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VOL XU.
THE COLLEGIATE
, ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. WILSt)N, N C.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH IV IV.'»
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NUMBER 7
^LIGIOUS EMPHASIS IS THEME OF WEEK
Kirby Page Speaks
Four Times To
Wilson Audiences
Well* Known Lecturer
Addresses Chapel
And Classes
OFFERS SOLUTION
International Affairs Is
Main Subject
On February 24th, Kirby Page,
the well known lecturer and paci-
fut, spent a full day on the col
lege campus. Mr. Page gave a
keenly interpreted picture of the
present international situation
»nd related it to the problems that
caused it, and the problems that
the world must now face to avert
world-wide chaos.
He made four public appearanc
es while in Wilson: one at the
chapel assembly, one before the
college International Relation.s
Club, one at the Negro High
School, and one in the Carolina
Koom of the Christian Church.
All meetings were well attended.
Mr. Page gave ample oppor
tunity for discussions and ques
tions. Several controversial issues
were spiritedly discussed.
In the chapel meeting, Mr. Page
painted a vivid picture of the
present international situation,
pointing out that "at every point
civilized forces seem to be sound
ing a retreat.”
Warfare is developed to the
of ruthless destruction
k for the victor and the van-
'Th«re <• a gloomy pro-
j that we are heading for the
I he mid.
itC further pointed out that the
present presents a gloomy picture
because we base our thinking and
actions on false premises. We be
lieve in the premise that there is
no God, no moral judf^ment and
no order. “But there is a God
and moral judgment. This moral
judgment functions in the scrip-
tural statement ‘that whatsoever
I man soweth, that shall he also
reap/ We are reaping what the
past generation has sown in the
form of ideas of belief and con
duct.”
And among these premises on
which we base our form of econo
my and society are: First, the
matter of self interest as a drive
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Walter Mills '
Gives Concert
Noted Baritone Is Guest
Artist
Ministerial Club
Presents Prayer
Meeting Program
James Rogers I.«ads Very
Interesting Service
On the morning of Friday,
March 3, Atlantic Christian Col
lege presented another of its se
ries of guest artists. At that time
Mr. Walter Mills, baritone, gave a
delightful and entertaining pro
gram at the regular chapel hour.
Mr. Mills has been graciously re
ceived everywhere he has sung.
He has sung before royalty in for
eign countries, as well as before
discriminating audiences in the
United States,
The appearance of Mr. Mills
njarked the first singer to appear
in concert this season at the col-
l®re. He had been making a tour
of the southern states previous to
hi* appearance at this school. His
*ongs were of different variety.
Some were classical, some were
operatic, and others were lighter,
tending toward the humorous. Mr
.Mills’ personality won the audi
ence as he began to describe and
the setting for each composi
t»on before he sang it. Several
encores were requested by the au
dience. Perfect attention was held
throughout the program.
Mills brought with him his
•^mpanist, Mr. Larey, who wa*'
• gifted pianist. He played sever
al selections that were heartily re
reived. The interpretation Mr.
gave to the familiar num
bers of "Water Boy” and **Short-
Bread” and ‘The Floral
r>ance’
ease and technique with
»hich the pianist, Mr. Larey.
played **Arabesque” and “Ro-
aance*" was of notice to all stu-
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captivated all who heard
The Ministerial Club, all-reli
gious organization for ministerial
students, took charge of the pray
er meeting at the First Christian
Church of Wiison in the absence
of the pastor, Mr. John Barclay.
Miss Daisy Lockliear and Miss
Margaret Hodgens showed the
place of women in the work of the
church from the woman’s point of
view.
The service was led by Mr.
James Rogers and Mr. Neal Wynd-
ham led the devotional.
In her talk Miss Lockliear con
trasted the accepted low status of
women in the days of Paul. She
pointed out incidents in the pro
gressive rise of women in all
phases of life.
“Now, there is no doubt that
church life would not be what it is
were the women left out of churt'h
activities.”
She showed that all phases of
church work are important and
women have a major part in Mis
sionary work. Ladies' Aid Soci
eties, Music and Worship, Church
Circles, and the social activitie.s of
the church. Furthermore, women
play a great role as teachers in
Sunday School and at home. If
they bring up children with reli
gious and moral consciousness
that helps the church in its work
as the children grow.
Miss Hodgens outlined the qual
ities necessary for a minister’s
wife. She showed how important
the home life of a minister was to
his ministry. She said that the
eyes of the church are fastened on
the minister's home. It is there
that he must make a great suc
cess first before he can console
others in their home difficulties.
A minister’s wife can help make
him a better man or she may
break him. Her life is far more
difficult than that of the average
wife. People do not make as many
demnnds of the wife of a man of
any other profession as they do
of a minister’s wife, she pointed
out. The wife must be a good
home-maker, and a j>ermanent ser
vant of the church and the congre
gation at the same time. The pro
gram was well presented by both
speakers. At the conclusion, mem
bers of the congregation comment
ed favorably on the value of such
a program, both to a church and
to young, prospective ministers.
Relations Club
Headed By Suber
Is Reorganized
Rev. John Barclay Speaks
At Recent Meeting
Because of its rapidly declining
membership, the International Re
lations Club has recently been re
organized. The club is mad« up
of the Monday. Wednesday, and
{■'riday 8:30 Georgaphy Clasji,
which is devoting its Friday clans
period to the diacussion of inter
national problems. A program
committee was elected by the
members of the class. This com.
mittee of James Suber, chairman;
Sara Jane Rouse, Mildred Blizxard,
arul Chester Johnson. Any stu
dents interested in international
relations are invited to attend the
meetings.
At the March lOth meeting. Rev.
John Barclay had charge of the
program. He lectured on the Chi-
nese-Japanese situation. Mr. Bar
clay be^n by reading a letter he
received from Shanghai from the
American Information Committee
there. This committee is com
posed of a group of Americans
who deal with the Chinese and in
form Americans on what they
should know about the war.
The letter stated that the reac
tions of the countries involved in
the conflict were as great as the
action itself. Looting is being
practiced. ' Almost all foreign
property and interests in China.”
he stated, “have been taken over
by the Japanese, and business is
at a standstill.” The question is
this: Is looting an inevitable
consequence of war ? He doubts
it. The destruction from the war
is indescribable. There is vast
destruction of pro|>erty, economit
conditions are alarming, and ra.
tigious values have atso he<*n tn
peril.
Americans, of course, are taking
the stand that Japan is the ag
gressor, and that the Chinese are
being wronged. Americans have
helped China some, but many think
that we have fallen short.
“Does America have an obliga
tion to help China?” asked Mr.
Barclay. “If so, what is it? Sure
ly America does have an obliga
tion to help China. In the first
place, there is a tie between the
two countries. We have been
very friendly with China, and we
have had long contact there. We
have sent them educational and
religious aid. missionaries and
money. We have religious and
moral obligations to help estab
lish justice.
“In the next place, China has an
‘open door policy’, and we should
see that competition remains open
to all countries.
“America and China also have
ideals in common. Surely, it would
be to our advantage to take some
definite stand and help China at
once. We should, above all, con
sider our own interests in the Ori-
ent and act accordingly.
“Now that we are convinced
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j NOTICE!
.Mi«a KYMices Gurgaaua,
i'hairmaa of .May Day, baa
announced tiuit tb« ceremooy
will be pre«enicd this yrar on
April 29. All perauiu In ibr
program are urged to give
Iheir fulleat c<H>peration.
College Presents
Radio Broadcast
Negro^ecturer, Eminent Ministers
Speaks To Class Students In
\
Week of Meetings
Programs Feature Depts.
Of Music And Sports
C. H. Hamlin
Writes Booklet
In these days of preparation for
another world war it i» well for u»
to be reminded of some thinly
which took place before, durinK
and after the last conflict. Pro
fessor C. H. Hamlin has reminded
us of the use made of American
schools and colloges as agents of
war propaKaiida during the tragic
years between 1913 and 1920. In
a pamphlet entitled, ‘ Mucatorx
I’rei-ent .Vrm-<. Professor Hamlin
tells a shamiful story ''f bigotry
and falsehood, deceit and distor
tion of truth. But it is a story of
special value to our times; if we
know what happened before, we
shall be in h better position to pre
vent its happening again.
The story really begins on May
10, 1913, with the birth of the
Plattsburg Movement for summer
military training camps. The very
first summer saw young men from
ninety American colleges enrolled
as “missionnries for military pre
paredness.” The story continues
throi’gh the establishing of the R.
0. T. C. on June 3, 191«, ?nd the
close relations exi.sting between
•he National .Security League and
American eilucation during the
years before we entered the war
on the side of the Allies,
.\fter entering the war school
officials plated the resources of
the educational system at the dis
posal of the government seeming
ly without reservation. "Expla
nations" of our reasons for enter,
ing the war, of the high.minded
ness of the Allies, of the barbarity
of the ‘‘Huns’’ were systematical,
ly taught to children from kinder
garten to college. No praise was
too extravagant for the F rench
and the English; no condemnation
severe enough for the Austrians
and the Germans.
The pamphlet is crowded with
facts and figures. Names, dati’s,
and places are all told. I hope that
Professor Hamlin will aome day
expand what he has written here
into a full-sized book fo we may
know what he thinks about some
„f the things he records without
comment. For example, I should
like to know the author's opinion
of I»rofessor Charles E, Mrrriam’s
work in Rome as an agent of the
Committee on Public Information,
or of the National ftsard of His
torical Service, or of the war
pamphlets of the Universities of
Chicago and North Carolina.
Would he place I’resident Judson’a
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The recently appointed publicity
committee of the college has in
augurated a svrics of radio broad
casts over WGTM, local radio sta
tion. The programs have been
running for five weeks and have
included programs by the Dra
matic Club, the Music Department,
thr .Men’s (Juartct, a sporta broad
cast and a Professor yuix pro
gram. The moat recent of these
broadcasts have been by the Quar
tet and the Spoils broadcast.
Two weeks ago the Men's Quar
tet, under the direction of .Mr.
F'ontainc, profeaaor of Music, pre
sented a twenty minute program.
On the program were four num
bers by the Quartet and a aolo by
C, K. Pilley, baritone. The quar
tet sang first an arrangement of
the negro spiritual ‘‘Walk in Jeru
salem.” The seccind number on
the program was "Danny Deever,”
which is an adaption of the fa
mous poem by Kudyard Kipling.
Following this number was the
solo by Mr. Pilley, "Who Is Syl
via,” by Schubert. The program
ended with the (juartet singing two
more songs, the first a composi
tion calUd iti'ul Uruamcr",
and the aacond 1' English ballad.
“Passing lly.'* quartet la
composed of Hurney McCotter,
first tenor; I jrlon l,amm, sec
ond tenorj C. . IMHey, baritone:
and Griffith Hamlin, ba»».
Ijist week the broadcast was
under the direction of John Ya-
vorski, sports editor of the Colle-
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Honor Students
Given Banquet
By Faculty
Dr. Hilley Addresses The
(Jroup In Carolina
Room .At Church
The faculty gave formal recog
nition to honor students of the col
lege with a banquet held at the
Carolina Room of the Kirst Chris,
tian Church of Wilson. Honor
students of the first semester of
the year and those of the last se
mester of last year were the facul
ty’s guests. .Several alumni re
turned to attend the banquet.
Dr. H. S. Hilley spoke briefly
about the meaning of ^uch an oc
casion. He expressed his desir* to
see the honor students become
closely attached to this institution
and its progressive work.
He also pointed out that this is
the third consecutive banquet since
the faculty begsn to recogniie the
honor students publicly. .Mr. Hil-
ley further expressed his wishes
to see a greater number than the
twenty-one to make the scholastic
requirements for the honor roll.
In hi* speech. Dr. Hilley pointed
out that it is his desire to make
this annual affair more meaning
ful to thoae who have attained the
scholastic standards, to the facul
ty, to the alumni, to the students
at large, and to the college.
Among the alumni who wen-
present were three on whom Dr.
Hilley called to make impromptu
speeches of a few minutes. He
asked Mia* Eliiuibeth Fulghum to
be the first speaker. -Miss Rosa
mond Conley and Mr, Robert I,^e
Denny were als/i asked to apeak.
They were asked to tell, in a
few minutes, what experience has
been most interesting to them as
new teachers, what outstanding
thing was learned since out of col
lege. and what value was derived
aa a college honor student. The
responaea to these questions were
well made on the spur of the mo
ment,
Thoae attending were as follows:
Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Hilley, Mr.
Perry Case, Mr. and Mrs. C. A
Jarman, Mr. and Mra. J, M. W#-
i tern. Mra. Merrer, Dr. and Mrs.
Oxiey Is Labor Kelations
Head
On Thursday morning, March 9,
Mr. L. A. Oiiley viaittnj the ct.;
lege, making four lectures to ihr
clashes of the department of So.
cial Science. Mr. OxIey, a n^gro,
probably holds the highest post,
tion in the United Statea of thoae
among his rmce. He was made an
Assistant Secretary of l.«bor, ap
pointed by iVesident Koosevelt.
Mr. Oxiey has charge of all nrgro
labor relations in the nation. He
is a graduate of Harvard Univer>
sity.
Abut five years ago hr wa» con
nected with thi* State Wclfart*
Association of North Carolina at
Haleigh. Since his appointmrat
by thr Hrvsident, Mr. Oxiey ha-
traveled in forty-two of thr forty-
eight states. He had spokrn at
thf I’niversity of N. C. a few days
before his arrival her**. Mr. Ox
ley had a conference with Oovit
nor Hoey and other slate officiaU
a few days prior, and he made the
statement that the «t«te sr<*m<*d
ready to cooperate with a plan to
solve the South's Number 1 F>o-
nomic Problem.
Mr. Oxiey showed that the
aSouth had many fine traditions,
and that it could use thenc and
build upon them in bringing about
a better economic era. He men.
tioned that Mr. Jonathan Daniels'
book. “A Southerner Discovers the
.South,” is om* that gives a very
vivid description of the South. Mr.
Oxlry stated that conferences
would be held in many states for
the purpose of working out a way
to solve the South’s problem
Thre will f»n»* such.‘‘otiferrnr**
held in Raleigh In the near future*,
Mr. Oxiey was primarily inter
ested In the unemployment condi
tions of the South. Hr show»^
where both races must do ^n^ery-
thing possible to create a feeling
of good will with each other.
Moreover, these races must both
rise together if they are to help
solve the problem of unemploy
ment in the South or in the na
tion.
Mr. Oxiey had a most pleasing
personality and manner of spe<*ch
He showed clearly what the situa
tion was in the .South today. He
also pointed out that college
graduates from this and other col
leges could he of great service if
they were only to use their know
ledge to its fullest extent.
Harvard and Columbia univer.
sities’ men's dramatic organiza
tions have both chosen “Fjilr
Knough” mn the titles for their
1939 productions.
Hrowii University authorities
have reported unusual success of
a ''vagabonding'* scheme- a plan
by which students may drop in to
various courses in which they are
not registered to watch experi
ments and listen to lectures.
Nomination^ for
Next President
Are Posted
Five Students To He
Kace For Office
In
.MwtinifH FeaturcH Panel
Disrussions
Initiati-d On Monday
Kveninjf With l*arty
The Kxecutive Hoard of the Stu.
dent Cooperative Aaaociattun has
posted ita annual nominations for
1‘reaident of the Association for
the year of 193tf-’40. Thrse nomi
nations consist of two selected by
the Board and three nominated
from the student body. The five
nominees are aa follows: Robert
Windham, Klmer Mottern, Robert
Jarmsn, Jim Kd Miles, and James
Suber. All of theae men have been
leaders on the campus and all are
well qualified for the position.
The eliK’tion for the office will be
held on Wednesday, March 22nd,
and will be preceded by a student
meeting on Tuesday at which the
candidates will be discuss«*d and
their respective qualifications pre
sented. The Collegiate wishes to
present an unbiased list of the
qualifications of each of thene can
didates.
Robert Windham is from Farm
ville, N. C., and is a Junior. He
has held many active positions on
the campus during hit three years
as a student. In his freshman
yrat he wa.« eniuHvd ^ a buKliu‘r.t
student. He was a mvmber of the
business staff of the Collegiate
and played freshman basketball.
During his sophomore year he
became a member of the .Sigma
Alpha F’ratemity and wax appoint-
ed aasistant business managur of
the Collegiate. He b«*came a mem
ber of the boxing team and was
electtnj as one of the student
cheerleaders for the year. He was
an active member of the YM('A.
At the beginning of his Junior
year, Mr. Windham was elected
Business Manager of the ('olle-
giate. He continued his work in
the Y’MCA snd was reelected as
ch<*erleader. He was elected vice-
president of his fraternity and
played Junior Varsity busketlmll.
Klmer Mottern Is from Ashe
ville, and is a Junior. In hia three
years at the college, he has been
a leader among many groups.
During his freshman year Mr.
Mottern served as freshman rep
resentative on the Men's Dormi
tory Council and was an active
memlH*r of the VMCA and was a
member of the Glt*e Club and the
boxing team. At the h«*ginning of
his sophomore year he was elect
ed president of the class; he be-
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Debate Team
Meets W. & M.
Rvligion was the principal lhame
iW the woek aa the college observ
es! Its annual Religious Kmphasis
W«VK. The program began Mon
day evening and will continue
throuj^h aervlcea Thursday. The
vary inroad theme of ‘'Religion in
Our \Vorld Today** is being dis'
cussed .<n many of ita different
phaHCN. Five leading ministers of
the chuicl^* together with members
of the faculty forming the nu
cleus of the' discussions on "Reli
gion Hnd i?nternationaI Affairs,**
"Religtan in Nation." and
"Religion fo.” Individual.**
W'lth the bringV"« signifi
cance of relig.*«« ^ world
dtiwn to thv indiv.^dual, the leaders
t»r the program aiattempting to
improve the religit^^* 1^^* ^hs
campun. The pr.tg y«*’
included many utMidents and the
discusiiions so far hi"^^ stimulated
much intervst.
The program of th.** began
on schedule, with thij meeting of
committee leaders and visiting
ministers on Mondaj^/
This short meeting
quaint the student
the viistiiig niitiUterM, and
out the final pl«ri« the «
Shortly fnllo-vmg thi- m*
the program wa* opened U* iKe
student Ixxiy with a soeial gather-
<ng in the gymnasium. In this
meeting, which was under the
Joint leadership of the facility,
visiting ministers, and students,
sll enjoyed a delightful social
gathering. Songs ware led by
Mr. Robison of the Raleigh church,
ami s|>ecial music was rendered by
(iriffith Hamlin and the College
Quartet. The stunts were a very
colorful part of the night's pro
gram. Faculty, ministers and atu-
dents all cooperated to put on the
Rhow’. After the stunts, the pro*
grsm included a quit, conducted
hy (-yrus I-4*e, between a group of
five students and five faculty
mi mlxTS. W'ith the serving of re*
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Oratorical Contest
To Be Given
“Peace” Ih Topic F'or
Speerhetf
The debating team met the Nor
folk division of W'illiam and Mary
College while final prepsrationi
are being made to establish a defi
nite approach for the Grand Kast-
em Forensic Tournament. Both
the negative and the affirmative
teams debated in the two consecu-
tive debates held in the Bible class,
room on .Saturday, February twen-
ty-fifth.
Atlantic Christian wa» repre-
among the best heard on this cam
pus in quite a while.
The forthcoming peace oratori
cal contest is an announcement of
much interest to studenta who
are interested in public spesking.
It is open to every student
whether or m>t he has had pre*
vious experience In speaking. The
sp«*ech may be on any phase of
peace. The speech must be limit
ed to seventeen hundred words.
The orations will be judged on
originality, cleameas, and deliv
erance. In prtfparation much
Dr. Jackson, debate coach and stress should be laid on these vital
professor of chemistry at Norfolk,
accompanied the visiting debaters
on their tour of aN'orth Carolina
colleges.
The visitors spent the night and
part of .Sunday on the c4impus and
in town. They showed much in*
terest in the “liberal'* curriculum
and "liberal thought** of students
sented by Jim Kd Miles and Ray j and professors of this college.
Silverthome on the negative, and i While here, the boys from Nor-
by (*ytus I>ee and Eugene Ogro-; folk spent a good deal of time
dowski on the affirmative of the
query: Resolved, that the U. S.
shall cease the use of public funds
for the purpose of stimulating
bUMiness. Opposing the affirma
tive team, William and Mary wan
represented by Herbert Baum
guard and David Levine. Mr. I^e-! Jacks'^n
vine was also teamed with Archie On a^>ount
Bcswell, opposing the negative
team of this college.
The debaters from Norfolk
were reported to be well experi
enced in debating, having won
with the debaters of Atlantic
Christian in discussion of the va
rious apprf^hes to the debate
query. The discussions were bene
ficial to both colleges. Many is
sues were analyzed and preiiented
in detail with the help of Dr.
of illn^**?, Mi ss
Kleanor Snyder, debate coach and
instructor in Kngllsh and public
speaking, was unable to attend
the d<lMitei. However, she neem-
ed pleased at the reports of this
«tate-wide recognition in Virginia • dual non*deciaion meet.
forensic activities. The competi.
tion received by both colleges ap- ,
peared rather keen. All reports j
indicated
The debaters of this college ex
pressed very favorable opinions
of the visitors. They have prO'
hark
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pointa.
The prizes will aoon be announc.
ed for the winners. All awards
are well worth working for.
The contest will be held here mi
April 18. Tlie winner of this con
test will go to Wake Forest on
May 5 for further competition.
Material concerning this con*
test has been put on reserve in
the library for the convenience of
entrants. It will be necessary for
all participants to comply with the
rules.
Tliose wishing to take part in
the contest please see Misa Snyder,
the sponsor.
The judges have not been se
lected; however, thoae chosen
will be well qualified to judge the
speeches. The names will be
made public as soon as they are
selected.
Cleveland Bradner won the con
test last year. A great deal of
interest was shown in the previous
content. Knter the contest now,
for it is your chance to show your
speaking ability. Perhaps you
know the old adage, **An oppor*
itV Jcjgl !• rone for#»ver **
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