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Give Your College Paper Your Earnest and Loyal Support aroon Gold Trade With Those Who Advertise Ip T'le Maroon and Gold . oL. NINE COLLEGE, N. C.. SATURDAY, FEBKl AKY 22. 193«. Nl’MBER FIFTEEN I riSMSHED EACH WEEK BY, STFDEXT BODY OF ELON COLLEGE FINE PROGRAM GIVEN HERE BV IK. H. A. SMITH Famous Hymiiologist Pre.'nt.s Huge Faseant and Art Exhibit in Collese Auditorium Dr. H. Augul-;tine Sm.ith, famed thioughoiuit four continents as. a' noted hymnologist, presented an oLfctanding ijageant and art ex- b.blt in the Whivley Memorial au- d»uiium here last Thursday even ing. Smith, who directed the paE'jt-nt and pre'slented the exhibit oJ odti;tanding art worlcs, is kiio.vn throughout four continents | for his brilliant achievements in the field of religious pageantry work. He 'has organized and di rect d worship, assembly ainging, cht>--'J and choruses, art -Icurs and picture study, pageants, lectured duiins the past twenty years to over 6,000,000 people in 1500 citie.s on four different continents. His chief aim is che Knowledge of sacred music and he has edited more hymnals than any other liv ing man today. At the present time, the noted hymnologist is head of the music department of Boston university. Boston, Mass., in whicii capacity he has served for the pasit several years and 'ha's .made much head way in the advancement of the department at Chat institution. I'^or three days prior to the pres- - ,ntT.:tion of his pageant here, he was at the state Sunday school convention in Winston-Salem, com ing here directly for the pageant. Tihe pageant here Thursday evening was a huge and success WITH SYMl•HO^\ Emmaline liawls Cliosen “Miss Elon” In Contest ❖ Campus Queen Is Selected In Pageant Here li. Sliclton Smith, of Duke Vniver- : ily. Is ElectMl For Alumni Day Orator KLBY PEINEKT To Be Feature Wilh Symphony Uu^ij I’einert I.s Talcnttxl Arli.st As Violoncellist With Michisan Little Symphony >E a special.feature with the ai>- (loarance here of the University of IVliciiigan Ijittle Symphony in its conceit on Saturday night, Febru ary 21). in WhUR'y Ajiditorium, Ruby I’einert, young violinc(Sliil of extraordinary capabilities and ac complishments, will play with the .-'■roiip in a solo capacity iVIiss Pe'in- ert, althougth a native of Toledo. bers from the local student body W'ith charleia Ephland, Walter Fonville. W. W. Kimball, Lanson Grainger, Eugene Gordan, John Collyer, and Jordan iSloij^n taking important parts. The art exhil)it preceded the pageant and includ ed a gallery of ancient, mediae val, and modern works. Dr. Smith spoke at Thursday and Friday morning chapel per iods on the topic of “The Origin and U90 of Hymns in Church Ser vices.” ful affair. It was carried through | Ohio, has spent the greater part of six scenes of impre's'tfive perform- her musical career in the state of anco by a large cast. Included in j Mlc'iigan. Her talent was early rec- the cast were a number of mem- | ounized as she was presented with two valuable »cholars.hips for un usual musical attainment while .•,^^ll a -student in high school. In the ;,'uinmer of 1929 MIkb l^einert attended the National High School Orchestra camp at Interlochen, Mil higan, and in the following ;unimer appeared with that organ- ::;at!on in concerts in Atlantii' City, X'“w York City, Philadelphia, and VVajsbins'ton, D. C. In 1932 she was Uipoii'ted assistant instructor in voioncello at the University Sym- piiony for six years. For several summers Miss Peinert has been a member of a concert trio at Lake i;omo-!een, Vermont. Numerous so lo atJpearanoes have been made witli the Little Symphony, Michi- in Conservatory Orchestra, Uni versity of Michigan Symphony, and other symphonic organizations with great success. T.ve annual mid-year session of the general alumni association of jSloh CioMege wa.^ held here last Saturday with approximately 100 I i.iinont meniber.i of the alumni present. With J. O. Atkinson, Jr., of Greensboro president of the -ociation, presiding, .seveiral mat ters of importance were discussed I at the meeting and plans outlined for future work. The matter of employing a full-time secretary for the association was dieicussed and the executive committee was given full power of the final de cision on the matter and the se lection of the man for the posi tion. II. Sheliton Smith, prominent alumnas, was elected as the Al- •jiiini Day oratoi- for the com mencement program this spring. Mr Smith is at present at Duke university, occupying a position in ihe department of religious edu cation. ■ Hio..-fwi-jueFly (taught at Tale university and is a member of the class 1918 at Elon. .n the meeting Saturday the executive committee appointed a si ecial commitee to work with the campaign officials toward the mat ter of clearing up the remainder of the college debts in the coming debt campaign. Following the meeting the members were given a 5i>ecial dinner in the college din- ii g hall, with the North State con- feronco basketball game between i;iou and Appalachian following. PR(»GI5AM ANNOUNCED FOR SED/\IjL\ SINGERS Walk Together Children The Sodaliii Chorus I Know the Ijord—Ijive Ilunihlo Swlalia MiUe Quartet Kuiii .Iesu.s, Is He lAstiiin’ The St'dtUia Chorus Intermission: Dr. Cluirlottc H. Bi()«n. IM-esident Palmer Mem orial Institute Be Ready Wlien He Cnmes Male Chorus Swing I-.t«v- Chai'iot -Swing Low Sweet Sedalia Chorus Mark Hotfman Gives Recital ; rcciLslK)i"o ColU'ge Music Director Ilea 111 In Piano Rwitiil At Vosi>er Services Fsther Colo Selected As Runner-Up For Title; Five Attendants Named HELP HEIvP IIICLI* Below you will find a few names of people holding the A. B. De gree from Elon College who can not be located by the Alumni of ficials. If you know any,thing ahoiut one or more of these we shall appreciate your writing the undersigned whatever informa tion you may 'have. R. D. Crumpler, 1909. J. V. Dabbs, 1923. Clyde Fouchee, 1930. Elwood French, 1905. Mrs. Ella Keyser Garrett Mrs. Oliver F. Gilliman, was Miss Janice Fulghum. J. D, Hardy, 1919. O. L. Harmon, 1931. M. Ethel Hill, 1924. Pual M. Loessi, 1932. S. M. Patton, 1909. Geo. D. Colclough, Elon College, N. C 1930 1921 According to Dean Haynes “It takes money to buy liquor and ride on the train,” say,9 tihe moun- tainer.” Where do you hail from, Dean? George Fuller Gives Program Monday .morning at Chapel, Geo. Fuller, a negro musician, delight- f'd an audience with Negro Folk Music. He was accompanied at the piano, by Mary Horton, 'of Raleigh. Fuller is the originator of three strictly new and different forms of Violin Recital. The Viol'in Recital I luqu"'. Lecture and Violin Con cert. There were three types of mu- 3i,' 1 expressions that he gave. The siiiiitual type which Is religious. Sedalia Group Will Sing Here The Sedalia Singers, con.sisting of a choir of 10 voices will give a concert here for the Sunday. Feb., 23, Vesper siervice to be held in the Whitley Memorial auditor ium 'at 6:30 o’clock. The Sedalia Singers are coming to us from the Palm,er Memorial Institute, located on the highv.-ay between Elon and Greensboro. This group has traveled extensively on its tours, and it was highly ac claimed as a musical Organ'ization. Dr. Charlutte Hawkin's Brown, President of the Insittnte is doing a marvelous piece of work at Se dalia, and she is to be compli mented very highly for what sh? has and is accomplisftiing with the peoi'lie of the Negro race. Dr. Brown will accompany the Sing- ero to Elon; Roy. J. Brice will also be here with the group and will give a shoilt talk about the ..chool and its work. The program to be given here tomorrow night will consist al most entirely of negro spirituals On Sunday, February 16th, at 4:30 I’. M., a most interesting Vesper pro,gram was presented in the Whitley Memorial Auditorium when Mark Hoffman, head of the Music Department at Greensboro College, was heard in a piano re- r-ital. He was assisted in the re cital by Miss Mildred Town, or ganist, and Miss Blanche Murruss, pianist, also of Greensboro Col- I'^ge. Mr. Hoffman is unquestionably one of the finest pianists in the state, and his program displayed very t-fBectively his virtuosity. The opening number was the lengthy “Waldstein" Sonata of Beethoven. Tiiis difficult number was admir ably played, and established a keynote of excellence for tihe re mainder 'Of the program. The f -hopin group vvhieh followed, in- c.udmg a Scherzo, a Ballade, and «ix Etudes, was a thrilling display of technique, and at the same timo revealed a poetic and artis tic interpretation on the part of the performer that wiis truly re The Phipsicli .and the Social Committee of tihe Student’s Chris tian Association of Elon College sponsored a Beauty and Sweetheart Parade on F"ebruary 13, 1936 in the Whitley Memorial Auditorium, Mr. W. W. Kimball, president of the student body, waiS master of cere monies. A short program under the auspices of Mr. Ray Cannon was presented before the parade. Each organization on the cam pus spon,sored a girl in the Beauty Parade. They w,ere as follows: Marcella AckenhaAiser, Junior Class; Scotty Andrews, Day Stud ents; Annie Louise Baynes, Soplho- more Class; Evelyn Boone, Kappa Psi Nu; Virginia Conyes, Delta Up- silon Kappa; Esther Cade, Senior Class; Margaret Corbitt, Student Senate; Edythe Ernst, Phipsicli; Janie Franks, Tennis Team; Eurc- lia Futtrel, Fine Arts Club; Ina Futtrel, Elon Singers; Margaret Galloway, Dramatic Club; Zella McNeil, Band; Geraldine Mangum, Iota Tau Kappa; La Verne Portler- field, “E” Men’s Club; Emmaline Rawls, Sigma Phi Beta; Martha Sutton, Student Council; Louise Rawis, Fi^eshmlan Class; Anita Smith, Dr. Johnson’s Literary So ciety; Rebecca Smith, Maroon and Gold; Mary Stinson, Tau Zeta Phi; Bla.nche Wagoner, Orchestra. The contestants in the Sweet heart Parade were: Edythe Ernst and Charlie Holmes; Emmaline Rawls and W. Kimball; Mary Alice Sloane and Jimmy Edwards; Es ther Hoppenstedt an,d Luther Boyd aL Veirno Porterfiedd and Howard Smith; Nell Loy and John Trop- poli; Scotty Andrews and L. E. Smith; Virginia Yancey and Ray Boyd; Merle Rayburn and ‘Doc” Sam markable. The modern group was i Wlhite; Evelyn Boone and well sele'Cted. The impressionism ut I'ebu'ssy was illustrated in the ■‘li.'fletK dans V'eau,” and the fire of a Maodowell trancription pro- , vided a suitable finsh for the j gioup. As a' final number, Mr. I t (offman gave an electrical per- 1 formance of the Liszt “Spanish j Rhapsody’’ for two pian'Oa and or- 1 A visiitation group, representing gan, being assisted by Miss Burrus j tihe Elon Student Christian AsEo- (Continued On iJi.st Page.) Four Students GoToVirginia and Miss Town. DR. H. K. EVTKRSI LL IS SPEAKER FOR Sl'NDAY CIICRCU SERVICES HERE On Sunday morning, February 16, Dr. H. K. Eversull of Cincin- atti spoke in Whitley Auditorium. Dr. Eversull i« a member of the Board of Trustees of Elon Col lege. in hi'^ interesting sermon. Dr. Evercull stressed the point that alitihoiugh we admire heroes, we do not dhoose to fall into the minority som'etiimeis to follow !,’iem. Tth,e speaker" led up to the point that even though we reject Christ in our everyday existence, h'G ia the hero to us. Dr. Eversull &avd that Christianity does niot elation will leave the colltegie ,this afternoon for Eastern Virginila where they will conduct services in three churches tomorrow. The group, compo'sied of Helen Barney, James Parker, Willard Stevens, and Lanson Granger, is being ac- companited by Prof. and Mi-s. D. J. Bowden. Sunday morning the four »tud- ent'.i will be in charge of the eleven o’clock worship in the Suf folk Chrisitian chu'rch. From here they will journey to Norfolk to conduct services at the Christian Temple at the five o’clock Vesper hour and at Ocean View Christian church at ‘seven-thirty. At each of these services, Mil lard Stevens will preside; Helen Barney will officiate at the organ, James Parker will render a violin iiolo, and Law'son Grang'er will 'be mo'irning type that is sad and I and folk songs; other numbers will ^ svr.f opation typo that causes joy {be “Spanish Sertenade,” “General ' seek any mundam existance, hut' the speaker. The group will leave Lavine,’’ and “Until the Dawn.” ' the gilorification of God. Monday morning for Elon. and happiness. I I i
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