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ATLANTt: CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. DECEMBER 6,
ACC Receive
Grant
WILSON — Grants totaling
more than $49,000 are being
distributed to 41 privately
supported colleges and
universities in North Carolina
this week by The Sears-Roebuck
Foundation, according to Larry
Lassiter, local Sears Foundation
representative.
Atlantic Christian College has
received a grant totaling $1,500.
The North Carolina colleges
and universities are among an
estimaed 950 private, accredited
two and four-year institutions
across the country which are
sharing in $1,650,000 in Sears
Foundation funds.
Nationally, private colleges
and universities will receive
$1,150,000 in unrestricted grants
and an additional $500,000
through a Sears Foundation
program to assist college and
university libraries.
The unrestricted funds may be
used as the colleges and
universities deem necessary.
The library grant program is
designed to supplement the
normal book acquisition budgets
of the participating institutions.
In addition to its unrestricted
and college library grant
programs. The Sears-Roebuck
Foundation, during the current
year, will invest more than
$1,100,000 in a variety of other
education activities, the
spokesman said. This will bring
the budgeted education ex
penditures of The Sears-
Roebuck Foundation to more
than $2,750,000 in 1973.
1973
NUMBER ELEVEN
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CHRISTli^N COLLEGE
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Meditation Center Construction Near
Early in 1972, Atlantic
Christian College students began
to realize the need for a place of
silence and privacy on campus
for meditation, small group and
individual worship which no
existing college facility affords.
Howard Chapel, a campus
landmark, serves the college in
a multipurpose unit and is used
for assemblies and large
congregational worship as well
as organ practice, recitals,
drama classes and stage
productions.
Students felt that a small
chapel which would be open 24
hours a day to the campus
community would provide the
answer to their problem. A small
group of enthusiastic students
with encouragement from Prof.
Art Auction Slated
The Atlantic Christian College
Department of Art will hold its
annual art auction on Thursday,
Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m., in the lobby
of Hines Hall on the college
campus. Proceeds from the
auction will go toward the
publication of “Crucilb.e” a
literary and art magazine.
Many pieces of art work will
be displayed in the student
gallary of the Case Art Building
prior to the auction and will be
moved to the lobby of Hines Hall
on the afternoon of the auction.
The auction is expected to last
approximately two hours, with
some 60-70 pieces of art being
offered for sale. Among the
works will be oil paintings,
sculptures, ceramic works, and
graphic works in a variety of
media, and perhaps other types.
All works are contributed for the
auction by faculty members of
the ACC Department of Art,
students currently enrolled in
the department and of
“Crucible.”
The auction was originated by
the art department of the
college, and is conducted for the
sole purpose of supporting
“Crucible,” which is co
published by the departments of
Art and English. “Crucible” is a
literary and art magazine whose
main intent is the publication of
original poetry, prose, art, and
other art forms from any
discipline on the campus, other
campuses or from professionals.
Editors of the magazine are
Russell Arnold, chairman of the
department of art, and Dr.
James B. Hemby, chairman of
the department of English.
The fall issue of “Crucible will
be offered for sale at time of the
auction.
Eugene Purcell Jr., proposed
the idea of a student-built,
student-financed meditation
center to the college ad
ministration, the board of
trustees and the student body.
President Arthur D. Wenger
vigorously advocated the project
and steered it through proper
administrative channels.
By 1973 students were ad
vancing their fund raising effort
with the full support of the ACC
Board of Trustees. An appeal to
members of the Christian
Church in North Carolina
brought a response of more than
$3,000 from individual members,
classes and church boards as an
expression of their love and
concern for the students of
Atlantic Christian College.
The initial goal of $10,000 for
the Student Meditation Center
has virtually been reached,
according to students involved in
the fund-raising effort. More
than $9,700 is now on hand and
students are hoping to close the
gap and begin construction by
early in the spring semester.
Students have played the
major role in seeking money
sources and have donated over
$2,300 out of their own pockets as
firm testimony to the need for
such a facility on the campus.
Barry Morgan of Durham and
Rob Coleman of Emporia, Va.,
leaders of the on-campus effort,
report that students not only
intend to contribute money, but
will carry out most of the actual
construction themselves.
The buildine is to be a sturdy
redwood structure of modular
design which facilitate easy
erection. Campus architects,
Skinner and Lamm Associates of
Wilson, in collaboration with
Rondesics Corp. of Asheville,
forsee 870 square feet of free
space within the building which
will offer flexibility and tasteful
worship settings. The building
site will be located adjacent to
Howard Chapel.
Financial support is still
needed for the center. To
complete constructon an ad
ditional $5,000 must be raised
soon. The complete cost of the
main unit, heating-cooling
package, furniture, carpet and
landscaping is estimated at
$15,000.
Toy Drive
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Next week from Monday.
December 10 until Friday,
December 15, there will be a
large box placed in the lobby of
theC. L Hamlin Student Center.
This box will l>e for the deposit of
books and toys to be given to the
Children's Unit of Wilson
Memorial Hospital. This project
is sponsored by the Roteract
Club of Atlantic Chfistian
College,
Roteract contacted Mrs.
Priscilla Ballance, Director of
Nursing Service at the hospital
said that the hospital had no fund
for toys nor does any
organization affiliated with the
hospital have a fund to supply
the unit with toys. They have a
special need for books especially
for 3-5 year old children. These
toys are for children who are
allowed very little or no activity
out of bed. Other suggestions
were for unused coloring books,
plastic trucks, and children’s
books up to age 12.
This is a good time for you to
clean out your closet in
preparation for this years’
bundle from Santa Claus. Any
good toys that your children no
longer play with will be ap
preciated by the children in the
hospital. So, faculty and
students, clean out your
children’s and little brothers and
sisters toy boxes to make the
hospital stay of a little child a
little more pleasant now and in
the future.
BA.M) (’ONCKKT
The Atlantic Christian College
Band will present its winter
concert Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7:30
p.m., in Howard Chapel. The
program, directed by Andrew
Preston, will feature Marvin
Lamb of the ACC music faculty
in the solo, “Ode for Trumpet,”
by Alfred Reed. Christmas
selections include “Parade of
Carols” and the “American
Christmas Folk Suite,”
arranged for brass and choir by
Bill Holcombe.
Administration Building Named
B
Atlantic Christian College’s
administration building was
dedicated during special
ceremonies to be held on the
college campus, Thursday, Nov.
29, at 2:30 p.m.
The building was dedicated to
the late Mrs. Mary Irwin Belk of
Charlotte, and will be named
“Mary Irwin Belk Hall.”
Guest speaker for the occasion
as Dr. Dale H. Gramley,
executive director of the Z.
Smith Reynolds Foundation.
Speaking in behalf of the Belk
family will be Irwin Ik of
Charlotte. Appearing on the
program in behalf of the college
was Dr. Arthur D. Wenger,
president of the college.
Presiding will be T. J. Hackney
Jr., chairman of the ACC Board
of Trustees.
The building was dedicated to
Mrs. Belk as a result of the Belk-
Tyler Foundation and the Belk
Foundation participating in one
of the numerous com
memorative opportunities
available through Atlantic
Christian College’s Fulfillment
Fund Program.
Completed in 1956, the single
story structure houses most of
the college’s main ad
ministrative offices including
those of the president of the
college, the business manager,
director of publicity and special
activities, director of
development, director of ad
missions, director of student
financial aid, director of alumni
affairs, dean of the college,
registrar, and accounting. Also
located in the building is- the
college’s telephone exchange
and inplant printing operation,
A daughter of Dr. John R.
Irwin and Margaret Henderson
Irwin, Mrs. Belk was born
March 3,1882, in Charlotte, N. C.
She was a graduate of
Presbyterian College (now
Queens) and before her
marriage to William Henry Belk
in 1915, taught in the public
schools of Charlotte in the
elementary grades.
Mrs. Belk was a member of
the Caldwell Memorial
Presbyterian Church and served
as president of the Women of the
Church.
She had a deep concern for
underprivileged children and
gave tirelessly of time and ef
forts in the expansion of the
services of Crossnore School,
Crossnore; the Alexander
Home, Charlotte; and
Presbyterian Orphanage,
Barium Springs, N. C. She was a
member of the Board of
Trustees of each of these in
stitutions.
A descendant of John McKnitt
Alexander, a signer of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of
Independence, Mrs. Belk
maintained an intense interest in
American history and was ac
tive in the New Bern, Halifax
and Mecklenburg historical
societies, and as a member of
the Commission Board of
Trustees participated in the
restoration of Tryon Palace. She
was also Honorary State Regent
and Honorary Vice President
General of the National Society,
Daughters of the American
Revolution, and a member of the
Daughter os 1812, Colonial
Dames of America, and United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
The Belk stores organization
credits Mrs. Belk with con
tributing much to the
development and growth of the
organization. She frequently
participated in organizational
management functions and
accompanied Mr. Belk on many
business trips.
Mrs. Belk was the mother of
six children; a daughter, Mrs.
Charles G. Gambrell of New
York City; and five sons;
William Henry Belk, Jr., of
Miami, Fla., and John M., Irwin,
Hdnerson, and Thomas M. Belk
of Charlotte.