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ATLANTIC CliUISTIAN COIJ.KGK. OC'TOBKU 1. 1950
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Arthur D. Wenger
Named President
Atlantic Christian CoU^jce opt'ni-d
its doors this fall undtT a now
president. Dr. Arthur D. Wenger
was chosen by the AC board •>(
trustceei to re^acc Or. Travis A.
White, who resigned July 15, of this
year.
Dr. Wenger became president of
ficlally September 1. with Dr
James M. Moudy serving as act
ing president at that time.
Coming to Atlantic Christian
from Texas Christian University.
Fort Vr'orth, Texas. Dr. Wenger
is Dot a stranger to this college, lie
was a member of the administra
tive staff under President D. Ray
Liodley during the years 1950
through 1952. At that time he
served as Director of Public rela
tions and as Administrative Assist'
ant to Dr. Lindley. He also di
rected two weekly radio ^ogrums
interpreting the college to its con
stituent area as well as serving as
an Instructor in the department of
PiUlosophy and Religion.
During that time he served as
leadership training chairman of
the Eastern Carolina Council of the
^y Scouts of America. Meml>er-
ship in the Wilson Lion's Club was
also one of his varied activities
Dr. Wenger is a native of Aber
deen. Idaho. He was born in 1916
and is the son of Mr and Mrs.
Frank L. Wenger of Aberdeen. He
received his undergraduate train
ing at Bethel College, Newton, Kan
sas, from which he earned his B.
A. degree.
He attended Brite College of the
Bible at Texas Christian Universi-= enrolled now Is 847.'Of this num-
IMctured above U the new claHiiroom buUdlng denlcned to mccomm*>datr » studrnt body of 1500
Ktudents. There Is actual seating space for R5 0 students at any one time In the building and
room for faculty offices for all department* rxcept science, math, music, and physical educa
tion.
Increase Made
In Elnrollment
The larKcst student body In the Scrvicc Available
history of Atlantic Christian Col
lege walking around the campus
this fall. The Incomplett'd number
Library Announces New Set-Up
65 Hours Per Week
Reserve Book Room
Opens In Library
ty and received his B. D. degree
from there in 1948. E>r. Wenger has
also studied at San Franci-sco The-
ber 485 are new students by trans
fer or otherwise.
Our new buildings have comp**::
-^ated very nicely for this year’s
increa.';e of students. One reason
I campus%
; It is surprising to note that de-
; spite the higher enrollment there
I is a smaller freshman class this
I year. However, the future seems
! bright, for the expansion program
j of AC is projected to provide great-
. er opportunities and interest to
I prospective students.
Thursday. 5>eplemU*r 20.
murkt-d the lM*ii(innlng of a new |
'?ervicc area in tlie Hardy IJt>r«ry
-it Atlantic Christiiin College On 1
that day a reserve Ixxik room <»j>rn-
fd Its d(K)r;‘. to students.
All b(K)ks on faculty reserve ll.stji
' «*re now housed «>n the juM-ond ntx)f
in the former Audto<Vtsual room
New furniture has Ix^en purchaK«*<l
; and installed Hi serve l>«M)ks for
The Clarence L Hardy Library
announces its new s(hi*dule of
hours. Beginning with the o{H*ning
of the fall session of 19M. the
library will be op<*n 65 hours each
week Service will be continuous
f..r the increase may b.. the ‘’ o„
, i ‘•■'■id'*/" “’e library wlU cl.«- at
^1.1^ Baptist congregation . ^ Saturday* at 12 30
should be larger on campus. Tran.*: nm
fer studenU total eighty-eight over - i.u
last voar's fortv So far twelvt Walter Gray, AC College libra-
Ftau-. and two foreign countrWs he feeU it important i-ach cour»r now have ampl.- »pa
are represented on our enlarged li^*"ary remain open on « . I
an unbroken schedule. The new Mrs. Carol Sumerell is the llbra« I
hours should prove valuable to ry staff memU*r in charge of this !
town students who are limiti'd in new service. She will l>e assist<‘d
the time they have for study on by Mavis Griffin, Linda U*c. Caro- ’
campus, as wtrll as for all of those lyn Thorntvn. Janet Ri'el, Martha |
who ' just can’t remember when Sanders and Ix*lia May Goff, stu
the library is open.” “It would b<* ‘
impossible to maintain these hours
open without the aid of capable
student assistants", said Mr. Gray.
The students now training as li-
Modern Design
Aids Efficiency
Of College Plant
5 New Buildings
Opened For Use
lly JOHNNY ' Yiri’V'
KKimSINti
There exlit* on entirely different
atmosphere of college life at At
lantic C'hrutun this fall now thut
mixlern designing has U-en used In
expanding acromnuxlutions Five
new buildings are l>elng used f<ir
the first time Two of these are
"real gr4ie " The Administration
' Building hou>es all administrative
offices, the college switchboard. •
faculty lounge and a kitchen Best
of all. It is alr-conditiuned.
The new classr(x>m building was
designed to arcomnuxlatc a stu*
dent tx>dy of 1500 students, and so
was the new sciencc buildmg.
There is actual seating space fur
‘ 850 students at any one time in the
classroom building and nK)m for
faculty offices for all de)Nirtmen(4
excrpt science, math, music, and
physical education. All four of
. the»e depiirtments have their fac
ulty officcs in the buildings housing
their departments
('lassroum Kulldlnr
On the first fl<K»r of the new
> lassr<M)m iHilldlng the present of
fices cimld be converted into st/)r-
.»ge areas If n«ri>i.sary. The lot>bv
is *o constructed that wiUi the ad-
1956 dltion of {Minel walls It can evilly
Continued on Pa*;** Four
Prillaman Seeks
Student Opinion
dent assistants.
The hours of service in this new
room will l>e the same as those for
the general library; 8:30 a m. un
til 9 30 p.m. Monday through
brary a«»l«tanU In clrculaUon and Thurwlay; 8 SO a m until 5 30 p
periodicals arc Ruby Bazemorc,
Emily Waters, Annette Barefoot.
m. Friday; 8 30 a.m. until 12:30
p.m. on Saturday. T^is will give
DR. ARTHUR D. WENGER
Ological Semmary.
affd
San Anselmo,
California, afid New York Univer
sity. He was honored this year
with the honorary LL.D. degree
from T.C.U.
While a student at T.C.U. Dr.
Wenger served as pastor of Chris
tian Churches at Hamilton and
Arlington. He was also Associate
Pastor of the First Christian
piurch, New Castle, Pennsylvania,
for two years. During World War
2J, he was c.haplain of the U. S.
■^my. with combat duty in Bel
gium, Luxembourg. Germany, and
^ustrla.
Joining the staff of T.C.U., Sep
tember 1, 1^2. Dr. Wenger serv^
as Director of Special Promotion
with responsibility primarily in
the area of church relationships.
Continued on Page Four
Joanne Hlvenbark, and Lelia May Uii- faculty and «tudi-nU U AC Col-
lege 65 hours of continuous library
service per week.
With all of the newness and dif-iGoff
ference around and about the AC Those assigned to the new Re
campus this year, the Collegiate, in serve Ikxfk Rtx>m are I^elia May
an attempt to learn something of'Goff, Martha Sanders. Janc*t < \
the student opinion h...: taken a Mavis Griffin. Carolyn Thornton,
small Gallop census Mr. Gallop and Linda Lee.
being reprc **nted by Jay Prilla- Two other students are training
man—asking students at random as assistants to the cataloger. Mrs.
the question, “What do you like j John Scudder. They are Carol Aus-
best that is new on ACC campus?” tin and Thurlo Boswell.
Here are the answers that were :
given:
George Gardner, sophomore
from Goldsboro—"I like the new
classrooms and new facilities.”
Jodie Strickland, senior from
Middlesex—”] like the ‘new deal';
seniors are exempt from chapel.”
Ellen Dennis — Junior from
Greensbor<^’*I like the people
and the transfers.”
Bob Shawver, Junior from Blue-
fiekl, W. Va. — “The girls.”
Bill Palmer, Junior from Ra
leigh—‘The new buildings and the
CHUCK HK.STKU
Continued on Page Four
Freshman Class
Chooses Leaders
ffester Sends Message To Students
Hello Everyone,
U'h ({ood to Bee all you unperclaiuimen back in nchool.
With all the new freKhmen added we have ()uile a student
body. Ix!t me welcome all of you back to our new campus.
If you are like me you are jflad to »iec all the fine improve
ments that have been added. They have helped to raiHC
our standardfl to thoHe of the hiifhcHt in the ntate.
Hy watching you thene fir«t few weckn, 1 can iitill
Dr. Wenger Expresses Welcome
To all members of our College family: ,
It i.s a di.stinct plea.sure to welcome into our Colleife
family a.s thi.s session begins many students and faculty
members who are with us for the first time; also a warm |
;■ welcome to those who are retumin^t to us thLs year! '
As we study, play, and work tofrether this year each
of us will have the opportunity to discover in a new way i
the spirit which makes life on our campus a ®”'!
richintf one. It is my hope that each problem, each chal
lenge, each learninK situation will be accepted as an op
portunity to develop in ourselves those qualities which
make us effective leaders.
Our Collejre Admini.stration extends to all of you
every ffood wish for an outstanding year here at Atlantic
‘Christian College.
Sincerely,
Arthur D. Wenger
President
At M recent meeting of the fresh
man claii, Bobby Dunn, a mathe-
maUci major from Plnetopi, wai; «ee that same fighting spirit which ha» helped us toward
.‘"neXt"'"Mr '^nd ^ ^igh goal in the past four or five years. To me it ap-
John Dunn, who are both on the pears that we are going to have a fine year to record in
AC faculty. the history of the college, 1 certainly hope so and hope that
Other officers elected werf Ken- you feel the same way.
neth W Duan, a l^ineM atudent Here at AC; we have a reputation of being friendly.
*’ ’ I would like for thin to continue. Ho how about you girls
Continued on Page Four smiling those beautiful smiles at Uh boys, and we will do
the same, and don't be afraid to speak. If you can’t speak
to someone then at least nod. 1 know how hard it is some
mornings to be happy and pleasant, e.spccially after hav
ing sat up half the night studying. Hut by your speaking
I thi> year m, eaiena.r oi «miling, you may help to make someone else’s day a
' ■ - ■ little brighter.
I know that you have all met the officers of the Kxe-
cutive Hoard anil Co-Operative Association. However, let
me introduce them once more. They are all really tops.
For V'ice-l’resident the students selected a very fine
' and capable penwjn in Jim .Matthews.
The secretary is the old reliable, Sylvia Allsbrook.
Sylvia was our secretary last year, and when she ran this
year she again came out on top.
Juggling the figures thi»< year will be Rilly .Merrit.
I He, being a student interested in math, there couldn’t have
. been a better choice made for this office.
In closing let me say that your main abject in coming
I to school is to get an education. So let's get off on the right
I foot this first month, and really show the people back home
[that we have what it takes. O.K.?
Chuck Hester
cai,f:ni>ar
All assembly meetings will be
held an Wfdne»days. snd all
ehspel programs on Fridays
this year. The eilendar of
eventa for the month of October
Is:
Assembly Meetings
October 3, Prof. I/«>e Howard-
musical procram
October 10. Mar»hall Ffshwlek'
American studies
October 17, Rellffioos F:mphasls
Week
October 24, Open date
October 31. General Meeting of
C^ooperative Association
(*bapel Programs
October 5. I>r. Rogers
October 12. O^n date
Oetobfr 19. RelVlous Kmphasls
Week—Mrs. Wyker
October 26, Panel dlcassioo—
mioist^ni