Entering G.-W.
By Dorothy Bell
After a long period of day dr
ing of the wonderful day when I
would be entering Gardner-Webb
College as a freshman, the day fin
ally arrived, and September the
ninth was here. However, I, in my
usual mad rush, grabbed my belong
ings and tugged them into our car,
the “T” Model.
Shortly after the packing ;
cramming had ceased, we proce
ed on our way to Boiling Springs;
and just beyond the outskirts of
Shelby our car began spitting, (tj
bacco, of course, because it ce:
tainly didn’t look like gasoline) :
we instantly stopped to see if oi
jalopy had an upset stomach.
Brother decided he would mal
a thorough examination of .t .
he was a doctor; but after a long
struggle of petting and feeding it
medicine, nothing could be found
wrong. So we jumped back in and
continued our journey. Just then
the chauffer exclaimed, “I’m ex
pecting the rear end to wring off
this jalopy any time!”
My neice and I, unfortunately
were in the back seat. So, scared
senseless as we were, we grabbed
the chauffer and my brother by the
neck and yelled, “Go ahead! We’ll
THE PILOT
Freshman
Orientation
By Valeria Shearon
On Monday, September 10, 1951,
Gardner-Webb campus was
again btormed by the arrival
new Freshman c^ass. No doubt the
most exciting event of arnval
OCTOBEE, 1951
That was one instance when oui-
rattle-brains rattled together be
cause we- didn't want to go rolling
down the road in the rear half of
the car while they were in the fore
half.
In spite of all the delays, I fin
ally made it here. Upon my arrival
some of the sophomores greeted me
and then suggested taking me to
the Boiling Springs. Thus, I replied
hastily, “No! I’ll just take a cold
bath instead.”
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Frequently one
has mentioned to
is just around th
as I
of the students
tie that “rat day”
I corner, purious
on the look-out
5 and I’ve turned this'
place upside down but I haven’t
been able to find one. There is only
one more place to look—and that’s
in the mirror.
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oecoming acquainted. The g
and getting settled in our rooms.
Monaay night there was a bon-
on the athletic field. Songs were
sung, around the fire, and words
of we.come were extended by Presi
dent P. L. Elliott, Dean J. O. Ter
rell, and officers of the various re
pus. ihis marked the beginni
Woek-long program of social
ihe gyiimasiuin was the si
ruesaay night’s activity. The Stu
dent Government entertained
w*th games designed to help us
oetter acquainted with one another.
Punch and cookies were served in
the cafeteria to dim
ing’s fun.
t^rayer Meeting in the college
church began the program for '
uesday night. Afterwards, the gym
oecame alive again with singing
and cheering as the football '
was introduced.
ihe Jiaptist Student Union filled
i,he gym with fun and excitment
as they presented the B.S.U. Bro
ther's Uircus on Thursday night. A
parade of “animals” got the even
ing off to a “roaring” start. For
tune telling, stunts, singing, and
sideshows such as “the fat lady'
and ‘the Siamese Twins’’ were forms
of entertainment. Eats consisted of
punch, candy, pop corn and apples.
^./Oloriul paper hats
:ames of horse-shoe and
les added variety,
a movie of North Carolina was
shown in the E. B. Hamrick audi-
.oriuiii on Friday night. The movie,
.11 coior, covered every section of
.vorth Carolina, geographically,
:rom the mountains to the sea
shore. Information about North
;arolina industry was also shown.
On Saturday night the Boiling
Springs Baptist Church sponsored
I social for our enjoyment. We all
lad fun playing games and the re-
:reshments were so good!
But our nights were not the only
3usy hours of that first week at
GarJner-Webb. Tuesday, Wednes
day, and Thursday were filled with
tests and physical examinations. On
Friday the rain came—and so did
registration. The Freshmen waited'
degree of patience and;
iegree of moisture out
side the library, where registra-
ion took place. Naturally, Satur-
lay's biggest event was meeting the
Sophomores, something we had been
looking forward to all week. Pi-esh-
ment and Sophomores, alike, en
joyed a tea given on the lawn of
ihe Gardner Memorial Building on
Sunday afternoon.
The grand climax, and perhaps
he most colorful affair yet, was the
Student-Faculty Reception held
Thursday night, September 20, in the
Gardner Building. Here, we had
pleasure of formally meeting
and socializing with the members
of the faculty. It was a great suc-
and pleasure for all who at
tended.
And so, it is that as orientation
week ends and studies begin, we,
the Freshman class already feel a
growing admiration for Gardner-
Webb, her faculty, students, and
ideals. We are looking forward to a
wonderful year together.
Baptist Highlights
By Martha Stone
We as students of a Baptist college should be acquainted
with Baptist doctrine and should know just what we as Bap
tists believe. We should have a speaking knowledge of the
happenings of the State as well as the Southern Convention
The purpose of this column is to give each student an in
sight on what the Baptists are doing and to acquaint us with
the fundamentals of Baptist doctrine.
The Training Union Department of North Carolina had
a busy summer. Several of our students, along with Miss
Starnes, can vouch for this. Jimmy Morgan, our State Train
ing Union Director, has nothing but
praise for the fine work done bj
Miss Starnes and her crew through
out the state this past summer,
Gardner-Webb contributed four oi
her students to help in this im
portant work: Robert Bolick, Elea
nor Cogdill, Faith Johnson, and
Marion Lineberger. Miss Starnes
was in charge of the summer field
work for our Training Union De-
part.nent. We have heard many fine
reporLs about her work and we are
indeed privileged to have suc.i a
versatile woman as our Dean of
Women. This group of workers cov
ered a field of 54 churches and en
rolled more than 3200 in Training
President Truman will be the
speaker at the groundbreaking cere
monies for the new and enlargea
'Vake Forest College at Winston-
alem on October 15.
The first session of the new Sou
thwestern Seminary at Wake For
est got underway on September 10
with 75 students registered.
North Carolina Baptist ranked
;cond in gifts to the Southern Con-
intion for the first eight months
of 1951. Texas was first.
Dr. Duke McCall, former execu-
ve secretary of the Southern Bap-
3t Convention, took up his duties
1 President of the Southern Bap-
3t Theological Seminary on Sep-
mber 15. Dr. Porter Routh was
elected to succeed Dr. McCall in
this position.
/hat is a Baptist church? If
■one was to ask you this ques-
1, what sort of answer could you
give them? I hope your answer
would run something like this: “A
Baptist church is a body of bap
tized believers who have voluntari
ly banded themselves together to
observe Christ’s commands and to
Id his kingdom in the earth,
bodies of baptized believers
banded together for this same pur
pose.” Perhaps you could go on and
tell them that there are four neces-
siry steps for membership in a
Baptist church. (1) Repent of sin
Believe on the Lord Jesus Chrt=t
Publicity confess faith in Christ
(4) Be baptized.
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G.-W. Wins
First Game
Coach Wayne Bradburn’s Grad-
ner-Webb Bulldogs roared into the
young grid season with the force
lion in downing the hapless
charges of North Greenville Jr. Col
lege 25-0 at Greer high school sta
dium in South Carolina, Monday
night. It was the initial conference
for the locals and the first of
the season.
After two minutes were up the
locals were leading 6-0 as a result
of a 50-yard aerial from Quarter
back Jack Holt, the long-armed
sophomore who virtually ruled the
' -ways in the tilt, to end Glen Pet-
_john. Holt threw from the mid
field strip, connecting with Petty
john on the 10 as the small, versa
tile sophomore raced to paydirt.
Toward the latter part of the first
quarter the second G. W. score was
p on the recovery of a North
Greenville fumble by defensive line
backer Don Auten on the Spiders’
34. Immediately, Holt flipped 16
yards to halfback Ernie Diaz to
the 18, and two plays moved the
11 to the 10. At that point. Holt
rew to halfback Gerald Freeman
in the end zone. The extra point was
North Greenville’s tangible de
fense kept the locals pretty well
checked on the ground. The second
period saw neither team pull any
thing over on the other. The strong
Bulldog defense checked North
Greenville both in the air and on
the ground, and was effective
enough to keep the Spiders 30-yards
inside Gardner-Webb territory the
entire tilt.
During the second half, the locals
were more effective on the ground,
lowering the boom twice on running
jaunts.
Late in the third period, a sustain
ed drive, sparked by a 20-yard pass
from Holt to Freeman, climaxed on
the N. G. one-yard line. Two at
tempts, by halfback Ernie Diaz and
Bobby Bush, to buckle the line were
thwarted, but Bush, the Summer
ville, Ga., flash who paced the team
to a 5-1 record in the conference
last season, bulled over and Holt
passed to Glenn Pettyjohn for the
tally.
Leading 19-0 in the fourth quar
ter, end Bobby Workman recover
ed a fumble on the 35-yard line of
the Spiders. A penalty moved the
ball back five yards, but a 25-yard
heave from Holt to Pettyjohn set
up the fourth score. With the ball
resting on the 15-yard strip, full
back Bob Chambless dashed off
tackle behind superb blocking un
touched to paydirt.
Several boys, particularly on de
fense stood out for the Bulldogs.
Among these were tackles Tommy
Thomas, Joe Cole, and Bill More-
head, along with backs Bobby Bush
Ernie Diaz, Gerald Freeman, and
Charlie Auten.