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ATLANTIC CHKISTIAN COLLKGE. AI’KIL 18. 19:U
NO, 7
May Day Festivities Commmctmmi
To Be Celebrated Program
In Rustic Gold Park
On Tuesday afternoon. May 1,
at five o’clock, Miss Maria,
BriDHon of New Hern and Mr. Jack
Aycock of lUack Creek will be |
crowned Queen and King at the an- !
Quftl May Day Keatlval of AtlanticJ
Chrl^tian College. The f"e«tlval is I
lo i>f held at Gold’s Park, near the j
wllejr#*. The park will afford a |
beauijful background for the varl-
eoloft il costumes of the participants.
Hert'tofore, the front campus has
ihe site of the May Day Kxer-
cUe^ This year, however, a crowd |
of about two thousand art* expected 1
to attend the Festival. The park is j
better able to accommodate the
rrovkil than the front campus of the j
Tt; proKrani this year consists of
the glorification of the Seasons, Au-
tumu, Winter, Spring and Summer.
Thii* differs somewhat from the pro-
(fratn last year, when a historical
of America was prest*ni*>d.
Th- Personal Attendants are; Miss
Glad> Charles and Mr. Oscar Hrin-
'•*11, Mis- Ina Uivers Tuten. and Mr.
Hayd' li Wlggs.
Th«‘ Ladies and Oentlemen of the
Court are; Miss Frances Stott and
.Mr. liilly iUackman, Miss Mary
Hremr and Mr. Clinton Murray,
Mi*f KHzaheth IJelanKia, Miss Jessie
Wethington and Mr. Klberl South
ard. Mis Sarah Loftin and Mr. Hus-
sti{ Jefferson, Miss Kathleen Kagles
and Mr. C. H. Hinnant, Miss (leral-
dine Itryant and Mr. FJenton |{ose,
]{!“•< Mahle Cherry and Mr. Donahue
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Speaks To News Staff
* s^orkinu
i College Making Plans
i To Improve Plant For
The Coming Year
! i‘lau» have now bvt.‘u compleicU, i
jaiiil a tlrivf lo obtain the iiecetfsary
|lund> lia^ iM't'u started, to make it
not oi;iy poi?-4ihle fiN* Atlantic ('hris-
lian College lo a<lequalely lake ear*-
o( it^ already swoUeu enrollment
Mhich il is not now doing b<'«-ause of
ihi* lark of ade<4uate raclliti»'n but
wliii h will also make it posxihle for
the College to take care of the prob-,
able 300 or more students who will I
j wish to enter scho^ Here next Sep
j tember.
; Kor some time it has been appar
ent to the Administration and lo all'
1 those, ill fai t, wlio have been in close
touch vsith the loi-al situation, that j
the College in not physically able to
'laki* care of Its present eniollment }
! without any regard lo Increases]
! which We have been having over a
l>erioil of ’^♦•veral years. WUhin the 1
past two years the enrollment has!
j incrased approximately »5% despit*-
tht* liepreHsion and despUe tite fact i
tlial other ('oliegeu have been hav-j
ing to <ontend with constantly de-
Mrea-^ing enrolimenlf slm-e 192^.
^ K.-'pe< ially since Ja>l September
L'ollege atiminisiralion been
ng on way and means lo im- ;
prove ihe situation. Within the last
lew months a ten'poinl program has
been preMenled, discu>^*“'d, and Ifl
now virtually perfected so far as
plans can be perfected.
i'he eampaign to obtain |1&,UUU,
w hi< h it 1h felt is the minimum neces-
T'O SPEAK HERE
ics t<» determine what parts of news-
Til- Committee Chairmen are: r.s are ii^ont wideiy read. In
('halrman of May Day, Frances Stott Uu.-. invesUgation, it was found that
Dan-‘ Lalah Driver pt.dpie almost invariably read storle.-i
Co«iinies Kmma Laura Barfool
Kl(i. 're Margaret HuUington
Fri. rnm Mary Blackburn
Chi! en Doris Bass
Lyniond Angel
Wujur . _ Myra Joyner
."Uay Day Kestlral of lt»3 4 is
On March 21, Mr. 1*. D. MacLeun,
managing e<litor of The fCaleigh
rimes, was liie second newspaper
man to speak to the Journalism
chi.'S on the general make-up of a
newspaper. He pointed out ihul
harnjony, ma.ie i,.,sall,le by tyim-| r.,.uempluf.l exi.ttM.U.n
K.ai,hual arranB.-nunl, aUcla to t ». improv.inent i-roKrttm, was
a.ivu,tiv,-m.»s or tl.f rr.nu imKi-. Mr. ofri. lall >oi, Tuen.lay inorn-
,\la< l..'au further Hlatea that a “ur-. ^
v.y ,.as conauet.-,! in -<mall dt- ^ wfr«
invited cliurch and lay leaders of the
iHsfiples ('hiinh, r»*pre«eij tat Ives of
</.»■ Alumni As.nociation, r‘*presenla-
lives citizens of the City of Wilson,
other inierested indivlduala. Dr
ii. I), I‘ril4 hard, General Secretary
lo the Board of Kducatioii of th<‘
l)ts> tple.-i Church. Indianapolis, in-
;uina, wa^ ‘.er ■ in fact, he wa« on
«J‘ ‘«1 to be a great success, and
wlt‘i the cooperation of the students
it ■ "I be.
Miss Holmes Charms
Enthuiastic Audience
Mibo Eliza Holmes, pianist aud in
'll: ror of piano at Brenau Conser-
Ta y. appeared in a delightful re-
<itti in the college Auditorium on
niiiht of April 10.
i/ program of classical and mod-
♦rn Mirabers, Miss Holmes showed a ijl^eir reiatlons, and communities'
vet.'.Atiiity and technical proficiency
retiutrkable in a young artist. Pro- Di connection with the irollege pa-
lon/f‘d applause of an enthusiastic per, Ma< Lean pointed out that many
audience of A. C. College Students
that are Illustrated and that ordi
nunly only one «>r two other storie.-:
without illusiralions are read ou the
.name page. Pictures of well known
in<i viduals do their part in making
ll.i i.uKC attrarlfvi' «i.,l In Inndiog . rj-'j;- fur tliv . Hi--
lH .„<maiU> to the Hlone» Alouis TfTTl 9-H aiul dellTered
thi.s line of tliouKht. (leck« under „,,.i g, a.l.lr.-, lTa*tdenl
aid the eye l,y sradually outlined the program Kepre^
niaklug the Bhin between large and of various part of the
small type. In order to inake the |,ri?B,.nt niadti known th«lr gen-
nee..«sary blending of advertt»em. nW . .Machine. w«. evolved and
with the rest of the paper, the adn ' ^ j,,,
•should at least touch some readln* artlole.
niattf r. ■ i.nitilemM !iirr«*as<Ml
Mr. Macl^ean slated “all news- j>r. Prb hard’ addresn was a gen-
papers have their special fields, havejj.ruj ;<urvey of the situation facing
their special group of strata of so- ; higher education in this country and
ciety to which they cater. A college j Unj application of this fact so far as
paper is not a crusading proposition |ii,e CoIiegM it concerned. Higher
Out one of good wiil." It is evident
that a college paper should be con
nected with people on the campus.
acu Wilson music lovers proved
Ih' ir appreciation of her ability and
l)<?r h'^ nerosity in granting encores.
F m the very moment Miss Hol-
ni* took her seat at the piano her
ina* -ry of the instrument was ap-
pau?nt. Her poise and assurance
’ut bespeak an artist of long ex
perience. Her natural posture and
gfacioufi manner were gratifying.
Particularly impressive was Mias
Holmes’ lovely singing tone,
<*ui. distinct, yet never hard.
men of the newspaper world began
on the staff of some college paper.
In other words, these men made
their papers interesting and grasped
education must take into account
from now on (1) Increased leisure
and the problems of social control
thus augmented; (2) from now on
it ih most probable that the age of
marriage will be the late twenties
and early thirties; and youth
will not in general from now on en
ter businesM or professional life util
tht* late twentier All th<*se new
the proper perspective aud outlook, i>" "“f
In summing up the prerequislteB of ■ »hlch the College
(treat newspaper men. he Includes ;'
ihe "ability to gather facts and pre- | I'our S«ur<«i of l'rl<l<-
«ent them in an unbiased manner." '
Discrimination mu.st not be toler-
Dr. Pritchard aaressed four things
for whicii th#* College is to be com
mended. The first ia that the Col
lege b: solvent. Il has its endow
ment Intact and although it haa aome
debt, thin indebtedness is less than
It was in 1929 and is not at all large
enough lo endanger the safety of the
newspaper work.”
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ated, the truth must be told and all
of it. Mr. MacLean mentioned that
lear it is a great deal of interest lo know
The the machinery of our civilization. In
fl«lbTllty“of her tTreTesa'fTugers and order to show his own interest in his
wriKta flmayPii hpr Hiirtience Breath < hosen work he said, I would not
tatrti^ rX ex« uterwi"h perfect »<■< <•)'' P‘»"tion in any other field I institution as Is the case with many
Jm.M,thneg»-l-crashlnK chorda, bril- "ith ten times the compensation of
liant aud sonorous, light, delicate
pu 'ages.—gentle, dreamy melodies
came with seemingly equal ease
from her skilled fingers. Noteworthy,
. was the Independence of the left
hand which accompli8h(Ml aome £<e-
inarkable feats in several numbers.
Miss Holmes’ dexterous handling
of the Beethoven "Sonata Pathetj-
Que” was rather unusual in its qutcK
first movement. At the end of her
Jacob Taylor Elected Head Of Stur^ent Body;
Miss Tuten President Of Woman’s Council
i On April 16th and 17th, respec-Uuccessful.
* lively election for the officers of the ' The following day Jacob Taylor,
'Women's Dormitory Council and Beth^-1. wav elected president of the
^'hopin group, ranging from the ga^y,student Government At^ociation Ji?iud«*nt Ai*sociatlon. He is preai-
»'hirl of the “Waltz” through the ^-ere held. Alpha Krat^rnity,
fbarming “Berceuse” to the drama-■ 'phe following young women werAjand wan vice president of the 8tu-
tlc “Scherzo,” Miss Holmes gave of(ic*^rH of the Women's Stu- d« nt Anoelatlon for the past year.
*Q encore the brilliant Chopin “i'''i<|«nt Government Aasociation for the ; o^«<'ar Brinson of -N'ew Bern, soph-
Major Stude, Opus 10/’ eoming year. President; Miss Ina omore and president laut year of the
The final group delighted the aud- Kiverf Tut**n. Aurora; Nice Presi*
ience with the magnificlent Liszt dent: Miss Klizabeth Houne. Uober-
transcription of Sshubert’s "The Erl- sonville; House President: Mlf»« Inez
king.” the familiar and beloved “Lie- May. (»rifton; Se< r«fiary: .Miss Gladys
t>^‘slraum,” and the spectacular Tart, Newton Grove; Treasurer;
'Rhapsodie No 6.” Miss Sarah Loftin, Kinston. . ^ .
Recalled again and again Miss The class representatives will b<-|ele,ted Sei-relary. She was student
Holmeg concluded her program with elected (luring the nert few days, . oum ll reprejKriitatlve last year from
three encore*—'■Polonaise A Flat, and the officers and representative. ,sophomore eld.-. Her twin *i»ter
0pm 53" by Chopin. "Humoregque" will be Installed at an installation r .Miss ■''"’■y
by Zachare and the firgt movement i service, Thursday. .May third. Assistant Se'retary, »a» on the Coun-
Of the Beethoven "Sonata, Opug 27." This Ingtallatlon will mark 'J®
■’Humoresque" was written by the beginning of the second year of thejof the ^oung Women* Chrigtian
Polljh composer-pfanist Zachara existence of the Woman’s Student ^ Association.
Freshman ■ Ibkm, wa» elected vice
president. He was also Hesperian
debater.
Twin 4ister« were elected a* 8ec-
iretary and A“^lslant Se<relary. Ml»*
(Jeorgla Hrewer of .N'ew Bern, was
Senior Class Bids Last
Farewell To A. C. C.
The day is drawing n*'ar when the
A. C. C. senior claHM of '3-I, number
ing twenty-six of what they
seetn to feel the most outslund-
receive their B. A. diplomas
;ind depart from A. C. C. canj-
puH which hii« been their hom«' for
four years, never to return again as
a student.
This class 1« not the largent in ihe
history of the college but it is one of
the most outslanding groups lo re
eelve the honor of graduation front
the Inslitution according to the be
liefs of 6UH% of the members.
The (last i.-.Pid**® ‘'tudcnfN from
as fac i-a»C ku C., <*f- '
as fat West a.*^ Winston-Salem and
to a smiliar proportional dlstanct>
tiorih and louth. It also Inelude
one student from i;eorKia. In other
words the entire state Ik pretty well
represented in the clana.
(iraduutlon frotn college ha^ been,
and still is, the highest ambition of
students, but even In the realization
of this high ambition there i^ the
regret of parling from friends who
may never nee one another again aud
a aadnes sof leaving an institution
that ha?< given the students a pleas
am home for four year*-: amid th<-
fellowship of boys and girla who
have learned to love one another and
borrow each olher’a clothes.
.Many have inaiated that they have
tieen looking forward to their grad
uation at college when they would
receive their dlpiomaK and joyfully
return to their homea, but now that
that day Is only a few weeks off they
have b^'gun to experienee a slight
tremor of the h«*art which will termi
nate into one big shoi’k on that last
day at college. (graduation from
ciillege Ik very gratifying, but th«’
breaking up of a group which ha>?
been Joined together into one big
family, thinking of one another as
brothers and alstera. is not so gratl'
fying, because it will b»* hard to ac
quire bumming compaoiona again
soon.
The aenior class has the deepest
feeling of love for every nn niber of
the fa<tulty of Atlantic Christian Cob
lege. The clasn appreciate* the pa
tience. the klndne- :, and the Intereat
ahown by these Inatrucu^rs. Further
more, the senior class fe«ds, and
this la not dmply a matter of being
polite -that at no other college
would they have received as much in
dividual attention and had as much
personal interest nhown them.
Practically every member of the
r lass ban a definite profession in
mind and haa been working in pr<*p-
aration for It. The following voca
tions are being definitely pursued by
thene members: Mioiateria) work, in
cluding four boys and two girls; pub
lic school work, six boys and eight
girls; medieine, one boy; journalism,
two boys; the three remaining mem-
bera of the claf^' will enter some
other business.
Following fa a list of the names
and addre«#;s of menil>ers of tb‘*
riaaa: Mr. Krle Dail, Grifton. S. C.,
president; Mr. Kldon Rogers, Hoae
Hill. N. C., vlce-pre^ldeni; Miss
Velma (Jurganus, Stokc^, N C., sec
retary; Mr. Benton ftoa**. NVwton
Grove, N. C., treasurer; Mifs Mabel
Cherry, Kocky Mount, N. C., MI»r
Dr. Cadman To Be
Principal Speaker
At Commencement
1 lie prtttiruut for Commencement
thii* >ear featuri^a the (iraduattng
Addre .'i (<i <lellvert‘d by Dr. H.
ParK t'ndnian in tlie Auditorium at
o cloek ou the uighl Of Mouda.x
Muy 2H The program also iuciudetf
a Jolni Llu rary Society program at
h o'clock ou Saturday night. May
J*i. On Sunday at 11:00 tu the Wil
son ('hrisMan Church either Dr. Hll
l*y or Dr. H. O. Pritchard will de
liver Ihe Baccalaureate Sermon ,and
Uinduy afternoon llx' College Glee
Club, under the dlrecllou of Mrs.
.Nunnllv liintun, will glv« a concert
tluit will be representative of the
tine work it has done this year. Two
Morld-htnioils and loved oumbers
ihiii it Hill Uo are the 'Bridal Cho*
rtiH" troin "Ibe Hose Malden,“ and
l»« ep Ul\er, ' a .Negri) Spiritual. Al
•» tliai afternoon the Y. W. an»l
\ .M. .\ will iiave a V'esp«*r ser-
> X >• in (he ('oilege ('hapel, and that
(ilfc^ht ill s ou the Farewoll Sermon
vml J)e delivered.
On M(fUday, .May 2K, Class Day
Kxen ineM will be held at 10; 3U and
.m Alumni truncheon will be M*rveU
a( I o'clock, followed by a Business
Meeting.
At K o’clock that uight. as a flt-
ing rlos to the ac'tlvities of the week,
i>r. S. Parkes Cadman will deliver
the (iraduatlng Address to ihe Class
or ill the fharlef. L. Coon High
St-hool Auditorium, and prehenlation
HI diplomurt will lollow.
The e(:tM!4 Is lndt«ed fortunate to
obtain HO learned and noted a man
a-. Dr. (.'adman to deliver their ad-
dr« x A brief resume of hia life
walhered from facts given In "Who's
Wlui" will serve to give one an Idea
of hi." eminence. i)r. Cadman was
born In Wellington, Shropshire, Kng
lyand in lK(i4, and was educated at
the Hirhmond College of Loudon
I ntversity in London. He was pas-
lof tlii; the M«*tropolitan Temple dur
r. ?* e;;rs/i‘' u '‘'"f* lo IVU'.and
since then ha>- been pastor of the
(.'eiitral Congregational Church of
Brooklyn, N. Y. In addition to hla
abilKy as a preacher Dr. ('adm«n haa
written many religious books. A
liHi of them includea: Charles Dar*
Kill and Other b^ngliah lliinkera;
The Victory of Chrlatmas; the Uelig-
iouH Cses of .Memory; the Life of
William (Jwfu; The Three Heligloua
Leaders of Oxford, and Amhasaa<}or»
of (iod.
Paper Published By
The New Editors
Government Af»»ocialion at A. C.,
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In ontt of the most hotly contestH<l
eUM-iUinK ever heUl in Atlantic Chris*
'lan (!ollege, Ibe nludent body eJiMf.
ed Mr. Lynwood Philips of Kinston
(o head (he Colleglaie staff for JU34-
Mr Archie Kagies of Saratoga
..uncontented t4» succeed hloiself
a^ buslne;-.:' manager f<»r the coming
year. The election was held earlier
than uHual =^o that the old staff could
work on lite annual to be published
at the end of the >«'hool year.
Mr. Phillips has taken an active
pai‘1 and Inter^'st in newspaper work
luring (he past year, and it la felt
he will make a very competent
edjior-in-chlef. H*- was formerly on
the Collegiate staff in the capacity
(»f ay.>«iMtani sport> editor. To com-
plete (be editorial staff. Mr. Phillips
^*leci«d lo aid him Mr. Williani
' Sv lilts of Wllsftn who has had <iuite a
, bit of newspaper experienc#.. Mr,
i Willis will act in the '-apaclty of
managing editor.
Among the staff editors for the
coming year is Mr. Hill ('unningham
of Owenton, Kentucky, who, besldef
, being Mports editor is a college ath~
hete. Mr. Cunningham has played
^ basketball two yeara, and ia capfftfn
.of the tennii team. Miss Kathleen
KagleH. of Saratoga, who will s^rve
in the capacity of aociely baa hetd
that |H»sition for the paat year, and
will be quite familiar with her du-
tien. Neither Mary Blackburn
of Wils<m or Mias Georgia Brewer of
New Bern have t>e« n on the Colleg
iate staff before, but, due to .Mfaa
Bla/kburn'« experience aa editor of
her n<gh school paper and Miaa
Brewer's ablllfy they are quite sufl-
ahl^r for (heir editorial dutlea. Mias
Blackburn la the new humor editor,
and Mil-- Brewer In charge of organ
izations For his assistant os the
busine-H staff. Mr. Kagles aei^c^ted
.Mr. Clyde Hurt of AuguaU, Georgia.