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THE COLLEGIATE
DECEMBER ip.
doKecjicite
WILSON, N. C.
Med it a I i 0 n Students Comment On SCA
VOL. NO. XXVII
No. 5
EDITORIAL STAFF
CoKilitor* Charles Shirley, Joe HardeKree
I'hiii Editor .\rthur Bishop
Spfirt* Editors __ GeorKe Willoughby, Libby Griffin
Sfc-rotarien Billie Ann Creech, I'att Murray
P'-.iture Writers Jay I’rillaman
lic. orters Billie Ann Creech, Gwen Stanley, Jo
Anne Kivenbark, Oavid Black
wood, Carl Weaver, Wilbur Heath,
Tommy Willi.s
Ad i.ser Dorothy P’aKle.s
BUSINESS STAFF
I'.usir.eiw Manaifer __ Norman Wat«on
A'* i<tant Buxiness Manager David Batt-s
Cir ulation Manager Maxie Warren
A'l I'omposer Peggy Mitchell
Aiisi er George Swain
i'h' iographer Claude Anthony
Lei’s Take Care Of Alumni Gift
'j' last i.H-sue’s story on the Bohunk the fact was omit
te i tf ; thf furniture and othi-r faciliies inside the Bohunk |
•■v.Ti- > ift.s from the Alumni Awociation. They were given!
hai t! • Htudent.H might enjoy the new .student union to the!
.ulli-. i. 1
cording to a recent statement by Bohunk governing'
iK.ar-; hairman, Iatov l’,att»i. the students are not taking*
• . thf Bohunk'.s furnishings h.s they should. They do
fii)t m to realize that the enjoyment of the Bohunk will I
ilfiii-ii., upon how much care is taken of the things that are]
• town 'here. When these furnishings are destroyed it might
e SOI' i‘ time, or never, before they are replaced. The Bo-
':uiik i ours. It is one of the best things that has happened
•() thi ;tudents in a long lime. Let’s take care of what we
have. ;."t’s show the alumni icssociation that we appreciate
■vhal I-.ey have given us.
Looking At The Campus
By JOE HARDEGREE
What Go^ Are Mid»eme»ter Grades?
Mir emester grailes finally came out a week late. The
.'cai'.:i I? for faculty members to turn them in wa.s delay-
!■ I 01,1 .veek for various and sundr>' reasons. After they did
r.itii'- '.It, however, everyone knew exactly how he or she
.01(1 II regards to subject.s.
■> ait a minute. Did 1 say everyone knew how he stood
li.i al of his subjects? 1 did not mean that. That wa.s a
x:avf -rror. What I should have said was that .some peo-
, le ki 'W how they stoo<i an some of their subjects. For
I U).-t of the student.s, at lea.st .some of their grades were
’ ot f.. tual, nor were they intended to be.
1 .ke the ca.se of one poor fieshman. He Ls considered
t > bf >f slightly better than average intelligence, .studies
h ird .md usually does “B” work. On one subject he w-as
i'\pi ! ,ng a “B ”, and he got a “B". On the next subject he
: ‘ce . 1 (i no grade. Through any fault of his own? No, the
t ak hi !■ just did not figure out the mid-.seme.ster grades.
i/H hi.i next subject he was expecting also a “B”, but he
I cei <1 a "C”. Hi.s profe.ssor explained it this way: “1 al-
\ ays ;,'rade everyone down at mid-semester, .so .students
will -)rk harder the second half.”
.Slightly staggering from this blow, our .student came
to hi.H next grade. In this subject he was e.xpecting an
He had really worked hard, had made A” on all
of his cla.s-swork, had taken no cuts and really excelled in
a.ss (li.scu.ssion. But he got another Why? The teach-
« r N1.\ KK gives anybody higher than a "C” at mid-sem-
f ter. The .student might get big-headed.
I iielieve this .story point.s out the fallacy of our mid-
r . me.--,er grading .system. The way things are .set up now,
a lark'f percentage of the grades on every report card are
IN t a .rue report of the .student’s work up to that point.
.>.-mv '.eacherx, for varying rea.sons, do not give students
■ ;.eir true mid-.seme.ster grades.
I f cour.se, I realize that many times a .student ac-
it .ili\ ileserve.s a lower grade than he expected. Also many
ti nf^ a .student will be right on the borderline between
..'.V xiades and the teacher will be inclined to give the
i.nve: grade at the mid-seme.ster and the higher grade at
the end.
BUT, what good does it do to put down a grade that
1 not a true indication of a students work? If a student
i.H making a "C”. give him a “C”. But, at the same time, if
hf is making an "A", give him an “A”. The student who
i.;at;iculates at ACC should be an adult He or she should
c.'rtainly be treated as one. Let’s give students what they
ilc.serve on their mid-seme.ster report card.
ABOUT HOMECOMING
One last complaint before 1 retire to my bomb shelter.
The homecoming celebration was carried off very well.
; seemed to be well planned and certainly everyone en-
.11.ed mo.st of it. There was, however, one small detail
ih It it would seem could certainly have been better handl-
e . This concenis the reservation of seats for the basketball
j;::me.
Of course, it is a difficult problem when there are
t- ice as many people trying to get into the gymna.sium
than there are seats available. Eveo’body can not be en-
ti uly happy in the solving of that situation. But, when
th.'.e-fourths of the seats (including all of the choice ones)
By YIPPY BROWMNO
A man once stopp«l to take h.-
off and rcmoN'c ® pebble
from imide. As he turned his sbo*
he noticed a hole was wi?ap
ing through the sc^e. This nnan s .
sh<xi‘ sole hiid traveled over rough
ground to be sure, but why was
' the sole wearing down particular- =
ly in one spot? Of course the shape
i}{ one’s f(»t caust's that, but w.r- :
does a person’s attitude wear dowTi ■
in one spot? W^hat determines thi
shape of one’s attitude? Some peo-:
pie rebuke one thing and praise
scmething else fw no noticeable
reason. Some go out of their way |
to displease rather than to please.;
Some atutudes are spotted by hu- •
man weaknesses — selfishness,
conceit, duplicity. |
The shoe soles of Jesus Christ,
led to rough ground also but with |
a purpose. The soles cf His feet!
travek*d a narrow but straight i
path. The attitude of Cirist was |
tempted and tested but He never j
swayed from His chosen path. Rid*!
icule. hate. wondtT, peace, joy i
and love al^ helped to wear down!
the soles of His feet. However, re- *
gardless of the con.sequences. Jesus
never changed His attitude toward ^
people or toward things. Weaknes-|
ses never prevailed with the pres-'
ence of the strength of Divine pow-1
c-r. In strengthening our attitud^ j
communion with Divine strength is |
nccessary. rewarding, and lasting.;
Librarian Posts j
New Book List I
ART OF LA CELESTI.NA by
Stephen Gilman. 862.2 (!42a
CO.NSTITLTIONAL AND LEGAL
HISTORY OF E.N’G1.A.\D by G.
A. Smith. 342.42 Sm57c
CYPTOGA.MIC BOTANY by G.
.M. Smith. 2d. ed. 2 vols. R586
Sm72c2
CRIME OF GALILEO by George
De Santillana. 92 G13d I
DAS HAUS DES ARCHITEKTEN :
by R. C. Winkler. 728.064 W72h 1
HOW TO MAKE SHAPES IN'
SPACE by Toni H’.inhcs. 745.5 G87h |
INTERNATIONAL IJSSON AN
NUAL - 1956. 268.61 InS
JAPAN by Werner Bishof. 915.1
B54j
JOHN’S WITNESS TO JESUe by
George Appleton. 226.5 Ap53j
IJ^Y.MAN'S GUIDE TO PROT-
F:STANT THEOLOGY by WiUiam
Horndern. 230 H781
MUSIC IN EDUCATION pubUsh-
t^d by Unesco. 780. 72 ln8m
THE PROPHK-TS — PIONEERS
OF CHRISTIANITY. 224 W67p
RUSSIA; A CONCISE HISTORY
by D. E. Jones. 947 J71r
Sin>ERVISION FOR BETTER
SCHOOLS by Kimball Wiles. 371.-
732 W64s
TEACHING EVERY CHILD TO
READ by K. B. Hester. 372 4 H46t
THIS IS TEACHING by L. D.
Haskew. 371.1 H274t
TWO PARTY SYSTEM by Wil
liam Go<idman. 329 G624t
UNIT TEACHING IN THE EL-
FJVIENTARY SCHOOL by L. A.
Hanna 372 H19u
THE WORLD OF MATHEMA
TICS ed. by J. R. Ne\*'man. 3 vols.
R510.82 N46w
YOUTH by Arnold Gesell. 136.73
G33y
Continued On Page Four
By JAY PRILLAMAN
In an attempt to assist the Student Christian .Wj^,
tion Cabinet to present more ineresting, educational, r«.
reational, and in.spirational SCA meetings each Tuescj.
night, the census for this i.ssue of the Collegiate is related.,
the weekly programs. Three questions were asked—J,
you attend the SCA meetings reasonably regularly? If.,,
why not? And what .sugge.stions would you offer to i
prove these programs?
Leslie Wilkins, Wilson, senior. Religion Major
“No, I’m sorr>- to say that I don’t! It’s just that 1 dot
regiment my activities as efficiently as I should. It’s p«,.
pie like myself in their non-deliberate negligence thatlii;.
der or hamper the progress of this organization. I’m ir
in a very good position to offer suggestions for imprort.
ment other than that each individual student, includiij
myself, accept the responsibility of SCA, realizing tt;;
through their earnest participation and regular atteai.
ance they can improve this organization to the place th:
it .should be and ought to be, the focal point and temperi;^
element for all campus activities.”
Tony Baker, Wilson Mills, senior, Business Major
' “I’ve been to two since they began this season. Wt
have pledge meetings on Tuesday night which interfen
with attending. I thoroughly enjoyed the progranu I it.
tended and thought they were carried out in a very fi*
manner. Everyone present .seemed to enjoy them, also. ■
don’t really know what the recent programs have b«:
like, but I think all students should realize that they havei
part in it — they pay money into it — and I think sinn
they’re paying money into it, they should support it wi::
their presence. 1 think the leaders in the SCA should giv;
a personal invitation to their friends more than theydo.I
think that all it lacks is building up intere.st among the .'in
dents, becau.se they don’t know' what happens a the me«'-
ings nor what they can benefit from it by attending.”
Charles Holst, Wendell, freshman. Music Major
•'N'o, I don't even know what it’s all about, when i
meets or anything else. No one ever lets anyone knowi;
would like to know more about it.”
Gene Dawson, Wilson, junior, Busine.ss Major
“No, this is my first semester at this school and I did
not know such an organization as this one existed. Some
one might let some of the new students know what it is,
when it meets, and where.
Doug Browning, Plymouth, sophomore. Chemistry Major
“No, for two reason.s—I don’t know when they mef
and I have no intere.st in it!! Since I don’t know what it',
all about, I wouldn’t have any suggestions.”
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Why ACC?
By SH.\RON HAZEI.RIGG
Why did I come to Atlantic
Christian College? i
When I was lirst asked this ques
tion, I stuttered and stammered,
for 1 could not think of one speci
fic answer. Many things made me!
decide that ACC was where my
t<lucation was going to be obtained,
but one in particular that I want
to share with you.
NRmy moons ago when to be a
certified public accountant was
my gcxal in life, college never even
entered my mind. Instead my eyes
wandered to find Florida's finest
business school.
TTien I reached the age to at
tend the Christian Youth Fellow
ship's Summer Conference as a
part of the Disciples of Christ pro
gram for high schocl-age youth.
After I attended for four years,
my heart began telling me that
my purpose In life was not "facts
and figures" but "people." Then
to be a director of religious educa
tion became a new goal into view
for me.
But what of an education? I’d
have to have one! Where in the
world wwild I go? Away from
home? I'd have to! Oh. me!
As I t)egan inquiring around
over our lovely state. I talked with
an old friend of Atlantic Christian
College, the Rev. C. Manly Mor
ton I first man to graduate from
herei. When "Unk" (that's what
we Floridians call him) talked to
ipu wm
Ken Duan, recent winner of the annual turkey day race,
celves his reward from Homecoming Queen June YoW
Who wouldn't run a mile for this? And we don’t mean I*
turkey!
Zoology
Continued on Page Four
By DOT ANDERSON MOORE
Twas in my Zo lab, this I vow,
I chanced to meet ( and I know not how)
Amoebas, Hydras, snakes, and such,
And a frog I sure did hate to touch.
Now with this frog there came directions
, To perforni with skill a few disections:
Remove the skin and then the muscles;
Watch tho.se veins that hold corpuscles!”
Scrape the bones until they’re clean.
And find the brain that’s hardly seen.
Locate each organ, including the heart.
And leam the names of every part,”
All the.se things I had to do
Along with making drawings, too,
•>ow with fbrmaldehyde .still in my sinus,
I pass for review and I’m given “check minuJ
Now friend I tell this tale to you
In fun and as a warning too.
t or if you take it literally.
You’ll know the course of Zoology.