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VOLUME XX
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1946
NUMBER TEN
Point Game Referred To Conference
DEAN BROWN OF YALE
DELIVERS LECTURE
SERIES , ti
By MEKRIT BURNS
Dr. Charles Reynolds Brown, world
traveler, author of some 32 books
on religion and the ministry, and lec
turer at the major iniiversltes in the
country, completed a week of lectures
at Elon College Friday. February 17.
-After delivering the morning sermon
on the following Sunday in the Elon
College Community Church, he left
for his home at 233 Edwards Street,
New Haven. Connecticut. While he
v>as in North Carolina Dr. Brown
spoke at the Asheville Boys’ School
on Sunday, February 10. He deliv-
ereci five lectures on preaching and
the value oi worship in the Whitley
Auditorium to 'the student body and
the ministers assembled for the Chris
tian Workers Conference February Il
ls. These lectuies, given for the first
time at Elon, are to be given again
this spring at the Berkley Divinity
School (Episcopal) in New Haven, and
at the Theological School of Wilber-
force University, Wilberforce. Ohio.
At the evening sessions Dr. Brown de
livered a series of inspirational ad
dresses: “Facing Present Difficulties,”
“The Greatest Man of the Nineteenth
Century,” “Well-Balanced Lives,”
“The True Meaning of Life,” “The
Sense of Stewardship.”
Dr. Brown is not a stranger to Elon
nor to North Carolina. He was here
20 years ago when Dr. Harper was
president of tlA college. At an inter
view on Friday afternoon he express
ed admiration for the college and
warm appreciation for the atteldance
SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS. Reading clockwise they are Bill Clapp, Burlington, president; Carl Neal, Belews
Creek, vice president: Earl Danieley, Burlington, secretary: and Tom Horner New Bern, treasurer. President
and Mrs. L. E. Smith were hosts to the members of the Senior class at a formal dinner last Thursday evening
in the South Dining Hall.
Nominations Set For Monday
LINCOLN DAY DINNER SERVED
BY DEPARTMENT OF
DOMESTIC ARTS
Members of the Board of Trustees
of Elon College were served dinner
by the freshman class in foods Tues
day, February 12, in the Home Eco-
ancV’receptron of his lectures by the i nomics department dining room at
student body. “Elon is a splendid
college,” he said, “in my opinion it
is a real Christian college. Dr. Smitii
is a capable man and is to be com
mended for his able administration.
The students were a most gratifying
audience.” Dr. Brown has been in
2Vprtji_ Cair)liia on. so'- eral ?ccasions.
He lectured at Duke University when
12:45 p. m., with Miss Lida Muse
head of the Home Economics depart
ment, directing.
Covers were laid for twenty-one on
ELIGIBILITY LIST IS POSTED IN
ALAMANCE HALL
The nominations for officers of the
student body, Senate, and Council for
next year will take place Monday
morning at the student assembly in
Whitley Auditorium. Announcements
of class meetings will also be made
in order that the respective classes
might meet and make nominations for
a table centered with a spring bouquet | their officers, as well as their Senate
of jonquils. Menu included Queen and Council representatives, for I’ext
olives, celery curls, tomato juice cock- I year. The eligibility list has k>een
tails, cheese canope. Southern fried | posted on the Dean’s bulletin board,
chicken, green beans, candied yams, ^ No stu_dent is ehgible to run for of-
it was Trinity Colleger he delivered! cauliflower au gratin. Butter Crust flee unless he has made at least a
of rolls, Argle Salad, Saltina wafers, ice “C” average for the last three quart-
cream, cocanut cake, and cafe noir. j ers’ work. No person may be a can-
Waitresses were Erna Nell Carter, | didate for office in both the student
Jo WattSj and Jane Warren. Assisting ' body and the Senate or Council,
in the preparation of the meal were I The primary will be held in Dean
Margaret Cobb, Jo Ann Frazier, Helen , Bowden’s office on Thursday after
THREE TAPPED BY
DELTA PSI
the John Calvin McNair series
Icctures at the University of North
Carolina, and he has visited the Ashe
ville Boys School on many occasions.
Dr. Brown is a native of the South,
being born in Bethany, West Virginia,
though he grew up in Iowa, attend
ed the university of that state, re
ceiving his A. B. Degree in 1883, and
his A. M. in 1886. He received the
S. T. D. in 1922. He received the D.
D. Degree from both Oberlin (1912)
and Brown (1914).
Gunter, Dale Hensley, Verna Lee; the spring holidays. The finals will
Ayscue, Ella Mae Morgan, Mary Sue be two weeks afterwards. Fred Reg-
Norman, Ruby Willis, and Ellen ^ ister, vice president of the student
Spivey.
Dinners prepared under the di
rection of Miss Muse are famous at
body, will be chairman of the elec-
torial committee, and the four other
members of this committee are to be
Elon. One who is fortunate enough | selected from the Senior class by the
Dr Brown began, his ministry as to be the guest of her department
pastor of the Wesley Methodist j never forgets the occasion. We think
Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1887. i that is one reason the memVers of Oj;
Later he held pastorates in Californ-1 Board of Trutsees come to their meet-
student body on Monday morning.
The election of editors of the MA
ROON AND GOLD and PHIPSICLI
are also to be included in the an-
being pastor of the First Congre-1 ings with such roly-poly smiles—and , nual spring balloting. As yet, no one
gational Church in Oakland at the ! leave perhaps a trifle more roly-poly,
time of the San Francisco earthquake |
in 1906, and in Boston. He was Mod- ] EDUCATION CLUB
rator of the National Council of Con- j RENAMED
gregational Churches from 1913-1915
In 1911 he became Dean of the Yale
Divinity School, a position which he
actively filled until 1928 when he
was made Dean Emeritus.
At the meeting of the Education
club on Thursday, February 14, it was
decided that the club's name would
become the William S. Long Chapter
of the National Education Clubs of
Dr. Brown's past lecturers include | America. Dr. Long was the founder
a special series on ethics at Leland
Stanford, Jr. University, 1899-1906;
the Lyman Beecher series at Yale in
1906 and again in 1922; special lec
tures at Cornell, 1909; Columbia,
1911; Pacific School of Religion, 1924;
of Elon College, and the first presi
dent; inaugurator of the public school
systems in Alamance county; and he
served as superintendent of the pub
lic school systems for a nuhiber of
years
Ingersoll Lectures on Immortality, | Dr. Theo Dalton was guest speaker.
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Harvard, 1920; and the McNair lec
tures in 1926 at the University of
North Carolina. In addition to the lec
tures, he delivered the baccalaureate
sermon at his ALMA MATER on
three different occasions, fifty,
fifty-five, and sixty years after he
graduated, an accomlishment few men
can hope to achieve
Those of us who have been privil
eged to hear him at Elon have been
impressed by his depth and richness
of life, and his broad vision, and his
lucid literary style. Though he will
be 84 years old on October 1st of
this year, we can surely say of him,
as did the historian of Moses, that
“his eye was not dim, nor was his
natural force abated.”
His toicp was the “Psychological Im
portance of Teaching.”
Principal L. S. McDonald, of the
Elon High School, will be guest speak
er at the next meeting on March 14.
Examinations are scheduled for
February 27-March 1.
spring vacation March 2-10.
New Quarter opens March 11.
DRAMATIC DEPARTMENT TO
BEGIN RADIO SERIES
MARCH 11
The Elon College Dramatics De
partment, under the direction of Mrs.
L. E. Smith, Jr., will present a series
of radio plays over station WBBB at
Burlington, beginning on Sunday,
March 11. The first play, “David
Garrick,” will be recorded before the
spring holidays and the students may
hear it from their homes when it is
transcribed. Those taking part in
“David Garrick” are A1 Burlingame,
Jean Scott Fogleman, Merritt Burns,
Dorothy Shepherd, Leon E. Smith, Jr.,
Bob Graham, and Wally McCullough.
Gerald Hook, in cooperation with Bill
Sanderford of the Burlington station,
is production manager.
has submitted an application for the
editorship of the annual. The ap
plications should be given to the
Board of Publications as soon as pos
sible. If only one person submits an
application for the editorship of each
publication, then he will automatic
ally become editor, if his application
is approved by the Publications
Board.
SPORTSMANSHIP
We have seen a few dead-game
sports in our time. The U. S. A.
builds men, and we have known
our share. But there are some we
mean to remember until we can’t
tap a cane on the sidewalk. We’ll
speak right up and and say our
piece now, too. One of these men
is Joe Golombek, who always knows
what the score is, and who put on
a uniform to give the boys a win
when only Joe knew how sick he
was, and that the aftermath of his
time in the Pacific made those few
minutes on the court doubly dan
gerous for him.
And for another, write in the
name of Warren Burns, who gave
Uncle Sam his best in France and
Germany, and who came back to
meet a cowardly attack with a cool
head and a gentleman’s attitude,
and his courage in hand as always.
We hope all Elon men can always
be as fine as these two are.
Three students—A1 Burlingame,
Marjorie Moore and Bill Clapp—have
)een pledged by Delta Psi Omega,
nalional honorary dijmatic fraternity,
Earl Danieley, cast director, announc
ed today. These students, who have
earned the required number of points
foi entrance into the society, are to
be commended for praiseworthy par
ticipation in college dramatics. Points
are awarded for starring in a play,
having a supfurting role in a play,
serving on a committee or as prompt-
or or stage manager, being in a radio
play, or for writing a play, that is pro
duced by the Elon Players.
Kathleen Young, who is president
of the Elon Players, is sub-director of
the cast and chairman of the mem
bership committee. The following
were appointed to serve on the in
itiation committee this year: Dale
Hensley, Jack Sunburn, Tom Horner,
and Kathleen Young. Mrs. L. E.
Smith, Jr., is faculty director for the
local chapter of Delta Psi.
TAYLOR TO HEAD
DR. JOHNSON SOCIETY
Commissioner To Investigate
WOMEN’S GREEK LETTER
CLUBS INITIATE EIGHTEEN
The four campus Greek letter so-
rorites celebrated bidnight Saturday
February 9. More former members
of both sororities and fraternities re
turned for the festivities than have
been present since the outbreak of
the war four years ago.
Last week's informal initiation,
“Hell Week” for the “scums,” has
been followed this week by the im- i
pressive formal initiation ceremonies.
These secret vows made pledges mem-
I An attack by spectators in the last
minute of play of the basketball .game
at High Point on February 16 caus
ed injury to Warren Burns and Don
Kernodle. Burns received a split jaw,
lacerations the face, and general
body bruises. He has since had two
broken teeth removed.
The Elon College Athletic Commit
tee at once requested an official in
vestigation. Dr. E. G. Purdom of
Guilford College, commisioner for the
conference, has ordered that the in
vestigation be carried out.
Burns went to the rescue of Harris,
bcrs of their respective sororities | v»ho had been attacked by spectators,
for life.
Pledges of the Beta Omicron Beta
sorority are Elizabeth Apple, Marjorie
Moore, Eleanor Mack Paul, and Dor
othy Shepherd; Tau Zeta Phi’s are
Helen Hudgins, Fleta Mae Moffitt,
Elaine Pace, Jane Warren, Mary Jo
Watts, and Jean West; Delta Upsilon
Kappa’s are Anne Byr,d Rachel Fu-
trell, Nancy Jordan, Sara Maness, and
Dorothy Shakleford; Pi Kappa Tau’s
include Mocile Day, Joe Frazier, and
Lois Mlntz.
Harris had just blocked Lombardi who
had dribbled the length of the court
without hearing the whistle for a foul
v;hich had been called on High Point.
Elon College has taken the position
that, although it does not question the
integrity of anyone involved, it does
question the judgment of the offi
cials in permitting the game to be en
tered in the league record as complete.
Report to the commissioner by the
Athletic Committee includes the fol
lowing:
Request for investigation of the cir
cumstances of (1) the injury to mem
bers of the Elon College basketball
team which occurred before the end
of the game, and (2) the official rul-
Faculty Committee on Athletics has ' ing that the game be entered on league
recently been authorized to announce records as completed,
renewal of the McGee Fix Award for j The inquiry is to be requested in
the most valuable player in basket- j the interest of sportsmanship and also
ball. • 1 because, in the opinion of the Elon
Mr. and Mrs. Herman N. Truitt of coach, scorekeeper, and players, the
Glen Raven have volunteered to con- ] game should not have been officially
tinue the giving of the prize, an Elon | declared to be ended since, with time
sweater. McGee Fix, now deceased, j remaining to play, referee’s whistle
was a former Elon great in basketball, had been blown and a foul committed
McGEE FIX AWARD TO BE
CONTINUED BY Mfl. AND
MRS. H. N. TRUITT
and for many years contributed this
honor to the most valuable player.
Members of the squad are to vote
to name the most valuable player
alter the last game. The award wiU
be presented at a student assembly.
“COLONEL BLIMP” SHOWING
TONIGHT
“Colonel Blimp,” one of the
year’s most unusual technicolor
movies, will be shown in Whitley
Auditorium tonight. Anton Wall-
rook, Deborah Kerr, and Roger
Linesey head the cast.
DR. FRENCH TO LECTURE
AT GREENSBORO
Dr. M. B. French has been asked
Wayne Taylor, a sophomore and re-' to teach in the Interdenominational
turned veteran, was elected president, Training School in Greensboro. This
of the Dr. Johnson Literary Society i training school for workers in the field
for the spring quarter, at a dinner' of religious education is the result of
meeting of that organization held I the united effort of the Greensboro
ill a private dining room of the Cor-, cnurches. Courses will be offered in
rect Time Inn last Monday evening. Sunday school work from the begin-
laylor, who succeeds Junius Peedin ^ers to the adults. Each course will
as president of the group, is secre
tary-treasurer of tlie Veterans’ As
sociation and is a member of the var
sity basketball squad. The dinner
party was in honor of Everette Kiv-
ette, who is leaving schcjjl this qiiart-
er to play baseball, and Emerson
give credit under the plan of the In
ternational Council of Religious Edu
cation.
Classes will meet for two periods
each evening for the five evenings of
February 25 to March 1.
Dr. French will teach the course on
Whatley, who will have completed ^ Adult Bible School Lessons for
the requirements for graduation at the next quarter. Classes will be held
by a High Point player had been des-
I ignated by the referee before spec-
, tators began the attack on the Elon
I team. This designation of a foul by
the referee has already been affirm-
I ed by six competent witnesses. Elon
was not given the opportunity to shoot
the foul nor was play officially resum
ed thereafter.
The presence of spectators on the
court was in itself a violation of the
rules and should have caused the of
ficials to either declare the game no
contest, or to declare it forfeited to
the visiting team.
Points cited in Elon’s report to the
Commissioner include the following:
. (1) Concerted efort to throw off
our players during foul shots.
(2) Whistle blown for foul on
High Point before melee began, but
officials did not recall teams to play
afterward.
(3) Spectators and players alike in
melee on court before buzzer sound
ed ending game.
(4) Game could not be ruled com
plete under above conditions, espec
ially, with two Elon men injured 11/
that they could not continue.
Elon men have nothing but good
words for the High Point team and
coach. It was a group not playing
who made the cowardly mob attack.
Elon will await the result of the of
ficial investigation.
the end of this quarter.
Other officers elected at the meet
ing were Don Kernodle, vice-presi
dent; Bill Copeland, secretary-treas-
urer; Fred Register, parliamentarian;
and W. D. Little, sergeant-at-ai’ms.
Nine students have been extended
invitations to join the society. They
are Marion Chase, Bill Love, Calvin
Milam, Bill Anderson, Pep Watkins,
Millis Bradshaw, James Wilkinson,
Henry Ward, and Floyd Boyce.
in the classrooms of Greensboro Col
lege and the Church of the Covenant.
PRESIDENT AND MRS. SMITH
entertain seniors
President and Mrs. Leon Edgar
Smith were hosts to the members of
the Senior class last Thursdaj^tevening
at a formal dinner held in the South
Dining Hall. Bill Clapp, class presi
dent, responded to Dr. Smith’s wel
come and on behalf of the class ex
pressed appreciation for the elaborate
affair. The' class decided to have its
first reunion at commencement, 1948.
The long table, which seated approx
imately forty,, was attractively decor
ated. Junior girls served.
“BUSTER” BUTLER SENDS
GREETINGS FROM PACIFIC
L. W. E. Butler, U S S LSM 276, care
F P O. San Francisco, writes that his
ship is in the reserve pool in the Ma-
l rianas Area.
Lt. Butler, of Prospect Hill, reports
I that he received a radio newscast
which announced an Elon basketball
victory, and that he was glad to know
that his Alma Mater was again ii
the field of athletic competition.
DR. MERTON B. FRENCH, Associ
ate Professor of Religion and Greek.
VETS TEAM BUSY
OVER HOLIDAYS
The Elon Veterans basketball team
v/ill participate in the Piedmont Open
Basketball Tournament at Greensboro
during the spring holidays. The team
had difficulty in getting enough
Vets who will be in the vicinity dur-
in that time, so Larry McCauley, Ai
Valderrama, and Lester Ridenhour
(Burlington coach) will help out. Vets
who plan to play in the tournment
are; Al Burlingame, John Hill. Perry
Ayscue, Roney Cates, Bill Anderson,
Ed Mulford, Bill Welch, and Ed Car
son. •
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