The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, SEPTEMBER 21, 1962
NUMBER ONE
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Orientation Week Held
For Freshmen Students
suit cases, boxes, and pacltages along with the excitement ci mov
ing mto Harper Hall, marked tlie begmmng of Freshman Orientation. Shown above is David Peebles
helpmg Jeanette Ashley move into the dorm.
Dr. Elton Trueblood Is Guest Speaker
At Sixty-First Annual Convocation
The Sixty-First Annual Convoca
tion of Atlantic Christian College
was held on Thursday, Sept. 13, in
front of the classroom building. Chap
lain Dan Hensley Jr. presided.
The president of the college. Dr.
Arthur D. Wenger, introduced the
speaker, Dr. Elton D. Trueblood, an
eminent American educator.
Dr. Trueblood was graduated at
William Penn College, at Harvard
University, and at Johns Hopkins,
where he received his Ph.D. degree.
He began his teaching career in
1927 at Guilford College. He h a s
since taught at several institutions
and is novs^ Professor of Philosophy
at Earlham College. Dr. Trueblood
is also a well-known author, having
written nineteen books.
Dr. Trueblood’s address was on
education. He stated that learning
is on the move from the fringes to
the center of our society. “The
richest learning comes from a com
bination of faith and intellectual en
vironment; he called it the idea of
the Fertile Cross.”
He said that this 'Fertile Cross
produces four realities, the first of
which is Responsibility. Sartre be
lieved that the deepest thing in
philosophy is the willingness to be
responsible for one’s actions. In
Christian doctrine, each man is a
small creator who can change the
world. Each man has a choice.
“The second reality is Integrity—
the necessity for sticking to one
opinion and of being truthful. Dr.
Trueblood stressed the fact that it
is essential for the Christian to have
integrity; he proves his beliefs by
Campus Calendar
TUESDAY, SEPT. 25
Freshman class meet in Chapel for
elections
Other classes meet in Gym for
Student Congress Presentation.
Thursday, Sept. 27
Freshmen meet with Advisors in
assigned rooms
Other classes meet in Gym for
service of worship.
TUESDAY, Oct. 2
Cooperative Association Meeting
in Gym.
THURSDAY, OCT. 4
Freshman class meet in Chapel
Sophomore class meet in Gym
Junior class meet in Science Lec
ture Room.
Senior class meet in Harper Hall
Recreation Room.
Tuesday, Oct. 9
Everybody meet in Gym for a to
tal worship service.
his day to day acts.
“The third is Excellence. Many
students “live on the edge” in their
work and could do far better. It
should be the duty of the college to
discourage mediocrity and the duty
of the student to strive for excel
lence. He said that “Part of being
a Christian is not to waste the pow
ers that God alone has given you.”
“The last is Humility. Man does
not know everything and he never
will. To know ignorance is to know
a great thing. Dr. Trueblood closed
with these words, ‘Keep these in
mind: Responsibility, Integrity, Ex
cellence, Humility — and the great
est of these is Humility’,”
The program included a solo by
Mr. James Cobb, head of the Music
Department, and a prayer by Dr.
William Tucker, head of the Religion
Department.
Nominations For Frosh
Officers Set
The 1962 Freshman class submits
the following nominees for class of
ficers: president. Gene Brown, Joe
Eastman and Floyd Harnage; Vice-
president, George Farr, James Ross,
Charles Taylor, Todd Johnson, Rich
ard Surrells, and Mary Hardy; Sec
retary; Cookie Wikham, Randy
Smart, Kathrine Trailer, Karen Sam-
sel; Treasurer, Richard Massey,
Students Pioneer In
Applied Industrial
Research Program
Governor Sanford’s dream of an
Eastern North Carolina agri-indus
trial revolution “fashioned on the
lathe of its educational institutions”
became a reality this month.
Significantly, the spark was ig
nited on the same campus where
Sanford expounded the i d e a 19
months ago in his first major ed
ucation address” following his first
inauguration.
Speaking at an “Industry and
Higher Education” conference at
Atlantic Christian Feb. 6, 1961, San
ford challenged the State’s liberal
arts colleges to take up the torch
of economic diversification in the
East by blending their academte
talents with business know-how in
industry.
Now, almost two years later, the
challenge has been accepted, and
educators here predict a new realm
of progress spawned by the part
nership.
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, president
of the college said the institution
will become the first church-related
liberal arts college in North Caro
lina to undertake a program of ap
plied industrial research. The pro
gram is being accomplished jointly
See EXEC BOARD Page 4
For Tuesday
Brenda Ellis, Dickie Davenport,
Jack Williams, Vick Gauzza; Sena
tors, Betty Brubaker, Linda Win-
burn, Jim Powers, Penny Kirk and
John Day.
Any Freshman student who de
sires to run for an office may do so
by submitting to E. B. Shearin, pres
ident of the Cooperative Association,
a petition bearing 33 freshman sig
natures advocating him for office.
This action places said student as
an official nominee for office.
The freshman class will hear cam
paign speeches at Chapel hour on
Tuesday, Sept. 28th.
Nearly four hundred freshmen ar
rived on the campus of Atlantic
Christian College on Wednesday,
September 5. Tlius was set into mo
tion another annual week of fresh
man orientation.
After the usual afternoon of meet
ing new roommates, carrying suit
cases and boxes up the dormitory
steps, and vainly trying to quickly
get rooms into halfway decent order,
all retired to center campus for a
picnic. After the supper and a brief
vesper program, a social was held
which enabled the studens to become
better acquainted with one another.
The night was closed with meetings
for resident students in each of
their respective dorms.
On Thursday morning, all fresh
men assembled in Howard Chapel.
After greetings from the president
and dean of the college, the deans
of men and women were introduced
along with the department chairmen.
Each freshman was then assigned to
a faculty advisor and the rest of the
day was spent in taking placement
tests. For Thursday evening, each
student had a choice between a mov
ie in the chapel, recreation in the
gym, or bridge in the bohunk.
All day Friday was spent in filling
Baptist Students
To Hold Meeting
Baptist studens of Atlantic Chris
tian will hold their first meeting of
the year Oct. 2 in the parlor of the
First Baptist Church. Proceeding
the meeting, all members, old and
new, will be feted at a supper which
will be held in the Fellowship Hall.
Mary Ann Roberson was installed
president of the BSU at the last
meeting of the 1961-62 year. Other
officers who have been installed are
as follows: vice-president, Arnold
Nilson; secretary - treasurer, Alice
Shepard; CCA representative, Ann
Hayes, worship chairman, Dan Shin-
gleton; publicity chairman, Barbara
Lewellyn, and missions chairman,
Tempie Brake.
A plan of work for the coming
year will be drawn up Monday night
by the officers of this organization.
All Baptist students attending ACC
are urged by Miss Roberson to be
come members of this organization.
Exec Board Holds Opening Session
rolls which read as follows: Con
cert and Assembly, Jimmy Aycock,
chairman, Martha Sue Mewbom,
Jewel Cooper, and James Boswell,
The initial meeting for the 1962-63
academic year of the Cooperative
Association held on Sept. 17th, E. B.
Shearin, president, opened the meet
ing with welcoming remarks and
called for reading of the minutes.
The main topics of discussion con
cerned a parking violation fine sys
tem applicable to students that il
legally park in the faculty parking
lot or elsewhere on campus. This
motion was tabled until further dis
cussion by the administration,
Sandra Freedman, vice president
of the Co-op, motioned and re
quested a committee to investigate
minor changes in the Cooperative
Association building next to Tweet-
ies, Sherri Hearn, senior senator
and B, H. Hinnant, Day student Rep
resentative were selected to con
sult with Miss Freedman on this
matter.
A motion concerning the Format
of a central publicity committee ser
vicing all official campus organiza
tions was submitted by Miss Freed
man, however this action failed to
receive an acknowledging second.
Bob Stone, senior class president,
submitted the campus committees
members; Social Committee, Sarah
Bain Ward, faculty member, Carol
See PIONEER Page 3
out schedules for the coming year.
The new students were also given
opportunity to ask questions about
the school and its iwlicies. That
evening, after a CCA program in
the chapel, the students were free
for the rest of tlie night,
Saturday morning, the process of
making out schedules was complet
ed, At the morning chapcl assem
bly, (he officers of the Cooperative
Association w'cre introduced, and the
president of the org;uiization deliv
ered his annual address, A group of
lectures on how to study, take
notes, and take tests, was given
and extended into the afternoon. On
Saturday evening, a grand array of
talent was presented in a show in
the chapel, followed by a dance on
the patio of the classroom building.
Instead of going to different
churches about tlie city on Sunday
morning, all freshmen attended a
worship service in Howard Chapel.
The group was free for the rest of
the day to look about the city or
spend a quiet evening resting in the
dorms. On Sunday evening, a recep
tion for all freshmen and transfer
students was held at the home of
Dr. and Mrs. Wenger.
Each advisor’s group was assigned
a time on Monday for filling out
class cards and paying bills. A
“how to” session was held on Mon
day afternoon. Later in the evening,
the IFC sponsored a picnic and a
program for providing the new stu
dents with an idea of Greek life on
campus. On Tue,sday morning, the
fre.shmen wrote their autobiograph
ies, The afternoon was spent in stu
dent government workshops le<l by
various campus leaders to further
acquaint each student with certain
aspects of campus life, Tuesday
night gave each new student plenty
of time to meet upperclassmen and
to worry about the inevitable begin
ning of classes on Wednesday morn
ing.
Students Attend
Faculty Reception
The Atlantic Chri.stian College fac
ulty entertained the student body
with a reception and dance on Sep
tember 20, The purpose of the formal
affair was to welcome back mem
bers of the ACC student body and to
become better acquainted with the
freshmen and transfer students.
Following the reception the stu
dents moved inside the Classroom
building where they served punch.
A dance featuring the “Charles
Burt Combo” was presented inside
the Classroom Building.
The dance lasted from 8:30 to
11:30 p.m.
mmrnmmimm
SPEAKS AT CONVOCATION—Dr. Elton D. Trueblood is shown above
addressing the full student body at its first official meeting of the
’62-63 academic year. Many visiters were present on the lawn of the
classroom building for the ceremony.
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