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May 6, 1944 . . . Juauguration Day. Dr. Frank P. Graham, then the president of the Consolidated UnivcrsHtj of North Carolina, congratulates Dr. Elliott as the late O. Max Gardner looks on. Winter, 1948 . . . O. Max Gardner Memorial Building begins to rise. HAPY had already been completed in ' 46; Decker was to njc in ' 49; Dover in ' 52; Stroup in ' 56 the gym in ' 57; Webb in ' 60; and science huilding in ' Gl-all a part of Dr. Elliott ' s dream for CardncT-Wcbh To labor conslanthf for the world with no thought of self, to fincl wdiffcrence and opjwsi- lion where you ought to have active assistance, to meet criticism with patience and the open attacks of ignorance without resentment, to plead with others for their own good, to follow sleepless nights with days of inccs.sant toil, to strive continuously without ever attaining— this it is to be a college president. Spring, 1955 . . . Dr. Elliott returns to his duties as president, after recupcralina from a heart attack. W. Lawson Allen, acting prr ' .id ' ' iit ' Uitmh- ' hi ' , nhscnce, welcomes him back. In 1943 a teacher came donm from the mountains of Western Carolina to be president of Gardner-Webb College. He possessed the tenacious spirit of true moun- tain folk which refuses to know when it is whipped. He was possessed by a dream ... a dream of a fellow- ship of learning where young minds could be stretched and young souls fired in an atmosphere of greatness. A man who wouldn ' t quit came to the little school that had refused to die. He has seen much of his dream come true, Tlie school of three buildings and 70 stu- dents has grown to 24 buildings, 1.100 acres of land, and some 650 students. But his deeper mark has been made in the lives of the faculty and church members among whom he lived, and in the minds and hearts of the students which were touched by his spirit . . . . — T. Max Linnens Program, Boiling Springs Baptist Church April 9, 1961 Then the gates of his heart were flune open, and his joy flew far over the sea. And he closed his eyes and prayed in the silence of his souh But as he descended the hill, a sadness came up- on him, and he thought in his heart. How shall I go in peace and without sorrow? Nay, not without a wound in the spirit shall I leave this city. Long were the days of pain I have spent within its wall, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and his aloneness; with- out regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have 1 scat- tered in these streets, and too many are the chil- dren of my longing that walk naked among these hills, and I cannot withdraw from them without a burden and an ache. It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that 1 tear with my own hands. Nor is it a thought I leave behind me, but a heart made sweet with hunger and with thirst. Yet I cannot tarry longer. The sea that calls all things unto her calls me, and I cannot embark. For to stay, though the hours bum in the night, in to freeze and crv ' staUize and be bound in a mould. Fain would I take with me all that is here. But how shall I? A voice cannot carrj ' the tongue and the lips that gave it wings. Alone must it seek the ether. And alone and without his nest shall the eagle fly across the sun, Now when he reached the foot of the hill, he turned again towards the sea, and he saw his ship approaching the harbour, and upon her prow the mariners, the men of his own land. And his soul cried out to them and he said: Sons of mv ancient mother, you riders of the tides. How often have you sailed in my dreams. And now you come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream. Ready am I to go, and my eagerness with sails full set awaits the wind. Only another breath will 1 breathe in this still air, only another lo ing look cast back-ward, And then 1 shall stand among you, a seafarer a- mong seafarers. And you, vast sea, sleepless mother. Who alone are peace and freedom to the river and the stream, Oonlv another winding «ill this stream make, onlv another murmur in the glade, And then shall I come to you, a boundless drop to a boundless ocean. -Kahlil Cibran The Prophet Read bv his daughter Rachel at his funeral, April 16, 1961. Spring, 1961 . . . fust before his death. Dr. Elliott poses in his office in the Webb Building. What more of a success could a man attain than to have it said of him he has made this world a better place for his fellow-man? -Sijka Herald, August 4, 1943 HU biggest dream was the college that he helped to con- struct, to mold, to lead, to iiupire. And al l the little dreams took their places within this big dream for the little college whose leadership he took in hand eighteen years ago. Into this college be poured his strengths, his abilities, his imagina- tion-indeed his life these eighteen years. -Michael H, Palmer, April 15, 1961 But this is only half the truth. To be associated with ambitious youth and high-minded men, to live in an atmosphere charged with thoughts of the world ' s greatest thinkers, to dream of a golden age not in the past but in the future, to have the exalted privilege of striving to make that dream a reality, to build up arcat kingdoms of material conquest and make daily life richer and fuller, to spiritualize wealth and con- vert it intti weal, to enrich personal character and elevate all human relation.ships, to leave the impress of one ' s life on a great and immortal institution - this, too, it is to be a college president. -Chancellor James Hampton Kirkland What It Is To Be A College President
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OUR PRESIDENT DR. PHILIP L. ELLIOTT Dr. Phillip L. Elliott sen ' es as our much-loved and respected president. His patience, understanding, and fairness to all make each path we travel, no matter how difficult, just a Uttle easier to walk. . .B., Wake Forest College; A.M., University- of North Carolina; Ed.D., Carson-XewTnan College; LL.D., Wake Forest CoUege; . dditional Graduate Study, John Hopkins University, Duke University; Gardner- Webb College, 1943— Page Twelve
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