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To Wofford
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Everybody Get neliind
Tlie Christians
And Help Them Win!
llVOLUME THIRTY-TWO
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1952
NUMHEK ONE
Elon Launches Campaign To Raise Fund For Expansion
Law Making
Body Holds
First Meet
The campus scions of Elon Col
lege assembled in Society Hall on
Thursday night, September lllh.
I ior the lirst meeting of the Stu
dent Legislature, and they start
ed the year efficiently by work
ing right into a full calendar of
legislation that included appoint-,
jjnment of committees and approval
fcf a fuli-year program oi student
entertainment. I
The meet was called to order j
•by Speaker Woody Stoffel at 8|
•o’clock for a session that lasted j
two full hours, which time saw
the selection of members for the
! Dining Hall Committee, and the
Parking Lot Committee, the claii-
I'ication of a bill submitted last
May in regard to publication of
the student treasurer's report, the
■approval of Treasurer Walter O'-
Berry’s report for the Way-Sep-
tember quarter, and finally tlie
election of legislative officers.
Woody Stoffel, vice-president of
the student body, automatically
became speaker. Other officers
chosen included Ronnie Black,
speaker pro-tem; Ray Euliss, par
liamentarian; Tom Targett, sec
retary; George Barron, reading
clerk; and Carroll Reid, sergeant-
at-arms.
Phillip Mann, chairman of the
Student Entertainment Committee,
and Lynn Cashion, president of
the Student Body, presented to
the legislators a program of en
tertainment for the year which
won their unanimous approval
and assurances of support.
The Student Legislature will
meet each two weeks in Society
Hall upon notification from the
speaker, and the members of the
student body are all v\elcome to
attend and see their rtepresenta-
tives in action.
Members of the Legislature for
this term include Robert Phelps
and Dud Ivey, of North Dorm;
Richard Brady and George Barron,
of East Dorm; Joe Williams and
John Jones, of South Dorm; Nel-
vin Cooper, of Carlton House;
Walter Harding, of Club House;
Carroll Reid, of Oak Lodge; Matt
Currin, Jimmie Rhodes, Rachel
Garrison, Cooper Walker, Ronnie
Black, Ray Euliss, John Bolt and
Patsy Melton, of the Day Students;
Laverne Brady, Louise McLeod
and Betty Comer, of West Dorm;
Husky Hall, of the Senior Class;
Bobby Stewart, of the Junior
Class; and Tom Targett, of the
Sophomore Class. The Freshmen
will elect their representative the
first Tuesday in October,
■* V-
LEADERS L> ANNUAL FOUNDERS’ DAY PRO(;UA.\l AT ELON
ELON enroll:ment
SHOWS increase
A n increased enrollment
marked the successful opening
of the sixty-third annual ses
sion of Elon College, which got
underway with a faculty gath
ering on Monday, September 1st,
followed by registration of both
freshmen and upperclassmen in
the next three days, paving the
way for opening of regular class
work on Friday morning. Sep
tember 5th.
Complete figures on tiie stu
dent ::!nrollment for the fall
quarter of the 1952-53 term have
not yet been compiled, but un
official reports are thr^t the
Elon student body for the pres
ent term exceeds the figure at
a corresponding date last fall
by at least fifty. '
Leaders in the Observance o£ “Fcunders' Day ’ at Elon College on Tuesday, September 16th,
are shown above. Tlje group (left to right) includes Dr. Jesse Dollar, of Suffolk, Va., who is financ-
iail secretary of the new Elon fund-raising campaign; Dr. Leon E. Smith. Elon’s president, who
planned and led in the launching program; Dr. Wyatt aiillard Stevens, ct Norfolk. Va., president of
the Southern Convention of Congregational Christian Churches and general chairman of the Elon
campaign; and Dr. Howard S. Hardcastle, of Chuckatuck, Va., who d .'livered the memorial address in
honor of Dr. William Allen Harper on the “Founders’ Day” program. Inset at bottom left shows
Hon. Luther Hodges, of Leaksvill?, Democratic nominee for lieu.-^nant governor, who delivered
the principal address at the after :ioon program.
Eight New Faculty Meinhers Added
To Elon Staff As New Year Begins
Elon Players Plan
Series Ot Sliows
The Elon Players, student dra
matic organization, in addition to
its usual program of long plays,
will also produce a series of one-
act plays to be presented at alum
ni meetings and other meetings
this year. They will also present
a number of radio plays at inter
vals on Station WFNS, according
to Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, fac-
uty dramatic director.
She has announced that the
first three-act play will be ‘Jan
uary Thaw,” to be presented late
in October, and she has announc
ed David Crowle, Lynn Cashion,
Diane Maddox and Ann Wilkins
as members of the cast for Wo
man’s Privilege,” one of the one-
act plays. The cast for the three-
act play will be announced soon.
Eight new faculty members,
have been added to the Elon Col-1
lege teaching staff for the 1952- j
53 session. The additions include ' ;
a new dean of women, two mem-;
bers of the English staff and one
each in the fields of accounting,;.
liistory, music, home economics |
and physical education. All as-1
sumed their duties on September; v
1st. i|.
The new dean of women is Miss %■
Alice M. Black, of Washington, |
D. C., who saw several years ser-
vice as an officer in the WAVES, '
during which she directed activi-1
ties tor large groups of girls. She
has also engaged in public school
work in Washington and in sum-,
mer camp work. Miss Black re
ceived the B. S. Degree from Co
lumbia University and the M. A
Degree from Teachers’ Culleg,e
of Columbia University. The
other additions are listed below
in alphabetical order;
Mrs. Lucy M. Brashear, wife
of Prof. J. H. Brashear of the
Business Department, is a new
member of the English faculty.
A native of Belleview, Ohio, Mrs.
Brashear graduated from Tiffin
university in Ohio and then took
an undergraduate degree and the
Master's Degree in English at the
Founders*^ Day Program
Marks Start Of Drive
The observance of ‘Founder’s
Day” here on the Elon campus
on Tuesday. September 16th, was
the occasion for the launching of
a new and gigantic fund-raising
campaign, which is designed to
provide $1,300,000 for the expan
sion and improvement of the col
lege.
The program got underway with
a gathering in Whitley Memorial
Auditorium at 11 o’clock in the
morning, when Dr. Howard S.
Hardcastle, eminent Congrega
tional Christian minister from
Chuckatuck, Va.. was the princi
pal speaker on a program that
honored the late Dr. William
Allen Harper, who was president
ot Elon from 1911 until 1931.
Dr. Leon E. Smith. Eton’s pres
ident, presided at that morning
session, with the invocation by
DEAN OF WOMEN
MISS ALICE BLACK
five of Owenton, Ky., who re-
teived the Ph. D. Degree from
the University of North Carolina
this year, is the new member of
the history staff. He had his
undergraduate work at Atlantic
Christian and then received the
; MasterSs Degree from the Univer-
irity of North Carolina. He has
; had experience in public school
v/ork and served on the faculties
' at East Carolina and N. C. State
I and taught at Carolina from 1946
' to 1952. He was in the air force
during World War II.
Miss Betty Haley is a resident
of Elon College who has come
home to teach girls’ physical ed
ucation. A graduate of Gibson-
ville High, she graduated at Wo
man's College with the B. S. in
Physical Education, and for the
past year she has been engaged
in recreational work for the gov
ernment at Munich, Germany.
She has also worked with sum-
Rhodes Leads
Eh>ii’s New
College Band
The 1952-53 school year will
witness the appearance of a new
Flon College band under the di-
rectionof James R. Rhodes, senior
day student from Burlington, who
has been working on plan.s for
a marching band for the past sev
eral months. The new band is
open to all interested students.
At the present time there are
thirty-three active members, and
several additional students have
expressed l«terest in joining the
new group. I’ractlces are held
Rev. F. C. Lester, ot Asheboro, (jaijy at 11;30 o’clock in the band
and the introduction ot the speak
er by D. R. Fonville. Sr., of Bur
lington. The morning meeting
was followed by a dinner on the
campus at the noon hour
The afternoon program, which
was presided over by Dr. Wyatt
M.illard Stevens, of Norfolk, Va.,
president of the Southern Conven
tion of the Congregational Chris
tian Church, featured an address
by thellon. Luther Hodges, of
Leaksville, candidate for lieuten
ant-governor ot North Carolina,
who stressed the obligation of in
dustry and business to support
and help maintain the church-re
lated colleges. Hodges was intro
duced by George D. Colclough
Immediately after the conclus
ion of Hodges’ address. President
Smith launched formal action in
the new fund-raising campaign,
which is really the second half of
a still larger ten-year fund-rais
ing program. The larger program
was originally started in 1946 and
has since that time resulted in
the raising of §1,200,000 by Eton’s
alumni and friends.
(Continued on Page Four)
luom in Whitley Auditorium.
There has also been a number of
marching drills.
The college administration has
allotted sufficient funds to pur
chase new band uniforms and nec
essary equipment. The new uni
forms, which are expected to ar
rive in time for the Homecoming
football game* in early October,
were purchased at a cost of more
than $2,000.
This is the first organized band
on the Elon College campus since
1941 when Mr. E. F. Rhodes,
father of the new director and
alumnus of the college, was con
nected with the music depart
ment and was director of the col
lege; band.
The new band is a product of
attempts which James Rhodes has
maed over the past two years to
organize an active organization.
Last year he directed a .small
group of college students with the
assistr^ice from students from
Burlington High School. This
year, however, the band will con
sist wholly of Elon College stu
dents. All persons interested
should contact James Rhodes or
John Westmoreland immediately.
Present band members, in ad-
, , . dition to Rhodes as director, are
A new series of adult nignt
classes got underway on the Elon Buckner, Lynn Cashion, Ju-
Adnll Education
Classes Underway
University of Florida, where she
also served as an instructor. She
is a member of Phi Beta Kappa
and Phi Kappa Phi, honorary
scholastic fraternities. She served i missionary work
mer camps.
Rev. James M. Hess, also of the
English^ staff, brings a rich ex
perience that includes thirty-
campus on Monday evening of this
week, with six members of the
Elon faculty teaching the courses,
each of which may be taken for
degree or teacher certificate cred
it or without any credit at all.
Faculty members teaching the
classes this fall include Dr. James
Howell, Dr. Richard M. Haff,
dith Chadwick, James Clyburn,
Richard Cooke, Ronnie Earp, Ben
Forrest, Billy Ginn, Robert Gour-
ley, Bernard Jones, Dave Ken
nedy, Harold King, Jerry Lowder,
Paul Martin, Merle Mauldin, John
Meadows, Robert Mercier, Fred
Minton, E. B. Moore, Joe Morris,
Walter Seamon,
inthe WAVES during World War
II.
Dr. Horace Cunningham, a na-
in India, where he was head of
Prof, J. C. Cooley, Prof. Thomas
Fox, "Irs. Bessie P. Sloan and Mrs. 1
, . , . ^ , Pearl McDonald. Each class ISharpe, Jerry Smyre, . D.
jtne English Department in the twelve | Somers, Bobby Stewart, Holland
(Continued on Page Four) ^ weeks. Taylor, Wayne Vestal and John
1952
NEW MEMBERS OF ELON COLLEXiE TEACHING STAFF 195H
ca. HORACE CUNNINGHAM
? History
MRS. LUCY M. BRASHEAR
English '
REV. JAMES M. HESS
English
MISS BETSY HALEY
Physical Education
PROF. 11. I.. LAWLESS
Accounting
MRS. MARY P. SHOCKEY
Home Economics
I'KOF. JONATHON SWEAT
Music