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Volume XIII, Number 3
GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE, BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
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A THOUGHT FOR
CHRISTMAS
by Pres. P. L. Fllintt
The Christmas holidays will soon
be here and ycu will be scattered
for whatever awaits you at home or
elsewhere. Our bodies and minds can
do no ill apart from our wills; and
no harm can come to us except to
our bodies apart from our wills. The
days of our vacation, like all days,
“Bring difdems and fagots in their
hands” according to our wills.
In this season all the hopes and
dreams for a decent world find their
origin. In one of the darkest hours
of our world a baby was born in
whose heart and head lay the po
tential solutions of all our problems.
I suppose that will always be true.
Our problems, however, still per
sist and increase. For example,
there are only three counties in our
state that haven’t had a fatal traf
fic accident this year. One of the
sad facts of the glorious season ap
proaching is that we shall add sev
eral to the total of those whose lives
are snuffed out on the highways.
And this is not the worst. There is
always that which is worse than a
clean death.
Often our sense of values is warp
ed; and things we regard most high
ly soon lose their luster. Things that
are valuable are costly. In some of
the old myths some of the most
beautiful flowers—Amaranth, Nar
cissus, Hyacinth—sprang out of the
blood of a person, not just any per
son, but a choice one. Gardens are
always costly. Sometimes also are
gutters. We have both, gutters and
gardens; and we may walk in which-
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE STAFF
CHHISTMAS SPIRIT
by Bev. Liimens
Long centui'ies ago on a hillside in
Palestine an angel made the most
astounding announcement of all
time to the shepherds gathered
there: “. . . behold, I bring you
good tidings of great joy, which
shall be to all people. For unto you
is born this day in the city of Da
vid, a Saviour, which is Christ the
Lord.” Matthew said the birth of
the baby Jesiis was the fulfillment
of the prophecy of Isaiah: “Behold,
a virgin shall be with child, and
shall bring forth a son, and they
shaU call his name Emmanuel,
which being interpreted is, GOD
WITH US.” This is the heart of the
Christmas story, the Incarnation.
This is the Grand Miracle which
Paul spoke of when he said that God
was in Christ. This is the miracle
the angel had in mind when he
spoke to Joseph concerning Mary
and said: “And she shall bring forth
a son, and thou shalt call his name
JESUS: for He shall save His peo
ple from their sins.”
This is the good news of Christ
mas, that God broke into human
history in the being cf Jesus Christ
to bring redemption to sinful men.
In the long years since that most
wonderful event we have blurred
the meaning of Christmas. For large
numbers of people this has become
a lost meaning of Christmas. This
is dramatically illustrated for us in
an experience Life Magazine had
several years ago in preparing its
Christmas issue. Life sent a photo
grapher to the School of San Roco
in Italy to get some pictures of the
famed Tintoretto murals of the na
tivity. The photographer tried ev
ery conceivable kind of light trying
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Dorms Decorate
by Ann Holden and
Dorsey Hoggard
Christmas spirit is in the brisk
winter air, and everyone is counting
the days until they will be free for
two glorious weeks of eating, sleep
ing, and general fun.
HAPY got the Christmas spirit
early when they tried to portray the
Manger Scene too soon, but Mr.
Godwin insisted they return the
HAPY plans to form a new club
the title of which will be “The
Christian Christmas Carolers.”
HAPY will also play classical Christ
mas music such as, “All I Want for
Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth,”
by Phillip Stone .
Decker has gone all out for Christ
mas with one light burning in Steve
Floyd’s room; he is staying over to
see his girl. Decker has been handi-
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BITS AND BRIEFS
Thanksgiving evening the faculty and students of Gard-
ner-Webb were guests of the College Government Association
at the annual Thanksgiving Banquet, held in the cafeteria
at 6:30 p.m. The traditional Thanksgiving dinner of turkey,
dressing, cranberry salad, and pumpkin pie was quite well
received. The Choral Ensemble under the direction of Mr.
James Chamblee entertained the assemblage by their beauti
ful rendition of various songs. Pres. Phil Elliott closed the
festivities on a serious note with an inspiring message. Every
one quite enjoyed the Thanksgiving Banquet—especially the
girls as they were allowed to stay out until 11 o’clock!
Chapel programs this year have
been quite varied and entertaining.
One of the most enjoyable programs
lately has been the one presented by
the Glee Club. Rendering selec
tions as contrasting as “Stoutheart
ed Men” and “Sylvia” the Glee
Club, under the direction of Mrs.
Nettie Gidney, entertained an en
thusiastic chapel audience. Gardner-
Webb can be quite proud of its fine
Glee Club. Mr. James Chamblee
BANQUET
HERALDS
HOLIDAYS
by Monty Mills
The festivities and the gaiety of
the Christmas holidays wUl get
well under way tonight, December
12, at Gardner-Webb College. Facul
ty and students of Gardner-Webb
will begin to feel some of the Christ
mas excitement at the annual
Christmas Banquet to be held to
night at 6:30 in the school cafe-
After eating a festive Christmas
meal that would delight even old
Santa Claus, the faculty and stu
dents will be royally entertained. A
very appropriate program of Christ
mas music is on the agenda. The
Christmas music will be presented
under the direction of Mr. James
Chamblee. The various seasonal
songs will emphasize the holiday
gaiety already prevalent on the
With the singing of a Christmas
carol by the faculty and students,
the annual Christmas Banquet will
be brought to a close. The Christ
mas spirit which has been present
these past weeks wUl be heightened
by the fine evening.
A vote of thanks goes to Miss Gall
Baucom and the Baptist Student
Union for the planning and the pre
sentation of the Christmas Ban
quet. Also, to Miss Janie Odom and
her cafeteria staff, heartfelt thanks.
and Miss Abbie M
chapel audience a rare privilege
when they appeared together re
cently. Mr. Chamblee displayed his
expert talent in two dissimiliar sel
ections, and illustrated his unusual
aplomb as he—so carried away in
Forensic Squad
Victorious
The Appalachian State Teacher’s
College branch of the Pi Kappa Del-
host to eight schools from Tennes
see, North Carolina, and South Caro
lina for the 18th annual Appala
chian Mountain
"Under Milk Wood" Is Presented
A full house of good-natured stu
dents and faculty laughed their way
through one and one half hours of
“Under Milk Wood” Thursday and
Friday nights of Nov. 20 and 21. If,
at times, the jokes were not funny,
the mistakes were hilarious.
There were no outstandingly good
performances in the play; however,
credible jobs were done by Richard
Ammons, Sonja Hedrick, Mickey
Morrow and Irene Schmidt. Per
formances by Marvin Walters, Elisa
beth Pearson, Nan Wilson, Bernice
Goodson, Margaret England, and
Sylvia Whitmire were neither good
nor bad.
mistake, but the lapse in me
Beverly Turner and Suzanne Reid,
and the inarticulateness of Dave
Nanney were extremely outstanding.
Much credit is due Director Rob
ert Flynn and his assistant Sara
Moore who took so little and did so
much.
A party was given for the cast af-
tre the last performance Friday
night at the home of the director,
Mr. Flynn, who was the host. The
party was highlighted when Mickey
Morrow, acting president of the Del
ta Psi Omega Dramatics Fraternity,
extended an invitation to all mem
bers of the cast to join the frater-
One of our sophomore students,
Glenn Starnes, has been having a
little trouble lately. It seems that
a few boys are a little bit mixed-up
) Sylvia and Brenda Starnes
Thursday, Friday, and Satur
day, December 4, 5 and 6. The en
tire Gardner-Webb Forensic Squad
under the direction of Prof. F. B.
Dedmond made the trip.
Members of the negative teams
are Janice Anderson and Janelle
Queen; Ray Suttles and Jimmy
Wise. Affirmative team members are
Joan Parker and Paula Winstead;
Bill Greene and Jim Wix, with al-
;nda Starnes is married to ternates Dennis Porch a
i Harold
"Mystery Shrouds Owner of
Old Bullet - Riddled Shirt" Wins
Journalism Award For Phyllis Freeman
tic, N. C., received a clock radio as
her award for her prize winning
the late Mr. W. J. Freeman. Phyllis
has yet to decide between the field
of teaching or business. However,
“Mystery Shrouds she still likes writing as a hobby.
Research played a big role in
gathering material for her feature.
Also, Phyllis joined interviewing
with her research to come up with
the background of the bullet-riddled
shirt. Phyllis feels that this assign
ment proved to be very interesting
feature
Owner of Old Bullet-Riddled
This story, a feature based upon a
bullet riddled shirt connected with
the northern troops returning home
at the clc'se of the Civil War, was
ment of a 500 word feature story ft
Mr. Roberts’ journalism class.
Miss Freeman, a sophomore, is tl:
daughter of Mrs. W. J. Freeman an
TRACING A COLLEGE
Piohlems Ot WritinQ A College History
By F. B. Dedmond
Editor’s Note; Following are excerpts from an address made by
Prof. F. B. Dedmond on August 29 before the North Carolina Literary
and Historical Association meeting at Blue Ridge Assembly in Black
Moimtain. Prof. Dedmond is author of Lengthened Shadows: A His
tory of Gardner-Webb College, which was published in 1957 as part
of the college’s Golden Anniversary celebration.
Arnold Toynbee has said that “the only good reason for
writing a book is because (sic) one’s wish to write it is a
master passion.” The wish has to be masterful because the
work is tormenting, as every writer knows. On the basis of
Toynbee’s generalizations I should never have written the his
tory of Gardner-Webb College. In the first place my writing
it did not grow out of a master passion. It was virtually an
assigned task. The English Department of the college was
asked by the Steering Committee of the Gardner-Webb Golden
Anniversary Celebration to prepare a history of the college
from its inception as a denominational high school to its
Golden Anniversary year as one as- —■
went into Lengthened Shadows. I set
the end of the academic year 1955-56
as the dead line for having all of
the material gathered. The chore
which the gathering of materials
pect of the college’s semi-centennial
celebration. I readily accepted “for
the department.” Even then, accord
ing to Toynbee, it is a wonder that
the book was written.
Materials for local history are
where you find them—at least, that
was my experience in running down
and gathering
aration of the notes can
liderably lightened by
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