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THE COLLEGIATE
MAY 2
195;
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WILSON. N. C.
VOL. XXVII
No. 12
EDITORIAL STAFF
CoKditoni Charles Shirley, Joe Uardegree
Club Kditor Hillie Ann Creech
Sporta Kditora Geortre Willoujfhby, Ubby Griffin
Secretarie* Patt Murray
Reporters Billie Ann Creech, Gwen Stanley, Jo
Anne Kivenbark, Art Bishop, Tom
my Willis, I’egtfy House
Advi«er Dorothy Eatrlea
BUSINESS STAFF
Businesa Manager Norman Wataon
AsHistant Busineae Manager David Batts
Circulation Dot Taylor, Patsy Ferrell
Ad Composer Peggy Mitchell
Adviser George Swain
Photographer Claude Anthony
Heedless Horsepower
A new deadly disease has the American people in its
grip and no miracle drug is in sight to stop its frightful
toll of human lives.
Heedless horsepower is the chronic disease of the Age
of the Automobile. Its symptoms are many and various.
The heavy foot on the accelerator; the eye fixed on the
climbing speedometer; the hand on the horn; the mind idl
ing while the car is in high.
In its 23rd annual highway safety publication, “Heed
less Horsepower,” The Travelers Insurance Companies of
Hartford, Conn., point to the fact that 40,000 Americans
were killed and 2,368,000 injured in 1956 on U. S. high
ways. That’s an increa.se of six per cent in fatalities and
nearly ten per cent in injuries over 1955’s toll.
The disease of heedless horsepower i.s highly conta
gious,” the booklet states. It can be spread by an irres
ponsible word, an inflated claim, a careless example. And
everyone who is in a position to influence driver.s should
learn that horsepower, in the hands of the heedle.ts, is the
fundamental cause of our ever-mounting toll of disaster.
In recent years, engineers have made many attempts
to feature .safety e«iuipment in the new cars. Probably
many lives have been spared by safety gla.ss, seat belts,
padded in.strument panel.s, all-steel bodies, etc. Hut these
safety devices cun be nullified by any combination of speed
plus carele».sness, thoughtlessne.ss or lack of judgment by
the driver behind the wheel.
However, it is the driver, not the manufacturer, the
advertiser or the .salesman who must bear the greatest
weight of blame. For it is the driver who can control the
horsepower and u.se it safely for his greater ease and con
venience. It is the driver who is lectured to, legislated at,
pravfd for, preached to ... in every medium of public ex-
prc-iiiins known to man. And it is the driver who nods
sagely, priimi.ses readily, and forgets eveo’thing but his
sense of overwhelming power when he steps on the gas.
Casualty lists on U. S. highways have mounted .steadi
ly until in l‘J56 all records of heedless haste and heedle.ss
waste were shamefully broken. The facts of human suf
fering and death speak for them.selves.
Human error is by far the biggest single cause of ac
cidents. Figures compiled by The Travelers sow that in
96.4 per cent of the fatal crashes last year, the automobile
was in apparently good condition. Clear, dry weather pre
vailed in more than 85 per cent of the.se in.stances!
If this year’s record is e<)Ual to that of 1956, one in
70 Americans will be a stati.stic ... a pain wracked sur
vivor, or a name in the obituarj’ column.
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SPEECHLESS IN GAZA
By JOE HARDEGREE
When I .say go
Begin to think.
When I- say stop.
Stop.
You can say what’s on your mind
But let your words
Agree with mine.
Little boy red come blow your horn.
But don’t dare wake the sheep in the barn.
Little boy red your horn’s off key.
Come now, give your horn to me.
I will fix your horn so broke;
Take out all discordant notes.
I’ll return your horn in time
To let you pipe the party line.
Little boy red, I do surmize
That you’ve a yen to improvize.
Naughty, naughty must not do.
Play the notes we g ive to you.
When I say go
Begin to think.
When I say stop,
Stop.
All right now, is everybody ready to go?
One,
Two,
Three,
Stop!!! (But sir, we haven’t even started yet)
Through The Looking Glass
By GWEN STANLEY
April is fleeing.
May is approaching
The problem is clothing.
For a quick look-see in shop windows I see full skirts
being featured. These skirts are often topped off with per
ky bolero tops.
Blue, pale, is being combined with green cumberbund
for a sharp look!
Speaking of sharpnes.s—noticed the green sparked
by white worn by Yvonne Patterson?
And it looks as if Becky Keel read in the column about
the Spanish inHuence with that attractive yellow sash
style cumberbund.
Strawbags in natural and white are reappearing on
the arms of young AC la.ssies.
The artificial flower business is really booming—by
the look of the gals’ cottons. Mrs. Riley tucked a yellow
bud in left top pocket of blouse—very effective! Blo.s-
soms have been seen on shoes ... A blossom here, tucked
there . . . looks natural-like.
Here’s an intere.sting point for all .sophomore lit, girls
—the Grecian Urn is influencing—not grades—but cot
tons. For an example of that urn influence look at sim-
plici^ patterns for cotton surplus neckline dre.sses.
'Taking into consideration all these diamonds—found
this tip typical: bride pays $243.29 for trousseau and |125
for a wedding dre.ss. Beach wear is in the top list of honey
moon clothing.
Seen on the lapel of Mrs. Holswoth was the promi
nent fashion acces-sory—the stick pin! This .stick pin was
gold with a open flower on the head.
Light weight, varied colored bracelets are here to ac
cent dre.sses, u.se them!
Have seen one draw string blouse on campus—look
ed very chic.
During Holy W'eek at its many observances I noticed
many lovely outfits worn by H. H. women—often empha-
-sized by gloves.
The sororities are having more dre.s.s-up meetings,
which is good, for it gives many girls a chance to spruce
up during the middle of the week.
Thinking of three months separation from college—
“thrill” or “throb”—here’s an aid taken from “Polly’s
Corner.” Put a light bulb behind the picture with this mot
to: your face is burning bright in my memorv.
BONNET BRAINSTORMS . . . for their Easter par
ade . . . Denver students .started the designing idea, It
reached Goldsboro, where .students ju.st recently had their
BRAINS'TORM Ea.ster Bonnet parade.
Dot Denning certainly started the week off by dress
ing very attractively with green over red.
“Beautiful faces are those that wear.
It matters little if, dark or fair—
Whole-souled honesty’s printed there.”
New Books
It’s Tliursday. We’re o«
late, and Uie fearful treaa
CoHegiat« orge echoej again iii
library halls. "New b^' ^
books!" he pants and scream-”
the dozing student in tht ntS
room raises a blood-shot ,e
phantom in red and grwa ^
know whats, and drop^ back k
his close scrutiny of the mail
at hand.
So what’s new? — Arnold Ton.
bee’s .Ail Historian's Apprwrtl
Krllrion: The Suffering SfrraH?
I>eutero — Isaiah by North- Nort
linger’s .Moses and Eirypt;'LoW
er’s If Teaching Is Your
Early Christian Father by B«t»
son; Samuel Thompson's. \ Mii
era PhUosophy of Relitioa; Sha*.
land’s Atomic and Nuclear pw
sics: Hutten’s Laneuaje at Modm
Physics; Bawden’s Man'i PhTii^
I’nJverse; Tips from the Top ^
books on golfing by Uie sxis d
Sports Illustrated Mataa»-
Wel«rhi Training in AUileUn L
Jim Murray; Munn’s Mictlii
State Multi^e Offense; The T|».
bier’s Manual by La Porte; Kn.
mer's How to Win at Tennij; Mai
ern Track and Field by Dohotr
Baseball by Coombs; Coachiuf ui
Playing Girls’ Basketball; Cr»*
coantry Techniques Illustratwl b*
Caniiam; Dance Compo!.IUi» h
Hayes; Creative RhyUimic
ment for OiUdren by Andrew
Victor Lowenfeld’s The Nature ^
Creative Activity: Bench M«UJ.
work by Giachino; Modem Mttil.
craft by Feirer; Making TWaoi(
Plastic by Edwards: Schaefer
Slmmern’s The Unfolding of Aiifc.
tic Activity; Children as .VrtisUbf
Mendelowitz; Studies in the lb.
tory of Accounting by Littletof
Crompton’s Passionate Searck, i
Life o< Charlotte Bronle; Col»
idge’s Biograi:4Ua Literaria; Hobb'i
Behind the President; Sworda iati
Plough Shares by Claude; Gell.
horn's Individual Freedum
Governmental Restraint; Wilsoa’i
The Fmpress Josephine; Hurt
mann's Eternal France; and lA\^
rence Wylie’s Village in the Vk.
iuse. Courage!
Bulletin Board
Selective Service College Quali
fication Test will be given May It
Any student desiring to take the
examination should register wi4
Dean Morrow as soon as i>ossibie.
People who wish to use eitbtf
the class-room lobby or the chapd
should put tho date on the sodil
calendar — then clear with the
Dean’s office. This is. of course,
the same procedure that you would
use for the dining room or Bo*
hunk.
On May 1, from 8:00 to 9:31,
Phi Kappa Alpha entertained at i
reception in honor of Dr. Wenger,
the administration, the faculty, and
staff.
There are many openings for
teachers. These announcemeoti
are on the Bohunk Bulletin Board
and the Central Bulletin Board
Harris, Farmer To Present Recitals
Billy Karmrr and Jimmy Harris will «oon hr rl%inc ChHr senior
rrcltals. Both of the«ir hoy% should br wrll vrrsrd by now with
the work« of Barb. Brihoven. Moiart. and Gershwin. tl>uke Kl*
liogton too. maybe.) Billy, at Irft U shown in his typical piano
posr. Jimmy Is ready to make like Benny Goodman on the
licorice stick. Everybody is Invited to their recitals. If yoa want
to know when the recitals will be held, kindly read the story to
tbe rifht of this picture.
By “TIIK VULGAR BOATMAN”
Tu'o of the well-known ‘‘Dream-
ers’* on campus for the past four
years are having to wake up to
hard reality during the month of
May. While smiling on the outside,
making gorgeous mood music for
the whole student body, they have
been — well, not exactly cryjng
on the inside — but they have had
their inner torments in t^elr strug
gle to master “concert music" for
their respective instruments, clari
net and piano.
Jimmy (James Carlton) Harris
had DO private music lessons dur
ing all of bis grammar and high
school days in MiUbrook and Ral
eigh. but be has made up for it
during his stay at Atlantic Chris
tian College by having three dif
ferent clarinet teachers. The grad
uating recital which he will play
^ Howard chapel at 8:15 on the
Thursday evening. May 9, will show
^ result of work he has done with
pr. Millard Burt, former college
band director. Mr. WUliam Ram
sey. present band director, and Mr
Lee Howard, who has coached Jim
my on interpretation.
Billy (William Nathaniel) Far
mer could almost count his pre-col-
l!*.* lessons on two hands,
but. like Jimmy, he had years of
€«TOrience just playing, mostly
■with dance bands. Because he grew
up m Wilson. Billy's dance band
Nearly 28 per cent of U. S. dri^
ers involved in fatalities in 19R
w«re under 25 years of age.
playing did not by any means stop^
when he started long-haired coi-
lege music. He was too well kaowi
already among the local bands and
they wouldn’t let him alone. Ob
top of that, an aggressive fre^
man classmate named Harris
rounded up his own student danc*
band and forced Billy inti» slavt
labor at the iano. Because Harris
worked his players so long and
hard, way past their sleeping houn
and into the dreaming hours. ^
band soon acquired the name
Dreamers.” Or perhaps the pn>
fessors gave that name to the boy*,
since dreaming was about all they
could do on class during tboie
weeks when they so;netimcs
ed four school nights in a row.
But youth will have its
and after their freshman and sopin
omore years two haggard old b(^
were just about flung. They real»
ed that although they were mu^
majors, the college had been
ing them absolutely no credit hours
(not to mention quality points)
their studiousness in the fi^ld <*
dance music.
For Billy it was mostly a
tion of changing repertoire
just the word for those piecrt ®
music you’ve got ready to pw
when somebody asks you to pl^
Aside from a little sliding on tw
trombone at Charles L. Cooo
school and with the Atlantic (3^
tian college band, he was stricW
a piano man.
But for Jimmy it was 5U^
question of whether to settle
to one instnunent or to
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