The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, OCTOBER 24, 1958
NUMBER FIVE
Students Await Greek Bids
By JIM BISHOP s
Collegiate Editor
Rush Week, the busy time each
year when freshmen and new stu
dents become the toast of the
camlpus and are sought after by
the Greek Letter organizations,
was drawing to a close today.
Late this afternoon fraternity
presidents will be turning over the
list of prospective pledges to the
Dean of Men of the college, John
H. Rich, at a meeting in the office
of John E. Weems, Director of
Student Activities. The lists have
been worked over aU week as the
organizations have prepared invi
tations to those students they would
like to see affiliated with their
groups.
Tomorrow the campus sorority
presidents wDl go through the
same ritual, turning over their bid
lists to the Dean of Women, Miss
Sarah Bain Ward.
Monday morning, after a week
end of anxious waiting, students
will pick up bids at the campus
post office. Then they will know
the organizations that have invited
theni to become members.
Beginning Monday, these stu
dents receiving bids wiU have three
days to make up their minds. Any
time during the three days they
may go to the office of Mx. Weems
in the Administration Building and
turn in their decisions. Fraternity
presidents said today they hope
prospective pledges will make
their decisions as quickly as possi
ble. No acceptances after 5 p.m.
Wednesday will be taken at Mr.
Weems’ office, it was explained.
As soon as a student accepts the
bid he is asked to begin wearing
the fraternity or sorority colors
that are enclosed with the bid.
This will show other students that
he plans to affiliate with the group
whose'colors he is wearing.
As soon as possible after accept
ance, each student pledging should
I see the head of the fraternity or
sorority he is planning to join in
order to make his intentions known
I to the organization.
Many of the fraternity and so-
Irority groups are planning formal
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RUSHEES VISIT—This refreshment hour in the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity house on West Gold
street was typical of those held this week by the Greek Letter Organizations as they observed
the annual Rush Week. Here Bobby Dunn, right, official of the fraternity, serves refreshments
to the visitors. (Collegiate photo by Claude Anthony)
pledge installation ceremonies on
Thursday, it was announced. They
will take place at the homes of th»
fraternities.
Sammy White, president of the
Interfraternity Council, said today
that Rush Week has been a “tre
mendous success.” “The entire
program ran very smoothly,”
White said. “I hope that all stu
dents took advantage of this pro
gram. A lot of work went into it,
lx>th on the part of students and
faculty members.”
White said that students plan
ning to affliate with fraternities
and sororities should study the
I.F.C. regulations so as to be bet
ter prepared for membership.
White said that no bids will be
mailed out to day students. “All
bids must be picked up at the
camipus post office,” he said.
Fewer bids are being issued this
year, it was pointed out. Fraterni
ties and sororities decided early
in the program that they would not
send a bid to any student who
did not show a genuine interest
in the organization wishing to have
him as a member.
“I believe this wUl give us more
active groups in the long run,”
White observed.” “Although we
would like all students to belong
to Greek letter groups it is not a
good practice to invite new mem
bers who do not seem to be in
terested enough to make the kind
of member that is needed to
strengthen the organizations.”
Freshmen End Balloting
For New Class Officers
The Freshman Class, Tuesday,
conducted the run - off election for
the offices of Secretary and Treas
urer. The primary election failed
to give a majority to the two top
candidates for either of these of
fices. This made necessary the run
off election which was held at the
beginning of Freshman Orientation
group meetings.
Winner in the contest for Secre
tary was Miss Margaret Walker
of Raleigh. She defeated Miss Ann
RusseU of Monks - Corner, S. C.
Victor in the race for Treasurer
was ’Miss Jo Ann EUis of Wilson.
She won over Miss Elizabeth BeU,
also of Wilson.
In the primary election the win
ner for the office of President was
tor in the contest for Vice-Presi-
dent in the primary was Hubert
Westbrook of Raleigh.
This year’s election of Fresh
man Class officers was a unique
one. In the past a general meeting
of the class had been called, and
candidates were nominated and
elected during this meeting. This
year the freshmen balked at this
quick election and demanded time
to consider the candidates before
making choices.
Fall Dead Week
Is Postponed
Atlantic Christian College’s an
nual fall semester - Dead Week,
scheduled to be observed next
week, has been postponed, it was
announced today.
Actually the decision was made
Tuesday. Miss Sarah Bain Ward,
Dean of Women at the college,
made the announcement in the
absence of John E. Weems, Direc
tor of Student Activities. Mr.
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Seniors Name Contestant
In the regular meeting of the
Senior Class Tuesday, the class
members selected a candidate for
James Boswell'of Wilson. The vie- Homecoming Queen and appointed
Sophs Select Committee
By BILL THOMAS
At a meeting of the Sophomore
Class, held in Hoyvard Chapel last
Tuesday, Miss Elizabeth Winborne,
a member of the class, was se
lected to serve as the contestant
in the Homecoming Queen’s Con
test.
In other action the class was
told by the president, Steve Mer
cer, that a special committee
would be appointed to prepare and
build a class float for the Home
coming Parade to be held at 11
a.m. on Saturday, November 22.
Later this week Mercer an
nounced the selection of the com
mittee. Members of the commit
tee are Miss Peggy Pittman, chair
man, Ed Mercer, Bob Matthews,
Bob White, Miss Louise Wells, Miss
Annette Fuller, Miss Karen Lacho-
wich. Miss Mary Sue Littrell, Bill
Shouldice, BiU Thomas, Thomas
Vick, Miss Jean Bazemore, Miss
Shirley Baird, and Miss Nancy
Forbes.
Dr. G. A. Constantine was
elected at the class meeting to
serve as faculty advisor.
Miss Winborne was named the
class’s contestant in the Queen’s
Contest as the result of a run-off.
Her opponent was Miss Nancy
Forbes. „
The class treasurer, Miss Bette
Pomfrey, reported that the class
has $92 in the treasury.
College Calls For Bids
On New Men’s Dormitory
Last week Atlantic Christian Col
lege advertised for bids for the
construction of its new Men’s dor
mitory.
Deadline for bids has been ^t
on Wednesday, November 12. On
that day the bids will be opened
at a meeting in the Faculty Lounge
of the Administration Building.
Construction is expected to start
on the building sometime in De
cember. It will be constructed on
property at the corner of Deans
and Gold Streets. The construction
site is the location of the old col
lege science building which has
now been demolished.
The four story structure was de
signed by Small and Boaz, Archi
tects, of Raleigh.
It will be of contemporary de
sign. Construction plans call for
the building to be constructed ei
ther by conventional methods or
by the Lift - Slab method, depend
ing on which bid is lowest. The
Lift - Slab method was used in the
construction of both the admanis-
tration Building and the Classroom
Building at the college.
Plans call for the new building
to house 144 men students. All dor
mitory rooms will be located on the
second, third and fourth floors
with the ground floor td house a
large lounge, storage and laundry
rooms and housemother’s apart
ment. , i i j
The completion date is expected
to be about January 1, I960, mak
ing it possible for the building to
be ready for occupancy at the be
ginning of the second semester of
next year.
a committee to design the home
coming float.
Selected to represent the Senior
Class as Homecoming Queen can
didate was Miss Larue Matthews
from Angier. Miss Matthews will
compete with the other candidaees
in the contest which wiU be cli
maxed with the crowning of the
queen at half time of the basket
ball game Friday, November 21.
The committee appoineed to de
sign the float will be headed by
James Holland, Senior Class Vice-
President. Serving on the commit
tee wiU be Rufus Outland, Pat
Wright, Miss Glenn NoweU, and
Miss Carolyn Miles.
Class president Steve Ginn urged
the entire class to participate in
Spot Check Shows Students
Parking Cars Improperly
By BOB COLLINS
Upon hearing that the apparent
seriousness of the parking problem
on the Atlantic Christian College
campus had caused a great deal
of discussicn among the students,
The Collegiate made a spot check
of the available parking spaces
near the campus on Tuesday morn
ing.
The findings of this check showed
that a great deal of the parking
space is not being utilized properly.
Along Whitehead Avenue between
Lee and Gold streets there were
two instances of one car using the
space that two could have occu
pied. Along Deans Street between
Lee and Gold there was one in
stance of this improper use of park
ing space.
In the lot that was formerly oc
cupied by the old science building
there was one car parked perpen
dicular to the drive way. Another
was parked directly in the drive
way in front of this car. The space
occupied by these two cars could
have been used by six others If
they had been properly parked. The
car parked in the driveway also
prevented other cars from entering
the rest of the lot and using that
space.
In the space behind the dining
hall the cars were parked properly
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Juniors Pick Float Group
By RALPH MESSICK
The Junior Class at its meeting
Tuesday morning nominated its
float committee for the Home
coming Parade November 22.
Chosen for this committee were
Robert Collins, Miss Carol Austin,
and Miss Patt Murray. Samuel
White, president of the Junior
class, urged all members of the
class to submit drawings and ideas
for the float to these people. “The
success of our entry,” White re
minded the class, “depends upon
the effort of all Junior Class men
and women and not upon the work
of just a few.”
Also at the meeting. Miss Gayle
Joyner was elected Junior class
representative for Homecoming
Queen. Others nominated were
Miss Joan Overton and Miss Bet
ty Boyette.
The officers of the class said they
were happy to see the meeting so
very well attended. "The reading
room of the library, where the
meeting was held, was filled and
students were standing in the hall.
“The next step,” White suggested,
“is to work for an increase in re
sponse and interest in the activi
ties that the Junior Class is spon
soring.”
Assembly Programs Announced
The Concert and Assembly Com
mittee has just released a sched
ule of assemblies for 1958-59. These
assemblies are in addition to the
advisors’ meetings on the first and/
third Tuesdays. The only remain
ing assembly in October will be
held on October 28 with the Stu
dent Cooperative Association in
charge.
Darrell Harbaum, member of the
ACC Faculty, is committee chair
man.
One of the country’s leading
hypnotists. Dr. Franz J. Polgar,
wiU present a program in Howard
Chapel on November 5 at 7:30
p.m. Dr. Polgar holds degrees of
Doctor of Psychology and Doctor
of Economics acquired in his na
tive Hungary. Polgar figures he
has put more than a million peo
ple to sleep and finds younger peo
ple his best subjects.
On the morning of November 11,
the assembly will feature Jerry
and Yvonne Koehler, “stars
that gleam on the trampoline.”
The audience will see acrobatics
at its best, in addition to precision
balancing on the stage and clever
tricks on the trampoline. On the
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DARRELL HARBAUM
evenings of November 13 and 14
the Stage and Script will present
its play. November 25 has been
turned over to the Campus Chris
tian Association for the Thanksgiv
ing program.
Returning to the campus Decem
ber 1 at 7:30 p.m. will be Britain’s
Musical Ambassador, William
Cope. Upperclassmen will remem
ber Mr. Cope for his witticisms
and ability to play the guitar, pi
ano, and accordian. Mr. Harbaum
and the College Band will also
share the spotlight on this pro
gram.
Jeff Hayes, creator of the “Chip”
comic strip will come to the camp
us for a morning program on De
cember 9. Students and faculty will
get a look over the shoulder of
one of America’s most versatile
cartoonists and see how he gets
his ideas and prepares his comic
strip. In addition to “Chip” other
cartoons by Mr. Hayes are “Si
lent Sam,” “Witty Kitty,” “Seems
Like Yesterday,” “Pop,’ and “Ad-
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