The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, APRIL 17, 1959
NUMBER TWENTY-ONE
Pre-Registration Begins Friday
Press Group
Votes To Meet
At ACC In 59-60
The 1959-’60 meetings of the
North State Conference Press
Association will be held cei the
campus of Atlantic Christian Col
lege, it was decided at the annual
spring meeting of the association
held at Guilford College Saturday.
Delegates to the meeting voted
to accept the invitation from ACC
during the business session of the
gathering. An invitation also was
extended by Western Carolina Col
lege.
Meeting In December
The fall meeting of the associa
tion will’be held at ACC the first
weekend in December and the
spring meeting will be held in April
of 1960, it was announced by Dale
Freeman of Appalachian State
Teachers College, newly elected
president of the association.
In the election held during the
same business session, Freeman
defeated Bob Collins of Atlantic
Christian for the presidency of the
association in a run-off election.
The two had tied in the first vot
ing. The third candidate was Der
rick Hocking of Western Carolina
College.
Named To Post
Miss Bette Pomfrey, newly elect
ed business manager of The Col
legiate at ACC, was named secre
tary and treasurer of the associa
tion. Miss R&ba Fincher of Cataw
ba College was elected vice- presi
dent.
BiU Notolit of Appalachian State
presided over the business session
as the retiring president of the as
sociation.
Appalachian Paper Wins
The Appalachian, a weekly news
paper at Appalachian State, was
presented the association’s trophy
as the outstanding newspaper in
the North State Conference. Serv
ing as judges for the contest were
the Journalism Schools of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, University of
Nebraska, Tulane University and
the University of Indiana.
Along with the decision on the
best paper, the judges also present
ed each of the conference’s news
paper staffs with a critical analysis
of the papers.
James W. Bishop, Editor of The
Collegiate at ACC, today released
some of the reprts concerning the
local campus publication.
Coveragre Outstanding
“All of the judges said the news
coverage of The Collegiate is out
standing,” Bishop said. “One judge
gave us a perfect score of 15 points
on news coverage. No other paper
in the conference received that
many points for news.”
Bishop said most of the criticism
of The CoUegiate ranged 'in the
Will Include Both Fall
And Summer Students
See PRESS MEET Page 3
HONOR TAPPING—Fifteen ACC students were tapped into Gold
en Knot Honor Society Tuesday at ceremonies in Howard Chapel.
Shown above are regular members of the society and the new
members. Front row, left to right. Miss Flora Griffin, Miss
Sally Scudder, Miss Beverly Edwards, Miss Zarelda Walston,
Jay Prillaman, Miss Sallie Joe Griffin, Miss Frances Herring,
Miss Bette Pomfrey, Miss Louise Wells, and Miss Emily Waters.
Back row, left to right, Kenneth Brinson, Wayne Quinton, Mrs.
Linda Lee Newton, Mrs. Frances Howard Williams, Miss Anna
Lovelace, James W. Bishop, Miss Carolyn Miles, Miss Sarar
Brame, Mrs. Mary Jo Eason, Joseph Harris and Ralph Messick.
Fifteen Students Tapped
By Golden Knot Society
Fifteen Atlantic Christian College*
students, all upperclassmen, were
tapped into Golden Knot Honor So
ciety in Howard Chapel Tuesday
morning in special ceremcnic-s.
Golden Knot is the college’s only
honor organization. Membership is
determined by leadership qualities
expressed by the students both in
the classroom and on the campus.
A student must have been enrolled
at ACC for three full semesters to
be eligible for membership.
The quality point average requir
ed for membership is 2.0.
James W. Bishop, president of
the society, presided at the tapping
ceremony and explained the quali-
fiations for membership. He said
the requirements fall into three
categories, character, leadership
and service.
Participating in the ceremonies
along with Bishop were past mem
bers of the society. They were Mrs.
Linda Lee Newton, Mrs. Frances
Howard Williams, Kenneth Brin
son, Miss Anna Lovelace, Miss Car
olyn Miles, Mrs. Mary Jo Eason,
Ralph Messick and Miss Sara
Brame.
Those tapped for membership at-
See HONOR SOCIETY Page 4
Marshals Named
By Dean Today
Marshals to serve for the com
ing year were announced today by
Dr. Millard P. Burt, ACC Dean.
Dr. Burt said the marshals, the
top academic students in their class
es, will begin their year of service
with the college’s annual Com
mencement on Sunday, May 24.
Named Chief Marshal
Named Chief Marshal was Harold
Wayne Quinton, a junior from Mor
ristown, Tenn.
Selected from the Junior class
were Miss Emily Waters of Ply
mouth, and Robert M. Poulk of
Goldsboro.
Serving as Sophomore class
marshals will be Miss Bette Pom
frey of Wilscn, and Carlton E. Best
of LaGrange.
Miss Mary Ann Marchant of Ra
leigh, and Willie M. Brannan, Jr.,
of Zebulon, were selected from the
Freshman class.
Completed Plans Are Announced
For Two-State Tour By Chorus
A completed schedule for the Christian College Chorus from Ap-
tour to 'be made by the Atlantic
Big Push May Be Made
To Build Music Study
By BOB COLLINS
Possibly the next concerted aca
demic push on the Atlantic Chris
tian College campus will come in
the department of music. A sur
vey of the Music Department shows
that this department has great po
tential that can be developed.
The Music Department fulfills a
two - fold purpose in. the academic
program at ACC. The department
provides technical training for the
music majors, and it acquaints all
students with the place that music
occupies in the liberal arts tradi
tion.
James V. Cobb, member of the
faculty of the Music Department,
pointed out that music is a part of
man’s total experence, a means
of communication of ideas, and
the study of music can enrich life
and increase one’s understanding
of it.
The Music Department of ACC,
through the training of majors,
through its music survey course,
through its church music courses
and through the music education
courses brings the department in
to contact with the students in a
way that is rare on most college
campuses Mr. Cobb pointed out.
The department provides not only
these academic opportunities, but it
also offers programs for choral mu
sic, band, and other performance
opportunities for all students.
At the present time there are 65
in the chorus, 40 in the band, and 25
fn the chapel choir.
The chorus makes an annual toUr
of the state of North Carolina and
surrounding states. Through such
tours, an appreciation for Atlantic
Christian College may be created
in the minds of the people outside
the college that cannot be express
ed in a tangible way. Such appre
ciation is good public relations
work for the college.
Not only does the chorus make
an ann»ial tour, but the band and
small choral groups appear before
gatherings of people all over the
state. Entertainment is provided for
church conventions and such groups
as service and civic organizations
at their meetings.
The department is now greatly
See MUSIC DEPT. Page 4
ril 26 to May 4, was announced
today by James V. Cobb, Chor
us Director.
Mr. Cobb said 51 persons will
be in the traveling group that will
sing 13 concerts during the per
iod the chorus is away from the
campus.
The tour will open at the Hill-
yer Memorial Christian Church in
Raleigh, at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Ap
ril 26. "rhat night the chorus will
sing at the Holloway Street Chris
tian Church in Durham, at 8 p.m.
On Monday morning, April 27,
the chorus will sing for the student
body at Eloh College at 10 a.m.
That night a program will bo pre
sented at the First Christian Church
in Greenslxjro, at 8 p.m.
On Tuesday morning, April 28,
the chorus will sing for the students
at Guilford College. That night a
program will be presented at the
First Christian Church in Winstcn-
Salem, at 8 p.m.
On Wednesday, April 29, the
chorus will sing two times at the
North Carolina Convention of
Christian Churches. At 5:30 p.m.
the group will sing at the Atlantic
Christian College banquet of the
convention to be held at the Dill-
worth Methodist Church in Char
lotte. At 8:15 p.m. the chorus will
sing at the evening session of the
convention at the First Christian
Church of Charlotte.
The chorus will then move into
Classroom BIdg.
Will Be Scene
Of Spring Dance
Tonight in the lobby of the class
room building Atlantic Christian
College will stage its traditional
Spring Dance. Miss Carolyn Miles,
Chairman of the dance and also of
the campus Social Committee an
nounced that the dance will be form
al.
She said that white dinner jackets
or black tuxedoes will be the dress
of the evening for the men, while
the women are requested to wear
either long or short formals. Miss
Miles went on to say that if any
male student is unable to obtain
a tuxedo or dinner jacket, a dark
suit will also be acceptable. “Your
attendance is more important than
your attire”, she said.
Crisp To Play
'The orchestra of Jim Crisp of
Durham will provide the miusic for
the evening’s festivities. Spring
will again be the theme of the an
nual affair as was the case last
year. The lobby and ten ace of the
classroom building will be decorat
ed in keeping with the spring
theme.
Miss Miles, in commenting on
the fact that the dance will be held
in the lobby of the classroom build
ing, said that the Social Committee
had tried to get several other suit
able places off - campus but noth
ing could be worked out.
♦ A pre - registration for classes
to be held during the Summer ses
sion and during the fall semester
in September, was announced to
day by Dr. Millard P. Burt, ACC
Dean.
Dr. Burt said the pre-registra
tion is scheduled to begin next
Friday. Today ho urged all stu
dents planning to attend either the
summer session or the fall semes
ter next September to make ap
pointments with their advisors im
mediately so as to be able to pre-
register for classes during the al
lotted time.
The ACC Dean said the pre-
registration will end on May 13. All
pre-registering for classes will be
carried out by faculty advisors. Dr.
Burt said. None of it will be done
at the Administration Building.
All students are urged to pre-reg
ister. Sections will be closed on a
maximum enrollment basis. Dr.
Burt expalined, and students who
do not pre-register will not be per
mitted to enroll in those courses
that are filled. Dr. Burt said, how
ever, that more course sections will
be added if the pre - registration
shows a need for them.
Printed schedules for the fall se
mester 1959, will be made avail
able next Thurisday. Students may
obtain the class schedules from
their advisors. Summer schedules
already have been distributed a-
mong students. Other . copies are
available in the Registrar’s office
in the Administration Building.
Dr. Burt today explained another
matter pertaining to pre-registra
tion. He said all students other than
those graduating or planning not to
return next Fall should pre-regis
ter. Those who do pre-register and
then later decide they will not en
roll are asked to notify the Dean’s
See PRE-REG. Page 2
Poems By ACC Students Selected
For Publication By Duke Magazine
Honor came this week to two
Students from Atlantic Christian
College when their poems were
chosen for inclusion in? “Archive,”
literary magazine published at
Duke University.
Miss Anne W. Nelson, junior Eng
lish major from Robersonville, and
Sanford Peele, junior English ma
jor from Wilson, contributed poems
to a contest sponsored by “Arch
ive” for the annual Liteirary Arts
Celebration on Duke campus.
The judges, members of the
Duke faculty, pointed out that-the
two students from Atlantic Chris
tian College were the only students
outside the Duke student body
whose work was considered worthy
of publicattion.
On the days set aside for the
special arts celebration, the win
ning work was discussed by vari
ous specialists in the types of writ
ing submitted. Randall Jarrell,
poet, critic, and professor at Wom
an’s College, discussed the poems
of Miss Nelson, Peele, and the
writers from Duke. Miss Nelson,
Peele, and Dr. Mildred Hartsock,
Chairman of the English Depart
ment at ACC, attended the Literary
Arts Celebration at Duke.
A copy of “Archieve” has been
placed in Hardy Library and may
be seen there by those who wish
to read the poems. These poems
will also be included in the May
issue of “The Little Review,” lit
erary magazine being prepared by
majors in the Department of Eng
lish.
Annual Awards Schedule
Is Announced This Week
See CHORUS TOUR Page 3
The month of May will see a se
ries of awards assemblies that will
be climaxed by the commencement
exercises on Sunday, May 24.
Mi^s Mickey Raynor, Chairman
of the Awards Committee, an-
' nounced this week t.he schedule of
awards assemblies.
On either May 5 or 7, awards
will be made in the areas of dra
matics, intramurals, and publica
tions. The dramatics awards will
be presented by Mrs. Doris C.
Holsworth; the intramural awards,
by Gordon E. Coker; and the pub
lications certificates will be given
by James E. Fulghum.
'The assemBly May 12 will be the
annual Blue - White Awards Day.
On that day, the officers of the Co
operative Association, the officers
of the dormitory councils, the co
editors of The Collegiate and the
editor of the Pine Knot will be in
stalled.
Also on Blue - White Day, the
science awards, the WiLson Daily
Times publications Award and
keys to this year’s Cooperative
association officers will be present
ed. The science award will be giv
en by Warren Tait. The Wilson
Daily Times award will be present
ed by Mrs. Elizabeth G. Swindell,
Editor and Publisher of the paper.
Blue - White Day will see the
presentation of the Rotary Scholar
ship Cup’ to the student with the
highest average for the year. The
students that wore recognized in
Who’s Who among colleges and
Universities will be presented.
Also presented on this day will
be the Denny Essay Cup. This
award is presented annually to the
student entering the best essay on
the ACC motto “Habebunt Lumen
Vitae” — they shall have the light
of life.
John H. Rich, Dean of Men and
member of the Awards Committee,
announced the requirements for the
contest this week.
The entries must be typed, dou
ble spaced, and must be from 500
to 1,000 words in length. They will
be judged on originality, insight,
and historical and literary under
standing of the motto. Any full
time student of the college may en-
See AWARDS Page 3