THE PILOT I
Gardner-Webb College
Thursday, January 23,1975
BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
As of Friday, January 10,
1975, Gardner-Webb College
acquired a new head football
coach. Mr. Lee Oval Jaynes
assumes the position left va
cant by the resignation of
former coach, George Lit
ton. Mr. Litton has begun
administrative and teaching
duties with the college. Mr.
Jaynes, former assistant
coach to Paul Dietzel of
use, brings an extensive
football background to the
Bulldogs concentrating es
pecially on offense.
Coach Jaynes is a native
of Morganton, N.C. After
graduating from Morganton
High School in 1958, Jaynes
continued his education at
Appalachian State Univer
sity where he graduated
with a B.S. degree, majoring
in Mathematics and Physi
cal Education. During his
four-year football career at
Appalachian, he lettered
once as fullback and three
times as end. In 1961, he was
named to the All-Carolinas
Conference.
During the years 1962
through 1963, Mr. Jaynes
assisted Coach Gus PurceU
at Myers Park High School
in Charlotte, N.C. In 1964,
he returned to UNC-CH to
continue his education. He
served as graduate assistant
to Jim Hichey and gradu
ated with a Masters Degree
in Education in 1965.
Coach Jaynes traveled to
the Citadel in 1965, assisting
in coaching football and
guiding the wrestling team
to a runner-up position in
the Southern Conference.
Wake Forest was the next
school that Jaynes coached.
He began in 1969 as offen
sive Receiver Coach and by
1972 he was named Offen
sive Coordinator.
Coach Jaynes joined the
staff of Paul Dietzel in 1973
and developed the Veer Of
fense. During this time, the
team set 20 offensive team
records and became known
as the best team in USC’s
history.
Coach Jaynes and his
wife, Priscilla, have two chil
dren aged 12 and 8. He pre
sently resides in Irmo, B.C.,
but will soon move to Bull
dog territory to assume his
duties as head football
coach.
Dr. Robinson Resigns
After Forty years Of Service
Dr. Robinson, a long-time
friend of Gardner-Webb stu
dents, has retired from
Gardner-Webb climaxing
more than forty years of ser
vice to Southern Baptists.’
Dr. Robinson was Direc
tor of Denominational Rela
tions and Deferred Giving.
He served a combined
thirty-five years in three of
the largest churches in the
Carolinas, First Baptist
Greer, S.C.; Citadel Square
Baptist Church, Charleston,
S.C. and First Baptist
Church, Hickory, N.C. Be
sides being a pastor, he was
the Student Union Secretary Theological Seminary
for the Baptist State Con- Louisville, Kentucky,
vention of Florida.
He obtained his educa
tion, first, in Gaffney High
man University. Ten years
after leaving Furman Uni
versity he was awarded the
Bachelor of Divinity Degree
from the Southern Baptist
Dr. Robinson said that he
and his wife, Nell, would
make their home in Shelby
School, next, Gardner-Webb until late spring when they
College, and earned his
Bachelor’s degree from Fur-
wili move to a home that
they own in Greer, S.C.
Lee Oval Jaynes, new coach, along with Dr. Poston
New Football Coach Named
Teachers Education
Ppogpam Given O.K.
The teacher education
program of Gardner-Webb
has been given a fuU five-
year approval by the North
Carolina State Board of
Education. Dr. E. Eugene
Valentine
Banquet
“The Sounds of Love” is
the theme of the Valentine
Banquet being planned for
Monday, February 10, 1975.
The program for the ban
quet will consist of Ron
Moore along with the
comedy team, Ben Cook and
George Blanks. A couple at
tending the banquet will be
chosen as “Honor Sweet
hearts” for the night.
The banquet will take
place in the Bulldog Room of
the C.I.D. at 7:00 p.m. on
February 10. Anyone wish
ing to purchase tickets for
the banquet may do so from
Mrs. Maxine Parsons in
Room 101 of the C.I.D. The
price of the tickets will be
$2.00 for those having a
meal ticket and $2.60 for
those without meal tickets.
Poston, president of the col
lege, said the notice of five-
year approved has been re
ceived from A. Craig Phil
lips, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
The college and its teacher
education programs were
granted a provisional appro
val for a three-year period in
January, 1972. The five-
year approval is the maxi
mum that can be granted.
The approval came after
visits of committees from
the State Department of
Education. In the visiting
committee’s report to the
State Board of Education it
was said, “In the judgment
of the State Evaluation
Committee on Teacher Edu
cation, marked improve
ments have been made in be
half of teacher education
since the initial visit. On the
basis of the current pro
gram, the committee recom
mends a five-year approval,
1974-75 through 1978-79.”
The programs approved
include: “Elementary Edu
cation: Early Childhood
Education and Intermediate
Education. Secondary Edu
cation: Business Education;
English; Foreign Lan
guages; French; Spanish;
Mathematics; Science; Bio
logy; Chemistry; Social
Studies. Special Subjects:
Music; Physical Education.
Mr. Thomas McGraw,
executive vice president and
Dean of the College ex
pressed his satisfaction of
the action of the State Board
of Education. “We are
pleased with the recommen
dation and we feel that it is a
real honor to get full appro
val for the maximum time,”
said McGraw. “I think this
is a plus mark for the facul
ty, students and administra
tion of the college. This
means a great deal to our
teacher education program,
especially since forty-five
per cent of our students be
come teachers. I assure you
that many people have
worked hard and long for
this day.”
GWC Receives Sears Foundation Gront
Faculty^ Administration
In New Year Changes
Gardner-Webb has re
ceived a grant of $1350 from
the Sears-Roebuck Foimda-
tion. Gardner-Webb is one of
39 privately supported col
leges and universities in
North Carolina to receive a
grant from this foundation.
The Sears-Roebuck Founda
tion was responsible for dis
tributing a total of 47,640
dollars among the 39
schools.
J.R. Bickley, representa
tive of the Sears-Roebuck
Foundation, made the pre
sentation of the check to Dr.
Poston.
The North Carolina col
leges and universities are
among almost 1,000 private
accredited two and four-year
institutions across the coun
try which are sharing in
$1,300,000 in Sears Founda
tion funds for the 1974-75
academic year. Funds may
be used unrestrictedly as the
colleges and universities
deem necessary.
In addition to its unre
stricted grant program. The
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
each year conducts a variety
of special-purpose programs
in elementary, secondary,
higher and continuing edu
cation. Altogether, the
Foundation has expendi
tures of almost $2,750,000 in
1974 for its education acti
vities.
New titles and positions
have been given to members
of the faculty and the ad
ministrators beginning this
year. Dr. Robinson has re
tired from the college, there
fore vacating his position.
Until someone else is found
to take over Dr. Robinson’s
position, new titles and posi
tions have been made. Five
new co-ordinators have been
added to the college staff.
They are as follows. Reve
rend Buddy Freeman is Co
ordinator of Public Affairs
and College Ministers, Mr.
Briggs is Co-ordinator of
Development, Alumni, and
Deferred Giving, Mr. Mack
is Co-ordinator of Business
Affairs, Mr. Holbrook is Co
ordinator of Athletics and
Public Relations, and Mr.
Banner is acting Co-ordina-
tor of Student Personnel
Services. All of the above
positions are permanent ex
cept for Mr. Banner’s.