The Collegiate
VOL. XXVIII
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, MARCH 13, 1958
NUMBER TEN
Political Band Wagon Set To Roll
Big Group Awaits
NCEA Convention
By JIM BISHOP
A large delegation of Atlantic
Christian College students and fac
ulty will attend the annual con
vention of the North Carolina IMu-
cation Association in Asheville,
March 20, 21 and 22.
Sixteen Atlantic Christian stu
dents will be a part of the dele
gation attending from ACC. They
will be headed by Martha Jones
and Abner Gore, nominees for
Miss and Mr. Future Teacher of
America.
One of the highlights of the con
vention will be an Atlantic Chris
tian College breakfast at the S.
and W. Cafeteria in Asheville on
Saturday morning, March 22, at 8
a.m. The breakfast is being held
for former students of ACC who
will be at the convention.
Dr. J. P. TyndaU, Assistant Dean
of the college, will speak at the
breakfast. Presiding will be Dr.
MiUard P. Burt, former president
of the ACC Alumni Association.
Dr. G. A. Constantine, Acting
Chairman of the Department of
Education and Psychology at the
college, and Miss Ann BuUock,
member of the faculty in that de
partment, are planning to attend
the convention.
Students planning to attend be
sides Miss Jones and Gore are
Beanie Strickland, Barbara Jones,
Jean Poythress, Janet Powell, Sy
bil Bass, Martha Sanders, Martha
Hayes, Charlene Willoughby, Ol-
lie Cuddington, Durwood Sinclair,
Dale Gainey, Sue Sugg, Lucille
Willoughby, and Mary Rose Par
nell.
The group will leave the campus
about 5 a.m. on March 21, and
will drive to Asheville. Registra
tion for the F.T.A. group will be
held at the Hotel George Vander
bilt from 1:30 to 2:30 p. m. that
day.
Dr. Robert L. Holt, Vice-Presi
dent of Mars Hill College, will ad
dress the F.T.A. group at a meet
ing that afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
in the ballroom of the George Van
derbilt.
5 More Sudents
Make Deanes List
The names of five ACC students
who made the Dean’s List were
left off when the list was first an
nounced, it was explained today
by Mrs. Bethany R. Joyner, Col
lege Registrar.
Those students making the
Dean’s List who were not announc
ed are Ruth Waller, WiUiam Con
nor, Edith Roberts, Robert Tolar,
and Helen Adams.
CANDIDATES—Shown above are the three cand id?ites for the presidency of the Cooperative As-
'sociation. They are, from left to rig^ht, Don Lee of Arapahoe, Jim Bishop of Philadelphia, Pa., and
George Griswold of Kinston. The election will be held next Friday.
Musical Play Will Open Two-Night Run
In Howard Chapel Tonight; Has 2 Casts
Atlantic Christian’s first musical
play in several years will begin a
scheduled two-night run here to
night in Howard Chapel.
The curtain wiU go up tonight
at 7:30 p.m. on “Down In The
Valley,” by Arnold Sundgaard and
Kurt WeiU. The production is a
cooperative venture undertaken by
the Stage and Script Club, the col
lege music departmefit and the
physical education department.
Mrs. Doris IJolsworth is serving
as dramatics director. James V.
Cobb of the music department
will be music director, and Gene
Barnes of the physical education
department will be dance director.
The production will serve as the
spring play of the Stage and Script
Club and a concert for the Chorus.
Members of both groups are tak
ing part.
Students can attend the play both
nights and all they will recognize
will be the words and music, since
two casts are scheduled to present
the two night run.
In the lead role tonight wiU be
Frankie Herring as “Jennie.” To
morrow night Ann Nelson wiU take
over the role.
Robert Tolar will play the part
of “Breck” tonight and George
Bullock will serve in that role to
morrow night.
Gerald Sutherland wiU play the
role of “Bouche” both nights, it
was announced this morning. Bob
Collins and Jimmy Mitchell will
divide the roles of “The Leader”
and “The Preacher,” with one
playing one role tonight ajtid the
other playing it tomorrow night.
Douglas Hunter and S. D. Bun
dy will play the role of “Father,”
James Moskos will open as the
“Guard” tonight and Carl Metts
wiU play it tomorrow night. Bartel
Frauendorfer is set to play “Pet
ers.” The “Women” in the play
will be Gwen Stanley and Ann
Jenkins. “Dancers” will be Carl
Metts, Bobby Swinson and mem
bers of the college chorus.
The play is built around folk mus
ic and should provide great inter
est for students on the ACC cam
pus. There wiU be no admission
charged to students. Outsiders will
have to pay a small admission
charge.
Chorus To Sing
At 15 Programs
A seven-day tour with 15 ap
pearances wiU be made by the At
lantic Christian CoUege Chorus
from Sunday, April 13 to Sunday,
April 20, it was announced recently.
The Chorus will be under the di
rection of James V. Cobb on the
tour.
Cities in eastern North Carolina
to be visited on the tour are Bel-
haven, Elizabeth City, Washington,
New Bern, Kinston, Goldsboro,
Fayetteville and Wilson, it was
announced.
The Chorus will leave the cam
pus early on Sunday morning, Ap-
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Trustees Plan Study
Of Future Growth
A special study committee wUl
be appointed in the near future
with its aims to be the determina
tion of Atlantic Christian College’s
overall program as it seeks to
meet the education demands of the
area it serves and the size that
the college should maintain in the
future.
In a recommendation presented
to the Board of Trustees of the
coUege at a meeting on February
26, Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC
president, requested the appoint
ment of the committee.
“In order that our growth be
planned and not haphazard, I am
making this recommendation,”
Dr. Wenger explained. “In view of
the unprecidented growth of the
college in the l^st five years —
growth that has far exceeded the
projections that were a part of
the long range program at that
time, I want to recommend the
appointment of this committee.”
Dr. Wenger said the committee is
needed “to make a thorough study
of our program with special em
phasis on a restatement of o u r
aims and objectives, a study of
Our resources that are available
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First Fraternity To Go National
This Weekend; Others Will Follow
Elections Slated
Here Next Week
By JOANNE RFVENBARK
Collegiate Co-Editor
Political activity on the Atlantic
Christian College campus will
reach fever pitch next week. It
will be the big event of student
elections, the selection of a student
to head the Cooperative Associa
tion for the coming college year.
There are three candidates. They
are Don Lee of Arapahoe, Jim
Bishop of Philadelphia, Pa., and
George Griswold of Kinston. All
are juniors.
Students will have an opportunity
to see the candidates in action at
a special assembly in Howard
Chapel next Thursday morning. At
that time campaign managers and
their candidates will take the
stump to seek support from the
student body.
Already, however, the three can
didates are campaigning actively
to line up members of various
organizations on the campus. This
activity is expected to pick up as
election time draws near. The
election will be held next Friday
when all students and faculty mem
bers will have the chance to vote
for the candidate of choice.
Lee, the president of Sigma Al
pha Fraternity, came to ACC three
years ago from Pamlico County
High School. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Don Lee*of Arapahoe.
Lee was active in his high school
and has been active at the college.
He has served in many positions
in his fraternity.
Bishop, secretary of Sigma Rho
Phi Fraternity, came to ACC from
Philadelphia, Pa. He attended
Frankford High Scool in Philadel
phia and is the son of Rev. and
Mrs. George W. Bishop. He was
vice-president of his high school
student body his senior year.
Since being at ACC he has serv
ed on the Pan-Hellenic Council,
and has been a reporter of The
Collegiate. He is married to the
former Miss Arlene Bourne.
Griswold, a member of Phi Kap
pa Alpha Fraternity, is from Kins
ton. He attended South wood High
School. He was treasurer of his
sophomore class in high school and
president of his high school chap
ter of Future Farmers of Ameri
ca.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. George
B. Griswold, Sr., he has served
as president of the sophomore class
at ACC and as house president of
Phi Kappa.
All students and faculty mem
bers are urged to go to the poUs
next Friday and vote for the can
didate of their choice.
By PATSY FERRELL
Collegiate Co-Elditor
This wUl be a big weekend com
ing up for the fraternity program
on the Atlantic Christian College
campus.
Phi Kappa Alpha Fraternity will
begin the historic movement that
will see national fraternities come
to the Atlantic Christian CoUege
campus.
Saturday and Sunday are the
big days for Phi Kappa Alpha
which will officially become a
chapter of Etelta Sigma Phi Na
tional Social Fraternity.
The program by Phi Kappa A^
Pha will be one of three scheduled
for this spring. Later Si^a Rho
Phi Fraternity will officially be
come affiUat^ with Sigma Phi
Epsilon National Social Fraternily
Sigma Alpha Fraternity will
join Alpha Sigma Phi National So
cial Fraternity.
The Phi Kappa program wUl op
en Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock
with an Open House, it was an
nounced today by Joe' Bennett,
president of the frat.
From the open house the visi
tors will go to the Harper H a 111 ing officials Of Delta Sigma Phi.
Parlor for a tea in honor of visit-1 Also to be honored at the tea
INITIATION LEADERS—The two men above wiU play leading
roles in the transformation of Phi Kappa Alpha Fraternity into
Delta Sigma Phi this weekend. They are Joe Bennett, president
of Phi Kappa, left, and Dr. J. P. Tyndall, president of the Phi
Kappa Alumni Association.
are faculty and administrative
staff members here at the coUege.
Two dinners have been sched
uled for Saturday night. Both are
at 6 p.m. One dinner wiU be held
at the First Presbyterian Church
for alumni of Phi Kap and visiting
fraternity leaders of Delta Sigma
Phi. The other dinner, a stag af
fair, wiU be held at Parker’s and
wiU be for members of the fratern
ity and the degree team from the
Delta Sigma Phi Chapter at N. C.
State CoUege in Raleigh.
At 8 p.m. Saturday night, the
informal initiation of toe fraternity
wiU begin. That wiU be the final
event for Saturday and wiU be
held in the ACC gym.
The formal initiation has been
scheduled for Howard Chapel Sun
day morning at 8 a. m. From the
initiation ceremonies the fraterni
ty members wUl move to the First
Christian Church here to attend
services.
This will be foUowed by a lunch
eon in the CaroUna Room of the
First Christian Church. Bennett
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Fulghum Receives
NAIA Award
James E. Fulghum, Director of
PubUcity and Special Activities,
was presented a special award by
the National Association of Inter-
coUegiate Athletics at a meeting of
the Kansas City Press Club held
today in Kansas City, Missouri.
The award was presented to Mr.
Fulghum by A. O. Duer, Executive
Secretary of the N.A.I.A. Mr. Ful
ghum has served as District Pub-
Ifcity Chairman for the Carolinas
of the N.A.I.A. for the last two
years.
District 26, which he covers. Is
made up of 17 teams in the two
Carolinas, one of which is ACC.
Social Calendar
March 13 and 14—Musical “Down
in the Valey”
March 15 — Phi Kappa Alpha in
stallation
March 16-22— Dead Week
March 25 — Midsemester
March 28 — Freshman Social
March 29 — Music Festival