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Page 2, THE PILOT, Wednesday, October 25, 1972, Gardner-Webb College Progress In Ending Draft And Achieving The AD-Volimteer Draft “WeVe Only Just Begun’ Homecoming 1972 bears the theme, “We’ve Only Just Begun.” The future of Gardner-Webb is a major concern. Student life this year projects a more enthusiastic atmosphere on campus than in past years. The Student Government Association is constantly invoking effec tive action. An example is the coffee house which has become hn ac tuality. The coffee house project proved what responsible and coopera tive action can initiate. A look at the first nine weeks on campus reveals many postive changes that have already occurred this year. Registration was not a disaster as in past years; the new chapel certainly enhances the phy sical environment of our campus; the cafeteria personnel have been working for the students and have adequately resolved almost all’ ex isting problems; and the new library is under construction and hope* fully this will also bring more library hours. Hopefully all of these happenings and the present phenomenon is just the beginning. Last year we “Got it Together’- with accrediation and this year GW is truly a senior collegte in all areas of student and campus life. There are still many “insignificant rules” hindering ad vancement and there are many changes that GW needs, and deserves. (A weekly newspaper would initiate further communication and com pliment the changing times.) GardneriWebb hns advanced and the ground is broken, but let’s hope "We’ve Only Just Begun.” Student Expression and Opinion • • Graduation 1973 Editor: It has just been conveyed to me that the speaker for the com mencement in May has already been selected. It appears to me, as a graduat ing senior, that the senior class should have some say so in re gard to the selection of a speaker. The purpose of a commence ment speaker is to give a message to the graduating class, not a po litical move to increase enroll ment or play favorites to a pos sible college supporter. 1 can see no reason why the selection of a speaker cannot be made by a Student-Faculty Com mittee. Ths way those groups most directly concerned will have a say as to who will be the speaker. Thank you, Mike Stewart Evident Decline In Religious Instruction In my estimation as a student and senior religion major at G.W.C., Dr. T. Furman Hewitt is one of the more progressive pro fessors that I have had during my college career. Of all my pro fessors few have challenged my thinking more. It is because of his influence that I have been impelled to rethink many pre vious viewpoints, and to be per fectly honest, in some cases to think for the first time period. Because of an ultra-conservative bias, my first impressions of Dr. Hewitt were negative. I was afraid to face some truths as he present ed them because they seemed to challenge my faith. After an hon est inward struggle I came to see that faith that fears challenge stands on trembling ground. Now my faith is stronger than ever and much more my own. I see very clearly that I don’t have to com mit intellectual suicide to main tain a genuine Christian faith. My own quest now is for truth, which is never seen in contradiction though often apprehended para doxically. Dr. Hew^t’s teaching has been great in influencing this change of attitude. I can truth fully say that my original impres sion has progressed to one of love and respect and real thankfulness to a professor who has proved himself to be patient, even with the most cosed-minded students. I am especially grateful to Dr. Hewitt for going the second mile with me personally a period of serious illness. He has truely dem onstrated to me a spirit of real Christ likeness in a man of the highest scholastic ability. In my opinion the loss of Dr. Hewitt will prove to be a major set-back in the religion department of this institution ... reflecting a con On August 28th,’ -President Nixon announced that conscrip tion into the armed forces would be eliminated by, July, 1973. The following are excerts from a De fense Department report concern ing the draft. October 17, 1968- President Nixon “I say it’s time we took a new look at the draft—at the question of permanent conscription in a free society. If we find we can i-easonably meet our peacetime manpower needs by other means— then we should prepare for the tinuous plung downward in reli gious instruction at G.W.C. since the similiar loss last year of Dr. J. Thomas Ballard, also a brilliant instructor. Both of these profes sors are men of integrity and ability 'as well as true friends to the student. Th's opinion is by no means a bad reflection upon Dr. Ballard’s replacement. Dr. Lewis, who is unmatched in his major field of Biblical languages as is Dr. Bal lard in Old Testament. But rather, my view is an over-all look at re ligious instruction at G.W.C. Con sider religious instruction as a wheel with d'fferent spokes. Each of three areas—general religion courses; R. E. courses, and Bibli cal language courses—is a part of this wheel. Of course the wheel is going to be' weaker when two of the spokea are lost and one is shifted from its preferred posi- Concerned reflections, David Ford Early Closing of The CID Editor: Sunday night at 8:00 an event took place which I, as well as 25 Million New Voters In 1972, 25 million young peo ple will be able to vote for the first time. The right to vote yields the right to choose who will gov ern the country and what their policies will be. This right can not be exercised if the voter is not registered. Twenty-five million votes can change the course of history; or not change it. That's just too much power to throw away. Nearly 80% of all college stu dents are now registered to vote— the highest rate for any group in the nation. Yet over four million of these students are registered away from campus. They can only vote by absentee ballot. Hundreds of thousands of stu dent votes will be lost if students do not apply for absentee ballots by October 31, the Federal dead line. day when the draft can be phased out of American life.” Selective Service Act The President signed into law p. bill which reduced the period of draft vulnerability from seven years to one year, the latter being the calendar year following a young man’s 19th birthday. The bill further provided that draft selections would be made by the drawing of sequence num bers at random, rather than by birth date. Draft Calls The most direct evidence of many other students, had thought was not to happen again. It had occurred numerous times last semester and after many com plaints had been stopped. I am speaking of course of the closing of the Campus Center before it’s closing hours. It is stated in the handbook that this facility will remain open every night till 11:00. On Sunday students returning to campus need to check mail that they might have received while gone. The Campus Center is one of the few buildings open on Sunday night. Many students who care not to fight the talking and con- jeston of the library find some peace in the CID lounge. Also we as students pay for the facili ties to be used on the ground floor. How are we to do so if we are locked out at the con venience of someone else. If the CID is for the use of G-W’s stu dents and if it is a Campus Cen ter; then please can’t the college abide by rules and regulations as we students do. Thank you Bud Thomas progress toward ending reliance on the draft is the sharp decline of draft calls. Draft calls have been reduced from 299,000 in 1968, to 50,000 in 1972—one/ sixth of the previous level. Enlistments Despite this sharp drop in draft calls in 1972, the proportion of true volunteers that is those who enlist out of their own free will, and not because of pressure from, the draft has increased from 50%'* to 75% in the last year. During July to December 1970, enlistment for ground combat av erages 277 per month, but during July to December, 1971, ground combat enlistments reached a one month high of 39,000 and aver aged 3,000 a month. This rise is accredited to the of fering of choice of overseas loca tions and unit assignments to combat arms enlistees, by adver tising these new options, and by aggressively recruiting candidates for them. June 28, 1972 The President announced that no more draftees would be sent to Vietnam. August 28, 1972 “The experience of the past three years . . . seems to show that sufficient numbers of volun teers can be attracted to the armed forces to meet peacetime manpow er needs, and that ending all de pendence on the draft will be consistent with maintaining the force-levpl and degree of readness necessary to meet our vital long term national security needs. We will no longer ijeed conscription to fill manpower requirements after July, 1973.” Senate Absentees Monday, October 9, 1972 Walter Biggs Rick Carter Randy Nash Nopporn Suwanik Gerry Vaillancourt maybe they gave you the right to vote t>ecause they thought youb never use it. prove them uirong. THE PILOT Editor Samala High Sports Editor Carrol Garrett News Editor ...Donna Turner Features Editor Lou Clontz Photographers Benny Bridges, Gary Cloer, Wayne Wike Cartoonist Judy Greene Typist Beth Bolick Staff Carroll Forest, David Jarman, Cathy Robinson, Cindy Rose, John Spiess, Bruce Wade Advisor Mr. Bill Boyd Published by students of Gardner-Webb College, Boiling Springs, North Carolina 28017. The office of the PILOT is located in the Charles I. Dover Student Center, Room 112. Advertising rate is $2.00 per column inch. Telephone 434-2211. The opinions expressed in this student newspaper do not necessarily represent the views of the GWC faculty, adminis tration. or student body. Responsible comments to issues pre sented in the Pilot are possible by writing. Editor; the PILOT, Box 439.
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