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yiCTORY ^'bonds STAMPS Maroon and Gold iyiCTORY BUY Published By and For Students of Elon College ITKO •TATKS BFENSt lONDS ANB SUMPS VOLUMN XVII Z 530 ELON COLLEGE, N. C.., SATURDA Y, NOVEMBER 14, 1942 NUMBER FOUR ELABORATE PROGRAM PLANNED FOR TURKEY DAY The /\^arines Have Landed f Music Club Is Active Group Biggest surprise of the past week was the arrival by mistake of a detail of five Marines on the campus. It seems that the Marine Corps got its wires crossed in issuing orders and as a result shipped the ‘leathernecks' to Elon rather than their true desti nation at the Marine base near Eden- ton. As is characteristic of all Marines. the boys soon had the situation well in hand, including about half the co-eds. The picture above was made as the student body gave the Marines a rousing after-dinner sendoff. Burns Leaves School, Joins Father In Service Warren Burns, a member of I. T. K. fraternity and the junior class, yesterday left school to take up pri mary flight instruction in a Texas army air forces pilot training school. Burns' departure is a rather unique occurrence in that his father is also entering the armed service. Both are leaving at the same time and go into the same branch of the service. Burns’ father is entering the air forces ground crew. While at Elon, Burns made an en viable record. In addition to being secretary oU the student body last pear, he has been a member of the varsity basketball team for two con secutive years. Highlight of his bas ketball career and an incident long to be remembered by Elonites was his last minute two-pointer in last year’s Elon-High Point game that gave the Panthers their only setback of the season. Recruiting Party Enlists Eight Students Leathernecls Land^ Take Over For Day Five Marines received an unexpec ted holiday last week when they landed at Elon rather than their true destination due to a mistake in their orders. The holiday came to a close the following evening when the stu dent body gave them a rousing send- off on the same east bound train they arrived on 24 hours earlier, only this time they were bound for their true destination at Edenton, N, C. It seems that orders issued them at the Naval Training School, Toledo, Ohio, read destination Elon College, N. C., whereas they should have read Edenton. The Marines, who are noted to take the situation well in hand, were somewhat on the bewildered side, when they disembarked. The baffled Marines inquired of passing students, “Where are the Ma rines stationed, here?", and received such replies as, “Are you kidding”. There never has been a Marine base at Elon College, and as far as college authorities know there are no expec tations of a new base being estab lished. Corporal Abraham Rosenthal, in charge of the group, got busy on the wire to find out where they should proceed to, but final word did not come through until five o'elock the next afternoon, when they were or dered by the commanding officer at the new Marine Air base at Edenton, to board the next train for Edenton, which was the same train they arrived on twenty-four hours earlier. In the meantime they took advan tage of southern hospitality, and spent the night as house guests of Dr. L. E. Smith and Mr. Colclough. While awaiting orders they stirred up a basketball game at the college gym, students vs. Marines. They had lunch in the college dining hall and spent the afternoon drilling Elon’s CPT students, and watching an intra mural football game. After dinner the student body convoyed them to the station where they boarded the never forgettable 7:25 train. The five Marines were Corp. Abra ham Rosenthal, of Jersey City, N. J., in charge; Corp. Walter Reuhs, of Chicago, 111., Pfc Morton Malkin, of Youngstown, Ohio; Pfc Alfred Saler no, of Syracuse, N. Y.; and Pfc Ro bert Whitson, of Jefferson, Iowa. All in all it was a bang up vacation to the Marine base that wasn’t there. Early in the present college session the Elon College Music Club resumed its regular activities and has held a number of meetings both in Whitley Auditorium and in Alamance parlor. At a business meeting recently the following officers were elected: Pre sident, Dr. Hans E Hirsch: Vice Pre sident, Prof. Irving D. Bartley; Trea surer, Mr. Ferderick Loadwick; Re cording Secretary, Mrs. F. Loadwick; Corresonding Secretary, Miss Con stance Moore. The aims of the Music Club are to “foster and promote good music, and to encourage its appreciation in the home and community.” In pursuance of these aims the Club has voted to continue its support of the Elon Sin gers by continuing their membership in the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs. The Elon Music Club has also sponsored several concerts in Whitley auditorium. The Piedmont District of the North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs held its 16th annual meeting on No vember 11 in Greensboro; eleven members of the Elon Club attended this meeting, and the Club was ably represented on the program by Prof Bartley, Mr. Donaldson and Mr. Load wick. j/nframural Football Playoff Scheduled As Main Event Sixty Students Offer Blood Tuesday afternoon, November 10, Dr H. C. Lennon of the Greensboro Pathological Laboratories in Greens boro came to Elon to make blood tests of those students signed for this project at a recent Student Ser vice chapel program. Approximately fifty signed and sixty were tested. The only place where this blood can be taken in this area is Greens boro. Difficulties have arisen as to the transportation of these students to Greensboro. The Student Service Organization is endeavoring to work out some means of transportation Any one who has a car and will carry a load to Greensboro is urgently re quested to see Dr. Hirsch. Religious Week To Be Observed The coming week, beginning Mon day has been set aside as Religious Emphasis week on the Elon campus, an occasion which for the past few years has become an annual obser vance. Dr. H. S. Hardcastle, pastor of the Christian Temple in Norfolk, Virginia, will be present to conduct the services throughout the week. There will be services at 10:30 each morning from Monday through Thursday and each night, at 8:15, from Tuesday through Thursday. Ensign James Ferris Program To Include Soccer, Drill Review Jim Ferris, who last year dropped out of school to join the Naval Air Corps, has successfully completed his advanced aircraft carrier flight I training at the Miami Naval Air Sta tion and now proudly wears the Navy's coveted “Wings of Gold”. He now has the rank of Ensign. Ferris was introduced to naval avia tion at the Naval Reserve Base, Atlanta, Ga., and was sent to Jack sonville, f'lorida for advanecd train ing. He was selected for special in struction in takeoffs and landings from aircraft carriers and can look forward to active duty with the fleet soon. Ferris was a member of Sigma Phi Beta fraternity and president of his freshman and sohomore classes here at Elon. Frat Advisors Sponsor Inter-Fraternity Party The four fraternity sponsors on Thursday night pitched an interfra ternity party at the American Legion hut in Burlington. The outstanrtini' event of the evening was a spaghetti dinner prepared by Elon's expert cooks of the “old world” style. The sponsors. Dr. Hirsch, Coach Pierce, Dr. Bowden, and Prof Schultz, of Alpha Pi, Kappa Psi Nu. Sigma Phi, and I. T. K., respectively, presented a n excellent program, which included movies, singing, and impromptu talks. Dr. McClure re presented Prof. Schultz, who was un able to attend due to illness. An account of the whereabouts of all fraternity alumni in the service was given by the respective groups, mentioning especially those who have left Elon since 1940. This year, for the first time in the annals of Elon history, the student body will celebrate Thanksgiving day on campus. In order to make the occasion more festive, and to have (he atmosphere more “holiday-ish", a very interesting program has been planned by Coach Pierce and the in tramural council. This program is to be held on the athletic field, from 2:30 to 5:30. The schedule for the afternoon will include a number of interesting ac tivities. First, representative groups from the Freshman and Sophomore classes will stage a dynamic tug-of- war. After both sides have “tugged" un til the winner is decided between the two groups, the boy's physical educa tion class will put on a demonsiratittri soccer game. This is a rough, tech nical game to play, and should .stimu late the onlooker’s enthusiasm for the rest of the program. When the soccer game is over, (if the boys are able!) there will be a Military Drill Review put on by the male students. And for the big event of the after noon—the long anticipated champion ship tag football game between the two top teams of the semi-finals. This will be the day all the intramural teams have been looking forward to for a long time. After the game, a cup will be presented to the captain of the winning team for the champion ship. Also, between halves of the foot ball game, there will ge a dashing display of talent—put on by none other than a bevy of feminine pul chritude of Elon—their alleged Mili tary Drill Review. Both of these Re views, boys’ and girls’, should prove interesting because these military companies are the first to be orga nized at Elon and are definitely prov ing an asset to our school and school spirit. The Elon College band is to make its first "public” appearance that af ternoon, also, to give that certain “festive spirit” to the whole scene. The cheering for the afternoon for all the games and different teams will be under the supervision of the Elon cheerleaders. S. 5. O. Pledges Seventy Kits Chemistry Department Is Strong Educational Unit The rivalry of the Army, Navy, :and Marines was forgotten for the first time in the history of Elon Wed nesday when a joint Army, Navy, Ma rine Recruiting Party visited the ^campus to enlist “men in various re- •serves. The party was headed by Captain George E. Pilgrim of the Army. The Navy party was represented by Lieu tenant J. G, Berts, of Greenville, S. C., former assistant dean of Furman University. He was assisted by seven other men including Lieutenant Blonds, in charge of the Physical ex amination. Captain C. C. Dayes headed the Marines. Marco Cheli, Arthur Dixon, Carl Allen, Harry Merrow, Ivan Ollis, and Don Isley enlisted in the Army re- esrve. Edward Butler was accepted by V-7 and Joe Liverman in V-1 of the Naval Reserve. Dr. Brannock Credited With Its Development (Editor's Note: The Chemistry De partment of Elon College has long been recognized as one of the best in the South. Its superiority is due largely to the life-long labor of Dr. N. F. Brannock, known as “Uncle Ned” to those who have had the good fortune of having had one of his courses. This week the Maroon and Gold was granted an interview with Dr. Brannock which we pass along.) When your Reporter went to Dr. Branock he was handed a catalogue with the statement, “You can find what you are looking for in here”. But eventually the natural humor which is a part of the Doctor’s heri tage came to the front and we got past his native modesty with a few more queries. At last interviewing him did not seem to be near as hard as finding an alphabet office in Washington. One of the educational units that Elon is proudest of is its Chemistry Department. It is considered by au thorities as one of the best in the small colleges of North Carolina. Mr. J. L. McGhee of the Emory Univer sity Medical School. Atlanta, Georgia says that Elon has the best Chemis try Department he has ever seen in a small College. The Department of Chemistry has been headed by Dr, N. F. Brannock since 1910. Dr. Brannock graduated from Elon in 1899 receiving then his Bachelor of Arts degree. Since that time he has received his mastet^of Science degree from Columbia University, where he has taught several summer schools, his Litt. D. from Defiance College, and has done additional gra duate work at John Hopkins Univer sity and the University of North Carolina. When Dr. Brannock became a mem ber of the Elon faculty the Chemis try Department consisted of a single classroom and its meager 24 reagent bottles. When the old administra tion building burned in 1922 the de partment was moved to the basement of North Dormitory where it re mained until 1925 when the Duke Memorial Science building was built. The third floor of this building is now devoted to chemistry. It was de signed by Dr. Brannock at a cost of $25,000, and accomodates around 170 chemistry students, seventy of whom are advanced and 100 elementary, with an individual desk for each stu dent affording him reagents, equip- nent, gas, and water. During the history of this depart ment it has graduated a number of Chemistry majors from Elon, all of whom are now certified chemists and making a good record in the world of chemistry. They include: Dan Wick er, in the textile industry; Luther Boyd in analysis; York Brannock, Sa nitation Engineer at Rocky Mount N. C.; W. T, Walker, with American Aluminum Company, Badin, N. C.; Worth Coble, who is an analyst for a concern in Baltimore. Md., and many others.. All of these men will come back to Elon and say, “If you have a degree in Chemistry from Elon you don’t need to fear taking graduate work or working in any in dustry where good chemists are re quired”. The College and all Elonites ex press pride in the Chemistry Depart ment and have great esteem for Dr. Brannock and his many years of ef ficient and devoted service. The Elon Student Service Organi zation and Pan-Hellenic Council are lointly sponsoring a drive to pur chase Red Cross Kits which are to be sent to the boys in service. The goal set for Elon is seventy kits. Thus far the Pan-Hellenic Council, the Ministerial Association, and the Stu dent Christian Association combined, have pledged 40 kits. The kits contain the articles listed below: Small soap box and soap. Deck of playing cards. Package of cigarettes or smoking tobacco and cigarette papers. Shoe polishing cloth. Small pencil with cap. if available. Package of envelopes and paper. Package of chewing gum. Pair of tan shoe laces. Waterproof matchbox if available. Package of double-edge razor blades. Small book (pocket size)—detec tive or humorous. Sewing case. j
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