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President Wenger
We were saddened upon hearing of Dr. Wenger s
death last Friday morning. As we said on our front page,
his death marks the end of an era. For the past twenty-
one years he has stood at this college’s helm - now, tor
the time being, we’re on our own, ^
If two words can summarize a man’s life, Atlantic
Christian would be the two to summarize Dr. Wenger s
— for it is impossible to separate the man from the in
stitution he served. He began his career here in 1950 as
an assistant to the president and instructor in the
Department of Religion and Philosophy. He began
serving as president in 1956. As our chief administrator
he turned a “small college with limited resources into
a viable institution of higher education. Over the past
twenty years many small private colleges have fallen on
hard times — our neighbor in Rocky Mount for example
— but Atlantic Christian has remained financially
stable; this was no small feat. This stability was
complimented by progress. Some of the advancements
made under Dr. Wenger were; the erecting of twelve
new buildings, including four new dormitories, art,
music, and nursing buildings, a new gym, a student
center, a meditation center, and now, a new library;
five new departments were added for a total of six new
majors; the campus was beautified — Gold Street was
closed off; in 1965 Dr. Wenger asked for and received
permission to integrate the school racially — before the
law made it mandatory to do so; there was a tripleing of
the enrollment and a growth in the endowment;
students were placed on standing committees and a
student was given a place on the Board of Trustees. In
short, we would not be where we are today had it not
been for his devotion.
Last year a group of students, faculty members and
administrators spent the afternoon at a retreat called
Eagles Nest. The purpose of the retreat was to discuss
problems and questions concerning Atlantic Christian.
It was here perhaps that a large group of students
worked closely with Dr. Wenger for the first time. All of
the students, including this reporter, were impressed
with his genuine concern.
The Results of our Survey
Last week we distributed 450
quest lonaries dealing with the
problem of campus alcoholism.
Out of these 450, 284 were
returned — that’s a good
number. Rather than analyze
the results ourselves, we are
going to present the data we
obtained to you so that you may
draw your own conclusions. The
results were as follows:
Question No. 1 — Do you
believe there is an alcoholism
problem here on the campus of
Atlantic Christian? This was the
most evenly divided of all the
questions. 140 people replied
they felt there was such a
problem; 139 replied they felt
there was not.
Question No. 2 — Do you
consume alcoholic beverages?
Here the numbers were uneven
— 221 replied that they did
consume alcoholic beverages; 55
replied that they did not.
Question No. 3 — This question
dealt with the frequency of
consumption. 50 replied that
they consumed alcoholic
beverages daily; 45 bi-weekly;
55 weekly and 67 less than
weekly. 7 people added the
category hourly.
Question No. 4 — Do you have
a friend you consider to be an
alcoholic? 155 replied that they
did have a friend they con
sidered to be an alcoholic; 122
that they did not. The results of
this question are interesting
when compared to the results of
the next question.
Question No, 5 — Do you
consider yourself an alcoholic?
Only 21 replied that they con
sidered themselves to be an
alcoholic; 256 replied that they
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The Symbolic Presii,
“Jimmy Carter's
behind the presidential
yielded a true fea«
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given us symbols of onl '
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forgiveness (pardoninjr^:, "
dodgers), of equa^''^^
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justice building) „f
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Pittsbi^gh). and Of uniu^
diversity (choosing , C, *
woman, a Jew, a Pole o r ‘
man. an Italian, an Anglo anZ'
Incompetant to sit among ^
chief advisors).
What the president shoiiu
learn however, it that, uniij
peanut butter, symbolism cat
really spread; it issues lr
substance. Being sen,
nevertheless a heavy, earh fa
of such hors d’oeuvre, SouWr,
style, we soon may fi„d tu
under all the peanut butte
there’s only a cracker.”
George Hahn
Viewpoint
A Treatise on the Rejection of Warfare
did not consider themselves to
be alcoholics.
Question No, 6 — Do you think
present drinking habits could
lead you to alcoholism in later
years? 77 people replied that
they could become alcoholics in
later years if present drinking
habits were continued; 200
replied that they did not feel
present drinking habits would
lead to eventual alcoholism.
Question No, 7 — Do you
believe the problem of campus
alcoholism warrants further
investigation? 166 replied that
they felt the problem did
warrant further investigation;
111 that it did not. These num
bers were fairly close.
Question No, 8 was worded
ambiguously on some
questionaires; it was left off on
others — our error. We should
have asked whether people felt a
survey of this type could shed
some light on a problem — we
did not intend the survey to be a
solution, 134 replied that they
felt a survey of this type could
work; 52 felt that it could not. We
believe that it did work.
Perhaps the most interesting
part of the survey were some of
the comments we got on the back
of the sheet. Here are a few
examples ,,, “My solution to
alcoholism is to quit drinking. Of
course if anyone on the
Collegiate staff drinks regular,
then forget these surveys,”
“People who drink should look
into themselves to evaluate their
behavior while under the in
fluence of the drug. If your
behavior causes problems,
maybe you should switch to
another high,”
By DR. C. H. HAMLIN
When World War I came on I
was completely unaware of its
real nature and fell a victim of
the war propaganda. I had all
confidence then in the wisdom of
President Wilson. As a student, I
had used his books as texts in
history and political science
classes. My favorite faculty
member at William and Mary
was a student, under Wilson, at
Princeton, and my favorite at
the University of Virginia was a
classmate of Wilson. Woodrow
Wilson was a hero in college
circles.
Dr. C. W, Kent, was not swept
off by the propaganda, was most
sane during this period. He once
said, “Europe went over the
precipice and America followed.
No problem is settled right until
it is settled on the basis of
brotherhood,”
He also stated we would never
live to see and end of the
tragedy. He was correct.
However I never realized the
folly in full until I attended the
American Historical Association
meeting in St, Louis in
December, 1921, There I at
tended the discussion section on
“Causes of the World War,”
conducted by Dr, C, J, H, Hayes
of Columbia University, He gave
me the major intellectual shock
of my life by exposing the of
ficial false propaganda widely
accepted in America, some of
which, he said, he had in
corporated in his book, “A Brief
History of the World War,”
(1920)
That book I had used as a text
in the summer of 1921, It was the
most objective written then, I
never realized before then to
what length all governments go
to fool the public in time of war.
Professor Hayes rejected such
ideas prevalent then, as a
Potsdam Conference held on
July 5,1914, at which plans were
made for “world conquest.”
This was widely incorporated in
books of that period but utterly
false. That and many other ideas
were shown to be utterly false.
After the discussion I had a
private talk with Dr. Hayes.
Professor Hayes discussed the
idea of “sole guilt” of Germany
as incorporated in the treaty and
showed its folly. My anti-war
interest was born at that con
ference. I then saw one’s
opinions on such things are
dependent upon assumptions
which are so often false. History
IS often based upon official
propaganda. Then it becomes
burned into the thinking of the
public. This may be called
“brainwashing.” All wards are
made “holy crusades” depen
ding only upon which side one is
on. Professor Hayes suggested I
read Alfred Nock, “The Myth of
a Guilty Mation,” just out.
My eyes were finally opened
and that was the birth of my
total rejection of war. I soon
joined up with the forces op
posing the war method in any
form and have since been active
in the same.
National sovereignty is a
modern form of idolatry. God is
sovereign, not nations. I reject
nationalism warfare, and other
forms of collective murder and I
stand for the rights of individual
conscience! The late Justice
Charles E. Hughes said, “In the
realm of conscience God alone is
supreme.”
To cite only a few of the many
deceptions used by President
Wilson:
On May 7, 1914, the passenger
ship, the Lusitania, was sunk
going from New York to
England with 114 American
passengers on board. That may
be considered the turning point
in American opinion against
Germany. The bill of lading, not
published till after the war,
showed it was heavily loaded
with munitions of war. Also it
was registered as an auxiliary of
the British navy. The public was
completely deceived.
In April, 1916, when Wilson
was up for re-election with the
slogan, “He Kept Us Out of the
War,” he held a meeting known
as the “Sunrise Conference’with
certain leaders of his party in
the Congress — Claude Kitchin
of N. C., Champ Clark of Mo.,
and H. D. Flood of Va. to have
them support a move to take the
United States into the conflict.
They refused.
The British stationed two top
propaganda agents in America
— Lord Northcliffe in
Washington, D. C. and Sir
Gilbert Parker in New York. All
of this was kept from the
American public.
After the United States, en
tered the conflict, Wilson
established a Committee on
Public Information under the
direction of George Creel. This
propaganda machine — a
euphemism for official liar —
published over 75,000,000 books
and pamphlets, used 75,000
speakers and a daily newspaper
with a circulation of over 100,000.
The United States established
propaganda offices in ever
nadon except Germany andke
allies. This was the larges:
propaganda fraud in histon
After the conflict, it k-
reported George Creel said,«iit
the same propaganda equf
ment, he could throw theUniiK
States into a war wiUi ai:
country in 90 days.
All wars are fought »iii
aroused emotions rather thanE
informed intellect, with thete
doing the fighting.
The German Republic wi;
doomed from its birft inl91}b; i
the treaty repudiating Wilsoii
idealistic war aims, Herber,
Hoover wrote President Wik
on April 11, 1919, stating “1111*
allies cannot be brought to adt^i:
peace on the basis of ik|
Fourteen Points, we slioiilt
retire from Europe, lock, stod
and barrel and we should let;
the whole world our econom::,
and moral strength, or theworl!
will swim in a sea of misen'aii|
disaster worse than the Dan
Agf>s ’ ^
When World War 11 began i,
September 1939, Presidei:
Roosevelt was up for re^lectic
in 1940, but according to polls, J
percent opposed our enteringll*
conflict. He said on October#.
1940, a few days before tl*
election: “Ihavesaidthisbel®
and I say it again and again ai;
again; you boys are not goings
be sent into any foreign war'
This was said towintheelectio:
in 1940.
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