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BSU
Dean Knott
(Continued from page 1.)
ing biographies of Abraham Lincoln ... He was a story
teller.
PILOT: How do you feel about the present dorm policies
on campus with regard to the curfew and the sign-out pro
cedure imposed upon women and the lack of any, upon
men? Are you familiar with it? Do you feel that it is fair?
Or that it should be here? or can you say?
KNOTT: It’s very typical . . . but the policies are going
to have to be the same for both males and females. Now,
what the same policies are is a question. You know, how do
you go about setting those up.? I believe that basically
we’re talking about a college age population of 18 to 24
years old. That’s a period in life which usually has a focus
of an intense struggle for identity. Who am I? Who do I
really want to be? I don’t mean that in the sense of just
finding a ob, although that’s part of it . . . It’s a calling
which is essentially who I want to be as a person. And not
strictly just my decision to be that but, looking at myself,
my talents, my abilities, my interests, my values about
how I would like to be known . . . That’s a sense of calling
of who one is. How you commit your talents, what job you
do, is a part of it but by no means the whole of it.
We get into a little bit of a rut in thinking that the
talents you design for the are what it’s all about and that
the other will come along.. I really would reverse these
two. I think that the primary function of college is that
personal growth, that personal knowledge in the sense of
finding out more about yourself in interaction with other
people . . . That’s what the college is about in a round about
way. Therefore, the dorm policy should be reflection of that
stage of growth and development. They should respect
your decisions as a student. . .
We could make it totally public and go with barracks
and just put everybody in a big room, males in one room
and females in another room but that’s not what you want,
I wouldn’t think. You want some privacy in your room
and we have to respect that.
I think there’s also a general need to know where you are
and where you’re going. Not that we need to check-up in
every detail, but that is in case something happens, we
have a way of getting in touch with you. Generally, if you’re
at home, your parents just in passing, want to know where
you’re going, not because they’re checking up, but
because they like to keep in mind if you don’t show up,
they’ll at least know where you went. I think that’s general
information that’s wise to have. And it can be given in a
way that’s purely private. For instance, you could put it in
an envelope and store it and when you come back in, you
tear the envelope up and throw it away. We may go to
something like that. . .
The hours? If the hours are to be there, I think questions
have to be asked about what service they provide. What’s
the function of having those hours. Are they purely arbit
rary? Do they have some meaning? Does it make any sense
to talk about quiet times in the dorm? We had quiet times
in the dorm when I was an undergraduate and I don’t re
member them being quiet. We had to go to the library or
somewhere else to get our studying done.
I’m not at all opposed to regulations if they serve this
basic philosophy we’re talking about. But I am opposed to
purely arbitrary ones ... so in making decisions about
those, that’s where I would come from.
My one, probably uppermost, goal as Academic Dean is
to build the academic reputation of this institution...
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In conclusion, the Pilot extends its appreciation and ser
vices to Dean Knott. We welcome his fresh vivacity and at
titude. If he approaches his new hobby at the piano and his
new position as Dean as he has obviously pursued his other
goals in life, soon he will be tickling the ivories with the best
of them and soon bushes will be shaking around Gardner
Webb CoUege.
BSU Convention
Gardner-Webb was well represented at the recent Fall
BSU Convention held at Ridgecrest. One of the highlights
upon arriving at the convention was the reunion of friends,
signified by the hugs and tears. Students from various
schools in the state attended seminars and listened to
different speakers. One of the speakers was Tom Query a
Gardner-Webb jimior, who presented a Gospel Magic Show.
Dr. Proctor — Jewish-Bapti8t Professor?
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en^hasized Jewish value
concepts.”
Dr. Proctor would like to
be able to teach a course at
Gardner-Webb in Jewish
history. He thinks he now
has a good view of their reli
gious history.
He feels that his five
weeks at the Jewish semi
nary helped him as an indi
vidual. “To live in an en
vironment where your be
liefs are not taken for grant
ed causes you to re-examine
your faith, and a reaffirma
tion is a logical result of
that. My freedom as a
Christian as against the rig
id observation of the law as
required of the Jewish peo
ple has given me a deeper
DR. PROCTOR
appreciation of Christian
ity,” he affirmed.
While he was there. Dr.
Proctor observed Kashruth,
the rules you observe to
keep kosher. For instance,
he had to eat with two sets
of utensils, one for meat and
one for dairy products. “You
aren’t supposed to mix meat
and milk products,” he said.
“You have to leave off ‘un
clean’ meat, such as pork.
The blood has to be drawn
out of beef and only certain
cuts of beef are looked upon
as kosher.
“I agreed not to bring
Farmer
Elected
President
FRESHMAN CLASS
OFFICERS ELECTED
The 1977-78 Freshman
Class Officers were elected
recently, and the results
were as follows: Tim
Farmer, President; Jamie
Pickleton, Vice-President;
Charlene Farris, Secretary;
and Kim Lunsford, Trea
surer.
The officers met with
their class advisor, Mr. Pre-
voust, at his home to discuss
homecoming events and
other activities that the
freshman class can be in
volved in. These ideas in
clude the freshmen sitting
together at football games
and uniting the Freshman
Class as a whole in order to
arouse more school spirit
and involvement.
Senators elected were
Rachel Schlafer, Brad
Riddle, Sam Broadway and
Kelvin Moseley.
non-kosher foot into the dor
mitory and to observe the
Sabbath before I was accept
ed there,” he states.
Dr. Proctor shared a kit
chen with three other people.
Since he couldn’t mix meat
and milk products, this
meant that he couldn’t eat
butter or dairy bread with
meat, nor could he use the
same set of dishes for meat
and milk products.
He acknowledged that the
worship service was quite
different from what he was
used to. Of course, the litur
gy is formal and in Hebrew.
“I was only in one synago
gue that was not segregated.
Of course, the segregation is
between men and women.
Women do not sit with the
men in orthodox synago
gues. They sit either in the
balcony or on the other side.
The reason for the segrega
tion is so that the men will
not be distracted from their
prayers by the presence of
women,” he commented.
“There is much greater
participation (on the part of
the congregation) in the
synagogue service. There
are many people who have
an individual part in it, as
well as the public chanting,”
he observed. “They do
things very, very precisely
and exactly. And there are
times when they are not to
stop their recitation even if a
king should speak to them,
unless it is under threat of
death.”
Dr. Proctor observed that
their concept of punishment
in the hereafter is also quite
different. “Their punish
ment is the hereafter is limi
ted to one year, followed by
a life of eternal bliss. A per
son that is 5% good would be
exposed to no punishment in
the hereafter. They do not
have a sense of ‘lostness.’
All Jews are more interested
in this life than in the one to
come. That is why they are
very active in social reform,
the civil rights movement
and so forth,” he comment
ed.
“Their leading value con
cept,” he noted, “is making
the name of God holy, to
bring honor upon the name
of God. Their view of being
the chosen people is not that
they deserve it, but a re
sponsibility which they
accept.”
Of the general atmosphere
of the Seminary, Dr. Proc
tor’s impression were very
positive. “People talk,”’ he
said, “of southern hospitali
ty, but I have never been
accepted any place with
greater warmth or consider
ation.” He summed up his
feelings about the total ex
perience with the perception
that while Christians strive
to create a Christian com
munity, Jews are bom into
the Jewish community, and
seek to give personal mean
ing and depth to that mem
bership.
The Jewish Theologica
Seminary’s Bulletin com
mented that Dr. Proctor’
students “are fortunate in
deed to have a teacher so
open to new knowledge and
experience, and so willing to
continue to study and
learn.”
By taking the six hours
this sunmier. Dr. Proctor
was able to change his doc
tor of theology degree from
Southwestern Baptist Semi
nary to a doctor of philoso
phy degree, which is an aca
demic degree rather than a
He would like to take ad
vantage of the faculty devel
opment program at Gardner
Webb next summer. “I
think our faculty should
take more advantage of this
program,” he said.
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