MAY DAY—
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Day—May 13
VOLUME XIX
ELON COLLEGE, N. C„ SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1945
NUMBER FOURTEEN
MAY DAY PAGEANT TO BE HELD MAY 5
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ELON PLAYERS WILL PRESENT SACRED DRAMA
Production Of “The Rock
Scheduled Thursday, May 3
With the selection of committees
and cast complete, the Elon Players
are concluding rehearsals for .the !
presentation of Mary Hamlin’s dra
matic study titled “The ROck.” This
production, the third of the year by
the Players, will be given in Whit
ley Auditorium on May 3.
Under the direction of Mrs. Eliz
abeth R. Smith, the cast is as follows;
Simon, A1 Burlingame; Adina, Mar-
orie Moore; Deborah, Marie Bogue;
Ucal, Earl Daniely; Mary. Esther
Knuckles; Pandara, Kermit Inman;
Titus, Junius Peedin; Agur, Allen
Hurdle; Servants, Gene Poe, Helen
Gunter,and Ed Daniel.
Bob Graham is stage manager with
Gene Poe as assistant; and Kathy
young and Marjorie Simpson are in
charge of properties. Costumes were
made by Frances Pegram, Jane Mc
Cauley, and Charlotte Wilson. Make
up is under the supervision of Ruth
Webster, Ermine Davis, and Helen
Gunter. Ann Rader and Helen New-
some ai’e m charge oi cickecs, and
house manager is Elizabeth Brady.
Tom Horner, Dale Hensley, Gene Poe
and Verdalee Norris are handling the
publicity. Technical advisers are Mr.
McClure, Professor Hook, and mem
bers of the religion department of
the college.
SUNBURN TO HEAD
STUDENT-CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION
MARTHA McDANIEL TO BE
VICE PPRESIDENT
JEANNE HOOK HEABD
IN RECITAL
The Elon College Music Department
presented Miss Jeanne Hook, soprano,
in graduation recital last Thursday
evening at 8:15 in Whitley Auditor
ium. Miss Anne McCienney accom
panied her at the piano;
The program was as follows: Se
tu m ami, Pergolesi; O del mio amato
ben, Donaudy; Alleulia, Mozart; Cav-
iatina, Donizetti; L’Heure Exquise,
Hahn; Si mes vers avaienl des ailtjj,
Hahn; Les Filles de Cadix, Delibes;
\*iegenlied, Brahms; Vergebliches
Standchen, Brahms; Du bist wie eine
Blume, Schuman; Shoes, Maning; Nur
sery Rhymes, Curren; Tne sie \i that
flits on baby’s eyes. Carpenter; Do
not go, my love, Hageman, and A May
Morning, Denza.
Ushers were Mary Coxe, Lucille
Morgan, Nell Crenshaw, and Iris Bo
land.
Jack Sunburn, rising senior minis
terial student of New Britain, Conn.,
was elected president of the Student
Christian Association for the ensuing
college year at a recent meeting of
that organization held in Professor
Barney’s classroom. Martha McDan
iel, Anderson, S. C., was elected vice
president, and Anne Griffin, Summer-
fieJd, secretary-treasurer.
The new president is well qualified
to take over his duties. He served as
vice president of the freshman Cab
inet of the Student Christian Asso
ciation last year and this year has
been secretary of the Ministerial As
sociation. In addition to his college
work he is at present pastor of Salem
Chapel, Winston-Salem; Ether Con
gregational Christian church, Ether;
and Shady Grove Congregational
Christian church, algo located at Eth
er.
Miss McDaniel has been an active
member of the Senior Cabinet, hav
ing served on the vesper’s committee
for the past year. Mrss Griffin has
been a leader in the freshman group
and will carry out her new duties
well.
The outgoing officers are Iris Bo
land, president; Elizabeth Parker, vice
president; and Bob Graham, secre-
lary-treasurer.
TWENTY INITIATED BY
DELTA PSI OMEGA
Twenty students, who have starred
or assisted in the production of plays,
have been initiated into the Elon Col
lege cast of Delta Psi Omega, na
tional honorary dramatic fraternity.
The new memb).-s l'\ Dale Hen
sley, Marie Bogue, Earl Daniely,
Ralph Neighbors, Marjorie Simpson,
Bob Graham, Jack Sunburn, Jane Mc
Cauley, Allen Hurdle, Ann Rader,
M?^aret Webster, Ethalinda Griffin,
Helen Gunter, H. Reid, Ermine Davis,
Elizabeth Johnson, Mary Coxe, Pal
Falkoner, Verdalee Norris, and Betty
Benton.
Eliza Boyd And Gene Poe
To Reign At May Festival
REGISTER IS ELECTED
PRESIDENT MINISTERIAL
ASSOCIATION
Fred Register, a rising junior of
Sanford, North Carolina, was elected
president of the Ministerial Associa
tion for the coming year at the reg
ular session of that organization on
last Monday evening. Register, who
was secretary-treasurer of the group
during his freshman year, is a licen
tiate in the Western North Carolina
Conference of Congregational Chris
tian churtS is and at present is serv
ing as supply pastor at Wake Chapel
Christian church, near Fuquay
Springs, North Carolina.
Other officers chosen were Jack
Sunburn, vice president; Catherine
Cooper, recording secretary; Ethal
inda Griffin, corresponding secre
tary; Tom Horner, treasurer, and Ann
Rader, pianist. President Bob Gra
ham congratulated these officers and
outlined their duties.
Plans for a weiner roast on May
The annual May Day celebration is
to take place Saturday, May 5, at 4:30
in front of Alamance Building when
Miss Eliza Boyd, Henderson, and Gene
Poe, Rockingham, will be crowned
Queen and King-of-May. Maid of hon
or will be Miss Jeanne Hook, Elon
College, escorted by Fred Register,
Sanford. Senior attendants to the
court will be Edna Rumley, Elon Col
lege, and Frances Gunter, Sanford;
junior attendants, Margaret Rawls,
Suffolk, and Jesse Thurecht, Elizabeth
City. Attendant escorts are Ed Dan
iel, Virgilina, Va., and Emerson What
ley, senior; and Junius Peedin, Glen-
don, and Bill Clapp, Elon College,
junior.
Other members of the court are
Billy Hagquist and Betty Long, crown-
Ijeaiers; Stella Marie Vickers and
Phillis Hopkins, flower girls; and
Wade Marlette and Buddy Bowden,
train bearers.
It is expected that the King and
7 at Moonelon were discussed. Sev-! crowned by Earl Far-
eral alumni will join in the fun and year’s May King, now a stu-
ELIZA BOYD, Henderson, will be crowned 1945 Queen of May at the
May Day exercises next Saturday. MLss Boyd was an attendant in the
court last year.
D. C. Fonville Speaks At
Junior-Senior Banquet
fellowship for the evening, along with
the sponsors of the Association, Dr.
Merton B. French and Dean D. J.
Bowden.
New members welcomed into the
Asosciati^h, which is composed of Re-
ligon and Religious Education majors,
this quarter are Hilda Neese, Ann
Rader, and Hoyt Russell.
I PANVIO LITERARY SOCIETY
CONDUCTS CHAPEL ASSEMBLY
EARL FAHRELL, Pittsboro, will
crown the King and Queen of May at
the May Day exercises next Saturday.
Mr. Farrell was the May King last
year and is now a student in the
Divinity School of Duke University.
Chapel on Monday, April 30, was in
charge of the Panvio Literary Society
members. The program was conduct
ed in the order of a regular Panvio
meeting at which Edna Reitzel, presi
dent, presided and led the discus
sion of the program to be given.
Through this discussion the members
decided to have a talent program and
the audience listened in while the
various members displayed their tal
ents. Dorothy Shepherd, Esther
Knuckles, and Dale Burkhead sang
and Ruth Webster and Iris West
brook gave clever recitations. Rachel
Hopkins played the piano and the
meeting closed with the Panvio song.
The annual Junior-Senior banquet
was held on the evening of April 27
in South Dining Hall. Gene Poe
was toastmaster. Miss Margaret Riwls,
president of the Junior Class, welcom-'
ed the Seniors. Miss Nell Crens^aw^
president of the class of 1945, re
sponded. Miss Jeanne Hook sang
with her usual grace and fine tech
nique.
aarl Danieley enlivened the stu
dent contribution to the evening with
ome "A-corny Remarks” in keeping
with the decorative scheme of oak
a. ana acorn President Smith, as
always at home on such occasions,
gave greetings to the classes and add
ed humor and a lot of good fun to
his observations about campus activi
ties.
The guest speaker for the occasion
was D. C. Fonville, lawyer and bank
er of Burlington. Mr. Fonville is a
graduate of Elon and the University
of Virginia law school, is a member
of the Board of Trustees of Elon Col
lege, and an honored member of num
erous organizations. The serious por
tion of his address was concerned
with the program for the establish
ment of world peace: the Yalta con
ference, Dumbarton Oaks, the Chap-
ultepec meeting in Mexico, the Bret-
ton Woods plan for international fi
nance and the present San Francisco
assembly. Mr. Fonville made an
earnest and eloquent plea for Ameri
cans to back the program to the limit,
to strive to avoid the bitter fruit of
“man’s inhumanity to man.”
NEW STUDENT OFFICERS
TO BE SWORN IN
QUARTER EXAMINATION
SCHEiDULE ANNOUNCED
The new officers of the student
body and student government are to
De sworn in at the regular student as
sembly on Monday morning. May 7.
Jeanne Hook, outgoing president of
che student body, will swear in Em
erson Whatley, the new president. He
in turn will swear in Fred Register,
vice president of the student body;
Frances Detrick, secretary; Jack Mor
gan, treasurer; Junius Peedin, presi
dent of the Student Senate, and
Elizabeth Parker, president of the
Student Council.
The remainder of the student gov
ernment officials will be sworn in
next year.
LT. JOURDAN BIVINS
KILLED IN ACTION
dent at Divinity School of Duke Uni
versity. Also to be present are many
former Queens-of-May, all former
queens having been invited to sit with
■ ne court.
The program is under the direction
of John Westmoreland and Miss Anne
McClenny of the music department.
To entertain the court, girls of the
physical education classes will pre
sent a series of symphonic dwces,
featuring the music of Bach, Schu
bert, and Chopin. Soloists will be
Marjorie Simpson, Dot Williams, and
Vera Lamb in the Chopin number,
and Shirley Sinclair and Marguerite
Hudson in the Schubert symphony.
Some important last minute changes
in the program may yet be made, it
was announced today by Mr. West
moreland.
Practices for the festival have been
going forward vigorously; and with
a good day of sunshine to atone for
the rain of last year, this should be
an outstanding occasion. Mr. West
moreland and Miss McClenny and all
articipants deserve high commenda
tion for their unstinting work to make
le day successful.
Campus Calendar
May 3: Sacred Drama, “The Rock,”
Whitley Auditorium, 8:15 p. m.
May 4-5: Friday and Saturday, mo
tion picture, “Song of the Open Road.”
May 5: Saturday, May Day Festival.
May 6: Sunday Morning Service,
11:00 a. m.. Miss Pattie Lee Coghill,
speaker.
May 23-25: Examinations.
May 26-28: Commencement.
According to announcements made
by Dean Bowden this week, exam-
, inations will be given May 23 through
I May 25. Classes meeting at 8:00 will
r be given exams Thursday morning,
1 May 24 from 8:00 until 12:00 o’clock.
I Classes meeting at 9:30, will be given
exams, Thursday afternoon. May 24,
from 2:00 until 5:00 o’clock. Classes
meeting at 10:30, will be given exams
Friday morning. May 25, from 9:00
until 12:00 o’clock. Classes meeting
at 11:30 o’clock will be given exams
Friday afternoon. May 25, from 2:00
antil 5:00 o’clock. Afternoon clas,ses
will be given exams Wednesday aft
ernoon, May 23.
PLEASE KEEP US INFORM
ED ABOUT THE CURRENT
ADDRESSES OF OUR MEN
AND WOMEN IN SERVICE.
First Lt. Jourdan Bivins, of Hills
boro, former Elon student, was killed
in action over Germany last October.
Reported missing, confirmation of his
death was but recently received. He
was navigator on a B-17 Flying Fort
ress, held the Air Medal with two
Oak Leaf clusters, and was on mis
sion over Berlin. It was his twenty-
fourth mission over enemy territory.
MUSIC STUDENTS
PRESENT RECITAL
The students of the music depart
ment gave their last recital of the
college year on Friday, April 17, in
Whitley Memorial Auditorium.
Those appearing on the program
were Marguerite Hudson, Constance
Miller, Jane Lewis, Jane McCauley,
Eleanor Davidson, Ann Strader, Eliz
abeth Johnson, Florine Braxton, Mary
Sue Colclough, Elizabeth Johnson,
Eloise Fishel, Sarah Brewer, Karen
Martin, Margaret Ann Boland, Martha
I Dowdy, Barbara Moore, Joann New-
' man, and Ted Isley.
JKANNE HOOK, Elon College, will
attend the May Queen as the Maid
of honor at the May Day exercises
I next Saturday.