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CLASS HISTORY parting, and with our new responsibilities we left, in hopes With hearts laden with sorrow of returning the coming fall. nrharw tThe uXL foSd-nV rL ay a friend,, word when tears of home- sickness were about to stream forth. , , i tv, „ „, rinmia annitment which housed our two new members of the Luto %r £»™£ «, chan.es had also been made in the snacious Huggins-Curtis Hall. tune of I Love You Truly. We soon realized that our number had slightly decreased S™ had fallen .victims of Cupid .arrow and had departed from us. Some had grown tired of book s and »»»6 md n B other colleges. After a few weeks of school the four new members of our » ' £ ™ J mfxed flow™ reception in Curtis-Huggins Hall, which was decorated beautifully with autumn leaves and mixed now A member of the faculty who was not new to u. but who waa this -ar serving in a new capacity zn Madras a -Kr SSsirJBR «rss etc is s.r iJf , , SH i, , 3sri™ - be- h ei P n d advice. October ' s -bright blue weather brought visitors lore , The Kings Mountain Baptist Associa- Y ' of ra 1 oTtVe mer as T SrS%S ' Picture as possible. Later in the month came our chance for revenge, so to J ' JZ f toZ our when we could display our authority and importance. Rat Day for the freshmen ca fun. but at the end of two days we tumbled into our beds rejoicing tnat in one ' s college life. In celebrating Hallowe ' en. Mrs. Harris contributed a great deal in the way of food and decorations. We had a program consisting of the visits of the most common campus ghosts. In November, our new voice professor gave a lovely recital in the E. B. Hamrick Auditorium: a reception followed in her honor. We were growing older: yes. time was hastening on, «»? «£■ » ™ f ed -A ChriaS for the holidays, the College Choir Presented a P ram of Chnst rr,as ™ s £ r ™X Occasion with our We Sr -tESta ZkttJ TZ ?£ZFSft£ gift encircling the third finger, left hand. Many had been refreshed with the extra sleep: but some Z l °l™ mons tnV J2S. ft Hoover, wi th ll rL ™ owl proud we were! Sam Greene. Jr., and J. T. Jones, Jr. .vho gave us such a cordial welcome to his garden of fresh flowers and .cool °- ,or the Tnninr-Spnior occasion Too. we will rememher charming Alice i raarjut le « uiw= ■ »» t- taaX S anT r ab e° a°ll Reverend Paul Hardin ' s addresa Th™ we ™ -«Vl ™ Our heart, were filled with pride and we were accused of even being °tistical when w .saw one of our own number. Margaret Roberts, of Shelby crowned Queen of the May. 1 h» « m p me m 0ri es. the background of those lovely campus greenS M If they °™ ld D X£n M ™™ , „„„ Misses Doris wouldn ' t they? Margaret ' s attendants were: Mrs. Dorothy Dame on ■ ™ ' V ' nn r Louise Edwards, Coates Velna Ivester. Marjorie White. Patricia Sumner, Jeane Rollins. Kub Connor ijoui e and Margaret Wacaster. How happy yet how sad were the actual closing moments of on, stop at Gardne, Webb. . Eugene Washburn. W. B. Beam. Robert Jones, and Sam Hill— those v. ho ■ ■ ° e be comp leted. claisroom to the battlefield. Their education had been interrupte I in order that ouis nygM to co p We paused there at commencement to offer a prayer that fighting would cease would reign supreme over all the earth. Laden with baggage, plus diploma, we paused for one last word with classmates and for one last glimpse of our Alma Mater. Then, with perhaps a few tears, we puled up anchor and sailed forth into a new world— resolving to strive, to seek, to find, but not to yield. MARGARET WACASTER. Class Historian. Page Nineteen

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CLASS HISTORY History repeats itself we are told, hut pondering over our class history I sometimes wonder if such could be possible. Approximately sixty hale and hearty teen-age youngsters entered Gardner-Webb Junior College on September the ninth, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-three. At this port we dropped anchor for two years. We greatly outnumbered our superior upper classmen, but that did not prevent a deep feeling of inferiority among us. Slowly but surely the fog began to lift, and we were drawn into the college circle by our already selected big sisters and brothers. Too. the Baptist Student Union Council came to our rescue. They assisted in getting us settled, acquainted and provided for our entertainment. Mrs. James P. Morgan, our Dean of Women, soon won our hearts, and in her we found one who would always listen and understand. I will always remember her as the one who made the rounds at ten-thirty to say the goodnights. No doubt ihis simple feat led to sweeter dreams during our first year in college. Just when we thought we were approaching the realms of the intellectual, we awoke one morning to the shrill shouts and merry peals of laughter of our honorable upper classmen. Armed with long scrolls of suspicious looking print, they were invading our rooms and tugging at our sheets. Yes. truly this was the day of our doom- — Rat Day ! ! ! We pulled through after two days of extensive workouts, supervised by the sophomores. We were then fully established in our abode. Our first gala occasion for the year was that of the reception for President and Mrs. Philip Lovin Elliott. For this occasion we all stepped forth in our prettiest formals. and wore our most becoming smiles. Eagerly we sought to give them a royal welcome into our midst. In the month of October, the season when ghosts are prone to wander, the Athenean-Rhamsaeur Literary Society entertained with a Hallowe ' en party. Although chills played up and down our spines, we had a thrilling time. An event we always looked forward to was that of the monthly birthday dinner. Here we enjoyed a bit of formal gaiety after a day of toilsome study. The smell of cedar and tinkling of bells were in the air. Yes. the most joyous season of the year was drawing near. Strains of the familiar Hallelujah Chorus drifted from the choir rehearsals. We were all dreaming of a White Christmas. A few days before the holidays the College Choir presented excerpts from The Messiah in the E. B. Hamrick Auditorium. Never could we forget our Christmas dinner, when we ate by candlelight, and played Jingle Bells on our water glasses. AH right — maybe it was childish, but it was still fun ! After the holidays we returned with a mixture of feelings within us. We had had a wonderful time. But there was something missing because our minds often turned to our loved ones who were away fighting for us. We were glad to get back, and to admire and share in the excitement over beautiful gifts. But — . there was one something that bothered us. Naturally, any college student would realize what came shortly after Christmas — mid-term exams I No doubt about it. we were approaching the season for the burning of the midnight oil. We tasted French at breakfast; conversed English at lunch; smelled chemistry at the Shop amid a stack of equations; ate home eonomics at dinner; and handed out history dates at bedtime. When grades at last came out. I imagine we were a bunch of drab looking kids— with torn hair. strained eyes and wrinkled brows. During a short period of rejoicing, we threw our cares to the wind and enjoyed life to the fulle st degree. February brought parties to the mind. This time the Kalagathian-Kalliergeonian Society was on the entertaining end. At their expense we enjoyed a full evening of hearty entertainment at the club house. In the early spring the Dramatics Club and the College Choir presented Stephen Poster. This was the major dramatic production of the year, and it revealed that Gardner-Webh was a possessor of much unusual dramatic and musical talent. Later in the spring we honored the seniors of our college with a Hawaiian Banquet at the Charles Hotel in Shelby. Hours were Spent in preparing for this occasion, and I imagine that for days pre- ceding this festive event, palm trees and teis danced through the dreams of those who were our interior decorators. Yes, it was some of our own number who created for us a real Hawaii at leasl tome of the faculty thought so. Somehow. I doubt the seniors having had a better time than we did. Then came the red-letter day of our college history — the inauguration of our President. College officials from this and other states were present at this event. The main address was delivered by Dr. Frank Porter Graham, President of the University of North Carolina. Among the other notables who appeared on the program were I President Leslie Campbell, of Campbell College ; Reverend Perry Crouch, Vice-President of the Baptist State Convention ; Major Isaac Newton Carr. United States Army and former Dean f Harfl Hill College ; President Hiram Hunter, of Western Carolina Teachers College : and President Boyt Blackwell of Mars Hill College. Professor Paul Stacy presented numerous delegates from other colleges who did nol appeal 00 the program. Reverend William W. Davidson spoke in behalf of the faculty of the college and Robert W. Crappa represented the students. Honorable 1 I Ha Gardner presided over the entire program, and Judge Edwin Yates Webb, chairman of tin- Board of Trustees, • investiture to which President Kllion iponded. The afternoon program featured a historical pageant written by Miss Frances Cuthbertsi.n. our English professor. This colorful pageant depicted the history of the college from the time it was founded in ] 908 to the present dsj I fitting climax was reached when Miss Marietta Hamrick. of Boil ink ' Springs, win Crowned HISS Gardner-Webb. Those attending her were: Miss Helen Lancaster, U Maid of Honor, Misses Jeanne It Ian ton, Ruth Moseley, Sarah Bank head, Ozell Martin, Louise Edwards, and Margaret Wacaster. Reverend R. tor of the Fin I Baptist Church in Columbia. South Carolina. DTi a fitting message to the graduates on Sundayi May the twenty-eighth. Honorable O. M. Mull, of Shell. . delivered the address the following day, when, to the last strains ■ if Pomp and Circumstance the Sophomores and our former classmates launched forth into their own broad sea of life, leaving 01 to carry their torches high. Page Eighteen

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We. the Sophomores of Gardner-Webb College, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty- five realize that our days at Gardner-Webb are speedily drawing to a close. Desiring to make a disposal of all our valuable possessions that they may be of use to those who follow in our footsteps, we do hereby draw up this, our last will and testament. SECTION I Item I — To our parents and friends, who through sacrifice and love for us have permitted us to spend these happy days of preparation at Gardner-Webb, we offer our sincerest thanks and deepest gratitude. SECTION II Item II — To our dear Alma Mater, we leave our gift as a memorial to our days spent in study and training here and as a token of our love and loyalty. SECTION III Item III— To the faculty, we give our love and esteem, with the assurance that they have not labored in vain and that we shall strive to fallow their precepts. SECTION IV Item IV — To the student body of the year 1945-46. we bequeath the spirit of school loyalty, .if cooperation, of serious purpose in study and of making the most of opportunities — This we know the class of ' 45 possesses in great abundance. SECTION V Item V — To Mr. Elliott we give our love, our respect, our greatest appreciation for his loyalty to the class and his influence upon the life of each member. SECTION VI TO VARIOUS STUDENTS: 1. I. Bernice McMurry. will to •Dot 11 Franklin my ability to play taps in the dining room. 2. I. Lib Seism, will my front seat in history to Ila Mae Davidson. 3. I. Evelyn Harrill. will my disposition to Dot Mitchell. 4. I. Erlene Washburn, will my hope for a White Christmas and dreams to become a NAVY nurse to Martha Lynn. 5. I. Lucille Cash, will my position in basketball to Nancy Trout. 6. I. Ovella Benfield. will my letters from Chapel Htll to any innocent by-stander. 7. I. Colleen Hill, will my interest and intelligence in the field of science to the three Bessemer City girls. v I. Polly Costner. will my ability to get along with men to Nancy Plonk. 9. I, Martha Ellen Calton. will my medicine cabinet to Louise Martin. 10. I. Margaret Roberts, will to Pat Sumner the nagging letter-beggars. 11. I. Mary Grace Queen, will my biology laboratory key to some deserving freshman. 12. I. Jeanne Rollins, will my coquettish ness and my microscope to Mary Ingle. 13. I. Polly Camp, will my roommate. Lillian Gilbert, and part-time roommate, Anne Lundien. to the best incoming freshmen. 14. I. Coleen Talbert. will my seat at the piano in Glee Club to Velna Ivester. 15. I. Prue Parker, will my mortgage on the telephone to Sume love-sick freshman. 16. I. Ellwanda Scruggs, will my deep love for the Navy to Leila Jones. 17. I. Margaret Wacaster. will my fondness of Wake Forest to Doris Coates. 18. I. Mar Kate Bostic. will my Spanish translations to Delores Jackson. Gladys Johnson and Elaine Kendrick. 19 I. Ruth Ware, will my bed in the infirmary to Rat Crawford in hopes that she will like it better than I. 20. I. Ida Lattimore. will my roommate and good money to Shirley Phillips. 21. I. Jackie Huskey. will my interest in the Air Corps to Martha Connor. 22. We. Louie and J. T.. will to Saranan and Jack our seat in the Student parlor. 23. I. Ruby Connor, will my conquering achievements t» Betty Howling. 24. I. Martha Ann Walker, will my ghostly ability to Sara Jane Davis. 25. I. Bob Shaw, will my football uniform to J. S. LeGctte. Power Hon-. 26. I. Gene Hoyle. will my fancy talk to Thomas Philbeck. 27. T. Hilton Hamrick. will my pin-ups to Zeno Crump. -■ I ' : i Be MB, will my thinness to Lanky Jolly who so needs to reduce. 29. I. Mirian Lipscomb, will my honorable seat in government to Myrtle Whitaker. 30. I, Sam Green, will to Carl Jollcy my enormous eating capacity. 31. I. Janie Sue Scruggs, will my ability to make talks in English to Bertie Blalock. 32. I. Betty Jean Hamrick. will my answers in government to Marjorie White. S3. I. Mary Sue Kceter. will my library ' hours to Marigold l ong. 34. I. Pauline Schook. will my interest in biology to Jim McKnight. 35. I. Elaine I edbetter, will my interest in sailors to Erin Smith. SECTION VII Given under our hand and seal this the third day of the month of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty -five, CLASS OF 45. MARGARET ROBERTS, Testator. Page 7 tventy