for freshmen, is he 1950-51 edition of the Porthole, the handbook for stu- lents. The Porthole is published by the student government issociation so that every student at Gardner-Webb will have I nodding acquaintance with the student government consti- ution and more than a nodding acquaintance with the campus ■egulations made by the student government and the faculty. In the Porthole you will find information on all the extra- urricular activities and an explanation of Gardner-Webb’s )oint system for extracurricular activities. The Porthole’s main purpose is to help you adjust your- elf to college life. If you read and study your Porthole, many if the questions in your mind about Gardner-Webb will be .nswered. If you use the information and follow the rules in he Porthole, you will find college life much easier for you. Success or Failure (M.W.B.) Your success or failure in college will be determined in a arge part by the way you apply yourself during the first ew weeks and almost totally by what you do the first two 'ears. If you wait till the second semester or report period 0 begin your studies in earnest you will find yourself so far lehind that it is almost impossible to catch up. Of course there are many things other than studies in ollege which are important but your studies are most im- lortant and should always come first. Everyone has heard t said that grades are not the important thing in college, nd perhaps they are not. But, after a check of the salaries f college graduates, physiologists have concluded that the tudent who makes the highest grades in college makes the jghest salary when he takes a job. Thus, from a practical view it will pay you to study here nd start that studying soon. (M.W.B.) On Thursday, August 31st, heavy equipment began work before dawn. The skies were cloudy, but it was decided that the work go on if at all possible. About eight o’clock it began to rain and rained for about half an hour. After that the lighi farm equipment had to stop, but as soon as the rain stopped the bull dozers and other heavy equipment went back to work. It rained inter mittent showers all day, but mosi of the heavy work was completed. The light equipment group finish ed their work on Monday, Sept. 4th. Of necessity some preliminary work was done before the 31st. The po!e type barn was started, some of the ground was cleared, and work was done on remodeling the 100- year-old house. Between 10,000 and 15,000 people were on hand to watch the work go on and hear Secretary of Agri culture Brannan and Governor Kerr Scott speak, in spite of the rainy weather. Grady Cole was master of ceremonies. 182 acres of the thousand acre farm were worked over. 33 acres of that amount had to be reclaimed from scrub pine by the heavy equip ment. Some twenty bulldozers were on hand to do this job. A two acre surface water pond for watering stock was built. Pour large trac tors were on hand to do this work. About 65 acres of cattle pasture and five acres of hog pasture was fixed. 18 acres of barley was sown to be plowed under to enrich the soil. The farm house was modern ized and the following new equip ment was placed in the kitchen; an electric stove, a hot water heater, a refrigerator, and a modern sink. A new pole type cattle barn and a thousand layer chicken house have been built. When the farm hits full swing 3 or 4 years from now, it will handle between 50 and 100 beef cat tle, and about a thousand laying hens, and hogs of undetermined numbers. The farm will give more students a chance to work off part of their college expense. Already a few stu dents are working on the farm. The approximately 700 acres of the farm which are still in wood land will be cut according to the best foresty practices. This should yield an income every ten years. In the past year and a half some mil lion and a half feet of saw tim ber have been sold. Also some $12,- 000 worth of pulp wood have been J. D. JONES A Portrait— -/. D. /ones NEW TEACHERS (Continued from Page One) as industrial chemist. Miss Cleo Withrow is the new teacher of Home Economics. She received her B.S. from Asheville Teachers College and her M.A. from Columbia University, She has done graduate work at the University of Kentucky, Cornell University, and Ames Iowa State College. She has 2en connected with Berea College, erea, Ky., for 11 years. Mrs. Mary Dyer will teach voice. Mrs. Dyer is a graduate of Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., and has studied at the Juilliard School Probably the most harassed fellow around here in recent weeks has been Mr. j, D. Jones. As director of the actual maintenance work on our campus proper, G. 1. apartments, and “miracle” farm, Mr. Jones has worked around the clock (frequent ly well over one hundred hours a week) getting things shipshape for the coming school year. He deserves our praise and gratitude for the splendid job. It is hard to grasp the magnitude of his many tasks which include everything from seeing that burned out light bulbs are replaced to repairing our most complicated ultra-modern oil heaters. His large crew of workmen, chiefly college students, admire and respect his ability to get a job done properly and rapidly. Jones is an experienced carpenter, painter, electrician, plum ber, and foreman. Seldom does a day pass that doesn’t find him em ploying virtually all his varied skills for our benefit. To the fellows who work for him, J. D. Jones is more than a taskmas ter with educated hands. He is a co-worker, friend, and instructor. Rather short and stocky, and weigh ing around 190 lbs., with broad shoulders and musclar hands and arms, he seems made for his job. One of his greatest assets is his healthy sense of humor which gets crisper as the work at hand gets harder. Regardless of how worried, upset, or bothered he may be, he always has time for a good laugh, which is a quality seldom found in an overseer. Largely for this rea son, he has been remarkably suc cessful in turning a group of inef ficient college boys into an efficient maintenance crew that takes pride in its work. Since assuming his present post last spring, Mr. Jones has become a part of the college scene. He is to be seen at all hours of the day and night hurrying hither and yon with hammers, pliers, and what have you. When he does get a day or two off, he goes hunting or deep sea fishing, both of which he en joys tremendously. His experience last month with a hurricane off the North Carolina coast, however, dampened both him and his en thusiasm for the latter sport. His energy surprises everyone; In fact, he is about the nearest thing to perpetual motion to be found around here. Then, too, like the legendary brook, he and his faded red cap show promise of going on forever.
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