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The Collegiate
MAKY KAY McKOWN
Editor
Jim Farthing and Kriggs Petway Asst. Editor
Bob Miles Business Manager
Staff Writers: Jackie Parlter, Nina Jones, Phil Jones, Leigh
TayJor, Alton Watkins, Allan Richeson, Barry Morgan,
Kandy iloloman, Jimmy Shepherd, Debbie Ferrell and
Ann Dixon
Typists; Mary Jane McDowell, Kathy Turner and Janet
Poole
Photographers jimmy Parks and Ernest Sutton
Published weekly by students attending Atlantic Christian
College Wilson, N.C. 27«93. The views expressed herein are
not necessarily those of the faculty or administration of ACC.
Country Club and AC?
Falling Out Of Trees
In the middle of last week, my cousin (Chris Allen)
and I went up to our grandparents’ home in Nash County
and raked leaves. The scene is that of a wide open rural
landscape with woods and fields and grass and hills.
After a prodigious amount of dried foliage had been
raked, we carted them off down to the crub — that’s
Nash County for barn. As reward. Grandma offered to
feed us, which in anyone’s book is ample payment.
There are times when I’d work all day just to smell the
country cooking in that kitchen.
But back to the leaves. We piled the leaves up in a
huge pile maybe eight feet high and twenty feet wide.
Being the adventurous souls that we are, Chris and I
climbed up in a tree and in gymnastic fashion fell into
the heap.
Upon returning to Wilson we were confronted with
people saying, “Act nineteen, not twelve.” Which brings
me to the point. How does one act to act nineteen, or
twenty or fifty? Why is it necessary to always act
dignified? What is wrong with losing the inhibitions of
the mind?
Everyone takes themselves so darned seriously on
this campus (and in the real world, I suppose. Everyone
knows this is nowhere). Not only do the professors take
themselves seriously, but the student body acts pretty
high and mighty, too. A couple of weeks ago, I caught
myself saying something that sounded intellectual in an
English class. Needless to say, I wanted to kick myself. I
am not anti-intellectual. I am highly anti-pseudo-
intellectual. People who try to impress me with their
vocabulary and their knowledge rate very low on my
list.
This is not an essay on the lunacy of education. I feel
that education is a valuable tool in these fast pace times.
Everyone ought to learn as much as possible about as
much as possible. Besides, it offers the people in
education block a job. Seriously, again, there is nothing
wrong with someone being a true intellectual as long as
he tries to relate himslf and his intellect to the ordinary
people around him.
But who is to say that falling out of trees and into a
pile of leaves is not the sign of a true intellectual? Are
the primates not the most intelligent of animals?
Briggs Petway
What’s In A Name
"They are ruining the whole
idea of a fraternity!” This is
only one of the comments
overheard about Gamma Delta
Iota. (Most of the other com
ments were unsuitable for
print). Everyone seems to be
taking the negative view. They
think Gamma Delta is anti-
Greek, and that it is trying to
ruin the name of fraternities and
sororities. Well, let the record be
set straight. Gamma Delta Iota
is not any of those things. It is
not anti-Greek, and it is not
ruining the idea of a fraternity or
sorority. What it is, is a group of
people who just want to get
together, have some fun, and get
involved.
We, like the other
organizations on campus, have a
pride in our club. Each club and
organization on campus has a
feeling that theirs is the best on
campus and we feel the same
way. The Greeks and non-
Greeks will have to pull together
if there is to be unity on campus.
A school divided cannot and will
not function smoothly. We use
the Greek letters because it
identifies us as a group and we
consider it an honor to use them.
Why Gamma Delta Iota as an
organization? We feel that
Atlantic Christian needs this
organization to set up en
tertainment, social functions,
fund raising projects and other
campus-related activities to get
more students involved in
campus life. Gamma Delta Iota,
if affirmed as an organization,
could become a driving force in
generating school spirit and
getting rid of apathy. We also
feel that every person should be
given the opportunity to choose
which type of organization best
suits their personality, and this
can only be done if organizations
such as Gamma Delta Iota are
allowed to remain.
The above article was sub
mitted by concerned members
of Gamma Delta Iota. — Chuck
Franks,
On October 30, the matter of
buying Wedgewood Country
Club was discussed at the urging
of the Health and Physical
Education Department. The
reason for this is land
acquisition for physical
education and athletics was a
priority on the last five year
phase of ACC’s development
plan.
The reason this 100 acre
property is desirable is it can
provide the PE department with
10 needed teaching facilities
ready to use with little repair
necessary:
1. An 18 hole golf course in
good shape.
2. 6 lighted tennis courts.
3. A small, but useful, outdoor
swimming pool.
4. A go(^ club house with
kitchen facilities that can be
used for many campus func
tions, professional meetings,
and classrooms.
5. Three or four full size
soccer, touch football, and
hockey field can be made from
old fairways and the driving
range. There is room for a Vi
mile track.
6. Three lakes can provide
fishing and boating and teaching
water safety.
7. The science department can
develop nature trails for botany.
8. Physical Education
department can develop jogging
and fitness trails.
9. Bike trails can be
developed.
10. Obstacle and steeple chase
courses can be developed.
ACC badly needs more
recreational facilities. At the
present time, there are eight
tennis courts at a time when
men’s and women’s tennis
gaining popularity. The one
court that has lights is full all
night until midnight, making
racket happy collegians, “Wait
their turns.” Including six
pingpong tables under the Old
Gym, there is a grand total of
eight pingpong tables on cam
pus.
Other than tennis and ping
pong, the only other facilities for
athletics are the basketball
courts in the two gyms and
gymnastic equipment in the
Wilson Gym. If a student wants
to play golf, he has to play at
Happy Valley for a small fee.
Above all, the college only has
two fields behind the tennis
courts, not nearly enough for
intramurals, classes, and
the new interest in women’s
sports. All those uses does not
include the need for practice
area for the Bulldogs soccer,
baseball, and track teams. That
is why it takes so long to play
intramurals — only two teams
can play at a time because the
two field can hold a maximum of
four teams at one time!
Besides benefiting the college,
college ownership of Wedgewood
Country Club would benefit the
city of Wilson, There is space to
develop a day camp for children
that can give the PE and
Recreation majores valuable
teaching experience.
Since it has several kitchens
and dining areas, Wedgewood
can provide a low cost con
ference center (similar to the
Betsy Jeff Penn center at
Reidsville). This is needed in
eastern North Carolina. The PE
department believes they can
get financial support to establish
the center.
There can be a summer sports
camp held for five sports at one
time drawing 200-300 youth to the
campus. Thus, it could be used to
help the admissions office
recruit more students. No other
church school in North Carolina
has a facility like AC would have
if it owned Wedgewood.
Besides offering Wilson
County schools a chance to have
golf teams, the golf course could
be used by both blacks and
whites to play golf.
Unfortunately, this fine
facility may never belong to
ACC. The proposal was rejected
by the Board of Trustees
because there isn’t enough
money. Not all the pledges are in
for the Fulfillment Fund
Campaign. The State or County
will most likely take it over. This
would create red tape making it
harder for the college to use
these needed facilities. Thus it is
VERY IMPORTANT that the
college own this property. Ac
cording to Coach Cloyd,
discussions with local real estate
dealer^ reveal that they believe
it is a good investment for the
college. Besides this, Firestone
executives would be tempted to
buy it if the business was
by Mary Jane McDowell
established here longer n
^unty Commission will meer
November 15 to consider bSl”
this property which is vitaUo X^*
mterests of the college
the opportunity
acres of land and the
useable
According to Coach Cloyd,
Acquire
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facilities and equipment that
goes with it at the price it^
been offered is not^a^;
ACC
opportunity
vantage of at this time ‘
will never have the
-rt''
to purchase any tract of land
that can be as useful to the total
program of the college.”
What can you as students do
about this?
1. Write to The Wilson Daily
Times.
2. Write to The Collegiate.
3. Go to the County Com
mission meeting.
4. Go to see the Wedgewood
Country Club which is only 5
minutes away by car from ACC,
5. Write the Commissioners,
Marketplace
Memos
On October 3, Attorney
General Jim Carson announced
the installation of a statewide,
toll-free telephone line into the
Consumer Protection Division,
Any citizen anywhere in the
State can call Consumer
Protection Division with con
sumer complaints or problems,
Monday through Friday trom
8:30 a,m. to 5:30 p,m.
The calls on the new incoming
WATS line may cover any area
of concern to the consumer, suck
as: unfair and deceptive trade
practices, credit problems,
landlord-tenant relations,
utilities, food prices, and many
others. The Special Assistant to
the Attorney General for Con
sumer Affairs, Mrs, Lillian Woo,
will coordinate the new phone
service. The toll-free number in
Raleigh is 800-662-7925,
Bicycle manufacturers must
comply with the new safety
standards as of May 1, 1975.
For a free copy of the “Bicycle
Safety” fact sheet, simply writf
your request to Consumer In
formation, Pueblo, Colorado
81009.
Good Luck, Bulldogs
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