Tlie Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Exec Board
Meets For
First Time
The first meeting of the Execu
tive Board in this academic year
was held Monday night in the
Classroom Building.
The meeting got under way
when Cookie Wickham, vice pres
ident, discussed various parlia
mentary procedure with the
Board and the manner in which
they were to use it during the
year.
Carol Wells, secretary, report
ed chat the secretariate had been
formed and that this was made
up of the various class secre-1
taries. |
David Webb, president, read
letters he had received from
Dean Bennett and Dean Swindell
concerning a day student lounge
and the adoption of a reading
day. In his letter Dean Bennett
said that considerable attention
had been given to the day stu
dent problem, but that the use
of college owned housing for
such a lounge was not possible
since those houses had been re
moved for construction of the
new art building. Dean Swindell
stated in his letter that the
adoption of a reading day had
been brought under consideration,
but that such a day was not
possible in this year’s college
calendar since the proposal was
made at too late a date last
spring.
Under new business, Bobbie El
lis, sophomore senator, moved
that a faculty reception, given
by the Executive Board, be held
at the Coop Building on October
7. The motion passed.
Elwood Vann, treasurer, mov
ed that a committee on campus
improvements be appointed, and
that this committee would receive
students’ ideas, complaints, sug
gestions, etc., and then make
recommendations to the Board
as to the solutions to the prob
lems encountered by the com
mittee. The motion passed.
John Gorham moved that ACC
remain affiliated to the Student
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ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, SEPTEMBER 23, 1965
NUMBER ONE
! Five Are Seeking
Top Frosh Posts
By CATHY PIERCE
A slate of 21 freshmen from a
class of 359 were nominated for
five top class positions at a spe
cial meeting held in Howard
Chapel on Sept. 21.
Candidates will have the op
portunity of seeking support for
their post at another special as
sembly on Sept. 23 when they
will deliver their campaign
speeches.
Presiding over the meeting
was David Webb, Cooperative
Association president, who told
the group to consider seriously
qualifications of each candidate.
The following were nominated
for office:
President — Bob Hackett, Mar
shall Conyers and David Griffin.
Vice President — Susan Dav
is, Jerry Thompson and Charles
Langley.
Secretary — Barbara Kelly,
DeAnne Harmon, Sue Felton,
Mary Sue Kennedy, Kathie Ches-
tain and Linda Stallings.
Treasurer — Beth Best, Brad
Jenkins, Judy Tart, Jimmy Bus
sell, Jessie Arthur and Gray
Oates.
Senator — Frank Wenger, Ma
riana Blythe, and Ben Casey.
Election of officers will take
place on Sept. 28. Polls will be
open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Notice
Tickets to Fike High School
football games will be sold to
ACC students at a reduced price
of 75 cents. These tickets are
for home games only and will
only be sold on the day of the
game at Fike High School. Tick
ets will not be sold at reduced
prices at the gate, and those
wishing to purchase the tickets
should do so during the day.
There will be a shoe shine
presented by the Sigma Sigma
Sigma sorority on Tuesday, Sep
tember 28, from 9 to 5 p.m.
Shoes will be shined at the so
rority house and at the Class
room Building. The cost will be
15 cents.
Purcells Appointed As
Danforth Associates
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene G. Pur
cell Jr., of Pikeville, have been
appointed as Danforth Associates
on the campus of Atlantic Chris
tian College. Purcell, an associ
ate professor in the ACC Depart
ment of Religion and Philosophy,
was named to the foundation
by a regional selection commit
tee appointed by the foundation
to choose qualified persons for
the program.
“Danforth Associates” are col
lege and university faculty mem
bers and their wives who have
demonstrated a concern for the
personal dimension in education.
Those selected as associates
must carry a major responsibili
ty in the classroom and must
be intellectually stimulating and
highly respected as teacher-
scholars by their colleagues and
students.
Through the associate program,
the Danforth Foundation hopes to
encourage faculty members and
their wives to enlarge the per
sonal aspects of education, spe
cifically, to heighten the quali
ty of faculty - student relations
on the campus. It also seeks
to deepen resources of the teach
er - scholar and to encourage
students and faculty to explore
the crucial problems of today
and the revelance of religious
faith to the solution.
The initial appointment is for
a two-year term. Associates may
be re-appointed for a second two-
year term after which the asso
ciate may be invited to tecorne
a senior associate, a relationship
which may be maintained until
retirement by the faculty mem
ber. As senior associate, the fac
ulty member will be asked to
serve in various consultative ca
pacities to the foundation.
Purcell served as pastor of
the Methodist Church in Ahoskie
prior to joining the Atlantic
Christian College faculty in 1957.
He earlier served as pastor to
churches in Fair Bluff and Bur
lington. He received the A. B.
degree from Duke University and
was awarded the B. D, degree
from Duke Divinity School. While
at Duke he served as a fellow
in philosophy.
He is married to the former
Miss Betty Booker. They have
6 children.
ACC Receives 359 Freshmen
As Largest Class In History
Atlantic Christian College was'.college careers on Friday, Sept. i session was held outside
the arrival point for a total of 10. After becoming settled in | Classroom Building that
359 freshmen as they began their the dorms, a getting acquainted
HEAD ’EM UP — Marshals Kathy Traylor and Phil Ritter
lead the faculty in the procession for convocation. The speak
er for the occasion was Dr. W. A. Welsh, president of Lexing
ton Theological Seminary,
Seven New Teachers
Join Faculty At ACC
Seven new teachers have been
added to the ACC faculty. The
new teachers are as follows:
Dr. Sheldon F. Koesy of Snow
Hill has been named professor
of social science in the Depart
ment of Social Studies.
A native of Miami, Fla., he
received the L.L.B. degree from
the University of Miami, the
B.D. degree from Columbia 'The
ological Seminary, the M.A. de
gree from East Carolina College,
and was awarded the Ph.D. de
gree by Duke University.
Prior to receiving the appoint
ment at Atlantic Christian, he
served as associate professor at
the Seymour Johnson Air Force
Base branch of East Caroli a
College. A minister ordained in
the Albemarle Presbytery, he
served as professor of Bible and
chaplain at Presbyterian Junior
College and was Presbyterian
minister to students at Duke
University and N. C. State Uni
versity at Raleigh for two years.
He is a member of the Florida
Bar Association and the Ameri
can Association of University
professors. During World War
H he was a fighter pilot as
signed to the 14th Air Force in
China. His decorations include
the Air Medal, Purple Heart and
the Distinguished Flying Cross.
William Patrick Edwards of
Pinetops has been named as
sistant professor of mathematics.
Born in Rocky Mount, he at
tended N. C. State College and
Atlantic Christian College where
he was awarded the B.S. de
gree. He earned the M.A. de
gree at Appalachian State Teach
ers CoJlege and has done fur
ther graduate study at Duke Uni
versity.
Prior to coming to Atlantic
Christian College he was a
member of the faculty of Wil
mington College, Wihnington,
N. C.
Dr. Roger Aubrey Bullard
of Nashville, Tenn., has been
appointed associate professor of
religion in the Department of
Religion and Philosophy.
A native of Memphis, Tenn.,
he attended Union University
where he was awarded the B.A.
degree. He received the M.A.
degree from the University of
Kentucky and the Ph.D. degree
from the Vanderbilt University.
Rong-Yaw Chen of Raleigh
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the
eve
ning.
On Saturday registration was
conducted along with the issuing
of I.D. cards. Registration took
a large portion of the day, and
it was not until 5:30 p.m. that
all the LD. cards were finally
completed.
The big event Sunday was a
reception given by Dr. and Mrs.
Wenger at their home. Student
leaders were also present at
this reception and the freshmen
had a chance to become better
acquainted with class leaders
and the functioning of various
organizations.
On Monday morning Dr. Wen
ger and Dean Swindell spoke to
the freshmen in Howard Chapel.
Dean Swindell spoke first and
explained the purpose and mean
ing of some of the robes worn
during convocation. He then went
on to say that the catalogue
which the class had entered list
ed the academic requirements
necessary for their graduation.
He reminded the class that they
were responsible for keeping up
with their record.
Dean Swindell strongly encour
aged the class to take advan
tage of the counseling services
that were available and not to
hesitate to come to the faculty
and administration personnel.
Speaking next to the freshmen.
Dr. Wenger asked the question,
“What is an Education?” He
answered the question by refer
ring to a speech given by Na
than Pusey, president of Har
vard. Dr. Wenger related that
Pusey says an education is
composed of three factors: (1)
learning to think, (2) learning
to communicate, and (3) learn
ing to measure value judgments.
Wenger went on to say that
“. . .education is when one fully
develops his own particular ca
pabilities. Most important though
is learning to care, and learn
ing to care with a passion.”
It was also mentioned by Dr.
Wenger, “That your acceptance
to this institution is a precious
commodity that you should
guard with everything you’ve
got.”
Tuesday was the last day of
orientation, and the morning was
occupied with testing activities.
In the afternoon a meeting in
Howard Chapel acquainted the
freshmen with the Cooperative
Association and its functions.
Coile Presents Protest
James Coile, a senior religion
major, appeared before the Exec
utive Board Monday night to
present a statement in which he
criticized the manner in which
the group insurance policy had
been changed and the handling
of ID cards. The basic portion
of his statement was presented
as follows:
“. . .The organization of the
Cooperative Association denotes
the acceptance of the student by
the institution as a mature adult
individual who is able to accept
responsibility and make deci
sions that affect, and effect,
not only himself, but others as
well.
“This is the type of atmos
phere we are striving to achieve
here at the college, one of co
operation among faculty, admin
istration, and student. It is only
in this type of structure that
both segments of the educational
exchange can function with any
sense of dignity or freedom.
Each member of this board and
of the association should endea
vor to maintain this balance of
cooperation for which the asso
ciation was designed.
“Let me point out to you a
couple of breaches in this system
of cooperation which not only
has greatly affected the present
and the future authority of the
association but very easily could
affect the financial support of
the college by the alumni of the
college in the years to come
when the present student body
has become alumni. I refer here
to the change of the group in
surance policy and the require
ment of student ID cards,
changes which in themselves are
not entirely bad, but which are
properly the functions of the
Cooperative Association, which
were however handled by the
administration. Not only was the
Cooperative Association denied
the right to institute the changes,
but there was not adequate con
sultation with the executive
board, if there were any. I real
ize, of course, that time is a fac
tor in decision - making and situ
ations may arise that would
cause decisions to be made that
would not permit consultation
with the association. However,
decisions that involve the entire
student body and thousands of
dollars as these do should have
been given greater consideration
than was apparently given to
either of the decisions, and the
length of time that they should
have been considered would have
enabled the association to have
expressed its opinion before the
close of the last regular semes
ter, last spring.
“Such actions as these on the
part of the administration reduce
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