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,UBLISHED WEEKLY
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. MARCH 16, 1967
NUMBER EIGHTEEN
Dexter Is Elected To Head SGA
Sen. Harkey
May Come
The budget played a signifi-
■ant role in the proceedings of
'his week’s SGA E x e c u t i y
5oard meeting. Most of the
terns discussed were of a
mdgetary nature.
Dwight Wagner, SGA presi-
lent, reported that he had been
ittempting to obtain a U. S.
lenator to speak on campus. He
aid that he had written Robert
(ennedy, but Mr. Kennedy had
■eplied that he would not be
ible to speak here.
Wagner said he then got in
ouch with a booking company
;oncerning the matter. From
his company he obtained the
lame of Senator Harkey as a
jossible speaker. Wagner said
here is a possibility that ACC
night gain his services for $500
)lus traveling expenses.
A motion was passed giving
he president of SGA the power
,0 gain the senator as a speaker
m campus, April 18, 20, 24, or
!5 are the possible dates pro-
30sed for him to speak,
Barry Havens, student coordi
nator, reported on the Student
stress Conference which Mr.
Ross Albert, Betsy Milligan and
le attended. Havens felt the
;itle for the conference was in-
jppropriate. He felt a better one
TOuld have been Conference on
College Experience.
He stated that it was not the
,ype of thing that gives one the
answers to alleviate stress. Mr.
Ubert said he felt the greatest
ralue of the conference was how
iuch a thing might work on this
;ampus. He said it might be
Tiore valuable at mid - term
ffhen pink slips are out. He
stated it might help students o
?et through the rest of the se-
nester. He felt the conference
nade the individual probe to
see what controlling factors are
involved with student behavior.
The conference was sponsored
jy the National Student Associa-
ion’s Environmental Study of
alleges.
The Executive Board also had
ts annual debate over whether
it should give itself gifts at the
Md of the year. As usual the
debate was at certain points
rather heated with a lot of hu-
Mor also involved. A motion
stating that nothing be given as
Sifts to the board failed, but al-
See SENATOR Page 4
IM
TO HEAD SGA — New officers were elected March 13-14 for the Atlantic Christian Stpdent
Government Association. They are (from left to right): Beth Best, secretary; Ellisi Kirkland,
treasurer; Dou^ Dexter, president, Tim Overman, vice president is not pictured,
ACC^s Strengths and Weaknesses
Listed in Poll of Student Opinion
By CHARLES WOLFE
As a result of the Southern
Association’s visit to Atlantic
Christian, the Collegiate got the
idea of having some of , the stu
dents expresss their opinions con
cerning what they feel to be
the major strength and weakness
of the college. At random sev
eral students were asked to tell
what they feel are the major
weakness and strength of the
college.
One of the things that was
stressed by several students as
a major strength of the college
is the size of the college, “By
having a small college with a
limited enrollment everyone gets
to know everybody else,” stated
Frank Harper, a Physical Edu
cation major. Judy Youngblood
also expressed a similar view
by saying, “the fact that ACC
is a small college gives the
student a great opportunity to
meet more people and be more
than a number.” However, she
also stated “a weakness of the
college is that students don’t
take advantage of this oppor
tunity. With a college this small
WAYNE NORRIS SIGNS AC SCHOLARSHIP
■ ■ • *wansboro Coach Parkin (seated), AC Coach Ira
Norfolk (back at left), Wilbur Norris Look On
every student should know half
the student body, but they
don’t.”
Bob Noble, expanded this
point by saying that a small
college gives the student the
feeUng of gaining a personal
education, instead of being run
through an educational machine.
There were also many other
reasons mentioned why being a
small college is a strength,
Charles Langley expressed the
feeling that ACC’s smallness
brings about a close relationship
between student and faculty.
Nancy Cossairt said, “It gives
our college a friendly atmos
phere, and allows you to obtain
help from teachers when you
need it.”
Phil Ritter saw ACC’s small
ness as both a strength and a
weakness. He said, “being small
has both its advantages and its
disadvantages. It is up to the
student to decide whether he is
willing to take a small college’s
weaknesses along with its
strengths. I feel that our
strengths in relation to the small
college situation override the dis
advantages.”
There were also many other
things that were seen as
strengths. Beth Best, a sopho
more, said, “a major strength
of the college is its concern
with progress in education in
stead of enrollment numbers.”
Betsy Nash stated, “even
though we are a small college
the majority of classes are on a
big school level of quality.”
Bill Griffin, a music major,
saw the high quality of faculty
Reminder Of
Essay Contest
Students who are interested in
writing an eassay for the An
nual Denny Essay Award are
reminded that the deadhne for
receiving the essays is April 7
and they should be turned mto
Mr. Robert Hollar, chairman of
the Faculty Awards Commit-
t6G.
The topic for the essay is
“American Morality and Viet
nam.” The Denny Essay cup
will be awarded during the an
nual Blue and White Day m
May, . „
Any information concerning
anything about writing the essay
can be obtained from Mr. Hol
lar.
at ACC as a major strength. He
went on by saying, “they are
also not afraid to enter into per
sonal relationships with the stu
dents they teach.”
AI Cooke also said the stan
dards, qualifications, and abili
ties of the faculty as a major
strength.
“A major strength is that the
college is growing both physical
ly and educationally, is improv
ing standards, and offering more
opportunities, thus increasing the
value of the degree received
from the school,” stated Fred
Snodgrass, a Social Studies ma
jor.
However, the students didn’t
see everything as being rosy.
They also saw several weakness
es, The main one being student
apathy. One student even felt
there was apathy among
the faculty, administration, and
everyone related to the college.
Harper, in pointing out what
he considered to be the major
weakness said, “The students
don’t have any school spirit.
Many of the groups on campus
are competitive, which is good,
but they don’t have a single goal
in mind as far as the better
ment of the whole school is con
cerned. We lack a single factor
of unification.”
Eddie Walker felt the main
weakness is a lack of activities
going on on the weekends.
“The major weakness of the
college is a lack of enthusiasm
on the part of the students to
push the school forward by par
ticipating more in campus af
fairs,” stated Charles Langley.
Bob Noble, saw the main
weakness as also being student
apathy. He said, “there is not
enough interest in elections,
there is a lack of participation
in concerts, and students show
very little interest in anything
else. Yet, students gripe about
there being nothing to do. The
trouble is they don’t take ad
vantage of what there is to do.”
A lack of .communications be
tween campus students and day
students is a weakness which
Tom Riley saw. He stated,
“there is a lack of participation
in campus activities by day stu
dents, and there is a lack of
interest in the school by all stu
dents.”
Another student felt there was
not a good relationship between
the students and adminisraion.
See POLL Page 4
Overman, Kirkland
And Best Complete
Roster For Offices
Students went to the polls
March 13-14 to decide who
they wanted to lead their govern
ment next year. Ballots were
cast for the offices of president,
vice president, secretary, and
treasury for the Student Govern
ment Association.
According to the oficial ballot
counts of the SGA, out of some
1500 students attending ACC,
only 399 votes were cast. Dwight
Wagner, president of the SGA
remarked that this constitutes
only 30 per cent of the student
body.
In election results, Doug Dex
ter defeated Chalres Wolfe for
the president’s office. Dexter re
ceived 53 per cent of the ballots
ast.
Tim Overman, running unop
posed, was elected vice presi
dent with a total of 372 votes.
Beth Best defeated Loretta
Woolard for the secretary’s post;
and Ellis Kirkland, running unop
posed for the treasurer’s office,
received 372 votes.
In a Tuesday night interview
President - Elect Doug Dexter
stated that he was “overwhelmed
by his victory.” In response to
the question as to what he (Dex
ter) felt won him the election,
Dexter remarked, “I hope I won
it because of what I hope to do,
the platform that I proposed to
the students.”
The President - elect was ob
viously distrubed by the small
turnout at the pols,” w*itb
only 30 per cent of the student
body voting, it indicates that a
majority of the students do not
care, or show any interest in the
SGA or the importance of the
role it plays in student affairs.
I hope that my committee that
I proposed on student apathy can
find some reason behind this.
From what I can tell, other
colleges do not have this prob
lem, why should ACC?”
As to his hopes for the support
that will be given to him by the
students, Dexter remarked, “I
hope that this (his victory) indi
cates support, but with only 53
per cent of the votes, of 30 per
cent of the total student elector
ate, it can still be a question.”
TTie official tabulations of the
voting show that Dexter, a ju
nior from Dudley, received a to
tal of 213 votes. Wolfe, his op
ponent from Asheville received
186.
Overman, a Wilson native, re
ceived a total of 372 votes.
Miss Best, a sophomore from
Dunn, received 219 votes; Miss
Woolard, her sophomore oppon
ent from Washington, N. C., re
ceived 179.
Kirkland, a junior from Kin
ston, received 372 votes for the
See OVERMAN Page 4
Delp Writes
For Journal
An article, “Andrew Jackson
Davis — Prophet of American
Spiritualism,” by Dr. Robert W.
Delp, associate Professor of His
tory at Atlantic Christian College
will appear in the June issue
of the “Journal of American
History,” national publication of
the Organization of American
Historians.
Andrew Jackson Davis was a
nineteenth century spiritualist
and social innovator. As the
author of numerous works on
spiritualism, he gave the Ameri
can spiritualist movement its
earliest philosophical foundation.
Dr. Delp received the B. S.
degree from Davidson College’
the B. D. degree from Lanaster
(Pennsylvania) Theological Semi
nary, and the M. A. and Ph.D.
degrees from the George Wash-
ington University.