PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Tlie Collegiate
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, MARCH 18, 1965
NUMBER NINETEEN
David Webb Defeats Richard Surles
Referendum Passes
By Huge Landslide
Atlantic Christian College students
overwhelmingly voted in favor of
allowing Negro atheltes to be active
ly recruited here in a campus-wide
referendum last Monday and Tues
day.
The final vote, as released by
Corky Ecklin, chairman of the Exe
cutive Board’s Committee, was as
Spring Vacation
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (CPS)—
Students planning beach-party, fun-
in-the-sun spring vacations are be
ing discouraged from bringing their
revels to this vacation resort.
The city, the police department,
and the chamber of commerce are
hoping to stave off the collegiate
invasion that has, become an annual
rite since Fort Lauderdale with -
drew its hospitality to students.
Instead of spending money for
entertainment facilities to woo visit
ing students, as it did last year,
the city is appropriating $10,000 for
police reinforcements to handle
“crowd control.”
follows:445 in favor, 161 against,
and 107 who did not wish to express
an opinion.
Adding emphasis to a general pro
test of the Board of Trustee’s re
cent policy prohibiting the recruit
ing of Negro athletes was the pas
sage of a motion last week by
the Co-Op Executive Board which
mandated that a letter be sent the
Trustees protesting the adopted pol
icy.
The ACC faculty also passed a
motion last week by a substantial
majodity protesting the Trustees po
licy.
The decision adopted by the Trus
tees stipulated the following; . .
we should not, at this time, recruit
Negro atheltes. . . .any desirable
student who meets the qualifica
tions of the schools and is admitted,
and who has the desire to partici
pate in athletic events should be
given that opportunity.”
Thus f a r no official action has
been taken by the Trustees to either
reverse or qualify its decision. Tlie
next meeting of the Board will be
held near the end of May.
Hale’s Reasons
The following is a letter sent to
the Chairman of the Election’s Com
mittee and to the editor of THE i
COLLEGIATE by Freddie Hale, a j
recent candidate for Co(^rative As-;
sociation president.
“I feel that it is necessary for me
to withdraw from the campaign for
the presidency of the Cooperative
Association. The office of presi
dency carries with it a heavy re
sponsibility, to the student body.
There are extenuating circumstances
coming up in the year 1965-66, that,
if elected, I feel would limit my
fulfulling the duties of President.
In the fall semester I will take
a two-month leave from school to
practice teach in Greensboro. This,
j means that I would be absent from
i all student affairs for two of the
{nine months in office.
In the spring semester I must
complete four courses in the science
department to fulfill my double ma
jor. Each course carries with it an
afternoon lab; consequently, I would
be prevented from keeping the re
quired afternoon hours in the Co
operative office.
In the field of athletics, my in
tentions are to participate in the
spring baseball program, thus, an
other time consuming factor. With
out the athletic grant-in-aid I could
not continue my college education
because of financial conditions.
It is my personal opinion that
this office should be carried out by
a person free from such activities;
therefore, I feel it would be an in
justice to the student body to serve
as president under these circum
stances.
I would like to thank those who
have supported my campaign witih
their encouragement and trust. The
fact that you have considered me
worthy of such a high position is
very gratifying, I regret I will be
unable to fulfill this position with the
full effort it requires and deserves.”
Sincerely yours,
Freddie Hale
Webb Receives 56 Per
Cent Of Total Votes
To Win Presidency
David Webb has been elected pres
ident of the Cooperative Association
at Atlantic Christian College.
Webb defeated Richard Surles in
a run-off election Wednesday by 78
votes polling 363 votes over Surles’
total of 285.
The Preident-dect made the fol
lowing statement to THE COLLEGI
ATE Wednesday night: “I’m thrilled
that I won and I appreciate all the
help that I received. I sincerely
hope that everyone will unite to
gether and work for the common
DAVID WEBB
good of the campus.”
Commenting on the election re
sult Surles said. “The students voted
for whom they wanted and I hope
they like what they get.”
Fred Barber, a third candidate for
the office, was ousted from con
tention in the primary election last
Monday and Tuesday, Barber re
ceived only 117 votes in the two-day
balloting out of a total of 751, thus
mandating a run-off election be
tween Webb and Surles.
Freddie Hale, a fourth candidate
for the top student position at At
lantic Christian, withdrew from the
race last weekend. Hal’s reasons
for withdrawing are printed in a
letter on paige 1 of THE COLLEGI
ATE.
In the other races for cabinet
positions of the Co-Op, Cookie
Wickham, incumbent secretary,
soundly defeated Gid Alston for Co-
Op vice president tallying 530 votes
to Alston’s 230 votes. Carol Wells
crushed Kathy Traylor in the race
for secretary receiving 516 votes to
Traylor’s 243, Elwood Vann won the
position of treasurer uncontested re
ceiving 724 votes.
Nomoinations for all other student
leaders, except Day Student repre
sentatives, were held Thursday. Can
didates for Day Student president
and DS senator will be held on
March 30.
thanks MRS. WENGER—This is the idea behind the gift as Lee
Horne, President of the Cooperative Association, presents to Mrs.
Arthur I>. Wenger a silver tray as a token of appreciation for her
service to ACC students.
Mrs, Wenger Is Speaker
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The Executive Board held its an
nual spring dinner Monday night
at the Imperial Inn. Guest speaker
for the occasion was Mrs. Arthur
D. Wenger.
After dinner Mrs. Wenger was
introduced by David Webb, who said
The theme of Mrs. Wenger’s
speech was “Do you care enough
to give your very best?” She went
on to note that history is filled
with those who cared enough, and
that the influence of one person
that Mrs. Wenger had demonstrated i often does make ‘the’ great dif
many times that she was a friend
to all ACC students.
CCA Reveals
Meeting Here
On Morality
The Campus Christian Association
announced this week that April 5-9
has been scheduled for the Campus
Christian Morality Conference. The
conference will be engaged in an
examination of campus morality to
day.
Principal speaker for the confer
ence is Dr. Thomas E. McCollough,
Professor of Religion at Duke Uni
versity.
Following morning lectures, which
include q u e s t i o n-answer per -
iods, times are being set aside for
various small group discussions and
dinner meetings.
ference in history
Mrs. Wenger said that in order
to care you must be genuinely con
cerned. A person must also be
articulate, because he who does less
is full of sound and fury but not of
thoughtfulness. To these words must
be added responsible, and finally the
word effective. She said, “College
is a time of being more effective.
Those who speed haphazardly get
only a small view of the scenery.”
She noted that grades are only one
indication of preparing to be more
effective, and that extra-curricular
activities are another way.
Mrs. Wenger concluded her speech
by saying, “Those of you who
care enough, you are truly the
light of the world.”
FoUovdng the address, Co-Op
President Lee Horne presented Mrs.
Wenger a silver tray as a g^t
from all the students in apprecia
tion for the things she has done
on the students’ behalf.
Stuart Lee
Makes Appeal
To Dr. Wenger
Stuart Lee was placed on social
probation and asked to resign as
President of the Sophomore Class
by the Discipline and Modal Com
mittee last Thursday night. Lee was
charged with “attempting to operate
a public dance,” and was found
guilty of the charge.
The case developed when a radio
announcement made last week an
nounced the presenting of the sopho
more dance held on March 12. Lee
said that he had had the announce
ment made with the understanding
that the dance was not to be opened
to the public.
The feeling of the Discipline and
Morals Committee was that the an
nouncement did invite the public
to the dance, and that this went
against a ruling made by the Social
Committee last semester which stat
ed that Atlantic Christian College
dances are for the students and,
thereby, not open to the public.
Commenting on the decision of
the committee Lee said,“I believe
the Discipline and Morals Commit
tee over-dramatized the situation be
cause of the lack of precedent and
a misunderstanding of the intention
of the radio announcement.”
Lee has appealed the decision
and presented new evidence to Dr.
Wenger, and as of Tuesday night the
final judgment was still pending.
NEW CURRICULUM LAB—Shown above is the new curriculum lab
Which was set up recently in the library in an effort to strengthen
the teacher education program of Atlantic Christian College.
More On Curriculum Lab
hanan’s “Programed Georgraphy.”
Materials and textbooks concerned
with the “new mathematics” are
in heavy demand by the students.
Located in the collection too, is a
selected group of current magazines
and periodicals from the field of
educatition.
With this separate facility, the
future teacher can locate, in one
place, a science textbook designed
in fourth-grades, an anthology of
poetry for gifted students, a dis
cussion on the creation of effective
bulletin boards, or the certification
requirements for teachers in New
York.
While the bulk of the material can
be borrowed for short loan periods,
the laboratory serves as reference
function primarily. In oder to give
effective help to the user the room
is staffed by library personnel.
This fully catalogued and indixed
collection is expected to continue
to grow at an accelerated rate until
it contains approximately three thou
sand books and pamphlets.
In an effort to strengthen the
program of teacher-education at
ACC, a curriculum laboratory was
recently established in the C. L.
Hardy Library.
Otis Coefield, the librarian, stated
that the laboratory .is essentially
a separate collection of books and
other materials of pertinent value
to prospective teachers. The core of
the collection is the group of
state-adopted basal textbooks used
in North Carolina public schools,
both elementary and secondary.
While the collection is still in for
mative phase, it does include var
ious supplementary material such
as encyclopedias, dictionaries, maps
I
and atlases, and books on the latest
teaching methods and techniques.
Of particular value are the course
outlines, and curriculum studies
from North Carolina and other states
of the nation. Also found in the
collection are recent programmed
learning titles such as “English 2600
-A Programmed Course for Gram
mar and Usage”, and C. D. Buc-