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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, FEBRUARY 10, 1966
NUMBER FOURTEEN
Drinking Bill Under Consideration
AC Smoking
Problem Is
Considered
Mrs. Jeffries’s Thuesday and
Thursday Healthful Living class
worked on a serious problem
last semester. The problem was
“Smoking, A Health Hazard To
Atlantic Christian Students.”
The class conducted survey;
had interviews; did research;
made observations; and drew
conclusions. They asked, “Why
do students Smoke?”, “How does
it affect them—psychologically,
physically, and socially?”, “What
Can Be Done About the Prob
lem on this campus?”
The class found out that about
half of the students smoke and
more take up the habit each
day. All students are affected
by cigarette smoke. Non-smok
ers are enveloped by a smoky
haze which they have no choice
but to breathe, "niere are
scientific facts about disabling
and irreversible effects of smok
ing which are NOT controversial.
Students are indifferent, unedu
cated, in danger and need to be
iformed.
The class made several sug
gestions on how the problem
could be lessened at Atlantic
Christian College. Their sugges
tions are as follows:
1. New and-or enforced reg
ulations about smoking which in
clude smoking in dormitories, the
lunchroom, classrooms, during
classes, during committee meet
ings, in other campus buildings, |
and at banquets and social gath
ering.
2. Better housekeeping; the
Classroom floors are covered
with unsightly stubs, full ash
trays are on desks, shelves,
teacher’s desk. Corridors, loung
es, classrooms are filled with
stifling smoke.
3. Regulations about cigarette
See SMOKING Page 4
BLOODMOBILE COMMITTEE—Directing the efforts of the Bloodmobile to be held on campus
Feb. 24 are the individuals in the above picture. Pictured from left to right are, Marshall Smith,
student co-chairman; Hatten Hodges, Administrative chairman; Mrs. Stuart Walston, local
Red Cross representative; and Bobbie Ellis, student co-chairman. Various campus organizations
will compete for the most donors.
Collegiate Editors Attend
Annual Editors Conference
Notice
There will be a meeting of
the golf team and all persons
interested in joining on Tuesday,
Feb. 15, at 3:30 p.m. in Coach
Cloyd’s office. Candidates should
be able to shoot consistently 85
or under for 18 holes.
By DWIGHT WAGNER
The Eighth Annual Editors
Conference held last weekend
was attended by Collegiate edi
tors Dwight Wagner and Charles
Wolfe. The conference began in
Nsw York on Friday, Feb. 3,
and was completed in Washing
ton on Monday, Feb. 7.
The basic theme of the con
ference was international
and national affairs with a par
ticular interest towards Vietnam.
Various speakers participated
and a number of seminars were
also held. A Reader’s Digest
grant m.ade the conference pos
sible.
The conference officially open
ed at the Overseas Press Club
with an. address from Theodore
Sorenson, who was a special
assistant to President Kennedy
and who has just recently writ
ten the book “Kennedy.” Soren
son stressed the need to stop
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dance. The winner was decided Duncan)
dancing partner is David Ryan. (Photo by Gene Duncan;
nuclear proliferation, and the
necessity towards more world
cooperation. He also said that
the United States needs to rec
ognize Communist China and to
develop some type of relations
with that country.
Speaking at the same time
was Max Frankel, chief diplo
matic correspondent for the New
York Times, who said that col
lege editors have a great re
sponsibility towards relating cur
rent events to the way that they
affect students. He emphasized
the need for responsible action
in the general conduct of pub
lishing newspapers.
Saturday morning was spent
with the holding of area semi
nars. Charles Wolfe attended the
one on China where William Tay
lor was the main speaker on
the panel. Taylor is a reporter
for a Toronto newspaper and
has been the only reporter from
North America to spend consid
erable time in Red China in
recent years. Wagner attended
a seminar on Europe and De-
gaulle where a number of noted
correspondents from the news
world were on the panel.
The afternoon was given to a
series of seminars on Vietnam
were again a number of experts
in this field participated in the
discussions.
On Sunday the conference shift
ed its activities to Columbia Uni-
Facuity Recital
Slated Sunday
A faculty recital, featuring Ted
Gossett, organist and adjunct in
structor in the Department of
Music of Atlantic Christian Col
lege, will be presented Sunday,
Feb. 13, at 3 p.m., at the First
Methodist Church of Wilson.
Gossett is organist at the First
Baptist Church in Rocky Mount
and also serves as an adjunct in
structor at NN. C. Wesleyan Col
lege. He was awarded his M. A.
degree from East Carolina Col
lege in 1964.
Included in the program will
be the Bach organ concerto in
G and Prelude and Fugu ein
major. Prelude and Intermezzo
by the contemporary German
composer Hermann Schroeder,
Dialogue on the Mixtures by
Jean Langlais, and a portion of
the Sonata on the 94th Psalm
by Julius Reubke.
The public is invited.
versity and the School of Jour
nalism. These activities includ
ed a number of “shop ta'k”
sessions which were very inter
esting and beneficial. The visit
to Columbia was topped off by
a banquet at which Sen. Rol>
ert Kennedy spoke briefly and
answered questions from the
floor. Of note was the position
taken by Kennedy on Vietnam.
He was not totally in favor of
our present policy, but he was
not entirely opposed to it either.
In this manner he very skillfully
straddled the fence.
Following the banquet the
group boarded buses for the
trip to Washington, and arrived
there late that evening. Monday
morning discussions were held
with Department of Health, Ed
ucation and Welfare officials and
the theme was mainly on the
role of the federal government
in education.
The conference was concluded
at the State Department where
officials discussed the Great So
ciety and the war in Vietnam.
It was originally arranged to
have Secretary of State, Dean
Rusk speak to the conference,
and it had been felt that Presi
dent Johnson would also have
made an appearance. Unfortu
nately, their trip to Hawaii pre
vented this.
Those of us who attended this
conference felt that it was ex
ceedingly educatonal and infor
mative, and that much useful in
formation and ideas came forth.
Blood Drive
To Be Held
Campus leaders met in the
Faculty Lounge Wednesday, Feb.
9 to lay plans for a Red Cross
Bloodmobile visit to the college.
The Bloodmobile visit will be
held Thursday, Feb. 24 from
1:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Lobby
of Hackney Hall Dorm.
Serving as chairman and vice-
chairman of the drive, respec
tively, are Marshall Smith, a se
nior political science major, and
Bobbie Ellis, a sophomore edu
cation major.
Attending the Wednesday meet
ing were the presidents of the
seven fraternities and sororities,
the Day Students Association,
the Women’s and Men’s Dormi-
See BLOOD DRIVE Page 4
(luinpiis (^oiniiiittce.s
To Review
Driiikiii^r Bill
(Editor's note) The following
letter was presented to David
Webb from Dean Robert Bennet
in response to the drinking re
commendation that was adopted
by the Executive Board.
“This is to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter requesting
that the bill entitled “A Revision
of the Present Rule of Conduct
Concerning Drinking” be re
ferred to appropriate College of
ficials for action.
“The procedures which I pro
pose to follow are as follows:
(1) to have the Student Life
Committee review the proposal
and make recommendations; (2)
to ask the Discipline and Morale
Committee to review the bill
and make recommendations since
they are delegated with the re
sponsibility for disposing of all
disciplinary cases referred to
them, and, also, have a concern
for the morale and welfare of
the campus community; and (3)
to refer the recommendations of
the preceding groups to the Ad-
minstrative Council for their ac
tion. Should the Administrative
Council deem it necessary, the
bill may eventually be presented
to the entire faculty for their
consideration prior to the time
it is submitted to the Board of
Trustees.
“The above procedures may
appear as unnecessary “Red
tape”. However, in the demo
cratic system of government it
is necessary that all individuals
and groups concerned be given
an opportunity to express their
views on all policy formation
which ultimately has an effect
upon their welfare. As initiates
of this bill, various members of
the Student Government Associa
tion may anticipate request to
make appearances before the var
ious bodies deliberating upon the
final disposition of this bill.
“I can assure you that care
ful consideration will be given
to this request, and that the
implications will be reviewed
with diligence.”
Poet’s Works
Performed
“Robert Frost on Stage,” a
dramatic presentation of works
by America’s greatest poet, was
performed on the campus of At
lantic Christian College on Wed
nesday, Feb. 9, at 8:15 p.m. in
Howard Chapel, by the popular
touring theatrical group, the Ka
leidoscope Players. ITie new
adaptation of some of the
poet’s familiar writings, as well
as some of his lesser known
works, is by Allen Bales, profes
sor of oral interpretation at the
University of Alabama.
The Kaleidoscope Players have
been recognized throughout the
country for their interpretations
of works by Dylan Thomas,
Shaw. Rostand and most recent
ly, Carl Sandburg. Now they add
the poetry of Robert Frost after
several years of negotiations
with the author publishers. BiU
Fegan, founder and producer of
the vegabonding company, stat
ed in a recent interview, “Tliis
production of Frost’s great
works is the most exciting thing
that has happened to our group
since that beginning year when
he toured the Thomas lyric mas
terpiece. “Under Mild Wood.”
The entire cast is genuinely
thrilled and we look forward to
the best response of our career."