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THE COLLEGIATE
FEBRUARY 18
ColL
ecjiale
WILSON, N. C.
Meditation
SCA Newsletter
VOL. NO. XXVII
No. 7
EDITORIAL STAFF
CoPMiton —__ Charles Shirley, Joe Hardejrree
Club Editor Arthur BiHhop
Sports Editom __ George Willougrhby, Libby Griffin
5>ecrftarie* Billie Ann Creech. Patt Murray
Keportera Billie Ann Creech, Gwen Stanley, Jo
Anne Hivenbark, David Black
wood, Tommy WillLs, PeKjO' House
Adviser Dorothy Eagle.<)
BUSINESS STAFF
BuKineiw ManaKer Norman Watson
A/tjii.stant Bunines.s .ManaKer David Batts
Circulation Manager Maxie Warren
Ad Composer Peggy Mitchell
A(lvij«!r George Swain
I’hotoKrapher Claude Anthony
A Student Talks Back
inU'iids 1 Y?n to you.
New Books
Carlyle's History of Mrdi<'\al Po
litical Theory in the West, in 6
volumes, and W. H. Gardner's 2
volume work, Gerard Manly IIop-
kinfi.
Of more jft noral interr.'Jt to the
faculty and student body we cite
th(* following; The Rise of the
Vice-Prcjiidrncy by Irving Wil-
.liams; CoUected Plays of Yeats;
Ovid'.": Art of lx>ve and other
Study In The
Netherlands
By CHARLES HUTCHINS
In tho last i.Hsue (if thp ')I.LE('iIATK there appeared!God to
an article by a certain editor and a .N'ON'-P’KATKRN'ITY j
man about national fratfmities and' their po.sj;ibility of,
cominif on tht> Atlantic Chri.stian Collcjfe Campus. I havf;
been an ardont rea<lt*r of thi.s colum and have noticed thatj
he .spends a jrreat deal of hi.'; writing talent in throwing!
off on anything that he doesn’t do. However, in his la.sti The rcporU from our cataloguer,
gift of literary narcaum he showed his true non-fraternaT two parUcu-
. • 1 r . I J., . . ■ I . larly significant items that have
Spirit and hw ignorance of fraternal affairs by his biased, jbetn added to the hbrary coUec-
untrue, unfounded, and absolutely ignorant statement.s month: Robert W
about national fraternities. I will give him credit on his
second sentence about the .student body involved. If he
had taken the .same amount of energy and .spent some
time investigating about national fraternities instead of
writing pure heresay and gossip, 1 am sure he would have
had a different opinion.
Several months ago, after years of hard work and
planning, Atlantic Christian College finally was accepted' p»«-m.s: Miidrkk's J«n<- .\mten,
into a national organization, the Southern .A.ssociation for j ,,‘1* di.wovcry;
, O u 1 II* .L ■ • . - ! iw-nt l*l»y» and Best Amrriean
Secondary Schools, u ere there any hints of the expen-i.short .storiM for 1955-56,- Marguer-
.Hivenf.s.s, the snobbLshne.ss, or the exclusivene.s.s” that nat- 1'*^ ZapoiTOn':; The CoUete Girl
II • 1_ .• rr.. ! I.ook.s .\bead to hrr Career Op-
ional organization.s have? Of course not! There were;portimiUrs; wiUiam Saroyan's The
.bells ringing, shouting, back-slapping, hand-shaking, andj^^ Voy.id; American Ritsiness
even some cla.s.ses were callcd off. The above quotes are: Duckett^ Aifr.^*
by no means,connected with national fraternities. They jof Diaz-piaja’’^ iii»-
«re only used by people who are disappointed becau.se' MarVWi’s LaMu«e%^r‘E^
they refusetl or abu.sed the opportunitie.s that are offered <>*)': Many Mexiros by Leslie
bv fraternities !Simps<m and DougUcs Bash's En*-
I>> jralernilKS. , , , . ! »»h Uteraturr. in the Earlier S^-
or minor importance is the fact that the fraternity i rateenth-C'entury, iBO(nwio.
hou.ses help to alleviate the critical housing situation ofi
our college." You’d better check on that again! Where i
else on the ACC campus can you find 70 men living with-j
out administrative supervision at a .saving to the college? |
“Maybe .some of them are hoping to be the ‘first’ nat
ional fraternity on campus, and thus gain that distinction
of being a leader.” What, may I ask, is wrong with being
a leader? Xo one else knocks the president of the student
or the presidents of the classes or the ones who make
WHO’S WHO or any other leaders on campuii.
"ACC is not big enough——indeed! How big do you
have to be to do something good for yourself or someone
who Ls to follow? Many small towns have fraternal or
ganizations, such as the Moose and the Elks, which hftve
national affiliation. And nobody gripes, not even the town
ministers (who sometimes are the leaders of the organiza
tion). Should ACC and it.s fraternity system go backwards
just liecau.se a few "die-hards” or "anti-progress” people
who know nothing about the.se affairs say no? ACC de-
iierves a better fate, and I hope all students with school
spirit for today, and tomorrow, will support national fra
ternities and also work for national .sororities.
The reference that national fraternities cost more
gives only one side to the story. His "investigation” failed
to reveal the added benefits this co.st would provide, not
only to him but to his local chapter. The .student body at
AC(’, because of several reasons, has more money to spend
than it did a few years ago. Shouldn’t a chance to get more
for their money be provided these .students?
Another point that wasn’t touched, surprisingly, that
a fraternity man often has thrown in his face, is the point
of drinking and gambling. I believe that if a close check
on the ACC campus and any other campus was made, you
would find that there is more drinking and gambling
among non-fraternity men than among fraternity mem
bers. A fraternity in.stills a deeper feeling for the “real
thing.s" of life, an<l this feeling would be even deeper with
a national fraternity man.
"There is a lot that can be said for the fraternity
and sorority .system at ACC.” This statement is ab-solutely
true and I would like to thank the writer, and add that if
he would write more along the.se lines his writing talents
would be appreciated more. There is a lot of bad that can
be .said by an outsider who knows nothing about frater
nity life and has taken even less time to find out about it
before writing such slanderous go.ssip on such an impor
tant issue for the whole student body and everyone con
cerned with the welfare of today’s students and the stu
dents of tomorrow.
i By JOHVNV BROWNING ; By PEGGY ROUSE
I Often an artist wui turn to aivi You are Standing in line in the dining hall. Itijjf
straction and modem painting to'12:45 and you feel a.s if you will utterly stan-e to.
I express hi* ability to his criticisers. j before the line moves Up another inch. Suddenly the
I Contemp^ry pointings seem toijjjg. ^}jat "cowbell” interrupts your di.scussion oi
be fading in popuUrity.Ljghfs ball game and you listen to the announeempm
' r-r.'cS’S' .‘“r,? *4 on. ear th, other t,„e. In . p,"%*
description of the fourth quarter by an enthusia.stic
dog fan. The ear listening to the announcement
these words, “SCA cabinet will not meet tonight and
will be no regular meeting. Due to lack of support
has been discontinued.” Mysterious actions take plat*
the words are transmitted to your brain through
fourth quarter of the game — and you react. But H
do you react?
Do you experience a feeling of regret because an
ganization which played an important part in your col
life has had to disband? Or are you merely indifferent
cause you never attended the meetings and it does
make any difference one way or another. To be perfe
frank, 1 believe that nine times out of ten this annou
ment would quickly pass in that ear and straight om
other to make room for more last quarter episodes _i.
cause nine times out of ten you do not know enough ab.^
the SC.A to care. You know SCA means Student Chrisrv
Association. You know' they meet, but where, and wC
and how. and WHY, is a different storj’.
fju II I., Mjur uui Of course, the above incident has not taken place,
. ..*e the wtoetic ymprc”!it MIGHT, and I would even go so far as to say it pr*
of ymir faith to others as it ably will if .something does not happen to put SCA upa
j up for their inability to paint real-
I isticaUy. But regar^ess of the na
ture of painting tCie anab’sis of the
public hardly evokei the estheUc
impression it intends to the pain-
1 ter. &lany of us try to present our
! faith in this way. Our fellow stu
dents analyze us in our expressions
of faith. We sometimes try to cov
er up lack of faith by becoming
abstract in our interpretation of
a modern student. TTie modem stu
dent, it is t>elieved. is able to hold
;xipularity with carefrce and brtwd
muided attitudes. Faith is repres-
•’■d from noticeable traits. But
f ilth i."! not abstract. It is modem,
nii.i quality of the student of to
day called faith must be expres
sed Jimply .ind realistically. It can
not be made modern in value for
the vali.f '■/ faith has lon>! been
establi.5'.ied. Remember that you
■ire being ^nalyzi-d by others in
your faith. Your faith expresses
jurself, ^nd it i.s your duty to
Uop where it belonds. 1 will tell you why I made sach
Istatement. You must or should know that if you are*
'rolled in Atlantic Christian College you are a member
I the Student Christian Association. That means if ere.';
'member of SCA attended there would be around 850 p»
I pie at the meetingts. Of course, you do not hold a meetinf
with that many but does it seem too outrageous to »ia
for at least one hundred.
Compare 850 potential members with the five win
were present at our recent meeting. How does it sound!
Not so good. Do you realize the cabinet constitutes the ni»
jority of many meetings, and if they are not there, itv,o(ili
be ju.st as well to forget the whole thing. If you wereoi
the cabinet, would you like to plan activities for yoursei
every time? You can be a great help in planning meetiip
which you will be interested in.
Dr. Vere Rogers, our-sponsor, is vitally interested a
SCA. He realizes that it is a worthwhile organiation and he
has many good ideas and suggestions. We are thankful fot
him, and I think he will be a great help in building us j|
to the position we should hold on campus — if we do on
part.
The purpose of SCA is to bring together as one bod.t,
the different denominations which are represented on tlw
campus. In this way we are able to share our ideas
conviction.s, and our different concepts. W'e can come to i
better understanding of tjie other person and why he be
lieves as he does. Wny be selfish with our religion by con
fining it to MYF or DSF or BSU? By working and playiuj
together, and by praying together we could cultivate ait-
lationship that would be a great tool for use in helping to
build the kingdom of God here on earth'. Where is thi
! Kingdom to be found? It is .so close we probably over-look
; it. We find it in our hearts.
If you think this tool is useful, if you think it will help,
do not wait for the other person to perk up the SCA. SC.^
only offers do-it-yourself kits. Come down to the Rec Roob
any Tuesday at 5:00. You will never know, unless you finJ
out for yourself.
Three fellowships for graduate
study in the Netherlands during
1957-58 are available to Americans,
it was announced by Mr. Kenneth
Holland, President of the Institute
of International Education, 1 Ela.-it
67th Street, New York City.
The awards, offered by the Ne-
Through The Looking Glass
By GWEN STANLEY
Seasons are changing and so are fashions! Have voi
theHandrG^vernmenX are^amSh®®" spring forecast? The 1912 influence is makfflt
the "Hendrik Willem van Loon,"!** comeback in the 1957 fa.shion circle.
''Edward w. Bok,” and “Hendrik “Wide hats, more hats” is the theme for topknot
fhi« 1 wearing. Pastel shades are prominent in hats. E.xampl*
.^Upeiid of 2.500 guiideTs'to^covS'.seen in a hat salon recently; monotone pale ftrea
room and board expen.>;es for thei ''n^porvm, with large green rose draped arouM
ac^emic year. Tuition fees are the‘‘My Fair Lady” theme.
waived. Grantees should have fund.s, Gloves are very stylish this coming spriilg — All
denurexwLer’-iw shorties to the new elbow len^h.
giWe, apply for Fulbright’ tra^'^ „ Shoes are elaborate, gla.ss heels, clear pla.stic in^
grants to cover the cost of inter- 2 5*^ toes. Sliver and pale pa.stel sandals will be the vog«
national travel.
Closing date for apnlication is
March I, 1957,
The fellowships are open to men
and women, preferably under 28
years of age. Eligibility require
ments are: United SUtes citizen
ship; a bachelor's degree the
time of departure; good academic
standing and capacity for indepen
dent study; good moral rtiaracter
personality and adaptability; and
the Dutch language Is desirable
but is not a prerequisite for these
awards.
Friends of study open to Ameri
can students in the Netherlands in
clude Dutch language and linguis
tics, Dutch history. Sinology, his
tory of art. archae<Jogy. techni
cal and natural sciences, econom
ics. busineM admlnLitration, and
agriculture. Other fields, such as
international law, may be open to
students who have an adequate
knowledge of the Dutch language.
Institutions at which successfui
candidates may sttxiy inclu^ the
Universities of Amsterdam. Ley-
for the coming season. One girl on second floor
has already brought her plastic and silver cut-out sanda*
“Blue skies.
Gentle sun —
Birds bursting with song —
Your pulse quicken.s — it is the feeling of spnnt
And it is caught in the new light-touch wool twwoi
As stated by Gaile Dugan in a report from New Yorfc
An important part of the college girl’s attitude towart
fabric is her increased desire to look neat and well
(^health. Some knowledge of ed. College girls are choosing neat trim lines, fabrics
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warmth but no bulk, and a new look of femininity w®"
bines with practicality in all fashions. ,, ^
I have noticed the neat, clean appearance of
on sweaters. Looks neat, girls 1 Say, have, you looked J*
the gold leaf, or design, in some of the lovely „
scarves the girls are wearing? Mo.st of the scarves ww
gifts and have added that special peppy spark to our mi
winter wardrobe.
Newest note ! ! ! Spring dresses violet hued.
V,® 1, > Spanish-speaking dresses are the ne
rage. Full shirtwai.sts, and slim sheaths. Watch how
wide cumberbund will be featured this spring!
Ihis semester your cla.sses can prove to be
grooming agencies. Besides dressing for that special g«!
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