September, 1955
THE
PILOT
Page One
WHAT BRINGS ME HERE?
What is that force behind the fact that I am
now in college?
Is it insatiate mental thirst which lures me to
this reservoir of learning?
Is it the ambition of another who, denied what
is mine to have, has stinted self that through me
those ambitions might be realized ?
WHAT BRINGS ME HERE?
Is it disguised desire for earthly things which
prompts me now to fortify my mind with knowledge
that I might acquire that which “moth and rust”
corrupt ?
Is it a secret lust for power to control the ac
tions of my fellowmen that I might gain through
their subserviency?
WHAT BRINGS ME HERE?
Is there within my soul a motive, pristine pure,
which draws me to these hallowed halls to learn
more that I might serve best?
Is it a sense of mission which burns within and
will not let me be content with limitations which are
mine today?
Is it that Christ, my Saviour, is also Lord of all
I am and hope to be, and he commands that I ex
pand my mind and soul that I might enlarge my
ministry to Humanity?
WHAT BRINGS ME HERE?
Oh, Christ, whatever forces have converged to
bring me to this place, this now is my conviction:
Thou hast a work for me to do and in the words of
one of old “Here stand I” with God within to motivate
my life.
GOD BROUGHT ME HERE
G. Kearnie Keegan
WIVES ARE YOUNG MEN’S MISTRESSES; COMPANIONS
FOR MIDDLE AGE; AND OLD MEN’S NURSES.
—Sir Francis Bacon
RECORD BREAKING NUMBER
ENROLLED IN GARDNER-WEBB
SUMMER SCHOOL
The doors for the summer session opened June 6 with a
total enrollment of 117, which made it the largest summer
school in Gardner-Webb’s history.
Cleveland County had the largest enrollment with 38. Gas
ton had the second highest number of students with 13 en
rolled and Rutherford came in third with 12 representatives.
Of the total, 108 students were Tar Heels. South Carolina
sent eight and Indiana sent one.
The boys outnumbered the girls by better than three to
one. Could it have been that the fairer sex did not want to
study or that the boys of Gardner-Webb were more interested
in hot weather studying? Anyway, the student body was pre
dominantly male.
English seemed to have been the most popular subject
with over 100 students taking the four courses offered. History,
biology and chemistry had approximately 20 students each.
Dean Terrell, himself, was away at summer school and J. Y.
Hamrick, dean of men, directed the summer session. Along
with Mr. Hamrick, eight faculty members taught the 18
courses offered.
Nine students completed all requirements and received
diplomas at the end of the summer session. These were Dean
Upton, Shelby; Lloyd Whitley, Albemarle; Steve Morrisett
Jr., Boiling Springs; Dan Abernathy, Charlotte; Mrs. Janet
Jordan and Mary Philbeck, Boiling Springs; Henry Fogle,
Shelby; Roland Simmons, Mount Airy; and Alfred Stepp,
Gastonia.
CALENDAR
OF
EVENTS
Monday Afternoon
Students arrive on the campus and get settled in dormitory
5:30-6:00 p. m. — First meal served in the college cafeteria.
7:30 p. m. — Social Hour.
Tuesday
7:30-8:00 a. m. — Breakfast.
8:30 a. m. — General convocation for all students and
faculty, E. B. Hamrick auditorium.
Presiding: J. O. Terrell, dean of instruction.
Welcome: Dr. P. L. Elliott, president.
9:30-11:00 a. m. — Students will be divided into groups
according to a pre-arranged schedule. Detailed instructions
will be given for taking placement tests, physical examinations,
library instructions, and instructions concerning registration.
12:30-1:15 p. m. — Lunch.
2:00 p. m. — Continuation of morning program.
5:30-6:00 p. m. — Dinner.
7:30 p. m. — Social Hour.
The programs for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday will follow the general procedure of Tuesday’s sched
ule. Detailed instructions will be given for each day’s ac
tivities at the general convocation for that day.