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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE , OCTOBER 9,1975
NUMBER ONE
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Say or happy? Is a freshman year at college a time of beginnings or
endings? Will she make it or flunk out? Can she live on her own for the
first time in her life? Will college life strengthen her socially or ruin
her morally? What is it all about anyway? (Photo courtesy of The Pine
Knot)
SGA Sets Goals
Many of us fail to realize just
how difficult and time con
suming the task of governing the
entire student body is from year
to year. Nevertheless, the SGA
executive board has worked
diligently since school convened
in August. As a result, the board
has adopted realistic goals and
plans for the ’75-’76 school year.
To achieve these goals for a
better government, there must
be a promotion of interest, in
volvement, and willingness to
participate in campus activities
in respect to the individual
student and to campus
organizations. This act would
absolish student apathy while
encouraging unity and un
derstanding between all campus
organizations. As an aid, it has
been suggested that the SGA
sponsor more activities in the
future. Emphasis will be placed
on general student attendance of
the SGA board meetings.
Already, the SGA board has
begun to'fulfill these objectives.
Among them are changes in the
constitutional by-laws of the
student government. Students
may now vote by showing pic
tured drivers’ licenses as a
substitute for student I.D. cards.
In addition, write-in-votes have
been legalized on campus. The
process involving elections
continually used on campus is
exemplified by the election of
Briggs Petway as this year’s
Collegiate editor or by the
upcoming freshmen , class
elections of October 13 and 14.
In regard to campus en
tertainment, the chairman of the
Entertainment Committee has
made progress in engaging
groups for planned activities this
year. “Singletree” and
“Calabash” previously per
formed here on center campus
on the opening day of school.
Next in point of time, the
Concert and Lecture Committee
will sponsor a lecture on October
17th by David Manning White on
silent movies. Two movies will
be shown as part of the
presentation. A dance in the old
gym will be sponsored af
terwards. The “Monticristo’s”
will be featured at this dance.
As tradition demands.
Homecoming will be a
highlighting event of the year.
Its’ theme for this year is to be
“Music Throughout The Ages.”
The SGA board is involved ex
tensively in planning for this
event of October 31st. The
Homecoming queen is to be
announced at the dance
featuring a band called
“Warehouse.”
The Homecoming parade will
begin at ten on Saturday,
November 1st. In addition, a
Pig-Picking’ will be held that
day on a decorated center
campus. It’s purpose is to in
volve both students and alumn in
an activity together.
A concert featuring “Fleet
wood Mac” on November 19th in
the new gym will follow up the
Homecoming activities.
In relation to daily campus
matters, the SGA board has
passed a motion to alleviate the
See SGA Page 5
ACC Studies Itself
In accordance with standards
set by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools. Atlantic
Christian is conducting an In
stitutional Self-Study that will
extend into the fall of 1976 and
involve students, trustees, and
alumni, as well as faculty
members.
The Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools is
responsible for the accreditation
of the South's colleges and
universities through Self-Study
programs conducted by in
stitutions on an individual basis
every ten years.
The Association’s purpose in
requiring Self-Study programs is
to give learning institutions an
opportunity to become ac
credited or renew their ac
creditation while concurrently
determining their own special
purposes and goals and setting
means of attaining them.
Eugene Purcell, chairman of
Atlantic Christian’s Self-Study,
and Dr. J. P. Tyndall, director,
emphasized the positive effects
the program will have on the
college by pointing to the ac
complishments made since the
study of 1967. They stated that,
“We view the process with
confidence because of the
continuous progress that has
taken place in the academic
program, facilities, faculty, and
student body.”
Two aspects of the program —
Department Studies and
Committees on Standards — will
present their evaluations to a
Steering Committee that will
compile the information into a
report to be made available in
August, 1976.
Next fall, a group of educators
from colleges and universities
throughout the South, will visit
Atlantic Christian and validate
the study. After their evaluation
is complete, they will make a
recommendation to the Southern
Association.
Both Dr. Purcell and Dr.
Tyndall summarized the
program by stating that, “The
idea of the Self-Study is the
evaluation and improvement of
the educational environment;
“adding also that, “There is a
place in the study for the setting
Homecoming
Homecoming weekend is
October 31 and November 1 this
year. Any organization that will
be sponsoring a contestant
should select her and send a
brief article to The Collegiate by
Friday, October 17. Pictures
must also be arranged well in
advance. Homecoming is
shaping up to be a real treat this
year, so give The Collegiate a
chance to publicize the event
enough to inspire a healthy
amount of participation.
Pictures To Be Shot
Jimmy Cobb, editor of The
Pine Knot has announced that
yearbook pictures will be taken
from Monday, October 13
through Friday, October 17. The
photographer will be in Harper
Hall from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
each day.
Freshman class members will
have their pictures shot Monday,
October 13. Sophomores can
have their pictures taken on
Tuesday, October 14. Juniors are
to report to Harper Hall on
Thursday, October 15. Senior
class people will have their
chance with the photographer on
Thursday, October 16. Makeup is
from 9 to 5 Friday, October 17.
All men are urged to wear ties.
The senior class males will wear
coats and ties. The ladies should
dress appropriately, while only
the senior class women will be
draped.
These are the only dates for
individual pictures, so every
member of the student body
should make a gallant effort to
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of priorities and long range
planning for institutional im
provement over the next few
years.”
The Department Studies
evaluate themselves within the
compass of their own depart
ments, whether English,
History, Science, or Religion.
The Committees on Standards,
of which there are nine, concern
themselves with defining and
evaluating various seguments of
the total academic community.
Each Standard Committee
will have at least one student
member selected from the
general student body; the
Department Studies will use
students majoring in their in
dividual departments.
As yet, a list of students
participating in the Department
Studies is unavailabke, but those
selected for participation in the
Standards Committees are:
Purpose, Cindy Hill;
Organization and Ad
ministration, Kathy Law;
Educational Program, Joseph
Cox; Faculty, Claudia Spalding;
Library Learning Resources,
Douglas Stokes; Student
Development, Ellen Bowen and
Thomas “Skip” Morgan;
Physical Plant, Kathy
Panarese; Briggs Petway;
Special Activities, Lester
Southern.
So as to keep their con
stituency involved in the Self-
Study, Atlantic Christian will
send out questionnaires dealing
with a wide range of subjects —
curriculum, physical facilities,
library resources, teaching
effiyncy, extra curricular ac
tivities. and how alumni feel
about the addquacy of their
college preparation.
White Brings Comedy
On Friday, October 17, the
“Golden Age of Comedy” will be
revived on the Atlantic Christian
College campus. The revival will
include a lecture on comedy in
the silent film, a showing of the
two greatest silent film
comedies of all time, and a
dance in the old gymnasium.
The lecture and films will
begin at 7:30 in Hardy Alumni
Hall. Dr. David Manning White
will deliver a brief lecture and
give brief introductions to two
full-length silent films, one
starring Charlie Chaplin and the
other starring Buster Keaton.
Dr. David Manning White has
been the chairman of the
Division of Journalism at Boston
University and is currently a
visiting professor at Virginia
Commonwealth University in
Richmond. He is one of the
leading authorities on motion
pictures, television, comic books
and all forms of com
munications. He was project
director of the Newspaper
Comics Council.
Dr. White is the author of
“Mass Culture: The Popular
Arts in America,” “The Fun
nies: An American Idiom,”
“People, Society and Mass
Communications,” “Pop Cult in
America,” "Journalism in the
Mass Media’’and “The Celluloid
Weapon; Social Comment in the
American Film.” He has been
elcted to the Hall of P’ame of the
New England Academy of
Journalists and is listed in Who's
Who in America and Who’s Who
in the East.
Dr. White lectured at ACC last
year, and those who attended
enjoyed his wit and knowledge of
films so much that he has agreed
to provide us with this encore.
The night will indeed be one of
fun and entertainment, for there
will also be a dance sponsored by
the SGA featuring the show and
dance band, Monticristo’s. This
will be held in the old gym from
10:00 until 12:00and admission is
free. The night promises to be a
great time for everyone so plan
now to come join in on the fun.
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r>avid ."Vlanning White, one of the most popular guest lecturers of last
year w ill return this semester to further orient the student body to the
world of film. His lecture and silent film selection should prove to be
most fascinating.