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THE COLLEGIATE
New Column
Tage 2
Volume
Atlantic C hristian CollcKe. Wilson. N, C\ April IS. 1912
NumlHT KiKht.
IS NEW PREXY
hailed as big success
j Wayne Drash
(K Kinston Church
(liief Speaker
Religious Emphasis Week
^ on Friday night, April
hiving covered a span of
g,t nights and four days. Mr.
j %iyne Drash, Minister ofi
^ Gordon Street Christian
(jurch of Kinston, North Car-
(jji, was guest speaker.
Tie theme of the week was
'living Abundantly.” For the
i^lir chapel hours and even
ly vespers. Mr. Drash chose
topics in keeping with the
(tone. Beginning with “Find-
the Way of Life,” and
(Mtinuing with "Some Basic
ftnvictions,” “Making the
Cwfflitment,” "Discovering Re-
jurces," "Using Resources,”
'Exercising Discipline,” “Dedi-
aieif to the Kingdom,” and
"Eternal Foundations,” Mr.
Dnsh wove a detailed pattern
Itr abundant living. Thi":
«ek of concentrated study
MS brought to a close on Fri-;
iiy night with a candle-light
Consecration Service following |
tie vesper message.
Mr, Drash is a newcomer to I
BOARD
Above are pictured the newly
elected members of the Exe
cutive Board. Reading from
left to right: Howard Blake,
president; Naomi Morris,
vice-president; Cassie May
Cowell, Secretary; Robert
Jones, treasurer.— (Photo by
VCorkman).
These four young men and
women will need your help to
do a bang up job.
Rose and Miller
Head Publications
tions, the COLLEGIATE and take over the financial end of
the PINE KNOT, were chosen the annual after Charles
in the student elections held | Eagle’s transferring to Duke,
on April 13 and 14 for that pur-1 Completed
Heading the May Day pro-
New editor of the COLLE gram will be Celia Crawley of
GIATE is Mary Louise Rose, a Wilson. Miss Crawley defeat
Junior from Newton Grove.! ed Edith Castwright and suc
ceeds Madeline Denning.
Frances Sermons of Fort
Barnhill has been elected Chief
Marshall. Miss Sermons, a
. Editors and Business Manag-; ness Managers elected at the
the state of North arolina. He j campus publica | beginning of the semester to
is a graduate of PhilUps uni'
TCtsity, Enid, Oklahoma, and
Vtnderbilt University, Nash-
rille, Tennessee. While filling
I pastorate in Albuquerque.
,*iew Mexico, he attended the
L'niversity of New Mexico. He
(tme u Kinston from Clarks
rile, Tennessee. Since coming
to this state he has been out-
sunding in Religious Educa
tion work. He has served on
the Summer Conference faculty
for two years, being Vesper
Speaker one of those years.
Dr. T. T. Swearingen, minis
ter of the Wilson Christian
Church, assisted Mr. Drash
Ikroughout the week. Dr.
Swearingen led the discussions
«t the Fireside Chats, and was
« personal adviser to students.
All the local ministers were
invited to attend and partici-
pite in the activities of the
*«ek.
On Monday night the Church
Drama class, taught by Mr. L.
f Grove, presented Prize
Money, a Religious Drama in
Me act. This play was the be-
(Continued on Page Four)
National I’caco
Conference Ijeader
Heard at ACC
Dr. Vernon N»!>h, Executive
Director. N»tionil Peace Con- ’
ference, Ne* Yurk City, spoke
to the College ituiients and in-
tercsttd visitorb on .'rtarch
Dr Nash »as,brought to the
campus through the influence of
the Friends' S*vice Committee
at the U. N. C, Chapel Hill,
which organization i? i member
of the Nationil Peace Confer
cnee.
Having traveled widely, Dr.
Na-->h is fumilifcr with the peo
ples of other countries. His ex
periences in India, in Af
rica. in China, and in Europe
acquaited him with the diver
gent characteristics of those
peoples with whom and against
whom the United states is fight
ing. Out of IS understanding
of these people has grown Dr.
Nash’s desire |u solve the fund
amental probl^i of internation
al anarchy. l*or this reason he
has filled n4py speaking en
gagements uiWcr the auspices
of the "Unioa^o*” movement.
I He is co-drafter of "The Al
ternative to International An
archy,” publisSed by the Federal
Council of churches and the
Foreign Mission Conference in
1938.
OF AC STUDENT BOD Y
OFFK'KKS
Top row, left to right; Mar
garet Farmer, manager PINE
KNOT; Betty Miller, Editor
of the PINE KNOT; Mary
Louise Rose, Editor of the
COLLHGIATI^. Bottom row;
Francts Sermon*. Chief Mar
shall; Virginia Atkin*. Con
cert chairman; Celia Craw
ley, Chairman of .May Day.
Campus Now Ready
For May Day
Miss Rose, the only candidate
nominated by the Executive
Board for that position, defeat
ed Katherine Lewis and Phillip
Banks and succeeds Kirby Wat
son of Wilson.
The position of Business
Manager went to Carrie Davis
May, a senior from Wilson
Running with Miss May were
Aaron Fussell and Billie Ad
ams. Mr. Fussell was eliminat-
Dr. Nash spoke on post war
plans and problems and asked
his audience, ' Alter the war—!
Answering his own
question, lie ?.^v^«tod a *orId
wide union of nations A sort
of international democracy in
which no one nation holds the
upped had. Dr. Nash’s force-
^ . ..... ^ fulness as a speaker and his
Senior, won by eliminating Guy . . ■ l .
' deep mterest m the subject.
Smith m the first election, and , ■ u ■ ...
, „ . „ nave given him a large follow
by defeating Carolyn Baggette
in the run-off.
A change has been made in -
the set up of the Entertainment
Committee. ' “ ■
Naomi Morris Is
Vice-Prcsident
Hlako Ik'feats
Naomi Morris,
Kirby Wa(.M»n
In recintly completed Spring
elections. Howard (Make of
FairKcId defeated Naomi Morris
and Kirhy U'atson. both of Wil
son. to become president of the
Cooperative Association. Other
people clected to positions on
the I.xccutive Board for the en
suing year are. Vice-President,
Naomi Morri*; Secretary. Caasie
•May Cowell; Treasurer, Robert
Jones. Town Kepresentative,
Jimmy Millhouse. President of
Hoy's Dormitory Council. Otit
Carter; President of Girl's Dor
mitory C>>unci|. Frances Hamby.
Mr. Blake is a membar of the
present Junior Clas*. He be
longs to the Golden Knot Honor
Society, and to Phi Kappa At-
i pha fraternity and at present
I is its He served
I on the Executive Hoard thil
year as its treasurer. During
his sophomore year, he also
served as treasurer of his clas*.
Mr Hlake succeeds Joe Holliday
as head of the Cooperative As
sociation
Miss Morris became vice-pre*
idcnt of the Aisociation by de
feating Kirhy Watson. She has
taken a very active part in cam
pus activities, having represent
ed the town students on the Ex
ecutive Hoard this year. She
served as president of the Soph
omore Qass her second year
here She is a member of Delta
Sigma sorority. Miti Morri*
ing among those who concur
with his ideas, but also among
head this
Two chairmen will
committee — Miss
ed in the first election, and Justine Lynn, representing the
Miss May defeated Mr. Ad”'"‘=l faculty, and Virginia Atkins, of
Education Club Has
Meeting on Friday
in the final run-off the folow ^ Wilson, representing the stu-
ing day. She succeeds George | dents.
Woodall and Joe Quinerly af ,' Miss Lynn is a professor in
Business Manager.
For Editor of the PINE
KNOT, Betty Miller was an-
contested. Miss Miller, an in
coming Senior from Cumber
land, Md., succeeds Ruth
Beard.
For Business Manager of the
PINE KNOT, Margaret Farm- Junior
er won out over Johnnie Hicks, the fi.
' — Cimmnns and
Miss Farmer is also an incom
the English Department. This
is her first year on the campur
She has recently been elected
to represent the Faculty on the
Executive Board. Miss Lynn
defeated Mr. Grove and Mr.
Hodges.
Miss Atkins is an incoming
She is outstanding in
the field of music. Margare*
Glover, Nelle Simmons
Wilson.'Bill Harper were eliminated in
The Education Club met Fri-: '^"^8 ^J"3°one'’if"thrf'^ur Busi-! the course of the election.
Heading the May Day group Personal attendants of the
this year is Miss Madeline Den King will be M. W. Hudson of
ning. of Coats, who, with the Wilson and Joe Holliday of
aid of her associates, has chosen Jamesville.
the theme of "The Seasons” to' The other members of the
be carried out. Entertaining court will be Madeline Godwin
and performing for the pleasure and Guy Smith, Frances Ser-
of the King and Queen of mons and Bruce Davis, Edith
Spring on May 2, 1942, will be ‘ Cartwright and Kirby Watson,
members of the various Physi- Carolyn Baggette and Robert
cal F^ducation classes and mem- GrifKn, FMcanor Blow and Ken-
bers of the May Court. drick Taylor, Hloise Creech and ^ Staff of the
Reigning over the festival of L. C. Davis, Polly Swindell and Collegiate for three years, *erv-
May this year will be hhzabcth Karl Hardison. Margaret Glover • ... * • . fj*
' ^ ^ yc*r as Asftociatc hdi*
Ann Nall of Mtilson, as Queen, and Johnnie Hicks, Cass.e Mae
and Joe Frank Draper, of Con-, Cowell and Edvan Thompson, Society at
way, as King, Virginia Lancaster and Bill
Margaret Ange of Jamesville Laston. "Pee Wee" Grantham Cowell was elected see
will attend the Queen as Maid of Mount Olive and Sara Ander-
of Honor. son of Wilson will be Heralders
Other personal attendants of of May.
the Queen will be Marjorie The dances include the Dance
Harnei of Fremont and Kath of Spring, the Dance of Sum-
erine Wainwright of Wilson. (Continued on Page Four)
rctary of the Cooperative Auo-
ciation by putting both Miss
Frances Hemby and Min Kath
erine Lewis out of the race. Mis*
Cowell i* a member of Phi Sig
ma Tau Sorority. She ha*
night, April 10, in the Girl’s,
hrlor. '
The discussion for the evening
followed the general theme of
"Tile Significance of Religious
Emphasis Week.” Miss Irene;
l-<ngston, a member of the Cam-1
Religious Council, took | year on the night
of the discussion.
After the program the elec-
*ion of new officers was held.
Ruby Jones was elected
Ptesident to succeed Mr. Mau-
^ Holland; Miss Mary Louise | ing stunts
Stunt Night to Be Held April 23;
Organizations Prepare New Skits
Stunt night will be held this: the Junior Class each year
/~ar on the night of April 23 small admission charge of lOc
from 7:30 to 10.00 o’clock. Dif- is charged to those attending
ferent organizations have al- In the past years the money has
ready begun to make prepara- gone towards giving the Seniors
tions for their stunts. a banquet. This year the money
Those organizations present- received will
- *- f./
"Jerry” Shingleton, who left
school his Junior year to join
the Naval Air Corps, has re
cently been commissioned an
Ensign in U. S. Navy. He is
stationed at Pensacola, Fla.
Sororities Scrap
Individual Banquets
IS j/cai V— , The three sororities have
be spent by the agreed to do away with their
America’s war Banquets this year. In the
Juniors, Seniors Call Off Banquet;
To Use Money For War Effort
The Junior Class will enter- at 8:30 to the Wilson Theatre,
tain the Senior Class with wein-, There they will be ushered to re-
er roast and a theatre party on served seats in the balcony and
the 24th of April. This enter- as guests of the Junior Clas*
tainment will replace the Ban- will enjoy "You Belong to Me,"
quet usually given the Senior* starring Henry Fonda and Bar-jcial tapping service held in
by the Juniors The Junior bara Stanwick. | Howard Memorial Chapel.
Qass acted upon a suggestion Mis* Lynn, faculty adviser of To be tapped into this organ-
from the Senior Class "that a the Junior Clas* and Mr. Cate, ization a person mu*t have com-
milder form of entertainment faculty adviser of the Senior pleted three college semester*
be present with the understand Clas*. will act as chaperons. with an average of 85 per cent
ing that the money saved by Kirby Watson, president of for men and 87.5 per cent for
such a move go to further Amer- the Junior Qass, stated to a re- women; he must posses* out-
ica’s war effort!"
(Continued on Page Four)
Golden Knot Taps
7 New Members
In the late spring, it is the
tradition of the Golden Knot
Honor Society to take member*
into thi* organization at a *pe-
The day of activities will be
gin at 5;30 the afternoon of
April 24 with a weiner roast at
Gold Park While at the park
the Junior Class will present a
was elected vice-president 'Phi Delta Gamma
Ruby Jones; Sigma Alpha Fraternity,
iss Blanche Stokes was Sigma '
Phi Sigma
will be the A Club, Junior Cla^^ m entertainment program
~ - do- Formal will be held on May 16.
he must
porter, "The Junior-Senior En- : standing moral character, con-
tertainment has been planned structive leadership ability and
with detailed care. I personally the willingnes* to serve in up-
fecl that thi* entertainment holding the ideal* of the organ-
program will be enjoyed by the ization.
two classe* even more than a After being tapped, each new
banquet would be.” He went member will receive a Golden
on to say that he thought "that Knot pin, a *ymbol of leader-
the two classe* should be com-|*hip, *cholarship, character, and
Delta go for-a «ar i has been planned to
Sorority, Phi Kppa Alnha natjM ^^o^^ Wilson
secretary-treasurer to re- Fraternity, Phi Sigma Tau Sor- ro . ^ mittee, has arranged a program junjor, ^jght be able to uniting Alpha Della Chi. an hon-
f w Miss Florence Pace. : ority. Sigma Tau Chi SororUy, vation contrib
On Saturday, April 25, the YMCA, YWCA, Freshman C ass, ^ ^ organiza ions J* ed the opinion that the Junior*
^ *ili be entertained by its Sophomore Class, Senior sss. Sigma Tau Chi So- to cut a possi -mer- ** ** Senior* would cn order for the Junior* to Pretent memberi of the So-
■ J..-i-i-"" ‘-'y *
rtf a oantomime ftcnvy. lu » -n
for the enjoyment of the Sen
Country Soney, chairmM of ,heir willingne»s *ervice.
the Picnic Enteretainment Conv the banquet, so that This Society was formed by
the Juniors might be able (o uniting Alpha Della Chi, an hon-
contribute to America’s De- or tociety of women and a men'*
Wor, Professor F. F. Grim, The Cirls’ Dorm, and the Boys
*'th an annual steak supper to Dorm.
L • .
All
people who have been mem-'a first prize of $1-50, a secono ^ for ma
second entitled "Pocahontas.
The two classes will return expected, all Juniors and Sen-' omi Morris, Jame* Webster,
ruiC9, »vv.»» w.,* «, • r » • J t
Tau and Sigma Tau Chi from the picnic about 7 o clock, iors have been asked to sign up Norma Clay Daniels, Elizabeth
U-# e*
^ of the club this year, or prize of 75c and a third prize of pr^^^ T; “"j''n
the cause and After putting on their Sunday, for the entertainment before Stoney, France* Hemby, and
eligible for member-
P- *re invited to attend.
50c.
Stunt night is sponsored by
Phi Sigma Tau won third prize.,
(Continued on Page Four) j clothes they will go in a group, April 20
Howard Blake