THE PILOT
OCTOBER, 195Q,
GARDNER-WEBB PILOT
Member Intercollegiate Press
EDITORIAL
Editor-In-Chief
Associate Editor
Acting News Editor .
Sports Editor
Feature Editor
Reporters
Marion Benfield, Jr.
Nell Grantham
Patricia Thompson
Ronald Kiser
Robert Wright
Glenn Pettyjohn
Eleanor Codgill, Jackie Stone
BUSINESS
Business Manager James Stamey
Assistant Business Manager Bob Mullinax
Circulation Manager Jean Devlin
Typists Martin Nichols, Agnes Mull
Faculty Advisor Mr. Santford Martin, Jr.
Emotion — Religion
This past week has been a most important one at Gard-
ner-Webb. It has been our annual revival week. In connec
tion with this week, there are a few things that all of us
should think about. What is religion? How can we know we
have religion ? The dictionary says that religion is “An aware
ness or conviction of a supreme being, arousing reverence,
love, gratitude, the will to obey and serve, and the like; as,
man only is capable of religion.”
Thus we see that not eV^eryone who realizes that there
is a God has religion. To have religion we must realize that
there is a God and this realization must make us love, rever
ence and want to help others find our God in any way that
we can. Now is a good time for everyone who is sure he has
religion to demonstrate it to others.
If we look back to the very beginning of our Christian
religion, we find that God made himself known to man for
men’s benefit, not God’s. Many people seem to think ex
actly the opposite about this matter. If we accept the Chris
tian religion, God will be helping us and not us helping
God. Of course you may help God’s cause by our actions, but
never as much as He will help you.
Many people turn to religion only after they find them
selves incapable of doing the task they see rising before ■
them. This feeling of unfitness which comes before the ac- |
ceptance is usually accompanied by mental-emotional dis
turbances. i
The emotions can play the same bad role of a deceiver in'
religious matters that they play in other aspects of person- I
al life, if they are allowed to run wild without any attempt
to control them. The acceptance of the Christian religion
should come as the end product of a well controlled emotion-;
al-rational process. Unless this is so, you may find that the '
emotionalism wears off and there is nothing left but the
ashes of a dead religion.
After all, real religion is the joyful balance found iii
Christ.—(M.W.B.)
A Portrait
Tom
By ROBERT WRIGHT
In September, 1949, Tom Mauney
became a part of Gardner-Webb
College. Since then, Tom has earn
ed a warm spot in the heart of
everyone with whom he has worked.
Last Year Tom worked in the cafe
teria for Miss Janie Odum, and won
the respect and admiration of the
entire staff. Tom modestly at
tributes his success and efficiency
of his supervisors, Mr. Allen, Miss
Odum, and Mr, Jones.
This year Tom is part of the cam
pus maintainence staff, and is ad
ding to his reputation as an able
worker. He is very interested in
the G. W. “miracle farm" and fre
quently helps in its operation.
Tom is more than just another
college employee; he is a unique
personality. His warm smile is as
much a part of his face as is the
chin of some people to theirs, He
is quiet, reserved, and easy to please.
Seldom does he worry, fret, or be
come exasperated; he simply does
his job and moves on to another
one. His talents are many and vari
ed, his mind is alert and inquiring,
and his outlook on life is optimis
tic. He is the type of fellow you en
joy meeting, and feel privileged to
call your friend.
Tom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Mauney of Waco, North Garo-
Ima. He entered Washington Ele
mentary School at six years of age,
and likes to recall his early school
days in his Aunt Mittie Border’s
class. Soon after its establishment
he entered Washington High School.
Mr. W. Edward Ricks took him in
hand and encouraged him to make
the most of his opportunities.
Tom was among the first to join
his school’s newly organized Boy
Scout Troop. His troop made an out
standing advancement record, and
Tom was one of its prize scouts.
Soon he became an Eagle Scout with
50 merit badges, two palms, and two
senior titles. Tom attributed some
of his richest experiences to his
participation in Scout activities.
Sports, also, attracted Tom. Both
basketball and football interested
him, and he took an active part in
both all four years in high school.
The honors he received include a
couple of silver balls, a medal, a
P. C. H. S. A. A. letter, and an ath
letic scholarship. He made a name
for himself as a running guard.
His other extracurricular activi
ties were chiefly musical. He sang
in the mixed chorus, the junior
church choir, and a community
chorus called “Youthful Voices.’’
Then came graduation. Tom was
ready to take a job and go to work.
Mr. L. .
Allen,
and he came to work on our cam
pus. Mr. Allen says he has never
regreted his choice. At present the
Selective Service is quite interest- .
ed in Tom’s future, and he may be
changing employers soon.
If he must go, he can be assured ■
that his many friends on the cam
pus will be looking forward to his
early and safe return. Tom has a
little motto that sums up his en
tire philosophy of life. It is “En
deavor to do it better than it has
ever been done before.”
School Spirit
Vital "Statics"
on G-W Students
There are students from 47 North
Carolina counties and seven other
states and one U. S. territory here
at Gardner-Webb this year. Among
the North Carolina counties, Cleve
land is ahead with 107 students.
There are 58 students from Ruther
ford, and Gaston has 51 students.
The only other county with more
than 10 students here is Haywood
with twelve.
The states represented are North
Carolina with 341 enrolled, South
Carolina with fourteen, Georgia
Iwth eleven, and Illinois, Louisiana,
Tennessess, and Virginia with one
each. There is one student here
from Puerto Rico. There is a total
of 371 students this year.
The registration cards for this
year indicate that students on the
campus are studying for any one
of thirty different professions.
These range all the way from cabi
net making to medicine. Among the
professions most students have chos
en is the ministry with 49. It is
followed by the following: teaching,
42; religious education, 24; business
administration and commerce, 22;
secretarial, 17; nursing, 16; agricul
ture, 15; athletics, 14; engineering,
12; and mission work, 10.
Most of the students are Bap
tist (313 of them), but there are
seven other faiths represented in
the student body. There are 37
Methodists, 11 Presbj^terians, five
Lutherans, four Catholics, one
Christian, one Holiness, and one
Moravian. !
School spirit is essential to the healthy growth and de
velopment of any school, and to paraphrase the old saying,
an institution must move forward or fall back; it can’t stand
still. One of the best ways to develop school spirit is through
athletics. The football, basketball, and baseball teams are
the one thing that almost everyone on the campus is in
terested in. Not everyone can play or wishes to play on
these teams, but everyone should give those who do play a
fully deserved support.
The boys on the teams have no trouble working up a
school spirit. The football team works out about fifteen
hours each week, about as long as many of us put on our
studies each week. In a game they play hard, win or lose.
Everyone on the campus, if asked, would say that he is
very mterested in the ball clubs. Most people are genuinely
interested, but when there is a game or a pep rally, too many
people find something else that they have “just got to do.”
We have a very good team and fine cheerleaders, but we
can t expect either to be any better than the cheering sec
tion. *
Let’s go to the football games here or away, and when
we get there, let s yell ’till we turn blue, then get some
ammonia and yell_some more. Why don’t we let our team know
that we are backing them to the limit.