SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 1947
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
Library Adds
New Volumes
Approxijnately 2,000 volumes have
been added to the library this year
covering a range of toiftcs as div
ersified as Hershey’s “Atom Bomb”
to Shillite’s “You Can Find God”.
Those students who are interes
ted in Mexico should read “Shirt
Sleev«” by Josephus Daniels, our
ambassador to our neighbor below
the border. This work deals with the
art, national life, amusements, and
international problems of Mexico.
In the music department, forty new
books have been added in the last
summer, and many more are expec
ted to arrive in the near future. Two
outstanding volumes in this field “The
Schillinger System of Musical Com
position” have been added.
The Schillinger system makes a pos
itive approach to the theory of musi
cal composition by offering a choice
and development to the student rather
than rules hedged with exceptions and
limitations. By applying the laws of
mathematical logic as developed by
modern science, Schillin'ger found
that he could co-ordinate all of the
seemingly diverse factors; he found
that he conld also open further un
tried possibilities. The idea behind
this system is to enable the student
to apply his own concepts of any
musical material that he may discov
er for himself.
SC A and SMA
Plan Program
The week of September 28 - Oct
ober 5 will be observed as Religious
education week. The Church depar-'
tment of Christian education. The
Student Christian assocaton, and the
Studen Ministerial Program are plan
ing a program which will include
special services during chapel per
iods of the week and a number of
other activities to be announced later.
Sunday, October 5, will be observed
as World Wide Communion Sunday.
October has been designated by the
church as stewardship month. Dur
ing this period Sunday worship will
center around this theme. Throughout
the week stewardship literature, par-
rish letters, ect. will be in constant
circulation. Emphasis will conclude
on October 26 with a brief steward-
sliip drama presented by the depart
ment of dramatics and concluding
with an every-mem>ber canvass.
The activities for November will
open with observance of Spirtual act
ivities week, November 2-9. There
will be service each morning at nine
o'clock and each evening at seven
thirty, everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
IRC Meets
To Organize
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The International Relations Club
whose members are interested in
foreign and domestic affairs of the
countries of the world, held it’s first
meeting Monday night of this week.
Alton Wright of Jonesboro, N.C., pres
ident of the IRC, outlined plans for
the coiBing year. These plans include
having prominent guest speakers here
to talk on and discuss the many prob
lems which face the United States
and other countries.
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Arthur Dickson, vice president from
Long Island, New York, in charge of
the program committee, antiounced
that some of the speakers being con
tacted are;
Professor Ptaff, of Womans Col
lege, Greensb#ro, N.C.; Thad Eure
Secretary of State, Eure, N.C.; and
Senator Clyde Hoey, from Shelby,
N.C.
Other officers and hard working
members of the IRC are;
Mrs. Paige Gaskins, of Henderson,
N.C., corresponding Secretary; Car
olyn Tuck, recording secretary, from
Virgilina, Virginia; Robert Woold
ridge, parliamentarian, from Norfolk,
Virginia. A treasure for the club
has not been elected.
/raq, Porto Rico
Students Here
The Alumni Office was established
at Elon College, with an executive
secretary employed for full time work
in March 1945. The purpose in estab
lishing this office was to organize
the alumni of Elon College into an
active association, whose interest
would be the promotion of Elon. To
publish a monthly newspa^i|j|^'at
v;ould carry news of the
the activities on the c^B^^
chapers. Mr. James F. Dard^®^* ^s
of 1943, was selected to serveT|f ,Ae
first full time executive secretary of
the Elon College Genera). Aluijini
Association. Twice a year in Februai'y
and at Commencement, there is a
meeting of the General Alumni Ass
ociation. However the detail work
of running the alumni association is
done by the executive committee of
the Alumni Association. This com
mittee decides the polices of the Ass-
ociaton, and gives instruction and
advice to the secretary. This com-
mitte is composed of five members
appointed by the president of the
General Allumni Ass’n. The pres
ident’s of the local alumni chapters,
president of the college, and the pres
ident of the student body.
ELON PLAYERS
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At the present time there are six
local alumni chapters. They are in
Burlington, Winston-Salem, Durham,
Greensboro, New York City, and
Eastern Virginia Plans are to organize
two more this fall. One in Raleigh,
N.C., and one in Charlotte, N.C.
Last September the Alumni Ass
ociation began a campaign to raise
funds to build a new gymnesium at
Elon College. This campaign Is still
in progress, and to date over sixty
thousand dollars has been raised
in cash and pledges.
The Alumni Office also works with
the administration in making plans
for “Homecoming Day”, the sale of
season football tickets, and the
director of college publicity.
There are on file in the alumni off
ice at the present time all the names
of the people who have attended
Elon. College for one or more years.
There are over thirty six hundred
correct addresses of these alumni. The
alumni office is attempting to locate
the correct address of every name
they have on file.
It is the hope of the General
Alumni Association to work with the
administration , in establishmg a
Placement bureau” on the campus
in the near future.
Remember the executive secretary
of the Alumni Association “Jimmy
Darden”, will be your representative
on the Elon Callege campus when
you leave. Feel free to drop in and
see him anytime. You are always
welcome!
Meir Gabbay and Miss Carmen
Rodriquez constitute Elon’s total for
eign enrollment for this year. Mr.
Gabbay of Basrah, Iraq was register
ed last year by his friend, Andr«’
Saltoun also of Basrah, Miss. Rodri
quez is from Jayuya, Puerto Rico.
Gabbay’s education Was interrup
ted during his junior year in high
school, when the revolution against
the English broke out in 1941. He
left for Persia and stayed with an
uncle in Tehran, the capital, for two
years. Again he was forced to quit
s-aool !ieiaus* of the Russian and
British occupation of the city, in 1943.
He returned to Beirut, Lebanon where
he completed his high school educa
tion and entered the American Uni
versity of Beirut.
After having completed his soph
omore year at the university of Beir
ut, whera he majored in political
economics, he came to America via
plane to continue his studies. Several
prolonged stopovers in the major cap
itals of the world highlighted the pas
sage.
Concerniug America Mr. Gabbay
said “We, the Easterners, would never
think of such a wonderful country
mnless we had a chance to see it. The
United States was one of the last
countries of the world to start build-*
ing up it’s civilization yet it’s now
considered to have the highest form
of democratic government and the
highest degree of civilization in the
world. God help it’s people to achieve
unity and progress. Amen”
Efficiency in sscial work is the
objective of Miss. Rodriquez, so that
she might assist in raising the Uvin#
standards of her countrymen. She
feels that her people are exerting
their every means toward achieving
a united and peaceful world. They
are looking to the United States for
economic independance and aid to-
/vard these ends.
Dale Crenshaw, nee Hensley, erst
while columnist for the Maroon and
Gold, will be missed by the M.&G
staff and the student body this year
but no one will feel so acutely her
absence as we will while we try to
fit our numher ten’s ia to her smalL
but very efficient journalistic shoes.
First of all I want to clear up a rumor
that is going around to the effect that
because yours truly is an undertaker's
assistant he has a ghost writer to
help him write this column. It’s not
true. (Ghost; “Oh yeah.”)
It’s good to see old familiar faces
back at school and also a lot of new
ones. It’s easy to identify the new
ones. If a girl that you have never
seen before meets you in Alamance
or on the sidewalks and gives you
a smile and a friendly “hello” she’s
new. It’s a delightful custom. We’ed
like to see it continue throughout the
year.
In case those of you who didn’t
attend summer school are wonder- |
ing who the “new” rider is that the >
Moore twins have, it’s another Truitt
She’s the youngest of the three Truitt
sisters but she is holding her own
without much difficulty. Joe Kent and
Harry Foushee are two new day stu
dents who recently transferred to
Elon from U.N.C. They are very
friendly and they have a nice big car.
Wink Ward who went to Camipbell
last year was called Miss Winfred
Ward because his Biology teacher
thought Winfred was a girl’s name.
What’s this about Glenn Heath de
monstrating how to take the ignition
keys out of a car without stopping
the motor? Next time it might it might
be better if he tries it on a straight
stretch and at a lower rate of speed
Just in case the steering wheel locks
again! H.W. Lindly is all smiles since
Maxine is by his side. Did he twist
your arm Maxine, or did you want
to come to Elon? Tommy Wolfe, who
is a pse-dental student, recently tran
sferred from Carolina, will wed INtor-
tha Patillo, a former student at Elon
sometime before Christmas. It could
n’t happen to a nicer couple. Day
students missed at Elon this year in
clude Bob Rudd and Gene Sherrod,
both of whom are now enrolled at
U.N.C.
A “Bigger and Better” Elon Play-
' ers might well be the slogan of this
well - known dramatic arganization
this year. An ambitious program
of dramatic and humorous entertain
ment has been planned for the com
ing year by Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith
Director of the Dramatics department.
Included among the plays to be givin
this year is a well known Broadway
cpmedy which is scheduled for early
winter presentation.
'5'he new feature of the dramatics
department this year is the newly
organized Elon Radio Players, a group
\Vhich will devote it’s efforts to the
production of weekly radio plays, to
be heard over a ’Burlington radio
statio-n. The programs will be a half-
hour in length and will be of dra
matic, humorous, and educational
type.Tryouts have been conducted this
week for testing voices best suited
for radio work. Anyone interested
in joining the Elon Radio Player
should contact Mrs. Smith for further
information.
A meeting of the Elon Players will
be held next Tuesday in Mooney Cha
pel. All old members and any students
wishing to join are asked to be pre
sent at the meeting. The dates and
times for the new play will probably
be announced at the meeting. It is
likely that these tryouts will begin
during the latter part of next week.
Other activities of the players dur
ing the school year include a banquet
next Spring at which time the awards
for the best girl and boy actors in the
players and for the best supporting
girl and boy. Also scheduled on the
Spring calander is the annual high
school reading and oratorical con
test of Alamance county. This contest
which began last year, is open to any
high school boy or girl in Alamance
county. Both individual and high
jciiooi awards will be givin to the win-
North Stati broup
tlas Eight Teams
The North State Intercollegiate
conference, for those who do not
know and are interested, consists
of seven other colleges of this state
A approximately the same enroll
ment as Elon, plus ourselves. Tbes«
schools are Western Carolina Teach
er’s College at Cullowhee, Leiroir
Rhyne at Hickory, Appalachian at
Boone, High Point at High Point,
Catawba at Salisibury, Guilford at
Guilford, and Atlantic Christian at
Wilson. *
Evelyn Harris tan is a result of a sum
mer at the beach. Nice work if you can
get it. In Prof. Barney’s literature
classes there are threee students who
work at radio station WFNS. I wonder
if tkey call the row they sit on Radio
Row. Bob Neese who worked with the
V.A. in Washington this past summer,
relates this blase description of a
date; overheard in a cabaret, “She’s
not what you’d call a bag. She’s more
of a Sak, Fifth Avenue, that is” Jack
Pearce, who was active With the Elon
Players las year, has become a car
eer man in the Navy. He has prom
ised to send us a post card from Sing
apore.| Do you know what they call
a disc jockey in England? He is a
•Gramophone equestrian.” Wendell
Isley has the Lakeside situation wfell
in hand — wonder if he’s thinking
of becoming permanent party?
Well this about does it for this time.
We want to thank M.G. Burke for
helping us out and ask all you day
students to please make with the
,news, gossip, or what have you; so
that next time w» will have more to
WBite about.
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