Gardner Webb University - Web / Anchor Yearbook (Boiling Springs, NC)

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SARANAN MORGAN Physical Education and Hygiene B.S.. George Peabodv College for Teachers: Gardner- Webb College, 1948- ' CHARLES WAYNE BRADBURN Physicial Education and Coach B.S., Western Carolina Teachers College; M.S., Uni- versity of Tennessee; Additional graduate study. University of Tennessee; Gardner-Webb College, 1946- ELMA HARPER POLLOCK Romance Languages B.A.. Woman ' s College. L T niversitv of North Carolina, MA., University of North Carolina; additional graduate study, University of Marvland: University of North Carolina; Gardner-Webb College, 1936- MRS. DANA HARRIS Social Science A.B., Winthrop College; M.A.. Winthrop College; M.A.. Columbia University; Work toward a Ph.D.. University of North Carolina; Gardner-Webb College. 1950- S. L LAMM Religion B.A.. Wake Forest; Th.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Gardner-Webb College. 1950- GARLAND HENDRICKS Church-Community Development A.B.. Wake Forest; Th.B., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Gardner-Webb College, 1950- MRS. SARA G. FISHER English A.B.. Barnard College; M.A.. Columbia; Graduate work, Universitv of Pennsvlvania and Harvard LTniversitv: Gardner-Webb College, 1951- HUBERT CONRAD DLXON Mathematics B.A.. Wake Forest College; M.A.. University of North Carolina; Additional graduate studv, Clemson; Gardner- Webb College. 1935- 12 -—

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OFFICERS Bobby Pettyjohn President Pat Withers Vice-President Jonelle Teague Secretary-Treasurer Paul Stacy Faculty Sponsor The astronomers of Julius Caesar in 46 B. C. settled the solar year at 365 days, 6 hours, but these hours at the end of four years made a day which was added to the fourth year, making 366 days. It was stated then that each year which was divisible by four ( except centesimal years, which must be divisible by four hun- dred) was a Leap Year; that is, it ' leaped over a day of the week. The custom for women to woo during leap year has no satisfactory explanation. In 1288 a law was enacted in Scotland that it is stated and ordained that during the year known as Leap Year, the maiden lady of botli high and low estate shall have liberty to speak for the man she likes; even though he refuses to take her to be his lawful wife, he shall be fined in the sum of a pound or less as his estate may be— except and unless he can make it appear that he is betrothed to another woman, then he shall be free. Subsequent laws have been passed in France, Genoa, and Florence. I doubt seriously if the astronomers of Julius Caesar knew about Gardner-Webb College, but one thing is certain— we do. We also know that cupid strikes the bull ' s eye of the hearts of many T i the voung people on our campus each year. Every day contacts are made in class where we learn to study together, in the student center where we learn to have fun playing together. and in religious services where our hearts meet together in spiritual understanding— yes, these are only a few of the contacts we make here with each other which lead into that unknown, fathomless way of love and yet to that sacred and productive end we call marriage. Of course all the contacts we make don ' t end in marri- age, but end in a long, lifetime friendship which we shall learn to treasure more and more as the years pass by. Even though the astronomers back in 46 B. C. didn ' t know about us, maybe those great men and women in the years to come, your children, can share some of your real experiences during these two years on our campus through the medium of this book. It has been our objective and aim to tell the story of Leap Year as found on our campus on the pages of this book; of course it may be exaggerated in some parts, but with the thought in mind always of preserving some of those great hours we have shared at Gardner-Webb. I hope that this year ' s Anchor will always be one that you will cherish and will be a reminder of the friends vou have made here. May it be as we meet in future years that we ' ll say with Alfred Lord Tennyson. I am a part of and be proud of it! I have met. ' Doris Adair. Editor SOPHOMORE CLASS 14 -—