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MAROON AND GOLD
VOLUME 30
ELOi!^ COLLEGE, N. C.. WEBMESDAY, DiECEB®3EH. 13, 19,'iO
NUMBER 6
['Eton Well Represented
[ In Meeting A t Raleigh
’ The fourteenth North Carolina
Stuc|ent Legislative J A.ssembly
tanvened in Raleigh on November
30 with junior solons from most
of the colleges and universities
in the state converging on the
state capital for the session,
which lasted until Saturday, De
cember 2.
Representing Elon College in
the niock legislative proceedings
were Bill Kivett, Earl Todd, Ned
Jones, Henry Hoppe, Emmett Nes
bitt, and Bob Wright. Jones,
Todd, and Wright were in the
House o£ Representatives, while
Hoppe, ‘Kivett, and Nesbitt sat
ir. the Senate.
Spirited debate was the keynote
cf the asembly which had approx
imately twenty bills on the agenda
for consideration. The most
heated dissussion was occasioned
by a bill intfoduced by the cal
endar committee endorsing the
liie of the tomic bomb in Korea.
This bill was overwhelmingly de
feated in both houses
Several pieces of social legisla
tion were passed by the collegi
ate solons. One was a lengthy
bJI introduced by U.N.C. con-
ctraing health affairs. The most
isiportant section of this bill dealt
with the awarding of state schal-
arships to deserving pre-medical
students. Ths bill finally passed
after Several amendments. Aci-
other bill aimed at social advance
ment was one to eliminate segre
gation of common carriers in
North Carolina. This bill met
with no resistance.
Although Elon College went to
liie Assembly without a bill to
present, Ned Jones was a candi
date for the presideocy of the
Itlerim Council- He was defeat
ed by one of the closest votes of
tlie sessioa. 71-70. A teller vole
was necessary in t*is contest.
JoE.es was appointed tu serve on
Coaoet.f Coi next yeai
Choir Makes
Virf2;inia Trip
The Elon Choir sang Han
del’s “Messiah” tour times
last weekend in a two-day tour
lour of eastern North Carolina
and southeastern Virginia, pre
senting the great oratorio once
Saturday evening and three
times on Sunday.
The first presentation was at
Chowan College at Murfreesboro
on Saturday night at 8 o’clock,
followed by two appearances at
the Congregational Christian
Church in Franklin, Va.. at 11
and 2 o’clock Sunday. The final
rendition was at the Christian
Temple in Norfolk. Va., at 8
o’clock Sunday night.
Ten Elon students and one re
cent Elon graduate sang solo roles
in the four programs. The stu-
-dent soloists were Dolly Foster
Shaw. Judy Ingram, Justin Car
ter,, Geneva Cooper, Sharon Black,
James • Heffinger, Jack Castle,
Jimmy Rhodes, Roger Gibbs and
Charles Lynj.tn, and the alumni
(Co.otinued on Page Four)
Barter Players
W ell Received
hi Elon Visit
Once again the smooth per-
formanceo f the Barter Players
brought thunderous applause as
the curtain fell on their colorful
production of Shakespeare’s ‘ Com
edy of Errors" here Monday eve
ning.
Competently portrayed by Mell
Turner and Caddell Burroughs
were the Dromio twins, their per
formance being well • paralleled
by that of Peter Pagan and Al
bert Corbin as the Antipholi.'The
Comedy of Errors" brings Eliza-
bethian hilarity and color to its
highest peak with its merry con-
fuiAon of identical twins and
twisted situations.
Backed up by a strong support
ing cast, these four made light
work of carrying the burden of
the intricate plot, which involves
shipwreck, mistaken identities,
trouble with the law and confused
wives.
Separated during a shipwreck,
the Antipholus twins grow up sep
arately until, lyeara later, one
twin goes in search of the other.
(Continued on. Page Four)
HOLIDAYS START
NEXT WEDNESDAY
The Christmas holidays for
Elon College students vsill, get
underway promptly at iioow
next Wednesday, December 39,
accordiiis: to an announcement
from the office of Dean D. J.
Bowden. The vacation will con
tinue until Thursday mornius,
January 4th, when all classes
will be resumed upon regular
schedule. There will be no
chapel period ne.xt Wednesday
morning, and the two final class
periods will be moved up half
an hour so as to start the Yule
holidays exactly at 12 o’clock.
ISecl Jones iSamed
JSeiv SCA Leaeler
Ned Jones, of Franklin, Va., is
the new president of the Student
Christian Association. He was
elected at the opening of the new
quarter to succeed Joe Tom Ste
phens, whog raduated at the close
of the fall term. Earl Todd, of
Norfolk, Va., was named vice-
president, at the same time. The
new officers directed a special
party in tlie Student Union last
Sunday evenitig, w'aen the SCA
entertained tiie nien'jers of tlie
church with, a motiaa picture and
refresiunentr,.
Elon Group
At Meetm*^
In Hickbty
Representative.s of the student
governments of tlie colleges in the
N'jfth State Conference met at
Lenoir-Rhyne on Decembe'. 6th
for the purpose of discussing ttie
Messick Spon'tsmanship awara,
which witt henceforth be pre
sented by the Nortli State Stu
dent Council. Bob WrigUt. Hen
ry Hoppe and 'Ned Jones repre
sented Elon College at the meet
ing.
Action was taken to purchase a
new tropliy cup to replace the or
iginal, which has had all the in
scription space filled. It was
voted to retire tlie old cu;j to the
college whicli has won. it the
most. The new cuxj will be called
the John D. Messick Sijortsman-
ship Award, and it will be given
to tlie college whicIi has exempli
fied the best all-around sports
manship daring the college year.
Points of con.sidera\ion for
nominees for the award were dis
cussed. and the following v;ere
recommended by the Council.
Pre-g.une spoilsinanr.hij) on the
(Continued on Page Four)
Large Crowd Attends
Elons Anniicd ^Messiah^
W inter Dance
mtary I3th
Tlie Winter Formal dance will
be held in Elon's huge Alumni Me
morial Gymnasiutti on Saturday
night, January 13th. That date
is final according to an an
nouncement last weekend from
V/orth Womble. chairman of the
student entertainment commit
tee.
This date is the third one to
be announced for the premier
social event of the fall and win
ter season, numerous conflicts
having forced postponemeni
twice and more recently i change
to an earlier date, «
The dance is co be strictly for
mal, which means either tuxedos
or tails, and music far the occas-
on will be furnished by Jimmy
Perkuis and his Orchestra, w/hich
needs no special introduction to
Elon College students. Decora
tion,s and other arrangements for
the event wiiJ be made by the
dance committee.
The Elon Festival Chorus and
its guest soloists thrilled a ca
pacity crowd in Whitley A-uditor-
ium on Sunday evening, Decem
ber 3rd. with the eighteenth an
nua! presentation of Handel’s
immortal oratorio, ‘Tiie Mes
siah."
The entire program was mag
nificent in its grandeur, with the
sw^eepihg recitatives, the arias
and the stirring choruses grip
ping the entire audience, many
of wham return year after year
to hear the great Yule season pro
gram.
The listeners were particularly
impressed with the solo work of
Harold Haugh, tenor from the
University of Michigan: but theie
was high praise, too, for Miss
Emily Kalter and Philip Bond,
guests contralto and bass from
New York City, and for Miss Vir
ginia Groomes, soprano of the
Elan College faculty.
Prof. John Westmoreland di
rected the huge chorus in the an
nual program, maintaining the
perfect control that is necessary
for most effective rendition -of
t)je great oratorio; and Prof;
Fletcher Moore added to
aie pleasure of the
crov/d by his work
at the organ.
!?>■
So up to the house-top the coursers they
flew
With the sleigh full of Toys, and
St. Nicholas, too
And then, m a twinkling, I heard on the
roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning
around
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with
a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from head to his
foot.
And his clothes were all tarnished with
ashes and soot
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back.
And he looked like a peddler, just opening
his pack
[ Elon Students Play Santa Clam
To Christian Orphanage Children
More thaa six hundred Elon
College students will joia ia
the great Yuletide game of play
ing Santa Claus next Monday
night, when the annual Christmas
party for the boys and girls of the
Chri£tiaa Orphanage will be held
Ic, thai Student anion.
V T'ais Is ittot a new idea, for the
$Uca students have played Saint
l^iciiolas for the children at the
eaelshboring institution each
Christaaas since 1947, and each
year the party has been the occas-
uarestrained merriment.
» The plan was originated that
first year under the sponsorship
o£ the Aiptiji Pi Delta Fraternity,
with individual credit for the idea
tc RaSpfi EiW9Xi% wha was
at that time a member of Alpha
Pi Delta and also the president
of the Elon student body.
The Alpha Pi Delta boys are
still the guiding organization be
hind the annual party, but each
of the other Greek Letter frater
nities and sororities have fallen
in line since that first Yule sea
son, and each of Elon’s eight
social organizations now unite to
put on the Christinas party.
There is a total of 80 children
at the Orphanage this year, and
each and every one of them vnll
receive a gift. Their ages vary
from four to eighteen years, and
list of their names is available at
the College Booh: Stare from
/»hicb the college studentr. may
select a name. Leaders of the
movement point out that students
can .still sign up to spread a lit
tle Christmas joy.
The Pan-Hellenic Council has
already made arrangements for
the purcha.se of ^two bicycles, one
for a" boy and one for a girl, with
these gifts to go to the boy and
girl with the best record for the
year. The lucky pair will be chos
en by the Orphanage officiali;.
The members of the Pan Ucl-
lenic Council and leaders in the
party plans include Joe Spivey,
president; Joan Summers, secre
tary; Jean Pittman, PhyllLs Tuck
er, Emma Jean Clayton', George
Etheridge, A1 Eubankr. and A1
Ludv/)g.
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples
how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a
cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a
bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as
the snow.