Bulldogs End First Undefeated
Season And Go To Georgia Bowl
Spirit And Depth Help
Produce Championship Team
Early in September, 40 boys turned out in response to the
initial football call. There were only a few lettermen and a
host of inexperienced freshmen on hand for the coaches to
mold a team. It wasn’t expected to be the brand of team that
resulted from the blistering play of those 40 boys.
On September 24, the locals came through with a stunning
25-0 triumph over North Greenville Junior College at Greer
in the opening game of the season. Again, one week later, the
bulldoging powers wrapped up an- — -
other win, this one an 18-0 win over downs were chalked up by the locals
Asheville-Biltmore. ' and opponents succeeded in getting
. . 63. Gardner-Webb attempted 85
the BTlid°o“gs°blttled re™enge-\1eSn^^^ completed 44, for 763 yards.
Gordon Military Academy of Barns- Opposition attempted 100 passes, hit
ville, Ga. in a return match from ’50 j good on 34 for 489 yards,
at which time Gardner-Webb had
fallen 32-7. However, sparked by total, G-W gained 2,720 yards
the superb running of halfback Bob- I i’unning and passing and oppon-
by Nix and Bobby Bush, both Sum- I got 1,381 in this manner. In the
merville, Ga. sophomores who car- season, G-W scored 33 touchdowns
ried a big load for the team all sea- and 11 extra points for 209 points,
son, G-W bounced through with an Opposition managed to hit paydirt
18-7 win in the only non-conference “"ly five times, got three extra
tilt of the season other than the points, for 33 total points,
bowl game.
North Greenville returned on Oc- !
tober 20, and the Bulldogs rolled up
their largest number of points in a
single game as they downed the
South Carolina team 39-0
With five wins and no del
under their belts, the Bradburn-men
prepared for what was expected to
be the toughest encounter of the
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Plans For
I G-W Expansion
Program
;e years
Lees-McRae, for the past
conference champs and
in the same Golden Isles Bowl in
’50 that the locals accepted this year,
and when the bout in Banner Elk
had ended, Gardner-Webb had run
up 25-19 win. Lees-McRae scored
more points in this particular game
than were scored against the locals
In a return game, G-W blasted
out a 25-0 defeat over Lees-McRae,
initiating a complete sweep over the
Banner Elk crew and the first wins
over them since 1948.
In their final bout before the
homecoming game, the locals best
ed Asheville-Biltmore here 25-0 in
one of their finest performances of
the season.
The Homecoming fracas between
G-W and Mars Hill came up on the
17th of November and the title of
history was at stake. After 60
minutes of play, Gardner-Webb re
sulted with an overwhelming 34-7
triumph.
As far as statistics are concerned,
Gardner-Webb was perhaps the
leading junior college team in the
state. In eight seasonal games, the
locals rolled up 1,947 total yards
rushing, while allowing their op
ponents 967. Ninety-three first
The plans for the expansion of
Gardner-Webb College are well un
der way with the completion of the
Dover Memorial Library. The plans
have been drawn up also for a new
administration building, a new gym
nasium located near the athletic
field, a science building, a new boys’
dormitory, and a new girls’ dormi
tory.
house all the offices and conference
rooms. The gymnasium will be a
1,000 capacity gym, and will also
have classrooms, showers, locker?,
and provisions for a future swim
ming pool. There will be classrooms,
lecture rooms, laboratories, and a
lecture hall with 150 seating ca
pacity in the science building. The
boys’ dormitory will house 50 stu
dents and the girls’ will be simi-
The construction of these buildings
probably will not begin before four
or five years. $810,000 will be nec
ed for this expansion program
ume V DECEMBEE, 1951 Number 4
sc. 562 P. L. & R. BOILING SPRINGS, N. C.
U. S. POSTAGE PERMIT NO. 2
Mrs. Barbara Holt, nrettv Gardncr-Webb College co-ed, is shown
above receiving the 1951 Ilomecominjf Queen’s crown from President
P. L. Elliott during halftime ceremonies held at the Gardner-Webb-
Mars Hill football game here Saturday, November 17. She Is the first
“Mrs.” Homecoming Queen in the history of the school and husband.
Jack, is one of the top-notch men on Coach Wayne Bradburn’s Bull-
Homecoming Festivities
Gardner-Webb’s 1951 Homecoming Ceremonies took place
at the half-time of the exciting Gardner-Webb-Mars Hill foot
ball game at the college field November 17. The cold wind did
not daunt the spirit of the occasion. After the players had
cleared the field the Homecoming Queen, and the Homecom
ing Sponsors and their escorts passed under the Gardner-
Webb goal post and came down the middle of the field to the
50-yard line.
As the loud speaker called their ! Hawkins, from Gastonia, N. C., es-
names, the Queen and the spon- j corted by Charles Rabon; sponsor-
sors came to the sidelines for the , ing Decker Hall, dormitory for boys,
coronation: “The Gardner - Webb is Miss Mildred Laney, from Maiden,
1951 Homecoming Queen, Mrs. Bar- j N. C., escorted by Charles Hiclcs.”
bara Holt, from Winston-Salem,
N. C.; sponsoring the Gardner- Queen Barbara, lovely in a grey
Webb Student Government Assocla- , flannel coat with red velvet collar
tlon Is Miss Dorothy Robertson,' and cuffs and carrying white chrys-
from Rutherfordton, N. C.; she is anthemums with black and red
escorted by Bob Mulkey; sponsoring streamers, was crowned by President
the International Relations Club is Phil L. Elliott. The Queen was
. Miss JoLena Bridges, from Shelby, especially honored because she was
I N. C., escorted by Harold Griffen; the first “Mrs.” to become a Gard-
' sponsoring the Marshal Club is Miss ner-Webb Homecoming Queen. Mrs.
Faith Johnson, from Magnolia, N. C., Holt is also honored in having for
escorted by Gaylord Lehman; spon- her husband a top-notch football
soring the B. S. U. is Miss Mollie player, and captain, Jack Holt.