The
Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, SEPTEMBER 26, 1958 NUMBER ONE
Assembly, Chapel Plan s Revealed
White Heads Gree k Letter Council
Probation Policy
Is Spelled Out
Atlantic Christian College’s aca
demic probation policy was spelled
out for the benefit of new students
in an interview this week with
Dr. Millard P. Burt, Dean of the
College.
It was pointed out that students
should know the academic proba
tion situation at the outset so as to
guard against possible problems
later on.
The program requires a student
to maintain a level program of
academic accomplishment in order
to stay clear of the probation prob
lem. If a student falls more than
12 quality points below a “C”
average in any semester he auto
matically goes on academic proba
tion. The following semester if he
fails to pull his grades up so that
he is less than 12 quality points
down, he will be suspended from
school.
Dr. Burt also pointed out that
many students who have been sus
pended in the past assume that
they will automatically be accept
ed for re-admission to the college
after going to another college and
(Continued On Page Two)
Woody Herman Band
To Play On Campus
The famous Woody Herman Or
chestra will play for a dance at
Atlantic Christian College on Mon
day, November 17, it was an
nounced today.
Sponsored by the Interfratemity
Council, the dance is a project that
is being- arranged by the Inter
fratemity Council, the Executive
Board, and the Social Committee
of the college.
Admission for situdents and fac
ulty members will be free, it was
announced.
Atlantic Christian College’s new
144 bed men’s dormitory wiU be
gin to rise from the ground short
ly after November 15, it was re
vealed today by Dr. Arthur D,
Wenger, ACC President.
Dr. Wenger, in discussing the
dormitory project, said architects
are now completing the final scale
drawings and specifications for
the modern glass and brick struc
ture that will be constructed at the
corner of Deans and Gold streets.
Dr. Wenger said the college wiU
be accepting bids from the con
tractors about October 15. The dor
mitory will be about one year in
construction. It is hoped that the
dorm will be completed by Jan
uary, 1960 .
The first full meeting of Atlantic
Christian College’s Special Study
New officers were elected, the
name was changed and' plans were
laid for a “Rush Week” in Oc
tober at a meeting of the old Pan-
Hellenic Council held last week.
The name “Pan-Hellenic Coun
cil” went out of the campus or
ganizational vocabulary at the
meeting. Henceforth the organiza
tion will be known as the Interfra-
ternity Council, it was decided by
representatives of the various
Greek letter organizations who
make up the council.
Elected president of the new
council was Sammy White, a jun
ior from Miami, Florida, Don Lee,
a senior from Arapahoe, was nam
ed to serve as vice-president. Miss
Women Regain
Library Lounge
With a written announcement to
the Executive Board this week,
Dr. Millard P. Burt, ACC Dean, put
an end to a controversy that boil
ed last spring in the ACC Library.
Dr. Burt announced that the wo
men’s lounge in the library, which
had been changed to an office for
the Audio-Visual Department, had
been re-opened as a lounge for the
benefit of the women day students.
Dr. Burt said he was making
the announcement because he
came across a written request for
such action in the files in the
Dean’s office.
The request was made last spring
by the women day students. They
were perturbed because they said
the women’s lounge was the only
place they could go between clas
ses to rest and study.
One of the first things Dr. Burt
did after arriving at the college
in August was to revamp the A-V
(Continued On Page Two)
Committee will be held tomorrow
in the Faculty Lounge at 10 o’clock.
Purpose of the committee is
to form a new philosophy for the
college as it moves into an era of
challenge. Enrollments nationally
are growing. The Board of Trustees
of the college would like to have
a concrete program of growth laid
before it by a committee of ex
perts so that it can map plans
for the future.
Heading the committee is James
Manning of Williamston, Superin
tendent of the Martin pounty
Schools. Several. ACC administra
tors and faculty members are on
the committee.
Atlantic Christian College will
hold a Progress Assembly on
(Continued On Page Three)
Peggy Pittman, a sophomore from
Grifton, was elected secretary, and
Miss Marie Johnson, a senior from
Wendell, was named treasurer.
Serving as advisers for the coun
cil will be John E. Weems, Di
rector of Student Activities, John
H. Rich, Dean of Men, and Miss
Sarah Bain Ward, Dean of Wo
men. ■
A discussion brought forth a de
cision to begin “Rush Week” early
this fall with the visitation begin
ning at the various houses Mon
day, October 20 and runnin
through Thursday, October 23.
It was also pointed out at the
meeting that all fraternities and
sororities on the campus should
By RALPH MESSICK
The Campus Christian Associa
tion opened its program for the
1958-59 session with a three-day
“kick-off” religious emphasis pro
gram.
Dr. C. Manly Morton, minister
of the Parkway Christian Church,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was the
principal speaker. His topic for
the week was, “What Seek Ye?”
Seven Are Added
To ACC Faculty
The college faculty has seven
new members this Fall. Each of
them is joining one of the various
academic departments on the cam
pus except for Miss Anne Solo
mons who is the new Assistant
Librarian.
John H. Rich will teach in the
Department of Business, but also
is serving as -Dean of Men.
Dr. Deems Wiggs is a member
of the Department of Science and
Math. Mrs. James Woodard is in
the English Department, Robert
K. Black is teaching Art, Lewis
Aiken is in Education, and J. O.
Sanderson, Jr., is teaching Music.
Fall Enrollment
Sets New Record
Atlantic Christian College has a
record enrollment for the Fall Se
mester, it was announced this week
by Mrs. Bethany R. Joyner, Col
lege Registrar.
Mrs. Joyner said the college has
enrolled 1,098 students this Fall as
compared to 969 last Fall. This is
an increase of 13.3 percent.
The ACC Registrar also said the
Fall enrollment is 8.7 percent
ahead of last spring’s enrollm'ent
of 1,010 which was the previous
high for any semester.
work more closely together in the
future.
A kick-off dance and party was
scheduled for Friday, October 17,
to herald the beginning of “Rush
Week” the following Monday. It
will be sponsored by the Interfra
ternity Council.
At its meeting held Wednesday
night, the second of the year, the
council went into more detail in
planning for “Rush Week.”
It was decided that limited bid
ding will be in order with the
fraternities and sororities being
more selective in their approach
to possible new members.
White presided at the meeting
Wednesday night.
“Unk” as Dr. Morton is affec
tionately called, said that educa
tion is not just getting facts, but
also the seeking which an in
dividual goes through in order to
make a contribution to society
and to Jesus Christ.
Discussion leaders, supplied by
the local churches of Wilson, were
Dr. R. Grady Dawson, minister of
the First Methodist Church; Rev
erend Jack Gray, minister of St.
Timothy Episcopal Church, and
Reverend Murphy Williams, minis
ter of the First Presbyterian
Church. These discussion groups
were held in the fraternity houses
and in Harper Hall parlor.
Following these discussions a so
cial hour was held in the dining
hall sponsored by the Methodist
and Presbyterian students. The
evening was closed by vesper ser
vices led by the Disciple and Free
WiU Baptist students.
One of the highlights of the week
By BOBBY SWINSON
Atlantic Christian College, pos
sessing an automobile population
almost as large as the student
body, is being hard pressed to find
enough available space to park
the vehicles.
In an interview with John E.
Weems, Director 6f Student Ac
tivities, it was discovered that the
parking situation is one of the
nwst difficult problems facing the
college administration today. The
college now has only one lot avail
able for student parking. This is
located behind the new science
building on West Gold street.
But where are the 323 cars regis
tered going to park? Other than
the lot behind the science building,
the only parking space is on the
By JIM BISHOP
Collegiate Editor
Confronted for the third straight
year with an overload of students
for the facilities available for as
sembly and chapel programs at
ACC, the college today announced
a concrete program that will ease
the situation. .
Dr. Millard P. Burt, Dean of
the College, said he and his staff
have worked out a program that
they hope will prove to be success
ful and to the benefit of all stu
dents concerned.
The move was brought about by
a steadily increasing student body
that is overtaxing the seating of
Howard Chapel, center for the as
sembly of students and faculty
members at the college.
Exempting seniors for the past
two years served as only a stop
gap measure that denied fourth
year students an opportunity to
participate in the full college pro
gram, it was pointed out.
Under the new plan students will
be placed under a voluntary as
sembly attendance on the one hand
and a required chapel attendance
on the other.
The schedule has been worked
out so that on the first and third
Tuesdays, freshmen will meet with
their orientation groups on a re
quired basis. At the same time
upper class students will meet with
their faculty advisers on the first
Tuesday with attendance required,
and on the third Tuesday, meet
ings of the sophomore, junior and
senior classes will be held with
attendance required.
On the second and fifth Tuesdays
there will be programs held in
Howard Chapel. No attendance slip
will be collected. It is hoped that
with this experimental program
students will see fit to attend
whether they are required to or
not. Dean Burt said it was purely
an experimental program and at
the outset it will have to be stud
ied to determine the percentage
of attendance.
On the fourth Tuesday of e£.ch
month students will attend a meet-
streets surrounding the college, and
then parking is allowed only on one
side of these streets. Mr. Weems
says he hopes that some progress
can be made on parking during
the current college year. There
will be some parking space at the
new men’s dormitory when it is
completed, it has been explained.
Students are reminded not to
park behind the music building,
the annex to Harper Hall, or in
the faculty parking lot as this lot
is not big enough for the faculty
vehicles. Heretofore, all those who
were illegally parked were given
a parking ticket and were fined.
However, this policy has been
changed greatly. The violation, it
(Continued On Page Three)
Dorm Plans Approved
1958-59 Program Of CCA
Is Inaugurated This Week
(Continued on Page Four) (Continued On Page Two)
Parking Problems Grow
Freshman Class Balks At Quick Election
By BOB COLLINS
An intelligent group of Atlantic
Christian College Freshmen has
vroken the old tradition that
“Freshmen should be seen and not
heard,” and have demanded an
opportunity to have more tirne in
selecting Freshman Class officers.
At a recent meeting of the Fresh
man Class in the ACC gym the
usual method of electing class of
ficers was begun. Nominations
from the floor were called for.
Several of the members of the
Freshman Class expressed the de
sire that an opportunity be given
the candidates to speak to the
class before the election.
Candidates for various Freshman
Class offices have now been nomi
nated, and the Freshman Orien
tation Committee has made plans
for the candidates to speak be
fore the class on Tuesday, Octo
ber 7.- The election by secret bal
lot will follow.
Candidates are: President — Da
vid Mustian, Jimmy Boswell, and
Jimmy Silverthorne; Vice-Presi
dent — Buddy Westbrook, Charles
Sullivan, and Joyce Burgess; Sec-
etary — Catherine Pappas, Mar-
ret Walker, Ann Russell, and
nette Winborne; Treasurer —
Elizabeth Bell, Joan Ellis, Marie
Barnes, and Frankie Becham.
Discussion of the action by the
Freshmen was held at a meeting
of the Executive Board Monday I commended the action of the fresh-
afternoon. Dean of Women, MisS men in requesting more time to
Sarah Bain Ward, echoed the sen- consider the candidates,
timents of the board when she I In other action Monday, the Exe-
CANDIDAT'ES—The three students shown above are candidates for the office of president of the
Freshman class. They are, from left to right, Jimmy Silverthorne, David Mustian, and Jimmy
Bosvi'cll.
cutive Board elected students to
serve on both the Assembly and
Concert Committee and the Social
Committee. Named to serve on the
Assembly group were: Senior —
Jay Prillaman, Junior — Wayne
Quinton, Sophomore — Louise
Wells, and Freshman — Elizabeth
Bell.
Elected • to serve on the Social
Committee were: Senior — Caro
lyn Miles, Junior — Bobby Dunn,
Sophomore — Bob Matthews, and
Freshman — Tuck Uzzell.
Later a discussion of the new
social calendar was held. It was
pointed out that written requests
for any social event, regardless of
the number of years such an event
has been taking place, must be
forwarded to the Dean of Women,
Miss Sarah Bain Ward. The re
quest must go to the Dean of Wo
men so she may determine if the
request is in keeping with the
philisophy of the college.
Miss Ward will present the re
quest to the Division of Student
Services and to the Dean of the
College for final approval. TTie
Doan’s Office will mail a written
approval or disapproval to the per-
(Continued On Page Two)