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piiRI-lSHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 4, 1972
NUMBER THIRTEEN
Fire Hits Girls Dorm
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Merch a n ts Offer
In the wake of the Dorm
fire, a number of local mer
chants have agreed to make
special offers to the victims of
the fire according to Zeb
Whitehurst, Dean of Students
at Atlantic Christian College.
Those merchants thus far
who have made offers are:
One-Hour Martinizing
Cleaners and Exclusvie
Cleaners who offer one-half off
the regular price for cleaning.
Sylvia’s has offered 15 per
cent off on all clothes not
already on sale.
Demos Register 3
Million Youthful Voters
News Briefs
Approximately 3,000,000 18-20
year olds have registered to vote
at a 2.7 to 1 Democratic rate,
Robert Weiner, National Youth
Registration coordinator for the
young Democrats office at the
democratic national committee,
announced today. These are the
results of a survey of secretaries
of state and voter registration
coordinators across the country
conducted by the young
Democrats’ national
headquarters in Washington, D.
C.
This total represents 27 per
cent of the 11V2 million elegible
18-21 year olds with the
presidential election coming up
in more than ten months. The
total registered at this early
time surprises many political
analysts who had predicted that
young persons would not
register in large numbers.
Results were obtained from
thirty-two states, as well as a
breakdown of party registration
for fourteen.
The National Young
Democrats, Weiner said, have
been conducting an intensive
registration drive in the 18-20
year old age group since June 1,
1971. They have sent teams of
canvassers to assist local
groups, sponsored rock con
certs, held statewide and local
registration workshops, and
utilized telephone banks and
other techniques. College, high
school, and non-student youth
are all being urged to register.
Weiner also praised the many
local and national groups
besides the Young Democrats
which have contributed to what
he termed, “an excellent
beginning.” He stressed,
however that it is only a
beginning, and that the critical
period for registering young
voters will be the next six
months, in order for these voters
to have the maximum impact on
next year’s presidential,
congressional, and local elec
tions.
Weiner cited the 2.7 to 1
Democratic to Republican
registration ratio nationwide as
proof tthat “the young people of
America are ready for con-
stuuctive, responsible change.”
Admin. Council
Puts Axe
To By-Laws
The Administrative Council
met Friday to discuss the
proposed changes in the By-
Laws of the Student Government
Association. The council made
several significant changes in
the proposed By-Laws one of
which concerned the lowering
from 2.5 to 2.2 the grade point
average necessary to run for
president and vice president of
the SGA. The council dissap-
proved of this action and in a
letter to SGA president Baucom,
Dr. Wenger said “The council
felt the 2.2 quality point average
to be too low as a qualification
for candidacy of the president
and vice president respec
tively.”
In other action, the council
made some minor changes
regarding the wording of certain
statements.
The Administrative Council is
composed of Dr. Wenger, Mr.
Adams, Mr. Cleveland, Dr.
Swindell, Mr. Daniell, and Dean
Whitehurst.
Exec. Mtg.
Cancelled
Monday’s SGA Executive
Board meeting was cancelled
after eight of the Board's
members failed to show up.
Those absent from the meeting
without excuses were: Kathy
Lilley, Robbie Steen, Penny
Antone, Andy Gay, Tom
Kawana, Betsy Whitehead and
Jim Sturdevant. President
Baucom rescheduled the
meeting for Mon. Feb. 7.
According to Robert Cayton,
vice president of the SGA, this
was the second time this school
year that the Board’s meetings
have been cancelled due to lack
of a quoroum.
Nursinf( Instructor
WILSON, N.C. — Mrs. Ruth
Holmes Benedict has been
named instructor in nursing at
Atlantic Christian College,
according to Dr. Arthur D.
Wenger, president of the college.
A native of Rocky Mount, she
received the B.S. degree in
nursing from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
was a public health nurse in
Orange County. N.C.;
rehabilitation nursing super
visor and public health nursing
coordinator at N.C. Memorial
Hospital and served as a captain
in the U.S. Army Nursing
Reserve.
Parham \s Article
WILSON, N.C. - Thomas
Parham, tennis coach and
assistant professor of physical
education at Atlantic Christian
College, is author of an article on
tennis teaching techniques
appearing in the January, 1972
issue of “Scholastic Coach,” a
national magazine for athletic
coaches.
During the past academic
year Coach Parham’s tennis
team at Atlantic Christian was
ranked 6th in the nation.
Art Exhibit
A one-man exhibition of the
work of Edward C. Brown of
Wilson, oix'ned in the Case Art
Building Gallery at Atlantic
Christian College on Jan. 31.
The show is comprised of
ceramics and sculpture. The
sculpture is from a variety of
materials including stone, wocxJ,
metal and fiberglass.
Brown is noted for his work in
cereamics and sculpture. His
ceramic work was accepted in
(he .North Carolina Crafts
exhibition this year He has been
represented for many years in
the N. C. Artists Annual
Exhibition. Both events were
held at the N. C. Museum of Art
in Raleigh.
A native of Texas, Brown
received his undergraduate
degree from The University of
Texas and master of fine arts
degree from Columbia
University. He is presently
associate professor of art at
Atlantic Christian in charge of
ceramics and sculpture.
The exhibition will be open to
the public through Feb. 28.
Gallery hours arc: Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. -
5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday,
12 noon-5 p.m.; and Tuesday. 7 -
9 p.m.
.\ flash fire guttwi two nH)ins
in the new girl's dormitory at
.Atlantic Christian College
Sunday night, causing e.\tensive
smoke damage to the third floor
and smoke damage to the rest ol
the building
Milton Adams, a school of
ficial. said the building was
evacuated without incident and
that tliere were no injuries
He also said the girls «ere
housed Sunday night and
Monday in other (juarters while
clean-up crews worktni in the
building but students would
reliini to/nght to the building
except those housed on the third
floor where the damage was
most extensive
local insurance agent on the
.scene this morning said the two
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diimaged they will have lo lx‘
completely remodeled but
neither he nor any school olficial
could give a monetary loss
figure.
Adams said (he fire broke out
while one of the two rooms was
unoccupied and that the fire was
apparently discoven>d by other
girls in the dormitory
Ci(y firemen were summoned
about 7:06 p.m. and stayed at the
college more than three hours as
they battled the third-story
blaze. They returned to the fire
station about 10:21 p.m.
Chief Williams of the Wilson
Fire Department told The
(’ollegiate Tuesday morning (ha(
as far as they could determine at
this time, the fire was caused by
a short circuit in a floor lamp
which was in one of the rooms
next to the bed.
A total of about 18 firemen
tattled the blaze using four of
the city’s fire trucks. Milton
.\dams told The Collegiate that it
was (he “worsi fire in the
sch(M)l’s history.”
ACC:
No Insurance
In the aftermath of Sunday's
dorm fire, the Collegiate talked
with Mr. Milton Adams,
Business .Manager for the
College. Adams noted that un
fortunately the sch(H)l did not
have any insurance to cover
those personal articles
destroyed in the fire. He said a
program of that tyix' would
extremely costly and that most
families now have homeowners
|X)licies which cover pro[H-rty
losses at home and away. Adams
also noted that he knew of no
other colleges that have in
surance (0 cover student
property losses.
The fire which caused several
thousand dollars worth of
damage, according to Adams,
was the worst in AC’s history.
Several students have voiced
anger that ACC does not have
any insurance on personal
property and one member of the
SGA suggested that the SGA
make some small financial
contributions to those students
who suffered extensive fire
losses.