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!l Z-539 VOL. XII. ON EARTH, PEACE, GOOD WILL TO MEN O THE COLLEGIATiE ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEX^E, VULSON. N. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, IW8 NUMBER 4 LEE CHOSEN SOUTH’S FOURTH DEBATER Golden Knot Society fComm. n TT7 1 ^ Holds First Meet Sponsors Week On Honor and Ideals History Of Honor Club Sketched In Meeting fountain speaks Gives Analogy of Values Of Discrimination The Golden Knot Honor Society jet aside the week of Dec. 6th to 9th for special emphasis upon the Ideals of honor on this campus. Both Y. M. and Y. W. came to gether in a joint meeting, led by the honor society. Three Society members and Dr. Jenkins, a facul ty advisor, talked before this joint meeting. On Friday, Dr. A. M. Fountain of State College talked to the whole student body in a chapel program. In the Y. M.-Y. W. meeting, the Honor group set forth its ideals and gave a short history ef the group. As chairman, Eugene Ogrodow- ski, president of the Golden Knot, sketched the history of the society. He further pointed out the two. fold purpose of the organization: to give recognition to those who have measured up to the ideals of the college and the society,'«nd to develop and foster attitudes among the students that would make for the attainment of these ideals. The organization’s ideals of scholarship, service, character and leadership were di.scussed by two other members, Thelma Arner and Griffith Hamlin. It was pointed out that these ideals are absolute es sentials in real living. Character «nd constructive leadership are needed both for college and world- w I d e relations. Likewise, no scholarship is complete if the ideal of service is left out. Dr. Jenkins, one of the faculty advisors of the group, concluded the Y. M.-Y. W. program by speaking on “The Values of Honor Societies in our American College Life.” It was pointed out by Dr. Jen kins that Honor plays a major part in the life of an individual or in the life of the college. The value of an Honor Society ceases to be present when the ideals of char- •cter, scholarship, leadership and service are not upheld. Honor is • positive growth. In the regular chapel service of Friday, Dr. A. M. Fountain of N. C. State College talked to the student body relative to this Honor Emphasis week. Dr. Fountain is himself a member of a similar Please Turn To Back Page Roberson Elected King Of May Edged Out James Rogers and B. J. liowden Howard Roberson of Tarboro elected to rule as Kinjf of May the final election run-off on Monday, December 12. Opposing him were James Rogers of Snow Hill and B. J. Bowden of Dudley. Roberson edged out over the other two candidates by a close margin. Having received his high school education in Tarboro, Howard en ured the college as a freshman in 1935. He entered the Sigma Alpha fraternity in his sophomore year. his junior year, he "was elect- ^ te serve as one of the junior *^presentatives on the Men's Dor mitory Council. At the beginning ® his senior year, he was elected ^ treasurer of the Executive He is now the president of '*»« Sigma Alpha fraternity. On the date of this issue of the JJegiate” going to press, the selection for Queen of May not been made. On Wednes- Totes were cast for Misses **‘innia Barkley, Ruby Barnes, nnd Aycock; however, a ection had to be called to ob- * three-fourth's majority win. Queen will reign annual May Day in the They choose their person- tr* 1 while the courtiers < ected from the junior and Sherwood Eddy Speaks Jan. 12th Sherwoo(j Kddy, interna tionally known authority on and economic problemH and affairs will lectur» here January 12th at 10:00 o’clock A.M. and at 7:00 o’clock P.M. The public is invited to attend both lecture* free of charge. Mr. Eddy is a native of Kansan. He is a man of large means and make* use of his money in directing? Seminars and Social Study groups here and abroad. He receiveft no Halary for bis work. At the concluHion of each Seminar held every summer since 1914, Mr, Eddy compiles reports and writes books. He is the author of eseveral major books in Social Movements. The Tenant Farm Coopera> tives are receiving his support at the present time in the Mississippi River area. Advisory Council Gives Freshmen Bar-B-Q Dinner Profs. Case and Jarman Sponsor Barbecue For Class of ’42 The Freshman Advisory Council of Atlantic Christian College en tertained the freshmen at a bar becue supper, Saturday evening, December 3, 1938 at five o’clock. The Barbecue was to be held at Gold Park, but because of bad weather it was given in the gym nasium. Professor Perry Case and i^rofessor Cecil Jarman were in charge of arrangements, and Mr. Case acted as master of cere, monies. As the freshmen entered the gymnasium, certain members of the Council greeted them. About sixty-three freshmen gathered on the bleachers and talked among themselves while the faculty pre pared to serve them. Then the stu dents told where they were from. A few ventured to tell certain ex periences. They were served a deHcious dinner of barbecue, slaw, com- bread, and coffee. The barbecue was one of a num ber of Freshmen Advisory Coun cil activities designed to carry out its objectives. The Council was organized la.st fall to promote a closer relationship between faculty and freshmen and to study the problems peculiar to the incom ing students. The faculty members who make up the Council are: Professor Case, Chairman; Professor Jarman: Mrs. Lehman, Dr. Morgan, Professor Hodges, Dr. Wagner, Mrs. Mercer, Miss Fannie Harper, Miss Myrtle Harper, and Miss Eleanor Snyder. Debaters Have Verbal Duel With Campbell Negative Team Wins; Affirmative Ijoses WAKE FOREST NEXT The debating team did not have much rest after returning from the Strawberry L«af Tournament. Monday night the verbal contest ants journeyed over to Campbell College for a dual debate. Those making the trip were Cyrus Lee and Eugene Ogrodowski, affirma tive; Ray Silverthome and Jim Ed Miles, negative, Hugh Kelly went as an alternate. The team was ac companied by Miaa Snyder, the coach. The subject for discussion was the Phi Kappa Delta quen', Re solved, that the United SUtes Please Turn To Back Page To Give Radio 1‘rograms On Wednesday Afternoons The >*ublicity Committee, con siating of faculty members and students of the college, held its first imporUnt meeting of the year on Friday, December 2nd. IVesident H. S. Hilley presided over the first half of the meet ing. He outlined the general pur poses of the committee, and it was suggested that each faculty mem ber on the committee be put in charge of one type of publicity with students to help her. The rest of the meeting was turned over to Miss Eleanor Sny der, chairman of the committee, who appointed Charlotte Brooks as secretary. The committee was divided into five groups with a faculty advisor and students in each. Each group is in charge of one type of pub licity as follows: Church—Miss Fannie Harper, faculty, with Charlotte &rooks. Personals—Miss Agnes Peele, faculty, with Mary Nackos and H. B. Griffin. General News—Dr. Elizabeth Wagner, faculty, with Wilma Wil liams, Dorothy Rouse, und Efmer Mottem. Sports—Mrs. Margaret Mercer, faculty, with John Yavorski and John Dail. Radio and Feature—Mits Elea nor Snyder, faculty, with Char lotte Brooks, and Wallace Sut ton. All articles written for the news papers must be checked by these groups. Students having any inter esting news should bring it to one of the persons mentioned above. Every Wednesday afternoon at c'elo?tr, tb.?rc ▼ iil fc.. c minute program over the W. G. T. M. station given by the stodenta. The coming programs will cmtiiit ef band music, talks, singers, skits, and other interesting material. The first program is scheduled for the first Wednesday after the Christmas holidays, January 4th. A group of campus leaders will discuss topics of interest concern ing the college. A. C. C. Students Buy Toys For Wilson Children Mrs. Grainger Speak.s In Welfare’s Behalf "For the past aeven yean the Atlantic Christtun College has played Santa Claoi to the unfor tunate children of WUaon,” de clared Mn. Grainger, head of the Welfare l^epartraent, in an ad dress to the student* Friday morn ing. "It is the only college in this part of the country that give* gifts to children at Christma* time,” she continued. Credit for the idea goes to Hr*. Elizabeth Yavorski, a member of the faculty, who originally began with a list of a hundred name* of children. The list has been added to from year to year, until it has nearly reached the number two hundred. Mrs. Yavorski, with the aid of Miss Martha Edmonston, still has charge *f the detuils. The student* of the college have a certain child to buy a gift for. They buy a gift that does not ex ceed twenty-five cents, and wrap it up with the name of the child written on it. ''This makes thi' child feel as if the gift were really for him, this this particular toy was meant for him and none other," re marked the speaker. The gifts «re sent to the Wel fare Department, which give* the Christmas party for the children. The packages, pla» ed under a large Christmas tree, are a source of interest to the little tot*, who try to guess the cont«nts of each box. In the last /cw th« paranta of the children h* ■ ' Ompaniad their sons and 4 ug'ntcni to tha 'ihejf i'iflfi V as Inlw- esting. Every year some mini*t«r from tojin is selected to tell the story of the birth of Christ. It is the time for all those who have not had the opportunity to do so to hear the wonderful story of Jesus. Mrs. Grainger stated finally that the party would be held in the new Wilson Armory this Christmas. John Sloan Gives Demonstration Illustratt'd lyecture O n Liquid Air I/eaves Some •Awestricken Wednesday night, I>ec. U. th<- Student Entertainment Committer presented John Sluan, not«<l Ire turer und scientist, in an illustrate ed lecture on liquid air. Mr. Sloan held the utmoat attention of his small but select audience. His demonstration left some gapping, some awestricken and some still unbelieving. Whatever the effect on the audience he proved the as tonishing acientific valuea of liquid air. His lecture was divided into two parta; one about the physical aspects and the other concerning the chemical powers of liquid air. He began by stating the physi cal properties of liquid air. How it was made, its freeiing point, -317 degrees Fahrenheit, its boil ing point, -212 degrres Fahren heit and its potential value.i. The first experiment was the boiling of liquid air on a block of ice. the liquid boiled almost instantly as if the ice wt*rr red hot. Other experiments, such as freesing grapes to preserve them, frying an egg on s stove made of a block of ice, making a mercury hammer, making lead as hard as steel, run ning a steam engine with liquid air, driving nails in a frozen ba nana. freesing a soap bubble so that it shattered like glass, play ing a drum with two frozen hot dogs, and freezing a rubber ball so that when thrown againat the wall it shattered into a thousand pieces, were demonstrations of the coldness of the liquid air. He spoke Jokingly of a bet with a filling Station operator who bet him that Prestone could not freeze. He said he produced hia liquid air container kli<i (eii seconds lat4ff handed the operator a brick of the Prestone. In the second part of his lecture he demonstrated the explosive and incendiary qualities of liquid air. The first demonstration was the making of gun-cotton, a substance that is highly explosive. All thru the last part of the lecture he ex plained the danger of the experi ments he was performing and more (Please Turn to liack Page) ;A.C.C. Represented In Dixie Tourney By Five Speakers * ——t ]2;)(( Studontx from Thirly- 4th DEBATER | sixcoiie^es WINTHROP IS HOST Large Audience Attends Christmas Pageant In Gym Professor Case Chapel Speaker Deplores Waste of Time By Students Professor Perry Case of the de partment of Philosophy outlined the principles of our spirit of waste of time, ideals, opportunity, and property. He showed that the prevailing spirit of vandalism re sults in destruction of the beau tiful and the ideal. Mr. Case has shown a great in terest in the beautification proj ect on this campus through a gift of five hundred dollar*. His ap pearance before the students helped to further his support of thi* beautification. Further, he pointed out that not only is there a great waste of property, but also a waste of time and oppor tunities. Wastefulness can be like that of a spendthrift or that of a miser. Neither is desirable. ■'It seems as if we hare thi* inherited spirit of possessing the right to destroy. This spirit is in herited from the waste in natural resources, soil, forests, and birds. W'e continue with this spirit into our high *chool and college life. There are tho*e who feel like they have the right to destroy pub lic property because they pay taxes. Likewise, there are those college students who claim that right because they pay tuition. He pointed out, though, that a college student pays only about one third of tha cost of all oppor tunities provided for him. Thus, he is far from being justified in any *ort of destruction or wa*te. Students are inclined to throw away valuable time, wutc chapel Please Turn To Back Page Presented By Verse- SpeakinK:, I)ramatic, And Glee Clubs DEPICTS NATIVITY Presentation of Gifts For Wilson’s Needy Children The annual Christmas pageant was presented Sunday afternoon at five o'clock in the gymnasium to an overflow audience of studenta and residents of Wilson and neigh boring towtu. The material for this verison of the Christmas story was adapted from Herodes, a liturgical play presented in the churches in the Middle Ages. It was a joint production of the Dramatic Club, the Glee Club, and the Verse Speaking Choir. Two tall fir trees decorated with silver tinsel stood at either side of the stage. At the back of the stage a gold cross shone in the candlelight. The only illumina tion used during the performance was that furnished by white can dles^ in tall candelabra at the front and rear of the auditorium, and colored lights focused on the deco. rsted trees arui the cross. The lighting effects added much te the impressiveneas of the pageant, as did the brightly colored costumes of the king, shepherds, and other participant!^ in the plMf- Following a period of piano mu sic by ProftaaoT Fontaihe, during which the candles were lighted in the darkened auditorium, the dif ferent partA of tha story of the nativity were drariiatixed to the accompaniment of Ohrist/nas songs by the Glee Club. The angels' an- fkouncement to the shepherds, their worship of the Cnntt, the com ing of the three kiacs, their visit to Herod and their socceasful (Please Turn to Back Page) Wilson Co»op. Concert Formed Students liecome Mem bers In Music Assn. One of the latest method* of bringing outstanding artiats, in the realm of music, to the muaic lover* all over the United State* i* by the formation of Co-opera- tive Concert Association* in the variou* cities throughout the country. Thi* i* a *y»tem whereby a city *ell* membership cards by means of a campaign through the community. The officer* of the local organization meet with a rep- reaentative from the Columbia Concert Aaaociation of New York City, and aalect the artiata and the date for thair appearance in the community. Only those people who have membership card* are admit ted to the performance*. There are no ticketa aold at the door. During the past few years, it has been necessary for the people of Wil*on to join the organization in another city and attend tha per. formancea there. Rocky Mount, Goldaboro, and Kinaton have been acceasible to the people in Wil. aon. Wilson haa at last made itaelf one of the co-operative unita, and under the leaderahip of enthusias tic men and women it has had a aueceasful campaign for member ship*. Each community that is a mem ber of the aaaociation receives three eoncerta during the aeaaon. However, it ia permiaaibla for the member* in one city to attend the concerta in other citiea in the same district. The Wilson members have the privilege of attending the c<^ 'rt* in Rocky Mount and , i Tam to Back Page) CYKI S I.KK Collegiate Editor Fires Several Staff Members Makes New Additions to Replace Old Members Th*' editor uf the *'ColI«irtate»' Elmer Mottern, recently made sev eral changes in his staff, some new membi'Ts being added and some members being dismisiM*d. Kerent additions to the staff in clude Elizabi'th Harper, Sarah Jane House. Julia Yates, and Wil. liam IWirbour. The staff has a monthly meet ings whrre topics and stories are assigned. A date is fixed for the returning of the material in order to have it typed, correcti'd, and censored before going to press. It is vitally esM-ntial that the ma terial \h' handed in by the variotis reporters on time. Hefore going to press with this iHNUe, the editor had a great deal of difficulty in obtaining the as- signt'd stories. Some reporters handed in their material late, and some handed in no material what ever, resulting in the dismissal of four or five staff members. Those names on the masthead, of course, do not comprise the complete* list of staff memlxfrs as it is mnressary to conserve space and neatnc:;-. If you are a staff memUT or a re porter, do not feel offended if your name does not appear on the mast* head. Many have served faithfully in silence. When the material is handed in lat4* the censor, the editor, and typists, the business manager, and the printers are pushed for time. The finiahcd product ia a jumbled sffair. To avoid thi» trouble in the future, all members of the editor ial snd sports staffs, whether their names are listed or not, are urgent ly requested to attend the regular m<*etings and hsnd copy in on time. Pan-Hellenic Council Presents Constitution Proptwes Better Feeling Itetween Groups and Faculty The Greek letter organizations, realizing that cooperation with each other and with the college was nece**ary to Greek letter re lationship, have made plans for the organization of a Pan-Hellenic Council. The purpoa* of this coun cil ihall be to advanca the inter est of Atlantic Chriatian College, to promote the general welfare and interest of these associate Greek letter organizationa as a body and to insure cooperation be tween them in their relationship with the ft'ultf, the student body ((’lease Turn to Back Page) Student B o d y PI(^aKed With ('omparative Kesuits The debating team made a trip to Wmthrop college in Hock Hill. S I'., the first week in l>e>cember Ui take part in the Pixie Tourna ment. The -itudents making the trip were ('yrui I-ee, Eugene Ogro. dc»WHki, Hay Silverthome, Hugh Kelly, and Julian Ki>ebuck. Cyme I^*e, captain of the Kval team, was picked in the first eleven b«at debat**ra. The selection Was made on the banis of p()in!i <i< ored in five round* of <U: :z. Mr. Ui* was numl>er tv::, ftq c Iljit kcrording to points. In thr f-r eii, which wer* run off bt'tvi- *n all those making the first rle.ijn, Mr. l>e« ranked fourth. The tournament wus one of the largest of itn d. being attend- 4‘d by ciille* 3 as far north as New llanipahire, as far aouth aa Florida, and Wiit as far as Ala bama. There v;,re contratanta from .'(fl colUgt» in the meet. The tournament Is \n annual affair uponnored by r- ''Strawberry l^af" of Winthr- » CoUeRe. This waa the first time an Atlantic ('hristian tinm liaa been repre- aented in the fi»! nit^'i, although the spring tfnimament has been a part of the team’s schedule for the past few years. Although the item of principal interest was debating, other con tents in forensics were also held. Among the other contests were: Kxtempore, Impromptu Harungue, Oratory, Problem Solving, Poetry Ufading, and After Dinner. Kay Silverthome was entered In the Af- t«*r Dinner contest, but was elim inated in the first round. In the Impromptu speaking contest the college waa represented by Cyrua I^*e. Mr. liee won in the firat round of the fourth contest, but waa out- rlasned m the finals by the Wake Foreat contestant. The individual honors of the meet went to Kugene Worrell, of Wake Forest, who won in three in dividual conteats. Mr. Worrell waa honored by being choaen aa the groom in the wedding of collegea into better forenaic relations. This was a very colorful affair with all collegcH in the meet being repre sented. Hay Silverthome carried the Atlantic (Christian colors. The local team ia very much pleas<*d with their showing against the teama of other colleges. Al though all are inexi>erienced de baters, except Mr. I>ee, the boys did some good debating. Kugene Ogrodowski who teums with Cyrua I^*e on the Affirmative ia ex. {MTted to round Into one of the beat debatorr the college has seen in many y**ars. Ray Silverthome also ahowa much promise. The Negative team was somewhat handicapp<*<l by the inability of Jim FM Miles to make the trip. Mr, Miles has been working on the Negative since the announce ment of the query and shows much promise on that side. The team alao has a valuable asset in the hard working Hugh Kelly. lUfore going to the meet at Win- throp the debaters had matched their wita with State Collegr. Thla debate proved to be very valuable experience and helped to round the boys into shape for the touma- mrnt contests. Kven though th« debates were not judged, the in dividual spCMkers were. TTie first five in the men's division were: Cliff Stratton. Dartmouth, cham pion; Billy Hrevard, beat practice debater; Joe Caldwell, I^enoir Khyne, second debater; George Murray, Alabama, third debater; Cyrua I^e, Atlantic Christian Col- leg*-, fourth debater; and Jack Prit*-, N. C. SUU, fifth debatar. Among the teams that the local team met w#-re: Westem Carolina Teachers College; Emory and Henry; Winthrop; Appalachian; B*>b Jones; Carson Newman; and Presbyterian College. SLOW-Bl