The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 27, 1959
NUMBER SIXTEEN
Brinson, Dunn Candidates
For Top Student Body Post
By JIM BISHOP
Collegiate Editor
Atlantic Christian College’s po
litical pot was boiling this week
with a full head of steam.
The annual show of strength of
office seekers was opened Tues
day morning with the announce
ment in assembly of the Executive
Board’s selection of candidates for
the presidency of the Atlantic
Christian CoUege Cooperative As
sociation and the student-faculty
body.
Two rising seniors, Kenneth Brin
son of Rocky Mount, and Bobby
Dunn of Plnetops, were nominated
by the board at the assembly.
Groups have until noon today to
submit other candidates for the
office by means of petititions.
Twenty students are required to
sign such petitions.
As in the past the two candi
dates submitted by the Executive
Board are fraternity members.
Brinson is from Sigma Phi Epsi
lon and Dunn is a member of
Alpha Sigma Phi. However, a new
twist has come up this year. It
is the first election in a long while
that has not had a top candidate
representing Delta Sigma Phi Fra
ternity.
George B. Griswold, President of
the ACC Cooperative Association,
presided at the assembly Tuesday
and announced the presidential
candidates.
He said campaign speeches for
the candidates wUl be held in an
assembly scheduled for March 10.
Griswold said this date had been
obtained when the Concert and
Assembly committee agreed to
postpone a band concert previously
scheduled by Darrell Harbaum,
Band Director, at that time. The
concert will be held on March 24.
The actual election will take
place on Wednesday, March H, in
the lobby of the Classroom Build
ing, Griswold announced.
Griswold said voting booths will
be used this year for the first
time. He said the booths will be
borrowed from the City of Wilson.
There will be four booths, one for
each class at the coUege.
Unsuccessful candidates in the
presidential race wiU automatical
ly become vice - presidential can
didates, it was announced.
Nominations for all other offices
wUl be made on March 2, with
the elections to be held on April
8 and 9.
In case a run-off vote for the
presidency is required, it will be
held March 12, it was announced;
Griswould also urged all organi
zations to hold off elections until
the Cooperative Association has se
lected its officers so that an out
standing slate can jbe obtained.
Students were watching closely
today to learn about any last min
ute candidates for the presidency.
Rumor had it that other candidates
would be nominated by means of
petitions.
Baccalaureate Speaker Named
Rev. Jo M. Riley, Minister of
the First Christian Church of Wil
son, will be the speaker for Bac
calaureate Services at Atlantic
Christian College’s annual Com
mencement on Sunday, May 24.
The announcement of Mr. Ri
ley’s selection was made today by
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC Presi
dent.
Mr. Riley will preach the Bac
calaureate sermon at the First
Christian Church here at 2 p.m.
Commencement day.
Last week it was announced that
Dr. William B. Aycock, Chancellor
of the University of .North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill, would be
ACC’s commencement speaker.
Mr. Riley has been Minister of
the First Christian Church of Wil
son, since 1956. He came to Wilson
from Kokomo, Ind., where he
was minister of the Main Street
Christian Church for more than
eight years.
A native of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
Mr. Riley was reared in Lexing
ton, Ky. His father, the late Dr.
Edgar C. Riley, was president of
Midway Junior College in Kentuc
ky for many years.
Mr. RUey holds the A. B. de-
REV. JO M. RILEY
gree from Transylvania College,
the B. D. degree from The Col
lege Of The Bible, Lexington, Ky.,
and has had advanced studies at
Union Theological Seminary, New
York City, Columbia University and
the School of Religion, Butler Uni
versity.
Prior to his pastorate at Koko
mo, Ind., Mr. Riley served as Asso
ciate Minister of the Central Chris
tian Church of Lexington, Ky.
He taught in the Indiana Uni
versity Extension Division for five
years and also taught at the sem
inary of Butler University. Since
coming to Wilson, he has served
as an adjunct professor in the De
partment of Religion and Philoso
phy at ACC.
ACC wiU have a one-day com
mencement program. It will begin
with the Baccalaurete Service and
wiU conclude with graduation ex
ercises at 7 p.m. on the college’s
center campus. A board of trustees
meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
and a buffet supper honoring sen
iors and their parents is set for
5:30 p.m.
Prizes Spotlight English Program
By BOB COLLINS
The announcement of a prize-
winning play by Claude Anthony
and the publication of a poem by
Miss Anne W. Nelson, recently
brought to the limelight the out
standing work being done by stu
dents in the English Department
of Atlantic Christian College.
Anthony’s one - act play, “The
Fledgling,” won second prize in
the Seven Arts Festival Contest
conducted by Woman’s CoUege of
the University of North Carolina,
Greensboro. The original work was
one of 18 manuscripts entered by
students from 13 colleges in five
states.
The play wiU be produced by
Stage and Script Club in Greens
boro, on March 14, and will be
presented as one of three one-act
plays written by ACC students on
March 13, and 14, in Howard Cha
pel on the ACC campus.
Miss Nelson’s poem entitled
“Laughing Boys” was honored and
wUl be published by the American
Collegiate Poetry Society. The
poem was one of many submitted
by college students from all across
the nation. The volume in which
the poem wiU appear wUl be put
in the ACC library as soon as it
is available.
In an effort to find information
concerning the program and phi
losophy of the English Department,
The Collegiate interviewed Dr. Mil
dred E. Hartsock, .chairman. In the
Interview it was disclosed that the
English Department carries out a
two-fold job,
The department chairman dis
closed that there are two distinct
areas in which the department
must function. The first of these
is with the freshmen and sopho
mores who take the required
See English Dept. Page 3
34 Students Are Pledged
To Greek Letter Groups
Thirty-four Atlantic Christian
College students accepted bids to
become members of the college’s
eight Greek letter organizations
this week.
Deadline for accepting bids was
Tuesday afternoon at 5 p.m. John
E. Weems, Director of Student
Activities, said 22 men students ac
cepted bids from the college’s four
fraternities and that 12 women stu
dents pledged themselves to mem
bership in the four ACC sorori
ties.
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity led
all organizations with the largest
number of pledges — 11. Phi Sig
ma Tau Sorority was second with
five pledges. Phi Delta Gamma
Fraternity had four. Alpha Sigma
Phi had four. Sigma Phi Epsilon
had three. Sigma Tau Chi Sorority
had three. Omega Chi and Delta
Sigma had two each.
The acceptance of bids by the
students climaxed the rushing ac
tivities which started about two
weeks ago.
It was a small group of pledges
as is usually the case in the spring.
Those pledging Delta Sigma Phi
Fraternity were Dave Barriger,
Ivey Bolton, BiUy Curie, Jay Dix
on, William Alvin Etheridge, Ru
fus Herring, Pete McKenzie, Den
nis Peacock, Murphy Rivenbark,
Jerry Stevens and Leslie Stocks.
Pledging Phi Delta Gamma Fra
ternity were J. W. Fields, Mike
Johnson, Charles Killebrew and
Clifton White.
Those pledging Alpha Sigma Phi
Fraternity were James Abrams,
Raymond Courie, Mancel Crisp and
Donald Johnson.
Pledging Sigma Phi Epsilon
Fraternity were John Dudley, Ron
ald Lee and Jule Mann.
Those pledging Phi Sigma Tau
Sorority were Miss Janice Bar-
See Student Pledged Page 3
Exec Board Discusses Cheating
The Executive Board of the At
lantic Christian CoUege Coopera
tive Association held a discussion
on the problem of cheating at its
regular meeting Monday.
The discussion came as the re
sult of a request by Dr. Daniel M.
McFarland, made last week, to
give consideration to the matter
and then to give opinions at the
next meeting.
Dr. McFarland brought the topic
to light as a result of a study being
conducted by the Central Commit
tee on Instruction of the coUege.
The opinions and views given by
the Executive Board members will
be returned to the Central Com-
mitee and will be considered as a
definite policy in the matter of
cheating is formed, it was explain
ed.
In the discussion, the members
expressed concern over the fact
that some students seem to have
no sense of moral obligation when
it comes to the matter of cheat
ing. There have been cases of
cheating, both.on tests and in the
copying of term papers and themes,
reported this year.
Some of the members of the
board expressed the opinion that
an honor system should be set up
under which the student would be
responsible for reporting cases of
cheating. Others expressed disap
proval when this idea was pre
sented and thought that the mat
ter ought to be left up to the indi
vidual teacher.
Under the system which would
put the student on his honor, the
instructor probably would not re
main in the room while the test
was being administered. Each stu
dent would be responsible for re
porting cheating both on his own
part and on the part of the other
students in the class.
Under the system which would
leave all decisions to the teachers,
the instructor would decide what
action would be taken in the case
of cheating and would be the judge
of whether or not the student did
See Exec. Board Page 3
Physical Ed Department
Presents TV Show Today
The Department of Physical Ed
ucation at ACC, will present the
coUege’s semi-monthly television
program today on station WITN at
Washington at 1:30 p.m.
Edward L. Cloyd, Jr., Chairman
of the department, heads the group
of 10 faculty members and stu
dents making the trip to the studio
to present the program.
The program is buUt around
President Eisenhower’s program
of Fitness and how it is related
to the work being done in the
Department of Physical Education
at the coUege.
others to be featured on the pro
gram include Mrs. Virginia Can
non, Gordon E. Coker, Miss Mickey
Raynor, and Eugene Barnes, all of
the department’s faculty. CoUege
students to be featured are BiU
Henderson and Miss Jane Johnson.
Two of Mrs. Cannon’s private
idance students, also wiU appear
with Henderson in an acrobatic
routine. They are Miss Becky Jane
Rose and Miss Pat Woodard.
The coUege presents a television
program on the Washington sta
tion two Fridays each month. It
is incorporated into the station’s
regular Hospitality House program
which features Mrs. Virginia Tay
lor and Clint Faris.
Students and faculty members
are urged to view the show which
wiU be televised on Channel Seven
at 1:30 p.m.
Religious Emphasis Week Opens Monday
By RALPH MESSICK
“The Campus Thinks” has been
chosen for the theme of the ReU-
gious Emphasis Week program
scheduled for next week, the Cam
pus Christian Association an
nounced today. Dr. Lester McAl-
Uster, Provost of Bethany CoUege,
Bethany, West Virginia, and mam
speaker at the week’s chapel serv
ices, will use the following subjects
for his messages at these services:
Monday, “The Campus Thinks A-
bout God”; Tuesday, “The Cam
pus Thinks About Man”; Wectoes-
day, “The Campus Thinks About
Christ”; and Thursday, “The Cam
pus Thinks About the Church.
A completed list of aU the dis
cussion leaders has also been re
leased by the Campus Christian As
sociation this week. Monday and
Tuesday Atlantic Christian CoUege
win have as its guests Rev. Bm
WeUs, Director of Methodist Stu
dent Movement of North Carolina;
Rev. Walser AUen, Minister of the
Moravian Church of Raleigh, North
CaroUna; Rev. Robert Bradshaw,
burn, Miiiister of the Wake For^t
Baptist Church and Director of the
Student Union at Wake Forest.
Wednesday and Thursday the dis
cussion leaders wiU be Miss Gloria i Minister of the Duke Memorial i losophy at East Carolina CoUege,
Blanton, Assistant Director of the Methodist Church, Durham, North Greenville, North Carolina.
Baptist Student Movement in North Carolina; and Rev. Cleveland Brad- These leaders have been chosen
Carolina; Rev. Robert Bradshaw ' ner. Professor of Religion and Phi-1 for their outstanding ability and
Work Load Will Be Lightened
ReUgious Emphasis Week offi
cials today awaited for the start
of the annual observance on the
Atlantic Christian CoUege campus
with the hope that attendance at
the various events of this year s
program wiU be the biggest in
history. ^ c
Attendance was the keynote of
pre-program planning today as the
coUege announced that many fa
culty members wiU hold up tests
scheduled for next week so that
students may spend more of their
time in attending REW events
Last week the Campus Chris-
tian Association submitted a peti
tion to the Dean of the CoUege,
Dr. MiUard P. Burt, requesting
that work load of students be
lightened during next week hop-
that such action would spur
attendance. .
Dr. Burt promptly met with fa
culty department chairmen and
requested such a move. Today Dr.
Burt said many faculty members
wiU comply with the request. How
ever, he said some courses are
of such nature that the work can
not be delayed during the next
week. Some tests wiU be given dur
ing the week but the majority of
the students on campus wUl have
a Ughter week than usual.
Dr. Burt said faculty chairmen
also are interested in the REW
attendance figures. He said it wiU
be interesting to observe if an at
tendance increase during the REW
events is noted.
Dr. Burt also announced today
a week - long schedule of assem-
bUes for ReUgious Emphasis Week.
On Monday, the assembly wiU be
held at 11 a.m. in Howard Chapel.
Students whose last names begin
with letters A to L, wiU be re
quired to attend. Tuesday, the
assembly wUl be held at 10:20
a.m. in Howard Chapel with stu
dents whose last names begin with
letters M to Z, required to attend.
On Wednesday, the assembly will
be held at 10 a.m. with the A
to L group required to attend. On
Thursday, the assembly will be
held at 10:20 a.m. with the M
to Z group required to attend. On
Friday the assembly wiU be held
at 9 a.m. with voluntary atten
dance because of the nature of
the service. There wiU be no
classes held during the assembly
times.
The regular chapel attendance
schedule wiU be disregarded next
week because of Religious Em
phasis Week. It wiU be resumed
on the foUowing week with the A
to L group required to attend on
Thursday.
keen interest in the affairs of stu
dents. Further, they represent a
fair cross - section of the denomina
tions located on the campus.
Last year the discussion groups
were sponsored by either a sorority
or a fraternity, but this year the
CCA hopes to increase interest in
the discussions by having them
jointly sponsored by a fraternity
and its sister sorority. It is beUeved
that this system wiU not only in
crease the interest in the discus
sion groups but also help to pro
mote the brother-sister relation
ship between the fraternities and
sororities.
■nie week’s activities wUl close
Friday with a communion service
sponsored by the Christian Service
Workshop. AUan R. Sharp, Acting
Chairman of the ReUgion and Phi
losophy Department, wUl preside
at this service. Dr. Perry Case,
Dean Emeritus and a member of
the Department of Religion and
PhUosophy, and Dr. C. H. Hamlin,
a rn ember of the Department of
Social Science, wUl serve as elders
at this service.