The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, MARCH 13, 1959
NUMBER EIGHTEEN
Bobby Dunn Elected Head
Of Cooperative Association
By Jim Bishop
Collegiate Editor
Bobby Dunn, an Atlantic Chris
tian College junior from Pine-
tops, was elected President of the
ACC Cooperative Association in a
run-off election held yesterday.
Dunn defeated Kenneth Brinson,
a junior from Rocky Mount. Dunn,
in the run-off, polled 343 votes to
Brinson’s 204. It was the largest
run-off ballot total in the history
of the college.
Tlie day before the two candi
dates won the right to oppose
each other in the run-off when they
topped the ballot in the college’s
annual presidential election. Dunn
had 243 votes Wednesday and Brin
son garnered 189. Everette Bryant,
the third candidate from Cramer-
ton, polled 166 votes and fell out
of the race.
The 598 votes cast Wednesday
set a record for presidential elec
tions at ACC. It was the largest
vote ever cast in any election bn
the ACC campus.
After the fireworks were over to
day Dunn thanked aU his support
ers. Brinson said he would not be
a candidate for vice-president, and
Bryant said he would definitely be
a' vice-presidential candidate.
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BOBBY DUNN
For Dunn, next year will mark
his return to the Executive Board
of the Cooperative Association af
ter only one year’s lay-off. He has
previously served two years on the
board.
Dunn was the acknowledged
front - runner in the campaign. At
the outset he had the support of a
fraternity - sorority coalition on
the campus and most experts pre
dicted that he would take the race.
Brinson also had his own fra
ternity’s support and probably that
of its sister sorority. However, he
seemed to be interested in mak
ing the fight on the basis of over
coming the Greek Letter faction
that has been the decision maker
in recent campus elections.
Bryant had to fight his way on
to the ticket, so to speak. He was
not nominated by the Executive
Board of the Cooperative Associa
tion, but had to win a place by
means of petition. He appiealed to
the day students in an effort to
Large Course Offerings
Set For Summer Session
See ELECTION Page 4
Social Studies Department
Cites Vocational Flooding
By BOB COLUNS
Man and his relationship with his
society and man’s place in his so
ciety are of such importance that
the department of Social Science
at Atlantic Christian CoUege has
established a program to impress
in the minds of the students the
significance of a study of the past
and present civilizations.
The Collegiate, in an effort to
find the reasons behind the devel
opment of the social studies pro
gram, interviewed Dr. Daniel J.
McFarland, Chairman of the So
cial Science Department.
In this interview it was pointed
out that the history program is not
primarily interested in vocational
training. The field in which history
teachers work is one of the few
overcrowded areas of academic
work. In this field, the supply of
history teachers, both in secon
dary schools and colleges exceeds
the demand. Therefore, the ACC
department does not seek to train
history or sociology teachers.
Rather than give vocational
training, the department seeks to
show the student the importance of
the knowledge of the past and how
to apply this knowledge to the pres
ent day situations that are encount
ered.
Dr. McFarland pointed out that
workers in all fields need a study
of history, whether their chosen
field be religion, literature, journa
lism, business, math and science
or any other. The department
chairman went on to show that the
Campus Awaits Dead Week lull
Atlantic Christian College’s busy
academic program, sometimes
rushed because of the heavy load
of extra-curricular activities, wiU
rule the roost next week as Dead
Week is observed on the campus.
One week of suspended campus
activity is now being observed each
semester at the college to give stu
dents a chance to hit the books
and catch up on their academic
work.
The week was established by ac
tion of the Executive Board of the
Atlantic Christian CoUege Cooper
ative Association.
During Dead Week, meetings are
postponed and all outside class
room activity comes to a halt.
Fraternities and sororities wiU not
meet. The Collegiate wiU not be
published.
However, assembly and chapel
will be held next week. At the reg
ular assembly time Tuesday, class
meetings will be held.
Some students, rushed to the ex
treme as the spring begins, were
looking forward to the week with
anticipation today. “This wiU give
some of us a chance to get our
brains back in order,” one harried
See DEAD WEEK Page 4
17 Students Will Attend
Asheville NCEA Meeting
Seventeen students from Atlan
tic Christian CoUege wlU attend
the State Convention of the North
Carolina Education Association in
Asheville, D. G. A. Constantine,
Chairman of the Department of
Education and Psychology, an
nounced today. Dr. Constaintine,
Dr. Vida EUiot and Miss Ann Bul
lock, members of the Department
of Education and Psychology, will
also attend the convention which
opens Wednesday, March 18, and
continues to Saturday, March 21.
Atlantic Christian CoUege will
take an active part in the program
that is to be presented at the con
vention. Display Booth number 87
in the Asheville Municipal Auditor-
im, where a major portion of the
activities wiU take place, wiU be
sponsored by the coUege.
ACC wiU also sponsor a break
fast at 8 a.m. Saturday morning
in the Green Room of the S & W
Cafeteria. Dr. MiUard P. Burt,
Dean of Atlantic Christian Col
lege, will be the speaker at this
breakfast. Mrs. Robert PaschaU
of Wilson, Secretary of the ACC
Alumni Association, wiU preside at
the breakfast. Dr. Constantine and
James D. DanieU, Director of
Alumni Affairs, are also included
on the program.
The Future Teachers’ program
wiU open with registration Thurs
day afternoon, 1:30 p.m., at the
Hotel Battery Park in Asheville.
Dr. Kenneth Howe, Dean of the
School of Education, Woman’s Col
lege of the University of North
Carolina, wiU be the speaker at
the first session.
Election of Future Teacher offi
cers will be held Friday morning
at 9:30 a.m. at the Hotel Battery
Park. In this election Miss Dorothy
Adcock of Atlantic Christian Col
lege wUl be a candidate for the
office of Vice - President. Miss
Beverly Edwards, also a student
at ACC, is a candidate for Miss
Future 'Teacher. The candidates for
Miss Future Teacher will be pre
sented to the convention Friday
evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Ashe-
vUle Auditorium.
Another highlight of the conven
tion program is the Division of
Higher Education meeting which
wiU be held Friday morning at
9:30 a. m. at the Central Methodist
Church in AshevUle.
teachers in the history department
cannot hope to give aU the facts
about any phase of history to the
students. Tliey can, however, cre
ate enough interest in periods of
time and personalities that the
sincere student wlU want to read
on his own and seek to fill in the
details through his own study.
Dr, McFarland went on to say
that the reading of history as a
pastime can be more interesting
than many hobbies commonly chos
en by Americans. He Ulustrated
this with the point that one of North
Carolina’s most eminent authori
ties on the civU war is a medical
doctor in Goldsboro. ’The doctor
reads books about the war between
the states as a hobby and has
come to have a great store of
knowledge about that era.
In order to familiarize the stu
dent with the eras of importance,
the department offers courses in
Western Civlization which cover the
time from the development of civi
lization in the Fertile Crescent to
the civilization of France, Ger
many, England, and finally the
United States.
In addition to these courses, there
are studies in Eastern Civilization
and Latin American Civlization of
fered. There are courses in U. S.
history and two national courses,
one on Russia and the other on
England.
The men teaching these courses
are aU instructors with graduate
studies. Dr. McFarland has his
Ph.D. from the University of
Pennsylvania. William F. Trout
man wiU receive his doctorate
from Duke University in June.
Robert Parker WUson wiU go to
the University of North Carolina
next year to do further work on
his doctorate. Robert G. Capps has
finished his preliminary examina
tions for his doctorate in Ameri
can University in Washington,
D. C.
The largest number of course of
ferings in the history of the At
lantic Christian CoUege Summer
Session was announced today by
Dr. MiUard P. Burt, ACC Dean.
Having two five-week terms, the
summer session will open at At
lantic Christian on June 1. Dr.
Burt said there will be 53 courses
offered during the first term of
the summer session which will end
on July 8, and that 41 cCurses
will be offered during the second
term which will open on July 9, and
will close on August 14.
A special pre - registration for
the summer session will be held
this spring for regular students, at
ACC, Dr. Burt said.
He also explained that the nor
mal load for each term of the
session wlU be six semester hous.
However, any student may take a
seven hour load if it includes Bus
iness 071 (Personal Typewriting).
Otherwise, only graduating seniors
or students with a “B” average
may take seven hours, for which
sF>ecial permission is required.
Classes wiU begin at 7 a.m. with
tlie first period ending at 8:15 a.m.
The second period wUl start at 8:30
a.m. and wUl end at 9:45 a.m. The
third period will run from 10 a.m.
to 11; 15 a.m, and the fourth per
iod WiU begin at 11:30 am. and wiU
end at 12:15 p.m.
Some special classes will meet
in the afternoons and in the eve
nings.
Schedules of the two terms are
now available at the information
desk in the coUege Administration
Building.
Dr. Burt urged students today
to talk with their advisors concern
ing summer school courses. “Many
of our students have expressed a
desire to attend the summer ses
sion,” Dr. Burt said, "and that is
why we have increased the course
offerings. I doubt if many students
will not be able to select the
courses they need during the sum
mer.”
New Club Is Organized;
Phillips Named President
See SOCIAL STUDIES Page 3
The first civic service organiza
tion to appear on the Atlantic
Christian College campus was
formed last Friday night.
The Circle K, Club is the name
of this new and unique type of
organization. The local Kiwanis
Club was instrumental in bringing
this organization to the ACC cam
pus.
The objects of the Circle K Club
are; to emphasize the advantages
of the American - Canadian way
of life, to provide an opportunity
for leadership training in service
and to serve on the campus and in
the community. The Circle K Club
is an international club and has
chapters on the campuses of many
American and Canadian Colleges
and Universities.
The club has an executive com
mittee consisting of eight members.
They are the president, vice-presi-
dent, the secretary, the treasurer
and four directors. Last Friday
night the local Circle K Club elect
ed its executive committee. They
are Jack Phillips President; Mil
ton Roush, Vice President; Jim
Van Camp, Secretary; William
Shouldice, Treasurer, and BUI
Bond, EVerette Purvis, Bobby Wat
son and David Mustian to serve
as the club’s directors.
John H. Rich, Dean of Men, wUl
serve as the faculty advisor for
the club.
Collegiate Wins
Top Press Award .
BULLETIN
NEW YORK — The Collegiate,
published at Atlantic Christian Col
lege, won a first place award for
senior colleges in a national scho
lastic press association contest, it
was announced today.
The contest is sponsored annual
ly by Columbia University and col
lege and university newspapers
from all over the nation were en
tered in the contest.
Plays To Be Presented Tonight
Stage and Script Club of Atlan
tic Christian CoUege will close out
a two-day run of three student
authored plays tonight in How
ard Chapel.
The three plays form an out
standing play bill that is receiving
the full treatment by the local the-
spivans. Tonight’s performances
will get underway at 8:15 p.m.
Top attraction of the bill is “The
Fledgling,” a prize winner written
by ACC senior Claude Anthony.
Anthony’s play stars Gerald
Southerland as “Mr. Sampson,”
the father. The play deals with a
personality conflict between a fa
ther that wants to make the de
cisions and a son that would like
to make his own. Others in the
play are Kenneth Roberts, Joanna
Huffer, and SuebeUe Jackson.
Talented veteran of many stage
roles at ACC, Miss Anne Nel
son, will play the lead role in
“High HiU,” a play written by
Sanford Peele. Jay Prillaman, Jim
my McComas, Ann Jenkins, Nancy
Weddle, Don Wrenn, Ralph Mes-
sick, Glendal Jenkins and John
Vernon form the cast.
James Boswell and John White
will co-star in “The Old Man And
The Church,” an original by
Carl Metz. Others in the cast are
Vernon, Mary Lou Park and Bob
by Gray.
A large audience saw the three
plays last night. The acting was
up to the usual campus standards.
The plays indicated that students
at Atlantic Christian have consid
erable promise as playwrights.
The playbill provided an enter
taining evening for anyone. It is
hoped that a large crowd wiU be
on hand again tonight to see the
second run of ,the plays.
Two-State Choral Tour Slated
The Atlantic Christian College
Chorus wUl visit 10 cities in the
Carolinas on a two-state choral
tour scheduled to begin on Sunday,
April 26.
Highlight of the tour will be the
appearance of the chorus at the
North Carolina Convention of Chris
tian Churches on Wednesday, AprU
29, in Charlotte, and at the
South CaroUna Convention of Chris
tian Churches in Aiken, S. ^., on
Friday, May 1.
Announcement of the tour was
made today. Officials said the ba
sic schedule caUs for the chorus
to sing at Christian Churches in the
cities to be visited and that ap-
schools and television stations are
now being worked into the master
scheduled.
A traveling group of 50 will make
the trip which wUl open with the
chorus singing at the morning serv
ices of the HiUyer Memorial Chris
tian Church in Raleigh, on Sunday,
AprU 26, at 11 a.m. That night
the chorus will move on to Durham
for the evening service at the
Holloway Street Christian Church
there.
On Monday night, April 27, the
chorus is scheduled to present a
program at the First Christian
Church in Greensboro. The foUow-
ing night the chorus will sing
at the First Christian Church in
Winston-Salem, and wUl travel
from there to Charlotte for the ap
pearance at the N. C. convention.
On Thursday, AprU 30, the chor
us wiU travel from Charlotte to
Charleston, S. C., to sing that eve
ning at the First Christian Church
in Charleston, before moving on
the next day to the South Carolina
convention in Aiken.
The Chorus will arrive in Colum
bia, S. C., on Saturday, May 2,
and wUl remain there until Sun
day, May 3, to sing at the morning
service of the First Christian
Church of Columbia. That night
the group will return to North Car
olina to sing at the evening serv
ice at the First Christian Church
in Goldsboro. The touring group
will close out the trip at the
Farmville Christian Church on
Monday night. May 4.
James V. Cobb of the Atlantic
Christian music faculty will serve
as director of the chorus on tour.
The traveling group is being se
lected from the college’s large
chorus which numbers close to 70
members.