The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 20, 1959
NUMBER FIFTEEN
Campus Election Schedule Set
By Jim. Bishop
Collegiate Editor
Weaving a complicated elections
schedule into an already crowded
calendar presented the Atlantic
CoUege Cooperative Association’s
Executive Board with a knotty
problem at its meeting Monday but
after considerable discussion and
planning, the task was accomplish
ed.
Dead Week, scheduled to begin
March 15, and Religious Emphasis
Week, set to start March 2, present
ed the biggest problems as the Exe
cutive Board worked Monday to
plan ACC’s annual political show
within the framework of the rules
set forth in the association’s con
stitution.
As the schedule now stands the
political bandwagon wiU begin to
roU on the campus on Monday,
February 23, when the Execu
tive Board holds its regular week
ly meeting. At that time nomina
tions for president of the associa
tion and the student body will be
presented. The nominations will be
read in assembly the following day.
Petitions also may be submitted
to nominate candidates for presi
dent. They must be signed by 20
persons and must be submitted to
the Executive Boai|-d on or before
Friday , February 27. i elections wiU be held on Tuesday,
The biggest political show of the I March 10, in the assemibly pro-
Aycock To Be Finals Speaker
Dr. William B. Aycock, Chancel
lor of the University of North Car
olina, wUl be the speaker for At
lantic Christian College’s annual
Commencement on Sunday, May
24, it was announced today by Dr.
Arthur D. Wenger, ACC President.
Dr. Aycock will address the sen
iors, faculty and friends of the col
lege at the finals exercises sched
uled for 7 p.m. that night on the
college’s center campus. Dr. Wen
ger said.
A schedule of the commence
ment program was announced to
day following the first meeting of
the college’s commencement com
mittee.
Dr. Wenger said the program
will open with Baccalaureate Serv
ices scheduled at Wilson’s First
Christian Church at 2 p.m. Sun
day, May 24.
A meeting of the Board of Trus
tees of the college will be held at
3:30 p.m. that day in the Adminis-
WILLIAM B. AYCOCK
tration Building on the college
campus.
At 5:30 p.m. a buffet dinner,
honoring the graduating seniors
and their parents, will be held in
the college dining haU.
This win be followed by the com
mencement exercises set at 7 p.m.
that night.
A native of Wilson County, Dr.
Aycock was bom at Lucama, Oc
tober 26,1915. He was named Chan
cellor of the University in 1957.
Prior to his appointment as Chan
cellor, he served for several years
as Professor of Law in the Law
School at the University.
Dr. Aycock holds the B. S. de
gree from North Carolina State
College, and the Master of Arts
and Doctor of Jurisprudence de
grees from the University of North
Carolina.
Dr. Wenger said the college’s
Baccalaureate speaker wUl be an
nounced in a few days.
gram. At that time campaign man
agers and candidates for the presi
dency will make their speeches.
The actual election of the presi
dent wiU take place on Wednesday,
March 11, with any necessary
run-off balloting set for Thursday,
March 12.
Any unsuccessful candidate for
the presidency automatically be-
comies a candidate for the vice-
presidency.
Nominations for all other offices
of the association will be made on
March 24, it was announced by
the Executive Board. The nomina
tions wiU be read in assembly on
Tuesday,^March 25.
Election of the officers to fill
the other places besides the presi
dency will be held after spring
holidays on Wednesday, April 8.
Any run-off elections wiU be con
ducted on Thursday, April 9.
Most of the top offices on the
campus are filled during the elec
tions each year. Chief offices are,
of course, the association’s presi
dent, vice - president, secretary,
and treasurer, with many more
other posts included, such as co
editors of Tlie Collegiate, Editor ol
the Pine Knot, business managers,
faculty representatives on the Exe
cutive Board, and others.
Juniors Planning Picnic
To Honor Senior Class
At the Junior Class meeting Tues
day, it was announced that the
Junior Class vwll sponsor a picnic
in order to honor the members of
the Senior Class. This picnic wUl
be held at Eagles’ Cottage, approx
imately three miles from the cam
pus, on Friday, April 24.
Sam White, President of the Jun
ior Class, mentioned that last
year the Juniors honored the Sen
iors by sponsoring a breakfast for
them. However, it was decided
that a more mteaningful experience
and a more pleasurable remem
brance might be received through
the fellowship and recreation of
a picnic. It was also pointed out
that the month of Apirl is already
fiUed with formal affairs; a picnic
would allow the Juniors and Sen
iors to “let their hair down,” White
added.
Discussion at the meeting seem
ed to center around the purpose
of the Junior - Senior picnic which
is to give the Senior Class an en
joyable experience which members
can remember in future years. The
consensus seemed to be that if
tlie Seniors enjoy themselves, Jun
iors wiU also.
Members of the Junior Class who
have volunteered to work on the
planning committee for this picnic
include John Harrell, Miss Ruby
Bazemore, Miss Anne Jenkins,
George Long, Miss Emily Waters,
Bobby Dunn, James MitcheU, and
Miss Joan Overton.
White urged the members of the
Junior Class to support this affair
See JUNIOR CLASS Page 3
Parking Problem Receives Study
The Executive Board of the At
lantic Christian CoUege Coopera
tive Association heard a report of
the committee appointed to study
the parking problem of men stu
dents at the regular meeting Mon-
day.
Lynn Grice, Rfesident Men Stu
dent Representative, returned the
report that there are 24 cars own
ed by resident men students. He
went ori to say that an investi
gation reveals that the area behind
the science building will facilitate
the parking of 26 cars. The com
mittee will study further the pos
sibility of using this space and re
turn a report at the next meeting.
It was reported at the meeting
that the bulletin board in front of'
the classroom building will be
completed soon and will be put
into use in the near future.
Sam White gave a report on the
possibility of having a suggestion
box in the Bohunk. He reported
that the box will be made and in
stalled soon.
Dates for the nominations and
elections of campus officers were
set at the meeting.
A letter was read regarding a
conference sponsored by the United
States National Student Association
at Chapel Hill next week. The con
ference is for the purpose of dis
cussion of local planning and pro
blem solving on college campuses.
It was decided that ACC would
send no representative.
George Griswold, President, pre
sided at the meeting.
Religion
Gaining
Department Program
National Attention
By BOB COLLINS
Realization of the need for better
trained religious leaders and the
desire to provide the students of
Atlantic Christian College with re
ligious training adequate to meet
this need has led the Religion and
Philosophy department to adopt a
progressive philosophy of education
and to develop a program that is
recognized as one of the best in the
country.
In an interview with Allan R.
Sharp, Acting Chairman of the Re
ligion and Philosophy Department,
the philosophy of the department
was disclosed.
The ACC religious education pro
gram is designed to give the stu
dent a strong pre-professional train
ing with a broad liberal arts base.
While doing this the program
gives the students practical exper
ience and offers trained leadership
to our smaller churches. The Chris
tian service student has a feeling
of immediacy about his work and
has the desire to begin work as
soon as possible. The ACC reli
gious education program seeks to
give this opportunity to work.
The program is designed to give,
through basic courses, the educa
tion necessary to provide a trained
Christian laity.
The student who is preparing for
fuU time religious work has as re
quirements in his program a study
of the Old Testament and the New
Testament. In addition to this he
must take work in History of Chris
tianity, Principles of Christian Ed
ucation, and Sermon Preparation
and Delivery.
This program is administered in
such a way that recently a repre
sentative of the Christian Board of
College Is
In Federal
Allotted $2,628
Scholarship Aid
By ANNE JENKINS
Atlantic Christian College has
recently received notification from
the United States Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare of
its initial allotment of $2,628 under
the National Defenise Student
Loan Program. The student loan
program is set up to run until 1966
and each participating coUege is
required to match the allotmente
from the government in the ratio
of $1 for each $9 received.
This new loan fund will be ad
ministered by the regular Student
Loan Fund Comjnittee of the col
lege and applications will be made
which may be obtained from the
business office.
According to the requirements
of this particular loan fund, special
consideration will be given to aU:
1. Students with a superior aca
demic background who express a
desire to teach in elementary or
secondary schools.
2. Students whos academic back
ground indicate a superior capacity
or preparation in science, mathe
matics, engineering, or a modern
foreign language. , , -
Students who are m need of the
amount of the loan to pursue cours
es of study may borrow from the
National Defense Student Loan
Fund The student must be ehgi-
ble to continue in attendance at the
institution where he is enrolled
based upon the achievement of sat
isfactory progress towards a de
gree. His conduct miust be m
accordance with the institation s
standards and practices. Only fuU-
time students are eligible to ap-
dIv.
To clarify what is meant by “full
time” — a student enrolled in a
sufficient number of credit hours,
or their equivalent of coUege grade
courses, to secure the degree of
certificate towards which ne is
working within tiie time normal
to the majority of. enroUed stu
dents.
The loan is set up so that repay
ment does not have to begin until
one year after the student has fin
ished his or her coUege training
and there is no interest on the
loans untU time for repayment to
begin. From that date forward, the
loans bear interest at the rate of
3 per cent per annum.
Students wiU be aUowed up to
ten years to repay the loans. MUi-
tary service, for no longer than
three years, wUl prolong the be
ginning of repayment and interest
accrual. Students may borrow up
to $1,000 per year and no more than
$5,000 from these funds during their
educational careers.
No security or endorsenrLents are
required for students applying for
the loan as long as they are of
legal age.
See SCHOLARSHIP Page 3
Publication said that the best job
of religious education in the Dis
ciples of Christ Brotherhood is be
ing done at Atlantic Christian Col
lege.
Many of the outstanding semi
naries in the country have recog
nized the program of ACC as good
by giving first preference to ACC
graduates when assigning student
pastorates.
At the present time there are
representatives of 11 different de
nominations studying for full time
Christian service at ACC. These
students are serving in 53 church
es in North Carolina and Virginia.
Each fuU time student is required
to submit an extensive work report
each month that lists the various
activities he has carried on in the
work with his church.
The graduates of Atlantic Chris
tian CoUege are widely dispersed
across this country. In North
Carolina alone, 45 ministers are
serving who are ACC graduates.
Of these 32 are members of the
Christian church, 10 are Methodist,
and Free Will Baptist, Baptist, and
Assembly of God churches have
one each.
The Religion and Philosophy De
partment employs four full time
professors and three adjunct pro
fessors. During the 1957-58 aca
demic year 28 different courses
were offered in the department
with an enrollment of 256 students.
Of these, 614 were in basic courses
and 342 in advanced courses. Mr.
Sharp pointed out that in the past
few years among non-major reli
gion students, there has been a
marked increase in the number
who are taking upperlevel religion
See RELIGION Page 4
ACC Paintings In Art Exhibition
The Carolinas’ First CoUege Art
Annual for art students in North
Carolina and South Carolina col
leges and universities was held
last week. It was sponsored by
the Art Department of the Univers
ity of South Carolina and the Co
lumbia Museum of Art.
The CaroUnas’ Art Annual is in
itiated to serve as professionaUy
conducted competitive exhibition,
intended to assess comparative
values of advanced art students of
this two - state area, to permit
them to gain experience for na
tional competition, and to permit
their pubUc of the future to be
come famiUar with new talents.
CoUeges of North Carolina rep
resented in this particular show
were East Carolina CoUege, Wom
an’s CoUege, Meredith CoUege,
State University, Pfeiffer College,
and Atlantic Christian College.
North Carolina paintings represent
ed approximated 70 percent of the
exhibition.
From Atlantic Christian CoUege,
four students’ paintings were rep
resented. This representation in
cluded two paintings by William
Mins chew, two paints by Miss
Glenn Nowell, one painting by Miss
Peggy MitcheU, and one by Mrs.
Mary Sue Littrell.
According to notification, con
gratulations are very definitely in
order for Minschew. His paintings
were selected from the prelimi
nary exhibition by Clinton Adams,
Head of the Department of Art
at the University of Florida, who
served as the one-man Jury. Mr.
Adams selected approximately 36
See PAINTINGS Page 3
Palmer’s Paper On Snakes
Judged Top Piece Of Work
A promising young biologist in
the Atlantic Christian College stu
dent body recently completed what
has been termed one of the best
research papers ever done in this
college.
William M„ Palmer of Raleigh
has just completed a paper en
titled “Snakes of the North Caro-
Una Coastal Plain.” This work is
a summary of .Palmer’s research
in Eastern North Carolina for the
past five years.
Palmer undertook the project
of writing this paper as part of
his work in an individual problems
course in the science deparment of
ACC. In this course the student
chooses his project with the ap
proval of the instructor and sets
out to accompUsh research relat
ing to the project. The student
meets with the instructor for con
sultation and to report his prog
ress. Courses of this nature are
open to senior level students only.
As part of the work for writing
this paper. Palmer collected and
oberved the specimens of snakes
that the p>aper discusses. In ad
dition to this he studied mater
ials in the State Museum of Natu
ral History in Raleigh and studied
the museum’s distributional fUes.
He surveyed all the avaUable im
portant literature on the subject
and corresponded regularly with
several experts in the field. From
these sources he wrote his fine
paper.
The paper wiU be presented at
a meeting of the science staff of
See PALMER’S PAPER Page 3