Lets Everyuouy Get
Out And Yell
At That Catawba Game
VOLUME THIRTY-TWO
MAROON AND GOLD
Better Student Spirit
May Brin;; A
Win Over The Indians
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.,
ELON H031E COMING QUEEN CROWNED AT BALL
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER Vi,, 1953
NUMBER THREE
Smiles were the ordei' of th • evening after Lynn Cashion, president of the Student Dody, had
t'lacr-'i tlie ciown on the head of Elen s ‘-Home Coming Queen" at the annual ball in Alumni Me-
n.-i.l Oymnasiuni on Friday evenins;. October 10th. Shown left to right above, immediately after
;!ie coronation ceremony, are He'en Nott. of Graham, iMaid-of-Hon :r in the royal court; Walter
OBeiry .Miss Nott's e?corl, from Harrellsville; President Lynn Cashion, of Sanford; Rachel Mat
thews. of Po'.t-mouth. Va.. who ruled as queen of Home Coming; and Gary Sears, also uf Ports
mouth. u ho escorted her royal hig '.ne-s.
The student enrollment at Elon
College for the fall quarter of
this year shows an increase ot
more than 15 per cent over tlie
Klon enrollment at a similar peri
od la.st year, according to figures
released last week by 1-resiUeiii
Leon E. Smith.
The Elon student body at this
time includes 665 students, as
compared with an enrollment of
578 a year ago at this time. The
total of 665 now enrollt>«l does not
Flaver Sliow
To Be Given
Next Week
The curtain will go up on an
other Elon dramatic season on
Wednesday night of next week,
when the Elon Players present
the first of two performances of
"January Thaw." a laugh-provok
ing thfee-act comedy which had a
successful Broadway run.
The first of the two perform
ances of ' January Thaw" will be
given in Whitley Auditorium at
include 46 members'o£“adult ed-
mght. with the second and final
showing scheduled for the follow
ing evening.
ing evening. Both performances
will be under the direction of Mrs.
Elizabeth R. Smith, who has had
a long line of successful shows
while heading up the dramatic
program here at the college.
The new play, filled with mirth
and merriment from the first cur
tain to the last, will introduce a
number of new actors to the Elon
stage, and a number of these new
campus thespians show promise of
becoming outstanding performers.
Indeed, more than one of the new
actors may bid high for the annual
Oscar awards in this opening
show.
Lynn Cashion, of Sanford, and
Ann Wilkins, of Suffolk, Va., are
two of the veteran members of
the Players in the new play. They
will appear as Jonathon and Ma
thilda Rockwell and will have
of the four leading roles,
while Dianne Maddox, of Cincin
nati. Ohio, and J. B. Pickard, of
^reensboro. take the parts of
eibert and Marge Gage. Miss
■laddox is a newcomer, but Pick-
has appeared in supporting
’^oles in earlier shows.
Only other members of the cast
® January Thaw” with previous
layer experience is John Truitt,
® Elon College, who has had sev-
Wal small parts in previous years.
®rs in the cast, all new to Whit-
stage, include Jackie Newman,
Richmond, Va.; David Crowle,
Glenolden, Pa.; Johnnie Mea-
of Jacksonville; Bob Tyner,
“I Pine Bluff; Luuk Groot, of Hil-
^ersum, Holland; Kay Hughes,
“ College; and Betsy West,
Elon College. The two last-
*’amed are students at Elon High
School, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
K Hughes and Prof. and Mrs.
John F. West.
Sharp Increase Shotvn
InStudent Enrollment
,lcuti^il ...11 -t
night as part of the college exten
sion program. They would push
the total over the 700 mark.
The college enrollment, broken
down into classes shows a present
registration of 102 seniors, 87
juniors, 132 sophomores, 226
freshmen, 47 members of tlie reg
ular G. I. night classes, 25 special
students and 46 commercial stu
dents.
A division according to sex dis
closes that the college now has
162 girls and 503 men enrolled
this year. This division by class
es shows 14 girls and 88 men in
the senior class, 22 girls and 65
men in the special student group,
and 44 girls and two men in the
commercial class.
It is interesting to note also that
there are more than half of the
total enrollment wlio are day stu
dents ahd who commute daily
from their homes to their classes.
There are slightly more than 300
of the whole student body who
live on campus.
RED FEATHER DRIVE
STARTS TOMORROW
The Elon College students and
faculty are reminded again this
week fhat the annual “Red
Feather" campaign for the Ala
mance County Community
Chest gets underway tomorrow
and will continue through No
vember 1st.
The community chest cam
paign is a cooperative affair, in
which Burlington and the small
er communities in Alamance
County all participate, and funds
that are raised will be used to
support charitable and civic en
terprises in the county.
The annual Home Coming Ball,
j with its colorful decora'tions, soft
lights and ' music both sweet and
•lot, formed the background for
Uie coronation of Elon's • Home
Coming Queen” of 1952, which
was held on the glistening flooi
of Alumni Memorial Gymnasium
on Friday evening, October 10th.
Many old grads joined with
students and faculty members to
form the audience as Queen Rachel
Matthews, escorted by the ladies
iind knights of her court, moved
;'.'io the gymnasium in a stateij
procession for the impressive cor
onation ceremonies which gave to
the queen regal powers over the
succeeding events of the Home
Coming wekend.
I The coronation of the queen
j came at an early intermission of
ihe Home Coming Ball, with
■Fohn Truitt, Jr., presiding as mas
ter of ceremonies at the mike and
introducing each couple as it
came upon the floor. The spon-
ors for the various residence halls
ind organizations on the campus
formed a circle in the center ot
the flooi', within which the coro-
lation itself took place.
The sponsors for the various
campus groups, with the name of
their organizations and escorts,
'.'ere Barbara Carden, for the
French Club, with Mark Garri
son; Ann Malkins, for Sigma Phi
Beta, with Jeter Wilkins; Gwyn
Coyner, for Sigma Mu Sigma, with
Jerry Smyre; Bertie Lewis, for
North Dormitory, with Roy Cash
ion
Home Coming Highly Successful
Coronation
Of Queen
On Friday Campus Miisica! Series | Fentures
"T; ——:—r— ( Decorations
Grooines Kecitii! Ojieiis Parade
Jliss V’irg'jnia Groomcs, so
prano, who is a member of the
Elon College nmsic faculty, will
be presented by the Mu-sic De
partment at 8:15 o'clock on
Thursday evening of this week
in the first of a series of recit
als that are planned for the
1952-53 college year. She will
be accompanied at the piano by
Prof. Jonathon Sweat.
iMiss Groomes, who joined the
Elon faculty in the aulnmn of
1949, received the Bachelor of
Music degree from Simpson
College and later received the
•Master's degree from Columbia
University. She also studied at
Julliard School of .^lusic and at
the Columbia Workshop.
She later studied with Robert
Shaw and sang with the Collegi
ate Chorale. For the past two
summers she has been a mem
ber of the Seagle Music Colony,
where she sang leading roles in
“The Bartered Bride," by
Smetana, “La Traviata.” by
V'erdi, and “Patience,” by Gil-
l>ert and Sullivan.
While serving with the Elon
faculty, she has made numerous
appearances in North Carolina,
having sung roles in Mendels
sohn’s “Elijah,” in Haydn's “The
; Betsy Johnson, for the Stu- Widdifield; Shir-
:lent Christian Association, with
Hichard Brady;
Betty Thompson, for the Junior
Class, with Billy Harris; Aleane
Gentry, for Alpha Pi Delta, with
Ted Webb: Shirley Cox, for the
Elon Choir, with Jerry Lowder;
Ioann Newman. tor Kappa Psi
\'u. with George Barron; Harriett
Talley, for East Dormitory, with
Richard Newman: Betty Comer,
for the Senior Class, with Husky
Hall; Meryle Mauldin, for the
Elon Band, with Ronnie Earp;
Natalie Toms, for the Club
ley Gerringer, for the Commercial
Club, with Roger Sawyer; Arlene
Stafford, for Iota Tau Kappa, with
Ronnie McIntyre; Ann Wilkins,
for the Elon Players, with Jimmy
Luke; Mary Wisseman, for Oak
Lodge, with Bob Robertson; Lou
ise Bemis, for Carlton House,
with Joe Parker; Judith Ingram,
for South Dormitory, with Charlie
Schrader ;and Becky Coleman, for
the Day Students, with David
Forbes.
(Continued on Page Four)
Student Election
Board Aiiiiouiiced
The Student Election Board,
which supervises all campus elec
tions held under the auspices of
the Elon College .student govern
ment is composed of seven mem
bers. It has already been called
upon to direct the election of the
Home Coming Queen” and v/ill
direct other ballotings during the
year.
Bill Blackstone, of Jackson
ville, Fla., is the chairman of the
election board. Other members
include Joe Brankley, of Skipwith,
Va.; Max Vestal, of Asheboro;
Oscar Holland, of Clinton; Carolyn
Abell, of Reidsville; Jane Ker-
nodle, of Elon College; and Aleane
Gentry, of Timberlake.
FORMER C;HRISTIAi\ SPORTS STAR
WRITES BACK FROM KOREAN FROM'
Corporal James L. Hamrick, bet
ter known to Elon students of the
present junior and senior classe.'
as ' Hank" Hamrick, is still alive
ond kicking the enemy in Korea
'.vith that old Hamrick fighting
spirit, but he is looking forward
to the day when he can get back
to the Elon campus and once
more wear the Maroon and Gold
in athletic combat.
This was revealed in a letter
received recently by Coach Doc
Mathis from the former Elon cage i
and diamond star, who by his i
sheer fighting spirit earned All-'
Conference honors at forward in
basketball and as a southpaw |
pitcher in baseball. Hamrick |
was at Elon for two years from
the fall of 1949 through the spring
of 1951. after which he was called
into service. His letter speaks
for itself.
Hi Coach:
I guess you are surprised to
hear from me, but I have been
planning to write you for a long
time. I have just never gotten
around to it.
I know you have started foot
ball practice by now and are
working hard to get the boys in
shape. How do they look? I
know you will miss the old guys,
but with coaches like you and
Coach Mallory it will not take
long to shape up a good team.
Gee, I have really missed being
at Elon and playing ball for the
past year, but if nothing happens
I will be back this time next year.
By my being in Korea, I will get
three months knocked off of my
time, so I should get out of this
man's army sometime in June of
■53.
The sooner the better, because
[ have had enough of it. Boy, if,
I knew wlien I was in school what
I know now, you couldn't have
kept ray nose out of the book, but
that’s the way t)ie ball bounces.
Anytime you catch one of your
boys not studying, ju.it tell him
10 di^ in tor me. That goes es
pecially for Ben and John. Heck,
I want somebody to be at Elon
that I know when I get back.
Well, just in case you are won
dering what I am doing or what
my job is, I will give you a brief
1 un-down. I am a section leader
for two 50-calibre machine guns.
It isn't a soft job, but it sure beats
being a rifleman. Boy, i mean
those riflemen really catch it.
I thought those mountains up
in western North Carolina were
big, but they are just foothills
compared to some of these over
here. You would never believe
it until you see some of them.
You have heard of people going to
the mountains for a vacation, but
by golly, I never want to see an
other mountain, much less climb
one.
Well coach, drop me a line if
you have tinje and let me know
what kind of football team you
have and what kind ot basketball
team you expect.
Sincerely,
"HANK”
It is a certain fact that the for
mer Elon cage and diamond star
A-ould appreciate letters from any
ind all the students now on the
campus. His address is Corporal
fames L. Hamrick, U. S. 53103630,
Prov. Co. 7622, APO 613, c-o PM,
San Francisco, Calif.
MISS ViKGIMA GKOO.MES
Seasons.” and in Handel's ‘Mes
siah.” Other oratorio work in
the state has included roles in
“Carmen.” by Bizet, and in
“Cossi Fan Tutti.” b.v Alozart,
both sponsored by the Grass
Roots Opera Company.
She will open her program
tomorrow night with four Eliza
bethan love songs and will fol
low »it!i five other groups from
no less than eleven different
composers. The recital will be
followed by a reception in the
parlors of West Dormitory for
those attending the porgram.
Dining Hall
Committees
Made Public
The first step in a move to im
prove the student cooperation in
the College Dining Hall, with es
pecial emphasis upon the elimi
nation ot “cutting lines” at chow
time, was taken on Tuesday, Oc
tober 14th, with the appointment
of a special dining liall commit
tee.
The committee was appointed
and announced by Lynn Cashion,
Student Body president, who stat
ed that the four-membev dining
hall committee will work with
the cooperation of both the men's
and women's Inter-Dormitory
Councils. All three groups will
cheek upon "line-cutting," and it
was emphasized that the penalty
of a $1 fine will be strictly en
forced for all violations of the
student ordinance.
Members of the special dining
hall committee include Laverne
Brady, of Robbins, as chairman;
with Husky Hall, of Fieldale, Va.,
Tom Targett, of Braintree, Mass.,
and Robert Phelps, of Fort Smith,
Ark., as committee workers.
Also listed in the same an
nouncement were the members of
the two Inter-Dormitory Coun
cils. The men's group includes
Phil Mann, Cypress Chapel, Va.;
Lewis Winston, Nelson, Va.; Rog
er Phelps, Fort Smith, Ark.;
Max Vestal, Asheboro; Jerry
Smyre, Greensboro; Bill Renn,
Hampton, Va.; Joe Durso, Wayne,
Pa.; Carroll Reid, Unionville, Va.;
Gary Sears, Portsmouth, Va.; and
Frank Waff, Norfolk, Va.
The women's Inter-dormitory
Council includes Aleane Gentry,
Timberlake; Mary Lee Farlow,
Seagrove; Ernestine Bridges,
Lawndale; Theresa McSwain,
Ramseur; and Sue Moore, Timber
lake.
I Even the Weather Man coop
erated with the Elon College stu-
I dents and alumni to make the
1952 Home Coming program
highly successful, for the old man
that controls the weather halted
the three-day rain that drenched
this section on Saturday so that
everyone might enjoy the festive
events that had been planned.
The program, which got under
way with the annual Home Com
ing Ball in the huge Alumni Me
morial Gymnasium on Friday
evening, was rendered more suc
cessful by the large number of
former Elon students who return
ed to the campus to once more the
cenes of their college days and
lo renew old friendships.
gaily decorated campus greet-
d the alumni who were here on
Saturday, and a special committee
of alumni, appointed by Alumni
Secretary Carl Woods, served as
judges for the decoration conte.st
n which the dormitories partici
pated.
The girls in West Dormitory
were awarded first place in this
contest for their display, which
featured Coach Jack Boone, of
East Carolina, lying in his casket
with toes turned lo the sky, his
casket being surrounded by a min
iature cemetery with its tomb
stone markers for members of the
East Carolina team. Second place
went to the boys in East Dorm,
with South and North Dorms
ranked high in the lists.
An outstanding feature of the
Saturday program was the huge
Elon College parade, which form
ed on the campus at 2 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon and proceeded
ihrough Burlington and back to
Gibsonville to let the residents of
both places know that Elon was
in a festive mood.
This parade was led by members
of the Elon Band, who furnished
the peppy music from their perch
aboard one of the college trucks.
Further back in line came a fleet
of more than twenty gaily-decorat
ed- convertibles, which served as
chariots for the Home Coming
Queen and the members of her
court. »» , wr
The real climax of the weokend
celebration was the seventh annu
al football game between the Elon
Christians and the East Carolina
Pirates, which was played in Bur
lington Stadium on Saturday
night. The game was marked by
half-time ceremonies in which
the Home Coming Queen an i ,.i ■
court was introduced’to the crowd.
The only sour note of the entire
weekend was the fact that the
Pirates won the football game, the
first time in all history that East
Carolina had ever beaten Elon,
and even that fact made at least
“home coming” Elon alumnus
happy, for the Pirates’ Coach Jack
Boone is himself an Elon gradu
ate and one of Elon’s all-time grid
iron stars.
Clylnirn Is Named
Choir President
The Elon Choir, one of the most
activ€ student organizations on
the campus, recently named offi
cers for the 1952-53 college year.
James Clyburn, of Charleston. S.
C., is the new president of the
musical group, succeeding to the
post that was held last year by
Charles Lynam.
Other officers at the same time
were Judith Ingram, of Greens
boro, vice-president; and Jerry
Lowder, of Burlington, secretary-
treasurer. The choir membership
includes more than fifty students.