■ MERRY CHRISTMAS VOL. VIL MERRY CHRISTMAS The Collegiate ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEOK; DKCEMBER 15. 1933 HAPPY NEW YEAR NO. 3 A. C. College Alumni Readily Contribute To Gymnasinm Fund Review Of Professor Hamlin's New Book On November 4th, at the Homecoming meeting of the Alumni Association, it was voted that the Association should raise a special Alumni P’uiid of $750.00, which will be expended for two purposes: (1) $500.00 as the Alumni’s part toward the construction of the new College gymnasium, and (2) $250.00 as an Alumni Organization and Maintenance Fund, Dallas Mallison is acting as Alumni Secretary but he is re ceiving no part of his salary from the Alumni Fund. The Organization and Maintenance Fund will be expended entirely in carrying on the regular work of the A.ssociation, such as ex- pen.^es in organizing the local chapters, postage, office sup plies, literature and traveling expenses of the Secretary in getting to and from the various chapter meetings. Mr. Mallison is teaching here at the College and is con tributing his services to the As sociation for the present year. The Physical Education Pro gram of the College ha* grown rapidly during thei past few years, especially since the sus pension of football, it being the aim of thp College to further *Ka dev^ioprAe^t Ot (Continued on page two) A. C. STUDENTS TAKE STRAW VOTE ON DANCING Evidently students of Atlan tic Christian College do not ad here to the old belief that danc ing is detrimental to the moral standards of a Christian institu tion. They expressed them selves to be in favor of dancing by a vote taken at a meeting of the student body, in the audi torium, Saturday morning. No vember 25. This vote was sponsored by the Student Coun cil at the request of many stu dents. A report showed that 178 votes were taken both pro and con. Of this 178, 148 would like to have dancing at the col- lege; 26 did not wish dancing, "hile 4 did not express their desires,' 135 are able to dance! *’hile 43 do not dance. The! parents of 138 students ap-' prove of dancing, 36 do not. , This shows that a huge ma jority of both students and par ents favor dancing at Atlantic Christian College. Outstanding students of the college are enthusiastic in their “«lief that officials of the col lege will be discreet about the piatter and make some provi.o- ison for some form of dancing. A study of the vote shows that a greater percentage of ^he ministerial students desire to See dancing at the college than of the other students. The object of the students in *«curing this privilege is to **>ake school life on the campus **'0|"e intere.sting; to edge up *<*cial life and to promote more and cleaner social activities. ^0 petition will be presented ^ either the faculty or to the board of trustees. STUDENT BODY SPONSORS CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS IN “HOUSE OF CONNELLY” “The House of Connelly,” Paul Green’s latest ' play was presented by the Carolina Play- makers in .the Coon High School Auditorium, November 24 at 8:30 P. M. In addition to practically the entire student body several hundred townspeople and indi viduals from out of town at tended the play. Mr. Green who is a gradu ate of the University of North Carolina, is one of the most outstanding play-wright.-< iu this country. His previous plays, among whicli are the well known “In Abraham's Boson,’’ and "The Lord's Will" have gained him lame in the literary world. Mr. Green spent last year in Hollywood preparing the script for several current movie fav orites, among these wt;re, "Cabin in the Cotton," “Vol- atire,” “L)r. iiull,” and "Stale I'air.’’ “The House oX Connelly" now being made into a movi: picture which will bearJfllS ‘.Tarriiiijii." ‘ Karryniore will play the lead ing character role of “Uncle Bob Connelly.” He will be sup ported by Janet Gaynor, Rob ert Young, Henrietta Crossman and Richard Cromwell. “The House of Connelly” is the only full length play by Mr. Green that the Carolina Play- makers have produced. They may well consider it a crown ing achievement. It was a convincing and remarkable portrayal of old southern life. The play was cast presum ably somewhere in Eastern North Carolina around 1910. It was a portrayal of the decay ing aristocracy of the Old South. The principal charac ter, Uncle Bob, was remark ably played by Elmer Gettin- (Continued on page two) ALUMNI HONOR ROLL The following are the Alumni who have either pledged or contributed to the gymnasium fund: S. r. Cherry, Mrs. S. T. Cherry, Betty White, Vir ginia Boswell, Mary Harper, Esther Ricks, A. R. Munn, Mrs. A. R. Munn, Mrs. J. H. Parrish, Z. E. Brison, Mrs. C. S. Eagles, Agnes Peele. J. M. Perry, Gladys Whit ley, Robert Grady, Mrs. W. A. Davis, Rachel Rogerson, Herberta Stuckey, Merle Owen, J. W. Blackman, Jr., Lottie Carawan, James Law son, Mrs. James Lawson, Mrs. Eloise Grady Eskrideg, W. T. Boyette, Frances Man ning, Dorothy Joyner, Annie Simmons, Archie Reel, An nie Mallison, Sadie Greene, C. A. James, Jane Williams, W. J. B. Burrus. The following review of Prof. Hamlin’s book appeared in the News and Observer, No vember 3, 1933: “The Democratic party in North Carolina is dominated by the power and mainifacturing interests,” .so concludes this study of lobl^jiiojg in the State Legislature,'writt«)i by Profes sor C. H. Hamlin of-ihe faculty of the Atlantic Christian Col lege at Wilson. For the most part. Professor Hamlin merely collects the rather impressive Pftord sur rounding the activ^es of rep resentatives of spec^I interestf-- during the 1931 1933 ses •ears daily in the News and Observer, His radio work came as a result of being president of the Federal Council of Churches of Chri.^t in America; this council and the National Broadcasting Company chose him in 1928 as their official radio preacher. Immediately after Dr. Cad man first came to this country in 1890, he was chosen as Lead er of New York Methodism and in 1901 assumed the pas torate of the Central Congre gational Church of Brooklyn. Aside from his preaching, lec turing lyid writing he take‘;*a j prominent part in community efforts looking toward social ! settlement. Besides being a forceful speaker and a widely known lecturer. Dr. Cadman has writ ten approximately eight books on the various social, religious, and economic questions of the day. Two of his books which are fairly well known are "Charles Darwin and Other English Thinkers” and “Three Great Oxford Movements.” William G. Shepherd, author and journalist, in his book, "Great Preachers as Seen by a Journalist,” refers to him as the “Preacher Who ‘Knows’.” To (juote a paragraph of the chapter on Dr. Cadman in Shepherd’s book: “He knows what he knows, as strong men do. And he speaks with the authority of that knowledge. You can’t talk with him very long, or hear him preach or lecture—or see him at his work —without realizing that there is such a thing in this world as religion; that this strong man knows that religion is a need of humanity: that he has decided for himself that it is worth a lifetime of effort to bring relig ion to man.” To emphasize his personal ity and ability as a preacher. Dr. C.'adman himself said that over the first period of 22 years in which he preached at the Central (Congregational Church Ilf Brooklyn, there were no less than four thous and people who were convert ed and became members of his church. This is an average of four a week. Dr. Cadman is not the evan gelistic type of preacher, he does not nece.ssarily play on [the emotions in order to carry I his points arose. Rather, he speaks in a broadminded, au thoritative voice which is a re- (Continued on page two) \