The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, OCTOBER 16, 1959
NUMBER FOUR
Assembly Will Explore Future
Friends, trustees, administrative
personnel, faculty members and
students will attempt to look into
the future here Saturday as they
face education’s decade of decision
at Atlantic Christian College’s Sec
ond Annual Progress Assembly.
A group of outstanding educa
tional leaders will be on hand to
help with the task.
Opening at 3:30 p. m., the Pro
gress Assembly program features
special demonstrations by the aca
demic departments on the cam
pus, a panel discussion, a recep
tion for friends of the college, and
a banquet.
An invitation was issued today
by Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC
President, to all ACC students who
wish to attend the panel discus
sion to be held in Howard Chapel
at 4:30 p.m. S u b j e c t for
the discussion is “Education Fac
es Its Decade of Decision.” J. E.
Paschall, President of the Branch
Banking and Trust Company of
Wilson, will preside at the general
session in which the panel will be
featured. Serving as panel modera
tor will be Dr. A. C. Dawson, Jr.,
Raleigh, Executive Secretary of
North Carolina Education Associa
tion. Panelists will be Dr. Harold
H. Hutson, Greensboro, President
of Greensboro College, Dr. Gordon
W. Sweet, Atlanta, Ga., Executvie
Secretary of the Commission on
Colleges and Universities of the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools, and Dr.
John W. Shirley, Raleigh, Dean of
North Carolina State College.
A banquet will wind up the as
sembly. It has 'been scheduled
at 6:30 p.m. at the Wilson Com
munity Center, and invitations
have been extended to those who
have participated in the college’s
current development program.
Featured speaker for the ban
quet will be Dr. Travis A. White,
President of Midwestern Univers
ity, Wichita Falls, Texas. Dr. White
is a former president of Atlantic
Christian College.
S. M. Cozart, local tobacconist
and a member of the college Board
of Trustees, will preside.
Dr. Wenger is scheduled to make
a special report at the banquet.
Others on the banquet program are
A. D. Shackelford, Retired Presi
dent of the National Bank of Wil
son, Mrs. Elizabeth G. Swindell,
Publisher of The Wilson Daily
Times, Rev. James G. Wallace,
Minister of the First Christian
Church of Wilson, Rev. R. Murphy
Williams, Jr., Minister of the First
Presbyterian Church of Wilson, and
the Atlantic Christian College Chor
us under the direction of James V.
Cobb, Jr., of the college faculty.
Dr. Millard P. Burt, ACC Dean,
will welcome the guests to the col
lege at the afternoon general ses
sion at 4:30 p.m. in Howard Chap
el, and the organ prelude will be
played by Gone A. Featherstone
of the college faculty.
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DR. TRAVIS A. WHITE
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Executive Board
Approves Budget
The Executive Board of the Co-
perative Association approved the
proposed budget presented by its
steering committee Tuesday night.
The budget was figured on the
basis of 975 students, paying $14,
each, plus $1 per student, to be
divided among the classes.
The committee found it neces
sary to cut the requested budgets
of some of the organizations rep
resented in the total budget of the
Executive Board. The board, how
ever, reminded these organizations
that the Emergency Fund’s main
function was to make up for fur
ther needs that these organizations
may have during the year.
Association Ajiproval
Bobby Dunn, president of the Ex
ecutive Board, also announced that
the budget was still in need of ap
proval by the Cooperative Associa
tion. Miss Emily Waters, secretary
of the Cooperative Association, a-
greed to take the necessary action
to notify the students of the pro
posed budget before it was pre
sented to them for approval. Time
for this action will be announced
at a later date.
The budget committee also rec-
omhiended to the Executive Board
that all funds left in the treasuries
of the concerned organizations
revert to the Emergency Fund. A
motion was made and passed that
this recommendation be accepted.
Fur'ther Business
In further business concerning
the budget, a request by the Stu
dent National Education Associa
tion to be included in the Execu
tive Board budget was refused. The
DR. A. C. DAWSON, JR.
DR. HAROLD H. HUTSON
DR. GORDON W. SWEET
See Executive Board Page 4
Focus Is On The Academic
In Departmental Displays
By BOB COLLINS
Collegiate Co-Editor
Plans for the departmental dem
onstrations to be presented in con-
j'jnction with the progress Assem
bly tomorrow are complete and the
displays are being set up in the
classroom building today.
The demonstrations will focus on
the various disciplines of the col
lege and will display the equipment
and depict the procedures used in
the educational process in the vari
ous departments.
Typical of the projects is that of
the Department of Modern Lan
guages. Dr. Esther E. Long, chair
man, said, “we will seek to show
that the study of languages breaks
down the barriers of provincialism
and builds up the spirit of inter
national understanding and friend
ship, leading toward world peace.”
Dr. Long also pointed out that
“the study of languages becomes
the study of a people. Lang'iage
can create and maintain a will to
Calendar
Monday, October 19
Rush week begins (see story
page one)
Tuesday, October 20
Freshman and Senior chapel
Sohomcre and Junior class meet
ings.
Thursday, October 22,
Sophomre and Junior chapel.
Freshmen meet in gym.
Senior class meeting in science
building.
Friday, October 24
Cross Country meet — ACC vs.
Pfeiffer:
Pre-Testing Shows Lack
Of Biblical Knowledge
By RALPH MESSICK
Collegiate Co-Editor
The Department of Religion and
Philosophy, through the addition
of a pre-testing program, received
some valuable information concern
ing the Biblical knowledge of in
coming students.
Although the information ac
quired was not of a pleasing na
ture, it was, nevertheless, helpful
in pointing out to the religion de
partment the needs for a more ade
quate training program in the
churches of the state. For, as a
whole, the grades show that the
program of religious education in
churches of all denominations and
sects needs improvement.
Allan R. Sharp, Acting Chairman
of the Department of Religion and
Philosophy, said that the test was
given to all students currently en-
rolled in the course.
Introduction to the New Testament.
“The purpose of the survey was
to test the Biblical knowledge of
the students rather than their
faith,” he added.
The test consisted of fifty multi
ple choice questions, taken in equ
al proportions from both the Old
and New Testaments. Only four of
the questions were based upon in
dividual opinion; the others were
based upon Biblical facts.
Mr. Sharp said that test showed
a considerable distinction between
understand and a depth,of insight.” The display will show that the
The modern languages display
will include the a'udio - visual
equipment used in the department,
materials used to enliven the class
meetings such as maps, pictures,
posters, magazines, etc.
The language display will be ar
ranged on three tables, covering
the languages of German, French
and Spanish as they are taught
at Atlantic Christian College.
purpose of teaching foreign lan
guages is to teach the student to
write, read, speak and understand
the language effectively enough to
appreciate other cultures and to
relate them to our own. Dr. Long
pointed out.
Other departments are following
m'uch the same line of creativity
See Displays Page 3 '
Open Letter
Rushees Urged To Visit
All Greek Letter Groups
(Sammy White, President of
the Interfratemity Council at At
lantic Christian College, has re
leased the following open letter
to fraternity and sorority
rushees. White said he wrote the
letter on behalf of the entire I.
F. C.)
“Monday most of you will em
bark upon another new experience
at Atlantic Christian. Rush Week
will certainly be a busy and per
haps even hectic week for you,
but it can also be enjoyable and
profitable.
“Fraternity and sorority life is
an invaluable experience in group
association. The man or woman
working his or her way through
school has the same opportunity
for development, for attainment
and for /holding office as the stu
dent who gets a fat check each
month from home.
"A fraternity or sorority looks
at you, or should look at yo>u, for
yourself. So introduce yourself al
ways; a false front is easy to spot.
“Remember, also, that in order
to be eligible to pledge a fraterni-
DR. JOHN W. SHIRLEY
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Science Facilities
Used To Capacity
By ANNE JENKINS
According to the faculty of the
Science and Mathematics Depart
ment, the facilities of the depart
ment are being used to capacity.
The department nas experienced
a marked increase in enrollment.
This condition is a result of the
larger number of freshmen stu
dents who must satisfy the college
requirements of six h ou rs of
science and two or three hours of
mathematics for graduation. The
number of science and mathema
tics majors has not increased in
large numbers; however, figures
show that the number of minors
in the department is greater. It
is believed that this fact may be
related to the world - wide increase
of interest in science.
Extends Schedule
In order to accommodate the ad
ditional students, the department
has extended its schedule through
out the day. Now the department
has two morning biology labora
tories, which means that the gen
eral biology laboratory is used
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday afternoons. It is also us
ed on Wednesday and Friday morn
ings.
According to Dr. J. P. Tyndall,
the only expansion the department
can iK)ssibly make in the area of
See White Letter Page 3
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See Facilities Page 3
Annual Rushing Season
Opens At ACC Monday
See Pre-Testing Page 3
Fraternity and sorority rushing
for the 1959 season officially begins
Monday at Atlantic Christian Col
lege.
Next week most of the freshmen
and new transfer students, both
men and women will spruce them
selves up and set out to look over
the social side of campus life.
The Interfraternity Council an
nounced that the system of visita
tion used last year would be follow
ed again. This system is as follows:
All female freshmen and new
transfer students who are not al
ready members of a national so
cial sorority shall be divided alpha
betically into four groups. These
groups shall alternately visit each
sorority on successive afternoons
between the hours of 3 and 6 p. m.
All male freshman and new
transfer students who are not al
ready members of a national soci
al fraternity shall be divided alpha
betically into four groups. These
groups shall alternately visit each
fraternity on successive evenings
between the hours of 7 and 9 p. m.
On Monday night, October 19,
men students whose last names be
gin with the letters A through D
will visit the Alpha Sigma Phi
House. They will visit the Sigma
Phi Epsilon House on Tuesday
night, the Sigma Pi House on Wed
nesday night and the Delta Sigma
Phi House on Thursday night.
Men students with last names
beginning with the letters E
through K wiU visit the Delta Sig
ma Phi house on Monday night, the
Alpha Sigma Phi House on Tues
day night, the Sigma Phi Epsilon
House on Wedne^ay night, and
the Sigma Phi House on Thursday
night.
Men students with last names be
ginning with the letters L through
R will visit the Sigma Pi House on
Monday night, the Delta Sigma Phi i
House on Tuesday night, the Alpha I
Sigma Phi House on Wednesday
night and the Sigma Phi Epsilon
House on Thursday night.
Men with last names beginning
with the letters S through Z will
visit the Sigma Phi Epsilon House
on Monday night, the Sigma Pi
House on Tuesday night, the Delta
Sigma Phi House on Wednesday
night and the Alpha Sigma Phi
House on Thursday night.
A similar schedule has been set
up for the sororities. Women stu
dents whose last names begin with
the letters A through D, will visit
Sigma Tau Chi Sororoty at the Del
ta Sigma Phi House from 3 to 6 p.
m. on Monday afternoon, October
19. This same group will visit Ome
ga Chi at the Sigma Phi Epsilon
House on Tuesday at the same
time. Delta Sigma at the Sigma Pi
House on Wednesday and Phi Sig
ma Tau at the Alpha Sigma Phi
See Rush Page 4