'T h e Col 1 e e; i a t e
WEEKLY
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGF APRIL
4, 1968
Spring Fever
NUMBER TWENTY ONE
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New Roster For Officers
Of SGA Nearly Complete
spring fever, a fairly common communicable disease during this
ason, has left ACC nearly devastated. It seems almost, if not
twnpletely, impossible to sit in class, then return to the dorm
ffldhitthe books. That is the problem. Solution: hit the books
uiier the trees as coed Kay Delbridge is doing- in the above
(lotosraph. (In case someone doesn’t already know, the photo
lias made by Ben Casey)
Old Board Bows Out;
New One Is Oriented
by JOYCE COPELAND
Hie last meeting of the Execu
te Board for I9G7-fi8 was held
«Ipril 1, with outgoing presi-
iii Doug Dexter presiding,
tasurer Ellis Kirkland re-
Ipirtei tliat $10,729 had been
Jed to the SGA bank account,
'is brings the balance to $12,-
!itM which is about $750 less
had been anticipated.
President Dexter announced
ta Dr, Robert Delp will be
I'" sneaker for the Executive
►rd banquet. The old board
t*mbers presented evaluations
,ear’s work on the board
’ Ihe new members. The meet-
H'uns adjourned.
Nfw Ofticers
^ new officers of the Execu-
Board met with the orienta-
Iw committee on Tuesday night.
This was the first of a three
part program. Dr. Wenger and
lean Swindell spoke to the
group. President Dexter ex
plained that he had invited the
two administrative officials in
order to “facilitate communica
tion between the Executive Board
and administration next year."
Dr. Wenger and Dean Swindell
explained their roles in the col
lege community. “The presi
dent," said Dr. Wenger, “links
the college community and the
Board of Trustees. He is re-
See BOARD Page 1
The election of officers for the
majority of student organizations
has been completed in recent
weeks.
The new organizational heads
for the 1968-69 school term will
be officially installed in the an
nual Blue-White Day ceremonies
to be observed during convoca
tion Tuesday, April 9.
Elected
The following students were
elected;
Pine Knot, Ann Askew, busi
ness manager.
Collegiate, Jim Bussell, editor;
Cecil Holloman, business man
ager.
Senior class, Paul Land, presi
dent: Janet Winstead, vice-pres
ident: Frances Griffin, sec
retary: Charles Freeman, trea
surer: and Eddie Capel, sena
tor.
Junior class, Steve Dollar,
president: Bill Gallagher, vice-
president: Kaye Dawson, secre
tary: Jackie Sutton, treasurer;
and Kay Antone, senator.
Sophomores
Sophomore class, Joe Har
wood, president: John Sullivan,
vice-president: Linda Spatig, sec
retary: Jim Adcox, treasurer:
and Kay Watson, senator.
Day students, Kenneth O’Con
nell, president; Sid Hardwick,
senator.
Elected as executive officers
of the SGA were: Byron Wynd-
ham, president; A1 Cooke, vice-
president: Dianne Brown, secre
tary: and Paul Latta, treasurer.
Ppn Hellenic
Other officers elected were:
Pan Hellenic, Brenda Kennedy,
president: Women’s Dorm As
sociation. Mary Sue Kennedy,
cording artist, is leader of the
New Lost City Ramblers.
There will be a workshop in
Howard Chapel at 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 16, at which
time various froms of southern
folk music will be illustrated
and discussed in its historical
context.
Publication
Halt
The Collegiate will not be pub
lished next seek due to the
Spring Recess. Publication will
be resumed with a six-page
editon April 25.
Included in the April 25 edition
will be a special feature on
“Love And The ACC Campus.”
Watch for it!
It Like
^Tlip Wilson Daily Times’
Using New Offset Press
(ITOsfion this w»ek is; in
opinion, how
will the At-
I C>>nstian College profes-
spond to the results of the
lumber- program.’
were
ers of the faculty
1 this question in a recent
Here are some of those
I ®ST»ers.
I “1 think that most of the
I'fachefs will thoughtfully con-
1% the questionnaire. To some
I Went ihf seriousness with which
^ Westionnaire is taken will
determined by the number
students who take the pro-
(W eriously and who are con-
,^'tntious in answering the ques-
®«s.'’(W.lVl.)
' think that the majority will
the Teacher’s Evaluation
!'J'>iect as a very helpful means
« 'Ittermining their effective-
See TELL Page 4
“The Wilson Daily Times,’’
printers of The Collegiate for
many years, ended an era Fri
day, March 29, as the paper
switched operation from its 75-
,vear-old pre s to a new' 40-page
Goss offset press.
Th" first edition of the paper
rolled on the new press carried
a four - column, front page, full
color photograph of the college’s
new Student Center.
In an interview with a Daily
Times reporter. Mrs. Elizab'th
G. Swindell, editor and publish
er of the paper, said of the old
preS', “We were very proud of
it when W's made the conversion,
because that was quite a jump
from the old eight - page flat
bed duplex press which was in
stalled in 1922.
“A building had to be con
structed afid stereotyped equip
ment installed.
“The flatbed press was limited
to eight pages, but the Hoe
See Wilson Page 4
president: Men’s Dorm Associ- sociation, David Jarman, presi-
ation, ’William Perkinson. dent; Robert Thompson, vice-
Also, Candy Moore, head cheer president; Betsy Carroll, secre-
leader; Campus Christian As- tary; and Paul Land, treasurer.
Annual Southern Folk
Festival Concert Set
The 1968 Southern Folk Festi
val, which is holding workshops
and concerts on college cam
puses and communities through
out the South during April, will
appear on the ACC campus dur
ing convocation at II a.m. Tues
day, April 16.
The festival is made up of
southern folk artists who have
made records, performed at
Newport Folk Festival, Carnegie
Hall, as sell as concert halls in
Europe.
Included
Included in the festival are
the Rev. Pearly Brown, Alice
and Hazel, Mable Hillery, The
Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers,
Michael Cooney and Mike
Seeger.
Rev. Pearly Brown is a blind
street singer from Americus,
Georgia. He sings .'■lave songs,
hymns and spirituals in time
with the music of his guitar
which he plays boittleneck style.
Ballads
Alice and Hazel, originally
froin West Virginia, sing unac
companied ballads as well as
stringed music from the South
of the early twentieth century,
accompanying themselves on au
toharp, banjo and guitar. They
havs two albums out on Verve-
Folkways.
Mable Hillery is a blues sing
er in the best of the oletimc
style, recalling MaRainey and
Bessie Smith. Miss Hillery, a
Vanguard recording artist, is
said to be the greatest female
blues singer in the country to
day.
Dancers
The Blue Ridge Mountain
Dancers is a clog team from
western North Carolina. These
high stepping young people have
performed this native dance
with style and precision all over
the country.
Michael Cooney is an ac
complished instrumentalist on
the banjo and six and twelve
stringed guitars. He sings around
ballads as well as ^ songs of
social significance which he has
learned in his seven year travels
around the country. He will also
serve as smc.
Mike Sesger, a Folkways re-
Jt'
HOLLOMON
ACC Duo In Politics
Cecil Hollomon
Is Elected To
Collegiate Post
Cecil Hollomon, a junior from
Powellsville, was elected busi
ness manager of the Collegiate
in student government elections
held Friday.
A graduate of Bertie High
School, Windsor, and of Chowan
College, Hollomon is majoring
in business administration.
While a student at Bertie, Hol
lomon served as editor of the
“Bertian,” the school’s paner,
was recipient of the Bertie Coun
ty Historical Award and ceri'od
as manager of the school’s
basketball team.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil S. Hollomon Sr. of
Powellsville.
Holloman will be officially in
stalled to the Collegiate Dost
during the traditional Blue-White
Day Assembly April 9. He suc
ceeds Miss Karen Casey in the
position.
Two familiar figures on the Atlantic Christian campus. Miss
Tassie Langley, assistant professor of English, and Zeb Whitehurst,
director of alumni affairs, have thrown their “hats” into civic
and state-wide politics.
SGA Installation
Program Is Set
The annual Blue - White Day
will be observed during the con
vocation prograrn^aL—a.m.
Tuesday. 7^ / .
Dr. William for
merly of ACC, /Wiir be guest
speaker for the ^di^nay^ Stu
dent Government -flssdciation in
stallation service. ^
- CO i
Whitehurst
Zeb M. Whitehurst III, direc
tor of alumni affairs at Atlantic
Christian College and former
school principa], has filed as a
candidate for one of two seats
on the Wilson City Board for
Education to be filed in a non
partisan May 4 election.
Announcing h i s candidacy
Whitehurst "aid, “After spend
ing seven years in public educa
tion and as the father of two
school age children, I am natural
ly interested in education in this
community.”
Whitehurst taught social
studies and mathematics in a
Burlington junior high school
from January, 1955, until March,
1957, when he accepted a posi
tion in the personnel department
See WHITEHURST Page 2
Miss Langley
Miss Tassie Langlfty of
Sharpsburg, an assistant pro
fessor at Atlantic Christian Col
lege, who last week filed as a
Republican candidate for the
House of Representatives in
the 14th District, has launched
her campaign.
Mi s Langley, seeking Seat No.
1 in the district comprised of
Nash and Edgecombs counties,
said she is concerned about edu
cation, farming, financial growth,
federal controls and law enforce
ment.
The ACC assistant professor
is oppoing Democratic incum
bent kept. Joe Eagles of Crisp.
Miss Langley also is expressing
a desire to see more women in
state government and said, “We
See MISS LANKLEl' Page 4
National Head
To Visit Here
Ralph F. Burns, execuMve—sS^
retary of Alpha Sigma
tional
Fraternity,
Ohio, will visit tVre^'Auantic \
Christian chapter of the fraterni
ty Friday and Saturday.
Burns will arrive in Wilson
Friday when he will visit with
the fraternity until that evening,
at which time he will meet with—-1
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, president-
of the college, and Robert Wash- \
er, dean of men.
Saturday he will meet with
brothers of the local group, fol
lowed by meetings with the - \
Alumni Control Board for the
chapter and with faculty ad
visors Warren Tait, Ross Albert
and Grant Folmsbee. ^
The executive secretary will
join brothers and pledges of ^
the ACC chapter for dinner at
See NATIONAL Page 2 ^