WELCOME
Home Grads! It’s Good
To See You Back
MAROON AND GOLD
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Service, See Staff Members
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VOLUME 23
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1948
NUMBER 3
College Gets
Go Sign On
Gymnasium
Elon College was last week given
the go-ahead sign by the Board of
Trustees to begin construction of a
new gynuiasium whose ultra-mod
ern plant and seating capacity of
more than 4,200 will make it one of
the finest gymnasiums in the
South. The announcement was
made by President L. E. Smith.
The new gym is to be built from
contributions of Elon alumni “as a
memorial to the Elonites wBo sac
rificed their lives in World War
II.” Building cost is estimated at
$200,000.
According to President Smith,
the building should be completed
in the early fall of next year. Ap
proximately $100,000 worth of
building materials v^ill be stock
piled on the building site during
the winter, with actual construction
scheduled to begin March 1. Grad
ing is to begin at once.
Plans for the building call for
the latest in conveniences for ath
letes, spectators and the press. The
seating capacity for basketball
games will be 4,200, but for occas
ions at which spectators can be
seated on the main floor, more
than 6,500 can be accomodated. In
addition, there will be offices, class
rooms, storage rooms and a large,
well-equipped radio and press box.
“The building is planned,” Pres
ident Smith said, "so that a swim
ming pool can be added.” Tenta
tive plans call for the addition of
a swimming pool immediately upon
completion of the gymnasium, he
declared.
The new gym has been planned
for three years. Jimmy Darden,
Alumni Secretary, revealed that
nearly half the building costs have
been raised throf^f^h alumni con
tributions since Sept., 1946, when
the campaign for raising funds be
gan.
Plans for the gymnasium were
placed in the hands of contractors
for bids Oct. 5. Later, at a joint
meeting of the building committee
of the Board of Trustees with a
building committee of the Alumni
Association, it was decided that all
bids were too high.
This week the Board of Trustees
authorized the college to act as its
own contractor. President Smith
said, and recommended hat prepara
tions be made through the winter
for actual building to begin in the
spring.
The new gymnasium will be
constructed on a site north of the
main campus on N. C. Highway 100,
directly acrbss from the Carleton
Library. An architect’s drawing of
the building is expected to be avail
able for publication within a few
days.
Big Doings Scheduled At College For Homecoming Week-End;
Elon Meets Catawba Indians In Saturday ISight Highlight
Christians Seek
To Even Score
It’s Elon and Catawba who hold
the lion’s share of North State Con
ference championships, with Cataw
ba edging Elon on the all-time record
book 6-5. A Christian victory to
morrow night would even the score.
The two teams have been confer
ence foes since 1940. In their first
game, played at Salisbury, Catawba
rolled over the Christians 38-0,
“which, incidentally, was last year’s
score.
From 1933 to 1936, the Elon
team, with Coach L. C. Walker at
the helm, had a run on conference
honors, bringing home the bacon for
four years in a row.
Until last Saturday, when Appa
lachian upset Catawba 20-13 at Win
ston-Salem, Elon held the distinction
of being the only North State Con
ference team to pin back the ears of
the Indians in seven years.
Immediatelj after Elon’s 8-7 vic
tory in 1941, the Indians went wild,
and it has been the ambition of
every conference team to lift their
scalps ever since.
Unquestionably the Redskins lost
a little fur when they tangled with
the Mountaineers last week, but
they still haven’t relinquished their
seven-year strangle-nold on the con
ference championship.
Through Any Gate, Alumni, Welcome Home!
Festivities Open Tonight With
Student Body Social In Gym
Open House In West Dormitory Saturday
3:30 To 4:30, For Alumni And Students
There will be receptions, noise, decorations and what have you for
alumni returning today and tomorrow for the big homecoming weekend
centered around tomorrow night’s football game.
Saturday's Pre-Game Rally To
F eature Bonfire and T orch Parade
In inter-conference play, the Tribe
has been reminded occasionally how
it is to be defeated, but they have
apparently forgotten completely how | pre-game sound and fury has not yet ben confirmed whether
to play a ball game without scoring. I scheduled for the Catawba affair or not torches will be carried in the
They have drawn blood in 81 consec- ' ^j,an for any other game this year, parade to the football field.
Bowl last New Year’s Day.
Adult Education
Program In The Making
A program in adult education is
slated to start on the campu^ in
January in an effort on the part
of the college to make a further
contribution ot this community and
to Alamance County.
The courses offered in the pro
gram will be planned to meet the
expressed desires of the adults o|
the community. Classes will prob
ably be offered in English, history,
religion, practical chemistry, geo-
;^raphy, public speaking, parlia
mentary proocedure and sociology.
Members of the faculty commit
tee now making a study of the prob
lems and drawing up tentative
plans are: Dr. W. W. Sloan, Chair
man, Mrs. Emily C. Johnson, Prof.
C. W,. Paskins, Prof. John West
moreland, Prof. H. S. Bruton, and
Trof. J. E. Danieley.
ISorman Cordon Lyceum
Appearance Cancelled
utive games to date. students slated to parade in : In addition to brushing rp the
The Tribe this year is on the war- Burlington tomorrow afternoon, students on trad tional yells, the
path with the same club, with the ex- : then stage the year’s biggest pep ral- cheerleaders plan to introduce sev-
ception of the tackles, that flayed ly around a bonfire just before the eral new yells at thep re-game pep
Marshall College in the Tangerine ' game. ^ rally. One of these is to be the
I “trumpet yell, ’ done by students to
the accompaniment of trumpets in
the band.
j Another feature of the rally is to
i be the appearance of the “Fighting
Christian” in full regalia. It will be
the first apipearancc in many years
of this “symbol of our fighting spir
it.”
Cheerleaders are highly optimis
tic over the posibility of an impres
sive appearance at the game of the
students enmasse behind the band.
Students with cars aie requested
o te on hand shortly before 3:00
o'clock tomorrow to facilitate trans
portation of others to Burlngton for
the parade.
At 3;00 p. m., Saturday, studenti
will gather back of Alamance build
ing to board cars for Burlington and
the parade. All cars are to be dec-
1 orated with maroon and gold papei
Norman Cordon, baritone who was which is to be obtained in the Alum-
to be the first of the entertainers ap- office.
pearing in the Lyceum Series, will ^ The pep rally, scheduled for 6:45
be unable to appear Oct. 25, as prev ' p. m., is planned to be the most ex-
iously announced. : citing of the year. A bonfire is to
Secause of conflicting engage- t>e lit on the site of Elon Memorial
ments, Mr. Cordon’s program must Gymnasium, across the highway from
be switched to an earlier or later Carleton Library, and a snake dance
date. As yet, no Lyceum program will be held around the fire.
Campus Traditions—
Senior Oak, Cow In Bell
Tower, The White Mule
By Virginia Davis
Many ot you have been strolling
on tlie campus and noticed the
beautiful oak that stands on the
lawn at the southwest side. Hav
ing inquired, you were told that
was the famous “Senior Oak.”
It has been the setting and the
binding of many a happy romance
as the ring was placed on the third
finger, left hand and sealed with a
kiss. But for the Senior Oak story,
we must go back to the year 18891
Wlien the site of our college was
being cleared, the trees that were
cut down were hauled by mule sled
to the site that is now the railroad
station, where it became fuel for
the trains. One of tiie mule teams
inadvertently struck a young oak
■ipling located near the center of
the campus.
The founder of the college told
his son. Will S. Long, that he must
cut the injured tree. However, in
stead of cutting the tree, Mr. Long
gave it first aid. This caused the
curving trunk which through the
ages has produced tiie weird con
tours of “Senior Oak.”
Cow In Cupola
Several years later, Burlington
sent to our alma mater as students
the two Moser boys. The dormi
tory in which they lived had the
Still, the event remains predomi
nantly a student diversion, with
alumni enjoying exclusively only the
right to “come home.”
Festivities begin tonight with a
student body social in the gymnas
ium from 8:00 to 11:00 p. m. A four-
piece orchestra will furnish the mu
sic.
Tomorrow morning students will
be decorating their respective dor
mitories. The displays are to be
staged outside so that alumni and
students may make tours of inspec
tion, and all decorations are to be
judged. Pictures of the winning dis
plays will appear in the “Alumni
New,s” and possibly in the “Phi Psi
Cli.”
In the afternoon, open house is to
be held in West dormitory for alum
ni and students.
This year visiting alumni will eat
in finer style than was their lot as
students. Most of them will be see
ing the new dining hall, with its
modem steam cabinets and semi
cafeteria service, for the first time.
It is estimated by Jimmy Darden,
Alumni Secretary, that more than
1500 alumni live in nearby vicinities.
The appearance on the campus of a
fair percentage of this group, with
those coming from farther away,
could easily make this weekend the
appearance of a barn-like shed. It ! .
was located near the old heating j ^'Sgest homecoming in the school’s
plants which served the college in history,
the past.
has been subslTtuted for the date
left open by Mr. Cordon’s cancella
tion.
The college band will be on hand
for the rally, and will lead a parade
from the fire to College Park. It
Having decided that their menu
was not adequate, they brought with
them a cow who was to augment
their meals. One cold, bleak, wind
swept night, several students stole
the cow, and by some strange meth
od lured her up the stairs to the
cupola of old Alamance building
where they tied the animal to the
bell rope. The cow paced and
mooed and pulled the bell back and
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MAJORETTES WILL BE STEPPING HIGH TOMORROW NIGHT
Celia Edwards
“Lights Out!” will be the com
mand from drum major Jack Cas
tie when he leads the pretty ma
jorettes pictured above and the
Elon College band onto the field
during halftime of the football
game between the Elon Christians
and the Catawba Indians here to
morrow night.
The pick of the student body,
these six riiajoieites will make
Frances Ferguson Virgina Rebbick Vlrgrinla Davis
appearance before the large “U. S.” and play “The Star-
PhylUs Tucker
their third
Elon fans.
The Indians are bringing their
band with them from Salisbury. In
a pre-game demontsration, a mass
formation of the two bands will
march to the two sidelines, form
letters representing each college
and play the college songs. Still in
formation, the bands will march to
the middle of the fieid, form a
Jean Ray
Spangled Banner.’
For the first time in its history.
a popular song as it executes an ap
propriate formation.
It is not known whether or not
there will be speeches by promt
the Elon College band will parade | alumni who are expected to
in the dark during halftime. The j attend this Homecoming Game,
field will be completely blacked out j No announcement has been made
except for the lights on the band i from the Physical Education De
members’ hats. What formation i partment regarding the "powder
the band will make is being kept
as a surprise for the spectators. It
is rumored that the band will play
puff” football game played by the
girls during halftime in Homecom
ing games in previous years.
Creative Writing
Contest Announced
New York, N. Y.— The National
Five Arts Award, Inc., a non-profit
organization, designed to discover,
aid and stimulate creative writing in
the Colleges and Universities in the
United States has announced the
first of its annual contests for its
Awards and Felowships totalling one
hundred thousand dollars.
Open to all writers, the contests
^re primarily for new, coUege-age
yvriters in the fields of the full length
play, the radio script, the popular
song, the screen original, the short
story and short short. There are
six cash awards in each category, a
$2,000 first prize, a $1,000 second
prize, and four prizes of $500 each.
In additon $70,000 of the total
Awards wiU be granted in the form
of 140 Fellowships of $500 each.
The Fellowships, like the cash
prizes, will be awarded on the basis
of merit alone, rather than age or
academic degrees, and will be grant
ed to writers of talent and promise.
Further, such writers may use the
fellowship money in whatever man
ner will best further their writing
careers, for it is not conditioned
upon project outlines or specific
writing or study commitments.
Closing date of the contests is Jan
uary 31, 1949. Announcement of the
Normandy Pen Awards and Fellow
ships will be made April 1, 1949, or
as soon thereafter as possible.
The address of The National Fiv*
I Arts Award, Inc., is 715 Fifth Ave
nue, New York 22, N. Y