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Gardner-Webb College—Home of the Bulldog.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1973
BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
Sweetheart Court
'73 Sweetheart Queen
The reigning 1973 Sweetheart
Queen is Mehrshid Ansari Nazmi.
She was sponsored by A.W.S.
and escorted by Joe Duggan.
The Sweetheart Court consisted
of the queen and her runner-up
Debbie Smith who was escorted by
Terry Wilder.
The Sweetheart Queen is elected
by the student body and the
contestants are nominated by
campus clubs.
Women students vying for the
title are pictured above and they in
clude Marcia Leazer, Mehrshid An
sari Nazmi, Hope Hathecock,
Debbie Smith, Becky Henely,
Cindy Bowen, Connie Bailey, Pa
tricia McMullen, Sharon Capps,
Libby Nixon, Judy Greene, Jo
Carol Wrape, Diane Young and
Terry Chandler.
The Sweetheart Banquet is an
annual event sponsored by the
Baptist Young Women’s Organiza
tion. The banquet was held on Mon
day, February 12, and not the tra
ditional February 14 because of the
premiere showing of ‘Gospel Road”
Flu Causes
Mass Absentism
Absenteeism plagues Gardner-
Webb as students, faculty and
staff personnel are indisposed with
the flu. '
Chapel sessions consist of mass
congested coughing and sneezing
and students spend their time
taking sick-plates from the cafe
teria to their bedridden friends.
The clinic has reported that as of
February 1, 150 Gardner-Webb
students had been treated for the
flu. Several students had also been
hospitalized.
Classified as the “English Flu”
the condition has become a national
epidemic that has swept across 30
Earl Scruggs Comes Home
in Charlotte.
The theme for the banquet was
“Wondrous Love” and the master
of ceremonies was Mr. Bob Decker.
The guest speaker was Arthur
Smith, a supporter of the college.
He was presented with a plaque
which honored him as the "Enter
tainer of the Year 1973.” The award
was presented by the BYW in ap
preciation for his services. Accom
panying Arthur Smith was his
group of eight musicians.
Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Hill provided
the “Sweetheart” music for the
occasion. Sweetheart was crowned
by President E. Eugene Poston and
he was assisted by last year’s
queen Beverly Bahakel.
The BYW is a national women’s
organization and is affiliated with
the! Baptist Convention. This
year’s officers are president — An
gie Martin; Vice President —
Cathy Haynes; Secretary — Cindy
Tolson; Treasuer — Debbie Sowell;
and Program Chairman — Martha
Lawrence. The sponsor for the or
ganization is Mrs. Martin Banner.
Earl Scruggs is coming home to
his native Cleveland County for a
concert on campus, February 19 at
8:30 p.m. in Bost Gymnasium.
That Monday has been proclaimed
by Boiling Springs mayor, Jimmie
Greene, to be “Earl Scruggs Day.”
The concert is sponsored by the
Student Entertainment Committee
and the proceeds will go toward the
establishment of the SGA student
loan fund. Mr. Tom Poston, an-
Marajuana
Charges
Possession of marijuana was the
charge in the arrest of three stu
dents on Saturday night, Feb
ruary 3.
With a search warrant, SBI of
ficials accompanied by Mr. Martin
Banner, the Director of Men’s
Services, entered a student’s room
in search of drugs. One pound of
marijuana fourteen black beauties,
and two marijuana plants growing
in the window were discovered.
According to the college judicial
system the three male students
were guilty of violating campus
code No. 4, which prohibits “drink
ing or possession of alcoholic bev
erages and/or use of possession of
drugs on campus or at college-
related functions.”
The involved students chose a
waver of hearing and were given in
definite suspension. Indefinite sus
pension provides that the students
will be on suspension until the time
whereby they apply for re-admis
sion to Gardner-Webb. Admittance
will be the decision of the Chairman
of the Executive Committee of the
college, Dr. E. Eugene Poston.
Posession of marijuana is a mis
demeanor and it is believed that the
penalty will include bond set at
$5,000 for two of the students and
$1500 for the other accused stu
dent.
The trial will be in the Cleveland
County Court within two or three
weeks.
Concerning the arrest, Mike Ste
wart, Chief Justice of the Student
Government Association, stated
that “there was no violation of the
student constitutional rights or
each individual’s constitutional
Stewart also commented that he
regretted the arrest and the situa
tion but that he hoped this will
open eyes to the fact that there is a
drug problem on “our” campus.
Mr. Martin Banner commented
that he hoped “students would
take this as a warning.” He also
announced that a drug program
does exist on campus. It is called
the “Student to Student Relation
ship Program” whereby a resident
officer or any student confers per
sonally with the student using
drugs. Then in a second attempt, a
college personnel member may talk
to the student.
nounced that for the first time
there will be a section of reserved
seats in Bost Gymnasium. These
reserved seats will cost one dollar
more than general admission tick
ets and fifty cents more for all stu
dents with the presentation of their
identification cards. Reserved
tickets for G-W students must be
obtained in advance at SGA office
or Student Activities Office. Gen
eral admission tickets will be $2.00
in advance and $3.00 at the door
and reserved seats will be $3.00 in
advance and $4.00 at the door.
Earl Scruggs and the Earl
Scruggs Revue have played at U.
N. C Chapel Hill, Davidson College,
Kansas State University and have
been in demand at the University
of Georgia and Georgia Southern.
Boiling Springs is Scruggs’ home
and he was born and raised at Flint
Hill, a scant two miles from Gard
ner-Webb. His brother, Horace, is
the Superintendent of Building and
Grounds at Gardner-Webb.
Scruggs was born and bred to
the sound of the banjo, having had
a banjo playing father and older
brother. By the time Scruggs was
six, he ws adept with both banjo
and guitar. At this age he first
played before an audience at a fid
dler’s convention. Horace com
mented that this convention was
probably held in Hamrick auditori
um around 1931. “Hamrick” was
the only place around here that was
large enough for any kind of gath-
According to one critic, Scruggs
is rated as the unchallenged vir
tuoso of the five-string banjo, the
only truly American instrument.
Scruggs did not invent it — Joel
Sweeney did in 1831. But, Scruggs
did create a new style of playing
the banjo, using three fingers in a
method which added versatility
and brilliance to the instrument.
His style took the banjo out of the
accompaniment only category, and
elevated it to a leading melody
voice and prime solo instrument.
The method which bears his name
— “Earl Scruggs Style” — is so
widely used that Earl Scruggs is
known as one of the industry’s
most imitated musicians.
The Earl Scruggs Revue does not
only include country music. His
music cannot be labeled — “it’s an
unusual mixture of rock, spiritual
and country fused together to give
a distinctive and unique sound. The
Byrds, Bob Dylan, the Nitty Gritty
Dirt Band and the New Ryders all
have played with Earl and the Re-
It is “Earl Scruggs” banjo
picking that is herd on the CBS
television show, “Beverly Hill
billies” musical theme, “The Ballad
of Jed Clampett.” A recording has
also been made of the ballad and
this famous recording reached the
Number 1 position in the Country
Record Charts and was also
included in the Best Selling Record
Charts receiving a Gammy nomina-
Earl’s first banjo instrumental
“Foggy Mountain Breakdown”
written in 1948 and first recorded
by him in 1950, ironically won a
Gammy Award in 1969 after being
used throughout Warren Beatty’s
award winning motion picture,
“Bonnie and Clyde.” This song has
now been recorded by more than 20
different artists.
The Earl Scruggs Revue