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Moro©n and Gold
Kead Gibbs’ and Whatley’s
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Published By and For Students of Elon College
VOLUME XVIII
Z 530
ELON COLLEGE, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 19‘1‘±
NUMBER TWELVE
HOOK ELECTED PRiSSDEUT OF STUDENT BODY
Elon Festiya! Chorus
To Present ^^£cv«n
Last Words of Christ"
The Elon Festival Chorus under the
dh’ection of Professor Irving D. Bart
ley will present the sacred cantata
“The Seven Last Words of Christ” by
Dubois Sunday evening at 8:15 in
V/hitley Memorial Auditorium.
“The Seven Last Words of Christ”
has long been a favorite Lenten can
tata and was first performed on Good
Friday in 1867. The “seven last words”
refers to the last seven utterances of
Jesus from the cross. The canta is
divided into eight sections: the first
one a sort of introduction entitled “O
all ye whi>.‘:''avel upon the highway,”
sung by Miss Margaret H. Whitting
ton ?^'ollowed by each of the seven
v.ords, all of which are separate di
visions in the cantata with no attempt
to connect by modulations.
The only word in which the chorus
does not participate is “God, my Fath
er, why hast Thou forsaken me” which
v^ill be sung by Clarence O. Southern
of Burlington.
The climax of the cantata is reached
■when the earthquake scene is reached,
preceded by the words “and the rocks
were rent, and all the graves wero
opened wide.” Following the musical
representation of the earthquake
comes the chorale in the form of a
prayer: “Christ, we do all adore thee.”
Other soloists for the cantata will be
Howard Cates and James White. The
organ and piano vvill be used as ac
companiments with Mrs. T. H. Mack-
r.\, the piaiio and Lila Le Van
Loadwick at the organ The organ
and piano arrangements are by Pro
fessor Bartley.
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Finals Are Held
Tuesday, March 28
69 Students
Make Honor Roll
Winter Quarter
Pictured above are the new mem ers of the sororities taken during th eii initiation week. On the front row
are the Tau Zeta Phi pledges. Readi g from left to right are Patricia Hook, Lucille Morgan, Mary Coxe, Doris
King, Theo Strum. On the second ro v are the Pi Kappa Tau pledges, from left to right, Dorothy Sutton, Joyce
Smith. Eva Carpenter, and Elnor McPherson. Standing are Mildred Yancey, Etta Hooper, and Verdalee Nor
ris, Delta Upsilon Kappa pledges. Not nresent for the picture were the  wo Beta Omricon Beta pledges, Eliza
beth Parker and Virginia Ezell; Mary Lib Simpson, Tau Zeta; Betsy Smith Pi Kappa: and Evelyn Perry, Delta U.
Mrs. Adam Kuiikowoski Miss Whittington
Addresses Book Club
Seventeen Girls Join
PROFESSOR BARTLEY
ATTKNDS CONVENTION
Professor Irving D. Bartley attend
ed the annual convention of the Mu
sic Teachers National Association
held in Cincinnati March 23 and 24.
Considerable attention was given to
the needs of music in wartime. Lieu
tenant James N. Thurmond, director
of the Navy School of Music, out
lined the curriculum for all men en
rolled in this school. The course lasts
for 12 months and, aside from includ
ing all the necessary music courses,
requires imong other things that the
men be aole to recognize 90 airplanes
in one minut.’* as they are projected
on the screen.
Outstanding speeches at the con
vention were given by Dr, Francis
•Cooke, editor of the ETUDE MUSIC
MAGAZINE, and Eugene Goosens,
director of the Cincinnatti Symphony.
Mr. -Goosens expressed the need for
•orchestral compositions, containing
more melody, less obscurity and more
■substance. Mr. Goosens admitted that
the public came to symphony con-
-certs to be entertained and therefore
ishould not be compelled to listen con-
■stantly to a steady diet of jangling,
■discordant harmonies.
Other topics which received due at
tention were folk music, community
music, musicology, and junior age ed
ucation. Sectional meetings were con-
■ducted on piano, violin, school music,
theory and voice. Such well-known
authorities as Dr. Raymond Bur
rows. Teachers College of Columbia
University, and Dr. Howard Hanson,
■director of Eastman School of Music,
Ernest Krenek and Roy Harris, com
posers, contributed papers.
Musical highlights of the conven
tion were a concert by the Glee Club
•of the University of Cincinnati under
the direction of Sherwood Kains and
a concert by the Russian ballet ac
companied by the Cincinnati Sym
phony.
Things musical from Bach to “Boo-
:gie Woogie” were discussed.
The Book Club and an invited
group of guests heard Mrs. Adam
Kulikowski, guest of Dean Kraft, in
a delightful discussion of Internation
al Relations at the tea Thursday after
noon, March 30. The audience found
the American-born countess who now
resides at Enniscorthy, Charlottes
ville, Va., to have a winnin and whole
some personality characterized by
rare charm and simple natural court
esy. Her husband, a Polish count, i?
Polish consultant with the Office of
War Information.
Her analysis of the European dip
lomatic problems was one of the most
sensible and concise that we have
heard. For instance, the idea that
Stalin’s recognition of the Badoglio
Jovernment—the only one we have
permitted to function to date—is
chiefly for the purpose of getting a
Russian embassy established there, so
that Moscow may have first-hanc
knowledge of what goes on. This does
not, of course, preclude a belief that
other motives influence the Russian
decision.
Mrs. Kulikowski believes that we
need to revise the entire set-up of our
state department and its diplomatic
corps; and that we shall always be
competing in a highly professionalized
irena with amateur representatives
mtil we pay adequate salaries to am
bassadors and state department men
jf all grades. At present, only men
of independent wealth can afford the
expense of keeping up the necessary
establishment; and these men are us
ually amateurs who work for short
>eriods without benefit of our inter
national relations.
The defects in our system for hand
ling diplomatic affairs has long been
recognized; but certainly now is the
time to make th point; for now we can
see clearly how important it is to have
competent representatives abroad in
diplomatic posts.
Presents Voice Recital
March 29 In Whitley
For one of the largest and most ap
preciative audiences that has gather
ed in Whitley Memorial Auditorium
this season. Miss Margaret Whitting
ton, soprano and head of the Voice
Department and accompanied by Miss
Lila LeVan at the piano, presented a
highly varied and enjoyable program.
Miss Whittington began her pro
gram with a group from the classic
leriod consisting of La Violette, Scar
latti; She Never Knew Her Love,
Haydn; Recitative-Giunse alfin il mo-
mento and Aria-Deh vieni, non tar-
dar-Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart; fol
lowed by the Recitative and Aria-Ah,
fors’e lui—Verdi.
Le Mariage des Roses—Franck be
gan the French group and was one of
the numbers best performed and re
ceived by the audience. Beau Soir—
Debussya nd Le Chanson de I’Alou-
ette—Lalo concluded this group.
For the German group Miss Whit
tington sang Waldeinsamkeit—Reger,
Morgen—Straus eding with Stand-
chen—‘^'^rauss. This was another of
the artist’s outstanding numbers and
the audience showed it by their gra
cious applause and calls for her re
turn to the stage.
The final part of the program was
devoted to the more modern school;
A Memory—Ganz, When I Bring to
you color’d toys—Carpenter, By a
lonely forest pathway—Griffes and
The Little Foreigner—Scott.
Encores consisted of the ever-loved
by Elon students—Carry Me Back to
Old Virginia and Old Carolina.
With her pleasing stage personali
ty Miss Whittington received every
member of her audience as she made
her first entrance to the stage and
with a good seelction of songs and a
colorful and pleasing voice, she held
them until the final note—then she
left them applauding for more.
Reception Follows
Following the recital a reception
was held in the Main Lounge of West
Dormitory. The receiving line con
sisted of Dean Edna Kraft, Miss Mar
garet Whittington, Miss Lila Le Van,
Prof. John Westmoreland, Prof. and
Mrs. A. L. Hook, and Mrs. Oma U.
Sororities March 18
“Hey, Betsy, take this letter down
to the post office.” “But, I . . . Yes,
Miss Watsow,” “How about coming
up to my room right after lunch, Mil
dred, I have a little job for you.”
“Scum Strum, did anyone here tell
you pledges are made to be seen', but
never heard?" “Elizabeth run over
to the bookstore and get us two
cokes.” These are just a few examples
of the many commands issued to the
pledges of the four sororities during
their initiation week, Tuesday, March
21, to Tuesday, March 28, to say noth
ing of the agony of pigtails, black and
white bows, staffs with green and
white ribbons, ball and chain, spades,
dolls, suifcases, no makerup which the
new girls suffered.
Bidnight was held Saturday, March
18, and the sororities and their new
members had a rainy bid-Sunday. Ev
erything was dampened but their
spirits.
The B.O.B.s took in two new mem
bers, Elizabeth Parker and Virginia
Ezell; the Delta U’s took four, Evelyn
Perry, Mildred Yancey, Etta Hooper,
and Verdalee Norris; the Pi Kappas
cook Dorothy Sutton, Joyce Smith,
Eva Carpenter, Betsy Smith, and El
nor McPherson; anl the Tau Zetas
took Mary Coxe, Lucille Morgan, Theo
\ Strum, Mary Lib Simpson, Pat Hook,
and Doris King.
Congratulations girls.
“^^'xty-nine students, thirty-one of
which were upperclassmen, made the
"inter quarter honor holl. To make
!he honor roll the student must aver
age 90 or above.
Those making the required average
are Mark Winston Andes, Hilda Bar
bour, Barbara Anne Bigby,
Elizabeth Boyd, Elsie Boone,
Melba Coleen Browning, Evangeline
Carpenter, Jesse Howard Cates, Annie
Louise Clayton, Rachel Louise Coble
Dorothy Hazel Cole. Catherine Coop
er. Mary Coxe, Nell Crenshaw, Ed
win Daniel, Virginia Ezell, Joseph
i^ranks, Rub.y Dale Hensley, Patricia
Hook, Gerald Hook, Jeanne Hook,
Thomas Horner, Wendell Howard,
R”bv Huntley, Charlotte Husted, Ger
aldine, Kelly Caruso, Mary Louise
T ittle, Mary Ellen McCants, Betty
McLean, Ann Maness, Shannon Mor
gan, Lucille Morgan, Eleanor Neese,
Verda Lee Norris, Mary Frances Oak
ley, Junius Peedin, Mary Juanita Per
due, Opal Virginia Powell, Margaret
Rawls, Fred Register, L, .W Riley,
Luther Frank Rogers, Myrtle Shep
ard, Betsy Smith, Joyce Smith, Alma
Rose Sprinkle, Dorothy May Sutton,
Claudia. Jane Tapscott, Faye Thomas,
Jessie Dale Thurecht, Edna Truitt,
Hazel Truitt, Helen Frances Walker,
Mary Warren, Rebecca Watson, James
Westmoreland, Ralph Emerson What
ley, Pollyanna Whisnant, Dorothy Wil-
liam.s, Sarah Lou Wrenn, Mildred
Yancey, Martha Yarborough, Faye
Carolyn Younger, Lucille Blalock,
Doris Chandler, William Clapp, Jr.,
Ruth Evelyn Clarke, and Mary Eliza
beth Wright.
Jeanne Hook, of Elon,College, was
elected president of the Student Body
in the campus-wide election held
Tuesday, March 28. In winning this
office Miss Hook is invading an of
fice heretofore held solely by men
students. She can be proud of being
the first woman president of the stu
dent body at Elon. Other student
body officers elected were Jessie
Thurecht, of Elizabeth City, N C vice
president; Lucille Morgan, of Hamp
ton, Va., secretary; and Gene Poe, of
Rockingham, treasurer.
The senior class offices were also
taken over by the fairer sex for the
year ’44-’45. Nell Crenshaw, of Bur
lington, was elected president; Theo
Strum, of Roxboro, N. C., vice-presi
dent; Doris Chandler, of Burlington,
secretary; and Mary W’arren, of
Staley, N. C., treasurer.
Members of the sophomore class
elected as the officers of the rising
junior class Margaret Rawls, of Suf
folk, Va., president; J. C. Smith of Mt.
Airy, N. C., vice-president: Ed Dan
iels of Virgilina, Va., secretary: and
Helen Newsome, of Lucama, N. C.,
treasurer.
To lead the rising sophomore class
next year, the freshmen elected Fred
Register, Sanford, N. C., president:
Emerson Whatley, of Asheboro, N. C.,
vice-president; Patricia Hook, of Elon
College, secretary; and Virginia Ezell,
of Phoebus, Va., treasurer.
All are very capable persons and
will prove good officers. The M & G
staff extends its congratulations to
each of them and wishes each success
in their respective offices.
DIRECTOR PIERCE
RECEIVES COMMISSION
PROFESSOR A. L. HOOK TO
HEAD SUMMER SESSION
THE CROSS’’ THEME OF
FRESHMAN S.C.A. PROGRAM
Johnson.
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Virginia Ezell and Lucille Morgan
presented a candle light program at
he meeting of the freshman S. C. A.,
Tuesday evening, March 21.
Throughout the program, candles
placed in the windows furnished the
light. During the assembling of the
group, there was music quietly played.
Following the scripture and a poem,
“There Is a Man on the Cross,” Lucille
Morgan made an inspiring talk on
“The Easter Season.”
Jeanne Hook sang “Are Ye Able, ’
for the group, and Miss Ezell read the
poems, “Lord Jesus, When We
Stand Afar” and “I’ll Live For Him.”
The program was ended with the ben
ediction.
President Leon Edgar Smith has an
nounced that Professor A. L. Hook is
to serve as as director of the Elon
Colleee summer school. i
Professor Hook is exceptionally
well qualified for this position. He
served as dean of Elon College for
about ten years and for the past
nine years has served as registrar.
During all of this time he has served
as head of the department of phy.sics
and a member of the administrative
committee of the college.
Th Elon College summer school will
offer any course requested by as many
as eight stuednts. The rates will be
the same as during the past year
($68.00 for the first six weeks and
$60.50 for the last five weeks). This
takes care of any course which gives
only nine quarter hours of credit.
Courses in science that give twelve
hours credit, will cost $6.00 more. In
other words, tuition will cost $2.00
per quarter hour.
Students desiring to enrol for the
•mmer can arrange for rooms by
getting the necessary blanks from the
iffice of the Field Secretary.
Our Director of Athletics and Phys
ical Education. J. L. Pierce, has re
ceived a commission in the Navy as
lieutenant, and will report for (Juty
about April 25. He will probably be
stationed in Florida for a time, and
expects to be assigned as deck of
ficer on Amphibious Landing Craft.
During the past two years Mr.
Pierce has served the college ably,
maintaining a physical education pro
gram for both the academic and army
training units. We have taken par
ticular pride in observing the effici
ent way in which the army men under
his direction have rounded into
shape.
Lt. Pierce was educated at High
Point and the University of North
Carolina. He holds a Master’s Degree
in Physical Education from the Uni
versity, and with his executive and
personnel experience should be val
uable in his new assignment. At
present, Mrs. Pierce expects to remain
at Elon with their son.
The many friends of Lieutenant and
Mrs. Pierce wish them well, and will
follow with keen interest the new
venture to which this urgent time
is sending them. And it goes with
out saying that the Maroon and Gold
staff expects to be on hand to welcome
them back when the present task is
over.
MINISTERIAL GROUP TO
HAVE SUPPER APRIL 3
Fred Register opened the last reg
ular meeting of the Ministerial associ
ation Monday, March 27, with a scrip
ture and a prayer.
Following the opening exercises the
regular business meeting was held. It j
was decided that the group would ;
have a buffet supper at the home of
Dr. Bowden Monday, April 3. Wal-
stein Snyder will have charge of the
program for the occasion.
The boys decided to ask dates to
attend the supper with them in order
that they might participate in the fel
lowship program.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Pre-Easter Program
Sunday, April 2:
1:00 a. m.: Decision Day in the Sun
day school.
11:00 a. m.; Palm Sunday Services.
8:15 p. m.: Presentation of “The
Seven Last Words of Christ,” sac
red cantata.
Wednesday, April 5:
6:30 p. m.: Short service conducted
by S. C. A.
8:00 p. m.; Prayer meeting in So
ciety Hall for community.
Thursday, April 6:
8:00 p. m.; Holy Communion in
Whitley Auditorium.
Friday, Aprjl 7;
8:00 p. m.: Motion picture on re
ligious theme.
Sunday. April 9;
11:00 a. m.; Easter service with
special music.