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THE IP PILOT
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FRIDAY, MARCH 31,1978
BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
GW Gets New Football Coach
Billy Kinard, defensive secondary coach for the Cleveland
Browns of the NFL the past two seasons, has been named
head football coach at Gardner-Webb College according to
athletic director Eddie Holbrook.
Kinard was selected from more than 50 applicants
screened by the college’s search committee and was the
unanimous choice of the committee. Holbrook adds, “Dr.
Craven Williams (GW president) and I were very much in
agreement with the thoroughness in which the search com
mittee did its job. We were also very much in agreement
with their recommendation.”
The football program at Gardner-Webb enters its ninth
season as a senior college in the fall, with Kinard being the
third head coach. In the previous eight seasons the Bulldogs
have compiled a 29-51-1 record with the best years being a 7-
5 mark in 1973, and last year’s 7-4 record and an 18th place
ranking in the final NAIA poll.
Kinard played college football at the University of Mis
sissippi where he lettered 4 years. He also earned 2 baseball
letters at Ole Miss.
He was selected in the second round by Cleveland in the
1956 pro draft and played defensive back for the Browns,
Green Bay, and Buffalo from 1956 through 1960.
Apart from his pro playing experience, Kinard has excel
lent college coaching credentials. Between 1961 and 1970 he
assisted at Florida, Georgia and Arkansas.
He was head coach at Ole Miss, 1971-1973, where he was
involved in the ’71 Peach Bowl.
Besides his two years at Cleveland, Kinard also served as
an assistant for two years with the Green Bay Packers
under both Dan Devine and Bart Starr.
Apart from his obvious credentials on paper, Billy Kinard
received an “unqualified recommendation” from Vince
Dooley at Georgia. Dooley also added, “Billy is devoted to
doing what is right from a Christian standpoint.”
Raymond Berry, who coached with Kinard at Arkansas
and Cleveland says of him, “Billy has a good knowledge of
football and is a good teacher of the game. He is a very good
person of high character and morals.”
Bart Starr, head coach of the Packers, says of Kinard, “I
have known Billy for a number of years and consider him to
be not only an outstanding football coach but a true Chris
tian gentleman.”
In Billy Kinard, Gardner-Webb got the football coach
plus the “Christian gentleman” to run the program accord
ing to the ideals believed in ana actively supported by the
college.
Coach Kinard and his wife Kay have two children, Billy,
Jr., 21, a junior at Auburn, and Kathy, 18, a freshman at
Auburn.
‘Don’t Drink The Water'
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Woody Allen’s comical farce. Don't Drink the Water, will
be the spring theatrical production for GWC. The
comedy, first produced in 1966, is set in a Communist Euro
pean country in the early 1960’s. A family of toiuists from
Newark, N.J., the Hollanders, seek asylum in the American
Embassy after being mistaken for spies while photograph
ing missile sites among other things on their vacation. The
plot revolves around their repeated attempts to escape from
the embassy which is constantly guarded by Krojack, the
chief of policy, who has given orders that the Hollanders be
shot on sight outside the embassy.
The Hollander family consists of the father, Walter,
played by John Yvars, the mother, Marion, played by Dana
Dillon, and the daughter, played by Susan Davis. The
American Ambassador McGee is played by Sam Broadway
and Axel, his son, is played by Mark McMasters. Krojack is
played by Glenn Davis, Father Drobney is played by Tom
Query, and Kilroy is played by David Cruse. The Sultan is
played by A1 Tinnin, and his wife by Beth Phillips. The chef
is played by Tom Swinney, the Baroness is played by
Debbie Williams, Billy Jack Martin plays Bums, and
Kasnar is played by Tom Pritchard.
Don't Drink the Water will be directed by Mr. David
Smith and will be produced in the round in the O. Max Gard
ner Building. Opening night is Thursday, ^ril 6 and the
play will subsequently be presented on April 7 and April 8.
All are invited to come out and enjoy an evening of Woody
Allen’s unique brand of comedy.
New Club Gets Formed
Hey gang; guess what? There is an exciting new club that
just got started and it needs our support; it is called the
International Club. Now, the way this club was formed is
that all the foreign students got together one day last
Spring and decided to form a club that would provide them
with an identity while living in a foreign country. They
could establish fellowships with other students, which
would combat the lonliness. Also they would like to estab
lish some sort of friendship with Americans, because these
students came to this country from some far-away places
and since they don’t know much English, it’s hard for
them to get invited anywhere. Consequently, they need a
club that will recognize them.
The main goals, ambitions, and purposes are to make the
American students more acquainted with the foreign stu
dents and to make the foreign students feel more at home.
Through the club, Gardner-Webb students could learn more
of the cultural ideals and ways of the different countries
that the foreign students come from. It will serve as an or
ganization in which they could seek help with the problems
that surround them, as for instance, some place for them
to go instead of just staying on campus during a particular
holiday.
Another purpose was to produce some kind of relationship
between the foreign students at Gardner-Webb and other
colleges, so they might learn of other students at other col
leges. In other words, it will establish some sort of inter
relationship between the students.
The American students are welcome to join if they would
like; in fact they are being encouraged to join. The Gardner-
Webb student would benefit more, because the Gardner-
Webb student could become more acquainted with the
foreign student to get a more in depth look at the way they
live, they think, their cultures, and just lots of ways they
can leam about other countries. (I think that it will be very
educational for students to join.) Dr. Charles Andrews be
lieves that it will be a good opportunity for the people to
learn more about the different countries.
The Pilot asked this question regarding trips; What are
some of the trips that this club hopes to execute or will do in
the future? The question was addressed to Dr. Charles
Andrews, who is the sponsor of the club and also Chair
man of the Foreign Language Department. Here is what
he said. “The money for these trips is a problem, since trips
cost money and the college does not have a budget for clubs.
So it will be a matter of what the students (foreign) would
decide to do, and want to do, and what they would be able to
pay for. So I am sure they would like to travel in order to see
the points of interest in this part of the United States. ” So
basically this club just does not have the money to travel.
The club members ask that students send their contribu
tions to help keep this club in circulation.
When the foreign students met last spring to decide to
form this club, they elected some officers for the club who
would help keep this club in circulation. The officers are as
follows:
President Michael Tolbert
Vice-President Evan Johnson, who is an American
but is interested in foreign students
Secretary-Treasurer Nabel Zachalini,
from Jerusalem
The Pilot Staff wants to wish this club the best of luck as
it seeks out to conquer and encounter its endeavors. We en
courage other students to come out and support one of the
best clubs at Gardner-Webb, THE INTERNATIONAL
CLUB.
Jail Ministty-
Someone Cares
Cleveland County’s Me
dium Security Prison, now
has a jail ministry. There are
approximately 140 prisoners
in this compound for such
crimes as murder, rape, and
armed robbery. About forty
of these men meet on the
first and third Tuesdays of
each month with some stu
dents from Gardner-Webb
and Reverend Mauney of
Elizabeth Baptist Church to
worship and to talk. One pri
soner said it meant a lot to
him that an outsider—a free
Streeter— would come in and
talk with him and let him
know that someone cares.
These meetings last from 7
p.m. until about 9 p.m. and
begin with singing a few
songs, followed by a prayer.
Then the prisoners divide
into groups of four or five
with one student for more in
dividual conversations.
One of the administrators
of the prison, Richard
Glover, organized the minis
try with Reverend Mauney.
Mr. Glover is also a deacon
at Eskeridge Baptist
Church. Ken Scarlett, pas
tor of Eskeridge Baptist
Church and a G-W student,
is helped by Robert Cooke
and Tommy Henderson
from G-W. Robert Cooke,
said there have been several
different reactions to the
ministry frrm the participat
ing students. “Almost
everyone has been surprised
at how open the prisoners
are, that they are human be
ings who need someone to
talk to just as anyone else.
Our freedoms are more ap
preciated now. We have so
much to offer! I feel that
each prisoner who has come
has been searching for
something, whether it has
been entertainment or reli
gious meaning. During these
meetings anything is open
for discussion, though there
is religious direction.”
Of the students who have
participated in this ministry,
each enters the prison not
knowing what to expect and
each meeting is different
from the preceding. Five
students from Gardner-
Webb participated in the
first meeting, while nine
contributed in the second.
Anyone interested in help
ing in this jail ministry
should contact one of the
above-mentioned students.
Any help offered would be
appreciated by those on
both sides of the bars who
are involved, particularly
those on the inside who need
to know that someone does