The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, APRIL 15, 1960
NUMBER TWENTY-ONE
Kem Competition Found Board Names Nominees
In Debate Tournament
The debating team of Atlantic
Christian College found keen com
petition in the Southern Speech
Association Tournament held at
Winston - Salem April 3-7.
E>espite the lack of experience
in debating, the team was paired
against some of the outstanding
colleges and universities in the
South. This was the first time in
recent years that ACC has enter
ed a debating tournament.
In other areas of the tourna
ment, however, members of the
ACC team were able to hold their
own. Members of the team did
very well in Extemporary Speak
ing, After Dinner Speaking, and
Oral Interpretation, Mrs. Doris C.
Holsworth, member of the English
Faculty who attended the meet as
a debate coach and judge, an
nounced.
Representing ACC in the tour
nament were “T” Riley, Ralph
Messick, Mike Busby, and George
McClelland.
One of the highlights of'the con
vention portion of the Southern
Speech Association program was
the presentation by Wake Forest
College of “Oedipus Rex,” a play
written by Sophocles.
Mrs. Holsworth remained at the
Convention until Thursday in or
der to attend a meeting of the
Southern Speech Association.
Political Science
Fraternity Formed
Campus Personnel
Meeting Today
Maintenance engineers, campus
superintendents and other physical
plant personnel from the colleges
and imiverstieis in North Carolina
wUl attend a meeting on the At
lantic Christian College campus to
day.
i^e group wiU attend a meet
ing of the North Carolina Area
Chapter of the Southeastern Re
gional Association of Physical
Plant Administrators of Universi
ties and Colleges.
H. S. Moore of Winston - Salem,
Superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds at Wake Forest College,
is the North CaroUna Area Chap
ter president.
Earl J. McFarlane, Superinten
dent of Buildli^s and Grounds at
Atlantic Christian College, is serv
ing as program chairman and host
for the meeting.
The one - day meeting wiU be
gin at 10 a. m. today in the lobby
of the new men’s dormitory at
ACC, and wUl close at 3 p. m. The
group will attend a business ses
sion, a luncheon, and wiU partici
pate in a tour of the ACC campus
during the meeting. Dr. Arthur D.
Wenger, ACC President, wUl wel
come the group at the opening bus
iness session at 10:30 a. m.
♦ The administrative council of
Atlantic Christian College this
week approved the constitution of
Pi Alpha, the newly - formed po
litical science honorary fraternity.
Pi Alpha has been formed to
stimulate productive scholarship
and intelleigent interest in the sub
ject of government.
At a recent organization meet
ing in the home of Dr. William
F. Troutman Jr., newly - elected
advisor for the Fraternity, James
VanCamp was elected president
for the spring semester. Thomas
M. Ferguson, vice - president and
reporter, and Mike Busby, secre
tary - treasurer complete the exe
cutive board.
Membership in the fraternity
will be selective and restricted to
several basic requirements. One of
these requires a person to have
completed at least three hours in
the field of political science. Fa
culty members and other coUege
personnel may be granted honor
ary membership.
Most of the remaining semester
wiU be spent on further organiza
tion plans. During their last meet
ing, the temporary members of
Pi Alpha voted to give their full
support to the “Challenge” move
ment. The Fraternity is the first
organization on campus to pledge
its support to the movement.
For
Top
Campus Posts
The Cooperative Association of
Atlantic Christian College met
Monday to make nominations for
important positions of campus
leadership and to discuss plans for
the coming election.
The first position considered for
nomination was the vice - presi
dent of the Cooperative Associa
tion. Candidates who had run in
the recent presidential race and
were defeat^ were automatically
candidates for the vice - presi
dency.
T. Riley, who competed for the
office of President with David
Smith in the presidential run-off,
was favored for the position of
vice - president when he conceded
to Smith. Riley, announced, how
ever, that he was withdrawing
from the race for vice - president
in order to accept the nomination
of Co - Editor of The Collegiate.
Kenneth Bryan, who finished
third in the presidential election,
accepted his candidacy for vice-
president along with Robert Mat
thews, who finished last in the
presidential race. Mary Ann Mar-
chant was nominated for the office
by the Executive Board of the
MARY ANN MARCIIANT
Cooperative Association.
The second position of leadership
in the coming election was the re
cently popularized office of the
Treasurer of the Cooperative As
sociation. Nominations made by
the executive board for this posi
tion were Miss Bette Pomfrey,
Bob Swinson, and Howard Mann
ing. Miss Zarelda Walston, Miss
Myrtle Reasons, and Miss Nancy
Forbes were nominated by the
board for the secretary of the
Cooperative Association.
After some discussion of the
qualifications of a candidate for
the position of head choerliader,
the board decided to nominate all
the members of the cheerleading
team of Atlantic Christian who
had seniority. Nominations for
Head Cheerleader were Miss Liz
Winborne, Miss Flora Griffin, Miss
Linda Morris, Miss Nancy Rober
son, Miss Janet Blackwood, and
Miss Peggie Greene.
Nominations fof the staffs of
the Atlantic Christian publications
Sec NOMINEES Pajre Four
Groover To Speak
At Baccalaureate
The Reverend Howard H.
Groover, Minister of the First
Christian Church, Williamston, will
serve as guest speaker at annual
Baccalaureate Services at Atlan
tic Christian College.
Announcement of Mr. Groover
as the Baccalaureate Speaker was
announced this week and complet
ed the speakers’ list for the col
lege’s annual commencement on
Sunday, May 29,
The Baccalaureate Services will
be held in the Wilson Community
Center at 2 p. m. that day. Grad
uation exercises wUl be held in
the center at 7 p. m. that night.
Graduation Speaker
Graduation speaker will be Fel
ix S. Hales of Cleveland, Ohio,
President of the Nickel PI a t e
Railroad.
The Senior Class at the college,
at its last meeting, voted to hold
both the Baccalaureate Service
and the graduation exercises in
See SPEAKER Page Four
New Dorm Opens Monday;
Dedication Set May 2
Atlantic Christian College’s new^
$400,000 men’s dormitory will be
dedicated at ceremonies to be held
on Monday, May 2, as a part of
College Appreciation Week in Wil-
son.
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC
President, said this week that
Dean Henry L. Kamphoefner of
the School of Design, North Caro
lina State College, Raleigh, will be
the dedication speaker at 2:15 p.
m. that day.
The dormitory dedication wiU be
one of many events being held
that week as the Wilson Chamber
of Commerce sponsors a special
week-long program in Wilson, sa
luting higher education.
The dormitory, designed by Mu-
ton Small, Associates, of Raleigh,
is of contemporary design and
has no inside corridors or halls.
All rooms on the upper floors oi^n
out onto outside corridors that ring
the building. , ,,
Housing 144 men students, the
dormitory has four floors with the
dormitory rooms confined to the
three upper floors. The ground
floor of the buUding houses a large
lounge, breezeway, housemother s
apartment, and laundry and stor
age rooms. ,
The building was constructed
by Jones Brothers Construction
Company of Wilson. Students at
the college will begin moving into
it on Monday.
Lee S. Gliarmis is servmg as
Chairman of College Appreciation
Week for the Chamber of Com
merce. . ,.
In attendance at the dedicaton
will be members of the Chamber
of Commerce who will attend a
luncheon on the campus just prior
to the dedication ceremonies, and
other friends of the college from
eastern North Carolina.
Monday, the men of Caldwell
HaU and several men who are
presently living in other quarters,
will move into the dormitory. Cald
well Hall wiU then be closed down.
Sometime in the future, t'ald-
well Hall will be renovated and
will be used by women students
See DORM Page Four
rrnTS WILL HAPPEN MONDAY - The photographer rushed
things a little bit this week and set up the above Picture to
cMnw Students moving into the new men’s dormitory at ACC.
« WiU realTy hTppen Monday. (Collegiate photo by Dee Win
stead)
Smith Lists Objectives
As Association Leader
David Smith, the president-elect
of the Atlantic Christian College
Cooperative Association said this
week that he is going to seek to
be “the representative that the
students want Tne to be” in the
coming year.
Smith, who was elected prior to
the Spring holidays, made this
statement to The Collegiate this
week.
In response to the question,
“what aie your objectives as pres
ident of the Cooperative Associa
tion?” Smith replied: “I am go
ing to try to strengthen student
government, if the students show
through their representatives, hat
they want stronger student govern
ment, as I am an agent of the stu
dent body.”
Smith went on to say that “it
is not my role to advocate changes
in government, or procedure in
the government, unless the stu
dents show that they waht some
thing done, then I will do my best
to do it.”
Smith was then asked, “What
were the key factors leading to
your election?” He answered, “I
hope that my platform, calling
for more student authority and re
sponsibility, was what won the
election for me.”
Then the question, “How im
portant was fraternity and sorori
ty support in the election?” was
asked.
Smith replied, “Fraternity and
Sorority support played a vital
part, especially in the run-off. How
ever, one would have to get an
honest answer as to how they vot
ed from a majority of the fi'aterni-
ty and sorority members to have
a valid answer.”
Smith went 6n to say, “To my
knowledge, my fraternity brothers
and sorority sisters were at no
time instructed as to how they
should vote. And, I feel that mem
bers of other fraternities and so
rorities on campus voted for the
candidate and not for the frater
nity cause,”
In his campaign speech before
the student Ixxly, Smith outlined
a possible two - house system of
government for the ACC campus.
Some received the idea well, while
others ridiculed the idea. The fol
lowing question was posed:
“What is your reply to those who
have charged that your idea of a
government as you presented
in your sipeech, was nothing more
than a re-hash of the United States
Legislative system?”
“They are exactly right,” Smith
answered. “But,” he said, “re
member this: as I stated in my
speech, this is only a tentative
plan. This would be only a step
toward a student government. If
a system such as this could func
tion effectively, then eventually the
faculty members could no dou/bt
relieve themselves of their Execu
tive Board responsibilities.
“Do you then favor taking the
faculty members off the Execu-
See SMITH Page Two
Sophomore Class To Give Dance
For Student Body On April 30
By MIKE BUSBY
The Sophomore Class of Atlantic
Christian College will give a dance
for the student body April 23, in
the college dining haU from 8
p. m. to 12 midnight.
All sophomore students are urg
ed to help with the dance. The
band for the dance will be an
nounced at a later date.
Calendar
Friday, April 15
Baseball at Pfeiffer.
Track meet — The Piedmont Re
lays at Furman University.
Monday, April 18.
Tennis at Pfeiffer.
Tuesday, April 19.
Freshmen and Seniors attend
chapel. Sophomores and Juniors
meet in the gymnasium.
Golf at ECC.
Track — Guilford here.
Thursday, April 21.
Juniors and Sophomores will at
tend chapel. Seniors and Fresh
men will meet in the gymnasium.
Tennis — ECC here.
Movie in Howard Chapel begin
ning at 7 p.m.
Friday, April 22.
Tennis at High Point,
Nominations for officers of the
1961 Junior Class were made Tues
day, April 12. Running for Presi
dent are: Murphy Rivenbark, Jtei
Van Camp, Buddy Westbrook, and
Dick UUom; for Vice - President:
Miss Frances Evett, Miss Janet
Blackwood, and Jerry Burton; for
Secretary: Miss Janice Barwick,
Miss Lou Warner, and Miss Nancy
Roberson; for Treasurer: Miss
Janice Kilby, Bill Batchelor, Miss
Tucker Uzzell, and Bill Etheridge,
Other nominations for these of
fices may be made by petition,
executive board, or write - in vote.
Elections will take place April 28.
Jim Van Camp of the Circle K
Club, invited all students to attend
movies on Thursday nights which
are to be held in Howard Chapel
from 7:00 p. m. until 9:30 p. m.
Interviews Set
James B. Hemby Jr., Director
of Placement, announced this week
that E. W. Morgan of the Rich-
lands School System, wiU be on
campus to interview prespective
teachers April 19, at 1 p. m.
Mr. Hemby asks that all inter
ested students contact him immed
iately to make an appointment.