THE
PILOT
Sunday, May 10th
Call Your Mother
GARDNER-WE3B COLLEGE
MONDAY, MAY 4, 1970
Sara Russell,
Fagg Nowlan, vice- president: Steve Coldron, president;
secretary-treasurer
Students Elect
SGA Leaders
School Begins
By JEFF CRANFORD
Fund Last Wednesday eigh
chairs were delivered lo u.w.
Campaign \CommiUee Visits |
Advisory Member
Donates Chairs
Several hundred business, in
dustrial and church leaders
gathered Monday night, April
13, at Gardner-Webb and heard
Washington businessman and
former football star, Ralph
Guglielmi.
The dinner meeting was
heard at 7 o’clock in the Char
les I. Dover Building on the
campus of the college.
This dinner was the kick-off
point of the,school’s fund cam
paign to raise $15 million dol
lars for expansion of the school
in order to meet the standards
necessary to attain senior col
lege accreditation. This would
include raising funds to con
struct a new library, convert
the present library into a class
room buUding, double the size
of the present administration
building, build a 100-bed dor
mitory and increase the sch
ool’s present endowment of
$3,000,000 by at least $200,000.
Guglielmi pointed out that he
was the product of a church-
related private school similar
to Gardner-Webb and voiced
his strong support for such an
institution.
“Building a greater Gard
ner-Webb is a challenge you
must meet,” said the speaker.
“Without such schools as this
you will have to forget private
education. The school must have
your support. It can not sus
tain itself.”
Gardner-Webb will graduate
its first senior class in May of
1971. There are approximately
1350 students on the campus at
the present time, and the junior
class numbers 330. The school
has been granted approval of the
North Carolina Board ofHigher
Education to grant four year
degrees.
The fund campaign got a big
shot in the arm when it was
reported that the school’s fa
culty and staffhadpledgedmore
than $76,000.
More than 125 faculty and
staff members pledged to give
to the campaign, and there are
still some pledge cards that
have not been returned. Cam
paign workers among the fa
culty indicated that the total
figure may rise even higher.
An eight-man committee re
presenting the Southern Assoc
iation of Colleges and Schools
visited the campus the second
week in April to study the needs
of the school as a four-year in
stitution.
Gardner-Webb has applied to
the Association for accredita
tion, and this Advisory Com
mittee met with the various
divisions of the college in an
in-depth study of the programs
being offered at the college.
The Committee filed its re
port with the Association and
its Committee on Admission to
Membership with recommen
dations for the Evaluation Com
mittee’s visit in the spring of
1971.
The Advisory Committee, un
der the leadership of Dr.
Thomas Y. Whitley, President
of Columbus College, Georgia,
discussed the various areas of
the college life with Lloyd C.
Bost, Chairman of the Board
of Trustees; John L. (Buck)
Fraley, Chairman of the Board
of Advisors; Toliver Davis,
Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee of the Board of Trus
tees; Ralph W. Gardner, Chair
man of the Curriculum Com
mittee of the Board of Trus
tees and various department
heads, students, and adminis
trators.
This group was on the cam
pus for three days.
Other members of the Com
mittee in addition to Dr. Whit
ley, were Dr. Lewis Nobles,
President, Mississippi Col
lege, Clinton, Mississippi; Dr.
Edward L. Henson, Jr., Chair
man, Department of History,
Clinch Valley College, Wise,
Virginia; Dr. Richard Rowland,
Professor of English, Sweet
Briar College, Sweet Briar,
Virginia; Dr. Bill Fancher,
Dean, College of Education,
University of Montevallo, Mon-
tevallo, Alabama; Bill E.
Lunceford, Assistant Regional
Director for the Southeastern
Region, American College
Testing Program, Atlanta,
Georgia; Paul L. Grier, Li
brarian, Hampden-Sydney Col
lege, Hampden-Sydney, Vir
ginia; Wayne R. Weaver, Vice
President for Business Affairs,
Furman University, Greenville,
South Carolina.
by General Fireproofing Com
pany of Forest City, N. C. They
will be used in the snack shop
area of the Campus Center.
Dr. Poston gave the follow
ing account of how the chairs
were acquired. Mr. Stan Love
less who is General Manager
of General Fireproofing and
also Vice Chairman of G.W.’s
Board of Advisors noticed the
need for new chairs in the snack
shop area. He then volunteered
to have enough chairs made
and donated for use in the area.
General Fireproofing manufac
tured most of the furniture in
use in the Campus Center.
These chairs are red and black
in color.
By BILL NEELY
Spring elections at Gardner-
Webb were held, and students
from three states were named
to top student posts.
Steve Coldron, of Greens
boro, N. C., was elected pre
sident of the 1970-71 Student
Government Association. Fagg
Nowlan, of Greensboro, was
named vice-president and Sara
Russell, of Charlotte, was na
med secretary-treasurer.
These students were named in a
run-off election.
The result of the ballot count
in the first voting was: (presi
dent) Steve Coldron with 330
votes, Troy Harmon with 207
votes, Danny Ellington with 168
votes, and Dennis Roberts with
75 votes; (vice-president) Fagg
Nowlan with 306 votes, Char
les Morrison with 226 votes,
Bill Wallace with 143 votes,
and Camilla Taylor with 97
votes; (secretary-treasurer)
Sara Russell with 359 votes,
Alice Pike with 250 votes, and
Linda Benfield with 163 votes.
There were 790 votes cast of
a student body of approximate
ly 1350.
The result of the run-off
ballot count was: (president)
Steve Coldron with 441 votes,
Troy Harmon with 263 votes;
(vice-president) Fagg Nowlan
with 382 votes, and Charles
Morrison with 315 votes; (se
cretary-treasurer) Sara Rus
sell with 364 votes, and Alice
Pike with 340 votes. There
were 704 votes cast.
Charles Teague, Taylors
ville, N. C. was elected pre
sident of the Men’s Council.
Ray Hannon, of Greer, S. C.
was named vice-president; and
Sandy Webster, Norfolk, Va.
was named president of the
Women’s Affairs Council;
Nancy Simpson of Spencer, N.
C., was elected vice-president;
and Brenda Jones of Taylors,
S. C., was elected secretary-
treasurer of the women’s group.
’70 ANCHORS
To Be Late
By JEFF CRANFORD
The 1969-70 ANCHOR will
not be ready for distribution
before the end of the academic
year. Due to various staff re
signations, changes, and local
production problems students
will have to get their annuals
in one of three ways.
Those students who are not
returning to Gardner-Webb and
are not planning to attend sum
mer school should leave their
name and address with the
Promotions Office, room 111
CID. The annual will be mailed
to these students as soon as It
becomes available. Summer
school students and others who
so desire may pick up their
copy of the ANCHOR in the Pro
motions Office this summer as
soon as it is received. All o-
ther students can get their an
nual when they return to Gard
ner-Webb this fall.
At the present time the exact
date of availability of the an
nual is not known but wUl be
publicized at the earliest pos
sible date.
Students gather at flagpole to discuss their opinions and complaints.
■We Need To Move To A Point Of Understanding”
By BILL NEELY
At 6:00 on April 22 in the
middle of G. W. campus, a
group of approximately 250
G. W. students gathered around
the flagpole. This group was
led by the recently-elected
president of the SGA, Steve
Coldron, and a fellow junior
student, Jim Robinson. Steve
explained later, “The gather
ing was initiated by the recent
sending of letters to male stu
dents with long hair.”
These letters were sent out
by the Director of Student
Affairs and stated:
“The unkempt appearance of
your hair has been brought to
our attention. Announcements
have been made regarding this
on numerous occasions. Also,
this is stated in the Campus
Code.
“I have discussed this matter
fully with Dr. Poston. He has
requested that unless you take
care of this immediately, I
should recommend that you be
denied the privilege of return
ing to Gardner-Webb.
“ \ ou are required to check by
my office NO LATER THAN
(tive days from when the letter
was sent) to show thatthis mat
ter has been corrected.
“If your attitude or conduct
merits such, you may be drop
ped from school immediately.”
At the meeting, however,
Steve said that “other student
complaints were also discus
sed.” He went on to say that,
“The gathering was merely an
effort to get the students to
gether so that I might make
an effort to understand student
opinion on such issues and be
able to present to the Admin
istration the feelings of the
students.” Steve added, “I feel
sure that I can work with the
Administration and the Board
of Trustees for the betterment
of student policy.” He further
stated, “We need to move to a
point of understanding between
Administration and students.”