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President Poston Comments : Do you feel that college students should have the right to vote in local college town elections? This should, I think, be determined by the town itself. I feel that in such towns as Boiling Springs where the students outnumber the residents, this should not be allowed. The stu- dents could vote for things they will not have to live with, its that simple. I think you would have to make a study of the town or city and the college before this is considered. It is hard to make a blanket statement on something like that. Students are concerned as to exactly what percent of Gardner-Webb ' s budget is used for beautification. That is a difficult question for me to answer because most of the money used for beautification is donated by individuals definitely for that purpose. There is very little money in the actual budget; most beautification projects are gifts from individuals who are interested in the college. What do you consider the ideal en- rollment for Gardner-Webb? We had thought at first around 1,800 was a good round figure for the number of students, but it looks like we won ' t be able to meet that with the dwindling enrollment of private colleges. We might drop off to 1,200 or 1,000. Predictions are that private colleges will continue to dwindle in their enrollment. Ivlaybe the perfect number is enough to keep the college in operation. As President of the college, what college functions do you enjoy the most and why? I don ' t really have a favorite event. I enjoy all of them; I don ' t know of any functions I don ' t enjoy attend- ing. I think the most impressive function is graduation. You get to see students who have worked hard receive their degrees. You see fac- ulty smiling because certain ones got through, that they wondered would ever make it. The faculty is proud of all the students regardless of grades as long as they graduated. It is a happy group, I think it is the most enjoyed time of the year. Gardner-Webb, in this day and time, seems to grow stronger as a private college. Why is Gardner-Webb an exception to the trend? I think the one reason Gardner- Webb is growing stronger, not nec- essarily in number, is the fact that we have a purpose, it makes us dif- ferent and it makes us stronger. I think that if any institution sticks with its purpose whether good or bad. it will make a success. I don ' t fear for the future of Gardner-Webb unless we depart from our purpose or do not pay any attention to it. Gardner-Webb has begun to change its rules pertaining to campus life. Do you feel they will continue to change? These changes have been brought about by the students themselves. These rules are stricter in some areas and this is due to the fact that the students are handling most of their own discipline. We are growing up as a senior college, especially now that the students have taken a mature leading role that the entire college family will gain by now and in the future years. 20 Adminislralion