The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, MARCH 6, 1959
NUMBER SEVENTEEN
Presidential Election N ext Week
By Jim Bishop
C^eglate Editor
Atlantic Christian College’s po
litical cauldron was simmering to
day and some heated activity dur
ing the coming few days will
have it boiling to overflowing by
Tuesday when the biggest political
show of the year goes onstage.
It’s time to elect a new president
of the Atlantic Christian CoUege
campus family and this fact al
ways brings political drama.
'Three hats are in the ring and
verbal fireworks are scheduled in
Howard Chapel Tuesday — the an
nual political stump climbing pre
sentation.
All three candidates, Juniors Ken
Brinson, Bobby EKuin and Everett
Bryant, wUl appear before the stu
dent body and faculty at assembly
Tuesday along with their cam
paign managers and retinue.
Brinson and Dunn were candi
dates nominated by the Executive
Board of the Cooperative Associa
tion. Bryant made his way onto
the nominations list by means
of a petition signed by 20 members
of the cooperative association.
Actual elections wiU be held in
the lobby of the Classroom Build
ing Wednesday, but the big bally
hoo will take place Tuesday.
Very little has been heard from
the three candidates. They wiU
save their platform planks to hand
out at the assembly when they
tell their constituents what is in
store for the coming year if elected.
Brinson is a native of Rocky
Mount, and is a member of Sigma
Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Dunn is a
KENNETH BRINSON
BOBBY DUNN
EVERETT BRYANT
Pinetof>s native and represents Al
pha Sigma Phi Fraternity. Bryant
hails from Cramerton and is a
non-fraternity man living in Cald-
weU HaU.
Brinson has done some outstand
ing campus work in various ca
pacities including the Atlantic
Christian College Chorus. Dunn is
a basketball and tennis player and
has served previously as treasur
er of the Cooperative Association.
Bryant transferred to ACC this
year from Brevard College and Is
active in the work of the Social
Science Department. All three are
outstanding students with high aca
demic records.
Students wlU go to the poUs by
classes Wednesday. The poUs will
be open from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A line will be established for each
class and voting booths will be
used for the first time.
If a run-off election is necessary,
it will be held Thursday with voting
being held in the Classroom Build
ing from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The unsuccessful candidates will
automatically become vice-presi
dential timber for later voting.
Parking Crackdown Slated
To End Student Violations
The Wilson Police Department]
reported this week that a student
driver at Atlantic Christian College
was partly at faulty last week in a
two-car collision at the intersection
of Gold and Whitehead Avenue.
The student was not even near
the scene of the accident at the
time it occurred. However, he had
parked his vehicle improperly at
the corner and beyond the allow
able limits, therefore, blocking the
vision of drivers entering Gold
street from Whitehead.
A vehicle entering Gold street
froip Whitehead was struck by a
vehicle moving down Gold street.
The driver on Whitehead said he
could not see into the intersection
because of the improi>erly parked
student car.
Officials of the local police de
partment told Dr. MiUard P. Burt,
ACC Dean, this week that many
students have been parking vehic
les improperly around the college
campus. The department spokes
man said the police plan to crack
down on students who park their
cars improperly.
Dr. Burt said today that students
can expect many more parking tic
kets than have been issued in the
past.
The parking situation at Atlan
tic Christian has become a major
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Nationalization Dates Are Set
Concrete plans for the nationali
zation of Phi Delta Gamma Frater
nity were announced today by of
ficials of the local fraternity on
the ACC campus. ’
Colin Sholar, Phi Delta Gamma
President, said today that final na
tionalization procedures have been
worked out and that his fraternity
is slated to become the Beta Rho
Chapter of Sigma Pi National So
cial Fraternity on Saturday, AprU
25.
Sholar said several events will
take place prior to the final nation
alization.
“Next Friday, members of Phi
Delta Gamma going national, will
go to Raleigh for an informal ini
tiation to be conducted by Rho
Chapter of Sigma Pi at North Car
olina State College.
Next Saturday night a party, hon
oring the members of the new cjtiap-
ter at ACC, will be given by mem
bers of Rho Chapter in Raleigh, it
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Business Department
At Atlantic Christian
Program
Unique
By BOB COLLINS
The fact that the youngest de
partment of Atlantic Christian Col
lege is now the largest department
in the college prompted The Col
legiate to look for the reasons be
hind the fact and to uncover the
philosophy of the Business Depart
ment.
In an interview with George
Harry Swain, Chairman of the
Business Department, it was
disclosed that the Busi
ness Department is rather
unique. Mr. Swain pointed out that
few colleges are purely liberal
arts schools. When the program of
the Business Department was set
up in 1953, the programs of every
college comparable to ACC in the
Sputhern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools was stu
died, and the strong points of each
were incorporated into the program
of the ACC department. Since that
time, numerous schools have cor
responded with this department to
get information about the program
in order that they might use those
ideas.
Mr. Swain enumerated some of
the aims of the Business Depart
ment as it works with the stu
dents.
Basically, the training received
in the Business Department is vo
cational in nature. However, this
Original Plays To Be
Here Next Thursday,
Staged
Friday
Students, faculty members and
friends of Atlantic Christian Col
lege will have an unusual oppor
tunity to see the dramatic work of
students from the pen to the spok
en word on'the college stage next
week.
Stage and Script Club at ACC
wUl present three plays written by
ACC students next Thursday and
Friday nights in Howard Chapel
at 8:15 p.m.
All ACC students and faculty
members will be admitted free.
A slight attendance charge wiU be
made to others who wish to see
the plays.
The three plays to be presented
are “The Fledgling,” by Claude
Anthony, “The Old Man And The
Church,” by Carl Metz, and “High
HiU,” by Sanford Peele.
The play by Anthony, an ACC
senior from Wilson, was honored
recently when it was awarded sec
ond prize in the Arts Festival con
ducted by the Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina.
Miss Betty Smith, famed author
of “A Tree Grows In Brooklyn,”
served as judge in the contest and
had this to say about Anthony’s
play: “The playwright has tackled
a routine contemporary topic which
is difficult to handle. He grabbed
a problem which touches neOTly
every adolescent’s life. It has a
flash of tenderness and understand
ing that is quite rare in young
writers.”
Scenery for the plays is being | lege with John Vernon, Don Wrenn
' constructed and painted by the
Play Production class of the col- i
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STAR IN PLAY—Gerald Southerland, left, and Joanna Huffer
are shown in a scene of “The Fledgling,” a play by Claude An
thony an Atlantic Christian College senior. This play and two
student written productions, will be presented here next
^v^eek by Stage and Script. (Collegiate Photo by Claude Anthony)
department'strives to keep its pro
gram centered around a broad
liberal arts background. Even
though most business courses are
specialized, the department seeks
to include general areas of study.
This department seeks to help
people gain an understanding of
the forces and factors that produce
higher standards of living. The
program is also designed to help
people realize that the heart of all
economics is what one does to
satisfy his wants and to meet his
needs. These two forces must be
brought together in all phases of
a person’s life.
■The business department teaches
with the aim of leading people to
realize that everything that is done
today is done with the future in
mind. Therefore, the business
courses are taught in such a way
that one appreciates the past and
applies experience gained in the
past to the future.
At the present time there are
259 upperlevel students who have
chosen business as their major. In
addition to these, there are nearly
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Trustees Approve Record Budget
The Board of Trustees of Atlan
tic Christian College has approved
a proposed budget for the 1959-
60 college session that moves above
the three quarter million dollar
mark for the first time in the in
stitution’s 57 year history.
At a meeting here on the col
lege campus last week, the trustees
stamped their approval on the bud
get that will total $756,075 and
stands almost five percent above
the budget for the present college
year.
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC
President, told the trustees that
the increase in the proposed bud
get will be used mainly to increase
faculty salaries and to employ ad
ditional faculty members for next
year.
In other action the board com
pleted the required resolutions to
borrow $400,0M from the Federal
Housing and Home Finance Agen
cy. The funds will be used to pay
for the construction of a 144 bed
men’s dormitory on the ACC camp
us. The construction on the build
ing is now underway.
Bruce W. Riley of Wilson, was
welcomed as a new member of
of the board of trustees. Riley was
elected by the alumni of the col
lege to serve as their representa
tive on the board.
Three members of the board
were added to the board’s execu
tive committee at the meting.
They are Eli J. Perry of Kinston,
Lawrence Moye of Maury, and S.
M. Cozart of Wilson.
Milton L. Adams, ACC Business
Manager, was named Treasurer
of the college by the board. Adams
has served as college business man
ager since 1949.
T. J. Hackney of Wilson, chair
man of the board, presided at the
meeting.
Students, Faculty Differ
On Amount Of Cheating
The fact that the Central Com
mittee on Instruction of the col
lege is investigating the matter
of cheating on the Atlantic Chris
tian College Campus, and the re
alization that several students of
the college are deeply concerned
about this matter, motivated The
Collegiate to study the problem,
and to get the opinions of students
and faculty on the matter of cheat
ing.
As in a past survey, the students
and faculty had differing opinions
on some aspects of the problem.
The general outlook of the faculty
is that there is widespread cheat
ing on the campus, and that some
thing should be done about the
problem. The students showed less
concern than the faculty.
Sam White, president of the In
terfraternity Council, when asked
if he felt that there is enough cheat
ing on the campus to merit more
extensive study and investigation
by the faculty and administration,
replied, “I think a questionnaire
to be answered by all students
should be circulated in order to
get the consensus of all the stu
dents in this matter of cheating.”
When asked who should be re
sponsible for disciplinary action in
cases of a person caught cheat
ing, White said, “In most cases
the individual instructor should be
responsible for the action. Howev
er, if there is a severe case, the
teacher should have the right to
turn the matter over to the Disci
pline and Morale Committee.”
It might be noted, that White was
one of the few students who show
ed great concern about the matter.
Another student, who refused to
be quoted, said he did not feel there
is enough cheating at the college
to merit any intensive action on
the part of the administration, fac
ulty or students. He went on to
point out that infrequent and iso
lated cases of cheating often cause
a great frenzy of action, but that
actual reported case^ of cheating
are few and far between.
Another student, who also stated
that he did not wish to be quoted,
said the primary responsibility for
seeing that students do not cheat
is the instructor’s and that if the
instructor does ''not prevent cheat
ing either on tests, term papers, or
other class work, then the fault is
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