The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, DECEMBER 5, 1958
NUMBER TEN
Pre-Registration Begins;
Dean Outlines Procedure
Pre-registration for the spring
semester at Atlantic Christian Col
lege is now 'anderway. The pro
gram opened Tuesday morning
and win run through December 16,
the final day for pre-registration.
Dr. Millard P. Burt, ACC Dean,
announced the pre-registration pro
cedure Monday morning.
At that time he caUed for all
students to mefet with their advis
ors that day at 1,0:20 o’clock to re
ceive instructions and to schedule
appointments.
Students who have not been as
signed advisors should meet in the
coUege Library, this coming Mon
day at 3:30' p.m. Dr. Burt said
special students should pre-register
with the Registrar.
The ACC Dean also suggested
that students who have made up
their minds about major fields of
study, contact the heads of the de
partments in which they plan to
major.
Dr. Burt said no schedule chang
es will be made at the request of
students between December 16, and
January 21. He said, however, that
schedule changes may be made
on Registration Day, January 21.
He said a charge of $1 per day
wiU be made for registration after
January 21, except for valid rea
sons approved by the Dean.
Schedule changes made after
January 21, will cost the student
$1, it was explained. The last day
for adding courses wUl be Febru
ary 8.
The Dean said class cards should
be obtained from the Registrar on
J a n u a r y 21. Financial arrange
ments must be made with the
Business Office before the cards
will be released, he said. The
Business Office will publish a
schedule of appointments for this
purpose.
Several special instructions were
announced as a part of the pre
registration plan.
Changes will not be permitted
from sections of courses continuing
in the Spring Semester without per
mission of the chairman of the de
partment concerned.
Acceptance for teacher training
by the Department of Education is
a prerequisite for Educ. 373 and
Educ. 424, it was announced.
Bus. 071 (Personal Typewriting)
is designed for students who would
like to learn typewriting for per
sonal use, it was explained.
Eng. 373 (Advanced Grammar)
is a prerequisite for Educ. 373
(Observation and Supervised
Teaching) for English majors.
Eng. 236b and Elng. 006b (Play
Production) may be taken without
taking the first half of the course,
it was announced.
Eng. 336b (Shakespeare) may be
taken by non-majors without tak
ing the first half of the coiurse, it
was explained.
Students may not take Biol. 316b
See REGISTRATION Pagre 3
Executive Board Hears
Appeal For Yule Gifts
By BOB COLLINS
The Executive Board of the At
lantic Christian College Coopera
tive Association heard an appeal
from Miss Sarah Bain Ward, Dean
of Women, to support the Christ
mas gift giving to deserving chil
dren, sponsored by ACC each year.
It is the policy for ACC students
to give gifts to deserving children
in the Wilson area each year. These
gifts are not to be food or clothing,
but are to be some toy that the
children will enjoy. The ages of
the children will be given to all in
terested students in the lobby of
the classroom building today. The
gifts should cost approximately one
Class Schedules
Are Available
Printed schedules of classes for
the spring semester are now avail
able at the office of the Registrar
in the Administration Building.
The, schedules were printed to
be used by students in pre-regis-
tering for classes.
Students desiring to have one
copy of the schedule may contact
the Registrar’s office.
dollar. If a person does not wish
to buy the gift personally, he may
contribute the dollar and the gift
will be purchased for him.
This year ACC is contributing to
more than 240 children. Dean Ward
asked that thfe members of the
Executive Board urge aU students
to participate.
George Griswold, President, an
nounced that ACC is represented
by a delegation to the United
States National Student Association
convention being held Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of this week.
A letter regarding the possibility
of sending exchange students to
North Africa or the Soviet Union
was read. Information on this siub-
ject has been posted on the bulle
tin board on the classroom build
ing walkway. All interested stu
dents should apply before Decem
ber 15.
The Executive Board voted to
underwrite the expenses of the del
egates attending the North State
Press Conference Association meet
ing at Guilford College on Satur
day. Those delegates attending wUl
be Jim Bishop, Collegiate Editor;
Bob Collins; Ralph Messick; Billy
Home, Collegiate Business Man-
See EXEC BOARD Page 3
Education Group On TV
A demonstration of methods used
in the elementary school in the
teaching of arithmetic and science
served as the subject for a tele
vision program presented by the
Department of Education and Psy
chology on Friday, November 28.
The program, presented as one
of the series being arranged by the
college for Television Station WITN
in Washington*, featured members
of the student National Education
Association chapter at the coUege.
It was opened with a short talk
by Dr. G. A. Constantine, Chair
man of the Department of Educa
tion and Psychology at ACC. l^e
mistress of ceremonies was Miss
Sybil Bass, President of the ACC
Student N.ELA.
Others appearing on the pro
gram were Miss Louise Duncan,
Miss Patsy Ferrell, Mrs. Juanita
Thomas, Miss Marjorie Dixon,
Miss Mary Rose Parnell, and Miss
Clyda Hocutt of the N.E.A., and
James E. Fulghum, Director of
Publicity and Special Activities at
the coUege.
“We appreciate very much the
fact that the students who parti
cipated in the program took time
off from their Thanksgiving holi
days to do so,” Dr. Constantine
said in discussing the program.
The college wiU present its next
program on Friday, December 12,
at 1:30 p.m. It wiU feature stu
dents and faculty members in the
Department of Music^
Light Chapel Attendance
Scored By College Dean
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Students were warned today that
they are not attending the required
chapel and assembly programs and
failure to attend brings on an
academic penalty.
The Dean’s office, in a special
announcement, reminded students
that “FaUure to attend chapel and
assembly in accordance with pre
vious instructions results in an ac
ademic penalty'in accordance with
action by the Central Committee
on Instruction.”
Students are required to attend
the Thursday chapel programs on
an alternate basis. Students whose
last names begin with letters A
through L attend chapel one Thurs
day and those whose names be
gin with M through Z attend the
next Thursday.
AU students are required to at
tend the assembly programs set
aside for advisors and those set
aside for class meetings.
The Dean’s office also said that
it is the responsibility of students
to attend voluntary assembly pro
grams. “Very few students at
tended the exceUent Thanksgiving
program presented on November
25,” Dr. Millard P. Burt, ACC
Dean, pointed out.
Dr. Burt said many students
have been visiting the Dean’s of
fice to check on their attendance
status for chapel. “If students are
in doubt about their attendance,
they should attend additional chap
el services to be sure that they
meet the required minimum rather
than contact the Dean’s office,
he said.
Press Members
To Hold Meeting
Members of the staff of The Col
legiate will attend a meeting of the
North State Conference Press As
sociation tomorrow at Guilford Col
lege.
Plans for the meeting were an
nounced this week by Miss Mar
garet Haworth, Editor of The Guil-
fordian, student newspaper at
Guilford College.
Those planning to attend from
ACC are J,ames W. Bishop, Editor
of The Collegiate, WilUam Horne,
Business Manager of the paper,
Ralph Messick and Robert CoUins,
reporters, and James E. Fulghum,
Chairman of the ACC Publications
Committee.
The meeting wiU open at 9 a.m.
tomorrow in the college union at
Guilford.
During the morning session Da
vid Morrah of The Greensboro
DaUy News, wUl speak.
A workshop and group discus
sions wiU be held during the after
noon session.
A short business session and a
refreshment hour wiU climax the
program at 2:30 p.m.
Plans For Christmas Dance
Are Announced Here Today
By Jim Bishop
Collegiate Editor
Plans for the annual Christmas
Dance of Atlantic Christian Col
lege were announced today. The
formal dance, which is for stu
dents, faculty, and dates, will be
held in the lobby of the classroom
building on Friday, December 12,
beginning at 8:30 p. m. and contin
uing until 12:30 p. m.
Since this dance is one of the
formal occasions of the year, wo
men and men have been requested
to dress as formaUy as their ward
robes will permit. The women are
requested to wear formals—long
or short—or cocktaU dresses. As
for the men, the Social Commit
tee has requested that all who
have tuxedos wear them and that
others make a real effort to ob
tain them. If a tuxedo is not a-
vailable, a man may wear a dark
suit. The committee expressed
the sincere wish that no one plan
to miss the dance because he or
she does not have formal attire.
The highlights of the Christmas
Dance will be the presentation of
the Pino Knot Queen and her two
attendants. The crowning of the
Queon wDl take place during the
dance intermission.
Music for the event will be pro
vided by the Moderns of Wilson.
This group, headed by Joe Horton,
a student of Atlantic Christian Col
lege, plays modern music, rock’n’
roll, South American, and several
other types of dance music.
Miss Sarah Bain Ward, Dean of
See DANCE PLANS Page 4
Two ACC Students Attend
South-Wide Student Meet
Miss Peggy Pittman and Robert
CoUins attended the South-W i d e
Student Conference held at Pfeif
fer CoUege last Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday.
This integrated conference was
held as a meeting at which college
students could discuss freely and
frankly their feelings regarding
race relations and resulting prob
lems facing college campuses to
day.
Upon their return to the campus,
the ACC delegates reported that
college students of both Negro and
White groups have similar prob
lems; despite racial origin, stu
dents’ feelings, goals, and ideals
are the same.
The conference was labled a suc
cess by aU the delegates attending.
More than 60 colleges and univer
sities across the South were repre
sented.
Many outstanding men from the
Soiuthern states spoke at the con
ference. Their talks were stimulat
ing, and were followed by discus
sions within small groups.
These same small discussion
groups conducted workshops in
various areas of coUege work. Miss
Pittman participated in the work
shop on “The Role of Campus
See ACC STUDENTS Page 3
Cobbs To Give Concert
The Music Department of Atlan
tic Christian CoUege wiU present
a special concert in Howard Chap
el Tuesday night at 8 p.m. featur
ing Mr. and Mrs. James V. Cobb.
Mrs. Cobb, soprano, and Mi\
Cobb, tenor, will be accompanied
by J. O. Sanderson, Jr., member
of the faculty in the Department
of Music.
Mr. Cobb studied with Neumon
Leighton in Memphis, Tennessee,
where he received his A. B. and
B. M. degrees from Southwestern
at Memphis. He also studied with
Roland Hayes and John Pierce
while enrolled at Boston University,
from which he received an M. A.
degree.
Mrs. Cobb received her Bachelor
of Music degree at Flora Mac
Donald College, and was a student
of Neumon Leighton.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Cobb have
sung in concert here in North Car
olina and elsewhere, including so
lo appearances with the Atlanta
Pops Orchestra, the Charlotte Lit
tle Symphony, and numerous tele
vision appearances.
Mr. Sanderson is a graduate of
the University of Michigan, and
has studied with Robert Brinkman-
there and James Friskin of the Jul-
liard school of Music.
Homecoming Program Brings End
To Big Fall Push By Students
Atlantic Christian College stu
dents settled down to the routine
today, the big faU push a matter
of history.
Highlighting the crowded sched
ule of events just past was Home
coming which was held on Novem
ber 21 and 22.
Miss Nancy Forbes, a WUson
freshman, reigned as Queen dur
ing Homecoming. She was selected
as Queen from a group of 19 con
testants. The runners-up were Miss
Flora Griffin and Miss Beverly Ed
wards.
Miss Forbes represented Delta
Sigma Phi Fraternity and that
Greek letter group walked off
with most of tiie student honors
at Homecoming.
In addition to having the honor
of sponsoring the Queen, Delta
Sigma Phi also had the winning
float in the Homecoming Parade,
and the best outside decoration.
other float award winners in the
parade were Omega Chi Sorority,
second place, and Alpha Sigma Phi
Fraternity and Phi Sigma Tau So
rority with their joint entry tied
with Sigma Tau Chi Sorority for
third place.
Second place in the outside dec
orations contest was won by Phi
Sigma Tau Sorority. Third place
winner was Harper Hall.
New o f f i c e rs of the Atlan
tic Christian College Alumni Asso
ciation were elected at a Home
coming Luncheon on November
22. Most of the old officers were
re-elected. Dr. Griffith A. Hamlin
was re-elected President; Sam T.
Ragan of Raleigh, was re-elected
as Vice-President; Mrs. Ann Pas-
chall was re - elected Secretary; i to the coUege Board of Trustees.
Robert L Brinkley was re-elected AU the sororities and fraternities
Delegate-at-Large, and Bruce W. on the campus held dinners for
Riley was elected Representative I their alumni at Homecoming.
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QUEEN NANCY—Miss Nancy Forbes, ACC Homecoming Queen,
smiles for the photographer as she rides on queen’s float in
parade November 22. Miss Flora Griffin, runner-up, beams for
crowd at right. (Photo by Claude Anthony)