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Earl Scruggs Festival Shines
By Melissa Brown
Despite the rain that
poured down virtually non-stop
on September 17, the third
annual Earl Scruggs Festival
was a big success and a major
event for Gardner-Webb College
and for Boiling Springs. Peo
ple came from as far as
Maryland to enjoy a day of
bluegrass heritage with the
presence of Earl Scruggs, who
as many would agree, is most
important person in the his
tory of bluegrass music. Craft
demonstrators sold instru
ments, wind chimes, dolls, and
other artifacts in Bost Gym.
On the stage overlooking the
crafts, amateur musicians who
brought their banjos, guitars,
and other instruments partici
pated in "shade-tree pickin'.”
The event began in the Dover
Library with the GWC Chorale,
led by Phil Perrin, demonstra
ting shape note singing.
Louise Anderson, who came out
of retirement for the festi
val, then captivated an audi
ence of about 75 people with
traditional African story
telling. She brightened the
rainy day with her strange,
Dean Franklin
By R. Shawn Lewis
The season of change at
Gardner-Webb included changes
in locations, appearances, and
personalities. One new person
ality on campus is the new
Vice-President of Student De
velopment , Dr .Richard Franklin.
Dr. Franklin comes to Gardner-
Webb from Anderson College in
Anderson, South Carolina. His
education includes an A.A. de
gree from Anderson College, a
B.A. in History from Furman
University,Master of Divinity
from the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in
Louisville, Kentucky, and a
doctorate in Education Admini
stration/Higher Education from
the University of South
Carolina.
Prior to his arrival at
Gardner-Webb, Dean Franklin
held several positions ranging
from Minister of Youth to,
most recently. Chief Student
Affairs Officer (the Anderson
College equivalent to Vice-
President of student
Development).
Dr. Franklin stresses con
sistency and fairness in dis
cipline. With this thought in
mind, one of his first acts as
dean was to organize the Stu
dent Development Dean's Coun
cil to look into the college's
policies of discipline. The
flashy clothes and huge dang
ling earrings. Afterward,
Stanley Hicks and Bobby
McMillan jumped in with more
regional folk tales and bal
lads. In the meantime, the
choir from the Lawndale Bap
tist Church sang a few gospel
numbers on stage in the Paul
Porter Arena. With drums, an
organ, a piano, and a lead
singer, this loud and dynamic
group gave such an impressive
performance that they were
asked to stay for an encore-
later in the day. During the
afternoon following a lunch of
chicken and barbeque, several
bluegrass bands played on
stage in the Paul Porter
Arena. Some of these were The
Original Briarhoppers, River-
bend Bluegrass, and the
Lincoln County Partners.Snuffy
Jenkins dazzled fans as he
played his washboard with
horns, a woodblock, and a cow
bell. At 3:00 a workshop on
music, led by Dr. Charles K.
Wolfe, was held in the Seminar
room of the Dover Library. The
Original Briarhoppers and
Snuffy Jenkins, Pappy Sherrill
and the Hired Hands along with
Council is made up of faculty
and staff from several of the
college's administrative of
fices. The major finding of
the Council was that there
were no minimum penalties for
campus code violations. (The
term minimum penalty can best
be described by relating it to
fines for speeding tickets.
One person stopped by the
Highway Patrol for going ten
miles over the speed limit on
Highway 150 pays the same
amount as a another person
stopped for going ten miles
over the legal limit on High
way 150) . Thus, the new mini
mum penalties for campus code
violations were established to
ensure fair treatment for all
students. After discussing
various violations in terms of
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EARL SCRUGGS
(Photo by Melissa Brown)
John Hartford discussed the
history of bluegrass music,
radio, and recording. After
ward, some stayed around to
watch the bands jam a little,
others watched a PBS video on
Earl Scruggs, and a few joined
a storytelling swap upstairs.
A good crowd attended the John
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severity, the fines were cre
ated.
Dean Franklin has many
goals for Gardner-Webb. He,
along with our president. Dr.
M.Christopher White, share a
common goal of campus beauti
fication. This goal is a major
reason for the swings, flow
ers, and overall improved gen
eral appearance on campus.
Franklin also views the Dover
Campus Center as just that, a
campus center. His aspirations
for the Campus Center include
a commuter lounge, a communi
cations lab/radio station,
more picnic areas, and more
recreational facilities for
the students. For these reno
vations to take place,however,
Dr. Franklin urges that the
student body be patient. Reno
vation, Franklin foresees,will
be a multi-year process. In
the meantime, the Dean commen
ted that the students will be
able to see and participate in
the changes of campus.
Dr. Franklin enjoys working
with college students, espe
cially those involved in
church-related schools. It is
for this reason that Dean
Franklin works and will con
tinue to work. Gardner-Webb
College needs go-getters on
its faculty and staff in order
to continue to strive for suc
cess; Richard Franklin is such
a man.
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