The Collegiate
VOL. XXVIII
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, MAY 1, 1958
MAY 1, 1958
New Point System Is Adopted
Graduation Plans
Now Completed
Plans for Atlantic Christian Col
lege’s 56th Annual Commencement
have now bee>n completed.
All the commencement program
has been scheduled for Sunday,
May 25. It will open with the an
nual Baccalaureate Service at the
First Christian Church that morn
ing at 9 a.m. The Baccalaureate
speaker will be Dr. R. Fred West,
Minister of the Hillyer Memorial
Christian Church in Raleigh.
At noon that day, a commence
ment picnic luncheon will be held
on the college campus.
The picnic will be followed at 2
p.m. by a meeting of the college’s
Board of Trustees.
A special program for alumni of
the college will be presented at 3
p.m. in the Classroom Building.
At 4 p.m. graduating seniors and
their parents will be honored at a
reception in the lobby of the Class
room Building. Everyone will be
invited to attend.
The annual graduation exercis
es have been scheduled for 7 p.m.
on the center campus with the
terrace of the Classroom Building
serving as a stage for the cere
monies. The speaker will be Dr.
Howard E. Short, Editor-Elect of
The Christian Evangelist.
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC pres
ident, said the college has abolish
ed the traditional two-day com
mencement program to make it
more attractive for parents of the
seniors. “With a one-day program,
more parents will be able to at
tend all the Commencement ev-
efnts,” Dr. Wenger explained.
About 110 ACC seniors will re
ceive Bachelor of Science and
Bachelor of Arts degrees at the
commencement, it was disclosed
by Mrs. Bethany R. Joyner, col
lege Registrar.
College’s Elder Statesman Awaits
Commencement Honor May 25
A white haired old man who is
happy that he has had a hand in
the development of young minds
down through the years, will mount
the stage here near the end of May
to receive the tribute of the thou
sands that for the last 40 years
he has helped to mold into success
ful clear thinking human beings.
Atlantic Christian College will
honor the second of its two elder
statesmen on the college faculty
at its 56th annual Commencement
May 25. The hood of an honorary
doctorate will shroud the shoulders
of Dr. Charles H. Hamlin on that
day. Earlier the college has hon
ored his longtime contemporary,
Dr. S. Perry Case.
To Dr. Hamlin, this will be just
another step in a long line of serv
ice to his fellowmen. He is not
old. He will never be old. “Whoo
eee, as long as I can teach stu
dents I will never be old,” Dr.
Hamlin says as he anxiously a-
waits the next group that he will
help to prepare for the years a-
head.
Dr. Hamlin has been welcoming
students into the educational en
vironment of Atlantic Christian
College since 1925. They have been
A
DR. C. II. HAMLIN
the greatest years in his life. Be
fore 1925, he spent five years in
Canton, Mo., teaching students at
Culver-Stockton College.
He didn’t like the weather there
and he got as close as he could to
Southside Virginia when he accept
ed a post on the faculty at ACC.
Born in Nottoway County Vir
ginia, about 55 miles southwest of
Richmond, Dr. Hamlin says that
area and eastern North Carolina
are the garden spots of the world.
How was this man directed to
ward teaching? "There were a lot
of books in my home and I read
them all,” he says. “My aunt was
a teacher and she impressed me
very much. She* made me think
about teaching. Then I received a
scholarship to William And Mary
on the condition that I teach at
least two years after graduation.
That started me off,” he explains.
Dr. Hamlin went to William and
Mary, the University of Virginia,
and George Peabody College for
teachers. “Those institutions may"
have educated me but they did not
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3 One-Act Plays
On Stage Tonight
Three one-act plays will be pre
sented in Howard Chapel here to
night at 8:15 p.m. by dramatics
students at ACC.
One of the three plays, “Five
Days”, was also presented at the
Study Group Recommends
Election Rules Changes
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Collegiate Ranks 4th In North State
The Collegiate, Atlantic Christian
College’s twice monthly campus
newspaper, was rated fourth in a
tie with the campus newspaper at
Western Carolina College, in a con
test conducted by the North State
Conference Press Association last
weekend.
Joanne Rivenbark and Patsy Fer
rell, Co-Editors of the Collegiate,
attended the association’s meeting
held at Catawba College last Satur
day along with other staff mem
bers and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Gray.
They reported today they were
greatly pleased with the high rank
ing given the ACC paper. Named
top paper in the conference was
the campus publication at Lenoir
Rhyne College. It received 702
points. The Collegiate received 676
points from a panel of five profes
sional journalists. One of them, Wil
liam East of the Winston-Salem
Sentinel, rated the CoUegiate the
best paper in the North State Con
ference.
Other members of the judging
panel were Dr. Neil Luxon, Dean
of the School of Journalism at the
University of North Carolina, Spen
cer Murphy, Executive Editor of
the Salisbury Post, William Snider,
Associate Editor of the Greensboro
Daily News, and Hal Tribble, As
sociated Editor of the Charlotte Ob
server.
Mr. Snider rated the Collegiate
as the second best in the confer
ence and Mr. Tribble saw it as the
third best in the group.
In his report Mr. East said that
the Collegiate is “a very fine
newspaper.” Dean Luxon of Caro
lina said: “An attractive, readable
newspaper.”
Miss Rivenbark and Miss Ferrell
said today that the Collegiate lost
some points in two categories that
could have made it the best paper
in the conference on all the judg
es’ reports. The two areas were
Sports and page four in the paper
which is used exclusively for
Greek Letter news.
The Collegiate rated highest on
all the judges’ cards for its news
content.
In other business at the meeting.
Bill Nabbitt of Appalachian State,
was named president of the North
Band To Present
Outdoor Concert
The Atlantic Christian CoUege
Band will present an outdoor con
cert on the campus on Sunday,
May 18.
Plans for the concert were an-
iiounced today by Darrell Har-
baum, ACC Band Director.
Mr. Harbaum said the outdoor
concert will be the final perform
ance of the college year for the
band. He said they have been hav
ing extended practice sessions to
prepare for the special program.
All students, faculty members,
administrative personnel and the
public is invited to attend.
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By JIM BISHOP
A special study committee made
a report to the Executive Board
at its meeting on April 21, calling
for several revisions in election pro-
ceedures on the Atlantic Christian
College campus.
The report, presented by Sallie
Joe Griffin, was tabled following
a short discussion. Indications were
that it would be studied further at
a future meeting of the board.
The study committee recom
mended that; “Booths and a new
ballot box be made; that candi
dates pictures’ be shown; that a
Faculty Picnic
Slated Tonight
A picnic honoring faculty, ad
ministrative and staff personnel
who are leaving the college at the
end of the academic year, will be
held by the faculty of the college
tonight at Recreation Park.
The picnic is scheduled for 5:30
p.m., it was announced today. All
faculty members are reminded to
attend.
Among those to be honored are
Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Cutlip, Mrs.
Julia Beaman, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
J. Howard, and Miss Louise Mor
ris.
student living at home will be eli
gible to run for Day Student Rep
resentative and that this voting
should be done on a separate bal
lot; that voting for the Men’s Dorm
President should be left up to the
resident men; that we stick to the
majority vote by secret ballot rath
er than changing to a plurality vote
and that an absentee ballot should
be turned in to the secretary five
days before election day.”
The report went to the table be
cause of the absentee ballot issue.
There were those present who op
posed the absentee ballot in any
form. Others wanted to couple it
with a right to vote law for the
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Class Officers
Are Elected
In a campus election held Mon
day in which only 212 people voted,
a new point system was written
into law on the Atlantic Christian
College campus.
The point system was voted into
law on a count of 175 to 37. It
was the main baUot in an election
in which class officers were named
for next year.
Run-offs in the class elections
were held yesterday. Moving into
the second round as presidential
candidates for the rising senior
class were Steve Ginn and Ted
dy Gates.
Sammy White and Carey H.
Banks opposed each other in. the
run-off yesterday for the office of
president of the rising junior class.
Steve Mercer and 'T. Riley went
into the run-off yesterday as can
didates for the rising sophomore
class presidency.
James Holland and Don Ed
wards, were in the run-off ballot
ing as candidates for the office of
vice-president of the rising senior
class. In that class Frances Her
ring defeated Shelby Westbrook for
the office of secretary, and Mary
Rose Parnell was elected class
treasurer defeating three other can
didates, Darwin Williams, Don
Ryan and Woody Hill.
Ralph Messick and Everett Pur
vis were in the run-off yesterday
for the office of vice-president of
the rising junior class. John Over
ton and Carol Austin opposed each
other for the office of secretary of
the rising junior class, and Ken
Brinson and Wayne Quinton oppos
ed each other in the run-off for
treasurer of that class.
Jean Bazemore was named vice-
president of the rising sophomore
class, defeating Bob Matthews.
Elizabeth Winborne was elected
secretary of the rising sophomore
class, and BiU Bond and Bette
Pomfrey opposed each other in
the run-off for treasurer of that
class.
The i»int system had received
much discussion prior to its adop
tion in the election Tuesday.
It allows students to hold offices
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Phi Delt Plans Nationalization
it was disclosed this week by Carl
Weaver, president of the organiza
tion.
Weaver said the frat had narrow
ed down its study of fraternities
from which the one will be chosen
for installation here on the ACC
campus.
He said the three frats now be-
Sigma Alpha Set To Join
National This Weekend
Sigma Alpha Fraternity will be
come a national this week and thus
will be the third local fraternity
on the Atlantic Christian College
famous to go national this spring.
Last weekend Sigma Rho Phi
Fraternity became the North Caro
lina Iota Chapter of Sigma Phi
^Tomorrow, a three-day initiation
program will bein for Sigma Alpha.
At the conclusion of the program.
Sigma Alpha will officially become
a chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi Na
tional Social Fraternity.
Don Lee, Jr., Sigma Alpha pres
ident, today announced the pro
gram of nationalization for his
frat He said an initiation team
made up of chapter members from
Wake Forest College and Wofford
College will come to ACC tomor
row to supervise the program for
Sigma Alpha. „
A banquet in the college dining
hall at 6:30 p.m. Saturday night,
will complete the program.
Twenty-nine Sigma Alpha mem
bers and 17 alumni will be initiated
into Alpha Sigma Phi this week
end, Lee said.
Ralph Burns, Executive Secre
tary of Alpha Sigma Phi, will be
on hand to supervise the cere
monies as Sigma Alpha officially
DON LEE
Phi Delta Garnnia Fraternity has I ing studied are Phi Delta Thetf>
now made definite plans to af- j^gppa sigma and Alpha Tau Cr
filiate with a national fraternity,
•” mega.
Weaver did not indicate which
has the inside track with P h i
Delta Gamma. He said all three
were good fraternities and had giv
en fine cooperation to his organi
zation,as it attempts to formulate
concrete plans for a move to na
tionalization.
In discussing the move, Weaver
said his group is expected to make
a final choice before the end of the
current semester. After the nation
al is chosen, the local fraternity
will begin a long period of study
needed to prepare for the national
ization program.
He said Phi Delt will attempt to
make the move during the Fall
semester next year. ‘The financial
arrangements will probably deter
mine just when the nationalization
move will take place,” Weaver
said. “The group may be able to
change over during the fall semes
ter or it may be next spring but it
will definitely be next year.”
Weaver said the decision on a
date will be made by the new of
ficers of the fraternity, headed by
John Anthony. Anthony was recent
ly elected president of Phi Delta
becomes the Gamma Lambda
Chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi.
Meanwhile, Old Sigma Rho Phi
fraternity, now Sigma Phi Epsilon,
has been operating this week und
er its new charter received last
weekend.
Arthur Bishop, frat president, re
ceived it from Herbert H. Smito of
Richmond, Va., grand president of
Sigma Phi Epsilon, at the conclus
ion of initiation ceremonies. Also
present for the program last week
end was Richard Whiteman, Exe
cutive Director of the national frat
ernity.
A degree team, made up of
members of chapters at North
Carolina State CoUege, Lenoir
Rhyne College and High Point col
lege, came to the ACC campus to
assist Sigma Rho Phi in the initia
tion.
Initiations were conducted at
the education building of the First
banquet held on Saturday night at
the Wilson Woman’s Club.
Sigma Phi Epsilon is the nation’s
second largest social fraternity.
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Social Calendar
May 1 — One act plays.
May 3 — Phi Delta and Delta
Sigma Banquet
May 3 — Sigma Alpha Initiation
May 4 — Band Concert
May 9 — Phi Sigma Tau Banquet
May 10 — North State Confer
ence Track Meet
May 16 — Freshman Dance
May 17 — Dance Exhibition and
Senior Breakfast.