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MAROON AND GOLD
Monday, April 5, 194s
Wayne Ivloore
Appears W-th
Norr’lk Sympliury
Wayne Moore, pianis*, appea pd as
one of the three representativt; from
North Carolina in t? " Norfolk Sym
phony Auditions spo.isorecl jointly by
the Norfolk Symphony and Norfolk
Newspapers, Inc.
Wayne chose for his performance
number the Beethoven Third Piano
Concei'to.
Other North Carolina representat
ives were Dot Lewis, pianist, of High
Point and James Lerch, violinist, of
Winston-Salem.
W.L. Monroe
Class ot ‘18, Has
Unique Hobby
When W L. Mrnrce of 1898 Mon
roe Drive N. ^ tl^nti. Georgia
matric”'"*" ' ' '^'’l''t'e. he ha
little id -r a;- he would
become one of the leading landscape
and nursery artists in the South.
Mr. Monroe, who was born and
reared near Asheboro, North Carolina
spent his summer months while he
was a student at Elon in the employ
ment of a nursery firm from Rich
mond, Virginia. The summer between
his sophomore and junior years at
Elon his business had reached such
proportions that he gave three of his
fellow students employment. During
his junior year he withdrew from
Elon to enter the service. While in the
Army he was stationed for some time
in an army camp near Atlanta, Geor
gia. Mr. Monroe said that he fell in
love with Atlanta and decided then
and there that if he got out of the
Army in one piece, he would ret'ui’n
to Atlanta and try his luck in the nur
sery business.
Apparently, l\Ir. Monroe has carried
a horseshoe in his hip pocket, for his
business has continued to gi'ow and
his fine work is known throughout
Georgia and surrounding states. But
like many other successful men, his
hobby is about to bring him more
fame than his profession.
About twelve years ago, stimulated
by the national movement of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Ford to revive the early
American dance, Mr. Monroe acquired
a desire to initiate such a movement
in Atlanta. His interest was so great
that he enticed a group of ten or
twelve of his Sunday school class to
form a club to learn something about
square dancing. From this small
groupe has grown the famous Atlanta
Promenade Club. For the past twelve
years this club has staged ,by invi
tation only, dances throughout Atlan
ta and the state of Georgia. Last year
they staged, in Atlanta and vicinity.
146 dances. More than half of these
dances were for church groups,
school:;, and colleges. Through the
:i/lon Has Three
Students From Iraq
Through the efforts of Meir Gab-
bay, Elon College now has two more
students from Iraq, Jack Gabbay,
Meir’s cousin, and Eliahoo Reuben.
Efiahoo Reuben came over to the
United States at Christmas time, after
spending 33 hours in the air. Follow
ing the same route Meir had taken,
Reuben’s plane landed at Rome, where
according to Reuben, there was no coal
to heat even the airport. He liked Am
sterdam very much and would have
liked to have stayed there c^>r a few
days.
Jack Gabbay’s arrival in the United
States was on February 27, following
the same ro"te too.
Born in Bagdad in 1929, Reuben
had to move to Basrah in 1945, where
he he finished his high school edu
cation. The school he attended has
two required foreign languages—Eng
lish and French, and it is considered
the best in the country.
Jack’s birthplace is Basrah. He was
born in 1924, and his education was
interrupted by the revolution against
Intramurals In
Mad Scramble
(Continued from page three)
-Club House combined t6am, I.T.K.,
East Dorm, Alpha Pi, and Kappa Psi.
The amazing thing is that, with some
two or three gam^s having been play
ed by each team, it appears that I.T.K
East Dorm, Alpha Pi, Vets Court and
Kappa Psi all remain undefeated. All
five clubs look strong, with I.T.K.
and Vets Court showing potent off
enses and East Dorm turning in
some good defensive work. But while
these five clubs lead the pack at pres
ent. any of the other five teams is
capable of turning in an upset. One
outfit, the new team from Vets Apart
ments, captained by John Taylor, is
a question mark and, according to
Taylor is “going to mop up the lea
gue.”
—
JOHN GRAVES SPEAKS
TO MINiSTERI/iL ASS’N
T’AINT NECESSARILY SO
(Continued from page two)
having quite an argument as to whe
ther ghosts are associated with Hallo
ween or Easier, and which holiday
rabbits are associated with. For you
all’s information, rabbits are included
in the Easter sipirit and gljosts at Hal
loween.
Sammy Vause and Mrs. Half have
quite a hilarious time in the analyt
ical geometry class. It seems that they
were having a test the other day, and
Mrs. Half could not get the problem
on one board. She ended the problem
on one board with “find the” — dir
ectly under that she wrote “side
board.” Sammy immediately raised
his hand and asked how to find the
side board. Wonder if he has found
it yet?
The staff was told that this was to
be the “April Fool” issue of the paper
but rore of the above data is to be
taken lightly, as it is strictly authen
tic. My only joke for this issue will
have to be the column itself. It’s a
big enough joke to cover up the rest
of my errors.
John iraves. Director of Religious
the British in 1941. So he transferred 1 Education at the Burlington Congre-,
to schools in Teheran, where his fam
ily was living. Mr. Cabbay was living
with his family when the Russian and
British forces entered the city.
In June, 1947, he graduated with
an Intermediate Section Certificate,
after spending four years at the Am
erican University of Beirut.
Both \ oung men admire the Amer
ican people and the progress they
have achieved. Jack declared fluently.
“The people down here are more
friendly and hospitable to strangers
than the people in New York. It seems
to me that the people in New York
rush from one place to another with
out having the time for genuine
friendliness.”
IHowever, Reuben explains this diff
erence by saying that the Southerners
are almost the same type of people as
those in his home community of Iraq.
That is the main reason why he feels
at home.
“Furthermore,” Jack says, “it is no
more a dream but a reality, finding
myself here in the U. S. I always liked
to visit this country, and now I am
here trying my best to understand
America and the American people.
You, of course, realize that only
through reasonable understanding can
we achieve peace and progress in this
world.
Argumentative, Reuben says, “It is
not through psychology or through
diplomatic action that we can have
peace, but it is through physical and
economic force only. Certain people
get so drunk with leadership and
power that no one can take it away
from them except through force.”
gational Christian Church, spoke to
the Ministerial Association on Mondoy
March 29. Mr. Graves’ topic was, “The
Life of ^ Religious Education* Direct
or.”
He explained to the gnoup the wide
field that this work covered. The
^peaker told of his experiences, which
included everything from washing
dishes to putting hems in dresses. He
spoke of having folk dances in his
"hurch for the benefit of the young
oeople. Mr. Graves informed the
group that as religious education dir
ectors they would be constantly criti
cized. but in the end right would hold
the upper hand and they would be
paid in full with an abundance of
happiness.
Barbershop to
Sponsor Elon Vets
The new Elon barbershop under
the proprietorship of Jake Michaels
well known Burlington barber, has
agreed to sponsor the Elon Vets soft
ball team, now embarking on the
most rigorous part of its schedule.
Mr. Michaels, who offers a haircut
and shampoo at lower prices than the
Burlington shops, is going to outfit
the Vets with bats and balls and also
help with the sceduling of games.
uA\op apisdn
-pxoq 9.1,nopuno.TB aSed aiii u.inx
efforts of the Atlanta Promenade Club
over a hundred other Promenade
Clubs have been formed in Georgia
and surrounding states.
_ Mr. Monroe expressed interest in
organizing a Promenade Club at Elon
College this spring or early next fall.
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