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P»*e Two
(jcms of Happiness
“Ah but B man'* rrach nhould exceed hu ir*-tp
(>r whmfi a heaven for? —Browning
•'If winter come*, can upring be far behind?" —Shelley
The pleajiure ^^ker i» not the pleanure finder; th'.j* are
the happiest mpn who think Irant about happinr«4.
F, (• Sharp
All human hwlury atte-*'*
That happinew for man—the hungiy sinner!—
Since K^r ale apple*. mu< h depend* on dinner.
Byron '’Don Juan"
Are You Bored, Brother?
Rtv'enlly in Howard Chapel the World Federalint*
group iponnored a progiam that *howed a movie to the
.student body. From all report*, thw movie wa* received
with » great deal of enthu*iai<m on the parj of everyone
who attended. It can be admitted that everyone who »aw
the movi.* might not agree with the view it presented, but
do doubt all feel that it wa* an interexting variation to a
monotonou-- and *ometime* t>oring *tream of chapel pro
gram.* The people who guide our live* along the right
channel* at time* bet omf di*turbed about our manners in <
( hapel. One of the mo.^t iioticable feature!* about the au-
dieiKe-atmo*phere on the particular day the movie was
*hov%n wa* the ab*eiice of an undertone uf mumbing and i
.<K-uffliiig of feet. Thi* can be attributed to one thing, the
audience wa* interented.
Hatht-r tha^ let the new ICmra picture machine, which
the college ha* recently purchased, collect du.tt, why not !
put It to a better uae? Thi* vi»ual aid could be used to an
advantage not only a* an aid to our educational program
but fnr entertainment aa well. !
There are many movie-leaung companie* all over the
country who make a bu.iina.ti> of renting out all kinds of
movie* U) colleges and uiventiues. If a special fund for ob
taining these movie* could be set aside, we would have
opened another gate of advancement in our attempt to
catch up with the rest of the modern world, if provisions
lor such a fund could not be made, then why not u.se a por
tion of the money spent on concerts and lectrues? When
"Mr. Birdbrain" speak* on the vaULHhing species of a rare
Indonesian sparrow, most people either do not attend
or lumfortably snooze through the ordeal. Perhaps this
u an extreme illu*tration, but it without saying that
there alwaya exuta a certain element which the afore
mentioned medium of education and entertainment does
not reach. The movies have become an overall medium of
reaching people of varied interests.
It would be reasonable to assume that a Shakespearian
play, shorts of educational interest, sports movies, or trav
el talk* would draw a greater majority of the student
iKidy than at present attends our concert .neries. We are
.<<peaking here .not of reducing the number of concerts
and lectures that we now have, but rather of spicing the
program with interesting films.
Many students who are forced to remain at the college
dunng Week ends say that it is not conducive in the least
to intere-tt of any sort. Of couise, couples can wear out the
old reliable of holding hands in the parlom, but even this
form of diversification can be .<treatched to the breaking
point. Kven such a small thing as a movie shown in the
chapel could help brighten some of the dreao' week ends
and keep Jane from asking Joe, “Are you bored,
brother? "
The Man Who Didn’t Vote
It was election day at the college. The candidates for
the ii'veted office* had been put up by the various inter
ested partitn. The characters of Joe College and Susie Co
ed were being aired in the public forum as to the numt>er
of times He or She in question for .naid office had chosen
to speak or ignore. Mr. Voter wa* the center of attention.
At that time this .lame Mr. Voter was interested. He knew
whom he wanteu to fill the office and rather liked being
the center oi attention and having people cater to him for
a change. Here was hus chance to break “the machine",
and he knew it. For a while he kept hu« enthusiasm. Time
wore on. Finally came election day and his big chance to
do something about hi« hitherto burning de.<<ire.i. Then all
of a sudden, something in his nature caused him to pull a
"Hamlet". It happened that on election day Mary Vamp-
tious came along, blinked her big red eyes, Mr. Voter’s re-
sLttance wilted, and it naturally followed that the last time
setr.. they were headed due West for an afternoon of Roy
Swoon playing in "Love's Bitter Mystery". Mr. Voter had
truly laid sound proof for T. S. Eliot's hypothesis that
"modern man begins with a bang and goes out with a fiz-
xle". Returning from the movie, he found that the election
had gone the wrong way. “Why don’t people assume their
re*(>oiuiibility and vote?" was the natural que.Hion that
came fn>m nw lips. He was not responsible in the least be-
cau.w his one meager vote didn't count. Mr. Voter thought
that he was smhrt in his deduction. Too bad that he could
not see the ironic hue of his statement. Thi* is the .story of
the roan who didn't vote. Ii it your .story, too??
In the recently held elections, about one-half, at most,
of the .student body turned out to vote. Yet. of this aumber
who did not vote, it would be safe to asaume that over half
will not be .satisfied with the outcome. In any piece of
wnting. It is nearly always thought that to steer away
from the didatic is to stay on safe ground. For this one
time, may we break the rule and say that it ia the duty of
ever>- student of our college to vote? To realize junt how-
important this right t«j choosc by voting is to each of us.
w* ne«d only to have it taken away. It Ls a much cherished
liberty that we all need to exercise, for we are at present
citixens of a college who will later become citizens of so
ciety. If we learn to exercise the vote now, it .stands to rea
son that we will be better qualified to u.se it later. At times
many of »is are pione to criticize our college for a lack of
•cbool spirit. Taking into view what happened in the last
•lectjnn, we might aptly say to each other that the fault
liaa not in our college, but in ourselvc*. that we have no
•pint.
CliAiiimai ImiUQCulcitQ a[itr0ugt| tl|plKnnthDi
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II) PAT H\I.KV
p«'ku*a that rsttto arMarl-
_ ‘T, bsj 111' j| srssBcau and
)<rhi» Chrutma* caro!
that *»irr (ro* Ur«*OB«—all <o
tu :: ii' «p lh»t moM i?l*br*t»d
ll»» of th» —Chrlstmaa.
rraaaou to kIt* io whom
t- I.n: ^ Ibr ■pprrmoat qaasUoii if, >1111 hifl “>
.. ir miBdi Kt»nr on* 1* homo- ' .j., ,u right.
«»rd boand Homr - that P*™' . j’t,, Don’t
di«- that *• Dt-» get to to »«1-. _,nd I »»* hi*
Bob Clark
B; SiB
^ f dt ? itln* du«tr. HI*'
And l> •If'-’
wrote
ti> .TTthln*
sn IV BW mt wmt-. — knoW -tn
doiB K»*ry oo* Jo»t a HtU*'. . friend
more K»o«roa». a klnd«r. ■ ,
UttU happt^r. tl U the Urn* of
>rar vb«>o rhikSrvo mlraraloaaly
In hi* i .
*og»U ov#f nUltkt. aad ax-j •tuft F
to wrl!# Uilnc; douni
pr«*«loiis of awe aad dellfbt covtr! .
ih^lr iDBorrot i b* -t>
Kren tbowib It U trae that
Cbriatmaa U for cbildreo. it IsD’t
rxrlattvaly for tbam People,
aom^tlmee aajr that they haTeq’t]*^*^
rwilly had the rhriatmaa spirit'
•tor# th«f stopped bellerloff la
Santa Claas U the happlneaa that
to children from getting
thlnffa really th^ troe. the only
('brUtmaa spirit? Hare you erer
felt a small feellot of aplrltaal
rontentmrat at Chrlatmas, or any
other time that came when yon
Kave wben you ma4« a small sa-
rrlflr^ to give Instead of to re-
rt*|te?
as acaio think of the time
when the shepherds saw an angel.
and the wLae men follow<>d a star;
I tbey traveled many miles to s^
ihr Haby J^os, and to glrp Him
prraents out of pure lore and ten>
! dprn«*ss of heart. This was the]
first and the original Christmas
spirit Could we In aome way eap*
ture that feeling - feel within
oorselvea some of the Joy that
came to thoae men? It was not a
srlfUh nor a phyalcal joy. It was
,llrd Wolte. All about
Ml: like that-1
.. -d prt*liy- Wonder why]
lied ItT He »»= i
.-thlnji or other, hither]
,t his hookt Stntrt »»»1
r-’ -otworni If there erer wa« one. i
I dua't think hli poem* were »o,
hot Like thU one: !
H.r» thn 1. Ik. wfcll» U»m.l-ul.i.; !■«»• ,
Klu. m» rHHi. tk» »♦«.
A.rl Ii«» t. ^t.r Tk, »lr«.n»l !
tk. u k> ;
W •lur «ltk o.n..lli»«
He wit *ood »l unlnit word*. |
uiM^ luch blk on»*. llui he,
A real *t>od guy «ny»«y. Youj
fouldn t help lilkiiis him. He wk*.
.m«rt-r. i>ut h>- m»d* yon do most j
of ilir tulklnit. And he look--d in-!
t.'-sttKl:
H,r* tWn M tlkff j-rn '
tingfm
alowly. •T*i- •towljr <>om* ih*
«wr4« !
ikap**. m®W j
tut* lime l*u» o**.
i;4.aiftlratfs I'd get mad and ^
start swearing' I'd ask blni to go <
to the show or a dance or some-’
th ng tike tbat. He'd iimlle and go^
hM.cn to his book. Krerytlme i’d
the eaeenre of spiritual happineaa.: the fare.:
Why couldn't w«*. at thU time of i N angry. Just rM. And I d leave, l
year forget onraalTM and think of; sorry for blm:
others? Ife who was born on this
evil fsrth. to tire and die anael*'
ruhly for as. Ood’s own Son. |
whoee birth we celebrate, can be
with us If we will but open our
hearts and mind# to Him.
As we again lire through an
other of the glorious Yule-tide
Iratons, for the Christmaa spirit.
l(>t us remember tbat Christmaa
Is a time for lore, fellowship, and
siring. It is not the expense of a ^ f* ’ i
gift but the feeling behind It that I <• ««)'■ wanted to.
counts. I t>'h alK)Ot girls and tbat kind of’
' Hut not Stuart. And I al>'
felt sorry bfc^ase he didn’t.
*ould hare fixed him up: *
Her# tlMn ia tbv idM totr««ch*d
Hithia tb« lin»« and wor«i«.
A»4 k^Mks kid bare r*r««I the wrtUr'« ,
miad ^
i;ai« all wbu ra*-t to pMMraU |
A»4 judv* MMAIB* aa«l tima a« on*. .
1 fuess Stuart «as a strange
bird. It was bard to understand;
th way h«* talked at times. Y'ou'
tbat bed evt'atually be a
iiasor like he wanted. But why|
%d be always asking how you i
* Olory to (Sod In the highest,
and on earth, peace, good will to '
men "
ll> ItKKKV VAl SK
Lonllneas:
The paraner
The companion
The lorer
l>erll and guide
Of so many endless days and
nights
Tonight •
! You « re**p
I rpon my bed
I And k«^p my eyes ajar
! When sle^p and rest are needed.
And tomorrow
' I'nleaa I take great care
You will snap forth
On the whips of eroaa. sharp
words:
.)r pool my .ye. while pride ?.m.| ^^rhln* IbouV^orh^lnrUTed^
your now.
And yet
I must remember—
It was your hand that guided
Me out^lnto the night on long
walks
Where I l«*arned the language of
stars and atroUera.
And because of you
I hare learned many languages
That speak and make my world
for me
Maybe tonight or on aome night
to come
ii' • (b«a ar* btu« tad wklt* inter* i
• p«r»«d, I
I.i.'e muMad in pbraaaa, aorda—
lauaarulaot paf«? Ptrbapa--and ytt.
TW eelor ta rhar.cad thronsh
MediuB af pan aad miad and flnffen.
All Stuart had to do was ask I
A .iUt a girl. But be nerer did. i
K«*Qea always talked about him. |
^he liked blm. 1 really meant to
i«ll him about her. but I didn’t. 11
know It's silly; but when I was;
around Stuart. I couldn't talk j
about sex and Henee and what tbei
I K'ore waa. I didn't want to. You |
I know what 1 mean—not to Stuart. I
I not to Innocent Stuart:
H«^a ttvfn la tba wa«l#«i, erurrpled '
I abaat.
I Pan tR2n(4iij« upon tb« daak. !
t Miad wandrriaf tbrouRh juntle of 1
Iaebrmt,
iWarchinc aWnc tba road that U life '
Tiaa lickmir al<jnf a waary patb.
I I asked him onc»* if he wanted -
! to be a writer. He said be d like to I
j get his work published, but that i
be probably nerer would. He said !
! really lived. I asked him what the'
use of all the writing was for. j
I And he said some craiy thing)
I about release and getting clearer!
when he wrote them down. Stuart
I waa a atrange bird: {
I Har« tban W tb« artifte. ImmacuUnt
' P«C«. i
I Bloa tab w>tbia th« p«a. i
Raady fincars t« piarra tbt downf |
■piaodor,
, Miad acUva aad racim madly.
J WUb aaw UMMicbu tbrobbiat wiibln.
Stuart wasn’t bad looking elth-
I .K«ii i^r«. «K I • hare had the prettiest
I ^.11 learn the l.ngu.w of my|of them. But he', de.d. I don’t
• [ think anyone will erer know why
. Heard on the campus: Fied Boyce "i
a ma'ii’of lew words. Oo you pet '" Dot Kawls, -No
you talked me ‘"to you'iih
your new radio set? Dr Hilley Ihe music is
he light is to dim to read by Bob Jones, "Dr. Hami.
why didn't I receive a perfect mark on this test pa^
Ur Hamlin, "Perhaps you remember one of the ques^,.'
‘ the one that read, ‘Why did the pioneers go into the ■ '
lerne-<V.'' Vour answer, while very interesting, wasnott',>
rect ■■ Steve, "I may not nave all the money that Jim „
es-nes 1 mav not have a tine car like Jim, but 1 love joT
Betty, "1 love you too, but where is this guy Jim’.' .
’ Said an ape as he swung trom a tfee toVk
child who was .scratching a flea, "From your offsp’rinn I
fear may evolve my dear, a student at ole A. C. C."
It seems that the majority of Atlantic Chn«
ian College students admire our good friend Milton v ^
not just Milton, but his philosophy. They find Miitos'-
thoughts as portrayed in his sonnets to Oe the grea'jt*
ever written. J'o find the greatest pattern for campus sp.
it our students love “Sonnet on His Blindness”. The grti"
est lines that Milton ever wrote are not found in the begjj.
ning of this composition but in the latter lines. With ti*
exception of 15 students, the student body truly exprjj,
Milton's theory, “They also serve who only stand and
wait.” The Christmas formal had been arranged for Fr
day night. It was to be held at the Wilson Armory. Zol!
and Jean had worked themselves to a nub trying to pe?
feet each detail. Then Thursday, th? day before the danct
arrived and the Armory, a barn, cold, and dirty, had to
be transformed into a memorial auditorium^with all tbj
trimmings. Miss Strother, swell gal, set out to muster tin
hundreds who were asked to help with the decoratinr
Pine trees, six feet high must be cut and brought to tin
armory. Now there wasn't just one tree needed but twenty
five. The stage was to be made attractive with brigkt
crepe paper. One must hold the ladder while anothft
could climb up and place tacks. Dim blue lights must li i
place bright ones. The coke bar must be made to look likt
the "Kitty Hawk Tavern”. This was on Jean’s and Zollfi
minds as they asked for help in chapel when we voted to
have one big dance instead of several small ones. As aid
was solicited, each person only STOOD. You .‘itudenti
WAITED and enjoyed the dance. 1 say you students l)^
cause 15 out of 600 is no representation. Our Social Com
mittee had something in common with the Uus.sian school
teacher. Someone just kept them from jumping. Sure we
all enjoyed the dance, all but the ones who helped on
Thursday and Friday. They were too tired to shake a lej
much less “intermission”. And too, Zolly and Jean wen
forced to watch the door, pay the orchestra, and keep
tho.se blessed little reindeer from falling down. We under
stand that scotch tape is off the list for good. Hats off to
you who helped. Orchids to the Social Committee and i
word to the students. It takes a heap of workirig to make*
dance a dance Miss Mary Johnson, faculti
member of the music department of A C. C. in 1946-47 i
to be married in December ..... Word ha.s it that Mis
Mickey Moore, Spanish profe-ssor summer school 1945-46,
17-48 will marry into the math department of Farmvilie
High School on December 27, at the First Christiaa
Church of Wilson To add another to this li.st I’ll men
tion Miss Susan Vick, Spanish Professor and, of
course, Dean Murray who will be married this Sunday af
ternoon in Lucama Only three young ladies
tried out for the part of the principal female lead in the
Christmas play. VVe guess that the others were too in
volved with their boy friends to attend rehearsals
.... Here are a few definitions in the new Webster’s Dic
tionary. Bubble bath: There’s no place like foam. Consid
eration: A woman who shoots her husband with a bow
and arrow because she doesn't want to wake the children.
Good manners: The noise you don’t make when eatinj
Love: One darn thing after another. Marriage: .i
public confession of a strictly private intention. Parrot:
Only living creature with power of speech content to re
peat just what it hears without trying to make a good
stop’ of it. Wolf: A fellow who takes out a sweater giri
and tries to pull the wool over her eyes. Sympathy: Two
hearts tugging at the same load Have yoa
e\er seen a man with a half hair cut? Well, we did. He is
on the campus. Look for him A move has been
started by the men’s dormitory council to establish anii-
iimary for men, on the campus. This is badly needed. If
this plan is put into effect may^e we won’t be forced to
take an aspirin for a case of dandruff
•»< IIIMII. MKMOKIKS
by J. K RRAUY
(ir*daale,
As memories dlnitle
r>own the days of yore.
1 think of the days
And the carefree ways.
At old A. C C.‘s door.
The college waa small
Rat It gare to all
Some solid dirertlon
T^at will not fall.
If we heed the adrlce
Of what we rede told.
We'll find that lift
Is great, as a wbtile.
j such a smart f ay took poison. I
J don’t know—and I was his beat
friend:
1
How raa tb« pat# m*ia iu «liiten«M
Ur* htm bu«b«n«d tbb
** tbovi.ht. of etnoiional
b«icbU.
Dirty piac* upoa tb« d««k. 1
WIU pogi.Jln, „,i ;
Bind apoa Ik.
>r« llw too rr«l BuBnU of !
I Wkil. BiKldit cwk. tt, tko po(.
. *** • hird. But
I I IlkfHl him.
I
I Kdltor'a not*; ReprintPd from
"The Skyline" ol We«lern Re-
I Bvrrf Unlremliy.
Editor
The Collegiate
alton Coley
Editorial Board
-- n'"'”
A»ounl Sporo Editon
r„,ur. Edl,«„
Bob Clark
UuuneM Bo«rd
Businejw Manager Marinn ^
AwiaUnt Busines* Manager ' ' ‘ Rm
Circulation Manager V “nnson
Typist ■■ Langley
Olivia Phil>;aw Darlene
Reporteri
Kathrine Jacluon. Lib Coor Pat HaUv r.,i
Aycock, Ann Brafford. Virginiii Ha^ll i"i"“
Ung.,ton. Evelyn Economous. Alice
^ The Coed and The Guy ^
B} < H.ARUK JOY.NEK
(R<*printe<l from the Tarnation)
parlor?” said the coed to the guy;
fhp prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy.
Aud T “P “ winding stair,
•() no things to show when you are there."
K, "** - to ask is in vain,
*'T’r« your winding stair can ne'er come down the
w II be weary, dear, with being up so high:
■ “id t>>e coed to the guy.
Anri If . curtains drawn around, the sheets are line ani
"O I » snugly tuck you in.”
Th»v ® freshman, "for I've often heard it said,
again, who lay upon your bed."
To nrn*o th "Dear friend, what shall I Jo.
1 hav« wiit.i*' affection I’ve always felt for you?
I'm «iipo ° pantry good store of all that's nice;
0 t ^ wel'-ome; will you please to take a slice?
I'Tf ^ freshman, “kind miss, that cannot be;
SwMf ‘ pantry and I do not wish to see."
(How “*** coed, “you’re witty and you're ***’
I h«. . levelled pin, how glassy are your eye* )
If you n .tin . ■’“‘"‘’-8'ass upon my pantry shelf.
1 think l!, “°“e°t. dear, you shall help yourself.’
Anrt gentle mis*,” he said, “but I think we both are til**'
The '^eoing “ow. I’ll call another night"
For w»n round and went into her den,
So she wnv. would soon be back again:
^e m J. I, web and in a corner sly.
Then iha toilet ready, to dine out with the guy.
“ComA door again, and merrily did sing: '
Your 111 “*n, with the pearl and silrer
That «D»rki nu cream and there’s a crest upon
Alas h* diamond bright, but my pin’s dull »•
I.' very soon this silly little guy,
W'iih TOnd1n»*h'^ flattering words, came slowly cruising
Thinkl^* nil\^ around, then near and nearer d
She inr^ ifi loveliness her lipstick's iucious hue:
Within her *inding stair, into her dusky den,
And Mi 'ame out without his pin!
To idle sl'llT children, who may this story re^
Unto connlrtn. * words. I pray you ne’re give heed.
Til you've heart, and ear, and eye,
y u ve decided for yourself—Waa it worth it to the g“T- j