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EDITORIAL BOARD
Assistant Executive Editor — David Q. Austin
News Editor — Lois Goodman
Associate Editors — Deree Mayberry, Clubs; John Elliott,
Literature; Harold D. Pearson, Sports; Mason
Hudspeth, Religion; Mary F. Philbeck, Person
alities; Betty Staton, Activities.
Editorial Assistants — Lib Moore, Beverly Ward, Ken Dettmar,
Doris Vance, Richard Plyler, Mac Hill, Nancy
Lattimore, Ann Banning, Doris Phillips, Sara
Ballard, and Bobbie Oxford.
Photography and Art Departments — Cecil Rollins, Bill Sitton
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Business Manager — Joy L. Bell
Assistant Business Manager — Gene Weathers
Circulation Manager — Dot Hauser
Distribution — Richard Harrill
"... We Must Change Men . .
A WORD AT PARTING FROM PRES. P. L. ELLIOTT
Because of the lack of vision or courage or both we have
twice lost the peace after our boys had won a military victory.
Seme careful analysts think that America could not have sur
vived another jazz age such as we had during the twenties. A
book will soon be published which says that President Roosevelt
feared a revolution in America if we did not go into an orgy
of spending in order to bring relief to the people. Today we
have the creeping paralysis of socialism bordering on com
munism gradually permeating every phase of our life, partially
at least as a result of our reckless spending and handouts but
mostly because of our blindness. Mr. Dulles seems to have
failed at Geneva. Uninimity among the Western Allies is
disintegrating. Many of the most intelligent of our young
people are going into a kind of fanatical devotion to the ideal
of communism. The communist ideal is based on two assump
tions; One is that our present civilization is sick unto death
and that nothing can save it. The other is that the only solu
tion is to hasten its death and supplant it with communism.
This is a partial and dark picture of the confused world into
which you are going. The solution mentioned above means
slavery for many years to come until the chainless mind
develops enough force to break its bonds. The alternative is
to make Christianity and democracy work in America. In order
to do that we shall have to realize that we must change men
and that we can’t change them with a club. Second, we shall
have to have trained minds, for our battles are in the minds
and spirits of men. So our training will have to have more than
technical knew how. The planning and marshalling of affairs
has to be done by the learned. You should give serious thought
as to your responsibility in training your mind adequately and
not too narrowly. You have far more than a living to. make.
On the other hand training of the mind without an equal de
velopment of integrity makes defeat the more certain. The
lack of good judgment, courage, and the power to suffer are the
elements that will spell defeat to all we love.
Advisory Board
Dr. Robert Elliott Mr. Francis Dedmon Mr. Julian Hamrick
The '54-'55 Pilot
As Editor and News Editor of the 1954-55 Pilot, we realize the
responsibility entrusted to us by you—our fellow students. Our
sincere desire is to offer you a publication that will equal—and
if possible, surpass—preceding editions of the magazine. Since
The Pilot is yours, you share this position with us, and we in-
v.te and expect co-operation and constructive criticism. Free
dom of the press being one of our greatest endowments, we
expect to make this publication a vital reflection of Gardner-
Webb College.
Serving along with us as leaders of you, our staff, will be:
Assistant Executive Editor, Betty Joan Staton, Assistant News
Editor, Deree Mayberry, Page Editors, Sara Ballard, Richard
Plyler, Mac Hill and Nancy Lattimore. With the able coopera
tion of these capable students, we anticipate a commendable
magazine next year.
We sincerely appreciate the honor of serving you in this
capacity. Our aim is to report prompt and accurate records of
the activities on the campus. We plan to present systematic
and uniform departments from selected material submitted by
you. Since current news is the only news, we shall avoid ef
fusive accounts that hold no interest for the reader. The Pilot’s
chief reason for existence is to provide a service to the school;
thus, our desire is to share this opportunity for service with
you.
to R.) News Editor, Bobbie Oxford, and Editor and
ef, Mary Philbeck, of next Year’s “PILOT.”
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