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VOLUME 30
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
WEDNESDAT. NOVEMBER 8, 1950
Debate Club
Makes Plans
For Season
The Debate Club, composed of
the Elon College varsity debaters,
has mapped plans for the biggest
year in the recent history of the
college, with dual debates with
a number of institutions and par
ticipation in two or more forensic
tournaments.
The schedule and plans for the
year were discussed at a meeting
held in the office of Prof. J. W.
Barney on Tuesday afternoon- of
last week at which time it was
revealed that four debaters will
go to Charlotte late in this month
to participate in the Dixie Tour
nament. This tourney conflicts in
date with the North Carolina
Collegiate Legislature meeting
and will prevent the debaters at
tending the legislative sessions in
a body.
Tiie first dual debate of the
^-ear will be with Davidson here
at Hlon on Friday, November 17,
-when the rival teams will debate
the national debate query, “Re
solved, That Ncn-Communist Na-
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NUMBER 4
Gals Look Fonvard To November 17th
Elan To Have‘Sadie Hawkins Day^
Fourteen Elon Leaders
Elected To Who^s Who
Fourteen outstanding students
of E-on College have just been
chosen for a place in the new
1951 edition of “Who’s Who In
American Colleges.” The list,
which includes four more names
tnan was allotted to Elon last
year, was released this weelc from
the national headquarters of the
collegiate “Who's Who” in Tusca
loosa, Ala.
One of the fourteen students
lioncred is a repeater, having
been listed in “Who’s Who” last
3 ear. The repeater is Arthur
J>'owler, others listed in alphabet
ical order being Sara Foster Dod
son, Joe Erickson, Billy Hopkins,
Bill Kivett, Pete Marshburn, Billy
Mittfciitadt, Nash Parker, Jeanne
Pittman, Laverne Russell, Fred
Sahlman, William Tolley, Worth
Wonible and Bob Wright.
Each of the fourteen students
has played a leading part in many
and various phases of student life
cn the Elon campus. Complete
indiviaual sketches will be pub
lished with photographs in a later
issue of the Maroon and Gold.
Sara Dodson has been a leader
iii religious activities and was a
mem’oer of the Honor Council last
year; Erickson, is one of the co
captains of football; Fowler is
president of the senior class and
a former student body president;
Hopkins has been active in intra
murals and class organizations;
Kivett is treasurer of the student
body; Marshburn is co-captain of;
football and a leader in athletic
organizations; and Middelstadt is
a "varsity debater and outstand
ing student.
Parker has been outstanding in
fifcfjmatics; Jeanne Pittman has
'been a leader in girls’ athletics
and is a varsity cheerleader; La
verne Russell is a member of the
Honor Council; Sahlman has been
outstanding in music; Tolley is
editor-in-chief of Phi Psi Cli, the
college annual; Womble is an in-
S^amural leader and chairman of
trhs Student Entertainment Com-
i.:ittee; and Bob Wright, a former
e-Iitor of Maroon and Gold, is
p.'esident of the student body this
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Day Student
Legislators
Are Elected
The Day Students’ Organization
gathered in W'hitley Auditorium
on Thursday, October 26th, to
complete its organization for the
year with the choice of its repre
sentatives for the 1950-51 session
of the Student Legislature.
The eight representatives elect
ed at that time included Betty
Long, John Truitt and Elna Doris
Huey, all of Elon College; Carl
Coley, Matt Currin and John
Boyd, all of Burlington; Bill Mob
ley, of Reidsville; and Walter C.
Feltman, of Hillsboro.
Various other business was dis
cussed at the meeting, and it was
voted that day student dues shall
be 25 cents per quarter. The day
students will pay these dues when
they pay their student activity
fee.
A fairly good representation of
the day students was in attend
ance at the meeting, but the or
ganization needs every day stu
dent’s presence and support if it
is to attain a place on the campus
along with other organizations.
The next meeting has not been
set, but a notice will be given
when a meeting had been decided.
Picture Is Shoivn
For French Club
The showing of a full-length
French motion picture, entitled
“Farrabique,” was the main fea
ture of the regular meeting of
the French Club, which was held
in the Psychology Room on the
first floor of Alamance on Wed
nesday evening, November 1st.
The picture carried English sub
titles to allow all those present
to enjoy it, whether they knew
French or not.
There were many students pres
ent for the showing of the film,
including quite a number who
were not members of the French
Club. After the picttire was
shown, members of the club went
tc the home of Mrs. Pearl McDon
ald, faculty sponsor, for a short
social hour.
Come November 17, the theme
song of all Elon males will be
‘Take Me Back To Tulsa, I’m Too
Young To Marry,” and all the
campus females will be stalking
through the Colonnades with pre
datory gleams in their eyes. The
reason for all this will be the
first rip-snortin,’ whoop ’n’ holler
in’ Sadie Haw'kins Day to be held
in these hyar parts.
Under the sponsorship of the
S. C. A., Elon College will go Dog-
patch for one day in observance
of what has become a collegiate
holiday in recent years. The tra
ditional Sadie Hawkins Day race
will be held sometime during the
day to be followed by a stompin’
party in the evening. There will
be square stompin’ and round
stompin,’ according to the S.C.A.
committee who released the news
today.
Oifficial dresis for the Sadie
Hawkins hi-jinks will be strictly
Dogpatch, to be modeled as near
ly as is permissable after the
mode of dress of the Dogpatch
citizenry. Permission has been
obtained to allow the girls to
wear jeans or appropriate cos-
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PROCLAMATION
KNOW ALL ELON MEN what
ain’t married by these presents:
WHEREAS tliRre be inside
our limits a passel of gals what
ain’t married but craves some
thing awful to be, and
WHEREAS these gals’ pap-
pies and mammies have been
shoulderin’ the burden of their
board and keep for more years
than is tolerable, and
WHEREAS there be in Elon
plenty of young men what
could marry these gals but acts
ornery and won’t,
WE HEREBY PROCLAIMS
AND DECREES, by right of the
power and majesty vested in us
as Mayor of Dogpatch FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 17, SADIE HAW
KINS DAY.
Prometheus McGurgle,
Mayor of Dogpatch.
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tumes to the party.
The proceedings of the
day
will be strictly official with a
signed proclamation from Pro
metheus McGurgle, Mayor of
Dogpatch, and a bonafide Sadie
Hawkins Way Marriage License
that provides for three types of
'Weddings; the Six-bit, the Four-
bit, or the cheapskate Two-bit
ceremony.
The location of the Sadie Haw
kins Day Stomp w’as a bit of a
problem, according to reports
from the committee headed by
Emma Jean “Sadie herself” Clay
ton. Searching for the most Dog-
patchy stucture available, their
eyes fell upon the old Gym, and
their search was ended. Moon
“Lonesome Polecat” Tolley will
be in charge of decorating the old
Gym in an appi-opriate manner
for the festivities. Ned “Black
Rufe” Jones is looking after the
refreshments for the Stomp, and
he will have an ample supply of
Kickapoo Joy Juice for the bat
tered bachelors.
There will be a slight fee for
the party, one cent for every inch
of the girls’ waistlines (slight???).
This is to defray the cost of the
party, and who cares— the girls
will be paying the bill.
Legislature
Completes
Organization
The Student legislature com
pleted its organization for the
year at its meeting on Thursday
evening, October 26th. Thefull
organization had been delayed
this year by the necessity for
choosing a new vice-president of
the student body and by the late
choice of representatives by some
of the campus groups.
Henry Hoppe, of New’port News,
Va., recently chosen vice-presi
dent, is the new speaker of the
house. Other officers chosen in
clude Ned Jones, of Franklin, Va.,
parliamentarian; Jean Pittman,
of Smithfield, Va., recording
clerk; and Walter Feltman, of
Hillsboro, sergeant-at-arms.
In addition to the election of
officers, the legisaltors heard a
report from Worth Womble on
the recent Elon Homecoming ob
servance, and appreciation was
voiced to the student body for its
cooperation in the project.
The legislature also adopted
rules pertaining to the introduc-
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Drama Group To S tage
First Show Of Season
ELON SINGERS HAVE STAR ROLES
FOR MOZART OPERA AT GRAHAM
Already active in the field ofj
opera through its new opera
workshop, the Elon College music
departmest will be represented in
the cast of Mozart’s opera.
School For Lovers,” which is to
be presented in Graham next
Wednesday evening, November 15,
for one member of the Elon music
LEONORA
MISS VIRGINIA GROOMES
faculty and one Elon student will
sing leading roles in the produc
tion.
Miss Virginia Groomes, of the
Elon faculty, will sing the role
of Leonora, while Miss Justyn
Carter one of Elon’s most accom
plished music students, will sing
the part of Dorabella in the pro
duction, which is to be presented
in Graham as part of North Car
olina’s Grass Roots Opera pro
gram.
The Grass Roots Opera move
ment in the state was originated
by A. J. Fletcher, Raleigh attor
ney and business man, who has
recently been appointed opera
chairman for the National Feder
ation of Music Clubs. The pro
duction in Graham will be di
rected by Robert C. Bird, of Ral
eigh, who is associated with Elon
College as leader of the new op
era workshop, which was institut
ed on the campus this fall for the
first time.
The two Elon singers. Miss
Groomes and Miss Carter, gained
much acclaim when they sang
the roles of Leonora and Dorabel
la in Whitley Auditorium here
last spring, and their friends wiU
hear with interest of their com
ing appearance in Graham.
Miss Groomes, a native of Iowa,
was educated at Simpson College,
Indianola, Iowa, and at Columbia
University, where she took her
M. A. Degree. She has also had
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DORABELLA
f
MISS JUSTIN CARTEK
SCA-Church
Supper Meet
Is Enjoyed
Latest outgrowth from the revi
talized program of the Student
Christian Association was a high
ly enjoyable buffet supper at the
local church parish house on Sun
day night, October 29th, when
about one hundred Elon students
were guests of the church for the
evening meal.
The supper was a cooperative
project for the SCA and the local
church, with the ladies of the
Woman’s Missionary Society pre
paring the food. Rev. Howard P.
Bozarth, pastor of the church and
also faculty advisor for the SCA,
was instrumental in bringing the
idea to a successful end.
Church officials estimated that
more than 200 persons w'ere in
attendance, including students,
faculty and townspeople, and it
was hailed as a gerat step forward
in furthering the acquaintance
ship and cooperation between the
students and the people of the
town.
Credit for arousing interest
among the students was not given
to any particular commission in
the SCA. Instead, it was talked
up by all members of the organiz
ation, and the success of the first
such meeting augurs well for fur
ther occasions of a similar type.
Science Students
Tour Local Plant
A group of the members of the
Science Club enjoyed a tour
through the plant of the Carolina
Biological Supply Company on
Tuesday of last week, where they
were given an interesting view of
the methods used in preparing bi
ological specimans for use in col
lege laboratories.
This was only one of a number
of interesting events planned for
the Science Club members this
year, and the club extends an in
vitation to all students taking
science courses or interested in
the field of science to become
members. -
‘The Man Who Came To Din
ner,” first Players offering of the
year, will be presented on Whit
ley stage this evening at 8:00
o’clock.
Playgoers have been eagerly
awaiting the uproarious comedy,
which had been postponed one
week because of a confict on the
college calendar, and a large au
dience is anticipated. Final re
hearsals have polished the play to
a degree of rapid pacing and ehar-
acterization that has seldom been
accomplished in any previous
comedy offered here.
The cast, headed by Ed Engles
as Sheridan Whiteside, the man
who came to dinner, includes Em
ma Jean Clayton, as Maggie Cut
ler, Whiteside’s secretary; Bob
W'alker, as Ernest Stanley, owner
of the home Whiteside has taken
over; Mary Frances Elder, as
Mrs. Stanley; Happie Wilson and
Buddy Fogleman, as June and
Richard Stanley; and Virginia
Davis, as Miss Preen, the world’s
unhappiest nurse.
Bob Wright, as Beverly Carl
ton, one of Whiteside’s famous lit
erary friends; Dink Underhill, as
Dr. Adolph Metz, the world’s for-
most authority on insect life; Vir
ginia Trigg, glamorous actress
Lorraine Sheldon, who is out to
get whatever she can; and Jerry
Allen, as Bert Jefferson, her vic
tim.
Due to last-minute difficulties,
Ken Jacobs has t)een replaced in
the cast by Nash Parker, who
does the part of the zany Banjo,
epitome of all Hollywood comedi
ans.
Others in the cast are Lois Wal
ker, as Sarah, the big hearted
cook; Richard Newman, as John,
the butler; Joe Brankley, as Dr.
Bradley; Betty Jean McLeod, as
Miss Stanley, sister of Mr. Stan
ley; J. B. Pickard, as Wescott,
the harried radioman.
Smaller roles are filled by Pat
Gates, Laurene Rockell, Tony
Diamond, Emmet Sawyer, Shirley
Goodwin, Arnold Ward, and there
are several walk-ons that will be
cast at dress rehearsal today.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, director
of the Player group, stated “ ‘The
Man Who Came To Dinner” is
potentially the best comedy ever
to be shown on the Elon stage. If
audience participation is good,
the play can’t miss.”