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VOLUME 30
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1950
NUMBER 3
Eton Has Her Most Successful Home Coming
CORONATION OF QUEEN FEATURES HOME COMING BALL
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Colorful Social And Sports Events
Are Staged For Returning Alumni
The coronation of Queen Christine Toumaras to rule over tlie 1950 Home Coming festivities at Elon
was a big feature of the annual Home Coming Ball in the Elon Memorial Gymnasium last Friday
'e^'ening. Robert Wright, president of the Elon student body, is pictured above as he placed the
golden crown upon the head of the queen, who is seated upon the throne. Others in the picture,
left to right, are Deward Hooker with Martha Ellen Johnson, Maid of Honor of the queen,
who escorted the new ruler to her throne.
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and Harry Farmer,
Large Crowd Fills Gym
For Tex Beneke Dance
The largest crowd ever to at
tend a dance in Alamance County
turned out Tuesday night, Octo
ber 17, when Tex Beneke and his
Glenn Miller band appeared at
the Elon College gymnasium. The
tlance was sponsored by the Bur
lington Junior Chamber of Com-
T.ierce.
An estimated 750 people at-
ttnded the one-hour concert,
which was given from 8 o’clock
un.il 9 o’clock, and about 1200
were present for the dance.
Playing from a decorated plat
form, the Beneke group rendered
music in the familiar, mellow,
i\Iiller manner, which, after years
of being heard, still affects audi
ences as it did in the past. Sev
eral of Miller’s more distinctive
numbers were played, and in spite
of the bad acoustics in the gym,
the clever arrangements and ex
cellent playing did not fail to
draw great applause.
Bill Leloudis, chairman of the
project for the sponsoring Jay-
cees, said that although the club
made no money on the dance, “we
feel that through the cooperation
of Elon College we have been
able to give residents of Alamance
County an opportunity to see and
hear one of the nation's outstand
ing musical organizations.”
Elon Choir
Is Planning
Radio Work
On the Elon campus everyone
concerned was extremely pleased
v/ith the affair and the manner in
which it was conducted. In the
light of the fact that the dance
was by far the best affair of its
nature that had ever been held
at Elon, a pleased administration
announced that, in an attempt to
make up the regrettable loss suf
fered by the Jaycee dance, the
college will make a suitable ad
justment to the price of the''gym.
Officials of the Jaycees stated
that this cooperation on the part
wf the college marks a definite
toward improving relations
. etween Elon College and vari
ous civic organizations in Bur-
f.^gton, and that possibilities of
more such events in the future
are strongly increased.
The series of weekly radio ap
pearances of the Elon College
Choir will be resumed in the near
future, according to plans made
public last week, and work has al
ready been started to make possi
ble the broadcasts by transcrip
tion over a number of stations.
The Elon musical programs,
which will once more be offered
on Sunday afternoons, will be car
ried this year over Station WENS
in Burlington, rather than over
Burlington’s WBBB, which has
carried the broadcasts in previous
years.
The choir started experiment
ing ten days ago with a recording
set-up, which will enable the
group to record several programs
at one sitting, with the series to
be spread out over several week
ends. This will relieve the choir
members from the necessity of
being on campus each and every
Sunday afternoon.
Transcription of the programs
in advance will also make it pos
sible for the Choir to be heard
over additional stations, and plans
virtually complete for the
singers to be carried over sta
tions in the home towns of indi
vidual members. The station in
Mason City, Iowa, home of John
Vance, will carry the programs,
and other stations have expressed
an interest.
The Choir in reecnt years has
gained a large radio following, and
many people will look forward to
the beginning of the 1950-51
broadcasts, which will feature the
full choir of approximately sixty
Band Adds
ISeiv Ideas
And Stunts
The rejuvenation of the Elon
College Band continues f.o move
ahead at a fast pace, as evidenced
by the appearance of the band at
the Home Coming battle with Ca
tawba last Saturday night, when
it appeared as a marching unit
and w-ith a fine display of show
manship.
The membership of the band
continues to increase, and the add
ed showmanship was made possi
ble by the addition for first time
in some years of a corps of drum
majors and majorettes, along with
acrobatic performers to give col
or to the half-time performance.
Prof. John Westmoreland and
his student band assistant, James
Heffinger, brought forth a num
ber of fine ideas for entertain
ment, including a sparkler stunt
in a darkened stadium.
Marching with the band as drum
majors and majorettes were Jack
Castle, of Schoolfield, Va.; Lynn
Cashion, of Sanford; Jane Up
church, of Durham; Faye Caddell,
of Elon College; Phyllis Tucker,
of Kannapolis; and Edna Burke
of Pittsboro. Lefty Taylor, of
Thomasville, Ga., and Carl Coley,
of Burlington, furnished an added
acrobatic feature.
Opera Class
Is Underway
On Campus
The new opera workshop, which
brought grand opera to the Elon
campus on a permanent basis two
weeks ago, will hold its second
meeting of the year at 1:30 o’clock
today, according to Prof. John
Westmoreland, of the music fac
ulty, who stated that students may
still enroll for the extra musical
work.
Prof. Westmoreland, in discuss
ing the opening meeting on Wed
nesday, October 11th, stated that
there were about a dozen students
who attended the first session,
along with a number of outside
musical enthusiasts.
Already plans are underway
for the casting of portions of sev
eral operas, w'hich will be used
as experimental productions by
the workshop students. These will
give the students much needed
experience and the opportunity to
acquire poise before an audience.
They will also be- given training
in operatic costuming and scenic
design and construction.
Coronation
Of Queen
On Friday
Soft lights, music, dancing and
the coronation of a beautiful
queen blended to lend enchant
ment to the 1950 Home Coming
Ball, which was staged on the
spacious floor of Elon’s Alumni
Memorial Gymnasium last Friday
evening.
Students, alumni and 'faculty
formed the audience as Queen
Christine Toumaras, escorted by
the knights and ladies of her
court, moved into the gymnasium
in a stately procession for the
coronation ceremonies, which
v/ere to grant to her the regal
power over succeeding events of
a gala w'eekend.
The coronation program came
at an early intermission of the
dance with Worth W^omble, who
directed Home Coming arrange
ments as chairman of the Enter
tainment Committee , at the
mike as master of ceremonie'
The sponsors for various fra
ternities and campus groups en
tered with their escorts and were
grouped about the royal throne
to await the entrance of the
queen. The sponsors wore gold-
lettered ribbons for their spon
soring groups and carried bou
quets of gold chrysanthemums
which were tied with maroon
ribbon.
The sponsors, in order of ap
pearance, with name of their or
ganization and escort, included
Reita Durham, for Delta Upsilon
Kappa, with Larry Gaither; Peggy
Johnson, for Sigma Phi Beta, with
Dave Mondy; Flora Gilbert, for
Oak Lodge, with Elmer Thomas;
Phyllis Tucker, for Vets’ Court,
with Archie Morgan; Lucille
Cameron, for Club House, with
George Etheridge; Dolores Evans,
for Kappa Psi Nu, with Billy
Matze;
Emma Jean Clayton, for Sigma
Alpha Chi, with Ned Jones; Mar
tha Rose, for South Dorm, with
Henry Borneman; Charlotte Roth-
geb, for West Dorm, with Ronald
Fogleman; Rachel Matthews, for
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HALLOWEEN PARTY
DATE POSTPONED
The Halloween Party, which
had been planned and announc
ed to be held in Alumni Memor
ial Gymnasium on Friday night
of this week, has been post-
'poned due to conflicting ar
rangements for the use of the
gymnasium. This was announc
ed by Emma Jean Clayton,
chairman of the SCA committee
which planned the festivities.
She stated that the SCA will
sponsor another autumn activity
early in November, with plans
and date to be revealed later.
There is a possibility that the
SCA may substitute a “Sadie
Hawkins Day” program to take
the place of the projected Hal
loween party.
Day Students
Name Leaders
The Day Students’ Organiza
tion, which automatically includes
all day students now registered
at Elon College, held its first
meeting of the 1950-1951 session
on Thursday morning, October
19th, w'hen officers were elected
and plans laid to make the group
more influential on the campus
than it has ever been in the past.
Named president at this initial
meeting of the year was Bill Sea-
well, of Snow Camp. Other offi
cers chosen at the same time were
Jimmy Cates, of Burlington, vice-
president; Joan Summers, of Gib-
sonville, secretary; and Walter C.
Feltman, of Hillsboro, treasurer.
A goodly representation of the
day students was in attendance at
the gathering, but leaders of the
group pointed out every commut
ing student in the college should
and must attend if the organiza
tion is to attain and hold its prop
er place in campus life.
The first activity planned for
the day students will be the an
nual election of Day Student rep
resentatives to the Student Leg
islature, which will be held at a
meeting in Whitley Auditorium
tomorrow (Thursday, October 26),
at 10 o’clock.
STUDENT CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
IS SHOWING NEW VIGOR AND VIM
The student Christian Associa-i permanent officers could be
voices.
Education Majors
At Teachers Meet
Several members of the Educa
tion Club attended the recent
Northwest District meeting of the
North Carolina Education Asso
ciation, which was held in Greens
boro on October 12th, the future
teachers thus getting a glimpse
of what their future work and life
may be like.
Attending the meeting, along
with the club members was Prof.
J. C. Collet, club sponsor. Prof.
Earl Danielley, on leave of ab
sence this year and attending
the University of North Carolina,
was one of the speakers before
the mathematics section of the
teachers’ meeting.
tion, operating this year under the
sponsorship and guidance of Rev.
Howard P. Bozarth, minister of
the Elon College Community
Church, has been transformed for
the 1950-51 session into one of
the liveliest and most active
groups on the campus.
The past four weeks have seen
the SCA in a process of organiza
tion, which began with the “re
treat” meeting at Quaker Lake
Camp on September 22nd and
23rd. This “retreat” followed a
meeting of outstanding student
leaders with Charles W. Whit-*
worth, secretary for the South
ern Area Regional Council of the
national Student Christian Asso
ciation, whichi is a functional part
of the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.
At that time tentative plans for
the year were drawn, and those
attending the “retreat” served as
a temporary cabinet, with Eu
gene Johnson as chairman until
named. That temporary cabinet
laid the foundation for the year’s
program, and set a final organiz
ational meeting on Sunday, Oc
tober 8th.
Following that gathering an
election was held, which rerSulted
in the choice of Joe T. Stephens,
of Roanoke, Va., president; Bill
Hopkins, of Hampton, Va., vice-
preaidjmt; Charles Johnson, of
Suffolk, Va., treasurer; and Betty
Long, of Elon College, secretary.
* The SCA is set up this year
with three departments, called
Commissions, to channel the work
of the organization on the Elon
campus. William “Moon” Tolley
heads the Commission on Christi
an Faith and Heritage, Emma
Jean Clayton leads the Commis
sion on Campus Affairs and Per
sonal Relations, and Henry Hoppe
heads the Commission on Social
Relations.
The program for the months
ahead has been outlined, with the
religious activities group being
responsible mainly for the Sunday
evening meetings, to be known
a? the Elon Student Fellowship.
As soon as practicable these
meetings will be held in the Stu
dent Union, but they have been
held so far in Society Hall at
7:15 each Sunday evening. The
final Sunday of each month will
be entirely social, with a supper
at 5:30 o’clock.
These meetings feature a stu
dent-lead devotional and song
service, followed by a business
session and a speaker or movie.
Dean D. J. Bowden was the first
speaker on Sunday, October 15th,
taking as his subject, “The Elon
College I Dream About.” Alumni
Secretary James F. Darden spoke
on the same subject last Sunday
evening. A special committee
from the three Commissions will
plan the programs, with occasion-
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Decorations
And Parade
Are Features
Not even the contrary whims of
the Weather Man could spoil the
success of Elon's great 1950 Home
Coming, a two-day program
staged on Friday and Saturday
of last week, which marked a new
high in student planning and
campus entertainment.
The program, which got under
way with a lively pep meeting
held at 6:30 o'clock on Friday
evening, was rendered the more
successful by the many alumni
who returned to the scenes of
their college days to renew old
acquaintances and to mingle with
the present-day students.
The pep meeting on Friday
night, under the leadership of
Chief Cheerleader Patsy Milam
and her assistants, was followed
by the Home Coming dance. Sev
eral hundred danced in the Alum
ni Memorial Gymnasium to the
tunes of Jimmy Perkins and his
Orchestra and watched the coro
nation of Christine Toumaras as
Home Coming Queen.
A gaily decorated campus was
the scene of a full program on
Saturday, which got underway on
Saturday afternoon with a square
dance sponsored by the Women’s
Athletic Association, and a gigan
tic parade through the streets of
Burlington
There was an “Open House” in
the home of President Leon E.
Smith from 4:30 until 6 o’clock
Saturday afternoon for the alum
ni, parents of students and spec
ial guests, and the college itself
was host to the returning alumni
and other guests at Saturday
night supper in the dining hall.
Special guests at this Saturday
night supper included returning
members of three of Elon’s great
football teams of past years. They
were the team of 1909, first and
only team to carry Elon’s colors
to the football wars before World
War I; the fine team of 1922,
which w'on high honors for the
college; and the North State
Champions of 1941, the last Elon
team before the sport was discon
tinued during the World War II
The real climax of the two-day
program was the sixteenth annual
renewal of the classic Elon-Ca-
tawba football rivalry, which was
staged on the wet turf of Bur
lington Memorial Stadium on Sat
urday night. The game was
marked by elaborate half-time
ceremonies, which included the
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French Club Picks
Leaders For Year
The French Club held its first
meeting of the year last week at
the home of Mrs. Pearl S. Mc
Donald, the club’s sponsor, for
the purpose of electing officers,
reading the French Club constitu
tion and laying plans for the
year’s activities.
Officers elected were: President
Sam Webster, of Burlington: vice-
president Rita Durham, of Bur
lington; secretary, Martha Ellen
Johnson, of Graham; and reporter,
Charles Joyner, of Zuni, Va. A
special feature of the meeting was
a series of songs rendered in
French by Geneva Cooper, and
refreshments of coffee and
doughnuts were served.