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VOL Xlll.
THE COLLEGIATE
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, Vl lI^N. N. C, MONDAY. JANUARY Z2. IMO
NUMBER 6
CAMPUS MOURNS DEAJH OF MISS FRANCES F.
Elmer M. Mottern
Recovering After
Prolonged Illness
HARPER
Phi Delta Gamma
Gets Fraternity
House Jan. 1st.
President Of Cooperative
Government Goes To Fla.
'•Oh.
■■lluw's
say, where’* Elmer?
Elmer?" "When is El-
k?” These ques-
one corner of the
her.
adent that every-
eager to find out
. iie II me young man who
hold* the highest position on the
onipus. He is the young man
who is the leader of the studenU.
He is the young man who is the
president of the Cooperative Asso-
c.ation of Atlantic Christian Col
lege.
K.mer Mottem, the son of Mr.
;.nd Mrs. J. C. Mottern of Ashe
ville, since his entrance to the col
lege as a freshman, has excelled
i- all activities. Always one
found him busy either debating,
presiding, or writing for his col
lege’s publication. Again at the
bi ginning of this school term, he
stepped into his offices and began
his duties for the coming year.
Uut, alas, after the first month of
fchool, Elmer wasn’t seen around
ar.y more. Then came the torrent
of questions, and this is the an
swer.
Klmer went to the hospital—to
the hospital with some unknown
simcnt. The doctors operated
still they didn’t know what was
wron?. To undergo complete ol>-
-sTivation, he had to remain a lit
tle Itnger in the hospital. Finally,
after another operation, Elmer be
gan to get better, and now he is
on the road to recovery. Again
the students are inquisitive.
“When is Elmer coming back?”
thfy a.sk, and again the answer.
Elmer isn’t coming back. Yes,
that’s the sad story. After so
long an illness, he must go fur
ther south to recuperate. Before
returning to school he must have
a complete rest.
The student body will miss this
outstanding personality who has
been a part of their school life
these four years. They will miss
seeing his modest person going
abcut performing his duties. There
never can be quite such an all
round character found among stu-
dtnts in many years to come.
Freshmen, sophomores, juniors,
seniors—all will find something
lacking, with the going away of
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Glee Club Visits
Kinston, Ayden
C'- irches Are Gracious
Ho&ts To Songsters
On Sunday, January 14, the
Clee Club left on another of its
enjoyable trips. Though a few
^ere absent because of illness,
these who went reported one of
the most enjoyable trips of the
year. The group sang in Ayden
at the morning church service,
following the program, the Club
was entertained in the basement
the church at a picnic style
lunch. After ridiag around Ayden
a short timo, the group left
for Kinston. The Kinston church
*lways proves itself to lie among
the most gracious of the church-
hosts, and the Glee Club always
■ooks forward to its ar.nual visit
there. The Kinston church, in con
junction with its new pastor, Mr.
^h, and the Young People’s
Groop^ entertained the college
at a weiner roast in the
church gymnasium. After a very
wow ride home in the rain, which
* of the members thoroughly en-
everyone was quite ready
?o to bed. ,
program which was given
Ayden and Kinston was:
“Ave Maria”.
Bridegroom Cometh”.
Babylonia Wave”.
“Oh Love That Will Not Let Me
by the Male Quartet,
Divine”, by Mar>' Cath-
•nne Houston and Burlon Lamm.
■ts Madeleine Denning served
** accompanist for the group.
Joseph Eagles
With Busettes
Gives Interesting Talk To
Commercials
On Monday, January 15, the
“liusettes” club of the commercial
department had the pleasure of
hearing Mr. Joe Kagles, who is to
be the instructor in Commercial
Luw here at A. C. C. Mr. Eagles
^laduated from Carolina with the
nighest marks in his law class and
is alao connected with the local
tobacco market.
After being introduced, Mr.
f^aglcs pointed out that he consid-
jred it much better for him to
calk on a subject that he knew
omething about rather than for
.lim to look up material and then
.ecite on a subject he had neither
interest nor experience in. In an
informal way, he held the atton-
jon of the group while he gave
.he most complete accoutit on the
I'unctions of the local tobacco mar
ket this reporter has ever had
Jie pleasure of hearing. Through
out his talk he continually clari.
Tied the misbeliefs that are so of
ten rumored for the sake of ad
vertisement or for other purposes.
For instance he pointed out thai,
ihe auctioneer’s chant w'asn’t a.s
baffling on the floor as it appear
’d ever the radio. If the auction-
per was to go at the speed he
does on the radio, the buyers
would become confused and unable
to keep up with the changes in the
bid.
At the first of his talk, Mr.
Kagles gave us some information
ibout the types of tobacco grown
in the South. These types, ths
Burley—which is found in the sec
tion around Kentucky and Tennes
see, and the flue-cured, which is
grown from Virginia to Florida,
go to make up all of the brands of
cigarcttes manufactured in the U.
S. The sale of tobacco begins here
in August and continues until
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Large Number
Take Partin Y. W.
Y. M. C. A. Also Had Very
Successful Year
This year an unusually large
number of students have shown
their interest in Christian wotk
by, their willingness to cooperate
with the Young Women’s Chris
tian Association on the campus of
Atlantic Christian College.
Through these students have
come suggestions from which
genuine programs are originating.
Both organizations, which meet
every Monday night at 7 o’clock,
have shown great progress in fos
tering in young men and women
the true meaning of Christian ser
vice and in preparing them spirit
ually for future life.
0rgani7.ed thirty years ago as a
mission study group, the purpose
of the Y. W. C. A. has been to m-
spire among young women reli-
gious and Christian ideals and to
stress social york.
The officers for the Y. W. C. A.
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Newest Greek Letter
Group On Campus
Old Santa Claus visited the At
lantic Christian campus during
the holiday season and lefi a nice
house to the boys in the Phi Delta
Gamma Fraternity. On January 1
when students began to return to
resume their studies, a good bit
of commotion was seen across the
street (zom Caldwell Hall, better
known as the Hoys' Dormitory.
Many of the Gamma boys were
seen walking, carrying their shirts
in their arms loaded with their
personal belongings from their old
>heltering places. Never on the
campus have twenty boys worked
together so cooperatively and so
gleefully.
On January the first* the boys
had a house; but something was
needed besides the house—what
about furnishings? The alumni
plt^dged to buy the beds and give
them as a gift to their alma mater,
out a few more beds were needed,
i'he 1 hi Kappa Alpha cooperated
.>plendidJy and arranged to let the
Gumma boys have a few they
were not using at the time. So
thanks to the alumni and Phi Kap
pa Alpha, beds and matresses were
><11 hand. The members brought
\.h24t they could from hc.me; one a
heatrola for the Chapter room,
several brought chairs for the
Chapter room, another curtains for
the Chapter room, and each buy
agreed and furnished his room. Of
course, the organization wanted to
make as good a * >. a» pv^Kible
but with coose .ative and fiir-I f:
.•ight^d mm di vng r
uf the fraterflh; the orgainzatitr-!
decided to crawl bvfort stlcmpting
to walk.
The Phi Della Gamma Fraterni
ty received its charter in 1937; at
that time all members of the
Smoka Pipe Club” were accepted
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House Of David
Basketba*! Team
Defeats Bulldogs
iiroughton, Ange, and
McC'otter Are Out
Past Month’s
Chapel Programs
Feature Dr. Hilley and
Kay Silverthorne
December 15—
i’resident Hilley wag in chargc
of the program. Since this was
the last meeting before the holi
days and also the last in the year
1939, he gave us three suggestions | House'of Da
vid players before the start of the
The night of Jan. 11th marked
a rollicki: g exhdl .iion of floor-|
b-ard tmiticj dispUyrd by thi'j
11 iU: uf David basketball team
in the Wilaon Gymnuium on the
I'umpus of Atlantic Christian Col
lege. The bearded men look the
floor at eight o'clock and for th'-
next hour and a ha'.f th* antics of
this crew kept the fans at the
gym in continuou.-< laughter and
merriment. Thuugh hard-prcssod
by the local Ulut and While teim,
the hairy lads managed to eke out
a 55-52 final scotw. The bearded
men p.'aying the iron man stunt
by playing the full forty minutes,
were slightly on ihe tired side at
the end of the struggle but wen>
happy about the *h 'le thing, for,
as Bill Steinecke put it. It was
giK>d to be on the ‘.op end again.
The H.iuie of David buys ha'l
i.^ en beaten in their two previout
j|!irt«, and two lossi < in a row foi
the Iron mrn was something out of
(lie ordinary. Afirr all, the boys
Imd a right to b> tired, as they
were beginning thsir third m^nth
of constant p'ay. Ham Hamilton,
ih > mainger of tha said over
the radio that the be.irded men
pl.iy at liast a 200 game scheduli
vac-h year and th:.t they play at
least once a nit« for four and a
half months. That is really a
hediile, as we think that a twen
ty gnme college sch'rdul# 1s a real
ordeal.
Th.' B-:l!i!og!i
■' a' -urst .fift
Vi ,
ii-itihv. irlv iini-ij. f'^r thi‘ tilt.
Thf'of thi Jilting five w<-ri-
I.uf of nrt'nn nfrht. I.;u>Mter
and Holloman were the only meni-
liers of the regulars to start, an i
Iji'iiter wns handirappf-d by a
hard cold that he hid not fully re
covered from. McCotter. regular
guard, was on the sidelines with a
hard attack of the flu; Droughton,
high-scoring center, was out with
nn i'jured ankle, and Ange wa«
nursing painful Injuries received
in the gnme against High Point
earlier in the w-^ek. The absence
of these three men meant an op
portunity for two freshmen mem
bers of the varsity squad, J hnny
Hicks, a guard, and Kddie Martin,
a forward. Hanks, Draper, and
Wiley divided the remaining time
at the pivot po.'t and the other
guard slot.
Although the game was general-
OKCKASKI)
Noted Professor
Passes After Two
Month*s Illness
MISS FK.VNCES K. H.\KrF.U
Dr. Sadie Jenkins
Guest Speaker
AtY.M.C.A.
for the holidays.
1. To carry home two suitcaaes
—one with our clothes and the
other with our text books; we
may get a chance to study.
2. To read a good book, somo
great biography.
3. To give something away—
by buying T. B. seals we can help
contest the Bulldogs were able to
make a fight of It even under the
aforementioned handicaps. They
did a swell Job of living up to their
promise and the gime was a
thriller throughout. The Blue
and White team stayed within
eight points of the b<tarded men,
some needy person get medical aid. aft<r pulling up from a starting
1940_jan. 2— disadvantage of 15 point*. H I-
President Hilley welcomed us] loman and I,nssiter led the attack
back from the holidays and he was| ngainst the visitors with totals of
glud that we had shown good con- 15 and 11, respertively. Martiti,
duct before leaving.
Jan. 9—
freshman forward, also gave s
good af'count of himself, both on
Kay Silverthorne gave a very in. offenae and defense. Draptr,
teresting and informative report of starting his first game of the »ea-
Bon, also starred on the defense
sg.'iinst Ihe iron men.
The perennial ‘‘young man” <f
the iron men, Bill Steinecke, stole
the show from h!s teammates with
his spectacular long shots from all
over the court and his adept com-
his trip to Canada to a Young
People’s Christian meeting.
Jan. 12—
President Hilley had read an
article in the Fortune magazine
which he thcught of interest to un.
It dealt with the pastor’s duty and
it* relationship to civilization to i bination of clowning ard playing.
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Gives InspirinfT l/ccture
To Association
The Christmas program given
for the V. M. 0. A. by the Kiig-
lish Depiirtnient proved to bo one
^e nv at irapr«’»iive programs
If. ■ yi jr. Under the ra
trthip of Ur. Junkiiu
ifl' iTt?' "A^iler, this program
h.-d aJI >»f th- Qualifications neces-
-«ry I'.r a good climaxing pro
i:ram. AllTliUgh it wa* the la.it
program of the “old yenr", thi«
fact cast no reflections whatsoev
er on the calibre of the program.
.Many of us who attended that
meeting will long remember It for
Ihe unique and humoruu* way in
v.h'ch Dr. Jenkins solved out
Christmns shopping problem* and
:'.ir the unforgetible manner Iti
whi-h Miss .Snyder helped us to
find the Christmas spirit that han
made Christmas the holiday of
holiday*.
What to give or what not to
j'ive. That was the question. And
that, also, may have been the
((iiestion that won first place in
"Your Trouble Parsde” last year.
If not, at any rate, we all had to
face that problem. Dr. Jenkins
rave u» what she called “Nick
Nuiks on Christma*’’, or “What to
Give the Family”. In thi* talk
she pointed out how we c^uld give
presents to our advantage or per
haps “get bark” at brother and
sister for all the prank* they had
played on us that year. Although
thi* talk was presented In the
>pirit of fun, it carried a good
philosophy along with it. Maybe
a few of you may profit this
year by some of her suggentlons.
Here is a hrief review of her talk:
For Mothi r: Perhaps a b'X of
candy or a radio will do. In cither
r.nse you are *ur« to benefit. She
ccull never refuse you a piece of
her candy nor would she dream of
listening to “Amo* and Andy"
when there wa* a prize fight go
ing on.
S-.w for Father: Oh. mont any
thing will do for him. After all,
it's the thought and not the gift
that counts. (live him a I'^i-ktie,
but be *ure it’* a “loud” on* foi
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Jessie Ray Taylor
Presents Program
Fa.srinates Student Uo<ly:
Here January 15
Gaping with fascination the
iludeiits of Atlantic Christian Col-
and a number of visUors
wttlchcd Jeasie Ivay laylor, nu>n
ologisl and maku-up ariul, as she
i>r**<*nitd a prvgiam tor th«u)
Munduy, January 16, at H P. M.,
.u lluvsard Chapel. The program
< IS one of a seiita sponsored by
the •*niertainmcct committee ol
Uic Cviupt ralive Ciovernmeiit.
M.££ Taylor never left the stage
durii;g the vnlire program, al*
ihuuKh she presented several en-
a.vly dificrent characters m ccs*
sunie and make-up. Mie made-up
Hi front of the audience anu
c.ta: gi d costumes bi^htnd a screen,
(u.kmg or singing constantly to
piepire her setting.
Miss Taylor's voice, of unusual
lungo, shifted canily and natural*
iy liom the high trebt« of talka-
livo “Kcbeccii of Sunny Brook
Farm" to the deep buom of '*Mr.
Cobb”, thr coach driver. She as-
.sumed, however, not only tho
vuicc and appi’arance, but also the
p« rMor-ality of iheHe characters,
ihe geniulity of “Miis Wiggs ol
the C ebb;ige i'atch" and the tough-
ness of the *‘Kast .Side Kid" siviu*
id entirely sincere.
After the performance a num-
b( r of the students had the
pleusure of meeting and talkinK
with Miss Taylor. Dramatic*
and Publie Speaking students
plied her with qucAtiuns and ex-
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ON YOUU RADIO
GOING, GOING, GONE!
Well, folks, this is the last
time you will be able to put in
some of your favorite snap
shots of the campus, friends,
etc. So if you have any print*
you think worthy of going in
this year’* Pine Knot, please
tarn (hem over to James
Creasy, Snap-shot Editor. Re
member there are only a few
more weeks before the annual
goes to Ihe engravers, then Ihe
printers, because Ihe book must
be complete in lime to be dis
tributed sometime thia spring.
This i* the Ust call
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
Tuesday, January 23, 3:00 P. -M- —
Wednesday, January Zi, 8:30 A. M.
11:00 A. .M.
2:30 P. .'I.
Thursday, January 25, 8:30 A. .'I. -
11:00 A. .M.
2:30 A. M.
Friday, January 26, 8:.30 A. .'I.
11:OOA. .M.
2:.30 P. M.
Saturday, January 27, 8:30 A. M. —
11:00 A. M.
2:30 P. -M.
; All Hectioas KnKli»<h .’> and 2.>
— Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:.W ClasMS
All nectionH Hihle
. Tu««liiy, Thursday, .Saturday, 11 :.T0 Cla»s€«
— Monday, VNcdnesday, Friday, 8:.'}0 (Masses
— All *ecli<ms BioloKy 5
— T!»mU>. Thursday, Saturday 8:.30 Classc*
— Mnnday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:30 flisses
yondsy, Wednesday, Friday, 1:30 ClaiineH
— .Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11:.'J0 Classeii
Mitniay, Wednesday, Friday, i>:30 Ctasess
. Thursday, Saturday, 1:00 Cla.'we*
. Tu. Jay, Thursday, Saturday, 10:30 Claiwea
Highland Hearty
Th* Columbia Workshop, one of
indio's truly experimental Instltu-
ti'ins, on which Archibald Mac-
I.eiBh'* two verse-p^ayi were first
aired, la rolling around with an
other “flr*l” next week that no
one who'* intere*ted in the mod
ern dnma can afford to mis*.
The Workshop i* presenting a
special, unique, and original adap
tion of William Suroyan'a .My
Heart'* in the Highlanda, next
Thursday at 10:15 KST—(not*-
new time), CBS.
The hearty Californian poet'*
first play, My Heart'* in tha High.
Und*, wa* produced on Broadway
lust winter to th* bafflement of
the country'* beat drama critics.
I.'nable to agree on anything ex
cept that Saroyan wrot* it and
they enjoyed It, th* eritlca had a
fine time attempting to decidt
whether it wa* the radical begin
ning of a new kind of dnma, a
frivo!ous freak, or a Joka on tham.
Kumorad to hav« been written in
u week, the play had a ahort but
' ontroveraial run. It* radio adap
tation will give the country in gen-
rral ard particularly the collage
'.iteratl, with whom 8aroy»n ha*
long been a favorite, a chance to
gi-t in on the argument.
O Tempora
Whil* wa were alt away ma-
noeuvering desperately to get un
der the mi*tleto« so we could for
get about midyears, all kind* of
now things were happening on tha
air. Herewith w< mention a trio
of program* that got their *tart
during the happy week*.
The Court of Miaaing Heir*:
CBS, Tufsday, 8:.10 p. m.. KST.
An e**y way to make money.
Dr.-imatizatlons from the atorie*
surrounding unclaimed legacies.
All that you have to do i* prove
lhat you are a missing heir. The
legacies, alas, do not grow from
week to week as they remain un
claimed. But whether yon hit the
jackpot or not, these ingenious,
real-life, rea'-name (torim make
fn»riratlng listening.
O-ne Autry: CBS, Sunday*,
«:.T0 p, m., KST. Replacing the
Gatmy to Hollywood, which haa
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SUCrU.MlJS AT AGK
SIXTY-FIVK YKAltS
Miss i-'annie Harper, I'rotruor
uf Muthtmatica at Allaatie C4irn-
tutn College, died Monday morn-
mg at 6:St) in a local hospital, ai-
i«r a iingrring ilinoaa oi isort than
iwo month*.
Misa Kanni* Harper was bom
at .'imithfield, Msy UU, 187&. She
.aiiie to Atlantic Christian Cot.
|i go in the (a.i uf 11^3 a* teach
er uf mathcmalK-a. She came with
In f father, the lale IJr. J. J. liar-
l>vr, who at that tun* bocaroe
jireiidi nt of the Coiti ge. In point
I servue *ho was th* oldest
..umlK-r of the fscully..
bhe Is survived by three broth-
. r», W. C. and James of Wilson,
..lid C. S. Haiper uf Selma; alau
,wo slkters, Mrs. H. B. Whitley uf
Wi'jtdvll nr.d Miss Myrtle H. Har
per of Wilaon; also by seven
ftiei'es and one nephew. The
I'unvrat waa hold Tueaday after
noon at 3:30 from the Kirst Chris
tian Church, conducted by her
paitor, John Hirclay, and I’reai-
d>nt II. S. Hil.ey of Atianlie
ChrlstiBn Collige. Interment was
in the Kiveraide cemetery in
Smithfield.
Miss Fannie Harper was one of
the most well btloved and highly
rospected women In this area. She
waa not only the ideal of many
hundreds of college students, but
u leader in th* local church and
in influential eitiaan In tha town
of Wilson. Her influencs and
leadership will be greatly mikaad
in this section. Her life and work
have been a great contribution In
the making of Atlantic Chrialian
College. She waa th* flrat I'resi-
dent of the Woman'* Couocit of
the Chriatian Church and always
nn outstanding spiritual Influence.
The remains were taken to
Howard Chapel at A. 0. College
Tuesday at one o'clock and lay In
Mate until two o’clock, befor*
being Uken to the church. Paying
triliute to th* deceaacd, A. C.
College wa* closed all day Tues
day.
I‘al!hearers wore: Dr. M. A.
I'ittmun, Messrs. C. A. Jarman,
I'hilllp Whitley, Doug Bain, Wal
ter Davi* and W. K. Peel.
General Motors
Show Interesting
Previews
Present Probable Future
Inventioni)
Among the most inti-resting
prftgrams present recently wa*
th'' Preview of I’rorress sp-msor^
<‘d by Gf’neral Motors and present
ed In th* Howard Chapel Friday,
Jsnuary 5.
Mr. Farr acted a* master of
c^ri-monles and said that (ienenil
Motor* had had the Preview of
Progress aa their *xhit»ltlon at
the New York World’* Fair. Ho
niso said lhat th* majority of th*
|M-op'* in th* world today had th*
mistakan Idea that th* pr«gr*s*
of humanity had Ju*t about reach,
ed it* limit. Th* prinury porpf*c
rif the General Motors Corporation
in *»nding Mr. Farr and Mr. Shu
maker all over th* country with
their exhibit i* to convlnr* tha
people th*t human progr*** is
not and will never be, at a *tand-
atllt. Certainty thi* theory wiU
n*v*r be true a* long as ther* ar*
research laboratorie* In which
young men and women ara con
stantly discovering new and un
heard-of things. For an example,
Mr. Farr took th* flr*t Uleph<nw
constructed by Alaxaiider Graham
B*!ll. Through scientific research,
it I* now poaaibl* to carry on a
conversation with a person
ihouaands of mile* away. In mors
recent yeara, a *jr*t*m has b*«n
developed by which light can b*
tr*nsform*d Into sound. Mr.
Fnrr demonstrated this arhlava-
ment by striking an ordinary
match in front of a photoelectria
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