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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 Rogerson.
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, Marshall Gilbert, and Ronnie Dennis.
Thursday, November 3, 1966
Homecoming
As ACC begins another Homecoming Week
end we would like to extend a welcome to all
those alumni who are returning to their alma
mater. It is our hope that they will find that
the college has been steadily improving since
they were last here, whether it may have been
only one year or twenty years. We hope they
can see that ACC is growing not only in the
area of physical plant but alsd in the quality
of education that is being taught. We hope
they will be able to say our student body is one
of quality and equal to students of any campus.
It is also our hope that when they leave the
campus after this weekend they will truly be
proud of what they have seen happening here
at ACC.
Also, since the alumni are very much a part
of Homecoming we would like to make a re
quest of them, along with the student body.
We would like for both the alumni and students,
while they are enjoying Homecoming, to take
a critical look at this year's Homecoming pro
cedures. The reason we are asking this is be
cause no matter how good a Homecoming pro
gram there is this year, there is always room
for improvement, and in our next issue we are
going to suggest ways in which we feel Home
coming can be improved. However, in order
that we might not be expressing just the views
of a few on an issue that involves many we
are asking that those who see room for improve
ment will write letters to the editor stating how
they feel ACC's Homecoming can be improved.
By doing this those persons in charge of activi
ties can be made aware of these feelings and
ideas. This would help them in preparing an
even better program next year.
Time To Get Excited
For the last several weeks one couldn't help
but notice that intramural football has been in
progress, for the sounds of cheering have been
heard echoing in all segments of the campus.
It is a good sound to hear, because for the three
years we have been a part of this campus such
sounds have too often been lacking. Excitement
and driving devotion for any cause or movement
has just not been a part of our campus. This
has been true not only in the area of athletics
or individual group activities but in all areas of
campus life.
The reasons for this could be many. It may
be that our college is just not anything to get
overly excited about. It is possible that our
faculty in the process of teaching are forgetting
to devote enough attention to stimulating
the student's mind in other areas other than the
specific course being taught. It also might be
that our student body is just lacking in caliber,
and their minds are not capable of thinking deep
enough to cause any strong feeling to be de
veloped. These are only a few of the possi
bilities. There are many more, but this is not
our immediate concern.
Our concern is that the spark of excitement
that has been observed at intramural events will
blossom and carry over into other areas. Our
campus needs to come alive in so many ways.
Somebody needs to get excited about academics,
our reputation as a suit-case college, the lack of
school spirit, and our outdated moral and social
rules, if this could come about we feel that
ACC would then be growing in more ways than
just in its number of buildings.
The Week]
That WUl
Friday, November 4
8:.1S P,iM. 'Homecoming Con
cert “Tams” New Gymnasium
Saturday, November 5
10:30 A.M. AOC TV Parade,
Downtown Wilson
11:30 A.M. Student Luncheon,
Old Gym
2:30 PM. Dedication of the
new buildings, New Gymnasium
5:30 P.M. Fraternity Dinners
7:00 P.M. AOC Band Concert,
New Gym
8:00 P.M. Bais:ketbaU Game,
New Gym
9:80 P.M. (Alumjii Dance, Har
dy 'Dining Hall iStudent Govern
ment Dance, Classroom BuHd-
ifflg
2:00 - 5:00 P.M. Special cam-
fxus 'Open House
Sunday, November 6
4:00 P.M. 'Origan Concert, St.
Timothy’s lEpisoopal Church, pre-
seated by Miss Claire Coci
Tuesday, November 8
10:20 A.'M. /Worship for Fresh
man and Seniors
PlacemeJit - Cheasepeake Pub
lic Schools
Wednesday, November 9
MmsEsmisTm
Thursday, November 10
10:20 A.M. Worship for Sopho
mores and Juniors
Placement - American Oil
Company
7:'1S P.M. OCA Vesper service,
Howard Chapel
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Housing
Notice
Students who do not currently
reside in college housing may re
quest that their names be placed
on the spring housing waiting
list. These requests should be
made in person at the office of
the dean of students by no later
than Friday, November 18.
Luncheon
This Saturday the alumni will
be having a luncheon meeting
in the dining haU. Therefore,
lunch for the student body will
be served in the Old Gym start
ing at 11:30. Students will be
able to use their meal books
for this lunch, which will be
served by Parker’s Barbecue.
This Is A Message From
ACiC Homecomingl
Mini’s Create Crisis
By ROD RITCHIEL
Mini-skirts were blamed for
economic crises in three West
ern nations September 28, as a
University of Toronto debate
team unanimously defeated the
resolution “Shorter Skirts Are a
Threat to Democracy.”
Mossop cited a British ditch-
digger, distracted by the skirts,
whose productivity fell from 25
to 15 shoveKuls a minute. He
called on prime minister Wilson
to “freeze the hemline rather
than freeze the prices.”
Bernie Bomers defended mini
skirts on grounds that “they are
an institution of the people, for
the people, and by the people.”
He said that skirts are demo
cratic because “hke democracy,
they help to release energy.”
Stan Emerson of the ayesi ac
cused Bomers of trying to
“hem and skirt” the issue with
a “diarrhea of words and con
stipation of ■ thought.” “Mini
skirts are a threat to mother
hood,” he said.
He said that, while equality is
one of the cornerstones of de
mocracy, “mini-skirts emphasize
the differences between the sex
es” — to which one engineer
shouted, ‘vive la difference.”
“Mini - skirts discrimini
against older women,” Bome
said. “There is much to be si
in praise of older women.”
Citing the Keynesian prindfi
that “the gross national prodjt
varies inversely with the her
line” he said that mini - skit
destroy a stable economy. "Mit
than 72 per cent of Canadian i;,
dustries reported a high ratet
absenteeism among mini - stir
wearers suffering from colt
This caused more imports ;
aspirin from the U.S. thus ai
versely affecting the balance t
payments.”
Emerson warned against li>
collapse of the clothing infc
tries. “When the hemline reat:
es the neckline, only the bt
makers will be left. . . .Mit
skirts undermine education,” k
said, as he pitied “the poor pt
fessor who has 350 pairs .
thighs staring at him.”
Cheered by Skulemen, Sus£
Whorsh said democracy rests t
the right to dissent. "Mini-skir.
have brought about this disse
between the ayes and the naji
therefore, they must be dei
cratic,” she said.
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Was It
Love
By BILL SMOAK
As I wondered titaxmgh the woods
and saw the rays of sun,
IWas it love?
As I walfced the wondrous AIC5C
caminis
on a doudy day and then the
rays appeared,
Was it iove?
Ajs I saw her smile as 1 ap
proach^
and as I ®rew doser, her lips
dosed to meet mine,
Was it Jove?
As she whispered in tny ear
that I had been Mr. Wonderful
to her,
Was it love?
No, it was the be^nning and
enid oif homecoanmg.
By DWIGHT WAGNER
The national elections next
Tuesday may well prove to be
more significant to American po
litical history than any election
in recent years. Aside from re
flecting American political opin
ion at this moment they will
have a great deal to say about
the future of the Republican Par
ty.
The Republicans are coming
closer and closer to the day
when they will have to deter
mine what type of party they
will be. Since the Party’s found
ing in 1856 it has usually been
strong enough to play its part in
the traditional two - party sys
tem. However, at the turn of
the century and the days of
Teddy Roosevelt the progressive
element became part of the
party which was usually op
posed to the thinking of the
strong conservatives. This basic
division in the party has con
tinued up to this day with the
liberals and moderates on one
side and the conservatives on
the other side.
In 1964 the Party fell into the
hands of the conservatives who,
behind Barry Goldwater, brought
about one of the worst political
defeats in American history. It
is reasonable to assume that
two years later the leaders of
the Party would have recognized
their mistakes in ’64 and have
worked towards Party unity and
a different philosophy. Despite
the fact that the American peo
ple have said in solid numbers
what type of political philosophy
they wish to follow the Republi
can Party is far from unified
to this day.
It is at this point that tl>
Party must answer a basic que
tion about its future. It needs t
be recognized that America Is
come to adopt the philosopt
of the New Deal, the New Fra
tier, and the Great Society,
desire of the vast majority i'
that these types of programs 1*
expanded and that the govett
ment become increasingly i
volved in the welfare of societ;
The Republican Party must fa«
this reality and decide how:
plans to operate in this co!
text.
The conservatives in the Psil!,
have shown that they refuse t
recognize this reality and oj
for a return to the old dap
whatever that means. They f
nonprogressive with a W®
amount of public support.
liberals and moderates dS reef
nize the need to be progresffl;
but have been imable to re|®
control of the Party n^achin®
from the conservatives.
In this sense tJie decision ®
to be made as to whether it
Party will become a permao®
minority party or regain ®
place as a strong feature of ®
two - party system. The electi®
next week will help detem®
the answer but the ultimate ®
swer will depend on whether W
liberals and the moderates
control the Party in ^
years. There is a great need ®
the Romneys, the RockefeU®
the Lindsays, and the Scran®
to come to the forefront. If r;
don’t the Republican Party ^
ruin itself as a major for«
the American political scene^