JANUARY, 1954
THE COLLEGIA TK
Page Three
The Big Gripe
thousand dollars
apiece the students would gripe”; if AC’s campus were
as large as Wilson, the students would gripe”; if we had
a dance every week-end, “the students would gripe'!"”
No, I’m not being pessimistic, just quoting facts
Nothing happens on this campus, or few other college
cflinpusGs for that tnattcr, that docs not brinjp a from
some group, whether the incident be bad or good.
I understand that these gripes are for constructive'
purposes in urging the leaders to better the circumstances i
and environment which make up this college city and am'
in complete sympathy with this attitude. But the thing!
that worries me most is the fact that when these gripes I
arise out of every situation, it clearly pictures the fact that I
at least a minority on the campus is thinking entirely in
the negative, and believe you me this doesn’t add much;
to the betterment of the campus activity. !
Look first at ^the problem of dances. Everyone com
plains that there is nothing to do on the week-ends, and
go various organizations sponsor dances. But do we sup-'
port these dances???? Maybe one third of the campus I
does, but where are the rest of us??? Then those wh9 do'
manage to attend have some complaint to make about the
nature of the activity!!! YOU CANT WIN FOR LOSING.
But then there is something which no one can seem
to put his finger on. It’s some blank in the minds of the
students which they realize is not present, but are not able
to say anything other than “We want more social life.”
If the administration doesn’t know what we want how can
they get it for us, and help us to enjoy it. Due to this one
item of pertinent discussion on the campus now, I am ur
ging each and every student to place in my mail box any
suggestion, within rea.son, that you might have for the
betterment of social life on the campus of Atlantic Chris
tian College, and I guarantee that we will publish in the
form of editorials these suggestions. Maybe the attempt
will be in vain, but on the other hand maybe it won’t.
But the main point of this editorial is to attack the
problem of how we may help ourselves in the meantime.
And the answer certainly does not lie in complaints about
every attempt that is made for the improvements. This
discourages, rather than encourages, any action by those
who are in a position to take action.
We are beginning a new year and a new semester.
Let’s stop thinking and talking about how dull AC is, and
Btart talking constructively — Using our words to an ad
vantage, and not talking just to be talking about some
thing. We can help win our own battle by thinking posi
tively and picking out the good points rather than the bad
in the school. By doing this we encourage growth and
prosperity for the future.
O.K., so you don’t think it will work!! Well, let’s just
tr\- it for this semester, and see. It is worth a try I’m sure,
because to hear us talk we would do anything to improve
situations. Support the dances and ball games — tell peo
ple how much you like the good things about the campus—
cheer harder at the ball games — STAND UP FOR THE
CAMPUS — AND !T WILL STAND UP FOR YOU.
—James Hemby.
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k!
■‘From now’ on—I’m making dough the easy way—
with a gun!
Only SAPS work!!”
“He: ‘Now I’ll get my hands on your white neck!
“She: ‘Stay away from me, you beast! A I - EEEEEl’ ”
These are graphic quotation.s from the sort of litera
ture that is readily available to every six-year-old in Amer
ica. In a recent issue of the LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL,
Dr. Fredric Wertham, consulting psychiatri.st of the De
partment of Hospitals, New York City, examines the sad
ism and pornography present in “What Parents Don t
Know About Comic Books”.
In the 90,000,000 “comic” books American children
ready every month, says Dr. Wertham, are examples of
every kind of perverted and criminal behavior. Chiwen
are actually taught how to break laws by illustration. One
publication, for instance, gave a careful, technical descrip
tion of shoplifting devices; “I pushed back my sleeve in a
lightning-like move and deftly slipped the pen under a
wide elastic band which 1 wore under my foream.
Although publishers of the comics defend themselves
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C^oKeg^late
WILSON, N. C.
VOL. XXIV
NO. 4
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor-in-Chief —
News Editor R^hard
Feature Editors:.--Betty Jane Lamm, George Davia
Sports Editor
Page Editors Jo Ann Moore Mildred Blackmon
Reporters Gloria Etheridge, Jack Hamilton,
Phil Ilouchins, Judy Muldrow, Georgia Tuck,
Staff Art^stf-T-l’lBilly Draughn, Tommy Williamson
business BOARD
Business Manager —-— Smith
Adverti.sing Staff—-Mildred Blackmon, Dot Smith
Margaret Hams, Lois Ann Thomas, Kachei
TvnUf Joan Kelly
FSrA¥vl^7:.7-V:-V:.V:.V:------Lee Howard
ll» Her» T« S»«jr
The mott (ar-rrachlng rvcnt.
laWly around Ujese parts undoubt-'
ediy occurcd when WNCT.TV went
on the air ju«t before Christmas
Tile repercuMioDJ were immedi
ate. and are gaininK momentum:
every day. as more people turn to'
this new form of entertainment
Though suffering from growing
pains, s; would naturally be ex-'
pected from a new staUon. every-1
one seems to understand, and po- ■
Uently counts to ten, grins and
bears it whenever the "ONE MO,
MENT PLEASE” sign flashes on
the screen. ■
The other ntght, while giving us
the 6 o'clock edition of the news,
Larry Carr’s picture wus cut from '
the video, being replaced by the;
83rd session of congress. Mr. Carr j
unknowingly continued to tell us!
ibout liquor stills and vampire
beast;-; until the trouble was discov-1
ered. Finally, the control room re-1
turned to the reporter who had i
momentarily becomc weary of the
legislature. Mr. Carr gave one,
last go-cUmb-a-tree look over to;
the left and continued with his pro- i
gram. <
Nor does it seem that all TV i
dilemmas are confined to the »ta.,
tion. Early this month a farmer I
was attracted to a set operating in '
a Gold.sboro store window. He stood i
watching so long that he forgot'
where he had left bis car, "My |
wife’s in it and It's way past her
milking time."He was heard to I
say as he hurrii'd down the street.
Well, we hop« he finds her— for!
his wife's sake! I
Common Sense ’
A few moolha ago, nimblcn of,
book-burnlni echoed down from |
Capitol Hill. Comlnir In the middle '
of the wltch-huntliu, red sp;-buot-1
Ing antics of Senator Joe McCar
thy, this move was drslcned to
remove from American rcavem-1
ment shtivea the Communistir i
tommy-rot which was fast becom-
los as prevalent as trae-love dime ;
novels. However, when the time '
came to act. many book* whoxe ;
authors had only doubtful aym. I
pathles were immediately banned I
with little regard given to the
worth of their contexts. The Com
mitter did Its job, but too much of >
a Job well, as the mud went j
bark and ftirth. we shnigced Iti
off, as la often the ease. "They [
know more about what’s what than i
anyone eUe,” we told oumelve*. I
"I.et them take care of It. That’s
what they’re paid for.” So. lor
the time being all was forgottin. I
Then the wires were filled with j
the news that one of these dubious
authors, Howard Fast, had receiv
ed the highest Kussian literary |
award. A prize with tx.OOO attach-1
ed to it. Interest 'was revived, and i
since Fast was a logical suspect, I
we found and read a paper-back |
Bantam book of his, "Citizen Tom '
Paine." When we say read, wi-
mean Just that. Usually, if one
has time, he reads say a hundred
or so pages at a time. Defini*»ly, |
thi.s was not 'the case. After the |
first few chapters, the Red spy:
search was thrown to the wind,
and we found Ourselves submerg-1
ed in a hard-biting emotiunal story ;
whose magnetism made it impos-1
sible to be put aside. This is a:
historical tale, woven around a life
spent in England and America
about the time of the Revolution. ^
It teUs the story of a disillusioned I
outcast Ixjy— Paine; of the vain
struggled for survival of in un-
learcd-man — Paine; and the des
pairing of a numb drunk derelict—
Paine. This is the Paine of deb
tor's prison days In England. Then
he finds his way across the seas,
and we see how a man's whole
life is changed beyond his ■wild
est dreams, by this land of equal;
men. Finally, the historical figure'
that you and I know is unfolded—I
The writer of “Common Sense"—
Paine. ■
As the pages fly by, one becomes
aware of overtones which seem to
whi.tper; "The cause of America
is in a great measure the cause
of all mankind. Many circum-l
stances hath, and will arise, which
are not local, but universal, and'
through which the principles of all
lovers of mankind are affected, and I
in the event of which, their affec-1
lions are interested.”
This is one of the most realistic, j
human, down-scratching-lnthe-sod 1
type novels in a long, long lime ■.
Read it. You may not agree with i
everything in it, but Uiafs not the
point. Whether you've heap much |
imagination or not, you'll find;
your time well fpont, and.
yourself perhaps even prouder of I
being one of the luckiest people in'
the world—an American.
Dog
He wa.i old an 8 mongrel they found at Tel Ba,
of ancient wood from the timber of 1/t'banon.
No. 1 think he was older than that!
There w^re blue flame* in his eyes
From when he snapped at the gas firei< of the earth.
There was hot foam on his tongue
From when he lapped from the ocean on moonleiw
nights.
His ears were stiff
From when great cedars fell and boulden* split.
He had ragged fur
From when thonm caught hold anti would not let go.
His nails were stftbs
From when he scratched in the dust of lonely plains
in unknown afternoons.
His paws had spots
From when the ice was sharp and tracks lay red
on the snow.
He had teeth and a howl that caught the night by
the hide and ripped it open.
He had all this and more
When February pas-sed.
And alone he stretched in early gra.s.
While red streams broke and gu.'thed.
—Hilly Weathersby.
Coiworsalion Piocv
By CECIL WILLIS
"Nature «nd nature’s laws lay hid in night.
God said, let Newton br! and all was light.”
—Alexander Pope.
The above lines were writtend by Pope in commem
oration of the birth of Sir Isaac Newton, the famous Eng
lish scientist, who was born on January 4, 1642.
I imagine many of us will soon be wishing for some
of the wisdom of Newton, when exams roll around shortly.
I doubt if any of us will find much time to do any reading
of books — other than texts — so will not write about the
hard-bound volumes this month, but suggest that you take
a look in the library at the very fine collection of maga
zines that Miss Fleming has assembled there. There seems
to be something to suit just about everybody’s taste — and
it might help you to relax and get your mind off “a x b
equals 534*J8y”, if you’d drop in and spend an hour or so
enjoying them.
If you find that you’re snowed under liy the varied
as.sortment and can’t decide upon what to read, you might
take a gander at the list of “Ten Outstftnding Magazine
Articles,” which is posted each month on the West ('There!
1 did learn somethinK when 1 was a Boy Scout) l)ulletin
board in the library lobby.
Three Strikes Against “Lucky”
With the introduction of TV in this area, we are all
more conscious of the wonder of the age, and 'I'lMK maga
zine carried an interesting ,story recently about the adver
tising men who are responsible for keeping the sponsor
happy, and how they are kept busy keeping any ni(?ntion
of competitor’s products out of the scri|it. On “I Love
Lucy,” sponsored by Philip Morris, it is an unwritten-law
that no one is ever referred to as “Lucky”. On the “Kraft
TV Theatre” (Kraft cheese. Kids, in case you’re a hot-
dawg man) the name of a leading character was hurriedly
changed. His name: Borden! (A rival cheese company.)
Then on “Suspense" (sponsored by Auto-Lite, makers of
auto appliances), a weekly mystery show, with plenty of
murders floating around, no one can ever be hurt in an
auto accident.
A script was turned down for ‘'Studio One" (sponsor
ed by We.stinghouse), when it was found its plot centered
around a leaky refrigerator. Perhaps the best of all the
changes also occurred on “Studio One”, when the title of
Rudyard Kipling’s famed story, “The Light That Failed,”
was changed to “The Gathering Storm.”
Don’t Need To Study?
If you find that you're the "genius” type, and don’t
need to study, and have time enough to read some books
this month, you might be interested in the “Ten Best-Sellem
of culled from different magazines and newspapers.
Of course, being a “best-seller” doesn’t always mean a
book is of the best—but, at least, it seems to be a guide to
the entertainment value of ctirtain books.
Fiction Best-Seller*
(Placed on list governed by number of copies .iold
during 195.3.)
1. “The Robe"—Lloyd C. Douglas. A reprint of the
194;{ best-seller which jumped to the top of the
list for lOGH, no iloubt, due to the release of the
movie based upon it.
2. “Desiree”—Annemarie Selinko. A historical novel
about an early mi.stres.s of Napoleon.
.3. “The Silver Chalice”—Thomas B. f^ostain. An
other ‘ biblical” novel.
4. “Battle Cry”—Leon Uris. A realistic and tough
portrait of Marines in World War H. Some hall
it as “the” War novel.
5. “From Here To Eternity''—James Jones. Still
popping up. Was mentioned in last month's swipe
at reprints. Still a good yarn.
6. “Beyond This Place”—A. J. Cronin. A good,
workmanlike job by the famed English novelist.
Non-Fiction Best-Sellers
1. “Revised Standard Version of The Bible”—Sold
more than a million copies, though it still lagged
behind the King James Version, which in 1953,
as for many yerars, sold more copies than any
other book published.
2. ‘The Power of Positive Thinking''—Norman Vin-
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