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Parent’s Day Slated
WILSON,NC. ■- Parents of more
than 1,600 Atlantic Christian
College students have been
invited to attend the annual
Parents Day activities to be
held on the college campus,
Saturday, February 28.
Theevent will provide parents
«ith an opportunity to meet with
individual members of the col
lege's faculty, administration
and staff so they may better
understand the programs of the
college. They will also have an
opportunity to meet fellow
parents and other students at
the college.
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Registration will be held
from 8:30 -10:30 AM, in Hardy
Alumni Hall. Parents’ Day
convocation will be held at 10:30
AM. in Howard Chapel,
Convocation speaker will be Dr.
F. Mark Davis, dean of the
college.
A reception for parents,
students and faculty will be held
in Hardy Alumni Hall, at 11:30
AM , A special Parents ’luncheon
will be held in the Student
Center cafeteria at 12:30 PM,
for parents, students and faculty
members. Entertainment will
be provided by student music
groups.
Dr. Harold C. Doster,
President of the college, will
preside over a 'Forum for
Parents', to be held at 1:30 PM,
in Hardy Alumni Hall
Parent'faculty conferences
are scheduled in individual fac
ulty offices beginning at 2:30
PM. Open house and campus
tours will begin at 4:30 PM.
Guest will be treated to a
student drama production,
‘Ghosts’at 8:00 PM. in Howard
Chapel. The play will be
performed by Stage and Script,
the dramatics organization at
Atlantic Christian College.
Rehearsing tor “Ghosts” are: [Left to Right] Su Hyatt, Jeff Batchelor, and Beth Forbes.
Photo by Pam Armstrong
GKosts’ Appearing This Week
Stage and Script of Atlantic
Christian College is presenting
Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts Febuary
25 through 28 in Howard Chapel,
^his example of early realistic
has become a classic in
•lieater repetoire.
But the drama is more than a
P'^'^e from the past. As the
'"ajor characters battle the
S^osts, the old ideas and beliefs
'om the past, the play, like all
8“»d literature, tells us some-
^ about ourselves.
Forbes of Wilson por-
'fays Mrs. Helen Alving, who is
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trying to forget her unhappy
past with her now dead husband.
Bob Poole of Fayetteville is
Pastor Manders. Mrs. Alving’s
traditional minded spiritual and
business adviser who is shocked
and appalled by the indepen
dent ideas she expresses.
Her son Oswald, piayed by
Jeff Batchelor of Rocky Mount,
is busy wrestling with his own
ghosts, things inherited from
his past that are near to de
stroying him. He pins his hopes
on the maid Regina. Su Hyatt of
Virginia Beach. Virginia.
But Regina and her step-fa
ther Jacob Engstrand. piayed by
Rueggy Copen of Chesapeake,
Virginia, have plans of their
own. How these problems are
resolved and the effects they
have on these five people pro
vide an evening of absorbing
theater.
Performances start at 8pm
Wednesday through Saturday,
Febuary 25 through 28, in
Howard Chapel on the campus
of Atlantic Christian College.
Students and Faculty will be
admitted free of charge.
Photo by Pam Armstrong
Mayor Goes to College
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Wilson has two mayors, one
"presides" in town hall, one
"resides" in Hackney Hall.
Mayor Edward Perry, 50, of
Norlina, North Carolina is a full
time live-in sophomore at Atlan
tic Christian College.
"1 feel like a new bride." he
said. "I know something is
going to ha ppen, but I just don't
know what."
Back in 1972 Mr. Perry start
ed having health problems and
had to retire as a telephone
operator of 28 years with the
railroad.
"After I retired, I decided I
wanted to go ahead and do
something more" he said.
M r. Perry got started on
this "something more" by en
rolling in Vance Granville Com
munity College in a tax course.
"1 don't know why I took it,
maybe as an excuse just to get
into school again." he said.
In January 1980, after a year of
being a part-time student at the
community college, Mr. Perry
realized he was eligible as a
veteran to receive financial aid
to attend college.
During the summer he visited
with a VA counselor in Winston
Salem. He had intended to
major in journalism, but was
advised to go into history to be
a teacher. The counselor felt
Mr. Perry would be happier
later on and he believed it [o be
a more promising field for him.
On the other hand, who can
say? Mr. Perry already has had
a dozen of more stories publish
ed by Alfred Hitchcook. "This
was during the time I worked for
the railroad and had plenty of
time." Mr. Perrv said.
How did he feel about chang
ing majors? I've always liked
history and one of these days I
may try to teach it." he said. "I
didn't want to argue with him
about my major. I wanted to
come to school. And if he had
said my major was to be in
washing diihes-I would wash
dishes."
How do you choose a college at
50? Mr. Perry said "My age
and background had a big
influence. I knew I didn't want
to go to a large college. "
Why Atlantic Christian Col
lege ? '"Two reasons. "" he said,
""it's not too far from home,
probably one and a half hours
drive form here, and it's a small
college." He added, "'I m from
West Virginia, an old country
boy, and I felt I would fit in
here."
Is there any problem being
both mayor and student? "So
far I"ve been able to handle it,"
Mr. Perry said. "I check in w ith
the town clerk on w eekends and
the first Monday of the month I
go home for meetings. I will
have been mayor for 10 years in
November, but I may have to
give it up."
What do his Co-workers
think? "I don't know what they
think. Probably that I am a nut.'
he said. "People can't seem to
understand why 1 want to go to
college. They come to me and
say. "You"re a grand father. 50
years old, so why now are you
thinking about going to college?’
I never seemed to have an
answer to this question until I
enrolled in .Mrs. Finch’s psychol
ogy class. Then I found out as I
studied Maslow’s Theory called
" self actualization." He believed
a person should obtain or reach
the fullest potential they have. I
guess thai"s why I'm here. I’m
trying to obtain and reach the
fullest potential I have. "
Has this been a big transition
for Mr. Perry? "Sleep has been
my biggest problem. " he said.
" They should change themotto
to "we never sleep.’ I can’t
seem to gel to sleep, to many hi
fi’s. I think they have one in
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