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®ijp ptlDt Volume XIII, Number 4 GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE, BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA Second Semester Underway Senior Superlatives Chosen The Sophomore Class of Gardner- Webb College recently elected twelve of the Sophomore students for the honors of Superlatives. These twelve will be pictured in the 1959 yearbook, the Anchor, which will come out In the spring. Most Athletic — Don Sparrow, Phyllis Wilson. Most Intellectual—Hoyle Blalock, Janice Anderson. Most Popular—“Moose” Womack, Anne Garrett. Most Likely to Succeed — Dean Bridges, Sandi-a Gibson. Best All-around — Fred Snipes, Doris Walters. Best Looking—Pat Guyer, Joan Mic's By Mickey Morrow “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32. Through God’s revealed Word, Jesus Christ is made known to nearly all people. For a Christian to live like Jesus, he must look at His life and follow His example. Daily Bible study is part of the commu nication with God. We pray and God speaks back to iis through His Word. Registration Made By Beverly Turner Registration Day for sec end semester was a new ad dition to the Gardner-Webb procedures this year. Hereto fore, each student registered during exam week with his counselor. Registration was accompHshed in much the same way as it was for the first semester, including the same mistakes and errors. Several of the students failed to pick up their sche dule cards and had to be called back. Some students forgot to put the courses in alphabeti cal order, and some neglected to put the sections by the courses, creating headaches for the registrar. But, over all, the new plan seemed to be very effective and efficient. There has been no change the faculty this semester. Howe Director John Kob- TO HELP YOU Editor’s Note: Through a mis take, part of the following: was cut In the last issue of the Pilot. There fore we are again using the article for the benefit of our ministers- to-be. By Joseph Godwin It is the purpose of this feature each month to emphasize some phase of guidance as It relates to the personal or vocational needs of our students. A little was said last time about the teaching profession because more people here in school plan to be teachers than anything else. The second greatest number of students, who have expressed a def inite professional leaning, plan to be ministers. This column is written primarily for them. The spiritual qualities of a minis ter have been better said by Paul to Timothy than this writer can say them. It is assumed here, therefore, that the minister or ministerial stu dent wlU have aiese qualities. Yet it is believed here that the greatest single cause of ministerial failure lies not within the academic short comings of the minister but in the shortcomings of his personal inte- (Continued on page three) Publicity Department Functions By Ann Holden The college Publicity Department is in charge of all newspaper arti cles for and about the college. Last year this department had 4,000 news releases and iS publications. The latter had a total of 171,800 copies. Among the many publica tions put out by the Publicity De partment are: The Pilot, the school paper; the Anchor, the annual; The Catalog; and the Alumni Quarterly, to keep old graduates informed on present happenings, and to keep them in touch with their old class- The department is staffed by John Roberts and his efficient sec retary, Mrs. Nancy Griffin. Mr, Roberts not only sends out news stories about G. W. students to their hometown newspaper, but directs two weekly radio broadcasts. Repre senting the school is another impor tant phase of Mr. Roberts’ work, in traveling around he has interviewed students at more than 100 high schools. Besides his other duties, he teaches a Journalism class, and un til this year he has taught a section of English. Mr. Roberts is well prepared for GARDNER-WEBB WELCOMES ALI By Beverly Tximer Gai-dner-Webb is fortunate in hav ing a student from another country this semester. Twenty-two year old All Pouryousefi came here from Kerman, Iran. He left behind in Iran his mother, two brothers, three sisters, and a very special girl. All is a Moslem, and he attended the mosque (church) in his home town. Dark-complexioned, black haired, brown-eyed, Ali is 5’ 10” tall and weighs 140 ijounds. Like everyone, All has some dis likes. His food dislikes are ham and wine. He does not like bermuda shorts, nor does he care for rock and roll music; and not orily does he like rock and rock; he’s never Ali likes American food, movies, singers, actors, songs, and climate. He is impressed with Gardner-Webb because, “everyone is friendly.” Ali prefers the United States govern ment to the Iranian government because he thinks that the United States has just a little better gov ernment than Iran. Ali’s interests are varied. He is interested in all sports, especially volleyball, which he enjoys playing. He is also interested in engineer ing, and he plans to continue study ing engineering at Gardner-Webb this semester. When he graduates from Gard ner-Webb, he plans to go to Texas to work for a Ph. D. in engineering. Then, he plans to return to Iran to work for an oil company. The Pilot staff would like to wel come All to Gardner-Webb with the hope that he will enjoy and benefit from his stay in the United States. gains in students. Forty-eight students left our- cam pus at the end of the semester for various reasons. Some had finished their work; others went into the armed services; and still others transferred to other schools. Among the 42 new students, 36 are boys, and only six are girls. Two of the girls and five of the boys live in dorms. Some of the former students who are returning to G.-W. are Don Cline, Forest Davis, Jack Dockery, Dan Padgett, and John Rhyne. Oth er retm-ning students axe Joan Wil son, Fred Francum, Bill Gamble, and Doyle Heffner. Among the 42 new students, there are a variety of choices of profes sions. Two are planning to major in physical education, three in en gineering, one in radio, six in the ministry, five in business, one in Christian work, and one in medi cine. Also included in the group are one future missionary, five future teachers, and 12 who are undecided. The above figures will change some, due to late registrations and chnages of minds of some of the stu- By the w 30 much griping heard around campus about the classes missed due to Registration Day! his job. He was interested in journ alism all through high school, but since there was no school paper he directed his talents elsewhere. He was encouaregd in writing when he won a fifty-dollar prize in an essay contest in high school. Mr. Roberts is a graduate of G. W. in the class of ’49. While here he was editor of the I s the I Bride and Groom—Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hughes i marriage ceremony. Both Gardner-Webb students, editor of the Pilot. step in his education, and he was editor of the school paper there also. After graduation from Furman and receiving the M. A. degree from Peabody, Mr. Roberts taught high school in Gastonia for three years, and held a part time job at a news paper. Mr. Roberts returned to G. W. in 1954 to begin his present work. Mrs. Nancy Griffin, Mr. Roberts’ secretary, was also a graduate of immediately after her graduation for John Worth Long, then director of public relations. Later she was sec retary to Vice-Pres. Lawson Allen before assuming her present duties in the publicity office. IN THIS ISSUE Iran Student Registrars p. 1 Assistant Editor Marries p. 1 Kean Beane Gives Editorial on a better G.W. p. 2 Bulldog Lassies Rock Along p. 3 Intramural Sports Underway p. 4
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