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New Faculty Members
Ten new appointments to the
Atlantic Christian College
faculty have been announced by
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, president
of the college. They became
effective at the beginning of the
current school year.
.Mrs. Dawn H. Albert
Mrs. Dawn H. Albert of Wilson
was named part-time instructor
in nursing.
A native of Artesia, N.M., she
received B.S. degrees from
Kansas City College and
Lebanon Valley College, and is
currently pursuing graduate
studies at East Carolina
University. She completed a
diatetic internship at Indiana
University Medical Center.
She is the wife of J. Ross
Albert, acting chairman of the
Department of Music.
Bryan L. Chalk
Bryan Lee Chalk of
Rocltingham has been named
assistant basketball coach and
assistant director of athletics.
He received the B.S. degree
from Atlantic Christian where
he was a varsity basketball
player. Prior to accepting the
appointment he served as a
marketing representative with
the Burroughs Corporation.
Mrs. Peggy K. Dulaney
Mrs. Peggy E. Dulgney of
Goldsboro, was named assistant
professor of nursing.
Born in Greenville, S.C., she
was awarded the B.S.N. and
M.S.N. degrees by the Duke
University School of Nursing.
She is the wife of Brian
Dulaney, a civil engineer at
Seymour Johnson Air Force
Base.
Dr. Harlow Z. Head
Dr. Harlow Z. Head of Buies
Creek, N.C., was named
assistant professor of
geography.
A native of Medford, Ore., he
received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.-
D. degrees from the University
of Oregon.
John T. Oertling
John T. Oertling of New
Orleans, La., was named in
structor in English and Director
of Drama.
A native of New Orleans, he
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received the B.A. Degree from
Louisiana State University in
New Orleans and the M.A.
Degree from the University of
Michigan.
Mrs. Evelyns. Pruden
Mrs. Evelyn S. Pruden of
Wilson was named instructor in
nursing.
A native of Memphis, Tenn.,
she received the B.S.N. degree
from Vanderbilt University and
is currently pursuing graduate
studies at N.C. State University.
She is the wife of Dr. Charles
R. Pruden of Wilson. They have
three children.
Mrs. Thelma P. Sasser
Mrs. Thelma P. Sasser of
Rocky Mount, was named in
structor in music.
A native of the Dominican
Republic, she received the B.
Mus. Degree from Jacksonville
Stillpoint
Near
Completion
If you’re wondering what that
many-sided, no windowed
building beside Howard Chapel
is, then wonder no more It’s the
recently constructed, student-
built meditation center known to
many as “The Still Point,”
Construction of the center
started in January of this year
after a student-conducted
campaign succeeded in raising
the necessary $15,000 for the
building’s completion and a
general landscaping of the area
around the building. With the
building successfully “closed
in” by mid-May, the center was
dedicated and named so that
those graduating seniors who
were directly responsible for the
building could see, at least
partially, their dream com
pleted. During the summer,
work on the building was tem
porarily halted except for the
installation of lights and air
conditioning. The interior of the
chapel is currently being
completed with the construction
of seating areas and carpeting
providing the major obstacles
before completion. Spencer
Smith who has worked on the
building diligently since con
struction started says, “There’s
not really a great deal that the
students can do to speed up the
completion date. The benches
have to be put together and we
certainly could use some help in
the way of extra hammers and
workers. If every thing goes well
the center should be finished by
the first of November.”
College life can certainly
provide the student with its fair
amount of pressures. To find a
place of quiet and peaceful
solitude has been difficult in the
past. Since Howard Chapel has
teen used for so many different
purposes, a student has had
difficulty in finding a place
where he can be still long enough
to get his head together.
Hopefully, “The Still Point” will
help alleviate this serious
problem.
PHIL JONES
College of Music and the M. Mus.
Degree from Oberlin College.
She is the wife of Dr. William
Sasser, chairman of the music
department at N.C. Wesleyan
College.
Dr. Ray Swords
Dr. Ray Swords of Mount
Olive, was named adjunct
professor of psychology.
Currently academic dean at
Mount Olive College, Dr. Swords
received the A.B. and B.S.
degrees from Jacksonville State
University, and the M.A. and
Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Alabama.
He is married and the father of
four children.
William Thomas Whitehead
William Thomas Whitehead of
Nassawadox, Va., was named
instructor in business.
He received the B.S. and M.A.
degrees from Appalachian State
University. A Baptist, he is a
member of Lower Creek Baptist
Church, Lenoir, N.C.
J. Chris Wilson
J. Chris Wilson, a native of
Waycross, Ga., was named
instructor in art.
He received the B.A. Degree
from Valdosta State College and
the M.F.A. Degree from the
University of Georgia where he
held a graduate teaching
assistantship. He served as
guest artist for the Savannah Art
Association.
Convocation
Opening Convocation for 1974-
1975 academic year was held
Tuesday, September 10. The
passion expressed for per
spective innovations within the
curriculum is that of a new
approach to admissions and
concerns about basic operation
of the college. These are feelings
with which we can find sen
timent. The change in format
towards a more informal ap
proach to convocations is one
that is welcome. Perhaps the
basic difficulty that con
vocations have in attracting
people is the lack of integrity
inherent with those who speak on
the issues at convocation.
Students and perhaps faculty
alike enjoy a more informal
approach because it probably
represents a more realistic
view. Honesty with depth is
always to be appreciated rather
than generalities with im
plication and evasiveness.
Perhaps less wrestling is
needed with the faculty over the
issues and more with the
students. Tuesday’s convocation
was another failure to challenge
the total academic community.
Both practical as well as issues
on the “frontiers of knowledge”
can use vision and I believe
Tuesday’s convocation
represented not an instance
where vision was not required
but where vision was absent
because of poverty. The ultimate
statement came when it was
said that 99.7 per cent of all
rapes on college campuses
would be against women. This
year’s convocation, like many of
the aspects of the academic
A Savage Journey
One of my professors once told me that autumn was
one of his favorite times of the year because it seemed to
him to be a nostalgic time of the year. I usually don’t
agree with that professor but on this occasion, I nmgt
confess that I did agree. The fall, like the spring, brings
on changes. And change is probably the only constant
thing there is. Thank God for it. Nothing happens in the
past and it is utterly impossible to live for now. During
the years I have attended ACC, I have witnessed many
changes on this campus, not just physical changes but
spiritual changes as well. The constantly changing
mood of the student body has always fascinated me, for
I, as a student and as a person, have changed also.
College does something to a person (especially young
people), those people who are still growing up
maturing. Between the time that a freshman starts
classes to the day when he receives his diplomas a great
many things will have transpired. Each student will
have his own share of joys and sorrows and maybe he or
she may learn something from their classes as well as
from life.
As I look back on it, sometimes I wish that I had
studied a litle harder in some courses and a little less in
others. Probably now and then I would have been wiser
going out and getting drunk a little more often instead of
cramming for some course that consisted of merely
nothing but cosmic debri. If the new freshmen have any
illusions about AC now, by the time they graduate they
will have even more. I’ve experienced many a good time
at AC even though Wilson is probably the “armpit of
America” with its sweltering heat and its monsoon
season. There was a time when there were hardly any
long hairs on the campus. To go to downtown Wilson
with your hair flapping in the wind would certainly bring
instant ridicule from the citizens of this proud All-
America City. But that was before long hair became
popular. Now it is the fashion and believe it or not,
probably more rednecks have long hair than anyone
else. Well maybe “redneck” is an outdated term. It used
to be that the only music we had on this campus was soul
music. There’s nothing wrong with soul music. The
problem was that it was the only type of music that it
was the only type of music that we ever heard at con
certs. I used to long to hear some good rock. Rock too
has changed. These days to play rock, you don’t have to
be good or creative to sell, just look at Bowie, “The
Glitter King Himself.” Musical innovation and ex
pression he is not. To some degree, music, is of course a
matter of taste.
Remember The Knights End, it used to be the only
bar in town and brother it was hell. They used to have
Happy Hours in the afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. It was
always great to watch the students stumble into the
cafeteria a few minutes after six o’clock and attempt to
put down some food. Drunks are always interesting to
watch as they cover their plate with ketchup and stuff it
all in. There are now several bars in town and I know
that the Knights End has rough competition. I went
there last week and for a penny a draft it was great. Yes,
I could have gone downtown to the other two bars. I
admit you do have a choice these days. One tries almost
to be a semi-glitter bar and the other a beach bar. 1
guess they are O.K. I do like to go to them now and then.
Anything is better thn the “Endless Summer.” No Idon’t
think I’m being too critical, because the function of
analysis is mainly to clarify reality, and not to pass
judgment on it.
I hope that the freshmen and transfer students here
make the best of their stay. There are all types of things
in Wilson, some good, some bad. Optimism is always the
best outlook on life. And optimism is really more of a
way of life than just an idea or train of thought. In some
ways it is a lot like love. It comes from within, from
seeing with the heart. CWA
community
not quality.
stressed quantity,
BEM
The Collegiate
MARY KAY McKOWN
Editor
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Bob Miles Business Manager
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Published weekly by students attending Atlantic Christian
College Wilson, N.C. 27893. The views expressed herein are
not necessarily those of the faculty or administration of ACC.