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PILOT
Gardner-Webh College
BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA 28017
Memoriam to Hubert C. Dixon
MR. HUBERT C. DIXON
Mr. Hubert C. Dixon,
chairman of the Mathema
tics and Physics Depart
ment here died Friday, April
16.
Mr. Dixon taught here for
41 years and served in many
capacities. Besides being a
professor, Mr. Dixon at one
time was Academic Dean,
Dean of Men, and Registrar.
Mr. Dixon was also active in
community and church af
fairs.
He touched the lives of
many young meri and
women who attended (and
attend) Gardner-Webb. He
demanded only the highest
quality performance from
his students. Mr. Dixon will
long be remembered for his
impact on education in our
area,” says Mr. Tom
McGraw, acting President.
Earlier this year, Mr.
Dixon talked of establishing
a loan fund for needy stu
dents similar to that estab
lished by Mr. Deck An
drews. The family requests
that all memorials be sent in
the name of this fund.
Dr. Anthony Eastman,
friend and golfing champion
for many years, shared some
-of his thoughts about Mr.
Dixon.
“He was a man in every
aspect of the word. He had
certain principles which he
never deviated from; he
MR. DIXON VISITS THE LIBRARY
Many receive awards
Awards Day this year was
held on Tuesday, April 27,
during the 9:30 a.m. Chapel
hour in Bost Gym.
Those receiving awards
are as follows in order of the
program presented; 210 stu
dents made Honor Roll for
first semester and 78 stu
dents made Dean’s List. The
sixty-seven members of
Alpha Chi were also recog
nized.
The Faculty Merit Award
,was presented to Dr. An
tony Eastman. Those chosen
for Who’s Who Among Stu
dents in American Univer
sities and Colleges, were
recognized.
The All-District and All-
American Athletic Honors
were received by Dave Bor-
mann, Gary Robinson and
Zim Zimmerman (All-Amer
ican) and Bob BoUck and
William Peppers (All Dis
trict. )
Pam Smith received the
Bible Award. The Suttle
Bible Medal was received by
Rick Martin. The Chemistry
Award was received by Lane
Price.
Senior English Major
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lived by them. They were
high moral, ethical and reli
gious standards and I never
saw him violate any of them.
In the great crisis of his life
he always lived by these
principles, he was so consis
tent.”
At this point Dr. Eastman
began talking about an inci
dent which occurred on the
golf course. One of Dr. East
man’s shots hit the concrete
path and the ball bounced
out of bounds. In disgust.
Dr. Eastman threw down
his club and shouted that he
“hated those damned con
crete paths.”
Five minutes later he
apologized for losing his
temper. Mr. Dixon remarked.
“It wasn’t the throwing of
the club that was offensive,
it was your description of
the concrete paths that
was.” Thus, one of Mr.
Dixon’s last statements was
an attempt to straighten Dr.
Eastman out without insult
ing him, so true to his
nature.
“I never saw Mr. Dixon
make a moral or ethical mis
take. He learned a lesson
somewhere in life to think
through every encounter
and to weigh both sides of a
question. I learned that this
was one man I could re
spect,” reflects Dr. East
man.
“Mr. Dixon tried to get
other people to adopt the
standards he lived by, and
tried to do this by example.
He especially seemed to take
enjoyment out of the little
things he could do to help
young teachers.”
Dr. Eastman says, “Mr.
Dixon was one of the few
men who could make me ad
mit that I was wrong. For
example, when I began play
ing golf with Mr. Dixon, I
came to realize that it was
just a recreation, a sport,
and not something to be
taken so seriously.
“Mr. Dixon has left a
vacuum that no one else can
fill—an era at Gardner-
Webb has ended. The man
was an institution in him
self.”
MR. DIXON INSTRUCTS A MATH CLASS.
Title IX issue discussed
By Becky Bost
Due to the numerous requests by many
students for the Pilot staff to investigate
certain rumors about the Title IX issue
which may affect Gardner-Webb, this re
porter interviewed Mr. Tom McGraw, act-
irig president of Gardner-Webb. The follow
ing is a direct transcription of the conversa
tion with some editing due to lack of space.
B. —“Mr. McGraw, what exactly is going
to happen to Gardner-Webb within the next
few months, in respect to Title IX?”
Mr. Me. —“At this point, there has been
nothing decided and there is a committee at
work on campus. We’re under direction of
Title IX or under direction of the HEW sec
tion of that, to study our situation.
“They have not even made a report! And
the truth of the matter is that we do not
even know what is going to take place. In
my opinion we will hit on a plan sometime
maybe in July or August. We may have a
tentative plan to submit which may or may
not be approved but basically I don’t see
any drastic changes to take place within the
next 12 months.
“I think after that there may be some
changes to take place, maybe even before
that. If I, (and I am not a lawyer) under
stand anything at all about the Title IX is
that it has to be a plan that will be accept
able to them. In other words, we can’t dis
criminate, nor do we want to discriminate.
“In the realm of athletics, you’re not
under direction to do everything intercol-
legiately with women that you do with men.
You do have to make a survey, which has al
ready been made, by the athletic director,
and they determine in what areas we’re
going to be having intercollegiate sports.
The Title IX document says that if we have
a competent coach for men for basketball,
football, or what not, then we must have a
competent coach to coach the girls.
“Now, about the facilities for housing;
you’re supposed to have comparable hous
ing. By that it doesn’t mean that it’s got to
be exactly the same; that’s a physical im
possibility. We don’t really know whether
we have to have dorm moms or dads (for
guys) as we do for girls. We don’t really
know at this point.
“I think probably what caused some con-
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