Quarter Million Dollar Project
The Hardy I.ibrary is undergoing some drastic changes to become the
new administration building.
Tning hard to work over the
noise of jackhammers and other
loud pieces of equipment,
students and staff of Atlantic
Christian College have noticed
much work going on at the
Hardy Library, now known as
theoid Library.
During the past few weeks,
work has begun on the $290,000
project to refurbish the old
Library in order to make it a
part of the Administration
Complex. Milton Adams,
Business Manager of the College
detailed for the Collegiate just
what plans were being put into
effect.
The project is an effort to
alleviate the need for space by
all Administrative Personnel.
The two buildings will be con
nected by a enclosed walkway,
which will include two rest
rooms, since the only rest rooms
in the Old Library are upstairs
and a little out of the way.
The walkway will include a
ramp, to meet government
standards on having an ac
cessway for the handicapped.
Bulletin
Board
THANKSGIVING BREAK:
Dorms will close Wednesday,
Nov. 22, at 8 a.m. and will reopen
on Sunday, Nov. 26, at 3 p.m.
CHRISTMAS BREAK: Dorms
will close Wednesday, Dec. 20, at
8 p.m. and will reopen on Sun
day, Jan. 7, at 2 p.m.
SENIORS: Your Placement
Packets are to be returned
before the Thanksgiving
holidays.
See bulletin BOARD Page 5
For those of you who were
unable or unwilling to attend the
performance Wednesday night
in Howard Chapel, you really
missed out on a good thing! Ms.
Bach portrayed Abigail Adams,
"ife of the second president of
the United States and mother of
sixth; Catherine Greene,
behmd-the-scene catalyst in the
jnvention of the cotton gin:
kvdia Pinkham, author of the
book on sex education;
t-hza Young, Brigham Young’s
twenty-seventh wife, who helped
outlaw polygamy, Gertrude
avant-garde writer and
mold-breaker; and Eleanor
Roosevelt, humanitarian.
Those persons who did attend
this performance in the Chapel
®^Perienced a rare art form. It
the sole creation of one
"'^■nan ... Muriel Bach. She
conceived the idea, did the
research, and the writing.
She travels the United States
Also, an elevator will be in
stalled in the Library. After the
project is completed, things will
look quite different in both
buildings. The President’s of
fice, which is now located on the
Old Gym side of the
Administration Building, will
move to the lower level of the
Library building, as well as the
office of the Dean and the
Director of Development and
Admissions. The Registrar’s
Office, which is now hardly an
office at all in the front of the
Administration Building, will
move back to where the
Admissions Office is now. The
Vice-President’s Office will
move to the present President’s
Office.
On the second level of what
will then be part of the
Administration Complex will be
a conglomoration of several
different things. The Media
Center, which is presently
located across the street in what
used to be a snack bar, will feel
right at home with three
remodeled areas of that floor.
Tessner Attends
Conference
Eddie Tessnear, instructor in
psychology at Atlantic Christian
College, recently attended a
National Science Foundation
short course for college teachers
at the University of Maryland.
The course concerned the
physically handicapped student
in the classroom and discussed
strategies and guidelines for
assisting colleges in im
plementing section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act. Information
was provided about educational
programs for audio, visual, and
mobility handicapped.
After completing an interim
project, Tessnear will return for
a follow-up meeting in March.
Tessnear is a member of the
Wilson Mayor’s Committee on
the Handicapped.
each season performing for a
multitude of groups; and when
she is at home in Chicago long
enough, she does an occasional
radio or television commercial
or even a film. But she says her
first love is performing for a live
audience and “alive ” we were as
Muriel Bach unfolded her latest
creation ... Lady, You’re
Rocking The Boat!
Ms. Bach is dynamic, daring
and disciplined in her approach
to acting. One has the feeling
that she is the character she
portrays, not merely that she is
an actress playing a part. She
lets us peek into a soul that
understands the many problems
of women, their struggles, their
dreams, the injustices they have
been forced to endure. She has
that very special quality of
bringing forth a feeling of em
pathy from each and every
person in the audience.
This will give the Center the
much needed space which it has
desired for several years. Also
on the second floor will be
something which most students
do not even realize exists, the C.
C. Ware Collection. The
Collection, which is the Library
of the late C. C. Ware, is one of
the more comprehensive
collections on the Disciples
Church, as well as containing
historical information on many
other denominations. The
collection now under the care of
Hugh Johnson, whose official
title is Curator and Archivist.
Johnson’s office will also be
located upstairs in the Old
Library.
Adams feels that the project
will be finished in February or
sometime shortly thereafter.
The total expansion of the
Administration will aid the
administration in being able to
better serve the student. By not
having the different offices
cramped on top of each other,
the students will find the school
more efficient and helpful.
Weekend
By GEORGK T. Ml RPHY
A visition extension has been
instituted for the dormitory
students of Atlantic Christian
College for a thirty to sixty day
trial period. This response by the
administration to a study and
recommendation presented by
the 1977-78 Men’s Interdormitory
Association, became effective
Thursday, October 23, and is
scheduled for a primary
evaluation by the students on
November 19. Within this thirty
day period, three basic criteria
will be reviewed to determine if
the trial period will continue for
Ms. Bach has dared to be
different. Most actresses would
avoid roles which would show
them to a disadvantage
physically. It would seem that
Ms. Bach thrives on this type of
role and thou^ the character be
dressed in the humble garb of
the poor, she somehow manages
to be beautiful despite it all.
h'ertiaps one of the seasons
Ms. Bach has achieved such
success is that she is dynamic.
She is equally capable of playing
the author of the first book on
sex education or the wife of the
president. She has made the
most of her many talents and
utilized them in such a way that
she has given new insights and
inspirations to those who have
been her remarkable per
formance. Muriel Bach’s unique
talents will be a part of this
college’s theatrical history.
Visitation
its full sixty day duration and,
eventually, become accepted
practice.
The three criteria are as
follows: one, cost to the ad
ministration must not increase
due to the extended hours (due to
services or conduct); two, a
minimum of 7.5 percent of all
residential students must vote in
favor of the extension at the end
of the initial ,30 day period; and
three, there must be at least 25
percent of all dormitory
residents participating in the
extended hours of visitation.
The implementation and
evaluation of this trial period is
under the aaspices of Gordon
Joyner, Dean of Students. The
Dean of Students maintains the
authority to terminate the
proposal's implementation at
any time after the .30 day trial
period.
The new hours are as follows:
Friday, 7:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.;
Saturday, 1:00 p.m-5:00 p.m.,
8:00p.m.-1:00a.m.; and Sunday,
1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m -
10:00p.m.
The hours now used have been
altered by the Student Life
Committee and the
Administrative Council from the
original proposal recommended
by the 1977-78 MIA. MIA took on
the project of exploring the need
and desire for an extension of
weekend visitation hours by
dormitory students.
The information MIA based
their proposal on, was gathered
through the use of a stratified
random sample of 15 percent of
the resident students during the
1977 fall semester. What
Extended
followtKi was a 27 page pro|X)sal
that documented the desires of
on-campuK students for a ex
tension of weekend visitation
hours.
The original MIA proix)sal
calk'd for basically the same
hours with the exceptioas of the
Saturday and Sunday
breaktimes. In the original
proposal, the Saturday break
time was to be no less than 2
hours and no more than 3 hours
in length with the placement of
the break time to be dec-ided by
each dormitory for its
placement within the 5:(Kt to8:()0
time period. TheSaturdiiy break
time was reasoncxi unnecessary
by Men’s Interdorm.
The proposal was then sent to
the Women's Dormitory
As.sociation where it gained
support.
Since the close of the 1977-78
academic year was so close at
hand, the Student Life Com
mittee was unable to handle the
proposal until this fall. The
committee forwarded the
proposal to the Pre>sident’s
Administrative Council with
recommended alterations.
The Administrative Council
then gave the go ahead with the
present alterations from the
MIA proposal attached, as well
as the stipulations that concern
the trial period.
In short, the proposal is now in
the hands of the resident
students of ACC with regard to
the ground rules layed down by
the Administrative Council.
The vote of residential
students will be distributed on
Sunday, November 19, 1978 and
mast be returned to the office of
the Dean of Students no later
than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday,
November 21. All responses are
encouraged.
Muriel Bach:A Review