Collegiate
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, SEPTEMBER 25, 1969 NUMBER TWO
rw Convocations Set
The
:>UBLISHED WEEKLY
The annual faculty reception last week was the first formal
event of the 1969-70 academic year. Students and faculty had a
brief opportunity to meet under non-academic circumstances.
(Photo By Jeff Chase)
Conversation Debate
Centered On Greeks
Students
Hear Talk
By GRANT FOLMSBEE
The Rt. Rev. Maxell Wiggins,
Bishop of Victoria Nyanza, a
rural area of Tanzania, spoke
twice on the AC campus Sept. 18.
In informal sessions sponsored
by the Canterbury Association of
Episcopal students, he and his
wife shared their impressions of
twenty-four years of religious
and educational work in south
east Africa.
Written comments on the
content of the talks are given to
show that firsthand contacts
with people of other back
grounds can mean to AC
students.
“The bishop’s discussion of
politics was especially in
teresting to social studies
majors. It is always more inter
esting to hear a firsthand ac
count of the political rela
tionships of a particular country,
especially a country that has in
its midst the turmoil that is
found in parts of East Africa.”
Measures against the capital
istic trend of other cultures are
taken by such measures as not
allowing government officials to
own more than one home.”
“The term ‘lost generation’
was applied to the young
scholars in towns of Tanzania,
due largely to members of
various tribal units coming
together and discovering certain
laws and beliefs taught by their
respective groups being ignored
or deviated from by various
other units, leading to lowering
of social controls.” “Apparently
even though there is a great
upheaval in the socio-economic
areas and confusion resulting
from the uncertainty of roles,
this does not manifest itself in
suicide, which is growing at an
alarming rate among American
adolescents. The bishop attri
buted this almost nonexistent
j suicide rate to the basic happy.
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By JIM ABBOTT
The Campus Awareness Com
mittee sponsored it’s first
student program of the year last
Tuesday. The program featured
a debate between the in
dependent factions on campus,
represented by Larry Stowers
and Robbie Koelling; and the
Greek faction represented by
Mr. Russell Roebuck and David
Finch. The topic of the debate
was centered around the pros
and cons of Greek life.
Koelling, in his opening
remarks, noted that, “Fresh
man (to whom the debate was
aimed) were really unaware of
the Greek situation as it really
exists here at A. C. C.” He then
quoted some statistics con
cerning what he acclaimed to be
the “fading” impact of Greek
hfe in the American scene.
Finch, concentrated his
openers, citing means by which
the Greek organizations help
their members through their
various programs, i.e.,
scholarship, leadership, and
athletics. Finch also contended
that “fraternities are an ab
solute necessity on our campus
in that they provide the maim
social outlet.” He went on to
discredit certain misconceptions
commonly held by non-Greeks
concerning, “Hell Week.” Finch
Pictures Set
Pictures will be taken from
September22-October 3 from
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on the first
floor of Hardy Alumni Hall.
There is no sitting charge for
these photographs. Men are to
wear dark coats and ties and
light shirts. Women wear
blouses. All are urged to have
their pictures made for this
year’s Pine Knot.
Morning convocations held at
11:00 a.m. in the Wilson Gym
nasium begin September 30 with
the Formal Fall Convocation on
Academic Procession. Chaplain
Hensley will speak. Mr. Grady
Nutt, Director of Student
Relations, Southern Baptist
Theological Siminary, will be
the guest speaker for the Oc
tober 7 convocation. Dr. James
T. Guines, Assistant Superin
tendent, Richmond Public
Schools will appear on October
21. The Student Government
Association will present the
October 28 convocation. The
guest speaker will be announced
at a later date. Dr. Thomas
McCollough, Professor of
Ethics, Duke University is
scheduled to speak for the
November 4 convocation.
Other programs will include
the November 11 convocation
which will feature Mr. Charles
Hugo Curl, Director of Pubhc
Relations, Norfolk State College.
On November 18, the Men’s
Chorus from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
will perform. The December 2
convocation will feature as guest
speaker Mr. Brooks Hays,
Director of Ecumenical In
stitute. He is a former U.S.
Congressman from Arkansas.
The Christmas Worship Service,
presented by the Atlantic
Christian College Music
Department, is schuduled for
stated that “Hell Week” is a
thing of the past and in the
contemporary sense of the word,
it has evolved to become more of
a “help week.”
Stowers, the independent’s
second speaker, maintained that
the first goal of all Freshmen
should be that of attaining an
education and that the
achievement of high grades
transcends all else in im
portance.
The fourth and final set of
opening remarks came from
Russell Roebuck, National
President of Delta Sigma Phi
fraternity. Roebuck opened his
remarks with a quote from
former Supreme Court Justice,
Tom Clark who once said,
“Fraternities, help one to
become the uncommon man.”
Roebuck also noted that in his
opinion, Fraternity life takes
over the educational process
where the classroom ends, and
that in essence a fraternity
house is a “laboratory for life.”
The members are made
cognizant of social graces,
leadership, and job preparation.
Roebuck then went on to point
out the high achievements made
by Greeks in American
government, by noting that
almost every U.S. President and
VicePresident since the middle
1800’s has been a member of a
fraternity.
Following the opening
remarks, Mr. Purcell, the
program’s moderator fielded
questions from the floor. One
student asked about the
academic averages of the Greek
organizations on campus. To
which Dean Lozier replied that
all of the Sororities were above
the average for women here, and
that all but one of the fraternities
had higher than average grades.
December 9.
Evening programs to be held
at 8:15 p.m. in Howard Chapel
will begin October 6 with a
concert by pianist, Mr. Charles
Bath. Stage and Script will
present the musical “She Loves
Me” on October 30, 31, and
November 1. The Alard String
Quartet, Penn State University
will perform on November 2.
The final program on November
4 will feature the A.C.C. Chorus
and Percussion Ensemble
presenting “Carmina Burana”
by Carl Orff.
There is an innovation in this
year’s schedule in that evening
as well as mornig programs are
being offered. This change will
allow for a wider range of types
of programs that can be held
since the facilities used are not
limited to the Wilson gynasium.
With the new schedule of
events it is necessary to make a
change in the requirement
regulation. Students are
required to attend at least eight
of the Convocations on the
listing. This means that the eight
events you select to attend can
come from any of the morning or
evening Convocations listed.
By WILLIAM PERKINSON
At the September 22 meeting
of the Student Government
Association Executive Board,
Jim Abbott opened new business
with a motion to “appoint a
committee of students to in
vestigate the possibility of
establishing some type of co-ed
dormitory existence here at
Atlantic Christian College and
that this committee will report
their findings directly to this
board,”
Abbott’s affirmative debate
included a statement that the
girls dorms are now overloaded
and that a co-ed dorm with
certain floors set aside for male
students and certain floors set
aside for female students would
help alleviate the situation.
However, there was over
whelming opposition to the
motion. Several board members
including Harold Herring and
Joyce Copeland felt that AC is
not ready for such a movement
and that the trustees about the
consider the present drinking
proposals would be “scared ofl.”
David Finch added that the co
Failure to attend eight events in
a given semester will result in
the student’s being suspended
from the College upon com
pletion of the semester’s work.
We also would invite your
participation in the Con
versation programs scheduled
on Thursdays at 11:00 a.m.
These programs are varied in
nature and voluntary in attend
ance. Publicity for these
programs is done by those
sponsoring the activity. Those
desiring to schedule any events
at the 11:00 a.m. time period on
Tuesday or Thursday can do so
by contacting the Office of the
Chaplain. By following this
procedure several meetings can
be scheduled at the same time,
and any group making plans
for a meeting can be aware of
the other events taking place
then.
The Co-ordinating Council
whose members are listed in the
catalougue would appreciate
your suggestions as to some pro
gram of which you are aware
that you would like to see
scheduled as a Convocation
event.
ed dormitory “isn’t working out
as well as everyone first ex
pected” in many schools,
Abbott replied that his motion
was not one of real action, but
merely one of investigation.
The motion as well as a sub
sequent motion to reconsider
was defeated.
Other business included
Kenneth O’Connell’s successful
motion to nominate Joe Har
wood chairman of a committee
to investigate the teachers right
to dismiss unruly students and
the students’ rights in such
cases,
David Finch introduced a
successful resolution that a
simple brochure of information
concerning social conditions and
student opinion relevant to the
proposed drinking rule be
presented to each trustee at
least one week prior to the Oc
tober 29 Board of Trustees
meeting.
Finally, under the President’s
report, Joe Wilkins stated that
Freshman class nominations
would be held Thursday, Oc
tober 2, 1969.
The “pied piper” of soul, Mr. Billy Stewart, poured it on a
captivated audience last Thursday night at the Wilson Gym
nasium.
Board Prefers
Victorian Ideals