WELCOME
FRESHMEN
Maroon and Gold
SUPPORT
OUR TEAM
Published By and Fjt Elon Students
VOLUME 82
ELON COLLEGE, N, C. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20. 1947
NUMBER 1
ENROllMEHT TOPS
PREVIOUS RECORDS
STUDENTS NUMBER 713
95 OVER LAST YEAR
With the largest enrollment in the
liistory of the school Elon began it s
Sifty-eighth year on September 4. The
enrollment .this year totals 713, ex
actly 95 more than last year
More than half of the student body
is composed of veterans. Of the total
new enrollees 100 are veterans, in
creasing the veteran enrollment to
394. There are 274 freshmen this
year as compared to the 365 enrolled
here last year.
Dr. L.E. Smith president of the
colleg, welcomed the new students
with an address in which he expres
sed the wish that tney, like others
who have attended here before them,
would spend happy college days at
Elon carrying on the spirit of friendli
ness and the traditional goodwill,
so characteristic of the alumni.
Regular activities of the registra
tion,psychological placement, and the
dustomary physical examination for
freshmen were completed Wednesday.
On Wednesday night leaders of the
dfferent campus organizations were
presented by Wayne Taylor, president
of the student body.
CHRISHANS READY
FOR DAVIDSON
ELON GRIDERS HOPE
TO SURPRISE FOES
Tonight under the arcs at Davidson
Elon’s Christians meet the David
son Wildcats in what may prove to be
a very interestng contest on the grid
iron. The game will be the first of
the season for both teams. Students
Coches and alumni will view the
game with anxious eyes, as indica-
ton of potential strength and win
ing power of both teams. Both coaches
are in their sophomore years at their
respective institutions, coach Bill
Storey of the Wildcats came to David-
of Norfolk Virginia, while Coach
Perry formerly mentored at Reid-
sville High m rrorth Carorma.
Much enthusiam toward the game
is evdent here on the campus and
from all indications the student body
will be well represented at the game.
Both teams have a reputation for
spc^rtmanship and hard play, the
requirements for a good football
game. It should be a most interesting
contest from every angle.
The Wildcats gave North Carolina
State’s “Gator Bowlers” plenty of
trouble last year, and,, in winning
some six games, ran up a 74-0 score
on Erskine and a 54-0 score against
Wofford.
POWER PLANT RISES FROSH ACTIVITIES
IN FULL SK
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** ANNOUNCEMENT •*
A SEMI-FORMAL PARTY WILL BE
GIVEN IN THE GYMNASIUM SAT
URDAY EVENING .SEPTEMBER 27,
AT EIGHT O’CLOCK, BY THE MEM
BERS OF DELTA UPSILON KAPPA
AND SIGMA PHI BETA. EVERY
ONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND
Miss. Evelyn Hodgens
NEW STRUCTURE
DUE TO BE COMPLETED
ABOUT JANURARY 1
Dr. James P. Howell
Mrs. Nellie A. Stauffer
Eleven Join Elon Faculty
Eleven new faculty members have
been added to the teaching staff this
fall in order to meet the demands
of the expanded curriculum at Elon
and to replace those faculty members
■who left the school during the sum
mer. This brings the total number of
teachers at Elon to 42. The English
and Music departments, have two
new teachers each. The Biology, Math,
jReligion and Home Economics depart
ments have one additional or new
faculty teacher each.
Dr. James P. Howell replaces Dr.
McClure as head of the English de
partment. Dr. Howell was graduated
from Guilford college and recieved
his Ph.D. degree at the University of
North Carolina. He has taught at the
University of North Carolina, Western
^"■•arolina Teachers college, and
ansboro College. Mrs. Howell is
librarian.
, A.ssiiiaju“^ English
-.Departmiair is Prof. RusseU L. Dun-
5 the journalism class
,»nd acts as cadvilsor for the Maroon
amd Gold. ProL DtKilap recieved his
degree from the State Teachers
College at Slippery Rock, Pa., and
M.A. degree from the University
of Pittsburg.
The two additional members in
the music department are Miss. Ere-
Jyn Hodgens and Ml:. Thomas B.
Kemp. Miss. Hodgens, who is a vocal
instructor is a graduate of Furman
University where she recieved her
She has. done extensive solo work
with choral groups and ensembles
Mr. Kemp will teach advanced piano
students. He has done graduate work
at the Royal College of Music in
London; the University of Stuttgart,
Germany; and the University of
Berne, Beme, Switzerland.
Dr. Richard M. Haff has been add-
to the teaching staff of tlie biology
department. He recieved his A.B.
degree from the City College of New
York, his M.A. degree from Columbia
university and his Ph. D. from Cor
nell. Mrs. Haff has joined the math-
matics department. She also attended
Cornell university where she recieved
her A.B. and M..A. degrees.
Dr. Ellen A. Reynolds is the new
head of the home economics depart
ment Dr. Reynolds has a B.S. deg
ree from the University of Kentucky,
an M.A degree and Ph. D. from the
University of Chicago. She has taught
at Kansas State Teachers college and
the University of Kentucky. Prior to
coming to Elon she was head of the
home economics department at Frank
lin College, Franklin, Indinia.
Dr. W.W. Sloan, of the religion
department, will teach Bible and
advanced coiu"ses in Religious Ed
ucation. Dr. Sloan is an ordained
minister in the Congreational Christ
ian Church. He recieved his A.B. deg
ree from the college of Wooster, his
B.D. degree from the Presbyterian
Theologial Seminary, his Ph.D. from
Northwestern University. Dr. Sloan
has taught in Western College of
Oxford, Oxford Ohio; Buena Vista
Collega, and Berry College. Mrs.
Sloan, who is a graduate of North
western university, will teach in the
romance languages department.
Mrs. Nellie A. Stauffer has been
ippointed social dean and assistant
dean of women. She will have charge
of social activities of the women
students and will assist Miss Chris-
I tine Hardy, Dean or Women.
Construction is now well under
way on the new Elon College power
and heating plant, the first in a series
of buildngs to be erected under
the $1,000,000 expansion plan which
was proposed in 1945. Completion
is expected Janurary 1st and it will
be put into immediate use Also on
the list will be a gymnasium, a new
dining hall, two dormitories for men
students and two for women. These
will be built at a later late with the
gymnasium and the dining hall hold
ing top priority. Plans have already
been completed for the gym, which
will be sponsored by the alumni of
Elon College, and although rising
costs of materials have increased the
first estimate of $225,000 to almost
double that amount, it is expected
that construction will start early next
summer. There have been rumors
that the new dining hall may be built
soon after the gymnasium; however
there is nothing definite yet.
The new buildings will be modem
in all respects. The gymnasium will
be located on the north side of the
Elon campus and it is to contain the
best in facilities and equipment. On
the basement floor there will be Jiand
hall courts, ample locker space for
both boy and girl physical education
classes and varsity teams, and ass
igned space including showers and
dressing rooms for visiting teams.The
ground floor will house offices of
the coaching staff, the alumni sec
retary, and the physician. It will also
hold the modern basketball court
with seating space for2.500 spectators
and later an indoor swiming pool.
There will be balcony seats and two
class rooms on the second floor. The
class rooms wll be used for physical
education.
VERDALEE NORRIS
MANAGING EDITOR
OF WILSON PAPER
Former Maroon and Gold staff mem
ber, Verdale Norris, Class of ‘47, has
secured a posiion on the staff of the
Wilson Daily Times of Wilson, N.C.
as managing Editor.
Mss Norris describes her duties as
being extremely difficult, but also
as interesting and educational. Among
other things, she recieves the Ass
ociated Press wire reports, assists in
the layout of the paper , and reads
proof.
Prior to graduation from Elon
Miss Noris had participated in all
of the college journalistic functions
The column known as "Little Un’s
Little Bits” was originated and writ
ten by her during the past two years
Before that she was the Co-editor
of the school paper, on the staff of
“Phisicli” and a contributor to the
yearly literary publication, “Colon
nades"
Miss Norris has turned her college
experience in newspaper writing to
good advantage in the short time
since recieving her degree.
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EVENTS EMPHASIZE
EGO DEFLATION
BULLETIN
Announcement was made at 12:45
p.m. yesterday, that freshmen would
remove their distincitive markings
and henceforth would be classified as
people. By 12.-. 16 all freshmen had
complied with this arder.
Male students at Elon renewed
initiation this year mainly because
upperclassmen were strong enough to
enforce the proceeding.
During the noon meal Mtonday
September 15, the head waiter ann
ounced that all freshmen were cord
ially invited to appear in the gym
immediately after the evening meal.
To add an ominious emphasis to the
announcement it was repeated at
dinner. To the consternation of the
upperclassmen an average expres-
son of utter suspicion appeared upon
the majority of the freshmen faces
while some of the wiser seemed mere
ly disgruntled and a few nonchal
antly talked antagonistically. All this
was very well wth the inviting com-
mitte, who being a farsighted bunch
had arranged to have available at all
times much football material of the
two hundred pound variety.
To make a rather long narrative
short the freshmen complied with
the wishes of those cheerfully firm
ones who had determined to carry
out the good work according to plan.
Tuesday morning, and since, men
hube been seen in the most ridiculous
garb imaginable: shirts worn back
wards with neckties neatly tied; signs
suspended from their necks reading
“Rat Jones’ and so forth. In addition
to the usual functions, such as ser
enading the girls and even the foot
ball squad, they have been assigned
mystical tasks, the purpose of which
remain somewhat of a secret. One
evening, for instance, a large group
was seen running accross the campus
chaseing another large group. The
men doing the chaseing were scream-
ng at every step “I ain’t had any” and
the men in the group being chased
were replying “ Well you ain’t gon
na get any!”
Some good work has been done
through this ancient institution, how
ever, for many of the upperclassmen
have been seen in shoes that were
dazzling in the sun.. Noticeable too,
in some dormitory rooms is a bit of
spic and spanness hit'nerto unnoticed.
Also prevalent among those upper
classmen who had been officers dur
ing the war was a look of intense de
light The writer has no explanatio
for such joculor appearance; it has
been said by some who were among
the initiated however that the mil-
itry drill; consisting of open arid elose
order manevuers held after the even
ing laeal each night were responsible
for the improvements of the usually
dour attitudes of these men
Russell L. Dunlap
Mi^. William W. Sloan
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Dr. WiUam W. Stoan*"