The CoLi.EiaATE!
VOL XXVII
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN CUUJ-XiK. MA\ iaS7.
NUMHKK 12
INAUGURAL RITES SET
Weems Succeeds Run-Off Decides
Mrs.Glendenning Student Officers
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, president
of [Atlantic Christian College, has
'cd the appointment of John
Weems as Director of Admis
sions and Placement succeeding ’
Mrs. Marguerite Glendenning who
has resigned. '
Weems, an Assistant Professor in ,
the Department of Business Ad-1
iKtni tration at the college, will j
assume his new duties June 3.
At that time Mrs. Glendenning
wfll leave the college to accept a
poiition as Director of Placement
at lilidvitjstem University. Wichita
.. Texas. She will assume her
duties there on June 15.
Wfcms came to ACC in Septem
ber, 1855, to serve as a faculty
member in the Department of Bus
iness Administration. He it a na
tive of Nashville, Tenn., and holds
both thi* B.S. and M.A. dejfrt*.^
in^u.siness education from Gwrge
Peabody College for Teachers in
K»shville. He will continue to teach
parttin^e in the Di-parlmtnt of
Busincs.s Administration.
ft.' is the s(m of Mr. and Mrf
N; T. Weems of Nashville. He is
married and has one son.
hlr<- Glendenning is a native of,
OKlahomu. She holds the A. B de-1
gri L‘ from Atlantic Christian and i
the Master's deRrce from Ohio!
Upivrrsity In addition to serving
in .dmissions and placement she
has taught in the Department of
Eiducatif>n and Psychology.
,Shf came to ACC in 1^ as see-
rftiiry to the president at that time.
Dt. Travis A. White. She left the
colivKi* in 195T) to enroll in the
graduate school at Ohio Univer*
stty ind returned to ACC last fall
in her present position.
By JO.\NNE KIVFNBARK
A run-off was necessary to de
termine the officers of the Student
Co-operative Association for next
year. The foUowuig were elected
to fill the variouf offices.
Vico-president of the Association
will be Sylvia Allsbrook. She ha
served for several years as sec
retary of the A^-V'lation Sylvia
has been a very outstanding stu
dent since commg to ACC. She I?
a member of t^e Golden Knot Hon-
(»r Society, S.C.A . the ACC Band.
K.T.A.. and Phi Sigma Tau Soro
rity. She »s also »cn(»wn for her
trumpeteering. cow-belling, and
general p^>p at the b*--
jiames; Sylvia is from S.Dtland
Nek and is majormg in primary
education.
Frances Howard, a rising junior
from Pink Hill will repre“‘,*nt the
studetUh aj t^v’trelary n\-;4t yvar
She is ijlso the newly elected sec
retary of th«* W U.A. j ^hip
in S.C.A and Phi Sigma Tau is
4so another of her aclivilu s. Kran-
.s i: majoring in business and
minonng in Kngiish.
Bobby Dunn will ::»Tve as treas
urer for next year, l^obbv. who is
from Pineti»ps. has b»'v'ome a
Iriend of rhany .sludentj ; »m«‘ en
tering ACC. He Is currently serv
ing as president of the freshman
class. He was the starting forward
on the Jayvee ba.skvtl.^ll l4*am and
saw a lot of varsity action thi«
past M-ason.
Head cheerleader, to give thr
Bulldogs suppt>rt in th«- cumin;
season, will be Sharon Hazlerigg,
•f Miami. Florida. Sharon h;ij.,
served the che<*ring squad during ,
both of hiT years at ACC. She is
a campus leader and an active'
member of Sigma Tau Chi soro-*
rity.
AC To Inaugurate
Eighth President
May S. wiU be an Important day
In the life ot Atlantic ChrUtlaD
College
On that day this S5-year<ild col
lege will tnaugxirate Its 'elifhth
president. Dr Arthur Daniel Wen
ger.
S|>eclnl ceremonies that will In
clude an address by North C*ro«
Una's (iovernor. Luther H Hod
ges, have b(*on pUnn<*d for the
; event. Official delrgates frtmi col-
! leges and universities all <»vrr t^e
nation will take part in the e«n»>
monies
Thr inaugural program is sched
uled ff»r 2 SO o’cU>ck in Oie after-
; n«Mm with Dr. Millard P lUirt,
Assistant Director of thr North
i ('arolina Pri»on» Department In
Haleigh. presiding. Dr. Burt is al-
, pr<'sid(*nt of the Atlantic (^irls-
itian Cttllege Alumni Associati<m.
' Others taking part in thr jiro-
' fciram will be JiJm D. Ijirkins.
iJr . <»f Trent<*n. rhairman of the
North (’arolina I>emocratic Kxecu-
live ('«»mmitlee; Dr Harhi* !♦.
Smith of Ir>dlana)Mtli?(, Ind . preai-
(dent of the Btuird of Higher hUlu-
« ation of Christian ('hurcht s; l>r.
Hi r?H*rt H'-rrtng. vict •iirt sident <if
IXike University: I>r C'hurles F.
(‘.irroll. Sti»t<? SuiH*rintend»nt of
i Public Instruction: I>r. Wf<ird
Mojgiin. Dran of (’onvi'ri»«* (*ol-
Ir^f, and! ?«»‘veral others.
' A lunchron for official drirgates
' has U‘«-n planmnl m the C(4lege
I itining hall at mK>n tiiat day with
Thomas J. Mi*rkm*y (»f W|l*<>n,
rhairnian of th«- Atlantic Chn^t^an
('ollege board of trustees, presid
ing
Following U)e inaugural program,
n rrr?»i)tion will be held in JlariKTT
Hall. hom*rng Dr. Wenger.
Dr. Wenger came l<» thr collrge
^ - _ , .itrmber 1. frt»m Texas (*h
•^Potern frontier will officially be-1 with a doctor s degrj o from Texas! University whwr he wa^ di-
10:00
12:00
2:30
4:30
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Inauguration Schedule
Registration in Claaaroom Building
Lunch for Official Delegates in Dinin a H.ll
Inaugural Program on Center Campus
Reception in Harper Hall
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger’s Story Reveals
His Abiding Interest In College
|]
A young man whose parents help-: and n * iv«*d 'he B D degrer I ...
ed write the history of America’s I there, hater he wa.<« to be honored* on Si*ptrmber 1. frt»m Texas (*hrla-
gr.’iduatr
I rector of S)M*clal Promotions
sucrrttls I>T- 'rravis A Whltr, who
He
ridrnt of
/
come prt'sidcnt of Atl mtic Chris-■ Christian University,
tl.m College Kriday. ' After fomplilmg his ^
Dr. Arthur nimiel W.-ngi-r. 40. is I w<irk and while he wan serving
a long way from Alwrdeen, Idaho, ; p.^^l(lr of th<* C'hrii*-
iii the Snake Itivcr vallev. .wkI thi i "an Chiirrh al New Castle, Pa.,
!t»ry of his life is an inU-re.'iting i l>r W.-iiger received :i teli photi.'
one. I ‘ fr(»m om* of his Brite profc?
It w.1.1 in 1909. that his father' » wa* l>r l> H.iy IJtidley
first .s.iw the ferUle valley iiiiid.i "ho had left Drite U> beccime presi-
-iround Aberdeen, and began to set- d»-iit of Atlantic Chrl«ti;in t ollege
tie the rt gion along with other I B’’ 1-indley w.inlcd Art Wenger
pi'>n«'er.i of that day. i at Afr. I)r
T«Jay the Snake Riv.'r valley i« Weng. r came U> Atlantic Christian i
■me of the most fertile farmingand stayed until 19.V!. wlu-n nffleiai lnnug\jr:itinn i»
regions in the nation. * .
Art Wrngrf grew up In that val-
I ley itnd intend<*d to leave it far
t>ehind to b<*come a foreign mis- ]
:»ionary 'Phat v.;:: the first profes-i
field that ^nt<*r<*d hij mind | .. . ...
as a young high —hool student in When Dr. White was calk'd to Mid- am! has de<-p understanding of the
Ah 'idi J n ' w'>*.'<trrn University as p: ;* .Jdent problems n«»w facing higher «*duca-
After grtdualion. a» m;mv yming ' last year, the Ixjard of trustees lion,
m n do. Art Wenger changed his AUitntlr Christian , - nt out a ^ H<- likes time to make big do-
mind arid almost drcid^Hl u» settle Art Wenger and he came | cisions but once mado he aees them
down as a farmer in the valley. to North Carr)lina t/> srrve j thn»ugh U* a conclusion. TTjIs is
His graiHime her offered him IwT i '*■ <'oHcge’s pre.^ident. j irKiical<*d in his courtship and mar-
farm and young Arthur was t<-mpt-' I** *'Uhth m;m U> serve'riagr. Hr mrt his wife. I>»rl«, Uie
as ACC head in its 55 yean oft day hr regist* r<’<l ms a freshman
op<*iTation Hr has lK*rn on t^ie -■ —
campus aincr S«*pt4*mb<‘r 1. btJt his' Continuid on Pagr Four
ACC to U’('omc pre?
Midwrstern University
1 Dr. W«*nger has previously l>een
1.1 memb"*r <if the jitaff at A('C*. He
l«*ft the aolU'ge in 1952 U> go to
[T<’xar Christian Univeiiity after
I »rrving as ACC's Assistant To 1116
Prrsident und«n Dr D Hay l.i!>d-
lev wt>o was tlirn the prr;.»drnt of
thr collrK* .
h<'<lulc*d
left to return to T. C. U. to Friday, U will Ix* a colorful cere-
i<><f»me Dlrrctir ;i|»e-7ial Pro- mony, (Jovernor l,ulh«T H Ho<Jgfl«
motions. - will makr the principle addref:s.
I>r. IJndlry latrr return«5 tot I>r Wenger has many tjiitnts in
T (*.U.. also, and I>r. Travis A. hi't firld H<* is a good st*eaker.
White lH‘<*ame the ACC prr:;idrnt. ' lniprej;ses j>:‘<#ple with his slncc*rity
. Mrs. Margaurite (ilendenninr han b«-en very busy
'^academic year in her j.b as itire -r of ^ne-nl
“ilere she i» eherWin r.’.ir ume o( her rrcordv and displaying that
iriendly <mi!e that ha- become her trade mark. Mrs. «.lenaen-
Ding will be leavinr Koun to beein work at Midwestern I nl»er-
»ity. Mr. John Weems has been named as the new director.
Glendenning Ends Successful Year
-fcHrs Marguerite Glendenning is
Director of Special Student i
8»*rvices at ACC. She has been
f4f>ing a very fine job this year
•Ki certainly deserves recogniUon
lor the work she has been doing.
^r'Mrs. Glendenning was born in
». ouri. but moved to Oklahoma ^
Bh*: she was only nine months
OW. 'In case you don’t know. Ok-,
lahoma is that small states that'
(.IE3S to the north of Texas.)
' <She went to Oklahoma College
fc)r Women, and then to Texas
■Tch.. in Lubbock, Texas. While;
w was in Lubbock, she was al-:
W secretary to the Christian.
Church there. When her boss at I
the church, Dr. Trayls A. White
came to serve as pre.sident of ACC,
he persuaded tier to come and
finish her undergraduate work at
ACC and continue working ai his
= cretary.
Finishing her work at ACC in
June. 1955, she then attended
University where she received her
Masters Degree.
Hr work here at ACC Include-
admissions, interviews, keepi^ In
contact with perspective studenU.
and finding Job« for studenU
want them.
When a student registers at AIX,
Continued on Page Four
I. Then h1» father, his mlni»t»-r.
■ind .i K'Kid college rei-ruitment rep-
r- Illative hi l;n.-d ch:inge his mind
:Juin. After pcr.^ua8lon, Arthur
Went'er di : ided on coll<-.i; •
II must have Ixen the right
' in for ^iiice that di;; he fir»t,
ent'illed. Arthur Wenger has never
lii en t.-; far away from colle;.-. '
He *1)1 his undergraduate traln-
iiiK a* liethel C'-<i - Hi: in Kansas,
and an A. B. degree in religion.
A history profesisr helped him
make the decision to study for
the ministry. "He's dead W)W," Dr.,
Wenger says, "but during tte
years of his teaching, this man
made an Impression on a great
many students. Eight In my class
went into the ministry and related
fields."
Leaving Bethel College, Dr Wen-
ger ent<Ted San Frai»clsco The<>-
lo^cal Seminary to sUrt graduate ■
work in religion. He was there oni-
year *tien he decided to enter the
service at the start of World War
II.
He was in the Chaplaln’i Ciirps
und saw combat duty with the in-
. fantry in Luxemburg, Belgium,
and Germany.
I After discharge from the service,
it was back to graduate school,
this Ume »t Texas Christian Uni
versity. to compiele his education
for the minist^. He studied at|
T.C.U.'i Brite College of The Bible
People In The News
Coach Jack McComas has been operated on for ap-
pendicitus.
Ellen Dennis has produced a children’s play. The
performance was given April 25, in Howard Chapel.
Dr. Esther Long attended the DAR convention in
Washington, D. C.
Thelma Lamm and Joan Sasser appeared on televis
ion in the Belk-Tyler fash,on show.
Ann Edwards plans to work on her M. A. al the
University of Tennessee, where she has been awarded
an assistantship.
Bob Bennett has received scholarships from
both Ohio University and N. C. State. He is undecided
which to take.
Miss Rebecca Tomlinson, on leave of abs«nc« from
ACC to work on her Doctorate, visited the camr 's dur
ing her spring holidays.
Roger Holloman, alumnus and teacher at Rich
Square, has recently been awarded a scholarship for
study in chemistry and physics, by the National Science
Foundation. He plans to attend the University of Wyo
ming this summer.