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MERRY
CHRISTMAS
VOL. VIL
MERRY CHRISTMAS
The Collegiate
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEOK; DKCEMBER 15. 1933
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
NO. 3
A. C. College Alumni Readily
Contribute To Gymnasinm Fund
Review Of Professor
Hamlin's New Book
On November 4th, at the
Homecoming meeting of the
Alumni Association, it was
voted that the Association
should raise a special Alumni
P’uiid of $750.00, which will be
expended for two purposes:
(1) $500.00 as the Alumni’s
part toward the construction of
the new College gymnasium,
and (2) $250.00 as an Alumni
Organization and Maintenance
Fund,
Dallas Mallison is acting as
Alumni Secretary but he is re
ceiving no part of his salary
from the Alumni Fund. The
Organization and Maintenance
Fund will be expended entirely
in carrying on the regular work
of the A.ssociation, such as ex-
pen.^es in organizing the local
chapters, postage, office sup
plies, literature and traveling
expenses of the Secretary in
getting to and from the various
chapter meetings.
Mr. Mallison is teaching
here at the College and is con
tributing his services to the As
sociation for the present year.
The Physical Education Pro
gram of the College ha* grown
rapidly during thei past few
years, especially since the sus
pension of football, it being the
aim of thp College to further
*Ka dev^ioprAe^t Ot
(Continued on page two)
A. C. STUDENTS
TAKE STRAW VOTE
ON DANCING
Evidently students of Atlan
tic Christian College do not ad
here to the old belief that danc
ing is detrimental to the moral
standards of a Christian institu
tion. They expressed them
selves to be in favor of dancing
by a vote taken at a meeting of
the student body, in the audi
torium, Saturday morning. No
vember 25. This vote was
sponsored by the Student Coun
cil at the request of many stu
dents.
A report showed that 178
votes were taken both pro and
con. Of this 178, 148 would
like to have dancing at the col-
lege; 26 did not wish dancing,
"hile 4 did not express their
desires,' 135 are able to dance!
*’hile 43 do not dance. The!
parents of 138 students ap-'
prove of dancing, 36 do not.
, This shows that a huge ma
jority of both students and par
ents favor dancing at Atlantic
Christian College.
Outstanding students of the
college are enthusiastic in their
“«lief that officials of the col
lege will be discreet about the
piatter and make some provi.o-
ison for some form of dancing.
A study of the vote shows
that a greater percentage of
^he ministerial students desire
to See dancing at the college
than of the other students.
The object of the students in
*«curing this privilege is to
**>ake school life on the campus
**'0|"e intere.sting; to edge up
*<*cial life and to promote more
and cleaner social activities.
^0 petition will be presented
^ either the faculty or to the
board of trustees.
STUDENT BODY SPONSORS
CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS
IN “HOUSE OF CONNELLY”
“The House of Connelly,”
Paul Green’s latest ' play was
presented by the Carolina Play-
makers in .the Coon High
School Auditorium, November
24 at 8:30 P. M.
In addition to practically the
entire student body several
hundred townspeople and indi
viduals from out of town at
tended the play.
Mr. Green who is a gradu
ate of the University of North
Carolina, is one of the most
outstanding play-wright.-< iu
this country. His previous
plays, among whicli are the
well known “In Abraham's
Boson,’’ and "The Lord's Will"
have gained him lame in the
literary world.
Mr. Green spent last year in
Hollywood preparing the script
for several current movie fav
orites, among these wt;re,
"Cabin in the Cotton," “Vol-
atire,” “L)r. iiull,” and "Stale
I'air.’’
“The House oX Connelly"
now being made into a movi:
picture which will bearJfllS
‘.Tarriiiijii." ‘
Karryniore will play the lead
ing character role of “Uncle
Bob Connelly.” He will be sup
ported by Janet Gaynor, Rob
ert Young, Henrietta Crossman
and Richard Cromwell.
“The House of Connelly” is
the only full length play by Mr.
Green that the Carolina Play-
makers have produced. They
may well consider it a crown
ing achievement. It was a
convincing and remarkable
portrayal of old southern life.
The play was cast presum
ably somewhere in Eastern
North Carolina around 1910. It
was a portrayal of the decay
ing aristocracy of the Old
South. The principal charac
ter, Uncle Bob, was remark
ably played by Elmer Gettin-
(Continued on page two)
ALUMNI HONOR ROLL
The following are the
Alumni who have either
pledged or contributed to
the gymnasium fund:
S. r. Cherry, Mrs. S. T.
Cherry, Betty White, Vir
ginia Boswell, Mary Harper,
Esther Ricks, A. R. Munn,
Mrs. A. R. Munn, Mrs. J. H.
Parrish, Z. E. Brison, Mrs.
C. S. Eagles, Agnes Peele.
J. M. Perry, Gladys Whit
ley, Robert Grady, Mrs. W.
A. Davis, Rachel Rogerson,
Herberta Stuckey, Merle
Owen, J. W. Blackman, Jr.,
Lottie Carawan, James Law
son, Mrs. James Lawson,
Mrs. Eloise Grady Eskrideg,
W. T. Boyette, Frances Man
ning, Dorothy Joyner, Annie
Simmons, Archie Reel, An
nie Mallison, Sadie Greene,
C. A. James, Jane Williams,
W. J. B. Burrus.
The following review of
Prof. Hamlin’s book appeared
in the News and Observer, No
vember 3, 1933:
“The Democratic party in
North Carolina is dominated by
the power and mainifacturing
interests,” .so concludes this
study of lobl^jiiojg in the State
Legislature,'writt«)i by Profes
sor C. H. Hamlin of-ihe faculty
of the Atlantic Christian Col
lege at Wilson.
For the most part. Professor
Hamlin merely collects the
rather impressive Pftord sur
rounding the activ^es of rep
resentatives of spec^I interestf--
during the 1931 1933 ses
•<ions of the Nor^Ii Carolina
General Assembly.. But in his
conclusions thivautl or of tht
pamphlet, whith’ v^as written
under a grant awaitiod by the
Southern Regional Committee
of the Social Science Research
Council i/1 connection with the
North C^folina Coni'erence for
, Social fiervlce, givi . vent to
ojiinri’hs. One of niese opin
ions follows;
“Too, often blocs are formed
' on. pu^ly personal grounds.
ITht^Leadi r of the economy-at
aP the 1933
It has b«en a man of
h and he w?; liva« in
Iti ii’V
j ha.'^ rcceuUy lost heavily and
t hai! been disappo4iiteri in poll-
itics, so he has now turned
lagain.st everything. He is suf
fering from a superiority com
plex and wishes to be a leader
in something.”
Profe.s.sor Hamlin reaches
the conclusion that most of the
170 members of the North Car
olina Legislature are honest
and serve their constituency in
the best manner pos-sible, but
that there are too many who
have no social conscience and
outlook, and that too many are
concerned with their county,
section or economic group only.
He adds:
“Too many legislators are of
a low type. One member of
the 1933 session was twice in
the hands of police for disor
derly conduct.
' (Continued on page two)
MISS ANNA DILL GAMBLE
SPEAKS AT A. C. COLLEGE
Dr. S. Parks Cadman Secured By
Senior Class Commencement Speaker
ENTERTAIN SENIOR CLASS
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Allen of
Wendell, N. C., very delight
fully entertained at tea on Sun
day afternoon, December 3,
Miss Sue Todd and the Senior
Clasa of A. C. C.
Members of the faculty and
other town people carried the
members of the Senior Class to
VVejidell. Delicious punch,
cakes and mints were served
while a very delightful pro
gram was given. The numbers
jn the program con.sisted of
,)iano selections by Mrs. \V. G.
jmith ; violin selections by Miss
liiva Louise Shelton accompa-
aied by Miss Myra Joyner, vo
cal solos by Mrs. Heywood
Scarborough; and vocal selec
tion by Mr. John Mattox,
•vlany of the town people of
A'endell were present and a
.■ery charming afternoon was
■ipent by all.
CHEATING SUBJECT
OF DISCUSSION IN
CHAPEL PROGRAMS
Speaking in the College au
ditorium on November 22, Miss
Anna Dill Gamble, representa
tive of the National Council of
Catholic Women at the Inter
national Peace Conference in
Geneva, declared that in her
opinion “moral disarmament
must precede actual disarma
ment among the nations and
that the latter will never take
place until the former has been
brought about.
The speaker also declared
that it should be a legal penal
ty for any newspaper to pub
lish slanderous or untruthful
articles or statements about
I other nations or groups.
This was the position upheld
by the Polish delegation, ac
cording to Mi.ss Gamble, who
reviewed at length the posi
tions taken by the leading na
tions at the Peace Conference,
(Continued on page two)
Studeulti oi the college met
in the auditorium Saturday
morning December 9 for their
rcfttilar I’hapel itrogirpm which
ki in charge of the' Student
Council on that day.
The subject for discussion
was “cheating” and it was
thought desirable to divide the
student body into three groups
to meet in different rooms.
The juniors and seniors met
together in room No. 4 with
Mr. Archie Eagles presiding.
The sophomores met in room
No. 5 with Mr. Erie Dail pre
siding and the freshmen in
room No. 6 with Miss Mabel
Cherry presiding.
It seems that the honor sys
tem which has been in effect
in the college for the past few
years has been abused to a
great extent in the form of
cheating.
The Y. M. C. A. and the
Y. W. C. A. have been discuss
ing this abuse for some time in
their regular weekly meeting
and are seeking some means of
remedying this evil. This was
the object of the group meet
ings held on Saturday.
Much discu.ssion on the sub
ject was prevalent in each
group. Some students seem to
think the requirements in some
courses are too high, while
some studenta very definitely
express themselves by .saying
that if a person can “pull some
thing over on the prof,” well
and good.
No definite steps were taken
to try to eliminate this degrad
ing element of college life but
it is expected that some solu
tion to the problem will be
found after the matter -has
been more thoroughly mvesti-
gated and a more careful an
alysis has been made of exist
ing conditions.
The Carolinas probably fig
ure that they should worry
about prohibition repeal as
■long as the moon comes over
the mountain.
The Senior Class of Atlantic
Christian College has succeed
ed in securing Dr. S. Parkes
Cadman to deliver its Com
mencement address on Monday
night. May 28th, He comes
here following a similar ad
dress to be give at Duke Uni
versity.
Although Dr. Cadman was
born in Wellington, Shopshire,
England, he is a well known
American clergyman, author,
and lecturer. He is famous for
his sermons over the radio ev
ery Monday afternoon and for
his columns which appear
daily in American Newspajiers,
one of which api>ears daily in
the News and Observer, His
radio work came as a result of
being president of the Federal
Council of Churches of Chri.^t
in America; this council and
the National Broadcasting
Company chose him in 1928 as
their official radio preacher.
Immediately after Dr. Cad
man first came to this country
in 1890, he was chosen as Lead
er of New York Methodism
and in 1901 assumed the pas
torate of the Central Congre
gational Church of Brooklyn.
Aside from his preaching, lec
turing lyid writing he take‘;*a
j prominent part in community
efforts looking toward social
! settlement.
Besides being a forceful
speaker and a widely known
lecturer. Dr. Cadman has writ
ten approximately eight books
on the various social, religious,
and economic questions of the
day. Two of his books which
are fairly well known are
"Charles Darwin and Other
English Thinkers” and “Three
Great Oxford Movements.”
William G. Shepherd, author
and journalist, in his book,
"Great Preachers as Seen by a
Journalist,” refers to him as
the “Preacher Who ‘Knows’.”
To (juote a paragraph of the
chapter on Dr. Cadman in
Shepherd’s book: “He knows
what he knows, as strong men
do. And he speaks with the
authority of that knowledge.
You can’t talk with him very
long, or hear him preach or
lecture—or see him at his work
—without realizing that there
is such a thing in this world as
religion; that this strong man
knows that religion is a need of
humanity: that he has decided
for himself that it is worth a
lifetime of effort to bring relig
ion to man.”
To emphasize his personal
ity and ability as a preacher.
Dr. C.'adman himself said that
over the first period of 22
years in which he preached at
the Central (Congregational
Church Ilf Brooklyn, there
were no less than four thous
and people who were convert
ed and became members of his
church. This is an average of
four a week.
Dr. Cadman is not the evan
gelistic type of preacher, he
does not nece.ssarily play on
[the emotions in order to carry
I his points arose. Rather, he
speaks in a broadminded, au
thoritative voice which is a re-
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