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PAGE 2 THE PILOT, TUESDAY. SEPT. 22, 1970. GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE PILOT Box 289 Gardner-Webb College Boiling Springs, North Carolina Telephone: 434-2211 Extension: 43 EDITORS STAFF Jeff Cranford-Editor Dan Snyder- Associate Editor Sandra Johnson- News Editor Donna Turner- Feature Editor Terry Knight- Sports Editor Mr. Bill Boyd- Advisor Reg Alexander Carrol Garrett Sylvia Bridges Jerry E. Keller Patsy Bumgarner Lynda Mingoia Bobby Campbell Debbie Robinson Melanie Campbell Ronnie Sams Suzanne Connor Bobby Shell Dianne Copeland Da^vn Spainhour Steve Gregory John Taylor Cross-Section Meets On Friday, September 4th a cross-section of the Gardner- Webb College community gathered at Maple Springs in Kings Mountain for a student leadership conference. In this group were the college president, its vice president of academics, two of its trustees, an advisor, seven faculty members and forty-three concerned student leaders representing twenty-two campus clubs and organizations. Why They Met The fact that this group of people came together to discuss our total college life and to ask and answer questions is perhaps one of the most important happenings to have occured in recent Gardner-Webb history. A Gap Exists Even the casual observer of college life at Gardner-Webb realizes that there exists a gap between the administration and its policies and the student body and its desires. It would seem in the past that both parties have asked questions which seem unanswerable to its opposite. This phenomenon was even evident at Maple Springs where maiiy questions concerning such touchy subjects as required chapel and revivals were asked, often not receiving answers satisfactory to some students. But the fact that the questions were aired and heard by such a mixed array of all concerned offers hope for future communication. A Change May Come While Gardner-Webb was still a junior college it was under standably difficult for its students to really become concerned about those vital issues which senior college status will bring into the open. There was a tendancy to escape into the reali zation that after the sophomore year we will be moving on to new ground so why try to cultivate the soil here. Now that students will be spending tour years here perhaps we will be going beyond the questions which the administration could possibly view as superficial and immature and the ans wers which students could possibly view as “just because.” What Is Needed K Gardner-Webb is to advance to her true plane of value and realize her fullest potential as a senior college it will result from such dialogue and exchange of views as took place at Maple Springs. Right now there is an urgent need for more of this communication between all of those who are a part of our college. A new constitution is being worked on which we hope will provide a framework within which we can find the best of all possible paths for Gardner-Webb. At the moment however your concern as student, faculty, administrator, trustee and advis or that more of this communication of views be shared is ess ential. What You Can Do THE PILOT urges those of '■you who were there at Mapie Springs to give your view of what took place and what good came from that meeting. Any student is invited to express himself in regard to the vital issue of communication, school spirit, and morale. A Starting- - Place At the recent student lead ership conference held at Map le Springs In Kings Mountain four areas of campus life were considered in separate discus sion groups. These areas were academics, social, religious and collegiate living. As a bas is for stimulating discussion the following questions were considered which THE PILOT presents to you with the hope that you the student will have comments to make. Academics How can we improve student involvement in Academic Aff airs? Student opinion of aca demic image of Gardner-Webb? What are the academic press ures and tensions among stu dents? Student involvement in orientation? Registration? Cou nseling? Student hang-ups in A- cadomics? Studying? Choosing a major? Use of library? Cur riculum planning? Social Life student involvement In im proving the social life of the campus? Weekend entertain ment? Recreation? Activities? Within Clubs and organizations? student involvement in care and use of equipment and facilities? Religious How can we involve more stu dents in religious activities? BSU? Church? Campus revi vals, retreats, etc.? How can students become involved in helping to establish a better spiritual tone or atmosphere on campus? Collegiate Living Comments on the college way of studying, learning, dating, recreating and living. Students are involved in collegiate liv ing. What are some of the prob lems and how can we improve collegiate living at Gardner- Webb? Problems relating to studying? Dating? Leisure time acitvities? Group living? Sch- ool Spirit? Athletics? Chapel? CONCERT TICKET PRICES group advanc: Marlena Shaw $1.00 Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band $2.00 Him, He & Me $2.00 Kenny Roger & The 1st Edition $3.00 Herb Reed & Group $3.00 $1.50 $2.50 $2.50 $3.50 $3.50 ♦Students showing ID’s in Student Affairs Office at least two days prior to the concert can purchase tickets for off-campus dates at half the advance price. GW Students admitted free with in card. Women’s Lib By Dawn Spainhour On the Contemporary scene today, one frequently finds the topic of women’s rights being discussed, Should a woman be drafted, or work the same job as a man, or be the “bread winner”? Well, as far as I am concerned, a woman has the right but what man wants a wife that can press as many pounds as he can? I believe a man wants a dainty, feminine wife at home, who waits on him, gives him love, and makes him feel like a man. The theme may be “You’ve come a long way baby,” but don’t you want to be somebody’s baby? Well, my opinion is just one. But when I asked several people their views, the over all answer was NO! Herein are some responses to the question “What do you think of wo men’s liberation?” Jerry HoUifeld- “Women don’t have to start a big thing to be recognized. There are certain things women can’t do. that n- it do.” Jan Johnson- “Its okay to a certain extent. I want to be treated like a woman, but a man can’t treat her like one if he feels she’s equal to him,” Kippy Kirkland- “A woman’s place is in the home.” Kay Buchanan- “I don’t like it, I don’t want to go to Viet Nam. The girl should be the weaker sex. Charles Wilson- “Women were created for men. Their place is behind a man. Women aren’t equal to men and should n’t try to be. Tom Lattimore- “’.Vomen have everything they need. This movement is just a passing fad.” Bob Raynor- “No! Men like to feel masculine. If wo men take their place. It just Steve Riddle- “Socially, wo men are already accepted. They should be recognized but noth ing will come of this move- Carol Cathey- “Women are carrying it too far. A woman’s place is in the home, not out working on construction.” Barry Smith- “Women have the right to do it. They have a right to their choice.” From the above evidence it seems that the spark of wo men’s liberation will never start any fires on the Gardner- Webb campus. The Forum The first Leadership Confer ence for Gardner-Webb Coll ege was held on September 4, 1970 at Maple Springs. After a general introduction and bri ef devotion, we were divided in to smaller groups. These were as follows: Collegiate Life, Academic Life, and Social Life. We spent about 45 minutes to an hour in one group and then switched groups. The discuss ion was most helpful and eve ryone had an opportunity to ex press themselves. The outdoor environment was very plea sant for the individual discus- It would be very good for the college, the administration, the faculty, the trustees, and the students to have an annu al Leadership Conference. One other suggestion might be to have some students attend the conference who are not act ually campus leaders of any or ganization but who are students interested in the affairs of the college and in the students who attend it. A conference promotes un derstanding between the admin istration and the students and that is very IMPORTANT. It gives an opportunity for open communication between stu dents, faculty, and administ ration because it is a time at the beginning of the school year when they can get together and discuss. As Gardner-Webb College grows, it will need even more open communication. An organ ized Leadership Conference at the beginning of the year will help toward this problem of communication, as well as, help the students learn more about THEiR college home. Janet Whisnant Quotations in this letter come from Cornelia Fabro’s GOD IN EXILE, In this letter I shall qu ote words of top Communists that prove Christianity cannot compromise with, or coexist in peace with, Communism. Engels, one of the “patron saints” of present-day Marx ians, wrote; “ ‘ Consequently we have declared war once and for all upon religion and the religious notions. . .’ ”. Fabro writes that according to Engels’ critique of Carlyle, the English scholar “laments the vacuum and the inner void of our age, the rottenness at the core of society; he is right in his diag nosis. . . To cure the ill, the would-be physician must first find the root cause behind the mere symptoms. Had Carlyle really devoted himself to a search forthe cause (Engels declares), he would have found that this confusion and this emptiness, this ‘lack of soul’ and this irreligion and ‘atheism’ have their deepest roots in religion itself. Religion by its very nature involves the emptying of man and nature of all content and the transfer of this content into the phantom specter of a transcendent God who deigns to grant to man and nature a mor sel of his own surplus!” The reader should be aware thatthis is the pure anthropological ath eism of Feuerbach, who deep ly influenced both Marx and Engels. Engels wrote: “ ‘Carlylefur ther accuses our age of lying and hypocrisy. . . We too att ack the hypocrist of the Chr istian posture of our age; the fight against it, our own lib eration from it, and the lib eration of the world from it, are ultimately our sole assign ment. But. . . the inner nature of this hypocrisy is no longer ■ so strange and incomprehensi ble to us. . . We too trace this hypocrisy back to religion whose first word is a lie— or does not religion, then, begin by showing us something human and maintaining that it is some - thing superhuman, divine. But because we know that all this lying and immorality follows from religion, that the religious hypocrisy, theology, is the archetype of all other lies and hypocrisy, we are the refore justified in extending the name of theology to the whole of the falsehood and hypocrisy of the present, as was done first by Feuerbach and Brune Bauer.’ ” So well did Pope Pius XI understand this evil genius that he declared in 1937: “ * Com munism is intrinsically evil and no one who would save Christian civilization may co llaborate with it in any under taking whatsoever.’ ” DRD. IF I DON'T B€COM£ fiAl im\JlOORl) ^ni N£m 56 LIKE THE R£ST Of THB Constitution Week This past week, September 17-23 has been Constitution Week and it has been observed and promoted by the Flint Hills Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the Boiling Springs Area. The DAS makes a concentrated effort to declare the import ance of our American Constitution. “Under this Constitution our American Way of Life has advanced beyond the most ex- aulted hopes of its founders. This is a religious nation and we are religious people. Our country will survive as long as she remains loyal to her spiritual heritage. The Daughters of the American Revolution urge us to hold fast to our heritage and give thanks,” says a DAS publication. Entertainment$S?? Many students have questions about the use of entertainment funds and where we stand financially in the entertainment de partment. In an interview with THE PILOT, Mr. Tom Poston, Director of Student Affairs attempted to answer these and o- ther questions. How Much? Money to be used for entertainment is determined by mul tiplying the student activity fee which is ten dollars per semes ter by the number of full-time equivalent students. The num ber of full-time equivalent students is determined by the total number of students carrying 12 semester hours or more. This number is approximately 1400 this semester. By multiplication we get a total of $14,000 for the entertainment budget. Goes Where? Of this total, $10,500 has already been spent for planned con certs. The breakdown is as follows: Spurrlows- $1,000; Mar lena Shaw- $1,000; Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band- $1,000; Him, o Rodgers & The 1st Edition- $3,500;and Herb Reed-$2,250 for a total of $10,500. What’s Left? If we subtract the total spent irom the estimated budget we have approximately $3,500 left in th e entertainment fund for this semester. Some other expenses that have to be consid ered are 15 to 20 dollars per concert for printing of tickets; $200 per concert for advertising to promote outside ticket sales; and as yet undetermined amount for setting up the gym for each concert. The total expenses for all six concerts this semester will be approximately $1320. This may be replaced by ticket sales if good. Our entertainment budget is also laboring under a $6,000 debt inherited by Mr. Poston when he came to Gardner-Webb. This debt is being repaid at the rate of 1500 dollars per semes ter and $3000 has already been repaid. j happening with you r entertainment u j u PILOT hopes that any questions which the student body has concerning entertainment will be asked so that Mr. Poston can answer them.
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