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THE COLLEGIATE
October 30, 1959
Editorials
Local Church Support
Could Bring S uccess
For the past several years the
Campus Christian Association of
Atlantic Christian College has been
attempting to carry out a spiritual
program that would satisfy the
needs of its constituency, the At
lantic Christian College family.
It is no secret that the CCA
has not been able to fulfill this
duty. Many reasons can be ad
vanced to explain why this is true,
but all of these reasons can be
summed into one: The CCA is
saddled with a system which de
fies success. How can a cabinet
of thirteen members carry on a
program that will adequately
fill the spiritual needs of 1,200
students? It cannot be done (and
we defy Jack Lescoule to buUd a
commercial out of that).
Therefore, if the spiritual needs
of Atlantic Christian College stu
dents are going to be fill^, the
CCA needs to enlist help from
other sources. Even the most de
dicated and capable cabinet mem
bers of the CCA are ineffective
without this help.
Many students have realized this
and have been attempting to find
a solution to the probjem. Several
weeks ago a letter was written in
the Pet Gripe section of the Col
legiate expressing the desire of
the Baptist Student Union to co
operate more fully with the cam
pus religious activities. This let
ter quoted the following sentence
from the college catalog:
“It is the aim of the college to
d^elop character through Chris
tian education, to combine with
the development of the intellectual
abilities a growing spiritual in
sight, to inspire to active service,
and thus to have a part in con
tributing to the world efficient
Christian citizens and leaders.”
The letter further stated that the
BSU, by working with students on
the Atlantic Christian College cam
pus, could help this aim to be
realized, at least as far as Bap
tist are concerned.
This letter was followed with a
plan by the local Battist church
for the effective reaching of Bap
tist students on the campus through
an off-campus program. The ad
ministration of the college has also
expressed the desire to cooperate
Freshman Class Selects
Homecoming Contestant
The Freshman Class in its meet- Carole Barber, chairman of dance
ing last Thursday morning elected and social committee, and Larry
Miss Polly Glover to represent the Siceloff, chairman of publicity
class in the Homecoming Queen committee.
with the Baptist church in every
way in order that this goal may
be achieved.
The Collegiate wishes to com
mend the Baptist church for this
action. We also suggest that other
denominations follow the lead of
the Baptists and consider plans
for the effective reaching of stu
dents of their particular commun
ion.
Contrary to the thoughts of of
many students, the coUege is
ready and wOnng to cooperate with
the local churches in carrying out
these plans. The stipulation that
the college does make is that such
procedure be carried on through
the local church. The Baptist
church has shown through its pro
posal that this is not a disad
vantage but an advantage for the
local church.
Therefore, let us hope that the
CCA will receive the assistance
that it needs through the coopera
tion of denominational groups re
presented on the campus. With
the coordination of all these ef
forts, the spiritual aim erf the col
lege will be realized.
competition.
Miss Glover is majoring in busi
ness. Among the campus organ
izations she belongs to the Busi
ness Club and the Atlantic Chris
tian CoUege Chorus.
Robert Bishop, president of the
freshman class, announced the ap
pointment of the following commit
tees. Bob Stone, chairman of
homecoming activities committee.
Bishop said to members of the
class: “Although you may not
have been appointed a committee,
your support will be needed in
the year’s activities.”
Officers of the 1959-1960 fresh
man class are Robert Bishop,
president; Tommy Moore, vice -
president; Miss Linda Walkins,
secretary; and Miss Sue Gettinger,
treasurer.
English Instructors
In Meeting At ,Duke
Officers’ Decisions
Essential To Campus
Buried in the many actions tak
en by the Executive Board at its
meeting Monday night is one
that disturbs the staff of The Col
legiate very much. It should also
disturb members of the student
body.
The action came as a result of
the fault finding that students
have registered recently over the
Tommy Dorsey Dance that has
been planned.
After hearing criticism, a recom
mendation was made to the Execu
tive Board that all future student
activities of this sort be taken be
fore the student body for approval.
The term “expending a great
deal of money was used.” Now
this could mean almost anything.
To us, sometimes, S5 is a great
deal of money. To some others
$1,000 would be a small amount
of money.
It probably wasn’t meant to be
an all-inclusive action, but this vote
could cause havoc in planning
event.s.
Stage and Script spends a great
deal of money in producing its
plays. Does it need approval?
The Collegiate spends a great
deal of money in publishing the
newspaper. Does it need approval?
The Social Committee needs a
great deal of money in planning
its event.«. Does it need approval?
The present members of the
Executive Board would probably
contend that the action did not
involve these activities. But what
will be the interpretation of other
beard members in the future?
As one can see, it would be
pretty difficult to draw a line be
tween those things that need ap
proval and those that do not.
In addition, it is our feeling,
that the Executive Board is made
up of individuals who have been
selected by their contemporaries
to represent them in making de
cisions relative to the activities of
the campus. We believe this to be
the traditional duty of the board.
Why change it now just because
some students failed to agree with
action taken on this particular
dance?
The Executive Board seems to
have missed the main point. The
students want the board mem
bers to make decisions. ITiey also
want the board members to un
derstand that some of their deci
sions will be questioned. But to
question some of them doesn’t
mean that they want the board
to stop making decisions.
We like the program the way
it is. We have many Indians and
a few chiefs. We don’t all want
to be chiefs. We just want to
tomahawk a few chiefs once in
awhile to let them know they are
still representing the Indians.
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.
Robert I. Collins
and
Ralph G. Messick
Co-Editors
Bette Pomfrey,
Business Manager
Edna L. Johnston
Editorial Advisor
G. Harry Swain
Business Advisor
MEMBER
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Association
National Advertising Service,
Incorporated
Wilson Scholarship
Deadline Tomorrow
Faculty departmental chairmen
were reminded today that tomor
row is the deadline for nomina
tions of students for Woodrow Wil
son National Fellowships.
Hugh B. Johnston, Jr., Chairman
At The Library
Three members of the faculty of
the Department of English of At
lantic Christian College attended
the CoUege English Association
conference held at Duke University
last Saturday.
Main speakers at the aU-day pro
gram included Dr. L. D. Adams,
Assistant Superintendent of the
Richmond Public Schools; Dr.
Fredscn Bowers, University of Vir-
inia; Dr. John Hicks, CEA Execu
tive Secretary; and Dr. RandaU
Stewart, of Vanderbuilt University.
Three panel discussions were
held during the morning session.
The subjects of these discussions
were “Advanced Standing and Ad
vanced Placement,” “Special Pro
grams for Superior Freshmen and
Sophomores,” and “Recruiting for
CoUege Teaching.”
At a luncheon held in the BaU-
room of the Union BuUding on
the Duke University campus, Dr.
Stewart spoke on ^‘The Importance
of Literature at the Present Time.”
Those attending were Mrs. Dor
othy Eagles, Mrs. Edna Johnston,
and Mrs. James Woodard.
ACC Students Study Art
In Rocky Mount Exhibit
The faculty of the Department of
Art and several art students of
Atlantic Christian College attend
ed the art exhibit at the Rocky
Mount Art center last Friday.
The purpose of this trip was
to make a special study of the
artists whose works were repre
sent^ in the exhibit. The exhibit
consisted of contemporary prints
and paintings by many famous ar
tists.
Russell W. Arnold, chairman of
the department, said that the stu
dents actuaUy held a class at the
exhibit. He said that he was anx
ious for them to take advantage
of this opportunity to study the
works of the artists whose work
was displayed.
Students attending the exhibit
of the ACC Scholarship Commit
tee, today urged departmental
chairmen to get in nominations to
him prior to the deadline. He will
then submit the nominations to
the Woodrow Wilsc«i Foundation.
included Miss Frances Anderson,
Miss Susie Koster, Miss SaUy
McLean, Carl Metz, John Vernon,
and BiUy Goodson.
ALLEN
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from Atlantic Christian in 1952. He
then enrolled at Texas Christian
University where he received the
Bachelor of Divinity degree in
1955. He also has done further study
at TCU.
During Tenure
During his tenure in Alabama,
he has served as President of the
Alabama, Christian Minister’s As
sociation, as deleate from Ala
bama for the Resolutions Commit
tee of the International Convention
of Christian Churches, as vice -
president of the Madison County
Mental Health Association, as
vice - president of the Huntsville
Minister’s Association, and in sev
eral other church and civic capa
cities.
Extensive Study Needed For C&rricr Dcck
Prior To Changes In IFC Heads Hardian Planniu:
The evcnt.s at Tuesday's Interfra-
tf-rnity Council meeting were in
dicative that the members of the
fraternities and sororities of At
lantic Christian College are sincer
ely inte)'(.'.-t-d in the welfare of
thi-ir !;i - up.-, and are cognizant
of the vit:^’ th?"y !>lay in cam-
p'i lii".
Thiro were two developments
in th. IKC m= ■ tine which warrant
special commeni: the proposal
that *iu' ■■ rorit:!.and n aternities
separate thoir governing organiza-
ti'Ti. into f.vo .such gc.erning
liodies, and the closing remarks of
.'■iiiiiniy \Vh:u-, I PC ore.sidenl.
’Iiu* *f:.it f-iif
.1 i
t;ov. i n thi .1' ;ctivitie<! n '. 'Js i x-
tensivf str/iy. Ti : ;i ;,re, i-; cour-t!,
both ,-iu SiCie^! I':
thi.-: issue.
On the .‘■ici; iiiigiit
say that such a wni!'!
destroy the effectivi.ni's.s of both
groups. This mij^ht come from
ovcriai:ping of jurisdiction, and
overlapping of activities. Actions
of the two groups might result
in confusion in such matters as
rush, pledging, and initiation.
On the positive side, it is to be
realized that the national frater
nities function somewhat different
ly from local sororities and, there
fore, should be governed by a sep
arate organization.
. It might be stated, too, that
fraternities have houses and soror
ities do not, and, therefore, differ
ent rules should apply in the
government of the two groups. Al
so, the activities of the sororities
are somewhat governed by the
rules which apply to resident wo
men students.
We would not seek to tell the
IFC how to' act on this matter, but
would encourage it to study both
sides of Uie question carefully be
fore taking any definite action.
White’s remarks on friendly
competition are worthy of a re-
;>unding “Amen” for this cor
ner. We hope that the Greek let-
1-r group.s on campus will contin-
: i ro maintain friendly competi-
T.on. But, we hope that they will
it allow v-.'hiixitition to stand in
the v.'p.y of cooperation.
We have oh.sni-ved what might
(•a.'iiy hf intf-rpri-l.'d as jealousy
nni'^n.i; fr.it miti;-.-; and sororities
this week. We hope that it is
.something other than jealousy. We
hope that it is, rather, intense
competition.
White was hitting the proverbial
nail on the head when he spoke of
tl\e necessity of cooperation and
competition. Both are vital to the
function of Greek letter groups.
We feel that the idea of the
split, White’s comments and aU
other discussions at the IFC meet
ing were indicative of interest.
We hope the Greeks wiU continue
to show such interest.
By WALTER GRAY
College Librarian
RUSH WEEK is over — in name
if not in fact. The energy expend
ed might easily have put a man
into oribt (probably did) and one
cannot but wonder where Ameri
can education might be today if
the appeals to knowledge were as
those which address
themselves to other aspects of the
human personaUty.
RUSH WEEK, once again, illu-
mmated certain of our perennial
problenris and in this regard it has
had value for us. It brought out
the ‘‘soarers” — representatives
the “sorarers” — representatives
of the various stereotyped groups
which make up a library’s clien-
tele. On this cold and thoughtless
Monday it also gave us an idea
for a column where none previously
question remained
'Should we or shouldn't we?” We
reasoned: Certainly our cn-going
attack on stuffed - shirtism must
be obvio^as to all — If we were
to be thrown to the lions, why
hasn’t it happened before now, etc',
etc.” We decided to gamble. Here-
wuth beginneth a series of sketches
of library cliente as seen from the
other side of the circulation desk.
Have mercy!
FLOATERS: Floaters we always
have with us and untU such time
as other campus attractions (weU-
appointed student lounges, etc.)
become more avaUable for them
we wiU have to deal with this
problem. The floater is a person
who comes to the library with this
sole purpose in mind. Having com
pleted his homework in the first
fifteen minutes after class (he is
always punctual about this) he
usually has about six of seven
hours left over each day for his
favorite occupation. Because of its
hi^h ceilings the library offers
the most wonderful possibUities for
this sort of activity. Here the
floater shows off to best advantage,
especiaUy since the library is pre
sumably a quiet place. Floaters
require quiet or they won’t be no
ticed — this is a truism. We seem
to have fewer floaters this year,
possibly because the large fresh
man class has reduced the effec
tive area in which they can oper
ate. Floaters are almost alwavs
upperclassman — this too is 'a
truism.
DEMONSTRATORS: Demonstra
tors nearly always ccme in pairs
though not necessarily always in
the same combmations. Adarn and
Eve were the first demonstrators
and humanity has ever since (sub
consciously of course) been frus
trated by the fact that the two.
did not have an appropriate au
dience. Demonstrators have spark-
the large movement towards
the almost universal use of audio
visual materials in education. Dem
onstrators are good to have around
when there is absolutely nothing
else to look at but can be utterly
msgusting after, say, a large meal.
Demonstrators are increasing by
the square each year since the
natural progress of mankind, since
Freud, has been back toward
Adam and Eve. We are fond of
them but we do agree with Anna
Russell, “Too much of anything,
even if it is nice, is too much!”
SOARERS: Soarers arp a lit
tle bit difficult to identify unless
you are an old timer or have
your “Field Guide to the Human
Species” always on hand. They en
ter a building like a mallard com
ing in for a landing (feet first,
and tail down) circle each room
three times before they find a
likely place to settle and then put
down with a horrible fuss and
furor. There is a sub-specie which
is unalterably attracted to the tele
phone and can cause an uproar
which is unprecedented- in library
operations. We accept them as a
partial answer to the need for air
conditioning but we do wish they
would equip themselves with two-
way radio on some frequency
above 30,000 cycles per second.
Next week, or at some future
time when we can think of abso
lutely nothing else to write about,
we hope to continue these friendlj'
little sketches of the libra!ry user.
We hope that we may. include the
faculty member as well as the ad
ministrative staff member (we’d
hate to discriminate) and look for
ward with seme enthusiasm to this
latter possibUity. In the meantime
don’t forget to get your “Field
Guide to the Human Species” on
sale at Tweeties between the
hours of 1:00 a.m. and breakfast.
If you feel the need you may
pick up a ten-cent mirror at Rose’s.
We offer no credit for the course.