THE PILOT, TIJF.SDAY, SEPT. 22, 1970, GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE PAGE 3
Sandra Kaye smiles as Mr. Blanton looks
Sandra Kaye Thompson
Gets Nursing Award
A $500 nursing scholarship, presented to Gardner-WeVo by the
Rutherford County Can?er Society has been awarded to Miss
Sandra Kaye Thompson, a second-year ?iudent in the school
of nursing. Sandra is from Spindale, N. C. The scholarship will
be an annual gift and will be given each year to a worthy student
vvho plans to attend the nursing school. This year's presenta
tion was made by Mr. Andy Blanton who is president of the Ruth
erford County Cancer Society.
Gardner-Webb has a two-year nursing program which offers
an Associate In Arts Degree in Nursing. This year the nursing
school has seventy students enrolled with thirty-eight In the
freshman class. The nursing school was established in 1965
and has had four classes to graduate. Mrs. Grace Lee who
was present at the scholarship presentation, is Director of
the School of Nursing.
GW Coeds Make News
In World Of Beauty
Two hopefuls in the 1971
Miss North Carolina pageant to
be held in July are Debbie
Leigh Robinson from Marion
and Beverly Cash from Shelby.
Debbie, the 18-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mil
lard F. Robinson, is Miss Mc
Dowell County as of August
15. For her talent presenta
tion, she performed a baton-
dance routine. She enjoys swim
ming, water skiing, sewing and
dancing. Debbie has rflpr ,.ren
ted her county by visiting such
pageants as the Miss Asheville,
Miss Newton-Conover, and the
Miss Alexander County. Debbie
is a sophmora majoring In psy
chology,
Beverly, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Howell V. Cash is
Miss Upper Cleveland County.
She is 18 years old. For her
talent, she played a classical
music score on the piano. She
eiijoys playing the piano, sing-
National Teacher Exams
The National Teacher Exam
inations measure the academic
achievement of college seniors
who plan to teach in elemen
tary and secondary schools.
They are required for certifi
cation in North Carolina, South
Carolina, and many parts of
Virginia.
The tests are administered
four times annually. For 1970,
these times fall on Januarj'
31, April 4, July 18, and No
vember 14. For 1971: Januarj’
30, April 3,' .Iuly_J7^_a^ Nq-^
vember 13. Gardner-Webb’s
date of administration will be
April 3, and if the student
wishes to take the examination
prior to that time, he will have
to go to a different center.
The total testing time is 5
hours, 15 minute s. The Common
Examinations require 3 hours,
15 minutes, and the Teaching
Area Examinations require 2
hours. If a student wishes an
examination in a second area,
he will have to arrange to take
a different date.
Him He Me
Make The
GW Scene
Him He & Me one of the most
enthusiastically acclaimed new
groups to appear on the music
scene will be in concert atGar-
dner-Webb on Friday Oct. 2
at 8:00 P.M. During the past
year Him He & Me have ap
peared at the Maisonette in the
St. Regis Hotel, one of New
York’s most intimate rooms;
concluded a record breaking
four-week engagement on the
mammoth stage of the Radio
City Music Hall; entertained
moi-ii vian 6,000 high school
students at a Boston concert,
recorded their first album, and
have been picking, playing, and
singing to standing-room-only
crowds at concerts and night
spots in New York, Texas, Flo
rida, Ohio and Massachusetts.
Bob Sanders, Mike Martsolf
and Curt Walters met in San
Antonio and, callingthemselves
Him He & Me, began playing
in a local club. Proving pop
ular with local audiences they
were invited to play at the Lone
Star Pavilion at Hemis Fair
’68 and remained for three
months delighting thousands
with their distinctive soft rock
arrangements of folk, countrj'
and contemporary music and
more than forty original songs
written by members of the
group.
Recently, Chappell & Co.,
Inc., one of the world’s lar
gest music publishers and the
publisher of such outstanding
composers as George Gersh
win, Cole Porter, and Richard
Rodgers signed Him He & Me
to song writing contracts and
will publish a number of their
original compositions.
Bob Sanders is the bass voice
and alternates between 6-string
ing, sewing, cooking, horseback
riding and swimming. A sopho
more, Beverly plans to major
in elementary education.
Brenda Joyce Whitley, the
21-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Berncie Whitley was second
runner up in the Miss Upper
Cleveland County pageant. She
is a senior majoring in ele
mentary education.
Carolyn Vinson won the title
of Miss Congeniality in the Miss
Morganton pageant on August
15. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Vinson. Her
major is elementary education.
These are some Gardner-
Webb coeds who have recently
made the news in the world of
beauty. Perhaps you know of
other students who have ex
celled in some area of en
deavor. If so, THE PILOT would
appreciate hearing from you
dent talent.
New Librarian
Added To Staff
Mr.5. Mdi-; Jraven Smith of
Forest City, N.C. hasbeenadd-
ed to the Gardner-Webb College
library staff. She is a graduate
of the University of North Car
olina at Gi-sensboro and East
Carolina University where she
majored in library science and
geography.
Her husband Larry G. Smith
is employed with the Charles A.
Foi-d Metal Company in Forest
Cily. Ttiey have a one year old
son, Wrenn.
‘ I really do like Gardner-
Webb and the progress that she
is making toward betterment
of library facilities . I hope
I can be of service to the stu
dents and faculty as a period-
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rythm guitar, bass guitar, or=
gan and drums. Mike Martsolf
a native of Atlanta, Georgia,
is a baritone and plays 12
string bass guitar and drums.
Curt Walters a local man from
St. George, South Carolina al
so plays bass guitar and drums.
Him He & Me have been
classified as having the abil
ity to entertain almost every
type of audience. The light,
friendly performing style of
Him He & Me generates a
warm and enthusiastic response
from the audience.
Homecoming Plans In
Full Swing At Webb
Plans are in the making for the best homecoming parade
in the history of Gardner-Webb College. A permit for the
parade has been obtained from the Shelby Police Department.
The parade will assemble in Shelby at 9:30 Saturday morning
on October 31 on Sumter Street near the junior high school.
From the school the parade will move down Sumter to La
fayette, south to Graham, east to Washington, north to Marion,
then west back to the junior high school where it will disas
semble for the trip to Boiling Springs where the parade will
begin at approximately 10:30 a.m.
The parade will consist of floats made by the dorms and
various clubs and organizations; marching bands from Blacks
burg, Crest, Cherryville, Burns, and KingsMountainhigh schools;
and convertibles of beauty queens from the surrounding areas:
Miss Cherryville, Miss Gastonia, Miss Kings Mountain, Miss
Shelby, Miss McDowell County, and Miss Upper Cleveland
County.
A portion of the Armory has been designated as the loca
tion for the building of the floats on October 28, 29, and 30.
Those planning floats and participation should get the in
formation concerning these into the Student Affairs Office as
soon as p5ssible. Each entry must be properly tagged, driven,
and insured as approved by the Police Department and the State
Highway Patrol. No mini-bikes will be allowed. Trailers without
tags must be properly insured by the State.
As we plan and work on this parade let’s show Mars Hill that
the king of beasts is not a Lion, but in truth a Bulldog! With
cooperation, spirit, enthusiasm, and most of all our backing
let’s push the Bulldogs on to victory and show our competitors
just what this new four year college is all about.
GO BULLDOGS BEAT MARS HILL
Chapel Speakers SepL-Dec.
Chapel speakers for the fall semester at Gardner-Webb Col-
lege have been an.iounced. Mr, Jim Beatty, a former track
star and current record holder for the mile run at North Car
olina State University, will be speaker on September 29. Mr.
Beatty is an active member of the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes.
On October 6 Rev. Bob Norman will be guest speaker. Rev.
Norman is Pastor of Belmont Heights Baptist Church, Nash
ville, Tennessee. The chapel service speaker on October 13
will be announced later. Mr. Roy Epps, a member of the North
Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, will speak about drugs
during the chapel service on October 20. The Annual Founder’s
Day program will be featured during the chapel service on
October 27. The guest speaker will be announced at a later
date.
The College Choir under the direction of Dr. Phil Perrin
will be featured during the chapel program on November 3.
Dr. E. Eugene Poston, President of Gardner-Webb will speak
during the chapel service on November 10. Rev. A. Douglas
Aldrich, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Gastonia, North
Carolina, will speak on November 17. Dr. John Eddins will be
featured on November 24. He is a professor of Theology at
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. Poston will agaLn speak during the chapel service on
December 1, and the College Ensemble under the direction
of Dr. George Cribb will feature their, Christmas program
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■ Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band -
The Trinidad Tripoli Steel
Band will appear at Gardner-
Webb College on September 28
at 8:00 p.m. in Host Gymna
sium.
This group is composed of 27
young men from Trinidad who
make music by playing steel
oil drums, regular drums and
other rhythm instruments. The
Rev. Father John Sewell, m
leal director, explains that the
group does not read music.
However, you m-:' shut your
eyes and be convinced that a
symphony orchestra is playing.
The phenomenal islanders
play classical music. Theymay
start with a fast and rousing
“Sabre Dance” and then move
into a lovely and mellow “Poet
and Peasant overture.”
This group has appeared thr
ee times at Vally Music Hall,
and .the Donald O’Connor show.