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

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TOP, Dr Poslon takes great joy in welcoming guests and students to home ballgames- ABOVE. Sorting the morning mail is just one of the many duties that Dr. Poston meets daily. Administration 21

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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

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Vice President McGraw Comments TOP, Mr. McGraWs good humor is irjvaluable to his relationship with G- W students. ABOVE, G-W ' s Vice Pres- ident shows intense concentration on the last home game. As Academic Dean what are the most common problems you en- counter? I feel that my . . . most commom problem is trying to build a quality education into a prescribed length of time. This is really the hardest job I have to do; getting the faculty and students to complete their edu- cational program within this certain time. All this has to be done accord- ing to standards set up by the ac- crediting agency. Do you feel that students should be made to take final exams if they have an average of B or better for the semester ' s work? The policy here is that for every course taken, there is a final exam given. Since I took my position here I have always felt that this should be left up to the professor. I think there is a certain amount of discip- line involved in your freshman and sophomores that I think they should undergo. I feel that after a student has reached his major concentration as an upper classman, there could be some merit in this matter. Now that Gardner-Webb is a four year college will the admission re- quirements change? The requirements for admission have not changed ... 1 do not be- lieve that we will raise our cut off point for admission. The reason is that Gardner-Webb is here to serve this area, the Piedmont, and the majority of our students are from this area. We will continue to serve this area, I think we should, I think this is our real reason for being here. I cansaythatGardner-Webbwill keep her standards of admission because this doesn ' t necessarily make a stu- dent more able to perform. What college event do you enjoy at- tending the most? My favorite is the time of the year when students return to the campus. When they see people they haven ' t seen for a long while, there is a communication that takes place that can ' t be duplicated any other time of the year. To me this is exciting, I look up and see cars loaded down with luggage and see the excitement in the feelings of the students as they once again meet for another long year. This to be honest with you is what I enjoy most of all. 22 Administration