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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1974
WELL HERE WE ARE AGAIN, GANG!
Visits Campus
CaroUnas Tour
on his act, Dean Scott made his de
but at the Flamingo Hotel, Las
Orientation Filled
The Freshmen began their new
life and college career here at GWC
on Sunday, August 18, 1974. The
SGA Orientation Committee was
in charge of the entire week’s acti
vities, beginning with a worship
service in the Bost Physical Edu
cation Building at 10:30 a.m. Sun
day morning. Dr. Eugene Poston,
President, delivered the message
to the new students, as well as
their parents and friends. This ser
vice provided an introduction to
the college and its purpose.
A parent’s orientation meeting
was held that afternoon in the
Hamrick Auditorium. Mr. Bill
Briggs, Coordinator of Student
Personnel Services presided over
the meeting. Open house in all the
residence halls followed the par
ent’s orientation meeting. A recep
tion was also held that afternoon
for all freshmen and their parents.
Mr. Bill Briggs spoke again at
the convocation Monday for fresh
men and transfer students. Repre
sentatives of the alumni and stu
dent activities were included in the
program. The meeting presented
and introduced the activities in
which the freshmen could become _
involved. A “Red Tape” session
followed the general convocation
Cotton At
Gene Cotton, a rather new face
on the folk music scene, performed
at Gardner-Webb last Monday
night. Cotton is quickly becoming
more and more popular all across
America. He impresses all who
hear him with his openness and
honesty. It has been said that if
folk music is to be the word of our
time. Gene Cotton will be one of its
Cotton began his singing career
in 1961 while he was attending
Ohio State University where he
majored in political science. From
there he went to New York where
he paid his dues in the “Big City’’
music circles and the coffee houses
of Greenwich Village.
Cotton says that he has been
most greatly influenced by the
Kingston Trio type folk singers
and by the Beatles, He is from
Nashville, Tennessee, but claims
that does not make him a “country
Not only is his soft sound strik
ing; Cotton’s songs also have
meaning to them. One of the lines
from one of his songs says "So you
say you are own your own; some
times that's all that keeps you go-
Cotton has the abiUty to help
With Excitement
along with testing for those stu
dents who had not been tested dur
ing the summer. At 7:30 p.m. that
day, the freshmen filed into Span
gler Stadium and were briefly in
structed on “Being a Bulldog.”
The long, tedious job of registra
tion began on Tuesday. The Jun
iors and Seniors registered that
day. The Freshmen attended an
SGA Assembly in the morning and
at 1:00 p.m., the Freshmen at
tended a “How to Study” session.
That evening a movie was shown
in the cafeteria. After the movie, a
coke party provided an excellent
opportunity for all students to get
acquainted with one another.
Registration continued on Wed
nesday for the Sophomores and
Freshmen. The Freshman Talent
Showcase and Faculty Wit and
Humor Hour was presented to the
student body that evening.
Classes began on Thursday. A
picnic was held 6utside for supper
that evening. Fun and games, such
as egg throwing and watermelon
seed spitting, accompanied the pic-
As classes continued on Friday,
freshmen began to realize more
fully the attitude and purpose here
at Gardner-Webb.
The Webb
people experience emotions
through his music. He can make
people laugh, and he can make
them cry. One of his more moving
songs is entitled “Mrs. Oliver”. It
is about an eighty year old woman
who lives all alone just waiting for
death to come and take her away.
Ths song ends by saying that she
is “waiting for someone to bring
back the love that she once gave”.
There are many Mrs. Olivers in our
world today. We often turn away
from them and cast them aside.
Cotton wrote the song out of his
feeling about Mrs. Oliver, but also
because he realized that any of us,
if we live long enough could be
come like Mrs. OUver.
Cotton's biggest hit single, “The
Great American Novel” written by
Larry Norman, tells about the hy-
pocracy of man preaching one
thing and doing another. It says
“Do you think the only way to
bring about the peace is to sacri
fice your children and kiU all your
enemies?” Ironies about grow
ing up in America also come out
strongly with the words: “And
your money says in God we Trust,
but its against the law to pray in
school. You say we beat the Rus
sians to the moon, but I say you
starve our children to do it.”
Scott
During
On August 28, the Dean Scott
show was presented to the Boiling
Springs and Gardner-Webb Col
lege community. The 8:30 p.m.
concert was held in the Bost gym
nasium.
Not only did Scott present a
tremendous collection of rock-and-
roll hits from the fifties (including
groups like the Platters, theEverly
Brothers, and the Diamonds), but
he also impersonates such singing
stars as Ray Charles and Elvis
Presley. With his vocal range of
four and a half octaves, Dean is
well-equipped to handle Little Ri
chard’s high-pitched notes and El
vis’ low ones. An added feature is
Scott's rendition of songs from
Jesus Christ Superstar.
Dean Scott, the son of a career
military man, was born in Hous
ton, Texas. Because of his father’s
occupation, Dean traveled all over
this country and abroad gaining
most of his experience in USO
shows. Dean, at age 18, returned
to the states with his family and
traveled to New York, where he
Uved for a year and a half on his
own. Upon returning to Texas,
Dean formed a group, “The
Traits.”
After “The Traits” disbanded
two years later, in 1969, Scott
formed the group, “Mobius Loop”
Safety Tips
For Streakers
In the interest of public safety,
the National Safety Council has
published safety tips for would-be
streakers.
While the organization doesn’t
approve of streaking, it suggests
that if you must streak:
1. Wear sneakers. They give
better traction for that all-impor
tant speed, and they also protect
the feet. A cut foot can end a
2. Wear reflectorized tape. This
is especially important for night
steaking. The council especially re
commends streakers make “bum
per numbers” or “tail lights” from
tape and creatively adorn the body
with tape on back, sides and front.
3. Stay alert. Watch out for
cars, holes, and wire or chains
around parking lots and fences.
4. If you wear them, don't forget
your glasses.
and moved to Las Vegas. It was
there that he was brought to the
attention of Bill Miller, the enter
tainment director of the Interna
tional Hotel. Miller was impressed
with Scott, but advised him to
polish his act. After a return trip
to Houston, and three years’ work
One of the many events of orien
tation this year included the
Freshman Talent Showcase and
Faculty Wit and Humor Hour.
This event was presented to the
student body of Gardner-Webb on
August 21, 1974, at 8:00 p.m. on
the front terrace of the 0. Max
Gardner Building. Mr, John
Fowler, Jr,, a former student of
Gardner-Webb, served as master
of ceremonies for the program.
Three winners were selected by
judges from the variety of student
talent. Those serving as judges
this year were Dr. Robert Morgan,
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Pople, Mrs. Mar
tin Banner, Mrs. Bill Briggs, Mr,
Rick Walter, and Mr. Leonard
Hoston.
also strong influences on his love
for the banjo.
Young Earl learned to play the
banjo at the age of four. He played
because it was somethmg he en
joyed doing and it thrilled him
when he learned that other people
enjoyed listening. Solo picking for
square dances was his first musical
job. At the age of fifteen, he began
performing on a Gastonia, North
Carolina radio station.
In 1939, Earl played with the
Morris Brothers for a short time
on WSPA Radio in Spartanburg,
South Carolina. During World War
II, he was employed in a factory,
and this slowed down his music
career for a while. However, follow
ing the war, Scruggs began a series
of pubUc appearances that was to
make him famous.
Motion pictures and television
were the main factors in develop
ing Scruggs' career. Actor Warren
Beatty called Scruggs personally
and asked him to do the musical
score for Beatty’s new movie,
“Bonnie and Clyde”. This score
won Scruggs a Grammy award and
an award from Broadcast Music,
Other scores that Scruggs has
Vegas in the summer of 1972.
Several surrounding area schools
are included in Dean Scott’s con
cert tour. These schools are NCSU,
Clemson University, Campbell Col
lege and Catawba College.
The three winners from the stu
dent talent were Rhonda Josey (a
pianist and vocalist)—first place.
Lark Welborn (vocalist) —second
place, and Randy Kirby (pianist)—
third place.
Rhonda Josey, who was the first
place winner, also performed at the
Trustees and Advisors Annual
Fall Meeting and Dinner which
was held on Monday, August 26,
1974. It is hoped that this will es
tablish a tradition at Gardner-
Webb and that the first place win
ner chosen each year from the
Freshman Talent Showcase wil 1
perform for the Trustees and Ad
visors Annual Fall Meeting and
— Charlotte Meyer
Bloom” and “The Ballad of Jed
Clampett,” Also Scruggs has writ
ten a book entitled Earl Scruggs
and the Five-String Banjo,
explaining Scruggs’ banjo-playing
technique, Scruggs has several al
bums out, which include Live at
Kansas State; Dueling Banjos;
and The Earl Scruggs Revue.
The members of the Earl
Scruggs Revue are: Gary Scruggs,
Randy Scruggs, Steve Scruggs,
Jody Maphis, and Josh Graves.
Gary is the lead singer of the
group, and plays electric bass, har
monica, and guitar. He also does
some of the group’s arrangements
and has recorded (with Randy),
two albums.
Randy Scruggs began his music
career at the age of six by playing
the autoharp. Since then, he has
mastered the guitar, five-string
banjo, bass and slide guitar and is
in great demand by many major
country music artists because of
his talent. Also, he arranges and
composes much of the music for
the Revue.
Steve Scruggs is the youngest
member of the Scruggs family.
Though still in school, Steve still
tries to perform as much as pos
sible with the Revue. Steve plays
bass, guitar and banjo and is in
the process of learning the violin.
Jody Maphis plays guitar and
his family performs musically in a
style similar to the Scruggs fam
ily. Jody’s father developed the
flat-pick guitar style, and is well-
known for this accomplishment.
Josh Graves, last but not least,
is accredited with reviving interest
in the dobro guitar. He has worked
with Scruggs since 1955 and works
as a vocalist and a back-up guitar
ist as well as his performance on
the dobro guitar.
Come to the Bost Gymnasium
September 6 to see the ‘,‘new” Earl
Scruggs Revue.
SO THIS IS WHAT COLLEGE IS ALL ABOUT.
Frosh Sparkle With Talent
Earl Scruggs Cont’d
written include, Where the Lilies