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OLUNE XIV.
Z-539
Miss Massengili
Attends Seminor
In Atlanta
Mi»s Bessie Massengili. Dean of
omen, represented Atlantic
.ristian Colkg^e at the seminar
r religion for faculty, secretar-
and YWCA advisors held in
tlsnta, Ga., January 31, Febru-
1, 2.
The seminar was held under the
atpices of the student councils
( the national YWCA and YMCA
the South. It is a meeting: of
culty and professional YMCA
YWCA staffs working in
hite and Negro colleges in the
uth, who are interested in the
hri?tian religion.
The guest speaker for the meet-
was Dr. Henry Nelson Wie-
ann, professor of philosophy of
•ligion. University of Chicago,
ivinity School, Chicago, 111. Otht-r
lalters were Rev. Richard I.
IcKinney of Virginia Union Uni-
ersity, Richmond, Va., and Dr.
liiabeth Lam of Centre College,
anville, Va.
Basic questions discussed at the
■minar were; What is the cen-
al meaning of the Christian re
gion and of commitment? What
re the areas of action in which
-ligion must operate? What is
province within which a cam-
religion group functions with
-pecial emphasis on the Christian
ssociation? What answers are
uifgested in the contemporary
•aking of our world? What is
function of religious leaders?
hat kind of adult leadership
..ust be developed to provide tech-
I iques of counsel to forward vital
h.istian fellowships?
The seminar met at the Wom
an's Club building, Emory Uni-
I rsity, Atlanta, Ga.
il. A. Scott,
Duke, to Head
*1. C. Students
Chapel Hill Named
Mecca for
Next Year
Young Prophets
Conduct Services
Hocutt Speaks
On Sunday, February 2, th«
Ministerial Club had charge of
services at the Robersonville
ChristiaJi Church. Neal W>-ndham
presided. Aaron Hocutt delivered
the morning message. He used as
his subject: "The True Test of
Greatness.” Howard James sang
a solo, "Beneath the Cross of Je-
BUS,” accompanied at the piano by
Charlite Harrison. The club was
taking charge of ser\'ices for the
regular pastor, Mr. Pern', who
was very ill at that time.
The club recently elected offi
cers who will serve until the end
of this year. The newly elected of
ficers are President, Neal Wynd-
ham; vice-president, George Gard;
secretary and treasurer, Nina
Wilcox.
This year the club has Utn
having variety in programs. Dif
ferent members of the club have
spoken to the club, delivering mes
sages of their own preparation.
Several visitors have also spoken
to the club during the year.
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN i:OLLF.GE, W ILSON, N. C.. MON , FEB. 17, l»4l
Air Corps Fledglings Soon to Be Men With Wings
NUMBER 7
^ V
Refugee Child
Adopted by YM,
y W Associations
Honor Class
Organized By
Dr. Morgan
Interest and Records
Determine Selection
I’oi.std fur in their ha.sic training |>liinos Ihest- niyinK I’atleUi al I ncIe Sam’n ciant
“Wi'st Point of Ihf .\ir," at Uandulph Field, Te\a.s, WMm will tn“ wearintf winKH of the full-
fledged pilot of the .Vrmv .Vir ('orpn. Thi'M- low «injf mimoplaneM with !.'>() h(>rs«‘|><>»cr motor
are iLsed exclusively for l«.sic training at the Te*a» airdrome.
This semester a research clasa
in interracial problems has been
organized by Dr. Morgan. This is
the second year of such a class.
Students are inviUjd to join the
course and then only those inter
ested in such fields and with out
standing records.
The class meets once a week in
Dr. Morgan’s home. One afternoon
A. C. Graduate
to Receive Wings
Speaks Here
L. H. Farneil, ’39,
(Iraduates at “West
Point of the Air”
Word hai- bt*en rweived hi*rt*
from Randolph l*it?ld, Texas, that
Leland H. >'arnuli, Jr., of Jack-
Mnviile, N. C., graduated from
the “West Point of Uie Air” on
February Bth. lie is uinoiH' th*
H. A. Scott, Jr., of Duke Uni-
'-rsitv was elected president of
e Korth Carolina Methodist Col-
Student Conference at the
inter session held in Greensboro
^ruary 7-9. Mr. Scott succeeds
Mi«s Bess Johnson, of the Wom
an’s College, as. president.
M'thodist students from seven
teen different campuses sent del
egates to the three-day meet. Mrs.
Graie Sloan Overton, of Ann Ar
bor, Mich, the guest speaker and
forum leader, delivered a series
of interesting addresses. Titles of
diKUssions were: “Will the
Church Build for Tomorrow?”
“The Church and Human Fellow
ship.” “My Vitality and the Vital-
^ of My Church," *'Can I Have
th in the Future?"
'Vith registration beginning in
t’ e afternoon on Friday, the del-
P7a fs soon found every minute
taken up. A series of addresses
followed by interesting forums, a
social given at the “Y’' hut at the
^ ■'man’s College, a most delight-
I banquet on Saturday night
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in Wilson to do research work in
the problems of Negro delin
quency.
The class enrollment consists of
Maurice Holland, Kirby Watson,
Jo Lamm, Jim Walters, Katie
Gold Brewer, Julian Roebuck,
Preston Parsons, Nina Wilcox,
Claylon Weeks, Lib Stoney, Ola
Mae Kelly, Isabelle Williams, Su
san Alice Waller and Adair Doyle.
of each week the group noex out ^ g,
arm who are exi>ef ■ ■ to a'.tond
a spt*cial ten-weck advanced lij.
ing course at Kelly Field,
which they will be commissioned
AS second lieut<'nants in the Air
Corps and will be awarded the
coveti*d pair of wings, emblem of
military pilots.
Famell is well remembered by
the faculty, alumni members, ami
a number of juniont and seniors
on the campus now. He graduat**d
in the .''pring of 1939, taught a
short while and found himself
with a burning dt-sire to fly. While
in school here Farneil participat
ed in boxing, assi.'ftant businc
manager of the ’39 Pine Knot and
was a member of Phi Delta Gam*
ma fraternity, in which he held
numerous offices.
Uncle Sam now has more than
10,000 trained airplane piloU,
but an additional 12,000 officer-
fliers are to be trained in the
coming year, according to Air
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Get Up So Early
In The Mom’
What Say, Fire?
Students Give
Lincoln Program
Over WGTM
The usual college program,
Wednesday, February 12, was un
der the direction of Miss Wilma
Williams. As it was Lincoln’s
birthday, a program was prepared
and tfiven on Lincoln's life.
The program began with those
familiar words that Lincoln stat
ed at Gettysburg, Pa., better
known as the .Gettysburg Address.
Mi.ss -Madeline Denning gave this I
reading.
Miss Bet Ward reviewed the
facts concerning Lincoln's early
childhood. She expressed the joys,
sorrows, and obstacles that I^in-
coln overcame.
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hlHlir I'AUK
Why Did It Have
to Happen to Me?
Well, those unescapable exams
have come and gone. The lights
*t A. C. C. long ago stopped stay
ing on all night. And now every-
has settled down into new
routine. However, a few state
ments were made during exams
which should not be left unnot-
*crd. One freshman girl (who
wishes her name to be withheld)
wrcastically said, “I feel as if I
^ been through Pandemonia
^kwards.” Maurice Holland re
ports that his mind is a perfect
blank. We understand that he
^ote all he knew during exam
Irene I.ang8ton hopes that
will be able to go “Scootie-
P(x>ping’' since exams are over,
about an explanation, Irene?
If you can’t learn enough in four
: one-half months to pass an
**amin«tiDn, you certainly can’t
enough overnight,” Winston
»*ates, *'So, I didn't worry
them.” And besides, we un-
\*nd that he doesn’t believe
RoMell Arnold says
^ •VM imoreased by .the fact
that there waR less cheating on
this exam than there was on last
year’s. (By the way, How about
our Honor Sy.stem?) Rachel Pet
erson writes to friend thus: Please
write me a few lines saying ex
ams are over. I can’t think of any
thing this morning, and I must
fill ^ this letter.** Ah.' Rachel,
don’t shoot him that stuff. He
might not be able to take it-
Kirby WatHon has an answer for
all questions. However, it seldom
is right. He sUtes that he thought
he put down U>e same answer four
different times on one exam only
to realize later that that answer
belonged to another subject. How
ard Blake tells us, "I found out
that what you don’t know doesn't
hurt you until you start to take
And so. through experience, one minimum of
find, oui how to live. In four Everyone found
more months there will be more uMy ^
of these exam*. B^kle ..‘jj h*ve rae.nt lo
dent*. Do your be*t . . • Ut’»,»hirt w ,,udenu
have » high grtde «vermg» among i j<rop<^> »
tHip stliWpntji nf A C C
One night thrie weeks ago, lis
ter Kdward.'^ came rushing into
the dormitor>- going up the steps
three at a time. By the time he
was mid-way up the i^tairs the
boy' h(ard the distressing call:
“Fire! Fire!" But little attention
was paid by the boys who were
lounging around telling Ferdi
nand stories,” until tHey heard
that the chemistry lab, which is
on the ground floor, waf aflame.
With the thought* of the chem
icals catching, the boys decided
to get moving. Those that had
gone to bed earlier were awaken
ed by their friends and everyone
clamored for protection. Kudolph
Corbet, who is claimed to be the
lazie.st in the dormitory, tried tf
toss his trunk out the window,
but it was too large for the small
opening. He grabbed his clothing
,n his arms and made off for a
safer place.
One brave young fireman took
the small extinguisher from it*
place of rest and went to quiet
the flame*. Thi» was a falae alarm
as far as an actual fire waa con
cerned, but it wa* a fire drill ai
far a* emptying the building of iU
was concerned.
occupants
in
ffTt
I of
MfiC
Chicago Students
Visit Campus
A small team of Chicago Uni
versity atudenta came to our cam
pus February 6, 1941. Theae
young men came to diacuas their
religious viewpoint* with other*,
in order that both might be ben-
ifitted.
These people were on the cam-
put all day and were open to hold
any group dik-usaions, or personal
interview*, and answer any que*-
tion* that were poaaible on the
matters of religion. They did not
repreaent any organization but
were a spontaneoua undertaking
of student* tfiemselve*.
These itudenta must have ac
compliahed *omething becauie of
the host of questions that were
asked at the meeting* that they
held in the chapel. Intereat waa
certainly aroused among the stu
dent* who heard them on the *ub-
ject.
Wallace K. Hainaa, secretary of
the university action committee,
was one of the three atudents on
ii.f team. He is a graduate of the
University of .Miaaouri, where he
received his A. B. and his M. A.
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Not to Appear
It has been learned here that
Fnltim l>ewi», Jr, noted radio
new* comaientator, will not ap
pear here a* previously an-
nounred in thia p*per.
I.ajrt year .Mr. I.ewi* wa*
voted the mo«t popular new*
romraenlalor on Ihe air by Mr*.
Ktfuncvejt and the Woman'a
Guild.
Originally .Mr. !>ewi* waa to
be brought to the eanpns under
the auspice* of the Canpoa Ke-
ligMOx rounrfl- .MK Lewi* Bay
b* be»rd o»er tlw Mataal Br««d-
castiag aach waafcday
night at 7 p. o»*t SUtioa
UVT«
Cast Selected
for Spring Play
.Mis.s MerriiiK
■Vddresseti The
Dramatic Club
Page, on Tour,
Visits A. C. C.
Speak.s at Aftern<M»n
and Kveninn:
Assembly
Kirby Page, an author of
world-wide fume, gave very in
teresting and profitable addri^s>
«*s to the student body of A. C. C.
ill the Howard Memorial Chapel
f»n February 13.
Mr. Page was bom in the
;itat«*, being a iuiUv<* of Texas.
i!e graduated from Drake Uni-
vemiiy, and niini^t^T of the
!>iacfplea Church. He has cn> ?»<*d
the ocean 20 time* and has visited
lomv M countries.
.Mr. Pagf i» author of nineteen
volume- and sixteen pamphetc on
int4*rnationaI, economic, social, and
religious questions. His books
have been published into all the
modern language and distributed
throughout the world. More than
a million copies of his books and
pamphlets have been sold.
He is also an evangelist. At the
prt'Ment time hv is touring the
Unit^'d States holding regional
thri'e-session one-day conferenre*
on i’ersona! Religion and World
ProbJema, He has recently writ
ten a book. "Living Prayerfully,”
which will be off the preaa soon.
Kecently. Mr. Page has spoken
at the University of North Caro
lina and the Women’s College of
University of North Carolina.
Other universities where he has
spoken to the student body include
Harvard University, Stanford Un
iversity, Wake Koreat College,
Duke University, fcmory Univer
sity, Columbia University, Wash
ington and I>ee University. He
waa a special lecturer at Yale
University Divinity ^School during
1038 and he has boen a member
of the faculty of Union Theologi
cal Seminary summer school.
He has spoken in hundreds of
churches in the land, including
First Baptist Church, Ix>s Angel
es; Kuclid Avenue Baptist, Clevt*
Und; Central Christian, Houston;
Winfield Methodist, little Hock;
St. lake’s Episcopal Church,
Montclair; First Presbyterian, j
Columbia, S. C. 1
New Students
Enroll; New
Books in Demand
The Dramatic Club is working
un a new play. The name of the
play u “The Importance of Being
Karr.tpl,*’ by Us<ur WUdc.
Under the dirt*\’tiun of Miaa
Kfcanor Sn>der, kiuilructor m Kng-
lish and dramatics, thia ^-«ct
farcv will Ur Ktven in o«rly spring.
Members m the cast include:
Kirby Watson, Mavia Lrgtfctt,
Dolly l«ineberger, Claude Howard,
.^arah “Johnny" Ureen« Georgt
Ciard, William iiray, Nral Wynd*
ham, and Klisal’iith Stonoy.
Dull CullecUoti Prcwrntrd
Tlu.* Dramatic Club had as iU
guest at the mevting, l'uvsda>
night, January Mus ^aral«
ilerting, of Wilson .
Miss Heriiiig br^>ught her large
cullection of Uolls, from ail parts
tile world, tv give the mvmt>ers
uj tii« Drudiatic Club and piay
pruUuciioti class ideas on how to
ntaku dolls and model cloUws for
them.
Some uf these dolls were made
of elay, earned wood, com husks,
iruils, straw, cotton, quilled cloth,
KounJs, und Bra shells, i hene dolls
Mere m niuny dllfetX'nt posltioiu
and doing muiiy different things.
oj iheitv dolls were acting,
reading newBpapers, fishing, go
ing tu parties, and drrsMd ior
coronation balls.
ihe doiis repres«nt«d the cus-
tunu and dress ol the |H»opU in
hng.anu, Lubu, ^Switxi'rland, Chitut,
.San i'rancisco, Western Nortli
Carolina, (. hvn*kee Indians, Hus'
^lu, Italy, i'urtugal, Mexico, Flor-
lUa, sMOeria, ^'otlaiid, Albania,
and Hungary.
Don't l\(liss Ihis
Br sure and tune )our radio
dial to W(«'1M on Monday nitht,
february 17, at 6:43. Ihe i ham-
her of < umraercc in W ilaon la
i^HHiiM>rin|{ a of broad-
cant* rntillrd “Know Your
Coramunily.*’ 'Ihia particular
night, the program ia entitlrd,
*‘Know Your Atlantic Chriatian
College.” There will be aevtral
speakem on thia broadcaat from
the faculty and aludenta of our
college.
Baptist Group
Meets to Plan
For Conference
I’ruidenta of campus ilaptiat
Student Unions met in Grei*nsboro
from January .^1 throUKh Febru
ary 1st U> discus* local problems
and also lo plan the winter atu
I dent conference which will be held
' in Chapel Hill, tentatively in
' April.
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Raise $10S.(H) In
One Wevk
Kt enUy the Y. M. C. A. and
the V. W. C. A. of AUantk Chri»-
tian (olleKc completed their dnvr
lo raise sufficient funds to carv
for an orphan for the coming
>‘rsr. With th« prvsent world con-
uitioni. bringing suffering to
thousandc of hriplsas children
abroad the local organisations di
rected their efforts towards rc
lieving one victim.
Kmily Parker, now ii>
KnK<and, has been working with
refugee children for aome Umo.
it Is thruugh her that contacts
wrre made and the adoption com
pIet«Hl. The aduptfkd child will rc
main in the home provided for
through the foster parents, in
Kngland, and will write often,
personal letters so that the stu
dent body may be able to keep in
(ontact and feel the gratitude of
the young child.
'fhe idea originated In thr
YMCA, with Itay Silvt»rthorne
heading the commtitee for investi-
Kation; however, the cabinet in-
vltcMi the YWCA to go in together
ttnd feeling that the two could do
a l>ettcr job, both organisation i
pre-*ent«sj the matter before the
student body, without whoas help
(he project would have been
d<K>inrd to a watery grave.
Klixal*rth Stoney, Ola Mae Kel*
ly. Madeline iM-nning, Kay Hil-
verthome, Neal Wyndham, and
(iiHjrge Ix)ftin were outstanding
in th(* campiagn. Members of the
faculty were lnter«>«ted In the pr>
Ject and gavr grtitn^ualy In both
time and iii<Htiey, w
Hlaekeill HervIrM
With all the btackouta in
Kurope It wis molt appropHstt*
that in order to let the student
body ex|H*rienre some feeling of
the dark nights, a sp<*cial service
was held in the chapel without
the customary lighta but without
the blaRting of bombs and screech,
ing of sirens the chapel was typi
cal of a Ix)ndon nighu Klisabeth
.Stxtney lc<l the devotion service
and special prayers were offered.
Th<> president of the college,
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Adventurer Is
Sponsored By
Committee
John Valentine, the singing ad
venturer who circumnavigated the
world on a aong, present^sl a col
orful and humorous lecture to the
students of A, C. C. Tuesday nlgh,t
February II, in the Howard Mem.
orial C’hapel. Mr. Valentine was
brought to A. C. under the aua>
pires of the entertainment com
mittee.
Mr. Valentine was bom in Kng-
land. but soon came to America,
and has crossed the Atlantic ap
proximately 15 times. He i» (one
of the finest baritones of thia age.
iiefore He took up singing as Ms
professional career, Mr. Valentine
a dramatic actor. This sc-
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follow the Filterable
Virus across the Campusj
lAH)k 'Km Over Now
On January 2Bth, the new *»-
mester ol A. f,’. b«-Kan. With
the be^innin? of the new aemes-
ter, there were new claaaes, new
books, new clothes, new rewilu-
tion*, but the l>e*t of alt—new
itudent* These students are eag
erly Welcomed by the student
body. The new student* *re:
Troy Godwin of I>unn, who i*
a graduate of Dunn liiKh School.
Aa yet hK major ia undeoidml,
but it I* a litcided fart that h<
"like* A, C. bectuu of the
friendliness." lie *aaid, "I br^an
to ma)or In math but H waa too
hard *o I dacidad that I wouldn’t
maior in anythtnir."
Franldio Hinnant, Jr., of Fra-
The filtrable Tiru* ha* been
fluatinit around the rampua for
the put three week* coming in
contact with the *tud*nta of A.
C. College; however, thing* a«tm
quieted down quiti- a bit thia week.
Jimmy Crea*y wa* "tied down"
for * few days, thank* to the fil
trable viru*, and could not meet
the CX)IJ,KGIATK sUff laat week.
We all missed JOHNNY HICKS
strolling down th* hall* with
MAGGIK GIXJVKK. From all r«-
portM he met the "Virua" and suf
fered the worae from th* encoun
ter.
ST f:i.AIR CADPEIX and
“SUM" GRIFFIN well repr«.nt-
ed the boy* living down on Waat
Gold xt the Fhl Kappa Houao by
«ntert«ln( for **T«ntl dajn t)M
offapHng* of "fUtrabU,"
Not to ba ontdon* JACK MAR-
Kot out the flit gun* and tried to
flit ‘‘Filtrabl*’’ but the apray ovar-
powered them and they went to
bed too.
MIKH I'EKLK and MAKTHA
HK.VIjKRSON got Id the way and
the oU floating paat maata a««n
how tender they were ’cauaa 'for*
he went on his vacation, ha jnit
them both to bad too.
GK()R<;E IXJFTIN and MARY
f^OLOKKS couldn't let thair room
mates get ahead of them, *0 they
to<f Went to bed and atayad • taw
daya.
Th«*e war* not th* only sta-
danta who cam* in contact with
filtrabl* vlrru but apac* won’t per.
mit any more ao in caa* you
ha««n’t cu«*4Md wiw fltJral)!* vlr-
0* ia, it, ha, or th* i* non* otbar
tliaa iIm “fold (erm” that pat to
B«sy to bad In th« laat f«w