ThK CoiJJ<:4iilATK VOL. XXIII ATL.AKT1C CHKISTIAN I'OliElJE, DKCK.MKEU, l'J52 No. 8 Crowded Week Begins With Sunday Program In Chapel King And Queen Of May By MARIE BRITT Some of the most imporiant! events in any college year come at Christmas time. This is always, one of the busiest times during the: year and certainly the happiest. . To start the week off right, the ^ Christmas Cantata will be present ed in Howard Chapel. Also on Sun-1 day at 9:30 P. M. the Annual Song Feat will be held in Harper Hall's! Game room. This song feast will i be tor all the students at ACC.; On Monday. December 15, the! Bulldogs play Catawba here, at home. We expect a big crowd to | balk our team at this game. Wednesday. December 17, the' annual Christmas Banquet and formal Christmas dance will take place. The banquet, supervised by .Mrs. Hoffman, will be in Bert Har dy dining hall at 6:30. The dance will follow at 8:00 in the Moose 1 Hall; the music will be presented( by the Southerners from Raleigh, A floor show, figure, and crowning of the Pine Knot Queen will be the center attraction of the dance. Caroling Trip Thursday, the 18th, the Christ mas Carojing will take ^ 1 a c e. Every student at ACC is invited to’ attend this trip. Some of the stu dents will ride in cars to various' places and carol, while others will ^ walk in gnnips to do their sing- ■ ing. MeiiWiors of the faculty will | be ."icrenaded; also the T. B, Sana-i torium will be visited as this is' one of the main places that is visited by the students each year.; After the caroling is over, the stu dents will return to the dormitory where they will be served hot CfKwa and doughnuts. After this pvent. the girls of Harper Hall will have a party jn the game room and stunts will tje given by each hall. _ Friday, the 19th. is the BIG day! /'■>r all. Tiie day we all go home | for Christmas and for a vacation— I a much needed one after the past week through which we have lived. At the end of the program stu dents will bring forth their gifts for the underprivileged youth of Wilson. The names of 150 children were distributed to ACC students by Dean Wgrd at the chapel pro- gi'am December 9. (ClirtHtmaa Du’s I Remember te the tenor solo ist DSF Musical At the 7:30 evening service the same day the Disciples Student Fellowship will present a Christ mas musical program. This pro gram will be under the direction of Richard Ziglar. a freshman stu dent at ACC. Libby Rumple, also a freshman at ACC, will be the ^prano soloist for the service. | libers who will participate are ’ Molly Hester, Peggy Nichols, Paul Crouch, Dick Bene. Glenn Savage, and Vivian Muns. Buddy Cunning ham will be the organist. Everyone is cordially invited to attend these two services at the, First Christian Church on Sunday,; December 14. Plans for the FTA Christmas party Jo be held December 17 were discussed at the December 3 meet ing of ACC’s Cly.de A. Erwin Chap ter. A committee was apiKiinted to plan for this occasion, with Annie Morris Joyner as chairman. Speaking at the December 3rd meeting was the Rev. Robert Bradshaw, Pastor of the First Methodist Church of Wil.son. Mr. Bradshaw talked of his years of teaching at the .Methodist Orphan age In Win.ston-Salem and told many interesting stories. He told an inspiring story of a small orph an girl who spent her last nickel to buy a Christmas pre.sent for him. She bought him a wooden horse, which he showed to the group. He said that it was his most treasured possession, for it was the only thing he owned that had cost everything a person owned. After Mr. Bradshaw’s talk a con test was held to select a motto for the chapter. All the members wrote mott<«?s which were Judged by the sponsors, Mrs. Virginia House and Mr. L. L. Murray. Rich ard Swain won the contest for the winning motto to be adopted by the chapter, ’The motto was: "We learn today for practice tomor row.” In recognition of the great in crease in the local FTA member ship for the current academic year, the Clyde A. Erwin Chapter has been selected as a Victory Honor Roll Chapter. Soloists Announced For ACC Cantata ! "The annual this year is going ' to be absolutely different from any other ever produced at ACC. ’ .states Felix Labaki. editor of THE PINE KNOT. ’The main change is I a change of style. Every year un- I til this one the annual has l>een j more or less formal. This .vcar the i pictures are more or less informal I with the pictures of the different f 1 organizations being Indicative of that organization. Another great change in the an- . nual will 1)6 the type of printing ' used. TTic annual I* usually en- graved: this year it will be lltho- ; graphed, a new process which is ' (htaper than engraving. The deadline is December 19, the day before Christmas holidays. If the annual is ready for the press at this time it'wiil be back much seing done by a staff of students. Mr Arnold and Dr. Hartsock are the faculty co-sponsors. "Mickey Ray nor Is the business manager, and she is doing an efficient job at the' j financial post,” commented Felix. I "I couldn’t ask for better co-opera- I tion from the staff.” Evening School Starts 21st Year G. I. Santa Claus ChriBtmat has crthy causea. both in Korea ax well an m t>ie ^tat^sis. We arc delishtc'd to make this small tribution to Atlantic Chriftiun ColJoRe.’ TIm* Chaplain also laid. "We do have a slight ve»tige of civil izatijjn ik>w ai»d then with good checr ar>d fellowship. We fee) quite smug having a tent with floors, doors, and insulated with cardboard. “Our division is occupying the Punch Bowl and Heartbreak Hidge. Our CMtualtlcB are <|uite heavy." JOYEUX NOEL! FELIZ N AVID AD! On Sunday, December 14, the annual college musical program for Christmas will be presented at 4:30 In Howard Chapel. The main feature of this program will be the singing of a cantata by the mixed chorus of. Atlantic Christian Col lege. The forty members, under the direction of Professor Lynn Brown, will sing "When the Christ Child Came” by Joseph W. aokey. Those taking the solo parts in the cantata are Eleanor Hatsell, so prano; Peggy Nichols,9contralto; Jerry Batchelor, tenor; and Paul Crouch, baritone. ’The accompa nist for the cantata will be Dr. Larry Smith. Christmas organ music will al so be included on the program. The two organists will b Peggy Ward, a freshman from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and Mr I>ee Howard. 21st ForThoseSitting In Driver’s Seat During Holidays Evening School began its year at ACC this fall. Dr. C. H. Hamlin began an ex tension Course in Septeml)er of 1931 in which education was the chief subject. Twenty-one students open ed the first class in room seven of Kinsey Hall. Their classes met afternoon and evenings one night The present system'of Evening School was begun in 1930, branch ing out to include such courses as English, Commercial Law, Art. Business and News Writing and Journalism. These classes meet now as in 1931 one night a week ] for two hours or more beginning | at seven o'clock. ' In the depression year of 1931. tuition was two and a half dollars I per semester hour; high prices of the postwar years has brought the fee per hour to eight dollars. , ’Two drivers participated in a road test on a 295-mlle stretch of highway in Kansas. Their per formance figures, under typical driving Conditions, arc enlighten ing: Driver "A”: Top speed reached Im.p.h.l, 65; average speed, 46; No. cars passed, 126; elapsed driv ing time, 6 hrs., 28 min. Driver "B”: ’Top speed reached (m.p.h.l, SO; average speed, 43; No. cars passed, 62. Elapsed time, 6 hrs., SO min. Driver "A” saved only 25 min utes in nearly 300 miles; he past ed twice as many cars (each pass ing being a potential accident), u»«J 11 per cent more gasoline, and 50 per cent more oil. Was it worth It? Last year 9,000 pedestrians were killed In automobile accidents — 5,600 of them in urban areas and 3,400 in rural areas. You may be the world's best driver - but what about the other fellow? Drivers under 25 yeart of age are involved in 28 per cent of the nation's fatal traffic accidents. All traffic signs mean caution. Caution pays near holidays. Slow up and grow up. The memlH.rk of the local i hnpter of Sigma Pi Alpha, hnuorary lan- guaife frnternitv, aided by mem- (* rs of the hinguagc classf.v and guests, enjoyed a Christmas Party on I)ereml>er -3 All ACC student were invit*‘d "L« Nativit* ' was prcsent<'d by the French students. Kngcr Hullo- maii, advanc'xi Krciich student, was the reader of the Holy S< rlp- tuics Tlie music, under the direc tion of Richard Ziglar. was sung by the second year French students. I'.v sludeiitu sani: "Sai'ite N"lt” (Silent Night I ind the chorus of "I^Mi AnK'*:; Dans Nos Campiignes" (Angel* We Have Heard on llighi. Geraldine Corfiett and Junle Lang ley sang the verse part of "I.e» Angel* Dans Nos Campagnes”. ';ll e.st ne. U* divin Enfant" (He Is IJorn the Divine Child i was sung by Jai'lue Vii'k Anna Johnson and Jackie Vick '..mg "Entre le Boeuf" (Between i- Ox and tilt Grey D..okc> ' ('>111* Willi* sang "Min- Ull Chreliefr*-" 'O Holy Night), After the concluding of the f'rench program the Spanish stu dents present*^) "Las Pasadns". The Scrifitures were read by Itob- In French, an advanci-d Spanish student. The reader for "I.as Posa das" was Jimmie Howard. The actiir.s In "Las Posadas” were Fe lix I.abakl. the Innkeeper: Cecil Willis. Saint Joseph; and Vera Weathersby. Virgin Mary. The chorus was eomp'/.ii'd of the sec ond year and advanced Spanish students. They sang "Noche de Paz" (Silent Night) and "Pue- bleclto de Helen” (O’ Little Town of Bethlehem I, For the conclusion of the pro gram In the cha|)«, Mrs. Ixw Ho ward read portions of the Christ' mas Story in German and also sang "Stille Nacht" (Silent Night). Everyone then departed to the White House for the Pinata, which was accompanied by Mr. l.e« Ho ward. The second year Spanish stu dents sang "Cascabel” (J J n g 1 e Bells). Jennie Lazzo and Joe Do- mlngues performed a dance. Climaxing the prpgram was the breaking of the Pinata which con tained various fruits and candy. Individual Scoring Average As Of December 11 Cam** Jim y .. . f Jtm H»hh0, O » (;iib4pn K»rf»li. F ... i J*rry WUlUm., F <} ........ - S IngrmhMm. C $ Gviui Mgwrtvn 0 9 K»il)r Hjrntm. G 4 Mill Frtf*. O . I WbJiUy. C 2 Htrw»r4 H«na. F 2 Vi