PAGE 2 THE PILOT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1969
EDITOR AND STAFF
Reg Alexander (E D.), Perry Dover, Jerry Simpson, Rickey
Blakley, David Gregory-, Dan Snyder, Terry Knight, Nancy Ray-
field, Sara Russel, and various club reporters.
Advisor, Mr. Alex Vaughn.
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is always encouraged by projects which re,
our young people are seriously studying a'
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Slag In Melting Pot
I was very much surprised to find that a Hawaiian student
had received a letter from the administration (regarding the
student’s registration for the second semester) that had been
addressed, “Dear Foreign Student.”
Some would say that this was only an unconsciously pro
duced mistake, but the very fact that it was unconsciously
done represents something that is so deep in our minds that
we do not recognize it as being there. This ‘something’ influ
ences our actions and responses to stimuli. It is this, when
one spots a drunk in a gutter, tells one this man is bad and,
conversely, that any man that is a preacher is good, even
though these conclusions may not necessarily be true.
The phenomenon of unconsciousness has been prevalent in
the old south regarding the status of Negroes. The attitude
seemed to be one of, “sure, Negroes are American citizens -
partly.” It is a wonder to me how we Americans criticize
Arabs and Israelis for this childlishness, and yet we practice
the same contempt among races and nationalities here.
Certainly, the case of this Gardner-Webb student did not in
volves racial contempt. But the experience of this student
did involve something that was certainly an insult to the deeply
valued citizenship this student possesses. Whether the words
“Dear Foreign Student” was an inadvertent mistake or not is
not so important as to the implication of inner hidden thoughts.
It is true that this student’s culture may differ somewhat
from what we call (incorrectly) “our” culture; but is not Am
erica acclaimed as the “melting pot” of the world? Is not “our”
culture a solution of many cultures? We are bound as Americans
in a common idealology, not in a common culture. In this sense,
Hawaii is an American as Valley Forge.
RICKEY BLAKEY
Root Of Hair Problem
Almost every college administrator across the country has
dealt, in the past few years, with students whose hair styles
look terribly like (Heaven forbid) Jesus’ — and whose faces
generate un-Americanism like Abraham Lincoln did.
A teacher, apparently feeling threatened by a student’s hid
den ears or camouflaged chin, marches him to someone in
authority, who insists that he remove enough hair from his
chin and ears to satisfy all “decent people” or face suspension.
Hair excites more emotions than student participation in
school affairs, religion in the school, or even free expression
of opinion.
The tragedy is, (and it is a tragedy) that schools poison
student-faculty administration relations by shifting the focus
from education, where it should be, to something as utterly
ridiculous as hair styles. Students lose all respect for educa
tors who use their energies fighting long hair and beards rather
than Improving their educational processes.
To millions of Americans, long hair is a sure sign that the
body underneath the hair takes drugs, hates school, is unpa
triotic and opposes the war in Vietnam.
Just as racists despise Negroes because of their black skin,
so many adults hate boys because of their long hair. It is easier
to hate their hair than to view an individual on the basis of
personal merit ....
Instead of being angry, I am depressed. How silly it is that
schools erupt into bitter fights, that students are deprives of
education, that people hate simply because a boy arranges his
hair on his head in a particular way.
Hair?
Long hair and beards help you gain valuable insight into
human nature. People holler hateful quotes at you from car
windows, some men and women spit at you on the street, and
restaurants refuse to seat you despite your coat and tie.
When you remove the hair from your face and from over
your ears, these people will accept you again. When other boys
remove the hair from their faces, their educators will let
them return to school,
Roger D. “Snail ” Hass
Dr. and Mrs. E.Eugene Poston
Cordially Invites
The Faculty and Student Body
To The
-WEBB KNOLL-
in River Bend Acres
for an Open House
in the
President's New Home
Sunday, February 23
- 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Yarbrough In Concert
student Government Assoc
iation of Gardner-Webb Col
lege will present Glenn Yar
brough in concert Monday night,
February 24, at 8 p.m. in Bost
Gymnasium.
Yarbrough, who rose to fame
as the lead singer with “The
Limeliters” folk group in the
early sixties, has continued his
rise in the entertainment field
since leaving “The Limeliters”
in 1963. He has nine albums on
the market at present the la
test being “Honey & Wine”
released late in 1968.
Glenn Yarbrough is unique in
his relationships with people,
in his way of living and in his
approach to singing. He started
singing at eight years of age
with the Grace Church Choir
as a soloist.
Glenn received a vocal sch
olarship to St. Paul’s School
where he attened until the 12th
grade. After graduation, he en
tered St. John’s College in An
napolis and Mexico City Col
lege where he majored in Clas
sical Greek and pre-Socratic
Philosophy. He could not stay
away from the entertainment
field or music and was offered
a job at the Gate of Hokn in
Chicago as a single. In 1959
Glenn met Cosmo Alley, Lou
Gottlieb and Alex Hassilev and
they formed the Limeliters.
Since leaving the Limeli
ters in 1963, Glenn has been
on his own and done extremely
well with his records and per
sonal appearances. His albums
include, “Time to Move On”,
“One More Round”, “Come
Share My Life”, “Baby The
Rain Must Fall”, “It’s Gonna
Be Fine”, “The Lonely
Things”, “Glenn Yarbrough -
Live at the Hungry i”, and
“For Emily, Whenever I May
Find Her”. He will appear on
the Ed Sullivan show on Sun
day night, February 23, before
his Gardner-Webb perfor-
Glenn Yarbrough cannot be
classified as just a folk singer
or a rock singer. He says,
“I’m somewhere between a folk
and folk rock singer.” The
RCA recording artist is ano
ther in the efforts of the Gard
ner-Webb College Student Gov
ernment Associations to give
Gardner-Webb students and a-
rea residents the best in mo
dem entertainment.
Bost Gymnasium will be filled
with music Monday night, Feb
ruary 24, at 8:00 p.m. when
Glenn Yarbrough does his thing.
MSS On
Review
By DAVID GREGORY
Dr. Betty Cox featured an
exhibit of very old manuscripts
during the month of February.
The items belonged to a friend
of Dr. Cox in Ne w Jersey
who sells items of antiq uarian
interest. The exhibit is com
posed of a collection of early
maps, engravings, pages from
books and illuminated manusc
ripts. A masterpiece of early
printing was a page from the
Nuremburg Chronicles of 1493,
showing the earliest printed
representation of a ship. This
was the most expensive item
in the showi^, priced at $110.
A most interesting set of
pages was the illuminated
leaves from a French missal
(Latin music) dated about 1433.
Dr. Cox reserved several i-
tems for her own collection.
Our thanks to Dr. Cox for
sponsoring the exhibit, and we
hope others will follow.
10th Annual
Springs Show
Held At OMG
Thirty five prize-winning en
tries from the Tenth Annual
Springs Art Contest and Show
will go on exhibit Tuesday,
February 18, in the 0. Max
Gardner Building at Gardner-
Webb College.
The exhibit of works by Ca-
rolinas artists ranges from Op
to Realism to Sculpture. It cur
rently is on a 12-month tour.
The Springs Traveling Show
closes at Gardner-Webb on Sun
day, March 2.
Springs Mills annually spon
sors the art contest and show
from which the traveling show
is selected. The contest is o-
pen to any artist, professional
or amateur, residing in North
or South Carolina. In 1968, 504
artists competed for the $1,500
in prize money awarded by
Springs.
The 35 paintings compris
ing this year’s Springs Tra
veling Show were picked by
James Frangides, chairman of
the graphic design department
of Parsons School of Design
in New York City. In summing
up the traveling show that he
picked, Frangides said: “It’s
a cross-section of good, re
presentative work. The sub
jects are varied and so is the
medium of expression.”
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Think it over, over coffee.
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