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THE PILOT
FEBRUARY, 1960
NEW ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR
SECOND SEMESTER ■
A constant complaint uttered by students, both male and
female, on the Gardner-Webb campus is that there is a def
inite lack of things to do. Students feel they have no op
portunity to participate in social activities. Under the direc
tion of Mr. John Hiott, G.-W.’s Dean of Students, this problem
is slowly being solved. Numerous plans for activities in this
semester have been tentatively mapped out. There are op
portunities on every hand. The variety of activities planned
should hold an interest for every student, no matter what his
individual abilities or interests.
On March 2 Bill Dyal, a missionary from Costa Rica,
will be on campus to speak and have personal conferences with
those who are interested in mission work. Mr. Dyal is re
cognized as one of the outstanding missionary speakers of
the day. During the week of March 6-13, the local church
will be holding its spring revival. Dr. Eugene Poston, head
of the Department of Religion at G.-W., will be the speaker
for the services. Later in the semester, the B. S. U. will
sponsor the showing of two outstanding films, “Generation
Without A Cause” and “Martin Luther.” Both films will be
shown on Friday nights and will be followed by panel dis
cussion groups.
On March 31, the long awaited “Twirp Day” will be cele
brated. The traditional “mountaineerish” costume and
“chase” will be part of the festivities. Get ready Girls, your
chance is coming. Now you understand why Mrs. Miller has
been making you run extra laps in Phys. Ed. She’s trying
to prepare you for the chase.
WHAT NEXT?
Do you think it not strange
that every miraculous ad
vance made in the saving of
man’s life is off-set by a sin
ister device designed to de
stroy that very life? Why is
man not satisfied with the al-
ready-too-terrible weapons he
has created? What kind of
innate quality gives us the
desire to live longer and to
build our civilizations bigger
and better - while at the same
time we persist in our search
for those lethal and devastat
ing weapons which could de
stroy the earth and all human
life upon it? Why must we
continually invent something
better and more terrible than
our neighbors’? What then
may we hope will be the final
outcome?
The answers to these ques
tions are not easy ones nor
are they cut and dried ones.
There have been many and
various views expressed - as
many as there are viewers of
the subject. Therefore, I shall
not strive to give answers or
solutions but merely to cite
the problems and to suggest
possible thought - provoking
ideas concerning these prob
lems. I trust that the reader
will thereby get an insight in
to what I am trying to say
and will be impressed to the
point of giving the matter
serious thought.
Science through the past
twenty years has made phen
omenal progress. Every day
science cures diseases which
fifty years ago were consis
tently fatal. No longer do we
live in ignorance and dark
ness concerning the cause and
treatment of polio and scores
of other maladies. Countless
numbers of medicines and
wonder-working drugs are
available to every individual
in the United States today.
The various pharmaceutics
industries work hand in hand
with the medical associations
of our nation to provide us,
the public, with newer and
better developments in medi
cation. There is a cure, or at
least a pain reliever for al
most every crippling and
painful disease known today.
Many diseases have been al
most completely wiped out.
Diphtheria is an example.
Even within the past year a
cure for the dread disease of
leprosy has been found. Now,
with the proper materials
, April 29 is the date set for
the Freshman - Sophomore
Field Day. The day will be
spent in various athletic
events ranging from the Tug-
of-War and the 100 yard dash
in the morning to a softball
game in the afternoon. The
highlight of the day will be
the Freshman - Sophomore
Banquet in the evening.
In every group there are
some people who refuse to
participate in activities. Dean
Hiott’s motto must be “If the
students won’t come to the
activities, bring the activities
to the students.” For this
semester Dean Hiott has ar
ranged some rather unusual
Chapel programs. There will
be several musical programs
including an organ recital
, and a rendition of Steiner’s
“T h e Crucifixion.” The
“award winning” Debate
team will present a debate
for the student body. Later
on, the elections will be held,
thus determining the leader-
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Pictured above is a drawing of the Webb Administration Building soon to become a
reality on the Gardner-Webb Campus.
and facilities, it can be treat- trolled eventually by his own striving toward a goal devoid
ed successfully at home, inventions. The point is that of justifiable reason.
There have been so many man, in his greed for power = thrilline- to realiye thaf
medical advances that to try and dominion over his fellow sciencf has progress-
to list examples of each would competitors, may unbeknow- „^
be futile. Needless to say ingly allow his own creations Tow provided^
also, as a consequence of to seize control of him and 4. ; ^ , hiVo-pr
these advances present - day the creator may become the Kp+tp^ and wp hnfp n
man lives on a level of health slave to the products of his J,te diversiS^^^
and physical well being never own hand. What does man choices in almost evprv fipH
before known in the history want? Have we lost all sense ijnaginable. However with
of mankind. Modem science of reason? Why have we this realization wp must rp
contmually labors to destroy chosen_ to believe in power awesome respon-
the most prevalent causes of and might instead of in the nlaced in nnr hands
death, which as times goes on inborn desire of man for the Srf "g deciXn made
will change according to a good life? Is it not possible
basic principle of life. For ex- for man to organize his pow- immeasurable damage to or
ample, a century ago scarlet ers for peace and health? even doom the cfvntations %
fever and cholera carried What has happened to warp tomorrow We were born with
much higher death rates than the minds of men? We seem ^willToJi oTn Th^^rTS
heart disease, which today to have within us the sup- jnaioritv of thino^s wp Hn
is the number one killer. It pressed desire to be some- ^^^^^^own cSce Realtin^
has been said that, if dedi- thing we are not. This is the ® ° Realizing
cated men deal with the prob- human element. But we are (Continued on Page Three)
ZvfS; GARDNER - WEBB PILOT
rnTilS%*o'‘r76Te“rs' Febru.r^eo; No. 4
However, I, personally, do not EDITORIAL STAFF
believe that this will ever be- Editor Marilyn Roper
come a reality. Assistant Editor Linda Sharpe
With all the emphasis we D^^mond, Mr. John Roberts
place on increasing the span STAFF WRITERS
of life for the present and Ray sutties Nancy castie
future generations, does it Ruby Givens Margaret England
seem feasible that we should jack Gantt
undermine our most humane
schemes with plans to create BUSINESS STAFF
bombs and weapons capable Business Manager Jimmy Summey
of wiping out the entire hu- circulation Manager Charlotte Anderson
man race ? It is conceivable to Members Shirley McSwaln, Lynda Hamrick
believe that man may be con- Photographer Johnny Eller
THE GARDNER-WEBB
MARRY GO-ROUND
We’ve made a slight change in the title of this colum.’;
this month. This is the month; this is the year; and the
girls have started off full speed ahead. In one recent week
end two Gardner-Webb co-eds led men altarward—and Leap
Year isn’t two months old yet. One can only imagine what
will be the situation by spring when the crescendo is reached
and when the girls, faced with summer separations, decide to
take full advantage of their once-in-four-years’ opportunity.
Leap year (known as Bissextile Year) brings about radi
cal changes in the everyday relations between men and gals
And such has been the case for hundreds of years. In 1228
the Scottish Parliament passed into law the following Act:
“Each maiden ladee of baith high and lowe estait, schal hai
libertie to speak ye man she likes. Gif he refuses to tak her
to bee his wyf, he schal be mulct in the sum of one hundrit;
pundis, or less, as his estait may bee, except and alwuis, git
he can make it appear that he is bretrothit to anither woman,
then he schal bee free.” In 1605, English common law (upoi
which North Carolina law is based) held that each Leap Year
ladies had the sole privilege of “making love in words or looks
to those it seemed proper and no man was entitled to benefit
of clergy who treated her proposal with slight contumely.
For rejecting a lady’s proposal, a man was forbidden to marry
any other lady. A rejected lady in such cases was usually con
soled with the gift of a silk dress. (It takes a sports car
these days).
Scientifically explained (but who cares about the scienti
fic explanation!), the reason for Leap Year lies in the earth’s
rotation about the sun. Old
Terra Ferma takes 365 days,
5 hours, 48 minutes and 46
seconds to go around Ole Sol
—or 365.2422 days. By the
time four years have passed
there is an accumulated ex
tra day (shy 26 seconds).
And that is how come we
have February 29.
But inspite of their perfect
ly legal and socially approved
freedom to seek the man of
their choice, the ladies face
problems — there never are
enough men of any sort to go
around, even if such unclassi-
fiable creatures as bachelor
college professors, et cetera,
were included. What does it
."ill mean, girls? Well, let’s
face it. As Dean Terrell would
say, “The demand simply ex
ceeds the supply.” In at least
one respect, it’s a man’s
world—a single man’s world,
that is. The situation simply
means, dear co-eds, that you
may have to look harder and
woo more ardently than you
may have counted on doing.
To catch a man this year,
you may have to do more than
leap; you may have to bunny
hop, gallop, throw the lasso,
put a stiletto to his throat, or
hold a .45 automatic to his
head. And, girls, give up
those foolish ideas of marry
ing a tall, dark, and handsome
millionaire. For one thing,
few millionaires are tall,
dark, and handsome. And too,
most millionaires are already
married — or are paying ali
mony to two ex-wives and
are unwilling to grubstake a
third. And finally the last
person the average million
aire would want to marry is
an average girl. And if you
should succeed in marrying a
millionaire, the administra
tion would make you move
out of Stroup Dorm—a hor
rible thought, isn’t it?
So, girls, here is what the
Pilot advises. Go up to the
first single man you can dis
cover. Listen closely to see if
he’s breathing. If he is, he’s
passed the first test. Next in
quire as to whether or not he
has character. The only gen
uine sign of character in a
man is—will he marry? A
man will marry if he isn’t un
alterably dedicated to wine,
his mother, freedom, or liter
ature.
So co-eds, if you find a man
who breathes and has charac
ter, go ahead and lend him
the money for the license;
put your brand on him, even
though he may be a cross be-
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