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ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, MAY Z, 1968
NUMBER TWENTY THREE
Students Choose McCarthy
In Campus Mock Election
Mnic-Ar, •Rnf't. across the nation. The progi
If ACC students controlled the
1968 presidential election, Sen.
Eugene Mcarthy would move
into the White House early in
1969.
Over 400 students participated
in the mock election held last
v.eek on campus, in which Mc
Carthy led the presidential tick
et and Jina Gardner took the
lead for North Carolina gover
nor. The results of the mock
election, sponsored by John Lee
Whitley’s political science class,
showed the following statistics:
Governor
For N.C. governor, Jim Gard
ner, 158; Bob Scott, 113; Mel
Broughton, 98; Jack Stickley, 16;
and Dr, Reginald Hawkins, 13.
For U:S. president. Sen. Eu
gene McCarthy, 104; former vice-
president Richard Nixon, 94;
former Alabama governor George
Wallace, 55; Sen, Robert Ken
nedy, 39; Governor Nelson Rock
efeller, 27; Gov. Ronald Rea
gan, 18; President Lyndon John
son, 17; New York City Mayor
John Lindsay, 4; and Gov. Mark
Hatfield, 1.
Write-Ins
Also for the presidential race,
Vice-President Hubert Humphrey
received two write-in votes.
The mock election, officially
dubbed “Choice 68,” was simul
taneously conducted on more
than 2,000 college campuses
across the nation. The program
was led by 11 student leaders
from various regions of the
United States, who comprised
the Board of Directors. Cost of
the campaign was borne by
Time magazine as a public ser
vice.
Some six million college stu
dents were eligible to vote in
the mock elections, which was
the first national polling of stu
dent preferences in a presiden
tial election year.
Z,UUO C 0 11g t; —
Dexter Is Awarded
,000 Scholarship
He cast for Stage and Script s
Fintastiks” are, top bottom
fedarberg, John Mayfield, Bob
Edwards, Ross Albert and Reggie
upcoming production of “The
left to right: Bill Griffin, John
Noble, Cordelia Lewis, Fred
Smith.
iVeiu ACC Production
h Parable On Love
By ALICE NASH
Tile Stage and Script ol At
anti: Christian Colleg3 will pi’s
It like
The question for this week is:
‘Should the present electoral
lollege be abolished?" Students
lid faculty members answered
|i recent poll. Here are some of
h answers:
Heck
yes. It should be abol-
«ea, mainly because th ma
jority of the vote in the state
is not always the majority vote
i the electoral college of the
slate. The electoral college of-
ta votes the way they want to
<ote instead of representing the
'Dte of the people in the area
tey represent, I feel that the
fflajority of the vote of the
Wple should be the final de-
®>on, S, P, (student*
In
se.it the musical hit "The Fan-
tasticks" on May 13. 17 and 18
at 8:15 p.m. in Howard Chapel.
The .ACC production will be di
rected by Paul Crouch, head of
the Dramatics program, a n d
stage managed by Ju:iy Young
blood and Fran Jchnson,
The cast includes Bill Griffin
as FA Gallo the Narrator. Cor
delia Ls'.xis as Luisa the Girl,
Bob .Noble as Matt the Boy,
'John Mayfield as the Girl’.s fa
ther. John Cedarberg as t h e
Boy's t'at'ner. Reggie Smith as
the Mutf', Fred ‘Edv\ards as Mor
timer and J. iioss Albert as
H^nry the old Shakespearean ac
tor.
The play, written by Tom
Jnnes and Harvey Schmidt, is a
simple but beautifid parable
abcut love. It is staged on a
platform wi.h no scenery e.xcept
that which c;in .he kept in the
prop-bo.x and provide;! by th!>
-’Tiuti property man.
There have been more than
700 productions of "The Fantas-
ticks" throughout the world. It
is still p;aying to capacity au
diences at the Sullivan Street
Theatre in Greenwich Village,
and has been running for eight
years
Johnston
iNamed Head
For Chapter
Hugh B. Johnston Jr., assistant
professor of modern language,
thas been elected as president
of the North Carolina Cl;apter of
the American Association of
Teachers of French,
Johnston was named to the
post at the annual spring meet
ing of the organization held at
Duke University on .\pril 27,
Prior to the election he had
served as vice president of the
organization.
GoideiTWill
Speak Here
Harry Golden, editor and pub
lisher of “The Carolina Israel
ite" and author of a number of
best - .selling books, will address
the student body during the 11
a.m. Convocation, Tuesday.
Students have also been in
vited to an informal reception
honoring Golden between 3:15
and 4:15 p,m, that afternoon in
the gallery of the Case Art
Building. During the reception,
students and faculty will have
an opportunity to talk with the
editor - author about his work.
Douglas M, Dexter of Dud
ley, a senior at Atlantic Chris
tian College, has been award
ed a two-year scholarship to
pursue graduate studies at
Richmond Professional Insti
tute, Richmond, Va.
The scholarship, valued at
over $4,000 per year plus tui
tion and fees, was awarded by
the South Carolina Mental Hos
pital, Columbia, S. C.
While at RPI, Dexter will
be working toward the Master
of Social Work degree with
emphasis in group social work.
He is scheduled to be gradu
ated from Atlantic Christian
on May 31 with an A.B. de
gree in religion and philosophy.
He is minoring in psychology.
For the past eight months,
he has ben engaged in a
research project concerning
chronic alcoholism in Wilson
County. The work was done
in conjunction with a special
class project and the Wilson
County Alcoholic Information
Center, He is scheduled to
present a paper on the project
at a seminar on the college
campus on April 30,
During the current academic
year he has served as presi
dent of the ACC Student Gov
ernment Association, A mem
ber of Sigma Pi fraternity,
he is the son of Mr, and
Mrs, Gary M, Dexter, Rt, il,
Dudley.
DOUGLAS M. DEXTER
Two From ACC Faculty
Study Wilmington College
in the areas of scie
Among Golden's most notable
books are “Only In .America,”
l"Enjoy, Enjoy.’ “Forgotten
Pioneer” and “The Spirit of the
Ghetto. “
Dr. L, H. Swindell Jr., dean
cf .Atlantic Christian College, re
cently served as chairman of a
committee to eValuate the teach
er education program of Wil
mington College,
Serving with him on the com
mittee was Dr, J, P, Tyndall,
chairman of the Department of
Science, and 11 other educators
representing the State Depart
ment ox Public Instruction, the
State Board of Higher Educa
tion and other colleges in the
state.
Purpose
The purpose of the committee
was to describe the teacher ed
ucation program of the college
in order to approve the school
and its teacher education pro-
Tyndall served on the com.
> many ignorant countries,
MS system would work, but in
Itie United States, with its edu-
Btional system, people should
Ik able to represent their own
wte in elections, K, G. (student)
j 1 think we should have an
1 Actoral college. The reason be-
|»g, its vote is more regional.
' 0, (student'
^es, definitely. I feel the
presidential election should be
Wd in the same context as
*nators and representatives,
wtal popular vote equals a
®ore fair representation of the
I People, M. R, (student)
! ^ don’t think it should be abol-
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Literary-Art Magazine
Is Currently Available
..... media. There ar
The spring issue of “Crucible,’
a magazine of creative ideas,
is now available. The magazine
is published bi - annually by
the Departments of Art and
English at Atlantic Christian Col
lege and is considered by crit
ics across the state as one of
the finest literary - art maga
zines being published today.
The spring issue includes
ZirjGs
The spring issue inctuaes
poems, short stories and es- Copies may be outain^^
says by both student and pro- lobby of Hines Hall and tue
fessional writers. It also in- Case Art Building Gallery. Puce
eludes art works executed in a is $1 per copy.
YRC To Install
Officers May 8
During Banquet
The .Atlantic Christian College
Young Republican Club wiil hold
its annual installation banquet at
6 p.m. Wednesday, May 8.
Gene .Anderson, executive sec
retary of the North Carolina Re
publican party, will install the
new officers. The banquet which
is to be held in the cafeteria,
is opsn to everyone.
Copies may be obtained in the iDcor prizes will be given away.
' u.'r,oc Hall and the Those who wish to attend are
asked to go through the line and
jit in the reserved area.
variety of media. There are two
art featues, one being paintings
and graphics by Norbert W.
Irvine, and the other a series
of photographs by Milton Roger-
son. The centerfold is a three-
color wood block, printed from
the original blocks and individ-
aually signed by the artist,
Eebe Gower
mittee in the areas of science
and general education.
AC Students
Demonstrate
Against IBM
Kenneth OConneil and Harold
Herring Jr., students at .Atlantic
Christian College, participated
in a demonstration against IBM
in Raleigh last week. The group,
led by Herring of La Grange
and composed of members of the
.Vorth Carolica chapter of Young
Americans for Freedom, pro
tested that company’s sale of
computers to Communist bloc
countries. The other three stu
dents in the group were from
Duke and N. C. State.
.According to Herring, the
picketing in Raleigh was in con
junction with the annual meet
ing of the IBM stockholders in
Boston. The national YAF group
is leading a group of stockhold
ers opposed to East-West trade,
College Sets
Awards Day
The annual Intercollegiate
Awards Day is scheduled for
11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 21..
All varsity and freshman in
tercollegiate athletic partici
pants will be honored at this
time and several special awards
will be given.