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 ^Iustrated hv ®3rren Fountain,” written by ! ■- , bookstore at rprt. McDowell, available in yo«r reduced prices for all ACC bookworms.