CIORY
VOLUMN XVII
Maroon and Gold
Published and For Siudanlt of Elon College
CTORY
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ELON COLLEGE. N, C.„ SATURDA Y, OCTOBER 17, 1942
NUMBER TWO
Reserve Board To Visit Elon Campus Next Week
Twenty-Three Pledged
By Greek Clubs
Twenty-three Elon students will be
a good deal more happy when this
week comes to a close, for that many
students accepted bids to fraterni
ties and sororities last Saturday
night, when h'ds were formally pre
sented in the presence of the many
alumni the organizations attracted.
During the past week this years crop
of neophities have been undergoing
their initiation period according to
specifications set up by the various
greek letter groups. Those that ac
cepted bids to the sororities are as
follows:
Pi Kappa Tau; Rebecca Watson, of
Morven, N. C.; Julia Ann Mathews,
of Portsmouth, Va.; and Nell Breeze,
of Hurdle Mills, N. C.
Beta Omicron Beta: Rita Messick,
Washington, N. C.; Alfreda Baker,
Carthage, N. C.; and Ruth Koontz,
High Point, N. C.
Tau Zeta Phi: Doris Chandler, Bur
lington, N. C. and Mary Warren, of
Staley, N. C.
Delta Upsilon Kappa: Hilda Fra
sier, Virgilina, Va.; Louise Kingsland.
of Burlington, N. C.; Maxine Smith,
of La Grange, Ga.
The following men accepted bids
to Elon’s four fraternities:
Iota Tau Kappa: Wade Huffman,
Burlington, N. C.; Charles Pohl, Ken-
more, N. Y,; Joe Kidd, Carthage. N. C.
Alpha Pi Delta: Bill Meacham, Dur
ham, N. C.; Warren Ellington, Reids-
ville, N. C.; Max Garrett, Julian, N.
C.; Tony Festa, Vineland, N. J.; Tracy
Hussey, Carthage, N. C., and Hugh
Bradshaw, Marion, N. C.
Sigma Phi Beta: Arthur Dickson.
Mineola, N. Y.; Jesse Meredith, of
Fancy Gap, Va., and Joe Whitaker,
of Bennettsville, S. C.
Kappa Psi Nu: Ivan Ollis, of Ashe
ville, N. C.; Joe Tom Stevens, of Roa
noke, Ala., and Nelson Snyder of
Charlotte, N. C.
Dr. H. L Smith
To Speak Sunday
Dr. Henry L. Smith, of Greensboro,
will be the speaker at the regular
church services of the Elon Commun
ity Church, in Whitley Memorial Au
ditorium, Sunday morning at 11 a. m.,
it was announced by Dr. L. E. Smith.
Dr. Henry L. Smith, who is presi
dent-emeritus of Washington and Lee
University pays an annual visit to the
Elon Campus, and has been an ardent
Elon supporter for many years. He
is well known throughout the nation,
as lecturer and educator, as is exem
plified by his listing in Who’s Who.
V'7 Students To
Receive Instruction
Army, Navy, And Marine
Representatives To Be Present
IN MEMORIAM
Pictured above are the fresh
man class officers for the year
as selected by the class in a re
cent meeting. Left to right, they
are Harry Merrow, Treasurer;
Gene Poe, President; Margaret
Rawls, Vice-President; and Fred
Grey, Senate Representative.
Poe hails from Rockingham,
Rawls from Suffolk, Merrow
from Bristol, Conn., while Grey
comes from Charlotte.
Photo by John Pollard
Mrs. Bartley Speaks
To Lit Society
On Wednesday night, Oct. 7, Dr.
Johnson's Literary Society had as its
euest speaker Mrs. Irving D. Bartley.
Mrs. Bartley spoke on New Mexico,
where she had lived for a number of
years. ^ During her stay there she
learned much about the customs of
the people of New Mexico.
Mrs. Bartley also exhibited some of
the paintings, pottery, jewelry, and
wood work she received ti-om the
New Mexican'Indians.
Prior to Mrs. Bartley's talk the so
ciety held its regular business meet
ing. Plans for erecting a flag pole
were discussed by the group and a
committee was appointed by Presi
dent Joe Stevens to find out how
much this project would cost. The
Society is definitely interestted in
promoting a financial drive toward
securing a flag pole.
At this meeting the Society also
discussed new membership. Any boy
who wishes to improve his public
speaking ability and expresses his de
sire to become a member of the So
ciety is elegible for entrance.
Joe Tom Stephens deserves a sa
lute as the new president of Dr. John
son's Literal^ Society for his efforts
to make this organization an integral
part of our campus life.
All Or Nothing
Campaign Success
As an aid to Naval Reserve V-7
students enrolled at Elon, Professor
A. L. Hook Monday night began a
class in Morse code in order that
these students might have the advan
tage of already having been acquaint
ed with a portion of their required
subject matter before entering the
navy. The V-7 enrollees are taking
the communicatioiis course along
with the Civilian Pilot training group
Elon has eight students enlisted in
this branch of the service, all of
which will enter Naval Reserve offi
cers’ training schools immediately
after graduation. They are Jimmy
Darden, Richard Casey, Ed Watts.
Bernie Askin, Kent Dennan, Roy
Mansfield, Charles Rippey, and Hen
ry Huff.
This program is one of the several
that Elon is sponsoring in its speeded
up wartime curriculum.
PAN-HELLENIC
HEADS NAMED
The Pan-Hellenic Council, com
posed of one representative from
each of the eight fraternities and so
rorities on the campus, elected its
officers for the ensuing year at its
last regular meeting. Ed Watts, of
Kappa Psi Nu was elected President;
Rena Black, of Tau Zeta Phi, Vice-
President; Amerith Nichols, of PI
Kappa Tau, Secretary; and Billy
Johnston of Sigma Phi, Treasurer.
The Council serves as a mediating
group between the various fraterni
ties and sororities and the remainder
of the campus. It governs all activi
ties in which the greek letter clubs
are concerned.
Other members of the Council in
clude "Peggy” Galloway of Delta U:
Sal Festa of Alpha Pi; Judy Holoman
of B. O. B., and Ray Kem of I. T. K.
The "All or Nothing” campaign,
which has come to a close except for
the collection of a portion of the
peldges yet unpaid, was a great suc
cess. Not only was the campaign a
success in pledges, but up until this
time, the college debt has been ac
tually reduced from $105,000 last
September to $40,000 at the present.
This $40,000 has been pledged aqd
will be turned over to the Virginia
Trust Company as soon as it is paid.
President L. E. Smith will have
served Elon for eleven years come
November 1. During this time Elon
has made much progress in the field
of education. He came to Elon at the
beginning of the 1931.-32 school year
at which time the enrollment of the
institution was less than three hund
red. Three years ago the enrollment
reached nearly the seven hundred
mark, and no doubt, would be there
now were it not foe the fact that the
war has intervened. In addition.
President Smith has played no small
part in the current “All or Nothing”
drive.
In this campaign Elon students
last year pledged a total of one thou
sand dollars. Thus far about thirty-
five per cent of this amount has been
paid. Although students have not
kept pace with alumni and others, it
is felt that once the students get
settled in their year’s school work
pledges will start flowing in.
This program has been an excel
lent example of student, faculty, and
alumni cooperation throughout its
entirety. With the spirit as has been
exhibited during the past year, Elon
need have no fear of its support and
backing. ^
Student Officers
'^or th“ Fflst feif years politics
have played an important part in the
lives of the greater politicians on the
campus and everybody in general.
Each spring elections are held for
the purpose of electing the leading
officers for the following year.
In order to better acquaint you
with these officers, they are listed
below;
Student body officers: President,
Billy Johnston; Vice Persident, John
Pollard; Secretary, Dwight Kernodle;
Treasurer, Buster Butler; Editor' of I
Maroon and Gold, Ed Watts; Editor
of Phi Psi Cli, John Pollard; Presi
dent of Senate, George Bullard; Pre
sident of Council, Luvene Holmes.
Senior Class: President, Bernie
Askin; Vice President. George Bul
lard; Secretary, LuVene Holmes;
Treasurer, Robert E. Lee.
Junior Class; President, Miller Bas-
night; Vice President, Elroy Hooper;
Secretary, Rachel Crowell; Treasurer,
Lucille Blalock.
Sophomore Class: President, Nel
son Snyder; Vice President, Dwight
Kernodle; Secretary, Jeanne Hook;
Treasurer. Tex Lisman.
Freshman Class: President, Gene
Poe; Vice President, Margaret Rawls;
Secretary, Bonnie Davis; Treasurer,
Harry Merrow.
Wednesday afternoon E. W. Vick
ers, known to us as "Vick”, left Elon
College on a bus headed to Roanoke,
Virginia to purchase a station-wagon
for the college. Just south of Mar
tinsville, Va. a truck loaded with a
tractor crashe^d into the bus killing
Mr. Vickers and injuring two others.
To those of us who knew and loved
"Vick", this was a terrible blow.
For eighteen years "Vick" has held
a position with Elon College; for ten
years he was superintendent of the
town's power and water department.
He was a member of the Masonic
Lodge, Woodmen of the World, the
Congregational-Christian church, and
was president of the local church
bible class which he organized.
"Vick” came to Elon as a student
hailing from Douglas, Georgia. While
at Elon he was popular among his fel
low students, taking part in many col
lege activities. He earned his way
through Elon by working in the po
wer plant and upon his graduation he
accepted a full time position at Elon.
He was a member of the Kappa Psi
Nu Fraternity and maintained an in
tense interest in this organization un
til his death.
The memory of "Vick” will be with
us as long as the me^mory of Elon. To
him Elon will forever be indebted.
No one can ev^er take his place in the
community or in the college. To Mrs.
Vickers and her two children We ex
tend our sincere sympathy and leave
with them the thought that to us at
Elon "Vick” was truly a Christian
man and an example to every one of
us. His memory will live with us al
ways.
CLASS ABSENCES
Messiah Rehearsals
Now In Progress
Choir rehearsals arc already under
way for the annual Messiah to be pre
sented the first Sunday evening in
December. Choir Director Bartley,
although not having as many voices
as in past years, expects to give a
good program.
The Messiah is the feature presen
tation of the music department in the
school year.
On Saturday, October 24 a joint
Army-Navy-Marine Corps Presenta
tion Board is to visit the Elon campus
for the purpose of enlisting college
students in the reserves of one of
these branches of the service. The
Board will consist of five officers,
one representing the Army in gene
ral, one the Army Air Forces, one
the Navy in general, one the Naval
Air Arm, and one the Marine Corps,
who will give students an opportu
nity to learn the details of each en
listed reserve plan.
The objective of the joint plan is
to channel into the armed services a
continuous and regulated stream of
college-trained manpower.
Students who enroll in the enlisted
reserves are actually members of the
Army, Navy, or Marine Corps. While
they maintain an inactive military
status for the time being, they are
regarded by the services as cooperat
ing patriotically in the fulfillment of
an important phase of the over-all
war effort, for they are being quali
fied to fill definite needs. Although
it is not contemplated that they be
called to active duty until they have
been qualified by their college train
ing, they are subject to call at any
time if the exigencies of the war si
tuation demand it. This is specifi
cally explained to them, as well as the
fact that any student in the enlisted
reserves is subject to call to active
duty as an enlisted njan if he fails to
graduate with his class or to meet the
standards set by the respective ser
vices for officer material.
It is expected that a goodly num
ber of Elon boys will look into the
plan and enlist next Saturday.
S. s. O. Sponsors
Chapel Program
Dramatics Club
Elects Officers
To direct their program for the
year, the members of the Dramatic
club elected Ray Day President, Mil
ler Basnight, Vice-President, and
Virginia Jeffreys, Secretary-Treasu-
rer during their meeting October 8.
Dr. McClure, head of fce English De
partment, is advisor to the culb.
Afterward activities for the year
were discussed. Among these are
plans for the presentation of the first
part of Shakespeare’s Henry IV. Try
outs for parts in this production will
begin today. The cast Includes six
teen male and three female parts.
Various readustments have been
made in the number of unexcused ab
sences from church, chapel, and
classes one may have without loss of
credit. These are necessary because
of the change from the semester to
the quarter system.
According to Dean Messick, three
unexcused absences will be permitted
each quarter for a class meeting five
times weekly, while only two are al
lowed for those held three times each
week. For each additioanl two ab
sences, one quality point will be de
ducted.
All students are required to attend
chapel services. However, seniors
may have six absences during the
quarter without loss of credit. All
other students are allowed four.
Attendance of Sunday morning
church services is required of all dor
mitory students. Three cuts are per
mitted each senior, but underclass
men may have only two. Chapel or
church absences over the limit, un
less approved by the proper Dean,
will reduce student quarter hours one
hour for each three chapel absences
and one hour for each two additional
church cuts. The same rule applies
to freshmen attendance of Sunday
school.
180 quality points will be required
for graduation in addition to 180
quarter hours of literary credits. A
grade of A gives two quality points
for each quarter hour; B, 1 1|3 qua
lity points, and a grade of C, 2|3 qua
lity point.
And long may it wave—
O'er the land of the fjee.
and the home of the brave!
A call to arms, or to be more speci
fic, to initiative, was Issued in Cha
pel Monday, by the Student Service
Organization to all students on Elon
campus.
If the student cannot help to fight
the battle this country is engaged in
on the battlefront, then he can aid at
home in many other ways. The Stu
dent Service Organization has defi
nitely established itself this year on
a basis to help our government in
this national crisis.
Classes are being established for
students to take First Aid, and to
learn about the caring of homes and
children. The S. S. O. has asked for
volunteer Air Raid Wardens for
Elon. For students who wish to aid
their government by becoming blood
donors it has been made possible for
them to go to the Greensboro hospi
tal for the proper treatment and
care. There will also be a group
rolling bandages for our armed
forces.
Since such a large percentage of
the Elon Student Body signed up in
these differ^t catagories, it appears
certain that the Student Service Or
ganization will have great success this
year in this new phase it is sponsor
ing in behalf of the country.
Smith's Prayer
To Be Aired
A prayer for the nation was sub
mitted today to the Mutual Broad
casting System, by request of the re
ligious editor, Miss Elsie Dick, by Dr.
L. E. Smith. The prayer will be pre
sented on the daily feature of the
Mutual Coast to Coast network, “One
Minute of Prayer for the Nation”, at
a future date to be announced by
Mutual.
Each evening at 6 p. m. all the
member stations of the Mutual net
work pause to devote one minute of
their broadcasting day to a prayer to
the nation, which Is submitted by the
leading clergymen of the country.