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THE COLLEGIATE
VOL xm
^umni Group
To Hold Annual
Meeting May 27
r B .Mashburn of
^ Karmvillc to Preside
\SS REUNIONS
featukkd
Bet Ward and lister Ed
wards Head Dormitory
Councils.
I'nder the supervision of the |
of Alumni Associa-,
rrofe.9or C. A. Jarman, the
Allni Prugram will be one of the
the Comencement
(rttures hieh-lights of the
be th^our Class Re-
-"CoT mri9i2.19'^. --i
the Alumni Lunch^n
ind Meeting on Monday, y
The A'""'’" Association m the
, ,ew year, has been a very
.rtV part of the college. Raising
rUd they helped build the new
• . . civinif a memonal
?assCd1>.. caps and
it be used by the Semor
*1 each year were purchased
Kv them A new project on which
‘Trl working is the construc-
nf a new entrance to the
Girls’ Dormitory to correspond
-i,h the entrance to the Chapel.
for the first time they have
i“d one of their own membo^
V,iij;mann of the Class
special emphasis is to be put
on the Clas>^ Reunions for eac
h.s a significant place in the his_
l„r>' of the graduating classes of
Atlantic Christian Collese.
^ !“; ,tudent body, the class of
I2 i» to have sixty of its mem-
Mr. Jarman ran
» most interesting dotu-
„,.„lofthi. cla*« while going over
other th;m the class song of 190^^
Of the five graduates of the
class of there will be only
(our present. A unique factor of
the class of 1922 is that it con^
,.,ted of only one graduate
isnow Mrs. W. A.
ton. formerly Miss Christine Whit
ley Mrs. Oavis had her own Class
D8J-, her own Baccalaureate Ser
mon, and her own Graduation
ercise*. Bestowed upon her were
>11 the available honors.
The class of 1932 was the larg^
«t cl»f up to that time. All ^
its members are expected to be
pre.^ent, ,
The luncheon to be given at tne
Cherry Hotel will climax the
events. After the 'banquet the
annual Alumni Meeting will be
held for the purpose of electmg
new officers. It will be presided
over by President C. B. .Mashburn
of Farmville. The other officers
ire Vice-President F. W. Wieg-
m»nn of Dunn, Secretary C. A.
Jirman of Wilson, and Treasurer
J. E. Paschall of Wilson.
Talented PupUs
Present Recital
Professor John W. 1-ontaine
presented his annual Student Musi-
»1 Recital in the Howard Chapel,
Tnesday evening', May 7 at 8:00
o'clock.
Talking part in the recital were
rtudents of both voice and piano.
Aj the participants came on the
it*ge one by one, they rendered
their numbera artiHticuUy. The au
dience, by Ruch beautifully ex
pressed music gave their rapt at-
leotion. They not only enjoyed
littening to them, but also enjoyed.
Iwking at iheir striking colui-
fttl gown&.
The program was as follows:
iiipiiainia Bohm
Jesse Stephenson
'•y Heart and the Rain, Neidlinger
TW Maiden and The
Butterfly Chadwick
Marjorie Helms
Serenade Schubert-Beyer
Cassie Mae Cowell
A»e Maria Bach-GounoJ
Margaret B. Garris
CiTilier Fantastique .. - ■ Godard
Helen Bames
•'t Twili(fht Friml
Edna Earle Reynolds
^ My Songs Had Wings . - Halm
C«nnena Wilaor.
Kliiabeth Browning
in C minor . Rachmaninoff
Mary Matthews
Hfcar the Gentle I>ark, Bishop
Margaret Garriss
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ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. UlLSON, N. C.. THL'KSDAY. .MAY lu, 1940
NUMBKR #
NEW OFFICERS OF PUBLICATIONS :Executlve^ MeH^crs
Takes Oath Of ; Tapped By Our
Office In Chapel! Honor Society
KAY SILVERTHORNK
KR.VXK WILEY
•MARY NACK03
CHARLES EAGLES
Publication Heads Installed
In Howard Chapel May 7
Mary Matthews
Reigns As The
Queen of May
Gene Ange Shares Royal
Throne at Annual Fes
tival.
Silverthom^ Wilef, Nac-i
kos and Ea^:les Takei
Oath of Office.
Despite a cool, sunless afternoon, I
the queen of Love and Beauty,
Miss Mary Matthews of Engie-
hard, N. C., was crowned Queen
of May of Atlaptic Christian Col
lege on Saturday, May 4, on the
front campus.
After the band concert came the
royal procession, led across the
campus by two pa^a, P'rancts
Xelson and Margaret Miller, wear-
ing gold capes and carrying gold
en trumpets. The children of the
court, Sandra Benton, Jeanne Mc-
Aden, and Adeline Blount, were
dressed in dainty long dresses and
carrying^ small white baskets of
roses. P’ollowing them came the
courtiers; the ladies in Scarlet O'
Hara dresses and the gentlemen in
tuxedos. The courtiers were Irma
Spencer with Wm. Shingle-
ton; Bet Ward, with Glen Holmes;
Marguerite Lane with Kibert
Moye; Irma I>ee Spencer with Jim
Ed Miles; Dalen Wainwright with
John K. Wooten; Minnie Decf^.
with L. A. High; Janey Fitzgerald
with Hubert I>iiing; Helene Vail,
and Winton Odham.
The peisonal attendant* with
their escorts followed; Robert
Windham, with Sara Jane Roust;
James Suber, with Anne Saunders.
The queen, dres.sed in a regal dre:*j
of white moire taffeta with a full
skirt covered with net, a tight
bodice, buttoned down the back
with tiny buttons, and leg-of-mut-
ton sleeves, wa.^ preceded by little
Jack Jarman bearing a crown of
flowers on a downy pillow. The
Queen was met in the center of
the iawn by the Kinjf, Eugene
Ang’e, who escorted her to the
throne.
TTie royal pair viewed the pag
eantry tlitat was Jield in their
honor. First was given an Early
American dance to the tune of
“Pop Goes the Weasel”. Next came
the Spanish dancers with while
blouses, red flared skirts, and
black sashes. These beautiful Se-
noritas, imported from Spain for
the special occasion, danced their
traditional Spanish dance for the
pleastire of the King and Queen.
Scotch lassies in plaid skirtJ
and caps performed the Hijrbl**id
FJing' as their part in the compc-
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In the Howard Memorial Chapel
the new officers of the Pine Ki»oi
and ( ollt'giate, publications of At
lantic Christian College, took their
oath of office Tuesday morning,
May 7. John K. Wooten of Kin
ston. newly-telected president of
the Cooperative Association led the
officers on the stage arvd pres<‘nt-
ed them to President Hilley who
administered the oath. The officers
who took the oath were Ray Sil-
verthorne of Washington and
Frank Wiley of Grantsboro, editor
and business manager of the Pine
Knot, respectively; and Mary
Nackos of Wilson and Charles
Eagles of Saratoga, editor and
business manager of the Collegi
ate.
Kay Silverthome succeed* John
Edwards of Elmira, N. Y. as the
editor of the I‘ine Knot. Ray ent
ered Atlantic Christian College
three years ago. He has been a
very outstanding member of var
ious organizations.
Mr. Frank Wiley is a senior at
A. C. next year. He succeeds Rob
ert Jarman as the business man
ager of the Pine Knot. He has tak-
(Continued On Back Page)
School Continues
Radio Programs
Continuinff it« series of radio
proKrams, the I*ublicity CommtU*
has been presenting very entertain
ing program*.
Ereryman, directed by Miss Elea-
nor Snyder was repeated on the
air in April. The cast included the
same students who presented it at
the Dramatic Festival in Chapel
Hill.
On April 24 the band fare a con
cert under the leadership of Elli*
Williamson. The Repertoire in
cluded “Moonlight Echoes” a sere
nade by Ed Chenette, “Grandiose
by E. Re I-amater, “Washin^on
Post” by J. P. Sousa, “Inspiration”
by A1 Hayes, and “E.
Unum” by Fred J«well-
Bless America" by Irving Berim
was presented by the brass^r-
tet made up by John
Charles Eagles, *"■* J"*;
who played comeU.
liam«,n. who played the Trombo>«^
Mis* Martha F^monston of the
Modem Language Depa^enl,
spoke on the pecuUritie. of moa-
em language study «"
She showed the different expres
sions and idioms u*ed in th« w*
on* modem language*.
I.. A. Ilijrh Represents j
Town Students
In a very impr«a«irt ceremony
held in Howard Memorial Chapel
on May 3 the new officer* of the
Cooperative Govemnent Auocia-
tiun were in*talled.
The proces*ion of the old and
the new member* »«» led to the
stage by I^sident Hilley. Th»
new officers wer« or the right *ld»
uf the *tage. while the old were
to the left *ide.
After a devotional service, l*re»-
ident Hilley spok. on the history
of the govrmment In the College.
First, there was (tudcnt rule, then
faculty, and now with the preient
Cooperative Government the rule
is by both faculty and student*.
Every one ha* a part in this kind
<if government to carry out in
order for the goveMiment to live
and function as it Oiuuld.
Following the talk. Pre*ident
Hilley administered the oath of
office to new officers who were
presented to him by the old of
ficers of the Cooperation.
Mr. Robert Windham of Farm
ville presented John K. Wooten of
Kinston as the president; Jamii
Suber of Selma, presented Neal
Windham of Bonneau, S. C., as
vice-president; Mary Matthews nt
Engelhard presented Wilma Wil
liams of Eliiabeth City as *ecre-
tary; and John K. Wooten present
ed Gordon Aldridge of Wheat
Swamp as treasurer; Selma Amer
of Wilson presented I.. A. High
of Wilson as towTi representative;
Mildred Bliitard of Peep Run pro-
;iented Bet Ward of Kinaton as
preHident of Girl.^’ Dormitory
:ounciI; Kellom J«t praavntid
•^ Nr Edward* : Hnetops a*
pmiaeni if the A.yi normlloiy
''luncil. Dr. Sadie Jenkin* and
Dr. Raymond Morpan were install
ed as faculty memb*r* elected by
the student body to sit with the
tioard and the deans. Miss B<-s*ie
Massengill and Mr. C. A. Jarman
as members appointed by the pre*
ident.
This group will be in charge of
the student affairs for the coming
year. The student* were again
urged to cooperate to the beat of
their ability.
At the next chapel meeting the
rest of the officer* of the Men’s
and Women's Dormitory C-ouncils
were installed by taking the oath
of office. The president of the
Girl’s Dormitory Council. Mis* Bet
Ward presented the following of
ficers: Ruth Beard, vice-president;
Hazel McKeel, secretary: Eloi*«
Taylor, treasurer; Ola Mae Kelly,
president o< the Young Women’s
Christian Association; Minnie Dee*
senior representativa; Madeline
Denning, junior represenUtive;
Carolyn Parrish, sophomore repre
sentative; Agnes Beat, town girl
senior representative and Norma
C. Daniels, representative-at-large.
President of the Men'* Dormi
tory Council, I-e’ter Edwards, pre
sented the following officers: Ken
drick Taylor, vice-president; Thur
man Harper, secretary and treas
urer; CUylon Week*, *enior rep
resentative; Joe Windley, senior
represenutive; James Webst
and James Caddell, junior repre-
senUtives; Robert Grantham and
Raymond Smith, sophomore rep-
resentatires.
SENIORS GUKSTS
OF SOPHO^IORES
TTie Sophomore CUti entertain
^ the .Senior Ciasg on Tuesday,
April 3(rth from 5:00 o’clock untU
8:00 o'clock at the Ref'reation
Park.
Croquet and Tenni* were playe*’
after which Hot Dog», Marshmal*
lows and Iced Tea were enjoyed.
The chaperons were Mr. and
Mr*. C. A. Jarman, Miiues Snyd
er. Jenkins, and Brewer.
FROSH ARE HOSTS
TO JUNIOR CLASS
On Thursday, May 2, the Fresh
man Class entertained the Junior
Class at a picnic at Stricklan-J't
Pond late in the aft«moon.
Game* were played and a few
who de*lred went iwimming. Hot
Dogs and Mar*hmallows were
roa*ted over a camp fire.
Thos« other than member* of
either cla** were Mis* Agnes P*tl«
and Mr. Ferry Caa*. j
('ereniony Took Place
In Chapel
In it* annual tapping ceremony
the (jolden Knot Honor Sociriy
Upped right *ludriUa who have
mcafcured up u> ih* qualificaliond
•rl by the socirty. The*r Hudent,
wrre formally accvpted after
pledging tu uphold th^ ideaU uf
tAe Honor Society and this iiutJtu*
tion. Ttie dignifu'd «nd imprv
«ive aervice look at the reg
ular chapel meetng on Tuesday.
The new members who were tap
ped are Bet Ward. Jim Waltorm.
Agnes Best, U A. High, Wilaw
Williams, Mar)* Nackos, Katie
Gold Brewer and Charlotte Brooks.
Theae studenti^ were tap|>ed as
they sat in tiieir regular chapel
seats, and siirnifitHl their accept
ance of the appointment by fcx)inj;
forward and occupyinif the deii|[>
natcd seats at the front of the
auditorium with the old mrmb«Ts.
The society is the only honor
so<iey on the campus, and includi**
in its memb«*rship both men and
women. It was formetl for the
put pose of recoi^niiinir and en-
couraging character development,
srholarship. Ivademhip, «nd ser
vice.
The first phase necessary tor
qualifications is character he oi^
she should posKcsjt hiKh ideals and
u clean morsl record.
Scholiistically, a nx'mber mus*
meet the jtandard avcraxe - 87.5
for wonten, and for men, based
on the three preceding sementers;
he or ahe must have completed
three colU*Ke semesters at Atlantic
Christian Colle|(«*.
I>eadership qualifications must
include pust accomplishments iind
•vidi'fice of the desire and ability
for constructive leadership.
The fourth pitase Uwt i» nme*
sliry is service. A memb^-r must
have the wtUinfness to serve if hr
it to he admitted to membership.
A^ President of the group. S<‘lma
Arner presi<led over the program.
She gave a brief history of the or-
Kanizntion, stated the n«*c«»H*'ury
qualifications for member.<ihip and
iasued the pledge to the new mem
bers. Jam«- Sub<‘r, secretary and
treasurer carried out the tapping
of new members. He tapped the
candidates one by one with the
Golden Knot, the symbol of the so
ciety. To the new membi'r* Gold
en Knot pins were pres(‘nt4*d by
the present memb<*rs, who an- Sel
ma Arner, president; James Su
ber, secretary and treasurer; Mary
Matthews, Mildred Hlizxard. ft*-ss
Kearne,^ Hart Jane Uouse, and
Irma Lee Sp«*nccr. The present
faculty sponsors are Miss Martha
Edmonstoo and Dr. Raymond
Morgan.
Following the ceremony, old
members dressed in black gowns
marched out, followed by the new
members.
Annual Banquet
Given By Juniors
The twenty-first annual Junior-
.Senior Banquet wa* held on Fri
day night, April 19, in the Caro
lina Ro4im of the Christian Church.
Approxmately JIO attended.
The program of the evening wa*
ably presided over by toastmi*-
treas, Irma l^e Spencer, who be
gan by welcoming all the guests.
Jamea .Suber, president of the
senior class, responded. B<-t Ward
next gave a toast to the sophomore
class, to which Homer Narron re
sponded. Mr. Olin Winstead fav-
I ored the assembly with several pi-
I ano aoloa. To the freshman class,
"Jiihnny” Green gave a t<j*st, to
which Kussell Arnold responded.
A dance review wa* then giv«-n
by *everal members of Mr«, Hio-
nant'* dancing das*. John K,
Wooten paid high tribuU to the
Alma Mater, at the clo«e of which
speech. Dr. Howard 8. Hilley gra-
cioualy responded. .Special music
wa* rendered by the college quar
tet cofnpoaed of James Suber, Bur-
lon I.Amm, Elbert James and Hugh
Cullora. Mr. Fontaine accompanied
them.
The Rev. J, Wayne Drash wa*
speaker for the occasion. After
telling numerous jokes and relat
ing nomerou* anecdotes, he aeri-
ou*Iy con*idered the question of
what the *enion might expect up
on entering th* outside world and
how they might prepare to become
the best of citizeo*.
1940 Finals First
To Be Given In
Howard Chapel
FIN A1.S SPEAKER
(’harlt'.s Clayton .Morrison
To (Jive ('onimenrement
-Address; President llil-
k‘.v, the Harralaurt>at«
Sermon.
CHAHI.KS < . MOKKI.-^ON
Annual Play To
Be Given By The
Dramatic Club
“Bishop .MislK-haves” To
He Presented Under the
Direction of Eleanor
Snyder.
Miss Kleunor (t. Snyder, diructor
of dramatics, has announciHl the
helectioti of the pluy that is to U'
prenented during commemement
w<*<‘k und has also announctKj h<-r
r»«t. The play ih THK HISHOI*
MISHKHAVKS. This play is a rol
licking comt*<ly involving a bianop
ufid his elderly sister in an at-
tempUni robbi'ry. The bishop lias
Always had a secret int«*rest in
stories of crime «nd has often
wished that he might iwrsonally l*e
involved in one. This is his chance
and he triex out his theories of
solution. The crooks are all ama
teurs who aro working for a cer.
t:im Mr. Donald Meadows, played
by ilurlon I..amm, who has taken
it ujnm himself to steal some
jewelry from Mr. Waller, played
by Uolx rt Jarman. It seems that
Mr. Waller has involvcnj hiniM’lf in
a cr^>oked business deal with the
trusting father of Donald's sw<*<*l*
heart, iiester (iriintham, enacU><l
by Virginia I^ncaster. The events
that follow and the methoda that
the bishop uses in aolving th*
crime are conducive to much
laughter ami bring al>out many
riotous scen««.
The bishop is playinl by John
Kdwards, a senior from F^lmlra,
N, Y. Mr. Kdwards has l>een very
active in dramatics in the past
four years and has played one oth
er lead role, that of Dr. Haggett
in THK LATK CHKISTOniKK
HKAN, and many minor rolei in
other prf>ductions of the Dramatic
Club, \j»A\y F'mlly I^yons, the
Hishop’s sister, la played by Sarah
Mae (Johnny) Green. MUs (»rc*en
has had many imp<»rtant roles in
other productions and is consider
ed a very fine actrem. The part
that ahe plays is Important to the
plot and she is a great h^lp to the
Hishop in carr>'ing out his theories.
Donald M'*adows ia played by Kur-
Ion Ijimm who has played many
important roles. His latest stage
roll* was that of KVKRYMAN (n
the play by tho same name which
the Dramatic Club gave as a gu«rst
production at the annual dramatic
festival at Chapel Hill. Hester
Grantham is portrayed by Virginia
lancaster. a freshman who has
been in one other production. 5U)**
played the role of HUMAN DK-
SIUK in KVKRYMAN and did a
fme job. And Mr, and Mrs. W'aller
are played by two sfniors Kohert
Jarman and ^^na t//ng. Koth hav#;
had much experience in acting and
have played imfrprtant rol**s in at
l«>ast tw^- other ma)f>r productions
The three crooks are portrayed by
Klbert James as RKD the barman
Kirby Watson as f.'OLLlNS tba
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The thirty-ninth ('ommencemeat
of Atlantic Christian College will
be held in the Howard Memorial
( hapel during th«- three daya from
May 2ft to May 27, featuring Dr.
('harles ('laytun Morriaoa of Chi
cago, as the principal s|>eaker. On
Sumlay. May Itf, the KarvweJl S*r-
m»m will br preached by the Rev.
John liarclay at the ('hrlstian
Church.
('lass Day Kxercises will be at-
ten«ie<l by the Senior* in Chapel oo
Saturday, May 26. At thu time the
('la History, the Prophecy and
ihr last Will and Trstament will
be read by the several authors of
each. As iti: sister class, tha
Soph<*mores will carry in tha tra
ditional daisy chain and present it
to the departing seniors.
On Suntlay, May 2A, t*reaideni
II. S. Hilley will give the Bacca
laureate Sermon. The Young Men's
and Young Wumen'a ('hristian As
sociations will present thclr annual
Ve»|H*r Service in the Cihaj>el Sun
day evening at 8:00.
Monday'- ceremonies will begin
with the f'ommencement Address
by .Mr. Morrison, who Is an lnt4^>
nationally known figure. He was
largely responsible > for tho con*
^truction of the Keliog IVa^ a IV t
ss a result of his efforts to outlaw
war. Author of many books, he
is b«‘'*t known for writing Outlaw*
ry of War. Mr. Morriaon went to
n<hool at Drake University. He is
now the editor of The < hristlaa
( entury. an inter denominational
Journal of religion which has a
wi<ie circulaton.
After the graduation exercises,
the Alumni Luncheon and meeting
will l>e held for the many return
ing graduateit of the collegtv The
most nvent alumni, graduates of
the class of IIMO, will be the honor
gueMla of the older alumni at this
annual luncheon to be held in tha
(!herry Huli-I.
The full commencement program
for 1U40 is an follows:
Sunday, May 19
8:00 p,m, Farewell Sermon.
Saturday. May 25
3:30 p.m. <!!ans Day Kxsrcises.
6:(>0 |i. m. Hand ('oncert.
8:00 p.m.—Dramatic Club l*re-
<u't)tation.
Sunday, May 26
11:00 a.m. Baccalaureate Sermon
8:00 p.m. Y. M. C. A. and Y.
W. C. A. Vesper Service.
Monday. May 27
10:80 a.m. <*raduation Kxercise*
12:30 p.m.—Alumni Banquet and
Meeting.
Bess Hearne In
Music Recital
A* a hlithlli^ht of the mu*l<’al
proirram* thi* year, Mi** Ilsaal*
(iray Hcamo of Wilaon, who 1* aa
outitandinK piano pupil, pr«*ent*d
her Kra'IuatitiK recital on Tueiday
eveninif. May 14. at H;W oVlock.
Ileaa Hearne i* a graduate of the
Charlea I... Coon High Sciiool. Ilav-
inK >tart*d muale under Mi*« Ada
Koytll lit Wilaon. when (he wa*
quite young, *he wa* able to lake
part in many mu*ical actlvititaa
In high irhool. When aha entemd
college, *he continued her muaicaJ
career under the tutoraK* of Pro-
fimor John W. Fontaine. Wilh
her talented finger*, t<e**l« Gray
tuu played for uid entvriahed
many people during her achool
and rollege life.
At her graduating recital Beaa
rendered her numbrri wltls the
touch of an arti*t. The audience
waa held at attention, apellbound
by the beautiful mu*i<. Khe waa
a*«i*t«d by Mi*a Mary Cktfcerine
Houaton of Wilaon. The entire
program wa* a* follow*;
Air with Variationa Handel
Valae, (>pu« 42 Cboplo
Ktude, Opn* 26, No. ft .. Cbopia
Mi** Hearne
Aria, Angela Erer lirigtit, an4
Kair iKanaldo} Hauiei
Mi*a Houatoa
Sonato. C Minor,
Opua 11 Beetborta
AUegn
(Conttou«d On Bark i'age)