Trustee Day: Feb. 22
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^LANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. FEBRUARY
18, 1972
NUMBER FOURTEEN
By LINDA HANNA
Most people have forgotten
about the fire which recently
created havoc in the New
Women's Dorm. Students are re
settled in their regular routines,
the disaster area has cost its
novelty and the workmen in the
dorm are part of the scenery.
However, the third floor
residents haven’t forgotten that
in the midst of confusion and
chaos there were people who
realized a need and responded to
fulfill this need.
The time it took for the
firemen to arrive is irrelevant,
and the fact that the school had
no insurance on personal
possessions is no longer im
portant to the students who
suffered the most damage. What
lingers in the minds of these
women are the efforts of other
students, resident counselors,
administrators, and teachers to
assist in any way possible. Even
merchants in Wide Awake
Wilson offered assistance to help
lessen the strains of the
emergency situation.
Of course it would be im
possible to list every way in
which individuals helped, but
many of the responses cannot go
unmentioned. Women all over
campus offered their rooms and
beds for use when the dorm
closed for the night. Where the
seriousness of the situation was
realized clothes, shoes, books,
everything girls had they offered
to those who found they had
nothing. When third floor
residents moved from third
floor, men from all over campus
and every fraternity were ready
and willing to move heavy
boxes, bags of clothes, and
personal possessions.
When residents were allowed
to re-enter the dorm for living
the men returned to move
mattresses and furniture into
newly-acquired living areas for
the women. Very few people
realize that Wilson Memorial
Hospital provided the sheets.
ACC Blacks Hold Busy Week
SGA Exec Board
Plans Showdown
Campus-Community Praised
By Women Dorm Residents
pillows, pillowcases, blankets,
bedspreads, and bath linens for
30 girls. Two cleaners offered
special rates, and two women's
clothing stores offered
discounts. Then there is the
church women’s group which
put money in an account at a
drug store, and the individual
expressions from personal
friends. Special feelings will be
remembered for the 13-year-old
girl who gave up the $14.00 she
had saved, and then also helped
provide some personal
necessities which everyone
needed.
Every girl is living on a new
floor, and the girls on those
floors have provided boxes and
boxes of things to replace ar
ticles which the girls lost —
articles from toothbrushes to
tennis shoes. Faculty members
have had their share in helping,
too. Accepting the state of chaos
they granted extra days on
assignments, postponed tests,
and expressed sincere concern
for the girls involved.
Trustee Day
Atlantic Christian College’s
first Trustee Day will be held on
campus, Tues., Feb. 22, with
over 20 members of the Board of
Trustees participating.
The Trustees will arrive on
campus about 11 a.m. and will
register. Students will then
escort them to lunch and to
afternoon classes. Guided tours
of the college will also be of
fered.
At night, the trustees will be
accompanied by students to
dinner and beginning at 7:30
p.m. there will be a panel
discussion in Hardy Alumni
Hall. Students are especially
urged to attend this discussion
and to let their voices be heard.
Wednesday, the Trustees will
hold their regular Winter
meeting.
The SGA Executive Board has
met twice in recent weeks and
the main topic of discussion was
the action taken by the Ad
ministrative Council regarding
the SGA constitution and the
changes proposed in that
document.
At the Feb. 7 meeting of the
Executive Board it was reported
that the Administrative Council
had voted not to accept the SGA
proposal to lower to 2.2 the grade
point average necessary to run
for and hold the office of SGA
president and vice president. A
great deal of discussion ensued:
Robbie Steen compared the
situation of the students to
“marionettes” and stated that
all the administration does is
pull our strings. Jim Sturdevant
said, “I’m tired of people in the
administration acting like great
white fathers — 1 think we ought
to send the constitution right
back to the Administrative
Council.” The Board then voted
to send the constitution back
without making the changes
recommended by the Ad
ministrative Council and in
addition the board voted to send
Robbie Steen to the Council to
speak on behalf of the students.
On Monday night, Feb. 14, the
Executive Board met again. It
was learned that once again the
Administrative Council, after
meeting with Steen for over an
hour had voted to reaffirm their
previous decision. Dr. Wenger,
however, told the Collegiate that
this action resulted from a
“split-vote,” and was therefore
not a unanimous decision. After
lengthy discussion, the Board
decided to ask for a chance to
meet with the Administrative
Council and Dean Swindell, who
was a guest at the SGA meeting
stated that you’ll never know
how receptive the Ad
ministrative Council is until you
try them.
Another topic which was
discussed was the absence of a
student on the ad hoc committee
appointed by Trustee chairman
Tom Hackney, to screen can
didates for the athletic director-
coach position. At the Feb. 7
meeting the Board voted to send
Hackney a letter asking him why
wasn’t a student representative
appointed to that committee.
Monday night Hackney’s reply
was read to the Board. In his
letter. Hackney stated. “Due to
the urgent necessity of ap
pointing a Basketball Coach it
was felt by me that the com
mittee must necessarily be
small. It was also my opinion
tJiat the committee had to be
prnnarily faculty oriented. ... In
my opinion the committee that
was appointed is deeply in
terested In all facets of ACC life
and will do a commendable job
for us"
After the letter was read, a
number of the Board meinlx-rs
voiced their opinion that the
letter was evasive and that
Hackney never really responded
to the question, asked him. A
motion was made that Hackney
be invited to the next Board
meeting to discuss the matter
further.
In the area of finances, the
Board appropriated $900 to Ix-
distributed to the victims of the
dorm firs; and an additional $2(M)
to Robbie Steen for .\.( Student
Legislature.
Dean Swindell was asked why
does it cost $.5 to drop-add. Me
explained that when the fee was
$1 so many people were dropping
and adding that the Registrar’s
office requested that the fee be
raised in the hopes that it could
Sec S(i \ Pago 1
NTE
Scheduled
The National Teacher
Examinations will be ad
ministered on April 8. at Atlantic
Christian College which -has
been designated as a test center.
According to Zeb M.
Whitehurst, III, dean of
students, college seniors
preparing to teach and teachers
applying for positions in school
systems which encourage or
require the NTE are eligible to
take the tests. In addition, the
designation of Atlantic Christian
College as a test center for these
examinations will give
prospective teachers in this area
an opportunity to compare their
performance on the
examinations with candidates
throughout the country who take
the tests, Whitehurst said.
Bulletins of Information
describing registration
procedures and containing
Registration Forms as well as
sample test questions may be
obtained from the Dean of
Students’ office at Atlantic
Christian College or directly
from the National Teacher
Examinations, Educational
Testing Service. Box 911,
Princeton, .New Jersey 08540.
WILSO.N. .\ C February 13-
19 has been designated as Black
History Week in .-Xmenca and a
group of twenty-six black
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students have organized a
number of activities on the
college campus to coincide with
the Black History observance,
according to Dwight Bailey,
chairman of the Afro-.-\merican
.Awareness Society,
A number of silk screen prints
from famed black printer, Lou
Stovall is being exhibited in the
lobby of the Hamlin Student
Center Stovall, is associated
with the Corcoran Gallery of Art
in Washington, D C. and has
designed prints for use by the
Peace Corps and the United
.Nations. The Stovall exhibit will
run until February 27
Thursday night at 7 p.m. in
Howard Chapel a black singing
group composed chiefly of Fike
High School students will
present a program entitled
"Sounds of the Black World.”
The program will consist of
African tribal music, religious
music, jazz, blues and soul
songs. Ruth Stokes of Wilson will
be directing the program and
everyone is invited to attend.
There will be no admission
charge.
Mitchell
Resigns
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ally.
Gen. John N. Mitchell resigned
his Cabinet post tcxlay to head
up President .Nixon’s re-election
campaign. .Nixon immediately
named deputy Atty. Gen Rich
ard G. Kleindienst to succeed
him.
Mitchell's resignation, effec
tive March 1, had long been ex
pected. He directed Nixon's
1968 campaign effort and the
President's political advisers
had been anxious for him to
take over the same post for the
1972 re-election effort.
Nixon’s nomination of
Kleindienst, a conservative
identified with the law-and-or-
der issue, is expected to draw
strong opposition from liberal
and civil rights forces.
But White House press secre
tary Ronald L. Ziegler replied,
"Yes, indeed” when asked
whether the administration was
confident the Senate would act
favorably on elevation of .Mit
chell’s chief assistant to the
Cabinet.
Ziegler said .Mitchell handed
.Nixon a hand-written personal
letter at a meeting in the Presi
dent's Oval Office .Monday aft
ernoon.
The letter's contents were not
immediately disclosed, but the
White House released .Nixon's
letter to Mitchell accepting his
resignation with a note of "ut
most regret.”