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MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, October 8, 1952
Elon Rallies To Defeat
Mountaineers By 13 To 7
SCENE FROM NEW ELON PLAYER PRODUCTION
SCA Committees Direct
Program Of Organizatiou
By MIKE RAUSEO
A rejuvenated Elon eleven, with
the previous week t 20 to 0 los-
In mind, (taged a brilliant second
half comeback to defeat the
(liKhtly favored Appalachian
Mountalneerg 13 to 7 at Boom-
lait Saturday night.
The first half featured hatd
tackling and vicioun blocking v^ith
both teams literally trying tu beat
the other down with tough defen
sive play, but the only real offen
sive threat of that half came late
In the -econd quarter when John
I’latt. Klon halfback, intercepted
Flon
MOW IT IIAPPENr.D.
Appalachian.
14
Fint OnwnH
10
178
Net Yardt Riuhinc
101
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PasKes Attrmpted
13
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Pai>«rii Complrtrd
6
8»“
.. N»l-lUida Pauinc
28
266
Tofat '^'ardii Scrim.
12»
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Opp. Paun Intrr.
4
53
Runback Intrr. Pauirs
32
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Number Punt* ....
8
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Avt Ulataitre Puntii .
31.9
94
Vardn Run. All Klrk»
92
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Total Yards PeoalUr*.
. 15
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.^I’ym^ell. pass In the Elon end
-«g!l*"W4t4nMWt::t>ast mid-field to
tllC App farty-'aU|lL Elon then
ii^vCd the bitl^.,jpthe Mountain
eer 3cvente«n,A'lierc the Elon
bjd fvr « TTJ wH^folled as Platt's
pa.ss was lntcrd?J)ted
«AppuljictlUio tallied quickly In
third quarter. On the sec-
nmjmti' play John Platt's
the Elon thirty-four
vcrcd by Jimmy Kiser for
Apps. and from that point
Trlplrtt picked up two. Pennell
pas.sed to Clendennin for five and
Groce made it first down on Elon's
24-yard line. Groce picked up
five and four through the line
and then went for first down on
the Elon nine on a pItch-out. Pen
nell carried to the three, and It
was Groce again for the TD.
Groce’s placement was good after
an Elon penalty gave him a sec
ond try, and Appalachian was
ahead 7-0.
Elon was quick to recover. Af
ter an exchange of punts. Charlie
Michaux ran the hall fl.'tein ya ds
to the Appalachian thirty-seven,
and Platt, Christy and Rochelli
combined for an Elon first down
on the Appalachian twenty-two.
From there Rochelli passed to
Blackstone on the fifteen, and
Balckstone lateralled to Platt, who
went the remaining distance tor
Elon’s first touchdown
Elon kicked to Appalachian, but
an Increasingly strong Christian
lcfenslve unit forced Appalachian
to kick. Michaux returned from
the Elon thirty to the Elon forty-
Elon Student
Forms ISew
Church Group
John G. Truitt, Jr., a member
ct Elon's senior class, spent much
lime during the past summer or-
i;anizing the new Lakeside Com
munity Church in the Glencoe
community just north of Burling
ton.
Working under the home mis-
■lons committee of the Southern
Convention of Congregational;
Christiun Churches, Truitt made ’
a survey of sixty-five homrs in the j
community and found sufficient
Interest to warrant calling a
meeting of the intere.sted persons ^
fhe last of July. |
There was a growing interest in
the project after that meeting, and 1
on the fourth Sunday in August j
there were 83 persons present foi
Sunday school and 71 present for
the 11 o’clock service, when Dr.
William T. Scott, superintendent
of the Southern Convention, re
ceived 17 charter members In the
newly organized church.
An advisory committee, elected
by the people of the community,
together with Truitt as pastor,
has been working on plans foi
construction of a church build
ing on a plot of land, which has
been given to the church by C. R.
Faucette, of Burlington. The
Mission Board of the Southern
Convention and churches in the
North Carolina and Virginia Con
ference are pledging themselves
to assist in the work.
I
One of^the scenes from "Jan lary Thaw," delightful Ihree-act comedy to be given by the Elon
Players as their first dramatic o fcring of the new college year, is shown in the above picture,
vhich portrays m(*mbors of the Gage family at home. Left to right are shown Kay Hughes, as Sarah
Gage, youthful daughter; J. B.Pickard, as Herbert Gage, harras ed father; Dianne Maddox, as
Mary Gage, the wife; and Jackie Newman, as Barbara Gage, anothe; daughter.
Fi^shnian English Placement Tests
Net Few 200 Scores In Six Years
!n the past six years a total of 1,315 incoming freshmen have taken the Purdue English Place
ment Test at Elon College, and of this number barely sixteen students have scored 200 or better out
of a possible perfect score of 247 points. This was revealed in records compiled by Dr. James How
ell, head of the English Department at Elon College.
These sixteen top-ranking students on the English placement tests have been uniformly fine
students in their later campus life. Two cf the sixteen Ijave alreat'y graduated, and another com
pleted the commercial course. Only four of the sixteen have dropped out or transferred, all others
are still in school here. All have maintained approximately a “B" average or better cn their Elon
•academic work.
In 1947 there were 244 student.' who took the placement test. Ann Truitt (Mrs. Baxter Twiddy)
row put the ballon theApptwen-l scored 214 after having already had English 11. Marion Tickle (Mrs. Richard Kokos) and Robert
five, and three first downs in a
ty-one. There Rochelli faded
deep and passed to John Platt,
who was open in the end zone.
It was the winning touchdown.
Gattis' attempt for conversion was
good this time, and the score
showed Elon leading 13 to 7. That
was it, as far as the scoring went.
It was a great game for the
Christians, with Charlie Michaux
shining brilliantly in his kick-re-
turns from his safety slot. It was
Curtis Johnson scored 211 and 209 respectively.
Robert Lloyd Dalrymple, one
SEEING SPORTS
(Continued From Page Three)
basket. Won't be too long until
these boys will begin drilling for
the season's play. Seems that all
the cagers have their hearts set
on an NAIB bid again and that
wonderful trip to Kansas City for
winning. Well, to you early birds,
Platt, Rochelli and Parker whoj*’*^''® ® hoping that practice does
shared the major offensive duties,! perfect and that perfect
’ ' season
with Platt counting both touch
downs and topping both teams in
rushing yardage. Rochelli as us
ual shined with his passing, com
pleting six in a row at one time
without a miss. The work of all
of Elon's defensive line was so
outstanding as to make it impos
sible to single out individuaU.
means another winning
I'm seeing sports 'til my eyes are
blue;
of 247 students taking the test in
1948, made a score of 208 points.
Jhere were 218 freshmen given th
e test in 1949, and Edward Engles,
Sonia Albert and Arthur Wal
drop scored 212. 215 and 208
points respectively.
In 1950 there were five students
out of 166 who went over the
magic 200 mark. They were
York Brannock with 215, Betty
Peeler with 209, Mary Haney Har
rington with 207, Judith Ingram
with 204 and Ann Abercrombie
with 200.
The highest score on record, a
POPL'LAR COMEDY
(Continued From Page One)
Other members of the cast for
“January Thaw,” which are work
ing in daily rehearsals in Mooney
Auditorium, include Jackie New
man. of Richmond. Va., and Key
Hughes and Betsy West, a couple
of youthful Elon College girls,
who have the roles of the three
Gage daughters, Barbara, Sarah
and Paula; Jerry Loy, of Graham,
as Matt Rockwood; David Crowle,
of Glenolden, Pa., as Walter; John
Truitt, of Elon College, as Loomis;
Johnny Meadows, of Jacksonville,
a? George; Bob Tyner, of Pine
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Itt
IV. 222 points, was
Ivejied to present them all to made in 1951 by Patsy Melton,
Two weeks hence I shall appear; -
So hope I find you waiting here. | Borarth and Hallie RagsLle e"ach'^'"”' and Luuk
scored 200 points. i Grout, of Hilversum, Holland, as
Well talk of Home Coming and 4 ♦ iFreida.
its finery; ^ were given i
The team, the score and E.C.C students, including twenty j " '
But for this issue. I've got to go; j^o^^n^^rcial students and five up- test in a
GET OUT AND 'YELL FOR Iperclass transfers along with the^*'"®'^ Chadwick
OL,D ELO’. ' u* u , ^ored 206, the only score of 200
_ better on record for tL year
Campus capers
call for Coke
There’s bedlam in the
stands when the team is on
a march to the goal. Keep
j things going I Refresh now
and then with a frosty
bottle of delicious Coca-Cola.
Youn^ Elon
Graduate Is
Cancer Victim
Lewis Clinton Horner, 26-year-
cld Alamance County school prin
cipal, who graduated from Elon
College barely two years ago with
the Class of 1950, died on Tues
day morning, September 30th, af
ter a two-months illness which
aroused the attention and sym
pathy of people all over Alamance
County.
Young Horner, who was »ery
popular while a student at Elon
College and was a member of the
All-Campus tag-football squad in
his senior year, was stricken ill
late in the summer while visiting
ills wife’s home in Californi'a, and
upon his return home his trou
ble was diagnosed as cancer.
He had served as coach at Eli
Whitney High School last year,
but he had been named principal
of the Saxapahaw Elementary
School this year. His illness pre
vented him from beginning his
new duties there, and people of
the county were conducting a
drive for a ‘‘Clinton Horner Fund”
to aid him when he died.
The Elon College students, many
of whom knew Clint Horner, ex
pressed their feelings toward the
young alumnus by contributing
$126.20 in a free-will offering
taken at student chapel on Mon
day morning of last week, the day
before young Horner died.
Horner’s wife, the former Ade
line Ledma, was also an Elon
graduate, having received her de
gree here with the Class of 1951.
Like her husband, she was well
known and popular on the campus,
being known to most of the stu
dents by the nickname of “Jitter”
Horner. Surviving along with
her are three small children.
Funeral services were held at
the Glen Hope Baptist Church at 3
0 clock last Thursday afternoon,
with burial following in the Pine
Hill cemetery.
The work of the Student Chris,
tians Association for the 1952-5J
school year will be carried oat
under the planning and direetioj
of three commissions or comm:
tees, including the Religious Life
Commission, the World Affain
Commission and the Campus ,y.
fairs Ccmmission.
The Religious Life Commission,
v/ith Douglass Edwards and Ro
er Phelps as co-chairmen, is
charge' of obtaining ushers for
Sunday morning services in Whit-
ley Auditorium, and five men.
bers of the group have been dele
gated to help Dr. F. E. Heynoldi
and faculty chapsl committee in
planning more interesting and
beneficial chapel services for t
year. This group planned a spefr
ial observance of World Widj
Communion Sunday this past
weekend.
The World Affairs Commission,
with Louis Scott and Gilbert Brij.
die as co-chairmen, is planning |)
sponsor a weekend work camp at
the Franklinton Institute in He
eastern part of the state. This is
an institute that provides the ne
cessities of life for many under
privileged Negro families In tin
state. This group will also con
sider such timely subjects
world health program, modem
politics, and race relations.
The Campus Affairs Commis-,^
Sion, led by Tom Targett
Sammy Nelson as co-chair:
plans to emphasize two specifit
projects during the year. Ote
project is a general clcan-np
campaign for the Elon campiu,
during which each student wiH
be asked to cooperate in placii!
refuse in the proper receptacltt
The other is a program which tie
commission is keeping secret in-
til full details are worked out a
ready for presentation to the stit
dent body, a secret which is ex
pected to keep the students
with interest until all can be dis
closed.
The Elon College football sqiiail
of 1949 led all college teams i«
the South in scoring and al.a
held its opponents to the lowest
total score in the South last year
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