COLLEGIATE
Volume XVI.
Atlantic Chrittlan College, WiUon, N. C., Sept. 30, 1942
Number 1
Defense Program
Goes Into Effect
Former Student
Is Accepted By
Navy WAVES
New Faculty
Plans For Years’
Work Are Announced.
The plans for the execu
tion of a defense program
has been worked out by a
special defense committee
set up by the Executive
Board.
The committee mapped out
a lay of plan.s, and after be- former -■\tlantic Christ
ina accepted by the Execu-|ian Collojfe !<tudent, Mi.ss
live Board, the program thus j Clyde Deans, is the first Wil-
stated went into immediate i sonian and also the first
action. I jji aduate of the colletje, to
Herewith is printed those
plan.s as stated by the De
fense Committee.
1. We recommend that a
Special Information Center
Committee be set up compos
ed of students and faculty,
the students to be selected
by the Executive Board and
S9th Session Has
horiiKfl Opening
Hearty Welcome Extended
To Class of 1946.
*
Annual Church
Reception Held
t'llli.st and pass the examina- ptfiuriMl abuvc ar** Ihe new m('inh<pr« of the faculty of AUuiitlr
tioil to join the WAVES. Miss : They ar»> from left to rlKlit; Ml»» Mary Nai-kon.
. ; Mlaa Nancy Kliaaun. and Mltia Kva Ma** \Vhfltt*y.
Deans was sworn in to the
officers candidate cla.ss in
Charle.ston, South Carolina,
on Saturday, September 5.
She will leave on October 1st
for Smith Colletfe, Nort-
the faculty members Massachusetts for,
pointed by the faculty. » months training
2, We recommend that course. At the time Miss!
the Acceleration and Indoct- I^eans took the examination
rination program be referred nineteen others took it, only
to the faculty for final action, eight passed.
3. We recommend com-; Mi;<s Deans received her
THREE CHANGES MADE
IN A. C. FACULTY
Former Student Listed As Member
Till' forty-llrst sonsion of
winter school upened on
rhursday nuirninK. Soptem-
l>cr H, with the arrivHl of the
nienibors of the freshnian
class. Students who sre
U*nd«TH of tile various cam
pus orguni/ations acted as
The student body of *'t-
lantic Christian Colle.re was o„ Thur.niay evening the
honored by the nienituMs of t'ampur: Ueligious t'ouncil
the First Christian Churih ^P‘"isoreii a twilight vesper
lies of the Social coni-
niittee spon.sored an inform
al get acquainted party for
tion on Fritiay evening «t
H::iO o clock in (he ( andina < f(.a(ure of (he week
Room of the Church. This is oi-curred on Friday evening
and Ihe
Woman's C<iuncil at a recep- i
Three new faces appear a course in Religious Educa-
among the faculty row this this semester,
lyear. They are Mi.s.s Eva Mias Eliason succeeds Dr.
, Whitley, Dean of Women, Graff in the Science Depart-
pulsary phymcal education A. B. degree from thm col-> jjancy Elia.son, Profes- ment. She received both her
for all students, the minimum [jege several years ago. W hile of Biology, and Miss A.R. and M.A. Degrees from
to be three hours. here, she took an active Maj-y Nackos, Instructor in the University of North Caro-
4. We recommend that part in all campus activities. KnKli«h. i Una. She has taught at Flora
eveiy prospective graduate She was a member of the McDonald, Peace, and Mere-
be required to have had a Golden Knot Society, College.s. Before com-
the top ranking organization ing to Atlantic Chri.stian she
a critic teacher in the
of the
A.s.socia-
cour.se in finst aid.
Student Participation on the
1. We recommend com-!active member
pulsary breakfa.st for each , Woman’s Athletic
student except those granted .tion.
permi.ssion to be absent by
the Executive Board. ^ ^ the
2. We recommend <h“t
all lights in every building be ^
ou by n :00 p m. except on
Saturday nijrhts, v/hen they ..
shall be out by 11:30 p.m.
3. W'e recommend that For the past three years,
penalties for violations be Miss Deans has been a mem-
worked out jointly by the ber of the Stantonsburg
Boy’s and Girl’s Councils. school faculty. She has also
This year all Defense Pro- been an active member of the
gram plans are handled isummer school faculty of the
through the Executive Board 1 college for the past five sum-
and not through the Admini- mers. She is the daughter
stration as was done last of Mr. and Mrs. Archie B,
. — — - cxplainiMl the purposes and
member of the Whitley takes over McDonald, Peace, and Mere- rnistre.-w of ceremonies. The goals of the Council.
the responsibility of Dean College.s. Before com- (juc.sis were welcometl by Mr. Saturday was filled with
ramnus and a vervSwearingen. Mary l^uise the process of registration
tion for three years. Miss Demonslration bchool at Ap .. government. Dessert parties
Whitley, whose home is i„, plachian State leachers Col- duit body, and Dr. M'l^rtd
Asheville. North Carolina, ia her teaching Hartj«)ck, representing the j„ „( v„riou^ f„c.
an annual occasion, (he pur
pose of which is (o welcome
the students to the city of
Wilson.
Receiving wen- Mr. and
.Mrs. Earnest Pa.schall, Mr.
and Mrs. Fulghum, Reverend
and Mrs. Swearingen, Mr.
Hackney, .Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Hodges, Dr. and Mrs. H. S.
Hilley, and Mrs. Rulfin.
Mi.ss Sadie Green acted as
mistre.sN of ceremonies. The
guests were welcometl by Mr.
Swearingen. Mary l^uise
Rose, representing the stu-
when, again under the super
vision of (h<> council, a ban-
(|Uet took place in the Bert
Hardy dining hall. Virginia
Lancaster, toast mistress,
welcomed the new students
t<i the campus. Responses
were made by Peggy Holton,
New Bern, and Talmadge
Narron. Kenly, of the fresh
man class. Theresa Fisher
(oastetl (he faculty to which
.Mr. Gntve responded. Kuby
.lones and Willie Woodard
a former student here. She “5*^*'*^'*’''’ *** As-ifacuity^ gave responses. Mar- ulty members in the evening,
received h«r A.B. degrae g'l'ett Garris* and Howard Sunday was featured by
live in
year.
Deans of Wilson.
from Atlantic Christian Col-]° ’
lego after which she taught' ’
•school for three years. Her
first year of teaching was Miss Nackos, a native VV'il-
spent in Robersonville, N. C., ;sonian. is also a
and the following two were i dent of Atlantic Christian
in Washington, N. C. Miss! College. After two years
Whitley has worked for some I here, she transfered to the
time with the Biltmore In-j Univer.sity of N, C., where
dustnes in Asheville. This | she majored in English and
is the largest Hand-Weaving received her M.A. Degree in
Indu.str>’ in the world. Be- Journalism. While there, she
fore coming to A. C. to ac- jwas an Honor Roll student
cept a position, she attended and made many outstanding
Summer School at the Col-| records. This is her fir.st year
lege of the Bible in Lexing-|of teaching, as she gradu-
ton, Kentucky. Miss Whit-;ated in the spring of 1942.
ley has for several years Mi.ss Nackos succeeds Miss
been Director of Young Justine Lynn in the Kngli.sh
People’s Work in the Chri.st-j Department. Besides teach-
ian Church of Ashevile. She j ing Freshman English, she
T has al.so been among the fac- will be in charge of the Col-,
The first meeting of the; Prayer Perfect” at the YW i ulty in Summer Conferences, jlege Publicity and act as ad-
Campus Religious Council meeting. The YWCA met \\ijs., Whitley will also teach |visor for the Collegiate,
was held on September 10. | in the Chapel, and the YMCA
The main purpo.se of the I held its meeting in the parlor
meeting was to elect a mana-| of Kinsey Hall. This change
ger for the Y-Store. Bill Os- j was made due to the large
borne of Charleston, S. C., number of girls this year and
little blackyCocJ<or,j^^^_^ accompanied by Pro-;i‘Ueiiding (he various church
CAMPUS RELIGIOUS COUNCIL
PLANS FOR ACTIVE YEAR
I fessor John Fontaine, sang
two duets. Professor Eil Stal-
former stu- accom])anied by his
daughter, Elizabeth Stal
lings, a member of the col
lege freshman cla.'is, played
violin solos. Reverend Swear
ingen led (he group in get
ac(|uainted games and stunts.
Refreshments, consisting
of punch, cookii!s, and mints
were served.
meetings of the day, and a
tea in Dr. Hilley’s home in
the afternoon. The tea is an
annual feature of the fresh
man week program.
Th<‘ wei“k was closed on
.Monday evening when a gen-
eial social for the entire stu-
<ieiit body was held in the
gymnasium, uniler the direc-
(ion of the Social committee.
The i)urpose of freshman
week is to help the freshman
(Continued on page two)
the decrea.se in boys in our
enrollment.
was elected as manager.
This year the Council will
have one representative from
each P'raternity House, and dagg Officers
two town representatives—! »
Y. W.C. A. and Are tlectea.
Boys of’41-’42 are
Now In Service
A. C. C. Faculty
Plays Host To
Student Body
HOWARD CHAPEL IS SCENE
OF CONVOCATION SERVICES
Robinson, Pastor of Raleigh
Church, Is Guest Speaker.
The Faculty of Atlantic nesday night at 8:00 o’clock
Chri.stian College entertain-| in the Howard Memorial
Since the close of school'ed the student body at tea Chapel. This is the first year
last spring, many changes jon Friday evening, Septem-!that this service has been
have occurred. Many of the ber 25. .held in the college chapel,
young men who were in ^ and Mrs, Waters^
one from the
one from the Y.M.C.A. The
second semester will call for class Officer* Are Elected ^ ^
a representative from l*resh-. The various class officers (^^.hool at that time have not greeted the Kuests at the door the local churches of
man Hall. for the present school year j,een able to return because'anj introduced them to the •I’*"*'-
Phi Kappa Alph^ were elected on Friday, Sep- have been called into receiving line. I’resident The Reverend N. J. Itobi-
sentative is Gordon Manning..gtudent active ^he and Mrs. H. S. Hilley, Mr.inon of the Hillyer Memorial
l/u^*'camma*^'*^^and Sigma'^®*^ month. Tho.se jj^jj^g^es of the armed forces and Mrs. C. A. Jarman, Mr. j Christian Church in Raleigh
A^pha has chosen Jack Mar-1 elected were: of the country. and .Mrs. Perry Case, Miss! was speaker for
tin to be their representative, i Senior Cla»» | For the benefit of the'Nancy Eliason, Mi.sg Eva-Mae the occa.sion. He was intro-
At the first “Y” meetings, president Earl Hardison i upperclassmen and those; W'hitley and Miss Mary duced by Dr. Hilley, who pre
held on Monday night, each Vice Pres. Celia Crowley who were acquainted with i Nackos received. sided over the evening's wor-
organization elected its spon- _prances Sermons! the boys, we hereby print the I Misses Celia Crawley and ' ship. Mr. (irove and Mrs.
sor for the year. Also, at 'j’^gggyrer Ruby Jones names of those who either; Vivian Denning furnished T. T. Swearingen offered
that same meeting, town rep- p^aculty Sponsor _Prof. Ca.se have been inducted or have'music during the evening' special music.
Junior Cla»» I been placed in the reserve j hours. jjr. Robisfm chose as hi*
President Avis Keene j corps, their home town.s, and : Kefreshments, consisting of subject the “task that is
Vice Pres. Lyman Gray| the branch of service they ■ ^nd individual cook- ahead of us, as Christians,
I ies, were served each guest. ; especially of young people,
j Goodbyes were said to Mr. jat this particular time." In
and Mrs. C. H. Hamlin. | commenting
The annual Convention^ho must face the future are
Exercises of Atlantic Chri.st-1 awareness, compassion, vis-
ian College were held Wed-jion anil faith. In order to be
fully aware of the world
around them, people must
learn the facts. They must
avoid easy optimism. They
resentatives on the Campus
Religious Council were elect
ed. The Y.W.C.A. elected
as its sponsor Miss Whitley,. i v
and Margret Walker to be Secretary, Elizabeth Johnson are in:
its town representative. The Treasurer, Ava Grey Bamesj Fre»hmen
YMCA elected Mr. Hamlin to p’aculty Advisor Mi.ss Brewer chapin, Howard ..Kinston
be its sponsor. I Sophomore Cla*» | Marine Reserve
After the business president Miriam Johnson . Colombo, Vincent, Brokton,
mg, both organizations had yj_ __H6len Renfroe Ma.ss.
devotional gt^ry Elizabeth White p:nlisted Reserve Army Corps
5.?^: Wood^ G.ln.y, P.tn.t
pose and plana of the “Y”.
Dorothy Greene sang “The
must avoid cynical pe«nim-
ism.
By compassion, Mr. Robi
son meant that everyone
must look behind the scenes
into the human evidences of
the suffering which is hap-
tiening in the world.
For the future, it is neces
sary that people have a vis
ion of the kind of world need
ed. the world in which they
will live in years to come.
After the vision is found, it
is e.Hsential that people build
up a faith so strong that they
will do something about the
vision. It is a realization ot
The Faculty Social Com-i
(Continued on page four)
what all must face and a
on the state-'determination to make the
“We must win the , best of what they do have.
mittee: Mis-s Georgia Brew-i "’ar”, he said that nobody, “This is a war of ideas
er. Miss Eva Mae W’hitley.l can win the war, that in the | which can be conijuered only
Mrs. F. A. Hodges, and Missi final decision, all will be
Madeline Smalley planned 11'***®™'
(Continued on entertainment. | The requisites for people
by more and better ideas”
was an outstanding thought
he presented.
ATLANilC CHRISTIA?( COLLEGE
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA