The Collegiate
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, DECEMBER 16, 1965
NUMBER TEN
Teaching Program Is Accredited
Editorial Is
Discussed
An editorial entitled “A Sick
Government” was discussed at
some length Monday night by j
the Executive Board. The editor-;
ial appearing in last week’s Col- i
legiate was critical of Board’s |
lack of activity and the manner ,
in which the members had ap
proached their duties on the
Board.
Larry Poore, men’s dorm
president, making reference to
the editorial said that he felt
there was much truth to the ed
itorial even though it may have
been a bit ambiguous. He said
that the Board members should
perhaps make a personal resolu
tion to seek a more improved
Board, each in his own man
ner. He stated that a stronger
effort should be made towards
a more improved Board through
the rest of the year.
Following Poore’s remarks the
Board went into a general dis
cussion concerning the editorial
and the state of the Board this
year. Most Board members in
dicated that they agreed with
many points of the editorial and
that much improvement could
be made.
The members went on to dis
cuss many matters that could
and should be looked into and
problems that action could be
taken upon. Some of the mat
ters discussed dealt with pre-
registration, the cafeteria, and
Chapel programs.
Dr. Paulsell, faculty advisor,
expressed concern over the re
cent resignation of Naomi Holt.
He said that he was somewhat
concerned over this matter since
Miss Holt must have knovra that
she would be student teaching
and graduating in January. He
recommended that the Constitu
tion committee be instructed to
look into the matter, and that
a student running for office
should be in school for both
semesters and that the aspect
of a candidate being a student
teacher should also be consider
ed.
Charles Burton, junior presi
dent, moved that the chair ap
point a committee to help the
proper authorities in planning
for the Fall pre-registration this
Spring. The motion passed.
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CALLING THE ALUMNI—Some twenty telephones are shown in use as all ACC alumni are
being callcd in fund raising drive this week and last. The hopes are for the raising of $20,000, and
this particular method is xmique among colleges and universities. Plans may be made to make
this an annual affair.
Dr. Wenger Uses Taped Message
To Secure Funds From Alumni
By JACK ADAMS
A telephone rings in New York
or California, or even London.
“Hello, this is Art Wenger,
president of Atlantic Christian
College.
“I appreciate the efforts of
your fellow alumni for giving me
this opportunity to speak directly
to all alumni even if it took an
electronic miracle to make it
possible. . .”
Thus, Dr. Arthur Wenger be
gins one of more than 5,000
phone calls to Atlantic Christian
College alumni in nearly every
state of the nation and several
foreign countries.
How does he have time to
personally call every alumni of
the school?
He wouldn’t, were it not for
the miracle of electronics.
Dr. Wenger’s message to the
alumni is a one-minute taped
recording, hooked up to 20 tele^
phones in the college’s Faculty
Lounge, which resemhles NASA’s
communications center.
More than 400 alumni - volun
teers are working during the pe^
riod from December 6 until De
cember 17, placing calls to for
mer ACC students.
The calls are made between
the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 9:30
p.m. each night.
When the right party answers,
a volunteer worker says, “Dr.
Arthur D. Wenger, president of
Atlantic Christian College, would
like to speak to you now.”
Then, Dr. Wenger’s taped mes
sage from the college president
plea for contributions, and it
has been working.
The unique approach to raising
funds for the college has never
been tried at another school, ac
cording to James F u 1 g h u m,
chairman of the ACC Aluinni
Fund Committee.
Fulghum said the experimental
project was started to confirm
the supposition that a personal
message from the college presi
dent, even though taped, would
have more impact on alumni
than a call from a fellow alum
nus.
Officials of the telephone proj
ect are hoping to raise around
$20,000 during the campaign,
while expenses are expected
to total slightly over $3,000.
The phone project is part of
an overall campaign to raise
A CHRISTMAS PARTY—For the chUdren at toe S^ool for the^Dea^ thrparty“a^^80 ACC
noon by the Student Government was the arrival of Santa, CecU WilUs, and
students assisted in the fun and games. Cookie Wickham, vice president; and R. M.
presents were distributed. Standing «>e rear are Cooto^w porreca)
McAdam, superintendent of the School for the I>eaf. (mow oy
is to lay the groundwork for a cc
® I funds to meet a five-year ACC
I development and expansion pro
gram, designed to offset an en
rollment crisis.
Dr. Wenger tells alumni,
“This past September we had to
turn down two out of every
three students who applied for
admission to the college and one
out of two of those who were
qualified to enter.”
He also notes that the main
campus was constructed for 750
students, “and we now have 1,-
447 enrolled and an annual oper
ating budget of almost $L5 mil
lion. . .
Hatten Hodges, alumni direc
tor, said approximately one-third
of the alumni contacted made
gifts, while another one-third
promised to consider making a
pledge later.
“Only about 33 per cent give
an absolute “no” answer,” Hodg
es added.
During the first three nights of
the campaign, eight $100 gifts
and one $500 gift were made.
One Greenville alumnus con
tacted asked, “Is $5 too much?”
The volunteer answered, “No.”
“Is $10 too much?”
“No.”
“Well, how about $100?”
Speechless for a while, the
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N.C. State Board Of
Education Gives
A(]C Fiill Approval
Atlantic Christian College’s
program of teacher education
has been fully approved and ac
credited by the N. C. State
Board of Education under the
board’s new approach to certifi
cation of public school teachers.
The college was informed of the
board’s action recently by Dr.
J. P. Freeman, director of the
Division of Professional Services
of the State Department of Pub
lic Instruction.
To qualify under the new “ap
proved program,” a team of
teacher education experts visits
the campus of an institution in
the teacher training field and
evaluates its entire program—
curriculum, faculty and facilities.
Such a team visited the Atlantic
Christian College campus last
spring. As a result of the team
study, the college’s entire teach
er education program was ap
proved and accredited for a full
five-year period beginning with
the l%5-66 academic year.
Atlantic Christian has been
training teachers for the public
schools for many years under
accreditation by the State De
partment of Public Instruction.
Under the old system, the col
lege recommended its teacher
education candidates to the state
department which in turn certi
fied them. Under the new “ap
proved program” Atlantic Chris
tian is authorized to certify its
student teachers as meeting the
qualifications and standards set
forty by the state department.
The college may recommend
candidates for teaching certifi
cates in elementary teaching,
and secondary teaching in the
areas of business education, En
glish, foreign language (French
and Spanish), mathematics, sci
ence, social studies, and pro
grams in special subject fields
of art, music, and health and
physical education.
According to a recent survey,
more graduates of Atlantic
Christian College are teaching in
the public schools in North Caro
lina than graduates from any
other privately supported college
in the state.
Sig Pi Alpha
Holds Party
Sigma Pi Alpha held its an
nual Christmas program Tues
day night, December 14, in the
Harper Hall Rec. room. The
room was packed full with in
terested Sigma Pi Alpha mem
bers, language students, faculty
sponsors. Dr. Esther Long and
Hugh B. Johnston, and special
guests. The program was a var
ied one in which several coun
tries were well represented. The
Christmas stories in French,
German, and Spanish were read'
by Wade Privette, Philip Ritter,
and Linda BaJkmun, respective
ly. Three French Playlets, a
German .skit entitled “At the
Dentist’s” —directed by Mr. El
bert Edelbrock, and a French
skit entitled “Une Invitation du
Club Francais” were also pre
sented. Charles Whittington told
the group about various interest
ing German customs; B ettie
Strother and Catherine Boyette
discussed the customs of France,
and Janie McCormick spoke
briefly about some of the Latin
American Christmas customs. A
Freshman student from ’riiai-
land, Anadapol Srivardhana,
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