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Page Two T H K F I L O T February-March, 1958 GARDNER-WEBB PILOT Published monthly by The Students of Gardner-Webb College, Boiling Springs, N. C. VOL. XII February-March, 1957 No. 4 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-In-Chief Fredda Stanley George Warner Bill Brackett News Editor Business Manager Faculty Advisor „ . Photographer Associate Editor — Woman’s Editor —. Miss Doris Jones Marshall Mauney ... Duane McDougland . Kenneth Beane I Sandra Champion Rachel Elliott ^ Louise Allen 1 Ken Wilson BUSINESS STAFF Exhange Editor .. Circulation Manager . Dianne Privette Carolyn Cuthbertson I Lib Stnathers Maxine Davis ' Jolene Moore FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Surprise! For weeks various individuals have been com plaining about the lack of editorials in the Pilot. I trust these individuals will be pleased with this month’s issue. It seems like more complaining is going on than I realized. Really, I would appreciate it, if people would complain to me about the faults of the Pilot, instead of going to other people. improve, get to it now with all your However it’s always' etrange that people are always willing being. The semeter is young, but it to complain but never willing to help. The Pilot is a student isn’t too early! -Two months hence publication, managed entirely by students, who use their free time to work on it without pay. We write our own articles, earn the money to support the Pilot, edit the paper and take The Advantages Of GET TO IT NOW By John S. Farrar with the opening of the last semester of this school year, many of you have decided that your lot is going to be a vast improvement over the previous semester. And who is there among us'who doesn’t wish to improve his record? How ever, the making of a better record involves more than wishing to do so. Such an aspiration includes tak ing hold of the handles of right direction and hard work. The reason so many of us head off in the wrong direction is because of the poor management of our lives or the re fusal to labor on the things of vital importance. The happiest people among us are those who know where they want to go and are investing their aU to get there. The making of a better record in volves the willingness to “stick with it” when the road gets rocky and rough. After all, few are those who travel the easy road. The real con- , tributors to great causes are those who have ridden out ‘the storm of rough travel. Your record will be no better than your ability to "wea ther” the stormy days. Improving your record has a con necting link with yonr faith. No student, of himself, is the master of every situation. There is an intan gible quality which is more real and enduring than tangible objects. We call it “faith”—that daring to be in the care bf the Invisible God, that willingness to be undergirded by the Everlasting Arms, that commit ment to a Master who charts the course of a destiny which we could never create. It is faith that frees us from the plague of mediocrity and guides us to do better than even Truly, a record is not an end with in itself. But it does have a way of reflecting the “inward being” which Therefore, if you choose to THE QUEST Rachel Elliott I sat there in my room Amid the cluttered pile of books, Trappde by scattered garments of my own. Which for all the world resembled old folk. Tired, and resting where they lay. jviy shoes were standing here and As it they had danced in wild gaity Until they had lost their mates. And now were resting—sad, alone. With scuffled heels and gaping mouths. I was supposed to be studying. And as evidence jl held a scribbled page. Well - worn pencil, and battered book. And though I stared at them, I saw them not; For my mind had heard a whisper —“Spring.” The voice seemed so sure I had to So I rose and went down the stairs— Passing the kitchen with its reas suring sounds. And the study with its soft and secret air. Until at last I reached the yard. I looked about me and could have cried; For the sky was gray and leaden. And the ground was cracked with frost; The graceful trees stood lifeless as before. But still my foolish heart whi^ered I looked again, but saw nothing more Except a group of children playing games. Their voices were raised in laughter, Which floated on the frosty clouds they braethed. And still I heard it—"Spring.” A Junior College Bill Brackett Gardner-Webb Junior College is more than a given area of land with buildings scattered generously s a farm. Each year He drew me to stand and cheer them on As they performed the rituals of the And through the noise came the whisper—"Spring.” The little o tugged at my sleeve And said some words, and laughed; And in that moment I found Spring. I toad looked at trees, and earth, and the entire responsibility of having it printed and returned to you. And then some people, teachers and students alike, have the audacity to complain about every trivial matter. Really now, let’s look for some good things once in awhile. It would encourage the Pilot staff immensely. You readers may also notice the lack of so much gossip in this issue. It seems as though there’s sufficient gossip on this campus without anyone adding additional gossip. It’s crops are sown or planted, these utterly digusting the way everyone takes care of the other crops vary in form. There are many fellow’s business, when the gossip would be better off at home different fields: religious edu^- taking care of his own neglected business A person can even Speak to another person seriously and within an hour the news students through professors, books, — is spread all over the campus that the two people are angry ^nd other stimuU. The success of the These are hard foundation years, with each other. A wise man said something once to this ef- crop depends largely on the student They are also some of the happiest feet “The person who gossips most about other people usually in which it is embedded, if the stu- has most to hide.” If you gossip, see if you don’t usually do -"t is something worse than your victim; and remember, not a word and a favorable attitude, he will you say can be recalled. probably gain a harvest of rich knowledge and a higher income The Pilot staf ’is indeed sad over the loss of three ex- bracket than the student that did cellent members who graduated at the end of first semester, not take full advantage of the won- Walter Pope, very talented in feature writing and one of our derfui opportunity given him. associate editors, is transferring to another college in order to finish his education. Dillard Morrow, who did an excellent material given m text- job as our sports writer and sports editor, has accepted a job books. She offers the advice of with a newspaper. Gifted as a “human interest” writer and years of study and experience, she as business manager was Ronald “Pork” Williams, who has gives the student a weu rounded accepted a job in Winston-Salem. We really hated to see these Many of the faculty-student rela tionships are possible only at a ju nior college. Learning to fit into the surrounding society is a part of the training for the future as much as the different fields of study. Thanks to the faculty for their Christian guidance during the foim- dation years of our lives. THE PRESIDENT'S WORD By P. L. EUiott Twenty-eight states and the ter ritory of Alaska now have general legislation approving Community Junior Colleges. This Includes North Carolina which already has three Community Colleges in operation. Any community that can furnish 300 college students is eligible to pro vide such an institution. According to the original plan the community would be required to furnish the plant plus $175.00 per student en rolled for operation. The state would match this amount; and th estudent would be charged $50.00, making a total of $400.00 per student for op eration. It is thought by some that this development will drive the private junior college into the four-year class. That is indeed a possibility. A number of changes are obvious. Instead of caring for hundreds we must prepare for thousands. A small college like Gardner-Webb is a luxury in education which will be kept with difficulty if at all. Larger ' classes, more teaching hours, various media of teaching seem to be in evitable. On the other hand a great deal of experimentation is going on relative to four-year colleges comprising the upper two years of undergraduate work plus one or two years of grad uate study. Other plans are being tried, no tably one university which will al low a junior college graduate to be gin a program of graduate study, by-passing the B. A. and M. A. de grees and going directly to the doc- Our greatest danger may be that in the mad scramble we might for get what we are about. Too late we could learn that engineers, doctors, and business men are more than technicians; that whether Johnnie can read or not is not detremined altogether by technique. One of the signs we sometimes see in offices is —T H I N K ! That may come to , have meaning. One may naturally wonder if the junior college will last. There is no question that the most significant development in American education in the last twenty-five years has been the junior college. Many of the great universities are creating their own junior colleges to relieve ■them of the sifting process necessary in the first two years. The junior college is now a respected institu tion. It is accredited; its credits are easily transferable. As a matter of fact, many find it easier to enter the junior class of a university as graduates of junior colleges than to enter the Freshman class from high On the basis of an intelligent ap praisal of the experiences of the past, together with a realistic un derstanding of the intellectual and spiritual problems of our expanding present we must find a way to a greater tomorrow. Christian life. One may observe at the beginning of the fall-semester many students from various parts of the United States as they go about their lonely ways on campus. This does not last boys leave, as did the rest of you, but we wish them the best of luck in their new experiences of life. ' All the student body is still exclaiming over the resigna- tion of the Rev .Mr. Farrar. Even though we still aren’t used very long for those freshmen who to the idea of not having him around and are greatly saddened, ^ave^the wiii-power we send him and his family the best of our love. His new ad- dress is 318 South West Street, Culpepper, Va. I’m sure, as all of us are close to him, we’ll want to write. He may be gone, but he won’t be forgotten!! If someone would like to contribute an article to the Pilot, see me or write a letter to the paper. We want you to feel as goQj times also. ’True friends are though the paper belongs to you. Let’s all strive to have a made that win give a iife-iong better Pilot in all aspects. friendship. learn to find that by the end of the fall semester they are mem bers of a large family. The spring semester starts and this famUy, like any other large family, has its problems and hard times. There are many happy and STAR PRESS, INC- Shelby, N. C. PRINTERS and LITHOGRAPHERS
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