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THE PILOT MARCH, I960 Snowballs Damage Easter Bonnets? “ ‘Here Comes Peter Cottontail’ through a ‘Winter Won derland’ ” may' conceivably the hit tune of the pre-Easter reason this year. With Easter only about three weeks away, Gardner-Webb students are still shaking the snow from their shoes. Can this be spring? Indeed, it is. G.-W. students wel comed in spring with mixed emotions—glad spring is officially here but sorry the weather is not in keeping with the season. Why is it that so many people claim spring as their fa vorite season of the year? Perhaps it is because of the fresh, new feeling which one senses during this time. With the bursting forth of each plant’s blossoms and each bird’s song, one feels a newness within himself. It’s almost as if the in dividual wakes up each morning to an entirely new world. Na ture not only dons a new dress but also instills within many people a new appreciation of the beauty surrounding them. People who ordinarily complain about the weather and gripe when it changes now have a new outlook on the world. A forecast of rain brings to mind a rainbow or life-giving mois ture to a plant rather than a mud puddle. Springtime seems to remove the oft-too-prevalent winter frown and replace it with a cheerful smile. With all its pleasant implications, springtime also has its darker side. For college students, spring means the comple tion of term papers and the planning for summer work. Many people will find that instead of following Wordsworth’s ad vice and communing with nature, they will be spending num erous hours working on long-range papers and projects which would have been perfect endeavors for a bleak, snowy after noon. In addition, there is the always existing fact that with spring come the first thoughts and plans for graduation and the long summer. For those who have just “found each oth er,” the thought of leaving the campus may be somewhat unpleasant, but for those who are “still looking,” the pros pect of a change may be quite encouraging. Spring has a special significance for every individual. All one has to do is take time to enjoy and appreciate that which is his. Does G.-W. Lack Culture? For most people, college implies the opportunity to avail oneself of cultural opportunities. For Gardner-Webb stu dents, such opportunities are sometimes few and far between. It is customary in the spring, however, for the Music Depart ment to present recitals featuring the organ, piano, and voice students. In the coming weeks, the soloists will be spending a great deal of time preparing for their presentations. Sure ly there are benefits and pleasures to be derived from a well planned musical recital. There are also available in cities and near-by campuses many programs which G.-W. students may attend. The Shel by Community Concert group recently concluded its series for this year. Some few G.-W. students attended and (believe it or not!) enjoyed the presentations. Bob Jones University in Greenville, S. C., has an outstanding dramatics department noted for its Shakespearean productions. Limestone College in near-by Gaffney also sponsors some excellent programs. Why then does Gardner-Webb not offer similar advantages.? There are perhaps several reasons. G.-W. students for the most part are not interested in such programs. Music with out the right “beat,” and plays without “squares” and “beat niks” are strictly “way out.” But is this really the answer? Some would say so. But there is another side of the story. It is a known fact that a person’s interest lies in subjects about which he has some knowledge. He appreciates those things with which he has had contact. How can one under stand or appreciate that with which he has never come into contact ? What then is the solution ? First of all, the students must display a genuine interest in cultural programs. Then the faculty and administration must be willing to plan and help supervise the preparation of some of the more cultural type programs with which every college student, including Gard ner-Webb students, needs to come into contact. With an in terest and willingness to work on both sides, G.-W. students and faculty can make available more worthwhile presenta tions on campus. HOW TO CATCH A MAN THE GARDNER-WEBB MERRY-GO-ROUND At times college freshmen will rush in where angels fear to tread. Recently some of the great problems of life were dumped into the naive laps of some G-W frosh by one of our slave- driving professors. And the poor freshmen were to read everything available relative to their problems and then to come up with a solution. Charlotte Anderson got the marriage problem—that is, the problem created by there being more women than men. “It pays to be a woman,” she declared. Want to know why? They live longer; “the men die because they drive themselves beyond endurance to get things for their women.” “The pace,” Miss Anderson said, “kills the male.” Men have intelli gence; but, she claimed, women have common sense. Eut What is the solution? Miss Anderson confesses that there just may not be a real solution. There’s always polygamy. But, she asked, “How to catch a man” to write an oration ’Bout for the Pilot In its March publication. I’m not qualified About such things I don’t know, But our Editor Is one you just don’t tell no. —How to catch a man— The question of the ages, And me to solve it When it has stumped the sages. To want to catch one There could be but one reason— To join the morons Running ’round Leap Year Season! Girls don’t |leed a man Heavens above would agree. but. I’m to present A plan—with validity! So after much thought And very deep contemplation I have just one plan For your consideration; (It’s a silly plan You will all agree, But please remember— So was the topic given me.) Go out on Twirp Day Euild a good, icy igloo. Lure your man near by, And at the door push him through. Pack ice in the door As thick and firm as you can Stand back and admire— In your igloo is your man! Now, our Madam Ed. Might not think this plan so fine. She’U probably say She had something else in mind. But I’ve done my best To write down a simple plan, A feasible plan. Whereby one can catch a man. And in so doing Present a proposition As ridiculous As was the absurd question! Spring Among The Books IT IS TIME TO — don new spring clothes, watch for the first jonquil, spruce up for that special him or her, and above all make decisions. On the last point, perhaps the libra ry may be of some help. Freshman and sophomores will be wondering what to do this summer, next year and of course, in the entire future. It all cannot be decided at once, but these titles, if used properly, can assist. YOUR OTHTR VOCATION, by Elton Trueblood, is the most re cent book concerning such a sub ject. As the name implies, the au thor discusses a Christian concept of your life’s work, perhaps in a man ner unfamiliar with most readers. Also we have a booklet, “World Wide Summer Placement Directory” pub lished annually and available from the Advancement and Placement In stitute, New York. There is no bet ter guide for summer work than this. Besides gathering needed experience from these jobs, financial burdens can be eased. For later in life, but of interest now, the library has a booklet published by the same com pany, “World Wide Graduate Awards.” This could be kept in mind for future use upon completion of a four year school. In the card catalog under VOCATIONS, there wUl be other books listed. Then, the library and the Guidance Department have catalogs from four year colleges. A number of the students of Gard ner-Webb have expressed an inter est and desire to share in the De velopment and Expansion Program of the college. In order to accomplish the desired end, the Student Cam paign has been organized. The organization is directed and guided by a steering committee with the following officers: General Chair man, Denny Turner; Secretary and Attendance Chairman, Linda Cox; Publicity and Arrangements Chair man, Dorsey Hoggard; Boarding Freshman Chairman, Bobby Glas gow; Boarding Sophomore Chairman, Walter Campbell; Day Student Freshman Chairman, Bill Hoffman; and Day Student Sophomore Chair man, Jerry Jolley The organization of the Boarding Students is accomplished by the selection of a chairman for each of the three dormitories, with an addi tional chairman for each floor of each dormitory, A captain is then chosen for every thirty-six students with a lieutenant for every six stu dents. The Day Students wiU be directed, under the Freshman and Sophomore Chairmen by three county chairmen who will secure a captain for every thirty-six students. Each captain will secure a lieutenant for every six in dividual day students The plan of the campaign is for every member of the Student Body to be contacted and invited to sign a student pledge card. Each student is asked to pledge one dollar a month over a period of thirty months Al most without exception, each student throws away a dollar a month, but by pledging the gift to this campaign “What woman in her right mind would want to share her husband? No woman likes competition and most women are possessive.” And then she said, “I really don’t think a man could stand having two other solution Miss Anderson pro posed was that women marry men 6 to 7 years younger than themselves. Then they both should die off about the same time. The ideal marriage age would be something like 30 for the woman and 23 for the man. The real problem, she admitted, is to lengthen man’s life expectancy. Many may just have to stop drink ing, smoking, cussing—but, she said, he surely would be a dull man. Martha Burke gave a feminine treatment to the perils of being a husband—to the possibility (and the individual will be investing in the future. Some will of course be able and wish to give more. This is Competition will be on the basis of the six major divisions—the three dormitory groups and the three county groups. Each of the six groups which averages having every student in that division pledge a dollar a month for a period of thirty months will be awarded an attractive citation at the Commencement Exercises. To the one of the six divisions which reaches its goal and exceeds it by the highest percentage will be awarded an eT’graved trophy. To the individual student who is responsible for solicit ing the most money through the Stu dent Campaign, a very nice wrist watch, man’s or woman’s, will be awarded. The total amount raised by the Students of 1959-1960 will make possible the lights for the Athletic Field, and a plaque bearing an ap propriate inscription will be placed in a prominent place in the gym. Gifts may be from campus organiza- from personal student funds. The organization is workable and adequate; the plan is reasonable and feasible; and the features are inter esting and attractive. This, however, is not enough. If this campaign is to be a success, all the students Of Gardner-Webb must raUy to this op portunity for service by sharing of their means and their times in soli citing. The students must want to accomplish this endeavor and then, banded together, march to victory. many times the actuality) that men may be henpecked by nagging wives who rule the roost and drive the men to do domestic chores. Miss Burke places the blame on the men—they should never yield first place to their wives. But there is still the peril that goes with being a husband. A s:mple solution to this problem for a man, she wi'ote, was not to get mar ried. However, married men, in spite of the perils, live longer than single men. She believes the perils will not be too great if the man is firmly es tablished financially before taking the plunge, if there is real under standing on the part of both the man and the woman, and if the two parties to the marriage seek God’s guidance. Linda Hamrick was to solve the problems perplexing the college cam puses of the country—too many stu dents for the space available, too much coddling of the students ad mitted, too much cheating in an at tempt to stay in college, too much drinking, and too much “college life.” The trouble. Miss Hamrick wrote, is not too many students, but too few gifted students. If everyone is to go to college, then there must be colleges with differing standards so that students can choose a col lege to suit their abilities. There would then have to be colleges for those wtih 70 I. Q.’s as well as for those with I. Q.’s of 150. But the twain should never meet! Apropos of coddling, she claimed that “many teachers don’t help students develop their capacities fully; they keep stu dents busy but often not doing the things which would be most beneficial to the student.” Cheating, she ar gued should be attacked by the col leges putting more stress on acad emic work and not so much on extra curricular activities. Drinking would suffer a blow if fraternities and sor orities were abolished, and “college life” could be regulated, to a degree, if cars were prohibited to the stu dents. Other students wrestled with other problems—the problem of Red China and the U. N., the problem of social ized medicine, the problem of needed labor legislation, the problem posed by strikes, et cetera. But, what col lege student is interested in these problems or their solutions? And besides this columnist has used all the space allotted him in this issue— or nearly all. A paragraph from Nancy Hildebrand’s study of “T. V. Courses: A Look at the College of the Future” is too good to pass up: “There’s no doubt about it! Bduca- tioT’al T-V is here to stay. Maybe Frnie Ford would make English lit m.ore exciting. Picture those ‘peapick- ing’ knights, shinin’ like a spit-on- and-rubbed kettle, jousting for a king. Yep! Shakespeare’s sales might pick up.” In Spring A Young Mans Continued From Page One “spring fever.” The problem of inte gration is not so dominant during these months as usual because this time of year everyone seems to turn the same color due to their skimpy wardrobe which consists of swim Since this year is Leap Year, the girls will not have as much trouble during the spring because the boys are more co-operative. G.-W. will be setting the pace for this season of the year with the annual Twirp Day. (Keep your eyes open boys or you may get chased up a tree.) Decisions have to be made. Let some one help you. GARDNER-WEBB PILOT Vol. XIV March, 1960 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor Marilyn Roper Assistant Editor Linda Sharpe Advisers Mr. F. B. Dedmond Mr. John Roberts STAFF WRITERS Ray Suttles Jack Gantt Ruby Givens Nancy Castle Margaret England BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Jimmy Summey Circulation Manager Charlotte Anderson Students Pledge to Light Athletic Field
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