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Welcome. Vacation!
The summer break in classes, finally in the near
future, will be a welcome break this year. Students con
take a week off between classes and their summer jobs
ond go to the beach, of just stay home end sQCi<.-out.
For Q short while examinations can be forgotten, and
those endless lists of term papers and reports that must
olways be done "tomorrow" can be pushed out of the
mind.
With exams looming around the corner, however, it
is difficult, if not impossible, to envisage life as some
thing to be enjoyed. And it often seems that our days at
college, with its doldrum of lectures, studies, papers and
tests, are perhaps being wasted. Such inner' feelings of
ten arise in the threat of heavy studying, especially
when Spring Fever is constantly gnawing from the in
side.
Glancing over the results of the recent faculty eval
uation project, we noted the list of 13 subjects ACC
junior and seniors felt were wasted time, or at least
not important enough to warant a collegiate course,
The list included healthful living, art survey, folk and
ballroom dance, western civilization, U. S. history, Ameri
can government and work of the pastor.
But, all of this is the negative side of the picture.
When the pressure of exams is off the student's back,
he generall feels pretty much a part of the world with a
voice in it and a hope for it all. Only 13 subjects were
listed as courses to be dropper from the college's curri-
culm, and 32 new topics were suggested as possible new
courses. Among these were such subjects as more ad
vanced languages, archeology, library science, photo
graphy, interior decorating, journalism, engineering,
swimming and aesthetics.
We hope that after exams, when that "1 hate the
world, the world hates me" attitude has again passed,
the students will look back over this year and realisticly
appraise the work they hove done—not just in the world
cf academia, but also in the realm of extracurricular
work. If they see the time they hove often wasted, the
things that could hove been done but weren't, maybe a
new determination will be pledged to make next year a
more productive one. Maybe next year more students will
wnt to become active in student government, to keep
jp with student affairs and what's happening around
them—on campus and around the world. Maybe next
/ear. . .
Take That... Zap!
One of the biggest gripes among the students re
mains that of mandatory attendance at chapel programs.
Fhcugh, indeed, students quickly admit that this semes-
:er's programs have been much more enjoyable and ed-
jcotionol, the old addaqe traditionally handed out by
the administration: "the college is offering the students
the opportunity to enrich their education..,," is hastily
■egarded as a suspicious remark when in the same breath
the administration adds: ", . .therefore, attendance at
these convocations is compulsory."
It is not hard to understand the students' view that
iuch programs are not offered as "opportunities," but
■other as additional hours the college has set for stu
dents to spend in a desk (bench).
The students' case seems to be supported by the fac-
jlty's lack of attendance, which was indeed noticable
iuring Tuesday's convocation. The ACC faculty must
lot regard our chapel system as a great opportunity. If
hey did, we feel certain that they would make every
effort to attend the "educationally enriching" sessions
On the mimeographed letter the administration sends
o students who have missed a designated number of the
>rograms, the first paragraph contains both adjectives
'f the programs, that they are both on opportunity and
ir'e required. The two terms seem to contradict each
ither. Are we being forced to accept on opportunity?
Reader^s
Forum
Dear Editor:
Permit me to use this means
}t communication to express my
appreciation to our student bocy
For their attention and patience
iuring our Convocation programs
:his year. ,
As you know since t:ie program
was initiated just this spring we
have had to experiment m sev
eral phases of implementation,
such as the taking of attendance
types of programs, seating fa
cilities, sound system, etc.
The sound system is being re
examined and proposals aie be
ing made to provide quality and
adequate listening for the wide
°amut of programs which are
held in the gym. Tiie present
system was not engineered for
these purposes, and thus needs
to be and will be modified.
The system of ta'.dn.g attend
ance has with the students co
operation worked very well in
that never more than ten min
utes use. The one program that
ran over this alloted time w'as
due to misinformation being
given the speaker, and he did
as he thought he was to do,
give a forty-five minute lecture
on student government. This
along with the rest of the pro
gram made too long a presenta
tion. To complicate matters it
was extremely warm since the
fans had been cut off so tihe
students could hear better. The
patient attention of the students
during this time is to be highly
commended. I believe it would
be hard to find a more mature
responsive audience than our stu
dent body. It is a delight to
bring guests on our campus to
speak for and visit with our
students.
We are working to resolve
these difficulties as best we can
and as soon as possible in order
to make the Convocation and
Conversation program meaning-
gul.
We do appreciate your very
affirmative response to the at
tempts made in both Convocation
and Conversation programs this
spring. Since the programs for
the Fall are being planned now
I would welcome your making
to me any suggestions you have
that would increase the value
of and interest in either Convoca
tions or Conversations,
cordially yours.
Chaplain Hensley,
Chairman
Convocation Co - ordinat-
ing Council
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The Brothers of Alpha Sigma
Phi Are proud to announce the
inititation of the following men
into the brotherhood: Bill Potter,
Rusty Jacobs, Mahlon Aycock
and Fred Isreal. The Alphas’ are
planning a Parents’ Day this
coming Sunday beginning with
Morning Worship to be held on
the ACC campus. Immediately
following the Brothers and par
ents will have a picnic Dinner
at the Wilson Recreation Center
after which an Open House will
be held at the Alpha Sig House.
At their annual Spring Banquet
the men of Alpha Sig named
Tom Aycock A'lan of l.'ie Year.
Outstanding pledge was Tom
Sparks and the Outstanding
Pledge Scholastically was Eddie
Chapel.
Sig Eps
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
had their annual Sweet Heart
Ball Saturday night May, 11, at
the Holiday Inn. During this
formal affair the .Brothers named
as their new Sweetheart Cathy
Anderson, pinmate of Brother
Bill Vaughn. Cathy was crowned
by Pat Walker last years sweet
heart, pinmate of Bill Talley.
The Sweetheart court was made
up of the following ladies: Eileen
Griscom, Sandy Guill, Peggy Ty
son, Carol! Coppage, Joaa
Nair, Elaine Randolph, Sandv
Rosg, and Julie Austin.
Music for the affair, was pro.
vided by the Epics.
Sigma Pi
The Brothers of Sigma Pi Pu.
ternity ended the year with the
iniation of a Tradition-Tfe Or
chid Ball. This events is to honor
the senior brothers of the ira.
ternity and to crown an Orchid
Ball Queen as well as giving
special recognition for certain
persons in the traternily, Mrs
Jim Brinkley was honored as
Orchid Ball Queen. Other mem
bers of the Queen’s court were
Julie Artz, Mrs. V/att Moore,
and Kay Leonard.
During the festivities. The bro
therhood named as Brother-oi-
the-Vear Jim Adams, past presi-
dent. Pledge of the Year honors
were received by John Taylor,
and Bob Corner was presented
the Alefrd E. Newman Award.
Aslo during the evening a spe-
cial Pift was present to Dean Bob
Washer for the assistance te
has given to the fraternity timing
the ’ changing year, especially
v.^hile the Brotherhood was get-
ging settled in their new Houa
Entertainment was provided by
he Bryhn-Mars band.
May 13, 1988
The Editor
The Colle'?iate
Atlantic Christian College
Dear Editor:
During the past several months
I have had the privilege of w'ork-
ing with a committee appointed
by the past President of the
S.G.A. It is no ordinary com
mittee. In fact, it is an extra
ordinary committee in view of
its accomplishment — planning,
constructing, and executing the
course-teacher evaluation. The
fact that the vast ma.iority of
students on our campus are so
satisfied with the status quo
'not that there is anything in
herently wrong with the status
quo I that they declined to spend
45 minutes in an effort to either
priase or criticize tire cot,irscs
and professors does not reflect
on the diligent viJork of the com
mittee.
Lest the reader get the idea
that the work of the commit
tee was in vain, let me hasten
to state that the information pro
vided by the students who did
participate is now valuable and
will be of increasing value in
the future. The fact that some
departments had none of their
majors participating is food for
t:.rought. The fact that only a
small percentage of the Ameri
can population elect the Presi
dent of the United States does
not make him and his office
less important.
Because the data analysis is,
in this case, a relatively slow
process, it will be next fall be
fore the complete results of the
study can be revealed. However,
the preliminary analysis reveals
several interesting trends (see
Last week I gave you the all
purpose exam. This week you
get the English Final from Cor
nell. (a bit revised and dedicated
to Dr. Hartsock and Mr. Paul
Crouch.)
Seetlcn I i multiple choice’
Fill out carefully, using the
special machine-scoring penci
(not supplied). You have 5 min
utes: the people on the froni
got their exams before you sc
you’d better hurry!
1. In “Ulysses,” James Joyce
can be understood as
a) pathetic
b) illiterate
c) unsure of what he means
d) unlikely as that seems
2. One of the mainstays of
American Literary criticism in
the past 100 years has been the
belief that:
a) You can always wait to
see the movie.
b) Great writers always
commit suicide.
news article).
I would like to express a sin
cere thank-you to each commit
tee member: Chairman, Rick
Harrison; Jerry White, Charles
Wolfe, David Griffin, Barry Ha
vens, Rhett White, Clayton
Brown, Danny Price, and Frank
Harper. I also offer my appre
ciation to those students who,
by their participation, sought to
offer administration and faculty
valuable feedback—progress is
made on this basis. It is just
possible that changes beneficial
to both present and future A.C.C.
STUDENTS WILL RESULT, It’s
possible. . . .
Sincerely,
Larry D. Whitlock
c) If God had meant for us
to write, he would have made
our firigers out of graphite
d) Nobody REALLY likes
Emily Dickinson.
3. What did George Eliot have
in common with Amy Lowell?
a) They were both women,
except for Amy Lowell.
b) They were both men e.'t-
cept for George Eliot,
4. Wearing the Scarlet Letter
a) a sign of weakness
b) a type of pimpenill
c) a great way to get picked
up.
5. The Old Testament is
a > something everyone should
read
b) brilliant satire
c) divinely inspired
d) isn’t it?
6. The New Testament is-
a) something everyone
read.
b) more of the same stuff
by the same author.
■a parody of the Old Tes
tament
d) a prelude to The Son of
the Old Testament,
7. In Moby Dick,—
a) An old man finds com
panionship in a whale
b) Dr. Hemby plays the bad
guy
c) Godfrey Cambridge plays
the white whale
d) Ahab is a sore-loser be
cause he can’t play baseball
like the other little boys.
Section IL Essay
A. Shakespeare and Francis
Bacon, although not good frieii<is.
wrote the same plays. Discuss.
B. The only thing Samuel
Clemens had in common wra
Mark Twain is that they bott
used the same pen nam.e Com
ment.
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