Pilot
GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE, BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
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Webb Administration Building stands proudly on the GW campus. It takes its place a
Gardner-Webb building program. The structure is in W lliamsburg- Colonial style, In k(
tural style of the other more recently constructed buildings on the campus.
DR. CURTIS L. BISHOP
SPEAKS AT FOUNDERS’
DAY BANQUET
Dr, Curtis L. Bishop, president of
Averett College, Danville, Va., was
the principal speaker at the Found
ers’ Day Banquet, Thursday, October
27, at 7:30 p.m., in the O. Max Gard
ner Building.
The banquet honored leaders in
the Gardner-Webb College Develop
ment Program. County and divisional
leaders, majors, captains, and lieu
tenants in the fund-raising cam
paign -were honored guests. The cam
paign has netted $481,000, eight thou
sand of which has been donated by
students.
GW President Philip L. Elliott
gave the invocation; Francis B.
Dedmond gave the welcome. After
Mrs. Robert Gidney presented the
music, Mrs. Rush Stroup, chairman
of the board of trustees, presented
the awards. Vice-president W. Law
son Allen Introduced Dr. Bishop;
The Reverend W. T. Hendrix gave
the benediction.
The Foimders’ Day Banquet was
part of homecoming celebrations.
Other events were an open house in
all the buildings from three o’clock
until five on Saturday, October 29,
and a barbecue for alumni and
friends at five-thirty the same day.
Alumni were especially interested in
touring the new Webb Administra
tion Building.
The homecoming football game
against Lees McRae was played at
the Shelby High School Field. Presi
dent Elliott crowned Gale Weeks
homecoming queen for 1960.
Gardner-Webb
Graduate Doing Well
Mic Morrow In Carson-
Newman Drama
Mickey Morrow of Shelby, former
student at GW, is participating in
the drama program at Carson-New-
man College, where he has a part in
the up-coming production, “Twelve
Angry Men.” Mic is a senior at the
Baptist school.
While at GW, he was in the cast
of several stage productions, includ
ing Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass
Menagerie.” He was president of
Delta Psi Omega, national dramatic
fraternity. He won the drama award
when he was a freshman.
ial Association, the Christian Volun
teer Band, BSU, and was a member
of the House Council.
Delta Psi Omega
Schedules "The Man
In The Bowler Hat"
Production Dates Set For
Dec. 8-9
Delta Psi Omega, dramatic frater
nity, will stage “The Man in the
Bowler Hat” Dec. 8-9. Francis B.
Dedmond, head of the English De
partment, will direct the play. He
will be assisted by the student direc
tor, Morris Lynch.
The play, a farce in one act by A.
A. Milne, tells the story of John and
Mary, an elderly couple that have
always wished that something excit
ing had happened to them when
they were young, so they could talk
about it in their old age. The events
that take place in this one evening
show that excitement is still in store.
Two casts have been named, one
each for the two performances. Most
of the men will keep their same roles
for both performances. Those who
have been named to the cast are
Doris Hartley, Timothy Peterson,
Nancy Castle, Glen Hudson, Rob
Weir, David Mosteiler, Don White,
Jamie Wise, Jo Lee Loveland, Diane
Wrignt, and Becky Tayior. Those
who will assist m cne proauction aie
Reginald Luiz, Editn Baiiey, Ann
Auman, Pony HamncK, Jo Aime
Barues, Mary Rutn Michaels, (Jol-
lecue vvhiie, ana JN^ncy Huueioran.
GARDNER-WEBB CHOIR
PRESENTS THREE
PROGRAMS
The Gardner-Webb College choir,
under the direction of Mrs. Robert
Gidney, presented the special music
for the Kings Mountain Baptist As
sociation meeting, Oct. 20, at the
Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. The
choir sang at the morning and after
noon sessions of the meeting.
Pi-eviously this year the choir, 40-
voices strong, presented special music
“ the South Fork and Sandy Run
Association meetings.
Among the selections chosen for
the special programs were Bach’s
‘‘Now Let Every Tongue Adore
Thee”; Sergei’s “My God and 1”;
Shrubsole’s “All Hail the Power of
Jesus’ Name”; and Bortniansky’s
“Lo, A Voice to Heaven Sounded.”
The choir is scheduled to make a
tour during the spring semester.
GW Students Join
Local Church
Ninety-nine Gardner-Webb stu
dents are members of the Boiling
Springs Baptist Church and five
others are under the watch-care pro-
The local church sponsored “Join
the Chm-ch Day” on September 25.
On this day 56 of our college stu
dents joined the church on promise
of letter from sister Baptist churches.
Two girls came into the fellowship
of the church under the watch-care
program. They are Jo Lee Loveland,
who belongs to the Presbyterian
church, and Collette Faye White, a
Methodist.
Forty-two returning students had
not moved their letters back to their
home-town churches. Three other re
turning students — Wally Midkiff,
Doris Cranford, and Nancy Castle—
are under the watch-care program
of the church. One other stuaent has
joined the church since “Join the
Church Day.”
GW is well known for the em
phasis it places on the spiritual well
being of its students. The local
cnui'ch and the coutge work hand in
hana to proviue guidance and nelp
Gift of 0. Max Gardner Foundation
Webb Administration Building Nears
Completion At Cost Of $75,000
Administrative offices were moved into the new Webb
Administration Building two weeks ago, as contractors began
to put finishing touches on the $75,000 structure.
The building is a result of one of the first gifts in a
$550,000 fund-raising campaign that began with Founders’
Day and Homecoming celebrations in 1959. 0. Max Gardner,
Jr., honorary chairman of the campaign, announced the gift
from the 0. Max Gardner Foundation, Inc.
_ _ The building is named for the
_ , T o 4. family of Mrs. O. Max Gardner and
John hj. KobertS in memory of her parents. Judge
AntVi-ir Of Artir-lfi and Mrs. James L. Webb, and grand-
iiumor /irticie parents, the Rev. and Mrs. George
“Home Life” For Hilton Webb, and the Rev. James
November
The story of a coach who cared
enough about a boy with a problem
to help him find the solution is told
Life” magazine. John E. Roberts, for
merly associate director of public re
lations at Gardner-Webb, is the
author of the article. The magazine
is a publication of the Baptist Sun
day School Board.
Roberts’ article appears in the
“Family Teaches,” a section of
“Home Life” devoted to home-church
co-operation in Christian education.
“Home Life” is the Christian family
magazine of Southern Baptists, with
Graver, Blankenship
Head Classes
MOSELEY AND BURRIS
ADVISORS
Sam Craver and Robert Blanken
ship will head the sophomore and
freshman classes respectively for the
1960-61 school year. They were
chosen at recent class elections. Sam
was also recently elected to the edi
torship of “The Pilot,” after Linda
Sharpe, elected last spring, failed to
return to school. Sam hails from
Lexington, Robert from Canton.
Other sophomore officers are
Leonard “Buddy” Lee, Mount Holly,
vice president; Betty Stott, Union
Mills, secretary; and Monea White,
Forest City, treasurer. Mr. M. A.
Moseley, Jr., was named faculty ad-
Other freshman officers are Larry
Hunsucker, Albemarle, vice-presi
dent; Judy Flake, Wadesboro, secre
tary; and Jeane McPherson, Greens
boro, treasurer. Mr. Allen C. Burris
was elected faculty advisor for the
freshmen.
houses offices for the president, vice-
president, business manager, dean of
instruction, registrar, public rela
tions officers, and is the headquar
ters for the Development Program,
the Religion Depai-tment, and the
Church-Community Department.
The two-story brick structure is 37
by 85 feet, in Williamsburg Colonial
style. The inside finish is cement
block and striated plywood, with tile
floors, acoustical ceiling, and fluo
rescent lighting. The building is air-
conditioned and is heated from the
central heating plant on the campus.
Neal Construction Compay of For
est City was the general contractor.
GALE WEEKS REIGNS AS QUEEN
Miss Gale Weeks, a tall blue-eyed blonde with that old-
fashioned girl-next-door beauty, was crowned "homecoming
queen for Gardner-Webb at half-time ceremonies of a return
engagement with the Lees McRae eleven, Saturday night. The
freshman co-ed, chosen by the football team, was crowned by
President Elliott.
A pre-nursing student. Miss Weeks
is a cheerleader who has a fondness
for all sports, especially horseback
riding and swimming.
Miss Sylvia Starnes, a former
“Miss Gardner-Webb” and a former
“Miss Pageland,” was the sophomore
attendant. She is blonde and has
Plans For New
Science Building
Begin To Materialize
Plans are being completed for a
new science building that will be lo
cated between Decker Hall and Do
ver Memorial Library. The ground
elevation measurements have been
made and turned over to the archi
tect.
Dr. Philip L. Elliott has expressed
hope that the new science building
will be completed for the 1961-62
school year.
Working plans will be made the
last of November, at which time the
administration hopes to receive bids.
The new building will contain lec
ture rooms, some of which will seat
60 students, others which will accom
modate 25 students. There will als6
be a seminar room, an engineering
drawing room, and labs for chem
istry, biology, and physics.
Miss Inez Ewing, who was herself
a homecoming queen last year at
Rockingham High, was the freshman
attendant. She is a brunette with
brown eyes.
Sponsors for football players were
as follows: Jerry Walker, sponsored
by Linda Owens; Marshall Long,
sponsored by Sue Perry; Don Lowe,
sponsored by Martha Yelton; Walter
Siniard, sponsored by Karen Kale;
Lloyd Porter, sponsored by Mary Jo
Greene; Sam Craver, sponsored by
Jean Childers; and Paul Brooks,
sponsored by Susan Medaris.
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