The Collegiate PUBLISHED WEEKLY ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 12, 1960 NUMBER FOURTEEN .sviiis' ; n •* siisisi iiP» 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 emmememxkrkf fjf gjg gjgkyomn 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.