PAGE 2, THE PILOT, Gardner-Webb College, November 12, 1971
Student Inaction
Speaks For Itself
Actions speak louder than any words. The actions (or inactions) of
the students during Homecoming speak for themselves:
Out of a student body of 1450, only 398 voted for the queen the
first time and in the run-off, only 412 voted. The Senior Class of 344
students and the Sophomore Class of 296 students petitioned only one
girl each for attendant. In the Junior Class, in which six girls ran, only
83 of 304 voted. And in the freshman class, where four girls ran, only
150 voted out of 459.
This editorial is not meant to put down those elected at all. It s
just to point out the low response of the students to the election. That
the polls were opened for one short day in each case must be admitted
as a deterant to many votes, since many students live off campus, have
classes all day long, or didn’t know about the election because they just
didn’t read their Scroll.
An indication of the number that voted is that the students don’t
care to have a Queen. N. C. State University voted against having a
queen or any festivities this year—just a game. Is that a trend that is
reaching all campuses, Gardner-Webb included? Before next year’s
Homecoming, it seems that the students should vote as to whether or
not to have any festivities at all.
Is there any comment or feeling on this subject, or does anyone
In My
Buddy Freeman displays his rabbits with Black English Spots
on the right and New Zealand Whites on the left.
Buddy’s Bunnies
naitor:
Concerning the concert of the
23rd of October (The Box Tops):
In my own personal opinion if
Gardner-Webb College cannot put
on stage for our Homecoming a
band of more caliber than that, I
feel someone is asleep somewhere.
a name now instead of a name
three years ago. I understand “The
Spurrlows” are to perform here
soon. With no harsh connotations
I do not feel they should have
been booked either. I say have a
block concert with other schools
or please let the student body
vote on the entertainment. Of
course entertainment within rea
son, (referring to finances.)
I may sound way down on the
entertainment we have had; how
ever I feel some groups have been
really good such as Phoenix —
Honey-Cone Punch.
—William Cooley
As Entertainment Committee
Chairman, 1 would like to make
known to the student body a few
facts concerning the entertainment
for this semester. When we ar
rived on campus this semester, we
were told that the following groups
had already been booked; Punch—
$1500; Pilgrim 20—$1,000; Trini
dad Steel Band—$2,000; and the
Spurrlows—$1,500—a total of ap
proximately $6,000 which does not
include gym, advertising, and light
ing costs which are approximately
$670. Over half of the entertain
ment budget was spent before the
entertainment committee had their
first meeting.
The groups for the Homecom
ing concerts were selected because
of their recommendations by stu
dents, price, drawing power, and
reviews from the “National En
tertainment N e w s 1 e t ter.” Both
groups are getting excellent re
views from other colleges and
universities. The Honey Cone and
Box Tops concerts were highly
successful financially in that door
receipts and advanced sales totaled
more than $1,300 which will en
able us to get more entertainment
Opinion
The Entertainment Committee
will be taking a survey in the
Charles I. Dover Campus Center
tainment. We ask that each stu
dent fill out a questionnaire be
cause this is the only way we can
find out what type of entertain-
^ Steve Wilson
Chairman of Eentertainment Com.
P.S.—Due to an interpretational
error in the contract by the man
ager, the Honey Cone had to re
peat some songs twice to fulfill
the 45 minute time limit of the
contract. The personal manager of
the group asked me to express an
apology to the student body.
Editor:
Are people becoming more com
mercialized everyday? Looking
only for tanglible rewards and
exotic pleasures in life. There may
be just a plain old self movement
where everyone is just concerned
about himself.
If this is true the spirit of in
dividualism has just begun. No
one can predict what the end pro
ducts of this movement will be,
but there is one sure thing—peo
ple will be more specialized in
their particular fields of endeavor
than ever before.
If the trend is toward specializa
tion we will see a tremendous
change in our economy. Our labor
would consist of people who are
specialized and these people in
turn could demand higher wages.
Specialization and individualism
may bring higher wages and bet
ter living conditions, but does it
also bring love, peace, and un
derstanding. To me these are the
most important things in life.
There is nothing wrong with spe
cialization and individuals. In the
plight of God each person is
someone special, but when one
becomes too specialized and too
much of an individual it is easy
to overlook the other guy. How
ever, he is a very special individual
Mike Darby
One of the more interesting ex
hibits at the recent Cleveland
County Fair was the rabbit show.
Gardner-Webb’s College Minister.
Charles (Buddy) Freeman, took
particularly high interest in this
exhibit because twenty of the soft,
furry creatures came from his own
rabbitry.
Rev. Freeman and his partner,
Mr. Charles Bridges, have been
raising rabbits since 1966. Success
in their mutual hobby has come
in the form of many awards and
prizes that they have won at var
ious fairs and shows. From the
Cleveland County Fair alone, they
received nine blue, first place,
and five red, second place, rib-
Many people usually think of
only two breeds of rabbits; either
wild, brown rabbits or white
ones. Buddy and Mr. Bridges raise
only four of the thirty-four dif
ferent breeds. Different breeds
range in size from I'/z to 23
pounds at maturity.
Rabbits are raised for four prin
cipal reasons, either for research,
for meat, as pets, or for competi
tion, As a hobby, there is much
interest in genetics which is stud
ied through cross-breedings of
various species. Mr. Freeman has
connections with a Raleigh re
search firm which purchases 110
female rabbits per month. These
research animals are 12-14 weeks
old and weigh between seven and
Jeff Cranford. President of the
Student Government Association
of Gardner-Webb College, today
announced plans for a Referendum
Week to be held on the Gardner-
Webb Colege campus, November
15-20.
In announcing the proposed
plans, Jeff explained that the pur
pose is to seek student opinions
on current issues which involve us
as a state and nation. Mentioning
several subject areas, U. S. involve
ment in Southeast Asia, pollution,
presidential candidate choices, 18-
21 vote, Jeff said the poll will
attempt to discover both the ma
jority and minority views of uni
versity and college students.
Jeff said that similar polls are
being taken on university and
college campuses across the South
under the leadership of the South
ern Universities Student Govern
ment Association to discover the
prevailing student opinions on the
current issues facing this nation.
Jeff also said that the results
would be tallied by SUSGA, the
co-sponsoring organization, and
be sent directly to each Congres
sional delegation as indications of
the opinions of their student con-
struents.
SUSGA links state multiversi
ties with tiny junior colleges across
a twelve-state area including Ala
bama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Car
olina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia, Arkansas, and Texas. The
association enables student leaders
to exchange ideas and experiences
in order to provide more effective
eight pounds each. Larger con
cerns may also deal in the sale
of the pelts, feet, and blood (re-
Recently. Rev. Freeman rented
a new barn for housing more ani
mals. The building is 140 feet
long and 40 feet wide, which is
plenty of room for growth. This
region of the country is regarded
as a good one for raising rabbits.
Although the climate is relatively
nild, rabbits can withstand very
low temperatures and rather un
comfortable weather conditions.
Feed is easily accessible to any
rabbit owner.
“I am interested in seeing more
people eat rabbit for health rea
sons,” is Rev. Buddy’s most ser
ious feeling about his hobby.
“Rabbit meat has less cholesterol
tein than beef, chicken, veal, or
pork.” Mr. Freeman himself eats
rabbit rather frequently, especially
during the summer months. Sur
prisingly, rabbit may be fried, bar-
bequed, stewed, or prepared in
the normal fashions.
Rev. Freeman would be happy,
at any time, to show his rabbitry
to students or other interested per
sons. Other members of the Col
lege family who are interested in
rabbits and who raise them as
pets are Mr, Joe Allen, Mr, Melvin
Lutz, and the President’s Secre
tary, Nancy Griffin.
student governments. Through
SUSGA conferences and publica
tions, student governments leaders
are made aware of the wide range
of programs and activities suitable
for their individual campuses.
Pilot Features
Spangler
Royce Patrick (“Pat”) Spangler
is one of thirty-six members of
Gardner-Webb’s Board of Trustees.
The PILOT is featuring Mr. Span
gler in this issue and plans to
present other Trustees in future
Mr. Spangler shows much in
terest in the students, and he em
phasized the fact that he and
other Trustees are always willing
to make themselves available to
students wishing to talk with
them.
The Board of Trustees which
meets quarterly is composed of
several committees. If a student
has a problem or wants to talk
to the Trustees he is invited to at
tend the Executive Committee
meeting held once a month, Mr,
Spangler is the present chairman
of the Executive Committee and
is a former chairman of the Board
of Trustees.
Mr. Spangler, a native of Shel
by, graduated from Anderson Air
craft School in 1943, and then he
served three years in the service
where he became a staff sargeant.
Mr. Spangler married the former
Eloise Young and they have five
children. Lynn is a senior here at
Gardner-Webb, Jane is a junior
at University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Jean is a freshman
at Peace College, and the twins
Penny and Pat, Jr. attend Shelby
Junior High School.
Pat Spangler’s father, Ernest
Spangler, started Spangler and
Sons in 1944. The Spangler indus
tries have grown and these indus
tries have influenced the economy
of Cleveland County. Mr. Span
gler’s business knowledge began
to influence Gardner-Webb when
he headed a fund drive in 1965,
Gardner-Webb had appealed to
him mainly because of the way it
worked with the students. He is
also the chairman of the present
fund drive. He feels that Dr, Pos
ton has done an outstanding job
in promoting the college, and rep
resenting it well during the cam
paign.
In 1966 Gardner-Webb dedi
cated the annual to Mr, Spangler,
and on February 23, 1971, R, Pat
rick Spangler Hall was dedicated
Mr, Spangler feels that it is up
to the students, faculty, and ad
ministration working for a com
mon cause for Gardner-Webb to
be great. “If we show love, com
passion, and feeling for our fel
low man with thoughts of being
constructive and affirmatice in
stead of being constructive and
negative Gardner-Webb can be
The Pilot
Editor Kathy Daves
Assistant Editor Samala High
Sports Editor Richard Granger
Photographer Phil Swanson
Staff Patsy Bumgarner, Becky Henley, Ronnie Sams,
Wanda McClure, Carrol Garrett, Becky Sigmon, Rebecca
Thompson, Burt Skinner, Mike Darby, Johnny Hoey,
Rick Josey
Advisor Mr. Bill Boyd
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The opinions expressed in this newspaper are not necessarily
those of the faculty, administration, or student body.
For What It’s Worth
Consider a senior college whose library is closed on Friday and
Saturday nights. The Gardner-Webb catalog proclaims the library to
be an indispensable factor in the education of young men and women
of today,” The Dover Lirary may contain over 50,000 books, bound
magazines, and audio-visual equipment, but what good is it when the
students are shut out. No one is demanding the library to be completely
staffed and open 24 hours a day—although this is ideal—but shouldn’t
students have access to the library on Friday and Saturday nights and
Sundays before 8 P,M, This has been tried before, but even if a few
students use the library at these times, the effort is worthwhile,. Closing
the library is like telling the students to stop studying and learning.
Also, why shouldn't students have access to the library during the chapel
hour? Doesn’t a senior college owe its students a working library?
A new addition to the campus center is the "recreational machines”
or flipper machines. The flipper machines and foosbell machines are
just the beginning. Two billiard tables, two table tennis tables and a
bowling machine will soon adorn the CID, Plans aso cell for the build
ing of a supervisor’s booth. This booth, now under construction, will be
chess sets, bridge cards and other equipment. Finalization of the plans
entiail the opening of a Student Bulldog Lounge. The lounge will be
equipped with card tables, and one corner will include two sofas, three
chairs and a color T.V. Also in accordance with plans, the snack shop
will be open if profitable on Saturday and all other CID hours. Concern
ing money, the flipper machines are currently bringing in 150.00-200.00
mamtenance, and to pay student workers. The CID is finally becoming
a student center. Maybe G.W. will become less of a “suitcase college”
because of these efforts!
The only way to get anything done may be to do it yourself. If you
like or dislike anything on campus—speak out. Authorized, developed,
and qualified criticism or acknowledgment is the only route to progress.
Remember, what you want is what you get.
REFERENDUM WEEK PLANNED