The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 12, 1960
NUMBER FOURTEEN
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Board Disturbed
About Its Treasurer
By TERRILL RILEY
The Executive Board of the Co
operative Association of Atlantic
Christian College found itself con
fronted once again this week with
the problem of negligence on the
part of its treasurer.
The executive leaders of the
Campus Government were quite
concerned and confused about
what seemed to be a habitual at
titude of unconcern for adminis
tering an efficeint service in the
treasury. It was remarked among
the board members that it was
puzzling to them personally that
previous complaints and requests
had had no effect upon Kenneth
Bryan, treasurer.
Great concern was shown by
the board for the impressions made
by such conduct which represent
the student - faculty government of
Atlantic Christian College. It was
pointed out, as in the past, that
many biUs of various kinds re
mained outstanding and unpaid
even after repeated notices had
been received.
The general feeling of the board
about any decision for actjon ex-
plicitely evolved around the need
and importance for immediate
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correction in the office of Treasur
er. This feeling led the groufi into
a discussion about requesting res
ignation from the treasurer. The
board felt, however, that since
Bryan was not present to defend
himself, that opportunity should
bo given to him. It was agreed
that the issue would once again
receive the attention of the board
in the presence of the present trea
surer at a later date.
Turning to another issue, the
board began revision of the con
stitution of the Cooperative Asso-
cation of Atlantic Christian College
as had been planned. Before the
close of the meeting, the revision
of the first part of the constitu
tion on unofficially amounted to
Article Three, membership; Arti
cle Four, Component Associations;
Article Five, Honor Policy. Arti
cle Five previously read:
“All students upon matriculation
shall become full members of the
Cooperative Association, to profit
by its privileges apd assume the
Responsibilities of its obligations.
All faculty and administrative
members under contract .shall be
voting members of the Coopera
tive Association.”
The proposed revision of Article
Three reads as follows:
“All students, upon payment of
a matriculation fee, shall become
members of the Cooperative Asso
ciation. All faculy and adminis
trative members under contract
shall be members of the Coopera
tive Association.”
Articles P’our and Five were bod
ily omitted for revisal and later
replacement to the Constitution.
The first five articles were the
only articles covered during this
week’s regular executive board
meeting.
TOURNAMENT QUEEN—Miss Polly Glover, above, Atlantic
Christian College freshman, will serve as Queen of the North
State Conference Basketball Tournament in Lexingrton, February
24 through February 27, it was announced last week.
New Program Of Testing
Inaugurated By College
A new program for prospective
students, which affects three vital
areas of College Administration —
Admissions, recruitment and coun
seling — has been initiated at At
lantic Christian College.
The first battery of tests was
administered to a group of 23 ap
plicants on January 30, John A.
Stair, Director of Testing and
Counseling, announced this week.
The tests serve, first of all, to
ascertain whether the student is
qualified to do college work. James
B. Hemby, Jr., Director of Ad
missions, explained that the tests
determiine, to some degree, the
ability of the prospective student
to do college iwork.
In' addition to the tests, each
prospective student is interviewed
by the Director of Admissions, and,
in some eases, the chairman of the
department in which the applicant
shows special interest.
If the -person’s test results leave
some doubt as to whether he is
capable of doing college work,
the committee on admissions dis
cusses the case. The results of the
interviews are then brought into
consideration, Mr. Hemby explain
ed.
After each interview with the
admissions director, an evaluation
sheet is completed on which speci
fic areas in which the student ap
pears strong, are noted.
If the admissions committee feels
that the student is either not quali
fied for college work, or is in
terested in some specialized area
which Atlantic Christian does not
offer, the committee wiU try to
guide the student to -a trade school
or another institution.
The effect of the new testing pro
gram has been felt in the area of
recruitment, James D. Daniell,
Director of Recruitment, noted.
See TESTING Page 2
Informal Rush Week
Planned On Campus
By RALPH MESSICK
Collegiate Co-Editor
An informal rush week program
will be held on the Atlantic Christ
ian College campus next week,
Sammy White, prpsident of' the
Interfraternity Council, announced
today.
“The purpose of the rushing pro
gram is to give students who have
enrolled at ACC, for the spring
semester, and students who have
reconsidered their fraternity or so
rority status, an opportunity to
join a fraternity or sorority,”
White said.
February 15-16, Monday and Tues
day of next week, will be reserv
ed for the visitation of the frater
nity houses by the prospective fra
ternity or sorority members.
From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. prospec
tive sorority members are to visit
the fraternity houses. During this
period the houses wiU be the head
quarters for the sororities. White
said.
The fraternity houses will be
turned back to the men for their
visitation period which will begin
at 7:30 p.m. and continue until 10
p.m.
White said that aU non-frater
nity or sorority members are urg
ed to visit the fraternity houses
during the two-day period. White
also urged that prospective “Greek
visit more than one house a day.
“We hope that non-“Greeks’! will
visit as many houses as possible
Railroad Leader Named
Commencement Speaker
Felix S. Hales of Cleveland,
Ohio, well known rgfilroad presi
dent and churchman, will return
to the community in which he
grew up on Sunday, May 29, to
speak at Atlantic Christian Col
lege’s annual Commencement.
The announcement of Mr. Hales
as the college’s commencement
speaker was made recently by Dr.
Arthur D. Wenger, ACC President.
President of the New Y o r k,
Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad
(Nickel Plate Road), since 1955,
Mr. Hales is a native of Wilson.
His father, the late Jacob C. Hales,;
was serving as president of:
Branch Banking and Tnist Com
pany in Wilson, at the time of his
death in 1913.
Mr. Hales has two sisters, Mrs.
Lanie S. Swartzell and Mrs. I^rna ;
Swindell, now living in Wilson.
Another sister, Mrs. W. A. Good-
son, lives in Winston-Salem.
One of his brothers, Raleigh S.
Hales, attended Atlantic Christian
College. He is now living in Pasa
dena, Calif., and is' in the steel
business. An older brother, Cecil
S. Hales, a retired government
official, is living in St. Petersburg,
Fla.
FELIX S. HALES
“We are highly pleased that Mr.
Hales could accept our invitation
to return to Wilson to speak at the
college commencement,” Dr. Wen
ger said. “He has written an out
standing record of service, both to
the railroad industry and to the
Christian Church.”
Mr. Hales is a charter member
of the Heights Christian Chruch in
Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of
Cleveland. He serves the church
as an elder and trustee. He also
has served on several committees
of the Ohio Christian Missionary
Society and the International Con
vention of Christian Churches.
Interested in engineering as a
young boy, Mr. Hales enrolled at
North Carolina State College and'
received a Bachelor of Engineer
ing degree in 1913. He taught
mathematics there for one year.
He later enrolled at Cornell Uni
versity and was awarded a degree
in civil engineering. North Caro
lina State honored him in 1949 with
an honorary Doctor of Engineering
degree.
so that they will be able to receive
a clearer picture of what fraternity
life is really like,” White added.
White also outlined the rush week
procedure for the rest of the week.
He said that all fraternity and
sorority bid selections must be
sent into the Student Life Office
Wednesday, February 17. These
bids should be in the Administra
tion Building by noon. White said.
These bids will be placed in the
mail boxes of prospective pledges
Thursday morning, February 18.
White urged town students to
check general delivery to see if
they have received a bid.
The prospective pledges have un
til February 22, to decide if they
wish to accept the bids that are
sent to them. White said that the
bids must be returned to the Stu
dent Life Office even if the per
sons receiving them reject them.
■\Vhite also announced that the
bids will be furnished by the IFC
for all the fraternities and sorori
ties on the campus. Organizational
colors will be pinned to these bids
by the “Greeks,” These colors are
to be worn by the persons pledging
the Greek letter organizations af
ter the bid has been accepted and
returned to the Student Life Of
fice.
White urged the representatives
on the Interfraternity Council to
stress to their respective frater
nities and sororities the importance
of upholding the rush week rules.
He said that the IFC delegates
had an obligation to each other
and to their fraternities and sorori
ties to follow the rules of the IFC.
1,142 Enrolled
For Spring Term
Mrs. Bethany R. Joyner, College
Registrar, announced this week
that the enrollment for the spring
semester of the 1959-60 academic
year at Atlantic Christian College
is 1,142.
The 1,142 total represents a 6.3
percent decrease in enrollment
from the fall semester. Enrollment
in the fall reached an all time
record of 1,219.
The decrease came from the 34
graduates who completed their
work during the fall term and the
60 students who were dropped
from school for scholastic rea
sons.
Relief To Officials
The decrease in enrollment has
come as a relief to the adminis
tration and faculty of the college.
Under present circumstances, the
college is able to accommodate
about 1,160 students. The fall en-
See ENROLLMENT Page 5
Project In Design
Planned By Class
Russell W. Arnold, Chairman of
the Atlantic Christian College De
partment of Art, this week an
nounced the design project for the
design class at the college.
The class will study the space
needs and will design a suggested
art and music building for the
ACC campus.
Last year’s design class under
took the much publicized project
of the 50-year redesign of Wilson.
Mr. Arnold said this year’s class
will study the needs of the propos
ed building to house the art and
music departments, and will then
seek to design a building adequate
to meet the needs.
See SPEAKER Page 2
Conference Is Scheduled
For Christian Youth
The schedule for the Annual
Church 'Vocations Conference to
be held on the Atlantic Christian
College campius, March 4-5, was
announced today by Allan R.
Sharp, Acting Chairman of the De
partment of Religion and Philo
sophy.
The two-day program will begin
Friday, March 4, at 7 p.m. in the
Hardy Dining Hall with Mr. Sharp
presiding.
The main speaker at the opening
session of the Conference will be
Dr. Herman Norton, Dean of the
Disciples Divinity House of 'Vander
bilt University. Dr. Norton will
also speak at a session to be held
Saturday morning.
The Saturday morning session
will begin at 8:30 o’clock with a
worship service, led by William
R. Daniels, President of the In
ternational CYF Commission. Ber
nard C. Meece, Director of Chri.st-
ian Education for the Christian
Churches in North Carolina, will
preside at this session.
At 9 a.m. on Saturday, March
5, group discussions will be led
by leaders in the field of Religious
education in North Carolina. These
discussion groups will give the
participating young people an op
portunity to present their own opin
ions of full-time Christian Service.
Another highlight of the Confer
ence will be the panel discussions
hpld at 10:20 o’clock on Saturday
morning. Serving on the panel wiil
be Dr. Vere Roger.s, Associate Pro
fessor of Religion and Philosophy
at ACC, Dr. Arthur D. Wenger,
President of Atlantic Christian Col
lege, Ross J. Allen, Executive
Secretary of the North Carolina
Christian Missionary Society, and
Rev. Douglas A. Bell, Minister of
the Gordon Street Chri.stian church,
Kinston. Purpose of the Confer-
emce is to confront outstanding
High School youth of the Christian
Churches with the needs and possi
bilities of the ministry and of their
responsibility to consider a church
vocation for life, Mr. Sharp said.