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The Collei^iate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, APRIL 1, 1960
NUMBER TWENTY
Smith Wins Presidential Election
Three Honorary Degrees |Dean Announces
To Be Awarded By ACC
Atlantic Christian College wiU
award honorary degrees to three
outstanding leaders in the fields
of higher education, religion and
industry at its ann'ual Commence
ment on Sunday, May 29.
Dr. Arth'jr D. Wenger, ACC
President, announced this week
that the college’s honorary degree
committee has recommended that
honorary degrees be awarded to
FeUx S. Hales of Cleveland, Ohio,
W. Burkette Raper of Mount Olive,
and Rev. Kermit Traylor of Wins
ton - Salem.
The degrees will be conferred
at the college’s annual graduation
exercises to be held at 7 p. m. on
May 29.
Hales, a Wilson native, is presi
dent of the Nickel Plate Railroad.
He is an active leader in the work
of the Christian Churches of
Ohio, and is a member of the
Heights Christian Church, Shaker
Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleve
land. He will also serve as gradua
tion speaker at the commence
ment exercises.
Raper is President of Mount
Olive Junior College and has head
ed that institution since its estab
lishment at Mount Olive.
Traylor is Minister of the First
Christian Church in Winston-Sa-
lem, and 'is currently serving as
Preisdent of the North Carolina
Convention of Christian Churches.
Hales ia an alumnus of North
Carolina State College, Raper was
graduated from Duke University,
and Traylor is an alumnus of At
lantic Christian College.
Collegiate Wins Second Straight
First Place Award From Columbia
For the second consecutive year.
The Collegiate has been awarded
a First Place Award by the Co
lumbia Scholastic Press Associa
tion, Columbia University.
The First Place award is the
highest regular award made to
high school and college publica
tions. The publications are group
ed according to type and according
to "size institution they are from.
The Collegiate was entered under
the broad grouping of “Senior Col
leges and Universities.”
One higher award than first
place is presented. A “Medalist”
rank is awarded to certain publi
cations of each group that display
unusual excellence. The “Meda
list” awards are made from the
First Place Group.
The publications entered in the
contest are judged for over - all
excellence and for various techni
cal details. A certain number of
points are awarded for each tech
nical detail, and the total deter
mines the rating.
Of a possible 1,000 points, 850
Concert
“The Seven Last Words”
will be presented by the choir
of First Baptist Church at 8
p.m. Sunday, April 10. A num
ber of ACC students are par
ticipating in the concert, and
the public is cordially invited
to attend.
are needed for the First Place
rating. Last year The Collegiate
compiled 905 points.
Besides the Medalist and First
Place ratings. Second Place, Third
See AWARD Page Six
Summer Session
Plans, Dates
Plans for Atlantic Christian Col
lege’s annual Summer Session
were announced today by Dr. Mil
lard P. Burt, ACC Dean.
Dr. Burt said the two - term
summer session will open on June
3, with the first term closing on
July 13. The second term w i-11
open on July 13, and will close
with summer graduation on Au
gust 19.
Pre - Registration
Regular Atlantic Christian Col
lege students planning to attend
the summer session will pre-regis
ter for summer courses beginning
May 10. At that time the college
wUl conduct registration both for
the summer courses and for
courses to be offered in the fall
semester.
Printed schedules of courses be
ing offered during the two terms
of the summer session are now
available. Dr. Burt said students
who wish to have a copy may pick
it up either from their advisors or
from the switchboard operator in
the Administration Building.
The largest course offering in the
history of the ACC summer ses
sion is available for the 1960 ses-
Debate Team Set
Gray Resigns; To Go For Tournament
To Wesleyan College During Holidays
DAVID V. SMITH
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, President lina Library Commission until they
of Atlantic Christian College, to
day announced the resignation of
Walter Gray, CoUege Librarian.
Dr. Wenger said Gray will leave
the college on June 1, to become
Librarain at North Carolina Wes
leyan CoUege in Rocky Mount.
Gray came to Atlantic Christian
in 1956 from the staff of the Uni
versity of North Carolina Library.:
He is a native of Three Bridges,!
New Jersey.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts de
gree from the University of Den-,
ver, and has completed aU course |
work for a Master of Arts degree j
at the University of North Caro
lina.
Gray is a member of the Ameri
can Library Association and the
North Carolina Library Associa
tion.
His wife is also a librarian. She
was employed by the North Caro-
moved to Wilson in 195G. She serv
ed as Assistant Librarian at ACC
for two years.
I
WALTER GRAY
Fourteen ACC Delegates
Attend NEA Meeting
To
Fourteen delegates from the At
lantic Christian College Student
National Education Association at
tended the 76th Annual Convention
of the North Carolina Education
Association in Asheville on March
16, 17, and 18. These fourteen dele
gates obtained inspiration follow
ing the theme. Excellence in Edu
cation, Our Primary Concern.
The ACC chapter was weU rep
resented in the various divisional
meetings at the convention. On
Thursday afternoon, March 17, the
group attended a meeting where
campaign speeches were heard
for the 1960 - 61 State Officers.
Bobby Dunn presented the cam
paign speech and presentation for
Miss Linda Lankford, ACC candi
date for State Vice - president. This
office was occupied this past year
by I^s. Dorothy Adcock EUiott,
a member of the local chapter.
ACC students were sorry to see
Miss Lankford lose the election,
but felt that the campaign was
outstanding and beneficial to the
local chapter and the college.
At this same meeting a challeng
ing delivery of “The Challenge of
Soviet Education” by Dr, John W.
Shirley, Dean of the Faculty, North
State College, Raleigh, was heard.
The business session on Friday
morning, after a busy night of
“socializing” with friends through
out the State, found the ACC dele
gates alert and full of ideas in
the outstanding projects, and new
improvements for the State Exeo
tive Board. Miss Anne Jenkins,
President of the ACC student Na
tional Education Association, pre
sented a chapter report concern
ing all three phases.
Aside from visiting the various
Departmental Meetings, the exhi
bitions, and touring, ACC students
found themselves in the spotlight
again on Friday evening,
in the closing session, when
Miss Anne Jenkins and Boboy
Dunn were presented in formal
attire before the audience as Mr.
and Miss Future Teacher Repre
sentatives from Atlantic Christian
College. At this session, it was the
privilege of the Student NEA
members to join with the North
Carolina Ed'ucation Association
members and hear remarks from
such people as Dr. Stacy L. Weav
er, President: Dr. A. C. Dawson,
Jr., Executive Secretary, Miss
Lois Edinger, new President-Elect,
and Dr, Oliver C. Carmichael, the
main speaker, in his presentation
of “The Bulwark of Tomorrow.”
Dr. and Mrs. G. A Constantine
accompanied this group in an ad
visory capacity. It is felt that the
entire trip was very beneficial to
aU attending in farthering their in
terest in the betterment of educa
tion.
The ACC delegates included
Miss Judy Bames, Miss Vicky
Stott, Miss Linda Lankford, Miss
Brenda Cale, Miss Sara Brame,
Mrs. Lena Brame, Miss Janet
Stott, Miss Sue Denning, Miss
Anne Jenkins, Mrs. HaUie Martin,
Mrs. Dorothy EUiot, Glenn Hardi
son, Bobby Dunn, and Johnny El-
Uot.
Margin Over 175
In Record Ballot
By BOB COLLINS
Collegiate Co-Editor
David V. Smith, a rising senior at Atlantic Christian
College defeated T. Riley in the presidential run-off elec
tion yesterday. Smith received 395 votes, with Riley tak
ing 217.
Smith and Riley qualified for the run-off by placing
one-two in Wednesday’s pri
mary. An analysis of yester
day’s voting indicates that
the supporters of defeated
candidate Kenneth Bryan
threw their weight to Smith.
In Wednesday’s balloting. Smith
totaled 231 votes and Riley com
piled 193. Kenneth Bryan, current
Treasurer of the Cooperative As
sociation, ran third with 188 votes
and Bob Matthews received 28
votes.
There was sentiment expressed
that the results of the first ballot
ing were largely due to the
speeches delivered by the candi
dates Tuesday morning. In the
speeches Smith and Riley both
called for changes in the current
form of government which would
♦ strengthen student government.
Plan For Dividing
Smith detailed a plan for divid
ing the present Executive Board
into two houses, one for the fa
culty members and another for
the student representatives. Riley
spoke of the ‘New Deal” that has
been his campaign solgan.
In calling for the changes, Riley
noted that the present form of
government was designed for a
campus of some 400 and that there
are now some 1300 people in the
campus organization.
Matthews’ poor showing was at
tributed by some observers, to the
change of support frbm his fra
ternity. At the beginning of the
campaign, Matthews was supposed
to be the candidate carrying the
banner of Delta Sigma Phi Fra
ternity. However, later in the cam
paign, support of that group shift
ed to Bryan.
Criticism Hurt
An observer noted surprise at
the fact that Bryan lost out in the
first balloting, but then made the
comment that the cirticism level
ed at the office of Treasurer this
year probably hurt Bryan’s chan
ces.
Bryan had commented before the
election that he did not think that
the criticism would hurt his chan
ces in the election.
Matthews conducted what he
termed a “mild” campaign. He
stated before the election that he
felt that the students already knew
him, and that if they wanted to
vote for him they would regard
less of any campaign procedures
he might adopt.
However, it can probably be con
cluded that the shift in support
from Matthews to Bryan was large
ly responsible for Matthews’ poor
showing.
Tlie Debate class of Atlantic
Christian College will have the op
portunity to win prestige for its
Alma Mater next week as it
squares off for battle in the Foren
sic Tournament and Student Con
gress in Winston-Salem, during the
Spring holidays.
Representing ACC in the debates
will be Mike Busby, George McClel
land, “T” Riley, and Ralph Mes-
sick. The debatp topic for the
tournament is “Resolved, That
Congress should be given the pow
er to reverse the decisions of the
Supreme Court.”
Busby and McClelland will take
the affirmative position; Riley and
Messick will proclaim that Con
gress should not be given the power
to reverse the Supreme Court de
cisions. The two teams will enter
six rounds of debate.
In addition to the entrance into
the debating section of the tour
nament, three of the debaters
will also represent the college in
other speech contests. Riley and
Messick will enter the Extempor
aneous Speech section of the con
test; Busby will enter the After
Dinner section, and Messick will
enter Interpretive Reading.
The contest will be held as a
part of the annual meeting of the
Southern Speech Association. Ap
proximately 700 persons will attend
the convention events for high
schools and colleges.
See ELECTION Page Two
R E W LEADERS—James Boswell, left, President of the ACC
Campus Christian Association, Dr. Gordon Lovejoy, center, REW
speaker, and James B. Ilemby, Jr., right, find time during last
week’s Religious Emphasis Week program to have a relaxing
moment. (Collegiate photo by Dee Winstead)