Harper ScjeiMlOf
By LEO C. WHALEY JK.
Wilson police were called to
Harper Hall Saturday morning
at 2:21 a.m. in response to a call
from Miss Jessie Daniels who
stated that, “approximately four
or five white males had broken
into Harper. When the police
arrived the suspects had fled the
scene. Witnesses described one
subject as wearing a cowboy hat
and another one as wearing
shade glasses. The officers
discovered they had gained
entry through a basement
window and then through an
inner door leading to the first
floor.
The subject described as
wearing shade glasses was
arrested on a school bus, where
he had taken refuge, in the 800
block of West Gold St. He was
identified as Jeffery Lynn
Weindruch from Bettendore,
Iowa.
The suspect described as
wearing a cowboy hat was
identified as Gerald A. Smith,
age 17, from Detroit, Michigan.
Smith had been AWOL from
Camp Lejeune Marine Base in
Jacksonville, North Carolina
since Labor Day.
Both Weindruch and Smith,
workers at the nickel game of
the Wilson County Fair, were
placed in the county jail without
bond privileges until a hearing
could be held.
The two other suspects were
identified as Hilton Harrell and
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Wilson. They too were put in jail
without privilege of bond.
None of the girls were
assaulted, but Kim Hinson's
room was entered, and she gave
the following account of what
happened. "I had gone to bed
Friday night and left my room
door open and the stereo
playing. Early Saturday
morning 1 woke up and a man
was sitting at the head of my
bed. We immediately began to
talk, however, it took me only a
few seconds to realize it was a
man and not a girl as I had first
thought. When he entered the
room, he had locked the door.
We talked about him, his job at
Break In
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_Ue fair, and what I had planntni
to major in. He volunteered to
me how he had entered through
a bathroom window in the base
ment, and walked up the stairs
to the first floor When asked
why he chose my room, the
intruder replied the door was
opt'n and the soft music caught
my ear While all this was taking
place we heard the jingling of
keys in the hall. He asked me
what to do if someone came in’ 1
replied that he had "better get
under the bed " About that time
the door opened and .Miss
Daniels entered. The man began
apologizing for being there and
asked Miss Daniels not to punish
me, because it was not my fault.
He then ran from the room It
was then that I realized whal
had happened and became
scared After calming down. 1
saw that my riHmimate was still
asleep She had missed all the
excitement, and knew nothing
until the next morning My diH>r
will not be left unliK'ked again'"
•\noIher girl involved, ('alhy
Kitchen also slated, "I slept
through the whole thing
•A hearing was held Tuesday in
Wilson court. Two of the men
were already on probation for
previous offenses The judge
revoked their probation and
added an additional six months
active sentence to the prior
convictions. Two of the men
were fined $100 plus the cost of
court. As of Tuesday night
Bryant and Weindruch
remained in the county jail.
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ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, OCTOBER 5, 1972
NUMBER FIVE
Wenger Announces Committee Appointments
Appointment of a special
committee to study the purposes
of Atlantic Christian College has
been announced by Dr. Arthur
D. Wenger, president of the
college. The committee was
appointed upon authorization of
the ACC Board of Trustees.
Those accepting appointment
to the committee were John N.
McDaniel and Rebecca L.
Thompson, students; Eugene
Purcell and Dr. J. P. Tyndall,
faculty; Dr. Sarah Bain Ward
and Milton L. Adams,
administration; and Thomas L.
Law and Ely J. Perry Jr.,
trustees.
Purcell, who is associate
professor of philosophy at the
college, will serve as chairman
of the committee.
Commenting on the
appointments. Dr. Wenger said,
"The representative character
of the committee is strengthened
in that both Greeks and
Independents are represented in
the student members; three are
alumni of the college; five are
members of the Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ);
and two ore ordained
clergymen.”
McDaniel is a senior from
Florence, S. C., majoring in
psychology. Miss Thompson is a
senior sociology major from
Portsmouth, Va. Both are ACC
students who have achieved high
academic honors.
Purcell has been a member of
the college faculty since 1957,
while Tyndall joined the faculty
of the college in 1949. He is
professor of sience and serves as
chairman of the ACC
Department of Science.
Dr. Ward currently serves as
dean of women and joined the
college staff in 1944, while
Adams serves as business
manager, a position he has held
since 1950.
Law is an ordained clergyman
and is pastor of St. Paul’s
Christian Church in Raleigh He
has served as a member of the
ACC Board of Trustees since
1970. Perry heads the Perry —
Burton Realty Co., in Kinston
and has been a member of the
board since 1969.
The committee will report its
findings to President Wenger
upon completion of its
assignment. Any proposal
coming from the committee will
be reviewed by the faculty and
presented to the board at its
May, 1973 meeting.
"Changes which have
occurred in higher education
and in society in general since
the adoption of our current
statement of purposes make it
mandatory that we carefully
examine this statemeni to
assure its continuing fidelity to
our Charter on the one hand and
its relevance to recent
developments in higher
education on the other," Dr.
Wenger said. "Day-to-day
decisions need constantly to be
seen in the light of their
relationship to such a carefully
drawn statement of purpose. "
Pi Gamma Mu
SGA To Discuss Hours
By U.XY GRIFFIN
Last Tuesday Pi Gamma Mu
iNational Social Science Honor
Society held its first meeting of
the year. New officers were
elected. They are Susan Tyndall
Williams, president; Ray
Griffin, vice president; Phyllis
Collier, secretary; and Brenda
Harrell, treasurer.
Pi Gamma Mu is open to all
juniors and seniors who have a
minimum of 21 hours in the field
of social sciences. This includes
the areas of Political Science,
Sociology, Social Studies,
Economics, and History. Those
students who are interested
must also have a minimum of a
“B” average in the area of
Social Sciences.
If anyone is interested in
joining Pi Gamma Mu please
contact any of the officers or
Mrs. Gattis. Also, there will be a
meeting of Pi Gamma Mu,
October 12, at 11:00 in Hines 205.
All prospective members are
urged to attend.
Absentee Voting
To those who have yet to
obtain an absentee ballot, both
Democrats and Republicans
urge you to do so. For the first
time 18-21 year olds are eligible
to vote in elections. If you wish to
exercise this privilege, but will
be away from your home
precinct on Nov, 7,1972, then cut
out and fill in the following
request for an official
application. If this request is
made in person, do so by Nov. 1;
if you wish to mail in your
request, realistically, it must be
done by Oct. 15 considering the
U.S. mail system. After the
application is received, it must
be returned to your County
Board of Elections by November
2, 1972. They will mail you a
ballot which must be notarized
and returned by November 4.
For notarization of these ballots
contact the Collegiate Office.
.County Board of Elections
By WALT TYLER
On Tuesday night, October 3,
in Hines 110 the SGA Executive
Board met. The meeting was
opened with a prayer and with
the minutes being approved.
Mr. Pridgen explained to the
Board the condition that the
budget books were in when he
got them and what he did to
bring the books up to date. There
was some lengthy discussion
concerning the budget books.
It was announced that the
Entertainment Committee
would consist of: Robert
Thomas, Micheal Finch, Steve
Harrell, Mary Ann Conner, Pam
Costable, Keat Hamm, Vernon
Temple, Ann Collier, Vance
Daniels, Bert May, Mr. Purcell,
Mr. Dunn and Mr. Irwine.
The Entertainment Com
mittee requested that the SGA
help them pay half their ex
penses to the convention in
Atlanta. The Exec. Board
deferred the matter until later.
In the area of new business,
Barry Morgan entered the
motion that there be more
stringent controls on the SGA
Treasurer. After much
discussion Morgan’s motion was
withdrawn and Tom Kawana
moved that the Treasurer, the
Budget Committee, and Mr.
Pridgen draw up more effective
guide lines for operation of the
Treasurer’s Office. The motion
was carried and voted on.
There was then a motion that
the Vice-President have the
same grade point average that
applies to the President of any
organization represented on the
Exec. Board, The motion is a
constitutional amendment, and
will have to be voted on by the
student body.
Barry Morgan also moved that
no one could hold two executive
offices in the school. The motion
was seconded and carried.
It was stated that some of the
women students wanted
women's dorm hours changtKi
and (he executive board should
consider this at the next
meeting. The recommendation
will then be presented to the
Hoard of Trustee’s. There will
also be a discussion next
meeting of the length of the
library hours. All interested
students are urged to attend the
nexi SGA meeting on Oct. 17th.
NC (or other state)
A.S I will be out of county, the county which I am registered to vote, all day on
November 7,1972 the General Election, please send me an absentee ballot application to the following
address.
. I am registered to vote at the following
address
3
Legal Name
Signed.
-ML'SK' F()STF;R: BobbieAlbert and Ron .Morton will appear as above
on new poster to be used for recruitment of music students.