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Lack Of Class Unity
"Now that Gardner-Webb is a four year school” is becoming al
most an overworked phrase around here. Yet, it remains true that as a
four year school it is time for the Gardner-Webb student body to act
and feel like one. There are many and varied characteristics of a senior
college, distinguishing it from a junior college. But one obvious charac
teristic is a junior and senior class.
Gardner-Webb now has four separate classes, yet it is difficult for
a student to feel he really belongs to the “Class of 72,74,” etc. This
feeling of class unity must begin in the freshman year. So why not have
freshmen dorms, for both men and women? Thereby freshmen would
start out together, perhaps feel less bewildered, get to know their fellow
classmates, and learn the many rules as a class, especially since fresh
men rules are more strict for girls. It would be simplier to have separate
Freshman dorms with upperclassman as dorm officers and hall counse
lors. This would help the “upper classmen” feel “upper” and strengthen
class unity from the beginning. Perhaps juniors could be their sister-
brother class, taking over as class officers until freshmen are elected,
hosting the freshmen when they first come, and guiding them as new
students here.
Class unity could be further strengthened by having one class order
their college ring together. As it is, even a freshman can order a class
ring. Other projects such as class-sponsored events could become tradi
tional. Also, class blazers or jackets could become a big thing, with each
class a different color.
As of this year, the classes have met as a body very few times. A
change can’t come altogether by the class officers but they are in a
good position to start things rolling. What are your class officers doing?
Students have some power to make this school socially worth attending.
Now is a good time to begin.
K. A. D.
FRANKLYSPEAKING by Phil ftqnic
“An eloquent, statesmanlike and
moving appeal,” Massachusetts
Senator Edward Brooke called it.
“Clearly a challenge to the Con
gress and to the country,” said
Senator Howard Baker from Ten
nessee. “A basically sound ap
proach to today’s problems.”—
Texas Senator John Tower.
All three Republicans were re
ferring to President Nixon’s third
State of the Union Address. What
was in the 4,000 word speech be
fore Congress for college students?
“1 have found that college stu
dents respond to practically the
same issues as their parents and
others,” Senator Tower said. “The
President’s message contains a
sound set of constructive programs
that respond to and act on the so
cial and environmental problems
facing us today.’
Tower also en
President’s . _
cepted on a bi-partisan basis. “He
has thrown down the challenge to
attack these problems. It is now
up to Congress to act on these
proposals which have been pend
ing for a year or more.”
The President gave his annual
report a new dimension in a 15,-
000 word written message of past
achievements and plans for 1972—
primarily an amplification of his
intentions in domestic fields.
The President’s judgment on two
issues important to students illus
trate the scope of this written re
port. (A “State of the World”
message comes out February 8.)
Environment The President
pointed out to Congress the ach
ievements during his Administra
tion so far: establishment of the
Environmental Protection Agency,
new air quality standards, and a
beefed up Refuse Act to stop
water pollution—with more than
160 civil suits and 320 criminal
actions filed in 1971.
The Pilot
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BIOLOGY
MAJORS
PUBLISH
A forth-coming issue of Wildlife
in North Carolina will include two
800 word articles written by
Gardner-Webb College biology
majors, Darryl Corley of Boiling
Springs and Ronnie Thomas of
Blacksburg, South Carolina. Cor
ley is a senior and Thomas a
The articles are based on prac
tical experience of the students
and were written as projects for
their invertebrate zoology class
under Mr. James Fite. These ar
ticles were later submitted by Mr.
Fite for publication to the maga
zine. “Fish Bate Galore” is the
title of Corley’s article and Thom
as’ is entitled “Fantastic Hellgram-
A Look At The State of The Union
Senat'e Absentees
Call - Meeting January 25, 1972
Henry Allen
Ricki Barker
Suzi Conner
Phil Hopkins
Tommy Way
“The most striking fact about
environmental legislation in the
early 1970’s,” he said, “is how
much has been proposed and how
little has been enacted . . . The
urgent. The forces which threaten
our environment will not wait
while we procrastinate.” He pledg
ed to include new proposals in
his environment message, due the
first week in February, and more
than triple the 1973
budget over 1969’s level.
Education: President Nixon re
called his two-year old proposals
related to higher education: “stu
dent assistance measures to ensure
that no qualified person would be
barred from college by a lack of
money, a National Institute of
and new direction to educational
research, and a National Founda
tion for Higher Education to en
courage innovation in learning be
yond high school. These initiatives
are still awaiting final action by
the Congress. They deserve prompt
approval.”
He also pointed toward new di
education. “Too often vocational
education is foolishly stigmatized
as being less desirable than acade
mic preparation,” he said. “And
too often the academic curriculum
offers very little preparation for
viable careers . . . The unhappy
result is high numbers of able
people who are unemployed, un
deremployed, or unhappily em
ployed on the one hand—while
many challenging jobs go begging
on the other.” The President pro
mised to propose “an intensified
federal effort to develop model
programs which apply and test the
best ideas in this field.”
In My Opinion ...
Dear Editor:
Allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Victor and I’m
Gardner-Webb’s mascot. For a
long time. I’ve noticed that you
humans who inhabit the campus
have only reported some of the
news that was fit to print while
very interesting
my canine friends and
I travel across the campus, we
are aware of many things that
escape your attention.
As examples, have you noticed
a former G-W basketball player
working on the construction crew
at the new chapel? Or, were you
around the day our maintenance
crew dug a large hole under the
sidewalk by the CID? According
to a supervisor at the scene, they
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3 find £
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Editor Kathy Daves
Assistant Editor Samala High
Sports Editor Richard Granger
Assistant Sports Editor Carrol Garrett
Photographer Phil Swanson
Staff Patsy Bumgarner, Mike Darby, Becky
Henley, Johnny Hoey, Bill Kelley,
Wanda McClure, Burt Skinner,
Donna Turner.
Advisor Mr. Bill Boyd
Published by the students of Gardner-Webb College, Boiling
Springs, North Carolina 28017. Advertising rate is $2.00 per
column inch. Telephone 434-2211.
The opinions expressed in this newspaper are not necessarily
those of the faculty, administration, or student body.
that flowed under the walk.
While trying to locate the faulty
unit, one of the men on the crew
used a pair of bent iron rods and
walked across the lawn until the
rods went in opposite directions.
All this to find a leaky pipe. All
I saw in my entire time there was
a rat’s nest and a few old bones
(probably buried by my grand
father Victor the Great).
Since most of you aren’t here
over the weekend, you are prob
ably unaware of some of the cam
pus life. Have you noticed that
the cafeteria was open for brunch
on Saturday. Whether or not this
new schedule worked is to be
seen, but it is one of many at
tempts by the cafeteria staff to
fill your needs and desires. While
I may be prejudiced because the
head of the cafeteria staff is my
good friend Jack Greene, your
meals must be getting better. I
know, because the garbage cans
are getting emptier, but what’s left
is tasting better.
Another group trying to please
you are the members of our na
tionally-ranked basketball team. It
is rare that skills and a desire to
win are combined and this com
bination is a tribute to Coach
Holbrook’s organization and lead
ership.
GO GET ’EM, DOGS!!!
Victor
P.S. If you see anything which
you feel would be of use to this
column, please write to me, Vic
tor, in care of the Pilot.
time there were seven students
using the facilities in the Campus
Center; it was 8:15 p.m. One of
the campus security guards
promptly entered the building en-
route of his appointed rounds and
announced that he was locking up
because there weren’t “enough”
students in the building. Just
exactly how many students are
“enough” to keep one building
open until its regular time of clos
ing? Is one security guard the ulti
mate judge of how many is the
proper number?
This writer has personal knowl
edge of one professor who wished
to do some work in his office this
particular evening, but he was
locked out!
The student Handbook states
that the CID is supposed to remain
open until at least 10:00 p.m., and
recently the Student Government
has arranged for the time to be
11:00 p.m.
It seems that regardless of the
rules, things at Gardner-Webb will
be run just the way anyone pleas
es, anyone except the students.
Thank you.
Burton Skinner ’73
(Editor’s note: Mr. Skinner has
quite a valid point. This same sit
uation has occurred at other times
in the year. Students returning on
Sundays from home need to get
in the CID to check their mail.
Also with the pinball machines in
operation, the student center
should remain open for this ac
tivity, not to mention the use of
the lounge for study and socializ
ing. It is hoped that this situation
will be investigated and cleared up
immediately.)
For What It’s Worth
EXTRA . . . EXTRA . . . “Girls leaving the campus at any time
must have a faculty chaperon or a written permission from parents sent
directly to the Dean of Women. Girls must wear dress-up dresses and
hose whenever they date or when they leave the campus. If they leave
before 6:00 p.m. they must wear hats. Dinner dates always require hats.
—Walking with dates on the campus at night is STRICTLY UNLAW
FUL.—Smoking is prohibited for the girls. Violation of this rule will
mean probation or expulsion from the school. There will be no visiting
in parked cars AT ANY TIME with ANYONE.—Boys are not to walk
girls to the dormitory after 2:00 P.M.—Men are expected to wear suits,
dress shirts, and ties on dates, at church, and at Sunday dinner.”
Relax; these are the social regulations that were in existence for Gardner-
Webb students in 1950. Today these rules are just plain funny. They
seem ridiculous, but they governed the generation before us. We com
plain about the rules today—at least progress has been made since 1950.
Just think how it once was!!
In connection with Religious Emphasis Week optional seminars
will be held in the evening. In order to give students the full benefit of
attending these sessions it would help if the professors would not give
many tests or heavy assignments during the week. It is understandable
that each class has a syllabus to follow. However, if Religious Emphasis
Week is worth having then it must be worth the altering of schedules
enough to allow students to attend. For this one week the emphasis
should not be totally on classes and assigimients.
Dear Editor,
It seems that Gardner-Webb
College will do almost anything
to save a few pennies relative to
the operating costs of the institu
tion, even if the students are short
changed in the process. A case in
point was evidenced on Sunday
evening, January 30, 1972. At this
Where do Gardner-Webb boarding students spend a great deal of
their time? Of course, the cafeteria. It seems that during the rush hour
at lunch and dinner there are often no seats, and students have to wait
for an empty table. Could additional tables possibly be placed at the
back of the cafeteria to accomodate the rush-hour crowd? Also at the
back of the cafeteria there is a tiny white on black sign which reads
“No Smoking.” Maybe because of the size of the sign many students
have failed to abide by this rule. Who can relax and eat with the smell
and nuisance of smoke from someone at the next table? Of course,
maybe a nonsmoker would feel differently from a smoker. However
“No Smoking” sign is not just a decoration for the wall. A Saturday
brunch was a change of pace for the students who remained on campus
the last weekend in January. At most households with children, Satur
day is the time for television cartoons. At the brunch, Gardner-Webb
students were entertained by the antics of Mr. Magoo and the adven
tures of Roadrunner. The brunch idea seemed to be good in theory and
practice, and gave students an unusual Saturday morning.