The Collegiate
VOLXXVIII
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 1, 1957
NUMBER THREE
Trustees Vote Scholarship Hike
Area Workshop
Opens Tonight
Today and tomorrow the Atlantic
Christian College .Department of
Education and Psychology plays
host to a “workshop in Elementary
Arithmetic” for teachers from
seven counties.
Elementary school teachers from
city and county schools in Frank
lin, Johnston, Wake, Wayne, Edge
combe, Nash and Wilson Counties
wiU arrive on campus late today.
Main speaker will be Dr. Olan L.
Petty, Associate Professor of Edu
cation at Duke University.
The workshop will ope-n tonight
at 7:30 p. m.. with a general ses
sion in the lobby of the college’s
new classroom building. Dr. Petty
will address the teachers at that
time on the subject, “Emphasis On
Understanding In The Teaching Of
Arithmetic.” He will be presented
by G. A. Constantine, Acting Chair
man of the Department of Educa
tion and Psychology.
A social hour will be held Sat
urday morning at 9 a. m. in the
classroom building lobby to be fol
lowed by the second general ses
sion at 9:45 o’clock. S. G. Chap
pell, superintendent of the Wilson
City Schools will preside at this
session. It will be followed by three
panel discussions Raymond Stone,
Director of Instruction for the Wil
son City Schools will be the dis
cussion leader for the first, sec
ond, and third grade teachers
which will have as its subject, “The
Teaching Of Number Concepts In
The First, Second And Third
Grades.” Consultants wiU be Mrs.
Mary Harrelson, third grade teach
er in the Elm City Schools; Mrs.
Mary Shackelford, second grade
teacher in the Stantonsburg
Schools; and Miss Lucy Culpepper,
first grade teacher at Davis Aven
ue School in Wilson.
J. T. Odom, Principal of the Elm
City High School, will be the dis
cussion leader for the fourth, fifth
and sixth grade teachers. It will
have as its subject, “Materials And
Activities used in The Teaching Of
Arithmetic In The Fourth, Fifth,
And Sixth Grades.” Consultants
will be Mrs. Mearl Felton, fifth
grade teacher in the Saratoga
Schools; Miss Edna Earl Boykin,
fifth grade teacher at Margaret
Hearne School in Wilson; and Mrs.
Katherine Jessup, sixth grade
teacher at Frederick Woodard
School in Wilson.
E. C. Jernigan, Principal of Rock
Ridge High School, will be the dis
cussion leader for a panel discus
sion on “The Teaching of Arithme
tic In The Upper Elementary
Grades.” Consultants will be Mrs.
Kathryn McKeel, eighth' grade
teacher at Stantonsburg High
School, Mrs. H. D. West, Principal
of St. Mary’s School in Wilson
County, and Mrs. Clara Steward,
member of the faculty at Charles
L. Coon High School in Wilson.
At 11 a. m. Saturday the third
and final general session of the
workshop will be held. Dr. Petty
will speak at this session on the
subject, “Addition To And Subtrac
tion From Our Instructional Pro
gram in Arithmetic.” He will be
presented by Dr. Randall B. Cutlip,
Dean of ACC.
College Capital Fund Campaign
Nears Mid-Point With $233,000
More than 300 volunteer workers
were busily engaged this week in
work aimed at zooming Atlantic
Christian College’s Capital Fund
campaign nearer its $500,000 goal.
More than $233,000 in subscrip
tions was reported by the volun
teers at a report meeting held last
week.
The exact amount was $233,895
coming from 302 gifts, it was re
ported at the dinner meeting held
in the lobby of the college’s class
room building last Thursday night.
Thomas J. Hackney, Jr., Popu
lar Gifts Chairman, made the an
nouncement of the amount sub
scribed after reports were in from
the three areas of the campaign—
trustees, leadership gifts, and pop
ular gifts.
An initial report of $21,075 from
popular gifts came from 215 sub
scriptions. This amount was the
summary of Section 1, with W. D.
Adams, chairman. Section II, head
ed by John N. Hackney, Jr., Sec
tion III, directed by S. M. Co-
zart, and Section IV, with W. E.
Barnes, chairman. An added fea
ture of the popular gifts total was
the report of the faculty of ACC,
listing 26 subscriptions for $4220.
John N. Hackney Sr., in a joint
announcement with special gifts
CO - chairman D. W. Woodard, re
ported 64 special gifts for a total of
$93,220. This report was gathered
at a 5:15 p. m. meeting held yes
terday on the college campus. This
committee of 37 members listed
about 25 per cent of potential in
this first report.
The recorded giving of the board
of trustees of the college was re
ported by Dr. Arthur D. Wenger,
president. He gave 23 subscriptions
as the number of gifts to date, for
a total of $119,600. This report, as
well as the prior two, brought a
round of applause from the corps of
workers.
Popular gifts chairman Hackney
indicated that the first report of
46.8 per cent of the campaign goal
was most satisfactory, and should
put the campaign well on the way
to victory.
ACC’s Biggest Homecoming
Set To Begin November 21
The biggest Homecoming pro
gram in Atlantic Christian Col
lege’s history will be staged on the
campus the weekend of November
22 and 23, Miss Sarah Bain Ward,
Homecoming Chairman, reported
this week.
She said the program will actual
ly cover three days since it will
start on Thursday, November 21,
with a pep raUy at 9 p. m. and a
Bohunk party and dance following
at 9:45 p. m.
Fraternity, sorority and class
groups are already making plans
for their floats which will appear in
the Homecoming parade on Sat
urday morning.
Two basketball games are plan
ned, one on Friday night and one
on Saturday. The first will be with
Pfeiffer College and the second will
be with William and Mary (Nor
folk Division).
The Homecoming Queen wiU be
crowned at the half - time of the
first game and she will then reign
over the remainder of the home
coming activities. She also will be
the star of the homecoming par
ade.
The annual homecoming ball will
be held on Saturday night follow
ing the basketball game. Fratern
ity and sorority alumni suppers
are being scheduled on Friday
night with class reunions set for
Saturday night. The entire sched
ule appears below.
HOMECOMING SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 21
9:00 P. M.—Pep Rally.
9:45 P. M.—Party for Faculty and Students.
Friday, November 22
5:30 P. M.—Fraternity and Sorority Alumni Dinners.
8:15 P. M.—Basketball Games—ACC vs. Pfeiffer College.
9:00 P. M.—Crowning of Homecoming Queen at half time
of basketball game.
10:00 P. M.—Parties and Open House for Alumni in homes
of Faculty Members.
Saturday, November 23
11:00 A. M.—Homecoming Parade.
12:00 NOON—Alumni Luncheon and annual Business Session.
2:00 P. M.—Open House in all campus buildings.
5:30 P. M.—Class Reunion Dinners.
8:15 P. M.—Basketball Game—ACC vs. William & Mary.
10:00 P. M.—Homecoming Ball.
Social Calendar
November 1 and 2 - Arithmetic
Workshop
November 16 - Harvest Dance
November 12, 13, and 14 - North
Carolina State Convention for
Christian churches
November 13, 14, and 15 - Chorus
tour to Williamston, Wilmington,
and Charleston. S. C.
ACC's Fall Play
Postponed Today
Officials announced today that
the Stagre and Script Club’s
fall production has been post
poned.
The action w^as taken be
cause of the flu situation on
Flu Scare Hits
College Campus
The following Bulletin was is
sued late this week by the
Dean’s office at the College.
“Due to the continued increase
of flu among students and fac
ulty it has become necessary to
take further emergency steps in
an attempt to reduce the possi
bilities of spreading the disease.
Effective today and until Mon
day, November 11 all non-aca
demic activities will be suspend
ed. This includes Chapels and
Assemblies; Intramural Sports
Program; Fraternity, Sorotity
and Club Meetings; aU Social
Events; Executive Board and
Pan-Hellenio Councils. In addi
tion all Freshman and Sopho
more Physical Education class
es are cancelled for the same
period of time. Basketball prac
tice and scrimmages are clos
ed to student spectators.
The play scheduled for next
Thursday and Friday will be
postponed.
The Harvest Dance has been
tentatively rescheduled for No
vember 16.
Students are urged to stay
away from gatherings during
this iieriod. It is suggested that
the Bohunk and other crowded
places be avoided during the
next few weeks.”
Nash Street Dorm
Officers Elected
Nash House officers for the year
have been elected. Kenneth Hub-
bel, freshman from Miami, Flori
da, serves as president for the
year.
A transfer from the University of
Tennesse is Wayne Quinton, who
has been chosen as the dorm’s
Vice - President.
Secretary - Treasurer for the
year is Keehahk Kim, special stu
dent from China.
the campus. No new date has
been set for the play.
Wenger Lists
Increases Today
A new scholarship plan, designed
to raise scholarships in every area
except athletics, has been adopted
by the Board of Trustees of Atlan
tic Christian College.
In a meeting held last week, the
trustees studied a plan submitted
by a special scholarship commit
tee appointed by Dr. Arthur D.
Wenger, ACC president, and ap
proved the plan with some chang
es. The new plan will go into ef
fect next fall.
Dr. Wenger announced the re
sults of the trustees’ action this
week. He said the present $200 aca
demic scholarship given by the col
lege to the two highest ranking
members of the graduating class of
each high school in the states of
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia, has been raised to $300.
Students majoring in religion who
have previously received a schol
arship of $100 per year will re
ceive $150 per year. Dr. Wenger ex
plained.
He said sons and daughters of
ministers who have been receiving
$100 scholarships each year, will re
ceive scholarships of $150 per year.
Dr. Wenger said the college will
continue to give $2,500 in athletic
grants - in - aid as it has done
for many years. This was the only
area not increased by the trustees.
A complete change was made in
scholarships given in music at the
college. Instead of giving band and
chorus scholarships of $25 per se
mester as has been done in the
past, the trustees, on the recom
mendation of the special commit
tee, abolished band and choral
scholarships and also abolished tu
ition charges for these courses. In
the future there will be no tuition
charged for band and chorus.
In addition to this change, the
board voted to give 10 scholarships
for music majors in voice and 10
scholarships for majors in instru
mental music at the rate of the to
tal cost of private music fees char
ged each student. At the present
time this amounts to $165 per year.
This is a completely new area of
scholarship aid which has not been
given by the college in the past.
The board voted, upon the rec
ommendation of the committee, to
leave the individual named schol
arships now available at the col
lege at the same amount now being
awarded.
One other scholarship area was
raised. In the past all members of
faculty and administration’s imme
diate families received one - half
their tuition up to the amount of
$50 per semester if they were en
rolled at the college. In the future
they will be granted one-half their
tuition.
“These increases in scholarship
aid are being made to bring our
scholarship program, which has re
mained the same for several years,
in line with increased costs,” Dr.
Wenger said.
“It now appears that many col
leges in North Carolina, both pub
lic and private, will have to in
crease their tuitions next year,” he
said. “We are anticipating a slight
increase in tuition at ACC.” Dr.
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Food Prices Perplex Students And Officials
By JIM BISHOP
Glance down at your watch or
that clock on the wall; it is near
noon or, if you are one of those
people who read the newspaper
late, it is near supper. Anyhow,
you can feel that tug on your stom
ach and you are probably wonder
ing where you are going to eat.
There is always that big white
building in the center of the camp
us, Hardy Dining Hall by name.
The food there is always good, but
what about the prices?
.Say, I wonder why there was a
rise in prices this fall? Let us ask
a person who would know, our col
lege president. Dr. Wenger. Here
are the facts as Dr. Wenger stated
them.
There was a need for a rise in
cafeteria prices at the beginning
of this semester. The cafeteria ex-
Pen^tures, which include food cost,
equipment cost, salaries, suppUes,
and gas, for the 1956-57 term were
$71 424, and the income was only
$69^664 — a loss of $1,760. In order
to forestall another deficit this year
the prices were raised. If there had
not been a rise in prices, the cafe
teria would have almost ^ surely
gone further into the “red.”
You say, “So what if the cafe
teria does go in the red, we can
2et money from some other source
to make up the difference.” The
administration answered this probe
by saying that the cafeteria must
■nay for itself, because it would not
be fair to all the students to raise
the tuition or to cut professop sal
aries in order to subsidize the din
ing hall. “No,” says the adminis
tration, “the cafeteria should sup-
nort itself.” , , .
How are some of the restaurants
in town able to serve a meal cheap
er than the dining hall? You must
understand one important thing.
these restaurants are operating un
der the direction of a restaurant
manager, and the dining hall of At
lantic Christian College is manag
ed by a dietitian ( a very fine one,
I might add). A dietitian tries ter
rotate her meals so as to get a
good variety and yet keep serv
ing nourishing food, whereas a res
taurant will not rotate its meals
as much, if at all, and its main
concern is not so much the health
of the individual as it is the suc
cessful economic operation of a
business. Therefore, the restaurant
will not always serve the top grade.
Dr. Wenger contends that you may
be able to eat these cheaper res
taurant meals every now and then
but not continually, for if you ate
breakfast, lunch and supper at one
of these restaurants it would not be
long before you would find yourself
eating the more expensive dishes in
order to get a more balanced diet.
Mrs. Gray, our dietitian, states
that foo'3 costs have been sky-roc
keting; in fact, in the two years
she has been here, some of the
meats she buys have nearly doub
led in price. Mrs. Gray also said
she could economize more if she
were able to buy food in larger
quantities, but due to the lack of
special cutting equipment for the
meat, and storage space, this is
impossible at the present time.
I asked Dr. Wenger if he could
compare living expenses here at
ACC with other colleges and he
came up with the following figures.
Room and board at ACC is esti
mated at $360 per year ( a conserv
ative estimate), Elon $450 per year,
Lenoir Rhyne $440 per year, Ca
tawba $457 per year. High Point
$410 per year, Lynchburg $415 per
year, Duke $650 per year, and
Mer^ith $450 per year. 'Taking
these other colleges into considera
tion, ACC loses quite a bit of money
on the weekends due to the low
volume of business in the cafeteria.
Up until now we have discussed
the reasons why the prices are
■higher than last year, but this is
not our main concern. What we
really want to know is what can
be done about the situation? Is
there any way of serving a more
economical meal? Dr. Wenger enu
merated the following solutions.
1. We could get a professional
food service to take over the man
agement of the cafeteria, but there
is still no guarantee of any cheaper
meals.
2. The dining hall could elimin
ate the students’ choice and serve
just one platter for each meal—
the same food for all students. Dr.
Wenger felt sure there would be a
reduction in prices, but this may
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