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SEPT. 28
The Collegiate
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VOL. 4
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, WILSON. N. €., SEPTEMBER 19, 1929
NO. 1
SHMEN
Pll[8IDENr8 COLOMN
Li(<^riirv Socii^tios
Everybody in A. C. C. Join* in Bidding You Welcome, From
j the Board of Trustee* aind President H. S. Hilley to the
^ Smalleit Sophomore.
MEET THE FACULTY
ALETHIAN
HESPERIAN
The Kditor of the CollcKiate, ha* Some of the most iilcaHaiit wordH Howdy, folkH. I I'm referring to
be,Ml kind eiiouKh to give me apace j„ „ur laiiKiiaKe are tho«e that re- the iieweHt membern of our Btudeiit 1
THE FELLOWSHIP
AmoiiK tUt* orKHiilxtttioiiN on (he
Jf you only ku**w bow
we up|)<*r cUMMmett «*iivy you.
of rrhiKhiK lu fear aiul dropptiig your
ey«<M hi (lefer^Qre lu the wi»«r
other to our i,ody. moHt of all). The t{eHpertaii'the rampu., you would .well wUb
1» Welcome. s,„.ie,y i« Hurel, *lad to have you I*’""''*"' » *“» »‘“«ed prl-1 ^ unl«..r.bl«. Hut
ill isHUP to talk to the Htudents 1^(0 in Home wuy <>r
anii friends of the rollege about friendw. Surli a word
«,me matters that will be of l.iterest ,t j, with the full frien.lnhip con- here this wL.ter. " a' C. need* nJme f'"’ PufPo-- <■' '«'-{ The'hum'llUy and" mel^kn.w of .
ID them. 1 wish to thank him first „„ted by that term that we ureet the „tudent« like you to make the ■"‘■‘‘"“•'•'“I “'“''"n'" 1 Keshmau I. hi. mo.t ..luable .uiet.
(or this prlvlleKe, „lrt and new students. ,,1^,.,. rlRh. ' ^ ** *'”■ ''"lit iwveH him trouble and (eta bim
I am eoinif to beifln the UHe of this ^ *1. . i ,chlt*f aim. yel h haH broadened hi tlH 1. * ,1. j - .
1 am KuiiiK lu /rs U Su(M*e«s during the paMt yearn han \\v. the member« of the Jlewper-' . ^ «ra<*e(( of th« Ktud^ut
rolumn bv IntroduciuK esuei'iuUv to field of endeavor and in»w you may'. .
* been an outgrowth of cooperative lan Literary Society. Hinrerely hojie , , ,, ,, ... ; body
th»* Kreshmen our faculty for this , , . , . • Ko to any of Uh meetluKH aud find «.
' / ! It has j-ou will like our «-l»M.l, and alsol,._„,’ ! "
the annual debate held on March 17
year, stating the work which each
u»e does.
Old MtudentH wil notice there has
been Jio chan«e In the faculty except
111 Science department where Dr.
CarKou reHlgned lu August. Ills huc-
cesiior will he Dr. Madeline B. Camp
bell.
ThlH faculty i« anxious to meet
each student perHonaliy, get ac
quainted W’lth him and hlK prob-
leniH and to render the largeHt poH-
Bible service. It in in particular the
puipose of the small college to build the Hesperian and Alethlan Literary
personality and lu Atlantic Chris- ty „in. of the greatest events
tlsii CoIleKe we hope the teachers „„ „,at occas-
whose names are here In this column ^ ,,„„or. We not only
will be of Kreatest service In hu'ld-, p^cell In uroup work, but In Indivld-
intr the personality of the students In ' honors as well. In UiS, all hut
their charBe. They are. 'one of the cups offered to Indlvld-
Howard S. Hilley, Professor of An-, Includlnj? athletics, s< holarshlp.
dent LaiiKuaKes; F. F. Grim, Pro-i , «ere won by members of the
lessor of Kducatlou; Miss I''''»nces j Literary Society. This past
F. Harper, Professor of .Mathematics; ' ^ n,aj„rlly of the cups
Miss Martha L. Edmondston, Pro-.
fe».Hor of Modern LanKuaRes; C. H. j distinction may be ours In
Haniliu. Professor of Social Scienca; | t^rouRh effort
our Hociety. (^)me down to the au-,
been an outgrowth of work done
through the enthuKiusm. vivacity,
and vim characterUtlc of work done
for the love of work. Such Ih the
; pirit of all Alethlann who are true
followers of the (Sold and Blue. For
two HUccesKlve years now we have ^ifthiana and lleHperian Literary So-
won both the program and debate
cups offered as a prize to the Liter
ary Society that has the best pro-
there many studentti who are not
planning for full time ('hriHtlan Her-
ditorlum on .Mon.lay nl«ht and (tWe Intensely Interesl-.
ed In Christian work. Thus It has
AhnoNt an long as the college huH iM»,>on>e an aHMoriutlon for the promo-1
been existence there has been those Christian influence both In the
two organizations of great fame, the (ndivfdual lives of the students and
as a force for the creation and
cleties. Although there has been growth of a Christian morale on the
competition between them, we get canipug.
along fine together. On March 17th.. j, unique alwt In that It has no
Krams durlUK the year and that wins ^,^„test day ol the societies, a membership roll. Kveryone who de-
debate is held to keep up the spirit fellowship with us
The debate between cuthu«la«m. For the past two come at
years the AUthians have won this
by do w«t envy yuu? Heu«u>«
you are the moNt Important cUm on
the campuM. The 8uph« appear to
be, but don't let them fool you. You
are getting all the attention. whll«
they are rerelvlnc none, and tu tuaktt
up ft»r this Injury to their pride, they
strut about an very cocks of the walk.
Hut they can't help It, you will be
that way In '30. too.
^ The Hftnlorn look with pride upon
jthe group that in coming tn to fill
I the vacancies we ao<in will creJite
I Our biggest Job \n not bo much the
c(»mpletlon of our collegtt caurae, the
J. Watson Shockley, ProfesKor of
Heliglon; C. K. Holsapple, Professor,
of Engllah; Miss Uuth K. French,'
Professor of Piano; Mrs. Wm. A.
Lucas, Instructor In Kxpre.saion and
Kngllsh; Miss Ada Lee Cannaday,
Instructor In History and Science;
T. L. Anthony, Athletic Coach and
Instructor In Physical Kducation and
Kngllsh; Frank K. Hufty. Instructor
In Voice; Ed T. Stallings, Instructor
In Violin; John M. Waters, Endow
ment Secretary; Mrs. A. K. Moore,
iJean of Women; Miss Myrtie Har
per. Librarian; Mrs. Julia Uos«,
Matron and Miss Mildred I>. Hoss,
Kegisirar and Bookkeeper.
Historical Sketch
we merit It. Fellow Alethlans, let
us carry on. Let us be 1*>0 per cent
In attendance upon the first meetlnK.
Let us be content not only to be
present ourselves, but let us be dlll-
Sent In brlnKlUK others that they
may learns to love the Gold and Blue
as we do. To every new student at
A. C. C. we extend a hearty welcome
to attend the Alethlan .Society on
Monday evening at 7 p. m.
Is wel-
al) times and you will not
Im* asked to loin the <jricanl*atl<in. 1 7
.11 .t . t, amasninK of 1hours, and the *«
cup. up until that time the Measles orderly carrying on of Its
had won it for 6 consecutive years. It has the usual set of officers
"Our colors are red and white, and cnnKlstlng of president. vlce-pr«sl-
we'll get there al Iright. Just you secretary-treasurer. There
wait, just you see, what the Hesslea hi^o a program committee that i»
ar<' gonna be.” j reMPi>nslble for the programs which
Programs are held weekly through , are presented «ach Wednesday even- average FrMnhman but there W
the year, taking up every phase of ing In the Dramatic Club room. | „„ the campu. so anilou.
work to have a variety, so every-| I„ the spring of 1928, the Fellow. |,„|p y„u n,e cla.s of ‘SO. W«
body can enjoy them. As chairman uH^er the direction of Prof. J. may poke fun at you and cause you
ol our program committee this year W|,t„„|, sh<K'kl«y, visited over 2S of i niuch dl‘«'omf«rl, or » hat l» wur»«.
curing of an A. H. degree, but our
task is to u»e our experience and
knowledge to Initiate the new conierif
Into this different w<»rld of college
life. We may seem dignified <?>
Mhd Nomewhat beyond the reach of
wo havL- MlM -.a-.4ilt. Aiiirey, aH Pren- tn North (Carolina,
idem Mr. J. T. l*orraMt. two of A. C. s ^olng as far weat as Winston-Salem
finest students. j uf,(j (jreensboro. The purpose of
It Is our aim to work hard this these trips was to let the churches
year and accomplish great thlngh.{know what the college was doing.
We hope to work together and help | and to help the ministerial studenUi
strengthen the college as much as | ^et in touch with the churches and
possible. I make It possible for them to secure i
part time preaching while attending j
college. j
So. freshmen and new upper class
men. we welcome you to this whool
of ours doubly, for the betterment of
the college and our society.
we may ignore you. but the "l.^rd
chasteneth whom he loveth." and the
S«*niors mock whom they would help.
(Continued on page three)
The Christian Church
Welcome.s You
Fraternities and Sororities
I ft gives me pleaneur to write a
Although the programs were not | to the student, of
altogether standardUed, we did »l-j Christian College upon your
tempt to give easentlally the same
material to each church. The pro
gram usually consisted In two or
SIGMA ALPHA
The newest Greek letter society
on the campus, yet firmly establlsh-
The Sigma Tau Cbl Sorority was
founded at Atlantic Christian Col
lege October 3, lUiO. The Charter
.Members were Misaes Annie Ruth
Sigma Alpha. The fraternity has, Amanda Koss, Mae Stancll
I. toUen been active in past years working Kachel HIshop.
ay 6 n e B p Interest of the college and i since its organliatlon, the Hlgma
Atlantic Christian College had Its
beginning because of a great need f,„,ernliv
and a great opportunity. Long be
SIGMA TAU CHI
for Its eRtabllshment, far seeing
leaders In the Christian church of
its group. The alms this year are
to go even further In Interest of In-
ibe slate were conscious of a growing. , . , , .
ami positive demand. This demand dividual and group
cooperation for
i , the development of finer college ac-
was for an institution of learning ;
Tau Chi Sorority has played a lead
Ing part In college life. It has lieen
the purpose of this sorority to Iwtter
the social life and to give Its support to
to all beneficial and worthwhile
return to Wllaon. One reuou why
SV'llson's summers are dull Is b«-
cause you are away. W« fuel thu
three numbers by the male quartet, |
a vocal S4>lo, and a talk on the work
of the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A.,
and the Fellowship. Then Prof.
Shockley spoke briefly on the con
tribution that A. C. C. was making!
to the IJlsciples of North Carolina'
and of Us desire to serve further.
We are anlxous that the Freshmen
I learning, for adventure and for one
another when you come tmck lato our
I midst.
To the old Mtudenta. we atmply
^ say. “Welcome back, good friends,
imay this be the best year of your
lives thus far!" We have been
^ missing you and we are glad you are
become acquainted with the work of summer has
the Fellowship, and If you feel that deepeu^l and
the meetings will be of any benefit ^^..^^ened your experience, of life,
to you In your religious life while , ^ particularly anxlou, to wel-
at college, we give you a most hearty
..........
boys and girls could receive adequate! of Its members last year through, For many years It has
educational preparation for leader-i graduation, but those returning are | custom of the sorority to »ave one.
uut-aiiuiiui pteparttiiuit j ... u»wl > aitittiHl ttMtiriHut. on which
Y. W. C. A.
-h.; in t;: cLU «nd for life work. 1 I“"Ti >*
ln>
And long before plana took shape. Id- Ideals of the
terested groups discussed the possl-| fashion,
blllty and the necessity of such an In-
<i^tUutioo. Early attempts In this
field were valuable stepping stones
group In "Plendld. night the curfew d<H.sn’l ring until
eleven f
PHI KAPPA ALPHA
, . . VI », ' In the fall of 15»25 six men, name-
Id the greater endeavor which fol-
. ! ly Anderson Uoswell, John >\lnlleia,
Moses
became
*“ Jotph Kinsey In LaGrange for Leman Barnhill,
eleven years efficiently and succesa- Moye and Norwood Grady,
PHI SIGMA TAU
fully conducted a "‘•®'"»ry for young! “ „
ladles, in 1897 this “h”"' T F^^^ Our sorority has bee,
moved to Wilson where ‘h® “ ^teran fraternity leader. ‘ since 1913, having e
Educational Association had erected cay. Inn I members. It has been
The oldest organization
campus of A. C. C. welcomes the In
coming freshmen, and new upper
classmen. We’re glad you're here,
fraternity possibility | because It's a fine place to t>e. In fact
year of our college work and Hfe
Life on a college campus should not
I )>e complete without an asscM’iation
on the Christian workers. Why
*can we not make that association
the (Sleam of our campu»~ unfurl
Kducalional Association bad erected
suitable buildings to care for it.
This school which was to form a
foundation stone for the future At
lantic Christian College, was char
acterized by thorough work and by
Christian Ideals expempllfled In the
life of its founder. In 1902, on ac
count of failing health, Mr. Kln»ey
had to give up his beloevd education
al project. And In this way, and at
this time Dicsiples of Christ In the
state faced the opportunity of ac
quiring this property, and of enlarg-
been in existence
clay, a veteran fraternity leader.' since 1913, having eight charter
proceeded to effect an organliatlon! members: It has been In continuou*
embodying the true spirit and princl-: existence since that time. At pre»-
ples of fraternity life. Unt we are small in number, gradu-
Thelr work resulted In the perma-Jallon calling eight of our members,
nent organization, the Phi Kappa Miss Ada Lee Canady Is our wonder-
Alpha fraternity, which has mother-, ful sponsor, who has been a f>od-»«nd
ed the trials and tribulations that to us.
confront a new organiiatlon In the| It is our custom to try to make all
period of Is Infancy and thi. year new students feel as much at home
enters Into the second half of the as p<.sslble, and we hope to live up
first decade of Its existence with a to this aim this year. After a «tu-
brlght outlook. ‘■‘•me* to A. C C one year
Phi Kappa Alpha has experienced there is Si»n>e feeling In his bone*
?n7a:Vhund^T-"thrgLr'you. the most rapld^h of any organ- about the pl.ce_^.n not he shak-
(Continued on page two) 1 (Continued on page two)
ome the new students of A. C. C. to
the town of Wllstfin and to the Chrls-
I tlan church. Our church here In
Wilson strives to be your ' Hpirituai
' Alma Mater*' while you are away
. from home pursuing your studies.
W«* want sympathetically to help
you lu your spiritual orientatioD,
which you will find essential to your
growing religious outlo<»k. For
more than you dream, you are now
on the threshold of your evolving
lives. .N'ew vistas of knowledge and
spiritual ideals will ftn continually
our banner of service and have It i opening t>efore you. Our purp<*se Is
wave In triumph because of our l<>y*|ti» cof»perate wUb you and the col-
alty and love shown by doing whatij^g^ authorities Id guiding your
our hands may find to do.
(Continued on page three)
Y. M. C. A.
The young men of Atlantic Chris
tian College seeing the need of a
religious organliatlon for theros«lv«s
founded the Young Men's (;hrl»tlan
Aassuclatlon In 1*24.
The association has several defi
nite aims which It seek* to carry out.
The regular meeting of the Y I*
Friday morning at the Chapel period.
The first meeting of each month 1*
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(Continued on page two)
growth that It mar lead you Into tho
life more abundant.
We want to iwrve you, but we want
you to be convinced that growth
<omes through service. So we want
you to get to work In our church. W«
want to use you In our church ser
vices, our church *cbool, our young
people's ««K-|ety of Christian Kndea-
vor.
While you are with us these four
years we are ambitious to see you mA
only devalop strong minds hut tu fw.1
that you are also growing souls that
will l>e strong In building the Klng-
dow of (/od wherever your life work
may call you.
John Barclay