Spiritual Emphasis Week at ECC will Begin This Sunday
This article describes Spiritual Emphasis week, 1959. This and other articles may be found in the University Archives.
Citation for this article is: "Spiritual Emphasis Week at ECC will Begin This Sunday," Daily Reflector, February 7, 1959.
Spiritual Emphasis Week at East Carolina College beginning Sunday, Feb. 8, will bring to the campus for lectures and informal discussions with students, faculty members, and guests a group of speakers wellknown in the fields of business. The theme of the week's program is "Complete Commitment -- So What?"
A special attraction of the week will be three performances by the East Carolina College Playhouse of Graham Greene's mystery drama with a religious theme "The Potting Shed."
The Rev. W.W. Finlator of the Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh, will appear as principal speaker at a series of six meetings. Others who will give lectures or act as discussion leaders include President Arhtur Wenger of Atlantic Christian College in Wilson; Chaplain R.C. Archer of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro; F. Carter Williams, Raleigh architect; James Warren, director of religious drama at Scarritt College in Nashville, tenn.; and the Rev. John Drake of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Greenville.
The program for the week has been arranged by Cleveland Bradner, Jr., director of religious activities at the college, and a committee of 100 students.
Mr. Flinator will open the observance of Spiritual Emphasis Week with a discussion of the major theme Sunday at 5 p.m. in the Y Hut. Additional appearances and his topics will include: Monday -- at 10 a.m. in the Wright Audiorium, "The All or Nothing of Christian Commitment"; and at 7 p.m. in the Austin Auditorium, "Religion in 3-D"; Tuesday -- at 7 p.m. in the Austin Auditorium, "For Love's Sake Only"; and Wednesday -- in the Austin Auditorium at 4 p.m., "The Wit to Win."
Dr. Wegner, Chaplain Archer and Mr. Williams will link the theme of "Spiritual Commitment", respectively, to education, military service, and business in discussion Monday and Tuesday in the Austin Auditorium. The schedule is as follows: Dr. Wenger, Monday at 3 p.m.; Chaplain Archer, Tuesday at noon; and Mr. williams Tuesday at 4 p.m. Mr. Drake will lead the devotional services Monday and Tuesday at 7 a.m. in the Y Hut.
