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THE PILOT
February, 1963
FEBRUARY IS R MONTH
OF MANY BIRTHDAYS!
February Is a Red Letter month, a month of birth
days of famous personases, as you can readily see by
reading the second chapter of your calendar, hanging
on the wall of your room in the dorm. Among the famous
people born in February can be named Lindbergh. Lin
coln. Washington, Lonrfellow, Lowell. Edison, Dickens,
and Charles Lamb.
And February 14 is the birthday of the patron saint
of lovers, St. Valentine. Of the life of St. Valentine we
know little, only that he was a saint and a martyr of
the third century, but his birthday has come to be a day
for messages and deeds of kindness to those we love.
Lindbergh was born in Detroit. Michigan. February
4, 1902. His flight across the Atlantic represented the
triumph of youth and idealism.
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809. Carl
Sandburg says that though Lincoln ‘‘was born in a house
with only one door and one window, it was written he
would come to know many doors, many windows: he
would read many riddles and doors and windows.”
Did you know that George Washington was born
on February 11, 1732 ... a date which has now become
February 22, through a change in the calendar?
The house in which Washington was bom was of
the better class of plain Virginian farm houses and it was
burned down long ago. Not far away is the Potomac.
The infant born to the Washington family on that Feb
ruary morning was destined to cause the name of Wash
ington to be known to the far corners of the world.
It is a good thing to observe anniversaries and to call
to mind special days for honoring those who have con
tributed to the welfare of a community. During February
we honor some important people on the Gardner-Webb
;ampus who have birthdays.
Among the faculty and staff we honor M. W. Gordon,
Jr., February 7; Mrs. Princa G. Moore, February 27; and
Mrs. Janelle Hicks, February 28.
It must be more than a co-incidence that the be
loved Saint Valentine and the Reverend Donald D.
Moore have birthdays on February 14.
Since Hubert C. Dixon is considered a great mathe
matics teacher, it is fitting that his birthday comes on
Washington’s birthday.
Gloria Poston, daughter of college president. Dr. E.
Eugene Poston and Mrs. Poston, has a birthday on Feb
ruary 18.
Among the students Don Butler has a birthday on
the first of this month of famous birthdays. Others hav
ing February birthdays are G_ai5' Robinson, February 2;
Gene Swink and Becky Lewis. February 3; Aquilla Brown
and Sherrill Eskew, February 5: Nancy Rider. February
7; Artie Treadway, Februai-y 8; Sam Tallant, February 9;
David Andrews and Steve Warren, February 10.
Allen Pace celebrated his birthday on Valentine’s
Day. Also bom this month are Brenda Causby. February
16; Stewart Gilmer, February 17: and George Clemmer,
February 18.
Herman Hamrick, Rick Bradley. Richard Duncan, and
George Ferrell must have possibilities for greatness since
they were born on Washington’s birthday.
Malinda Roberts and Billy Wav celebrate birthdays
on February 23. Gale Early was born on February 25.
rim Davis and Amanda Warlick on February 26. and
Billy Bridges and Lewis Nicholsen on February 28.
GOD GRANT ME "raE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT
CHANGE; COURAGE TO CHANGE
THE THINGS I CAN; AND
WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
—REINHOLD NIEBUHR
Program In The Arts
G-W Students Appear On TV
This is a banner year for Gardner-Webb in the field
of the performing arts. This is particularly true in drama
tics and television debating.
The Gardner-Webb Playcrafter’s production of Oscar
Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” was really
good college theatre. The cast, led by Professor Thomas
Harris, Clyde Buckner, Glenda Turner, Dottle Penning
ton, and Suzanne Jolley, got hold of the essential atti
tude of farce. The premises of farce are trivial, even
absurd, but they must produce serious circumstances
that seem tragic to the characters. “The Importance of
Being Earnest,” depending heavily on coincidence and
accident, set the characters upon a course that sped them
from simple problems to complex dilemmas. These prob
lems and dilemmas were well handled by the able cast.
And as this paper goes to press, the Playcrafters are
in the early stages of rehearsal for their spring play. It
is a Broadway comedy of six or eight years back. “The
Happiest Millionaire” starred Walter Pigeon as the ir
repressible Anthony J. Drexel Biddle and Ruth Matteson
as his wife. The Broadway show featured Diana Van Der
Vlis as the beautiful prize-fighting Cordy Biddle and
Joe Bishop as the beaten Charlie Taylor. The part of
Angler Duke, tobacco heir, was played by George Griz-
zard. The Gardner-Webb production will find Clyde Buck
ner, Nancy Dyson, Pat Freeman, and John Gay in the
starring roles.
Television debating is new to Gardner-Webb, but
several students have made excellent showings as they
matched wits with teams from other colleges over WSPA-
rv, Spartanburg, S. C. The whole series—called Carolina
Debates—will be climaxed with an hour-long debate
with the University of South Carolina on the query,
“Resolved, that the non-Communist nations of the world
should form an economic community.” Gardner-Webb
lost the first two debates to Davidson and Lenoir Rhyne
(a split decision) but soundly trounced North Greenville
Junior College on the first Sunday in January and nearly
as soundly thrashed Appalachian the first Sunday in
February.
The debate with South Carolina will be video taped
on April 7 for telecast at some later date.
What Do You Think?
Someone has departed from our midst. We shall miss
him immensely—no one could take his place, and yet—
most of us have forgotten him already. He was a fellow
we rarely noticed: but insignificant? No, because he was
the kind of guy we think of now and feel the better for
having known him. Yes, Pouryousefi was quiet sort:
about the only thing you ever expected from him was
a nod, a smile, a “Hi, Friend.” And always, that’s what
his greeting was, to you. and me. and everyone. “Hi,
Friend.” No, that’s not much: is it? But do you and I
always greet each other that way? All worked in the
lunchrom. He never complained about his hardships. The
professors who taught him will tell you he was a good
student. All just wanted to learn, to study. He did not
even use crib notes or ask you or me what was on the
test, did he? All loves Gardner-Webb. Do you know he
comes back every holiday, every chance he gets, iust to
see the campus? No, that’s not much either. Do we love
Gardner-Webb, even with its faults for what it has given
us? Ali is not a Baptist, but he worships God in his
way. And he worships him with dedication, not iust
empty words and lip service. Do we love God as Ali
does? No, I guess All isn’t much. But thank God there
are the Alls to make up for us—to make the world lust
a little more pleasant with a nod. a smile, and a “Hi,
Friend.”
D. J.