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

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President H. S. Hilley

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FORE ORD This last issue of the Collegiate represents a radical depar- ture from the standard policy of publishing a College Annual by the Senior Class at the end of each year. This has been found too expensive for the average small college, and for this reason, we are attempting to give the students of Atlantic Christian College a publication that will fulfill the require- ments of and the desire for such a publication without the un- reasonable expense usually attached. We admit the imperfections and defects of this edition, but We trust that because this is an experiment undertaken by an inexperienced staff, these defects will be overlooked bv a sym- pathetic public that knows the trials of a college staff that must depend upon inadequate knowledge and material for its success. If this adventure proves even a partial success, we hope to carry the idea further and believe that in doing so we may make a worthwhile contribution to the small college pub- lication system. We gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of those faithful and spirited individuals who have given their services so freely that the Collegiate might be a success. The Editor. 49098

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ui 1 1 1 1 ininininioi 'IIN the 1928 Pine Knot the Edi- tor spoke of the four periods of the history of Atlantic Christian College. The peri- ods of the beginning of the institution of the slow constructive growth, and of the rapid expansion ha passed, and we have now entered upon the fourth pe- riod. This period is and will be characterized by birth. The college was estab- lished to furnish educational op- portunities for the youth of the N Disciples of Christ and isters for our churches. In this re- spect it has been a marked success. Graduates of this college now hold many of the important pulpits of the south, and many younger men who have A recently left and are now in training give promise to become the leading ministers of the Disciples. But during this period, an- , other problem arose. Less than half the stu- dent body enrolled last year came from Disci- ple homes. This means that not only our own people, but all eastern North Carolina is looking to A. C. C. as the leading college. Because of this attitude, we are now entering upon this second birth. In the near future A. C. C. will be the leading Liberal Arts College east of Raleigh. On this page is the architect's drawing of the cam- pus which is already under construction. This forty-two acre plot will furnish one of the beautiful and spacious sites for a college anywhere in the country. The first unit of buildings is under construction as the first step in the program of making A. C. C. a great college. Our program may seem small when compared with Chapel Hill but when we consider X that our state university is being built out of tax money furnished by the entire state, and our new college will be built and main- tained bv the sacrificial giving of 25,000 Disciples, we see the enormity of our task. But under the capable and consecrated direction of Pres. Howard S. Hilley, the task is being push- ed forward to comple- tion and we hope that within a year we will have a trium- phal entry into . i the greater At- lantic Christian College. v e a new to train mm- X uiainioix-ini:ax1xiuiuqbuiniuin114111111111x1u3o1o1o1o1u14 3 if ini 1 vin Page Five niniuinioirvioiniuioqruixxioinqxnininiuinif