The €olleciate
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VOL. XXVIII
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, APRIL 18, 1958
NUMBER TWELVE
Executive Board Proposals Hazy
Spring Dance Set For Friday Night
Annual Event
Will Be Formal
By JOANNE RIVENBARK
The flowers that are brought on
by April showers, as the popular
ditty goes, will be much in evi
dence tomorrow night when Atlan
tic Christian College stages its tra
ditional Spring Da-nee in the lobby
of the classroom building.
Spring wiU be the theme of the
dance with’ music provided by the
well-known Lamar Roberts Trio, it
was announced today by Charles
Hughes, chairman of the dance for
the campus Social Committee.
The dance will begin at eight
o’clock and wUl end at midnight,
Hughes said.
As a special event at intermis
sion, the various committee mem
bers who have been working in
preparation for the annual dance
wiU be presented to the audience.
Also at intermission refreshments
will be served to those in atten
dance.
Hughes said today the dance will
be formal as was the Christmas
dance. He said white dinner jackets
or black tux, will be the uniform
of the evening for the men. Wom
en win be asked to wear either
long or short formals.
Hughes today commended the
students and faculty members who
have worked to present tte dance.
He said they had done an out
standing job.
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Changes Made In Graduation Schedule;
ACC Will Have One Day Commencement
Changes in the traditional Com
mencement schedule at Atlantic
Christian College were announced
today by James E. Fulghum, chair
man of the ACC Commencement
Committee.
Mr. Fulghum said the college is
having a one-day program this
year with all graduation events
scheduled on Sunday, May 25.
He said the program wiU open
at 9:00 a.m. with the Baccalaureate
Service at the First Christian
Church here. This wiU be followed
at noon by a picnic luncheon. At
2 o’clock that afternooh the annual
commencement meeting of the col
lege board of trustees will be
held.
An alumni program for all form
er students of the college has been
scheduled for 3 p.m. in the class
room building. This will be follow
ed by a reception honoring seniors
and their parents at 4 p.m.
The annual graduation ceremon
ies will be held at 7 p.m. that
evening.
Mr. Fulghum said the one-day
program was scheduled to make
it easier for parents of graduating
seniors to be present for all the
events of the graduation program.
A total of 106 seniors wiU re
ceive their degrees at commence
ment this year, it was announced
by Mrs. Bethany R. Joyner, col
lege Registrar.
Speakers for the commencement
will be Dr. Howard E. Short of
Lexington, Ky., newly appointed
editor of the Christian Evangelist,
and Dr. R. Fred West, Minister of
the Hillyer Memorial Christian
Church in Raleigh.
Dr. West will speak at the Bac
calaureate service and Dr. Short
will speak at the graduation cere
monies.
Three eastern North Carolina
leaders will receive honorary de
grees. They are Dr. C. H. Ham
lin, retired member of the ACC
faculty, Lawrence A. Moye of Mau
ry, and Rev. M. Elmore Turner,
Minister of the Broad Street Chris
tian Church in New Bern.
Capps Announces
Award Days
Plans for Awards Days at At
lantic Christian College were an
nounced this week by Robert G.
Capps, chairman of the college’s
Awards Committee.
Mr. Capps said four such days
will be held this spring. The first
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Students To Hear State Symphony
student activity tickets will be
the only admission requirement for
Atlantic Christian College students
when the North Carolina Symphony
Orchestra plays its annual Wilson
concert in Charles L. Coon High
School auditorium next Thursday,
April 24, at 8 p.m.
This year’s concert marks the
first time that a symphony orches
tra has been included on the regu
lar schedule of the college’s As
sembly and Concert Committee.
Dr. Vere Rogers, chairman of
the committee, announced today
that because the size of the col
lege’s chapel-auditorium prohib
its the performance by any large
group on the campus, the commit
tee felt justified in using part of
the student activity fee for some
big-scale activity off-campus.
The 65-member orchestra, (Erect
ed by Dr. Benjamin Swalin, is
well-known throughout the state
and nation for its contributions to
both educational and entertain
ment fields.
For several years the symphony
orchestra has played on many col
lege campuses throughout North
Carolina, and the week after play
ing in Wilson the group wiU be
giving a concert in GreenviUe ex
clusively for the East Carolina Col
lege student body.
Dr. Swalin and his wife have al
so developed an extensive program
of activities which provides “edu
cational - entertainment” for the
children in the public schools of
the state. In almost every com
munity where the orchestra plays
an evening concert there is also
a free afternoon concert for ele
mentary school children. Work
shops are held several months in
advance so that the classroom
teachers can prepare themselves
not only for making the orchestral
nausic familiar to the students but
also for correlating art, dancing,
literature and other subjects which
niay have some bearing on the
pieces to be played at the con
certs.
The feature attraction at next
week’s concert will be a piano
concerto played by the orchestra
and Fred Sahlmann, 28-year old
concert artist.
The program also includes the
“Carnival Overture” by Dvorak,
“Festivals” by Debussy, “The
Swan of Tuonela” by Sibelius, and
Richard Strauss’ symphonic pic
ture of the adventures of “Don
Juan.”
Lee Howard,’'music professor at
the college and president of the lo
cal chapter of the North Carolina
Symphony, today urged students to
take advantage of the special ar
rangement made for admitting
them to the concert.
Marshals Are Named;
Anna Lovelace Chief
The appointment of marshals to
serve at the college’s annual Com
mencement and until the follow
ing commencement, were named
this week.
Students ranking the highest in
their classes, junior through fresh
man, are selected for the honor,
it was announced by Dr. R. B.
Cutlip, Dean of the college.
Dr. Cutlip said Miss Anna Love
lace, a junior from Wilson, has
been named chief marshal. Miss
Lovelace is the highest ranking
student, academically, in the jun
ior class at ACC,
The two students ranking next
highest in the junior class were
selected to represent their class.
They are Vassar Jones of Harrels-
ville, and Frances Herring of Wil
son.
Highes ranking man and woman
in the sophomore class are Wayne
Quinton of Morristown, Tenn., and
Peggy Tettertonof Whitakers.
Continued On Page Four
Will Be Studied
Again April II
By JIM BISHOP
The future of three proposals by
the Executive Board of the Atlan
tic Christian College Cooperative
Association was somewhat cloudy
today as the end of the college
year was fast approaching.
Recently, in a meeting of the
student body in the ACC gym, the
three proposals were introduced by
David Blackwood, president of the
association.
The first called for the adoption
of a new point system on the At
lantic Christian College campus
limiting any student to 30 points,
subject to appeal, with most of the
top jobs on the campus carrying in
excess of 20 points.
Blackwood said the proposal was
being presented by the Executive
Board in an attempt to spread out
campus jobs so as to give more
students a chance to serve.
The second proposal was to es
tablish an activities fee for faculty
members at ACC.
Third of the three proposals was
to establish an absentee ballot for
campus elections. Blackwood point
ed out that absentee ballots were
allowed illegally in recent elections
because there was no stipulation
for them in the association’s con
stitution and by-laws.
None of the three proposals re
ceived widespread acceptance at
the meeting. Protests were heard
loudest over the proposal to
charge faculty members an activi
ties fee^
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New Officers Prepare For Posts
The Collegiate and Pine Knot
leaders are now engaged in select
ing staffs for the two publications
for next year in cooperation with
the Publications Committee.
New officers of the Cooperative
Association are meeting each week
with the Executive Board to famil
iarize themselves with board ac
tions and policy.
Sigma Rho Phi
National Next
Will Join
Weekend
The nationalization of Atlantic
Christian College’s second fraterni
ty is only one week away.
Sigma Rtio Phi Fraternity will
become the North Carolina Iota
Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Na
tional Social Fraternity following a
round of initiation programs, April
25, 26 and 27.
The first week in May, Sigma
Alpha Fraternity will have its na-
tionUzation program to become a
chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi.
It was also announced this week
that Phi Delta Gamma Fraternity
is now actively seeking informa
tion necessary to become a na
tional fraternity. Carl Weaver,
president of Phi Delt, said his fra
ternity is now discussing national
ization with several national frats.
A reception honoring the ACC
faculty and invited guests will
open Sigma Rho Phi’s nationaliza
tion program on Friday night Ap
ril 25, at 8 p.m. in Harper Hall.
The next day initiations will be
held in the Carolina Room of the
First Christian Church here. A
formal banquet will be held at the
Wilson Woman’s Club on Saturday
night at 8 p.m., and the fraternity
will attend church services in a
group that Sunday morning. The
orientation for chapter meetings
will be held at 2 p.m. that Sun
day afternoon.
Sigma Rho Phi’s charter as the
North Carolina Iota Chapter of the
nation’s second largest fraternity
will be presented by Herbert H.
Smith of Richmond, Va., grand
president of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Also on hand for the ceremon
ies wiU be Richard Whiteman, Ex
ecutive Director of the national
fraternity.
The degree team for Sigma Rho
Phi’s program will be made up
of members of the fraternity’s
chapters at North Carolina State
CoUege, Lenoir Rhyne College and
High Point College.
About 40 fraternity members and
alumni of Sigma Rho Phi will be
initiated into the new national
chapter.
President of Sigma Rho Phi is
Arthur Bishop. He and Jim Bishop
have been issued invitations to rep
resent Sigma Rho Phi at Sigma
Phi Epsilon’s annual district ban
quet and ball in Charlotte this
week. The Bishops and their wives
will attend the big banquet and
ball.
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PRINCIPALS—The three men shown above will play leading roles in the nationalization of Sig
ma Rho Phi Fraternity here next vv^eekend. Arthur Bishop, left, is president of the frat. Tommy
wniis center, is vice-president, and Gordon E. Coker, right, member of the ACC faculty, is chap
ter counselor.
Officers for the various phases
of student-faculty government for
next year have now been elected.
Many of the groups of leaders
are now attending meetings of the
various agencies to indoctrinate
themselves for the leadership of
these divisions for next year.
George B. Griswold, Jr., newly
elected president of the Cooperative
Association, heads the group of
campus leaders selected in the col
lege’s annual elections.
Others are Sallie Joe Griffin,
vice-president of the Cooperative
Association, Anna Lovelace, secre
tary, Bobby Riley, treasurer, and
Dr. G. A. Constantine, student
elected faculty advisor.
Co-editors of the Collegiate for
next year will be Joanne Riven-
bark and Jim Bishop. The Colle
giate business manager will be
Billy Horne.
Patt Murray will be the editor
of The Pine Knot. Flora Griffin
was named assistant editor, Peggy
Mitchell was elected art editor,
and Eleanor Herring was named
business manager.
Beverly Edwards was elected
head cheerleader.
Sharon Hazelrigg was elected
president of the Student Christian
Association. Sammy White was
named vice-president, Sally Scud-
der is the new secretary, and Ruby
Bazemore was elected treasurer.
Honor Society
Taps Students
On Tuesday, April 15, the fol
lowing people were tapped into the
Golden Knot Honor Society: Carol
Hines, Ruth Liner, Sara Brame,
Jim Bishop, Julia Felton, Mary Jo
Eason, Ken Brinson, John Brown
ing, Carolyn Miles, Anna Lovelace,
Ralph Perry, Dot Windham, Mar
tha Sanders, and Ralph Messick.
Present members of the Golden
Knot Honor Society are: Art Bis
hop, president, Buster Short, Je
rome Rhodes, A. J. Walston, Fran
ces Howard, Dave Blackwood and
Sylvia Widgeon.
Social Calendar
Spring Dance
Delta Sigma Phi’s
April 18 —
April 19 —
Sailor’s Ball
April 25 — Omega Chi Banquet
April 26 — Sigma Rho Phi’s ini
tiation, Sigma Tau Chi’s Banquet
May 1 — Intramural Awards