Th E € O L L E I a t e
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 19, 1960
NUMBER FIFTEEN
Chapel Attendance Policy Set
IFC President
Calls Rush Week
Help To Greeks
By RALPH MESICK
Collegiate Co-Editor
“The informal rush week pro
gram held on the Atlantic Chris
tian College campus this week has
proved to be advantageous to the
fraternities and the sororities of the
college,” Sammy White, president
of the Interfraternity Council, an
nounced today.
Although the actual figures show
ing, the number, of students sent
bids by each fraternity and sorori
ty were not available. White said
that the ovei:-all program could be
classed as a success.
White also urged all students re
ceiving bids from Greek letter
organizations to return their bids
to the Student Life office in ,the Ad-
mipi|tration Building. Bids' should
be irHumed even jf the ,taceiver of
the bid does not wish to join the
Greeks, White said. Bids should be
returned by Monday, February 22,
White added.
New Opportunity
The rush week was held to give
new ACC students an opportunity
to pledge a fraternity or sorority
and to give the Greeks an oppor
tunity to enlist outstanding college
students into their ranks.
Prospective sorority members
visited the campus fraternity
houses from 4 p. m. to 6 p. m.
Monday and Tuesday of this week.
Ehiring these hours the houses were
used as the headquarters of the
sororities.
Prospective fraternity members
visited the houses from 7:30 p. m.
to 10 p. m. During this time the
fraternities had the opportunity to
show the students the values of
fraternity life.
Hig'hligrhts
One of the highlights of the
week’s activities was the showing
of a film depicting fraternity life.
This film was shown by the Stu
dent Life department of the college
in order to help students under
stand some of the reasons for join
ing a fraternity. The film was
shown to the students Tuesday and
Thursday of this week at the regu
larly scheduled class meeting
hours.
White also commented that he
hoped that fraternities and soror
ities on the Atlantic Christian Col
lege campus might in the future
be a greater credit to the college
than in the past.
“If the fraternities and sorori
ties on the ACC campus are able
to enlist more outstanding leaders
into their ranks, the purposes of
the Greeks on the campus will be
strengthened,” White said.
White added that in the minds of
some students fraternity life is not
held in high esteem!. The responsi
bility for improving this reputa
tion lies with each fraternity and
sorority and each faternity and
sorority member.
Board Members Explain
Action To Treasurer
The news story of last week’s
executive board s/Bssion was still
in discussion across the campus of
Atlantic Chritian College as the
Governing board convened in the
Dispipliana 'room for its regular
meeting this week.
Kenneth Bryan, cooperative As
sociation Treasurer, after report
ing the standing bal*ices of the
various treasuries, questioned the
executive officers of their action
concerning his position and its
publicity in The Collegiate. Robert
Dunn, President of the Coopera
tive Association, led the board in
a detailed report and explanation
of their action and feelings to
Bryan.. It, was stated that their de
cision surrounded the welfare of
the Cooperative Association and
concern for the impressions others
received of the college.
The Treasurer was informed by
board members, that the news re-1 printed schedule for the treasurer
port in The Collegiate was an act-1 being placed on the Cooperative
ual news account oj what took
place in the meeting. Members of
the board pointed out that publica
tion of the episode was accurate.
Everette Bryant, vice - president
of the student - faculty govern
ment, later said: “The Collegiate
article was entirely true, stating
events concerning student govern
ment which need to be publicized
Ix^causp of our very nature of bo
on
Association’s office door. Dunn al
so stressed the necessity for re
quisitions being filled out before
any check is issued. Bryan stated
that requisition forms for students
could be gotten from him in the
executive office.
Franklj’n Brooks, chairman* of
the Point System Committee, re
ported the work of the committee
on revisal of the old point sys-
ing a representative body. To call i tem. The board voted that there
it an overstatement or slander is ! was need for §iich a systefn and,
absurd! ” ■ that it was desired. The' revival of
Ending the issue, the board di- | the Point System was tabled until
reeled the .treasurer to set up a; a later date.
definite schedule for administering
-the services of the treasury, since !
Bryah decided to continue in his |
office. The president of t!ie board ,
emphasized the importance of a!
■ A.s ,a last it(im of 'bUSineste, the
board voted and accepted a new
contract for publication of the
Pine Knot. The total cost of next
year’s annual will be $5,478.00.
JuHior-Senior
Plans Are Made
The Junior Class at Atlantic
Christian College is making definite
preparations for a banquet and
dance which will honor the ACC
seniors.
The date has been set for March
31, and the banquet wUl begin at
6:30 p. m. with a dance immediate
ly following it. Dance music will
be provided by the Buddy Klein
orchestra.
Final plans are being made with
the Wilson Country Club, where
the affair is scheduled to occur.
Committees
Frank Brooks, President of the
Junior Class, named Miss Nancy
Forbes as banquet chairman. Miss
Pat Belangia and Bobby Swinson
wUl assist her. Entertainment wiU
be arranged by Miss Peggie
Greene, Miss Suebelle Jackson,
and Maxie Clark. Miss Judy Bis-
sett and Miss Bette Pomprey are
in charge of invitations and tic
kets. Publicity will be under the
direction of Miss Joyce Johnson.
Dress for the evening is to be
semi - formal, with the women
wearing cocktail dresses and the
men wearing dark suits.
Bryan Ansivers Criticism
From Executive Board
Calendar
Tuesday, February 23
Freshmen and Seniors attend
chapel. Sophomores meet in the
Gymnasium. Juniors meet in the
Science Lecture "Room.
Thurs.day, February 25
Sophomores and Juniors attend
chapel. Freshmen meet in the
Gymnasium. Seniors meet in the
Science Lecture Room.
Thursday and Friday, February 25,
and 26.
Three one - act plays presented
in Howard Chapel by the Stage
and Script Club, 8:15 p. m.
Kenneth Bryan, Treasurer of the
Atlantic Christian College Coopera
tive Association, indicated this
week that he did not feel too kind
ly toward members of the campus
government who questioned his
work as treasurer.
Bryan said he felt that he should
have been given an opportunity
to defend himself at an Executive
Board meeting held last week. At
that time members of the board
looked into possibilities of clearing
up certain financial matters which
they felt were being handled bad
ly-
Bryan, not at that meeting be
cause he had to be somewhere
else at the time, explained some
of the facts concerning his job of
treasurer at a meeting of the Ex
ecutive Board held Monday after
noon.
KENNETH BRYAN
Three One-Act
Set For Howard
Three one - act plays written by
-students of Atlantic Christian Col-
lege will be presented in Howard
Chapel next week, Mrs. Doris C.
Holsworth, Associate Professor of
English and Drama, announced to-
^ t.
The plays wUl be given February
25 and 26 at 8:15 p.m. Mrs. Hols-
woth also said that people from
Wilson are urged to attend the per
formances.
Ther first play to be presented
is “Small Weapon”, which was
written by Miss Anne Nelson. The
setting for this play is an aristo
cratic home in a modern atmos
phere. Mrs. Holsworth said that
this play will depict emotion and
feeling more thanaction. Kennem
Roberts, a senior student of ACC,
wUl direct this play:
The second play to be present
ed, “Barefoot Baby,” written by
Mrs. Mary Lou Park, wUl pre
sent quite a contrast from the one
preceding it Mrs. Holsworth said.
This play wiU be in a more humor
ous vein centered upon action rath
er than emotion. Mrs. Holsworth
will direct “Barefoot Baby.”
Carl Metts, the author of the third
presentation, has ah-eady had one
play presented to the students of
ACC Upperclassmen will remem
ber the play, “The Old Man and
the Church” that was presented
last year. .
This year Metts has written,
“The Cotton StiU Grows,” a dra
ma which depicts the social pro
blems which are found in areas
of the deep South. Mrs. Holsworth
said that the major characters in
this play are colored people, ban-
ford Peele will direct Metts’ play.
Mrs. Holsworth also announced
Plays
Chapel
the casts for the three plays. Star
ring in Miss Nelson’s play will be
Miss JoAnn Boone, John Vernon,
and Mass Nelson herself.
Mrs. Park wiU also play a role
in the play that she wrote. Also
acting in “Barefoot Baby” will be
Arthur Pritchard and Jay Kilpa
trick.
The cast fr Metts’ play, “The
Cotton Still Grows,” wiU include
Miss Ruby Wiggins, Sanford
Peele, Miss Anne Jenkins, Miss
Margaret Walker, Ray Rogister,
Nancy Roberson, Helen Williams,
Jim Burroughs, Oiarles Miller and
Tom Welch.
Understudies in the three plays
wiU be Miss Patsy May, Miss
Suebelle Jackson, Miss Ann Sum
merlin, Carl Metts, Miss Jean
Billings, Bobby Gray and Miss
Sue Brannan.
He said he was trying to do a
good job and that he realized that
there were problems involved.
“I did not like the way the dis
cussion went and its later publi
cation in the college newspaper,”
Bryan said.
In defense of himself, Bryan
made the following statement for
The Collegiate.
“I would like to say that I feel
that I have not been as negligent
in performing the duties of Trea
surer of the Atlantic Christian
College Cooperative Association as
events at a recent Executive Board
meeting would lead students and
faculty members to believe.
,“The office of 'Treasurer of the
association is a difficult one. It
has been difficult for me.
“I have attempted to carry out
these many duties as best I could.
I have not had cooperation from
some groups when it came time
to pay their biUs.
“Many organizations don’t under
stand the problemjs involved in pay
ing their biUs. Many times I have
had to guess at matters as I at
tempted to determine what bills
needed to be paid.
“I have attempted to set up a
system of requisitions in paying
bills, but it has not been carried
out, in every Instance, and some
biUs have been paid later than
they should have been.
“I did not attend the meeting
of the Executive Board in which
my work was discussed. I could
have defended myself if I had
been there. It was necessary that
I be somewhere else at the time
of that meeting. I HOPE ’ITHAT ST
dents understand that I am trying
to do the best job I can in carry
ing out the duties of the office to
which they elected me.”
Religious Life
Group Adopts
Stiffer Rules
By BOB COIJ-TNS
Colleffiate Co-Editor
In response to the letter in the
“My Pet Gripe’ column of The
Collegiate last week, the Religious
Life Committee of Atlantic Chris
tian College has announced a set
policy on chapel attendance.
In a meeting held last Pi'iday,
the committee established the fol
lowing policy, announced this week
by James B. Hemby,- Director of
Religious Life: ' ' •
Rules:
1) No Chapel attendance slip will
be received, by fthe usJu'r^ from
any* student wlio has not iK'ei} seat
ed during the course of the chapel
prog:ram.
2) The doors of the chapel will be
closed at tlie time.the chapel ser
vice should begin (10:25 a. m.)
and no student will be allowed ad
mittance after that lime.
It has been observed on the days
of chapel that a number of stu
dents stand outside the chapel until
the service has begun. These same
students have then sought admit
tance to the service, but have not
been admitted. At other times,
some of the students who are late
arriving have claimed that no seats
were left.
“Legal Cuts”
These procedures which one
chapel usher recently labwlcd “Le
galized cuts” have brought many
complaints from ushers and from
students who have been disturbed
during the course of the program
by the late comers.
As a solution to this probelm, the
Religious Life Committee, under
the chairmanship of Dr. Vere H.
Rogers, established the policy giv
en above.
“Tough Policy”
Mr. Hemby pointed out that “Thi
is a tough policy.” However, he
went on to say that it seemed the
only way to deal with the probem
of students missing chapel because
they are late.
Mr. Hemby also ix)inted out that
the policy will enable students, who
do arrive at chapel on time, to be
free from distrubance by the late
arrivals for the services.
The “legalized cuts” and the dis
turbance caused by the latecomers
to chapel were topics discussed in
a letter to The Collegiate last week.
Teacher Candidates
Must Take Exams
Dr. G. A. Constantine, Chairman
of the Department of Education
and Psychology, reminded students
this week that anyone who is seek
ing state certification in teaching
must take North Carolina State
Board of Education examinations.
Dr. Constantine said that no
student can receive certification
without taking these examina
tions.
All students who are seeking cer
tification are to contact Dr. Con
stantine immediately to arrange to
take the exanis, the department
chairman said.
ACC Group Attends
National Theatre Meet
Anne Jenkins, Sanford Peele,
Kenneth Roberts, and Mrs. Doris
Holsworth represented Stage and
Script and Atlantiq Christian Col
lege at the American National
Theatre and-Academy Assembly in
New York February 5-9.
At the meetings held in the Hotel
Astor and in the ANTA Theatre,
the group heard panel discussions
on various aspects ofHhe theatre
by professional directors, actors
and leaders in the universities and
community theaters, such .as
Margaret Webster, Herbert Fox,
Elia Kazan, Robert Porterfield,
John Frankenheim, and Albert
Marre.
Sunday, February 7, a history of
ANTA, in dramatic form, was giv
en by the president, Peggy Wood,
who flew from California, on leave
Other stars attending were Vinson
Freedley, Blanche Yurka, and
Rosamund Gilder.
Peele covered talks on directing
and acting; Roberts on television;
Miss Jenkins on costuming, high
school theater from within and
without, children’s theater; and
Mrs. Holsworth, on the ideals of
the theater and the opportunities
for playwrights and directors to
raise the standards of the theatre.
Among the plays the group saw
were "The Fighting Cock,” by
Anouilh with Rex Harrison,
“Krapp’s Last Tape,” by Samuel
Beckett, and “The Three Sisters.’
The stage and script group vislte
with Ellen Dennis and Evelyn
Yiounoulis, former Stage and
Script Club members, with whom
they celebrated the reunion in
from the Biblical picture—“Ruth.” Greenwich Village.