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DECEMBER 19, 1956 THE PILOT Page Five PILOT POLL OF OPINION Our QUESTION: What Would You Like To See In The PILOT? “More articles agout the students.” —Modene Radford. “More casual pictures; pictures about typical scenes.”—Jimmy Har din. “More “info” about college capers.” —Rachel Greene. “More crazy jokes about funny people.”—Larry Mosteller. “Intramural sports played up more, especially pictures of outstandingg players.”—^Mrs. Haynes. “More club news.”—Patsy Cook. “Jokes about students; I don’t mean gosip.”—Jeff Simmons. “Something that would cut Roland and “Chris.”—Macie Day. “Some good cartoons.” — Charles Hunsigner. “More editorials like the one be fore.”—Betty Bridges. (The PILOT) . . could be im proved.”—Bobby Meeks. “More material In. the gossip col umn.”—Wilma Houser. “Think that the PILOT could be improved by printing articles which the students want to read,”—Dillard Hiatt. “I think we need a press room.”— Johnny Powell (Editor’s roommate). CREATIVE WRITING THE NEW LOOK IN PLATTER CHATTER CONTEST By B THE PILOT L KINCAID In past years it has been custom ary to gjve an award, at commence ment, for^he best piece of prose and the best poem written by stu dents for that year. This was not done last year, but the PILOT plans to renew the contest this year. Each edition of the PILOT from now until the end of school wiU carry both a story and a poem writ ten by a Gardner-Webb student for that month—if enough students take interest in the plan to make it feas ible. At the end of the year the seven or eight articles will be judged by a special committee of faculty members, and the best one will be recognized in the graduation services and the writer of the best prose work and best poetry will receive awards. prose must contain over 300'words. All entrants for this month’s con test must be handed to Ray Rollins or Bill Kincaid, or left at Mr. John Roberts’ office, before January 16. The best selection of prose and poetry wil be printed in the PILOT in its next edition. What’s is you’re holding s a newspaper—a real And believe it or not, the PILOT—your own school But this month, the PILOT is different. In an effort to top the already high previous achievements of the PILOT, we have come up with larg est volume yet in that in this issue there are eight tabloid pages of news paper. Although this is not the first time that the PILOT has contained 5.this i , the space increase is caused by the fact that the pages are bigger than ever before, causing the college paper to more nearly resemble a commercial PUBLIC DUMP NO. 2 By TWO SQUARE FROM DELAWARE This is the Christmas issue of the Public Dump, and in keeping with the Christmas spirit we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, BUT a word of advice to all con cerned; be careful of Santa Claus, we hear he is loaded with demerits. Congratulations to Jack Waters for being selected over many candi dates for “Trash Mouth” of the month. Bill Garrett’s blue Pord seems to be the fellowship wagon most in demand. What did Lib Scruggs lose in the shop after the Stanley basketball game? We are wondering why Betty Oli ver blushed when she saw Gary Cannon’s knee. . . . Who makes “Country” dream? Reid Armstrong, maybe. We hear that there is a certain girl on the campus whose lipstick fades when she hears a certa,in nick name . . . Isn’t .that right, Glenda. We hear that M, Lou is complain ing because Jackie isn’t spending any money on her. What’s all this about Rollins going to chow at 5:00. Must have been hungry. Lightning, do you still want that $39.00 diamond ring? Who lost their teeth on the ath letic field? Who wants to teach Hearn how to play golf? Who was the cat with the red sideburns and green hair? How did the cat get in Willard’s room? Maxanne—Why did you black your boyfriend’s eye? ATTENTION MisS Gardner-Webb, please don’t go so fast, the life you save may be ours. Who played “StiU” for Mr. McLen don? Who thought that “R. B.” meant Ronald Beane? OHOH Lib. We hear a female teacher has joined the Elvis Presley fan club. Don’t remember the Alamo, re member our motto: ‘Our ears are like steamshovels, always picking up dirt.” Goodbye, friends. HIC JACET DAY The National Association of Poetry selected this for their annual An thology of College Poetry, selected from the best of the college poetry for 1956. The selections were made from thousands of entries from col leges all over the nation. It was written by Charles Loftin, Gardner- Webb sophomore. Dawn comes breaking Like a new borne babe Fresh with the mornnig dew. Noon comes dancing Like, a young maiden With roses in her cheeks. Dusk comes creeping Like a gentle old lady Venerable with age. After dusk comes the night With death riding a pale white horse. Baby of dawn Maiden of noon Venerable lady of dusk You’re dead .... And my heart’s a-breaking. “It has been my goal associate director of public relations,” says faculty advisor Jolm Roberts, “to make the college newspaper more than a circular—to have it resemble a commercial newspaper. With this isLue, the PILOT more nearly does that than any previous newspaper of the college. It is another step toward giving- our advertisers some thing for their money.” The bigger and better PILOT has been made possible through the sup port of local merchants who realize the value of advertising. We appre ciate their co-operation and we ask you to PATRONIZE OUR ADVER TISERS. Not only has the PILOT in creased in size, we have endeavored to make the PILOT a newspaper that the students will look forward to reading by printing articles that the students ask for. A survey has been made among the students to find out Just what the students would like to see in the PILOT. Some of the answers received are found in the current “Poll of Opin ion” column on Page 5 of this is sue. Many of these requests have been complied with already. Much credit is to be given the fol lowing students who have given much effort and sacrificed much time to meet the advertisers and come up with new material: Duane McDougald, Charles Lofton, Branson Wilkerson, John Powell, Arthur Put nam, Ray Rollins, and Bill Kincaid. What do YOU think of the PILOT? By ELVIS Well, here we are again with some of the coolest of the platters. Some new discs are coming out every day. Now is a good time for you Kats with the “hot plates” to pick up a few platters, that is if you have got the “scratch”. A crop of new artists are coming out with a pile of real frantic dishes. There are some dedications to make this spinning. ‘The girl can’t help it” by Jimmy Dean and Peggy McDowell. . . . Skinny Dynimo’s re cording of “So Long” to the Kats who are flunking out, and “Just for a Kick” by the Flamingos to Robert Webb. ... If anyone has a nickel please play “D-1” for Betty Banning. . . . “Bring My Cadillac Back” for Doc. . . . “One Kiss Led to Another” tor Bill and Margie. . . . “My Head is a Spinning” for “Thunderbird.” ... “I Love that Girl So” for John H “I Ain’t Got No Home” to Jack W. . . . “Since I Met You Baby” for Beane and Shelby Jean. . . . enough for the trash let’s see Clyde Me Platter has one out on “White Christmas” which is real panicky. At last there is something for th^ Christmas season that the Kats dig. The “Cadillac’s” have re done “Rudolph the Red Nose Rein deer.” Don’t laugh, when the “Cadillac’s” do it the squares are cut A couple of weeks ago the music business lost one of its greatest men. Tommy Dorsey. Tommy had one of America’s greatest bands. At the time of his death he and his brother, Jimmy Dorsey, had a band together and have made several rec ords in the last year that are really felling. Tommy and Jimmy had their own T. V. Show during the summer that was the sensation of the Network. Tommy Dorsey is gone but to a lover of good music he will never die. MEET MR$ LEFLER MOVIE REVIEW By RONALD WILLIAMS The top five movies I have chosen for this issue of the PILOT have been creating a lot of talk around the campus; I suppose the one they have been talking about most is “War and Peace”, starring Audrey Hep burn. It is followed closely by Elvis Presley’s picture “Love Me Tender.” A 'pictmre for real enjoyment is “Guys and Dolls”, starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, and Frank Sinatra. For a hilarious time in a picture that is about army life, be sure to see “The Girl He Left Behind,” starring Tab Hunter, and Natalie The fifth one I would like to recommend is “You Can’t Run Away From It”, starring June Allyson and Jack Lemmon. If you have seen all of the above be sure to see: “High Society”, with Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly; “The Sharkfight- ers”, with Victor Mature and Karen Steele; “Trapeze”, with Burt Lan caster, Gina Lollabrigida and Tony Curtis; “Crime in the Streets”, star ring Audie Murphy. SEASON'S GREETINGS from SHELBY JEWELRY & LOAN CO. 101 W. Warren Street Your Gibson and Fender Guitar Dealer From The I. P. Bulletin Huntingdon, Pa. —(I.P.—Another step in moderni^,ing the cirriculum at Juanita College has been taken by the faculty on the recommenda- 'tion of its academic policy commit tee. The freshman course once known as Remedial English, later as F\indamentals of English, has been dropped officially this year. For several decades this non-credit course was required for freshmen, who on admission to college, were found to be seriously defective in English. Now the department of English has urged its removal to fit in with the gradual changes in ad missions practices, guidance and in structional plans. It is felt that Juniata’s freshmen can be expected to take a greater share of responsibility in meeting handicaps, and that other means of helping them will be more satisfac tory from many angles. Training in English composition at Juniata College has, since 1938, been provided by means of written reports in all introductory courses in the various departments of study. Each student is assigned to a mem ber of the faculty for regular con ference and guidance. There is no formal course in English composi- n throughout life Rent, and at 67 it’s Rheumati‘-m. A sensible girl is one who is more sensible than she looks, because a sensible girl has more sense than to look sensible. I MEET DEATH By RONALD BEANE Have you ever wondered who stays on campus during the holidays? Ghosts do! I encountered quite a few of them during my recent stay on the campus during Thanksgiving holidays. Having more studying than I could handle at the moment, and since my parents were going to be away, I decided to remain here during the holidays. Everything was fine the first night, Wednesday, but the following night was another experience. After spending some time studying, I de cided to commune with my friend, the T. V. in Decker Hall. The nights and days progressed slowly, mainly because of the death ly silence in the atmosphere around the campus. The days weren’t too bad because I ate my meals (my deepest appreciation to Miss Odom and one member of her staff, Mrs. Jolley) in the cafeteria while the meals were in preparation for the clinic. There were several football games on T. V. along with many interesting programs which also passed the time. Everything went according to sche dule until Saturday night and that is when my thoughts (horrors to be exact) reached their highest peak. I began to wonder about many things, namely Satan. “What if I should •suddenly hear a shower start run ning? What WiU I do? Why I’m brave, (Just my thinking) I’ll go see who the chap is and find out what he is up to. “I pretend I would say, “who are you, and what do you want?” He very coldly ans wered, “my name is Death and I want you.” I decided right then that he didn’t want me and he would play a hard game trying to catch me. I finally brushed this aside and there were more. This was only one of my many participations in such MRS. NITA LEFLER No doubt we’ve all heard members of the female species contemptuous ly referred to as “gold diggers” and “money grabbers.” Although Mrs, Nita Lefler, assist ant business manager of the college, could hardly be regarded by either of these terms in their figurative sense, she is responsible for “grab bing” as much as $16,000 in one day. To most students Mrs. Lefler is familiar as the gracious monetary exchequer who greets them periodic ally with “How much do you want to pay?” The usual “take” .when students’ accounts are due is be tween $3,000 and $5,000 per day. When asked how it feels to handle 'SO much money, Mrs. Lefler took time out to receive another student payment before an'wering. After she had dispensed with the “victim”, she came back to the question. “How does it feel to handle so much money? Real g^od! It’s a pleasure!” Actually, looking after payments of students’ accounts is only one of Mrs. Lefler’s many-fold duties. She is well experienced in the job she performs and she fills a vital spot in the administration. In perform ing the general office duties, she does “a little bit of everything.” G.-W. Debators Take Honors At Boone Glenda Parton, Gardner - Webb College freshman from Spindale, won a place award Dec. 8 in the Appalachian Mountain Forensic tournament in Boone. The debate tournament had its 16th anual meet last week with en trants from eight colleges in the Carolinas and Tennessee, Another honor copped by a Gard ner-Webb representative was won by Carolyn Proffit of Bakersville, She took second place in women’s poetry Gardner-Webb also won team de cisions over representatives of Mars Hill College and Appalachian State Teachers College. They used the na tional debate query; “RESOLVE, THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD CEASE TO GRANT ECO NOMIC AID TO FOREIGN COUN TRIES.” ’The debate teams are composed of Sandra Clark of Charlotte, Lois Gillespie of Atlanta, Ga., Jeanette Bolick of Gastonia, Carolyn Proffitt of Bakersville, and Glenda Parton of Spindale. P. B. Dedmond, head of fthe English department is fac ulty advisor. Here lies my wife Samantha Proctor, She ketched a cold and wouldn’t doctor. She couldn’t stay, she had to go. Praise God from whom all bless ings flow. encounters. All in all, I became very close friends with these jokers and perhaps I’ll meet up with them in the future—let’s hope it won’t be
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