?{igJh School (Daij ^dUwn
A Hearty Welcome
To The
High School Seniors
MAROON AND GOLD
May They AH F.njoy
Their Visit
To Elon's rampus
VOLUMK 31
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1952
NUMBER 8
Annual High School Day Is Big Event On Elon Campus
^The Giaconda Smile’ Is
JSeiv Player Production
PATHWAY TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE
A tremendously dramatic con
flict between tlie forces of good
and evil forms the background
for the Elon Players’ production
of ‘The Giocanda Smile,” which
makes its appearance on Whitley
Auditorium stage on Thursday
and Friday nights of this
veek. The curtain rises at 8;15
A complex study of frustrated
love turned to psychotic hatred,
cf calculated murder, of a man’s
life wasted' in the seeking of
pleasure, and of a girl trapped
into a suitati(On she does not
ieven understand, “The Giocanda
jsmile," written by Aldous Huxley,
bresents a challenge to the skills
kf direOoor Mrs. EJizubeth R.
Kmith and the members of the
I’layers group, a challenge that is
Let in a fashion that will hold au
diences’ attention for every min-
Lte of the play.
[ Ed Engles, winnfer of last
kear's ■'Oocar ' for his perform
ance in “The iMan Who Came To
pinner,” portrays Henry Hutton,
luxury loving, rich, respected
tembers of the “upper classes,”
ho is forced by his superficial
feature into a double life as the
ihusband of a hopelessly ill wife
at home, and as the cultured li-|.
bertine away from home, the man
[who ". . . can t let girls alone . . .”
[and who is cynical bec^se he
r. . . enjoys the pleasures' of an
[easy conscience . . .”
I Ills neighbor, Janet Spence, a
Loman who has silently and hope
fully loved him for many years
k\hile his wife has been ill, is
blayed by Joan Crandall Wick-
fcan. Janet, the “Mysterious Gio-
fcanda,” is an amazing creature,
liilled with shadowy moods and
[restrained passion, whose whole
[existence has been that of a wo
man struggling to keep up a pre-
[tense of jfjlly good fellowship
With a man she has loved for
[jears while his ailing wife kept
them apart,
I But Janet doesn’t know about
boris, the sweet young thing Hut-
|ton has been seeing when away
[from home, and wiien Doris does
Icome into the picture, Janet's al
ready great problem becomes
hopelessly unsolvable, and her
iiind suffers a strain that warps
[her into a state of vicious hysteria.
oris, caught in the undercurrent
[of her love for Hutton and Janet’s
twisted hate of him, also suffers
!rom the conflict, Rosamond
iBromley. “Oscar” winner for her
erformance in “Antigone” two
Ijears ago, enacts the role of
oris.
Of extreme importance is the
|role of Doctor Libbard, portrayed
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Elon Literary
Magazine Due
Late In \ ear
The Elon College literary
magazine, the “Colonnades,”
which was published last May
after being dormant for several
years, will make another ap
pearance this spring, offering
to members cf the student body
an oportunity for literary e.\-
pression.
Prof. John Foster West, who
teaches a course in creative
writing as part of his duties witii,
the English faculty, will once
more serve as faculty advi.-ior
for the annual publication, and
he is already laying tentative
plans for the forthcoming 1952
edition of the magazine.
Ed Engles, former editor-in-
chief of the iVIaroon and Gold,
who had several bits o£ literary
work in last year’s ’ Colonnades,’’
is editor of the literary publica
tion this year, and both he and
Professor W'est have expressed
tiie hope that the 1952 maga
zine may surpass the iiigh stan
dard set by last year s isciue.
The magazine last spring fea
tured five short stories, one sa
tirical article, several bits of
poetry and a number of brief
essays, most of the material be
ing written by members of Pro
lessor West’s creative writing
group.
The contents of the 1952 issue
have not been fully planned,
but students interested in see
ing their literary masterpieces
in print are invited to submit
material to either the faculty
advisor or the editor. Much of
the material is expected to come
from members of the creative
writing course, which is being
offered during the Winter Quar
ter.
The staff is not yet complete
for 1952, but announceraem has
been made that Lynn Cashion
wiJl be associate editor and
J. B. Pickard associate publish
er. The magazine will be pub
lished from the college print
shop.
1.
Seniors To Be Guests
Of College February 6
^HROUCH the beautiful colonnades of Elon College stretches a path-
•*- way to a brighter future that invites.the feet of the hundreds of high
school seniors, who will be guests of the college for the annual
School Day” observance on the
“High
campus.
Greek Letter
Group Bid
For Members
The rushing season is under
way on the Elon campus, and
there’s suspense and excitement
in the air and social events ga
lore on the calendar as the
eight Greek letter social groups,
tour fraternities and four soror
ities, vie for the favor of eli
gible and prospective pledges.
The fraternities and sororities
have already started that gala
series of parties, weiner roasts
and suppers which make up the
semi-annual rushing seasons,
each of which is climaxed by
■'Bid Night.” the gayest event
of all.
The second “Bid Night” of the
1951-52 term will be held on
Saturday night. February 9th,
and it assumes added import
ance as many of the freshmen
class become eligible for Greek
letter membership for the first
time. Since a student must
complete at least one term of
work with a grade average of
“C” or better before joining
one of the social groups, most
of the freshmen were ineligible
last fall.
Some of the more popular of
the rushees can look forward
to a full social life during the
next week or more, with pros
pects of a dinner tonight, a
party tomorrow night and
maybe both on some nights. It
all ends with the Hour of De
cision, and/ that decision will be
made on “Bid Night,” when the
rushees indicate their decision
by acceptance of membership
in the group of their choice.
That night will also bring,
once the parties are ovep, one
of the most colorful ceremonies
of the Elon College year, when
the fraternity men go forth in
groups to sing midnight sere
nades to their sister sororities
on the upper balconies of West
Dorm.
Summer Session Will Get
Uudenvay Monday,'June 9
Retailing Group
Inspects Stores
Cooperation between Elon Col-
llege and Burlington business
IliOuses was marked recently by a
Iguided tour for students of Prof.
|J. H. Brashear’s class in retailing
jthrough the two of Burlington’s
|largest department stores.
One of the tours was through
Ithe Sellars Department Store,
jwith Manager McCabe, explaining
llhe various phases of the business
[to the students. Manager R. R
IJsenhour, of the J. C. Penney
I Company, was the guide for tae
I tour through that store. The
[Penney manager also visited and
I addressed tlie class here at the
college.
The 1952 summer school at Elon
College will get underway on
Monday, June 9th, and the high
school seniors of 1952 may enter
Elon at that time as full-fledged
college freshmen. Such a step
will enable them to speed up their
college education by gaining a full
quarter on their first year’s work.
Such a possibility is included
In the plans for coming summer
session here, which will include
two six-weeks terms. The first
term, after starting on Monday,
June 9th, will end on Friday, July
18th, with the second six weeks
beginning immediately on Monday,
July 21st, and coming to a close
:n Saturday, August 23rd,
Elon College has always accept
ed freshman in summer school,
but the national emergency of the
past two years has made more evi
dent than ever tiie necessity for a
speed-up in the educational pro
gram for many young people, bur
more especially for young men
who face the possibility of mili
tary service.
There, was a goodly number of
freshmen who began their college
work here last June, and their
presence on the campus did not
change in any way the normal
program that is conducted for t\ie
benefit of regular Elon College
students and in-service teachers
of this area. The same will apply
during the coming summer.
In regard to the possibility of
freshmen beginning their college
work in June, the Elon adminis
tration points out that any boy
or girl who enters at the begin
ning of the summer and continu
es to attend both regular and
summer sessions each year would
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HEADS C031>ii n EE
College Trustees Discuss
Plans For New Buildings
The “W'elcome” .sign will be out
in capital letters for the hundreds
of high school guests, who are
expected to visit the campus on
Wednesday, February 6th, for
Elon College’s third annual “High
School Day,” and plans are un
derway to make tiie event the
most successful one yet.
rhe high scnool seniors and
tiieir faculty sponsors will begin
arriving on the campus shiirtly
after noon next Wednesday, witli
registration to get underway in
Alumni Memorial Gymiiasiuni
promptly at 1 o’clock. The visit
ing seniors will be formed into
groups there at the g>m!iasium
for tours of the campus.
These campus tours, which will
continue frvm 1;30 until 3;30
o'clock, will carry the higii sciiool
groups througli the various col
lege buildingi, wliere the differ
ent departments of the college
have planned special displays t'j
illustrate the work done by Elon
tudents. This will be followed
by an informal ’'Open House” in
the Student Union from 3:30 until
4 o’clock, with provision for danc
ing or other amu.iemenl for tiie
youthful visitors.
Tiie senior groups, along witlj
their higli school superintendents,
principals and class sponsors, will
be entertained witii a supper,
which is to be served in the col
lege dining hall between 4 o’clock
and 5:3«( o clock. The supper will
be followed by another thirty-
minute interluot', during wiiicli
the guests may ramble wnere they
please.
The entire group will be asked
to assemble in Whitley Memorial
Auditorium at 6 o’clock, where
President Leon E. Smith will ex
tend a formal welcome to the Elon
campus. Entertainment at this
gathering will feature skits by
members of the Elon Players and
a musical program by the Elon
Music Department.
Strictly at 7:30 o’clock the visit
ing groups will be free to move
into Elon’s huge Alumni Gym
nasium, where the high point of
the day’s entertainment will be
offered in the form of a varsity
basketball game between Elon’s
Fighting Christians and the Moun
taineers of Appalachian. Tiie
game is scheduled for 8 o’clock.
The committee on arrange
ments, headed by Mrs. Judith
Burns, field secretary of the col
lege, has mailed invitations to a
large group of high schools
throughout North Carolina and
Virginia, and many of the schools
have already signified their inten
tion to send groups, 'fhere were
sixty-one schools represented by
MRS. JUDITH BURNS
Mrs. Judith Bui-ns, field secre
tary for Elon Coilage. i^: cluir-
ruan of the caminittee an arrange
ments for Elon’; tliird annual
Plans for a new dining hall and
four new dormitories, two for boys
and two for girls, were on the
agenda for the annual midwinter
meeting of the board of trustees
jof Elon College, which was held
I in the office of President Leon E.
I Smith here on Tuesday, January
15th.
The projected construction- of
the.se new buildings on the Elon
; campus are, part of the gigantic
new fund-raising campaign, which
iwas launched last November for
the purpose of raising 31,250,000
I for the more effective operation
iand expansion of the college.
This campaign furnished the
principal topic of discussion for
the trustees in the mid-winter
meet, and there v/as much enthus-
“High Sc!iool B.i;/,” v.'ii-h v/illliasm when President Smith re-
bring huudredo of high schoal ron ' ported that, despite the fact that
ior" and pon-.or . 'tO thi c.'n’;)us - , th j organization for the campaign
is as yet incomplete, approximate
ly $130,000 had already been re
ceived in pledges and gifts at that
time. Included in the amount
was approximately ?42,000 in cash
donations.
In making this report to the
trustees. President Smith pointed
out that these amounts had been
raised with only a small percent
age of the possible larger contri
butors contacted, and he stressed
the fact, too, that an organizalion
is being perfected to take the Elon
appeal to every friend and |)os
sible donor,
Attesting the unified support cf
the board of trustees, it v/as
pointed out that seventeen mem
bers of the board had already
pledged a total of $86,000, and
the board members pledged tlK^m-
selves to contribute generously
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nearly 1,700 persons last year, and
it hoped that the 1952 attend
ance will better that mark.
Elon Professor Is
Speaker For Club
Prof. A. L. Hook, Elon regis
trar and member of the physics
faculty addressed the members
of the Pilot Club of Burlington it.
the Alamance Hotel on Tuesday
evening, January 15th, taking as
his subject “The Story of the
Atom.”
lie tiaced atomic history from
1835 to the present time, telling
how scientists were driven from
Italy and Germany during the
1930’s and citing the fact that the
atom was split in 1938 and that
the Oak Ridge plant was author
ized in 1941.