The Collegiate
VOL. XXVIII
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, DECEMBER 13, 1957
NUMBER SIX
Yule Dance, Queen’s Crowning'Set Saturday
Tomorrow night at 8 p. m. the
classroom building of Atlantic
Christian will be the scene of one
of the college’s most looked - for
ward to affairs. Instead of rushing
to the building carrying a load of
books and dressed in school
clothes, ACC students will dance
dreamily in their best outfits at
the annual Christmas Dance.
Featured at the dance this year
is the popular La Mar Roberts
Trio, which will provide the music
for the dance. This three - piece
band, which contains an electric
organ, is from Raleigh, and has
been much in demand at colleges
all over North Carolina. The La
Mar Trio played at the Gradua
tion Ball last year at ACC and
was well received by the students.
The highlight of the Christmas
Dance will be the presentation of
the Pine Knot Queen and two at
tendants, who will be chosen from
the Homecoming Queen candi
dates. These girls will be judged
by three prominent citizens and
presented at the dance. There will
be a glass slipper for the “Cin
derella” girl who will be crowned
queen.
Candidates sponsoring the vari
ous organizations are; Sigma Rho
Phi, Linda Westbrook; Senior
Class, Rachel High; Phi Kappa Al
pha, Gayle Cameron; Phi Sigma
Tau, Betty Bain; Sigma Alpha, La
rue Matthews; Stage and Script,
Ellen Dennis; Sigma Tau Chi, Shel
by Westbrook; Nash Street Dorm,
Henrietta Hood; Women’s Recrea
tion Association, Annette Fuller;
Cmega Chi, Elizabeth Winborne;
Junior Class, Nancy Cutts; Fresh
man Class, Janet Stott; S. C. A.,
Martha Raye Dawson; Harper Hall
Dorm, Kay Fore; Sophomore
Class, Gail Joyner; Science Club,
Sally Joe Griffin; Caldwell Hall
Dorm, Mary Rose Parnell; Delta
Sigma, Nita Brown; Phi Delta
Gamma, Faye Pridgen.
During intermission there will be
a fantasy featuring Gene Barnes
and the Pine Knot Quee^n contest
ants. The decoratir,ns, which the
committee is working hard on, will
include a revolving Christmas tree.
The Social Committee of ACC,
which is sponsoring the dance, is
putting a lot of time and effort
into this affair to make it the best
ever. The dance is formal, admis
sion is free, and refreshments will
be provided.
CONTESTANTS—One of these pretty Atlantic Christian College coeds will be
crowned yearbook queen at the. annual Christmas Dance Saturday night. They
are, first row, left to right, Baye Dawson, Shelby Westbrook, Rachel High, Mary
Bose Parnell, Sallie Joe Griffin, Faye Pridgen, Linda Westbrook, Elizabeth
Winbome, and Gayle Cameron. Back row, left to right, Jean Stott, Annette
Fuller, Nita Brown, Henrietta Hood, Betty Bain, Nancy Cutts, Larue Matthews,
Gail Joyner and Kay Fore. Ellen Dennis was not present when the picture was
made. (Collegiate Photo by Claude Anthony)
Candlelight Service Sunday
Features, Music And Drama
The big Christmas weekend be
ginning on campus today will be
climaxed Sunday afternoon with
m'asic and drama in a candlelight
program in Howard Chapel at five
o’clock.
“A Child Is Born,” one - act
play- by Stephen Vincent Benet,
be presented by the Stage and
Script Club, assisted by the Play
Production Class. The Mixed Cho
rus will give its annual presenta
tion of Christmas music under the
direction of Professor James Cobb.
At the conclusion of the pro
gram gifts from the students and
faculty of the college wiU be
brought forward, to be given later
to needy children through the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce and the
City Recreation. Department.
The presentation of gifts and the
decorations in the chapel are being
handled by the Student Christian
Association under the supervision
of Professor Jack Scudder and
Dean Sarah Bain Ward.
A student, Sanford Peele, is di
recting the Christmas play and has
designed the settings.
His cast includes: Narrator, Ka
ren Lachowitch; Innkeeper, Delton
Glover; Innkeeper’s Wife, Kay
Johnson; Joseph, Marshall Thomp
son; Virgin Mary, Anne Nelson;
and a Thief, Ralph Messick.
Two women will be played by
Susan Abbott and Ann Jenkins.
Rortian Soldiers by Clay Phillips
and Carl Metts, and Shepherds by
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Religion Majors Form Association
A group of religion majors have
organized and are functioning as
the Campus Ministerial Associ
ation. With study it was decided
that students who have dedicated
themselves to service of the church
were lacking vital contributions
possible to each other.
Students with the experience of
working on the field have vital in
sight into the mechanics of church
organization, worship, spiritual
aid, and insight into people of aU
personalities. This vital insight pro
duces meaning to the ministry, and
if shared, would contribute great
ly to a better ministry from At
lantic Christian.
For a more precise preparation
of majors tcrward field work the
Campus Ministerial Association is
seeking to conduce a training pro
gram for field workers.
These realities _have been incor
porated into a stated purpose of
the Campus Ministerial Associ
ation: to create a sense of dedi
cation to the ministry, to promote
a keen ^ense of duty to God, to be
a tool for consecration, to show a
direct concern for common stu
dent problems, to apply working
ideas from the field, and to sus
tain a Christian policy of training.
This purpose is designed to be
continuous in function and value to
religion majors during their com
plete college life at Atlantic Chris
tian. For leadership in this realm
the following officers for this school
year have been elected: President,
John R. Browning; Vice President.
Bill Roberts; Recording Secretary,
T. Riley;, and Publicity, Patt Mur
ray.
Collegiate Rates
Press Plaudits
Joanne Rivenbark and Patsy
Ferrell, co - editors of The Col
legiate, attended the Fall meeting
of the North State Conference
Press Association last weekend at
Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C.
Highlight of the meeting was a
discussion concerning the quality
of the various campus newspapers
in the conference. The discussion
was led- by Kays Gary, feature
columnist for The Charlotte Ob
server.
In commenting on The Collegi
ate Mr. Gary said: “This paper
gives you the impression it has a
lot to tell. It is warm and friendly.
The paper exudes maturity and
purpose.”
Later Mr. Gary complained
slightly about the quality of stories
on the “Greek Letter Page” of
The Collegiate. He also thought the
editorial page could be improved
in spots with feature stories.
“We were pleased with his com
ments,” Miss Rivenbark said. “We
received less criticism than any
other paper represented there ex
cept possibly the one published by
the students at Lenoir Rhyne Col
lege.”
“We agree with Mr. Gary that
our fraternity and sorority page
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Homecoming Out; Rally Day
Slated For Alumni Feb. 8
Atlantic Christian College will
not have a Homecoming during the
1957 - 58 college year, it was an
nounced today by James E. Fulgh-
um. Homecoming Committee
Chairman.
“We have surveyed all the
groups involved and the feeling is
that a Homecoming this year would
be anti - climactic,” Mr. Fulghum
said.
“However, we are planning a
special program to be held on Feb
ruary 8,” he explained. Mr. Fulgh
um said the program will be call
ed “Alumni Rally Day.” It will
take the place of Homecoming
this year.
Open house will be held on the
campus that day with a dinner for
alumni planned at 5 p. m. in the
college dining hall. This will be
followed by the annual business
session of the ACC Alumni Asso
ciation.
At 8 p. m. that night, ACC will
play Guilford College in basketball.
This will be followed by a dance
to which all alumni and students
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Pre-Registration Starts Monday
Pre - registration for spring se
mester classes will begin Monday,
it was announced today by Dr. R.
B. Cutlip, Dean of the college.
Dr. Cutlip said a new system
will be used for pre - registration
this year and it will be conduct
ed all next week. Last year, stu
dents took a day off from classes
in order to pre - register. This is
not the case this year.
Students may come by the re
ception area in the administration
building and obtain a schedule of
IfTheSlip’sPink,T akeHeedFriend
By JIM BISHOP
Attention please! Those pink
slips that were given out at mid
semester were not invitations to a
party. They were invitations to
academic disaster unless students
who received them heed the warn
ing and hit the books.
A check of the Dean’s office here
revealed that 450 pink slips were
issued. What is a pink slip? It is a
warning to students who are do
ing sub - standard or sub - margi
nal work on their academic cours
es here at the college. Pink slips
were given to students in all cours
es in which they were' making
grades that were unsatisfactory.
The report shows that pink slips
were handed out to all students
who were making D’s and below in
courses. D grades rated pink slips
because a C average is required at
■ S.
ACC, under the quality point sys
tem, in order to gradutate.
In discussing the situation fur
ther with Dr. Cutlip, it was point
ed out by him that the pink slips
are given out as an aid to a stu
dent. ‘.‘We think each student
should know where he stands,”
Dean Cutlip said. “We think it
would be worse if we let students
go through a'n entire semester get
ting a surprise F at the end if F’s
ever do come as a surprise.”
Dr. Cutlip also issued another
warning. The academic probation
policy has tightened up at ACC and
students are not able to “slide by”
as some of them have managed to
do in the past. He said all stu
dents who drop more than 12 quali
ty points behind automatically go
on probation at the end of a semes-
er. If a student, during the fol
lowing semester, doesn’t pull up his
grades so that he will be less than
12 down, he will automatically go
home.
A quick survey of a number of
students on the campus indicates
that courses are tougher this year
than they were last. One student
said that it has gotten tougher each
year that he has been enrolled at
the college.
The aim is to improve academic
standards each year and students
are urged by the Dean to do more
studying in order to stay out of
academic difficulty.
Dr. Cutlip said some of the stu
dents received as many as four
pink slips. “T^ese students are in
serious trouble,” he said. “They
should begin right now to spend ex
tra time studying if they hope to
stay off probation next semester,”
he suggested.
rfasses for the spring semester.
Dr. Cutlip said. However, they
must sign for the schedule and
cannot obtain more than one conv
of the schedule.
Students are urged to visit their
advisors as quickly as possible in
order for the spring semester.
It is necessary to complete pre
registration next week,” Dr. Cut
lip said, “so that administrative
personnel and faculty members
can use the time off during the
Christmas holidays to colate the
schedules, work out course loads
and class sizes.
Difficulties will be created if stu
dents fail to pre - register next
week. For one thing, it will pre
vent them later on from getting
into courses that they nefed to take.
“We will make every effort to
pre - register every student on the
campus,” Dr. Cutlip said. “In or
der to accomplish this, it will be
necessary for all our students to
approach this project with a spirit
of cooperation.”
Social Calendar
December 14
December 15
December 18 -
December 19
December 20
January 7
January 10 -
January 11 -
- Children’s Party
- Song Fest
ACC vs. New Ber
ry - Home
- Caroling
• ACC vs. Rollings-
Home
ACC vs. Guilford-
There
Movie in Howard
Chapel
Ring Dance