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COLLEGIATE
Volume XVI.
Atlantic Chrt»ti»n College, Wil»on, N. C., Feb. 15, 1943
Number 6
Two Replacements
Made On Faculty
Miss Elizabeth Drucken
miller of St. Petersburg,
Florida and Dr. W. R. Hale
of Birmingham, Alabama,
are the two new faculty
members this semester on
the campus of Atlantic
Christian College.
Miss Druckenmiller re
places Professor Eugene F.
Grove in the voice depart
ment and Dr. Hale is taking
Professor Robert E. Smith’s
position in the department of
Mathematics.
Mi.ss Drukenmiller, lyric
soprano, is a graduate and
post graduate of the Insti
tute of Musical Arts of Jul-
liard School of Music in
New York City. She studied
under Ruth Harris Stewart
for ten years in New York,
seven years at the Institute
and three years as an artist
pupil. Originally from East
Orange, New Jersey, Miss
Druckenmiller has been
head of the voice depart
ment at Jonesboro Baptist
College in Jonesboro, Arkan
sas; head of the voice de
partment at State Teacher’s
College in Hattisburg, Mis
sissippi and head of the
voice department and direc
tor of the Glee Club at Geor
gia State Women’s College
in Valdosta, Georgia. She
has specialized in the teach
ing of voice and has had
many years experience as a
church soloist. She has tak
en over Mr. Grove’s classes
and is also giving private in
struction.
Dr. Hale received his A.
B. degree from Howard Col
lege in Birmingham, Ala
bama, and his M. A. Degree
from the University of Ala
bama. He has had one year
graduate study at Vander
bilt University, and four
years of summer school
graduate study at the Uni
versity of Chicago. He re
ceived his Ph. D. at the Uni
versity of Texas. He has
taught at the University of
Florida, A. and M. of Tex-'
as, A. and M. of Oklahoma,
and Mississippi State Col
lege. Before coming here he
was a member of the faculty
of Athens College, Athens,
Alabama.
IN THE SERVICE
HONOR ROLL
IS RELEASED
Thirty-eight students were
named on the honor roll for
the first school semester
1942-43, at Atlantic Chri.v
tian College, according to a
recent report released from
the registrar’s office.
Commercials ranked first
with 12 students on the hon
or roll, sophomores came
next with 8, juniors next
with 7, the senior cla.ss had
6, and the freshmen came
last with 5.
Those making the honor
roll were:
Seniors:
Celia Crawley, Margaret
Farmer, Lillian Lamm, Betty
Miller, Naomi Morris, Dora
Lane Strickland.
Juniori;
Virginia Dare Adkins, Ava
Grey Barnes, Mrs. J. W.
House, Avis Keene, Kather
ine Lewis, Mary Louise Rose,
Earle Williams.
Sophomores:
Lucille Boyette, Mildred
Everette, Jeane Hilley, Dor
othy Jarvis, Caro Lee Mor
gan, William Osborne, Hel
en Renfrow, Elizabeth
White.
F reshmen:
James E^aty, Dorothy
Greene, Bryan Haislip, Bet
ty Nethereirtt, Calvin Rice.
Commercials:
Martha Doris Baumrind,
Ruth Inez Cobb, Dorothy
Crossfield, Barbara Hicks,
Marjorie Lamm, Mary Mc
Daniels, Evelyn Medlin, Avis
Lee Rhodes, Lyle Reid Star
ling, Ruby Stephenson, Ella
Nora Thomp.son, Edna Earle
Rouse.
Eleven Students
Leave School At
Close Of Term
The first Mid-year gradu
ation to be held by Atlantic
Chri.stian College was ob
served on Saturday, January
23, at 10:30 a. m. The grad
uating cla.'is was composed
of eleven members, five boys
and six girls.
Rev. Newton J. Robison
of Raleigh, North Carolina
delivered the addre.ss. The
.seniors were preHented to
Dr. H. S. Hilley by Professor
Perry Case.
In Dr. Hilley’s statement
concerning the members of
the graduating class, he .stat
ed that this cla.-w was the
surest that had ever grad
uated from Atlantic Chris
tian College. Mi.ss Betty
Miller, Miss Polly Swindell,
Miss Edith Cartwright, and
Mi.ss Margaret Glover are
going into defense work at
Arlington, Virginia; Mi.ss
Gene Tomlinson, Mi.ss Daisy
Renfrow, and Mr. Jack Mar
tin are entering the teaching
profession; and Mr. Robert
Thornton, Mr. Sam Hollo
man, .Mr. Earl Hardison, and
Mr. Howard Blake are en
tering some phase of the ser
vice for Uncle Sam.
Three members of this
cla.ss graduated with honors,
cum laude. They were Miss
Betty Miller, Mr. Howard
Blake, and Mr. Jack Martin.
College Marshals ushered
for the occasion. Miss Celia
Crawley provided organ
music and Miss Margarot
Garriss rendered a special
vocal selection.
I)l{. K.tCiI.KTO.N IHHCCHNKM
First Youth W eek Olfservaiu'e
Meets With Great Aftftroval
MISS ELIZABETH BROWNING
SUCCEEDS HOWARD BLAKE
Dr. Hartsock and Prof.
Fontaine Fill Vacancies
Mi.ss Elizabeth Browning, of Washington, North Car
olina, has recently been elected president of the Atlantic
Chri.stian Cooperative Association. Miss Browning suc
ceeds Mr. Howard Blake, who left schol after his grad
uation in January.
Other vacancies in the Cooperative Association have
been filled by Dr.
Mildred Hartsoc k ,
who follows D r .
Robert E. Smith as
faculty representa
tive on the Execu
tive Board, and by
Professor John W.
Fontaine, who suc
ceeds Professor Eu
gene Grove as Co-
chairman of Con-
certs. Both Mr.
Smith and Mr.
Grove resigned
their positions when
they left school at
the close of the first
term.
Miss Browning is
an outs t a n d i n g
member of the sen
ior class. She came
Miss IIhowninc
Dr. Clyde Eagleton, pro
fessor of International
! Law at New York Univer-
I sity and an authority on
{ peace organization after
the war, discussed post
war conditions in Howard
Chapel, February 10.
to Atlantic Christian College her freshman and sopho
more years, transferring to Brenau for her junior year of
, v.'ork. This year Mias Browning has been instrumental on
the Pine Knot staff, in the dramatic club, and in Phi Sigma
Tau Sorority of which she is a prominent member.
, Dr. Hartsock, head of the English Department, serv-
I ed on the P^xecutive Board last year. She is sponsor of the
; 1943 edition of the Pine Knot and of the Sophomore class.
Professor P’ontaine, head of the music department,
is organist at the Episcopal Church.
By Geo. Farmer
The following boys,
through the winning of pro
motions, entrance into the
service, or enlistment in the
reserve corps of the service,
have placed their names in
this column:
E. G. Hatch has been pro
moted to corporal.
Albert Tyson has been pro
moted to Private First Cla.ss.
R. L. Edwards has entered
the Army.
Henry Howell has been or
dered to report for induc
tion.
Howard Blake has left for
Notre Dame University, In
diana, where he will enter
Officers Training School.
, Earl Hardison has report
ed for duty.
Maurice Holland has en
tered the Marine Corps and
is now at Quantico, Virgin
ia in Officers Training
School.
Philip Banks has enlisted
in the Reserve Corps of the
Army.
(Continued on page four)
There are many people
around A. C. College camp
us who never receive any
attention or recognition ex
cept “on the job” so to
speak. Especially in this
group are the cooks and
maids and “Charlie” and
“Shortie” and “Red.” We
just take these people as
] coming with the college
I when really and truly they
I are fine characters.
“1 like working up here
because the girls are so
friendly and nice,” admitted
Hilda Thompson, the color
ed maid when she was con
versing with a student re
cently. "I’m also crazy
about Mi.ss Whitley and Miss
Elia.son. They’re nice to me
also.”
Hilda lives with her moth
er and brother in Wilson.
She was educated in the
Stantonsburg school, and
has been working with the
college since the second
week of summer school.
Like most people of her
race, Hilda loves to sing, and
can be heard most every
morning in the dormitory
singing phra.ses of the latest
popular song. She is “mad”
about dancing and movies.
“My favorite stars are John
Payne — he has the most
wonderful physique; Betty
Grable because of the ‘tech
nique’ she uses; and Clark
Gable,” she added, putting
her hands to her ears, “for
he has the cutest little ears.”
Hilda went on: “I hate
mice and cats—oh, lord, I
hate them!” This could be
verified by several dormi
tory girls.
Hilda says she is a staunch
reader of the Collegiate, es
pecially "Snoopers.” She
likes to know what the girls
are doing.
Then, with her black eyes
sparkling and white teeth
shining she admitted that
she does have a special boy
friend who is now a sergeant
stationed at Camp Stewart,
Georgia. “His name is O.
V. Newsome,” she added,
“and I think a lot of him. I
just wish the war were over
this year and then he’d be
home six months later. By
the way, I do my dating at
home in the parlor; there
fore, the gas rationing does
not affect me.”
Well, Hilda’s a great per
sonality to know. Watch
her at work or wherever she
is and you’ll see that she is.
The girls certainly appre
ciate her efforts to keep their
rooms looking nice.
Many New
Students Are
On The Campus
Many new students have
entered school this semester.
THE COLLEGIATE joins
the college in welcoming
these new comers.
Irene Davis from Whitakers,
who was in school here the
past two years but did not
return for first semester, is
back.
Those students who are
new to the student body are:
Lovie Millar Beard, Bailey;
Frederick Kemp, Elm City;
Ruth Whitley, Selma; Elsie
Mae Bodenheimer, Parkton;
Gregory Herring, Montgom
ery, Alabama; Irvin Nichols,
Rocky Mount; Guy Dixon,
Rocky Mount; Ruby Driver,
Elm City; Howard Lupton,
Bantego; Royce Crawley,
Wilson; George Rigsbee,
Deep Run.
Osbome Heads
Dramatic Group
Bill Osborne, was elected
new president of the Dra
matic Club, of Atlantic Chris
tian College at a recent club
election. He replaces Vir
ginia Lancaster who was
forced to resign under the
new point system.
Other officer* elected
were: Peggy Holton, Vice
President; Mary Massey,
Secretary; Ruth I>^wis Har
rell, Treasurer.
Committee Plans
Point System Rules
The Executive Board has
appointed Katherine Lewis,
Helen Renfrow, and Tal-
madge Narron as a commit
tee to work out plans for and
I put into effect the Student
I I’oint System.
A report from that com-
I mittee stated that each pres-
|ident of every campus or-
Iganization should hand in a
report to the committee pre
senting the following infor
mation :
1. The president and ev
ery officer under him in that
organization, giving the
number of points each car
ries for any type of campus
representation.
2. In the furture, any res
ignation and elections which
are held.
Miss Lewis, chairman of
the committee told staff re
porters: "The plans are very
sketchy and probably incom
plete at present. It is dif
ficult to work out such a
system in the middle of the
year. It may be necessary
to provide opportunities for
someone who carries too
many points to make appeal
to the Point System Commit
tee. If this latter possibility
is put in efect, it will be for
only this year and will be
provided only in order to
avoid so many re-elections
and so much confusion. Af
ter the committee has com
piled each student’s points,
individual filing cards will
be made.”
Banquet Climaxes
The Week’s Events
"Build today for a Chris
tian World” WHS the theme
of Youth Week held on the
Atlantic ('hristian College
campus the week of January
31 to February 7. Although
sponsored by the Campus
Religious Council of the ('ol-
lege. Youth Week was ob-
seiA-ed throughout the coun
try in various colleges and
churches.
Youth Week informally
began Wednesday, January
27, with a round table dis
cussion of its meaning held
over the radio with N’irginia
Lancaster, Margaret Farm
er, Dot Greene, Hill Osborne,
Dean Eva .Mae Whitley, and
Dr. T. T. Swearingen i>ar-
ticipating.
The program officially
opened Sunday, January 31,
with the morning worship in
the First Christian Church
conducted by the College
CJirl’s (^ass taught by Dean
Whitley. Those who took
part were Susiegray Tomlin
son, Carolyn Pratt, .Mary
Louise Rose, Ethel I’ittman,
and Ruth Ferguson.
On Monday night the Y,
M, C. A. and Y. W. C. A
jointly sponsored a vesper
service held in Howard M«‘-
morial ('hapel with Mary
Louise Rose and W'illard
Woodard acting as co-chair
men and Dixi* SmiU>, How
ard James, C, D. Glirganus,
Charlotte Thomas, Dot
(Jreene, Virginia Ijincaster,
and the (Jirl’s Chorus direct
ed by Professor John W.
Fontaine participating on
the program.
The (Chapel jirogram on
j Wednesday, February 3,
I was in charge of the C^ampus
! Religious Council with Mr.
I A. (', Young as the speaker
jof the morning. Hilly Adams
I lead in the worship service,
■and Ann Hest sang. The
I same afternoon the Council
Isponsored another radio pro
gram over WGTM with Vir
ginia Lancaster directing it.
The main attraction of
the week’s activities was an
interdenominational Youth
(Continued on page four)
Famous Baritone
Presents Recital
Mr. Lawrence Davidson,
bass baritone, of Chicago,
Illinois, was presented in
vocal recital in the Howard-
Memorial (;hapel on Tues
day evening, February 2. He
was accompanied by Miss
(^elia Crawley, talented stu
dent in the college music de
partment.
Mr. Davidson is a gradu
ate of the University of Chi
cago. He studied with Dr.
Edgar Nelson, a great teach
er of music and voic<s He
has sung in opera series, ora
torios, and famous concerts.
He was special bass soloist in
the December, 1941, presen
tation of the .Messiah and on
his program he included a
number from this opera.
Other selections on the
program were chosen from
Schubert, I’urcell, Handel,
Grieg, Verdi, and other fa
miliar composers.
Imediately following the
concert, a reception was held
for the artist in the Stud
ents' Parlor of Kinsey Hall.