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Religious Emphasis Week The Collegiate 7\iH) One-Act Plays Volume 21 AlUnlii (!hrii>tiaii (^illeftr, Krliriun- 22. 19r>l No. 2 Dr. H. H. Smith To Speak During Religious Emphasis Week Dr. Bell Speaks At Christian Retreat i)n the evening of February 13. Dr Robert M. Bell, president of Jdhns.m Bible College of Kim- ^lin Heights, Tennessee, a d- dfi -d a session of North Car- Aa Christian ministers in Ho-, ^r<l Memorial Chapel. This was tiK first session of a three-day rJlrcat held at Atlantic Chris-; tl«n College by the North Caro-: S lJk Ministers’ Association. She program for the minis- ^ -nnsisting of a series of Bi ble lectures by Dr. Fred West ^ evening addresses by Dr. bRi, •.'■•as planned by the execu tive committee of the Associat- iotv. Members of the committee a» the Rev. B. Eugene Taylor ■irham, chairman; the Rev. Z. BT'T Cox, Farmville; and the ^v. Cecil J. Browiu Dudley. 4b(iut sixty ministers attended tit' retreat, the first in a series a^nnual retreats to be held at A. |C Among these were the Rev E. K. Beckett, pastor of tl» First Christian Church o f vSlmington, and the Rev. Jones, Atnr of the Reidsville Chris- Church, both of whom ad- d|«'S; cd the rctreaters. Also a t- twiing was the Rev. Riley B. MbntKomery, president of the ctflege of the Bible, Lexington, t Kentucky, the graduate school , of Itheology for the South A t -1 litic area. ■JKccommodations were provid-1 ed 'ln Murray Hall for the min-' mer=. and in the girls' dormi-j tory for their wives. M eparate program for the ■ of the ministers was ar-1 ri*igcd by Mrs. M. Elmore Turn-' erjof Washington, N. C. Dr. and! Mrs Lindley addressed the] len’s sessions. “Reil Velvet Gout” What Does CjocI Require Of Us? Is Theme Of Week Dr. Hurlii* H. Smith, Prt-sulont of the liuurd of iiixh- er Kducution of Ihc Disciplo.s of Christ, will bf t h p ,speakor during the uiinuul Ueli^;iou.s Kinphatu Work profjrom here on March 12-15. The lht*mc of the pntire week will be “Whiil Dors Clod Uequiri- of Us? " Dr. Smith, whose office is in IndianiipoliK, Ind., re ceived his A. U. and M. A. decrees from Transylvania I'ollegr, H«- wi>« ut oiip tim* a r ni I »tudrnt of Uir l.’iillegf of the Twenty-rour Pledges "r, ^ ° let! further ul Columbtu Univrr- I ••• * 1 n r 1 U L umlUnlvrriity of Krn* Initiated By Oreek Members tucky u a fr«trm«i mnnb^r of Pt Knppii Alphu Drltu The ar)uve pirturt* taken during reh«*arrt«l for • T!h* Rfd Velvet u on«*-»rt l>Uy lo br give on Marrh 7 and s. IMcture iitiindinK from left to rljcht «r^ Juii»» Holton. Norwood Dunn, iind Betty Yarb(»rouKh. Seated fnnu left to riKht are (»lenn HriKnian. Janet <Jrlme«, .Nancy Allen. Thelma WMle and Venut Lamm. Dramatists To Present ^‘llail” And ^‘The Red Velvet Goat” Initiation fv>r all 0»Ti-k Utter orgnnintion* wn* held February 8-lOth. Thf three g«»rorUU’« hud a variety of them* Sigma 'I'au C*hi, suilora; Delta SiKinu. con* vic'ts; and I’hi Sigmu Tuu, u **bu»hcl and u peck." Pledges for all orgutUjtations w»*re: Phi Kuppa Ah>hu» CJIcn ItrlRman, Wilbur llallinK*T. Hob ('abiueaa. ('alvln Stokea. Hobby I.ei« Guy, Warden Allen; Phi Drliu (lautma, Dick Morrla. Carl Jennet- te. T J. Harrett; SiKnm Alpha, James iiaakins. Cohen Tait, An* drew Holiday. George Saffo an<( Jesse Yutet; Deltii Sigma, Lib Adams, Dorcas Pineiro. Murgie ppa Delta. Alphu .SiKiita. I't Kappa Alpha, aod a member of the ( hriatian Church. Kach year Hehgloua Kmphas* is Week is Apotntored by the Student C'hristian Association Cabinet with the help tif other orgunitntions .>nd mdlviduals on campus It is held to promote a more religioua atmosphere on the campus This year HeUglous Kmphasts week will begui on the morning of March 12 at lU 00 with the morning chapel service and will rontlnue throuk'h ih« morning of the 15 Kat-b morning al 7;00 various organizations <m the campus will sponsor a Sunrise Service. l.^ctures are scheduled in the evening. Following the Tuylor; Sigma Tuu Chi. A n n lectures will be discussion groups e book display found in Kin-' Romeo and Juliet started work MB* was prepared m cor\nection with the retreat by the Christian Aird of Publication, St. Louis, f he theme of the retreat was the development of consistency in ^the program of Evangelism thruughout the state. ^he evening sessions were oiin to the general public, i4ile the ministerial students of our school were invited to at tend all the sessions. News Briefs L ^^^khe college debate team in - vjied Virginia on Friday, Feb- nifctry 16 for two debates: the first, at the University of Rich- nnond. in Richmond at 3:30 P. ligand the second at Randolph —itacon men’s college at 7:30 Those who represented the c^ege on the team were Wilbur B|Uinger, Glenn Brigman, Lloyd Dale and Bill Waters. Ronald i Tuton is an alternate. The team 1 via entertained over night at j R^ndolph-Macon in Ashland. _ Golden Knot ^■he Golden Knot chose for their yearly project to raise money to pay for a scholarship. raise this money two inform- alp^nces have been held in the rtcreational room of the Girls’ \ Dormitory. 0Mice Berry, newly • elected president, and “Pat” Patterson, stcretary-treasurer are the offi cers for the Golden Knot. Spon- i^s are Mrs. Dorothy Eagles and Mr. J. P. Tyndall. Alpha Gamma Language Fraternity The Alpha Gamma Chapter of a Pi Alpha, a national hon- The Stage and Script after: sent to the Carolina Dramatic j mon; Bruce Whitley as Don completing the presentation o f Association playwriting contest. and Betty Yarbrough as Romeo and Juliet started work | i,* chosen o* one of! Immediately on two one - act .. , , , , liBrber, venu* unmm, june plays to be presented in How- ■ original plays to be pre-, T<imlln»on, and Elizabeth A - ard Chapel on March 7-8. seated «t the Drama K««tlval, , dami complete the cait. They interrupted rehearsals then the Stage and Script w 11 1 j ^or the production of long enough to make awards to pr„ent it at the festival. i aMd*Ven- three of their members for past; i. « beki. Donald Kennedy ana ven work. On February 6 Laurice 1 setting for Hall Is on a | Lamm are chairmen of icen- Danicls and Edwin Alston re-'eastern North Carolina tobacco fif and co«tume». Riiy Tlsiint eeived letters for earning forty I farm. The cast includes Janet | and Jimmy Perkins will work on points in Stage and Script pre-j Grimes as Jean Rogers, with : lights while Bill Waters and sentations, Norwood Dunn w a s Sarah Rogers, her sister, being | Martha Webster are In charge presented a key as an award 1 played by Thelma White Mr^; of properties. Make-up will be for earning eighty points over i and Mrs. Rogers will ^ played handled by Bernelle White und the uast four years These! by J. O. Jernigan and Cora My- Jessie Quinerly. nntnS were earne^^^ = ^d Alston is Stage manager done backstage as well as fori The other one-act play. “The [ for the production of “The Red the many uarts he has played Red Velvet Goat,“ is a Mexican , Velvet Goat." ^enery und cos- on sCr ' folk tale. Norwood Dunn play. ■ tumes will be handled by Dur- The two one-act plays to be the part of Est.-ban with Juni ward Tvson and Elizabeth A- Tiresented are “The Red VelvetHolton as his wife, Mariana, dams with Dot Taylor in charge Goat ’’ a folk olay by Josephina t Others in the cast a re Felix La- of properties. Norwo^ Dunn m«gii Ld an original^ as Lorenzo, their son; and Janet Grime, will be In enfuied “Hal" Plni^^o as Ester; Janet charge of m«ke-up. enmiea nau oy Grimes as Lola; Nancy Allen as Mrs. Doris C. Holsworth will Hail” has been Carmen; Glenn Brigman as Ra- direct both plays. Kthcridge. Mary Sharpe Owens und lietsy Miller; Phi Sigma Tau, Hurrlet Hreelund. F.thel Draper, and Mildred Crrech. Sigmu Tuu Chi sponsored a Valentine’s dance, Februaiy M, in Bert Hardy dining hall There wus an eight-piece band und the dunce wus informal. New officers for second semester are preaiUent. Phoebe Shark l«*ford. vice-presidcnt, Gecuhiine C o r- bett; secretary, Mary Lois Grif fin; treasurer, Carolyn B a 1< lunce; chaplain. Joyce Mallurd; and reporter, Joun Thorne. Phi Kuppa Alpha’s new <iffi- ces ure prc'sident, Roy Turt; I vice-preaidfnl Herbert Hoss;» . - secretary, H**nry W<H)dard; trea- *****'• surer. Russell Fisher; historian to which everyone Is invited. The Chnirman, Murgun M c - Kinney, is asking that each student coK)perate in order to make the week a ‘ hug© S u c- cess.” Last year’s speaker was the Rev. M Jack Suggs, of Wendall, N. C. Whee-e-e-e, What A Week White. A copy of Delegates Chosen To Repsesen t FT A Mrs. Jean Strickland Hackney of Wilson and Mr. Walter "Pat” Patterson of Rocky Mount were chosen at a special student e- lection on January 3 to repre sent the Atlantic Christian Col lege Future Teachers Associa - tion at the meeting of the North Carolina Education Association to be held in Asheville on April 13. Each college in North Caro lina having a program of teach er training is entitled to elect their “Miss Future Teacher" Library Nears Completion The lonK-awalted llhrarjr Is near- i speech students, men’s and wom- IDK completion on our campuit i en*i lounges are located on the The library will house 70.000 j second floor volumes In contrast to the 16.-1 Three floors of steel stack Ttng-a-llng, Ung-a-llng, ting-a- ling Whiit in the tuiiiatlun U oh! It » « » r f n o'riork Mnnduy morning, und there FrVd'no?M"sit‘-ia-urm»,‘v‘II‘n ;«'«■« that d.rn al.irm clock. Au- Lee; and reporter, Tom Callu- tomatically, you reach over, • turn the alarm off, and snuggle Delta Sigmn completed th. lrl“}' (o'- ‘‘"J '‘“7" first project when they publish-, f«-w srcond. ed the Student Directories be-!>'’“ * fore Christmas. New officers ‘hould.r and som*- this semeat<‘r are president. Tem-i <>ne shouting in your ear. Gel pie Bass; vice-president, Opu I “P- Aren't you g<.ing to Roberson; secretary, Dorothy It’s only five minutes Spruill; treasurer, Jerry Barth* dining hall closes.’* olomew; historian, Beth B i s • Rt’iucluntly, you clamor out of sette; and chaplain, Margaret bed, wush your fuce, dress, and Bown. ! make a mad dash for the din- Phi Delt's annual Mus(jU'*rade hull. You manage lo get Ball Is planned tor the 16th of there just in time for a cup March. They will serve as Host ; of coffee and the last piece of Committee to the spesker f<»r He- | cold toust. ligious Emphasis Week. Their After eating breakfast, you new officers are president, Don make your way back lo the Perry; vice-president, Fred,dorm. It’s 8:15 now and you Grady; house president, S a m, don't have time lo clean your Jenkins; secretury, Durwood r(x>m, so you push all the shoes Tyson; treasurer, Robert Brink- under your bed, throw every- ley; corresponding secretary, thing you see out of place in 000 volumes „-ercrowd | -ms ProWde ample space for j our present facilities. expansion for many years ‘ o. ^ bed, grap vides amp"e 7eatmg s^a'ce for : The completed plant wUI cost Norwood Dunn. | p*„t-il und your books, und hca 7Tstuden?s. In addition there | ,Jightly In excess sec- ^re conference rooms, pamphlet | Furnishings have been contract- are president. Betsy Hu and a large rwm which j ed for and are expected to be : vice-president June Dud ey. Yep! It's now and time onH a lame room which i ed lor ana are expectea lo oe .-»iucin, j i.m .yumi/1 for I'hllosophy of Educution. No win house a special Disciples ready for installation within 60 retary, Christine Williamson: i n.f|((.tion on your class, Ur. of ChrUt collection of which Mr.' days. r r Ware is^curator. Major Items still unfinished chaplain, Emily Holland; h i s ■. k,,,, ^^e pretty hard to digest A iarge audio-visual room, lU-|are painting and laying of the toriun, Dot Gregory. ,ho morning. tenlng room for music and floor. When The Whippoorwills Sing and "Mr. Kuture Teacher” to ,ry language fraternity, h as i them at this meeting. jhe following poem was writ-, So Ive nerer had a grandfa .h............»..u,.n.d fWu^iUy Initiated on November . ,our nominees were c ng. '“.r (Presented to the student body by I Vnd Observer column, "To - That I might climb u^n hU sWp m this fraternity are that ^ " knees and twist hi# beard, tudent be in or have com-: the ACC Future Teache ?.?mi he back when the whippoor- I never heard a voice dimmed d the second semester o I, elation. This organization U| I 11 be back wnen i by age second year language class ; composed of students preparing | then grown Tell tales of life In olden days —— T3 r\n ... ... I ..i_. An<4 lull rrtA tn alaftArt wills sing.’ composea oi siuac..u» go said the have an average of B on I careers in public education. 1 u, „y older sister fguage and C on all other i representative 1 Time traveled faster than he eetings for the Chapter are 1 teachers were Mrs. Joy Taylor | And the *" the sccond Tuesday in each Smithfield and Mr. Frarlclin nth at 4:30 o’clock. Harrel of Columbia. Mrs. Tay-| lor who is now vice-president of ] i was there — at his last visn I the’North Carolina Future Teach-' : ers Association, will preside over > their session of the NCEA ,["®®t- formation has been received' ing since the president will not the Public Information Of.* I be able to attend, of the Headquarters of _the I "phe purpose of the statewide nroject is to encourage a wider appreciation of the importance and dignity of the teaching pro fession. \Alumni News cond Army located at Fort ‘.rge G. Meade, Maryland, C'3crning Pvt. Joseph T. G u r- nus. Pvt, Hugh L, Bareoot, Jerry M. King, and Pvt. TlUam A. McLawhorn. These are all former students of •antic Christian College. Joe Gurganug has been assign- the 40th Infantry Division, Cooke, California, after ^^^vipleting processing at Fort I «Pry King has been assigned ^ 45th Infantry Division, P Polk, Louisiana, after ieting processing at Fort a :c. ugh Barefoot and William the woodlands without him. * was there — at his last vii Though I can't remember h i s coming. Stjiith Replaces ^ West As Religious Depastment Head And lull me to sleep. Always in my heart there will b« an emptiness, u place void and somehow sad liecause I didn't hear Grand - father say, "I’ll be back when the whip poorwills sing.” It was announced January 30, 1951 by Dr. D. Ray Lindley, president of Atlantic ChrUtian College, that Dr. Lawrence C. ^mith of the College faculty, We are aware that these are. appointed acting head ^ _ « who have I **a® ™ .vKllAarkrthv to the 449th Field Artillery Bat- tilion. Fort Bragg, North Car<y lina, after completing processing at Fort Meade. He succeeds Dr. Fred West who had served as head of the de partment of philosophy and re ligion and dean of religious life at the college since September. Dr. West recently accepted the pastorate of the Hlllyer Memorial Christian Church I n Kalelgh. He will continue t o teach classes In religion at A C. C., but has rellnguished hla administrative responsibilities, A native of Pontiac, Michigan, Dr. Smith graduated from York College, York, Nebraska. "Mag- oareioot ana 'A’horn have been assigned of the CoJ only a few of the ’Pf"' "r“thrdep«tm'ent'of philMophy tonun. Dot Gregory. „t that time in tho Sigma Alpha has just complet- Time wags un. ed remodeling their chapter room. New officers are presi dent, David Green; vice-presi dent, Gene Sweat; secretury, Doug Joyner; treasurer, Neal Carlton; rep<>rter, Rom Llewel lyn; chaplain, Joe Joyner; sgt.- at-arms, Rocky Ingraham. braska, receiving the M. A. und Ph. D. degrees from the latter institution. During the war. Dr. .Smith served with the Army Air Forces for a period of 36 months. He served as flight Instructor, fixed gunnery and fighter transition, being returned to inactive sta tus in the grade of First Lieu- tenant. Journalism and music ure n- mong Dr. Smith’s Interests. He studied organ and pluno while In college at York. He served suc cessively as feature writer, sport editor, and editorial writer for the school paper at York Col - lege. Dr. Smith Is married and hus a little boy. When Cyrus Northrop president of the University o f Minnesota In the early years of this century, he once participat ed lo a ceremony to d*dl>ate a new cemetery. The day was cold and raw. When Northrup's turn to speak came, he put his hat back on his head, suggest ing that the others do the same. “I do not care.” he said, "to contribute personally to the suc cess of tl-'^ cemetery!" It's V:15 now und you still don't know what's going on, so you decide you'll look over the lesson plan you have to teuch at 10 o'clock. You are Just begin ning to see all the loop-holes in the lesson plan you worked on '111 midnight the night l>efore when Dr. Miller suddenly burst forth with some little slips o f paper. He merely ask you to list the ulms of the Seven Car dinal Principles of education as formuluted by the National Ed ucation Association in 1VI8 and to tell what clement of the theo ry of Aristotle u almilar to mod ern Gestult psychology. Well, you list the Seven Cardinal Prin ciples, but you never knew Aris totle had a theory and you cer tainly never heard of Gestalt psychology. Oh, well, one more D can't hurt. By now It's »,30 and you have to leave class eurly in order to reach the little red school house by ten o'clock. All the way over, you work diligently on Chaucer's Canlerbury Tales, which is the subject for discussion today. I You reach the school Just as the "'“•'bell for your class Is ringing. You saunter in, call the roll, and start the class discussion. First, you have a historical back ground outline for the students lo copy, and after you have spent a couple hours reading and condensing it d<wn to an outline form, some ungrateful soul pipes up with, "How much longer are we gonna stay on (Continued on Page Four)