The Collegiate
VOL. XXVIII
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 14, 1957
NUMBER FOUR
Fall Play Opens In Chapel Tonight
Atlantic Christian College’s Stage
and Script Club will present its
Fall Play, “The Lady’s Not For
Burning,” by Christopher Fry, in
Howard Chapel tonight and tomor
row night at 8:15 p. m.
This play is one of the most dif
ficult to present that has ever been
offered by the Stage and Script
Club. At the same time it is one
of the most entertaining plays
to see and to interpret in the mod
ern theatre. The very carefully
chosen cast is taking great care
to bring out the significance and
beauty of the lives of the charac
ters.
The story concerns a young man
who has recently returned from
the war, full of high ideals and
ambition, only to find the people
of his country bound by petty cus
toms and prejudices, by greed antj
stupidity. He reacts so violently
that he wishes to leave the world
but does not wish to take his own
life; therefore, he tries to convince
the authorities that he has com
mitted crimes for which he should
be hanged.
Another strong character enters
in the person of an attractive young
woman who has a mind of her own
and who wishes to live in hep- own
way, but who is accused of being a
witch because she has her pet pea
cock dining with her in/ the house.
The local authorities are quick to
condemn her to be burned, since
she violates their sense of what is
right and proper and also incident
ally because she is an unprotected
female with considerable property
which they covet.
Into the lives of these two there
comes the transforming power of
love which redeems and affects all
when it touches: the young clerk
who saves an innocent convent girl
from an unsuitable marriage, the
mother who opens her jewel box
unselfishly, the old judge who can
wink at an escape, and the two
principals, Thomas and Jennet.
The latter parts are played by El
len Dennis who has been active in
Stage and Script throughout her
college career, playing such varied
parts as "the old nurse in “Medea,”
Eliza in ■'Pygmalion” and Joan
in “The Lark” and Clay Phillips,
a newcomer to Wilson audiences
who comes to us after taking an
active part in dramatics at Camp
bell College.
Another newcomer who has add
ed greatly to the excellence of the
READY FOR PLAY—The scenery for tonight’s major fall production by the Stage and Script Club
gets some touches from a group of students under the supervision of Director Doris Holsworth.
Preparing for “The Lady’s Not For Burning” are (left to right) Littlejohn Faulkner, David Pitts,
Norman Watson, Mary Alice Howard, Charlene Willoughby, Mrs. Holsworth, and Anne Nelson.
cast and to our dramatic activity is
Kay Johnson who comes from Mer
edith and is playing the part of the
mother, Margaret. Her sons, Hum
phrey and Nicholas, are played by
Jimmy Mitchell, a transfer from
North Carolina State and Jay PriU-
aman who has joined Stage and
Script for the first time this year.
Richard, the clerk, is played by
Sanford Peele who is also Stage
Manager for the play and who was
active in our plays all through last
year. Betty Jean Parks of Golds
boro shows her acting ability in
the role of Alizen, a shy young
girl, after having interpreted such
roles as Mrs. Higgins in “Pygma
lion” and the insane wife in “He,”
Delton Glover who was president
of Stage and Script for last year
and active in the plays for sever
al years, is now portraying the
cantakerous mayor with a pom
pous judge, Tappercoom. S. D.
Bundy, Jr. of Farmville completes
the cast with a really laughable
impersonation of the chaplain.
The committees are working
hard to make the production a suc
cess; the members of the publicity
committee are Billio Ann Creech,
Claude Anthony, Sanford Peele,
Karen Lackowitch and Gayle Cam
eron. James Moskos is in charge
of tickets and is house manager.
Doris Jenkins is chairman of cos
tumes; Mary Alice Howard is
chairman of makeup; Anne Nelson
is ch^rman of properties and Nor
man Watson is chairman of scen
ery. Littlejohn Faulkner is in
charge of lighting and Sanford
Peele is stage manager.
Choral Members
Leave Friday
Leaving tomorrow morning for
Charleston, South Carolina, to pre
sent a musical program at the
South Carolina Convention of Chris
tian Churches are 10 Atlantic
Christian Chorus members, Mr.
James Cobb, director, and Mrs.
Cobb. The Convention will be held
at the Rhett Avenue Christian
Church in Charleston.
Students making the trip are as
follows: Frankie Herring, GaU Joy
ner, Carolyn Miles, Martha- Raye
Dawson, Louise Wells, Beverly Ed
wards, Rex Cooper, Ken Brinson,
Bob Collins and John Harrell.
The annual chorus tour which
was scheduled for Wilmington and
Charleston was called off because
of wide - spread flu. It was deem
ed wise by the college officials,
because of the sickness, to carry
only a small number to the Con
vention.
Social Calendar
November
November
November
November
December
16. Harvest Dance
22 Pfeiffer Game
23 WiUiam and Ma^
ry Game (Nor
folk Division)
26 (9:00 p. m.)-
1 (8:00 a. m.)
Thanksgiving Hol
idays
Famed Don Cossack Chorus Will Appear
On ACC Campus Wednesday, December 4
A world - famous group of sing
ers and dancers will provide in
December the College Assembly
and Concert Committee’s most out
standing evening program of re
cent years.
In Howard Chapel on Wednes
day night, December 4, General
Playoff’s Don Cossack Chorus and
Dancers will stage a performance
beginning at eight o’clock.
Dr. Vere Rogers, chairman of the
committee, points out that the con
cert will be free to all students
who have paid their student activi
ty fee. Yet he emphasized the fact
that there will undoubtedly be a
strong demand from the general
public for admission, since the Don
Cossacks are one of the most pop
ular entertainment attrac
tions throughout the world. In or
der to give the public an oppor
tunity to use any seats not occu
pied by students a special system
has been devised for determining
how many students will actually
wish to use their privilege of at
tending.
Students may receive their tic
kets by presenting their activity
cards at the information desk in
the lobby of the classroom building
before November 18. Tickets are
not transferable.
Faculty members may purchase
a ticket during the same period
for $1.00.
Married students and faculty
may purchase a ticket for their
husbands or wives at a special
price of $1.00 before November 18.
On November 18 tickets wiU go
on sale to the general public.
If a student receiving a ticket
can not go, he should return it to
Mr. Benjamin Bardin in the Busi
ness Department by December 2.
The Chorus has traveled on a tot
al of one hundred seven different
ocean liners and visited sixty-five
different countries. The Eiffel Tow
er, Parliament Buildings in Lon
don, Pyramids of Egypt, tea plan
tations of Ceylon, wild beasts of
South Africa, elephants of India,
ice - paddies of Indo - China,
earthquakes of Chili, skyscrapers
of New York, the holy places of
Jerusalem, bananas of Singapore
and Java, tidy streets of towns of
Holland, the Tunnel of St. Gothard
in Switzerland, the minarets of
Turkey, the caves of Madeira, the
thrills of the Hawaii Islands, a rev
olution in Brazil — are all com
mon sights to these nomadic sing
ers.
Flu Patients Given Good Care
By TOMMY WILLIS
Flu and more flu — yes, that
.about sums up the situation as it
has been here on our campus. It
has ben a most unfortunate situa
tion, but our college administration
is to be commended on the fine
way in which it handled the prob
lem.
It is true that the conditions were
not ideal. However, I believe that
the patients received as good care
as could be expected in the emer
gency situation. When, I as a pa
tient, listened to some of the oth
er patients griping, it made me
want to teU them to grow up. To
hear college students sit and con
demn the fine care they were re
ceiving made me wonder if these
people were really ready to leave
home and take all the risks in life.
I am glad to say that this group
of whom I write were in a minori
ty. The majority of the students
were nearly perfect patients. I
guess I could quote one of the nurs
es, “You can really find out what
a person is like when he becomes
ill.” This, I suppose, about sums
up the situation.
Before I close I would, on be
half of the patients who found no
cause to gripe, like to thank the
people who had any small part in
the aid and services given. Miss
Sarah Bain Ward and our faithful
nurse and friend, “Ma” Wilson,
were especially wonderful in their
undying help. To all these fine peo
ple we say “thanks” and offer our
apologies for those who caused un
necessary problems.
Harvest Dance
Slated Saturday
At eight o’clock Saturday night.
Sigma Tau Chi will present its an
nual Harvest Dance. The event will
take place in the Bert Hardy Din
ing Hall on the campus of Atlan
tic Christian College. Music for this
very informal affair will be provid
ed by the latest records.
Charles Hughes will act as Mas
ter of Ceremonies at the half time
which will bring on soft drinks
and homemade cookies and can
dies. The entertainment for the
half time will be provided by Dick
Tyson’s sister, Ruth Ann, and Nan
cy Jo Whitehead’s sister, Libby.
These two girls will do a baton
twirling act, and a tap dance.
Admission for the Harvest Dance
will be 75 cents a couple and 50
cents stag.
Students Urged
To Pick Up Cards
Atlantic Christian College stu
dents have been urged to pick up
their 1957-1958 Atlantic Christian
College Athletic Association admis
sion cards.
The cards may be picked up
from the telephone operator at the
switchboard in the administration
building. It wiU be necessary to
have an admission card in order
to get into basketball games play
ed at the college. They are also
used as admission at many other
events held on the campus.
18 ACC Students Nominated For Who’s Who
Eighteen Atlantic Christian Col
lege seniors have been selected to
have their names appear in “Who s
Who Among Students In American
Universities And Colleges,” it was
announced publicly today.
The students were notified pri
vately by Dr. R. B. Cutlip, Dean
of The College, earlier this week
after he was informed by the publi
cation.
Fifteen of the seniors selected
are scheduled to be graduated
from ACC in June. The other three
will be graduated in August.
Selected were Sylvia AUsbrook
of Scotland Neck, Arthur Bishop,
Philadelphia, Pa., David Black
wood, Raleigh, John Browning, Ra
leigh, OUie Cuddington, Kenly, Lib
by Griffin, Wilson, Mavis Griffin,
Elm City, Joyce Duvall Harrison,
Hickory, Evelyn Rachel High, W
son, Carole P. Hines, Goldsboro,
Henry PoweU, Wilson, Lawrence
Prevatte, Lumberton, Jesse Short,
Wilson, Marjorie Trott, Richlands,
A. J. Walston, Wilson, Carl Weav
er, Four Oaks, Norman Watson,
Wilson, and Tommy Willis, Beau
fort.
Students appearing in “Who’s
Who” are selected by the coUege
faculty on the basis of their over
all campus record — scholarship,
leadership, character — and for
the future contributions they are
expected to make to society. _
This year’s total of 18 nominees
is the largest ever selected from
the ACC student body.
Miss AUsbrook is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Allsbrook
of Scotland Neck. .Bishop is the
son of the Rev. and Mrs. George
Bishop of Philadelphia, Parents of
Blackwood are Mr. and Mrs. Da
vid C. Blackwood of Raleigh.
Browning is the son of Mrs. Clyde
O Hughey, Raleigh. Miss Cudding
ton is the daughter of Ben L. Cud
dington of Kenly. Miss Libby Grif
fin’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. S.
Earl Griffin of Wilson. Miss Mav
is Griffin’s parents are Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Griffin of Elm City.
Mrs. Harrison’s parents are Mr.
and Mrs. D. J. Duval of Hickory.
Parents of Miss High are Mr. and
Mrs. O. S. High, Jr., of Wilson.
Mrs. Hines’ parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Julien E. Phillips of Golds
boro. Powell’s mother is Mrs. Lau
ra C. Powell of Wilson. Prevatte’s
mother is Mrs. Gwendohn G.
Thompson. Short’s parents are Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Short of Wilson.
The parents of Miss Trott are Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin H. Trott of Rich-
lands. Walston’s mother is Mrs.
Johnanna Walston of Wilson. Wea
ver’s parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Gertha Weaver of Four Oaks. The
parents of Watson are Mr. and
Mrs. I. A. Watson of Wilson. WiUis’
parents are Mr. and Mrs. V. E.
WiUis of Beaufort.
Most of the students, particular
ly those who live on the campus,
hold top leadership positions in va
rious ACC organizations.
Blackwood is president of the
Student Cooperative Association.
Miss Allsbrook is vice - president.
Bishop is president of the Senior
Class and Sigma Rho Phi Fraterni-
'ty-
Browning is Chaplain of Sigma
Alpha and is active on both camp
us publications. The CoUegiate and
The Pine Knot.
Miss Cuddington is president of
Women’s Dormitory Council, Wo
men’s Recreation Association, and
past president of Phi Sigma Tau
Sororoty.
Miss Libby Griffin is president of
Sigma Tau Chi Sorority and a
cheerleader. Miss Mavis Griffin is
a representative on the S. C. A.
cabinet.
Mrs. Harrison is past secretary
of Phi Sigma Tau and is active in
the local chapter of the Future
Teachers of America.
Miss High is a majorette and a
member of the band. Mrs. HQnes
is active in Sigma Pi Alpha.
Powell is vice - president of the
North Carolina Collegiate Academy
of Science and is active in many
campus organizations. Prevatte is
treasurer of the Student Christian
Association. Short is vice - presi
dent of the Accounting Club.
Miss Trott is House President of
the Women’s Dormitory Council.
Walston is president of the Ac
counting Club and is treasurer of
Sigma Rho Phi Fraternity.
Weaver is president of Phi Delta
Gamma Fraternity. Watson is as
sistant business manager of The
Collegiate and business manager
of Sigma Rho Phi. Willis is presi
dent of the Men’s Dormitory Coun
cil, president of the Physical Edu
cation Club and vice - president of
Sigma Rho Phi Fraternity.