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Patronize Maroon and Gold Advertisers Maroon and Gold Complete Community and Campus Coverage Published By and For Students of Elon College VOLUME XV Z 530 ELON COLLEGE. N. C. SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1941 NUMBER TWELVE UTT Elected Pres. Student Body; Adair Pres. Seriate [HENRY PRESIDENT COUNCIL LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS PRATT AND MOORE RECITAL In a duo-piano recital last Thursday evening in Whitley the college department of music pre sented Stuart Pratt, the director of the deparUnent, and Fletcher MoOre, a member of the music fa culty. A large number of Elon musx lovers, and groups from Gibsonville and Burlington, were in attendance, and enjoyed the excellent program. Above are a group of Elon's aeronautics students erecting the' The program opened with Chop- ne- .y acquired weather tower which will be needed if Elon offers in’s lively “Rondo in C” and the "dvanced aeronautics course next year. Standing at the bottom Brahms. “Variations on a theme” IZ McDade. on the left, and Joe Hopkins, at right, while by Haydn. “Cornish Sketch” by above t-.em are Bill Looney, at left, and Saecker on right. burner and the impressive and , appealing “Tears” were followed C VAEGE OBTAINS EQUIPMENT strated by the two players in their rendition of Hugo Kanu’s, “Suite For Two Pianos.” The FOR ADVANCED AVIATION Elon Playmakers To Exchange Plays j:Uter Vacation The Elon College Playmakers j will not start their exchange of full length plays until about the middle of April. They had ori- j ginally planned to start next OPvTGINAL OPERA AND PLAY GIVEN An original operetta by Pro- final part of the program con- lessor Jufian Gardiner, member Looking toward the offering of jenior-Junior BanOUet popular selections “Festi- of the music faculty, “Silver Col- 7eld In Dining Hall “S’win^gs o?stgTbr^^^^ sohn-Gruen. The Strauss Chas.ns an advanced course in aviation at Elon, Prof. A. L. Hook, co ordinator of the local program, has announced the purchase of an airplane and tlie donation of an 50 foot steel tower. This tower was donated by Mr. Holt Green of Glencoe Mills. This equipment will be used in connection will, tlie course. The advanced course, which if Elon is successful in obtaining will be offered m 1941-42, ;t said. Government regulations rc quire that a complete airplane l. used as laboratory equipment ;i teaching aircraft operation, anc, a weather tower be used for stud> in practical meterology. The plane which the college has bought is a *1929 Curtis Robin, 0X5 engine. In the course of study, students will take tha wings and other parts, and then .icassemble it. In addition to this The Senior-Junior banquet was “Blue Danube Waltzes” were ex- Tuesday and Wednesday. held in the College dining ha’l ecuted with finesse and feeling. | * “Silver Collection” is a comic February 26. The Juniors and Pratt and Mr. Moore have ui a hotel on the French Riviera Seniors met in the Reception hall ^ considerable amount of opgra in one act. The scene is ... r i 1 concert work m this type of . with some of the faculty at six- Christmas holi- I®"®' characters are: thirty. jjays successful Miller Basnight, Robert Cox, Ruth After all were in and seated, recitals in Winston-Salem, High MacPherson, James Darden and Dr. French gave an invocation. Point, New Bern, and Wilming- Harold Maxwell. This is the During the fruit-cocktaii coursc Their engagements for the erouD that Wallace Kernodle, pros dent c ^ appearance in the senior class, gave a welcome to the junior class and guests. A Asheville on March 10. gave “Police- before Christ- response was made by W. L. Parker son for the junior class. ^ Prcndcnt was then served. While everyone was eating, Mary Claytor gav'? ClUD a toast to the guests. Following! man's Serenade” mas. ! The Elon premiere of this operetta, the first original drama tic work ever presented by a member of the Elon faculty, will^ be Tuesday and Wednesday nights | at 8:30. The usual silver collec- j week but their plans didn’t work j out satisfactorily. They will take “My Heart’s In I The Highlands" to Catawba on April 14. They will give this same play at High Point a few days before the date at Catawba or a few days after this_ date. The definite date hasn’t been set as .yet. Catawba will bring a play to this campus just before the final exams in the Spring. The date for the High Point’s production on the campus hasn’t been settl ed. The Elon Playmakers will not start an exchange with Wo man’s College until next fall. This exchange of plays is be ing brought about by the Caro lina College Theaters, a branch of the Carolina Dramatic Asso ciation. The production in April will be the first production for the Elon Playmakers. The cast for these off campus performances will be the same as was in the play when it was pro duced in the Little Chapel Thea ter on December 10 and 11. Those that will make the trip to the two Colleges are as follows: Ken neth Utt, Dwight Gentry, Jack May, HoT/ard Brown, John West moreland, Bob Truitt, Charles Jones, Angie Henry, Mary Lewis Walker, Bill Hilliard, Millard McDade, Ed Shaw, Jack Foushee, Marjorie Hunter, Harold Max well, Ernest Brickhouse, and Roger Inman. 445 Vo?es Cast EXTRA!EXTRA! SPECIAL NOTICE a response by Dr. Smith, Fred French Club met for the ® head will be jill am sang a solo. The toast time since the Christmas taken at the door—as you come to the sponsor of the Senior Cias; holid.iys on Thursday evening in. I was made by Angie Henry and February 20, in the Little Chap- Another original work by a' Professor A. L. Hook respo> cl ft r the purpose of reorganizing community' Curtis Robin, the college also owns' lilveryone !iad just about finished the ,:xUb and making plans for the k • ^ ■ i , ; , , , , t rnm na onrinir Will be given as the curtain' the fuselage and landing gear of mating except Edna Barrier, when ■ f d r j- ■ I a Fairchild, and wings of an , ^entrv eave the toast of P'"*" Miss rises to Professor Gardmer s op- Eagle Rock. 1 Buisell from the beginning of the eretta. It is a one-act play, I The weather tower, formerly; evening to the junior spon- school year to organize a French “Young Man’s Fancy,” written! used as a windmill on an estate sor. Club on the campus. Preparin' Robert Cox in the ' near Elon, is being erected be- Gentry’s toast went something to form such a club, studen s, . »■ -r . 1 tween the Duke science building this: “These boys here at especially those interested in the « Dramatic Literature, and East dormitory. When com- ,, , j , , Frmch languag., French culture, and produced by members of thej pleted it will rise 80 feet into the ^ ^ .j. u » ^'^nch customs, have been meet- course. A clever comedy, the' air, since government require- "^^at before deciding what it ^jth Miss Bussell. Freiich leads are* taken by Yock Malloy ments call for it to be at least was. One boy said, ‘It was tur- songs and ballads, especially those Frances Cochrane 15 feet above any surrounding ob- key,’ another said, ‘It was chick- used by college and university ^ ’ ject. An anemoscope, an anemo- and a third said, ‘No fellows, students in France prior to the Newton, and Iielcn metpr which indicates the direc- , World War II. were learned bv ^ace, all m.embers of the Drajna S an? peed o wTnl . taro- ‘‘ * the ,„..re..ed ,.„le„t,. Uo C!.„. jr.ph to reeord air pres.ure, a lt>»t l>™le -eck try.ng - - _ ^ thermograph, wet and dry bulb to get into Dr French s house. 1 thermometer, maximum and mini- The response by Dr. French, I ^ Vif BSt UOriil mum thermometer are included in sure hope you are right about til I M I A I • the equipment for Elon's weather that.” ^ ^ JO'J f/ tiflj AlmOSt AnytnSill For the first time this yrar your favorite college newsp. per is late in ap- pc.-iiiij'. T 1 e cause: circumstances be yond O'jr control. 1 he underground po vver line to uur press went out last week and has just b en repaired. Please take warring that articles in thia issue are written from the point of /ie / jf 1aptuil date-line, last Saturd.'V. Bureau. The toast to the girls by Jack by gy Felton and Whitie Dobbs Wonder what the sigh is fot busily bent over the table Blades from the windmill will Boone was given a response te used in wind tunnel experi- Dot Edwards, ments Models, constructed by The wonderful dinner was oy coming from Room 26. Maybe Twisting our neck into a cork the students in the course, will this time gone. Then came the we had better go in to see. Oh screw to see what they’re doing, be observed for the lift and drag dessert and the fun. Ice cream it’s a sigh of relief. Christint we find that they are drawing; of aircoils and other technical per- was served. During this time Eaves has just finished gradin.; straws to see which one will bi lorrnances. everyone began singing songs and a set of English papers. Margar- President of the Student Council Whether Elon will be awarded having different people to stand et Pennington is propped up or next year. Disgusted, we turn authority to conduct this advanc- up. Soon after this, they sang the bed writing that almost-dail- around but as we leave th; ed course or not also depends on “God Bless America,” and finish- letter back home. room we hear Peggy and Whitio’? realization of the proposed $165,- ed with the school song. Ruth Martin is on her way well-known laughter burst fort.i. 000 airport which citizens of Thanks to Miss MacQuire for over to the concert. Wait a Absent-mlinded WJiitie has foi- B'u-linglon have approved in a the menu, because it was one of minute—what’s this sign on th- gotten to decide whether the loij!: vote. The present field which is the best banquets ever given hero dresser. “Don’t open bobby pinr or short straw is the winner, now used in the primary course o nthe campus. with teeth.” Good idea, isn’t it Room 28 greets us with “Sh”! is not large enough to handle the At the adjournment of the ban- Ruth? Quietly we close the door, lie larger planes which will be used quet everyone v.'as inv.tcd ov. ” Room ^3 is vacant. Hazel I-Tc berta Martin has an in.spiratio” i-. ti-^e advanced study. How- to tlie Society Hall for a social Intyre and Dot f.'cGoug-^n n- for another poem. As for he;- ^ prospects are bright that tsarty. Most of the guests attend- undoubtedly in their fp.voiilr roommate, we can’t keep up with r . 'n”'*on with the aid of gov- ed and son.o not guests al ' •Hf- i’ —’ ’.-r-pi'- Cop'il.'inds Li,veno I/olmr's at all sinr-e s:;r f "r,* 'i^'pnc’es will construct ' —c*;.cc^s cl tl.:; Ic . room at the head of tne rs. l.iiS V>ocome “Air-mindrd.” 1 f'-'ld. Kocm v/e f nd pe^- (.crJirucd on page 4) college I "kit ^how s Students How To Apijiv For Job Professor Stev rrt's Office iR!"an- igement Class '■nt..rt:rn:.d thr Commercial Club Thursday ,T:orn- 'ns, February 27, at 10.00 o’clock ; sec e .ail with a short skit T’r.cso who took part 'n the pro- rrpin v’frer Whitie Do’-l's. Per sonnel Manager; Margaret Car roll, Secretary: Ruby Messer and Catherine Rimer, Stenographic Applicants; Ed Butler, Maroon and Gold Reporter; and Maude Taylor, Employee. This skit was put on for the purpose of doni- onstrating the best method of ap plying for a position and of meet ing the public %s a business man or woman. The first Stenographic Appli cant interviewed by the Person nel Manager showed the incorrect method of procedure, while the second in an interesting manivir showed the right way. The Em ployee deinonstrated how . one should ask for a raise tactfully. General discussion followed the skit, in which (Questions were .ask ed and suggestions were made as to how it could have been im proved. Dr. Smith was helpful '"i giving his own ideas as to hnw a business man liked to be ap proached by those seeking posi tions. No longer do we have fo wail several weeks or eren sev eral days lo know the results of OUT elections. Wilh our mo dern vote-counting machines and whirling presses, fahemi) the correct news can be distri buted with the highest degree of accuracy within a few houis after the close of the electicm. committee. Here are the results as xe- *^aroon and Gold just a few minutes ago by Ihe electoral committee. Kenneth Utt 242 Molly Craft 199 STUDENT BODT Tal Bean SECRETARY STUDENT BODY Warren Bums' "REASimFH F’^tttjeNT BODY A. D. Cobb PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE T ,Adair t/-y Charlie Donald 119 PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL Angie Henry 84 Hazel Dobbs 82 VICE-Pr”'’TT'T:''^'T' OF COUNCIL Lila Budd Stephens SECRETARY OF COUNCIL Amirth Nichols TREASURER OF COUNCIL Marjorie Copeland 'DITOn KAROON AND GOLD Roy Mansfield EDITOR OF PHIPSICLI June Murphy RISING SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT SVaw VICE-PRESIDENT Jack Gardner SECRETARY Betty Hoyt TREASURER Joe Hopkins SENATE REPRESENTATTVE Curry Bryan Ed Shaw PRESIDENT Dick Slalen VICE-PRESIDENT Jimmie Darden SECRETARY Mary Mendenhall TREASURER Beverly Rogers SENATE REPRESENTATIVE James Dellinger Bob Wingard COUNCIL REPRFSENTATT/E Mary Dean Brown RISING FOPHOWOTIE CLASS PRESIDEKT Dan Barker vic^-rP”rr"Ti;T E"iot SECRETARY Rachel Crcv.'cll treasi:rfr Lewis Nanco SENATE REPRFSFT-TA"]!"' Cecil Hcnderron COUNCIL REPRESENTATiVS ITancy Fowlkes
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