February, 1963
THE
PILOT
Page Nine
PTK Honors Miss Kiser
A certificate of honorary membership in the Lambda
Omega chapter of Phi i'heta Kappa was awarded Miss
Ruth Kiser, dean of women and co-sponsor of the chap
ter, at chapel services at Gardner-Webb College on Feb
ruary 1. The certificate was presented on behalf of the
chapter by Professor J. O. Terrell, adviser to the faculty
committee of Phi Theta Kappa.
In presenting the certificate Mr. Terrell said that
much of the credit for organizing a Chapter of the na
tional honor society was due to Miss Kiser’s efforts. The
Phi Theta Kappa chapter, which received its national
charter last spring, grew out of the former Marshal Club
which Miss Kiser sponsored.
Mr. Terrell said that Gardner-Webb College now has
the unique distinction of having three members of the
faculty who have been awarded honorary membership
in Phi Theta Kappa chapters in three different iunior
jolleges. Norman College bestowed honorary membership
on Dean Eugene M. Keebler, while he was serving as
dean of the Georgia college. Miss Kathrvn Copeland, co
sponsor of the Gardner-Webb Chapter, was recognized
with honorary membership by the Anderson College chap
ter, which she helped to organize and sponsored before
coming to Gardner-Webb College.
At the special service on Thursday morning certifi
cates of membership were presented to three students
who met the scholastic requirements for membership and
were initiated during the last semester. Students receiving
certificates were Bobby Devinev of Lawndale, Melvin
Flynn of Pilot Mountain, and Walter Davenport of Green
ville, .South Carolina.
Charles Gidney, president of the Lambda Omega
chapter, announced that a ticket was to be presented to
Dean Keebler for the Phi Theta Kappa breakfast to be
held in Seattle, Washington, in connection with the an
nual convention of the American Association of Juior
Colleges, February 28.
35 Students Excel Academically
About five per cent of our students (a number far too
small incidentally) are walking around these days with a
light in their eyes which has nothing to do with Valen
tines. Comments being heard are: “Let me figure it, that’s
not right,” and “Won’t Mother be proud of me now?”
“My, what a bright child I must be!” These people have
had the good fortune to survive all the horrors and atro
cities which their professors spent the long nights dream
ing up. Three students came out with almost an un
believable 4.0 average. These were: Walter Davenport,
Nancy Rider, and Mrs. Shirley Luckadoo. Other students
on the Dean’s List are: Clyde Buckner. Melvin Flvnn. and
David Washburn. There are others to be congratulated—
those who managed to maintain a 3.2 average. Their
names are:
Dianne Anderson, Floyd Benfield. William Bigger-
staff, Richard Bruggemann, Deanna Caldwell. Jimmy C.
Cooke, Annie Dilling, Mrs. Nancv S. Dyson. Barrv Kd-
ward, Charles Gidney, Ben Harding. Karl Hedrick. .Tr..
Suzy Hedrick, James Holland, Sue Humphries, Cornelia
Jenkins.
Diane Jones. Jacynthia Jones, Richard Lineberry.
Dorothy Pennington. Robert Redding, Bettv Richie. .Tack
Spainhour. Jr., Alnha Snurlin. Glenda Turner. Wal'Rce
Tyser. Jr., Louwanda Wa't«on, William B. Watterson, Bar
bara Wright.
This in itself is quite an achievement. These, we are
sure, will in time receive due reward for their efforts.
We the unfortunates, admire you. In the immortal words
of Professor Stacy. “Hallowed be thy name.” Seriously,
we are very proud of your efforts. Congratulations!
Break-Out Staged
Great Books Club
If you happened upon what looked like a break-in
in the Webb building a few weeks back, you were mis
taken in’ your deduction. It was an inside iob—a break
out. About an even dozen, including three G.-W. faculty
members and some leading citizens of Shelby, members
of the Great Books Discussion Club had the misfortune
of being locked in by Mrs. Dorothy Hamrick, who claimed
she didn’t know there was anyone in the building. “A
good time was had by all” climbing out the front win
dow. We just wish there had been a camera handy to
get shots of Miss Copeland and Miss Jones taking their
unusual constitutional.
Miss Kathryn Copeland and Tom Harris are the lead
ers for this group of nineteen members organized in
Shelby in October, along with another faculty member.
Miss Doris Jones, who was hostess for the group in the
Conference room in the Webb building at the time of
the break out.
English Professor Authors Article
By Johnny Greene
In spring a young man’s fancy also turns to travel.
Everyone, like myself, has probably dreamed of that
trip to Europe.
“Every summer the continent of Europe copes with
crowds of culture seeking, camera-carrying, cola-consum-
ing American tourists,” writes Miss Kathryn Copeland,
English professor at Gardner-Webb College in an article
which appeared in the summer edition of the Delta
Kappa Gamma Bulletin, official magazine for the inter
national honorary organization for key women teachers.
In the article Miss Copeland warned that “Like Wil
liam the Conqueror, who laid waste the English seaboard
to prevent the Danes from finding foothold on his newly-
won territory, our neighbors to the East (notwithstand
ing the lucrative tourist trade) may eventually be tempt
ed to set up hazards to turn back the plundering hordes
of western tourists.”
I consider the consumption of Miss Copeland’s article
as necessary as a wash-and-wear suit for your dream
trip to Europe. The magazine containing the article may
be found in the college library.
The article in contrast to Mark Twain’s Innocents
Abroad is called Irritants Abroad. Inspired by a former
Baylor University teacher and Browning scholar. Dr. A.
J. Armstrong, Miss Copeland and a group of what she
calls Irritants Abroad crossed the Atlantic in 1959 for a
tour of Great Britain and European countries. In a hu
morous style the author makes a number of suggestions
for Americans planning to travel in Europe.
'The Gardner-Webb teacher emphasizes that “Every
American who goes abroad is helping or hindering the
reputation of his country.” She says that "A well-inform
ed American can become an admirable amateur ambas
sador.”
I suggest that we all read the article before taking
that first trip abroad so that we may feel less like Yahoos
among Houyhnhnms.
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