The
Collegiate
PUBUSHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, OCTOBER 9, 1959
NUMBER THREE
Science Conference Opens Today
Bishop Gets Frosh Nod
In Spirited Election
By RALPH MESICK
Collegiate Co-Editor
Robert Bishop, Philadelphia, Pa.,
was elected president of the Fresh
man Class at the run-off election
held last Monday.
In other elections on Monday,
Thomas Moore, Washington, was
elected vice - president, Miss Lin
da Watkins, Durham, secretary,
and Miss" Susan Gettinger, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., treasurer.
The runoff was necessary be
cause none of the candidates had
received a majority of the votes
at the regular election held last
Friday. Friday’s election brought
to the polls of Atlantic Christian
College the largest percentage of
eligible voters in recent years. Ap
proximately 67 per cent of the
members of the class voted Fri
day.
Bishop defeated Robert Stone,
Portsmouth, Ohio, in the run-off
for the presidency of the class.
Presidential candidates defeated in
the preliminary election were Lar
ry Siceloff, Winston Salem, and
Daniel Shingleton, Wilson.
Moore, the new vice - president
Group Attends
College Meeting
Three delegates from Atlantic
Christian College attended the
Second Annual Conference on Stu
dent Personnel and Student Activi
ties for Small Four Year Colleges
of North Carolina. The conference
was held last Monday, October 5,
at Davidson College.
Attending were David Mustian,
representing the Cooperative Asso
ciation, James Boswell represent
ing the Campus Christian Associa-
tio^ and John A. Stair, Director
of Student Activities.
Discussion Groups
Mr. Stair repiorted that six dis
cussion groups were held. Mustian
attended the group which discuss
ed “Government or organized cha
os? — Campus governments, their
differences, and possible ways to
improve them.” Boswell attended
the discussion of “Witnesses or
withdrawal? — Chapel programs,
religious emphasis weeks, etc.”
Mr. Stair attended the group which
discussed “Much ado about noth
ing? Possible strengths and weak
nesses of freshmen orientation pro-
granms from the student ix)int of
view.”
Mr. Stair reports that aU the
delegates felt the meeting was well
worthwhile and that many insights
were gained from the discussions.
Testing Program
Also noting a trend that was
discussed at the meeting, Mr. Stair
said that most colleges in the state
are in the process of developing
a pre-enrollment testing program
which will enable more thorough
testing of students before school
starts.
See Davidson Page Five
of the Freshman Class defeated
Miss Carole Barber in the run-off.
Lionel Hector and Miss Mary
Elizabeth Howard were defeated in
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the election held Friday.
Miss Linda Watkins, secretary of
the class defeated Miss Tempie
Griffin in the run - off. Other can
didates for secretary were Miss
Mildred Hayes, Miss Linda Mer
cer, and Miss Doris Glidden.
Miss Sue Gettinger, Freshman
Class treasurer, defeated Miss Flo
ra Faulkner in the run-off and
Miss Janet Ferrell and Miss Linda
Cale in Friday’s election.
Bishop commented on the friend
ly relationship among the candi
dates throughout the election. “Ne
ver have I seen a more congenial
association among rivals,” Bishop
said.
Regarding the future of the
Freshman Class, Bishop said, “If
we are going to serve our purpose
on the Atlantic Christian College
campus, we must work together.
I thank you for your support in
the election; now, I plead for your
support in the coming year.”
The newly - elected president will
represent the Freshman Class on
the Executive Board of the Cooper
ative Association.
Blough Is Main Speaker
For Teacher’’s Workshop
Teachers from all over eastern North Carolina will
arrive on the Atlantic Christian College campus tonijrht
to attend a special two-day conference on Teaching Science
in The Elementary School.
Sponsored by the Department of Education and Psy
chology at the college, the conference is designed to keep
elementary teachers in the public school abreast of new
♦techniques of imparting science
knowledge to elementary school
Demonstrations Planned
For Progress Assembly
By BOB COLLINS
CoUegiate Co-Editor
As part of the Progress Assem
bly to be held at Atlantic Christian
College October 17, the academic
departments of the college are
planning demonstrations which will
depict the curricula of the depart
ments and the goals set up by the
departments as they seek to pro
vide an educational experience for
the students.
Allan R. Sharp, Chairman of the
Department of Religion and Phil
osophy, is acting as chairman of
the committee which will coordin
ate the demonstrations.
Mr. Sharp pointed out that in
keeping with the theme of the ov
erall demonstrations, “Christian
Higher Education in Its Decade of
Decision,” the departmental dem
onstrations will show the functions
Six Page Issue
Biggest Thus Far
Readers will note The Collegiate
is bigger this issue. Thanks to
some outstanding work by the Bus
iness Staff, headed by Miss Bette
Pomfrey as Business Manager, the
newspaper has added two pages
to this week’s editipn.
From time to time during the
year The Collegiate staff will have
six - page issues to accommodate
the large amount of advertising
that is being inserted by mer
chants in WUson and by national
advertisers.
Readers of The Collegiate are
urged to support the merchants
who advertise in the newspaper.
Booths Will Be Operated
At 2 NCEA Conventions
Atlantic Christian College will op
erate college booths at two dis
trict conventions of the North Car
olina Education Association this
month, it was announced today by
James D. Daniell, Director of Stu
dent Recruitment and Alumni Af
fairs at the college.
Mr. Daniell said a booth for the
college will be operated at the
Northeastern NCEA district meet
ing on Friday October 16, in Roc
ky Mount. Attending this district
meeting will be public school teach
ers and administrators from 18
counties. They are Bertie, Camden,
Chowan, Curriiuck, Dare, Edge
combe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford,
Hyde, Martin, Nash, Northampton,
Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Ty-
rell, and Washington
On Tuesday, October 20, the col
lege will have a booth at the East
ern NCEA convention at New Bern.
Teachers and public school admin
istrators from 11 counties, and of
ficials and teachers of the colleges
in the district, including Atlantic
Christian, will attend. Counties to
be represented are Beaufort, Car
teret, Craven, Duplin, Greene,
Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico,
Wayne, and Wilson.
■Mr. Daniell said Miss Sarah Bain
Ward, Dean of Women at ACC,
will be at the booth at the meeting
in Rocky Mount to welcome alum
ni of the college and other visi
tors.
Milton L. Adams, ACC Business
Manager, will be at the booth at
New Bern to do the same task,
Mr. Daniell said.
of each department working within
framework of Christianity.
Mr. Sharp showed a preliminary
sketch of a poster which win por
tray the program within the Chris
tian framework. It features each
department as a circle, the circles
interwoven, all set within an en
compassing eUpse which represents
the Christian framework within
which the college works.
In the demonstration which will
be featured in the lobby of the
classroom building, Mr. Sharp said
that aU the disciplines of the col
lege will be illustrated. Then each
department will have its individual
demonstration in a classroom on
the second floor.
The department chairmen indi
cated that they are still in the
process of formulating plans for
the demonstrations. Dr. Mildred E.
Hartsock, Chairman of the De
partment of English, said, “O 'a r
plans for the actual demonstration
are incomplete at present, but we
wUl be emphasizing creativity in
reading, writing and the drama
tic arts.”
iDr. Esther Long, Chairman of
the Department of Modern Lan-
See Progress Assembly Page Six
Program Set
For Homecoming
The weekend of November 21,
will be observed as Homecoming
at Atlantic Christian College, it
was announced this week by Dr.
Arthur D. Wenger, ACC President.
Dr. Wenger said a special steer
ing committee has been mapping
plans for Homecoming during the
last few weeks. Members of tlie
steering committee are James E.
Fulghum, chairman, James D.
Daniell, Director of Alumni Affairs
at the college. Dr. Millard P. Burt,
ACC Dean, John Stair, Director
of Student Life, and Miss Sarah
Bain Ward, Doan of Women.
Tentative Schedule
The tentative schedule calls for
a sock hop to be held for ACC stu
dents on Friday, November 20, in
the college gymnasium following
the completion of parade floats.
The annual homecoming parade
will open the scheduled festivities
at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Novem
ber 21. This will befollowed at 1
p.m. by a luncheon in the college
dining hall. Alumni will conduct
their business session at the lunch
eon and the ACC Chorus will pre
sent a special program.
Band Concert
A band concert will be held at
3 p.m. on the campus and this
will be followed at 4 p.m. with
campus open house and class re
unions.
Fraternities and sororities will
See Homecoming Page Five
Calendar
Tuesday, Octobcr 13:
9:45 Classes dismissed, Fresh
men and Seniors in Chapel, Robert
Lee Humber, speaking; Sopho
mores and Juniors in gym for
cheerleader tryouts.
10:20 FVeshmen and Seniors go
to gym for cheerleader tryouts.
Sophomores and Juniors in chapel.
Wednesday, October 14
Delta Sigma Phi reception
Thursday, October 15
No chapel or assembly, classes
meet through entire chapel period.
Saturday, October 17
Progress Assembly.
students.
Principal participant in the con
ference is Dr. Glenn O. Blough,
Professor of Elementary Educa
tion at the University of Maryland.
Dr. Blough is one of the top lead
ers in the A)untry on the teaching
of science in the elementary school.
He has written several books on
the subject.
Directing the conference is Dr.
G. A. Constantine, Chairman of the
Department of Education and Psy
chology at ACC. ’
The conference wiU open at 7
p.m. tonight in the classroom build
ing. Following registration, the
first general session will begin at
7:45 p.m. with Dr. Constantine pre
siding.
Welcome Planned
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC
President, will welcome the visit
ing teachers and the program par
ticipants and Dr. J. P. Tyndall,
Chairman of the Department of
Science and Mathematics at ACC,
will present Dr. Blough who will
address the group on “Elementary
Science Teaching Today.” Follow
ing his first lecture, a social hour
will be held to end the evening’s
program.
The conference will re-open at
9 a.m. tomorrow morning with a
second registration and social hour
in the lobby of the classroom build
ing. The second general session
will begin at 9:30 a.m. with Dr.
Millard P. Burt, ACC Dean, pre
siding.
Group Meetings
Group meetings will be held dur
ing the second general session.
Primary teachers will meet in
Room 107 of the classroom meet
ing to take part in a discussion on
“Materials and Activities Used in
the Teaching of Science in the
Primary Grades.” Discussion lead
er for this group will be Rufus S.
Swain, Principal of Lee Woodard
School in Black Creek. Consultants
for the discussion will be Miss Mil
lie Moore, Elementary Supervisor
for the R^ky Mbunt City Schools,
and Mrs. ^ris T. Shepard, Teach
er at Wells School in Wilson.
Intermediate grade teachers will
meet in a group in Room 111 of the
classroom building. They will dis
cuss “Experiments and Techniques
Used in the Teaching of Science
in the Intermediate Grades. Dis
cussion leader will be John R.
See Science Conference Page Six
Exec Board Appoints Members
For Three Campus Committees
By TERRILL RILEY
Memberships for three organiza
tions most vital to the campus
life of every student and faculty
member at Atlantic Christian Col
lege were selected Monday evening
by the Executive Board of the Co
operative Association.
President Robert Dunn led the
student government leaders pres
ent at the meeting through a ses
sion of discussion and considera
tion of nominees for the Assembly
and Concert Committee, the Social
Committee, and the new Student
Center Activities Committee.
New members of the Assembly
and Concert Committee, Sanford
Peele, Senior, Annette Fuller, Jun
ior, Audrey Finch, Sophomore, and
Bruce Turner, Freshman, will work
with faculty members of the com
mittee charged with the responsi
bility of planning assembly pro
grams which will be beneficial and
entertaining. This prominent group
also is to make available various
evening programs throughout the
year.
Selected to serve on the Social
Committee of Atlantic Christian
College are Larry Phares, Senior,
Dick Knox, Junior, Miss Janet
Blackwood, Sophomore, and Miss
Carole Barber, Freshman. Several
faculty members will work with
this organization in organizing and
supporting special social activities
for the school year.
The Executive Board stressed
concern for and interest in the plan
ning of a more complete and ef
fective program within the Bohunk.
For this purpose the new Student
Center Activities Committee, has
been formed. This organization is
expected to contribute much to tfi*
life of the College campus through
the combined efforts of Miss Flo
ra Griffin, Commuting Women rep
resentative, Bobby Riley, Commut
ing Men representative, Miss Jean
Bazemore, Resident Women repre
sentative, and Ashton Wiggs, Men
Faculty representative, Miss Jeah
Winstead, Women Faculty repre
sentative, and Tommy Temple,
Resident Men representative. It
was further specified that the Stu
dent Center Committee is to work
under the administration of Miss
Jesse M. Daniel, Director of Stu
dent Activities.
It was announced that requested
allocations in the budgets of vari
ous organizations should be turned
in to Ken Bryan, Treasurer of the
Executive Board, no later than to
day. The combined budgets of the
Pine Knot, The Collegiate, the As
sembly and Concert Committee, the
Social Committee, the Student Cen
ter Activities Committee, the Cam
pus Christian Association and the
Dramatics Club represent the to
tal 1959-60 budget of the Coopera
tive Association.
During the session the executive
group took time to welcome the
newly - elected president of the
Freshman class, Robert Bishop, to
his position on the board.
Several business issues were
brought up by the Executive Board
members for consideration or ac
tion and were postponed as a re
sult of insufficient preparation.
Such issues concerning student in
terest and government affairs were
reslated for consideration at a lat
er date.
Schedule conflicts of several ex
ecutive members were voiced and
a temporary date for Tuesdays at
8 p.m. was set for the Executtve
Board of the Cooperative Associa
tion to meet in the future.