GARDNER-WEBB
TUESDAY JANUARY 27, 1970
Members of the committee from the Board of Higher Education meet with school officials.
G.fF. Passes Its First Test
by Donna Turner
Upon the recommendation of
a committee of the Board of
Higher Education, which visi
ted Gardner-Webb’s campus
last fall, the status of senior
college was approved for G.W.
This status authorizes the
school to offer the baccalau
reate degree. The authority to
grant the degrees would take
effect in the fall of 1971 when
the first senior class gradu-
Dr. Poston said the state
committee did an extensive sur
vey of the school’s facilities
and held interviews with four
student leaders. The committee
commended the school for its
work toward educational excel
lence, The committee did ex
press concern about areas that
could cause problems in re
ceiving accreditation from the
Southern Association of Schools
and Colleges. These problems
Include (1) extremely heavy tea
ching loads for some facultj'
members; (2) the large number
of major fields offered, par
ticularly in the area of re
ligion; and (3) the number of
faculty members who hold
only their bachelor’s degree.
The committee also felt that
the school may have to mod
ify some regulations as to giv
ing credit for chapel.
Dr. Poston stated, “We’re a-
head of the game and we be
lieve we’ll make it. VVe must
triple the size of the librarj'
and double our holdings.” Plans
are being made for a new li
brary, and the holdings of the
library are increasing about
10,000 to 20,000peryear. Thir
ty per cent of the faculty need
to hold Ph. Ds. “We just lack
one or two having that now,
and seven of our own faculty'
Food Committee To Handle Gripes
Newest on the committee
scene on the Gardner-Webb
Campus is the recently organ
ized Food Committee. The com
mittee is comprised of repre
sentatives from each dorm, off-
campus housing, day students
(presently being selected), the
faculty and the administration.
Dorm representatives are
Jerry Simpson of Myers (com
mittee chairman), Claudia Hou
ser of Stroup (secretary), Joe
Boyd of Lutz-Yelton,John Whit
ten of off-campus, Stephanie
Angelo of Hapy, David Cass of
Decker, Mike Cherry of Myers,
Jeff Cranford of Mauney, Nan
cy Simpson of Nanney and Troy
Harmon of Myers Annex. Re
presenting the Slater Company'
is Mr. Reid. Faculty repre
sentative is Mrs. Carpenter.
Mr. Poston and Miss Kiser
are administration representa-
An important function of the
committee is to serve as a
sounding board for the student
body on matters pertaining to
food and cafeteria services. By
working together with students,
faculty and administration, the
Slater Company hopes to pro
vide the best possible service
as well as opening an avenue
through which suggestions and
complaints can be made known.
by Jeff Cranford
Some business items dis
cussed at the first meeting of
the committee were cleanliness
of eating utensils, food waste
and use of the cafeteria by other
groups for banquets, etc., dur
ing regularmealtimes. Monday,
February 9th is the next time
this will occur. Suggestions for
menu, beverages, decorations
and place for the student meal
on that day were sought by Mr.
Reid from the committee. Stu
dents are encouraged to make
any suggestions they may have
to their respective committee
members. This information will
be needed by January 28th.
Morris Gives G.W. $5,000
A South Carolina real estate
man, M.A. (Brick) Morris, of
Inman, has given Gardner- Webb
College a gift of $5000 to be
placed in endowment with the
interest to be used for finan
cial aid for deserving stu
dents.
The scholarship fund will be
named, “The Mr. and Mrs. M.
A. (Brick) Morris Endowed Sch
olarship.”
Dr. E. Eugene Poston, pres-
BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
School Gets Own T.V. Show
A thirty-minute television
program over a local cable-
vision channel has been inau
gurated by Gardner-Webb Col
lege. The program is shown
over Cablevision’s Channel 19
at 9 a.m. each Sunday.
Charles Freeman, the college
minister, said the programs
will consist of a variety of
productions. Included will be
ministerial students with de
votions, student folk music
groups, interviews with Chris
tian athletes, coaches and sum
mer mission workers as well
Rev. Freeman said the pro
gram has several purposes es
pecially to reach the unchurched
and the sick and shut-in as well
as give Gardner-Webb students
experience and discipline of
performing before television
cameras.
Actually, the idea for the
program came from a fresh
man ministerial student, Rog
er Wheat of Shelby. He set up
a meeting between Rev. Free
man and the station manager,
Robert Pope to plan such a pro
gram. From this meeting came
the format for “The Gardner-
Webb College Presents a De
votion.”
Chapel Is Looking Up
Chapel is looking up. Just
released from the office of
Rev. Freeman, college mini
ster, are those coming chapel
programs for second semester:
On January 27, a comedian
named Gene Tracey will en
tertain. Then the next week,
the Joyful Noise will have an
hour of performance for the
students. Next, the students who
took Christmas to Hyden, Ken
tucky will tell of their exper-
Bs. Dr. George Schweitzer,
by Bill Neely
a noted chemist from the Un
iversity of Knoxville, will speak
at a chapel in February. The
speaker the following week will
be Mr. Tom Brady, Jr. of Cen
tral Piedmont College in Char
lotte. The Fellowship of Chris
tian Athletes plan to have a
nationally known athlete on
campus to speak in a future
program. And finally, an hour
of music wil 1 be presented
by the college choir one Tues-
Boy choir
To Perform
by Carolyn Thomas
The Columbus Boychoir, of
Princeton, N.J. will appear at
Boiling Springs under the spon
sorship of the Gardner-Webb
College as part of the school’s
Distinguished Artist Series.
The group will be at the
Boiling Springs Baptist Church,
Sunday afternoon February 1
at 3 o’clock. Tickets will not
be sold at the door. They can
be purchased at the school’s
business office and the music
department prices are $2.50
for adults and $1.50 for stu
dents. Students and staff of the
college will be admitted with
proper identification.
This choir consists of 26
male voices selected from the
student body of the Columbus
Boychoir School. This school
goes through the ninth grade and
the best of the student body is
chosen for the nation-wide
Regular academic instruction
is given the students, but in
cluded is three hours per day
in musical rehearsal. Provi
sions are also made for in
dividual lessons.
The choir travels with its
own bus equipped as a school
room. It has a five octave
piano, a kitchenette, desks for
students and a public address
system so classes can be con
ducted while the bus is travel
ing.
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The Boy choir will be appearing at Boiling Springs Baptist Church.
“ylre Evening
At The
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ident of Gardner-Webb, said
the proceeds of the fund will
be given to “students of good
character who are in finan
cial need.” He added that South
Carolina students will be con
sidered first. If there is no
deserving student in need from
South Carolina then the school’s
scholarship committee will
make the award.
Gardner-Webb has more than
300 South Carolina students in
its present student body.
The Music Department of
Gardner-Webb will present “An
Evening at the Opera” on
Thursday evening, February 19,
at 8:00 in th e Opera House
Theater.
Dr. Cribb, Chairman of the
Music Department, said that
the program has been designed
for enjoyment by all students of
the college, not just those of
the Music Department. He
added that it could even be said
to be a program for students
who think that they do not like
opera. The entire production,
will be sung in English; and the
highlight of the program will
be the short comic opera THE
TELEPHONE, by Menotti. The
story of this American opera
portrays the frustrations of a
young suitor in his attempts
to propose to his girl firend
and the constant interruptions
by the telephone. Susan Wilson
will sing the role of the tele
phone addict, and Tom Lat-
timore will perform the role
of her exasperated suitor.
Juanita is replacing Carolyn Long.
H.A.P.Y.
President
by Donna Turner
Juanita Carpenter, a junior
business major from Connelly
Springs, North Carolina, has
assumed the duties of pres
ident in HAPY dorm.
Juanita was nominated by the
W.A.B. to fill the post when
the former HAPY president,
Carolyn Long, transferred to
Campbell College. In the e-
lection held on January fif
teenth, Juanita, who was the
only candidate, was voted on
by the residents of the dorm.