TIie CollejEClate
published weekly ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, FERUARY 15, 1968 NUMBER FOURTEEN
Spring Convocation Program Set
Students give blood during- the third annual “Operation Bis: Drop,” held on the campus last l%urs-
day and Friday. Some 191 students turned out to donate their blood to the Red Cross. Sigma Pi
Fraternity won the competitive drive for the third straight year with participating members
totaling 100 per cent. (Photo courtesy of the Wilson Daily Times)
Drive Successful
Sigma Pi Wins Honors
In ^‘Operation Big Drop^’
poster Code
Is Available
To Students
Poster regulations of the Stu-
(jent Government Association
have been finalized and made
public this week. According to
Paul Land, chairman of the Post
er Committee, the publication of
poster r e g u 1 a't i 0 ns should
eliminate unnecessary question
over what channels are required
to go through to place posters
on the campus.
The following is a sheet of the
regulations:
Persons with posters pertaining
to employment or placement are
to go through the office of the
Dean of Students for instructions.
A committee composed of one
student from each class and a
student chairman shall be ap
proved by the Executive Board
and shall be responsible for en
forcing the poster regulations.
All posters must be approved,
initialed and dated by a mem
ber of the Poster Committee.
Faculty
Any faculty member who
wishes to post notices on bulletin
boards shall sign his name and
the date on the poster. Regula
tions concerning size and place-
See POSTER Page 4
Students Needed
At Sanatorium
For Social Aid
Students de?iring to participate
in social work at the Eastern
North Carolina Sanatorium should
contact Chaplain Dan Hensley.
A meeting will be held Feb. 21
in room 212 in Hines Hall for
those who are interested.
According to Hensley, “There
is a growing need for specialized
services at the Sanatorium that
can be rendered by Atlantic
Christian College Students.
“Those who might be interested
in this type of social service
should contact me and come by
room 212 on Feb. 21 for the
meeting. At that times the kinds
of volunteer work, such as visita
tion, etc., which can be done
will be discussed.”
By JOYCE COPELAND
The Executive Board met
Monday with President Doug
Dexter presiding. The College
Development Committee request
ed that the board back a pro
gram to solicit students in their
fund drive.
first motion of the issue
was in oppostiion to the Com
mittee’s request. A motion to
floor the first motion was op
posed after considerable debate.
The motion which opposed stu-
dent participation in the Devel
opment Fund Drive was disap
proved.
Step two: A proposal was pre-
^nted to bring the Development
Fund issue to a vote of the
student body. The negation once
sgain ruled the day.
Step three: John Hyson
Moved that a committee be
formed to present the fund is
sue before an assembly of the
students of ACC. Hyson felt that
merchants and businessmen out
side t h e immediate college
amuy would not support the
und drive if the students them-
elves showed no interest.
With 100 per cent of its mem
bers being donors for the third
consecutive year, Sigma Pi won
first, second, and third places
to sweep fraternity division hon
ors in“Operation Big Drop”,
the annual blood donor program
on the campus of Atlantic
Christian College.
Delta Zeta racked up a score
of 47 per cent to emerge vic
torious among sororities.
Men’s Dormitory Association
had a 10 per cent score and
Women’s Dormitory Association,
Bobby Dunn added a section
to Hyson’s motion. Hyson was
to be chairman of the commit
tee. The board approved Hy
son’s appointment, then approved
the motion to form the commit
tee.
Step four; The aforementioned
committee was given the
“honor” to solicit funds, if the
student body wants to be so
licited.
Elections
Elections are nigh upon us.
The Executive Board was con
fronted with several dates for
the election of officers for 1968-
69. Dates set for the elections
are Feb. 21 through Feb. 23,
filing dates; Feb. 23 through
the 29, campaigns; Feb. 29,
speeches.
The election itself will be held
Feb. 29 througlj March 31 with
run-offs on March 4.
The following dates were set
for election of class officers:
March 14 through March 15, fil
ing dates; March 14, class
meetings; elections, March 21;
and run-offs on March 22.
See BOARD Page 2
3.5 per cent. Day student con
tributors totaled seven per cent.
“Operation Big Drop” is con
ducted at the college each year
in conjunction with a regular
visit of the Red Cross Blood-
mobile.
Tlie number of student donors
totaled 191 during the stay of
the Bloodmobile at Hackney
Hall last Thursday and Friday,
with townspeople totalling 81.
Members of Sigma Phi Epsi-
Stage & Script
Casting Finished
For March Play
Casting for the second pro
duction of the searon of the
Stage and Script was held Mon
day night in Howard Chapel.
The play, “Oh Dad, Poor Dad,
Mama’s Hung You in the Closet
and I’m Feeling so Sad,” by
Arthur L. Kopit will be pre
sented in connection with the
First Contemporary Arts Festi
val to be held by the Music,
Art and Drama Departments of
Atlantic Christian College and
will be presented on March 14,
15, and 16 at 8:15 p.m. in Howard
Chapel.
The four major roles will be
held by Sandra Edwards as
Madame Rosepettle; Chris Mur
phy as Jonathan; Linda Spatig
as Rosalie; and Byron Wyndham
as Commodore Roseabove.
Clayton Brown will play the
Head Bellboy. Other Bellboys will
be played by Greg Albert, Sam
my Carter, Fred Edwards, and
John Eastwood. The production
will be directed by Mr. Paul
Crouch of the Drama Depart
ment, and will be stage-managed
by Bob Noble, President of the
Stage and Script.
Ion fraternity posted a 58 per
cent record; Alpha Sigma Phi,
47 per cent; and Delta Sigma
Phi, 19 per cent.
Phi Mu finished second in
the sorority competition with 28
per cent, and Tri Sigma was a
close third, 27 per cent.
Co - chairmen Miss Bobbie
Ellis, Steve Dollar, and Dean
Robert Washer, faculty represen
tative, were well pleased with
this year’s results.
Feb. 27; 11
Dates Set
Spring Cq;ivocation Program,
designed to replace the Chapel-
Assembly program is being
launched during this semester.
The structure provides for a
series of convacations scheduled
for Tuesdays at 11 a.m. in Wil
son Gymnasium.
These convocations present op
portunities for the student body
to confront ideas and issues vital
to a balanced liberal education
undergirded by a meaningful re
ligious perspective, attitude
and involvement.
Program
The schedule is as follows:
Feb. 27, worship, Dr. Wenger,
speaker; March 12, worship.
Chaplain Hensley, speaker;
March 19, Departmental Meet
ings; and March 26, worship.
Religion in the Disciplines, Dr.
Shriver.
Apr. 2, Concert (to be an
nounced); Apr. 9 Student Govern
ment Association Installation and
speaker; Apr. 16, Southern Folk
Festival; Apr. 23, ACC Band
and Chorus Concert, and April
30, Law Day, Mr. Kermit Pye,
Duke, speaker.
May 7, Mr. Harry Golden,
author of “Only in America”
and May 14, Honor’s Day Pro
gram.
Procedures
With the list of the Convaca-
tion programs before him, the
student selects those for which
he has a special interest. Upon
entering the gymnasium the stu
dent goes to the table designated
by letter of the alphabet with
which his last name begins. Upon
prsentation of his I. D. card his
name will be marked on the
permanent attendance record for
that particular convocation.
While attendance at Convoca-
See SPRING Page 3
College Development
Topic For Assembly
An assembly program for all
students will be held at 11 a.m.
Tuesday in Howard Chapel.
Students will be informed of
the second phas of the Atlantic
Christian College 15-Year De
velopment Program.
Most Popular Girl
Vicki Winters Captures
‘Popular’ Frosh Honor
Miss Vicki Winters was nam
ed “Most Popular Freshman
Girl” at the Sigma Pi spon
sored Most Popular Freshman
Girl Dance Friday in Hardy Din-
VICKI WINTERS
ing Hall.
The dance has been sponsored
by the ACC fraternity for the
past three years to select the
freshman girl that is considered
the fairest in the class in the
realm of beauty, poise and per
sonality.
Miss Winters, sponsored by
Delta Zeta Sorority, was pre
sented a bouquet of red roses
by Mike Warren, Sigma Pi social
chairman.
Nancy Parks, sponsored by
Alpha Sigma Phi, was named
first runner-up, and Miss Aman
da Whichard, sponsored by Del
ta Sigma Phi Fraternity was
cho-en as second runner-up.
Other candidates for the title
were: Charlotte Franklin, spon
sored by Sigma Sigma Sigma;
Kathy Anderson, Sigma Phi Ep
silon; Kay Watson, freshman
class; Debby Bass, sophomore
class; Ruth Allen, junior class;
and Marsha Simmons, senior
class.
Music for the event was pro
vided by the “Wreck of the
Old ‘97.”
Board Backs Student
Solicitation Campaign