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Page Two THE COLLEGIATE
Student Art Show Opens
Thinking Process Makes On AC Campus Tuesday
T 1 1j_1A .^^^The anual exhibition of student and ceramic classes held at the
Its £)ela.tecl Appeara.nce “sA„„iasa.dtw..h„„,
We believe we have witnessed
the start of something during the
last two weeks, Afriad that many
have missed it, we want to discuss
it a bit.
During the last two weeks, a new
fever seems to have arrived on the
Atlantic Christian College campus.
We believe, at last, that people
are becoming concerned. On the
campus paths during these past few
days we have heard more discus
sion about campus politics and aca
demic progress than ever before.
Students are discussing govern
ment and what should and should
not be done.
They are writing letters to edi
tors and are having fraternity room
gab sessions about it. They’re dis
cussing academic courses and the
good ones and the bad ones! They
are thinking.
This is good. We like to think that
this newspaF>er has been responsi
ble for some of this progress.
People complain sometimes
about the way this staff has hit at
government and the way it has ex
pressed over and over again the
need for more thinking and plan
ning in campus government. We
don’t mind the complaints. ’They,
in themselves, are good. Talking
has started now and success is
being reached.
Only in times of unrest can great
progress be made. No man com
plains in surroundings that are p>er-
fect. Only when he is dissatisfied
does he make an attempt at prog-
Editorial
A Change Is Needed
In Intramural Points
The men’s intramural program
at Atlantic Christian College is a
fine one; for small colleges, it is
possibly one of the very best. In
the three years that Gordon E. Cok
er has been in charge of intramur-
als, the program has flourished
from practically nothing into a
well - rounded program covering
as many as 15 to 20 intramural
activities in one school year.
■rae four fraternities on the ACC
campus plus a team comprised of
men from the dormitory and day
students make up the five teams
in the league. It is a fine distinc
tion to win the intramural cham
pionship and the five teams fight
hard all year to win this prized
crown.
The intramural crown is award
ed to the club having the greatest
number of points at the end of the
school year. Points are awarded
to the different teams on the basis
of team participation, two points
per player in each sport. ’Three
points are awarded for each game
won by a team; and finally ten
points are awarded for each team
championship.
The intramural program consists
of two types of sports. First there
are individual sports in which each
participant tries to bring glory to
himself and also to his organiza
tion. The other type of activity is
team sports. This is where a
change should be made. ’The team
sports are touch football, soccer,
basketball, softball, and finally vol
ley ball.
In the team sports, which usual
ly consume a large amount of time,
each team probably plays the other
teams in the league only once, ex
cept in volleyball. Volleyball games
are played in sets of three. There
fore, almost half of the team -
sports emphasis is placed on vol
leyball because three times as
much is played. For each game of
volleyball won, under the present
setup, a team is awarded three
points, the same amount as each
game won in football, soccer, etc.
This means one team could fight
hard all season and win most of
its football, soccer, basketball, and
softball games yet lose the intra
mural championship to a team ex
celling in volleyball.
This situation may arise this
year as one fraternity noses out
another fraternity for the intramur
al crown because of a phenomenal
number of volleyball wins.
It is believed that this much ad
ded emphasis upon volleyball is
not fair mainly because volleyball
is not a contact sport, while the
other four sports mentioned above
are. Three games of volleyball can
normally be played in less time
than is required to play any one
game of the other team sports.
This means that while one team
is “fighting” hard for over an hour
to win one game of football, an
other team could “easily” win
three games of volleyball in far
less time. The results are that the
volleyball team has scored nine
relatively easy points while the
football team has fought hard for
three points.
A definite change in the volley
ball point scoring system is needed.
One recommended change is that
the team winning two out of the
set of three games be given just
three points. Another solution to
the problem is to give just one
point for each volleyball game won.
In each of these ways the most
points that a volleyball team could
get for its evening’s work would
be three points.
It is hoped that the men’s in
tramural council will in the very
near future put one of the above
solutions into effect. Then once
more the intramural activities will
be equaled and the program will
not place more emphasis on one
sport than on the others.
JIM BISHOP
Tyndall Will Instruct
At Pennsylvania Univ.
Dr. J. P. Tyndall, Chairman of
the Department of Science and
Mathematics at Atlantic Christian
College, has been named by the
University of Pennsylvania as a
teacher for a special Workshop In
Science for Teachers of The Ele
mentary School, it was announced
this week.
The workshop will be conducted
in the School of Education of the
University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia from June 29 to Au
gust 7, Robert J. Chinnis of the
University of Pennsylvania, an
nounced.
Mr. Chinnis will serve as the oth
er workshop instructor along with
Dr. Tyndall.
Purposes of the workshop are
"to help the teacher who has had
little or no background in science
subject matter; to emphasize the
development of a knowledge of
generalizations in the biological
and physical sciences appropriate
for the elementary classroom, and
to present demonstrations of
science principles.”
The workshop group will be di
vided into two smaller groups, it
was announced, with Dr. Tyndall
instructing one of the groups and
Mr. Chinnis the other.
Areas of study will include Char
acteristics of The Living World,
Reproduction in Plants and Ani
mals, Representatives of Common
Plants, Seasonal Changes in Liv
ing Things, Magnetism and Elec
tricity, Air and Weather, Astron
omy and Space Travel, Objectives
of Science Teaching, Child Develop
ment and Science, Learning and
Teaching, and many others.
There is a definite shortage of
elementary teachers specifically
trained to introduce science into
the elementary curriculum.
The workshop is an attempt to
bring elementary teachers up to
date in a vital field of study in a
constantly changing world that is
becoming keyed to scientific
achievement.
ress.
We hail this beginning of a new
culture on our campus. We hope-
the efforts of all those who have
attended its birth will be amply re
warded.
We also hope that students are
beginning a new era. We hope that
they are again at the point where
they wiU express themselves.
W« hope the “average” period
is coming to an end. It has lasted
too long. We hope that students no
longer wUl hind behind the shrubs
of inactivity. Let’s all keep thinking
and trying. It can help. If we rub
the rocks of thought together hard
enough, we can build a new bon
fire of progress. We need it. We
believe it’s coming.
THE STAFF
THE COLLEGIATE
Published Weekly
At
Atlantic Christian College
Wilson, N. C.
To provide the student body and
faculty of this institution with a
means of communication and a
free discussion of the problems
of the day.
James W. Bishop, Editor
Billy Horne, Business Manager
Edna L. Johnston,
Editorial Advisor
G. Harry Swain,
Business Advisor
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Association
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Incorporated.
Cabinet Of CCA
Plans For Year
Plans for next year’s Campus
Christian Association program have
been taken over by the CCA cab
inet for the coming year, Mrs.
Sharon H. Ginn announced today.
This year’s cabinet will continue
to function for the remainder of
this semester with the support of
the new cabinet members as they
attempt to learn the inner-workings
of the CCA, it was announced.
New Cabinet
Members t)f next year’s cabinet
include Jim Boswell, President;
Ralph Messick, Vice -■ President;
Miss Nancy Roberson, Secretary;
Miss Margaret Walker, Treasurer;
Miss Zarelda Walston, representing
the Free-Will Baptist Denomina
tion, Jerry Burton, representing
the Disciples; IVIiss Judy Barnes,
Methodists; Miss Ruby Bazemore,
Baptists; “Mac” McLain, Presby
terians; and Miss Anne Jenkins,
smaller denominations.
Effective Program
Boswell, President of the cabinet
for next year, made the following
statement: “We of next year’s ca
binet sincerely hope that we will
be able to carry on the very ef
fective program which this year’s
cabinet has given to our college.
We will try to place before the stu
dent ibody an opportunity to deep
en their faith and commitment to
Christ.”
The anual exhibition of student
work in the Dei»artment of Art at
Atlantic Christian College will open
Tuesday in the ACC Art Gallery,
it was announced today by Rus
sell W. Arnold, Chairman of the
Department of Art.
Mr. Arnold said the exhibition
will include about 80 individual
pieces of work created by students
in the department during the cur
rent college year.
Included in the exhibition will be
paintings, sculpture, hand craft ob
jects, pottery, ceramic sculpture,
a variety of design problems.
Work to be exhibited was created
in classes in drawing, sculpture,
painting, and hand crafts, design
and ceramic classes held at the
college.
Mr. Arnold said this year’s show
is the best to be'exhibited since he
came to the college in 1951.
“We have the largest number
of art majors graduating this year
that we have had,” he explained.
“This is the reason that the quality
of work in this exhibition is super
ior to any that we have had in the
past.”
The ACC art gallery is located in
the lobby of the Classroom Build
ing. Each month a new show is on
exhibit in the gallery. The final
show is reserved each year for
exhibiting student work done at the
college.
Stage And Script Club
Prepares For Election
At the meeting of Stage and
Script on last Tuesday, nomina
tions were presented by the nomi
nating committee for officers for
1959-’60, to be voted on at the next
regular meeting of the club. Fur
ther plans were made for a pro
gram to be presented in Freshman
Week next fall, in the form of an
original comedy.
Plans were made for a weekend
houseparty at Wrightsville Beach
on May 8 - 10, and any who wish
to go should communicate at once
with Mrs. Doris C Hols worth or
Sandy Peele.
According to the President of the
club, Sandy Peele, about twenty
members of the club spent a very
enjoyable evening at the home of
President and Mrs. Wenger on A-
pril 22. Everyone present appreci
ated the opportunity of viewing the
beautiful house and enjoyed the
hospitality of Dr. and Mrs. Wenger.
There were readings given from
OUR TOWN by Thornton Wilder
with Dr, Wenger readi/ig the Stagl
Manager, and Mrs. Wenger read
ing Emily. Peele said the discus
sion-and the readings were felt t
be of great value to the studentt
The Stage and Script awards fo;
1958 - ’59 win be given at the as
sembly in Howard Chapel on Tuei
day morning, May 12.
Johnston Urges Students
To Try For Fellowships
The Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation is interested
in getting more college graduates
prepared to teach. The work of the
foundation is done on the graduate
level.
Hugh B. Johnston, Jr., chairman
of the Scholarship and Fellowship
Committee at Atlantic Christian
College, attended a meeting of rep
resentatives from North Carolina’s
colleges and universities at Win-
ston-Salem, last week.
The meeting was called by Dr.
Roger P. McCutcheon, Co-ordina
tor of the Wilson Foundation.
Dr. McCutcheon told the group
that last year, the foundation ha
about 7,000 applicants for fellov
ships and placed about 1,100 i
them in graduate schools.
Mr. Johnston said successful at
plicarits must have completed al
the important subjects requred fo
graduation by liberal arts col
leges, and need to have a lang
uage, preferably French, Russian,
or German.
Mr. Johnston said ACC students
need to investigate the foundation
in an attempt to obtain fellowship.
He said he had^ some information
if students desire it. They may go
by his office and discuss the foun
dation with him.
200 Graduate Fellowships Open
Two hundred fellowships for grant to supplement their scholar-
graduate study in 15 foreign coun
tries will be offered by foreign gov
ernments and universities through
the Institute of International Edu
cation for the academic year 1960-
61.
The Institute announced today
that applications for the fellowships
wiU be available on May 1 and
will ibe accepted until November 1,
1959.
The scholarships cover tuition
and varying amounts of mainten
ance in universities in Austria,
Denmark, France, Germany, Iran,
Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Swe-
dan, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil
and Mexico. Students applying for
Italian university awards or Aus
trian, Danish, Ftench, German or
Netherlands Government awards
may apply for a Fulbright travel
ships. Two additional awards, of
fered by an American foundation,
are for any country in the Far
East, South or Southeast Asia and
Africa.
General eligibility requirements
are United States citizenship, a
Bachelor’s degree or its quivalent
before departure, language ability
sufficient to carry on the proposed
study, and good hfealth. A go<^ ac
ademic record and demonstrated
capacity for independent study are
also necessary.
For further information and ap-
plcation forms, prospective appli
cants should write to the Informa
tion and Counseling Division, In
stitute of International Education,
1 East 67th Street, New York 21,
N. Y. or to any of the Institute’s
regional offices:
At The Library
Yes, Spring Is Here
By WALTER GRAY
College Librarian
We have just been compiling
some statistics on the progress of
old CLH and feel that thfey may be
of interest to our devoted followers.
From September 1958 to April, the
library has purchased and cata
loged 2,063 volumes. This repre
sents only part of the picture since
a number of gifts have been receiv
ed and much cataloging and re
cataloging of books which were
formerly iinavailable to our pa
trons has taken place. Our record
of books cataloged since Septem
ber shows 3,062 volumes added.
Staff members are aware that
there has been a steady increase
in the use of the library both in
books loaned and reference ques
tions handled but it is good to look
at the figures to see just what
has taken place. Since September
15,095 volumes have been used by
faculty and students; 1,705 sep
arate issues of magazines have
been circulated and 965 phonograph
records have been played. Of
course, statistics of this sort are
only part of the picture but per
haps this incidental information wiU
help to explain to the unknowing
just what a library does .between
coke breaks. We assure, you, it is
not ail cake and ice-cream
■pie issuance of the summer class
schedule has caUed forth fond re
membrances of former years and
staff members are now falling
apart at the seams as they con
template the possibility of vaca-
uons and a reduction of library
hours. The thought of shedding
some of the responsibility of serv
ing our public from 8 a.m. tUl
9:30 p.m. has been too much with
some of us and we are experienc-
mg considerable difficulty in keep
ing our minds on matters still at
hand. Miss Solomons evidently has
the travel bug for she has recently
plastered the library with enticing
travel posters designed to utterly
destroy any Yankee fetish of labor
for labor’s sake. The glazed ey£
that inevitably accompanies the
traveling mind is everywhere in
evidence. What we need around
here now is a loud clap of thun-'
der!
We had prepared a rather nasty
offering for this week’s column but
a change in the weather or some
other unknown happening has soft
ened us up a bit and we hold the
diatribe for a later edition. Be pre
pared!