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ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, OCTOBER 14, 1976
NUMBER SIX
Good
Evening
Worship Service
On Sunday, October 24 there
will be something new held on
the ACC campus. At 11:00 that
morning a worship service
will be held in Howard Chapel,
sponsored by the Campus
Christian Association. The
service will be contemporary
in nature and will be informal
dress. This is the first time in
many years that a worship
service has been held on
Sunday morning in the chapel,
and it is hoped that there will
be many more. Let us join
together as a community for
worship and celebration.
Happy Hour
There will be a happy hour
from 7-8 p.m. tonight in the old
gym. It is being sponsored by
the Alpha Omega fellowship.
Phi Beta Lambda
If you are interested in
joining Phi Beta Lambda,
please try to pay your dues
before Oct. 15. Your dues may
be paid to Edward Bazzle,
Hines Hall, office E or Brenda
Layden, Hilley Hall. (BKL)
Gamma Delta lota
Gamma Delta Iota mem
bers who are going skating
Thursday, Oct. 14, should
meet in Hackney parking lot
at 6:45 p.m. Old and new
members are invited to at
tend. (CB)
Proofs
All proofs of pictures taken
for the yearbook will be shown
Thursday and Friday in the
Pine Knot office between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m. A $10 refun
dable deposit must be made
before proofs can be taken out
of the office. (CB)
Flu Vaccine
There is a limited supply of
flu vaccine available in the
Infirmary Monday through
Friday. Charge will be $2.00
per injection. This is not the
swine flu vaccine. (MFG)
National Exams
Prospective teachers who
plan to take the National
Examinations on Nov. 13 in
Hardy Alumni Hall, are
reminded that they have less
than two weeks to register
with Educational Testing
Service (ETS) of Princeton,
N. J. Registrations must be
mailed in time to reach ETS
no later than Oct. 21.
Registration form and in
structions may be obtained
from Dean Whitehurst in the
Student Personnel Office or
directly from the National
Teacher Examinations, ETS,
Box 911, Princeton, N. J.
08540. (MR)
Young Democrat Club
The Young Democratic Club
has printed cards by which
students can request ap
plications for absentee ballots.
These cards are available to
any student who plants to vote
by absentee ballot. They are
free of charge. The YDC
wishes to remind all students
that Oct. 27 is the deadline for
filing an application for ab
sentee ballot. Absentee ballots
must be postmarked no later
than Nov. 1. Students desiring
one of these cards should
contact Jeff Price in Hackney,
Mary Ellen Parker or Pam
Everette, both in Hilley. (JP)
Enrollments Doun
Tuitions Steadily Rise
By STEVE LE.MKEN
(CPS)—Money is again
flowing from student wallets as
they return to their campuses
facing tuition and other fee
hikes. Some schools in fact, have
already announced additional
hikes planned for next year,
while students this year are still
shelling out more money than
ever. But student opposition is
scattered across the nation.
Soaring tuition is met with
moods ranging from submission
to frustration.
Tuition rose in New Jersey an
average of $169 per student over
last year. Undergraduate
students of the State University
of New York (SUNY) are paying
up to $200 more, while costs for
graduates went up an extra $400.
The University of New Hamp
shire upped tuition by $100 for
residents and $390 for non
residents. Students at the
University of Massachusetts will
see a total increase of $225
spread out over two and a half
years. And so it goes for students
across the country.
Student opposition to various
tuition and fee hikes has fallen
off at the start of this academic
year. A contrast to last spring,
which saw two state capitols
stormed, a chancellor pelted
with eggs and buildings taken
over in protest of hikes. Many
student groups are now attempt
ing to act as legal collective
bargaining agents. Other groups
are lobbying legislators and
registering people to vote
against those who would raise
their fees.
Although a tuition increase
has gone through in New Jersey,
the New Jersey Student
Association (NJSA) is taking
credit for keeping the hike to a
minimum. The president of
NJSA, Frank Robinson, felt that
actions taken last spring, such
as direct legislative lobbying,
massive letter campaigns and
demonstrations, kept the in
crease $100 less than originally
proposed. Efforts in other state
schools have not seemed as
successful.
The end to spiraling education
costs does not seem in sight.
Students returning to school are
learning of increases planned for
next year, and student leaders
find their hands tied by apathy.
Kansas residents face a $50
increase next fall, and non
residents $150. At Iowa State
University, where a 10 per cent
tuition increase is proposed for
next year, the student president
saw the lack of student concern
as “a sign of the times."
A tentative statewide plan
proposed by the New York
Board of Regents may increase
state university students’ tuition
$1,000, according to a study by
the Student Association of State
Universities. Lobbying efforts
and demonstrations by students
of the City University of New
York could not prevent the
imposition of tuition fees for the
first time in 129 years.
Student lobbists in California
say they’ll be doing a lot of
screaming, protesting a
proposed across-the-board
registration fee increase due in
October for next year.
Increased apathy, feelings
that there isn’t much that can be
done, and being ingrained with
the ever-present spectre of in
flation may be leading students
to continually expect hikes. An
Iowa State student leader said,
“it may be a sign of the times ....
it’s sad and scary.”
Casey (K. C.) .Jones exhorts the audience to "shake their booty” Iasi
Tuesday night, in what turned (Kit to be a very well-received concerl. \
full house enjoyed a night of dancing and g(M*d music.
Dr. Wenger Honored
Good tambourine players are hard to come by these days, so it was
extremely fortunate that this enchanting young lady was able to show
her talent.
Atlantic Christian College and
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, president
of the college for the past 20
years, were honored Aug. 31, at
a meeting of the Wilson County
Chamber of Commerce.
Main speaker for the event
was John Palmer who reminded
the audience of more than 100
persons “just how big a cog the
college is in the wheel of the
Wilson community.” He wished
Dr. Wenger the next 20 years to
be as successful and progressive
as the past 20 years.
A former chamber president.
Bob Frantz, presented a plaque
to Dr. Wenger for his 20 years of
fruitful service to the college, to
education in general and to the
people of Wilson and Wilson
County.
Palmer likened the presence
of Atlantic Christian in the
Wilson area to the legendary
man who discovered diamonds
in his own backyard. “ACC is a
rich lode in our own backyard,”
said Palmer.
Reviewing some of the
progress made by the college
over the past 20 years during the
term of Dr. Wenger’s leader
ship, the speaker noted that
there have been only two years
in the past decade in which there
have been operating deficits,
and today the college is
unquestionably fiscally viable.
The college plant had an
estimated value of $1.6 million in
1956. Today and 10 major
buildings later, the college has
an estimated value of $7 million
in buildings, which will become
$8 million when the college’s new
library, now under construction,
is completed.
In a comparison of nine other
private North Carolina colleges,
only one has a lower cost
structure, said Palmer, pointing
out the financial difficulties
inherent in operating a private
college at this time.
“Careful planning, hard work,
a singleness of purpwse and
dedication have been respon
sible for the college’s progress"
noted thes[X'aker "Dr Wenger,
perhaps, is not responsible for
all the college’s progress,” said
Palmer, but did credit Dr.
Wenger’s inspiration as ac
counting for many of those
results.
Palmer pointed out that Dr.
Wenger is also not the only
president to serve ACC, and
other presidents have made
noted contributions to the
college, “but to Dr. Wenger, the
college's eighth president, goes
the ‘lion’s share of the in
creases.’ ”
He credited Dr. Wenger’s
“loftiness of spirit" and
“profound understanding as
contributing factors in college
growth.
Dr. Wenger accepted the
award and the audience’s
standing ovation by pointing out
contributions made by other
members of the Atlantic
Christian College community.
Registration
Dates Changed
NOTICE
Advanced Registration dates for
the 1977 Spring Semester have
been changed as follows:
Advisor-Advisee Meeting-
Changed from Tuesday,
November 2 at 11 a.m. to
Tuesday, November 16 at 11
Advanced Registration Day-
Changed from Wednesday, Nov
ember 10 to Wednesday,
December 1.
Classes will meet on Wednesday,
November 10.
Wednesday, December i,
Advanced Registration Day-(No
Day Classes; student teachers
will be on duty; Evening Classes
will be held.)