November, 1962 THE PILOT Page Three
OUR LIBRARY EXPANSION
On May 29, 1943 Governor Gardner presided over a
commencement program at which the E. B. Hamrick and
the Washburn Memorial Library were presented dedica
tion by the Reverend John W. Suttle.
In 1946 there was £
given by the Dovers, t(
Library.
This library was );o be built with the hopes to be the
“best college library ot any iunior college in North Car
olina."
Even before the construction on the John R. Dover
Memorial Library was begun, two new special collections
of books for the library were secured. One was to be
known as the “J. L. Jenkins Memorial Library for Rural
Pastors." This special collection was a tribute to a man,
who, at that time, had already devoted more than thirty
years to preaching and teaching.
The other special collection was the library of the
late A. C. Dixon, whose library the College had acquired
earlier, and one of the most celebrated preachers of his
days. It was given to the College by Mrs. Clara Dixon
Richardson of Black Mountain. N. C.
In the Dover Memorial Library the best available
books in the field and a special file of materials were
to be collected and made available for on-the-premises
research.
On May 25, 1952, the dedicatory ceremony was held
in the E. B. Hamrick Auditorium. Grover H. Jones de
livered the principal address. Reverend John S. Farrar
delivered the invocation.
Formal presentation of the $160,000 building was
made, on the behalf of the Dover family, by Charles I.
Dover.
The building was accepted on behalf of the Gardner-
Webb board of Trustees by Mrs. Rush Stroup, on behalf
of the College administration by President Phil Elliott,
and on behalf of the students by Glenn Henson, Presi
dent of the Student Body. >
In 1945 through the efforts of Lee B. Weathers, pub
lisher of the Shelby Star, a valuable gift of books from
the personal library of the famous novelist, Thomas
Dixon. Jr., was given to the College. This is the collec
tion which appropriately is now housed in the Cleveland
Room of the Dover Memorial Library.
Clarence Griffin, publisher of the Forest City Courier,
gave the College the North Carolina Collection of History
and Publications, which is housed in the North Carolina
Room of the library.
Jay Jenkins presented his gift of the John Charles
McNeill Collection to the College: and the Reverend
Garland Hendricks presented the North Carolina Grange
Collection on Rural life.
What does our library mean to you? Is it a place for
congregating of friends, to meet that special someone,
to get out of closed study hours in the Dorm? If so, we
need to take a closer look at the library and find out
what is really in story for us there.
Almost every class that you attend in college dem
onstrates the importance of knowing how to prepare a
paper based on printed materials which may be found
in a library.
You may, later in your life, have occasion to prepare
a paper based on original experiments, or perhaps on
the study of original documents. If that time comes,
you learn the first rule of sdholarship: “Before you begin
The last buildings have been the gymnasium, the
Webb Administration Buildinfi:, and the science building,
which was used for the first time this past year.
For the past few years, the HAPY dormitory has
been used for young men, but it was originally designed
and built for young women. The next building completed
Which will allow the use of the
HAPY dormitory for its original purpose—mainly young
women. This means that the completion of another
mens dormitory will put the voung men on the south
side of the campus and the young women on the north
side of the campus.
These plans are in the making at the present time,
and we are hoping that this dormitory will be in use by
September 1, 1963. This is only one step in our long
range goal of being able to take one thousand students.
• ^ Slightly more than six hundred students have reg
istered for the 1962-63 session, but approximately two
hundred applications had to be turned down.
What we have worked for at Gardner-Webb has been
an orderly and gradual expansion in both physical equip
ment, faculty and student body. Our long range goal is
1970 ^ accommodate one thousand students by
In addition to the dormitory, the cafeteria will be
enlarged and expanded so that we might be able to
^rve a double line instead of a single line at present.
I he administration recognizes the long delay of students
m obtaining their meals at the present time. Steps are
being taken to alleviate the situation.
twelve hundred people.
The administration of Gardner-Webb recognizes the
possibility of becoming a four year institution in the
future. However, we have no intentions of becoming a
second rate four year institution, but would greatly pre
fer to remain a second year institution. The difference
in cost in operating a four year institution and a second
year institution is tremendous.
Whenever the alumni, friends and supporters of
Gardner-Webb are willing to contribute the necessary
funds, Gardner-Webb College will go to the four year
status. It is our present intention of maintaining the
standards in faculty and physical equipment as quickly
as possible so that the transition will not be so abrupt
when that time comes.
your project, first learn what has already been done in
your field; In other words, go to the libraries!
There are other values and skills to be got from
writing a library paper:
2. You will get a great deal of interesting and per
haps useful information about a special subiect.
3. You will learn how to sift material as well as
to find it, to judge its worth, to organize it, and to pre
sent it in pleasing form. And that is a skill that will be
useful some day. Whether you compose a talk for your
club meeting or write an article for your company jour
nal.