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Volume XVI.
Atlantic Christian College, WiUon, N. C., April 15, 1943
Number 8
Mi$s Kittheriue Leiris A.C. Girls Plan
As Elected for High School
h in t’ ana (Jtiecn of May
To Succeed
“Lib” Browning
OTHER OFFICES
ARE FILLED
NEW PRESIDENT
Miss Katherine Lewis has
been elected new president
of the Atlantic Christian
ColleKe Co-operative As
sociation. This announce
ment was made immediately
followinj? an election held by
the students Tuesday, April
6, after a run-off election be
tween Mi.ss Lewis and Miss
Earle Williams.
Miss Lewis succeeds Kliza-
beth Browning, who has
.served as president of the
student body the second
semester.
Other officers of campu.“i
organizations were named
in an election held on Tue.s-
day, April 13.
Karlo William.s defeated
Avis Keene to become vice-
president of the association.
She succeeds Naomi Morris.
Elizabeth White .succeeds
Ca.ssie Mae Cowell as sec
retary of the student a.ssocia-
tion and Howard James fol
lows Aaron Fussell as treas
urer. Both the.se candidates
were unopposed for the posi
tion.
In the publications depart
ment Mary Louise Rose, un
opposed also, succeeds Kath
erine Lewis as editor of the
college year book, The Pine
Knot.
ManaginK the business
end of the I’ine Knot work
will be Mafy Jennette who
won over Jeanne Hilley.
Ada Kathryn Coor will
head the collejfe paper. The
Collegiate for the ensuininR
year. She was opposed by
Dorothy Greene.
The office of Chief Mar
shall will be filled by Char
lotte Thomas who eliminated
Becky Cockerell from the
race.
Dr. Mildred Hart.sock will
be one of the faculty rep-
sentatives on the executive
board.
The office of chairman
of May Day will be filled in
later elections. At this writ
ing the elections slate shows
that there will be a run-off
for office of busines.s manag
er of the Collegiate between
Dixie Smith and Joyce Bar
nes, and one for a second
faculty repre.sentative on the
board between Miss Mary J.
Nackos and Mrs. H. I). Mer-
Honor Society
Taps New Members
The Golden Knot Honor
Society of Atlantic Christian
College, honorary organiza
tion on the campus, tapped
new members in the tradi
tional tapping ceremony on
Tuesday morning, April 13,
in Howard Memorial chapel.
Naomi Morris, president of
the society acted as mi.stress
of ceremonies and received
the new candidates.
New members are chosen
on the basis of good char
acter, outstanding leader
ship, service to the school,
and scholarship, the girls be
ing required to average 87.5
4^
IMcturt^d above Is Mis« Kuth-
prin»* iu*wly
dfijt of lh(* (’o-op«Tatlve Aiwocla-
llon.
Twenty Six Men
Leave For Army
Twenty-six Atlantic Chri
stian (^)llegL* boy.s have re
ceived their call to report to
active duty on April 19,
1943.
The following boys will
leave on the 19th: rhilij)
Banks, Kruce Davis, Junius
P’vans, Aaron Fu.ssell, Albert
Gainey, Troy Godvvin, Ly
man Gray, C. I). Gurganus,
F’arl H a r d i s o n, Theron
Jones, Ambrose Manning,
Milton May, Billy Mayo,
Lessie Murray, Poe O’Neal,
Lloyd Proctor, Owen Stan
ley, Edward Smith, Dalton
Stephenson,, Alvin Suggs,
Edward Vause, Henry Wal
ters, Melville Warren, Will
ard Woodard, Bill Osborne.
Four boys of the E. U. C.
have not as yet received
their calls. They are: V'in-
cent Colombo, Johnny
Hicks, Jack Jennette, and
Billy Pate. Mr. Pate and Mr.
Jennett are classified as pre
medical students. Mr. Col
ombo and Mr. Hicks are not
from the Atlantic di.strict.
When these boys leave,
approximately twenty-five or
thirty men will be left on
the campus.
Senior Girls
The Woman’s Doimitory
Council and the girls of At
lantic Christian College wi/'
play host to high school .sen
iors from all over the stat>*
May 1-2, iti ob.servance of an
annual evynt at the .school.
Girl’s High School Senior
week-end.
This week-end is planned ^
each year by the Woman’i-
Dormitory Council to inter
est high .school seniors in the
college and at the .same tinie^
have them at the college for
May Day Exercises.
B e t w e e n 75-100 high ,
^school seniors have been in
vited. Each girl in the dormi
tory will be asked to be re
sponsible for entertaining
one of these seniors.
for the
r
JOIINSIE HICKS
IKANClii SlMMOSi
Tenative plans
week-end are:
Saturday: May 1st—Ke-
gi.stration 2-4; Faculty Tea
4-4:30; May Day Exercises
4:30; Supper C; Play, “Wil-!
bur Recuperates,” Howard
Memorial Chapel 7:30; So-. . ,,
cial Period 8:30. ; Soronty Spotisors
Sunday: May 2nd— I'/jKhinn
Church Services at Local ■ I a.S/Ujm CiNOW
churches at 11; Open Houses yhe annual Spring Fash-
for Service Men, Ki/isey and j„„ Review sponsored by the
Caldwell Halls, 4-C. 1 Sigma Tau Chi Sorority, was
Lula Purvw Gray and Ali-^ held in the College Dining
riam James will direct the UjjU „n Friday evening,
play to be pr«Heii'»d onJ8«t-. -
unlay night in the chapel.
Plans Are Now Conijtlete
For May Day Exercises
Local Student
Heads State FT A
Mi.ss Gray, a freshman, stud
ied Dramatics at Caroltna
this summer.
NO EASTER HOLIDAYS?
Girls, get out those
Easter bonnets!
Boys, let’s see some cor
sages!
Faculty, can’t we have
an Egg Rolling?
Let’s all make this a
Campus Easter. The rea
son? No Easter Holidays.
Remember? We broke
Spring Holiday tradition.
Oh, well, who cares? We
can strut down Wilson
Avenues—just as well as
we can show our bright
plumage in “Podunk."
Miss Caro Lee Morgan was
elected president of the
api-il 9. Th« Socia: CoirjrT.it- Asjiocialion of I-'uture
• • —' • ' America at ttj*
tee a.ssiHted by starving re
freshment* during the even
ing.
Spring clothes were mo
deled from six Wilson stor
es—Oettinger’s, Mother and
Daughter, Jo-Ann, Lucielle’s
Stadicm's and The London
Shop.
Johnny Trueblood and his
orchestra furnished the mu
sic for the evening. Fifteen
minutes before the show, the
orchestra playe<l re<jue«ts
from the audience and dur
ing the Review, the orches
tra furnished background
music.
Five groups of clothes
were shown. The first group
Teach<'r» of
annual meeting held in Ral-'
elgh. North Carolina on
April 1. The meeting con-1
veiled at thi' Hugh Morson '
High School, with Dean J. I), j
.Mc.ssick of Elon (College pre-'
siding.
"Plans for the coming year |
were discussed at the nieet-|^j,J^ travel
ing” states Miss Morgan. "A
tentative two-day fall pro
gram is now under con
sideration.”
Other officers for the new
year are: Vice president,
Eva Grace Avett of Elon Col
lege; .si'crefary, Mable
Spruce Wilson of East Caro
lina Teachers Collego; Ad-
I With the approach of
'spring ill all of its beauty.
May 1, the day for the May
Day Ext-rcise, which is an
annual event on A. (’. Cam
pus, draws rapidly near. As
in previous years this exer
cise* will be one of color and
splendor but will carry out
I the |)at»iotic theme of. the
‘‘Victory Garden.” Thi' May
pole dance will also be one
of the main features.
"The May Day [irogram
will get under full sway at
4 :30 on Saturday afternoon,”
Miss Celia Crawley, chair
man c(f May Day tolcl staff
reporters. "We are hoping
con<litions will
not affect the number of
con.sisted of night clothes;‘■'’■•'ors. Dean Messick. A stud-
the second group, play do-,‘-"I from each college was
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College Purchases
Movie Projector
by Bryan Haislip
At last the golden age of
the cinema has dawned upon
Atlantic Chri.stian College.
This was brought about
when, by the unanimous de-
ci.sion of facultyandstudent’s
a portable 16 m.m. motion
picture projector was pur
chased. Although second
hand, the machineisinexcel-
lent condition as Dr. Work
man a.ssured every one at a
meeting called to reach an
agreement on the subject.
Attention was al.so called
to the wide variety in the
types of films available. Edu
cational films on everything
from the miracles of nature
to modern warfare, as well
as screen versions of literary
cla.ssics may now be brought
to the campus for the mental
uplifting of the student body.
One of the features of the
new novelty which the stu-
ALL OUT FOR VICTORY
The entire campus of At-|shine),
lantic Christian College has Delta
Sigma Sorority is
gone "All Out for Victory!”
In cooperation with the
war effort and under the
supervision of a special Vic
tory C^ommitee appointed
by the Executive Board,
raising the $50.00, necessary
to ship 10,000 f'hesterfied
cigarettes to our boys
abroad. The cost per student
is only 8>/i cents. Sigma Tau
Chi Corority sponsored a fa-
every organization on the i shion show in the college
campus is undertaking some:‘lit'if'K hall April 10. Admis-'Elon (,'ollege, hast C'arolina
‘ “ ' dime do- Teachers College and
chosen to be on the executive
committee. Avis Keene rep-
' resents Atlantic Christian
(>)llege.
The afternoon discussion
was concerned with schools
curriculums, practice teach
ing and other aids to future
teachers.
Attending from A.
were: Miss Morgan, Miss
Keene, Miss Jessie Stephen
son, Miss Isla Mae Phipps.
Other colleges with dele
gates at the meet were:
peopl(‘ who will be able to
attend.”
The (jueen, Frances Ser
mons from Barnwell, N.
will have as her attend
ants Miss "Bill” Sermons, H.
Barnwell, N. ('., Maid of
Honor; and Dolly VV'hite,
Vanceboro, N. and Car
olyn Haggette, Wilson, N.
The king, Johnny Hicks,
Easton, Pa., will have as his
attendant Bruce Davis, Wil
son, N. C. Howard Blake,
Fairfield, N. C. will also be
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Six Senior Men
Receive Diplomas
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project in this campaign.
The Dodo-Bio club, has
really gone ‘‘all out” with a
victory garden. The garden
is being planted on the plot
next to the dining hall, un
der the supervision of Miss
Eliason. Seed and fertilizer
have been donated, and the
Field is plowed. Blistered
hands and sore backs will
verify the fact that there is
n’t much of a labor shortage.
Before the year is over we
hope to be eating vitamins
from our own garden. And
ju.st as a reminder to you
who aren’t members of the
Dodo-Bio club, if you are in
a hurry for any vitamin I),
I you can get it by working
Sion to this was a dime de
fense stamp. The proceeds
went to the Student Union
Building.
Phi Sigma Tau is economi-
zljig on refreshments and
buying a 25 cent defense
stamp every meeting. They
haven’t decided on a defi
nite project yet.
The War Information
()enter in the library, fs to
give the public the names of
radio programs and special
articles on the war that
should be called to the at
tention of everyone. Dr.
Workman, Miss Fleming,
Dr. Hartsock, and Elizabeth
For the first time in the
history of Atlantic ('hristian
College four seniors will be
given their diplomas a few
weeks before annual gra
duation. This action was
taken by the faculty at the
re(iuest, made by petition, of
the stu<l<-nt body.
The six boys who will leave
school are members of the
All boys in Atlantic Chris- Enlisted Reserve Corps of
tian (College who are in the ithe United Slates Army. The
Enlisted Resrve Corps will j calls for the boys to report
receive half-credit for the [to duty came through in
(ireensboro College.
A. C. Men To Get
; Credit For Quarter
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second semester’s work.
This is the 1st time the col
lege has ever given credit
for a half-semesters work.
The boys are being given
this credit because of the
expectancy of leaving before
the semester ends. This will
keep the Reserves from hav
ing spent the time in school
(Without credit.
early April. They will re
port to their commanding
officer on Monday, April 19,
1943.
The men are: Ambrose
.Manning, Bailey; Bruce
Davis, Wilson; L. C. "Curlie”
Davis, Micro; Spairo O’Neal,
■Middlesex; Lessie Murray,
Lucama; Albert (Jainey,
Rocky Mount.