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VOL. XXIV
ATLANTIC ( HKISTIAN rOI.li-:r,K. MAY «, li»54
NUMBKR S
White Becomes Seventh President
Comes Here With
Wide Background
AJiother major milestone in the
S-jfar history of Atlantic Chris-
*;,n College was marked last week
Id elat)orate ceremonies on A-
pri: 30 Dr. Travis Alden Whitt-. :
46, was officially inaugurated as i
Hk president of the college
Atlantic Christian, a four-year
^^educational college, was estab-
tobfd by Christian Churches
af North Carolina in 1902. Dr.
Wliite became its seventh presi-
*-nt.
Already Dr. White is well known
10 many North Carolinians. He has
»scd the eight months he has been
V, the state to the best advantage
fc.ving traveled extensively sitice
fce arrived on the campus last
AuKUSt 1.
From Texas
The new ACC president came to
North Carolina from Lubbock, Tex
where he was the ixjpular miii
&ler of the First Christian Church
aud where the Lubbock newspa
per had acclaimed him as the
city’s "number one civic worker".
He was no stranger to many |
North Carolina ministers w ho were I
acquainted with him as a nationally ;
known youth worker,
■ That’s what I like most about
my job as a college president, "
Dr. White says. "It has given me .
i rare opportunity to watch thi
cultural development of youth at;
close range." j
Travis White is a native of Lou-|
isiana having been born at Ham
mond. the son of a carpenter, and
reared in Shreveport, where he 1
paduated from Byrd High School.
TCU
It was in 1927 that he was or-!
ikiined as a minister of the Dis-,
ciples of Christ. He went to college;
jt Texas Christian University, re
ceiving both his A.B. and B D
degrees there. i
In the years that followed his ■
Doliefie career, he has filled the
pulpits of many churches. They |
imiude Memorial Chri.«tian Church.:
Dallas, Texas, First Chri.slian,
Church, Paris, Texas, and the First |
Christian Church of Little Rock,
Ark , the church he left in 1948 to
I, to Lubbock.
D.iring those years in the pasti.i
Dr. White became a leade.
work with young people. H(
". st rved on many national com-
•iiittees concerni-d with ynun>{ peo-
> ■■ training.
Well Timed
Dr. White’s inauguration wa.>^
■* U timed. It comes at a period
when Atlantic Christian is just
Stirling a new building program
I' ;ign<^ to add eight buildings on
"1.1- campus during the next few
feai:. Most of the ground work
for this expansion program hSs
Oeen carried out by Dr. White
»ince his arrival on the eampu?
iast August. It has included the
.'"aising of more than $100,000 for
•Jie college building fund since that
time.
The Lubbock minister .succeedf
Dr D. Ray Lindley, who resigned
V president of ACC last summer
■ii accept the post of vice-presi-
i'-nt of Texas Christian University.
During his ministry. Dr. White
'I found time to continue hi"-
'lucational training, doing grad-
■ ite study at the University of
C^iicago and Union Theological
'"minary.
in 1949, he was honored by his
Alma Mater, TCU, when the Uni-
. •r.'iity conferred up<jn him the
"i jnorary degree of Doctor of Div-
■ty.
Gill Heads Marshals
Dr. White Receives Charge Of Duties
)
Balmy Weather
For Perfect Day
nr Tnvi- White received his chiirge of duties us president of Atlantic- C'hri.stlim College in
meiii. Tient pn t'ram.
New Program Planned For June Commencement
uro‘»r.«ni i" ’ rnoif alumni
as wi- I I’'
bv offi nl ill. .■ollcne and l.‘;id-
eis ol th- Alumni AsMK iation.
Ur, Tr.iw. A. White, President
III ACC t ite~. This year Com
mencement \v.!i do two things: it!
will t»e thi- biK moment (or rj j
ACC Seniors *h.) will tw rweiving
their dc'iree.s .ind it al.so will Ije I
, big i-vent for mir former students,
becaus" thi yi ar m addition to I
graduation we aie having Alumni
Day that ■'idi-nL'i who oner
attended thi.s collese will get
chance to get bi i k to the campu.v '
will still be continuwi
in Iho fall.
Students Elect New
Publication Officers i
lAan James Moudy has announc-
••<1 the appointment of Marshals
•or the coming year here at the
'ollege bcj^inning with Commence-
flient in June.
The seven students appfjintcd
*ere honored on the basis of their
scholastic standing. Named Chief-
Marshall was Suzanne Gill, a mem-
'>er of the junior class from Wilso^
Junior class marshals named
♦ere Connie Davis of Wilson and
James Hemby of Ayden.
Marshals from the sophomore
•lass are Peggy Ward of Rocky
Mount and Kenneth Lamm of Wil-
The two freshman class mar^ala
•'lamed are Ernestine Mozingo,
Kenly, and Jamec Matthews of
Winston-Salem. p
Mary -'ind fljrhard Zi^lar
were elt cN^d .< ♦■ftitni<; of campu;.
publications for the romins year
in the student c licli'in?- on April 27
Busin-;-; tnan»^--'rs i-.r the year
book and n<^"sp>i|r r will be Molln-
Ht =;tcr and Ashton WigS"
Pine Knot MiUir Mary Hadg-
A3- al.-:-) ediwr of her ann''' ei?
Charles L. Coon High School. Shi
was a member of the Keyettc
Club, Booster Club, ^amatier
Club, and the N;itional Honr>r So-
'“Business Manager of the Pine
Knot is Molhe Hester. She is ^Uv^
in church youth
Ensemble and the ’ i?",
semble. She is a transfer from &«t
Srolina. In Greenville High School
she was a member of the Honorary
S^iety of "’The Black Masqueri
as well as in many other
Collegiate ^itor Richard Zi^ar
is news editor of «ie CoJIegiate
this year He is active in church
?^rk teinra local ?t
ficer’ He works on campus with
the Student ChrisUan AssociaUon.
Continued on Page Three
Ihe grii'luation events "Will 1>' -;
i;in .it « p m. on Saturday night,
June D, with the K:iculty-Alum-■
ni reception in honor of the grad-.
uatinr seniors ;ind their parent:
on the Harper H:ill terraee. This,
will be followed by the Gradu-;
ation B;ill, alto to be held on the .
terrace. '
"Fhe Baccalaureate service*
,ire scheduled Sunday morning,
June 6, in Wilson'i new First
Christian Church. The speaker
iwill be Rev. Raymond L. Alex-:
ander, minister of the Washing
ton (N. C l Chriftian Church.
A family style picnic luncheon;
for alumni, seniors, and guests,
will be held on Sunday at 12:30.'
This will hf follower, by n
Jim Succeeds Jim
' By KRNKSTINK M()'/,IN(iO
I "‘Dcjn’t iX' a sut ker. Vote for
I Ilemby!”
I " Don’t :'.et stuck. Vote for Hem
by'.”
Kvi n without the suckert and
bubblegum Jim Hemby probably
would have oarrii'd the April 20
olection. By virtue of hli ovei-
whelming victory he will suc^
another Jim — Peebles— into the
office of Prt. ’dent of the Student
Co-operative Association, the hlgh-
<»t elective position on campus.
Jim, who transferred from Caro
lina a.< a freshman, is taking pre-
ministerial course* here at AC. Af
ter he complete* his training he
hopei to do graduate work at Tex
as ChrisUan Univeriity in Fort
Worth, Texa*. He ha* held several
important po*ition* (luring hi* two
year* here including the editor,
ship of The Colle*l*t«, and 1* a
member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fra
ternity. , „ .
It must be said that Hemby car
ried on a *lick campaign — no
promises to fulfill when he take*
office. Even hi* campaign manag-
Contlnued on Page Three
meetinn ot 'b*- ^’oUegi- liu*t<-t's
,it 2 p. m. on Sunditv in the Hiir-
ily Library.
Another highlight of Ihe 'luy
i* slated at 3.30 p. m. At that
tmii' grounii breaking ceremon-
ii . at the sites for a new science
building and infirmary will be
held.
The Atlantic Christian College
band will present » concert on
Sun4ay afternoon at 4:30 o'
clock on the front campu*. The
gr.'iduating ceremonies will fol
low at 5 p. rn.
Mr. Langston an<i C C Ware,
retired secretary of the North Ca
rolina Christian Missionary Socii
ty, will receive honorary degrii-
at thi' program.
... _ - * -
Gill, Lawler, Lamm
Fill Campus Offices
After preliminary voting on April
:37 ami a run-<i(f April 28 tlie
’ lolUiwing student.*; were eliftefl V)
; serve with president James Hemby
kon the Kxefutive Hoard fif the
I f-’cyiperatve As.s/»^-iation at ACC.
!Th<> are Suzanne (Jill, vice presl-
d-nt, Kleiia Lawler, secretary;
1 and Kenneth I.iimm, treasurer
Suz.mnc Gill has been treasurer
o' the Student C(X)|Krative Ass<x:ia-
tion this year and last fall was
eli'cted homerommg queen. Form
erly treasurer of the Student Chris
tian Association, she is a Junior
from Wil.HOn,
Klena Uiwler is treasurer of thi-
Junior Cla»s, Originally from Con
necticut, her homi' is now in Camp
I.«Jeune, where her father i* chief
surgeon. She is a transfer from
Vanderbilt. Elena wa* in training
for a nurse, but now plans to ma
jor in science. Reliable s^iurce* in
formed the COLUEGI ATE'S re-
prfrter that the new *ecretary is
pinned to William Draughn.
Kenneth Lamm i* new t<J mod
student*. He is an amijr veteran
Continued on Pag> 'Hir*-*-
I Newspaper repoiters aren't »u;v
I posed to get too pueUr, but after
: the beautiful spring morning of
I April JO dawned, a.s if made to
I order by Joe Overman, your re-
I ixu ter was pot Into a poetic mood
' for the rest tif the day and there
WHS nothing during the day ever
' to di*»troy that m<»d
I Dr. White himself helped main-
j tain that mmid. His inauguration
■ spei-eh constantly reveali-d well-
thought out language and deepi,'"'
considered thought His attention
. to the symbolism of man was parU-
] cularly appropriate ’"’There ar*
Ume*,’" Dr White »aid, "when h
, man is allowed to Ije a lymbol of
something greater than himself He
may l>e an instrument, a *ymt»l.
Ol a servant, possibly a combina
tion of all ttiree Certainly an oc
casion *uch a* this will tx- lltUe
more than hollow mockery If the
recipient does mit face up to the
responsibility entrust«-d."
(iuide Pusta
In his half-hour address, the new
pre*ident spent the major part of
his Ume outlining specific object
ives which are to b<" established
as guide posts for achievement.
He pointed out that at time* It Will
' l>e neci-ssary to re-evaluate those
objectives and strengthen t»iem
■ in the light of new truth and new
1 responiibility.
I "It is obvious with our very great
i lilt'd and many unfinish»-d ta*k»."
Dr. White said, ""THere mu*t come
eventually a long-range program
of college development. Any effort
I toward the announcement of *uch
! a program at thi* point would be
I prematun- For such can c<ime on-
I ly out o( long and patient effort to
evaluate the present program, our
neMis. and our ability to achieve "
! Academic Froeeaslon
, The oix-ning academic proce»*lon
I went off In fximp and pageantry
' without a hitch, Uxi.stj-d by the
I college band's pi-rforinanci- of tiie
' '"Coronation March.”
' Afler n fitting invix'ation by Dr.
, P**rry Case, tlie collefii " Mixed
Chorus sang a stirring and uplift
ing "Ti- Deum" by Clokey.
The H(-v. Ira l.ang.ston of New
York City, a memlwr of the college
board of trustii-.s. presided over
- the morning program with an as-
.mr.inie Jiid ea?.i that aiigur wi ll
-for ACC's June Commencemeut
piograni wht-n tlu- Hev. Langst«-i’
will Ix- the main speaker.
D<-an Jaine-. Moudy's quiclly hu
morous attitude toward his Jot) of.
introducing tht? distinguished d«le-
gat<-;> U> the inauguration was a
pleasant surprise tii the delegate.%
i themselves, most of whom in prts-
, vlous year;, had sat patiently
' tliiough more stringent tests of en-
i durance of Introductions.
Hring (ircelings
■ Bringing special greetings dur.
ing the morning were Ur, Carlyle
I Camplx'll. jiresldent of the South
ern Assoclntiijn of College.: ind
' Secondary Schools; Dr. Allen S.
' Hurlburt, assistant superintendent
I of the North Carolina State De-
' partment of I-Mucatliin; I>r. J
I M Ox)k, executive secretiiry of
' the Intarnalional Convention of Dis-
; ciples of Christ; and Dr. Harlle
L Smith, president of the
Board of Higher Education of the
' Disciples of Christ, who also pre-
.sented thi' chargc U> the new pres
ident.
The second major addre** of In-
I auguration Day waf. delivered at
the one o'clock lunc4i<«n for of
ficial delegates in H<-rt Hardy Din
ing Hall. C<mgres*man Brook*
llay* of Arkansas, sjxraking on the
church-related college in relation
to government. *aid: "There mu*t
be !i bridge between the religiou*
community and the governmental
] community. The church-rclated col-
i lege must be that bridge."
Junior-Senior Band
Jimmy Harris and hi* Combo
have l>een contract<*d to suf^ly the
mufic for this year's Junlw Sen
ior Prom.
The annual event will bo held
in the Cherry Hot<-l on May H.
Other detail* will be announced
later thi* wx-ek. but It 1* rumored
that the affair will be *emi-formal.
ACC* Junl»>r Cla** annually
plays host to the Senior*. Officer*
of this year'* Junior Clas* are:
president, Eddie Johnsfjn; vlc»-
president, Jim Hebbe; secreUry,
Pat White; trea*urer, Elena Law-
l»-r.