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T HE PILOT
FEBRUARY, 1952
GAUDNER-WEBB PILOT
Member Intercollegiate Press
STAFF
EDITORIAL
Editor-in-Chief Gene Washburn
Associate Editor Martha Coffey
News Editor Grace Nielsen
Sports Editor Bob Myers
Feature Editor Glenn Pettyjohn
Reporters Carolyn Harless, Christine Hyde, Zeb Wright,
Joyce Hoover, Jim Trantham, Dorothy
Bell, Valeria Shearon, Martha Stone, Darrell Wilson
BUSINESS
Peggy Jones
Manager Alton Dover
^er Martin Nichols
Typists Mary Suddreth, Rachel
Scroggs, Jonelle Teague
A New Semester
For Better? or Worse?
Here at the outset of a new semester, we stand on the
realm of a complete life time. For tomorrow, in the heat of
the day or in the chill of the night, there is to be a personal
reckoning of past achievements. When the world, kind as it
is, faces us without a position, without worth, and without
preparedness, we will compulsively join the “I could have”
society.
I could have been a top man in education, industry, sell
ing, or what have you. I could have become a great man, or I
might even be president someday, instead of merely an indi
vidual among the mass of mediocrities, because I possess
great potentialities. All that I need is the development of
them.
As I reminisce, let me reconsider that old idea I carried
through college. Those were the great days. You might say
it was somewhat the same thought endorsed by the carefree
Epicurians so many centuries ago. “Live for today; the fu
ture is now. Be merry and forget all the worries of life. Eat,
drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.”
I suppose people have more fun in college than any where.
But what about today. The fun I had then isn’t making me
great today. Worth surely is not the product of mirth, and
success doesn’t result from the passing of a day, but it is
the result of diligent work concentrated on a definite ulti
matum.
Now ’tis more easily discerned that man’s purpose is not
to play, but to create, not to thrive on the works of others,
but to further them to their extent, by first developing him
self to his greatest capacity.
Today, we fortunate learners live in the memory and the
history of tomorrow. Not many of us will be recorded in that
history, but unless we prepare, we are very apt to deem it an
ignoble record of what might have been. Maybe it is trite to
repeat that we are the leaders of tomorrow, but how true, and
also how tragic it could be. Ah! How much greater it would
be when the job is done to say, “I’ve done my best in the
path I’ve come.”
Let me not carelessly and irresponsibly wander the course,
but, with a purpose, be a creator instead of a degenerator.
It is not important that I be great, nor leave my name for
history, but let me strive to be the best in the field of my
endeavor, and make a contribution to posterity.
Today, tomorrow, and the day after, let me not use an
other’s work to carry me through. Why should I support the
energy of another when my own are thirsting for expres
sion? Why not use it for my own development? ’Tis a fact
that he will not be my crutch to lean on when the trial of
achievement is contested. And even if my work is just a
shade below his, if I do it my self, it’s a good criterion for
developing to the plane of his calibre, or maybe even higher.
Now, there’s a thought! I may even surpass him. But I must
work, and I must be diligent about my task. Then the glories
of success will be within my apprehension.
This semester is in your hands Jack, and yours Bill, and
yours Johnny, and yours, and yours, and yours. Think now,
doesn’t this mean me too? Then, today, this is my resolu
tion: “not to wander carelessly and irresponsibly the course,
but, with a purpose, be a creator, instead of a degenerator.”
(G. P.)
Looking Ahead
All the students at Gardner-Webb know what it means
now to register for a new semester. First semester is in the
past, and we have the beginning of a new semester before us.
Let’s start this term off right by studying just a little bit
more and having a greater determination to do our best.
First semester was just the beginning for the freshmen,
but now we are all adjusted to college life. We will get out
of college just what we put into it. Why should we waste all'
our time and money if we don’t try to accomplish something?
After much worry, and biting of finger nails, semester
exams were struggled through, but with the kind and gener
ous efforts of our teachers most of us managed to survive.,
We usually realize too late that we should have studied more.
I think we all know by this time that we can’t possibly
“cram” everything that we should know the night before
exams.
The foundation of our college education is being laid at
Gardner-Webb, and what we are going to do depends on what
we are doing now. As we build our education, we might re
member the Pope’s advice to young people:
“A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”
_ _ (M.C.)
How To Fail A Course In College
(Taken from Psychology by Prothro and Teska)
1. Enter the course as late as possible. By changing your
mind about your curriculum after school starts, you should
be able to avoid classes until the second or third week.
2. Do not bother with a textbook.
3. Put your social life ahead of everything else. If neces
sary, cultivate a few friendships in class.
4. Observe how seedy most pro
fessors look and treat them accord
ingly.
5. Make yourself comfortable when
you study. If possible, draw up an
easy chair by a window,
6, Have a few friends handy dur
ing study period, so that you can
chat when the work becomes dull.
7, If you must study, try to lump
it all together and get it over with,
rhe last week of school is the best
time,
8, Keep your study table interest,
ing. Place photographs, magazines,
goldfish bowls, and games all around
you while studying.
9. Use mnemonic devices on every
thing you learn. Since they are easy
to forget, this approach prevents
your mind from getting cluttered
up with stale facts.
10 Never interrupt your reading
by checking on what you have learn
ed. Recitation shows up your de
ficiencies.
11. Avoid bothering with note
books. If you plan to use one any
how, so that you can draw pictures
of airplanes during the lecture, try
to follow the simplest arrangement:
keep all notes for a given day on the
same sheet of paper.
12. Remind yourself frequently
how dull the course is. Never lose
sight of the fact that you really,
wanted to sign up for something
else.
13. Review only the night before
examination, and confine your ef
forts to trying to guess what the
teacher will ask.
15. Stay up all night before
portant exams. You can spend the
first half of the evening discussing
your determination to “cram,”
the latter half drinking coffee.
16. Write your examination paper
rapidly. Glance at the question and
then put down your. first impres.
17. When out on the campus, for
get the facts learned in class. Do not
let academic work get mixed up with
your daily life.
18. When in the laboratory, work
hurriedly. Do not waste time wor
rying about what is going on,
19. Ignore dictionaries. You could
never learn all the words contained
in one anyhow,
20. Remember that success in life
is your aim and never let extraneous
matters, such as grades, interfere
with this objective.
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bic, and Hewbrew, His teachers and
many friends state he is becoming
accustomed to our American ways
graciously.
“I am indebted to the Americans,”
said Puad, “for the students’ and
the faculty’s help to a stranger. I
am grateful for your love and kind
ness and for making me feel at
home in America.” Puad is a won
derful Christian and a fine person
to know and we heartily welcome
him to our campus and to our