The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 18, 1960
NUMBER EIGHT
Collegiate Photo By Bill Feetham
THESE FOUR WOMEN, all students at ACC, have been select
ed to compete in the annual Miss Wilson Pageant scheduled Dec.
3. Seated are Mary Louise Westphal, left, and Flora Griffin.
Standing are “Mickey” Hayes, left, and Johnnie Owens.
Four AC Cuties Go After Title
At Miss Wilson Pageant Dec. 3
The 1961 Miss Wilson Pageant
will be held Dec. 3 in the Fike
High School auditorium and will
include four women who attend At
lantic Christian College, namely,
“Mickey” Hayes, Mary Louise
Westphal, Flora Griffin, and John
nie Owens.
In addition to these four there
will be six others iparticipating in
the Missi Wilson Pageant.
Upon submitting applications,
the ten were selected from a num
ber of applicants. Each was
chosen on the basis of appearance,
talent, and achievements previous
ly made in school.
For the few weeks remaining be
fore the contest, they will go
through a period of grooming and
preparing their talent.
This year the Pageant will be in
connection with the Christmas Pa
rade. Heretofore, it has been held
at a later date in early spring.
However, in order to give Miss
Wilson more time to prepare her
self for the Miss North Carolina
Pageant, the date has been moved
TO and the Pageant and Christmas
Parade will be held jointly.
Contestants will ride on floats
or convertibles in the Christmas
Parade which will begin at nine
o’clock on the morning of Dec. 3.
At eight o’clock that evening these
girls wiE go to Fike High School
where they wiU participate in the
Pageant. They will be judged and
graded in four categories: 25 per
cent talent, 25 per cent swim suit,'
25 per cent personality, and 25 per
cent evening dress.
505 Oppose Sit-In Move;
Faculty Group Disagrees
By TERRILL RILEY
Collegiate Co-Editor
In a special assembly last week, 505 students answered the much-talked-about
question as to whether the campus-family of Atlantic Christian College would support
the recent desegregation resolution.
Their answer was simple, yet definite: no.
If members of AC’s college family, other than students, did not vote on the issue,
where could they make their stand known?
An Editorial
November 24; A Time
To Think Of Blessings
What with the mercenary merchants and their Green
Christmas (monetary wise, of course!), the wild stampede to
the yule season often makes us almost entirely overlook a very
important holiday which we are just before celebrating again.
This much neglected holiday has come before and most likely it
will come many times again; but Thanksgiving is a savagely
abused time of year.
When one is confronted with gaily decorated trees, and
Christmas seals and pleas to buy and give to countless thousands
of Christmas charities starting as early as mid-October ,he tends
to overlook that Thursday in November proclaimed as a very
special day.
If we do remember Thanksgiving, we tend to think of
juicy drumsticks, mincemeat pie, over the wood’s to grandma’s,
and maybe the Macy Christmas parade.
Thanksgiving is so much more. If we reverse the two
words found in the term “Thanksgiving”, we find “giving
thanks” which is ultimately why we should celebrate this day.
Now most skeptical Americans living in this rat race call
ed modern life stop to ponder the problems of giving thanks.
What do we have for which to be thankful. Only a tremendously
pessimistic person could fail to find something for which to bow
his head in a prayer of gratitude.
Thanksgiving should be looked upon as one of our most
religious holidays. The fact that merchants have not overcom
mercialized it as they have every other holiday from Valentine
to National Asparagus Week is in our favor. We can be glad
because we can set this one day a year aside to itemize the
tremendous number of reasons we have to be grateful.
Thanksgiving is a vitally important day for everyone
everywhere. One of man’s most basic faults is his failure to
be grateful for the countless blessings which are constantly show
ered upon him on every day and not just Thanksgiving.—^AL
Twenty-One Seniors Picked
For Who’s Who Recognition
Tw«nty-one seniors at Atlantic
Christian CoUege have been ap
pointed to Who’s Who Among Stu
dents In American Universities
And Colleges, it was announced to
day by Dr. Millard P. Burt, dean.
Excellence in academics, partic
ipation in college life and general
high standards in all areas lead to
the singular honor. The 21 were
nominated by members of the Col
lege faculty earlier this fall.
Chosen were Dorthy Jean Base-
more of Cofield, N. C.; Judy Mae
Bissette of Wilson; Mrs. Ruby Ma-
ready Blackmore of Warsaw;
Mary Sue Brannan of Route 2,
Kenly; RJobert Loyd Fleming Jr.
of Pikeville; Flora Louise Griffin
of Wilson; Wniie Milton Brannan
Jr. of Route 3, Zebulon.
Other selected included Horace
Alton Lee Jr. of Raleigh; Robert
David Matthews of Winston-Salem;
Shirle'y Patsy May of Fort Lauder
dale, Fla.; Ida Sue Neighbors of
Dunn; Mrs. Babetta Schroeder
Persons of Goldsboro; Frances
TerriU Riley Jr. of Tampa Fla.;
David Vernon Smith of GreenviUe,
N. C.
Rounding out the list are Thom
as Calvin Smith of Wilson; Wen-
hsueh Sun of Taipei, Taiwan; Viv
ian Zarelda Walston of Farmville;
Adrienne Louise WeUs of Bailey;
Edward Dewitt Winstead of Wil
son; Bette Blanton Pomfrey of Wil
son; and Mrs. Roberta Kanzer
Pritchard of Wilson.
Last year only 12 Atlantic Chris
tian students were chosen for
Who’s Who, which incidentally
should not be confused with the
Marquis & Company publication,
Who’s Who in America.
This year’s selection of 21 sen
iors represents exactl^' 10 per cent
of the Class of 1961.
Each of the 31 seniors picked
for Who’s Who Among Students in
Anierican Universities and Col
leges will 'be listed in the annual
publication under the same name
published in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Campus
Briefs
Those students wno passed the
Federal Examination in October
are requested to leave their names
with James B. Hemby Jr., director
of admissions.
Earl (Mac) McFarlane, superin
tendent of buildings and grounds
requests that students and faculty
continue to uphold the ACC tradi
tion of walking on walks rather
than on the grass. He advises that
walking on the lawns now that
grass has turned brown will cause
unsightly paths.
Freshmen and Seniors attend
chapel Tuesday, November 22; the
service will feature a special wor
ship program given by the OCA.
The NEA wiU present a program
for Sophomores and Juniors in the
gymnasium.
Thanksgiving hoidays will offici
ally begin at 10:00 p.m. Tuesday,
November 22. Classes will resume
at 8:00 a.m. Monday, November
28.
At the Executive Board meeting
this week, a determined foursome
of faculty members chose their
cooperative government to be their
beacon. Dr. Mildred Hartsock,
Mrs. Doris Holsworth, Dr. William
Tucker and Dr. Vere Rogers
sought to make it known where
they stood individually.
As spokeman for the group. Dr.
Mildred Hartsock explained that
they appeared before the executive
board as “private citizens of the
college community, not as repre
sentatives of the faculty. We
come here as individtols to make
known our personal convictions
concerning desegregation,” the de
partment chairman said.
Dr. Hartsock said there were
several reasons why members of
the faculty did not vote with the
student body at the recent assem
bly. She explained the faculty be
lieved that there might possibly
be a negative attitude in voting
among students if faculty members
participated.
She further told the board that
the faculty decided to discuss the
matter extensively and then vote
among themselves. The result of
the faculty vote was a slim mar
gin in favor of the desegregation
resolution.
“We are not representing any
action of the board, however,”
she stressed. “We want to issue a
statement in keeping with our
own consciences on this matter and
invite others, who so desire, to
join with us in making our voices
heard.”
Reading a prepared statement,
Dr. Hartsock told the board their
“personal resolution” would be
posted on campus and faculty
members and students were invited
to sign it if they desired to be
known as taking a stand in favor
of desegregation. The statement
read: We, the undersigned, en
dorse the sit-in movement as a
means of securing civil liberties
where there are no effective alter
natives.
Members of the executive board
assured the group their stand
would be recorded to appear with
the student body decision in the
history of the cooperative govern
ment.
Commenting later for the Col
legiate, Dr. Vere Rogers stated:
“I feel that students appreciate
the view-point and convictions of
the faculty. Not that the faculty
seeks to dictate. Rather it is an
effort to give guidance. Desegre
gation is a delicate and most com
plicated problem. There are many
and varied approaches to it. This
resolution is only one effort toward
a partial solution.”
'Turning to other business, Ken
neth Bryan, presiding in the ab
sence of president Dave Smith,
appointed Mike Busby and Tommy
Norvell to work on an investiga
tion of the school cafeteria. Many
See SIT-IN Page 6
Temple Wins King Title
At Monday’s Big Orgy
dent body’s support in backing the
pageant by giving the boys the
good support their sportsmanship
deserved. Also, we want to thank
the Stage and Script club for the
use of their make-up.”
flVCost enjoyable of the evenings
proceedings were the talent skits
and the bathing suit contest. It
was difficult to determine which
costume stood out the most.
Judges for the event were an ap
prehensive Bill Waters and a sur
prised D. L. “Pete” Wa^en. 'The
judges concurred in their choice
of madame Temple for the crown.
Shirley Gaskins was chairman for
the event. . ,,
A second undertakmg of the
CCA, not so difficult to explain to
the Religion Department but nev
ertheless quite successful, was the
gala carnival held yesterday after
noon on our campus.
By JIM BOSWELL.
The Campus Christian Associ
ation presented the eight beauties
pictjred here to a packed house
Monday in Howard Chapel. The
contestants were in stiff competi
tion for the distinguished title of
“African King.” Tommy Temple
saucily sashayed away with the
supreme honor —shinging as he
did as a petite debutante, a volup
tuous baling ibeaty, and a truly
star-studdied talent.
Though the evening was riotous,
a seriour service was also fulfill
ed. Proceeds from the pageant
amounted to $64.43 and will go to
ward the helping of students
throughout the world through the
auspices of the World University
Service organization.
Johnny McBride, president of
the CCA and master-of-ceremon-
ies, slightly red-faced but sincere
ly grateful for the success of the
event, said, “I appreciate the stu-
Collegiate Photo By Bill Feetham
EIGHT HOPEFUL CANDIDATES for the “Miss African King” title display their charms at
Monday s competition. From left are Ed Worley, Ronnie Strickland, Reggie Goodwin, Woody Daly
Oden Latham, Virgil Smith, Tommy Temple and Joe Hines.