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ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. APRIL
Submits Annual Report
21, 1977
student Government
i of the 1976-77 year
to reality many
„ mals Characterized
board, many
* * rttitudes disappeared
Sc individuals
^ieft ounite and build
i cimunity. “Support”
a key word when
became more vocal
!lSverted during the year
fiatini and expressmg
Meetings wfe^ell attended
*5 student body. The
Lrityofthe meetings were
3 and extensive, but
-(Active decisions were made
^prove student life and
imunication. There was a
ifffiite change in participa^n
jnl concern of students. The
fading committees con-
■^Wed to the function of
svemment and provided an
vreased amount of student
' atertainment. The Student
faler Committee was very
jfiiveand provided such movies
s: Airport ’75; The Rein-
^ anation of Peter Proud; The
I,fid's Greatest Athlete;
finny Lady, etc.
concert and Lecture, in
[toperation with the Enter-
2i®ent committee, exposed
lie campus to new educational
sxwriences such as the Danish
Gm Team and P.D.Q. Bach,
lie campus was provided with a
rariety of concerts*. Nantucket
band, K.C. and the Sunshine
Band, Jimmy Buffet, Atlanta
Rhythm Section and Earl
Scruggs Review. Also en
tertainment was provided
I several times during the Supper
nealin the cafeteria. This was a
new idea and proved to be
successful. The Homecoming
Cmmittee provided an ex
cellent Homecoming with the
' tlieine: “A Visit to Walt Disney
World." In addition to the
Constitution and By-Laws
Committee a special committee
»as set up to rewrite the Con
stitution.
I .
In an attempt to broaden the
communication between
surrounding colleges and
, liversities, the S.G.A. par
ticipated in the United Student
■Appeal Incorperation project
' wliich orginated at Methodist
College in Fayetteville. The
purpose of the project is to
jointly strive to raise money for
a National Health Agency, such
as the American Cancer &ciety.
Ricky Clayton became a
member of the Board of
Trustees.
This year it was a goal of the
board to strengthen the com
munication of students-faculty-
and administration. A social was
planned and carried through by
students on November 22. The
event was a beautiful success
which was enjoyed by all who
attended. At the social Dr.
Arthur Wenger was honored
with the presentation of a tree to
be planted in front of the New
Library with an engraved
plaque, for appreciation of his 20
years of giving to the students of
ACC. It is recommended that the
social idea become either an
annual or semester event. The
executive board also par
ticipated in Operation Santa
Claus, sponsored by the Wilson
County Mental Health
Association.
Many organizations were
formed during the year which
increased the social life of the
campus; ACC Gospel Choir,
ACC Trailblazers, Sport
Parachute Club, Music
Educators National Conference
(MENC), Alpha Omega
Christian Fellowship, ACC
Jaycees and Future Educators
of the Hearing (FEHI).
Many Students shared a
concern over the disciplinary
systems of the college. A
resolution was brought to the
executive board and passed
asking for higher officals to
review the disciplinary systems.
An adboc committee was formed
by Dr. Wenger to review the
present system. The committee
is busy at work.
A committee is presently
planning a Parent’s Day which
will beheld next Fall.
In many ways this year was
different. The death of our
beloved President, Dr, Wenger,
touched the hearts of all of our
college campus. The resignation
of Dean Swindell, Dr. Winstead,
and Dr. St. John was shared as
the board vocalized feelings
through resolutions.
Respectively submitted,
Ricky Clayton
Departmental News
Art
The Art Department’s annual
Sudent Art Show is going on now
in the art gallery. Paintings,
sketches, sculptures, weavings,
ffid other art representing the
«ork of this year’s art majors is
teng displayed. The art is ex-
»Hent, and it would be very
s'orthwhile to pay a visit to the
ftfery to see toe show. The
show opened on Tuesday and
'wHcontinue through May 3.
Chris Wilson’s Design class is
Ptes«ntly participating in a
raural project at the Caswell
^ter in Kinston, N.C. The
tlass, along with classes from
■sany other colleges and
diversities, participated in a
tteliminary competition from
»ituch only a few colleges were
Wlied to produce murals for the
The class, made up of art
education majors, is doing about
9 ®mals for the center.
Norbert Irvine was recently
*osen as predident-elect of the
^onh Carolina Art Education
Association for 1977-79,
He will serve as president of
the association in 1979-8L He will
also serve on the association’s
executive board for the years
1981-83.
English
On Friday, April 15, Professor
Michael Reynolds of N.C. State
University lectured on “Ernest
Hemingway and A Farewell to
Arms” in Hines Hall. Professor
Reynolds is the author of
“Hemingway’s First War; The
Making of ‘A Farewell to
Arms.” He has also done ex
tensive study of Hemingway’s
original letters and
manuscripts, especially con
cerning “A Farewell to Arms.”
His lecture covered many
different facets of “A Farewell
to Arms.” The differences
between the original
manuscripts and modern
editions of the book were
discussed. Hemingway’s life in
See NEWS Page 3
ALTHOUGH ATLANTIC Christian’s new library building is nearing completion, college officials
indicate that it will not be open for inspection until after graduation.
Graduate Record Exams Undergo Change
College seniors planning to
take the Graduate Record
Examiniations (GRE) Aptitude
Test next fall will see some
changes in the exam. A new
section designed to measure
analytical skills will be added to
the traditional areas that test
verbal and quantitativeskills.
The change, the first since the
current form of the Aptitude
Test was introduced in the
1940’s, is based on an extensive
research effort initiated by the
Graduate Record Examiniations
Board that showed that
analytical skills can be
distinguished from verbal and
quantitative skills and are
related to academic success.
Students, faculty members,
and administrators from all over
the country were consulted in
the various planning stages of
the change in the exam.
Educational Testing vService
(ETS), which administers the
exam for the GRE Board, ex
plains that the additional
measure will enable students to
demonstrate a wider array of
academic talents when they
apply for admission to graduate
schools.
Heart Seminars
to be Held
On Wednesday, April 27, a
series of public information
seminars will be presented by
the students and staff of the
Nursing Department. The
“Healthy Hearts Day” seminars
have been planned as the
primary fund-raising activity
for the 1977 Heart Fund.
The seminars will be con
ducted on a thirty minute
schedule beginning at 1:30 p.m.
and continuing until 4 p.m. After
a 5-10 minute introductory
session on early recognition, the
seminars will cover several
areas which include Car
diopulmonary Resuscitation
(external cardiac massage
accompanied by artificial
respiration)
If you discover someone who
has collapsed, chances are you
can save him if you know CPR.
CPR will teach you how to tell
whether his heart has stoppe4
or whether he has just fainted. If
Janis Somerville, GRE
program director at ETS, said,
“The new measure will test a
student’s skills in a number of
areas. Students will be able to
show their ability to recognize
logical relationships, draw
conclusions from a complex
series of statements, and
determine relationships between
independent or interdependent
categories of groups.”
She explained that, like the
traditional measures of the
GRE, the new test will use
various kinds of questions.
“Three types will be used in
the anlytical section: analysis of
explanations, logical diagrams,
and analytical reasoning
questions, each designed to test
a different aspect of analytical
ability, ” she said.
In addition, a Sample Aptitude
Test containing the same
number and types of questions
as the actual exam can be or
dered at one dollar per copy.
Both publications will be
available on August 1.
Despite the new addition, the
GRE will remain a three-hour
test since the verbal and
quantitative portions have been
shortened and the time saved
allocated to the new measure.
"The same research effort
that produced the new measure
also yielded shorter versions of
the verbal and quantitative
sections that are comparable in
reliability and usefulness to the
earlier and longer sections,"
explained Somerville.
The GRE is taken each year
by about 300,000 college students
as part of the admissioas
process to graduate school. The
exam is offered six times a year
throughout the nation.
For further information
contact; Jim Neilland or John
Smith; Educational Testing
Service; Princeton, New Jersey
08.540,
77 Grads Face Good Job Market
Graduates of the Class of 1977
can look forward to the best job
hunting season in years in 1976-
77, according to the College
Placement Council's December
survey of more than 600 public
and private employers.
After two straight years of
decline, hiring of new college
graduates is expected to in
crease by 12 per cent overall
compared with last year, the
survey shows. And for the first
time since December 1973, the
council is projecting a rise in
employment of liberal arts
majors, perhaps by as much as
eight percent.
At the same time last year, the
council forecast a five per cent
across-the-board decrease in
hiring this year, but conditions
improved during the recruiting
season and CPC’s year-end
survey in June showed a
decrease of only two per cent.
Now, many employers say 1976-
77 may prove to be the top hiring
year of the last four or five, the
council reports.
Women and the Pill
See HEART Page 3
(CPS) — According to the
conclusions of recent British and
U.S. studies, women in their
later childbearing years face a
higher risk of death when they
are smokers and use oral con
traceptives. Based on these and
previous studies, the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration is
considering a recommendation
against the use of the "pill” by
women over 40.
The study assesses the risks of
women who don’t use the pili,
women who use the pill but don’t
smoke, and those who use the
pill and do smoke. Some of the
comparisions and conclusions
may shake the smokers up.
—nonsmokers, any age, using
the pill face less risk of death
than the normal risk that exists
from pregnancy and child
bearing faced by women using
no birth control.
—users who smoke over 40
face almost three times the
death risk of women who use no
birth control.
—women in their 30’s who are
heavy smokers may find more
hazards than using no fertility
control.