GW
vs
Catawba
Sept. 14
THE PILOT
Gardner-Webb College
FALL
REVIVAL
Sept. 9-13
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1974
BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
New Scruggs Brings Grass-Rock
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Earl Scruggs, with his group, standing in front of
England and now are visiting U.S. college campuses.
The Earl Scruggs’ Revue has been on tour of
Intern Progronns Goins Momentum
The “new” Earl Scruggs will per
form his grass-rock music for
Gardner-Webb students and
friends in Best Gymnasium on Fri
day, September 6, at 8 p.m. Earl
Scruggs will be accompanied by
his band, “The Earl Scruggs Re-
Who is the new Scruggs? He is
the man who has changed the old
ideas about country music. What
is grass-rock? It is a combination
of bluegrass and rock music.
Earl Scruggs, who has been on
the Tonight Show, toured England
and is now on his way to Boiling
Springs. From the campus of the
University of California to North
Carolina State University, “The
Earl Scruggs Revue” will stop to
perform its unusual music for
Gardner-Webb students.
Why has “The Earl Scruggs Re-
lege campuses? One reason is the
style of his music which is so dif-
associating with the name of
Scruggs. Yes, his name is still
Scruggs, and his job is still play-
This school term, Gardner-Webb
College is very proud to have seve
ral new programs introduced.
These programs offer internships
into business administration, edu
cation, psychology, and sociology.
The programs are designed to
enable students to develop their
full potential in their chosen voca-
Students learn on-the-job train
ing in their vocation. They work in
different areas of their assignment
and find out “just what it is all
about.” Students are given close
supervision during their internship
by their employers and college pro
fessors. Written reports are made
periodically by the supervisors of
the internship to the college pro
fessors on the progress of the stu-
Some of our students are work
ing on internships in business ad
ministration. Danny L. Ham, a
senior business administration ma
jor, worked this summer at Wen
dell Fabrics in Blacksburg.
GJGK)
Born of concern for the develop
ment of the whole person,
DIMENSION represents the col
lective program of student activi
ties designed to contribute to the
spiritual environment of daily cam
pus life.
In order to provide students
with a variety of inspirational acti
vities, DIMENSION is divided in
to two distinct programs.
The “Inner Campus Ministries”
is that division of the program
dealing specifically with on-
campus activities. Among the or
ganizations supported by the In
ner Campus Ministries are: Bap
tist Young Women, Fellowship of
Christian Athletes, Religious Edu
cation Club, Ministerial Alliance,
and other on-campus concerns.
The Fellowship of Christians
United in Service (F.O.C.U.S.) is
the organization of all off-campus
ministries supported by DIMEN
SION. Various activities of this
area include; Revival Teams, Jail
Ministry, Rest Home Ministry,
Tutoring Program, and Hospital
Ministry.
Beginning September 5, there
will be Thursday evening periods
of information and worship at 6:00
in Dover Chapel. By offering a var
iety in these presentations, the
program committee hopes to meet
the interests of many students.
John Barnhardt, President of
DIMENSION, serves as the stu
dent coordinator of the Inner Cam
pus Ministries. Student coordina
tor of F.O.C.U.S. is Mickey Mahaf-
fey. B.T. is the secretary.
DIMENSION, operating as the
Gardner-Webb College extension
of the Baptist Student Union, is
open for students of all denomina-
ing the banjo. Yet he does not
dominate the show. When he ended
his long time association with Les
ter Flatt in 1969, Scruggs decided
to follow new musical adventures.
He has since then put together a
group of musicians which incorpo
rates contemporary sounds,
mostly folk-rock. Earl Scruggs
describes his rejuvenated musical
program as “A more contemporary
sound . . . expanded . . . into other
forms of music . . . such as blues,
rock, jazz, modern country and
pop.” Each member of the group is
allowed to receive a bit of special
musical attention.
Now let us not forget the home
town boy who went to the big city
and made good. Scruggs grew up
in Cleveland County. His actual
home place is Flint Hill, which is
only a mile or two from Gardner-
Webb. Earl Scruggs is the son of a
“banjo playing ” father. Though
his father died the same year Earl
started learning the banjo, his
mother never once discouraged
him. Earl’s older brothers were
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During the 13-week internship,
Ham worked in 12 different de
partments, learning as much as
possible about the operation of the
company. For his work he earned
15 hours college credit toward his
degree in business administration.
Both student and industry per
sonnel have nothing but praise for
the program.
“We think this is an excellent
program and we are most appre
ciative to Gardner-Webb for this
opportimity to share in the educa
tion of this fine young man,” com
ments Carolyn Campbell, person
nel director. Danny is also well
pleased with the program and
what it has to offer.
Another student of Gardner-
Webb, Leonard Houston is pre
sently in the middle of a 13-week
internship with Dover Textiles,
working in that firm’s Ora Mill in
Shelby. Houston comments on
how much he enjoyed the chal
lenge to work and learn something
new almost everyday.
Lavon Laye, personnel director
of the industry said he had found
the college officials very coopera
tive and had nothing but praise for
the intern program.
“I can say from experience that
this is an excellent program,” said
Laye. “The closeness of the school
to our Shelby operations, plus the
caliber of the students and the out
standing faculty at the college
makes this a natural for Dover.
We are most happy to be able to
take advantage of this program.”
Lawson Holds Fall Revival
Beginning Monday, September
9 and continuing through Friday
September 13, the annual fall re
vival for the Gardner-Webb cam
pus will be led by evangelist
Bill Lawson. Dr. Lawson is cur
rently pastor of the Wheeler Ave
nue Baptist Church, and professor
of Black studies at the University
of Houston, in Houston, Texas. He
is in great demand to speak at stu
dent conferences and revivals
throughout the United States, and
has spoken before at Glorieta, and
Ridgecrest. He was also involved
with Mission ’70 in Atlanta, where
thousands of college students, and
young single adults came by invi
tation for a week of exciting and
creative worship and sharing ex
periences. “He is a fantastic
speaker. He will be tremendously
interesting and challenging,” com-,
mented Mr. Ray Pople. Mr. Law
son has spoken at Gardner-Webb
before but only for a short engage-
The revival theme is “Insight
Outreach” a phrase which typifies
Mr. Lawson according to Mr.
Robert Decker who stated that he
was, “The kind of person that
causes us to look inward to new
concepts about ourselves and then
reach out to others.” The services
will be held in the Bost Gymna
sium at 9:40 a.m. on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, and at
9:30 a.m. on Tuesday and Thurs
day. Rescheduling will be made in
order that no classes are missed.
Services will also be held on Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday nights at 6:15 p.m.
Music for the revival will be led
by Ronald Luck, soloist, who will
also be directing a 100 voice choir,
comprised of all students who de
sire to participate. The choir will
be under the direction of Mr.
Robert Decker during pre-revival
rehearsals.
Mr. Luck is presently serving as
Minister of Music and Youth in
Chesapeake, Virginia, at Jackson
Memorial Baptist Church. He has
served in over seven churches,
over the past 14 years. The revival
choir will be singing in all of the
morning services, and will be ac
companied by the Bulldog Band
during the Wednesday service. Mr.
Luck will be the soloist for the
night services, and will also be
singing in some of the morning ser-
Much work has gone into the
planning of this revival. Dr. Lamb,
chairman of the Religious Activi
ties Committee, has been overall
director of the pre-revival work
Dr. Phillip Perrin is responsible
for special musical selections, and
Mrs. George R. Cribb is revival hos
tess. Mr. Ray Pople is in charge of
transportation, and Mr. Reg Alex
ander has arranged a pre-revival
meeting featuring Gene Cotton,
folk music artist.