Dateline
By BRIAN HUNT
The Merit of ACC
I have had a number of
conversations with various
people about Atlantic Christian
College. Most of these con-
lersations have taken place in
an icecream parlor in Goldsboro
where I am employed as a soda
jerk. The fact that these con
versations took place in Gold
sboro is important because very
few- of these people are affected
economically by our college.
Some of the people I have talked'
with were graduates or parents
ol graduates, and others were
just interested and interesting
people with various opinions.
Of the graduates and parents
d graduates I conversed with,
all were very pleased with the
academic standards at Atlantic
Christian. As a matter of fact,
Atlantic Christian College has a
good to very good academic
reputation with most of the
people who know of it. (Sur
prisingly, more people know of
A.C.C, than I would have
thought.) But there is much
more to a college than
academics — as important as
studies are, they are not the
whole show.
Almost in the same breath that
is used to say “it’s a good
school” the people comment on
the friendliness of the students,
teachers and administrators at
the school. In my opinion they
are right — there are many
friendly people associated with
Atlantic Christian. I think a
factor closely related to this
aspect is the variety of people
and interests present within our
small sized student body. It is
this friendliness that I find most
appealing about A.C.C. because
it makes the academic work
requirements of college seem
more bearable and at times
more pleasant.
Why am I writing this eulogy
for A.C.C. in January? Isn’t this
the type of article that should
appear at the end of the school
year? “Yes and no” is my reply.
Yes, this article would
traditionally appear at the end of
a school year and no, I am not
going to wait until then.
Sometimes when we are content
with what we have we become
unappreciative in our
familiarity with our good for
tunes. Familiarity causes us to
observe not quite as closely as
we ought.
Atlantic Christian College is
my topic this week because I am
selfish and do not want to lose
any of the good things I share
here with you. I am not hinting
at any deterioration in the at
mosphere here but rather at
tempting to increase our
awareness and appreciation of
it. I feel that as long as we do not
take the friendly and open at
mosphere here for granted and
continue to be aware and ap
preciative of it, Atlantic
Christian College will remain
the good, friendly source of
education it is today. Our ap
preciation today can save any
regrets we might have
tomorrow.
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Open
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123 S. Tarboro St.
Wilson, N. C.
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Oyster Bay, Netr York, 1975
John Scarlata, a native of California, has been conducting an advanced photography class here at
ACC. This is one of the many photographs from his private collection.
DEAN
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“Important new areas of study
have been added to our program
during those years. They are a
tribute to his persistent efforts in
assisting the college to respond
to its present-day challenges.
“We wish him and Mrs. Swindell
our very best as he now con
cludes a lifetime of devoted and
fruitful service to education here
at Atlantic Christian College and
elsewhere."
Known throughout the South
as an outstanding educator. Dr.
Swindell became dean of Atlan
tic Christian College in August,
1963. He came to Atlantic Chris
tian from East Carolina Univer
sity in Greenville, where he
served for two years as as^
sociate professor in the School of
Education.
Prior to his appointment at
ECU, he was executive
secretary of the North Carolina
School Boards Association, hav
ing served in that capacity from
1959tol%l.
He was graduated from Wake
Forest College in 19^1 with the
B.S. degree. He earned the .M A.
degree at East Carolina Univer
sity in 1949 and Ed. I), degree at
the University of .North Carolina
at Chapel Hill in 1961.
Dr. Swindell earlier taught
science and mathematics at
Bolovia High School, Farmville
High School and Washington
(N .C.) High School. He served as
principal of the John H. Small
School in Washington from 1946
to 1959.
Dr. Swindell is listwJ in
"Who's Who in the South and
Southeast, " and "Who's Who in
America " In 1975 he was ap
pointed to the North Carohna
Committee of the Commission
on Elementary Sch<H)ls, South
ern AsscK'iation of Colleges and
Sch(K)ls.
aterfall
Only the cliff endures
All burdens dismissed
Life brushes by
like falling water
Entering the flow
a hush
marks my return
Gary Hanker
P.D.Q. Bach to Perform Special Brand
of Musical Parody in Concert
“The Intimate P.D.Q. Bach’’
will present its special brand of
musical parody in concert at
Atlantic Christian College,
Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m., in
Wilson Gymnasium on the
college campus.
The group consists of
Professor Peter Schickele, as
P.D.Q. Bach, and three per
formers known as the “Semi-Pro
Musica Antiqua.” They perform
parodies of classical music such
as “Divers Ayers on Sundrie
Notions” (Baroque singing
commercials), “Toot Suite” (for
calliope fourhands), “Erotica”
variations (for banned in
struments and piano), and
“Hansel and Gretel and Ted and
Alice” (an opera funnia).
The unusual instruments used
by the group include the left-
handed sewer flute, the wind-
breaker, the bicycle and the
foghorn. The program is a self-
contained program of music,
words and slides “guaranteed to
tell you more about P.D.Q. Bach
thanyou care to know.”
Professor Schickele claims
that in 1954, while employed in a
Bavarian castle as a strainer in
the caretaker’s percolator, he
discovered the original
manuscript of a “Sanka Can
tata” by P.D.Q. Bach. When the
work was finally performed at
the University of Southern North
Dakota at Hoople, the professor
realized too late that he had
released a monster on the
musical world.
Unable to restrain himself,
Professor Schickele has since
“discovered” many of P.D.Q.
scores, “each one worse than the
last, each one another brick in
the wall which will someday seal
the doom of musical culture.”
Professor Schickele has
performed with over 50 or
chestras from Los Angeles to
Boston, and he and his group
have been a hit in cities and on
campuses from coast to coast.
One critic has called the group’s
performance “hilariously funny,
a joyous and brilliantly clever
occasion.
The performance at Atlantic
Christian College is sponsored
by the ACC Student Enter
tainment Committee.
The public is invited. Tickets
may be purchased in advance
from the student information
desk in Hamlin Student Center,
or at the gymnasium door on the
night of the performance.
Peter Schickele as P. D. Q. Bach