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Jr., Sr.
Banquet
The Collegiate
May
DdV
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‘MISS SMITH, MR.
dramatics Club
To Present
"jBlithe Spirit”
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JAMES TO REIGN OVER MAY
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rast and staff for Blithe
*nt" by MccI Toward, the final
(fev of the year for Stage and
ipt Club, has been announced;
rehearsals are in progress,
participants are as follows:
ar thy Taylor, .t Waycross, Ga.; |
Jessie Quinerly, i.rifton; Oliver
Rfn<i. Wilson; Warren Mallard,
Tr- nton; Bi-.h Bissetie. Bailey; |
«|',ilnia Houser, PfafftJ>wn: Ber-i
^ White. Williamston.
I'hf s'.ag3 manaper is Ed Al-1
m, of Wilson, with Glenri Brig-
m, of Columliin. S. C.. as his
latant. Free! Boyce, of Wasliing-
. IF- designing the setting, which
be executed by Felix Labaki,!
ofjWilsoii, Durw>rd Tyson, Grocn-,
vfllr. Donald Kennedy, Goldsboio--
L»ii ice Daniels of Atlantic, is in;
^ *uc r f properties, assisted by'
Cff ' Myers, of Pantcgo and Thel-
nfe White, of Eelvidere. Gloria
rforriE. of Wilson, i'. in chargi' of
Atumes; and Raymond Tissot, of
York, is the lighting artist.
rer Moskos, «.f Wilson, is i n
r^c of tickets. Janet Grimes,
of [I’ortsmouth, Va., will provide
f ?rs and 3ill Wairrs. of Bath is
s. manager
. ' play will be presented on
17 and 18. and it is hoped
Wit many will plan to attend this ,
Airkling comedv. Mrs. Doris j
Ciripbell Holswprth of the English
i^irtment is directing tlie play.
)n March 6 a id 7 a program of
act plays was given in How-
_ Chapel, con.sistlng of an ori-
ri:>l play. "Han.” by Bernelle
■ tc. and a Mexican folkplay.
'1 Red Velvet Goat," by Jose-
1 Niggli, given in honor of In-
tjii.itional Theplre Month. In ad-
n. on March 6. “The Lovely
cle.” which is an English play
which was presented here last
pr. was repealed for those who
■ not seen it.
l’..e cast for "Uatl" consi:>te<i of
Grimes. J. O. Jernigan, Co-
lii IMyers, and Tholma White.
"In The Red Velvet Goat,” Nor-
■ Dunn and June Holton star-
a.> Esteban and Mariana, with
..^lusing antics. Felix l.abaki and
Dorcas Piniero aided romantic in-
t >l; Glenn Brii?man, Bruce Whit-
, Betty Yarbjrough, and Pet
er .lAIoskos added to the humor of |
t^ boisterous farce; Nancy Allen,
Jjr Grimes. Max Barber. June
''■mlinson. and Venus Lamra made,
rtlie colorful audience of villa- j
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dents Attend
ama Festival
>i:M Atlantic Christian College
iits attended the State Dra-
i Festival sponsored by the Car-
Dramatic Association in Cha-
Hill, April 4, 5. 6, and 7. The
Jkilents were accompamed by
Dr. Mildred Hartsock, head of the
Eiiijlish department; Mrs. D o i i s
Haworth, assistant professor o f
h and dramatic coach; and
Sabrah Boyce of Washiirg-
t«. N. C. The A. C. group attend
ed rthe Friday night and Saturday
■T^iions.
Those attendlne the festival were
p<' Grimes. Cora Mydrs. Glenn
pt’man. Bemelle White. Laurice
■els. Virginia Hauser, N o r -
Dunn, and Fred Boyce,
aroup did not enter a play
injtlie festival tl;is year as they
we done in previous years^ They
^ enter the make - up contest
i h was neld on Saturday mom-
_ in the Playmakers Theatre,
prwood Dunn won first prize in
contest for his make - up of
ban in 'The Red Velvet Goat.”
prize was a oook on make-up.
iPt ' T entries in the make - up
ptest from A. C. C. were Janet
lines, as Carmen, and Glenn
'1.1 as Ramon in "The Red
IJvet Goat." From “Romeo and
i' Bemelle White made - up
■ !f as Juliet and Virginia Hau-
a« the Nurse. Fred Boyce.
' - up as the Apothecary, and
xice Daniels, as Prince Escal-
rounded out the program for
5 college.
X re were thii"ty - six plays giv-
llat the festival this year. Mr.
' uel Selden, director of the
■' Um PUymakers, stated at the
'Ming ot the awards on Sat-
' y night that it was the most
f'ssful festival that he had
seen at Chapel HiU
r the rerum trip, the group at-
I-ed service* in the Dune Uni-
■'ity chapel on Sunday morning.
■ the services they toured the
Duke Memorial gardens and
[University campus. They also
'^'d at Wake Forest.
Juniors Sponsor
Annual Stunt
Night Here
On Thursday night. April 12. stu
dents of Atlantic Christian College
and some of the townspeople of
Wilson gathered In the Howard
Memorial Chapel to see the cur
tains rise again on the Annual
Stunt Night, sponsored by the Jun
ior Class. It was one of the most
successful stuiit nights ever wit
nessed here.
The night started in full swing
as soon as the curtain rose on the
Delta Sigma stunt, "Hat Fash-
ion.i.” Phi Sigma Tau camc next
with their renditions of “Melancho
ly Rhapsody," “Crazy Rhythm,"
and "I’m the Lonesomest Gal In
Town.”
other stunU oi; the program for
the night were "Romeo Dies, a
takeoff on the d<»ath scene from
"Romeo and Ju'ift.” by Stage
and Script; "Club 7’ 'by t h e
Senior Class "Curse You, You
Villain' or 'My Hero by Sigma
Alpha; and Sigma Tau Chi s two
short stunts, which consisted of
pulling a long rope by several of
the members of the organiMton
and at the end was a small dog
and “Patience. Jackass!
The last stunt was given ^
Phi Kappa Alpha and was call^
"Fashions for 1960." This stunt
was a take - off on the Udies
fashions of Pari:'.
The prizes went to Stage a n d
Script. Phi Kappa Alpha, and ™
Sigma Tau. The judgM for ^
event were Rev. Fred L.
ger. Mrs. Wallace Scherer, and
Mrs. W. V. Woodard.
There were not as many organi
zations participaOng year as
there were last ywr. Each stimt
was well organized and showed
Zt much time had been spent on
it.
Debators Revive
Hesperian Club,
Elect Officers
Members of th<- debate club and
the would - be deUbers gathered
at Dr. Mildred Hartsock's apart-;
ment for the pi:rpose of naming,
the club and electing new officers ,
They chose the name of Hesperian j
aub since that was the name of;
the debate club in the early days
of the college.
At this social meeting Glenn
Brigman was elected president:
Wilbur Ballinger, vice - president..
and Cora Myers, secretary and;
treasurer. A numtier of new mem
bers were present.
During Spring Holidays Uiis year
four members of the debate club |
entered the Gran<l Natmnal ^.ren-,
sic Tournament at Mary Wash-
ington College in Fredericksburg'
Va They competed against uin.
Other colleges and
There were 34 team* below the A ,
r negative team, which was com-
^s2S®of Bnice Wnitley and Wilbur 1
Ballinger, and II below the ■
aUve, which was supported b> Bill I
Waters and Glenn Brigman. |
They debated against experienc-1
ed teams such as Duquesnc, Penn,
State, University of Pit^rg.
Temple University, University of
Vermont, Cim^gie
son, Michigan SUte, and V^baSh ,
The topic for debate was:
that the non - Communljmc I
Nations of the world
together and -form a new Interna
tional Organiation.
The ACC. contestant* took
: part in several other
i Brigman won honors ^
I lege by receiving an award »»
of ih<» five National wlnii^rn In poe
try reading- He read ' Pro*pice
■ by Robert Browning. .
t Girls af well men who *re
1 interested in gpe^king, debaUng. or
! working on debate as
1 critics, and alt^te. are
urg^ to y*in the organlz*ti^m
School Receives
Three Gifts
The girls' dorm was not forgot
ten by the Easter bunny recently
as he made his rounds. He lin
tiie form of five generous Udies i
paid the dorm a visit and present
ed the girls witji a beautiful sil
ver punch bowl and large round
silvjr tray. The girls are really
pi-riud of this set and »re grate
ful to the ladie« who presented
it to them. Thi>5C very generous
ladies arc Mesdanu-s W. D. A-
dams, J. H. Little, Cecil A. Jar
man, Bryan Deans, and Harvey
II Kuffln. Anyone who wishes to
see the punch bowl and tray may
come by the dorm and do so.
Those students who have been
enjoying the recreation room re
cently have found, in addition to
the iuke box, radio and phonograph
t'ombiiiatlon, ping pong tables, and
cards, that we now arc very for
tunate in having a television set
for entertainment. The student bo
dy Is able to possess this as a re
sult of the generosity of Mr Ed
ward Fulford, owner of . Exclusive
Cleaners.
The rock garden is going to be
the recipient of a gift in the near
future. Phi Kigma Tau girls are
"siiruring It up" with a weeping
willow tree. This jift will add much
to !he api>earance of the campus
grrwnds.
Tltc entire stuitent body wishes
to express its appreciation for
these gifts.
Science Club
Visits ECC
Members of tt.c Atlantic Chris
tian College Scicnce Club' were
guests of the E. C. C. club recent
ly. After a tour of the campus,
the two clubs assembled at ban
quet tables in U>e dining room.
Fallowing dinner, the A. C. C.
club presented a program. Virginia
Harrell, president introduced the
speakers representing the differ
ent departments. From the physics
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Dr. Long Named
Officer Of
National Congress
Dr. Ks(h<T iMtiK, profnssor of
m'jdern language, wa( recently e-
lected vice - prrsident of Sigma
Pi Alpha, a national honorary lan
guage fraternity. The National Con
gress of tills organization was held
at East Carolina College. Di. Long
is sponsor of Alpha Gamma,. the
Atlantic Christian CfiUege chapter
of Sigma PI Alp.'ia, which was or
ganized here last year under her
dln-ction.
Miss Opal Roberson was one of
several who reci.lvo" special certl-
ficatpii of recognition at tiie Na
tional Congress. The award was
for outstanding work in foreign
languages. Miss Roberson was roc-
retary of the National organiza
tion last year, and she Is president
of tiie Atlantic Christian chapt«^
this year.
Nine representatives from A. C.
C. attended tiie meeting. They
wer»- Frod Iloyca, Wuhlngton;
Jesse R.ggs, Bavboro; Mildred
Creech, Keniy; Geraldine Corbett,
Zebuion; Lois Moore, Wilson; Dor
cas Pineiro, San Juan. Puertrj Ri
co; Roger H/jlloman, Walst-m-
burg; Miss Roberson, Wasbingtrm;
and Dr. L<jng.
Approximately 8S stud<nits and
professors were present for tiw
congress from nine colleges. Miss
Marguerite Z, Atatin of the E, C.
C. faculty r>re,iid<^ over the meet
ing.
The program consisted of a bus
iness meeting in U>e afternoon fol
lowed by InltiaUrm for new m«rm-
bers, and a reo^pti/m tea in the
late afternrion, A banquet, follow
ed by a dKnce, was the chief
vent of the evening
The annual Miiy Day Exrrrii-'s
of Atlantic C'ttrlsiian Cnllegp will
be held on Sunday. May 8lh at
■■^1 iin iht" rtiint nl lh»
vll^F.
The theme fur liie colorful festl-
viti* i will tic from a mumral 5<r!c,--
tltMi "Tlie Nutcrd' krr Suite " land
ing further color li> tlir c.riit will
Ih* rulk liaurlns by ihx girla' I’h^sl-
ral I-UtucBtion Cnnrs Thcw dan-
i-es inclitde danrrt of tiw May
IHilc. the Siig ir I'luin (alrk.*. (In-
Russian Treiwk. jnd llte Aratuaiis
Added to thc»o will l>e a Chinese
dance prrsenled I'V thr (irtilc dan
cers of Mt»» lieMr lllnnanl's dan
cing class Mkh-. I^s Ann Mtnire
and Joyce Oliver wUI art at |>ages
Kelgnliig o\-er the rvenis of this
spectacular du.\ will be Miss Se-
dalia Smith and Mr. Alvm "Jolly"
James as May queen and king
Miss Kara Smltn and Mix Jean
Tucker will »rrv<- a« niteitdanis fi>r
the qu<-»-n 5<T\-ing a> utt»-ndanl»
for the king will lie Mr Jai-k Alls-
brxiok and Mr lack Jinie« The
crownlicnrers will Ik- llttlr Miss
Eluliw Riley, daughter »f Mr
and Mrs John Hlley of Wilson, and
Master Terry Stancll, son of Mr
and Mrs I) K Stancil of Glen
dale
Tl>e remalndoi if the court will
Include the following eight girls
Mlssos I)orolh,v tlregnry, Betsy
Haves. Tenipie Hass. Harriet Hree-
land. Marjorie i<illel>rrw, Opal
Rolienton and Mesdames liclty
Sue Allgixd and I’hoebe Shackle -
ford. In additloi; w-ill be the fol
low.iig eight boy;. Messrs Conivtr
I,ee, David Gn-en. Pal Palter-
soti, Fred Boy<r Btibby T«rt.
Ijirry Parler. Henry Wtxxlard, and
Jay Clark
The gowns to lie worn by tlie
girls will b« Ix-iiutlfully designed
white nylon maioul»elte net o\‘er
soft ttastcl shadri complimeiit(>d by
picture hats In horsehair braid to
match tlie color of the underskirts
of the gownn MilU will lie of
white nylon
Miss Marjorie Jennette Is the
student cha'iman of May Day. She
is lielng asslstnii by Misi Audrey
Julies. Costume Chalnnan; Miss
Beth Blssette, Publicity ind Ad
vertising Chalrn.an Miss Mary
1,ec Wirren pianist, and Mi««
llronna Brooks, assistant dancing
Instructnr. Mr» Robert Reynolds
Is faculty advlsir
Draft Status
Discussed
At Meeting
Appr»ixlmat»'ly 70 men students
of the college altrnded a spe<*lal
mwting Monday afternoon, April
2, at which time tiuy received ad
ditional Information recently made
available concerning the draft sta
tus of college stiid«its.
Arthur D. Wenger, assistant to
the president, cutllred three alter
natives which are open to college
students wlio desire to continue
Uiolr education. The alternatives
mentioned were as follows: 1.
Take tlie selective service college
qualification tests In May and June.
Deferments will Ix- made on the
basis of avhievrinent of a mini
mum grade, determinated Ijy se
lective ser\lcc, entitling them t<i
deferrment. 2. Await developments
as to tiM* result of an atipllcation
for an Air Force R. O. 'T. C. unit
which has been sulimittcd Ui Wssh-
Ington lutiiorities by tJie college
It Is expccted Uiat the results of
tills application /'ill be known <m
or near April 20 3 Enlist in the
local National Guard unit, thus
enabling the sti^lent U> complete
tils college W'lrk, provided the u-
nit is not called for Federal serv
ice prior to that lime.
Mr. Wenger introduced Captain
Jt»hn Hixjd, commanding officer
of the local Nat'onal Guard com
pany. CapUin Hood gave an In
formative talk to ti*e students point
ing out the adv.intages of joining
the Natlona. Guaid. A question and
answer period followed. Several
students expressi'd Interest in tiie
program
Since the Apri 2 meeting, tiie
college has received official notice
of the dates and places at which
ttie college qualification U-tlt are
given. Atlantic <?hristlan has l>een
des'.gnated as a testing renter.
Tests will he administered on the
college campus May 28. June 16
and June 3, Posters containing
instruction for th»)se wishing t o
take tiie test have Ijecn posted In
Kinsey Hall and Caldwell Hall
Bulletins of Informati^m arc on file
at the ofdce* of Dean Millet. Dtan
Murray and the administrative of
fices in Caidwell Hall,
Those Interested In taking the
test should follow these instruc
tions: 1. Go ti) any selective strv-
ice local board for a Bulletin f>f
Information anu an aiv>i*aU‘’n
blank. 2. Folkj* Instructljms In
the bulletin carefully and complete
ly. 3. Fill out yo'ir ain>lication and
mall It at once. 4 Consult your
local board or any local board for
addtti^Hial informatUm,
The test, accrrdlng to Informa
tion available, is to I* in the na
ture of an Intel'igence test. It is
no* necessarily a test of kwiwledge
but of Intelligence