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Tuck, of Virgjlina, Va., ioi%rard, running third. The smart "f^^esh- man cente^’;^,Hal Bradley, of Kip- lingi is -fparth in scoring, with Pa^ Cheek, of Bessemer, veteran guard, fifth. The reserves are list ed according to their scoring in the following order: Askew, Cam eron, Fesmire, Cromlish and Lil- ien. The approximate scoring total of the entire squad for the season is 720 points. Roye, the leader, has an approximate total for the sea son of 205 points. The schedule this season was composed of one major and two minor trips and six home games in which the Christians played 19 games. The season was officially opened January 3 with a contest against the University of North Carolina White Phantoms. Caro lina won this on a 34 to 21 count. After this opener, the Chris tians left their camp on January 9, when they played and defeated Roanoke college 40 to 22, to be gin their annual trek northward. From the Roanoke campus Elon continued on to Ashland, Va., to be defeated 28 to 27 by the Ran dolph Macon outfit, after which they played another close game on the following night (January 11) with George Washington uni versity at Washington, D. C. Elon lost this 34 to 33. From Wash ington the Christians invaded An napolis, Md., to take a 35 to 25 beating at the hands of St. John’s January 12. Returning to their own hard wood, Elon then entertained Roa noke with a 43 to 20 defeat. Perhaps the greatest upset of the i;eason came after this bril liant victory when the little known Catamounts from W. C. T. C. at Cullowhee invaded the Elon court on January 24 to leave with a 44 to 35 win. Elon’s next visitor, High Point, (January 26) receiv ed a 43 to 21 whipping from the Elonites who evidently sought re- for their earlier Catamount licking, On January 29 Elon moved over into Guilford county from where they returned with a 49 to 26 vic tory on their string of wins. Their victim this time was the tradi- ional Guilford Quakers. Then came Elon’s first minor crip of the season. On February 2 High Point felt the sting of Elon's snappy attack and lost by a 33 to 25 score. Five days after this, on February 7, Elon resum ed its western state trip in which it met two conference and one “Big Five’' college groups. On the 7th the Christians de feated Catawba's Indians at Salis- (Continued on Page 3) tofore only those who have been able to attend commencement have had an opportunity to take part in selecting the officers of • their association. This year, how ever, the Elon Alumni will follow the examples of most general as sociations and make its selections through the use of the ballot. The nominating committee will make its report within the next month, and the names of their candidates will be printed in the MAROON AND GOLD, in ballot form, in the next issue, which will be out during the first of April. This arrangement will enable all to cast their votes, and it will at the same time save the associa tion a sizeable amount of money that would be needed in printing and mailing costs. Immediate vot ing by the alumni will enable the secretary to tabulate the votes befoi-e commencement. Other committees announced lecently are Memoirs committee, W. T. Scott is chaii-man of this committee, with 0. D. Poythress and Miss Mary Lee Foster. H. G. Self has been appointed chairman of the finance committee, and G. A. Brown chairman of the com mittee on athletics. George D. Colclough is chairman of the com mittee to work in coopeiation with the college to secure a com plete list of the alumni. Rapid Growth In The Association Treasury Recipts Are Below Amount Paid In 1933; Banquet Attendance Also Substantially Higher According to information re leased by Mrs. C. M. Cannon, sec- retary-treasurer, there has been a hundred per cent increase in the membership of the Elon Alumni Association during the past year. In 1932 fifty-three members paid a total of $105 into the treasury, while in 1933 sixty members paid |120 in the treasury. The Alumni Association reduc ed the membership fee from two dollars to one dollar in its reg ular meeting at commencement in 1933. By commencement 1934 the membership had mounted to 102; that year a total of $104.50 was received by the treasury. The amount of money, it will be no ticed, for the year 1934 is the same as for 1932, while the mem bership is nearly double. It was the hope of the Association that the reduction in the fee would bring about a rapid rgowth in membership. A, 1 was the first to go forth,” de clared Mr. Albright. Born in Chatham County and receiving his preparatory educa tion from the Sylvan Academy, Pleasant Grove Academy, and Liberty Academy, before entering Elon, Mr. Albright was graduated with the class of ’93. After leaving Elon, ' Mr. Al bright did graduate work at the University of Tennessee, and Ca tawba College awarded him the M. A. in 1898. He also did gradu ate work at the University of North Carolina. More recently he has been engaged in farming, sur veying, and banking. Mr. Albright has done considei'- able research in North Carolina history during recent years, and he has devoted much time and travel to add to his fund of his- toricatl information about differ ent localities of this state. He has written a great number of histor ical documents for publication. Last fall Mr. Albright donated a collection of historical data to the Elon museum, and he states that he has more specimens to follow. He is something of a specialist in genealogy, and he states that he has received letters from many different parts of the United States asking for assistance in tracing family history. Edits Christian Sun During the absence of Dr. J. 0. .Atkinson from Elon, Dr. L. E. Smith has been editing The Chris tian Sun. He has brought out sev eral very creditable numbers of the church paper. with 310 last year. Class 1935 1934 Seniors 32 . 37 Juniors 41 " 36 Sophomores - 6*5 57 Freshmefl ids 101 Commercial 29 14 Special Literary . 10 9 Departmental 22 28 Total for Regular Session 368 282 Summer School Registration .. 47 42 Less those counted Twice 20 14 310 Grand Total 395 A very decided change is not ed this year in the number of men students, 232 as against 136 wo men. The increase of men stu dents over women was noted par ticularly last year when there were 168 men to 114 women in the student body, and this trend has increased notably this year. The freshman class this year has ]31 men and 36 women. CHURCH AFFILIATION Another very significant trend is the increasing percentage of students from other churches ov er students from the Christian church. TTie percentage of our own church members in the stu dent body has been slowly but steadily dropping each year for the past ten years or mork-;. For the years preceding 1925 approx imately one-half of the student body was from th Christian chareh membership. This has dropped to less than one-fourth at the pres- (Continued on Page 4) man, Norfolk, Va.; Wilbur Taylor, Br’"^*'j«y; C. Poe Parker, Carys- burg, and Henry Uforgan, Pros pect Hill. ) Iota Tau Kappa: ->e8t Monte- faloo, Shelton, , Conn.; Arthur GreenwaW, Huntington; ' L. I.; Webb Newsome, Salisbury; Rus sell Thompson, Burlington; Harry Crowe, Waxhaw; Raymond Can non, New York city; Ben Lilien, Irvington, N. J., and Joe Caruso, Riverside, N. J. Tau Zeta Phi; Juanita Morgan: Elon College: Mai-garet Hooper, Akron, 0.; Nancy Hunter, Car thage; Miriam Hoxie, Union\ille, Conn.; Doris Graham, Burlington; Beatrice Wilkins, Haw River. Delto Upsilon Kappa: Virginia Conyes, Ossining, N. Y.; M garet Galloway, Hamlet; Louise Layton, Franklinton; Dick Kim ball, Manson; Jacque Brothers, Suffolk, Va., and Prances Roun tree, Norflok, Va. "ield Secretary Enthusiastic George D. Colclough, Field Sec retary of Elon College, reports that the latest prospects for stu dents next fall are exceptonaily good. Mr. Colclough is seeing the senior classes of many high schools at this season, and hp is very enthusiastic over the pros pects of eniolling the largesi freshman class ever to enter Elon. A meeting of the Elon College Board of Trustees was held Elon on February 19. Members of the Board expressed themselves as being highly pleased at the great progress the college is now mak ing. Cooperation Desired By Association The Genei'al Alumni Associa tion has gone about this year or ganizing chapters in different lo calities. In some instances reor ganization of old units has been the procedure, while in other places new units have been set up. It is the desire of the Alumni As sociation to build up a stronger general organization through the establishment of many more lo cal chapters. It frequently happens that cer tain communities that have many Elon students and graduates wait for the General Association to take the initiative in setting up local units, ^^ile it is true that the officers of the organization proper should bestir themselves to see that groups should be formed wherever and whenever possible, it is also tine that time limita tions and financial problems pre vent as much activity as is really desirable. Elsewhere in this issue is a letter to the president of the association advocating an all-time secretary of the Alumni Associa tion. Such an arrangement would make possible a more rapid and thorough organization of the local chapters in the different locali ties. Without a man devoting all his time to such a task, however, the work of organization proceeds rather slowly. It is precisely for this reason that the present officers of the association wish that individuals would cooperate with the Field Secretary of the College, and with the President of the Alumni Asso ciation, in organizing local units. Either by writing George D. Col clough, Elon College, or M. L. Patrick, High Point, any alumna or alumnus can get suggestion re garding the actual establishment of any given unit. There need not be an exceptionally large number of people in any given community before an organization can be ef fected. Indeed, it often happens that more Elon people are resid ing in communities than is known. At attempt at organization, with the publicity necessary, will bring out the full strength of Elon peo ple. As the given local unit be comes more cative. its membership grows. The Elon College Alumni asso ciation confidently believes that there are many individuals in dif ferent towns, communities, and cities who would take the initia tive to set up local chapters were they given encouragement. This, then, is an effort to encourage those who will cooperate with the General Association in strengrth* ening itself through a greater number of local chapters. Ingle, on the affirmative, and by Messrs. Burns Elkin and W. L. Kinney on the negative. Questions about heretofore inexplicable hap penings and traditions of the Elon campus were then asked by the guests. Several questions brought foith interesting, if not reason able, explanations. Just pi-eceding the business part of the prqgram refreshments were served. Dr. Fred K. Garvey ciai rt.juimii Association. He em phasized that the first point of as sistance will come in the matter of enrolling more members into the Genei-al Association. He then said that those separate ch'.^-uers cart do much to college proper publicity, by cooperating v/ith the press, and by carrying on the activities of their own chapter. Finally, he said, the lo cal units can do to interest prospective students in Elon. This, not presided. M. L. Patrick, President ^ccorfing to" tre'speake^reed Association, spoke'" ' on the tunction ,£ the local chap- tion, but need consist only of the General Association, spoke jtake the' form of%c«;; solLt:. on the function of the local chap- ■ ters, and their parts in building a stronger general association. A. J. Strum gave a report of the mid year meeting of the Alumni Asso- peaking to students who could be nterested in Elon. Mr. Colclough outlined his pro cedure in interesting high school ciation at Elon College on Feb- graduates in Elon Colleg'e He ruary IG. The unit then passed declared that he no longer con- the resolution that the Forsyth fines himself to denon,inational chapter undertake the collection of lines, but that he considers the the alumn. fees for the general needs of the individual students, associat.on. Further business in-;His explanation of his method of eluded the local unit’s sponsormg | contacting prospective students the visit the Elon singers ex-included his actual first meeting pect to make to Winston-Salem of high school classes, his presen- on March 27. jtation of what the collego has to The Forsyth County Chapter is-offer, and his follow-up technique headed by Dr. Fred K. Garvey, in enrolling students. The field Dr. Garvey has a very enthusias-' secretary stated that competition tic unit of the general association. * from other colleges is much His several committees are enthu- j severe now than was the moie case six make the local unit in Forsyth one of the most progressive in the entire association. Neal Is Appointed Assistant Coach growing numbers of students are manifesting interest in Elon,” he concluded. According to Rev. W. T. Scott, Elon graduates should considei- themselves as debtors to their Al ma Mater. This debtorship need not imply any burden on the part of the alumni, but rather an op- Foimer Football Star Will p-jrtunity to identify themselves Assist Coach Walker Inlwith the growth and expansion of Training Elon Gridman college. Willingness to the President of Elon, and a lib-' Ralph Erskine Neal, of Birm-1 emphasized by Mr. ingham, Ala., former Elon foot-j^^°^^' ball star, has been appointed as-] used as his topic.for sistant football coach to serve un- \ roundtable discussion “Elon der Head Coach D. C. Walker Its Future,” and he during spring football practice this school year and during foot ball season next fall, it was re cently announced. Neal, youthful, strapping 200- pounder, gained quite a reputation with Elon grid fans with his ex cellent southpaw passing and punting at fullback during his only complete season with Elon in 1933. It was during that year that he was placed on the North State All-Conference team. In a recent national official football handbook newspaper writers mentioned Neal as “ranking on a par with David son’s great Mackorell.” He is reputed to be a “truly great football player” and should make a valuable addition to the ihampionship building athletic de partment, headed by the famous ‘Peahead” Walker. stated that the future holds a great challenge for Elon, After explaining something of the pres ent activities of the College and ts future aspirations he led a dis- •ussion, which included many sug gestions from the members pres ent, A committee, composed of Miss Margaret Rowland, Greensboro, Mr. Clifton Elder, Burlington, and Mr. A. T. West, Burlington, was appointed to cooperate with Dr. Smith in a special campus light ing project for the alumni on commencement night. Another committee, composed of Rev. W. T. Scott, Winston-Salem, Mrs. W. B. Terrell, Elon College, and E. N'. Jones, Durham, was set up to draw up a slogan for alumni ac- (Continued on Page 3)
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