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

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A SIMILAR two page spread in the 1953 Pine Knot posed the question: Progress in the past 50 years has been great . . . now what about the next 50 years? Not even Nostrodamus could see that far into the future with complete accuracy, but recent developments have made it possible for us to pre- dict the next ten years. In November of 1953 the president of Atlantic Christian College, Dr. Travis A. White, announced to the college faculty, the students and to the public at large a proposed pro- gram of expansion for the college which is expected to cover a ten year period, fee included fn the expansion program are: accreditation by the South- ern Association, additions to the faculty, a substan- tial increase in total number of students, the pro- vision of much new classroom and library equipment and a more representative athletic program. But probably the most important and far reaching point in the program was the announcement that the board of trustees have approved the construction of a number of new buildings, and the renovation of some already in existence, to cost a total of $1,750,000. 4

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To be constructed under the new building program are a new class- room and administration building to replace Kinsey Hall, a new science building, a dormitory, a new gymnasium, infirmary, president’s home, and the major renovation of the old gymnasium into a student union. The science building is the first for which contracts will be let. Plans for several other of the new buildings are already in Benton and Sons, Wilson, N. C. Design consultant for the program is Mr. Edward W. Waugh, professor of Architecture in the School of Design, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, N. C. In selecting Mr. Waugh to fill the advisory capacity of design consultant the board of trustees of the college have indicated a desire for functional architecture and a gradual change to more contemporary styling of future buildings which, one might feel, is indicative of the spirit of progress planned for the next ten years. And, in answer to the 1953 Pine Knot., probably this will be typical of the progress of the next fifty years. s-y