VOLUME 4
GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE, BOILING SPRINGS, N. C., FEB. 25,1966
Kay Martin, Betty Austin will Reign May Day
Tooth Decay,
Kissing Linked
MIAMI, Fla. (AP) — Scien
tists have discovered that tooth
decay is a highly contagious dis
ease, not a defect you inherit
from your parents, says a Uni
versity of Miami researcher.
That means if you have a good,
sound set of choppers but marry
somebody with a mouth full of
cavities, you are imperiling your
ivory smile.
“This is not going to stop
kissing,” said the researcher, Dr.
Doran D. Zinner, in a bit of un
derstatement.
“But it does mean we have
made a good step forward in
stopping tooth decay,” he said.
“For many years we thought
of tooth decay as hereditary,”
Zinner said in an interview.
“But now we know that if an
individual does not have a cer
tain type of bacteria in his
mouth, he will not get cavities.”
You can eat all the candy,
cake and i>da pop you want if
you don’t have these bacteria,
Zinner said, and your teeth won’t
decay.
Of course, if you do have the
bacteria, every time you eat
something with sugar in it, you
are giving the bacteria food, al
lowing them to destroy your
teeth.
The bacteria are transmitted
by direct contact, said Zinner, a
dentist - microbiologist who has
been studying tooth decay with
four colleagues for the past five
years under a Public Health Ser
form of tooth decay, Zinner said,
“but the biggest majority have
the slow acting type.”
Still, you might catch a faster-
moving brand from your girl
friend, wife, or even a kissin’
cousin, he said.
The best protection against
tooth decay discovered so far is
fluorides, Zinner said.
Not only do fluorides kill the
bacteria but they also become
part of the crystal surface of the
teeth and act as a wall against
new bacteria, he said.
by Susan K. Praytor
MISS KAYE AILENE MAR
TIN, daughter of-'fAr. and Mrs.
Alfred C. Martin of 501 West
Montgomery Street, Gaffney,
South Carolina, is our newly
elected May Queen.
Kay graduated from Gaffney
Senior High School where she
was active in school activities,
serving as Spanish Club Presi
dent, a member of the Student
Council, student body treasurer,
sophomore class president,
Homecoming attendant, annual
staff typist, contestant for Miss
Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and
Twelfth grade, Gaffney Junior
Miss, and chorus secretary.
Here at Gardner-Webb, Kay’s
major is Accounting and Data
Processing. After graduation, she
plans to live with Linda Moore,
a sophomore here, and work with
IBM at Eastern Ailrines in Char
lotte, or the IBM Center at Mi
ami, Florida.
MISS BETTY LOU AUSTIN
is Maid of Honor to our May
Queen.
Betty is from Spar t a n b u r g.
South Carolina, residing at 1605
Reidville Road.
She attended and graduated
from Fair Forest High School in
Spartanburg. She was a member
of the Junior and Senior Future
Homemakers of America, in the
school choir, and in the Greek
Club. She attended first semes
ter of her senior year in Athens.
Greece.
Betty’s plans after graduation
are indefinite. Her maior is so
ciology, and she may go on to
Wake Forest College or to the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, North Carolina.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. G. Austin.
Leadership Conference To Be Held Here
by Margaret Anne Moore
Gardner-Webb College will be
the scene of the Spring Leader
ship Training Conference of the
Baptist Student Union of North
Carolina April 15-17, 1966. This
is the first time in the history of
our college that such a confer
ence of students has been held
here. Purpose of the conference
is to train those who have been
given places of leadership in Bap
tist student unions across the
state. Not only is there a train
ing session for leaders, but also
a period for students to come face
to face with the dilemma of war
and peace. This year’s theme,
“The Daggar and the Cross,”
deals with the matter of the
Christian student confronted
with war and peace. There will
be on the program a military man
discussing the topic “Why I Am
a Professional Soldier.” Also on
the program will be a pacifist
and a non-pacifist, debating the
question “Can the Daggar and
the Cross be Reconciled?” There
will be a question and answer
period with all three men dis
cussing students questions c on
cerning war and peace.
In the midst of all of this will
be periods of worship, work
shops, a business session, a film,
“Under Ten Flags”, special com
mittee meetings, and fellowship.
Conference time begins at 4:00
p.m. Friday afternoon with regis
tration, and ends after the 9.30
a.m. Sunday morning worship
service. All students are urged to
give special consideration to at
tending this conference. It is a
wonderful opportunity for stu
dents to face current issues at
their own back door. Our twen
ty-four member BSU Council will
be hard at work preparing for the
visit of approximately four hun
dred students to our campus. We
cannot do the job alone; we need
your help. If you would like to
attend this conference and aid
your campus in hosting it, please
contact the BSU president as
soon as possible.
Math Department Obtains New Member
by Susan K. Praytor
Serving the -Gardner-Webb faculty and students as assistant
professor in the Mathematics Department is Mr. Chit-fu Chang, a
native of Canton, China.
Professor Chang came to the United States in 1959 to studv
“Agricultural Economics and Statistics” at Amei-ican University un-
, : der the sponsorship of the Inter
national Cooperation Administra-
In 1960, he returned to China,
and came back to the United
States in 1963 to obtain his Ba
chelor of Science Degree in
Mathematics. In December, 1964,
he completed his B. S. work with
honors from Western Illinois
University, Macomb, 111. These
honors gave him an assistantship
to work on his Master of Science
Degree which he finished prior
to coming to Gardner-Webb.
He has worked for the Taiwan
Food Bureau as a statistician and
for the Central Statistical Bureau
of the Republic of China.
Mr. Chang is a member of the
American Statistical Association
and the Chinese Statistical Asso
ciation.
Mr. Chit-fu Chang