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Gardner-Webb College
1 OCTOBER 15,1974
1 BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
STcw Dover Library To Be
Dedicated On Founder’s Day
Gardner-Webb’s newest
structure, the John R.
Dover, Sr. Library will be
dedicated in the Founders
Day ceremonies on Home
coming Day, Saturday, Octo
ber, 19,1974. The de^cation
ceremonies wiU be a tribute
to John R. Dover, Sr. and
family as well as others who
have helped make the new
Ubrary a reality. Dedication
ceremonies consist of a spe
cial service and luncheon to
be held in the Charles I.
Dover Campus Center Cafe
teria.
An informal open house of
the new library will be held
that morning from 10:00-
11:30. Open house will also
be held in the afternoon from
1:00-2:30. The luncheon and
dedication service will take
place from 11:30 a.m.-ll:00
p.m. in the Charles I. Dover
Campus Center Cafeteria.
Those to attend the luncheon
and dedication services are
Homecoming
Activities
Slated
Gardner-Webb College
will hold its annual Home
coming and Founders’ Day
activities on Saturday,
October 19.
Alumni and families have
a day of activities awaiting
them. They will be able to
visit the new John R. Dover
Library, attend the Home
coming Game, and see the
play, “Pygmalion.”
Game time is set for 2:30
p.m. when the Bulldogs wiU
be host to Catawba College.
During half-time activities,
the Homecoming Queen will
be crowned.
Alumni are especially in
vited to attend the play
“Pygmalion” after the
game. It will be presented in-
the-round at 6:30 p.m. in the
O. Max Gardner Fine Arts
Building Lounge. Advance
reservations will be required
for the drama presentation
as seating wiU be limited.
Jerry Walker, director of
development and alumni ac
tivities, encourages former
students to spend Home
coming Day on campus and
visit the registration desk in
the Charles L Dover Campus
Center for information on
activities.
the trustees and other
boards of the college, the fa
culty, administrators, stu
dent government leaders,
and other heads of student
organizations. Special
guests include the Dover
family.
Thomas J. McGraw, Exe
cutive Vice President and
Dean of the College, will pre
side at the dedication ser
vice. Musical selections
from “Fiddler on the Roof”
will be presented by the
GWC Choral Ensemble. The
main speaker for the occa
sion wiU be Dr. Ben C.
Fisher, Executive Secretary-
Treasurer of the Education
Commission of the Southern
Baptist Convention. The
presentation of the new lib
rary building wiU be given
by a member of the Dover
family.
Everyone who was here
last year recalls “moving
day” at the library. It was
Thursday, April 25, 1974.
Classes were cancelled for
that day. More than 1000
students, faculty members,
and administrators banded
together to get the job done.
In approximately four
hours, the books were
moved and the students
were already using the new
faciUty that very night.
The old library, the John
R. Dover Memorial Library,
was completed in 1951. At
first, it just occupied the
first floor with the down
stairs area being used for
classrooms. But by 1968, the
library took over the entire
building. The periodicals,
technical processing depart
ment, children’s books, and
reading rooms occupied the
downstairs floor. Seating ca
pacity for the library was ap
proximately 300. The build
ing was originally built to
adequately house a maxi
mum of 50,000 volumes. But
by the time the new building
was completed, the building
held approximately 65,000
volumes.
The new library, the John
R. Dover, Sr. Library, has a
total book volume capacity
of 150,000. The new building
contains three floors with all
of them carpeted and air-
conditioned. Total seating
capacity is 565. The first
floor, which is the ground
floor, contains seating area,
book stacks, teaching ma
terials/audio-visual center,
the seminar room/auditor-
ium, a classroom, and a
music listening room. The
second floor or main floor
contains the reference de
partment, periodical depart
ment, circulation desk and
work area, the card catalog,
technical processing depart
ment, shipping and receiv
ing point, administrative of
fices, conference room, staff
lounge area, and seating for
approximately 100 people.
The third floor contains
seating area, book stacks,
eleven individually enclosed
study spaces for faculty/
student research, and a
special collections’ room.
The architects for the new
building were Vaughan-Tal-
ley Associates from Shelby,
N.C. The engineers were
Southerland Associates,
Inc. and Laxton Construc
tion Co. were the contrac
tors. The hbrary consultant
during planning was George
Lewis, Director of Library
at Mississippi State Univer
sity.
Homecoming Week Activities j
TUESDAY
“Blood, Sweat & Tears”, “Impressions”
In Concert — 8:00 p.m. — Bost Gymnasium
WEDNESDAY
Powder Puff Football
Nanney vs. All Stars
7:30 p.m. — Stadium
THURSDAY
50’s Record Party after Pep Rally
FRIDAY
Mr. Fingers, The Magician
“See what he has in his can”
8:00 p.m.—Bost Gymnasium
SATURDAY
Ball Game—2:30 p.m.
Pygmalion—6:30 p .m.
Nantuckett Sleighride—8:30 p.m.
I
Discussion Develops Over
HEW Title IX Amendment
THE IMPRESSIONS
The U.S. Department of
Health, Education and Wel
fare released during the past
summer a regulation setting
forth plans on how to en
force the law banning sex
discrimination by educa
tional institutions, which re
ceive Federal financial aid.
The published regulation is
not a final order—it is a pro
posal on which the Depart
ment solicits comment from
all interested citizens and
organizations until October
15,1974.
After reviewing all com
ments received and making
indicated changes, then the
regulation will be submitted
to the President for his ap
proval.
The proposed regulation,
called Title IX of Education
Amendments of 1972, for
bids discrimination by sex in
most educational institu
tions—colleges, univer
sities, secondary and ele
mentary schools and pre
schools—which receive
Federal funds. Even though
Gardner-Webb does not re
ceive Federal funds directly,
it will be considered under
this amendment because of
the students who received
this aid. The regulation
would cover three major
areas: admission, treatment
of students and employ
ment. The proposed regula
tion would affect virtually
all public school systems in
the country, as well as al
most 2,500 institutions of
post-secondary education.
If Title IX is passed it will
require that some inequi
table practices be revised or
eliminated. HEW feels that
the necessary changes need
not be negative and disrup
tive, but instead can be
made so as to reinforce the
best traditions of American
education. Only if voluntary
efforts fail will enforcement
move to the other two me
thods provided by the law—
either an administrative pro
ceeding to stop Federal as
sistance, or other means au
thorized by law such as re
ferral of a violation to the
Department of Justice for
court action.
Specifically, the treat
ment sections of the regula
tion cover the following
areas: (1) Access to and par
ticipation in course offerings
and extracurricular activi
ties, including campus or
ganizations and competitive
athletics; (2) Eligibility for
and receipt or enjoyment of
benefits, services, and finan
cial aid; (3) Use of facihties
and rules concerning hous
ing.
Going into more detail,
some of the areas concerned
are classes, including physi
cal education, may not be of
fered separately on the basis
of sex. An institution must
make efforts to inform
members of that sex of the
availabiUty of equal oppor
tunities and to provide sup
port and training to enable
them to participate. It is not
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