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Maroon and Gold
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Published By and For Students of Elon College
VOLUME XVI
ELON COLLEGE, N. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1942
Z 630
NUMBER TEN
Hoyt, Murphy, Craft, O’Conner; Candidates For May Day
Finals To Be Held Next Tuesday
Despite the solemn look on tho faces of these boys thev were
not as deicted as you iniifht think. There’s really no nwd to tell
you that these boys are in the process of registering. Incidently five
of the (yiys are roommates. Left to ri>rht they are: Fred Gilliam,
Tex ]:4sman, Kov Mansfield, Kenneth Utt (seated). Royal Spence,
Howard Cubreth and Joe Tom Stephens. Photo By John Pollard
Class In Military Drill
Needs More Elon Men
Draft Registration
Made By Elon Men
The class in Military Drill,
■which is conducted twic^ a week,
on Tuesday and Thursday at four-
thirty, is open to at least twenty
more students. The boys are now
organized into a company compos
ed of two platoons. Each platoon
is made up of two squads.
The aim of the leaders of the
company is to put in a new pla
toon if they have enough material.
The class in military drill has
T)r6ved very beneficial to many of
r'-tfie boys and especially to the ones
who did not know anything about
military methois. It is very pro
bable that this primary drill will
be of help to them in the near fu-
■•tui«.
Dr. Bowden is officer in charge
•of the company, and Bill O’Con
nor is Captain, The other of^-
'cers are boys who have had R. O-
T. C., or some other form of mili-
.tarv training.
The boys are supposed to wear
■dark trouwirs and a sweat shirt.
The mottfi of the company ia “We
.are out to learn.”
All men between the ages of 20
and 44, excepting those who regis
tered for the first draft, signed up
for the first draft ^iuce war be
gan.
The men of Elon College and
the surrounding community re
gistered in the Elon High School
gymnasium iK^tween 9:00 a. m.
and 0:00 p. m. It is interesting
to note that there were lots of the
college students who had to regis
ter and did so promptly.
According to the draft officials,
it will probably be quite some
time before any of the registrants
will be called to service.
The primary test of the nomi
nees for May King and Queen
was successfully met today by the
following people: Betty Hoyt and
June Murphy for May Queen and
Bill O’Conner and Molly Crafi
for King. Named for the elector-
ial committee were Angie Henry,
Roy Mansfield, Ed Shaw and
Molly Craft. Kemieth Utt in the
capacity of president of the stu
dent body will of course remain
chairman of the committee.
Attendants of the queen from
the Senior Class were narrowed
down to Angie Henry, Margaret
Carroll, Edna Barrier, Velma
Tiprlett, Whitie Dobbar and Lila
Budd Stephens.
Senior Class attendants of the
king and all Junior class atten-
aanis will be selected in the finals
j be held next Tuesday.
This year for the first time the
clccticn is being held by Austra
lian ballot, and the entire student
body is to be allowed to votf?. In
past years the i#licy was to keep
me election within the senior
class. . i
There is no’ doubt that there
was greater enthusiasm shown
over the primaries than has ever
been displayed. This is a clear
indication that the coming ehx;-
tion, nominations Monday, for
.student boly offices and class of
fices will be full of color and
spirit.
The May court is to b! under
the direction of Mrs. Hendrick
son and from all reports this years
l>erformance will uphold the tra
ditionally l>eautiful program that
has been offered in the past.
Spaulding Charms
Elon Audience
Bid Night Claims
New Loyalties As
Pledges Are Taken
The Cooperative Concert, Asso
ciation presented AllxTt Spauld
ing, a foremost native-born Ameri-
ca.n violinist last Thursday even-
ign. From all indications Mr.
Spaulding’s performance was en
joyed as one of the fimjst of past
and current concert series. Mr.
Spaulding showed the mastery of
tho violin that he has shown in
many parts of the world. I'aris
was the scene of his prol’essional
debut at the age of sixtt't n, where
in later yeiirs he was awardcil the
prized rosette of the Iy;gion of
Honor. He has played U tnre ro
yalty many times.
Mr. Spaulding offered a pro
gram of numbers coii^rous, with
that of one of the world's irriuitest
violinists, among them being two
of his own compositions. He was
en-ioyed so well tiiat he gave five
encores, three of which were mod
ern to many of the audicMiee: Avii
Maria, The Spanish Serenade,
and Waltz by Brahms.
Being the son of the owtut and
founder of the A. W. Spaulding
Sporting (joods Company, Mr.
Spaulding is a lover of sports. He
is adept at tennis and .■iwlniming,
and a lover of the out-doors.
Every seasfon finds Mr. Spauld
ing setting new records in nation
wide concert tours, plavinc reci
tals, and as soloist for manv of the
nation’s leading orchestras. At
present he is soloist and master o^
ceremonies of the Sunday aftei'-
noon Coca C^ola program. )n this
program he shows his ability to
play classical, semi-crassical, and
swing music.
VICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
DEFENSE
BONDS
STAMPS
WAR NEEDS MONEY!
Jt will coat money to defeat our
enemy aggreaaora. Your govern
ment catla on you to help now-
Buy Defense Bonda or Stamps
today- erery pay day Bond
Day by participating in the Pay
roll Saritigs Plan.
Bonda ooat $18.75 and up.
Stamps are Wt, 35t and up.
The hetp of every individual im
needed.
Do your part by buying your
Mhmte every pay day.
Elon Students Air Views
On Teaching On Radio
A group of six Elon students
who are doing or have done prac
tice teaching, gave a fifteen-min
ute radio progrgm o^’er WBBB in
Burlington on Wednesday at 2 :45
P. M. The group was composed
of June Murphy, Jewel Kerns,
i^eggy Pelton, Lila Ludd Ste
phens, Jack Boone, and Richarvf
Weldon. June Murphy is presi
dent of the North Carolina Edu
cation club. The topic for dis
cussion was ‘‘The Need tor
School Teachers During the Pre-
.sent Emergency”.
Jewel ven thorouglily discussed
tli6 value of corrixjt nutrition.,
while Jiick tried to show how phv-
sical educaticV builds up the body.
Peggy discussed the place which
high arts hold in the schools. Lila
liudd pres(^iited some of the things
rhat a primary teacher can ih« t,
if>h) the f^ire geneartions. Ku'U
aril presented some of the wavs in
••vhich six-ial sci nces can help.
June leil the di;(nission. Misf
Moore of the P’ducation depart
ment helped a great de^l in the
preparation of tli.e program.
p:ion College spon.-^ora a radio
' program each week at the same ^
; time over WBBB. The program
is usually presented by some de-
i partment of the college.
It’s all over now. The many
rush parties held by the different
farternities and sorities were cli
maxed by Bid Night, an event
which takes place only twice a
year. The new pledgies were giv
en their official bids Saturday
night. Then followed a little
party or “get-together”. Sunday
morning the groui>8 ate breakfast
together and attended church in a
group.
For various reasons, the num
ber of alumni returning for Bid
Night was small. We all hop;
that more will be able to return
next year.
Those given bids to fraternities
or sororities were:
Beta Omicron Beti: P^leanor
Barnwell, Betty Elder, Edna
Truitt, Louise Stevens, and Ruby
W right.
lota Tau Kappa: Carl Allen,
Fred Albright, Warren Burns,
Richard Casey, Claude (’omer,
Bill Duncan, Richard Evans, Ray
Kern, James Phillips, and Hank
Sarrow.
Tau Zeta Phi: B’aye Thomas,
Peggy Lightbourn, Mary Ellen
McCants, Marjorie Reidt, and
Jeanue Hooke.
Kappa Psi Nu: John Gilliam
and Dwight Kernodle.
Delta Upsilon Kappa: Jacqu-
line Perry, Juanita Perdue, Mary
Agnes Dwkls, and Nora Summey.
Eight Elon Boys
Qualify For V- 7
Immediately following the first
of the year tliere was a rush on the
part of college studenfa to the
Naval Recruiting Offices for the
purpose of enlisting in the Navy
in class V-7. Several boys from
our campus took the physical ex
amination and the majority ol'
them were successful, even though
some of them took the exam on
more than one occasion and at
more than one enlisting point.
The boys who passed the exam
ination from Elon were, ‘‘Reb”
Shaw, Jock Boone, Curry Bryan,
Boyd Clapp, Ixjuie Adair, Rich
ard Casey, Bernie Askin, and
Kent Dennan. These boys have
the opportunity to complete their
college training before they go in
active duty for the fighting forces
of America. When they do go they
will first go to sf>me school and
get some preliminary training in
a field chosen witt reference to
the cla-sses which the boys had
while in college. Some will Ik;
Astronomers, some Navigators,
and some Deck Officers. When
they complete the school they will
be commissioned as ensiuns in the
U. S. Navy, and from tht.-re they
will go on active duty.
Two of the students are con
sidering changing from V-7 to
I s(!rvice give exfclh'iit tra.r^’ng to
its subj('Cts. We think ou> .lK)ys
were fortunate in getting in this
branch of the service.
Siu-ma Phi I’x'ta: P>ill Rippey, V-.''., which is the Naval Air
Ilaiik Beaudy, Phil Gearing, Fred j (^>rps. Loth of thes«^ branc-.hes of
Hoffman, anil W. T. Walker.
I’i Kappa Tau: Louise Hauser,
Mildreil Shook, and Margaret
Cox.
Alpha Pi Delta: Paul Ridge,
Vic Zodda. Sylvan Routli, Ralph
Edwards, Leonard Miller, Frank
Malone, and Robert Holyfield.
Congratulations to the new
pledges.
What about' a tournament to
settle the ‘Intramural Champion
ship.
Albert Spaulding
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Photo by John Pollard
Dr. Johnson Soc ety i V- for- Victory Club
Holds Spirited Meet Holds Chapel Rally
In a special meeting in which
all old members are l>eing invited,
Dr. Johnson’s Literary Society,
under president. Bob Sellers, will
include a national defense picture
pertaining to aviation with the
rest of their program for next
Wednesday night. Theat; pictures
are furnished by the Office of
Emergency Management.
The lively forum topic for
discussion at this meeting will
concern the good and bad profits
reaped from war, presented by Dr.
Fletciier Collins, sponsor of the
society this semester and guest
s(K‘akcr of the evening.
Entertaining sfHKjial numbers,
and refreshments served Pan-
vio Literary Society will round
out the program. This program is
part of the new president’s plan
for stimulating “War Conscious
ness’’ on the Elon campus. Kvery
one interested is invited to this
special met-ting of the society
which meets at 7 :30 p. m. in the
Society Ha'^.
JOLTS AND JARS
((’ontinued From Page Four)
“White Cliffs Of Dover”; 2.
WfK>dy Herman’s ‘‘Blues In The
Night”; •'). Jimmy Dorsey’s “1
Said No”.
This wtH'k’s Invention;
A cali'uder for pledges with the
v.'Ofk after “bid-night” luis-^ing.
Well that ought to l)e enough
for now except we still can't fig
ure out w Nether they run the
chicken thru the soup or the sou]j
thru the chicken to make chicken
soup.
Guess we'd better be running
along, in fact we think we’ll run
for some student l>i>ly office be
cause we do love student bodies!
Goom-bye . . .
TI15 Elon “V” club, which
stands for victory,- presented one
of the outstanding chapel pro
grams of the year this past A1011-
day in Whitley auditorium. Bob
Sellers is to be congratulated for
his vision and tireless effort in
this undertaking. He, working
wjth Roy Maasfield, and Minnie
B!ll Fry, who incidently repre
sent the Maroon and CtoIiI Staff
and till! i’anvio Literary society
respectively S^rmulated a program
with the true spirit and feelings
of the studeut body.
Shortly after fall-in was sound
ed by Nelson Snyder, 'I’he “(Jail
'J’o Anns” was presented by Sell
ers. Ruth McPherson gave a
splendid rendition of the “Stac
Spanghtd Banner” and then the
siK5eche8 of the morning begap.
A short and interesting talk by
Itebel Shaw which was ci.)ni.i‘rneL.
with the newly formed Voluntary'
Military Unit, was closely follow
ed by a reiK>rt from Harvey Hook
on the part that the local Scout
organizations are playing in the
conservation of pajier and electri
city. Aliiiir,'! li;^ll Fry, j)resident
of Panvio, spoke on the girls part
in defense; thy boys part was well
presented bv ivi,1iott Schmidt of
the Elon Debate team. t)ne of
the highlights of the program was
Roy Mansfield’s ♦'alk on the ideals
and principals lii^rniKTaeAs
taps sounded over tln' heads 1-^
entire student IkhIv, and was
e'hiK;d in the distance, this fiti';;
expression of loyalty toward our
Nations struggl‘ came to a close.
Buy “V” Pins so that
Service Men mav In'ni'fit.
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