The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, MAY 13, 1960
NUIMBER TWENTY.-FIVE
'ulghum Leaving ACC
Her Eight Years Here
James E. Fulghum, Director of
i^ublicity and Special Activities
at Atlantic Christian College, has
Resigned, it was announced today
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC
^resident.
Mr. Fulghum will leave th'e col-
;ge in August to become affiliat-
with Banks - Thomas, Inc., a
^’ilson adjvertising and public re
flations firm.
C. H. Banks, President of the
Itirm, said Mr. Fulghum will join
Banks - Thomas as vice - presi-
t, and will serve as a public
relations consultant to clients of
le firm in eastern North Carolina.
On the administrative staff of
college for eight years, Mr.
Tulghum has served, at various
.Itimes, in all phases of the col-
flege’s external relations program.
He has directed the publicity
program at the college both in the
general area and in the ahtletic
larea.
He is a member of the national
l>ublic Relations and Statistics
[Committee of the National Associa-
[tion of Intercollegiate Athletics and
Js Chairman of the Publicity Com-
littee for District 26, the area
that covers the 17 college members
of the N. A. I. A. in the Caro-
linas. The N. A. I. A. cited him
three years ago for “Outstanding
unselfish service to intercollegiate
athletics.”
Mr. Fulghum is also active in
state and local affairs. He is State
Campaign Chairman for the North
Carolina Mental Health Associa
tion, and is Chairman of the Pub
licity Committee for the North Car
olina Convention of Christian
Churches.
A native of Wilson, he was in
the newspaper field before coming
to the college in 1952. He previous
ly served as City Editor of The
Wilson Daily Times, and was, for
one year, Managing, Editor of the
Myrtle Beach DaUy News, Myrtle
Beach, S. C.
He is a member of the board
of directors of the Wilson County
Mental Health Association, served
last year as Chairman of the Pub
lic Relations Committee for the
Wilson County United Fund, and is
Chairman of the Steering Com
mittee and a trustee of the new
Westview Christian Church in Wil
son.
itrickland Is Elected Permanent
[President Of Senior Class Of ‘60
At a meeting of the Senior Class
of Atlantic Christian College held
p:his week John Strickland, who is
'ing as president of the class,
ras elected permanent president
|of the Class of 1960.
JOHN STRICKLAND
Degrees To Be Awarded
To 179 Graduates May 29
FELIX S. HALES
REV. HOWARD H. GROOVER
Also elected to class alumni of
fices at the meeting were Everette
Bryant, vice - president, and Miss
Emily Waters, secretary.
In further business at the meet
ing, Strickland announced that the
Senior Class Dinner Dance will be ;
held Friday, May 20, and that per
sons who are planning to attend
should notify him as soon as pos
sible.
Strickland also said that the dol
lar to be paid for dates who are
not members of the Senior Class
may be paid at the door.
Announcements were made con
cerning the graduation ceremonies
by Strickland. He said that Sunday
morning May 29, at 11 o’clock, the
rehearsals for the graduation cer
emonies will be held at the Wilson
Community Center.
Tickets for the Buffet Supper to
be held on graduation day for sen
iors and their parents, must be
picked up personally before Satur
day, May 14, Strickland said.
He also said that the invitations to
the graduation ceremonies can be
picked up at the telephone switch
board of the Administration Build-
See STRICKLAND Page Five
One hundred and seventy - nine
Atlantic Christian College seniors
will bo awarded Bachelor of
Science and Bachelor of Arts de
grees at the college’s fifty - eighth
annual Commencement on Sunday,
May 29.
The graduation exercises are
scheduled to be held in the Wilson
Community Center at 7 p. m. The
Graduation speaker will be Felix
S. Hales, Cleveland, Ohio, Presi
dent of the Nickel Plate Railroad.
The degrees will be awarded by
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, ACC Pres
ident.
Honorary Defixees
In addition to the degrees to be
received by the seniors, the col
lege will award honorary degrees
to three others. They are Mr.
Hales, the Rev. Kermit R. Tray
lor, Winston - Salem, Minister of
the First Christian Church there,
and an ACC alumnus, and W.
Burkette R a p e r , President of
Mount Olive Junior College, Mount
Olive, N. C. Mr. Traylor and Mr.
Raper will bo awarded honorary
Doctor of Divinity Degrees. Mr.
Hales will receive the honorary
Doctor of Laws degree.
The Rev. Howard H. Groover,
Minister of the First Christian
Church, Williamston, will sp>eak at
the college’s annual Baccalaur
eate Services to be held at the Wil
son Community Center at 2 p. m.
on Sunday May 29.
Trustees Meetinsr
Following the Baccalaureate
Services the board of trustees
of the coUege will hold its annual
spring meeting in the Administra
tion Building at the college. The
meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
At 5:30 p. m. seniors and their
parents have been invited to at
tend a buffet supper to be held at
the college.
REV. KERMIT TRAYLOR
REV.
BURKETTE
Students Called
James B. Hemby, Director of
Placement of Atlantic Christian
College, urged students who pass
ed the FSC Examinations to come
by his office as soon as possible.
Sadler Speaks To Alumni Leaders
At Kick-Off Rally In Dining Hall
Alumni leaders in the 1960 Alum^
ni Fund Campaign of Atlantic
Christian College gathered on the
campus Monday night to attend a
kick - off rally in the college din
ing hall.
Science Group
Blackmore As
Chooses
President
Mrs. Ruby Blackmore, Atlantic
[Christian CoUege junior from War-
Jsaw, was elected President of the
(North Carolina Collegiate Academy
I of Science 'at the academy’s
I spring meeting held in Greensboro
[last weekend.
Mrs. Blackrriore was elected by
j popular vote of the representa-
Itives from the colleges and univer-
j sities in North Carolina that com-
j prise the membership of the aca-
I demy.
She becomes the second Atlantic
I Christian CoUege student to head
[the academy during its seven
[year history. WiUiam Owens was
the first ACC student to be its
I president. He has now graduate^
Mrs. Blackmore enroUed at ACC
, in September after attending
I Mount OUve Junior CoUege._ She is
also a graduate of Chinquapin High
I School.
She is majoring in biology and
I is minoring in education. She plans
to become a public school teach-
i er.
Atlantic Christian CoUege is a
Calender
Tuesday, May 17.
AU 8 a.m. Thursday classes miss-
I ed because of snow wUl meet at
I the regular chapel hour.
' Thursday, May 1. .
AU students wiU meet on the ter
race of the classroom building at
10:30 a. m. for the presentation of
, athletic and intramural awards.
charter member of the academy.
Its meetings, each year, are held,
in conjunction with the North Car
olina Academy of Science.
Each year sutdents from mem
ber institutions present reports of
original investigations before the
academy members. The John Bew-
ley Derieux Memorial Award is
given for the best paper presented
each year as judged by a com
mittee of scientists.
Dr. J. P. Tyndall, Chairman of
the Department of Science and
Mathematics at ACC, served as a
member of the Executive Commit
tee of the N. C. Academy of
Science during the past year.
See BLACKMORE Page Six
1
Mrs. Ruby Blackmore is congratulat-
■„ Green.b„™.
Speaking at the dinner meeting.
Dr. M. E. SacUer of Fort Worth,
Texas, Chancellor of Texas Chris
tian University and an ACC alum
nus, warned the group that tax
supported education is about to
upset the balance of America’s
system of dual higher education
programs.
“If anything should eUminate,
seriously overshadow, or greatly
restrict private institutions of high
er learning, the whole system of
free enterprise would be doom
ed,” Dr. Sadler told the alumni
leaders, faculty members, and stu
dent leaders who attended.
Later, he said: “The surest road
toward absolute dictatorship and
regimentation is by way of com
plete control in education. Who
ever and whatever controls educa
tion wiU soon control all of life.
Hitler, Stalin, the military dictator
in Japan, and others who have
wanted absolute state-ism, started
by controUing education.”
Dr. Sadler said there are sev
eral serious facts that are perti
nent today. “Most children and
young people get aU their educa
tion in tax supported schools. Re
ligious sectarianism has almost
completely eliminated religion.
Our people have interpreted the
principle of religious freedom to
mean freedom from religion. We
have raised a generation of spiri
tual Uliterates.”
In closing his address. Dr. Sad
ler said; “So far as most in this
room are concerned, the strength
of the church in this area wiU be
in direct proportion to the quality
of Christian leadership education
which we provide at ACC. We
should support ACC, not primarily
because it needs the money, but
because we can, through this sup
port, make the best possible in
vestment in the maintenance of
our free, independent, Christian,
American way of life.”
Others on the program were Foy
N. Goforth of WUson, President of
the ACC Alumni Association, John
A. Winfield of Raleigh, Chairman
of the alumni campaign. Dr. Ar
thur D. Wenger, ACC President, R.
Worden Allen, Jr., ACC’s Director
of Develoi>ment, James D. DanieU,
Director of Alumni Affairs, Dr.
J. M. Waters, Special Assistant to
the President, and WiUiam E.
Tucker, member of the ACC fa
culty.
Presidents Message
As our present academic year draws to a close, it
reminds us again that for some it will be the end of
their college careers. During the time they have been on
our campus they, and those who have studied, worked
and played with them, have in a real sense been Atlan
tic Christian College.
On behalf of all who will return here next fall, I
extend to you who are leaving our heartiest best wishes
and our prayers for your success. It is our sincere hope
that the deeper joys of life shall be yours in abundance.
We wish you Godspeed.
Arthur D. Wenger
President