G-W Adult Education Program
Increases; Enrollment Good
With the entrance of twenty-five new students this se
mester, the accumulative total stands at 384. There were 119
sophomores and 215 freshmen enrolled in the fall semester,
and three additional sophomores and sixteen freshmen have
entered during the second semester. There were twenty-three
special students during first semester, and six have entered
this semester. While there were 359 enrolled in the fall se
mester, the 25 new students bring the second semester total
to only 317. This is due to the fact that several dropped out,
and others finished during the first semester, and also to
the fact that the nurses who were enrolled during the fall no
longer attend. This semester’s total
is Incomplete, however, and may in
crease since there is one more week
for enrollment.
The total enrollment for the
ond semester of 1950-51 was
11 higher than that of this year, and
the accumulated total of last yeai
was 397, 13 higher than this year’s
total.
The influence of Gardner-Webb
was far-reaching during the fall se
mester, and is even more so during
this one. There are two new stu
dents from Texas and one from
Nazareth, Israel. Fuad Hanna Sakh-
nini, from Israel, became acquainted
with Mr. Morrissett during Mr. Mor-
risett’s trip abroad during 1950.
The extension courses with night
classes for special training are grow-
One 1
I in
Rutherfordton, and other new ont.
are located in Lincolnton and Gas.
tonia. One hundred and fifty-seven
adults enrolled at the first meeting
m Lincolnton, but the number has
increased to one hundred and
ninety-six. In Gastonia, two hundred
and sixty-five adults enrolled on
Thursday evening January 17. The
nine-week session for the Ruther
fordton vicinity will begin Tuesday
night January 29. Courses will be
offered to show how church mem
bers may do their work more ef
fectively so as to bui^ld stronger
churches and better communities.
So far this year more than 800
ministers and, adult church workers
have enrolled in adult education
classes on the campus of Gardner-
Webb and the extension classes at
Morganton, Lincolnton, and Gas.
Shown above is Fuad Sakhninl
a new student at Gardner-Webb,
from Nazareth, Israel. Fuad
plans to attend school here and
then go back and serve his Lord
among his native people.
G-W Radio
Hook-Up
Radio talk is in the air these days
around the Gardner.Webb campus.
Let’s peep into some behind the
scenes affairs and see just what is
It has been revealed that $2,500
worth of new equipment is being in
stalled in the Gardner-Webb radio
station located in the Community
Center. For this reason the regu
lar bi-weekly program has not been
heard during the past semester.
However, beginning the first of
February, the station will once again
resume its place on the airway. The
programs will be sponsored by the
college Department of Public Re
lations, headed by Mr. Ben C. Fish
er. Gaylord Lehman, student station
director, will work in cooperation
with Mr. Fisher in the production
of the programs. Besides the re
sponsibility of planning the pro
grams, Gaylord will be in charge of
the announcing as well as the engi.
neering. Bobby Bray, who makes
radio his hobby, will serve as a ca
pable assistant to Gaylord.
The types of programs constitute
an interesting variety. There will be
programs designed to acquaint the
public with campus life, public ser
vice programs on safety, health and
child care, and also music apprecia
tion and dramatic productions. Of
special interest will be the sports
casts to keep us informed on the
atest Bulldog news.
With completion of the plans the
studio will be equipped with all the
standard equipment found in any
.-egular broadcasting station. Locai-
y, the hook up will be through Sta-
;;on WOHS in Shelby, but it is
hoped that a network hook up can
DB established through Mt. Mitchell’s
:tation WMIT in the near future.
3. W. wi’l really be on the air!
I'h:s station will serve as two im
portant outlets. First, it will offer
/;,luable experience to our students,
since many of the programs will be
student productions. Second, the
station should be a very definite as
set in introducing Gardner.Webb
to others. It should prove profitable
to both the college and the stu
dents. “Gardner-Webb on the air”
is exciting hews!
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Boiling Springs, N. C.
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Fuad — strange
language, customs, and ideas. He is
learning some of these customs of
ours through an uncritical eye. He is
trying to take the good customs of
the Arabs and the Americans and
apply them to his life. Fuad is not
beginning his education here as his
instructors will tell you. He is versed
in three languages — English, Ara-
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G-W Influence Reaches Far—
Fuad Sakhnini Comes From Nazareth
There are quite a few miles between Nazareth and Boil
ing Springs, North Carolina—6249 miles to be exact. This
may sound like a rather large distance to us but to Fuad
Hanna Sakhnini it was only a small step to a realization of
his dream to become a missionary to his own people in Naza
reth. Although he taught the Bible in a missionary school
and preached in nearby villages, he realized that he did not
have all the qualifications to ad
minister Christianity to his people.
Fuad says that so skillfully have
the Communists plied their propa
ganda that America, in the minds
try where the rich grow richer and
more powerful by oppression of the
poor, a land of gangsters, hoodlums,
and mob rule, a land of racial op
pression and moral degeneration.
Fuad feels that Palestine will soon
have to choose between Communism
and Christianity — Christianity, he
stated, is the only hope for his
This dream of studying in Ameri
ca to become a Minister of the Gos
pel in Israel began to materialize
when Fuad was given a scholarship
to Clarke Memorial College, Newton.
Mississippi, by the college president.
A friend of Fuad’s also received a
scholarship to the same college.
When his friend married; Fuad, out
of the kindness of his heart, gave
his scholarship to them so that they
both could attend the college in
When Mr. Morrisett went to Israel
in the summer of 1950, he had the
honor of preaching in an olive grove
to a group of Christians. Little did
Mr. Morrisett realize that the small,
dark, olive-skinned young man in
terpreting his sermon would soon be
a stude^it at his college — Gardner.
Webb. Fuad has received a scholar
ship from the Second Baptist
Church in Lancaster, South Caro-
that he may continue his
studies here.
Many of us have had the oppor
tunity of speaking to Fuad and he^
is quite thrilled over his finding of
new friends. Everywhere along his
route to America he found many,
people who professed an interest
in his friendship. Because of his
winning persoriality, Fuad has be
come a popular figure on our cam
pus.
New Recreation
Center Opened
Something r
Not only is it
IS been added,
it is different,
a new recrea-
„ wonderful lo
cation, right in the center of the
campus. The center has three dif
ferent aspects, serving as a post
office, book-store, and recreation
center. It could be called a student
center if Mr. Hamrick and Coach
Bradburn didn’t keep the Ping.pong
tables occupied in their spare time.
The center is occupying the build
ing formerly used as a library. Up
stairs is the Post Office, snack bar,
and supply room. Chinese checkers
and rther^ games are bemg provided
such as ping-pong.
The new post office has both help
ed and hindered the students. It
gives the students a much better
system of dispatching their mail. It
hasn’t been so helpful as far as some
of the boys are concerned. It was
kinda rough when the girls found
out about some of the fan mail
that came in for the boys.
All in all t:
lost helpful ad
dition. No regulations have been
made as of the present time. Stu
dents are free to go and come as
they wish as long as they don’t
“lOve their residence over there.
The snack bar serves hot coffee
and dough nuts to those who get
•ip too late for breakfast, besides a
mmber of other appetizing refresh-
What does Fuad think of Ameri- ^
can ways and customs? Well, he j
says that we are quite different in ,
many respects. A major item of in- i
terest to him was the familiarity ]
between the boys and girls in Ameri-
the girls dated frequently — and not
always dated the same boy! Among ^
the Arabs dating is not recognized ,
unless the couple is engaged, and
then the boy is true only to the girl, So, come on students, help us
to whom he is engaged, and the i support our new youth center and
girl is faithful to her future hus. make it one of the most successful
band. 1 things on the campus.