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Poge Two
THE COLLEGI ATE
September 29
1961
Scriptus Descriptus
Many times we have heard this college called a “suitcase
college.” We decided to ask why this was so. Realizing that out-
of-state-students were unqualified to answer, we thought about
asking a regular old North Carolina within-two-hours-of-home
type dorm student. The more we thought about it, the more
easily we were able to picture the following true-to-life dramatic
presentation.
“From These Rooms”
(An Exaggerated Fable Without A Moral)
The time: Friday
The place: The Campus of Atlantic Christian College
! MUSIC: “Searching” fades as the Editor enters.)
• The Editor enters right and peers about and then conceals
her.self behind a large bush, stage left. The Editor wears a
■iearching look and carries a note pad and a slightly chewed
pencil.
■'Enter the Student, a junior boy, who carries a small suitcase
and a huge laundry bag which is obviously quite full.)
Editor; ^leaping from bush and confronting student) Aha!
Stufic-nt: iin a confubed manner) Huh?
Editor: ;triumphantly; I see you have a suitcase. Where are
you going?
(MUSIC: “Home Sweet Home“;
Stuiient: Home, of course. (He indicates laundry bag, and in
doing so, notices part of a white garment protruding
from the bag. He blushes and hastily stuffs it out of
.sight.;
Editor: (Making frantic notes and pausing only occasionally
to chew the pencil thoughtfully) Do you go home
every weekend?
Student: (Rather surprised at such a silly question) Almost
every weekend.
Editor: Ahal Why? (She peers intently at the student who
backs away.)
Student: There’s nothing to do here on weekends.
Editor: Why not?
Student: Well, nobody’s here.
Editor: (pursuing point and about to discover a great truth.)
Where are they, then?
Student: Everybody goes home.
(MUSIC: “Theme from Exodus”)
Editor: (having proved her theory, she is gleefully hopping
from one foot to the other.) Where are you from?
Student: (wishing he were there) Smallville.
Editor; How many movies are in your town including drive-
ins?
Student: One
Editor: How many places do you have to go other than that?
Student: Three
(MUSIC: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony)
Editor: How many concerts and plays do you have on average
every month?
Student: Huh?
Editor; Concerts, you kndw.
Student; I w^-nt to a Rock and Roll Show in Raleigh once. (He
smiles)
Editor: Wouldn’t you say that there are more places to go
find things to do in Wilson than in your town?
Student: (He has never thought about this before and pauses
to do so now.) I guess so.
Editor: Well, besides your family, why do you go home?
Student; My friends are there.
Editor: Don’t you have any friends up here?
Student: (The slam at his popularity upsets him) Sure, but not
like the ones at home. (Firmly spoken)
Editor; (She does not understand, but hates to prod the stu
dent too hard. She fears that he will become emotional
and cease all rational thought.) Do you have a girl
friend?
(MUSIC; “My Own True Love”)
Student: No.
(MUSIC: Ceases abruptly.)
Editor: You mean you Just date different girls whenever you
want.
Student; Yep.
Editor; Do you date anybody from up here?
Student; Nope.
Editor: Why not?
Student: 1 don’t know. Never thought about it. (In spite of all
this, he is smoking a Marlboro.)
Editor: (giving up) Do you have any big plans for the week
end?
Mother is going to do my laundry.
Student:
An Open Letter
Dear Readers:
1 wish to thank all of you who have commented on the first
issue to either my staff or myself. The key to progress in a
campus newspaper is the written or verbal reaction of the sub
scribers. The staff is always interested in any opinion you have
or may hear.
If you wish to comment in print on the Collegiate or any
phase of campus life, write a letter to the editor. All signed
letters of good taste will be printed as soon as possible. The
Collegiate reserves the right to refuse to print writing intended
as unjustly harmful, libelous, or in poor taste.
Let us here from you soon.
—CC
WACR Begins Broadcasting
Radio station WACR officially began a new year of broad
casting this week. The Collegiate congratulates the station per
sonnel for the progress and improvement made.
Last spring when plans were made for the installation and
operation of a college owned and operated radio facility, the
Executive Board gave its cooperation and financial support for
such an endeavor. The board felt that such a system could
become a vital agency of campus communication, as well as
entertainment.
To say the least, many hours of planning and work preced
ed Monday’s official beginning of a new year. The personnel
worked long and hard last spring in the initial establishment
of the studio. Even during the summer, one or two of the
students connected with the broadcasting organization made spe
cial trips to the college and did some advance work for this
fall. During the early days of this semester, the staff moved
all the facilities to a new location and installed additional equip
ment to improve the quality of the broadcast.
E. B. Shearin, Doug Ouzts, John Tood and the rest of the
staff have been extremely instrumental and dedicated in getting
the station in operation. There work so far has been without any
financial compensation. They deserve the thanks and recogni
tion of the entire school.
Many organizations on our campus are not as active and
constructive as they could or should be. Such groups can cer
tainly profit by following the example of interest, dedication
and hard work exemplified by the Radio Club.
It is of particular interest to note the programming now in
cludes the worthwhile and very valuable aspects of news and
weather. We feel certain the station will continue to improve
and really achieve the status of being an invEiluable means of
communication, information and entertainment to the school.
Hats off to WACR and its personnel!
—GM
Influenza Shots
Now Available
At Infirmary
According to all reports influ
enza will be a threat to all per
sons in the United States this
year. In view of tho announce
ment, Atlantic Christian College
is making influenza immuni
zation shots available to all stu
dents and members of the facul
ty who are participating in the
school medical program.
Students and faculty and facul
ty families may take the shots
at cost to the college plus a 50
cent service charge for the ad
ministration of the shots.
Persons may get their shots at
the infirmary on the following
schedule:
Monday, Oct. 2 through Fri
day, Oct. 6. Hours will be 8
through 11 a.m. and 1 through
5 p.m.
All students are urged to take
advantage of this opportunity.
Kennedy Winner
In Journalism
Award Program
NEW YORK CITY — Presi
dent and author John Fitzgerald
Kennedy was named Sept. 14 as
a winner of a nation-wide journal
ism and broadcasting award pro
gram for his article, “The Soft
American”, which appeared in
the Dec. 26, 1960 issue of
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED maga
zine.
Tennis Champion
Teaching Here
Atlantic Christian College is
fortunate to have Mrs. Virginia
SkiUman of Kinston as a physi
cal education instructor. Mrs.
Skillman, who before last June
was Miss Virginia Dumas, re
cently won runner-up honors in
the Eastern Carolina Woman’s
Tennis Championship.
In 1948 Mrs. Skillman was rat
ed as the Number 1 girl tennis
player in the South. It was in
the same year that she won the
Georgia State Tennis Champion
ship.
While attending the Universi
ty of Alabama during her under
graduate days, she won the Bir
mingham city title for four con
secutive years. Also during that
time she won the Alabama State
Closed Championship for Women
and was runner-up in the Eastern
Intercollegiate Tournament.
Before moving to North
CaroHna, Mrs. Skillman taught
at Florida State University.
While at Florida State she earn
ed her master’s degree in Physi
cal Education.
In Next Issue
In next week’s issue, there will
be two new columns which will
begin regular series.
Mr. Gene Featherstone of the
Music department wiU both write
and occasionally edit a column
on music, and events in that
field.
For the information of all stu
dents and their dates, a digest
of places to go and things to do
will begin. This column will in
clude movies playing and the
feature times, and opening and
closing times of drive-ins, mina-
ture golf, and bowling aUeys
Prices will be quoted as they
are available. Also included will
be special events such as con
certs and plays.
THE COLLEGIATE
Published Weekly
At
Atlantic Christian Colleire
Wilson, N. C.
To provide the student body and
faculty of this institution with a
means of communication and a
free discussion of the interests of
the day.
Carol Colvard
Editor
Guy Miller
Assistant Editors
Mary Louise Westphal
Business Manager
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Association
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Incorporated
Peace Corps Program
Explained By Editor
For some time, the Peace
Corps has been an international
subject in the news. Most col
lege students have a vague,
half-formed idea about the pur
pose and structure of the corps
and this is a situation which we
shall begin to remedy today. We
are in communication with the
Peace Corps and will pass on a
majority of the information we
receive from them. Since col
lege students are a prime re
source for Peace Corps person
nel we feel that the interested
student should be -acf ^mted
with this new responsibihty and
privilege of young adults.
The questions and answers be
low are reprinted from the Peace
Corps Fact Book which may be
obtained free from the corps. It
contains complete information,
and is an excellent introduction
to a study of the corpus.
I.'wv Did The Peace Corps Start'
The Peace Corps was started
on March 1, 1961, when Presi
dent Kennedy issued and Execu
tive Order establishing the Corps
on a temporary basis. The order
was based upon a comprehensive
report prepared by Robert Sar
gent Shriver, Jr., former Presi-
dent of the Chicago Board of
Education, who had undertaken a
study of the Peace Corps propo
sal at the request of the Presi
dent. . ,
During the 1960 presidential
campaign, the Peace Corps was
first mentioned by Senator Ken
nedy in a speech at the Universi
ty of Michigan and later set
forth in detail at San Francis
co.
Over the years, many persons
had suggested activities a long
the line of the Peace Corps,
and many universities, churches
and private agencies had per
formed similar work. In the Con
gress, Peace Corps legislation
was urged by Senator Hubert
Humphery of Minnesota, the late
Senator Richard Reuberger of
Oregon and Congressman Henry
Reuss of Wisconsin.
The ultimate scope and magni
tude of the permanent Peace
Corps wiU be determined by the
Congress.
Under What Authority Is
'The Peace Corps Operating?
The Peace Corps is an inde
pendent agency within the De
partment of State. It is operating
under an Executive Order and
is financed from Mutual Security
funds allocated for the present
fiscal year. Since the Peace
Corps is now on a temporary pi
lot basis, final decisions as to
long-range financing have not yet
been made. It is anticipated that
from 500 to 1,000 Volunteers will
be in training or overseas by the
end of 1961. The eventual size of
the Peace Corps wiU be decided
toy Congressional and Executive
action and will be influenced by
the number and magnitude
of requests from foreign govern-
m&nte. Much will depend upon
the judgment of the program’s
effectiveness by the American
people and the people of o1;her
nations.
What Is The Function Of tv
Peace Corps?
The Peace Corps adds a ne»
dimension to mutual assist:,,
programs. Other United Sf,r
porgrams provide military
technical assistance and rant I
to other nations The Pp
Cops will make available a m
of trained manpower to helo rS
er countries meet urgent iipm
How VVDI The Peace
Operate?
Projects must have the aoDrm,
al of bothe the host country anj
the Peace Corps. Assistance 4
be made available through «
least five channels; ‘
a- Through contracts or eranto
to private agencies engaged ^
Peace Corps - type projects
b- Through contracts or grank
with colleges, universities or oth
er educational institutions
c - Through programs of nth
er United States Government
agencies. Skilled or semi-skilleH
workers might supplement th^
work of existing technical and
economic cooperation proiectc
d - Through programs of thp
United Nations. The services of
Peace Corps volunteers will ho
offered to the United Nations for
work in technical assistance and
development programs.
e - Through programs adminis.
tered directly by the Peace
Corps.
What Will Peace Corps
Volunteers Do?
Peace Corps Volunteers will go
only where they are needed and
are w a nt e d. They will work
closely with the people they help
in some instances they wiU pro^
vide on-the-job training for host
country workers who will be on-
abled to carry on the work after
the volunteers leave.
Volunteers might function as
teachers, community develop
ment workers, agricultural ex-
Itension workers, sanitation engi
neers, construction foremen and
workers, medical assistants, me
chanics, accountants or civil ad
ministrators. They might also
work as librarians, social work
ers nurses, vacational school
teachers, surveyors, laboratory
technicians, and in a variety of
other occupations.
What Can The Volunteer
Hope To Accomplish?
The volunteer can help to rise
the standards of living or to im
prove educational and social lev
els in the less-developed areas of
the world. The sphere of his ac
tivity may be limited, however,
and his impact on the economic
or social structure of the com
munity may not be immediately
apparent.^ In many cases he will
not remain in the country to see
the results of his work.
The effective Volunteer will
find other rewards in his work.
He wiU. be enriched by experi
ence — the experience of know
ing people of another culture as
friends and fellow workers. He
will gain a deeper understandi:^
of the world and his horizons wiU
be extended. He wiH achieve a
sense of purpose and participa
tion in the seemingly remote
area of international relations.
He wiU have contributed direct
ly to world peace.
Peace Corps Tests Planned
Any American who wants to
serve in the Peace Corps wUl
have another opportunity to
qualify by taking exiaminations
on Oct. 7.
The third round of Peace Corps
examinations wiU be held at that
time in testing centers through
out the country.
TOe examinations wiU begin at
last for sbc
hours, with an additional hour
out for lunch.
Each person wiU be given his
<•'
One examination is designed
fikP women who would
like to be considered for positions
ceacners. Tp take one of these
greebJt°vo^®H'^ a bachelor’s de-
The other examination is for
to serve
5S"‘"sucr off'-SenSTs
background, special skills, and
character ref&rences.
For the tests, the Peace Corps
hopes to attract a large number
of Americans in the agricultural
and industrial fields.
“We are receiving an increas
ing number of requests for sucli
skills from prospective host coun
tries,” according to Dr. Nicholas
Hobbs, Director of Selection for
the Peace Corps. “We will have
to turn down these requests if
are unable to meet their needs.
Many of those who will tate
examinations on Oct. 7 will w
men and women who have sent
in a Peace Corps questionnaire
since the last testing in July.
But others are welcome as
well.
If you have not yet fiUed u
a questionnaire, but are interest
ed in Peace Corps service, you
can still take one of the examina
tions soon.
See the person in charge of P®
Civil Service Commission testoS
center on the morning of that
day. The examiner wiU do fflS
best to accommodate you.
Chapel And Assembly Notice
Tuesday, Oct. 3 vni
All ? * _ T7ic/-v-»'c’ in
Tuesday, Oct. 3
t "d Ch'aSr »l-
All Day Students will attpnH ^
visors in their respective meetm?
rooms. .
AU Sophomore, Junior and
ior Day students wiU atteu
Chapel. j
AU Sophomore, Junior, an
Senior Resident Students
meet in the gym.