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THE COLLEGIATE
December 18, 1959
Editorial
At The Library
Emergency Situation
Poses Many Problems
The Executive Board ot the ACC Cooperative Association found
its operations in a mess this week.
Overdue bills and absences by members were items that were
thrown around with abandon.
Skip Ole Hardy Girls,
Gray’s Mistletoe’s Up
By WALTER GRAY
Colleg:e Librarian
mentalists and because we are so a quick trip to the five and ten
constituted it took this particular for candles.
We were sitting around moan- event to rouse us from our le- Get out the books! Watch you
The members were concerned. They saw an immediate emer- softly when suddenly it hit us. thargy. don t hum in the reading room!
gency and were ready to take action to try to remedy the short- Perhaps that wasn t exactly We d been hearing the hub-bub CaU Addie with the dust pan. Oh,
comings. Many suggestions were made by board members and happened. More pre- and hullabaloo downtown — we’d and ouch, and the quiet shattering
have been made by students that are not members of the board. we had been moaning for seen the TV glitter wed smell- ‘punk’ of a brilliant star plum-
We have heard succe>;tions that ranged from haneine the ® student of the ed the air from off the lot at metting from on high. Call Addie!
treasurer ireffisv to ateSne th?Ex^^^^^ hanging the variety asked us to help Rountree and Nash b u t aU of Plug in the cord. Heck, here come
asurer in el igy to atx>ashing the Executive Board. jiim find a novel. We’d gotten these had rolled off our emotional some customers.
Seen As Amazing through the first three letters with- backs like so much water from For romantics like us, it all
The amazing thing that has happened, as far as we are con- out too much trouble when sud- a d'uck. The Saturday punch had started with Dickens. Fie’ on us.
cerned, is that many of us suddenly have found that we have an de^ily it jumped out at us. been a little disgusting and per- Get with the Beatniks! This ain’t
emergency.
Actually, as we see it, we have had a drastic situation for a
long time. It's about time we began to see it and to do some
thing about it.
It starts every year about nominations time. It is well on
way by the time elections are held.
Start Of Emergrency
The emergency starts like this. Members of the Executive
Board sit down and peruse a list of eligible candidates. While
they are doing so, majority and minority groups on campus are
searching their ranks for “popular” candidates who can win for
the majority groups, or who can overthrow the "machine” for
the minority groups. Very little attempt is made to determine
these candidates’ abilities. Who cares? We just want someone
who can win. We’ll worry about getting the job done when the
time comes.
And then our favorites are elected. The minority groups are
The chain reaction of thought is happs we had tried rather too hard no world for sentimental trash
an electrifying thing and the spark to escape the ready-made joy. Back to the typewriter, the bills]
in this case was an author whose But now, as we’ve said, we too the orders, the circulation, the
name began with D. We leafed were off. A quick jaunt to the overdues. Watch that h'ununing'
.. through our mental calendar — Delta Sig lot on Nash — hammer Caramba, it’s only Tuesday'
Monday, December 14th, one week and nails and a pair of shears— Well, MERRY CHRISTMAS anyl
to go. We are tremendous senti- a visit to a friend’s backyard — way!!
Travel Opportunities
^College jiuailable To Students
Low - cost educational travel tion with the student unions of
To provide the student body
disi^Tted ""Thev didn^t win "aeahi'^Tust as thev”haven’t'’for ^Tea^^ and faculty of this institution with sxuaent unions oi
^ 5 ^ for years. ^ communication and Programs are available to Atlan- other countries, it is able to offer
j,tr.edl.cussio„ofttepmblem. «c Christian Colteg. students Ev- African students many oppor-
erett Bryant, vice - president of the tunities for contact with their for-
Robert L Collins
come. We all go home for the summer. We swim and forget our
troubles — and our responsibilities. We almost fail to remember
them when we return in the fall.
Job To Big
We do return, however, and after we get back we organize
our Executive Board. We get off to a start. The treasurer is con
fused from the start. He is a single student empowered to ad
minister a $13,000 budget. Would you not be confused? After all,
he didn’t know too much about all this stuff when he was elect
ed. He wasn’t nominated because he was a good man to be
treasurer.
Before we get too bogged down in our condemnation of one
officer, however, we should look at the others. It is a fact that
only two members of the Executive Board have attended all of
the 11 meetings held this semester. One student and one faculty
member have missed as many as six. Two other faculty mem
bers have missed more. One of them has a class and cannot at
tend. Another has other obligations and cannot attend. We are
content to let these two remain on the board when we should re
lieve them of their obligations to serve. This, at least, would al
low them not to be tabulated with those who missed for other
reasons.
Have our responsibilities escaped our comprehension from
the very start? Didn’t our trouble start with nominations and the
political sideshow that goes on each year as we line up favorite
Bons?
Long Range Cures Needed
and
Ralph G. Messick
Co-Editors
Bette Pomfrey,
Business Manager
Edna L. Johnston
Editorial Advisor
G. Harry Swain
Business Advisor
MEMBER
North State Conference Press
Association
National Advertising Service,
Incorporated
Seniors To Plan
Social Event
Today we are confused. We look around for immediate solu
tions. Wo should seek long-range cures.
We hope that we can see our problem. It belongs to all of
us, not just the members of the Executive Board. We are the rea
son they are there. Many of them deserve to be there.
It would be wonderful if, this spring, we could look back at
today’s problems and realize how they were created.
We would then search for candidates who are deserving, quali
fied, and who have a strong desire to do a creditable job. We
.would .search for candidates who would be dedicated to the task
at hand.
Stage And Script Gives
Chapel Christmas Play
TIk! stable and ScrijH Club with
the hilp of tho pla,v production
‘ cl.T.ss prc.scntod a play entitled
“Pence I Give Unto You” for the
chapel program on Tuesday, De
cember 15 and Thursday, Decem
ber 17. Those taking part were
Miss Jo Ann Boone, T. Riley,
Tom Welch, Charles Miller, and
Don Wrenn. The play was direct
ed by T, Rile.v under the advise
ment of Mrs. Doris C. Holsworth,
director of dramatics at ACC.
At a recent meeting it was de
cided ■ that the Stage and Script
Club would acct'pt an invitation
from North Carolina State College
to present a play at the College
Union on February 20.
The name of the play wiU be
announced later, but tryouts will
be held on the first Tuesday night
after Christmas vacation, Janu
ary 5. Tryouts for the spring play,
“Dear Brutus,” will also be held
January 5.
The Senior Class, at its meet
ing held December 10 in the Lec
ture room of the Science Building,
decided to plan a social event to
be held next semester.
John Strickland, president of
the class, appointed a committee
to plan this event. Serving on this
committee are Everett Bryant,
Bill Henderson, and Miss- Ruby
Bazemore. •
In further business at the meet
ing, Mrs. Linda Horne was elected
as the Senior Class candidate for
Pine Knot Queen.
Strickland also announced to the
class that the Junior Class was
preparing for. a large turnout of
the Senior Class members at the
Junior - Senior affair. He said
that all seniors should make a
special effort to attend this affair
that is given in their honor.
ACC Cooperative Association, an- eign counterparts. Since it is a
nounced today. non - profit organization, ETI’s
These travel programs include programs are economical, as weU
tours to many of the countries as educational,
in Europe arid in South America. Each year ETI sends an increas-
They also include special tours to ing number of students abroad,
festivals of music and art, and to This year, for the first time, the .
the Olympic Gaimes. In addition organization expects the num'ber
to these, this year a tour designed of tour participants to reach over
especially for teachers is. being the thousand mark.
, "^he USNSA is composed of stu-
These tours are being made dents of over 400 colleges and un
available through the United iversities throughout the country.
States National Student Associa- with a total membership, of over
tion s travel department, Educa- 800,000.
'pravel. Inc. For further information about
■ T unique m the travel field the tours contact Everett Bryant
in that, due to its close coopera- Box 103.
New Officers Named
By Accounting Club
EXEC BOARD
(Continued From Page One)
It was brought to Bryan’s at
tention that some of the com
plaints concerned bills that were
one or two months old. He said he
was not informed of such out
standing bills.
' Committee Appointed
Following the discussion a spe
cial committee was appointed to
assist Bryan in helping to get the
outstanding bills paid prior to the
Christmas holidays. Serving on
the committee are Miss Sarah
Bain Ward, Dean of Women, Wil
liam Ramsay of the faculty, Ro
bert Bishop, president of the Fresh.-
man Class, and Everette Bryant,
vice - president of the Cooperative
, Association.
The board members also re
quested that a treasurer’s report
be given at the next meeting.
A study of the minute book of
the board indicated that many
members have been absent from
meetings during the current se
mester.
The board instructed Miss Emily
Waters, secretary, to contact th
members informing them that
they have an obligation to attend
Executive Board meetings.
Survey Presented
In additional discussion at the
meeting. Bishop presented the re
sults of a survey of the Freshman
Class concerning the adoption of
an honor system on the campus
The results of the survey were
favorable to the adoption of an
honor system.
In the discussion of the matter,
board members indicated that they
felt the survey had not given the
students surveyed sufficient oppor
tunity to voice their disapproval
of an honor system.
New Questionnaire
It was decided to request that
Lewis Aiken, member of the fa
culty in the Department of Educa
tion and Psychology, prepare sur
vey form to be used in obtaining
an objective opinion from the en-
Library Receives
Microfilm Reader
The installation of a microfilm
reader in the Hardy Library at
Atlantic Christian CoUege was an
nounced this week by Dr. Arthur
D. Wenger, ACC President.
Dr. Wenger said the microfilm
reader has been installed through
the efforts of Dr. C. C. Ware,
Curator of the Carolina Discipliana
Library which is housed in the
Hardy Library along with the re
gular college holdings.
The reader has been installed
for functional aid in research, it
Was announced. It is a Recordak
MPE, using iboth 35 m.m. and 16
m.m. films.
The accounting Club held its
first meeting of the year on Thurs
day evening, December 10, and
elected a new slate of officers.
Serving for the current year are
Donald E. Benton, president;
Harvey H. Kornegay, vice-presi
dent; J. R. Crympler, secretary-
treasurer; Don Ray Shirley, chap
lain; and, Loomis H. Toler, re
porter. G. Harry Swain, chairman
of the Business Department, was
elected to serve as sponsor and
advisor of the club.
It was brought out at the meet
ing that the primary purpose of
the Accounting Club is to allow
members to gain professional
knowledge of, and create interest
in, the profession of accountancy.
Toward this end, various business
men will be asked to speak at
future meetings on subjects of spe
cial interest to accountants.
In addition, members that were
present pledged themselves to help
in a laboratory situation, any stu
dent in one of the lower leveL
accounting courses with advice or
assistance on any problem or ques
tion connected with accounting. Jt
is felt that such assistance will
help create an active interest in
•the accounting profession.
A membership drive is current
ly under way and all qualified
persons are urged to becom,e a
part of this club. There, ^e three
qualifications for membership:
(1 an interest in the account
ing profession, (2) sophomore
standing with at least ninQ hours
of accounting credit, and (3) either
an accounting rnajor or a business
major with enjphasis on account
ing. Anyone interested in mem
bership should see one of the pre
sent members of the club. Pre
sent members are Donald E. Ben
ton, Harley H. Kornegay, J. R.
Grumpier, Don Ray Shirley, Loo
mis H. Toler, William Richard
Pearson, Julius G. Woody, Jr.,
James Earl Tyndall, WaltW C.
Johnson, James R. Pittman, James
H. Taylor, and Leroy F. Howell.
Christ Mass
tire student body and faculty con
cerning an honor system.
In other action, the board de
cided not to send delegates to the
CoUegiate Council to the United
Nations. This action was taken af
ter the matter had been brought up
at the meeting.
Bryant presided at the meeting
in the absence of Bobby Dunn, as
sociation president. Dunn was ab
sent because he was playing in the
ACC-Catawba College basketball
game.
(EDITOR’S NO’TE: The follow
ing poem has been submitted to
The Collegiate. It is not the prac
tice of The Collegiate to publish
works of this nature. However,
since it is the holiday season. The
CoUegiate' is publishing this parti
cular poem.)
By ELBERT ROBBINS
Low-born king, tiny babe.
Rests on stiff dry hay:
The cow’s bowl his throne,
The sheep his charge.
Poor men kneel with rich
And melt to one.
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Dark night save one star
To light the dark room.
Men of wit bring bright
Scents to kill the staU’s smell.
Scant clothes wrap a new flesh
Barred from world’s harm.
Sit on shined p>ews ,as
Organ pipes ring songs of praise
Starless night shines with lighted
candles.
Church altars 'bloom with kings
of gold
And angels stand in silent wor
ship.
Furred wives bring silvered coins
and
Red cloth men ring brass bells,
No king on straw — no babe.
Collected coins buy red tops
And firetrucks for hungry kids.
Brilhant bulbs on tinselled wire
Cross a peopled stream.
Bright faces —
A child’s talk with the Saint;
Aching heart of sad ad'olt
Without the Saint’s promise.
Calendar
Saturday, December 19
C-hristmas vacation begins
end of classes.
Monday, January 4
Classes resume at 8 a. iHi.
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