LitiUKUli U- CUL.t_L,UU«Ji
George D. Colclough, for
years director of public relations and
field secretary at Elon College, was
recently appointed executive secre
tary of the Burlington Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants’ Association
by the boards of directors in joint
seaeion.
Mr. Colclough is to succeed Thrus-
ton Cates, who has resigned to take
a similar position in Macon, Ga., Col-
dough’s appointment becoming effec
tive January 1.
A native of Durham county, Mr,
Colclough is an Elon graduate, class
of 1926, and has been a resident of
Alamance county for 26 years. In
addition to his college duties, Col
clough is at present mayor of Elon col
lege, executive secretary of the Gen
eral Alumni association, and editor of
the Alumni News.
We will miss his smile on cam-
I me lounaatjon maKes a smaii an-
, nual grant to associates in counselling,
many relying upon their judgment as to the
way of using the sum to the advant
age of the students. The purchase
of helpful books, home entertainment,
and week-end retreats and camping
trips have been found to be useful.
We are certain that this appointment
has been made wisely, and that Elon
students will receive from it the fullest
advantages made possible by the
foundation.
NINE ATTEND RALEIGH
STUDENT LEGISLATURE
ROSSI ELECTED HOUSE
PARLIAMENTARIAN
Nine Elon studejits were present
at the Eighth Annual Student Legis
lative Assembly held in Raleigh on
[ November 17-18. Their first bill,
..... ....— - . which called for a course In American
pus. But we know that in this respon-1 government as a pre-requisite to col-
sible and strategic position, his inter
est in Elon will continue. One more
alumnus in local big business can not
but bring a benefit to our college, even
though we shall not so often be cheer
ed by his warm greetings and his
happy faculty of knowing everyone.
Our sincerest good will goes with Mr.
Colclough and his family in this new
venture. His years of service will not
be forgotten: and we are happy to
know that he will remain in our town
as citizen and mayor.
POE TO LEAD
ELON PLAYERS
Left to right: Margaret Rawls, Peggy Morris and Frances Detrick.
Messiah Sung By
Brilliant Chorus
lege graduation, was passed. Al
though this was only a mock legisla
ture, bills which were passed by both
houses will be presented to the Gen
eral Assembly of North Carolina for
consideration when it convenes in
January.
Delegates to the Senate were Earl
Danieley, Martha Anne McDaniel, and
Tom Horner: those assigned to the
House of Representatives were Emer
son Whatley, Gene Poe. Sarah Brew
er, John Rossi, Ruth Webster, and
Vivian Walker. Dr. C. K. McClure
accompanied the group as faculty ad
visor.
A caucus was held in the Senate
Gene Poe was unanimously elected chamber early Friday afernoon to
president of the Elon Players, the i elect officers and the Elon delegation
student dramatic club, at its first was successful in supporting John
meeting of the year held in the Little Rossi for parliamentarian of the
Theater on November 25, 1944. The House. After the caucus the “young
group will meet monthly to study j legislators” heard talks by Governor
On Sunday evening, December 3,
the Festival Chorus sang the “Mes
siah” in Whitley Auditorium. There
was a capacity attendance despite
war-time liimtations upon travel. This
is one of the traditional events of the
college year, and many alumni were
among those present.
To Miss Margaret H, Whittington
as director, Irving D. Bartley, head
of the Department of Music, and or
ganist, Miss Ann McClenny. pianist,
and to the entire chorus, the audi
ence gave well-deserved commenda
tion for a splendid interpretation of
this great work of art. There is no
finer way to open the Christmas sea
son in a sincere religious atmosphere.
The soloists were the finest as
sembled' in recent years. They
were Mrs. Amelia Hall Cardwell of
Greensboro, soprano; Mrs. Ethel
popular than we expected.
The purpose of the poll was to
find out which features the students
prefer and those columns which they
would like to see appear in the forth
coming issues. We were surprised to
find that the personality stories are
rated so highly; there will be more of
these “who’s who" features in the
future. Some students would like to
have more poetry, others suggest more
science news, and the day students
clamor for more “doolings." The
staff is always willing to hear sugges
tions from students, but our space
limits our desire to please.
HELEN NEWSOME HEADS
NEWEST ORGANIZ.-VTION
am-'"' f'-'cnressio:"' its chief func
tion of the year will be to aid in the
production of the annual student
three-act play, the members either
acting in the play or working on one
of the various committees.
Tom Horner was elected vice-presi-
dent, and Frances Pegram, secretary-
treasurer.
Campus CalendcU'
Saturday. December 9: Ministerial
Association Banquet.
Sunday. December 10; Morning
worship, 11 a. m. Dr. O. E. Croy of
Liberty, N. C. 7 p. m.: Vespers.
Monday. December 11: 7 p. m:
Choir rehearsal.
Tuesday. December 12: Joint meet
ing of Executive Committees of the
Southern Convention, Board of Trus
tees, and Alumni Association. 2 p. m
Joitit meeting of S. C. A., 8 p. m.
December 15-January 2: Christ
mas vacation.
Kalter of the San Carlo Opera Com
pany, New York City; Sergeant John
Sealy, O R D, Greensboro, tenor; and
Walter Vassar, Greensboro, bass.
There were seventy-five voices in
the chorus. Community co-operation
made possible both the size and ex
cellence of the production, which was
recorded by the Burlington Broad
casting Company. Parts of the re
cording will be made available to the
public by transcription.
The great oratio by Handel was
composed in 1741, the text being
taken entirely from the Scriptures.
It was first presented in Dublin un
der the direction of Handel himself.
And now, after more than two hun
dred years, the inspiration of this
work of art has ushered in another
Christmas season.
Broughton and Secretary of State
Thad Eure.
The bill sponsored by the Elon
delegation would make the State
Board of Education demand the ad
justment of the curricular of all four-
year colleges and universities within
the state so as to require the comple
tion of a course in AMERICAN GOV
ERNMENT as a pre-requisite to grad
uation. The passing of this resolu
tion would help to develop a more
intelligent citizenry—a citizenry with
a more precise knowledge of the af
fair of the government. John Rossi
originated the bill which passed in
both houses. Earl Danieley intro
duced the resolution in the Senate
and Tom Horner seconded it; Emerson
Whatley presented it in the House,
where the seconding speech was made
by Gene Poe.'
Schools represented were Carolina,
Wake Forest, State. Elon. Lenoir-
Rhyne, Meredith, St. Mary’s ECTC,
Brevard, Atlantic Christian, Lees-Mc-
Rae, Campbell, and Woman's College.
The Art Club, consisting of thirty-
one students of the Fine Arts depart
ment re-organized Friday morning,
November 10. and elected the follow
ing officers:
President, Helen Newsome.
Vice-president, Betty McLean.
Secretary, Myrtle Shepard.
Treasurer. Kathleen Young.
Reporter, Dale Hensley.
The Club will meet monthly and
plans' are to visit other Art schools as
well as attend any outstanding ex
hibits offered within convenient dis
tance from Elon. Miss Lila Newman'
is the Professor of Fine Arts and is
the sponsor of the club. The follow
ing are members;
Elizabeth Apple, Jennie Lee Bar
ham. Marie Bryan, Ed Daniel, Myrtle
Shepard, Willie Smith Crutchfield,
Mary Ellen McCants, Don Miller, Rod
ney Southerland, Eliza Boyd, Lou
Kerns, Anne Hardy, Walstein Snyder.
Dorothy Sutton Schowe, Betty Mc
Lean, Kathleen Young, Kathleen
Shoffner, Dale Hensley, Helen New-
some, Dot Holland, Lucy Allison. Joy
Belle Stafford. Vivien Florence, Jes
samine Oldham, Evelyn Paul, Nell
Snyder, Dottie Lamm, Ruby Braxton,
Verna Lee Kernodle. Sara Yar
borough, Edna Reitzel, Pauline Mc-
Crimmon.
pany, of Greensboro; and secretary
and treasurer. Thad Eure, of Raleigh.
North Carolina Secretary of State.
Informal suggestion has been made
that the purpose or this foundation is
to raise $1,000,000 for the support, de
velopment. and expansion of Elon Col
lege.
Board of directors of the foundation
are named as follows: two by the
college board of trustees; the college
president is automatically a director;
the president of the southern conven
tion of the Congregational-Christian
church is automatically a member;
the chairman of the board of trustees
for the coUege is a director; and four
are to be alumni or former students
of the college recommended by the
alumni association.
In addition to these this board se
lects six directors from among per
sons regardless of residence or ties,
pr lack of ties, with the college or
church that supports it.
By-laws as adopted provide that no
director is to receive any salary and
that no funds of the foundation can
ever be invested with a director or
a member of his family.
An unusual provision of the charter
of incorporation is that as prescribed
terms of office of the elected directors
of the corporation expire, their suc
cessors are to be nominated by the
governor of the state and the state
treasurer. Followng such nominations
to the board, those nominated may
be elected for six-year terms of of
fice. Members of the board are
eligible for re-election when a term
of office expires.
Elon College has in recent years
paid all indebtedness, and improved
the faculty and the standing of Ihe
college with accrediting agencies. This
timely and unusual forward step
makes certain a rapid expansion of
the entire program. President Smith,
by his untiring efforts and intelligent
leadership, has made the foundation
a reality and earned the gratitude of
our institution and all its constituen
cy.
TWO STUDENTS ATTEND
RACIAL CONFEREi^CE
MINISTERIAL GROUP HOLDS
BANQUET TONIGHT
MISS MARGARET WHITTINGTON,
head of the Voice Department and
chorus director.
PROFESSOR IRVING D. BARTLEY,
head of the Music Department and
©rganist for the Messiah presentation.
Miss Florine Braxton and Miss Edna
Keitzel represented Elon College at
the Fifth Annual Applied Christianity
Conference held on November 17-18
jointly at Greensgoro CoUege and
Bennett College. The purpose of
the assembly was to discuss ways to
promote Christian fellowship through
out the state, especially between the
\arious races. The delegates heard
talks on the subject by several out
standing educators.
There were students attending from
all colleges in the state, as well as
Jewish. Negro, and Chinese repre
sentatives.
The Ministerial Association will
hold its annual banquet tonight at
7:30 in the Blue room of the Alamance
Hotel in Burlington. Bob Graham,
president of the association, will act as
toastmaster, and George D. Colclough
has been selected by the group to be
the main speaker for the evening.
Elaborate plans have been laid for
the event by all members, with Jack
Sunburn acting as chairman of the
finance committee and Tom Horner as
chairman of the program committee.
Special guests for the occasion,
which is the primary social function
of ^e association for the year, will be
Dr. and Mrs. L. iS. Smith, Dr. and
Mrs. D. J. Bowen and Dr. Merton B.
French.