College Examinations:
A Time Of Tortures
The semi-annuai torture of examinations has again
blasted our complacency and set our minds and our
nerves upon a cliff overhanging the Va ley of Fatigue
and the Valley of Dispair. The absence of a reading day
this semester only increases the precariousness or the
mountain edge.
Humbly and reverently we shall spend innumerable
two-hour periods slowly ond painfully searching our
minds for the facts which our instructors have hopefully
placed there during the past semester. Each detail, or
at least those we have memorized, will be written in
small “blue books" so that the teachers may see how
much of their knowledge we have been able to absorb.
Those who hove portoken of the knowledge, or rather
those who have the best memory, will make the highest
grades.
It would indeed be a minor miracle if our faculty
were to see the importance of a student's understanding
of his subject, rather than the degree of memorization
he has managed. It is not the minute details of subjects
which will stay with the student, it is the comprehension,
the understanding of the basic meaning of the subject
which will live within him.
Unfortunately, too often our "higher education" has
been lost in a maze which keeps us in "lower education."
The days of having to memorize Latin for the good of
our souls ore over. Our college students are looking for
a meaning to what they are studying, and when they
can find that, they are on the rood to an interest and a
comprehension of the subject. There is a purpose for
taking English, math, history and religion courses, but
that purpose is often obscured by teachers who emphasize
only memorization of details rather than understanding.
Those teachers, we fear, are guilty of making their sub
jects sterile and impotent.
College education can be of great benefit to the stu
dent, even apart from the better financial possibilities
with a college degree. But when a member of the faculty
has imparted only details to the students, he has hendered
the possibilities of a beneficial education.
To all of our fellow students who must again undergo
the experience of examinations, we offer our sincere
condolences with a "Good Luck!" postscript.
To those who will graduate at the close of this semes
ter, we wish you a most fond farewell, hoping that your
education at Atlantic Christian College has been of
benefit to you. Good Luck!
ACC’s Patriarchy
Dr. C. H. Hamlin
The patriarch of Atlantic Christian College, Dr. C. H,
Hamlin, was honored Dec. 18 when he was initiated in
to Pi Gammu Mu, the National Social Science Honor
Society. Dr. Hamlin, who is now in his 45th year in
service on the ACC faculty, certainly deserves such rec
ognition; and we heartily congratulate Dr. Hamlin on
this honor and Pi Gamma Mu—they could not have found
a more deserving humanitarian to praise.
Dr. Hamlin has a long list of credits a.nd talents which
he has achieved. They are partially listed in the page
one article, Atlantic Christian College, her students,
faculty and administration owe much to this great man
<vhose dedication to his students and to all of humanity
^ave helped mold the college. Congratulations!
THE COLLEGIATE
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Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, N. C.
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those of the faculty or administration at ACC.
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'Spirit’ Workshop Set At Pfieffer
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — The
Southern Universities Student
Government Association
(SUSGA) has announced plans to
hold one of its National Spirit &
Sportsmanship workshops on the
campus of Pfeiffer College,
Misenheimer, N. C., Aug. 10-15.
SUSGA is a regional Student
Government organization of 150
member colleges and univer
sities operating in 12
southeastern states.
SUSGA is 15 years old and
serves as a service organization
to member schools.
The workshop in North
Carolina will be one of two new
workshops in the SUSGA ex
panded program in this area.
The other new workshop will
be on the Southern Colorado
State College campus in Pueblo,
Colorado.
In 1966 SUSGA held the first
Spirit & Sportsmanship workshop
on the campus of the University
of Southern Mississippi in Hat
tiesburg, Miss. The workshop in
Mississippi has had outstanding
growth since that time with the
1968 workshop serving 400
collegiate cheer leaders from 80
colleges and universities in 20
states. Instruction for SUSGA
workshops is from the National
Cheer leaders Association (NSA)
of Dallas, Texas. The staff is
trained by Mr. L. R. Herkimer.
The decision to expand into
other areas of the United States
came after a definite interest on
the part of cheer leaders and
school spirit personnel was ex
pressed. Many shcools were
unable to send squads due to the
long travel distance
Mississippi.
yells, crowd psychology, tum
bling, pompon routines, etc.
In commentifig on the ex
panded workshop program
Director W. E. Kirkpatrick said:
“It is extremely fortunate that
we can offer this outstanding
SUSGA service to member and
non-member schools in the top of
SUSGA territory. We look for,
larp number of delegates a,i
will give them the very besti,
instruction a»i
training.” Colleges a,|
umversities interested in sen*,
delegates are asked to inquirf
through the Workshop Cenlrr
Office. '
We Have A New Fomitaii
By DICK, SALLY AND JANE
We have a new fountain. Our
fountain is square. Our square
fountain is black inside. Our
square black fountain is red on
the outside. It is red on the out
side because it is made of brick.
Our red and black square
fountain gushes from the middle
like a sperm whale. The gush is
made of wet water. The fountain
has a little baby, upside-down,
square, tombstone in the middle.
This is where the gush con
from. On each side of the 111
baby square there is a babygi
Gush, gush, gush, gush, the wait
falls in the big black square.
When it is cold, our tatii:
gets hard. The water goesdiii
clunk, clunk, clunk. If thei
man does not turn the water i
we have a skating rink in fronti
the Student Center. Slip, s|
slip, slip, all fall down.
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SUSGA operates the only all-
collegiate spirit and sport
smanship workshops in the
United States.
The entire theme of the week-
long workshops is to train college
and university cheer leaders in
all areas of cheer leading and
school spirit, including: new
Chorus To Meet
The Intrafraternity Council
Chorus will meet at 9 p.m.
Tuesday in the Choral Room of
the Music Building.
‘Why Watpr
>^Iustrated hv ®3rren Fountain,” written by ! ■- ,
bookstore at rprt. McDowell, available in yo«r
reduced prices for all ACC bookworms.