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ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, OCTOBER27,1977
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ATLANTIC
CHKISTIAN COLLEGE
NUMBER SEVEN
SGA Solves Minor Problems
This year's fourth meeting of
the SGA was held on Tuesday,
Oct. 25 with approximately 30
people present. As the meeting
was called to order. Pres. Jones
Fuquay extended his welcome to
the two newly elected Freshmen
representatives Cindy McNeil
(class president) and Hank
Hilliard (class senator).
Melba Etheridge, supplying
the SGA treasurer’s report
stated that all bills from last
year have now been paid. She
also explained that the money in
the Bulldog Power Club is being
transferred to the contingency
fund as a result of the club’s
failure to become activated by
Oct. 15.
Fuquay then called for a
report from the standing
committee heads who were
present. It was brought to the
attention of the Executive Board
by the Entertainment Com
mittee that although the
Entertainment Committee is
successfully functioning with
only four members, they cannot
continue to do so without the
cooperation of the Publicity
Committee, chaired by Keith
Bracknell. The committee
voiced concern over the lack of
publicity given to their events
and cited the lack of response to
last week's proposed State Fair
trip.
Bracknell advised the board
that he had never been informed
of the manifold duties which he
was to assume as chairman.
Expressing concern over the
matter he tendered his
resignation and indicated his
willingness to help anyone who
might assume the position of
chairman.
His resignation as chairman
was accepted. Fuquay stated
that a new chairman would be
appointed, subject to the ap
proval of the Executive Board,
would be appointed by the next
meeting.
Eric Sellers, chairman of the
Elections Committee, reported
that there has been some slight
controversy concerning the
attempt by Sigma Pi Fraternity
to replace their candidate, Jo
Carter, after the deadline, with
another candidate, Pam Jones.
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On Wednesday and Thursday,
October 19-20 from 10 a.m. until5
p.m., the Media Center was the
setting for the Education Fair
which is held each semester on
our campus. Approximately 25
K-9 and deaf education majors
currently enrolled in block
courses participated, displaying
the best and most unique
examples of their work ac
cumulated over their years at
Atlantic Christian College.
Mamie Spence (K-3) and Pat
Jones (4-9) were the co
chairpersons of this event under
the supervision of Mrs. Olivia
Tyndall.
On display were numerous
extremely creative and in
teresting examples of games,
audio-visual aids, bulletin board,
arts and crafts, and professional
files and notebooks which ac-
Although the fraternity had
informed Director of Alumni
Affairs, Bill Smith fo their desire
to change candidates, they failed
to inform the Elections Com
mittee. The Election Committee
has ruled that while Jo Carter’s
name will appear on the ballot,
students may write in the name
of Pam Jones. Any votes cast for
Carter will not be given to Jones,
however, if Jones receives an
adequate number of votes to
reach the top ten group, then her
name will be placed on the next
ballot.
The next matter brought
before the Board was the ap
proval of the proposed English
Club Constitution. Miles Stanley,
Vice-Pres. of the SGA reported
that the constitution was in line
with the SGA constitution. The
proposed constitution was then
voted upon and received
unanimous approval.
After a series of an
nouncements reminding the
members of Homecoming, the
upcoming Coffee House, and the
activities of Men and Women’s
Interdorm Association, the
meeting was adjourned.
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President Duster ... a cheerful outlook for .•\(T's future!
President Doster:
Trustees Informal Interview
Meet
The ingenuity of our elementary education students was shown
through their many creative displays.
Education Major Sponsor Successful Fair
counted for many hours of hard
work on the part of the par
ticipating students and many
student dollars worth of
materials.
On the evening of October 19,
the current elementary
education student teachers
hosted a supper held in the
cafeteria for their supervising
teachers who later viewed the
Education Fair.
This years’ Fair was
presented by the smallest group
of elementary education majors
to enter the block in a number of
years. However, the Fair was
termed a success by Pat Jones,
co-chairperson of the event, who
also expressed her appreciation
to the many ACC faculty
members who showed their
support by visiting the Fair.
The Atlantic Christian College
Board of Trustees, meeting here
Oct. 9, gave approval to a record
operating budget, elected new
members to its executive board
as well as officers of the cor
poration, and met with the
college’s president-elect.
The board voted to accept a
revised operating budget in the
amount of $4,935,473 for the 1977-
78 academic year, the largest in
the history of the institution.
Elected as officers of the
board of trustees were T. J.
Hackney Jr., chairman; Bruce
W. Riley, vice chairman; and
Milton L. Adams, secretary.
Chosen as officers of the cor
poration were Dr. Harold C.
Doster, president (as of Jan. 2,
1978), T. J. Hackney Jr., vice
president; Milton L. Adams,
secretary-treasurer; and Bruce
W. Riley, assistant secretary.
All are from Wilson with the
exception of Dr. Doster of
Canton, Mo.
Elected as members of the
board’s executive committee
were S. M. Cozart of Wilson, L.
A. Moye of Maury, Ely J. Perry
Jr., of Kinston, and Walter L.
Brown Jr., of Raleigh.
Dr. Doster, president-elect of
the college, attended the
meeting as a guest. During the
meeting he indicated to the
trustees his first year would be a
f)eriod of planning and becoming
acquainted with the college, as
well as establishing priorities for
the institution.
Currently serving as president
of Culver-Stockton College, Dr.
Doster will become Atlantic
Christian’s ninth president on
Jan. 1,1978.
By JOH.N CJAY
ACC President-Elect Harold
Doster is a man with a deep
concern for students, faculty and
staff, college finances, and the
college’s future role in the field
of higher education.
As I interviewxHi the man, I
could not help being impressed.
Not only did he give me direct
answers to my questions, he was
geuinely open and friendly. The
interview was conducttni during
the fall break. While his stay was
brief, the interview lasted about
an hour.
I asked Doster about his
educational philosophy as well
as his ideas on just what a liberal
arts education should involve.
He said that education should be
concerned with the total person.
“Not only should cKlucation be
concerned with the cognitive
aspects of a person, but it should
also be concerned with his
social, physical, and all of the
other concerns that make up the
total person.”
“Education should be a search
for truth,” said Doster. “Our
education should lead us to be
wise and wisdom should be a
result of education.” It seemed
to me that Socrates and Doster
would have gotten along well
together.
Turning towards the idea of a
lil>eral education, Doster asked,
“Do the things we study make us
free men? This is the goal of a
liberal education, to make us
truly liberated or free.”
I recognized the argument
from John Newman’s “Idea of a
University,” but Doster’s un
derstanding was much deeper
than mine. He explained the
Greek and Christian roots of
liberal education.
He pointed out that the Greek
free men did not work in ancient
times. It was the artisans and
the slaves who worked in Greek
soc'iely, he noted. The Christian
tradition brings, to the lilx'ral
arts, the tradition of the
“holiness of work;” said Doster.
In today’s society, the liberal
arts education must be con
cerned with “free working
men,” Doster pointed out. Of
course, this does not mean tliat a
litx'ral arts education should be
concerned with offering students
strictly vix^ational skills, he
added.
“A student who has a liberal
arts education has a greater
flexibility and is more capable of
handling any situation he is
confronted with than the student
who is not liberally t'ducatt'd.”
“A liberal arts education
opens the student's mind, thus
making him free. But along with
this fre(“dom, as liberal arts
education prepares the student
to accept the responsibilities
that comes along with his
freedom," Doster said.
“My first project will be to
substantially increase the en
dowment fund at Atlantic
Christian; for private education
to remain at a high quality and
to keep tuitions down in the
future, increasing the college's
endowment fund is a must.”
“Before Dr. Wenger's death,
he proposed a committee to
undertake a study of the present
curriculum. This committee will
be formed in the spring.
“I am also going to push the
concept of academic ex
cellence,” he said. “Atlantic
Christian already has a fine
academic program, but for it to
improve both the faculty and the
students must work together so
that the goals of each can be
met.”
I asked Doster if he had any
personal goals for himself. He
said that he hoped to be able to
present a program of three 3-
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