THE PILOT, Page 3
Dr. Kenneth England New
Chairman of Education Department
by Ronnie Warrick
The second new Gardner-
Webb faculty member to be
spotlighted is Dr. Kenneth
England. He comes to the col
lege with high credentials, and
Bill’s Beef
of The Week
Convocation
Bill Lang
We live in a world that can
self destruct and they give us
“the birds of prey;” we live in
a time when thousands starve
to death daily and we are
listening to some sorry
storyteller bore us to absurdi
ty; in a few weeks the leaders
of the two super-powers will
sit and try to avoid a major
confrontation and we get to
watch a mime. Technology is
advancing at the speed of
light, social problems increase
in unprecedented rates, and we
don’t know who to beheve
anymore. All this and yet the
order of the day on Tuesdays
is no controversy. We are sup
posed to be being educated
here, yet we are not hearing
about the events of our world.
There are some “controver
sial” things going on out
there—let us be educated by
hearing about them. What I
am saying is that convocation
is usually so medicore that
most of the professors do not
even attend. If Gardner-Webb
is a college that claims to be a
cut above others then why are
we not dealing with some of
the major issues in convoca
tion? Let us have some
speakers in here that deal with
todays happenings as most of
us will have to face them one
day. Stop babying us with all
this mind candy and then
maybe more students would
voluntarily attend convoca
tion, and more teachers might
be stimulated by it.
It is easy to sit in convoca
tion and study or talk (and a
lot do) for four years just to
get those credits—that is not
education! I for one demand
that the convocation commit
tee review the speakers we get
in here and that we be given
men and women who will
speak of the hard, often cold,
facts of our world.
has taken over the position as
chairman of the Department
of Education. In addition. Dr.
England is a professor of
education for graduate
students.
Before arriving at Gardner-
Webb, Dr. England served as
superintendent of schools in
Washington, N.C. He received
his Bachelors and Masters
degrees at Appalachian State
University, and earned his
Doctorate degree at New York
University.
Dr. England decided to join
the Gardner-Webb family
because of the fact it is a
teaching college. “I prefer the
colleges that emphasize
teaching rather than those that
accent research,” stated
England. He stated he enjoys
the college very much and had
some previous association
with the institution, for his son
Michael attended here. When
asked to give his opinion on
fellow faculty members,
England confidently replied.
I’m very impressed with the
teachers’ genuine interest in
students.
Dr. England’s job is one
that requires much dedication
and hard work. A question
posed to him of great interest
to both teachers and students
concerned the status of the ac
creditation of the teaching
program here at Gardner-
Webb. England responded by
saying, “We’re cleared to pro
vide teacher certification for
the next two years. The status
is the same as always. Several
recommendations have been
addressed to the college that
will be taken care of before
state officials return in two
years for recertification.”
In conclusion. Dr. England
added his expectations of
students “Learning can be
fun, but it is hard work. It
doesn’t happen by accident;
you have to work to learn. I
want my students to learn.”
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Setting The
Record Straight
About The
Cafeteria
Bill Lang
After more than three years,
I figure that I’ve eaten enough
cafeteria food to make an
educated statement about how
good or bad it really is. By far,
the complaints I hear about this
food are far worse than the
food itself. It gets old after a
while listening to the moans
and groans.
One of the best things about
a newspaper is that it consists
mostly of opinions. And while
everybody does have an opi
nion it is amazing how much
clearer that opinion can be in
the light of a few facts. With
all the facts not available to us,
many of the opinions and
observations I have heard
about the cafeteria are without
justification. Even if we
multiplied the number of paid
five and seven day meal tickets
we would still not know the
budget for food services here.
I am sure nobody thinks that
that money would ever be
enough to pay for the amount
of food consumed each year.
We are long overdue in
hearing some of the good
things about our cafeteria.
Without a doubt we’d all have
to agree that the ladies and
men who serve us are the best
thing about meal times. Have
you ever known the place to be
dirty? or the tables to be clut
tered with garbage? The floor
is clean, the drinks are always
there, the desserts are always
up and nobody could ever say
we don’t have enough ice
cream. Have you ever noticed
how clean the salad bar is? If
one takes the time to notice,
the variety of food is always
there, too. Go to breakfast
and look what’s there. The
cold cereal very seldom runs
out, and from eggs to the chip
ped beef there is plenty. At
lunch we always have
everything available to make
two or three kinds of sand
wiches plus whatever hot food
is served. We have all the
drinks we could want, and in
case anyone hasn’t noticed, we
have a much better variety of
main meals this year. The
salad bar is set up two times
every day and it is balanced
enough to be as good as most
downtown. The next time you
pull the money out of your
pocket to eat in town, tell me
this cafeteria is no good.
In case you didn’t know,
there is enough food thrown
away every day on college
campuses of America to feed
the country of Haiti for a
week. Someone told me
recently that the average
American college student
gains an average of 40 pounds
in four years at college. No
matter what, we are not at
home and, no matter what, it
makes no difference how good
you make it, there will always
be complainers—a fact of life
I’m learning to deal with.
So stop complaining and
pick up your trays, so my
money doesn’t have to pay the
salary for someone to clean up
after you!
Campus
Scene
“What are you
doing Friday night”?
“Possibly, I’ll go off camping,
or go see a high school foot
ball game, and do alot of
thinking.”
Richard Schmidt
“Working as weekend R.D. at
Royster, protecting it from
vagrants.” “Go to the B.S.U. Cof-
Robert Hays feehouse.”
“Go out to eat with some Parsons
friends, and see a movie, or go “Sleep, and watch “Miami
to the mall.” Vice.”
Trudy Melton Beth Robinson
Cheap Thrills
E. Pogo Costley
Tired of rolling the campus
with toilet paper? If counting
ceiling tiles is your regular
weekend activity, think again
. . . there are things to do in
and around Boiling Springs.
Besides regular BSU, FCA,
and student center board ac
tivities, those with a hmited
budget can still find inexpen
sive amusement. If you’re
hooked on video games. Dia
mond Jim’s in the Cleveland
Mall offers ten tokens for a
dollar with a coupon from the
Shelby Shopper, available at
area Pantry Stores for free.
Want more excitement? A
wonderfal array of toy semi
automatic weapons are
available at Circus World in
the Mall for those of you who
wish to join the growing
numbers participating in the
late night “Commando”
raids. (Do you suppose these
fellows have seen “Rambo”
too many times?) Prices run
around three dollars. You say
I still haven’t found your
favorite amusement? Going to
the movies can be economical
ly feasible if you plan ahead.
At the Mall Cinemas, all seats
are $1.50 before 6 p.m. Mon
day nights after 6 p.m., seats
are $1.96, and popcorn and a
drink are available for a whop
ping total of 96C. A Hsting of
the mail’s current movies is
available by calhng 482-8333,
including timetables for both
weekday and weekend show
ings. The Flick Theatre in
Shelby has $1 seats on
Wednesdays, and Cinema 4
follows suit with Thursdays as
dollar nights. VCR’s can be
rented from Ingles on Rt. 74
for less than ten dollars on
weeknights (including two
movies), although weekends
run significantly more. When
renting a VCR, be sure to
mention that you’re a
Gardner-Webb student; that
way you don’t need a credit
card.
If you’re still not satisfied,
records and tapes provide long
hours of hstening for relatively
few dollars. Check out the
Sound Shop in the mall, or
Music Fever in downtown
Shelby. And, of course, if all
else fails, you can still study.
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