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THE PILOT
MARCH, 1960
HONORS BESTOWED ON G.-W.'s
ELITE CORPS
The twenty-one G-W students who made the A Honor
Roll and the General Honor Roll are the brightest stars in the
collegiate firmament; they are those most worthy of the col
leges’ highest praise; they are those who have excelled in
that for which the college exists. They comprise the elite
corps. *
Only two students out of a student body of 450-500 made
the A Honor Roll. They were Jo Ann Brittain, a sophomore,
with a fall semester 1959-60 average of 95.65; and Carol Lou
Hamrick, a freshman, with an average of 96.70. Miss Brit
tain finished her freshman year with the highest average in
her class, with every grade 95 or above except physical
education. And the way things look now. Miss Brittain, vale
dictorian of her high school class, will finish with the highest
average in the 1960 G-W graduating class. Miss Hamrick,
salutatorian of her high school class, finished the fall semester
with all A’s, even on physical education.
There were ten sophomores on ‘he
General Honor Roll — Jerry Allen,
Worth Bridges, Aubrey Cheek, Linda
Cox, Margaret England, Recoa
Greene, E. L. Reese, Donald Span
gler, Jo Ann Tessner, and Denny
Turner. To get on the General Honor
Roll, a student must average 92 or
above on 15 hours of academic work.
And the sophomore boys outshine
the girls 6 to 4 on the General Honor
Roll! But the boarding students out
number the day students 7 to 3,
There was one valedictorian (Den-
NEW YEAR FESTIVAL, IRAN - SPRINGTIME, U. S. A.
1 Turner) and
The first day of Farvardin, which
is the first month of the Solar year
in the Iranian calendar and equal to
March twenty-first, is the day when
the Iranians celebrate their best na
tional holidays. New Year’s Day
comes from the first ancient king
who is called Jamshid Djam. It orig
inated more than five thousand
ago. During the holidays of the
(Recca Greene) among the sopho
more General Honor Roll students,
and they both attained their honors
at the same high school—that of
Waco, N. C. In every case, except
one, the sophomores improved on
their freshman year average. The
ages of the sophomores range from
30 to 19, the most popular age. Two
of the honor roll sophomores are
ministerial students, teaching may
get a couple, business administration
a couple more, engineering and medi
cine one each, and some are unde
cided. It is interesting to note that
one honor roll student did not finish
high school, but came to college on
a high school equivalency. It should
also be pointed out that two of the
General Honor Roll students missed
the coveted A Honor Roll by small
margins: Margaret England’s aver
age was 94.39 and Jerry Allen’s was
94.38. Two of the sophomores (Au
brey Cheek and Donald Spangler) are
transfer students, one from Mars
Hill, the other from U. N. C.
It is also interesting that, in the
main, the sophomore honor roll stu
dents are busy people on the cam
pus. And that’s nothing new; they
were busy during their high school
3 salutatorian New Year Festival, giving five days
off for employees and thirteen for
students, all people spend their “off-
days” in the following way.
First of all, it is best to write about
the last Wednesday night at the end
of the year. On this night Iranians
celebrate a pre-New Year Festival at
the ba
Nine freshmen—five girls and four
boys—made the General Honor Roll.
They were Belinda Crabtree, Linda
Hamrick, Joi McCormick, Judy Pos
ton, Monea White, Jerry Dycus, Jim
my Ray Hamrick, Jerry Walker, and
Milton Wright. Three of the stu
dents—Jerry Dycus, Linda Hamrick,
and Monea White—were valedictor
ians of their high school graduating
classes. It is interesting that these
same three of the General Honor
Roll freshmen missed the A Honor
Roll by less than one point. Jerry
Dycus’ average was 94.06; Miss Ham
rick’s 94.31; and Miss White’s 94.88.
The ages of the students range from
23 (Milton Wright) to 17 for Miss
Crabtree and Miss Poston. It is also
interesting to note that six of the
home, on the streets, at the shops
and all residential places one can
think of. The most popular activity
is jumping over the flame of a fire
that is prepared before with wood
and something else. Also, at the pub
lic squares one can find the soldiers
doing some interesting things with
fireworks. In short, one can find
many places full of dancing, singing,
and giving of gifts. At the beginning
of New Year’s day, all people from
children to adults, both rich and
poor, wear new clothes and go to
each others’ homes, saying “Good
Wishes,” kissing each other, eating
pastry, drinking tea and other things
nine General Honor Roll freshmen
are day students, proving that living
off the campus is no academic bar
rier.
The highest grade (99 on Math 112)
was made by Miss Crabtree. Miss
White made 98 on Bible, Jerry Walk
er 96 on history and math, and Miss
Hamrick 96 on French. Only one of
the General Honor Roll freshmen
made a grade below B, that being an
86 on Speech. Miss Crabtree is in
terested in teaching, Dycus in elec
tronics, Jimmy Hamrick in dentistry.
Miss Poston in journalism, Walker in
dentistry, Miss White in foreign mis
sions, and Wright in engineering.
As with the sophomores, the honor
roll freshmen were active during
their high school days—five of them
being Beta Club members. Only one
RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS
WEEK NEARS
Plans for the Religious Emphasis Week set for April
11-14 are nearing completion. Two of the outstanding men
to be on the campus that week are Dr. John Willard Hoskins
of Furman University and James Y. Greene, of the Baptist
State Convention in Raleigh.
Dr. Hoskins received his M.A. degree in Education at
the George Peabody College and his Ph.D. in Sociology at In
diana University. He has also received the “Certificate of
Advanced Orientation in Marriage Counseling.” From 1954
to the present, Dr. Hoskins has been chairman of the Depart
ment of Sociology at Furman.
Mr. Greene is the Associate Student Secretary of the
State Department of Student work. He was formerly the
B.S.U, Director at Appalachian State
Teachers’ College and now works
with colleges and schools in North
Carolina that do not have a B.S.U.
There will be many other profes
sional businessmen and women on
campus to take part in the seminars.
Some of these will be local citizens.
Among them are senators, doctors,
nurses, teachers, housewives, and
Each morning from 10:30 to 11:00
one of the speakers will conduct the
chapel services. There will be a dif
ferent speaker each morning.
Afternoon seminars will be held
from 4:00 to 5:00 and evening semi
nars from 7:00 to 8:00. In the recent
preference sheets distributed among
the students there was shown a pref
erence in four main areas: Boy-Girl
Relationships, Vocations, Personal
Chi-istian Living, and Christian Be
liefs.
Some of the seminar topics to be
discused are “What Baptists Be
lieve,” “Once Saved-Always Sav
ed??,” “Finding My Place in Life,”
“How Do I Know I’m In Love?,”
“The Problem of Petting,” and “Why
Don’t Some People Marry?”
Each of the seminars will be led
by one of the visiting speakers. In
the evenings there will be several
seminars held at the same time to
give more students the opportunity
of attending various groups and
discussing a larger number of topics.
The student body will be divided
into 5 groups for the afternoon semi
nars: Married Students, Freshmen
Girls, Freshmen Boys, Sophomore
Girls and Sophomore Boys. Dr. Hos
kins will meet with these groups. The
evening seminars will be held without
the division into groups.
The leaders who will be on cam
pus will be available for individual
personal conferences with students
who desire them.
The most popular thing among
children and even grown-ups is
playing with colored boiled eggs. How
is it done? One person has one egg,
and his friend has one too. After
some talk and betting, each player
holds the egg between his five fin
gers so that a little piece of it is
showing, and the other player hits at
it with the head of his egg. If his egg
is broken he will try the other end
of his egg. Finally the player wins
when his egg breaks the other per
son’s on both ends.
(Editor’s Note; We are grateful
to Ali Pouryousefi for this interest
ing information regarding his home
country.)
honor roll student was from outside
North Carolina. That was Joi Mc
Cormick from Jacksonville, Florida,
where she graduated from DuPont
High School 64th in a class of 164.
The Pilot salutes the honor roll
students—Gardner-Webb’s pride and
joy.
And It’s Just A Week
Continued From Page One
By the end of the day, it is quite
probable that both the boys and
girls will be glad to return to the
routine way of boy chase girl and
not girl “Chase” boy. One girl said
that in reality the girls chase the
boys the year around. On Twirp Day,
however, the boy knows the girl
catches him, whereas the rest of the
year he catches her (or so he
thinks)!
Pictured with their ever present intellectual smiles are the members of Gardner-Webb’s
elite corps.
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