Religious
Emphasis Week
The Collegiate
7\iH) One-Act
Plays
Volume 21
AlUnlii (!hrii>tiaii (^illeftr, Krliriun- 22. 19r>l
No. 2
Dr. H. H. Smith To Speak During Religious Emphasis Week
Dr. Bell Speaks
At Christian Retreat
i)n the evening of February 13.
Dr Robert M. Bell, president of
Jdhns.m Bible College of Kim-
^lin Heights, Tennessee, a d-
dfi -d a session of North Car-
Aa Christian ministers in Ho-,
^r<l Memorial Chapel. This was
tiK first session of a three-day
rJlrcat held at Atlantic Chris-;
tl«n College by the North Caro-:
S lJk Ministers’ Association.
She program for the minis-
^ -nnsisting of a series of Bi
ble lectures by Dr. Fred West
^ evening addresses by Dr.
bRi, •.'■•as planned by the execu
tive committee of the Associat-
iotv. Members of the committee
a» the Rev. B. Eugene Taylor
■irham, chairman; the Rev. Z.
BT'T Cox, Farmville; and the
^v. Cecil J. Browiu Dudley.
4b(iut sixty ministers attended
tit' retreat, the first in a series
a^nnual retreats to be held at
A. |C Among these were the
Rev E. K. Beckett, pastor of
tl» First Christian Church o f
vSlmington, and the Rev. Jones,
Atnr of the Reidsville Chris-
Church, both of whom ad-
d|«'S; cd the rctreaters. Also a t-
twiing was the Rev. Riley B.
MbntKomery, president of the
ctflege of the Bible, Lexington,
t Kentucky, the graduate school ,
of Itheology for the South A t -1
litic area.
■JKccommodations were provid-1
ed 'ln Murray Hall for the min-'
mer=. and in the girls' dormi-j
tory for their wives.
M eparate program for the ■
of the ministers was ar-1
ri*igcd by Mrs. M. Elmore Turn-'
erjof Washington, N. C. Dr. and!
Mrs Lindley addressed the]
len’s sessions.
“Reil Velvet Gout”
What Does CjocI Require
Of Us? Is Theme Of Week
Dr. Hurlii* H. Smith, Prt-sulont of the liuurd of iiixh-
er Kducution of Ihc Disciplo.s of Christ, will bf t h p
,speakor during the uiinuul Ueli^;iou.s Kinphatu Work
profjrom here on March 12-15. The lht*mc of the pntire
week will be “Whiil Dors Clod Uequiri- of Us? "
Dr. Smith, whose office is in IndianiipoliK, Ind., re
ceived his A. U. and M. A. decrees from Transylvania
I'ollegr, H«- wi>« ut oiip tim* a
r ni I »tudrnt of Uir l.’iillegf of the
Twenty-rour Pledges "r,
^ ° let! further ul Columbtu Univrr-
I ••• * 1 n r 1 U L umlUnlvrriity of Krn*
Initiated By Oreek Members tucky u a fr«trm«i mnnb^r
of Pt Knppii Alphu Drltu
The ar)uve pirturt* taken during reh«*arrt«l for • T!h* Rfd Velvet u on«*-»rt l>Uy lo br
give on Marrh 7 and s. IMcture iitiindinK from left to rljcht «r^ Juii»» Holton. Norwood Dunn, iind
Betty Yarb(»rouKh. Seated fnnu left to riKht are (»lenn HriKnian. Janet <Jrlme«, .Nancy Allen. Thelma
WMle and Venut Lamm.
Dramatists To Present ^‘llail”
And ^‘The Red Velvet Goat”
Initiation fv>r all 0»Ti-k Utter
orgnnintion* wn* held February
8-lOth. Thf three g«»rorUU’« hud
a variety of them* Sigma 'I'au
C*hi, suilora; Delta SiKinu. con*
vic'ts; and I’hi Sigmu Tuu, u
**bu»hcl and u peck."
Pledges for all orgutUjtations
w»*re: Phi Kuppa Ah>hu» CJIcn
ItrlRman, Wilbur llallinK*T. Hob
('abiueaa. ('alvln Stokea. Hobby I.ei«
Guy, Warden Allen; Phi Drliu
(lautma, Dick Morrla. Carl Jennet-
te. T J. Harrett; SiKnm Alpha,
James iiaakins. Cohen Tait, An*
drew Holiday. George Saffo an<(
Jesse Yutet; Deltii Sigma, Lib
Adams, Dorcas Pineiro. Murgie
ppa Delta. Alphu
.SiKiita. I't Kappa Alpha, aod a
member of the ( hriatian Church.
Kach year Hehgloua Kmphas*
is Week is Apotntored by the
Student C'hristian Association
Cabinet with the help tif other
orgunitntions .>nd mdlviduals on
campus It is held to promote a
more religioua atmosphere on
the campus
This year HeUglous Kmphasts
week will begui on the morning
of March 12 at lU 00 with the
morning chapel service and will
rontlnue throuk'h ih« morning
of the 15 Kat-b morning al
7;00 various organizations <m the
campus will sponsor a Sunrise
Service. l.^ctures are scheduled
in the evening. Following the
Tuylor; Sigma Tuu Chi. A n n lectures will be discussion groups
e book display found in Kin-' Romeo and Juliet started work
MB* was prepared m cor\nection
with the retreat by the Christian
Aird of Publication, St. Louis,
f he theme of the retreat was
the development of consistency
in ^the program of Evangelism
thruughout the state.
^he evening sessions were
oiin to the general public,
i4ile the ministerial students of
our school were invited to at
tend all the sessions.
News Briefs
L
^^^khe college debate team in -
vjied Virginia on Friday, Feb-
nifctry 16 for two debates: the
first, at the University of Rich-
nnond. in Richmond at 3:30 P.
ligand the second at Randolph
—itacon men’s college at 7:30
Those who represented the
c^ege on the team were Wilbur
B|Uinger, Glenn Brigman, Lloyd
Dale and Bill Waters. Ronald i
Tuton is an alternate. The team 1
via entertained over night at j
R^ndolph-Macon in Ashland.
_ Golden Knot
^■he Golden Knot chose for
their yearly project to raise
money to pay for a scholarship.
raise this money two inform-
alp^nces have been held in the
rtcreational room of the Girls’
\ Dormitory.
0Mice Berry, newly • elected
president, and “Pat” Patterson,
stcretary-treasurer are the offi
cers for the Golden Knot. Spon-
i^s are Mrs. Dorothy Eagles
and Mr. J. P. Tyndall.
Alpha Gamma Language
Fraternity
The Alpha Gamma Chapter of
a Pi Alpha, a national hon-
The Stage and Script after: sent to the Carolina Dramatic j mon; Bruce Whitley as Don
completing the presentation o f Association playwriting contest. and Betty Yarbrough as
Romeo and Juliet started work | i,* chosen o* one of!
Immediately on two one - act .. , , , , liBrber, venu* unmm, june
plays to be presented in How- ■ original plays to be pre-, T<imlln»on, and Elizabeth A -
ard Chapel on March 7-8. seated «t the Drama K««tlval, , dami complete the cait.
They interrupted rehearsals then the Stage and Script w 11 1 j ^or the production of
long enough to make awards to pr„ent it at the festival. i aMd*Ven-
three of their members for past; i. « beki. Donald Kennedy ana ven
work. On February 6 Laurice 1 setting for Hall Is on a | Lamm are chairmen of icen-
Danicls and Edwin Alston re-'eastern North Carolina tobacco fif and co«tume». Riiy Tlsiint
eeived letters for earning forty I farm. The cast includes Janet | and Jimmy Perkins will work on
points in Stage and Script pre-j Grimes as Jean Rogers, with : lights while Bill Waters and
sentations, Norwood Dunn w a s Sarah Rogers, her sister, being | Martha Webster are In charge
presented a key as an award 1 played by Thelma White Mr^; of properties. Make-up will be
for earning eighty points over i and Mrs. Rogers will ^ played handled by Bernelle White und
the uast four years These! by J. O. Jernigan and Cora My- Jessie Quinerly.
nntnS were earne^^^ = ^d Alston is Stage manager
done backstage as well as fori The other one-act play. “The [ for the production of “The Red
the many uarts he has played Red Velvet Goat,“ is a Mexican , Velvet Goat." ^enery und cos-
on sCr ' folk tale. Norwood Dunn play. ■ tumes will be handled by Dur-
The two one-act plays to be the part of Est.-ban with Juni ward Tvson and Elizabeth A-
Tiresented are “The Red VelvetHolton as his wife, Mariana, dams with Dot Taylor in charge
Goat ’’ a folk olay by Josephina t Others in the cast a re Felix La- of properties. Norwo^ Dunn
m«gii Ld an original^ as Lorenzo, their son; and Janet Grime, will be In
enfuied “Hal" Plni^^o as Ester; Janet charge of m«ke-up.
enmiea nau oy Grimes as Lola; Nancy Allen as Mrs. Doris C. Holsworth will
Hail” has been Carmen; Glenn Brigman as Ra- direct both plays.
Kthcridge. Mary Sharpe Owens
und lietsy Miller; Phi Sigma
Tau, Hurrlet Hreelund. F.thel
Draper, and Mildred Crrech.
Sigmu Tuu Chi sponsored a
Valentine’s dance, Februaiy M,
in Bert Hardy dining hall There
wus an eight-piece band und
the dunce wus informal. New
officers for second semester are
preaiUent. Phoebe Shark l«*ford.
vice-presidcnt, Gecuhiine C o r-
bett; secretary, Mary Lois Grif
fin; treasurer, Carolyn B a 1<
lunce; chaplain. Joyce Mallurd;
and reporter, Joun Thorne.
Phi Kuppa Alpha’s new <iffi-
ces ure prc'sident, Roy Turt;
I vice-preaidfnl Herbert Hoss;» . -
secretary, H**nry W<H)dard; trea- *****'•
surer. Russell Fisher; historian
to which everyone Is invited.
The Chnirman, Murgun M c -
Kinney, is asking that each
student coK)perate in order to
make the week a ‘ hug© S u c-
cess.”
Last year’s speaker was the
Rev. M Jack Suggs, of Wendall,
N. C.
Whee-e-e-e, What
A Week
White.
A copy of
Delegates Chosen
To Repsesen t FT A
Mrs. Jean Strickland Hackney
of Wilson and Mr. Walter "Pat”
Patterson of Rocky Mount were
chosen at a special student e-
lection on January 3 to repre
sent the Atlantic Christian Col
lege Future Teachers Associa -
tion at the meeting of the North
Carolina Education Association
to be held in Asheville on April
13. Each college in North Caro
lina having a program of teach
er training is entitled to elect
their “Miss Future Teacher"
Library Nears Completion
The lonK-awalted llhrarjr Is near- i speech students, men’s and wom-
IDK completion on our campuit i en*i lounges are located on the
The library will house 70.000 j second floor
volumes In contrast to the 16.-1
Three floors of steel stack
Ttng-a-llng, Ung-a-llng, ting-a-
ling Whiit in the tuiiiatlun U
oh! It » « » r f n o'riork
Mnnduy morning, und there
FrVd'no?M"sit‘-ia-urm»,‘v‘II‘n ;«'«■« that d.rn al.irm clock. Au-
Lee; and reporter, Tom Callu- tomatically, you reach over,
• turn the alarm off, and snuggle
Delta Sigmn completed th. lrl“}' (o'- ‘‘"J '‘“7"
first project when they publish-, f«-w srcond.
ed the Student Directories be-!>'’“ *
fore Christmas. New officers ‘hould.r and som*-
this semeat<‘r are president. Tem-i <>ne shouting in your ear. Gel
pie Bass; vice-president, Opu I “P- Aren't you g<.ing to
Roberson; secretary, Dorothy It’s only five minutes
Spruill; treasurer, Jerry Barth* dining hall closes.’*
olomew; historian, Beth B i s • Rt’iucluntly, you clamor out of
sette; and chaplain, Margaret bed, wush your fuce, dress, and
Bown. ! make a mad dash for the din-
Phi Delt's annual Mus(jU'*rade hull. You manage lo get
Ball Is planned tor the 16th of there just in time for a cup
March. They will serve as Host ; of coffee and the last piece of
Committee to the spesker f<»r He- | cold toust.
ligious Emphasis Week. Their After eating breakfast, you
new officers are president, Don make your way back lo the
Perry; vice-president, Fred,dorm. It’s 8:15 now and you
Grady; house president, S a m, don't have time lo clean your
Jenkins; secretury, Durwood r(x>m, so you push all the shoes
Tyson; treasurer, Robert Brink- under your bed, throw every-
ley; corresponding secretary, thing you see out of place in
000 volumes „-ercrowd | -ms ProWde ample space for j
our present facilities. expansion for many years ‘ o. ^ bed, grap
vides amp"e 7eatmg s^a'ce for : The completed plant wUI cost Norwood Dunn. | p*„t-il und your books, und hca
7Tstuden?s. In addition there | ,Jightly In excess
sec-
^re conference rooms, pamphlet | Furnishings have been contract- are president. Betsy Hu
and a large rwm which j ed for and are expected to be : vice-president June Dud ey.
Yep! It's now and time
onH a lame room which i ed lor ana are expectea lo oe .-»iucin, j i.m .yumi/1 for I'hllosophy of Educution. No
win house a special Disciples ready for installation within 60 retary, Christine Williamson: i n.f|((.tion on your class, Ur.
of ChrUt collection of which Mr.' days.
r r Ware is^curator. Major Items still unfinished chaplain, Emily Holland; h i s ■. k,,,, ^^e pretty hard to digest
A iarge audio-visual room, lU-|are painting and laying of the toriun, Dot Gregory. ,ho morning.
tenlng room for music and floor.
When The Whippoorwills Sing
and "Mr. Kuture Teacher” to
,ry language fraternity, h as i them at this meeting. jhe following poem was writ-, So Ive nerer had a grandfa
.h............»..u,.n.d
fWu^iUy Initiated on November . ,our nominees were c ng.
'“.r (Presented to the student body by I Vnd Observer column, "To - That I might climb u^n hU
sWp m this fraternity are that ^ " knees and twist hi# beard,
tudent be in or have com-: the ACC Future Teache ?.?mi he back when the whippoor- I never heard a voice dimmed
d the second semester o I, elation. This organization U| I 11 be back wnen i
by age
second year language class ; composed of students preparing | then grown Tell tales of life In olden days
—— T3 r\n ... ... I ..i_. An<4 lull rrtA tn alaftArt
wills sing.’
composea oi siuac..u» go said the
have an average of B on I careers in public education. 1 u, „y older sister
fguage and C on all other i representative 1 Time traveled faster than he
eetings for the Chapter are 1 teachers were Mrs. Joy Taylor | And the *"
the sccond Tuesday in each Smithfield and Mr. Frarlclin
nth at 4:30 o’clock. Harrel of Columbia. Mrs. Tay-|
lor who is now vice-president of ] i was there — at his last visn
I the’North Carolina Future Teach-'
: ers Association, will preside over
> their session of the NCEA ,["®®t-
formation has been received' ing since the president will not
the Public Information Of.* I be able to attend,
of the Headquarters of _the I "phe purpose of the statewide
nroject is to encourage a wider
appreciation of the importance
and dignity of the teaching pro
fession.
\Alumni News
cond Army located at Fort
‘.rge G. Meade, Maryland,
C'3crning Pvt. Joseph T. G u r-
nus. Pvt, Hugh L, Bareoot,
Jerry M. King, and Pvt.
TlUam A. McLawhorn. These
are all former students of
•antic Christian College.
Joe Gurganug has been assign-
the 40th Infantry Division,
Cooke, California, after
^^^vipleting processing at Fort
I
«Pry King has been assigned
^ 45th Infantry Division,
P Polk, Louisiana, after
ieting processing at Fort
a :c.
ugh Barefoot and William
the woodlands without him.
* was there — at his last vii
Though I can't remember h i s
coming.
Stjiith Replaces
^ West As Religious
Depastment Head
And lull me to sleep.
Always in my heart there will
b« an emptiness, u place void
and somehow sad
liecause I didn't hear Grand -
father say,
"I’ll be back when the whip
poorwills sing.”
It was announced January 30,
1951 by Dr. D. Ray Lindley,
president of Atlantic ChrUtian
College, that Dr. Lawrence C.
^mith of the College faculty,
We are aware that these are. appointed acting head
^ _ « who have I **a® ™ .vKllAarkrthv
to the 449th Field Artillery Bat-
tilion. Fort Bragg, North Car<y
lina, after completing processing
at Fort Meade.
He succeeds Dr. Fred West who
had served as head of the de
partment of philosophy and re
ligion and dean of religious life
at the college since September.
Dr. West recently accepted
the pastorate of the Hlllyer
Memorial Christian Church I n
Kalelgh. He will continue t o
teach classes In religion at A
C. C., but has rellnguished hla
administrative responsibilities,
A native of Pontiac, Michigan,
Dr. Smith graduated from York
College, York, Nebraska. "Mag-
oareioot ana
'A’horn have been assigned of the CoJ
only a few of the ’Pf"' "r“thrdep«tm'ent'of philMophy
tonun. Dot Gregory. „t that time in tho
Sigma Alpha has just complet- Time wags un.
ed remodeling their chapter
room. New officers are presi
dent, David Green; vice-presi
dent, Gene Sweat; secretury,
Doug Joyner; treasurer, Neal
Carlton; rep<>rter, Rom Llewel
lyn; chaplain, Joe Joyner; sgt.-
at-arms, Rocky Ingraham.
braska, receiving the M. A. und
Ph. D. degrees from the latter
institution.
During the war. Dr. .Smith
served with the Army Air Forces
for a period of 36 months. He
served as flight Instructor, fixed
gunnery and fighter transition,
being returned to inactive sta
tus in the grade of First Lieu-
tenant.
Journalism and music ure n-
mong Dr. Smith’s Interests. He
studied organ and pluno while In
college at York. He served suc
cessively as feature writer, sport
editor, and editorial writer for
the school paper at York Col -
lege.
Dr. Smith Is married and hus
a little boy.
When Cyrus Northrop
president of the University o f
Minnesota In the early years of
this century, he once participat
ed lo a ceremony to d*dl>ate a
new cemetery. The day was
cold and raw. When Northrup's
turn to speak came, he put his
hat back on his head, suggest
ing that the others do the same.
“I do not care.” he said, "to
contribute personally to the suc
cess of tl-'^ cemetery!"
It's V:15 now und you still
don't know what's going on, so
you decide you'll look over the
lesson plan you have to teuch at
10 o'clock. You are Just begin
ning to see all the loop-holes in
the lesson plan you worked on
'111 midnight the night l>efore
when Dr. Miller suddenly burst
forth with some little slips o f
paper. He merely ask you to
list the ulms of the Seven Car
dinal Principles of education as
formuluted by the National Ed
ucation Association in 1VI8 and
to tell what clement of the theo
ry of Aristotle u almilar to mod
ern Gestult psychology. Well,
you list the Seven Cardinal Prin
ciples, but you never knew Aris
totle had a theory and you cer
tainly never heard of Gestalt
psychology. Oh, well, one more
D can't hurt.
By now It's »,30 and you have
to leave class eurly in order to
reach the little red school house
by ten o'clock. All the way over,
you work diligently on Chaucer's
Canlerbury Tales, which is the
subject for discussion today.
I You reach the school Just as the
"'“•'bell for your class Is ringing.
You saunter in, call the roll, and
start the class discussion. First,
you have a historical back
ground outline for the students
lo copy, and after you have
spent a couple hours reading
and condensing it d<wn to an
outline form, some ungrateful
soul pipes up with, "How much
longer are we gonna stay on
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