Atlantic Christian College - Pine Knot Yearbook (Wilson, NC)

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 1=1 lillilllllliillliiiillllllllliliillllllillllllllllllllll» (ilje Pin? 2Cnnt loath of ©ruattto ®rrm iixjrirrs 1915 George Hackney, Chairman ........ W ilson, N. C. J. B. Deans ........... W ilson, N. C. J. F. Taylor ........... Kinston, N. C. F. R. Hodges .......... LaGrange, N. C. L. J. Chapman ........... Grifton, N. C. ®rrm Expirrs 191 fi J. S. Basnight .......... New Bern, N. C. S. F. Freeman . . . . . . . . . Washington, N. C. Col. S. B. Taylor ........ Catharine Lake, N. C. N. J. Rouse ........... Kinston, N. C. C. N. Nurney, Treasurer ......... WTilson, N. C. Strut Expirra 1917 J. W. Hines S. G. Mewborn, Secretary George Hackney, Jr. C. W. Howard . A. J. Moye Rocky Mount, N. C. Wilson, N. C. Washington, N. C. . Kinston, N. C. Farmville, N. C. 1 9 I fi mm IO

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 uilie Spine Knot I IHIIilliili'linillilltiiil iiinmimnTiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiira ■iiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiii» i he possesses decidedly; not the least of his charming qualities being his hatred of sham and cant, and that which smacks of the effeminate. His manliness, however, is obviously bal- anced with a modesty, constant and real, to student and faculty. His qualifications embrace that rare and sometimes decisively important virtue of versatility. In the opinion of a leading member of the faculty, he can do more things with a higher average proficiency than any college president she has ever known. That quality, however, which more than any other energized and effected his work, is the spirit of self sacrifice, animating him through- out the nine years to do a successful work against heavy odds, of an institution in its initia- tory stages. In passing, we pleasantly mention, as matters of fact, that the president of the first educational institution of academic rank in North Carolina that continued any considerable time, was Dr. David Caldwell, and the first President of the University of North Carolina was Dr. Joseph Caldwell. These two Caldwells were from collateral branches of the parental tree of our own President Jesse Cobb Caldwell. Thus, in North Carolina, the name descends as a traditional synonym of the highest educational ideals. The great- est Statesman of the Carolinas—John Caldwell Calhoun—was likewise a member of this distinguished family. These paragraphs of appreciation would be incomplete without reference to Mrs. Caldwell, who, in her steadfast devotion to highest domestic and institutional ideals, was a constant vitalizing factor in the college entity. The young men will remember especially, her gracious efficiency while resident in the dormitory, and the young women, her many gentle and gracious counsels. Elizabeth, too, blossoming into womanhood, will not be for- gotten; likewise Mildred, with her fascinating baby ways. Worthy of passing consideration is “Prince,” the college pony, the only “pony” allow- able in the institution. May he spend his remaining days contentedly in college service. President Caldwell, adieu! Regretfully, we see you go; yet you will not be gone, for your spirit will live within us, and we will build upon the foundations you have laid. Now, at the inevitable moment, the Blue and White of A. C. C. yields to the Blue and White of Drake, the Disciples’ mightiest institution. You go from the “Land of the Long Leaf Pine,” toward the setting sun, to the “Land of the Golden Rod,” to its metropolitan city, called in sobriquet, “The City of Certainties.” There, may your dynamic energy find its mightiest outflow in the channels of a cosmopolitan service, and we will cherish that in- destructible idealism of your nine years’ implanting, in the imperishable traditions of Atlantic Christian College. niiiiiiiillliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii....ilium X 9 1 fi in;

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put? HCnnt c IFnmmirii IN THIS issue of the Pine Knot, we have endeav- ored to mirror for you the more enjoyable side of our college life. With that in mind, we have pur- posely omitted much of the printed matter in order to give place to a pictorial review. If this volume gives you a correct conception of our college life in its different phases and helps us to keep alive the memory of under- graduate days, then we shall feel that our thoughts, cares and labors have not been in vain. With this twofold object in view, the Pine Knot of 1916 is sent forth upon its mission by The Editors.