October 31, 1958
the collegiate
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Harvest Dance Set For Saturday Night
By NANCY WALES
Sigma Tau Chi Sorority will spon
sor the annual Harvest Dance Sat
urday night in the lobby of the
Classroom Building. It will begin
at 8 p.m.
The sorority announced today
that its pledge captains wiU be Miss
Peggy Greene and Miss Margie
Dixon.
All Sigma Tau Chi pledges met in
Miss Barbara Butler’s room at
Harper Hall at 5:00 Wednesday,
October 29, and received their in
structions. ’
The formal pledge ceremony for
aU Sigma Tau Chi pledges wiU be
held Monday, November 3, at 4:30
p.m. at the Delta Sigma Phi Fra
ternity house. At that time the
pledges will receive their tied rib
bons.
At the meeting Monday afternoon
the members of Sigma Tau Chi
elected Miss Betty Boyette to rep
resent the sorority in the Home
coming Queen Contest.
Mrs. Marys Littrell was elected
chairman of the Homecoming
Float Committee. Miss Peggy
Greene, Miss Ida Sue Neighbors
and Miss Joan Overton are serving
on this committee.
The preparations for the annual
Harvest Dance were nearing com
pletion this morning. This after
noon members of Sigma Tau Chi
will go to Miss Betsy Boykin and
Miss Margie Dixon’s homes to
make cookies for the dance. The
sisters are also going to gather
leaves, cornstalks, bushes and
trees to decorate for the dance.
Sig Ep Receives
Scholarship Cup
Sigma Phi Epsilon has received
the scholarship cup from the Na
tional Headquarters of Sig Ep as
an award for achieving the highest
scholastic average among the fra
ternities on campus.
Mrs, Essie Davis, house mother
of Caldwell Hall, has been made
honorary house mother of Sigma
Phi Epsilon. The fraternity pre
sented her a gift for her assistance
during Rush Week.
Final plans are being made for
the Homecoming Banquet which
will be held on November 22. The
banquet will be held at the Cherry
Hotel at 5:30. The members and
pledges have sent invitations to all
alumni and their wive^ and also to
their sister sorority bmega Chi.
The main speaker for this event
wiU be Richard Whiteman, Execu
tive Director of Sigma Phi Epsi
lon.
Hugh B. Johnston, Professor of
Foreign Languages, has been ac
cepted for membership in Sigma
Phi Epsilon. He will be initiated
into the fraternity in the near fu
ture.
License plates are still being sold
by the fraternity members. Any
one may purchase one of these for
$1 from any member of the fraterni
ty.
Delta Sigma Studies Rush Week
By MARY A. MARCHANT
During the last meeting of the
Delta Sigma Sorority, Rush Week
activities were discussed. Elected
pledgemaster for the coming activ
ities was Miss Lynne Crews. Miss
Peggy Pittman, president of Delta
Sigma, announced at this meeting
that the formal pledge ceremony
will be held at the regular meeting
of the sorority on Monday, Novem
ber 3, at 4:00 p.m., in the Chapter
Room of the Phi Delta Gamma
house on Whitehead Avenue.
It was also at the meeting Mon
day that homecoming plans were
made. Miss Pittman was elected
Homecoming Queen candidate for
the sorority and Miss Glenda White
was chosen to head the committee
for the homecoming float.
It wais announced that Miss Glen
da White and Miss Nita Brown are
to be in charge of refreshments
at the next meeting.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
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student activity fee has been dis
tributed through a system based on
a per-centage allotment for each
student. This year each of the or
ganizations dependent on the stu
dent activity fee has submitted an
itemized budget for approval This
necessitated a new record keeping
system. The new system was' ex
plained by Mr. Milton L. Adams,
Business Manager of the college
Upon receipt of a letter from the
Unized States National Student As
sociation regarding ACC’s being
host for a convention of the organi
zation, a committee headed by
Jimmy Boswell was appointed to
study the possibility of housing the
delegates. Also serving on the com
mittee are Miss Sally Jo Griffin,
and Dr. Dan McFarland.
Another letter from the USNSA
was read regarding sponsoring
foreign students. The Executive
Board decided to request further
information.
Discussion of the possibility of
providing one - half price tickets
for student activities for the wives
or husbands of married students
was held. The Executive Board
sent a recommendation to the Ath
letic Committee calling their atten
tion to this matter.
President George Griswold re
ported on the North State Student
Government Association meeting
held in High Point on October 22.
He reported that the conference
will choose an all conference cheer-
leading squad composed of the out
standing cheerleader from each
school in the North State confer
ence. It was reported that an out
standing student government will
be chosen from the conference each
year, Griswold also reported that
no one attended the USNGA Presi
dents and Deans meeting in Green
ville last week.
The Executive Board passed a
motion to pay for repairs on the
record player that is part of the
public address system in the Bo-
hunk.
President George Griswold pre
sided at the meeting.
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will accept no more contestants.”
4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in the
Harper Hall parlor.
The contestants will make an ap
pearance on television on Friday,
November 14, over Television Sta
tion WITN, Channel Seven, in
A1 Parker, John Parker, and Doug
las Vass.
Students pledging Alpha Sigma
Phi were Jimmy Adams, Bill Bass,
Erick Bowen, Ray Brewer, Don
Kasmer, Mickey Nance, J. P. Ren-
frow, Don Ryan, Jimmy Trivette,
Bill UzzeU, and Billy Woodall.
Pledging Phi Sigma Tau Sorori
ty were Dorothy Adcock, Margie
Allen, Linda Lou Alphin, Judith
Gray Barnes, Elizabeth Bell, “Car
olyn Brown, Helen Bunn, Cinda
Bunting, Brenda Cale, Ann Cart
wright, Pat Cording, Norma Caro
lyn Dunn, Nanelle Edmundson,
Frances Evett, Shirley Gaskins,
Mary Johnson, Sandra Johnston,
Joan Joyner, Martha McFarland,
SaUy McLean, Catherine Pappas,
Carolyn Pearce, Dot Ricks, Betty
Rogers, Nancy Rogers, Leslie Ser
mons, Cynthia Smith, Gladys
Smith, Vickie Stott, Tucker Uzzelle,
Margaret Walker, Lou Warner,
Becky Webb, and Betty Woodlief.
Pledging Sigma Tau (Ilhi Sorority
were Barbara Barefoot, Janet
Blackwood, Joyce Burgess, Marsha
Colev, Retha Dixon, Becky Jo Flo
ra, Nancy Forbes, Jeanne Godwin,
Joanne Godwin, Suzanne Goudy,
Ann Hamilton, Mary Lina HiU,
Betsy Hunter, Linda Lankford, Ann
Lee, Betty Lewis, Helen Lewis,
Sandra Modlin, Gwili Newsome,
Zilphia Peacock, Ann Russell, Lynn
Sharoe, Gayle Skiles, Dorothy
Smith, Jane Smith, Edna Speight,
Sandra Spell, Carolyn Stanley, Peg
gy Stanley, Judy Strickland, Fran
ces Sullivan, Frances Sutton, and
Faye Westbrook.
Students pledging Omega Chi So
rority were Bonnie Batts, Peggy
Bivins, Jo Ann Boone, Sarah Bost,
Carol Colvard, Susie Davis, Jo Ann
ElUs, Erelene Head, Peggy Keene,
Janice Kilby, Eleanor King, Linda
Lou Langdon, Billie Magee, Mary.
Ann Marchant, Linda Mills, Linda
Morris, Norma Ralph, Nancy Rob
erson, Margie Rose, Jackie Rus
sell, Betty Shackleford, Dorothy
Stilley, Kay Strum, Nancy Weddle,
and Elizabeth Wells.
Pledging Delta Sigma Sorority
were Brenda Bullock, Joyce Di]d-
ley, Shirley Herring, Sybil' HiU,
Dorothy Humphrey, Janice Hug
gins, Judith Parrish, Eva Nan
Summerlin, and Claudia Tolston.
Washington, at 1:30 p.m.
They will also appear at the
Woody Herman Dance scheduled
on the campus on Monday night,
November 17, Mrs. West said.
Delta Sig Selects Contestant
By H. BARKLEY
Miss Nancy Forbes of Wilson has
been chosen to represent Delta Sig
ma Phi in the Homecoming Queen
contest. The queen will be crowned
at the William and Mary Basket
ball game on November 21.
During last week, which was
Rush Week, approximately sixty
boys visited the frat house. They
toured the house, met the brothers
and were served refreshments. Ac
cording to Lou Eaton, “Rush Week
was a very" successful week.”
On Monday night. Delta Sig will
fete the new pledges at a supper.
The affair will be stag and will
be held in Elm City.
Delta Sigma Phi has been chosen
to serve a dinner for the Baptist
Ladies Conventioii which will be
held in Wilson. The convention will
be held at the Wilson Community
Center on November 6.
The fraternity is making several
plans for the future. A hayride is
being planned for all the new
pledges. The big brothers are Ix;-
ing picked for each pledge for
pledge week.
Two weddings are being plan
ned for November and December.
Paul Blake will marry Miss Elea
nor Herring, President of Sigma
Tau Chi, on Th:^nksgiving Day. On
December 28, Abner Gore will wed
Miss Kay Fore, a member of Sig
ma Tau Chi.
Omega Chi Has Halloween Party
Omega Chi Sorority held a Hal
loween party at its meeting Mon
day afternoon. Refreshments were
served and the traditional Hallo
ween theme was carried out dur
ing the meeting.
Miss Patsy May was elected to
represent Omega Chi in the Home
coming Queen Contest,
Omega Chi elected Miss Patt
Murray, Miss Patsy May, and Miss
Theme Of Parade
Revealed Today
Plans for this year’s homecom
ing parade which wiU be built
around the theme “Around the
World In Eighty Days” have been
announced. The homecoming pa
rade will be held on Saturday
morning, November 22, beginning
at 11:00 a,m.
The dead line for entry of floats
is today. All entries must be given
to Miss Mickey Raynor of the Phys
ical Education department by to
day
The parade will start on Nash
street at the Cherry Hotel .It will
progress down Nash Street to By
num and then go down Bynum to
Lee. On Lee the parade will go to
Whitehead, and then down White
head to College Avenue where it
will break up.
A reviewing stand will be set
up in front of the court house .The
homecoming dignitaries and the
judges will view the parade from
this point. The parade is to be
judged by three local merchants.
As in the past three prizes will be
presented; first prize $10, second
prize $7,50, and third prize $5,00.
The floats will be judged on origin
ality, beauty, and on how well
they relate to the theme. The win
ning floats will be announced at
the half-time 'of the basketball
game on Saturday,
If groups are in need of trucks
on which to build floats, they should
see Miss Raynor for information.
It will be announced at a later
date where the floats will be built.
The deadline for completion is
Thursday, November 20, at 5:00 p.
m.
Group To Attend
Church Meetings
A group of students will repre
sent Atlantic Christian next week
in area meetings of the Disciples of
Christ held in Asheville, Greens
boro, Robersonville, New Bern, and
Dunn, Students attending these
meetings are Miss Nancy Rober
son, Miss Sandra Modlin, John El
liott, James Kirby, Miss Peggy Bi
vens, Miss Norma Ralph, Bob Col
lins, Ken Duan, Miss Nanelle Ed-
Joyce Johnson to serve on the De
sign Committee for the Homecom
ing Float,
Omega Chi Sorority and Sigma
Phi Epsilon Fraternity will hold
a brother - sister banquet at the
Hotel Cherry on November 22 for
the alumni, pledges, and members.
Miss- Nancy Coker, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Coker, was
elected as an unofficial mascot for
Omega Chi and attended the meet
ing Monday afternoon.
Miss Emily Poe was elected as
the new Historian for Omega Chi.
Phi Delt Talks
With Nationals
Phi Delta Gamma Fraternity is
currently corresponding with three
national social fraternities con
cerning affiliation, it was revealed
this week by John Anthony, Phi
Delt president.
Anthony said all three of the fra
ternities had contacted him by let
ter asking that Phi Delt consider
affiliation with them. The three fra
ternities are Sigma Pi, Phi Kappa
Tau, and Kappa Sigma Kappa.
Anthony said four other frater
nities had also written to him about
affiliation but that they were not
being considered by his local fra
ternity.
At its meeting this week, held
Monday night at the fraternity
house, members of Phi Delta Gam
ma named Miss Glenda White as
its candidate in the Homecoming
Queen’s contest. Miss White is a
member of Delta Sigma Sorority,
In other action the fraternity
named Mark Roberts to serve as
chairman of a committee to con
struct a float to be entered in the
Homecoming Parade, Members of
the committee to serve with Rob
erts have not yet been named.
A discussion of training for
pledges also was held at the meet
ing, Pledge master for the fraterni
ty is Clay Phillips,
Alpha Sigma Phi Names Sponsor
By DAVE HARVEY
At a short meeting held by Al
pha Sigma Phi Fraternity on Mon
day night, John Dunn was initiated
as a sponsor of the fraternity,
Mr, Dunn, a member of the facul
ty in the Science and Mathematics
Department, became the second
advisor to be accepted into Alpha
Signtia Phi, Warren Tait, also a
member of the Science and Math
ematics Department, was initiat
ed earlier in the capacity of spon
sor.
On Monday, the members of the
fraternity had a through clean-up
of both the inside and outside of
the fraternity house.
President Don Lee and the Rush
ing Chairman, A, E, Thompson,
spoke to the pledges at a formal
pledging ceremony at the fraterni
ty house last night at 9:00 p,m.
With the second half of the foot
ball season underway this week,
the fraternity is looking forward to
a better second half and perhaps
a top place finish.
Alumnae Fete Phi Sigma Tau
Members of Phi Sigma Tau So
rority were entertained at their
last meeting by their alumnae sis
ters. The girls were served pop
corn and cokes along with trick-
or-treat bags.
Plans were made at this meet
ing for the Homecoming Supper.
Miss Hilda Sermons was chosen as
the sorority’s candidate for Home
coming Queen. A committee to be
in charge of a float theme and dec
orations for the sorority house was
also chosen. Miss Annette Fuller
will be in charge of this commit
tee.
It was announced by Miss Fran
cis Howard, president of Phi Sig
ma Tau that pledgemasters for
pledge training activities will be
Miss Wilma Hairr and Miss Marty
Temple.
Concert Season
To Open Tonight
The Community Concert season
in this area begins tonight at Rocky
Mount with a performance by the
National Symphony from Washing
ton, D. C.
Everyone who has purchased a
membership in the Community
Concert is eligible to attend aU
community concerts presented in
the Wilson area. There is a possi
bility that extra tickets may be
available for this concert. If you
have tickets which you are not
planning to use, or if you desire
a ticket, see James V. Cobb, pro
fessor in the Music Department.
mundson. Miss Peggy Greene, Miss
Ida Sue Neighbors, Ed Mercer,
Ken Brinson, Miss Linda Lankford,
Miss Gayle Joyner, Jimmy Mit
chell, Miss Beverly Edwards, Miss
Carolyn Miles, and Miss Louise
Wells. These students will sing at
It All Happens Happily On A
Heaven Of A Houseboat . . .
They’ll float your heart away on
waves of love and laughter . . . and
oh, those devilish kids!
Cary
GRANT
Sophia
LOREN
//
HOUSEBOAT
//
in TECHNICOLOR
with 3 Wonderful, Mischievous
Hear Love Song
From ‘Houseboat’
“Almost In
Your Arms”
‘*Bing! Bang!
Bong!”
Kids
Starts SUNDAY
WILSON
RICH POPULAR
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Mrs. West said the first meeting
for the contestants will be held at
ary, or the hospital, I hope I will
be called upon for anything.”
It is also significant to note that
Mr. Rich not only has the fuU time
responsibility of being dean, but he
is capying a full teaching load.
This is the first time that an ad
ministrative official has done this.
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