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THE COLLEGIATE
March 4, 1960
Editorials
Objective View Needed
In Election Campaigns
Collegiate Continues
To Print Vital News
As election time has come to the
Atlantic Christian College campus
again, members of the ACC cam
pus family need to take an ob
jective look at election campaiijns.
In the past ffvv years, a great
deal has h; !>n ;aid about cam
paign tactics. Let us not wash out
old sock now. Let ut look at elec
tion campai;;ns as objectively as
po- iible.
The I ■••1 ;;on for a candidate be-
hw in the r::for a particular of-
fier i;; .-iimple: he want.s to be elect
ed. The candidate will u.s - tho;e
menns and appeals in his cam-
paii'.n which he thinks will - et the
most voti >..
VVhen we look at things ideally,
p>olitical machines, coalitions,
throwinK bubble gum, ki.^^>ing ba-
bi( s, or whatever, might not seem
proper. When we Iciok at things
practically, we .see that various
tactics win elections and will be
used.
Charges of “political machine”
and “dirty politics” which have
rung across the ACC campus, were
merely tactics being used by can
didates and their backers.
The tendency seems to have tak
en form again this year. The poli
tical organizations are being forrr»-
ed. So what? Political organiza
tions are a part of American
life and will be for many years to
come.
One need only to look at the
present situation in the United
States Senate to see American po
litical organization in its glory. If
our senators can keep 92 year old
men up all night, it seems reason
able that our .students can or-
;;anize, and if they see fit, throw
bubble gum.
This year, the campaign may
develop into another battle over
campaign techniques. However, it
wi.uld be far better if the cam-
paii;n were one which presented is
sues and qualifications of candi
dates for approval.
Much has been said, at times,
about the ideal situation being an
impossible situation. We realize
that no campaign will meet the
ideal of presenting only the issues
of the day and the qualifications of
the candidate. We realize that the
-student body will not meet the
ideal standard for selecting a can
didate by evaluating objectively
the candidate’s platform and qual
ifications and then voting for the
person who is thought to be best.
People are going to vote for per
sonalities. People are going to vote
for members of groups, whether
they be members of fraternities or
members of an organization of
“independents.”
Our only plea in this campaign,
which is about to become the maj
or topic of the day on the cam
pus, is that the candidates, with
all their campaign gimmicks and
their organizational activities, will
present a platform which can be
evaluated by the campus family.
We call for the candidates to run
on the basis of their qualifications.
We call for the organizations which
back the candidates to compel their
candidates to present objective and
progressive planks in their cam
paign platforms.
We would hope that the candi
dates in the election campaign will
be those who are willing to serve
the people they are elected by.
We also hope that the students
wUI not only be impressed by the
elaborate campaign procedures,
whether they be humorous, serious,
or a combination of humor and
seriousness, and will allow the
campaign procedures to call at
tention to the issues of the elec
tion and the qualifications of the
candidate.
Let us make this an election of
issues and candidates, not an elec
tion which is a mere approval of
campaign procedures.
Let us also make the issues of
this campaign not the issues of
campaign tactics, but the issues of
campus government which direct
ly affect the students and faculty
in their roles as part of the cam
pus family.
The staff of this newspaper is
getting somewhat tired of being
dragged through the muck of cam
pus politics every time someone
breathes on this campus and the
staff has the gumption to publish
the news.
It was the cry that the news
paper was helping to railroad the
treasurer of the Cooperative Asso
ciation recently when the Executive
Board raked him over the coals.
The Collegiate merely printed the
news of this incident. It did not
rake the treasurer over the coals.
Last week a prospective candi
date did what no other candidate
has ever done on the carripus—
announced' his candidacy prior to
the conclave of the Executive Board
which gathers ev,ery year about this
time to decide who it will nomi
nate for the top office on the cam
pus.
When this student announced his
candidacy he did it loud enough
for a student reporter to hear it
and it was run in the paper. He
announced his candidacy and it
was reported in the paper.
The paper quickly was thrown
on the desk for discussion at the
meeting of the Executive Board
Monday afternoon. One member
said the paper was unconstitu
tional.
Maybe it is, but it will continue
to report the news. In this paper
today is the story of another can-
diadate who has petitioned. His
name is not yet belore the Execu
tive Board but the fact that he is
going to run is news and this news
paper is printing that news. It wiU
continue to do so.
We are not lining up with can
didates. We don’t intend to do so,
B'ut this newspaper wiU run aU
the news about the coming elec
tion that- it can find. It wiU not
wait for the Executive Board to
determine what news it runs. It
would be in sad shape if it did. It
seems that most members of the
Executive Board would not know
a news story if they ran into one.
Professor Views Plays
As Source Of Pride
Vocations Conference
Published Wppkiv
Praiseworthy Event
A very significant and praise
worthy event is taking place on
the campus of Atlantic Christian
College today and tomorrow in the
form of the annual Church Voca
tions Conference.
Once again the important role of
the college in training young men
and women for full time church
work, is in the limelight.
The Church Vocations Confer
ence brings together young people
of high school age from all across
the state. 'These young people, in
terested in the possibility of pur
suing full time church work as a
vocation, get an intensive and in
formative view of the nature of
church vocations and the need for
church workers.
It is praiseworthy that the col
lege is willing to plan and execute
such a conference. The troubled
times we live in and the growing
spiritual needs of people are creat
ing more and more openings for
church leaders.
A number of the people attend
ing this conference will enter full
time Christian service and proba
bly will make an indelible impres
sion on society as they help lead
people toward fulfiling their spir
itual needs.
The church vocations conference
is a well planned event which
brings a number of the area’s best
church personnel who can give the
prospective church worker insights
into the nature of the vocation.
It is with great respect that we
salute those who give of their time
and efforts to make this vocations
conference jwssible. Their contri
bution to this conference will be
felt for many years in the influence
they cast upon the church worker
of tomorrow.
It is with a great deal of awe
that we look upon the large group
attending the conference and we
salute them for their interest in
service to God, the church and
their fellow man.
The significance of this^ church
vocations conference will not end
with the enlistment of a group of
students who will study in the re
ligion department of the college in
the coming years. The significance
will be felt for generations when
these young people being their full
time work and begin to influence
others in the Christian Faith.
The Church Vocations conference
is but another of the many vital
services Atlantic Christian College
renders in providing better train
ed leaders for the churches of our
nation.
Published Weekly
At
Atlantic Christian College
Wilson, N. C.
To provide the student body
and faculty of this institution with
a means of communication and
a free discussion of the problems
of the day.
Robert I. Collins
and
Ralph G. Messick
Co-Editors
Bette Pomfrey,
Business Managrer
G. Harry Swain
Business Advisor
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Incorporated
Date Announced
For Spring Dance
The Social Committee of Atlan
tic Christian College announced
this week that the Spring Dance
will be held May 6. The affair wiU
be formal Larry Phares, student
chairman of the committee said.
By DR. MILDRED HARTSTOCK
Students and faculty had reason
to feel pride, last Thursday and
Friday nights, when they saw three
original plays produced by Stage
and Script. Enthusiastic applause
gave indication of the kind of in
terest which the audience found
in these plays written by our stu
dents.
The first play, “Small Weapon,”
by Anne W. Nelson, was a re
strained but powerful and poetic
statement of an almost wholly
inner drama of the feelings. The
author, herself, played, with delica
cy and emotional understanding,
the role of Alice, the woman who
knows that the only way to keep
some things is by losing them.
John Vernon played the part of
David with a restraint that did
not hide the tenderness and the
need implicit in his relationship
with Alice. Jo Anne Boone, as the
housekeeper Emma, ably support
ed the two principals and, in her
scenes with Alice, created the
sense that the play has its roots in
every-day actuality as weU as in
the poetry of feeling.
Miss Nelson’s play, which was
entered in a competition for orig
inal plays conducted by the Caro
lina Dramatic Association, has
been chosen as the winning play
in the senior-coUege division and
Further plans are being made for
the annual dance by the members
of the Social Committee. Phares
stated. He also said that iiie dance
should be one of the highlights of
the Spring semester.
will be presented in Chapel HiU
during the festival in April.
The second play, “Barefoot Bab-
y”, by Mary Lou Park, provided
the comic interlude in the evening’s
entertainment. The play is a broad
farce centering about the encounter
between a brainless country girl
and her shoe-salesman visitor. A-
gain the author played the leading
role and succeeded in creating
a spirited and realistic portrayal
of a recognizable character-type.
Arthur Pritchard, a student in our
night coUege, added much to the
hilarity of the situation; and Jay
Kilpatrick, a newcomer to the
stage, played the gruff husband
with a flair.
The third play, “The Cotton StiU
Grows,” by Carl Metts, dealt with
a racial theme in a way that im
pressed the audience as serious,
poetic, and thoughtful. The role of
the Negro boy who comes to a
tragic end was movingly played by
Sanford Peele; the mother, who in
a sense, dominates the feeling of
the play, was most capably done
by Ruby Wiggins; and Margaret
Walker was especially good as
Dube. The children, who added
both humour and pathos, were done
by Ray Rogister and Carol Colvard,
with Nancy Roberson taking the
girl’s part on Friday night. Others
who helped sustain the impressive
quality of the play were Helen Wil
liams, Anne Jenkins, Jim Bur
roughs, and Charles MiUer.
It is perhaps true that not many
smaU colleges can often offer such
varied and such stimulating plays
both written and acted by their own
students.
Constitution Needs
Nominations Rules
Another weakness in the consti
tution of the Atlantic Christian Col
lege Cooperative Association came
to light this week.
At this week’s meeting of the
Executive Board, the procedure
for voting on candidates for nomi
nation was used. This may be good,
it may be bad, that is not for us
to judge.
However, no stipulation is made
in the constitution of the Coopera
tive Association as to how nomina
tions will be made.
In last year’s nominating action,
the voting procedure was not used.
This year, as each name was sub
mitted, the board voted on the
nomination, deciding if that person
would be on the list of nomina
tions to be presented to the gen
eral meeting of the Cooperative
Association.
There needs to be a definite pro
cedure for nominations spelled out
in the constitution. Vagueness in
constitutional provisions leads to
difficulty when an articulare mem
ber of the governing body begins to
wield influence.
The campus family of ACC has
become so large that more com
plex organization is needed in
government. If the present form of
Executive Board government is to
be continued, then its operating
procedures should be specifically
stated and there should be no way
of changing them except by amend
ment to the constitution.
The members of the Executive
Baord are the representatives of
the members of the campus fami
ly. Those members of the board
are supposed to govern in accord
ance with the wishes of the con
stituency.
The members of the campus
family who elect the representa
tives should know exactly what the
procedures of the governing board
are in every situation.
The lack of^ specific stipulation
of governmental procedures is a
weakness which can do nothing
but detract from the effectiveness
of the governing board.
It is necessary that this weak
ness be eliminated and be replac
ed with a nomination procedure
acceptable to the members of the
ACC campus family.
Figures Show Increase
In College Applications
By BOB COLLINS
Collegiate Co-Kditor
Figures released by the Office
of Admissions of Atlantic Christian
College this week show that there
has been a marked increase ih
applications for admission to the
college.
James B. Hemby, Jr., Director
of Admissions, released figures
this week showing, that as of Feb
ruary 25, there were 242 applica
tions submitted to the college as
compared to 156 submitted by
March 1, 1959.
In further compariosn of the
number of applicants, the figures
from the Admissions Office show
that as of August 30, 1959, a total of
ffiO applications was submitted.
That means that as of March 1
1959, 19 percent of the total applica
tions had been submitted.
If applications are submitted to
the college at the same rate this
year, by August 30, there will be an
estmiated 1,280 people applying
for admission to Atlantic Christian
College.
Mr. Hemby said this week that
approximately 500 students will be
admitted to ACC this year. That
means that there is a definite pos
sibility that over 700 people will be
refushed admission to Atlantic
Christian.
There has been a marked in
crease in applications over the
past several years. As of April
15, 1956, 93 applications had been
submitted to the college. By the
end of the application period a total
of 400 applied.
On June 15, 1957, 370 applica
tions had been received and a total
of 635 applied that year. February
18, 1958, saw a total of 98 appli
cations, and by March 10, that
year, 130 had been submitted. A
total of 719 people applied for
admission.
Mr. Hemby, said that there are
a number of reasons for the in
crease in applications. Colleges
are beginning to feel the influx of
the “war baby boom.” By 1970, this
influx WiU reach its peak, he said.
pointed out that
ACC has increased its capacity
greatly in the past few years At
the same time, the standards of
acadernic work have been raised
and this has led to a better repu
tation for the college.
Also significant in the increase
IS the current propaganda seen so
often on television which is teUing
people that colleges will soon be
overcrowded and there wDl no
room for many prospective stu
dents.
This propaganda has been slant-
ed toward getting more financial
suppot fo Ameican colleges and
universities. However, it has also
brought about an increase in early
applications to colleges.
James D. Daniell, Director of
Recruitment for the college, said
that he had noticed an increase in
interest in Atlantic Christian Col-
tege. He also noted that some stu
dents who probably would not
have considered applying for ad
mission to a coUege in the past,
have been caught up in the fear
of closed college doors and are
now submitting applications for
college.
The increase in applications has
brought about many changes in
the college’s admission policies,
JVfr. Hemby pointed out. With the
advent of the new testing program,
every applicant can be carefully
screened. This becomes a neces
sity when there is a possibility of
refusing admission to more stu
dents than will be accepted, Mr.
Hemby said.
slso pointed out that
ACC wiU continue to do its best
to admit "the best qualified stu-
(tents who choose the college for
their higher education. He also
said that a part of the total future
PfoSram of the college is to pro-
wde an increasingly better educa
tion for those students who are ad
mitted to ACC.