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PERMIT NO. 2
New Marshals
Tapped
In a very effective candle-light
tapping ceremony during chapel on
May 7, 1951, thirty-one new mem
bers were admitted to the Marshal
Club of Gardner-Webb College.
Preceeding the tapping, the active
Marshals of 1950-51 presented a
short program giving the purpose
and the ideals of the Club and the
standards a student must reach to
be eligible for membership.
The primary qualifications as
stated in the constitution of the,
Marshal Club are leadership, schol
arship, character, and service. Upon
these aspects the students were
chosen. Names to be considered for
this honor were submitted by the
faculty, and approved and voted on
by the club members.
The prerequisites of a marshal
were illustrated both in poetry and
song before the tapping began. Then
each old member went down into
the audience and tapped the new
members. Many of the students
were surprised to find themselves
being tapped and told to come up on
the stage. Each was given a can
dle lighted by Sara Reece, Chief
Marshal, and they all repeated the
Club pledge.
The highest honor Gardner-Webb
College offers, the office of Chief
Marshal, was given to Faith John
son and Gaylord Lehman. The ac
tive Marshals for 1951-52 include;
Thurman Allred, Gene Washburr;
Robert Bolick, Max Linnens, Jack
Meachim, Jo Lena Bridges, Moll e
Hawkins, Preida Moss and Mar-
quean Ross.
Honorary members of the Mar
shal Club from the freshman class
are: Jo Mize, Grace Neilson, Mar
garet Swann, Bobby Denny, Doris
Adair, James Ward, Joan Bridges,
Nancy Abernathy, Martha Coffey,
James McAllister.
Honorary members from the
sophomore class are; Iris Champ
ion, Alberta Hamrick, Mary Pran
ces Howard, Julius Pinkston, Pran
ces Quinn, Dan Roberts, Sue Seism,
Mickey Shull, Alice Swann, Alma
Thrift.
Officer: “Did you know you miss
ed that old man by an inch?”
Driver: “That’s all right, I’ll get
him going back.”
Grace: “T didn’t accept Bob the
first time he proposed.”
Mabel: “No, dearie, you weren’t
“Do you believe in love at first
sight?”
“No. Do you?”
“No. That is just why I want to
see you again.”
There iz two things in this world
for which we are never fully pre
pared, and them iz—twins.
88 Graduate
The graduating class of 1951 is
composed of 88 students and is al
most evenly divided with 41 girls
and 47 boys. The number of boys
would have been larger if Uncle Sam
had not stepped in.
The day students of the class
number 28 and claim 4 of the 16
sophomores who made the honor
roll. Of the three who made the
‘A” Honor Roll, one is also a day
student.
One of the number is graduating
without having completed her high-
school education. She is Dorothy
Whisenant Maye who entered Gard
ner-Webb College by taking the Ci
vilian Porm of the G. E. D. Test.
This test was first made possible at
Gardner-Webb several years ago by
President Elliott. It is a test for
people over twenty-one years of age
who wish to continue their educa
tion but who have not graduated
from a high school. Dorothy Maye
is the third student to graduate from
the college under this plan. The
first two were members of last
years’ sophomore class, one of which
has already been accepted to a
We, who are freshmen, say good
bye and wish that each of the 88
will find his key to happiness and
good luck.
I Students Hear
Symphony
The generosity of Mrs. O. Max
Gardner made it possible for a
large number of college students
and faculty members to attend the
annual concert given by the North
Carolina Symphony Orchestra in
Shelby on Thursday evening. May
10, at eight-thirty o’clock,
A varied program of symphonic
music was presented. Prom the open
ing measures of Strauss’ “Die Ple-
dermaus” to the closing melody of
hit tunes from “South Pacific” the
audience was enthralled and enter
tained. Tschaikowsky’s “Nutcracker
Suite” was a favorite with many.
Beethoven’s “First Symphony, op
21” was played in a scholarly man
ner wth classic restraint.
General comment heard from va
rious sources indicated that the Or
chestra has made vast strides in im
proving both the quality of its mu
sic and the selection of composi-
We look forward with keen antici
pation to another concert by this
distinguished group of musicians
next year. And, too, we are deeply
indebted to Mrs. Gardner for mak
ing it possible for us to enjoy an
evening with the North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra.
I. R. C. Elects
New Officers
The International Relations Club
at its regular weekly meeting, Wed
nesday, May 9, initiated the new
officers for the coming ' 1951-52
school year.
The officers are: president. Bob
Ward; vice president, Jo Lena
Bridges; secretary, Barbara Hug
gins; publicity chairman, Jim Wea
ver; and reporter, Zeb Wright.
Commencement
Speakers
Announced
The speakers for the Commence
ment exercises at Gardner-Webb
College were announced today by
President P. L. Elliott. Dr. Harold
W. Tribble, President of Wake For
est College, will deliver the Bacca
laureate sermon in the church audi
torium at 8:00 P.M., May 20.
Mr. Thomas Pruitt, outstanding
Hickory attorney and Baptist lay
man, will deliver the Commence
ment address in the College audi
torium, at 10:30 A.M., May 24.
Following the Trustees meeting on
May 23, the annual Alumni Banquet
will be held in the O. Max Gardner
Memorial Student Building at 7:00
p.m. Advance reservations reveals
that a large group of Alumni will
be present.
The Alumni speaker. Dr. N. N.
Barnette, Executive Secretary of the
Sunday School Board of the Sou
thern Baptist Convention is of Nash
ville, Tenn. DT. Barnette, an alum
nus of the college was born and
reared in Cleveland County.
Science Club
Elects New
Officers
The Science Club elected new of
ficers to serve next year the other
day. Jack Meacham, one of the
Georgia boys from Summerville is
the new president. He succeeds
Wayne Bridges from Rutherfordton.
Robert Denny from Nantahala is
to try to fill the shoes of Bryan
Gillespie from High Shoals. Mar
garet Swann from Statesville is to
take Jean Delvin’s place as secre
tary. The Faculty Sponsor will again
be Mr. Dixon, our math teacher.
Shown above is Miss Mabel Starnes, Dean of Women, and a group of students at Gardner-Webb College
enjoying the new parlor furniture of the Girls’ Dormitory recently donated by Carson Stout, president of
Carson’s Inc., High Point. The furniture was especially designed for the dormitory parlor to have the color
and warmth of a tastefully furnished home and at the same time to have the strength and durability required
tor institutional use. Left to right is Miss Starnes, Mary Frances Howard, Statesville; Alice Swann, Ruther-
j fordton; Patricia Thompson, Statesville; Margaret Swann, Statesville; Nadain Ostwalt, Troutman.