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NUMBER FIVE
Students Tour Europe
The 15 lovely beauties of the homecoming court were presented
Thursday night. (Photo by Ron Snipes)
By CATHYALBKRT
On May 14, 1973 eighteen A C.
students went to Europe. Nine of
the students studied the
economic structure of Europe,
and were supervised by Dr.
Schatz: Ron Benedict
(president), Andy Gay
(treasurer), Sue Garris
(secretary), Tom Hodges, P>ed
Pierson, Pete Wakker, Jim
Crawford, and Don and Janie
Fitzgerald. The other nine
students, lead by Mrs. Schatz,
studied German culture and
history: Vi Andrews
(secretary), Jerry Blackwell,
Dan Smith, Courtney Lewis,
Chip Jones, Gary Currin, Ray
Grihin, Bill Nichols, and me.
Ricky Andrews and the Schatz
children traveled with us.
We left Kennedy International
via Icelandic Airlines, and had a
45 minute layover in Iceland.
Our first night in Europe was
spent in Luxembourg. The next
day the groups split and went on
their own side tours. The
business students first stopped
off at Brussels to learn about the
European Economic Com
mission. While they were there
they visited the Church of St.
Michael, one of the most
beautiful of all edifaces they saw
in Europe. Their next stop was
ACC Announces
Enrollment Statistics
Atlantic Christian College
experienced an enrollment of
1,721 students for the fall
semester of the 1973-74 academic
year, according to Dr. L. H.
Swindell Jr., dean of the college.
Of the total enrollment, 1,550
are full-time students while the
remainding 171, are attending on
a part-time basis. Making up the
student body are 383 seniors, 384
juniors, 458 sophomores, 462
freshmen and 34 special
students. Female outnumber
male students 831 to 719.
Students attending Atlantic
Christian come from 21 states
and five foreign countries.
Leading are Tar Heel students
who number 1,349. Second is
Virginia with 294. Other states
represented are California,
Connecticut, Delaware, District
of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Maine, Maryland,
Missouri, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Penn
sylvania, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Texas. Foreign
countries represented include
Canada, Denmark, China, Iran
and Venezuela,
Sixty-eight of North Carolina’s
100 counties are represented in
the studenty body. Wilson
County leads with 342. Nash
County is second with 98, while
Wake County is third with 94 and
Wayne County has 80.
Religious affiliation statistics
indicate 25 different religious
denominations are represented
in the study body. There are
more Baptist, 665, attending
than any other denomination.
Second are Methodist, 374, and
third are Christian (Disciples of
Christ), 169. Fourth are
Presbyterian with 153.
The remainder of the student
body is comprised of students
designating the following
denominations: Advent
Christian, Assembly of God,
Catholic, Church of Christ,
Church of God, Congregational
Christian, Episcopal, Four
Square, Free Will Baptist,
Jehovah’s Witness, Jewish,
Latter Day Saints, Lutheran
Moravian, Moslem, Non-
Sectarian, Christiain Assembly,
Pentecostal Holiness, Quaker,
Salvation Army, and Seventh-
Day Adventist.
Rotterdam, the 2nd largest city
in the Netherlands. For local
color the group went to a movie
and free beer and pretzels were
available for those who wanted
them. After visiting Rotterdam
they left for their European
headquarters in Murrhardt,
Germany.
The German tour was dif
ferent. Upon leaving Luxem
bourg we headed for Trier which
was settled by the Romans and
is Germany’s oldest city. We
visited Karl Marx's house in
Trier. The next city on our tour
was Cochem by the Mosel River.
Cochem is an important wine-
producing city and we visited
the city’s winery. The Mosel and
Rheim Rivers meet in the city of
Koblinz (it’s called the German
Comer) and we toured it on the
way to Oberwesel, a not-very
often-visited village on the
Rhein. Oberwesel was an ex
perience we would all like to
forget, but I'm sure that will be
impossible. We were all happy to
leave Oberwesel for Murrhardt.
Murrhardt is a small village
near the Schwaelbian Alps. All
of us stayed in the youth hotel
there and were usually
surrounded by 50 or 60 German
children yelling at the top of (he
lungs. To rest our ears and
minds we traveled to important
cities: Heidelberg, to see the
castle destroyed by Louis XIV;
Stuttgart, to tour Dinkel-bicker
Brewery, the Daimler-Benz
Mercedes plant, and Giro-Kasse
Bank; and Ludwigsburg Castle.
Sometimes smaller groups went
on their own to cities like
Fulringen, Comburg, Rothern-
burg, and Nuernburg.
The business students went on
a 2-day spree to see Zurich,
Switzerland. While on the train
they had a good chance to see the
Prayer on ACC Campus
Student interest in Christian
worship and prayer is increasing
Play Opens
The popular comedy, “The
Importance of Being Earnest,”
which has entertained audiences
the world over since 1895, opened
Thursday through Saturday,
Oct. 11-13, at 8 p.m., in Howard
Chapel on the Atlantic Christian
College campus. The per
formance will be by Stage and
Script, the dramatics
organization at the college.
The comedy of manners by
Oscar Wilde has in its cast Hal
Hummel as Jackworthing who is
in love with Gwendoline, played
by Debbie Hester, Steve Hunt as
Albernon Moncrief, is in love
with Cecily Cardew, Jack’s
ward, played by Elaine Lee. The
difficulty arises when both girls
refuse to marry anyone who is
not named Ernest because the
name “inspires absolute con
fidence.”
The situation is further
complicated when Gwendoline s
mother. Lady Bracknell, por
trayed by Leigh McClelland,
objects to the proposed
marriages.
The cast is rounded out by
Leslie Jonstone, Jim McCullen,
Randy Morris and Ivan Price Jr.
More than 30 ACC students are
working backstage in support of
the cast.
Tickets will be available at the
door.
greatly at Atlantic Christian
College. The prime indicator of
this phenomenon is a proposed
student meditation center
which, with the help of Disciples
of Christ throughout North
Carolina, the students are
committed to buld on the
campus.
The need of the campus
community for a quiet place of
meditation and prayer cannot
now be met by an existing
facility of the college. Although
Howard Chapel has been a land
mark for over forty years, it is
constantly in use for collegiate
activities that preclude prayer
and worship by small groups and
individuals.
Realizing this need, a small
group of enthusiastic students,
with the guidance and support of
Professor Gene Purcell of the
Religion-Philosophy Depart
ment, proposed that a small,
student-built and financed
prayer center be approved by
the student body and ad
ministration. The proposal was
met with support from many
sectors of the student body and
endorsed by the President of the
college. Dr. Arthur D. Wenger.
Official approval came from the
Board of Trustees in their Oc
tober, 1973 meeting, and a site
was chosen, adjoining Howard
Chapel. The structure itself will
be a round, modular constructed
redwood building designed by
Rondesics Corporation of Ashe
ville, allowing for maximum
flexibility and tasteful worship
Swiss Alps and the Black Forest.
We all traveled mostly by
train — tourist class, of course.
Our train rides were a constant
source of entertainment. One
time on (he way to Stuttgart one
of the guys told some of the
funniest stories alx)Ut various
birds which, if not imaginary,
are certainly extinct. Luckily
only us Americans understood
the stories.
The last week of the German
studies we crossed Lake Con
stance to visit Switzerland and
Austria. In St. Gallen, Swit
zerland we visited a Bibliotek
which held old writings crpfted
by the monks whom once
separate inhabited the
surrounding monastery.
Austria was filled with much
fun, even though the weather
was terrible — (it was the only
time in Europe that it rained for
so many consecutive days). At
Innsburck we took a cable car up
the alps. Every now and then we
saw a snow capped mountain
expose itself from behind the
fog. In Salzburg we saw
Mozart’s birthplace and a huge
castle that was used as a
museum of war modes. We
stayed in Vienna two days and
saw the Crown Jewels and the
famous Spanish Riding School
Lizzizahners among many other
sites. While in Berchtesgaden,
Germany we went through the
salt mines dressed in special
See STUDENTS Page Six
settings. The college architects
have determined that the total
cost for materials, construction
and landscaping will be in the
neighborhood of $15,0(X). Labor
costs have been drastically
reduced since student labor is
committed to many phases of
the actual construction.
A committee consisting of
interested lay women and men,
A.C. students, and ministers was
organized in early June to seek
contributions from Disciples of-
Christ in North Carolina. Mr. W.
C. “Bill” Summerlin of Greens
boro, treasurer of the committee
says, “The students believe the
facility will embody more
warmth and love if many of our
Christian Church families and
other friends had the op
portunity to participate and the
center is built from their con
tributions, rather than through
the usual capital funding
channels.” The target date for
raising the money is September
1, 1974.
It is refreshing to be a part of a
movement set in motion and
sustained by the Spirit of Christ
on the college campus, and A.C.
students who are a part of the
movement look forward to the
day when our college will
physically embody its claim to
educate and nurture the spirits
of its students as well as their
minds.
Steve Sprinkle
Atlantic Christian
College
Faison.
Faison Bids
For President
My name is Phil F'aison, and I
am running for freshman class
president. I was born in Em
poria, Va. and graduated from
Greenville Co. High School.
After graduation, I spent a year
working and finding out what I
wanted to do with myself and my
life.
I feel that what the freshman
class needs is a president who is
outgoing and is not afraid to
speak his mind. The potential of
the freshman class is great, but
to fully realize this potential we
must get involved. We must be a
vital part of this campus, for we
may now develop into the
campus leaders of tomorrow.
I can make no promises of
what I can do, for a president
can only guide in the actions of
the class. However, with the
solid support of an active fresh
man class, I feel that we can
take the responsibility of an
active role in campus life at
Atlantic Christian.
On Oct. 17, think of an active
and involved freshman class and
vote Phil Faison.