The
Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. MAY 15, 1959
TWENTY-FIVE
Record Graduating Class Set
227 Seniors
Finish Work
Lovelace, Bishop j
Share Top Award
Tuesday Morning
Two Atlantic Christian college
seniors. Miss Anna L. Lovelace of
Wilson, and James W. Bishop ol
Philadelphia, Pa., shared honors at
a special awards day held at the
college Tuesday.
Miss Lovelace and Bishop re
ceived identical cups as co-award
winners in competition for the Ro
tary Scholarship Cup, presented by
the Wilson Rotary Club. Winners
are chosen on the basis of their
records for the current academic
year. Miss Lovelace and Bishop
had the top academic averages on
the campus for the year. They
were presented the award by N.
Jack Maynard, Wilson City Mana
ger and official of the local Rotary
Club.
Publications Award
Bishop also was the winner of
two other top awards presented
at the ceremonies. He was named
the winner of The Wilson Daily
Times Publications Award for his
achievements as Editor of the col
lege newspaper, The Collegiate. It
was presented by Paul Dicker-
man, Associate Publisher of the
sponsoring newspaper. He also re
ceived the Denny Essay Cup for
writing the best essay using the
college motto, “They Shall Have
The Light Of Life,” as the sub
ject. The award was presented by
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC Presi
dent.
The college yearbook, “The Pine
Knot,” was dedicated to James
E. Fulghum, Director of Publicity
and Special Activities at the col-
FINALS SPEAKERS—Chancellor William B. Aycock, left, and
Rev. Jo M. Riley, right, will serve as the principal speakers
for ACC commencement on May 24. Chancellor Aycock will
speak at graduation and Mr. Riley will speak at the Baccalau
reate.
Student Petition Asks
For Change In Cafeteria
See Awards Page Four
The possibility that Atlantic
Christian College may institute a
standard board charge in the col
lege cafeteria at the beginning of
the fall semester was discussed at
a meeting of the ACC Administra
tive Council held Monday after
noon.
The discussion was brought about
by the receipt of a petition signed
by 25 ACC campus students re
questing such a move.
Contending that dining hall pric
es and costs of eating at other plac
es in Wilson is running up individ-
College Will Hold
Summer Graduation
Atlantic Christian College will
have a summer commencement at
the conclusion of the 1959 Summer
Session, it was announced today by
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC Pres
ident.
Dr. Wenger said the summer
commencement is being returned
to the college schedule after being
requested by the college faculty.
About 40 ACC seniors will com
plete requirements for degrees at
the conclusion of the second term
of the summer session.
A sunvner commencement was
abandoned last year and seniors
who completed their work during
the summer will be awarded de
grees at the regular commence
ment on Sunday, May 24.
The commencement for the 1959
summer session will be scheduled
on Friday night, August 14, at the
First Christian Church.
Speakers for the program have
not been selected as yet.
The Administrative Council of
the college cleared the way for the
summer exercises when it voted to
conduct the commencement. The
action was taken at a meeting held
last week.
ual student budgets, the students,
via the petition, urged college of
ficials to take whatever action is
necessary to build up the volume
enough in the college dining hall
to allow a drop in costs. The stu
dents said the college may either
return to the minimum board
charge method used in the past or
institute a standard charge for
dormitory students.
Milton L. Adams, College Treas
urer, was req.tested tc return to
the next Administrative Council
meeting with a recommendation for
action.
In discussing the petition. Dr.
Arthur D. Wenger, ACC President
said; “We don’t know how many
students feel this way; however,
this petition indicates that some of
them are not satisfied with the
present methods. I also have had
recent comment by parents that in
dicated that we should study, the
dining hall situation.”
Mr. Adams said he felt that any
action taken would exclude frater
nity house residents. He said, how
ever, that off - campus students
will still be allowed to eat in the
cafeteria regardless of the action
taken as a result of the petition.
Most of these who signed the pe
tition are residents of Harper Hall.
A spokesman for the group said
that they are “unhappy about
the amount of money their parents
See Dining Hall Page Three
Troutman Will Receive
Doctorate From Duke
By ANNE JENKINS
Tuesday morning in Howard
Chapel at Atlantic Christian Col
lege, W. F. Troutman Jr. was pre
sented to the Campus Family as
Dr. W. F. Troutman Jr., receiving
congratulations and appreciation
regarding his contributions to the
Atlantic Christian Campus Family
from Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC
President.
It was just two weeks before
that that Dr. Troutman had passed
the oral examination on his thesis
under strict questioning and obser
vation of many distinguished and
outstanding men in the political
science field at Duke University.
He will be awarded the diploma at
the formal graduation at Duke on
June 8.
Dr. Trc/utman was born of North
Carolina parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Troutman Sr., in AsheviUe, in
the year 1918. He attended public
schools at Asheville, Old Fort, and
Saluda. His college career began
at Biltmore Junior College in Ashe
ville. He received his Bachelor of
Science degree at Western Carolina
in 1941. He then taught high school
in Shallotte, from 1941 until 1943.
Following high school teaching.
Dr. Troutman served three years
in the Army. Most of his service
days were spent in the Pacific
Ocean Area. During his three
years, one interesting experience
was a trip to Japan.
Upon his return home in Febru
ary, 1946, Dr. Troutman enrolled
See Troutman Page Two
CONGRATULATIONS—Everette Bryant, right, ACC student,
congratulates Dr. William Troutman upon the announcement of
the completion of work on his doctorate at Duke. Dr. Trout
man will receive his Ph.D degree next pionth. (Collegiate photo
by Claude Anthony)
By JIM BISHOP
Collegiate Editor
Atlantic Christian College’s Fifty-Seventh Annual
Commencement will be conducted on Sunday, May 24, with
227 seniors receiving Bachelor of Science and Bachelor o£
Arts Degrees.
Of the total number graduating, 58 will be awarded
Bachelor of Science degrees with the remaining seniors re
ceiving Bachelor of Arts degrees.
♦ Chancellor William B. Aycock of
the University of North Carolina,
will be the finals speaker. Rev. Jo
M. Riley, Minister of the First
Christian Church of Wilson, will
serve as speaker for the Baccalau
reate Services which open the com
mencement observance at the
local church. The graduation exer
cises will be held at 7 p.m. on
the center campus here at the col
lege.
Wenger to Preside
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC
President, will preside on both oc
casions and will award the degrees
to the seniors.
Chancellor Aycock, Rev. Ray
mond L. Alexander, Minister of the
First Christian Church, Washing
ton, and William L. Lucas, Wilson
attorney, will be awarded honorary
degrees.
Rehearsal for bf)th the graduation
and baccalaureate programs will
be held at 10 a.m. on Sunday morn
ing, May 24, on the center campus.
All graduating seniors and all mar
shals are required to attend.
Robing Places
Allan R. Sharp, chairman of the
graduation exercise phase of the
commencement, announced today
that platform guests will robe in
the office of Dr. Wenger prior to
the graduation exercises. Trustees
of the college will meet for gradua
tion, at the same time, in the Fac
ulty Lounge of the Administration
Building. Faculty members will
robe in the lobby of the Administra
tion Building. Seniors will robe in
the college library.
For the baccalaureate, all groups
will robe at the Education Building
of the church, it was announced
by William Ramsay, chairman of
the baccalaureate.
To Get Degrees
Seniors slated to receive degrees
are: Bachelor of Science, Robert L.
Abbott, Elbert B. Adcock, Joe
Gerome Bennett, James W. Bishop,
Joseph C. Blowe, Priscilla L. Boy
ette, Brent M. Braswell, Melba G.
Britt, Barbara Ann Butler, John
Rosser Carter, Larry W. Castle
berry, Robert William Cobb, Ruel
Connor Craft, James R. Davis, Jr.,
Otha Durwood Davis, E. Eugene
Dawson, Louis C. Eaton, Jr., Hu
bert J. Edge, Jr., Beverly Ann Ed
wards, Leslie Mack Edwards, L.
Odell Faircloth, Moses G. Farmer,
Curtis Ray Frederick, A. Stephen
Ginn, Bobbie Sue Godwin, Charles
Abner Gore, Kay Fore Gore, War
ren Franklin Grady, Lynwood
Mackie Grice, Robert Harold Gup-
New Instructor
Is Appointed
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, Atlantic
Christian College President, today
announced the appointment of a
teacher in the Mecklenburg County
Schools as a member of the facul
ty at the college.
Miss Ruth Saunders of Charlotte,
will become an Instructor in the
Department of Social Science at the
college on September 1, Dr. Wen
ger announced.
Wilson to Leave
Miss Saunders will fill a post left
vacant when R. Parker Wilson, a
member of the faculty in that de
partment, decided to enter grad
uate school next fall to work on his
doctorate.
A native of Lumberton, Miss
Saunders attended St. Mary’s
School and Junior College in Ra
leigh, and earned an A. B. degree
at the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill.
Master’s Degree
Miss Saunders also holds a Mas
ter’s degree from Columbia Uni
versity.
She has taught in the public
schools of Goldsboro and Mecklen
burg County.
See New Instructor Page Three
MISS RUTH SAUNDERS
See Graduation Page Two
From Communications
Understanding Develops
By BOB COLLINS
Within the setting of a rapidly
shrinking world, the Modern Lan
guage Department of Atlantic
Christian College is seeking to pro
vide a foundation in language
study that will lead the student to
a better understanding of the world
and its people and the people’s
patterns of life.
Dr. Esther L. Long, chairman of
the department, recently stated in
an interview that the department
is seeking as one of its goals to
create international understanding
through progressive knowledge of
the culture of foreign peoples and
Americans of foreign birth, thus
promoting the cause of world
peace.
This philosophy, molded into the
program of the Modern Language
Departmient has led to the develop
ment of a curriculum that stresses
the development and preparation of
a cultured and informed citizen for
the future.
Dr. Long went on to state that
the department has as one of its
purposes, “to teach the student to
write, speak, read, and understand
the language effectively enough to
appreciate the culture it represents
and relate it to our own.”
Beyond the idealistic aspect of
the program. Dr. Long stated
“the department seeks to pro
vide vocational training for those
who plan to teach or enter other
professions or graduate schools,
requiring a knowledge of one or
more foreign languages.” Thus,
the Modern Language Department
of ACC is seeking to keep up with
the modern trend in education by
providing necessary training in the
area of modern language. Fur
ther, the department is interested
in the continued acceleration of in
terest in the teaching of foreign
language on the elementary level
in the public schools.
See Languages Page Two