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VeUer Start Thinkinsr About Those 1952 Campus Electiona MAROON AND GOLD wise Selections Now Mean Better GoTernment Next Year K oLUME 31 ELON COLLEGE. N. C„ WEDNESDAY, MARCH ID, 1952 NUMBER 11 Statewide Youth Rally To Be Held On Campus Pilgrim Fellowship Group \^ il] llIeelMere ftlarch 30 Eminent Mission Leader To Speak Here Thursday MKH IMPROVED Dr. Truman B. Douglass, of •;ew York City, executive vice- president of the Board of Home Missions of the Congregational ;hristian Churches, will be tlie buest speaker of the Elon Col lege Missionary Socieiy at 11;30 o'clock on Thursday morning of Ihis week, v/hen he w'ill appt^r |n Whitley Memorial Auditori um. The mission leader, who is au- Ithor of "Mission to Amcrica, " vill then be the guest at a lunch eon hour in Alamance Social Hail here at the college and will par- kicipate in a x'ound-table discu3- feion after the luncheson. Manj' lenominations are using his book It. their study of the home mis sion fields, and a cordial invila Ttion is extended to all to attend find hear him in his appearance.- tiere. Dr. Douglass is prominent in national, denomination and inter WILL SPEAK HERE DR. TKt.MAN DOUGLASS Alpha Psi Ome**n enominattional circles and has' -A.I PfirtY iie i ' been active in efforts to make tiie | church a leader in solution of iJjpresent-day social and ecoaomic problems. He created much dis- Certificates To Industrial Supervisors Certificates were presented by Elon College on Monday, March 10th, to one hundred fifty Western Electric supervisors, each of whom has recently completed a j series of special training classes at the college. The certificates were presented by Dr. Leon E. Smith at a dinner : meeting held in the college din- ‘ ing hall. President Smith pre- jiided as master of ceremonies, welcoming the guests and ex- I pressing his pleasure in the co operation that made the training courses possible. Principal speaker for the oc-^ casion was Secretary of State; //oo/i Thad Eure, who is also a member ^ of the board of trustees of the| ()pf^rutioU college and president of the Elon | I College Foundation, Eure spoke j Prof. A. L. Hook, who has be en The Importance of Little: come a seemingly permanent fix- Things. emphasizing in particu-1 ture upon the Elon campus after lar tlie many small bits of infor- ^ tnore than forty years as a student Carolina j and faculty member, is reported w PROF. A. L. HOOK ^cussion with a recent article in ■ ,:!^he “Woman’s Home Companion entitled “Let’s Unite Our Church- -”^es Now.’’ A leading figure in the Nation- 1 Council of the Churches of ’Christ in the United States, he is 'c’hairman of central department of broadcasting and films, a mem- . ber of the executive board of the The Lambda Omicron chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, senior na tional dramatic fraternity, held its Spring “Rush" party on Tues day night at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, President Robert Walker ex plained to the “rushes" that the purpose of Alpha Psi Omega, was that of developing dramatic tal ent and the art of acting, along with cultivation of a taste for the best in drama and the fostering division of home missions and, of the cultural values which are chairman of the policy commiltoe, | developed through dramatics, a member of the business and fi-; Following the president’s ad- [lance committee, a member of thojf>j.g35 [^e “rusliees" and old I joint department of American ^-ere entertained with (communities Overseas, and a |refreshments and a program that member of the Department Ecumenical Relations. Within his own denomination, JlDr. Douglass is a leader in the activities of the Congregational .Christian churches in continental ^^nited States, Puerto Rico and Alaska as carried on through the .American Missionary Association, the Church Extension Division, the Division of Christian Education, the Ministerial Relief Division, the Pilgrim Press, the Radio Commit tee, the Commission on Evange lism and the Laymen’s Fellow ship. A native of Iowa and an alum nus of Pomono College, Columbia ;itJniversity and Union Theological Seminary, Dr Douglas has held pastorates in St Louis, Upper Sfclontclair, N. J., and Pomona, Calif. Active in Christian educa tion, he is a trustee of LeMoyne College, Tillotson College, Mariet ta College and Drury College in fiiis country and of the Initema- tional College in Beirut, Syria, and of the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico. 1 vas concluded with a "get-ac quainted hour. “Rushees ” who were found eligible and who met qualifications tor bids to the jpriiig Dance Set College Choir Enjoyed Fine Holiday Erip The Elon College Choir returned to the campus on Monday night, March 10th, after a twelve-day tour by bus that carried the sing ers through all the Middle At lantic States and into New Eng land. The trip took the singers to eleven concert appearances in four stales and the Distiict of Columbia. i The Elon musical group was re ceived with enthusiasm in eacli of iis appearances. and Prof. .(ohn Westmoreland, who directed the choir, characterized the tour as the most successful in the his tory of the organization. Other faculty members who accompanied the choir were Prof. Fletcher Aloore, accompanist, and Miss' Virginia Groomes, soprano soloist.' The choir received particularly! high praise in Providence, R. I,,' where a professional music critic JOHN ARWOOD ,, t i .. 1 j wrote for a Providence newspaper mation about North Carolina; and faculty member, is reported j,, . which are unknown to so many much better after being seriously! " singers sang with perfect ease at all times. i Writing of the choir’s rendition I residents of the state. j in in the Alamance General Hos- A number of Western Electric' pital for more than a week. officials were pre.sent for the! The beloved member of the Elon' of “Israel in Egypt,” the critic meeting, among them H. W. Nor-1 faculty, who has long served as'declared that “the final fugue and appointment to the ve of the horse man, manager of the compan/s | descriptive ... ^ radio plants in the state; S. C.' j ^Annapolis. Donnelley, superintendent of the, i full organ back- marked a Burlington plant of Western Elec-j ® major operation on ground) was highly impressive." plishment for an Elon alumnus, trie; M. A. Boehm, assistant sup-'Monday, March 3rd, and compli-j He described the W'ork of the Elon has long been acustomed to erintendent of inspection and' cations ensued which rendered soloists as uniformly good and difficulties, plant protection; T. H. Daniels, I hjs condition serious. ■ j Arwood’s mother died when he chief of industrial relations at the | Burlington plant; and O. W.' Toenes. assistant superintendent of accounting. The industrial classes, which I sounding mature beyond their Elon cast or chapter will be an-' and Prof. J. H. Brashear, both of nounced at a later date. I the Elon College faculty. ^ ^ „ . was eight years of age, and he The Elon students, who had be- years. • . L, . . , . , V, .au uc I then received several years tram- come accustomed to call on Pro- j Choir members spent Saturday ing at the Episcopal Orphanage fessor Hook to solve many of and Saturday night in New York before transferring to Burlington their problems, were shocked upon ■ City, leaving there Sunday mom-' ^‘8^ School, where he graduated were in the fields of industrial I their return from spring holidays' ing tor the final concert in Wash- ^ workd with Asioci- Dsvcholosv human rplfltinns nnm . l-t r.j.. ' ^^®d Transport for more than a psycnoiogy, numan relations, com miss his cheery countenance, mgton on Sunday night. Monday , vp-.p hpfnrA pany organization, labor manage-1 j t ^ u- ^ ■ | ueiore entering won in the .... , , and to learn of his illness. Joy, was spent sight-seemg in Wash- fall of 1950 ment relations and cost account-' t- & & =. lau oi laDo. ing, were taught cooperatively by reigned .supreme on the camp- ington, and the group sang three j He attended Elon for one year, ' us following the information that | numbers by special request in the; working a full shift at Standard he is much improved and may be'National Cathedral while touring j Hosiery Mills and maintaining an expected back at his myriad du-,that huge structure on Monday .honor average. Last fall he en- ties within the ne.xt few weeks. I morning. Itered N. C. State College • members of the W^estern Electric staff and by Dean D. J. Bowden ~ ~~ [ More than six hundred young TO NWAL ACADEMY people from Congregational Chris- I tian churches in all parts of I North Carolina are expected to visit the Elon campus on Suii- jday, March 30th, when Pilgrim {Fellowship delegations will hold j their second annual state-wide ! rally. j .-V similar meeting was hold here I last year, with approximately six hundred young people in atend- aiice, and Dr. Leon E. Smith, iilun's pre,5ident, hopes to surpass that figure this year. The date and plans for the eveia were announced last week- -.*nd by Max ^T^l, Elou stuaent, who is youth pastor of the local cnuich and who is also the youth editor lor lue entire Soutaera unveution. Tne delegates for the youth rally will come from churches in idcii of the tliree Congregational Jari-itiaa divisions in North Car olina, including the Western Con- lerenee, tiie Eastern North Caro lina Conference and the North ^ aroliiia- V irginia C onf erence. The featured speaker for the occasion will be Jose Dabuet, a PhiUppiue student, who is at- ler.diiig tlij Princeton University of thd PUgrirj Fellowship of tlie churcli. Warren Matthews, member of the Elon senior class, is president of the Pilgrim Fellowship in the Southern Convention and will be a leader in, the rally here. The Elon College Choir will sing for the gathering, and Bill Simmons, also an Elon student, will lead the recreation program. The youthful visitors will ar rive on the campus shortly after noon for the meetings, eacii group brmging its own food for the pic nic that will be held on tho campus at the supper iiour. Arivood ]\(lined To Nav(d School John Arwood. student,. a former has just Elon been United States Naval Academy at The appointment new high in accom- Comedy Of Pennsylvania Dutch Is JSext Elon Player Shoiv The annual Spring Formal ;mce will be held in Alumni Me- l^orial Gymnasium on Saturday evening, April 19th, from 8 until 12 o'clock, according to an an-' nouncement made last week by; Imma Jean Clayton, who is chair-1 •in of the student committee on! arrangements. i^lThe Student Legislature, at its; eeting held last Thursday night,! appropriated the funds for the 1 ;.nce. The legislature also pass-| ed a bill, which extended invita-j Iton to Elon alumni to attend the 4ance, Each student will also iie i owed to invite aa outside guest, ‘ ut they mu£,t first obtain a reg- ular bid from the dance chairman By LYNN CASHION “Papa Is All,” a comcdy of Pennsylvania Dutch life by Pat terson Greene, will be the next production of the Elon Players. The play, in three acts, was originally produced by the Guild Theatre of New York City, and the Players will present it in Whitley auditorium for local the atre-goers on Thursday and Friday, April 10th and 11th. The play is the story of a Pennsylvania mother, daughter and son who rebel against a ty rannical father. Mama and Papa Aukamp are of the Men- nonite religion; but the son and daughter, exercising the privilege that is part of the Mennonite faith, liave not adopted the beliefs of that sect. They remain, in local parlance. “Worldly,’ until they feel the call to become “plain,” or Men- wlllful for the friendly associa tion with neighbors that is a normal part of orthodox Men nonite life; but Papa opposes her and his children and keeps them in strict isolation, chiefly because Emma and Jalue are good workers whom he would have to replace with hired hei? if they went out into the world. Emma precipitates a crisis by stealing away, with Mama’s con nivance. to attend a pictui« show in Lancaster in the com pany of her surveyor. Papa DRAMATIC MOMENT IN NEW PLAYER PRODUCTIOrV Papa misuses the Mennonite tradition for purposes of his own, suppressing in the name of religion the simple pleas ures and recreatioits of every day life, to which Mama as an authentic Mennonite has no ob jection. Emma, the daughter, is in love with a surveyor who wants to simplify farm life by the installation of machinery. Mama, while resigned and ac cepting Papa’s word as law, is .-f IMMK \ learns of this when Mrs. Yoder, a gossipy neighbor, inadvertent- I.T reveals her secret, and there is both humor and tragedy when Papa sets out to avenge what he calls an outrage to his fam ily honor. Jake, the son, supports his sis ter and finds a chance to knock Famous Speaker Heard Oii Campus Dr, Eddy Asirvatham, world- famous lecturer from Madras, In dia, wa,s heard with interest in two appearances on the Elon Col lege campus last Sunday, when he spoke of present-day proglems in India, Dr, Asirvatham, who is one of the most outstanding and most sought after lecturers in his field in America, appeared under the auspices of the American Friends his father in the head, after i Service Committee and under the One of the many dramatic moments in the new Elon Player production, entitled "Papa Is All," is shown above as Robert Walker, the domineering Mennonite father, threatens his wife and two children. Other members of the Mennonite family in the picture arc Joe Brankley as tho jon, Louis Walker as Mama, and Ann Wilkins as the daughter. The play is .scheduled for Wednesd.'iy and Thursday, April 10th and 11th. which he reports Papa xs dead, all of which brings a Pennsyl vania state trooper into the plot, along with complications that cannot fail to grip an audience. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, who will direct the play, beUeves “Papa Is All,” to be one of the funniest and most enjuyable comedies ever to appear on the Elon stage. She describes tiie play as both a comedy and a conflict in human emotions, which will please the audience and at tiie same time hold it in the grip of suspense tnrougii- cut the performance. The production will have a fine cast, which includes Rob ert Walker in tlie title role of Papa, Louis Walker as Mama, Joe Brankley as Jake, Ann Wil kins a.s Emma, Shirley Swank as Mis. Yoder and Jack Wen- nedy as State Trooper Brendle. It Is an interesting sidelight on the cast that the two leading characters each bear the name of Walker and are yet of no re lation. local spon.sorship of the Student Christian Association of Elon Col lege. His first appearance was at the regular 11 oclock church services in Whitley Auditorium on Sun day morning, when he spoke on the topic of "Christianity in a Free India.” Then at 7;30 o’clock Sunday evening he appeared again in Whitley to speak on thtj subject of "Can India Ce Saved From Communism?” An able and discriminating in terpreter of world economics, po litical and religious problems, his international experience and training and deep religiou.s con victions enabled him to present in both appearances and unusu ally penetrating analysis of the present crisis in southern Asia. Dr. Asirvatiiain was educated in iadia, the United States, England jnd Scotland, having received the i li. D, degrOj from Edinbiug University. He is now professor of missions and Christian Inter national relations at the Bo.ston [University School of Theology.