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HOLIDAY!
Maroon and Gold
Published By And For Elon Stude U
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SEASON
IS HERE!
VOLUME XXI
ELON COLLEGE, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER, 7, 1946
NUMBER SIX
CHORUS TO GIVE 'MESSIAH" DEC 15
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FOOTLIGHT FAVORITES" HERE FRIDAY
Young Qu,a,rtet
To Appeia,r In
Concert Series
“Footlight Favorites,” four young
and talented singers from Broadway,
will be presented at Whitley Audi
torium on Friday, December 13, at
8:15 p. m., in the second of a series
of concerts sponsored by the Amer
ican Business Club of Burlington. The
famous Westminster Choir appeared
here recently in the initial program
of the fall and winter series, which
is being offered for the promotion
and development of athletics in the
Burlington city schodls.
The quartet of gifted stars is com
posed of two men and two women,
John Brownlee, Edward Kane, Ade
laide Abbott, and Lucille Browning,
who have what it takes in looks to
bring sighs from the feminine side
of the audience and heart palpitations
to the male listeners. The program
will include “something lilting, some
thing gay,” as they lead their audi
ence down the trail of melody from
Vienna to the lights of Broadway.
Each of the featured singers is a
real favorite in footlight circles. They
will offer an opportunity for stu
dents and faculty alike to enjoy an
evening of popular music beautifully
sung by first-rate artists.
Students will be admitted ,to the
concert on their activity tickets.
“FOOTLIGHT FAVORITES QUARTET” is the name under which these four
young singing stars from Broadway w ill appear in Whitley Auditorium on
Friday, December 13, in the second o f a series of concerts presented dur
ing the fall and winter under the aus pices of American Business Club of
Burlington. 'The two good-looking m en and the two lovely girls will offer
an evening’s entertainment of popul ar and light classical melodies.
JOHN BROWNLEE
L R. C D3SCUSSES
FASCISM m SPA9N
LUCILLE BROWNING
At the last two meetings of the
International Relations Club, Fascist
Spain has been the topic of lectures
and discussions. Mr. Paskins, of the
history department, has been the lec
turer and has led the debate on such
questions as; “Should the United Na
tions intervene in the growing threat
of fascistic Spain?”
As a bear coming out of hiberna
tion to find out what is going on in
the rest of the world, the Internation
al Relations Club is stretching itself
and opening its eyes to world prob
lems. Each * "Monday divening at 7
o’clock finds the members in the
I.R.C. room on the third floor of
Carlton Library building, under the
direction of Dr. Hirsch. Because they
realize the importance of keeping up
with current events, at each meeting
they have a review or digest of the
outstanding news of the week. Mem
bers believe that more may be gotten
out of radio than the swoony music
of T. D., and that newspapers contain
other than news on the latest scandal. |
Activities of other college I. R. C. |
groups are being followed by means of
voluminous correspondence carried on
under the surveillance of the officers,
Alton Wright, Yank Dichson. Amy
Campbell, and Vernon Phelps. Guests
speakers are being lined up for future
meetings, and on Monday night, De
cember 9, a round-table discussion
will be conducted. M^y books and
pamphlets alreadyTiJVS become avail
able for use by club members. Any
student interested in economic and
political conditions, both at home and
abroad, is invited to attend the meet
ings and to become a member.
ADELAIDE ABBOTT
EDWARD KANE
Thirteen Students Named
To College “Who’s Who”
The biographies of thirteen Elon
College students will appear in the
1946-47 edition of WHO’S WHO
AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES,
according to an announcement receiv
ed recently from H. Pettus Randall,
TuscaloosE^t Alabama, editor of the
publication. Selection to WHO’S WHO
is considered on campuses through
out the country to be one of the high
est honors attainable by a student
The following Elon students will
receive certificates from the publish
ers, in addition to having their bi
ographies printed in the book, which
will appear in June: Al Burlingame,
Cambridge, N. Y.; Steve Castura, Haz-
elton. Pa.: Miss Louise Clayton, Pros
pect Hill, N. C.; Miss Dorothy Hazel
Cole, Biscoe, N. C.: Miss Mary Coxe,
Wagram, N. C.; Miss Virginia Ezell,
Phoebus,, Va.; Miss Dale Hensley,
Elon College, N. C.; Miss Patricia
Hook, Elon College; Miss Verdalee
Norris, Sanford, N. C.; Miss Betsy
Smith, Burlington, N. C.; Wayne Tay
lor, Efland. N. C.; and Miss Kathleen
Young, Vernon, Alabama. FredMleg-
ister, Sanford, N. C., who was accepte^
last year, will be included automatic
ally in the 1946-’47 edition.
Nominated by a joint committee of
students and faculty, those selected
were chosen on the basis of scholar
ship, leadership, and character. Jun
iors and seniors with a scholastic av
erage of “C” were eligible, and stu
dents from this group receiving the
largest number of votes from mem
bers of the committee had their nariles
submitted to Mr. Randall, the editor,
as Elon’s nominees for WHO’S WHO.
ARTS FORUM WRITING
COMPETITION ANNOUNCED
PROFESSOR HOOK
CHOSEN TO HEAD
STATE REGISTRARS
The annual Woman’s College Arts
f orum competition in writing has
beSn announced. Manuscripts must
be submitted to English instructors
at Elon by Januarj' 15, or earlier if
possible, in order to reach the judges
at Greensboro by February 1.
Prose selections should be from
1.000 to 5,000 words in length. Poems
should not exceed 1,000 words. Coa-
sult your English instructor for fur
ther details.
This competition involves most of
the colleges and universities of the
Southeastern states.
CONTRIBUTE TO “COLONNADES
Material for the Spring. 1947, COL
ONNADES, Elon student literary pub
lication, may still be turned in to any
member of the English department
faculty.
Ora,torio Tops
P,re-Holiday
Music Progr,ajn
* The Elon Festival Chorus of 125
voices will offer the fourteenth an
nual presentation of Handel’s “Mes
siah” in Whitley Auditorium on Sun
day, December 15, at 8:30 P. M., as
the outstanding feature of the pre
holiday program planned by the Eloa
College department of music. Pre
sentation of Handel's popular oratorio
is one of the biggest events at the
college each year, and a capacity au
dience is expected.
Soloists for the performance will
be Miss Exine Anderson, of New York,
soprano; Millard C. Walker, member
of the college music faculty, tenor;
Walter Vassar, of Greensboro, who
has sung with the chorus for a num
ber of years, baritone; and a contralto
soloist not yet selected. Professor
John Westmoreland will direct, and
acdompanisfs will be Miss Amelia
Jane Thiele, pianist, and Professor
Fletcher Moore, organist.
Miss Anderson, who was well receiv
ed in her appearance here last Decem
ber, win remain to present a special
song recital in Whitley on Tuesday,
December 17, at 8:30 p. m. She is
currently soloist at a large New York
church, and takes part each Sunday
in operatic broadcasts by NBC Sym
phony, under the direction of Toscan
ini. Her recital numbers will range
from classic to modern. The program
is opsfi to all students and townspeo
ple.
The second round of the High music department agen-
School Oratorical Contest sponsored da are two student recitals, Monday,
by the North Carolina Good Health December 9, and Wednesday, Decem-
Association was held in Whitley Au-; ber 18, both at 3 p. m. in Whitley
ditorium yesterday, December 6, at Auditorium; a Christmas pageant on
1 30 pm * Thursday, December 19, at 7 p. m.;
and the Candlelight Service by the
Registrar’s Association of the North
Carolina Conference of Colleges and
Universities has announced the elec
tion of Professor A. L. Hook, head
of the Elon department of physics and
electronics as president of the regis
trar’s group for the ensuing year.
Professor Hook has previou.«I«f attcv-
ed as president of the Physics Associ
ation of the North Carolina Academy
of Sciences, and is now completing a
term in office as head of the North
State Athletic Association. Th^wide
recognition of his ability is a just re
ward for his capable work, his cool,
sound judgment, and his frank, hon
est, and scientific approach to olduca-
tional problems.
ORATORICAL CONTEST
HELD IN AUDITORIUM
p
Elizabeth
Morrison, from Orange
county, von first place among the Decemter 20. The depart-
girls, and Kimsey Kmg, also from, wUl co/itinue its weekly
Orange ciJunty, won first place broadcasts over WBBB, Sundays at 2
the boy contestants. They talkedT"""^"-'* n
on the subject “North Carolina’s Num-1 f
ber One Need-Good Health.” | organ,
Mrs. L. E. Smith, Jr.. Mr. G. A. H.
Johnson, and Mr. C. W. Paskins were
the judges.
On December 13, Miss Morrison
and Mr. King will compete against 32
contestants. The finals of the contest
will be held on January 10, 1947, in
Raleigh, with four winners from East
ern, and four from Western North
Carolina. Four $500 college scholar
ships will be given to the winners of
the final; the runner-up in the con- f
test will receive a combination RCA j
Victrola.
college choir, during 9 a. m. Chapel,
to 2:30 in the afternoon, with choir
MR. G. A. H. JOHNSON
Mr. G. A. H. Johnson, head of the
business department at Elon, joined
the teaching staff last June when the
first session of summer school be
gan. Mr. Johnson received his Mast
er of Science degree at Virginia Poly
technic Institute. He did graduate
work at Chicago University, Purdue,
University of Kentucky, and Clark
University. Prior to coming to Elon
he was an instructor at Marshall Col
lege, Huntingdon, W. Va.
WARREN BURNS SIDELINED
WITH FRACTURED ANKLE
Warren Burns, Englewood, N. J.,
captain of the Elon College basketball
team will miss the Christians’ four
games before Christmas—and possibly
may be on the sidelines for the first
North State conference game in Jan
uary—because of a fractured ankle
sustained during practice last Tues
day. Burns was an all-Conference for
ward last year, and his loss is certain
to be felt. However, Elon still has
an all-Conference center in Roney
Cates and McGee Fix award winner’
Joe Golombek, as well as a host of
other good material, and the Chris
tians hope to keep their pre-Christmas
slate clean even without their injured
captain.
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DAY AND BURLINSAME
WIN POETRY AWARDS
IS EVERYBODY HAPPY’ The five big smiles above belong (left to right) to Miss Jessie Ree Doughtie, Miss
Jane Lewis. Wilbur Waasar, Miss Ann Strader, and Mi^s Violet Blackmon, soloists in Mendelssohn’s oratorio,
“Hymn of Praise,” which Elon Choir, sixty voices strong, sang in Whitley Auditorium on Sunday, November
24. Second oratorio, Handel’s “Messiah,” will be offered by Elon Festival Chorus on Sunday, December 15, as
climax of pre-Chrlptmas musicales.
National Poetry Association, of
Los Angeles California, has an
nounced that Edward Ray Day
and A. W. Burling^ame of the Ma
roon and Gold staff have received
recogrnition for poems which will
be published in the TJIIRD AN
NUAL ATHOLOGY OF COL
LEGE POETRY.
Day’s poem, “Yearning,” was
refused for publication by the M.
& G. and Burlingame didn’t think
enough of his poem, “Vanity,”
even to try printing it in the
school paper, sending it to Los
Angeles as an afterthought to
nine other poems he submitted.
Bet somebody's face is red!
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ATTENTION, VETERANS
Veterans eligible to receive sub
sistence payments, and who do not
get their checks within the next two
weeks, are requested to report the
fact to Mr. Edward B. Smith, who is
located in room 205 of the National
Bank Building at Burlington from 8
a m. until 5:30 p. m.
MR. CLOYD W. PASKINS
Mr. Cloyd W. Paskins, instructor in
history and sociology, became a mem
ber of the faculty at Elon in Septem
ber, when the fall quarter began. He
received his Bachelor of Education
degree at East Illinois State Teach
ers College and his Master of Arts
degree at Duke University. He did
graduate work at the University ot
California and Louisiana State Uni
versity.
TIME ON MY HANDS
As if you didn’t know—there will
be no classes from 12:20 on Friday,
December 20. until 8 a. m. on Monday,
January 6. That’s 403 hours, 40 min
utes of holiday! u.— ' *