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A Church Becomes
The Opera House
The transformation of a church into a theatre became, a
reality at Gardner-Webb College. Mr. C. Robert Jones, chair
man of the Theatre Arts Department, conceived the idea by
comparing the architecture of several European Opera Houses
with the old Boiling Springs Baptist Church.
The Church was built in 1920-21. The Church recently moved
to a new location. In 1969 the Theatre Arts Department began
using the old building for its theatrical productions. The de
partment’s old location had been E. B. Hamrick Auditorium.
The new location was chosen due to Hamrick’s inadequate
facilities, limited space, equipment, and lack of atmosphere.
The Opera House Theatre is beneficial to both Bolling Sprii^s
and Shelby because neither provides its residents with a
community theatre. Both towns can utilize the facilities of
the Opera House. It has a pi'op room, a sewing room with
cutting table for costume making, costume storage room, a
make-up room, a “green room” used for pep talks to the cast,
a lighting booth, a scene shop and a shop to store wood mat
erials and power tools. It also has two faculty offices, two
class rooms, and a library seminar room for theatre art
majors.
The gala premiere of The Opera House Theatre was on
November 14, 1969, when the Theatre Arts Department pre
sented Tennessee Williams’ SUMMER AND SMOKE. The build
ing which houses the theatre will have its 50th Anniversary
in March of 1971.
1st Edition Will
Appear Friday PM
Gardner-Webb College’s Popular Entertainment Series will
spotlight Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, Friday night,
October 31 at 8 o’clock in Bost Gym. The concert, is spon
sored by the SGA as a part of homecoming weekend activities.
The First Edition sound is a blending of the talents of Kenny
Rogers, Terry Williams, Mary Arnold, Kin Vassy and Mickey
Shortly after the group was formed. Tom Smothers was so
impressed with their unusual sound and enthusiasrri. that he
became their advisor and signed them for the “Smothers
Brothers Comedy Hour.”
Soon a contract with Reprise Records was signed and an
album called simply “The First Edition” was recorded and
released.
One of the cuts, “Just Dropped In To See What Condition
My Condition Was In,” was released as a single and the Group
had its first hit.
Two more major hit records, “But You Know I Love You,
“Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town,'
. ^ regular on the charts.
Miss S, C, WiU Be
Featured As
Parade Marshal
fcinu rvuu,y, uvi
the Firs t Edition
Club Roundup
On the weekend of October 17,
the outling club took on an ex
cursion to Short-Oft Mountain
near Llnville Gorge, N. C. Act
ivities included, Volkswagen
lifting, hiking (usually uphill,
but sometimes down), and
eating.
Dr. Michael Harrelson, club
advisor, was there with com
ments about the local flora-
fauna. This trip is the first
of many outings to come.
The Council on International
Relations and United Nations
Affairs, (C.I.R.U.N.A.) met
Tuesday, October 13, to dis
cuss the Middle East Situation.
Issa Yachou, a member of the
organization spoke on Pales
tine refugees and guerillas.
How ManySexes
BOILING SPRINGS, N. C.—
A record enrollmen t of 1538
students is the official count
at Gardner-Webb College, ac
cording to Mrs. Dorothy Ed
wards registrar.
This is the largest enroll
ment In the history of the college
It includes 320 seniors; 315
juniors: 400 sophomores; 474
freshmen and 29 special
students.
have made
Claudia Turner, Miss South
Carolina, will be Parade Mar
shal for the 1970 Homecoming
Parade. Sheriff AUen will
lead the parade which will be
composed of approximately
forty units.
A tentative line-up is as
follows: Athletes Jim Beatty
and Ted Abernathy, Miss
Shelby, and the Shelby High
Band and Miss Kings Mountain.
Then the Senior Class Float,
the G. W. C. Cheerleaders.
Basil Whitener, Democratic
candidate for the U. S, Con
gress; Marshal Rauch, Demo
cratic candidate for the state
senate; Ollie Harris, Demo
cratic candidate for the state
senate; W. K. Mauney, Demo
cratic candidate for the state
house of representatives; Ro
bert Falls, Democratic candid
ate for the state house of
representatives; RobertJones,
Democratic candidate for the
state house of representatives
and Ruth Dedmon, Democratic
candidate for the clerk of the
Superior Court.
Ruth Evans, Democratic can-
_ 1 A • 1 ^ . didate for the countytreasurer;
ISuhrah Artict€ irets Pop Slmmons, Democratic can
didate for Cleveland County
Worlduiide Audience SS”S?"mL.
the junior class float, the PEM
Men far out number the
women in the junior and senior
classes wih 83 senior women
and 237 senior men. There are
87 junior women and 228 junior
men. Inthefreshmenand sopho
more classes the ratio is much
closer There are 263
sophomore men and 137 women
while there are 328 freshmen
men and 146 freshmen women.
The interior of the Opera House Theatre resembles European Opera Houses
MISS CLAUDIA TURNER
Dr. Arthur G. Nuhrah, pro
fessor of History and Admin
istrative Assistant at Gardner-
Webb College, has had an ar
ticle published in an inter
national periodical, Rhodesia
and World Report.
The article, entitled “Hu
manism, Atheism, and Com
munism”, appeared in over
thirty-five countries around the
world.
Dr. Nuhrah received hisB.A.,
M.A„ and Ph.D. degrees from
Tulane University, New Or
leans, La. He has also done
additional study at the Univer
sity of Texas and at Duke Un
iversity.
He joined the faculty ofGard-
ner-Webb in the Fall of 1969.
Club float, and the Pep club
float will follow in the line
up. They will be followed by
Jim Broyhill, Republican can
didate for U. S. Congress; Jim
Atkins, Republican candidate
tor the state senate; John
McBrayer, Republican can
didate for the state senate:
Miss Upper Cleveland County,
the Bums High Band, the soph
omore Class float, the BSU and
RE float, and Miss Vicky
Jenkins; Roteract Club Sweet
heart. Then will come Delta
Psi Omega, the Hapy-Stroup
TMannIe float. Miss Gastonia,
the Hunter Huss High Band,
Miss Cherryville. the fresh-
Scroll float, and the Portable
Housing Float, the 1969 Home
coming Queen and her court,
the Gardner-W«bb Pep Band,
the Business Club Float, the
Myers and Myers Annex float,
and the SGA float.
Student
Poetry
Bates & Turner To Attend Founders Day
Dr. Carl E. Bates will speak
at the Founders Day Dinner
which will be held Friday even
ing, October 30, at 7 o’clock
In th e Charles I. Dover Campus
Center. Dr. Bates, pastor of
First Baptist Church In Char
lotte and president of the South
ern Baptist Convention, will
address the gathering. Miss
South Carolina, Claudia Carmen
Turner, will also be present.
Dr. Bates is oi^inally from
Liberty, Mississippi. He at
tended Souhwest Mississippi
Junior College and Mississippi
College. He graduated from
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Ken
tucky with a Bachelor’s degree
and a Master’s degree in The
ology. The honorary degree of
Doctor of Divinity was con
ferred upon him later by Bay
lor University.
Dr. Bates has seved as
pastor of the First Baptist
Church in Charlotte since
July 19, 1959.
The National Poetry Press
has announced November 5 as
the closing date for submission
of maunscripts to the College
Students’ Poetry Anthology.
Any college Student may
submit his poetry. There is no
limitation as to form or theme
but shorter works are pre-
fered by the board of judges,
because of space limitations.
Each poem must be typed or
printed and must bear the name
and home address of the student
and the college address as well.
Manuscripts should be sent to
the Office ofthe Press, National
Poetry Press, 3210 Selby
Avenue, Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, 90034.