boost the
gymnasium
VOL VII.
The Collegiate
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. MARCH 17. 11)151
PATRONIZE OUR
ADVERTISERS
NO. G
Alethians Victorious In Debate
College Glee Club
Visits Many Towns
Ifl East Carolina
INTER-SOCIETY DEBATERS
The Ailaniic Chrislian Collese
Cl«^ Club, uiKler the direction of
ifr NaiitUe Hinton, is making a
number of appearances tliib
--ir in various churclies of eastern
Sortb Carolina. Already the Glee
Oab ha-'* vJ.sited churches in ilober-
ioUTiile. Washington, (loldsboro,
i>*a{ego; and expects to go to Grif*
\»D, Wendell, New Hern, and other
aoi definitely decided upon in
tk« near future.
The program this year varies from
itr l>pe it has adhert'd to in previ
Oil years, in that it is worked out
la the form of a Hkit. Miss Sue Todd
Uke< the lead in playing the part of
lir dauKlHt'f, who carries the (tlee |
riib home with her for a Sunday j
Wht BUjii '. I- after a program on oik i
K the rejjtilar trips. Clyde Hurt
ud JeiJs.- Wethington take the par-
^t#’ part unusually well. Different
a^abers of the Glee Club present
ihe variou. activities of the school
UrouRh dialogue, it-nd around ten
■».«jraj numbers are worked into
Ike proKriiin. consisting of choruses;
voi<*e. violin and piano
x'.o*.
.\fter t!i trips are over the Glee
Club ril bi;i:ln serious work to per-
fM ihe iiiiHcellaneous program that
j| iuieDd. to give Sunday afternoon
o( Commt :;i i-ment, May 27th at 4;!iO
.1 the Coll^'ge Auditorium. The Club .
ttMoniiik; to make this ('oncert i ne
otihe mii't notable in its career, ac-
urdtng lu all advance reports. Sev-
ral siR'fial features w’ili be present-
Hi OD thi- program.
The foHowing girls of the Glee
h:»v. mdp the various trips.
)f H ••'i JVlndley. Sue Todd.
. K.urfWik oW>it, Vemia ;
•len Hunter, Georgia
bloen Itoberson, Lillian
iXiriR Hass, Margar*t
Marjorie Rrown Moore,
Shelton, Gladys Charles, ]
«V«ie Ba.-:night and Myra Joyner. j
The boys that have gone on the
as: Messrs. Russell Roebuck,
Rusell Jefferson. Kugene Taylo**,
Lymonrl Ati>^el, Klbert Southard, Ra-
' - Kose, Paul Arllne, John West-
Clyde Hurt, John Louis Yel-
^wton. Clinton Murray, and Carl
Saunders.
'Hazel Windley And P. ; . Grady Uphold
Alethians Long List Of Victories
Over Hesperians In Annual Uebate
<.
Tlie Two Societies Have
An Interesting History
Annual Debates Between The
Two Societies Have Be;.'n
Held for Many Years, With
Alethians Winninj; Every
One Since 1926. Many
Prominent Men and Women
of Eastern Carolina Held
Positions In The Societies
I When Students Here.
Miss Ha/«4*1 Windley, Alcthiiui
V. 1). Jr., .\ltMhiad
-
■ 'th(x»‘ k
Loui.s-
Writer Speaks I o
Journalism Class
On February 28, Mr. Vernon
^fariest. Sports Kdilor of The Eve
ning Telegram, of Rocky Mount,
*Poke to the Journalism class on
and the general make-up of a
’^»8paper,
la his talk, Mr. Sechriest cited va-
lom newspapers to bear out his
Jiaienient.«. As to the make-up of a
‘foot pag*., the New York Times was
j^oj^ed out as an example of a pa*
^ naving a well-balanced front
On the other hand, some pa-
including the Raleigh Times
*0 an exclusive cut regularly on
front page to relieve monotony.
niany papers put a
^*«1 column to be run every day
th page. The placing of
J “^dlines is directly connected
the symmetry of a front page.
LI headlines are placed
J. ^tie break in the paper while
. line headlines come below
in the page.
«k^ make-up of the
^ part of the paper with
ko* 1 has first-hanTl
he says that among the
- ^ trials and tribulations under-
« ® newspaper men, the lot of
® editor who must allow'
t encroach upon his dc-
0» »!,** *^^vitably among the worst.
Ilo ^*‘^K^^er side, however, he Is
‘ to insert cuts, which are
to the sports of all
^ . of from two to six columns
Cartoons also tend to im-
sports page. Leads for
stories as well as all other
cootain the five “W’s’* and
»hy *ho, what, when, where and
Osrar |{riiL*«>ii, HjJsfK^riaii Krlc l>«il,
Miss Mary Apple Gives Debating Teams Take
Recital In Auditorium Part Tri-State Debate
Miss Mary Ap|)U>, well-known
^VashjnKton contrallo, IjrouKht
Wilson perhaps the most brilliant,
and artistic concert in years when
she sanK in the crowiled amlltorium
or A. C. Collej!® Tuesday evening,
Marih 6th. Few sinners ever com
bine her charm of personality and
sift of voice which held her audience
entranced to the very last note. This
was the third time Miss Apple has
•sunx at the Collei?e.
I) r a m u t I c and v i v I d w a 8
the rendition of Brahm's "VerRe-
hlelches .Standchen" (Disapimlnte.i
Suitor) the story of which Miss Ap
ple so charminKly explained before
singing the number. In her inlmi-
table way she brought out the differ
ence of the two characters as she
sang the Herman words.
Closing her program with the
striking, exuberant “I Love Life*
(Mana-Zucca) Miss Apple carried
her audience with her to a super
(Continued on page two)
The A. C. t'. Forensic debating
team composed of Oscar Hrinson,
Krli- I)a:i, P. I), (irady, and I.ym;ui
I.ngfl spent two days In
('.reensboro, March 8th and 9th, .it
the annual Trl-State Forensic I.>e-
: bate Tournament in which they took
part. Dali and Hrinson represented
I the affirmative team, while Angel
and lirady represented the uegatlvo.
The debaters headquarters were
I (he King Cotton Hotel where busi
ness meltings *nd mMchlng of teams
were conducted, however actual
, clashing of ti’amf took place at vari
ous places in the city.
The A, C- boyi- reported that th.’
tournament was a great success, Ac-
I cording to JJr, Kelser, of Lenolr-
Hhyne College, who had charge ot
the tournament. It was the most
successful ever held.
Approxfmalely 100 debators took
part, representing colleges from
\orth Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee,
(Continued on page two)
Eleanor Woodard And A. C. Dawson
Winners In The Popularity Contest
; Miss Eleanor Woodard and Mr. A.
ic. Daw’son were winners of the pop
ularity contest, sponsored by the
Junior Claas tor the benefit of the
Junior-Senior Banquet Fund. The
proceeds amounted to $21.00. Th»
contest was held during the week of
‘February 27 to March 6, 1934.
Miss Woodard is a resident of
Wilson. She is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. L. P. W’oodard. and lives
[with her sister. Mrs. Albert Oettin-
iger, at 710 Broad Street. Being a
very vivacious and beautiful bru*
nette, it is small wonder that she la
so nopular. It was very interesting
to note how well her admirers co-
I operated in putting her ahead of the
other girls In the contest. Her most
competent rival was Miss Mabel
Cherry of Rocky Mount.
.Mr. A. C. I>awson, of ZebuJon, N.
C.. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. 0.
Dawson. Sr. .Mr. I>aws^;n is ath-
Ictirally inc lined, being a member of
the basketball squad and a very
promising member of the baseball
team. He must be some what of a
i ladies' man, seizing that he ha.t
' eral girls “crazy" alK)ut him. an.l
j one particular member of th^- fairer
I sex simply “ga-ga.'' His rival was
( Mr. Oscar Brinson of New Bern.
The Junior Class Is planning a
number of different contests and
entertainments. These are to be held
in the hope that ♦•nough money will
be made so that the minimum fee
Im> ajisess'-d from each member.
Uj Ji:ssii. n.\sM(iiiT
; The first nror«i that run be found
of eith<r sorlety is that thvy worn
• organized in the spring of lt»03, the
: first year of the college. No record
run lie found of their first officers
u.nd dfbaliTs. but in the tlrsl An
nual or “Piiie Knot," published in
llUii, it Is found that the ilr^t Ah*
ithian prt sldt*nt wuf*. C. M. Morton,
; who is now misitionary to i*u«rto
' Ui< o, and spoke at the eollt-gc lunt
y.ar, and tliat the first Hesperian
|presid<nt was J. J. Wulker. The
; first <ifhator;' w<*re: for the llesp«T-
I ians J. J. Walker und H. H. Settle,
j and for tht* Alethians C. ir Manh>
I burn, and F. Outlaw. Mr. Out-
I law’s daughter, .Mary Kthel, Is sec-
1 r«*tary of thi.« year'n {•'reKhman Class.
' The first ywllh of both stMdeties,
1 which arc giv. n in Ihe I’ine Knot of
11910 are:
! H«»HjM*rian
U'dly (Jo! Roily (Jo! Uolly Oo Het^I
ll(H>pla! JIi]>la! Who are we?
Roily Go! Holly (Jo! Uolly (Jo ll»-‘<!
Ut -nariMiiM ui ^ C r
.llelhJaii
Alethlan! Alethian!
I Blue and gold,
j Alethian! Alethlan!
I Heart and soul.
Th«* motto of the Alethian Society
'Mm "We Lovf tht; Truth,* ’and that
, of the Hesperian So< i«*ty is “Facte
■ n<in verl-a.” The Hesperian colors.
I rr«l und white, are further < arri« il
j out In what the rihe Knot stated a«
being their jety flower, the Car-
imtlon, while the Aielhian colors,
blue and gohl, are lurther carried
out in their flower, the Bansy.
After ILilO the IMne Knot was dis
continued until but in a copy
of th«* 'Radiant,” a paper pubilHlied
f by the school, it was found that the
Alethian president fj»r the year of
1911 was Laurence Dunlap, and tho
Hesperian president was lien Oden.
A <*opy of the “Rudiant” published
in 1912 gives the Alethlan president
;is Hayen Farrish. and the lleKperian
president a>- J. J. Walker. No rer-
; ord can be found of 1913, but in
i'1914 Mi Ruth W'ljitley, nle< e of
'.Mls^^en Fannie and .Myrtle Harper,
wa- preHldent of th< .\leihlans, and
Mu.h LlU Chapman, who Ir- now Mrs.
<;eor^:e Tomlinson aiid a resident of
Wilson, and who taught music here
for a number of years after h/*r
graduation, was pretiid nt of th**
l|e^per^ans, Her nie‘«-, .MIkt fJladyn
Charles, is a Junior in A. C. ('. this
year, and is pianist for the Alethians.
l*rof«‘HM»r Uai4*n»
; Kvldently the '‘Hadlanl’* wai^ dl>’
r ontinued after thia, for no copy of
H can be found later than 1914, In
a I*lne Knot publish* *! in 1916, how
ever, it was found that (Malie
Hwlges prewid'-d over the Alethian
• S(Miety in 1914-15, while .Maud*
'Ruswell was He«p<-rlan president for
,1915. In 1916 J. M. Waters, who
now a member of our faculty, wa«
the Hesperian president and W, T.
..Mattox pre^^ded over the Alethlan
swiety. No further record can be
found of either scMl**ty until 1920,
I when another Bine Knot was pub*
lished. In this Bine Knot the
p<*rlan debaters are given as Mi<'
Mary .Moore and Mr. M. B. BHnsoa.
,’.Mr. Brinson is, at this time, pastor
'of the Cowardin Avenue ChrlJ-tlMn
(“hur^’h In Rl/hmond. Vs. The
'Alethian Debaters were A. C. Mea-
jdows and Chrlstin#* Whitley. Th»*
Alethian preiild#»nl for that year was
(Miss Christine Whitley, and the He^-
I I»erion president was Mr. Jam<»s
I Manning. In 1921. as sta<e^ by the
I (Continued on page two)
(.’iiniuxlng u day *r hectic rivalry
he Al' thian Socieiy won the d«*eis-
■n In the animal Inter-soctety de-
> e i'lash la>«t night.
Mli»« Haiei Windley. senior from
* aiu.<si», und Mr. V. D. (Jra«ly. Jr..
uiuttr irtiui Kenly and son of 8enn-
*•1 I’. D. tJrudy. unanimously won
iie deci»ion Iteforc a packed audl-
iorium Hhhh Kave the Alethiaos
' ikIu couhei utlv* victories over th«
fi) -pertans jn u.h niany years,
Mr. Krli‘ Daii, Senitir, form Grif-
f<‘U. and (.>s<ur Brinson, soph*
■ more, from New Bern, supported
:In Hesperian Soi lety in a vi*ry ablo
1 manner But the pi'rHuasive power
, I'f the Alethian del)aters and (hu un-
'alterable faclK they pr<>><enled worn
>oo mu«'h tor the lleHperians.
The Alethian debaters supported
lh»’ ne.Kutive Hide o( the query: Re-
< lve(J. 'rhat the PouerH of the l*res
nient should be substantially in
creased as a :<etth'd policy. Th«
allirmulive ua.H supported by the
He^perians.
President Howard H. Hllley ren-
n il Ihe lnv(;(-u{i(}n an<l a<ied as
. ■ hainnaii. The ju<lgeH were Rev.
./(din Barclay, pastor ot the First
('hristian Church of Wilson; Mrs.
(’liavir‘4 L. (!o<»n, teacher of Knglish
und Dean of (Jirls. at the Charles L.
<!i)on liiKh School, In Wilson and the
lliiii. Davitl l.^ear, memi)er of tho
Wilson Bar.
.More intereHl is aroused over
'..e- - annual (b'lmten between the
rtociclli than any other phase of c<d*
b ge life at (his Institution. Tho col
lars of both societh'fl have been wav-
.ng over the ai!minlslratl<»n building
.(>1 sev-ral days. The students
dress in the color.^ of their society.
,ji-d and while of the llespehians (>»■
iii- 'due and gold of the Alethians.
: n • . and SOUK- such a are u;iuai’y
/!• ard at football ganie« n<*arly
rai.'^eti the roof off the Au<lltorium
‘ust before tiie debate. After sup
per last night the Alethians had ^
'trikiUK torch para<le wliich was en-
hti.HsasUially received.
Th<’ tlay was charajl«‘rlzed by
inieijH<* rivalry. One student
leporiet] that her roonnnate
woke her up extra early to
'■iivin»‘* her that b<‘r society would
t>ln. Hey».ral free-for-all fights were
< <i| in th«‘ boy':; dormllory betwe«-n
A> t*'nniutr. of lh<- honor of each so
■ > . A <‘ouple of student^' walke'1
: (he dining halj waving a
< leiy banner and a njUture of
■ aJid chi «;rs aro*c“.
Billy Kowlai d
Visits Lampus
Mlks Wlln\ -na Rowland, traveling
.« r* tary of the South Atlantic Re
.{ion ol the KtUfl* nt Volunteers, visit-
■ . ;l»e A (!. (!. <ampus February
.'’>lst and 32nd.
*’(>: thre^* yi*ars Miss Rowland
miiision children in China, a’
th' end of which time. «he came
if foe to take :he poNition Nhe now
’olil*. 8he han traveled extenslvel>
.'►nd read w'ldely. Through the In-
.luMne of her personality, many
youths havj' been flliefi with a de
ir-'> to do something to help the suf-
; rinK of mankind.
While on this campus, she made
- v:*ra: talks anrl held conference*
with both the boys and girU. Tb«'
■-udent Volunteers had a special
m<<‘tlng at which she was the guest
M'<aker. Her two main addr<?ss^
'v,-re ^r.ven Wednesday at the Fel-
o.v^hip metlni? and Thursday morn*
In chapel. In Fellowship Wed-
i.isday night li**r topic was "Tlie
World We I,|re In." Hhe made s
brief survey of the whole world and
-ncluded that we have a shrinking
rid an'l a suffering world. "Due
'o K< jenllfie developments the wortd
-mailer. All nations are now
•leighbors. Thus we have a shrink*
ing world. Our world." she says,
"Is nuff^'rlng first, from hunger, one
third of the people live on five cents
a day. Herond. a large percentage
' f the people are Muff<*rlng from lack
.f ni‘*d|cal att»*ntlon. Third, the
M'rcentavre of IJIit#*rary is loo high/’
Thursilay morning In chapel she
told the sittu-tlon Id Cbloa.