PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, JANUARY 19,1978
NUMBER
Doster Outlines Goals
Dr. Harold C. Doster assumed
the presidency of Atlantic
Christian College on Jan. 1. He is
the college’s ninth president.
Since arriving at the college
the tempo has been anything but
at a leisurely pace. The
moments for relaxation are rare
as the president moves through
a schedule of committee
meetings, private discussions
with his staff, faculty members,
and students.
He is rapidly becoming
acquainted with the college and
its operation in order to prepare
himself to make decision s which
will be vital to the future of the
college.
According to the new
president, during the first two
months his time will be spent
becoming better acquainted
with persons and with programs.
When the ACC Board of Trustees
meet on Feb. 22, he will have
met with all of those persons
employed by the college, and
hopefully, with most student
organizations. He also plans
luncheon meetings with each
academic department —
departmental chairmen and all
faculty members.
He will depend upon the ACC
Student Government
Association toassit in providing
opportunities for dialogue with
the student body. During the
lunch hour, once or twice each
week, he plans to be available in
the student center to talk in
formally with students about
their areas of enthusiasm or
concern.
“The objective of these
sharing opportunities during the
initial six weeks of my ad
ministration will be three-fold,”
said Dr. Doster. “F'irst, to
prepare for the trustee meeting
in late February, secondly, to
develop an initial year's
program for review by the
trustees; and thirdly, to begin
long-range planning which will
eventually develop Into three
three-year sets of plans which
will constitute a nine-year long-
range program.”
‘‘I see opportunities to build on
the heritage of excellence which
I liave inherited and envision
ways in which the highly
respected academic programs
of Atlantic Christian College can
be further developtKl. We cer
tainly will continue to work
toward providing the highest
quality education available in
any church-related liberal arts
and pre-professional college in
America,” said Dr. Doster.
Alpha Chi Inducts Members
If this face is not yet familiar to ACC students, let’s hope it soon will
be. Dr. Harold C. Doster became the ninth president of Atlantic Chris
tian College on J an. 1.
Adams Named
Vice President
Twenty-nine ACC students
were recently inducted into
Alpha Chi national honor
fraternity. Selected for mem
bership were:
Cynthia D. Adams
Deborah G. Alford
Marsha Balia nee
Richard Cline
Debbie Sue Cook
Dale Lynne Covington
Sherrill E. Creech
Teri Davis
George W. Davis III
Pennie Ellis
Susan N. Glover
Rebecca G. Hodge
Bennie E. Hudson
Tammie Jewell
Katherine Jones
Deborah Koesy
Virginia L. McCraw
Sheila McCullen
Dr. Lewis H. Swindell Jr.,
dean of Atlantic Christian
College, was re-elected to an
additional three-year term as a
member of the Commission on
Elementary Schools of the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools, at a meeting of the
association held in New Orleans,
La. this week.
Swindell has served for a
number of years as a consultant,
as chairman and member of
numerous visiting teams for
accreditation of colleges and
universities, as well as public
and private schools both in and
out of the state, for the Southern
Association.
Swindell who had been
scheduled to retire from his
duties at ACC at the conclusion
of the past academic year,
postponed his retirement until
Dec. 23, 1977, due to the untimely
death of President Arthur D.
Wenger.
The following resolution was
submitted by the JuniorClass:
Whereas, Lewis Swindell has
served Atlantic Christian
College as dean for fourteen
M. Karen Page
Phyllis Parrish
Donald Gregg Peele
Virginia M. Reboli
Dennis R. Sherrod
Barbara A. Snell
Valerie St. Sing
Miles E. Stanley
Charles D. Wheeler
Donna Mitchell
Lynne Jones
Students are eligible for
membership in Alpha Chi when
they meet the following
requirements:
1. Students who have attended
ACC for their entire college
career must have at least 62
hours of credit and have earned
a grade point average of 3.20
excluding summer school when
computing averages for fall
semester inductions and in-
and one half years, and
Whereas, he has offered to the
college outstanding respec
tability, leadership, and in
novation, and
Whereas, some of his special
contributions during his years
as dean include the establish
ment of the Department of
Mathematics as a separate
department of science, the
establishment of the nursing
department, and the hearing
impaired programs, the
building of Atlantic Christian’s
new library, and the ac
creditations he has aided in
bringing to Atlantic
Christian’s departments,
Be it therefore resolved that
Dean Lewis Swindell retired
on December 23,1977,
And be it furthermore resolved
that the Executive Board of
the Student Goverment
Association highly commends
Dean Swindell for all the
accomplishments and services
he has rendered to Atlantic
Christian College.
We, as students, would like Dean
Swindell to know that we
recognize all the contributions
he has made to our educations,
eluding summer school when
computing averages for spring
induction.
2. Transfer students must
have computed 30 hours at ACC
exclusive of summer school and
have an overall G.P.A. of 3.20.
A scholarship has been set up
for members of Alpha Chi
through the financial aid office.
A $200 scholarship will be
awarded at the Honors Con
vocation this spring. The
requirements for the award
include: scholarship, need, and
character. The person receiving
the scholarship must be a well-
rounded individual and
a member of Alpha Chi. Those
persons wishing to apply for the
award should see Ms. Nesbit in
the financial aid office to fill out
the necessary forms.
and we will always remember
him as an outstanding college
dean.
And be it furthermore resolved
that a copy of this resolution is
to be sent to Dean Swindell and
to the editor of the Collegiate
for publication.
Phyllis Parish
JuniorClass Senator
Nancy Gott
Junior Class President
St. John
Named Dean
Kenneth D. St. John has been
named acting dean of Atlantic
Christian College due to the
retirement of Dean Lewis H.
SwindellJr., on Dec. 23.
St. John, former chairman of
the ACC Department of
Education, retir^ from active
service with the college at the
conclusion of the 1976-77
academic year. He will serve as
acting dean of the college until
the appointment of a dean on a
permanent basis, hopefully
within the next few months,
according to college officials.
Milton L. Adams has been
named vice president and
business maiviger of Atlantic
Christian College. The ap
pointment came at a recent
meeting of the executive com
mittee of the ACC Board of
Trustees.
As vice prt>sident, Adams will
serve as chief executive officer
of the college in the absence of
the president and w ill represent
the institution at various func
tions at which the president
might be unable to be present.
Commenting on the ap
pointment, Dr. Harold C. Doster,
president of the college, said,
“Milton Adams is one of the
most respected administrators
in higher education with whom I
have been privileged to work. In
coming to Atlantic Christian
College, I seased the very high
regard in which he was held by
the faculty, administration,
student body and trustees. He
On Monday, January 16
through Tuesday, January 17,
the Music Department of
Atlantic Christian College un
dertook a project of grandiose
proportions. From 8 until 9 p.m.
on Monday evening, the
department presented guest
artists William Duckworth, a
former ACC faculty member,
and Thomas Albert, the son of
Dr. Ross Albert, who performed
a “program of process music for
two pianos” entitled “Binary
Images.”
Immediately afterwards.
Music Department faculty and
students undertook the per
formance of a piece of music
which might well be referred to
has served the college
sacrificially and with enormous
effectiveness and dedication.
"We are fortunate here in
Wilson to have his leadership
within the community and on
this college campus. The title,
vice president, will honor Mr.
Adams for the outstanding
leadership he has brought to the
college as interim president
while providing formal ad
ministrative relationships to
continue the careful planning
and significant expertise which
has cliaracterized his years as
business manager.”
Adams has served as business
manager for Atlantic Christian
since 1949. He was appointed
acting president of the college
following the death of President
Arthur I) Wenger, and served in
that capacity until Dr. Doster
became president of the college
on Jan. 1.
as a piano marathon. The piece,
entitled “Vexation," was written
by Erik Satie in 1920 and
requires a total playing eighteen
hours and forty minutes. It
consists of only 180 notes and
takes only one minute, twenty
second to perform; however, the
composer directs that it be
repeated 840 times without
pause. Duckworth began the
performance at 9 p.m. on
Monday evening, and it was
completed by students and
faculty who performed in
rotating shifts of twenty minutes
each thrtxighout Monday night,
ending approximately 4 p.m. on
Tuesday.
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Swindell Honored
Music Dept. Completes Marathon