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THE COLLEGIATE
Published Weekly by Students Attending
Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, N. C.
Members of United States Student Press Association News
and Features Services Leased from the Collegiate Press
Service.
The views expressed on this page are not necessarily those
of the faculty or administration at ACC.
Editor: Charles Wolfe; Business Manager: David Boone;
Managing Editor: Michael Roach; Sports Editor: Bill
Smoak; Circulation Manager: Jimmy Bussell; Photogra
pher: Harold Kogerson.
Staff: Martha Hall, Barry Havens, Sylvia Griffin, Sarah
Paterson, Alice Nash, Gail Sellers, Linda Gourley, Connie
Brooks, Mary K. Manning, Martha Langley, and David
Jarman.
One
Side
Thursday, October 20, 1966
Relations Get Boost
Relations between the Board of Trustees and
the students got a boost [\Aonday night when
the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Thomas J. Hack
ney met with the SGA Executive Board in an in
formal manner to discuss student and trustee
relationships. It was a small step, but we feel
an important one. In the past, because of a lack
of communication between these two groups,
there have often been misgivings and misunder
standings about the feelings and actions on both
sides of the fence. However, we feel that this
step taken Monday can be the beginning of
better understandings on both sides and thus
benefit the entire college community.
it is hoped that through this meeting Mr.
Hackney and the other Board members will be
able to see that ACC does have students who
are keenly concerned with more than just the
drinking rule and required chapel. It is hoped
that they will be aware that we are concerned
about our education and the welfare of the col
lege. it is also hoped that they will recognize
that we desire to work together with the faculty,
administration, and the Trustees in a meaningful
relationship towards improving Atlantic Christian
College in all its aspects.
The results of this meeting could hardly be
called spectacular, but we do feel that it was
worthwhile in trying to bring about better re
lations and understanding between the students
and Trustees. We commend those who were
responsible for arranging this meeting for we
see it as a major step forward.
One Small Bean
It is about this time every year, when the
trees begin to lose their leaves and the campus
gains a golden hue, when the cool brisk winds
of Fall sweep across our campus, when the multi
colored sweaters and coats are brought out for
their first airing, when "Homecoming" is a word
of more frequent usage, and when taking our
first tests imprints upon our minds that school
has really begun that we become aware we are
a part of Atlantic Christian College. It is the
time, if you are like us, when you really begin
to take a close look at our school and begin to
ask yourself the question: What is it about this
college community that makes it special?
We are not a large university with ivy cover
ed buildings. We do not have ancient statues
that are filled with thrilling legends, nor do
we have a long list of traditions. There is no
football team for us to rally around and we
aren't noted as the Harvard of the South. Yet,
even without these things for many there is a
great deal to be proud of at ACC.
We can be proud of the fact that even
though we don't have a long list of traditions,
we are formulating the traditions of the future.
We can be proud that we are a growing college.
Not only are we gaining more buildings, but
our academic standards are being vastly im
proved. We can also be proud of the individu
ality that exists within our community, the op
portunity for each student to be a contributing
part of the campus. We can be proud to have
faculty who are student oriented and look upon
us as John, Bob, and Jane and not 1063 or
63789.
We can be proud of ACC because even
though it is only a bean in the pail and a small
bean at that, we still have things which are a lot
more important than ivy covered buildings.
By BARRY HAVENS
There exists a great deal of
talk and frustration about the
lack of student-faculty and stu
dent - administration relation
ships. The general belief is that
better relationships can exist
and many people are striving to
bring them into being. However,
it is this writer’s feeling that a
student-faculty or student-admin-
istration relationship, as such,
can not and do not exist. Clarifi
cation is in order; a student
cannot talk with a “faculty” nor
can he talk with an “adminis
tration.” It is quite obvious that
the student can only talk with
an instructor or with a member
of the administration or more
simply one person talks with an
other. One might say that a
small distinction exists between
a “faculty” and “instructor.”
But look again, any. kind .of
meaningful relationship requires
the freely given consent of both
persons and there must exist
some common ground of in
terest or concern for the rela
tionship to be based on. What
this implies is that large dis
cussion groups and teas are nice
but any real student-'faculty”
realtionship exists between two
mutually concerned and interest
ed persons who happen to be
instructor and student.
You
You
Are Symbolic
Of Man’s Cruelity and Creativity
You
do not
have to be understood to be felt
nor understood to be haunting
You
are the essence of misunder
standing
You
thrive on non-awareness
the most real of human weak
nesses lined by laughter in the
Best of Societies
You
are foreever striving for Death
by Man
But Man will not let you go
and
You
Are forever going to punish man
for it, AREN’t YOU.
Dick Mansfield
Horse
Shoe
TUSCON, Ariz. (CPS) — Do
you have an amvil you can briiiig
to class? How aibout an 18-cubic
foot freezer for storing horses’
f«et?
Well, then instructor Zip Pet
erson Swili welcome you with
open arms to his toasic coiffse in
the art of shoeing the horse 'ait
the University of Arizona.
The non-credit course is being
Differed for the first time and
has piqued tihe interest of horse
men country-mde, according to
University officials.
Pfeterson, a local farrier (black
smith) who specializes in shoeing
gaited houses and in' hoof thera
py, completed his work in fatrier
training at iMiohigan State Uni-
wrsiity. He will cover the struc
ture, care and proper mainte
nance of the animal’s hoof.
Horses’ hooves are in abun
dant supi^y, but the search for
a freezer in wMch to store them
goes on. As does the search for
anvfls.
SGA Dance
Tlie Student Government Asso
ciation will sponsor a Homecom
ing dance in the classroom build
ing on Saturday night November
1 from 9:30 until 12:00 PjM.
Music will be provided by the
Mighty Rockets. This dance will
be opened to all students with
I. D. cards and all visiting
alumni. Refreshments will be
served.
Whack! Whack!
Letters To The Editor
Mr. Wolfe:
iWe take your editoriai of last
week as a challenge (whatever
your primary purpose w^). We
accept your challenge. We shall
try to do more for our (and
your) “administration, faculty,
and community.” We realize that
we have been ungrateful. We
realize that we should do more.
Perhaps we should clarify the
“we” that is used by us uncon
cerned individuals. We are
about 250 full-time studenhs of
Atlantic Christian College.
We would like you to_ realize
that "we have -done a little for
o-ur “administration, faculty, and
community.” We realize that you
may have overlooked some of
tfaese items in your haste to
get your say to press amid iFor-
mal Rush, so let us innumerate
some of the petty contributions
the Greeks have made to our
“administration, faculty, a'Md
community.” M far as activities
that we have taken part in with
out 'being asked, we think the
most dbvious are those uncon
cerned individuals who hold cam
pus offices. 'Greeks hold seven
out of the eighteen major cam
pus offices. The “administration,
faculty, and community” did not
ask them to take these offices.
There were about twelve uncon
cerned individuals in the thirty-
three students on the Orienta
tion Committee. The Greeks did
mot wait to be asked when the
Red Cross came to our campus
far blood donations last Spring.
The Greeks didn’t have to be
begged to join the Intramural
programs (and help create the
major campus interest in these
programs). The Greeks didn’t
have to be asked to host faculty
discussions on important issues
or 'tihe S. G. A. Presidential De
bates. rrhe Greeks weren’t asked
by the “administratioo, faculty,
and community” to hold the
“Mr. Top Hat,” “Most Popular
Freshmn Gir^”’ “Miss (Merry
CShristmas,” or the DCFC Dances
for the students of Atlantic
Christian College. The Greeks
received no reciprocation for
Blood (Mobile broadcasting,
Christmas parties for the poor
o^hans m our area, or for their
time spent during the Alumni
Telephone Drive. These uncon
cerned indiwduals need no re
ciprocation to be our most ac
tive recent alumni, nor do these
unconcerned individuals have to
be asked to come ,as a group to
our College Basketball games
and cheer our team on, nor do
we have to be asked to partici
pate in ^ali the other campus ac-
vtivities.
We realize that our grade point
average of about 2.H0 is some
what higher than the men’s over
all of about 2.00 and we hope
that this is indicative of our
soholatic sincerity. (We hope
that you^ realize that a Greek
organization provides more than
a party -group and we hope that
you resize that these 250 stu
dents lyou attend classes with do
take part in some activities oth
er than parties which are for
the ibenefit of our “administra
tion, faculty, and community.”
We hope that you realize tbat
the Greek organizations are
Democratic in the sense that the
leaders don’t devise programs,
projects, etc. with out the ap-’
proval of the unconcerned - in
dividual imembership.
We have spent time investi
gating and we discovered that
the disciplinary action to whieli
you alluded was not taken (the
charges were suspended), and
we have found that a few in
dependents (nothing personal,
men) have also made the papers
when they had to appear in
court because of a TRAITIC
violation.
We realize that there is more
that we can do. We realize that
someone has assigned us a re
sponsibility to the community
and college. We may not under
stand the full concepts of this
responsibility; we will try. We
have been asked to do mare
than we have in the past; we
will try.
Mr. Woffe, you have about
seventeen students on your staff,
This is about the size of some
Greek organizations. iWe have
a challenge for you. (What have
you done for the “administra
tion, faculty, and comnranity”
other than offer uninformed, ill-
timed, irrelevant, consistaotly
critical, inconsequentiaL biased,
diill, dry, iminteresting filAH!?
T^e Interfraternity
Council of Atlantic
'Ou'istian Colege
To The Editor;
There seems to be a tradi
tion among editors of the Collegi
ate, of selecting at least one per
son or one organization each
week toward which to direct a
not always warranted attack.
Faithful to this trend, this year’s
editor strained a good deal
more than necessary to dig up a
target for criticism in last
week’s (Oct. 13) slap at the
Greeks. My personal offense at
such an attack may seem inap
propriate, due to my not being
a Greek, myself. However, any
one can see that, even if editors
must criticize, they should also
keep a good balance of judge
ment — and at least not attack
a group. attempting to do a
praiseworthy thing.
Not unlike any other group,
the Greeks have their weakness
es. But for heaven’s sake, why
club anyone seeking to improve?
I have not noticed any poison
darts flung in the direction of
another group which is not to
tally virtuous — the religion
majors. And God knows that
group could do with a lit®
“hand-slapping.” I suppose that
3n editor reserves the risht
no't to “bite the hand that feeds
him,” however.
So the Greeks think only of
reciprocation when they perform
a service, huh? Well, may I
suggest, Mr. Editor, that you do
a little research into last year’s
Blood Drive, and how about the
Christmas Alumni Fund Drive?
It seems to me that the Greeks
deserve applause in at
those areas. And as I said, 1
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