editokiaf-s
a Good-by
9 Curtain Call
a Words to the Wi»«
The Collegiate
I i;.\rrui;s
• For Ihr Uterary Mind
• Thought*
• Through Th«* Knot Hole
Volumn 20
Atlantic rhrijthian t'oiU-trt*. May 2f>. litfiO
Number 7
yV. C. C. To Observe Largest Graduation
Exercise In History; 89 To Graduate
Club
y^y^/A•^^s Final
I
ppeamncv
he Atlantic Chrislan Collcj?e
Gift' Club under the direction of
Rebecca Barnes presented
their ui»rlnK convt»rt on Thurs-
evening. May 11. ut 8:00
p7 m.. in Howard Memorial
Ch ip<*l and on F'riday mornmg,
Mi*v 12th, at Rock Ridge for the
stud*‘nts there.
Il'he soloists were Mrs. Joy
Tiylor, Miss Charlotte Hurst,
Aubrey Shingleton, Miss Peg*{y
and Larry J»arler'. The
Pianist was Miss Ann Hullock.
^Listen to the Lambs,” a sac-
number by Dett-Harris. was
the first number of the concert.
Hurst was soprano soloist,
hree novelty tunes were next
the program. They were
e Big Brown Hear ” by
_;er. My Little Banjo” by
hmont, and “The Orchestra
• arranged by Schuman.
he next portion of the concert
four soloists. Mrs. Joy
T»vlor. soprano, sang 'Gianina
Mia” by Frime. Aubrey Shing-
l«ton. t*^nor, then huhk 'Silent-
]y|Into the Night I Go” by Wev-
er. Miss Peggy Mason, soprano,
gtfng "The Second Mmuet” by
H#s! The final soloist was Lar
ry I’arlHr. who sauK "StlH vie
dlf ‘.'i icht” by Bohm.
^The concluding part or the
^n< « rt presented by the Glee
3ub consisted of four numbers.
The first was “Visions’' by Sjo-
ber«-Balogh, which was followed
by Scott’s. ‘Think of Me.”
Next. Romberg's “Will You Re
member” (from Sweethearts)
was enthusiastcally receved by
the .ludience. The concluding
.number ol the concert was The
Donkey Serenade” by Friml.*
I^s an encore the Glee Club
^.scnted •Whispering”, after
pich they received several cur-
ir calls.
The Glee Club s composed of
udents from ail classes of the
illece. It is a regularly sched-
class and classes are held
cm Monday, Wednesday, and
Frid.iy afternoons. At present
then* are 35 members.
louring the class perion, the
Glee Club studies different types
of iaiinl<'. All practice durltiK
year leads toward the annual
Spring Concert.
^The Glee Club is a valuable
Aset to school assemblies, pre-
Mntmg special p ro g r a m s
throughout the year. On other
usions in additon to sichool
:?rams they have sung for
dhurch and cvic groups in sur-
x^nding towns. In commence-
meiu exercises they play an Im
port.int part as they supply
music for the occasion.
IMembers of the Glee Club are
Mils*;, Jeurlene Bartholomew,
^mpie Bass, Ann Bullock, Eliz-
^^'•th Coor, Joyce Harrell, Jo
Hgh, Dolores Labaki, Edith
iJfe-n?ley, Charlotte liurst, Peg-
g> '.ason, Sedalia Smith, Mary
Jjpo Warren, June Holton, Allie
1^ Johnnie Sawyer, Betty Yar*
Ifciough, Mrs. Joy Taylor, and
Qi iham Liles, Morgan McKin
ney, Larry Parler, William
ft ■’ht, Aubrey Shingleton, Geo-
Taylor, Durwood lyson,
Qu.'- Wenzel, Robert Wheeler,
K'-nneth Denning, Guy Elliott,
A Robert Jones, Kerry Kick-
Ifchter, Fred Boyce, Wlibur Bal-
If' Edwin Alston, and Jam-
.Mchols.
CUiss of ’SO
^ m
Jarman To Give Farewell Sermon;
Waters Will Preach Baccalaureate;
Dr. McLain to Speak at Commencement
The 1 omini'iu'fiiii'iit I'Xfii iM- . of .Mhintu Chn.stiun
c'olU>v;o will tiofJin Siitunlay. Miiy :!7, with lh«> aniiuul
class ninht at K 00 o’clock in llnwani I'haprl On Suniliiy
inoriiinf.; l)i Ci'cil A Janmin. actin#; |)ri*si()rnl of thi*
coll«'(',o nnd pastor of the h'list C'hrtisian church of Wil
son, will (ii-liviT the farrwfll stTnion at Iht' Christiun
church Sunday cvonmi; at H:()0 o’clock tin- Hrvfri-iul
John M WattTS, minihtcr of thr Hfthany ('hristian
church at Arap.ihoc and foninT head of the dcpiirtinent
of rt'tiuiiii) .it ihr viillfttr. will
lj(*ll(*r
Orgitnizdtiini
/ssu(* aids
Front row left to rinht: ■|>o< " Hardjr, Harbara Itoule. ’ J«rry" Overman, H. M Mt*rri*r, l>a'ftd
IJridKefH. preaidHnt of the aenior rlag*; Jop and Harold Haln. .H#cond row. Uallare Kirby,
(Jrady (IrlfTen, Warren Uarii***. Charl*>ia SharkUford. All*** LariKston. Arah »nd Kalph Moore,
Third row; lUll Halna, (irover MorrU. Charles Kxum. Kdna Joyn»-r, Peisuy Fu*at«. “Hparky
.McCaakill, and Harht*! Horton. Fourth row Syhll Harreti, Loul.^ HaliMH “Ki'd'' Harno*, Proctor
llardlHon, Hill Ward. Darlene Tucker, ami Prldr**n Harn<»K Flfih row ' IVevee ' Hai»«, N«-d KIkioii,
Paul (JIay.er. Alvin (>w»*nH. Sta.y KIhk. »IU Winborn*- Walton (‘olov *ud Wllllaiu Wlndhaui. ^
Alpha Gamma Language
Fraternity Founded Here
tlrliv«»r th«* huv i’uluui »er-
Mioti In Howard ('hiiprl
On Monday moining. M;ty 29.
at 10 34) o'(i(H'k the annual grud-
nation rxcrriHr^ will Ix* held in
Howard Chaprl, at which time
< jght>-Krvrn urnlori* will receive
thru h.ilt'hrloi «if urti degrren
Th«‘ t ninmenrrnirnt addreaa
will hr given by Dr Haytnond
McLiiin, pirnKiciit of Ttatiayl-
, v.mla i’otlruf. tt l.rxingtun.
i Kenturky
I)i Mt'Lain ri*ceivc<l hia un-
, derKriidiiate (talntng at Urthany
and Mount Union ('ollrgm re*
1 cejving hln A H dcuirr from
I the latter colN'gr He huH alio
>tiiclM d at the Univrr»lty «if Chi
cago «ind Went«*rn H»*irive Uni-
I vecmfy He has an M A degree
I from ('olumbia IJntvetsUy nnd
! M. I) from the Uiilvrmlly of
. KentUiky. ronfiMied In 1W42 Dr
J Mt'Lain was preMdrnt <»f Kurekii
I t'olN'gr in Kurrka, lllinoiii frcmt
1 IIKW to IWHW Hf s»*rve<l with the
i United StateH N.jvy a?» heutennnt
in the Pacific
IM43 until 1D46
On a day M*t aMdt* foi the
Greek letter organt/a* iomm »ui
th«* t*ani|>UM <»f Aflantl<- (*hrUi)uii
college. fM’shinen and other »tu
dent.s wh«» wer«* not member* of
oiH* of thi'Hc orKatilxalloni Tt*-
ceived bi<ls to )<»in th«* frat«*rn-
teiK nnd itoronteiH of the vain-
pua. A» a reitult of thin <tav.
e»ghty-<»ne studentik w«Te weal
ing varitniK (olored iiblHui*;
By wr.irtng the ribbon and by
obnerving a ailent perMKl. c.tch
ntudent ah<»wr«l hih pr«*fiM fnrf
of (hi* ot Kiinixation whti h hr
loined.
Leading the list with the mont j r«»rninainlei
pledget wa>i Phi K.ippa Alpha Theatif from
fraternity with twenty-tw*». Rig* • H<- m the piiKt preM^lent «»f the
ma Al]>ha fraternity w .i.-* >e< oiu^ i Bo<»nl of Highei FUhirathm of
with mxleen plrdg<’a. Foll<»W' | th«* Puripies *>f <*hrl*l; rhali-
tiiK thi*m- two Tuu i man of th»‘ ( onwniK.!<lon on
('hi Mfirtirity with fiflren. Phi J Jligher Kduration of
Sigma Tau. twelve; IMii Delta the Asr.nchiiion of Anut lean col-
Junior,Senior
Dine, Dimce
At Hanqtiet
Science Club
Sponsors Drive
,»T • l ancer Drive was ronduct-
f>n Atlantic Christian college
pnjpui: ihls year, as in former
»r*. by the Science Club. The
‘ would like to thank par-
Hrly Phi SlKma Tau and the
pan Hellenic Council fur their.
f‘rou8 donations, as well as
M many Individual donors who
piped to make the drive a sue
.■ Hnc<*r is the spconrl largest
of death In the United'
f heart trouble being the i
: it.
Funds are (greatly needed to
I* ry on research to find the
and the prevention of can-
"a* well as to diagnose thfme
flr**ady sufTerlng from this dis-;
It has heen discovered only
that cancer Is not confined
the older folk, but is attack-
young people and even babies
(Continued on Page Six)
On April 1950. two hun
dred Juniors and seniors dined
and danrvd at the Wilson Moose
hall, observIuK the annual Junior-
Senior Hanuet. The affair began
with the banquet at seven o'clock
and eud**d at one w'lih the play
ing of the cloHlug dance uuraber
by }lal Grant and his orchestra.
Flowers were presented to the *
dates at the door. After every
one was seated, Fat” I’atterson,
president of the Junlar Class, ex
tended a general * welcome to
everyone- A toast to the guests
was Kiven by Klizabelh Coor with
Coach Hob Unynolds responding
Jack Allsbrook, current president
of the student body, j?ave a toast
to the seniors and David HridK-
ers. president of the Senior Class,
responded In behalf of the sen
iors.
Dr. Lineb«*rK©r. pastor of the
Lutheran Church of Wilson, re-
turn»*d thanks. The menu con
sisted of roast turkey, dressing,
peas, potatoes, lea. and ice cream.
The forxl was furnished by the
China (Clipper. Beautiful flower t
arranK»*rnents adorned the tables,
flanked by liKhted candles.
After the bangnet. tiie mem
bers of both classes were enter-
tained by the “Hardy Qi’iartet’
inadH up of Kerry Ki<kliKhl«»r,
■Red” Barnes, '■Mudd**r ‘ Horton.
Dor’ Hardy. Faf Patterson,
and (*oarh Hill ('rut<hfleld In
keeplnic with a veteran's far»*well
and long standinK tradition. ■■D<k-’
Hardy gave his last r^^ndltlon
of “Too ^ong. Too I^ong On
Okinawa". |
• !*at” Patterson recognized j
and thanked Lib (’oor. Ja<’k Alls
brook. Julia Dew. Connor I^e.
and Jimmy Fox. who mad»* up
the d»*corating committee, alonic .
with Joe Joyner and Madison
Smith of the food committee.
In turn "Pat ’ Patterson was con-;
1 f^ratulated by Lib Coor for his j
leadership in making the banquet!
an overall success.
Chaperones for the dance were 1
Mr J P. Tyndall and Miss Sarah I
Haln Ward, Mrs. Dorothy Kagles.
Dean and Mrs I^sle L Murray,
i and Mr. Bob Reynolds and .Miss
I Katherine I>*wls.
News Briefs
stage and Script
Keyj for work in the dra
matics club were awarded to
Bernelle White, Jack Overman,
and F'red Hoyce. To roceive
a key one must have HO pomti.
or have worked for four years ui
dramatics. Norwo<Kl Dunn.
Proctor Hardison, and Beth Hr
sette received letters for two
year's work or a total of 40
points in dramatics.
Officers of Staice aud Script
were elected at u joint meet
ing and weiner roast May 19.
They are Hernelle White, pres
ident; Laurice Daniels, vice-
president; Virginia Hauser, sec
retary; Beth Bissette, treas
urer; and Fred Boyce, keeper-
of-the-scrap-book.
<hrlHtan .Service Club
New officers of the Christian
.Service Club are June Holton,
president; Charles Mewborne.
vice-president; and Bernelle
White, secretary-treasurer.
Opal Roberson
Becomes First
President
Cocoa, mahogany and other ;
hard woods, kda null, palm ,
kernels, copra and rubbe * arc
the West African Gold Coast s
agricultural exports.
Golden Knot
Golden Knot officers for next
year are “Lib’* Coor, president,
and ‘ Pat” Patterscm, secretary-
treasurer. New sponsors are
Mrs. Dorothy Eagles and J P
Tyndall. Members of Golden
Knot, the new sponsors, and
Miss Sarah Bain Ward, Dr,
Mildred Hartsock, and Mrs. Dor
is C Holsworth had an early
breakfast at the Rock Quarry
May 19
Glee Club
The Glee Club presented their
Spring Concert for the third
time on Sunday afternoon, May
21 at 5:00 o'clock at the re
quest of the Woman's Council
of the Christian Church. This
was for the benefit of the par
lor of the new Girl’s Dormi
tory.
I . s. FIFTH roiJ MN M»KA
CALLKI) llII)l('rU>l'S
HA.NOKOK —Siamese po*
lice carried out a probe followlns
publication in Siamese language
newspapers of reports that Amer
ican "fifth rolumnists" had set up
a network In Slam "under the
supervision of General MacAr-
thur."
Major General Phao Srlyanond.
deputy director-general of the Po
lice Department, announced after
the iDvestlgatlon that special a-
gents questioned Siamese editors
and reporters attached to the
newspapers concern#*d. They ex-
tracte<l confeaslons that the re*
ports were bas#d on hearsay and
Irosgloatlon.
‘ Nii.etccn language students of
Atlantic Christian Colh g»* with
the assistance - of Lr. Flsthri'
l..<«ig have recently foumicd the
Alpha Gamma Chapter of Sig-
’ ma IM Alpha, a national honor
ary foreign lanRuage fraternity.
Sigma i*i was founded at N.
1C. Stale College in 1927 in re-
I sponne to student rippeal for
I an honorary langOi'ge fratern-
I ity. It now has eleven student
j chapters and one alumni ch;«p'
ter. Throughout Us entire ca
reer the fraternity has been the
I work of students and this char
acteristic is itb most <iutstand>
mg feature.
Its main purpose is to stimu
late an interest in and acrjuire ;
a more intimate knowledge of :
the people whose languages are |
heng studied and to make a 1
• contribution towartls a better
understanding between them and '
j our country, i
I Requirements for member- j
' ship in this fraternity are that
the student be in or have com
pleted the first seme>*ter of the
second year language class, and
j have an average of B on lang-
I uage and (* on all other courses.
I Of the nineteen members
I here, eleven were Initaited at
j Mitchell College in Statesville,
' April L*S« at the annual Natonal
(Congress held there. They
I were Dr. L<jng, professor of for
eign languages. Miss Joyce Har
rell and Jesse James of Wilson,
Mws Jane Dudley of Klr*ston.
Miss Mary L>tu Lassiter of Fcur
Oaks, Andrew Kdmundson of
Oriental, Mss Lucy Gray of
Deep Kun, Fred Boyce of Grim-
esland, Ernest Duncan of New
Bern, Miss Opal Kobersini of
Washington, and Miss Gerald
ine CorlK'tt of Z^bulon.
At the meetng Mist Opal Rob
erson was elected recording sec
retary for the Natonal Congress.
At th«> flrst meetinK of the
Alpha Gamma Chapter, the
eight eligible persons who were
unable to go to Statesville were
Initiated. They were L. L. Mur
ray, teacher of Spanuh, Mits
Nellie Rae Pridgen of Wilson,
Jack Holton of Wilmingt^m. Rog
er Holloman of Saratoga, Miss
Christine Williamson of Rock
Ridge, Norwood Dunn of Sel
ma, Charles Phillips of Sara
toga, and Miss Charlotte Hurst
of Wilson
After the initation of the new
members, officers for the next
fContinued on Page Sixj
Gamma fraternity, ten. and
Delta Sigma Koronty, seven.
IMe<lges to l*hl Kap|)a Alpha
fraterntiy are A1 Hardison, Crav
en Summerlll, Milbiirn Felton,
('ohen Tart, Charlie King, Silas
Lu(*as. Kdwin Alston, Bobby
Home. Fdgar Henfiow, Alvin
Narron. Warden Allen, B o b b y
Missetti* Joe .SfWkirk. HimImmI
Uoss, Bob I*aH(*hall, Fr.tnciK
Fi.nher. Allen Hosii, Fre<J Bob
bitt, Os<-ar Bra/inof). Wilbur
Turner, LeH<»y
Olivet H.ind.
Slicma Alpha
msm H.irw<HMl.
Robert Whllle\ ,
John "M.tc"
nette, George
Plttrtian, and
pledfc'»*d Thur
John
V, John Newton,
Bride. Fred Ar-
Brinson, CSraham
Liles, James NicholK, Milton
.N’owi’ll, J«*ss Yulew, Jaiiit'M l-^arly.
Itom Llewellyn. Itocny Inura
ham, Wade .Stephenson, an<l Kd
Lane.
Geraldine Corbett, Kva Gra<ly,
Joyce Harreli, .Mary (irU-
fin. Catherine Brown, Nellie
Rae Pridgen, Joyce Mallatd,
Jacksie High, Lillie Sneed. Ma
rie Wells. Nannie Mewbutn,
Jackie Mallison, Joan Thorne,
Josephine Williamson, and Sar
ah Dillon are pledge** <»f .Sigma
Tau ('hi sor<»rity
Phi Sigma Tau hororlty pledg
ed Betsy Hayen, Janue Neal,
France* Gardner. Joyce Cog
gins, Marj<»rie Bone. Chiirlotte
Hurst, June Holton. Dot C!reg-
ory, Virginia Bobbitt. Nell Mit
chell, Christrie Williamson, and
Kmily Holland
Pledt(**M of Phi lleltn GiiliimH
fraternity are Durward Tyson.
Bill Richardson, Gerald Watern.
Doan** <'ottl<\ <*harb'H .Mt'wburn.
Jack Narron. John Flowers,
Donald Marcus, Charlex Win
stead, and Karl Boyette
Delta Sgma soroltv pledg<-d
Olivia Dixon. Ann Arthur. Jerry
Bartholomew. Lucy Gray. May
Wilson, Jewel Mc*Coy, ;«nd Ktllth
l.angjey
Thene pledges will beeom**
full-fledgerl memlx’t* following
inltaition which will < ome <*arly
next fall.
OKHIF.KH
Officers til Sigma Tau (’hi
are president. Marilyn Hudson,
vlce-preiident. Jean Tucker,
secretary, Mane Harf>er, trean-
urer, Jean Dew; lejxntet. Car
olyn Ballanee. and (l4«iplain,
Ann Merrtt.
President of F*hl .Sigma Tau
is Martha Ixju Williamson. Oth
er officer* are Marjorie Jen-
nette, vice-president. Audrey
Jones, ►ecretary, Jane Dudley,
treasurer. Margaret Winstead,
historian; and Nell Beaman,
chaplam.
Phi Delta Gamma's officers
arc MS follows !/<»e Potter,
president; Te<i Bowen, vice-
president, Donald Perry.
re»ary; Norwood Dunn, treas-1 Charles
urer; Morgan McKinney, chap-' Thomas
legrn; chairman of the Kentucky
Assm'lation of (’hurch - Related
(Milletfen; .md he iK Ji nieinl>er
of varlou). Hocial. educ.itlonnl
and honot at > ot ganirations.
Aft<M |)r MrLain'h addtess
Di t*e«-|| A Jarman. acting
pi evident of the college Will con-
fei the clcgn-r.H to the gr.i<1uHt-
ing clasM
Fwty • foui m-nioi . who are
graduating thu yrar ai<* rnajora
in MttrtuI MtUftirH, .Hix are majors
In mathematicK. eleven science
majorn, twelve are elementary
education maj<»t’v, six ;ite F’ng-
Sawver, i Iish majors, twt> are Spanish
nuijors; and five are majors in
leligion. Most of these are plan
ning to teach next year,
I'hi.H year Kraduatlng class
Is the largest to graduate In the
history of the college After thla
graduiition there will l>e very
few veterans left at Atlantic
Christian (*olle^<e But officials
of thr college say that they are
nof expecting the enrollment of
the college to drop
Sortie of the -irnl(»rs will re*
Celve then degrees after the
completlrin of thiee years of
study. They attended two ses
sions of Nummer Ncb'Mil and
thi«*e winter terms
The AtlantK Chrlstliin college
glee club will take part In the
commencement iictivities. They
will ling "Visions” by Sjol>ere-
Biilogh iit the buccalaureate ser
mon on Sunday night and "LU^
ten to the Lambs** by Detl.
Harris at the graduatlrm exer
cises on Mon lay morning They
will be dlrecteel by Miss Rebec
ca Barnes and acrompanled at
the piano ny Miss Ann Bull<»ck.
ThoM- to r»c<-ive <legree« are
KrneKt Atkinson. Harold Bain,
Flsle I) Baker, ( arey ' Red”
Barrieft, Pridgen Barnes, War
ren Barnes. Sybil Barrett. Clar
ence C ■ Peevle" Bass. Kstelle
Haicholor. W O. ltut<lielor. Bar
bara Ji/M/lr. Hhelma "Jack”
B'»^kin, Ann Brafford. David L
Bridgfrs. Cecil Brown, Rol>ert
Cannady, Kvelyn Carroll, Jack
Canhlon. Howard C'ayton. Jamva
Cobb. Riiymond Cobb, Walton
Coley, Cius Constatlne. Waller
<’orrell, Jr>e Coatin. Kenneth
D<’nning. Julia Dew, Kugene
Driver. Kvelyr. Kcky" Kcono-
rnous, Tommy F*conom<»us, Rob
ert Freeman, Peggy Fugate,
Paul Glazer, Aubrey Godwin.
Benoy Godwin. Catherine B
Griffin, Grady Criffw, Morrison
Griffin. Joby Griffin, Herl>erl L
Hale*. Pr<»cior Hardison. Irvin
B. "Doc” Hardy, Harry Helmer,
(’harle* Hester Rel>ecc» High.
HIH. James Hort<m, Rachel
Horton. Ranton Jackson, Jesse
James, Kdna Joyner. Nancy
Joyner. Virginia Joyner, Stacy
King. C C I..amb, Alton Lan
caster, Arah l.»ee. Gene I^ewis,
K "Ned” Liggon,
"Sparky” McCasklll,
(Continuer! on Page Six)
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