MAY, 1956
THE PILOT
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LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
by Dick Bibler
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I Was "A" Framed MAY POLE DRESSES DO-
By ROBT. D. BENSON NATED BY BUR. MILL
By JERRY KEETER
CUTEST COUPLE
By ANN ELLIS
David and “Pixie”, as all will agree, make a mighty cute
couple. They seem to have all of the characteristics that make
up the ideal college couple.
David is in the marshall club, a member of the interna
tional relations club, the Pilot staff, and Sigma Pi Alpha.
“Pixie” likewise is in many activities such as cheerleading.
Anchor Staff worker, art club, and the monogram club. Be
sides these activities there are many other things they enjoy
as drinking Pepsis with lemons, just “gabbing” and taking
long walks around the campus.
Both David and “Pixie” plan to continue their education
at Carson-Newman. David is majoring in biology and “Pixie”
in home economics.
Full names: David Littlejohn and Jean Trantham.
The “A” Frame is so called by
GI’s stationed In Korea because It
is composed of two three-foot long
poles joined at the top and fastened
together by a short pole to assume
the shape of the latter “A”. It has
two short poles protruding from the
back and Is fastened to the body of
the bearer with rice straw ropes
that pass over each shoulder.
The “A” Frame, or Korean pack-
board, is the Korean farmer’s truck
and trailer. On this device he may
carry a load of straw, a pig or his
lame mother-in-law. It furnished a
satisfactory means of transportation
for his possessions over terrain that
would try the most sturdy vehicle
General Motors could produce.
The “A” Frame is such a common
sight in Korea that it becomes to
the American serviceman a symbol
of what he has heard called “The
Mystic Orient.” Naturally, to send
to the “Folks Back Home” a photo
graph of himself carrying an “A”
F^ame becomes an undeniable need
in his life.
My time came one photogenic
Sunday morning while a friend and
I were perusing the local rice pad
dles in search of subject matter for
our cameras. I spied an apparently
desrted frame, bearing a generous
load of rice straw, propped upright
on the dike of a nearby paddy. I
felt that the proverbial “Lady” was
truly with me.
With a “This-is-it” smile I tossed
my camera and rifle to my compan
ion and jauntily skipped over to the
contraption, squatted in the accept
ed fashion, secured the shoulder
straps, placed my hands on my
knees, grunted and strained upward
as I had seen many Koreans do. I
fell on my face.
After a great deal of hilarity on
the part of my friend and a goodly
amount of exercise, verbal as well
as physical, by me, my burden and
r resumed our original positions.
Since I had no Intention of being
defeated by a simple contrivance
of a Korean farmer, I tried again. I
secured the straps, placed hands on
knees, grunted, and strained up
ward. I did not fall on my face
again. No, I fell backward and
sprawled most ungracefully on top
of that weird concoction of a twist
ed mind.
The fact that I had reversed po
sitions seemed to stimulate my
friend’s warped sense of humor. In
fact, he expressed his mirth in such
volume that he attracted the atten
tion of the owner of my V^^aterloo
who was working in a nearby pad
dy.
I looked up from my ungainly po
sition to behold a fourteenish look
ing boy ,who did not weigh over one
hundred pounds, mud, rags and rice
straw Homburg included, splashing
toward us. While I grinned my way
free of straw and “A” Frame our
indigenous friend made a few re
marks in his native ton^e which
did not sound like compliments.
By the time I was again on my
feet the small owner of our camera
prop had finished riciting his ample
vocabulary. He muttered over to
his frame, squatted, secured the
shoulder straps, planted hands on
knees, grunted, strained upward
and dowly shuffled away almost
hidden by his burden.
I helped my limp friend from
the ground where he had chosen
to express his glee. I shall never
forget the great respect I acquired
for the Korean farmer that day as
the enormous load of straw tottered
away on its two stubby, bowed legs.
To be completely truthful I can not
forget that day until I stop receiv
ing mail addressed to Sergeant “A”
Frame.
Compliments
COMPLIMENTS
of
OF
COHEN'S
STAR PRESS, INC.
IN
PRINTERS and LITHOGRAPHERS
SHELBY, N. C.
SHELBY, N. C.
These girls have a reason to be smiling for they are wearing
their beautiful May-Pole dresses donated by Bur. Mill. Pictur
ed in the front row are Ellis Ann Phillis, Charlotte Carroll, and
Vonne Gwaltney. Back row—Carolyn Smithdeal, Freida Aus
tin and Betty Banning.
The 40 yards of cloth which went
into the making of the May Pole
dresses was donated to Gardner-
Webb College by the Cramerton Di
vision of Burlington Mills in Cram
erton.
The pastel plaid dresses with a
pinafore of the contrasting lighter
color gave the exact impression of
dainty little girls dancing merrily
around the May Pole.
We would like to express our ap
preciation to the following Burling
ton Mill men who helped us to
obtain the material for the dresses:
Hubert Price, Francis Scott Key
and Walter J. Keeter.
Carolyn Crocker
Heads Future
Teachers Assoc.
A Gaffney, South Carolina girl,
Carolyn Crocker, is the new presi
dent of the Gaardner-Webb College
chapter of the Future Teachers As
sociation.
The Future Teachers group had
Its final meeting of the school year
Monday night at the^ college. Mrs.
Ovida Moss, elementary schools
supervisor for Cleveland Coimty,
was guest speaker.
Newly elected officers in addition
to Miss Crocker are Gretal Bigger-
staff of Avondale and Frances Mid
dleton of Kannapolis.
Retiring officers are Peggy Red
ding of Lewisville, president; Ben
Poston of Shelby, vice-president;
and Betty Barker of Gastonia, sec
retary. Professor F. B. Dedmond is
faculty advisor.
The Gardner-Webb club is the
only junior college FTA chapter in
North Carolina.
David Pressley
Fund Has $424.50
On Deposit
The David Pressley Memorial
Fund now has $424.50 on deposit,
with approximately $20 additional
collected for deposit and $75 pledg
ed. The fund total, therefore, is
now over $500, with a goal in mind
of $1,000.
The student body has adopted a
goal of $2 per student for the
fund. Those who have not yet con
tributed and those who wish to
add to their contributions may see
any of the committee members. Gifts
may be mailed in during the sum
mer to the David Pressley Memorial
Fund at the college.
The committe for establishing the
fund are Harold Long, Mark Stone,
Jimmy Sides, Lee Jefferies, Ed
Scruggs, Wilma Moxley, and Eddie
Hudson, with John Roerbts as fac
ulty advisor. .
Regulations governing the use of
the fund are being worked out by
Mr. Roberts, Eddie Hudson, and
Harold Long, with consultation and
advice from Dr. P. L. EUiott, coUege
preside»t.
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