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MAROON AND GOLD
Today’s Quote
“What fools these
mortals be.”
'VOLUME 28
ELON COLLEGE, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1949
NUMBER 12
DeSimone,
Betty Smith Is Replaced
Here By Cecil B. DeMille
Along with the announcement of bills to be offered during the
1949-50 season, Elizabeth R. Smith, director of the Elon Players,
xevealed this week that the rekn owned Cecil B. DeMille would take
•over the directorial reins of the Players next year. DeMille could
not be reached today for a comment.
The replacement was made nec
essary by Mrs. Smith’s acceptance
of an offer by the Messers Schu
bert to direct a production for them
-which will have' its opening on
Broadway sometime in October.
It is reported that DeMille took
the job at Elon because he wanted
to get away from it all.
The schedule of plays for next
season iS as follows: Erskine Cald-
-well’s “Tobacco Road,” Somerset
Maugham’s “Rain,” “Getting Gert
ies Garter,” “The Man Who Came
to Dinner’ and Tennessee William’s
new play, “A Streetcar Named De-
•■sire.”
Although not definitely sched
uled plans are in the making for
a joint effort by the Elon Players
and the Elon music department,
“So far, Prof. Westmoreland has
cooperated beautifully,” said Mrs.
Smith. “I hope that we can give
£lon a spicy musical review next
season. We are considering “Star
and Garter.”
Soft Living
For Students
After Easter
In an announcement from the
Elon College Business Office made
this week, is was revealed that
students will find their rooms com
pletely re-furnished when they re
turn from the Spring Holidays
On the list of new furniture are:
new beds, with Beauty-Rest Mat
tresses; matching divans and over
stuffed chairs, leather upholstery;
maple krieehole desks and chairs;
oriental rugs; and Venetian blinds
and drapes.
In addition to the new furni
ture, dormitory students will now
be provided with maid service. All
male students who are paid up on
their accounts are asked to submit
specifications for maids. "Women
students who are not in arrears
with the Business Office may sub
mit specifications Tor porter ser
vice.
J
Left to Right, DEAN WATSON, D. Mph.; PRES. HENRY DeSIMONE, D, B B.
Chapel Programs To Be Abolished;
Students Rebelling Over New Move
Bespectacled Faculty Judges
Name Sugah Moore Miss Elon
The winner of the recent “Miss Elon of 1949” beauty and talent
contest held at Elon College, to choose an entry for the “Miss
America” contest in Atlantic C,ity, was Sugah Moore, Magnolia, Va.,
Junior.
Miss Moore was unanamously de-
^ I winner over the entire
female student Dody. The contest- j
' ants were judged for poise as well
' as beauty.
j The judges for the contest were
Dr. Brown, Dr. Sloan, Prof. Barney
and Dr. Howell. At the request of
the judges, the contestants par
aded in bathrobes,
i Miss Moore was awarded a beau
tiful zinc loving cup, and Salvidor
Dali has been commisioned to do
a bronze bust of her to be placed
in the niche of the O‘Kelly monu
ment.
I When questioned "Sbout her
chances in the Atlantic City con
test, Sugah remarked, “It’ll be a
breeze.” She added, “Those girls
I'll be competing against in Atlan-
I tic City haven’t got anything that I
i haven’t got more of”
'r
By ABU HASAN
According to a statement issued
today by Dean J.. I. Watson, chapel
and chapel programs are being
abolished within the next week.
Having noticed the looks of ec
stasy on the faces of chapel-goers
each morning. Dean Watson said
that he believes chapel programs
to be demoralizing and an inter
ference to students scholastic ef
forts.
As a sop to the injured feelings
of the student body, the free period
will be lengthened to a full hour
by deducting ten minutes from the
time of each class.
Veteran chapel-attender Ted
Parker, when approached for his
view of the situation, said that if
such a move were made, he would
ask for a transfer immediately.
NOTICE
Knowing that this issue of Ma
roon and Gold was to appear April
1, some students have exerted con
siderable pressure upon the editors
to turn out an April Fool issue.
As much as we try to respect the
wishes of the student body, we did
not think our devoting an entire
issue of our paper to nonsense
would be such evidence of mature
judgement and serious thought as
is characteristic of our institution.
Over Elon
Smith, Bowden Resign
In Favor Of Progressives
A dramatic announcement ma
week revealed a startling shake-up
Elon College as it was made know
has succeeded Dr. L. E. Smith, and
ceeded Dr. D. J. Bowden as colie
Protest meetings have been held
under the leadership of Edwin
Nash, another man with a perfect
record of attendance. When asked
for a statement, Mr. Nash struck a
dignified pose and orated:
“You realize, of course, that the
proposed abolition of chapel is
nothing more than an underhanded
trick to undermine student resis
tance to subversive propaganda. I
shall do everything in my power
to perpetuate the cherished institu
tion of chapel. Let it be known
that I am not without influence in
this area.”
On the other side of the conflict,
the Dean vows that he will remain
adamant in his decision.
Dean Of Gals
Sets Campus
For Spring..!
In the future, campus dating will
be a more pleasant experience, ac
cording to an announcement from
Miss Christina Hardy, Dean of
Women.
“The advent of Spring calls for
improved conditions for campus
dating,” stated Dean Hardy. “We
have ordered a dozen rustic-type
benches with weather-resistant up
holstery to be placed behind trees
and shrubbery on the campus.”
In line with this new policy, the
so-called chastity lights in front of
West Dormitory will be replaced
with some of a softer hue. A ma
genta shade is being considered.
An amplifying system will be
installed on the campus, with out
lets placed by the new Benches.
It will be used to convey soft, ro
mantic music played by the Elon
College Band.
de by the Board of Trustees this
in top administration posts of
n that Henry DeSimone, D. BB.,
J. I. Watson, D. Mph., has suc-
ge president and dean, respectively.
In making these appointments,
the Board of Trustees reportedly
complied with Dr. Smith’s request
to be replaced as head of this in
stitution. He ha's taken an assign
ment in Arizona, where he says the
climate is better for knitting bones.
Dr. Bowden has resigned his
post in order to take over a vice
presidency in the Sure-Sprout Hair
Tonic Corporation of Dandruff,
Ohairo. He will head their research
department.
Appointees Qualified
The appointees are credited with
remarkable qualifications for their
new duties. President DeSimone is
widely known as a man of letters.
As a student at Elon College he
was an outstanding scholar, report
edly the only alumnus known to
have taken English 12 three times.
His degree. Doctor of Bebop, came
from the Dizzy Gillespie Corres
pondence School.
Dr. Watson was chosen to fill the
position of Dean of the College on
the strength of Lis familiarity with
the problem of excessive class cuts.
During his senior year as an un
dergraduate here. Dr. Watson is
reported to have had one lone cut
(Continued On Page Four)
SUGAH MOORE
Plyhon Makes Big Haul
InHawaiVs Surplus Sale
Paul C. Plybon, Field Secretary,
has recently returned from a War
Surplus sale held at Hickam Air
Base, Hawaii, where he repre
sented Elon College as purchasing
agent.
An experienced and wary buyer,
Plybon purchased items for prac
tically every department of the col
lege. A ship has been chartered to
toring the items to San Francisco,
'.where they will be transferred to
a spccial train which will bring the
shipment directly to Elon College.
Plybon’s most important _t>ur-
chase was 500 lbs. of gas masks
liose.
‘It was so cheap I couldn’t re
sist it,” he said. “I’m certain that
we can find some use for it.”
Other items purchased include
4000 airplane wheels, 500 “Out of
Bounds” signs, 800 cases of K
rations, four field kitchens, 700!
used mess kits (with canteen- cups),
300 pup tents and an officer’s club.
As Plybon left the sale, a car
load of frozen apricots was put
on the block. Our Field Secretary
outbid the other buyers for this
delicacy. Knowing that there was
an acute need here for the next
item up for sale, Plybon pur
chased 600 packages of new T. S.
slips.
Happy to be back at his desk
again, Plybon was already making
plans to attend another War Sur
plus sale scheduled for Aug. 29 in
the Aleutians.
\
Marriage Professor Is Jailed
Oil Charges Of Wife Beating
Mrs. D. J. Bowden is confined to St. Leo’s Hospital in Greensboro
as a result of a severe beating from Dr. D. J. Bowden, professor of a
course in Marriage and the Family here, Dr. Bowden, now in jail, has
confessed.
Mrs. Bowden was injured by her |
husband during ah argument at
the Saratoga in Greensboro last
night. The argument lasted
throughout the evening. Dr. Bow
den said, and was culminated upon
their arrival at home, when Dean
Bowden threw a book entitled
"Marriage and the Family” at his
wife.
Asked about the reason for the
assault of his wife. Dean Bowden
said, “I only asked my wife what
I had done with the bag I had
brought with me. She became in
furiated and slapped my face. It
was only natural that I should de
fend myself.’
Mrs, Bowden will remain at the
hospital for several months while
convalescing.
Dr. Bowden is held under a
$1,000,000 bond.
James Darden Returns
With Many Donations
D. J. BOWDEN
The long-awaited replacement
for the ancient North Dormitory
I will soon be in place on the campus
' of Elon College, according to a
bulletin released by the college ad
ministration.
' The new North Dorm was con
structed by the Sagging Sill Pre
fabrication Company of McAdoo
Heights. No expense was spared to
make this building last word in ap
pearance and comfort.
As the accompanying picture
shows, the structure has complete
air conditioning, an aerial for tele
vision, a Spacious patio and a recre
ation room in the basement. With
landscaping, the building cost the
college $100,000.
The dormitory was built las'.
Tuesday afternoon between 2:lf
and 4:30, and will be transported
to Elon by the Wiffletfee Truckinj^
Corporation under the direction o)
Coy Eaves.
James F. Darden, Alumni Secre
tary, returned to Elon College to
day from a tour which covered
major cities from Maine to Florida
for the purpose of soliciting funds
to be used to save Elon from desti
tution.
Darden reports that the heaviest
contribution came from a deacon
of the Congregational Church in
Minnitonka, Maine, whose grand
father fought with the Confeder
acy.
“Deacon Snodgrass was prompted
by sentimental memories of his
grandfather,” said Darden. The do
nation was fifteen cents. “ ’Twas
not the gift that counted but the
thought behind it,” says Darden.
The second largest contribution
was made by Oscar Smith of Nor
folk, Virginia who presented Dar
den with a certified check for ten
cents.
This was the extent of the cash
donations, according to Darden. All
other doners gave apricots and
blackeyed peas in response to
Darden’s solicitations.
According to the business office,
Darden’s expenses lor this trip are
as follows:
Transportation fares $250.00
Meals $300.00
Rooms 150.00
Recreation fees (poolroom) 35.39
Entertaining prospects 500.00
Laundry 15
Total 1235.54