Old North Gym
Saw Victory
In Its Final Game
MAROON AND GOLD
May The New Gym
See The Same
In Its First Game
VOLUME 29
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11. 1950
Number 7
New Gymnasium To Be Opened Saturday Night
Catawha Is First Foe
In New Sports Plant
Burlington Mills Gives
$20,000 For Gym Fund
The Elon Gymnasium Fund re
ceived a tremendous boost last
week when the Burlington Foun
dation, a charitable trust of the
Burlington Mills Corporation, do
nated $20,000 toward the com-
pietion of the college’s magnifi-
oent new athletic and physical ed
ucation plant, which will be used
for the first time on Saturday
night of this week.
The large donation
‘Bid Nighf
Is Set For
February 11
The next “Bid Night” has been
!set for Saturday, February 11th,
from the a^d, the four fraternities and so-
Burlington. Mills pushed the total rorities on the Elon College
amount raised in the Gym Fund campus are already looking over
Campaign, which was inaugurated prospective pledges for the sec-
Kovember 1st, past the $50,000 ond quaver rushing season, al-
mark. President Leon E. Smith though regular rushing will not
and Alumni Secretary James F. get underway for some weeks.
Darden revealed this week that xhe bidding this quarter will
ti#; receipts since the drive start- follow the regular form, with
€d now total $50,561, of which each of the social groups sending
$36,500 are in cash. written invitations to prospective
The Burlington Mills gift was members, and acceptance of an
presented formally on Wednesday invitation for that final night of
afternoon, January 4th, when the rushing season constitutes an
Grover Furr, of Greensboro, a intention to become a member of
hosiery division manager of the the group.
Burlington Mill's, handed the Academic requirements for
check for $20,000 to President niembership in any of the clubs
Sknith. The pi’esentation took jg completion of one term of
place in the offices of the May- work and a “C” average. The
MfSwen-Kaiser division of the dean’s office will have ready soon
company. a list of students eligible for rush-
Mr. Furr said that the Burling
ton Foundation recognized the
need for assistance to the college
on its gymnasium project and
also what the new structure will
mean to Alamance County and its
young people.
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VALUABLE PAPER CHANGES HANDS
ing.
The four fraternities are Alpha
Pi Delta, Iota Tau Kappa, Kappa
Psi Nu and Sigma Phi Beta, while
the four sororities include Beta
Omicron Beta, Delta Upsilon Kap
pa, Tau Zeta Phi and Pi Kappa
Tau.
Adult Education Plans
Announced By Faculty
PHI-PSI-CLI TO GO
TO PRINTERS SOON
According to a statement
from Editor-In-Cliief Ira Cu-
trell, the 1950 Phi-Psi-Cli is in
the final stages of production,
and barring any unforeseen
complications the annual will be
ready for delivery to the stu
dents before the final examina
tion period for the spring quar
ter.
Most of the material for the
annual is'~already prepared, and
some of it has already gone to
Edwards and Broughton, the
printers who will produce it in
their Raleigh plant. The dead
line for the remainder of the
copy is January 15th, and the
staff is working hard to have
all the material ready by that
time.
Student Church
Meet Postponed
Grover Furr (left), an officia; ol the Burlington Mills Corporation, is shown above givmg Eton’s
president. Dr. L. E. Smith (right), a check for $20,000 as a donation to the Elon College Fund. John
A. Boland, Jr. (center), another Burlington Mills official, looks on as the valuable paper changes
hands.
Elon Students Choose May Court
Royalty In Balloting January 3rd
HERE'S THE QUEEN
Elon College will continue its
program of adult education calss-
es during the remainder of the
winter quarter and the spring
quarter, according to an an
nouncement made this week by
Dr. W. W. Sloan, chairman of the
faculty committee on extension
work.
The college completed its first
series of night classes for adults
: on December 15th, and a new se
ries is planned to get underway
! on Tuesday, February 7th, to con-
' tinue for twelve weeks until the
first week in May. An especial
invitation is extended to the.
wives of veterans to enroll for
the extension courses.
The courses are open to all
adults, regardles of previous ed
ucational preparation, and no ex
aminations are required unless
those enrolled desire credit tow
ard a college degree or renewal
of a teacher’s certificate.
All classes will be held in Ala
mance Buiding here, with four
courses planned on Tuesday
nights and four others to be of
fered on Thursday nights. Each
A weekend conference of Con- class period will be three hours in
gregational Christian and Evan- length, beginning promptly at 7
gelical and Reformed students in o’clock each night. Registration
the various colleges of North niay be completed and fees paid
Carolina, originally scheduled to ^t the first class,
be held on the Elon campus dur- The four courses to be offered
ing the past weekend, was post- Tuesday nights include a crit-
poned and will be held at a later study of selected Shakespear-
date this spring. comedies and tragedies, by
i
NINA WILSON
Stork And Cupid
Help Santa Claus
It will be Queen Nina and
King Jim in the annual Elon Col
lege May Day festival, which is
.^caeuuieu for Saturday, May 6tn,
since the students in the annual
election held on Tuesuay, Janu
ary oxU, cncse xsina Wilson, of
Burlington, and Jim Elkins, of
Siler CiLy, lo rule over tne event.
Tue chieJ; attendants for me
King and Queen for the day s
lestivities will be Dorothy Par
ker, of Elon College, eiecieu as
the Maid of Honor^ and George
Stanley, of Greensboro. Bota
King and Queen anu their
attendants are members of the
senior class and long active in
campus affairs.
me stuoeiiis also balloted for
tvv'o senior girls and two junior
girls, along with an equal num
ber of senior and junior boys as
escorts. These four couples will
serve as court attendants for the
occasion.
The senior girls chosen are
Beth Raine, of Harrisonburg,
Va,, and Shirley Joyner, of Frank
lin, Va. Their escorts for the day
will be Warren Johnson, of Jer
sey City, N. J., and Gene Hardy,
of Reidsville.
AND ALSO THE KING
Action will get underway in the
beautiful new Elon Alumni Me
morial Gymnasium on Saturday
night, when the Fighting Christi
ans face their old rivals from Ca
tawba in a double-header, which
features both junior varsity ana
varsity clashes.
These games mark the first use
of the new gymnasium, but there
ars still some finishing touches
to be added, and the formal open
ing will be staged later In the
season when both interior and
exterior work is complete and all
equipment installed.
The new gymnasium, v.'ith ex
terior dimensions of 186 feet b;
136 feet, offers a clear floor
space of 148 feet by 98 fet
wr.'icn provides almost 15,0uu
square feet for physical educa
tion usage. This provides for a
central court 94 feet by 50 feet in
size, with three - smaller crosi
courts and six volley ball courts
for use in physical education.
The balcony, which encloses
the floor on all sides, will seat
2,000 spectators, and collapsible
^ bleachers will provide accommo-
With this announcement, the,
dations for 2,600 additiona fans.
graduating group was given the ei!trances and exits make ii
alternative of having a party on j possible to empty the gymnasium
campus, probably in the Student of a capacity crowd within five
Union. This suggestion was met i case of emergency, al-
with much opposition and rebuff.
The vote eliminating all plans for
the party followed after a short
Senior Class
Calls Off
Annual Party
The senior class, at a call meet
ing held in Whitley Auditorium
last week, voted unanimously to
cancel plans for its annual class
party for this spring.
Previously, the seniors had
made plans to have a party in one
of the nearby supper clubs to cel
ebrate their final year in college.
Arrangements were underway to
collect necessary finances from
the class members and to extend
invitations to facujty miembers.
However, Richard Painter, presi
dent of the senior class, reported
at the meeting that the adminis
tration would not permit any of-
campus affairs that would involve
dancing.
discussion.
though complete fireproof con
struction makes such a hurried
exit entirely improbable.
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Christian Conference
Mere Late This Month
JIM ELKINS
The postponement was reveal
ed by Baxter Twiddy, Elon senior,
Tivbo is chairman In charge of the
Tplans for the gathering. The orig
inal plans for the meetings last
J^riday and Saturday were changed
'ue to a conllict with class sched-
les at a number of North Caro-
^na institutions.
Dr. James Howell; a quick survey
of the New Testament, by Dr. W.
W. Sloan; a study of The Family, ,
by Dr. W. S. York-Critcheley; and
the Fundamentals of Guidance, by
Prof. J. C. Colley.
The Thursday night courses in-
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This year Santa Claus was a
member of a three-man team that
brought Christmas joy to many
of the Elon students, past and
present. Santa or the stork de
posited “little bundles of joy” at
four students’ homes. The lucky
fathers who bought the customary
box of cigars were Archie Brig-
man. Bill Perkinson, Joe Spivey,
and Bill Harris.
Cupid has also played his part
during the past few weeks. Max
ine Abercrombie, Patsy Neal,
Harvaline Lindsey, and Betsy
Melson have all received, and are
proudly displaying, diamonds.
Betsy’s ring can be credited to
Santa Claus, because she is re
ported to have received it during
the Christmas holidays, the others
announced their engagements be
fore Christmas.
Christmas day Miss Jean Abell
and Max Garrett, both former
students of Elon, walked down
the aisle together and were join
ed in Holy matrimony.
Mrs. Sloan Talks
At IRC Meeting
The International Relations
The two junior girls chosen are Club held its first meeting of the
Laverne Russell, of Graham, and New Year at 7 o clock Monday
Maxine Abercrombie, of Burling
ton, and they will be escorted in
ihe Court by Billy Hopkins, of
I Hampton, Va., and Pete Marsh-
ourn, of Greensboro.
The annual May Court pro
gram is staged each spring as a
project of the girls’ physical ed
ucation department, working with
the cooperation of the college
music department. The program
this year will be worked out un
der the direction of Miss Ruby
Adams, director of women’s phys
ical education work.
No definite plans have been
announced so far for this year’;
program, but Miss Adams statec
this week that the pageant will
likely be woven around the theme
of the United Nations, with choral
speakers and with dances and
songs to fit the theme.
It is also probable that the pag
eant will be staged on the South
Campus before the south ent
rance to Alamance Hall, sinci
that has been the location of the
festival during recent years.
night in the club room on the
third floor of the Library Build- j directing the plans for the tour
ing, with Mrs. W. W. Sloan, of day conference include Dr. Leon
the .Elon College faculty, as the
Plans are virtually complete for
a Christian Workers’ Conference,
to be held here at Elon College
for four days beginning on Sun
day, January 29th, and lasting
through Wednesday, February 1.
The conference, which draws del
egates from Christian churches
throughout the area, will be un
der the sponsorship of the col
lege.
The Conference, which was es
tablished at Elon by Mrs. E. E.
Holland, of Suffolk, Va., as a me
morial to her husband, the late
Col. E. E. Holland, will have
“Betttlr Churchman^^hip” as its
theme, vi'ith emphasis on lay-
'men’s work, the ministry, stew-
arship and evangelism.
Local church leaders who are
featured speaker.
Mrs. Sloan told the club mem
bers of her trip to Europe during
the past summer, stressing in par-
L'uiar the conditions and cus
toms obserevd while she was in
^pain. Her visit to that country
included a summer course at the
University of Madrid.
Plans are incomplete for the
lext regular meeting of the IRC,
which will be held at the regular
• next Monday night, January
16th, but club officials indicated
that a business session will be
held.
Panvio Society
In Short Meeting
The Panvio Literary Society, ii
a brief meeting on W^ednesday
night, January 4, made plans foi
a membership drive in the imme
diate futuer. The publicity com
mittee also plans to issue a pro
gram booklet for all members.
E. Smith, Elon College president;
Dr. John G. Truitt, president of
the Southern Convention; Rev.
William T. Scott, superintendent
of the Southern Convention; and
George D. Colclough, chairman
of the Laymen’s Fellowship.
Several outstanding authori
ties on Christian work are sched
uled to be present and partici
pate on the program, among them
being Dr. Martin L. Goslin, of the
First Congregational Church, Ev
anston, 111., who formerly was
Professor of Biblical Literature
and Public Worship at Boston
University School of Theology;
Rev. Roy C. Helfenstein, of the
First Congregational Chritian
Church, Richmond, Va.; Ira D.
Black, of New York City, Associ
ate Director of the City Work De
partment of -the Board of Home
Missions of the Congregational
Christian Churches; Walter A.
Graham, executive director of the
National Laymen’s Fellowship of
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CHABALKO RETURNS
TO NORFOLK HOME
Chips Chabalko, former Elon
student, who was struck by a
paralyzing virus early last sum
mer, has left the hospital and
returned to his home in Norfolk,
Va., and reports reaching the
campus are that high hopes are
now felt for his recovery.
Chabalko, who has been in
DePaul Memorial Hospital for
several months, suffered a se
vere case of pneumonia in De
cember and the pneumonia ap
parently drove the virus from
his system. Hospital authoj’i-
ties hope that he will be able to
take physio-therapy treatment
by late spring. Students inter
ested may write to him as
Robert Ward, North Shore
Road, Norfolk, 8, Va.
SC A Group Holds
Regular Meeting
At a recent meeting of the
S(iA cabinet, plans were made to
begin the new year with a mem
bership drive, which includes a
square dance as a feature of the
campaign. Further announce
ments will be posted on the bul
letin board within a few days.
LIBRARY NOTES
Mrs. Oma U. Johnson, Elon li
brarian, called attention this week
to the fact that new books are no
longer found on the open shelf in
the library. She stated that the
practice had been discontinued
due to the fact that five of the
new books disappeared during the
fall term when students removed
them without checking them at
the desk.