The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, OCTOBER 31, 1958
NUMBER SIX
176 Students Pledged
To Greek Letter Groups
By JIM BISHOP
Collegiate Editor
In one of the best pledge pro
grams ever held on the Atlantic
Christian College campus, 176 ACC
students this week made their in
tentions known concerning mem
bership in campus fraternities and
sororities.
The program following Rush
Week closed Wednesday night with
75 students signed up for fraternity
membership and another 101 listed
with sororities as pledges, it was
announced by John E. Weems, Di
rector of Student Activities.
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity led
the men’s groups with 31 pledges.
The too sorority was Phi Sigma
Tau with 34, but it was trailed
closely by Sigma Tau Chi with 33.
In the fraternity group, Delta
Sigma Phi was second with 19
pledges. Phi Delta Gamma was
third with 14, and Alpha Sigma
Phi was fourth with 11 pledges.
Omega Chi ranked third among
the sororities with 25 pledges and
Delta Sigma was fourth with nine.
In a meeting of the Interfraterni-
ty Council held Wednesday night,
the sentiment was that the pro
gram had been a tremenddus suc
cess. One suggestion was made for
next year’s program, however. It
was decided to set up a central
station in the classroom building to
dispense the bids to prospective
members. They were distributed
this year by the campus post of
fice. but it was noted that many
students do not have post office
boxes and this caused some delay
in distributing bids.
Students pledging Sigma Phi Ep
silon Fraternity were Jerry Bur
ton, Gordon Clarke, Robert Dees,
Bill Guthrie, C. H. Hamm, Curtis
D. Hedgepath, Tommy D. Hobbs,
Jimmy Joyner, Rex Jerrell, Dick
Knox, Jim Lancaster, Ben McKeel,
John Miller, Floyd Morgan, David
Mustian, Josephus Parker, Ben
Plitt, Ben Potter, F. T. RUey,
James SUverthorne, Doug Spivey,
John Stewart, Bobby Swanson,
Paul Tyson, William Vick, John
UUom, Hubert (Buddy) Westbrook,
Rodney Williams, Edward D. Win
stead, John White, and Harold
Yert.
Those pledging Delta Sigma Phi
Fraternity were Paul Askew, Sid
ney Askew, William Barker, James
David, Claude Kennedy, Mack Kir
by, Davis Lee, Thomas Lee, Cal
vin McKeel, William Nordman,
Wade Pearson, Edward E. Smith,
James Swertzeger, William Thom
as, James Van Camp, Thomas
Vick, Herbert Ward, WUliam Wil
lis, and Charles Woodard.
Pledging Phi Delta Gamma Fra
ternity were William Andrews,
Richard Britt, Benjamin Creech,
Clyde Dunn, Frank B. Early, Wil
liam A. Etheridge, Lynn Grice,
Walter Holton, Leroy Howell,
Thomas Lowe, Rudolph Manning,
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Rich Popular As Dean Of Men
By BOB COLLINS
It might well be expected that
a recent college graduate would en
counter difficulty in assuming an
administrative position at his alma
mater, but Dean of Men, John H.
Rich, has used his familiarity with
this college to his advantage.
Mr. Rich graduated from Atlan
tic Christian CoUeege in August of
1957, having earned a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Business Adminis-
SOME HELPFUL HINTS-^ohn H. Rich, ACC Dean of Men,
paused in the lobby of the Classroom building to give a study
hint to Jack Phillips, center, and Ray Taylor, right. (CoUegiate
Photo by Claude Anthony)
tration. He went on to George Pea
body College For Teachers in
Nashville, Tennessee, where he re
ceived a Master of Arts degree in
Business Education. Mr. Rich has
now returned to ACC to assume
the role of Dean of Men.
In an interview the dean said, “I
already was familiar with the col
lege. I knew the goals, and ideals
of the college and was familiar
with the majority of the personnel
here.” The new dean went on to
say, “I would attribute a great part
of miy success on this point to Dean
of Women, Miss Sarah Bain Ward,
Director of Student Activities, John
E. Weems, and Housemother of
Caldwell HaU, Mrs. Essie Davis.
Not only have these people been
of help, but I also attribute most of
my success to the wonderful stu
dent body here at ACC.”
In an interview with Mr. Weems
it was pointed out that Mr. Rich
was a very popular student while
at ACC. Now that he has returned
as Dean of Men he has enjoyed a
great deal of popularity with the
students in that position.
Mr. Weems went on to say that
Mr. Rich is a naturally likable j>er-
son. “He has high ideals and goals
and a good philosophy as Dean of
Men. He is a very stable person,
and since people sense stability, he
wins people’s confidence.”
The new dean hopes that all stu
dents feel free to call upon him at
any time. He made the statement:
“I hope I have succeeded in mak
ing the students I have contacted
feel that they are welcome to see
me about any problem at any time,
day or night.” The dean further
said, “If any student is sick or in
jured, whether he be in the infirm-
Today Is Deadline
In Queen’s Contest
All entries in the Homecoming
Queen’s contest must be submitted
by 4 p.m. today in order to be
eligible for the contest, it was an
nounced today.
Mrs. Lynne N. West, faculty co-
chairman of the Homecoming
Queen’s contest with Mrs. Jan T.
Boles, said that many contestants
have been selected by the organi
zations on the campus but that very
few of them have been entered in
the contest officially.
Mrs. West said the rules require
the organization to submit the
name of the contestant and an en
try fee before the entry is a valid
one
“We have extended the deadline
until today to give the organiza
tions an opportunity to follow
through on the entry procedure,”
Mrs. West said. “After today. we
The first five contestants entered
were Miss Nancy Forbes, repre
senting Delta Sigma Phi Fraterni
ty; Miss Beverly Edwards, repre
senting Sigma Phi Epsilon Frater
nity; Miss Mary Ann Jenkins, rep
resenting Stage and Script; Miss
Hilda Sermons, representing Phi
Sigma Tau Sorority, and Miss Bet
ty Hope Boyette, representing Sig
ma Tau Chi Sorority.
Mrs. West said the three classes
that elected queen contestants at
their meetings last week had not
made official entries earlier this
week. They are Miss Elizabeth
Winbome, representing the Sopho
more Class; Miss Larue Matthews,
representing the Senior Class, and
Miss Gayle Cameron, representing
the Junior Class.
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ACC Executive Board Acts
To Improve The Bohunk
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Upon receiving complaints from
dissatisfied students, the Executive
Board passed a series of resolu
tions Monday to be sent to the Bo
hunk Governing Board to improve
the Bohunk facilities and services.
Junior Class President Sammy
White brought several complaints
to the Executive Board meeting.
These complaints arose from
White’s announcement at the last
Junior Class meeting that he would
take any business from the mem
bers of the Junior Class to the Exe
cutive Board if he was asked to do
so. Members of the Junior Class
complained that the Bohunk was
being closed too early on week
end nights. This leaves no place
for students wishing to remain on
campus to go for recreation. It was
requested that the Bohunk be left
open at least until the hour when
women are expected to return to
dormitories.
It has been suggested that there
be a pay telephone booth installed
in the Bohunk. The only available
pay phones on the campus are in
the two dormitories and are incon
venient for students to use.
It was suggested that a sugges
tion box be placed in the Bohunk.
This suggestion box would be for
the use of students to send sug
gestions to the Executive Board and
the class officers.
The Executive Board passed all
of these recommendations, and
they will be forwarded to the Bo
hunk Governing Board for final ac
tion.
Junior Class spokesman White al
so suggested that all class presi
dents ask their constituents for
complaints, suggestions, and busi
ness to be brought to the Executive
Board.
In further action the Executive
Board adopted a new bookkeeping
system to be used by the Co-opera
tive Association. In the past the
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Hypnotist To Visit ACC
Next Wednesday, November 5,
marks the date of the appearance
of hypnotist Dr. Franz J. Polgar
in Howard Chapel on the campus
of Atlantic Christian College. The
Concert and Assembly Committee,
sponsors of the entertainment, re
mind the members of the student
body that this event is scheduled
for 7:30 p.m.
Students are also reminded that
the program is paid for from stu
dent activity funds, and there will
be no charge at the door. However,
because of limited space in How
ard Chapel, admission wiU be held
to the 550 persons who have tickets
issued earlier this week. It is hoped
that all holders of tickets plan to
attend.
Dr. Polgar, who has appeared on
this campus several times in the
past, is one of the country’s lead
ing hypnotists. His reputation as
an entertainer is well known
throughout the United States, and
he is especially appreciated by col
lege students. A dynamic personali
ty, he fills his programs with un
believable feats of telepathy as
well as authentic practice of hypno
tism.
It is Polgar’s custom to hypno
tize whole groups of volunteers at
once and direct them through ac
tivities before having them return
to a conscious state. Polgar esti
mates that he has put more than
a million people to sleep through
hypnotic suggestion, and he finds
younger people his best subjects.
A native of Hungary, Dr. Polgar
holds two academic degrees, Doc
tor of Psychology and Doctor of
Economics which he earned in his
native country.
Small Assembly Votes $13,000 Budget
In a meeting attended by only
128 people, one-fifth of them fac
ulty members, the Atlantic Chris
tian College Cooperative Associa
tion adopted a budget totaling al
most $13,000 Tuesday morning in
Howard Chapel.
The regular Tuesday Assembly
program, very sparsely attended,
was the scene of the adoption of
the budget, the largest in the his
tory of the association, totalmg
$12,916.03.
Presenting the budget was Bob
by Riley, Treasurer of the asso-
cation. Action of his motion to ap
prove the budget was delayed for
a few minutes when a student,
Bob Collins, rose to present a mo
tion calling for a re-study of the
budget, since the committee had
been forced to dip into surplus
funds to fill requests from the var
ious campus agencies .
After a second had been obtain^
for Collins’ motion, G e o r g e B.
Griswold, Jr., President of the As
sociation, assured Collins that the
budget was not built on surplus
funds. He said all the requests had
been filled without dipping into stu
dent activity money remaming
from previous years. Collins mo
tion then failed to pass.
The budget, as presented, was
then approved by the student body
and faculty.
Griswold who presided, then pre
sented James Boswell, President of
the Freshman class, Lynn Grice,
President of the Men’s Dormitory
Council, and John H. Rich, Dean
of Men of the CoUege, to be in
stalled as members of the Execu
tive Board. They were installed l^y
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC Presi
dent.
Sammy White, President of the
Interfraternity Council, speaking
from the audience, outlined plans
for the big dance scheduled on the
campus on November 17, featur-
Quorum Absent At Assembly
Voting action taken by the At
lantic Christian CoUege Coopera
tive Association in a meeting in
Assembly in Howard Chapel Tues
day morning was in violation of the
rules laid down by the constitu
tion of the association, it was re
vealed this week.
Only 128 students and faculty
members were present at the as
sembly Tuesday morning includmg
those on the stage taking part in
the program when a vote was tak
en on the adoption of the associa
tion’s budget.
The constipation says that two-
fifths of the total membership of
the association constitutes a quo
rum. This means that almost 500
students and faculty members
should be in attendance at a meet
ing in order to take a vote.
The constitution specifically says
under Article IV, titled General
Meetings: “General meetings of
The Cooperative Association shall
be held approximately once each
month during the assembly period.
Special meetings as necessary may
be called by the President of The
Cooperative Association, or upon
the written request of twenty mem
bers. Two - fifths of the member
ship shall constitute a quorum.”
Under Article III, the consti
tution defines membership. It says;
“All students upon matriculation
shall become full members of The
Cwf>erative Association, to profit
by its privileges and assume the
responsibilities of its obligations.
All faculty and administrative
members under contract shall be
voting members of The Coopera
tive Association.”
There are 1,098 members of the
Atlantic Christian College student
body. In addition there are 68 fac
ulty members and administrative
personnel under contract at the
present time. This makes the to
tal membership of the association
1,166 persons.
To have a quorum at a meeting
of the association, there must be
at least 466 students, faculty mem
bers and administrative personnel
present.
This would mean that Howard
Chapel would have to be almost
full in order to have a quorum.
It is expected that some action will
be taken to lower the quorum re
quirements.
itig Woody Herman and his orches
tra. Later he also announced that
fraternity and sorority members
could begin conversations with
those students who had pledged the
organizations.
Miss Beverly Edwards presented
the Atlantic Christian College
Cheerleading Squad and they led
the Student Body and Faculty in
several yeUs. Miss Edwards is
Head Cheerleader. Others are Miss
Sally Scudder, Miss Sharon Hazel-
^Sg, Miss Jane Johnson, Miss
Elizabeth Winborne, Miss Ann Lee,
Miss Gayle Cameron, Miss Peggy
Greene, and Miss Nancy Roberson.
As the closing event of the as
sembly program, the Stage and
Script Club, presented a short
scene from its play, “The Taming
Of The Shrew,” to be given No
vember 13 and ’4. Those partici
pating in the scene were Sanford
Peele, Miss Anne Nelson and James
Boswell.
It was announced by Miss Wilma
Hairr that Stage and Script would
present a special matinee of the
play on Wednesday, November 12,
at 3 p.m. high school students
from the area have been invited to
attend the matinee.