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First Convocation Held
BY IMOGENE THOMAS
It was a beautiful autumn day
as students gathered on Center
Campus Tuesday, September 22
for the official opening con
vocation of the 1970 fall
semester. This was the 69th
formal fall convocation to be
held in ACC’s history and the
first such affair under the new
voluntary convocation system,
The few students who attended
retained an air of dignity as the
faculty entered in procession in
their academic regalia.
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, Presi
dent of ACC, gave the annual
convocation address. Dr.
Wenger said that during the 69th
session ACC will enter a new
venture in learning with the hope
to obtain new goals. Dr. Wenger
centered his opening remarks
around ventures in education.
He remarked upon the striking
similarities between earlier
years at ACC and today. The
president then commented on
the many changes and new
patterns which exist on our
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, President of A.C.C. gave the annual Formal
Convocation address Tuesday, Sept. 22. Students for the first time
were able to attend at their own free will. (Photo by Jim Lowery)
Class Meetings Held
THE Freshman, Sophomore,
and Senior classes have sub
mitted nominations for Mr. Top
Hat and Homecoming can
didates. Mr. Top Hat will be
sleeted at the Sigma Sigma
Sigma-sponsored dance Sept. 25,
and the Homecoming Queen will
be crowned at the November
Test Dates
Announced
Educational Testing Service
announced today that un
dergraduates and others
preparing to go to graduate
school may take the Graduate
Record Examinations on any of
six different test dates during
the current academic year.
The first testing date for the
■GRE is Oct. 24,1970. Scores from
"this administration will be
reported to the graduate schools
about December 1. Students
planning to register for the
October test date are advised
that applications received by
ETS after October 6 will incur a
$3.00 late registration fee. After
October 9, there is no guarantee
that applications for the October
test date can be processed.
The other five test dates are
December 12,1970, Jan. 16, Feb,
27, April 24 and Jun 19, 1971.
Equivalent late fee and
registration deadlines apply to
these dates. Choice of test dates
should be determined by the
requirements of graduate
schools or fellowships to which
one is applying. Scores are
usually reported to graduate
schools five weeks after a test
late.
The Graduate Record
See TEST DATES Page 2
homecoming festivities.
The Freshman Class
nominated a Mr. To Hat can
didate only. Larry Moser will
represent the Frosh at the
dance. The Sophomores, in a
meeting held Sept. 17 on the back
steps of the Old Gym, nominated
Maylon Aycock for Mr, Top Hat
and Peggy Copeland for
Homecoming Queen. The Junior
Class meeting was not held until
Sept. 24, and the candidates’
names were not available as the
paper went to press.
The Senior Class presents as
its candidates Joe Harwood for
Mr. Top Hat and Ginny Vinson
for Homecoming Queen.
Nominations for Freshman
Class officers were held Sept. 22.
Campaign speeches of the
candidates will be delivered
Sept. 29 at 11:00 a.m.; the place
will be announced later. The
Frosh will vote on their can
didates October 6-7.
The candidates nominated
include: President, Jay Barker
and Kent Brinkley; Vice
President, Dale Newton and
Steve Harrell; Secretary, Ginny
Sorrell and Beverly Ball;
Treasurer, Marty Fowler and
Lynn World; and Senator,
Lillian Macon and Tom Kawana.
New Dean
At ACC
By JIM ABBOTT
On Sept. 1 Jack Stelljes
assumed his duties as the Dean
of Men at ACC. Since then he has
been immersed in the many
activities which accompany tehe
opening of school. Recently, he
took time out from his duties to
talk with “THE Collegiate”
about his views regarding
several contemporary issues.
Like many of the young people
on campus, Dean Stelljes is
concerned about the problems
confronting our nation and the
world. He openly voices his
opposition to not only the
Vietnam war but to all wars and
all violence. He is critical of
those churches which for hun
dreds of years have been ex
pounding social ills and
problems but have done little to
rectify the.
He said, “I am encouraged by
the students who are willing to
become committed in an active
way to the improvement of our
society, and I would like to see
some type of organization
established on campus which
would work on a local level to
improve some of the depressing
situations in theWilson area.”
He went on to say, “I feel that
this kind of organization would
definitely fall within the scope of
the church-related college.”
In regards to the Greek
Notices! Notices! Notices!
The Atlantic Christian College
Science Club is planning to hold
its first meeting of the current
academic year Thursday, Sept.
24, 1970 at 7:00 p.m. The
meeting will be held in room 107
of Moye Science Hall.
This meeting will be a
business session and serve
mainly for organizational
purposes. The Science Club is
open to all interested persons.
Each semester guest speakers in
several scientific fields are
invited to lecture.
Membership dues are $1.00 per
semester. Refreshments are
served at each meeting.
“Soony” Arguinzoni, former
drug addict and criminal, will
speak at First Christian Church
tonight. Sonny’s life story ap
pears in the books “12 Angels
From Hell” and “Run, Baby,
Run,” and he is associated with
the work described in “The
Cross and the Switchblade.” The
supper meeting, sponsored by
U.C.C.F., will begin at 5:15 p.m.
Rides will leave Harper Hall at 5
p.m. “We invite all students to
come and hear Sonny,” urges
Celia Looney, U.C.C.C.F.
president.
he annual faculty reception was held last Wednesday night in front of
le Student Center. The “Esquires” provided entertainment for the
Evening.
Friday will be the last day for
having your photograph taken
for the 1970-71 Pine Knot. In-
dividiaul photographs are being
taken in the upper level of the
Alumni Hall from 9 a.m. until 5
p.m. Students will not be
required to pay a separate sit
ting fee as this item is included
in student activities fee.
i
Stelljes
system on campus, Stelljes said
that, “if there is a need and
desire on campus for fraternities
and Greek related activities,
then I would favor a strong
Greek syste.”
On the topic of student
responsibility, Stelljes noted
that, “I hope to give the students
I work with as much respon
sibility as I can, for I believe that
students today are capable of
sharing with the administration
the responsibility of deciding
certain school policies.”
Stelljes is a native of Hun
tington, N.Y., he received the
B.B.A. degree and the M.Ed,
degree from the University of
Miami where he was amember
of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Homecoming
Theme Set
The dawning of an age has
arrived at ACC. The
Homecoming Planning Com
mittee, in its Sept. 15 meeting,
selected the theme, “The^ge cl
Aquarius” for the 1970 edition of
Homecoming-ACC.
The committee chose this
theme for its versitility and
particular revelancy to the
current scene. The 12
organizations sponsoring a unit
in the parade were assigned
signs of the zodiac. Sponsors and
their themes include: Freshman
Class, Libra; Sophomore Class,
Aries; Junior Class, Gemini;
and Senior Class, Scorpio.
In the fraternity-sorority
division the themes include:
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Taurus;
Alpha Sigma Phi, Virgo; Sigma
Pi, Saggitarius; and Delta
Sigma Phi, Pisces.
Also Phi Mu, Leo; Delta Zeta,
Capricorn; and Sigma Sigma
Sigma, Cancer.
The Day Students are to depict
the Aquarius theme.
Watch the Collegiate in the
coming weeks for news of
Homecoming. The date to
remember is November 7. Come
and watch the “dawning of an
age.”
campus.
At this point. Dr. Wenger
focused his remarks around
discrimination between violence
and turbulance. Wenger said
that in the Fifties and Sixties
students were told to get in
volved. Dr. Wenger stated that
“today’s student by inclination
and preparation is better
prepared to receive something
of infinite worth from their edu
cation than his counterparts of
the Fifties and Sixties.
Focusing the remainder of his
address around five key words in
the vocabulary of success these
words were used: Discipline,
Perspective, Priorities, Involve
ment, and Commitment. He
stated that “self discipline is one
of the basic ingredients of
success. Choices based upon
priorities determine the thrust of
one’s life. Involvement is the
natural, logical sequence of a
life of inner discipline, sound
priorities, and clear per
spective.”
In conclusion Dr. Wenger
stated that commitment char
acterizes the way man has in
volved himself in society. He
was hopeful that our experi
ences, intellectual and spiritual
growth will enable us to become
a part of the solution to man’s
problems, rather than becoming
a part of these problems.
Tell
It Like
It Is!
Watching the freshemn on
campus for the first two weeks
reminds us all of our first weeks
at college. We were interested in
their impression of their new
environment, so we questioned a
few freshmen and got the follow
ing responses:
P.O. FEMALE—I like it, the
upperclassmen really make you
feel at home.
P.S.M. female—There are too
many cliques...I believe in des-
sention but I believe in uni
versality even more. The bit
about A.C.C. being one big
family is an untruth. I like Mr.
Crouch.
G.L.S. female—I like it. I like
my professors and most of the
people. I like the campus
because it’s small and quiet.
R.J.G. female—I like the fact
that your professors are per
sonally interested in you. I like
the friendly attitude of the up
perclassmen. The only thing I
really dislike is that too many
students leave on the weekend.
C.A.W., male—I don’t like
having to climb to the windows
after 7:00 to see the freshmen
girls.
K.L.M., MALE—The people
here are very friendly. The
community needs to offer more
entertainment for college
students.
B.M.H., male—The food is not
exactly home cooking. I like the
fact that it’s a small college so
you can get to know everyone. I
appreciate the fact that the
college gives the students things
like concerts to keep them here
on the weekend.
J.C.T., female—It’s different
in many ways: Sharing a room,
standing in line for meals and
not having the convenineces of a
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