1 •
• §•
0
0
Pag* SA-KINGS MOUNTAIN HEHALD-Thunday, Octobat 1. 1981
Development Program Set
H i w a y
BOILING SPRINGS. The
Trustees of Gardner-Webb Col
lege, have approved a com
prehensive $12.5 million
development program. Lloyd C.
Bost of Shelby, Chairman of the
Board, reported that more than
$7 million had already been
pledged to the new program.
Bold Dimensions in Higher
Education, Phase II.
Bost cited the success of Bold
Dimensions in Higher Educa
tion, Phase I, envisioned by the
College administration and
Trustees in 1977, as having
made possible many educational
programs and additional campus
facilities.
Meeting the permanent en
dowment needs of the College
will be the primary objective of
N.C. Symphony
ComingToTown
The North Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra under the
direction of Assistant Conduc
tor, Jackson Parkhurst, performs
in Barnes Auditorium, on Mon
day, October 12 at 8 p.m.
The program includes George
Frideric Handel’s Concerto
Grosso, Beethoven’s Sym
phony No. 1 in C Major,
Stravinsky’s Suite for Small
Orchestra, Franz Lehar’s
Waltzes and Jerry Bock’s Selec
tions from Fiddler on the Roof.
Parkhurt, North Carolina
Symphony assistant conductor
and director of education since
1980, coordinates all North
Carolina Symphony children’s
concerts, supervises the Bryan
Young Artists Competition held
each January, and coordinates
all symphony ensemble pro
grams and appearances.
Parkhurst founded the
Brevard (N.C.) Chamber Or
chestra five years ago and was
music director of the Le.xington
Park String Ensemble and direc
tor of choral music at UNC-
Asheville during 1979-80. He
was one of 15 conductors
selected from over 100 ap
plicants to participate in the
American Symphony Orchestra
League’s institute of Orchestreil
Studies at the Shenandoah
Music Festival in 1975.
In addition to conducting or
chestral music, Parkhurst is also
an accomplished conductor of
opera theatres. He was assistant
conductor of Opera theatres at
Duke University from 1966-67,
the University of North Carolina
from 1968-69, and the Manhat
tan School of Music from
1973-74.
Guest conductor of the Bronx
Opera Company in New York
City from 1974-75, Parkhurst
was also a participant in Boris
Goldovsky’s Opera Institute in
North Dartmouth,
Massachusetts, in 1976.
During the summer of 1981,
Parkhurst conducted the
Brevard Music Center’s
Tranyslvania Orchestra and
repertory Training Orchestra.
He was also coordinator of
Educational Programs and in
charge of the Repertory Train
ing Program.
Admission is by season
subscription, or tickets may be
purchased through Andy Neisler
(739-4766) or Charles Mauney
(739-3621). Tickets are also
available at the door (Adults -
S6.00; Senior Citizens and
Students - $4.00; Children -
$2.00)
Phase 11 of the Bold Dimensions
program. Foremost answering
these needs are endowed funds
for faculty development and sup
port, academic programs, the
library, plus fun^ for student
financial aid.
John Ayers of Charlotte,
Chairman of the Trustee
Development Committee,
described the student aid funds
as “critical to the growth of
Gardner-Webb College.” Last
year, through the generosity of
Mr. Charles 1. Dover and the
Dover Foundation of Shelby,
N.C., the College established the
Independent Scholarship Fund
designed to make the Gardner-
Webb students independent of
federally funded student aid.
Ayers stated: "Our long term ob
jective is to build this fund to the
level that it will not longer be
necessary for our students to de
pend on the federal government
for scholarship funds. Gardner-
Webb College neither seeks nor
accepts direct government funds
and our goal is to make it possi
ble for our students to be equally
independent.”
Vice-President for Develop
ment, Bob D. Shepherd,
reported renovation funds for
dormitories and classroom
buildings to be additional objec
tives of Bold Dimension, Phase
II. "Gardner-Webb College truly
has an opportunity to offer
creative educational services.
The phenomenal enrollment
growth of the last two years has
made many educational oppor
tunities available,” said
Shepherd. Fall “SI enrollment at
the Baptist liberal arts College
has exceeded Fall *80 by more
than 200 students. In the last
two years enrollment has grown
by approximately 315 and since
1977 by more than 420 students.
In concluding his statement to
the Trustees, Craven E.
Williams, the College’s President
since 1976, quoted Emerson.
"This time, like all times, is a
Photo by Heathor Crowley
PIONEER DAYS - Participants in the Pioneer
Days program at the Kings Mountain State
Park last weekend ore pictured above making
music. Participants dressed in pioneer dress,
cooked over an open fire, and gave
demonstrations of how life was in yoting
America.
Ev
DUE WEST, S.C.-David Wilson (left), son of
Mr, and Mrs. P.E. Wilson, 52 Harrison Avenue,
Franklin, N.C,, is welcomed to the Erskine Col
lege campus recently by (left to right) up
perclassmen: Tripp McGill of Kings Mountain,
Robin Elliott of Gastonia, and Hunter Eddy of
Ninety-Six, S.C. Wilson, a 1981 graduate of
Franklin High School, was among more than
200 freshmen and transfers arriving at Erskine
August 31 for orintation activities preceding
the opening of Erskine's 143rd year
Septeniber 3. He is among 52 academic
scholarship recipients in the freshman class,
which has the highest College Board scores of
any Erskine class in more than a decade.
Wilson is grandson of Mrs. I.M. Thomas of Due
West. (Photo by Dick Haldeman)
very good one, if we but know
what to do with it.” Williams
said: “Despite pessimism and
negativism concerning the fate
of private higher education,
Gardner-Webb College sees the
challenges of the ‘80’s as an op
portunity to maintain the
momentum of several very good
ideas that have combined to
make this time a very good time
for this College.”
Williams cited a commitment
to the Christian value system, a
highly competent and patient
faculty, and a steadfast in
dependence as characteristics
which have been successfully
blended to make this a good time
for Gardner-Webb College.
❖
THIS HtIDAY AND SATURDAY
ALL NIGHT SHOW
DUST TIL DAWN
6 X Rated Movies
Harvest Festival
Set. Oct. 9-10
The Gaston County Recrea
tion Department and the Gaston
County Council of Senior
Citizens will co-sponsor a
harvest festival to be held at the
Oaktree Plaza, formerly Gaston
Mall, Gastonia, on Friday, Oct.
9th from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.,
and on Saturday, October 10th
from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Country crafts and homemade
cakes and pies, made by Gaston
County senior citizens, will be
on sell both days.
Entertainment during the two
days will be presented by the
Gaston County Clown Arounds,
the Happy Feet Dance Team,
and other groups.
For further information, con
tact Dottie Shuford, 866-3968.
Member Only
Sweet Paradise
Hot Whipes
Seduction
Try And Make Me
Violation Of Claudia
LATE SHOW
EVERY
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Call 487-5351
GIGANTIC
YARD SALE
Saturday
October 3
8:30-4:00 p.m.
Dixon
Presbyterian Church
Dixon Schooi Road
Kings Mountain
Large Selection Of
Clothes, Toys, Furniture
and Misc. Items
HOT DOGS
On Saie From 10 a.m. tii 4 p.m.
Aii Proceeds To Youth Work,
Locai and Foreign Missions
Come One,
Come All!