The Coi.LKiaatk
VOL XXVI
ATLANTIC tHKLSTlAN CULLKH.;K. MA^. 1»56.
Nl'MHKK 8
FINALS SET FOR JUNE 2 - 3
New Officers Are
Installed By White
Blue-White Day was held cn Fri
day. May 25. in Howard Chapel
New officers for next year were in*
and several major awards
presented. Dr. Travis White pre
sided.
President H. C. Hilliard made his
farewell addrr which is reprmted
on paj{t 4 He outlmed the progre.^i
of Uic administration the past year
and then introduci'd hi.*> successor.
Charles Hester. Charles madt a
brief talk after his installation
pledging himself to the duUri» of
the president.
Dormitory Offlrers
New Women's Dormitv'ry officers
were installed by Dr. White, presi
dent of Atlantic Christian Coll r.«’
They are Katherine Butt, presi
dent; Ann Edwards, vice-presi*
dent; Ollie Cuddlngton. •• Irt--
tary; and Pauline Salter, trtasur-
er.
New Me n’s DorMitory c/ficrrs in-
italled are Josh Foyles, president;
John Moshades. Joe Bennett, and
Willi.tm Uzrell.
Old members of the two dormi
tory councils are Marjorie Blin-
son. Shirley Parker, L>ovia Creech,
ami Mary Eva Griffin; Ralph
Gray and Max B.^rber.
Kxrcutivr Board
New Executive Board membt*rs
installe<l are Jim Matthews, vice-
president; Sylvia Allsbr<)ck. -cr*--
tary; Bill Merritt. tre«surer; Kath-
erine Butt, Josh Foyles, J D. W«x>t'
en. George Griswold. Henry Pow
ell, and LeRoy Batts. Last years
members are Sylvia Allsbr<K)k,
Mamie Davis. Chuck Hester. Mar-
Blinson. Ralph Gray. Hugh<-
Dillard, McGoe Creech. Kenneth
Bou-sc. and J. D. Wooten.
Faculty memb».Ts installed were
Deans Cutlip and Ward. Mr. John
IT • and Mr. Gus Constantine.
Ml'. Edward Rider, Dr. Mildrt^d
Hartsoek. and Mr. Robert Capp:-
are retiring members of the board.
All memtx.*rs of the executive
board received keys engraved with
the college seal.
The dedication of the 1956 Pine
Knot was held by Richard Ziglar.
at which time Dr. White received
a copy fcr the sch<x>l. It was dedi-
cated to Kinsey Hall.
New publications heads In-
stalled are Ed Ward, editor ci thr
(Continued on Page Four)
I)K. VMIITK
White’s Resignation
Effective July 15
Dr. Travis White ha- announct'd
his resignation as prr.vidcnt of At'
lantii- Christian College, effective
.luly 15. 195ii Dr. While announiTd
his resignation to thr students in
ch.ip^'l. May 4. by reading h»s let
ter of resignation written to the
chairman (»f th«- board of trusti es
Dr. White has accept<‘d the |X)st
of president of Mid-W»>stern Uni
versity. located at WhiehUn Falls,
Texas. He ii to assume* hi.< duties
at that institution August 1. 1956
Mid-Western University is a mu
nicipally ouned school of 1.800
students.
Dr. White came to Atlantic
Christian College as president July
15. 1953- During his thr» • years on
the campus ACC has made the
greatest stride.^ In its history. In
that piTltKl the college has almost
doubUKi Its enrollment, has gotten
well into a S2.000.000 building pro
gram. and has receivi'd the high-
est accri^itation obtainable for an
institution of its kind.
The students and faculty of ACC
felt a deep sense of loss in Dr.
While's resignation. Dr, C. H Ham-
hn. Dean of tin* faculty, summi*d
I u|) the feelings of the college when
' he said. 'Travis Wh»te is one of the
finest men have known. He has
meant much to the college and to
us who have worked under him.
Chorus And Ensemble
Give Spring Concert
The Atlantic Christian Coll*-^
Mixed Chorus and Womti*’ En
• •mble presenU«d their annual
>pring concert in Howard Chape?
Thursday. May 17 The program
' was sponsortKl by the S t \i d e n t
Christian Association.
The first jwrtion of the program
w..- a group of *’Klve Mystical
Songs.*’ t)y Ralph Vaughn W i 1
Hams Mr. C. Lvnn Brown was th«
soloist with tfie Mixed Chorus
in the background. Mr 1/%-v H<-
ward served as conductor for this
; irt of the proicram ui>d Ml^ Lyd
ia James was the accomp;inist.
'Hu* Wonu-n’s Km-fmble, un<ler
the din;tion of Mr. Brown, then
^nng "Virgin Most (ilurivHis." with
Sue Brock. Francis Herring, and
K! inor Hatsell us sololsLn.
The Mixi*d Chorus. conduct*-d by
Mr Bn>wn. c!;:rfd out the pr *
iram with thret* popular si U « tlj»n>
r me K >!ks.” a spiritual ar
rangt^d by CJardtu r. was followed
bv "A Tribute to Romlx*rg." ar-
rangtKl by Macl^*an. "Tribute”
wav a .selection of some of SlgtnttiKl
Rombt-rg's famous songs and wa.s
v.'iy well recrivi-d by the ;rvui.
ience. The final number was
antjtht r spiritual ■ IJttlr U a v i d.
Play (»n Your Harp. ”
This perfiwrnann* by th« Ch«ir;is
wah J njoyed and appret'lat**d by
the au<lience and ri*preM-nt£ a fine
achievement for the work tliat
they havr done this year.
Dr. Hamlin Feted
Dr C. H Hamlin. Chairman of
the Dvv^rtment of Social Science
at Atlantic Clirlstian collegt*. was
honori*d by Uie collt-ge faculty at
a dinner on May 2.
Dr. Hamlin, who has served as
a m<*mi>er of the college faculty
for more than 30 years, will re
tire on June 3. The dinner h<mor-
ing Dr. Hamlin was held in the
Carolina room of the First Chris
tian Church in Wilson.
Dr. Mildred Hartsock, Chairman
of the Department of English, in
s)x*aking for the faculty said
"Dr, Hamlin has meant much to
those he has taught, he has In-
spin*d them to a Ix’tter life.” At
the conclusion of the dinner Dr
and Mrs. (LimUn were presented
gifts by the faculty.
4
T. M. IlOWliN
Dr. Sparks To Speak At Dedication of Science Building
■¥. Atlantic Christian college’i new
‘‘i »cience and matbematic* building
will be dcdicat(.'d Sunday. June 3.
Dr. Chiles E. Sparks, director ol
th( Polyester Fiber research di-
. ^ vision for Du P<>nt at Wilmington.
^^H^Dt.‘laware, will be the dedication
Dr. Sparks will speak at cere-
^^m>onies scheduled in front of the
^^Vl>*'w building at 3 o'clock in the
kfternoon.
Dr. Sparks has played a leading
. role In the research that has
created the miracle synthetic fil>-
ers for one of the country's largest
firm.i. During his 20 years with
Du Pont he has had an active part
in the development of the synthetic
fibers, particularly "Dacron" and
now heads the Du Pont division
working on its further development
Dr. ^arks is a member of the
American Chemical Society, the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, the Ameri
can Society of Textile Colorists
and Chemists, Sigma Xi honor
•'•ii-ntiflc research soclcty, and Phi
Kappa Phi hfjnor society.
Dr J. P. Tyndall, chairman of
the Department of Science and
Mathematici at AOC, earlier an
nounced that the dt^dicatlon of the
building would be held as a part
of the college's commencement day
ceremonies.
The science and mathematics
structure was built and c()uipi>ed
at a cost of tZ80,000.
Dr. T. Hassle Bowen
To Address Seniors
A luitive of lU-aufort County who
has tA-c(jm* one of the nation's out-
-%tanding teacher., in the field of
r^'ligion. will return to A 11 a n t i e
Chrlstiuu CtilU’ge where he was u
student more than 35 years ago to
xpi'ak at graduation exercises on
Sunday. June 3
Dr T. Has.sell Iii>wen, Pnrfe.sNor
of C'hrisitan Doctrlm- at The t'lol-
lege of llie Hible, l.«-Xingtoli,
Ky.. rH)w Oil s|M*clal leave to serve
Us Acting I>«'an of t)ie Christian
('ollege of (Jeorgla. Athens. (Ja,,
will s{>eak at tiie final exercises
.schiduled at 5 pm. on the col
lege’s center campus.
l^>rn near Washlngti>n in iWau-
fort County in 1M>3. Dr IWjwt-n
grew up in that area and entered
Atlantic ('hrlstian In 1909 !U* at
tended Atlantic Christian for three
years and then entered IW-thuny
I College 111 West Virginia. He was
graduated with the A !i degree,
with honors, from 'lYansylvania
College in Kentucky in 1916
Deciding Ut enter Uu*'ministry
he entered I'he Collegi* Of llic*
. liible ar>d was awardt'd the H.I)
degree in 1919 In Uie summer of
1920 he was awarded tlie M A, de
gree at Columbia University.
He has held the American Resi
dent Fellow.shlp at Union 'Hieolog-
ical Seminary in New York City,
and was graduated from theic with
the S.T B degree with honors
In addition to his teaching and
pnaching, I>r li<»wen has con
tinued his study d(»wn through th<*
years. He has Uitiiini*d further
training at Columbia. Unhm. the
Universtiy of Chicago and Har
vard.
He aUo has been in t^ie active
ministry having MTved as mlnlcter
of the First Christian Church at
Glasgow, Ky.. the First Christian
Church at Lawrencel>urg. Ky,.
and tlie First Christian Church at
Harrodsburg. Ky.
He )oine<l thi* faculty of 'Hie Col
lege Of The Bible In 1928 as Pro
fessor of Practical Thi*ology. He
U*ft the r- mlnary U> become a
member of the faculty at Transyl
vania and served there from 1933
tx) 1935 He rctiiriH*d U> The College
(>1 The Bible In 1935 and has lx*en
I mernlx-r of tlie faculty Ux-re
ince.
Officers Installed
In Impressive Rite
(>n Wedne-.day. May 16, the SCA
«/ffje« rs for th<- y<-ar 1956-57 Were
installed in a very impressive
rhaj^’l servir'e These riffjcern wer»-
elect^'d at a general rne4*ting of
I the SCA sev«-ral weeks Iji fore
I The new president of the S('A
is Hi'Ien Nichf^ls^in, a rising ^'.-pho-
more from WinsUm-Salem. llelen is
a Di*c:;>lcs of Christ ^ttId••^t ma
joring in religion. Francis Howard,
an F>)glish major, from Pink Hill
is the new secretary. Thad Prevattc
was re-electi-d as treasurer
Other officers elect<*d were Shar
on Hazelrigg. from Miami, FU^ida.
chairman of special events; Peggy
SchipfxTs. Ft. Lauderdale. Fl<irida.
chairman of publicity; Art Bislvip.
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, chair
man of worship; and Jay PriUa-
man, RossvlUe. lUinoU. chairman
of information.
Seventy-Eight To
Receive Degrees
Seventy-eight seniors are expect
ed t<» ret'elve their A B degrees
• t ctmunencement exercues on
Sunday. June 3 They comprise the
largest graduating class in the hic^
ti»ry of Atlantic Christian College.
Dr T Hax^ell Bowen, a meml»er
of the faculty of thr College of the
Bible. Lexington. Kentucky, will br
the jtf^incipal speaker in the two-
day event Other s(M*Mkers include
the RevtTend Samuel F Frerman,
Jr . minister of the h^rst C'hrlsUan
Ch:;rch «’f Winchr«ter. Kentucky,
arul Ih^ (‘hiles K Si*iirks. director
«»f the P*>l\« Nt«T FiUt res‘-;irch di
vision of the l>ti(>(*nt v'wr|K)ratUin
of Wllmliigt^in. IVlavk.ire.
SstuiMsy KvrnU
'fhe ur.iduation reception arxt
l>all will l>e hekl Sat^irday e\ening
June 2 «>n the t«rracr nf Hartnr
Hall. Thi'. I', an annual event in
which tile faculty honors tlie sen
iors. The rerrptloM U'guiv at 8 00
pro with the ball follomng at
9 00 p m I'arentH of the \i*nuirs
are jv^H’clul gut-its v.lUi Uve vtrvs)-
to be lnft>rrnal.
Sundsy KrheUulr
Rev h'reeman will Ih* tin- guest
xjK-aker f<»r lh»« barmlnure-Mtr ser-
I vlc«- to be* held at the First (’htls-
tian Church in Wili.on. The service
U srh('<iui('<l for 11 00 a m.
A f.imily style lunch in the <lin-
Ing hall will follow the church se r
vice All guests ftir eomnu ncenu nt
are invlttxl to the lunch, which is
free An alumni rally will fo]li>w
at 2 00 in the < ha)>el, at which time
all alumni will renew ac(]ualn.
tnnces A meeting of th<» bunt'd of
tr-aste«*s will U* hel<i in the Cltir-
>*nce Hitrdy Ijbrary at the same
time.
Dr. Sparks will sjHwik at the ded
ication of tile* new S<'ienrr arid
Matliematics Building, set for
3 00 }> m. The buildlntf U ti> in
' use for summer school ar>d is eom-
pUted and furnished after two
years of work.
A iMiru! concert on center cam
pus will precede Uie graduation ex
ercises This concf-rt is an annuiil
event Mr, Arthur (‘ CHlfford Is
dlrect4)r <if the bartd
I <iraduatk>t) Ktrrrl»e«
The commencement exerci.^- will
begin at 5 00 p rn. on center cam-
, pus Dr liowen will addre»k the
group Homjrary degrees are to W
awardt'd to four |K*riw>nii. two of
them graduates of AC(V 'Phey are
- Dr T- Hassell li^nven. 1.1. I) . Mr.
Freeman. IJ., I) ; Mixs Hattie S.
Parrott of Raleigh. UL I) , arxl
Claude S S|K*nser. of the Disciples
of Christ Hlxt/>rical Society, Nahh-
I vllle, TenneSB«*e. lA.. D. A)iijroxl-
- mately seventy-<*lghl seniors will
. be award»*d their degrees.
Marshals for the events include
Kathryn Hutt. chief, Carolyn
Thfimas and Jim Mattliew«, ^Jn'
lors; Sylvia Allsbrofik and Mal
colm Mitchell, so^ihomores. arMi
Jerome Rhftdes and Jeanette WlU
liamsfjn, freshmen.
KMFNT WJII.IM I.K
Halurday Juni* 2. 1»5«
8:ttO r.M. rarulty-Alumnl Re-
erfrtJon for Henlore and l*ar«*nia
(On trrrarr ttf HariMT Halil
t:00 P.M. C;rsduation HaU -
(l>rr«s will br Informal'
Hunday June .1, 1954
11:06 A.M. Itarealaufrstr Her-
vlee at Klr»l flirlatian Church
of WllM»n. Speaker; Krv. Msm-
url F. I*'rrrman. Mini»ter of
Flr«t <'hristian <! h u r e b- Wl»-
rhrsler. Kenturky
12:30 P.M. Kamlljr style lunch
In IMninc Hall
2:00 P.M. Alumni Rally
2:00 P.M. MrrUng of lioard
of Tru*U*e« in <larenee I,.
Hardy library
3:00 P.M. I>rdJraUon of New
Helenee Rulldlnr
4:30 P M. Hand ('^meert • At-
IsniJr (*hrlftUan (MIrge Band
(On Oilier (’ampus)
5:00 P.M. (UrnimeAcemeni Kx-
ercUes on (>nter (' a m p n a.
Hpeaker: I>r. T. Ilaaaell Rowen.
Tile (>oUece of the Bible, ljt%-
Ingioo. KetiUiky