CeLLEGIATE TOL. XXV ATLANTIC LiilUSllAN CULI.KCK. MAV >'0, 1956, M'.MHKK 7 Awards Made For Merit In Sports And Scholarship Four of the major annual awards for merit at Atlantic Christian Col' lege were made at a special ser-1 vice in Howard Chapel. Wodnee-) day: the Rotary Award, the Denny EiS.say Cup, the Kiwanis Cup. and thf Sports mi* nship Trx>phy. 'Hie Rotary Cup. which is pre sented to the student who excels in BCl^larship for the current year, was awarded to two seniors with, identu.'al schcdastic averages—Con- 'me Beryl Davis and Kenneth Roo«* evelt Lamm, both of Wilson. Connie, an English and a mod ern language major, ha^ been ac-, tive in Sigma Pi Alpha. Kenneth Lamm receivt«d the Re-, \iary Cup this year for the second time. He was last year’> winner, as well as marshal of his class. l%i.s year he has servt>d as treasur er of the Co-operative Association. Winner of the Denny Elssay Cup' was Charles Thomas Shirley. His essay is prmtt.'d on page 2 of this paper. TTW Denny Cup is offered for the best essay written during the school year on the college mot to. "Ha be bunt lumen vitae.” Charles, a s<^omore from Wilson County, Is interested in writing and dramatics, having taken part in several Stage arid Script produc tions. He took the leading role in the T^ay that the club pre.sented at the drama festival in Green ville recently. The Kiwani.s Cup, presented each year since 1922 to the best all round athlete, haj^ as its objective the fostering of clean sports in athletics. T^e award this year went to Jerry Williams and Ronald Percise. whose outstanding records in the field of sports have ben- followed :n jports columns of newspapers througout the state Mickey Hayftor, of Wilson, won ♦he Sportsmxmship Trophy award* I'd by the Women’c. Intramural De partment to the piirticipant in wo men’s intramural-f who shows the ^xrst .sportsmanship. Mickey is a ipecial student this year, having graduated from AC in June of 1954. Griffin, Taylor To Be Speakers For Finals Mr. Lloyd Griffin of Raleigh, head of the North Carolina Citi- l zens Association. Inc.. will be the ] main speaker when sixty-two ««i- [ iors receive th*.‘ir AB degrees in ^ final commencement ceremonies i at 5 p.m.. Sunday, May 29, on front ^ campas of the «>llege. A 1935 graduate of the cc^ege. the Rev. B. Kugene Taylor, min ister of the Holloway Christian Church. Durham, will deliver the , Baccalaureate sermon, Sunday ‘ morning. May 29, in Wilson’r. new First Qiristian Church. G. F. CUTHKKLL 4',- \ H. S. HILLF.Y A. C. DAWSON Commencement Covers 9 Events TU'ginmng Satvirday. M«y 30, and ctmtinuing thr«>ugh Sunday. May 29, nine cvmt« «rr ptann^ ’in the annual commrncomrnt soht'duJe Highlighting thcne exer* cist's v^*Ul bv the final graduatkm. with Mr IJoyd Griffin of Raleigh a« spiisikrr In h(MU)T c»f thr gradiuiting «{<*n- .ioTK AfKl thrir parents, thr Fai'ul> ' ly«Alumni recejUioii wiU be heW I Saturday night at 8 p m . on th<' tiTrarr <»f Harper Hall Following thi»t ••vrnt will Xx.' thf Oraduatioti Hall. aUo <»n thr t«*rrace of Hirp- iT Hnll. Thf Hacculaureate .Service Ij? ;‘.chedult-d for Sundiay moraing in ,lhe Flr^t OirUUnn Church The Rev, H Kugrne Tsylor. minister Of thr Holkvway ChrUtian (liurrh, Ihirham. will drllvrr th<* sermon. College Confers Honorary Degrees \ Upon Cuthrell, Dawson, Hilley Honorary degrees will be con-jpast president u( AC, iieeds no in- ; ferred on two pronunant educa-1 troduction to thosr who havf tors and an out.st^jnding miiii.ster,.iirowth of the coUegt- native North Carolinians, as one, through the yean*. Through his »f-^ of the highlights of the annual com- ! five hundrixi ri*gular students and» mencement ceremonies. four hundrt^d summer school. Also Ground To Be Broken For New Building Following thr morning ^fTvice family style jwcnu* lunrhe<»n fia- ulumni, seniors and gutv will be .lervrd on thr collegi* tampiu. Main ('Vents of the afternoon in clude mrrtingn. ground brcsik^g ceremony at 4 00. and the band «nd chcr Hall immediately after lunch, and ;tt 2:30 p m th^* tni.5t<’<‘'i of thr c<»l- legr wlU meet In the Hardy Li- hrury. Also, {Mirrnts and ‘-.mior^ The honorary degree, I^*<^t<>r of I at *4:w'p'^m*'^ the**aft^ Alumni Ap/. frvura for the new classrocim building wiU Ix* held J J Divinity, will be ^iven to Dr. were extended. graduation ?Vrry**CaHe^ ■lUwMrd George F. Cuthrell, minister of the i Dr. Hilley wa» graduated from ^ Dean Kmentus. is in charge of the 3:00 p. m First ChrI.stian Church. Brun.swick. forts as dran of the college and .irrangemwjts f<»r this et remony Sixty-tw<» M-niors will re< eivv dr^ Ga. IX>et<»r of Law degrees will then prcMdc-nt for thirty years, the I're.sWing over the servic* will U* ’ Kni's in the final ceremony at be given to A. C. D.iwson, Prin-, nirollment rt»st* from 127 to 900. presidmt of *hc collrgr. Dr 5 00 p m. on front campus, and cipal of Southern Piner High I Tran.«ryl\aiua Univenity and at- Xravis A. Whi’e The t'*ntativ»» pr>- »hrve hor>f>r.rv drgn^e* will \jC Rchoo', . nd Dr. Howard S. Hilley, tended Oxloitl rT.iversity. where hr f,,r Uir .sorvx r h its follow.K prr-.mt^nl. farmer president of AC. | was a mwid.-.s Seholar. He ha- 'phr Atlantic ChnsllHn College band S4-rving as mar5hal» for the ik*- A native of Pamlico County andjtiiUKhl ut^uthc.»st«Tn -Christian begin the .*.rrvK-r with lh«* < aKU»n will b<* <'hief. Marv Hadgr. a memb^T of Bn>iid Street C*hru . <'*»d tn en prrsonal guidance pj^yiuu hymn. Afterwards, Richard /Jglar and Km<*%tin<* Mn- tian Church. New Bern. Dr. Cuth-;for the AUant^ City Or. White will givr the Call loijungo. juniors. Mary FJlen Oirt»ett rvll began preaching in 1901 i '^'hieh^ time he Worship and Invocation Jamei. Clydr M(<;:. fr«*fthmen ^ and I •'^‘hofWs, during which time he ' attend<-d Johnson Bible College and I IIInight Manning, .^uprnnteiident the, n^j^-rs *^an nd WII- t/>rates have included churches hun by Transylvania Alabama. Georgia, Texas, and | North Carolina, where he was min-; ^ —— [i^ter of Hiller McmoHal ChrijKian : BuSineSft Manager Church in Raleigh. He also rv-1 * % r* ceived an honorary degree frl, U a former graduate of AC Hr has been acting president of thr NCKA and iu|xrintei>dent of Sr^uthern : Pines. Dr. Hillcy, Rh^xle.^ fk'holar, and Attention Alumni See Page 5 For Alumni New* New Members Tho.se who will break thr ground. To Join Faculty for the n<-w building, which will^ hn.in,.^ ,n., ' ^ L r f -iS i „ n fT.T »ouncfciatjon dean of womr of {educational Buyers in New; a former meml)er of the York Accoiduig about four agrTs from er the cduntry attended. Ition. 'n »»cuurv;^ next yTur Mr Ew th,. ^ iw,; I'’*" of ib<- phy.i- Iiduig to Mr, Adams, faculty und the prrM-nt mlnuu-r'^’ Oxi»lantini'*'wUrTr^ hujK)ri-d busiijfss man- of the Araixihoe Christiun Church, „i„.' vanoiis collcgc-t nil ov- will give thi- j)rayrr of I>-in thr Atlnntic Chris- ,, ou* j partment, Mr. Fv&ul Is a graduate of GuU- forti College, whrre he majcirt'd in economics and mlm>n'd in physic cal ('duration and biology. Hr was intramural dlrect/«- and president of the M'jn^»gr^m Club. Hr partici- pat4«th for^tlNill arwi track. ' and unfc *jx>rls edJti>r of U»th thr ’studrnt newspa|>er and yearbtxik. Mr Kvaul is fn#m Mrrchanta- The annual election of studmt ville. New Jersry. He Is married »ifficers to direct the campus gf/v-1 child, ernment at Atlantic Christian Cr>l- ‘ C'on»tanUne lege for the 1965-56 c<41ege year Mr. Constintlne, a graduate of lx.-ginning next S< ptemb<-r has b<*rn ’ Atlantic Christian, is returning ta complete-d, work in elrmentiry education. E;irlirr this spring thr studmt# | From Chicago, he att4>nd«'d D< Paul elect«.*d H. C Hilliard from Has- University arid groduaUM from AC sell to sen-'e as prr»ident of the in 1950 Hr n'crlvclation. ^•-^t Carolina in 11^1. and taught iH. C.. a member <»f Phi Kajipa for two years at FrankUnVm. Alpha fraternity, is an Kngliivh ar»d where he alsf> acti'd as principal, religion major. » Hr Ix gan his pout graduate w«l- ’ ha« arranged a regular w<>ekly I ti/»g« Tm r* ^'»ntinu#-d rn xt yrar.