MERRY CHRISTMAS
Maroon and Gold
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Published By and For Eton Students
VOLUME 12
ELON COLLEGE, N.C.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 13, 1947
NUMBER 6
E!on Students
To Play Santa
To Orphanage
If every boy and girl at the Elon
College Christian orphanage does-n’t
have a Merry Christmas this year,
it certainly won’t be the fault of the
of the students and faculty of EWn.
Each child will be givin a present
by someone in the college.
Students and faculty are drawing
names of the children from a box in
the college boolcstore so that each
cnild will be assurred of recieving
a package from Santa. ‘
Those drawing names are asked to
sccure the help of four other persons
to purchase a gift for the child whose
name is drawn. Gifts should cost ap-
proximaely five dollars, the expense
to be divided among those respon
sible for each gift. The above approx
imate price was set to keep the pr»-
sents as uniform as possible.
The boy and girl who are most
outstanding will have the biggest th
rill of all. Both will recieve shiny
new bicycles, the gift of the eight
fraternities and sororities on the Elon
campus. Alpha Pi initiated the idea,
and the other Greek letter societies
quickly took it up..
The men living in South Dormitory
have raised funds for a bike to be
given for the use of all the girls and
boys in the orphanage.
Gifts will be presented to the child-
»en at a special Christmas program
to be given in Whitley Auditorium,
Vv'ednesday, December 17, at 7:30. The
public is cordially invited.
Richard and Robert Moore, twin
students at Elon, will provide the can
dy to be distributed among the child
ren at the Christmas party.
A few names are still in the box;
sa if you haven’t drawn one, stop in
at the book store and join this out-
poaring of Christmas spirit.
All in all. it looks like a very, very,
Merry Christmas for the orphanage
children.
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Gymnasium
Next Year!!
Following a series of meetings and
invesigations into the local building
situation, the executive committee of
the General Alumni Association be
lieves that construction of the gymna
sium can be started some time next
summer.
Mt.W.G. Stoner, chairman of the
executive committe to the General
Alumni Association, appointed a com
mittee to investigate the possibilities
and probabilities of building a gym-
nasiium within the near future. This
committie was headed by Mr. John
E. Smith, President of the Guilford
€ounty Alumni Chapter. The com
mittee returned a very optimistic re
port, which stated that the gymna
sium could be built and a very defi
nite decrease in the original estima
ted cost. They also stated that Mr.
Lewis Kearns of Greensboro, an Elon
alumnus, had volunteered to secure
the plans for the gymnasium as his
contribution to the gymnasium pro
gram.
The members of the executive com
mittee realize that they cannot take
any final action on this matter with
out the consent of the General Alumni
Association. Therefore it is hoped the
final plans can be submitted at the
mid-year meeting of the General Alu
mni Association on Feburary 7, for
Uieir approval The committe hopes
to have final plans and bids from
contractors for building of the gym
nasium on that date. Therefore it is
is important that every Elon alumnus
should make plans to attend the mid
year alumni meeting.
With this unexpected devlopment,
the committe urges every alumnus
who has not made his pledge of his
contribution for the gymnasium to do
so right away. The gymnasium is go-
in° to be built! Construction will be
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Pepsi-Cola Hit
The Spot In
Pictured above is the Elon College Band which was reorganized this year under the able directirship of
Mr. E, F. Rhodes, of the class of 1929. The band is led by Merritt Foushee, Drum Major. The lovely majorettes
pictured added much color to the football games this fall as they pirouetted to the music of the band. Fellow
students look forward to*their presence at the basketball games this season.
Claude Manzi
Commerce Club
Makes Notable
Social Debut
The Commerce Club made it’s soc
ial debut in Society Hall Friday eve
ning December 5, at eight o'clock,
with it’s presentation of a Christmas
party and near-formal ball.
Those attending the party were re
ceived at the door by Mr. and Mrs.
G.A. Johnson and the club’s officers,
and ushered into the tastefully dec-
i orated hall. The most noticeable dec-
j oration being a handsome tree with
the proper decorations, including ma
ny gifts contributd by the guests for
the orphanage. The chandeliers, giv
ing vent to multi-colored lights, pro
vided and agreeable amount of light
for the occasion.
Eloas only representative on the Nor
th State Conference all-star aggre
gation picked by the Greensboro
Daily News was star G*iard Claude
Manzi who is pictured above. Manzi
is a Sophmore from Upper Derby,
Pa.
President Of j
Student Body
Wants Vote
Great Ovation For
Fifteenth Time
The “Messiah” Gets
In Whitley Auditorium last Sunday
evening, hundreds of music lovers
heard a stirring performance of
George Fredrich Handel’s great ora
torio “The performance”, presented
by the Elon Festival Chorous and
soloists. ''
“The Messiah” is devided into
three parts, “Part the First ’; the
prophesy of the comiing of Christ
the Lord, “Part the Second”: Christ’s
birth and life, “Part the Third”; His
death and resurection. Selections
from each of these parts w'ere gi/in
by the chior and soloists.
This, the fifteenth consecutive an
nual presentation of “The Messiah
was outstanding in it’s combination
of precision and expressive inter
pretation. Never before has the Elon
college presentation been performed
with such brilliance. Acording to the
comments from the members of the
audience, the oratorio was so wall
prepared that it came up to profes
sional standards.
The soloists for this presentation
were: Exine Anderson, soprano, of
New York City; Evelyn Hodgens, con
tralto, of the music faculty; Brooks
Dunbar, tenor, of Philadelphia; and
Clarence Southern, bass, of Burling
ton. The chorous was directed by
John Westmoreland. Fletcher Moore
was at the organ and Wayne Moore at
the piano.
Proof of the greatness of this per
formance is the fact that a recording
of the Hallelujah Chorous" as done
by the Elon chior is currently at the
Elon Grill.
Highlighting the evening was a
song fest featuring Christmas carols
and led by Sidney Johnson. Pianists
were Mary Elizabeth Browning and
Fred Sahlmann. The Grand March,
conducted by John Taylor, was im
pressive because of the formal attire
and the manner in which it was per
formed. One felt as though he were
in another age. Refreshments fol
lowed this phase and the remainder
of the evening was devoted to danc
ing.
Since the invitations made no stip-
mlations regarding the mode of dress,
it seems that the student body is not
nearly so much against formal dress
as they were thought to be. The maj
ority of the men attending wore tux
edos or tails.
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Chicago Symphony
Presents Program
To Ellon Audience
In a rectent interview with Wayne
Taylor, president of the student body,
regarding the state of campus activi
ties our Maroon and Gold correspon
dent found the precsident satisfied
with the attitudes in general, but he
confessed that the constitution of the
student body needed some amend
ments.
“Because of our usage of the war
time constitution, in no way suited
for the present size enrollment, we
find ourselves without means with
which to cope wdth certain situations
in a creditable manner,” continued
Wayne ,“And it would be very easy
to alter this status with a few minor
changes.”
The following suggested amend
ments were submitted by the pres
ident of the student body for the per
usal and thought necessary in order
that we might vote upon them when
the time comes.
1 - Appointment of a head usher
each spring; to be selected from
the junior class to serve as
head usher during his senior
year, and to be responsible for
having every occasion’s atten-
dents properly ushered.
2 - Election of a head cheer leader
in the spring of each year, so
that the incidentals of that off
ice are not left pending until
game night.
3 - Reenact that tenet which reguir-
ed, previous to the war. that
all freshmen should wear fresh
man caps during their first
quarter at Elon. This probably
would add zest to that already
festive season.
Fellowships
With Janurary 2, 1948 set as the
closing date on which applications for
the "Pepsi-Cola graduate fellowships
may be made, all eligible seniors
should obtain the necessary recom
mendations before the closing of sch
ool for the Christmas vacation, ac
cording to word just recieved from
John M. Stalnaker director of the
fellowship program.
The completed appliciation form,
endorsed by the dean or the presi
dent, must accompanied by on offic
ial transcript of undergraduate cre
dits through the junior year, the an
nouncement states, and recommend
ations from two professors should also
be sent to the board on the form pro
vided. All material must be in the off
ice of the Pepsi-Cola Scolarship Boa
rd in Palo Alto, California, by mid
night of the closing date. Application
forms may be obtained from the dean.
Twenty six of these graduate fel
lowships will be awarded in March
to college students scheduled to re
ceive bachelor degreess during the
academic year 1947-48. Six winners
will be selected from each of four
geographic regions in the United Sta
tes, and in addition, two fellows will
be chosen from graduates of Negro
colleges. The winners will receive
$7.50 a year for three years and they
will have full tution paid to any ac
credited graduate or professional sc
hool in the United States. They may
work in any field of study that will
lead to an M.A., Ph. D.. M.D., or any
other advanced professional degree
The fellowship program, which, ac
cording to Director Stalnaker, is des
igned to discover young men and wo
men of marked ability and train them
for intelligent leadership within their
own feilds is financed as a public ser
vice by the Pepsi-Cola Company of
which Walter S. Mack, is president.
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President Smith
Returns From
Church Meeting
Elizabeth R. Smith
The Chicago Little Philharmonic
Orchestra presented the second pro
gram af the Elon College Lyceum ser
ies in Whitley Memorial Auditor
ium Wednesday, December 3.
George Shapiro, conductor was for
merly associate conductor of London’s
Royal Albert Hall orchestra. While
with this orchestra he toured Europe,
giving performances in Vienna. Bru
ssels, Munich. Rotterdam. Berlin,
and Leipzig.
The orchestra opened it’s program
wth the selection “The Bat” by Jo
hann Strauss, follawed by “Allegro”,
“Andante”. and “SaltareUo” from
Mendelssohn’s Symphony no. 4
The Indian.
Foollowing intermission the pro
gram continued with “Prelude . Ar-
agotiaise”. and “Les Toreadors" from
“Carmen” Suite No.l. by George Bi
zet; Arabesque", No.2 in G. “^aire
De Lune". and G^iwag’s “Cake
Walk", all Debussy; "Perpetual M(>
tion” by Strauss; and “March Mili-
taire Francaise" by Saint-Seens
4 - Provide a lounge for the male
contingent of day students.
5 - Establish definite regulations con
cerning the awarding of letters
to band members, cheer lea
ders, and managers of teams.
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HAVE ALL CHRISTMAS GIFTS
FOR THE ORPHANAGE IN THE
BOOKSTORE BY 12:30 WED.
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On behalf of the orphanage, the
Maroon and Gold extends apprecia
tion to every contributor to the Orp
hanage Christmas Party. We feel you
will enjoy your Christmas more by
having participated in such a noble
function; we know that those for
whom the party has been arranged
will have a liappier one.
Dr. L.E. Smith has returned from
New York, where he attended a meet
ing of the Division of Christian Ed
ucation of the Congregational Christ
ian Church,, December 8-10. There
he appeared before the home boards
of the church in the interest of col
leges supported by the denomina
tion and the general cause of Christ
ian higher education.
Previous to this meeting. Dr. Smith
attended the annual meeting of the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools at Lauisville, Ky..
The resigination of Elizabeth R.
Smith which became effective at the
end of the last quarter, was officialy
announced this week. Mrs. Smith,
who was director of the college dra
matics department, resigned her
teaching position for the reasons of
her health and the press of other of
her, duties. She came to Elon in 1943
when she began teachiing dramatics
while studying here under a Fellow
ship.
Mrs. Smith’s training, ability, and
interest in her work make it difficult
to find a sucessor who will contrib
ute as much to the college dramatics
department as she has done. Under
her guidance the Elon Players, the
school dramatic group, have become
known over the entire state for the
excellence of their productions. Some
of her better productions since com
ing to Elon include “Moor Bom",
“Night Must Fall”, Junior Miss”.
“Best Foot Forward”, and “Claudia”.
While serviing as director of the
Players Mrs. Smith never at any time
asked one of the members to do any
thing that she was not willing to do.
She was active in every phase of play
production from directing to taking
a part herseH. She helped build sets,
paint, advertise, sell tickets, and in
other ways contributed her time and
energies toward the sucessful produc
tion of mauy popular stage plays.
Mrs. Smith’s genuine interest in the
theatre was again revealed last sum
mer when she became director of the
Burlington Little Theatre. During this
she produced two plays sucessfully,
one of which she appeared in. She
returned to Elon College this fall and
produced “Claudia”, well known as
a Broadway stage hit of a few seasons
back, before resigning her position.
In addition to work in Summer
Stock companies and with the Pro
fessional Theatre Guild of New York
City Mrs. Smith di4 some Profession-
at modeling. She worked with Glenn
Langan doing pictures for a national
magazine. Glenn Langan is currently
December 1-3. Elon College is a ful- appearing at the Alamance theatre
ly accredited member of this assicia- - —
tion.
Dr. Smith reports that one of the
most strongly emphasized topics at
the latter meeting was the importan
ce of teaching religion. Also under
discussion was the possibility of fed
eral support for secondary and high
er education. Dr. Smith pointed out
that such possibinty did not include
church related colleges.
At this meeting a regulation was
passed advancing minium salary sch
edules for college personnel next
year.These advances, of course will
apply only in cases in which the
ience. contrary to the opinions of a minimum salary is now being paid.
Since The audiience applauded so | few people, has shown itself to be Dr. Smith also added that, as in
thusiasticaly, several encores were appreciative of heavy music and of most education meetings these days,
''laved among which was “The Flight dramatics whenever shown in this the problem of teacher shortage was
of the Bumble Bee." The Elon aud-, auditorium. J discussed at length.
in Burlington as a star of “Forever
Amber”. Mrs. Smith appeared with
Jackie Cooper in the road company
version of “What a Life”.
Mrs. Smith announced no difina^
plans for the future but she expressed
the desire to do some creative writ
ing. This is no new field for her but
it is a branch of the arts in which she
is very much interested. She hopes
to do a play and possibly some radio
writing.
As yet no sucessor has been appoin
ted to take Mrs. Smith’s place in the
dramatics department. Several ap
plicants have been considered but n»
definite arrangements have been as
yet made. The Elon Players will con
tinue as before under the direction
of the new instructor when a suitable
one can be found. ^ ^ i