The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, OCTOBER 17, 1958 NUMBER FOUR
Rush Week Will Begin Monday
By JIM BISHOP
Collegiate Editor
Fraternity and sorority rushing
for 1958 officially kicks off Mon
day at Atlantic Christian CoUege.
Next Monday most of the fresh
men and new transfer students,
both men and women, will spruce
up with their best Ivy League at
tire and set out to look over the
social side of campus life.
Comments on fraternities and
their rush programs came from aU
over the campus on the eve of this
year’s festivities. Dr. Arthur D.
Wenger, ACC President said,
“The administration looks to fra
ternities with the confident hope
that they wiU provide a high stan
dard of scholarship and leadership,
not only for their respective chap
ters, but also for the entire stu
dent body of the college.”
Dr. Millard P. Burt, Dean of the
College, had this to say: “If you
should become a member of a so
cial fraternity or sorority which
undertakes to influence its mem
bers to measure up to the highest
standards of the College, you will
not only profit individually, but
also you will have found an ideal
small group through which you can
make a maximum contribution to
the larger community — your Col
lege.”
The Interfraternity Council inau
gurated a new set of rushing,
pledging and initiation rules to ap
ply during rushing activities. It is
requested that everyone read these
rules carefully so as to prevent any
misunderstandings.
Rush week shall take place dur-|
ing the week of October 20, 1958.
Rushing shall consist of round I
robin meetings.
From Monday morning until
Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. quiet days
will be observed. This means that
each fraternity and sorority mem
ber is pledged on his honor not to
discuss with ix)tential pledges any
matter which might influence their
Open Letter
IFC Head Gives Rushing Advice
(Sammy White, President of the
Interfratemity Council at Atlantic
Christian College, has released the
following open letter to fraternity
and sorority rushees. White said
he wrote the letter on behalf of
the entire I. F. C.)
“Monday most of yo/u will em
bark upon another new experience
at Atlantic Christian. Rush Week
will certainly be a busy and per
haps even hectic week for you,
but it can also be enjoyable and
profitable.
“Fraternity and sorority life is
an invaluable experience in group
association. The man or woman
working his or her way through
school has the same opportunity
for development, for attainment
and for holding office as the stu
dent who gets a fat check each
month from home.
“A fraternity or sorority looks
at you, or should look at you, for
yourself. So introduce yourself al
ways; a false front is easy to spot.
“Remember, also, that in order
to be eligible to pledge a fraterni
ty or sorority when rush is over,
you must abide by all I. F. C. rush
ing regulations. AU rushees should
SAMMY WHITE
visit each group he is eligible to
join.
“Don’t feel badly about leaving
a house that you like. The fraterni
ty and sorority members know the
rushing regulations and will under
stand that it is right for you to
visit other groups.
“When you do visit a group, how
ever, make it your business to be
sure yoiu talk to all the members.
If you are only allowed talk to a
few — friends from home, big
names on campus, and chapter of
ficers — be suspicious. You want to
know everyone.
“Please feel free xo balk at high
pressure. I don’t ihink this will
happen here but you should feel
free to make up your mind in
your own way.
“Above all, though, choose the
fraternity or sorority with the kind
of men or women you like; choose
a group that is ambitious and ener
getic enough to take part in all
phases of campus life. Choose a
friendly group and 1 believe that
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decision concerning pledging.
Uniform bids will be furnished
by Interfraternity Council for all
organizations. Organizational col
ors (straight ribbons) will be pin
ned to these bids to be worn after
returning bids to Student Life Of
fice.
At 1:00 on Saturday, October 25,
each sorority president or delegat
ed representative will bring to the
Office of the Dean of Students a
list of their prospective pledges
and their bids ready to be placed
in the local college post office on
Monday morning. At 3:00 on Fri
day, October 24th, each fraternity
president or his delegated repre
sentative will bring to the Office
of the Dean of Students a list of
their prospective pledges and their
bids. The Dean of Women or the
Dean of Men and the Director of
Student Activities will go over each
list With the sorority and fraternity
presidents in an effort to avoid any
unpleasant complications. It is re
quested that each fraternity and
sorority empower their delegate to
act for their group in case of any
necessary adjustments.
Acceptance shall be made ac
cording to instructions on the bids.
For the balance of the fall semes
ter, from the time of pledging un
til the end of the semester, each
fraternity and sorority shall carry
out a pledge training program
which shall require a minimum of
six weekly pledge training sessions
(Continued On Page Three)
Infirmary Visits
Are Suspended
By BOBBY SWINSON
Visiting in the college infirmary
was suspended this week after it
was reported that several infrac
tions of the visiting rules had taken
place.
John E. Weems, Director of Stu
dent Activities, issued the state
ment after Mrs. Mary Wilson, Resi
dent Nurse at the infirmary, re
ported infractions of the rules.
Visiting hours at the infirmary
had been practiced daily from 4
p.m. until 5 p.m; however, accord
ing to Mr. Weems, “Several stu
dents have been violating the vis-
itting hour rules. They have been
going to the infirmary to visit
friends at other hours.”
* “Visiting of any kind in the fu
ture will be considered a breach
of rules and will be dealt _ with
accordingly,” Mr. Wfeemis said.
Athletic Cards
Are Available
Milton L. Adams, ACC Athletic
Director, announced today that the
student athletic cards are now
available.
Mr. Adams said students may
obtain the cards by visting the tele
phone switchboard in the Adminis
tration Building.
He urges students to pick them
up as quickly as possible.
Board Says
Parking Problem Not Serious
By BOB COLLINS
The parking problem on the At
lantic Christian College campus
has been studied by a special com
mittee appointed by the Executive
Board.
The committee, composed of
Steve Ginn, Chairman; Dean of
Men, John H. Rich; Lynn Grice;
and Barbara Butler, broiught its
report to the Executive Board
meeting Monday. It was reported
that parking is allowed in the
area behind the science building,
the area where the old science
buUding was, and in the area be
hind the boiler room.
This space will not facilitate the
parking of all cars of students. In
discussion, Dr. Daniel M. McFar
land pointed out that there is
plenty of space to park along West
Vance Street, only one block from
the classroom building. Dean of
Women, Miss Sarah Bain Ward,
spoke of the space along Whitehead
Avenue just beyond Gold Street.
Both of these areas are closer to
the classroom building than the
space adjoining the campus along
Deans Street it was pointed out.
The committee urged students to
use these available spaces. Dr. Mc
Farland also pointed out that if
this parking space was used the
problem woiuld not be as serious
as some would like to believe.
In further action on the traffic
problem, the possibility of a cau
tion light or a stop light at the
corner of Lee and Whitehead was
discussed. The Executive Board
voted to send a recommendation to Kinston.
Faculty, Students Attend
NCEA Convention Today
Several Atlantic Christian Col
lege faculty members and 42 ACC
students are in Kinston tc^ay at
tending the Eastern District Con
vention of the North Carolina Edu
cation Association.
Headquarters for the convention
is at the Grainger High School in
Kinston. In the gymnasium of the
school ACC opened a display booth
early this morning for the benefit
of its alumni and the hundreds of
other public school teachers at
tending the convention. Manning
the booth were James E. Fulghum,
Director of Special Activities at
the college, and John E. Weems,
Director of Student Activities.
Robert HoUar and Miss Ann Bul
lock, members of the ACC faculty,
played top convention roles. They
are both officers in the higher edu
cation division of the district.
Hugh B. Johnston, Jr., member
of the ACC faculty, is one of the
top leaders in the Modern Foreign
Language division.
Dr. Daniel M. McFarland, Chair
man of the Department of Social
Science at ACC, will be the princi
pal speaker this afternoon for a
meeting of the Social Studies di
vision of the district.
Dr. G. A. Constantine, Chairman
of tiie Department of Education
and Psychology at the college, es
corted the student delegation of fu
ture teachers attending the conven
tion today. It was one of the larg
est groups of ACC students ever to
attend an education convention.
Public school teachers from
schools in the following counties
were present at today’s conven
tion: Beaufort, Carteret, Craven,
Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir,
Onslow, Pamlico, Wayne and Wil
son.
the Administrative Council asking
the City of Wilson traffic depart
ment to investigate this possibility.
The special committee pointed
out that parking behind the Har
per Hall Annex is only by permis
sion. It too urged students to use
the space formerly occupied by
the old science building.
The Executive Board voted to
give $30.00 from the Executive
Fund to provide transportation for
delegates to the National Educa
tional Association convention in
Upon a motion by Mr. John E.
Weems, the Executive Board voted
to pay for repair of the TV set in
the Bohunk.
Dr. Millard P. Burt, Dean of the
CoUege, spoke briefly at the meet
ing. He urged the Executive Board
to be as effective as possible in
their functions. He stressed the im
portance of helping to keep the stu
dents informed and interested in
student government affairs.
George Griswold, President, pre
sided at the meeting.
Council Procedure Aired
In an effort to improve communi
cations on the campus, Dr. Arthur
D. Wenger, ACC President, today
outlined the proper procedure for
a group, faculty member or organ
ization to make a request for ac
tion by the Administrative Council.
The Administrative Council is
made up of heads of the five ad
ministrative divisions on the camp
us and Dr. Wenger. The other
members are Dr. Millard P. Burt,
Dean, head of the academic divi
sion; James D. Daniell, Director of
Alumni Affairs, head of the alumni
division; James E. Fulghum, Di
rector of Publicity and Special Ac
tivities, head of the publicity and
special activities division, and John
E. Weems, Director of Student Ac
tivities, head of the student life di
vision.
Committees operating under
these divisions should make re
quests to the division heads to be
passed on to the Administrative
CouncU, the ACC president ex
plained, Student committees work
ing under the Executive Board
should forv/ard requests to the Ad
ministrative Council through the
Executive Board.
Faculty members will make re
quests to the Administrative Coun
cil through their department heads
with the request forwarded on to
the Dean and then to the council.
Dr. Wenger said he was explain
ing the procedure because several
persons on the campus had misin
terpreted lack of action on certain
matters. “It is one thing to see one
of the administrative council mem
bers walking on the campus and
mentioning a matter to be acted
on and quite another to make the
proper request to the council,” Dr.
Wenger said. “In all cases,” Dr.
Wenger said, “requests that are
presented to the council in the right
manner will be studied promptly
and a reply will be forthcoming.”
Dr. Wenger said the council
meets at least once a week and
that all requests can be studied in
a short while.
“I believe this will serve to help
groups, committees and faculty
members prepare requests for the
council if they understand the cor
rect procedure,” Dr. Wenger said.
Leaders Attend
Church Meeting
Three Atlantic College officials
left the ACC campus Wednesday
enroute to the International Con
vention of Christian Churches in
St. Louis, Mo.
The convention opened in St.
Louis today with Dr. Arthur D.
Wenger, ACC President; Dr. MU-
lard P. Burt, ACC Dean; and Rev.
Allan R. Sharp, Acting Chairman
of the Department of Religion and
Philosophy, attended.
Prior to the convention, the three
ACC officials attended a meeting
of the Board of Higher Education
of the Christian Churches.
An Atlantic Christian, CoUege
luncheon will be held on the final
day of the convention, October 22,
at the Mark Twain Hotel in St.
Louis.
The three ACC officials will
leave St. Louis, the night of Octo
ber 22, to return to Wilson. Dr.
Burt, however, will stop at Bre
vard College, Brevard, N. C.,
to represent ACC and Dr. Wenger
at the inauguration of Brevard’s
new president.
Names Muddle
Chapel Records
The office of the Dean today
made a suggestion to students that
will help them to report chapel at
tendance properly.
Dr. Millard P. Burt’s office made
the following recommenda
tion: “When posting chapel atten
dance on the records in our office,
it is difficult quite often to identify
properly the student. It is request
ed that all students sign their reg
istration name on the chapel slip
in a legible form. There should be
only one name on each chapel pro
gram.”
Locker, Box Plan Is Initiated
Many organizations, faculty
groups, and administrative person
nel at the college continuously find
it difficult to contact students.
“It is almost impossible to get
in touch with day students unless
they are in class,” Dr. Millard P.
Burt, ACC Dean, explained today
as he prepared to announ^ce a plan
that wiU ease the problem.
Dr. Burt’s suggestion is that each
campus student obtain a post of
fice box at the campus post office
immediately if he does not al
ready have one.
For day students. Dr. Burt sug
gests that they obtain lockers in
the classroom building. “Several
students could get a locker togeth
er,” Dr. Burt said.
He said his office would then
compile a list for distribution of
all post office boxes and aU lock
ers. Faculty members, administra
tive personnel, or campus groups
could then send notes to the stu
dents by having them placed either
in the post office boxes or in the
lockers in the classroom building.
“I believe a plan of this kind
would improve our communica
tions tremendously,” Dr. Burt said.-
“We have many notifications that
should get to students in a hurry.
If they do not have classes at the
time we are attempting to contact
them, it is sometimes hours before
we are able to deliver the mes
sages,” Dr. Burt observed.
“I believe this plan would be of
great benefit to students and to
faculty memjbers,” Dr. Burt said.
Groups of students wishing to ob
tain a locker may contact John
Weems, Director of Student Activi
ties, in the Administration Build
ing.
Campus students who wish to ob
tain post office boxes may go di
rectly to the campus post office
and request a box.
Students who join together in a
locker should notify the Dean’s of
fice of all persons using the locker
so that a correct list can be com
piled.