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Published B7 and For Students of Elon College
Don’t Forget The Election
Finals Thursday
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“VOLUME XVIII
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ELON COLLEGE, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1944
NUMBER ELEVEN
FOUR SORORITIES TO CELEBRATE BIDNIGHT TONIGHT
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ELECTION FINALS TO BE HELD ON MARCH 23
Election Finals To Be
Thursday, Marc h 23
The primary election for the stu
dent body officers and the class of
ficers was held Thursday, March 16,
in Dean Messick’s office, under the
direction of the electoral committee.
The number of candidates for each
office having been reduced to two, the
finals will be held on Thursday,
March 23.
As a result of the primaries, the
candidates for student body offices in
clude Jeanne Hook and Eliza Boyd,
president; Iris Boland and Jessie
Thurecht, vice-president; Lucille Mor
gan and Wayne Taylor, secretary; and
Gene Poe and Frances Gunter, treas
urer. Those running for the rising
senior class offices include Nell Cren
shaw and Eliza Boyd, president; Theo
Strum and Edna Rumley, vice-presi
dent; Jeanne Hook and Doris Chand
ler, secretary; and Mary Warren and
Mary Ellen McCants, treasurer.
Those candidates for the'positions
in the rising junior class are Margaret
Bawls and Gene Poe, president; Hilda
Malone and J. C. Smith, vice-presi
dent; Jessie Thurecht and Ed Dan
iels, secretary; and Betty Stone and
Helen Newsome, treasurer.
The candidates for the offices of the
rising sophomore class are Fred
Register and Eva Carpenter, presi
dent; Wayne Taylor and Emerson
Whatley, vice-president; Lucille Mor
gan, Louise Clayton, and Pat Hook,
secretary; and Virginia Ezell and Etta
Hooper, treasurer.
It is up to the students to do some
.f»'^wr>aigning for their favorite candi-
and get them elected. Don’t for-
~.r o vote next Tuesday.
New Pledges To Be
Taken In Sororities
£lon Playeis
In Twin Bill
T’iftured above are Doris Chandler and Mary Warren, reading from left to right. Mary Warren has been
elected president of the Women’s Council and Doris Chandler, vice-president of the organization. Both have
assumed duties placed upon them b y their positions.
Warren And Chandler
Elected To Council
V \KVIO LITERARY SOCIETY
PLANS LEAP YEAR PARTY
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The Panvio Literary Society held a
called meeting Wednesday, March 15,
Tinal plans were made for the Leap
Year Party to be given in the near
future. This is one of the first affairs
of its kind to be given at Elon.
The following committees were
chosen;
D®«orations Committee: Eva Car
penter, chairman; Mary Elizabeth
Wright, Margaret Anne Clayton, Lil
lian Perkins, Katfiy Butler.
Refreshments Committee; Janie
Murphy, chairman; Grace* Towery,
Chick James, Hilda Neese, Edith Hall,
Inez Johnson.
Program Committee: Coleen
Browning, chairman; Ann Frink, Bet-
tie Sue Lloyd, Lucille Morgan, Flo-
rine Braxton.
These committees have already
begun to work diligently, and it is
hoped that all members who attend
will have an enjoyable evening. Fur
ther notice will be given as to time
and place of the event.
MORGAN NEW PRESIDENT
DR. JOHNSON GROUP
Mary Warren of Staley, North Car
olina, and Doris Chandler of Burling
ton, were elected president and vice-
president of the Council in a recent
election, according to the electoral
committee. The new officers took the
oath of office Monday, March 13, in
chapel and assumed their duties.
This election was made necessary
by the graduation of Rachael Crowell
and Lucille Blalock at the end of the
winter quarter. Miss Crowell served
as president and Miss Blalock as vice-
president of the Council prior to their
graduation. They both proved able
leaders and carried out their duties in
a most commendable way.
To prevent having an extra election,
these two officers were elected a few
weeks earlier than the date set aside
for such elections, in order that they
might take over immediately follow
ing the departure of the ex-officers.
They will serve for the rest of the
spring quarter and the year ’44-’45.
The MAROON AND GOLD staff
wishes them good luck in their new
positions.
Lieutenant Pearce
Returns Fronn The
South Pa cific
MISS CLARK NEW DIETITIAN
FOR ELON DINING HALL
Members of the Doctor Johnson
I^iterary Society elected their offic
ers for the spring quarter at a recent
meeting. The leaders chosen were
Shannon Morgan, president; George
Davis, vice-president; J. C. Smith, sec
retary; Earl Farrell, treasurer;
Spike Harrell, sergeant-of-arms; and
John Rossi, parliamentarian. These
officers have taken over their respec
tive positions and are carrying out
their duties.
These new officers succeeded Eari
Farrell, as president; Don Miller, vice-
president; J. C. Smith, secretary; and
We'iaell Howard, treasurer. These
outgoing officers fulfilled their duties
WPi’, and the society had a very suc-
j>-..:al quarter under their leader
ship. - •
The little lady who’s been feeding
us for the past several weeks is Elon’s
new dietitian. Miss Esdomonia Clark,
from Barbourville, Kentucky. Miss
Clark graduated from Berea College
in Berea, Kentucky, on February 25
I of this year. While in college she was
, a member of the Glee Club, and the
I Agriculture-Home Economics Club.
I Berea is one of the only schools of
its type in the South. It is operated
on the principle of learning by
experience. Not only do the stu-
r'ents attend classes, but they all hold
=obs pertaining to their particular
courses. The campus, composed of
an academy and college, contains its
own hospital, bakery, business offices,
work shops, and weaving departments.
During her college days. Miss Clark
was employed in the hospital.
Having recently completed her
study in Home Economics, Miss Clark,
we feel certain, will prove herself a
I very competent dietitian.
Lieutenant John Henry Pearce, of
Suffolk, Virginia, who starred in foot
ball and basketball^ class of ’41,
stopped over for two days here after
his return from eleven months in the
South Pacific.
A PT boat was his home for the en
tire time of this tour of active duty
against the Japs. In the t>attle of
Bismarck Sea, he and his crew sank a
10.000-ton cargo ship. He took Gen
eral MacArthur on a tour of inspec
tion to Lae, New Guinea.
Lt. Pearce gives high praise to the
"rew of eleven men who served under
him. One of the toughest of many
dangerous moments in their long pe
riod of continuous duty occurred
shortly after they were sent to New
Guinea in August. They were pa
trolling close to shore in bright moon
light when Jap shore batteries spotted
them and opened up. The motors
suddenly went dead, and enemy
planes swinging into attack had time
to drop 24 bombs before the crew got
the engines going again. Only a kind
provid"'.ce and cool work got them
through that time.
Lt. Pearce had to send home to Vir
ginia for baseball caps, which he
found to be about the best type head
gear for the speedy patrol boats. His
boat had many encounters with enemy
planes and subs. His present service
address is U. S. Naval M. T. B. S. T. C..
Melvilee, R. I.
The Maroon and Gold is proud to
present these facts, and to point with
Dleasure to another alumnus who is
making a distinguished record in the
service.
Cotonnade Materiz!
Is Requested
THE COLONNADES, our scholastic
literary publication, will be edited this
month. All students or faculty mem
bers who can do so are urged to sub
mit short stories, essays, one-act
plays, dramatic skits, or poems. The
type of composition is not limited.
Anything is acceptable if it meets a
reasonable standard of literary ex
cellence. Tragedy, comedy, humor,
straight logic, poetry old or new-style,
all are welcome. Faint heart never
won a five-cent cigar or a fair lady.
Give your talent a chance to develop.
Since the old days in the Garden of
Eden, accomplishment has demanded
more than wishing. Glare at that
typewritter ribbon, and make it unfold
a tale of strange and wonderful de^
ring-do. (The last word of th» rire-
ceding line is correct, folks. Just an
archaic term, but still approved.) Give
■genius opportunity to bud. and make
a couple of graying editors happy.
Give manuscripts to Shannon Mor
gan, Nell Crenshaw, or any member
of the faculty department of English.
The Elon Players presented a pair
of long one-act comedies in Whitley
Auditorium on Tuesday evening,
March 14, starring Faye Thomas, of
Greensboro, and Jeanne Hook, of
Elon College, in HER MAJESTY THE
KING; and Mary Warren, of Staley,
and Elizabeth Braddy and Joe Franks,
both of Burlington, in SU/JAR AND
SPICE.
The musical program which accom
panied the plays was given by Eliza
beth Hill and Edith Hall, pianists,
and Irving D. Bartley, Director of
the Department of Music, as organist.
Professor Bartley played the Corona
tion March by Meyerbeer as an over
ture. Miss Hill and Mr. Bartley, and,
again. Miss Hall and Mr. Bartley,
played organ and piano numbers be
tween curtains. The combination was
splendid, especially in Fugue from
Symphonic piece by Clokey, and in a
Rhapsody by Demarest.
The starring parts in the several
plays were all good characterizations.
The cast, laboring against several dif
ficulties, succeeded in giving light
tone to the comedies and provoking
much laughter. Failure of the cos
tumes to survive wartime transit
troubles did not greatly interfere
with the presentation. Military cos
tumes would, of course, have added
much to the spectacle; but, these hav
ing been lost in shipment, the players
substituted civilian clothing and the
show went on.
Especially fine work in support was
done by William Meacham, of Chapel
Hill, and Margaret Cox, of Burling
ton, as the father and mother in
The four Greek letter sororities.
Beta Omicron Beta, Tau Zeta Phi,
Delta Upsilon Kappa, Pi Kappa Tau,
will begin the activites of their second
and last bidnight of the year Saturday
March 18, at 11:00.
With the beginning of the festivi
ties, those girls who have made a “C”
average and have received bids to the
various groups will be taken into the
sororities. It is a night of great im
portance to those eligible girls.
The activities will be carried on in
as much the traditional manner as
possible, with the exception of the
presence of the brother fraternities.
The Greek letter clubs will sing their
songs and exchange names of pledges
with each other. It is also a night
when many of the old members come
back to be with their sisters, and re
call the days that used to be.
On Sunday morning the sororities
will go to breakfast in groups, tables
having been reserved for each sorori
ty. Following breakfast, the girls will
go to church in a body, a custom which
has been followed for a number of
years.
Then comes initiation week, the un
happy time for all pledges; But they
will be able to tell more about that
later.
MAJOR GILLESPIE ADDRESSES
ARMY ASSEMBLY
Major James Gillespie, who has been
Command Navigator and Assistant to
the Air Chief of Staff for the entire
Eighth Bomber (Heavy) Command in
England and is now on leave, spoke to
‘he officers, faculty, and men of the
Air Corps Training Unit last week. A
graduate in Business Administration
in Elon’s class of '39, Major Gillespie
has served in every combat area our
troops have entered in Europe. He
saw the hard days of early experi-
lOCTOR JOHNSON TAKES
IN FOUR NEW MEMBERS
PROF. BARTLEY TO ATTEND
MUSIC TEACHERS’ MEETING
Prof. Irving D. Bartley will attend
the Music Teachers’ National Asso
ciation to be held in Cincinnati on
March 23-25. The M. T. N. A. is
resuming its conventions after a
period of two years. Such eminent
musicians as Howard Hanson, James
Francis Cooke, Roy Harris, Theodore
Finney and Earl V. Moore will ap
pear on the programs.
The Doctor Johnson Literary Soci
ety recently took in four new mem
bers to bring its total to twenty-two.
four ne'” members are Fred Reg
^ter, Fred Yarborough, Shifew Riley,
ind Bunk Satterfield.
These boys were voted upon by the
entire Society and were chosen be
cause of abilities and desire to dt
further work in the Literary field.
There was a slight bit of humor
added to bringing the boys into the
Society and every member joined in
to see that they fully understood the
meaning of D. J. L.
During the week "before the boys be
came full pledge members, they got
acquainted with many of the facts
about Elon and its surroundings.
Among these were the number of
times certain objects appear on the
campus.
The new members were given c
firm handshake and welcomed into
the Society after they read a letter
from their girl friend which had been
written on very unusual stationery.
It is believed by all the members
that the latter part of the year will
be just as successful as the first.
mentation in air warfare in England,
SUGAR AND SPICE; and by V. B. -Egypt, Lybia, Tunisia, Sicily and Italy;
Harrell, as a peasant, and by Edna gnd he directed the complex naviga-
R’^mlev. Ann Maness, Gene Poe, Leon tjojj problems involved in the bomb-
Gibbs, Earl Farrell, and George Davis jjjg qj jjjg Ploesti oil fields, and many
in HER MAJESTY. This supporting attacks over Germany and France. On
cast aided in no small way in the suc
cess of the two plays.
During the intermission between
the two plays, a curious little cat made
ts wav onto the stage, and peered
searchingly out into the audience.
This amusing little episode put the
audience into a carefree mood, which | ^^ich is immediately apparent in Ma-
enabled them to enjoy SUGAR AND
>PICE to the utmost.
The ushers for these performances
vere Margaret Graves, Mary Eliza
beth Wright, Florine Braxton, and
Virginia Jeffreys Darden.
39 missions he escaped unwounded
before being advanced to a group
commander, and then to Command
Navigator.
The officers and men of our train
ing unit found themselves at once re
specting the strength of character
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Thursday, March 23:
Miss Margaret Whittington and Lila
Le Van in Recital at Whitley Audi
torium.
Student Election Finals.
March 24;
Dr. Johnson Out-door Dinner.
Weekly Meetings
Monday:
Muiisierial association, 8 p. m.
Band rehearsal, 7:15 p. m.
Tuesday:
Senate
Freshman S. C. A., 8 p. m.
Wednesday:
Dr. Johnson Literary Society;
Panvio Literary Society, 8 p. m.
ThivYsday:
.^Senior S. C. A. cabinet, 9 p. m.
Movies
Whitley Auditorium
March 17-18: '’Watch On The
Rhine. , „
March 24-25: “Princes O Rourke.
March 31-April 1: “Three Russian
Girls.”
jor Gillespie’s personality; and they
found his address informative and in
teresting, although he neatly side
tracked the question of how he won
the D. F. C with three Oak-Leaf
Clusters and the Campaign Medal
with four stars.
The story of the bombing of Plo
esti and of how bombardiers,a nd gun
ners have sometimes had to pilot and
land planes, and of deliberate low
level returns from raids on Germany
—-“Hopping down Main Street” it is
called—was especially interesting.
The Major also gave much good ad
vice to our prospective flyers.
Of course Elon takes pride in the
'plendid character and achievements
of all her alumni; but certainly we
threw back our shoulders a little more
when Gillespie (of Haw River and
Virgilina) returned. He is »now at
Miami for re-assignment. His perman
ent address is Virgilina, Va.
QUARTET SCHEDULED FOR
THURSDAY NIGHT CANCELLED
The concert originally scheduled for
Thursday night, March 23, has been
cancelled because it has been nec
essary for the quartet to disband due
to the various members being called
into the service. Another attraction
will be substituted later in the sea
son, the announcement of which will
e made soon.