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NUMBER FIFTEEN
“A Thurber Carnival”, by Janies Thurber
Presented by the national-acclaimed Alpha-Omega Players the “Carnival” is a theatrical "laugh-in”
of Janies Thurber’s best-loved stories, fables,and other pot-shots at the human condition. The
production will be staged Feb. 7, 8:00 p.m. in Howard Chapel. It is being sponsored by CCA and the
Convocationa Co-ordinating Comm.
Omega Players To Appear
Students On Tour
“A Thurber Carnival,” the
New York revue hit in which the
wit and fun of the late James
Thurber’s famous cartoons and
stories are brought to life on the
stage, will be presented in
Hoqard Chapel, February 7 at
8:00 P.M.
When this collection of
Thurberian fables, parables,
reminiscences, stories,
drawings, and captions was first
staged on Broadway in 1960, it
aroused a rapturous enthusiasm
unmatched since the opening of
'My Fair Lady” four years
earlier. “Life Magazine” was
prompted to bestow on author
Thurber the accolade of “The
greatest working humorist of
our day.” Critic Brooks
Atkinson, in the “New York
Times”, wrote of “A Thurber
Carnival” that it is “the
freshest, funniest show of the
year”; critic Walter Kerr, of the
“New York Herald Tribune,”
called it “a sheer delight”; and
all other critics unanimously
took the same laudatory tone.
Included in this urbane pwt-
pourri (it had to be or there mght
have been armed uprisings by
Thurber fans) is the classic tale,
■‘The Night the Bed Fell,” as
The first annual winter sports
day was held this past weekend,
with Sigma Pi Fraternity
finishing as the overall cham
pion of the day. The event,
planned by IFC President Ted
Davis, provided the four
fraternities with an opportunity
to compete in ping pong,
volleyball, and basketball. The
overall winner was determined
y ® four-point system.
Sigma Phi Epsilon started
things rolling by winning ping
pong. Rick Babyak won the
^ngles event, and Donnie
dements and Ben Winfield were
doubles champions. Sigma
'finishedin the runner-up spot.
Volleyball resulted in another
showdown between the Sig Eps
and the Pi’s, Sigma Pi emerged
victorious, and the two frater
nities were tied in the overall
well as a skit in which a murder-
mystery addict proves that Lady
Macbeth couldn’t have com
mitted those homicides, and the
saga of how Mr. Preble triestto
get rid of his wife; after he has
asked his secretary to run away
with him and she has casually
said, “All righty.”
There is an illustrated lecture
on the touching parable of “The
Last Flower,” and of course
Walter Mitty is back in his en
chanting secret life, fancying
himself in day-dreams as a
daredevil airplane pilot, a super
special surgeon, and a mar
velously resourceful spy. Also
part of the proceedings is “If
Grant Had Been Drinking at
Appomatox,” suggesting that
the Union commander might
have been so hung over on the
big day that he would have
presented his sword to General
Lee.
The touches of whimsicality
and sharp incisiveness ap
propriate to these long-favorite
humorous tales is being applied
by Kenneth Latimer as director
of “A Thurber Carnival.”
Nothing ever goes on at ACC?
Well something is Thursday
standings at this point.
The third event, basketball,
proved to be the deciding factor.
In the first round of the double
elimination tournament. Sigma
Pi defeated the Sig Eps, and the
Alpha Sigs defeated the Delta
Sigs. In the second round, he Pi’s
beat the Alphas 34-31, and the Sig
Eps whipped the Delta Sigs 40-
27. Robert Wells led the Pi’s with
15 points, while John Sally’s 11
points was tops for Alpha Sig.
Rick Babyak scored 18 points for
the Sig Eps as they eliminated
the Delta Sigs.
In the third round of me
tournament', the Alpha Sigs
edged the Sig Eps, 37-36. Ray
Wilkins and John Sally each
scored 16 points for the Alphas,
and Rick Babyak led Sig Ep with
18. This game eliminated the Sig
Eps and clinched the Sports Day
Championship for Sigma Pi.
in Howard Chapel. Take time out
and enjoy the antics of a great
humorist.
Atlantic Christian College’s
72nd annual commencement to
be held May 17, will be one of the
most significant in the history of
the institution. At that time the
college will graduate its first
students with baccalaureate
degrees in nursing. There will be
some 27 students in the first
nursing class.
Already considered to be one
of the more popular programs at
the college, it has grown rapidly
since its beginning in 1970.
Presently there are 178 students
majoring in nursing. Forty-six of
them are working at the junior
level. Next year the college
expects total enrollment in the
program to reach 225-275.
Forty-eight per cent of the
students now enrolled in the
program came to Atlantic
Christian as juniors from
cooperating institutions
Chowan College, Lees-McRae
College, Louisburg College,
Mount Olive College, North
Carolina Wesleyan College and
Peace College.
There are 12 registered nurses
enrolled in the program seeking
baccalaureate degrees.
Seventeen are out-of-state
students. Four male students
are enrolled and more are ex
pected.
The degree nursing program
at Atlantic Christian was
developed through close
cooperation of area health and
educational facilities in response
to community needs and in
terest. It was designed to
produce nursing students
qualified to meet the increasing
demands being placed on
modern day health care
facilities.
The program is based upon a
philosophy of educating nurses
for greater and more
generalized responsibilities
which are becoming in
creasingly important as the
health care programs of the area
tend to expand.
Already there is a great
By NINA JONKS
On Friday, 25, a group of
students left Wilson on a trip to
Morganton, N. C. The weekend
was a celebration of the Twenty-
Second Annual Mason-Dixon
Basketball Tournament.
The group consisted of four
deaf education members: Mike
Hickman, Tim Corbett, Buddy
Burgess, and Nina Jones. Wally
Koehler also attended the
tournament. Miss Ray,
professor of ACC's deaf
education causes, and Miss
Simms, superintendant of
Eagles Hall at Wilson’s Deaf
School, sponsored the trip.
The tournament began on
Irvine's Work
The Downtown Gallery of the
Roanoke (Va.) Fine Arts Center
is currently exhibiting 32
siikscreen prints by Norbert W.
Irvine, assistant professor of art
at Atlantic Christian College.
The show will continue through
the middle of February.
The work ranges from the
extremely formal, geometric
designs of two years ago to a
very loose, painterly and
splashy abstract landscapes.
Both styles display strong in
fluences of the interaction of
colors in nature.
demand for those who will be
graduating under the Atlantic
Christian College nursing
program, according to Dr. Ruby
G. Barnes, chairman of the ACC
Department of Nursing. She
indicated that agencies within
and outside the state are vying
for the students as well as all
branches of the armed forces.
Financial rewards for degreed
nursing graduates is reported to
be extremely attractive ...
especially in the field of nursing
services.
ACC’s nursing students are
receiving their clinical ex-
perences through 12 main
agencies — Wilson Memorial
Hospital, Nash General
Linda Leonard is one of the first
nurses to graduate with a
baccalaureate degree.
Thursday, 24 and lasted till
Saturday, 26. Participants were
members in deaf schools from
North Carolina, South Carolina.
Florida, Georgia. Virginia,
Tennessee, Mississippi,
Alabama. Kentucky and
Louisiana. One team
represented each state, having
been numt>er one in their slate.
North Carolina was represented
by the Morganton School for the
Deaf,
The tournament game was
won by North Carolina. From
the participating teams, an all
American team was picked We
can be proud to know that North
Carolina contributed three
players to this team. The most
valuable player was also chosen
from North Carolina's team.
Each deaf school was
represented by a squad of
cheerleaders. The cheerleaders
relied a great deal on their
acrobatic ability. The girls'
performance was a fantastic
demonstration of their school
spirit. From these squads,
Tennessee was chosen for the
cheerleading award.
Other awards were presented
to the coaching staff and Free
Throw Champion.
The trip was a successful one
and each representative from
ACC came home with a little
more than they left with.
Hospital, Cherry Hospital,
Eastern North Carolina
Sanitorium, Carolina General
Clinic, Wilson Clinic, Wilson
County Health Department,
Edgecombe County Health
Department, Wilson County
Department of Social Services,
Wilson-Greene Mental Health
Center, Eastern North Carolina
School for the Deaf, and the
Medic Home Health Center.
While Atlantic Christian
serves as the nucleus for the
overall program, it is supported
by Wilson Memorial and Nash
General Hospitals and has been
givef additional support through
two federal grants.
Atlantic Christian provides
dormitory facilities for nursing
students, instruction in the total
program and assumes total
responsibility of the pgoram.
The college completed a new
dormitory for women in 1970 in
order to provide housing for the
additional students. There are
eight full-time and two part-time
members on the nursing faculty.
To enter the Atlantic Christian
nursing program students must
be academically well prepared.
Under many nursing programs
officials expected only two out of
three students to complete the
course. The attrition rate at
Atlantic Christian is practically
nil, according to Dr. Barnes.
Students with good academic
records and a strong desire to
enter the nursing profession
have done well to consider
Atlantic Christian Col;ege’s
program. Those who demon
strate financial need have little
trouble financing their
educktion, according to Ben E.
Casey, ACC’s director of student
financial aid. “A variety of loan
and grant programs initiated in
recent years has helped Atlantic
Christian guarantee that nursing
students with severe need are
not denied the opportunity to
pursue their studies,” said
Casey.
night, February 7, at 8:00 P.M.
Sigma Pi Takes Honors
First Nurses To Graduate