The Collej*‘iate
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piiRLlSHED WEEKLY
j^TLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, FEBRUARY6,
1975
NUMBER SIXTEEN
Harris Named
Chairman 1975-76
1975 lineup for ACC tennis team: Front row, left to right—Kevin Umsteader. Pat Taylor, Gee Saub
and Bill Kent. Second row, left to right — coach Tom Parham, Rock\ Peed, Robert Wells and Charles
Woolen. .Not pictured, ,4sad Niaz. The tennis team will begin its actual playing season the beginning
of March.
Veteran Home Loans
More than four million
veterans, whose GI home loans
have been paid in full, are
potentially eligible for new loans
guaranteed by the Veterans
Administration under legislation
approved by the President
December 31, 1974.
New Loans are possible also
for some four and a half million
who now have loans outstanding
when their current GI loan is
paid off and the home purchased
with it has been disposed of.
The broadened eligibility rules
apply to all veterans who have
served since the beginning of
World War II.
H. W. Johnson, Director of the
Winston-Salem VA Regional
Office, said the recent
legislation follows a trend of
relaxing eligibility for the VA
guaranteed loans set by
Congress over the past decade.
The changes have been made
possible by the continued good
credit record set by veteran
borrowers, he noted.
Other provisions of the
December 31 law designed to
make GI loans more attractive
to both lenders and borrowers
are:
... An increase from $12,500 to
$17,500 in the maximum portion
of a GI loan which VA can
guarantee. There is no limit on
the amount of the loan to which
the VA guarantee applies.
Rehearsals in Progress for:
No Mother To Guide Her
or
More To Be Pitied than Cursed
Stage and Script will amaze
you when a beautiful young girl,
a total stranger, is found on the
walk outside of the Vandenburgh
home. She is carried inside and
when she recovers con
sciousness she is suffering from
a complete loss of memory.
Identification inside her purse
reveals that her name is Spring
Overton and that is all that is
known about her. That black
hearted rogue, Talbot Twilling-
ham, takes one glance at our
chaste young heroine and
decides that she will be chased
as well. But he reckons without
the presence of our noble and
manly hero, Casper Vanden
burgh, who is the answer to a
Eckanar
ECKANKAR is The Path of
Total Awareness. ECKANKAR
means “Co-worker with God.” It
IS the way of all things — a
teaching which gives knowledge
of both the light and sound and
which contains the total sum of
all teaching emanating from
^d — the very foundation of all
systems of science — and the
fey to success in unfolding all
spiritual powers.
ECKANKAR is a spiritual
education. It’s moving in today’s
and tomorrow’s worlds — an-
the age-old questions ....
What is life all about?” “Have I
“ved before?” “What is my
purpose for being here?”
The essential nature of
‘i'tKANKAR is freedom from all
things — the complete in
dependence of Soul, which is the
central reality of the individual.
ECKANKAR does not ad
vocate the use of drugs, hyp
nosis, or other artificial means
of consciousness expansion. IT
should not be confused with
spiritualism, astral projection,
or psychic phenomena. IT is
simply the natural way to God-
Realization through the
techniques of Soul Travel under
the guidance of the Living ECK
Master, and IT is proof of the
preservation of the individual
self throughout eternity.
Through ECKANKAR the
individual learns to discover the
See Eckanar Page 3
... A provision for loans to
purchase lots on which to place
mobile home units already
owned by veterans.
... An increase in the
maximum permissible loan
amount fora single width mobile
home unit to $12,500 and double
wide to $20,000,
... Removal of the July 1, 1975,
delimiting date for guaranteeing
loans on mobile home and
mobile home lots.
... Liberalizing rules for
guaranteeing loans on used
mobile homes.
... Streamlining processing of
loan approvals through VA
approved lenders.
... Broadened possibilities on
guaranteeing loans on one-
family condominiums by
removing link to HUD in
surance.
... The maximum grant to
certain disabled veterans in
need of special housing was also
increased from $17,500 to $25,000
by the December 31 law.
The new law also closed out
VA's farm and business loan
program, Johnson pointed out.
Dr. 0. Gerard Harris,
professor of religion at Atlantic
Christian College, has been
named chairman of the ACC
Department of Religion and
Philosophy beginning with the
1975-76 academic year, ac
cording to Dr. Arthur D.
Wenger, president of the college.
He will succeed Dr, Roger A
Bullard, who has resigned the
post effective upon the con
clusion of the current academic
year, in order to devote his time
to teaching and research.
Born in Opelika, Ala , he at
tended Auburn University;
earned the B. A. degree from
Phillips University , and the M.
Div, and Ph D, degrees from
Vanderbilt University, His
doctoral dissertation was on
“Prayer in Luke-Acts: A Study
in the Theology of Luke,”
He served as president of the
ACC Chapter of the American
Association of University
VALENTINE
DAY DANCE
FEB. 13
8:00 - 12:00
featuring
Bill Deal
and the
Rondells
in
Old Gym
maiden’s prayer. When Spring
repulses Talbot’s advances he
shoots old Sylvester Van
denburgh in cold blood and
places the blame on the frail
shoulders of Spring, Only Casper
believes her innocent, Talbot,
the wily rogue, drugs Spring into
unconsciousness with the use of
a rare Oriental poison and then,
picking the drugged girl up in his
arms he exclaims, “Now, my
fatal beauty, at last I have you in
my power!” Of course Spring is
rescued in the “ta da” nick of
time by Casper.
You will have to attend per
formances, February 20-22, in
Howard Chapel to find out why
Spring is more to be pitied than
cursed.
Professors, 196«-<)9. and faculty
representative on the ACC
Board of Trustees. 1972-74 He is
a member of the Societyof
Biblical Literature, and the
North Carolina Teachers of
Religion.
Dr. Harris has contributed
book reviews to several
scholarly journals, and is
currently an abstracter for the
"Journal of Ecumenical
Studies. '
In the summer of 1974, he
spent five weeks in Israel par
ticipating in a seminar con
ducted by Duke University and
Hebrew Union College on 'The
Jewish Sources of Christianity —
Archaeological and Literary.”
A member of the First
Christian Church, Wilson, he is
married and the father of four
children.
Short Subjects
FREE MATERIAL IN
LIBRARY'’"’"’ This is a frank
appeal to your conscience, a
sense of fairplay, and your
grandmother’s early admo
nition — RIPOFFS in the
Library cause inconvenience to
other students, time wasted on
research, and added
replacement costs to the
Library. Unlike the newstand,
we have only one copy of a
magazine issue, and if we can
buy a replacement, the cost is
usually double the original price.
TICKETS: A limited number
of free tickets are available for
the Alvin Alley City Center
Dance Theatre, which will be
performing at Reynolds
(^liseuinEebruary *>, 7, and
8, Stv^nt;Aiay pick up tickets
•at thjal'desk,^ the student center.
The ticketa^re provided to us by
The Frien* of the College, Inc.
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AC’s Sports
Many improvements have
come about in the varsity
athletic program this year and
one of these has been the
enlistment of a certified NATA
(National Athletic Trainers
Association) trainer. The
Director of Athletics at Atlantic
Christian College began looking
for an experienced athletic
trainer early in 1974 who could
serve the school teams and at
the same time continue his
education. Such a person was
found in Jack D. Lassiter, a
freshman from Durham, North
Carolina.
Jack Lassiter, a 1974 graduate
of Southern Durham High School
was signed a grant-in-aid in May
1974. Jack’s duties include the
treatment and prevention of
athletic injuries for soccer,
basketball, and spring sports.
Jack had offers from Atlantic
Coast Conference Schdols and
the University of South Carolina.
There were also many offers
from schools of the Carolina
Conference. He chose Atlantic
Christian over other schools
because of the friendly at
mosphere, closeness to home,
and the fact that he wanted to
attend a small school. He comes
to Atlantic Christian with six
years of experience. “Big Jack
hopes to continue his career as
an athletic trainer upon
graduation from A.C.C. An
assistant trainer will be added to
the training staff lS7a-1976.
Through working with the
Director of Athletics, Jack hopes
to help build a Sports Medicine
Program at A.C.C. during the
neil fouiWears,
ThP%sRstant trainer will be
Rusty Benton from nearby
Saratoga High School.
Barry Morgan
.Jack Lassiter, athletic trainer, and Dave .\tkins. Director of Athletics,
signing grant in aid last .May.