Success To You All
On Those
Fall Quarter Exams
MAROON AND GOLD
Aiid A I'oMball Win
Over Guilford
On Thaukngiviiig Day
VOLUME THIRTY-TWO
Thanksgiving
Marks End
Of Quarter
The Thanksgiving holidays,
which are scheduled for the last
of next week, mark a changc of
term for Elon College, and they
mean, too, that the more than six
luindred students and the mera-
tjers of the faculty will get a
^iieak from the normal routine of
I ampus life.
This first holiday season of the
1952-53 school year opens official-
ij it high noon next 'Wednesday,
November 26th, and everybody
Mill then have four days and one-
of their own before regular
-iriidules get underw'ay again at
;; o'clock on Monday morning. De
ember 1st,
The fall quarter exams v/ill got
started next Monday morning, No
vember 24th, and a few students
will complete’ their exams by
Tuesday and get away for an ex
tra day of vacation. All students
with 11:30 classes, however, can
look forvi’ard to finishing the term
,Wednesday morning.
lost of the students and many
i" the faculty wil get away from
i!i.' campus for the holiday period,
many of them going 'd theiv
liomes for the traditional Tiianks-
’iving observance, v.hilo others
will iio to football games or other
plates of amusement.
The annual Elun-Guilford game,
v.inoh has been a Thanksgiving
ii^»iure for many years, will be
played in Reidsville this year, and
students and faculty who remain
here or in this vicinity will prob
ably have that game in their hol
iday plans.
Registration for the winter
quarter is underway this week,
.'nd most of the students v.’ill be
all signed up for their winter
..Oik before the holindays. A few
late registrants will wait until
■jfter their return to sign up for
tile new courses that are set for
both faculty and student's.
ELON COLLEGE^ X, C,,
WEDNESDAY, NOVEIHBEE 19, 1952
NUMUEIl FIVE
JhankA £q
TAnh)
A,
North State Delega tes
Meet On Elon Campus
The Nortli Stats Stiif^°ni Coun
-il held its most successful meet
ing in recent years here at Elon
i'^t Saturday, November 15th
•it!’ d.-'lessates )re“:‘nt from eacl
of the nine member colleges
The delegati'.s registred in the
student Government ofr,\u upoi
a rival and tlien retired to the Mu
■ ic Listening Room, wlu^e they
'ouivcid until time f.jr a buffet
imcheon, which w.-., served by tlii
i-'!')me Hciinnmics Ueparlment.
The business sC'.sinn convened
in Society Hall at 2:1,5 o'clock
md immi.'di.itely following this
ession tlie delegates were guc:st>
•f the Women's Int(‘r-l)urmitory
Council at a coffei- hour in the
Music l-istening Room. Many of
! r vi>itors remained for thi- evr-
meal and Wi-;.;. :;u-st=. ir.
the Llon-Lenoir Rhyne game tha:
liSilit. Delegates from Appalachi-
'n and Atlantic Christian .vi ent
•Saturday night on (lie cam.n s.
The busine-is ^e--ion, pro-; ;,‘ii
;ver by Lynn Cas!',iun, Elon stu-
'.lent l)ody hca’.i, featurcil a num-
)cr of matters tliat were propcsed
for cjnsideration. T!io_-e n, itl-r-.
. ere aj l-.illows:
111 The Council laid tentative
jla:!*; for forming a North State
’-'onfcrenci- Intcri .illi'giate New.s-
;)aper Association and endorsed
the editor of the Catawba paper
i:s temp-n-ary chairman, with an
or.i/.inization meetin;i to be lield
it Gu;!;''.jrd College next spring at
Ihe .‘■ tee lime the North Si.ilt
i‘')uncil convenoi.
(2) A motion by Lenoir Rliynt
tliat Hie Council act to pi'event
yearbook business managers from
soliciting ads in the cities where
other Conference colleges are lo-
■ated was defeated by unanimous
vote of other colleges,
3) A claim by Lencir Rhyne to
.Permanent possession of the old
Messick Sportsmanship Trophy on
:!:■ basis that Lenoir Rliyne won
it the most times was referred to
Appalachian student officials, who
were to check engraving on the
MAY COURT VOTIINC;
BE HELD THURSDAY
The Elon students will choose
(heir 1953 May Queen and mem
bers of her court in a special
election tomorrow. Voting to
morrow will be upon the follow
ing: candidates, who were chosen
from a l;trs:er group in prelimi
nary balloting yesterday:
MAY QUEEN
Anne Matklns Norma Roberts
MAY KING
Bill Dlatkstsne Husky Hall
Jeter VVilkins
SENIOR ATTENDANTS
Betty Comer J: an Marshbum
Sue Ireland Betty Van Sharpe
SENIOR ESCORTS
Hiram (iice>te Bob Peters
Oscar Holl.'ind Bobhy Rogers
JUNIOR ATTENDANTS
Anne Abercrombie Judy Ingram
Virgii'.ia Jernegan
Rjcl’cl Matthewx
JUNIOR ESCORTS
Nat Burwell Bobby Stewart
Gary Sears Woody Stoffel
trophy in regard to the Lenoir
Rhyne claim,
(4) Following a Council custom,
tiie group presented a silver med-
1 to Lynn Casiiion, retiring pres
ident, for hi, services, Tiie pre-
entation .was made by David Au-
iiian, of Higii Point.
Delegates attending the gather-
mg last Saturday included Ed
Lane and Don Stanley, Atlantic
,'hristian; Bob Halls and Carolyn
Smith, Guilford: Mack Ramey and
Bill Ray, Western Carolina: Frank
McCall and Jane Whitener, Ca-
.av,/ba: Barry Beatty and H. G.
j'isher, Lenoir Rhyne; Bill V/hite-
iides, Ray Snrum and Bill IMor-
;an, Appal.fchian: David Auman
ind Betty Floyd, High Point; and
Lynn Cashion, Woody Stoffel and
Walter O'Berry, Elon,
Elon Choir Sings Handei’s ‘Messiali’
In Whitlev Auditorir.ni December 7th
WORK ON EXHIBIT
Student Car
Owners Must
Get Stickers
Bob Phelps, chairman of the
Parking Lot Committee, announces
tliat a number of students driving
cars to Elon have yet to acquire
parking permits from the Student
Government Office, These per
mits, according to the regulation
passed by the Student Legisla
ture! should have been obtained
oy October 15, with a fine of $1
"iposed on delinquent car owners
■‘tter that date.
Through the quarter, tlie Park-
Lot Committee has distributed
tickets for violators of this regu-
Jition. and to date, a number have
jet to obtain permits, or pay their
fines. These fines must be paid
' the Student Government Office
' '•‘Ore the fined will be permitted
to take final exams for this quar
ter.
A list of car license numbers,
numbers of those delinquent
•^i'ers, is being sent to tlte De
partment of Motor Vehicles in
aleigh. North Carolina, in order
° find out the owners of those
without permits.
Students still driving a car
^'thout a permit to park are urged
° obtain one immediately, or
^eir names will be turned over to
t^eir professors, ruling them ineli-
»‘ble to take exams until the fines
Paid and permits are obtained.
GUEST SOLOIST
The Elon Choir will present its twentieth annual performance
of Handel’s oratorio, “Tiie Messiah," on Sunday evening, Decem
ber 7th, in Whitley Auditorium,
Three outstanding concert ar.ists will join a member of the
Elon mu^ic faculty as guest soloists in the annual program. The
pve=eutation has attracted overflow crowds for the past several
years.
Miss Lillian Chookasian of Ch,-
cago, will join Miss Virgiiii:
Groomes, of Elon Ccllege, in tw.
cf the solo roles. Miss Chodkasian
',\ill sing the contralto solos, while
Miss Groomes will sing the sopra
no solos. This is Miss Chookasian’s
ftrst perlJrmance on tlie Elon
campus, wliile Miss Groomes is
performing for the fourth consec-
I'tive year..
\ Also appearing as ■soloists with
ithe ciiorus will be Harold Haugh,
tenor, of the Univereity of Micii-
,igan„ who will be performing for
:he third succesive season on the
Elon campus. Robert Nicholson ol
Washington, D. C. will present his
; initial performance as bass soloist
with the Elon Singers.
Professor Fletcher Moore, head
of the Elon College Department
'cf ?v!usic, at present on leave for
advanced study at Columbia Uni
versity, will be back at Elon tc
;,ccompany tlie soloists and choru;;
at the organ.
Plans for the annual presenta
tion were announced last week by
Prof. John Westmoreland, who
will return to take part in the
annual Yule season program.
MISS LILLIAN CHOOKASIAN
Miss Lillian Chookasian, Chi
cago contralto, who has gained
wide acclaim from Middle West
ern critics for her work in con
certs and oratorios, will make
her first appearance as guest so
loist with the Elon Choir in its
twentieth rendition of Handel's
‘ Messiah” on December 7th. Miss
Chookasian is widely known for
both concert and radio work.
Six Elon Students To Go To Raleigh
For Collegiate Legislative Meeting ^
COOPER WALKER
C
S bo Wil lii Display
A collection of art work done
)y Cooper Walker, Elon College
James Clyburn, senior music
major from Charleston, S. C., will
be presented in an organ recital
in Whitley Auditorium next Sun
day, November 23rd.
iv.r.ior, was on di-splay in the Music
Ci.s'.ening Room on the first floor
)f Alamance for two days last
«ek, tlie exhibit being sponsored
th'' r'''llo.'e art department.
Walker, wlio is a resident of
lie Eljn College community, has
•tuciied v^itli IVIiss Lila Nev/man
since his freshman year, and he
las also been art editor of tiie
Maroon and Gold and a member
of the art staff of Phi Psi Cli,
The showing last week included
a wide variety of work, featuring
)il paintings, pastels and water
color pieces, along with a collec
tion of posters from the commer
cial art field. The exhibit was
viewed by many of the Elon fac
ulty and students as well as by
outside friends of the young artist.
T ie Elon College Student Government will be represented by
* outsianding campus leaders at tiie sixteenth annual meeting of
the North Carolina Student Legislative Assembly, which is to be
iicld in Raleigh, at the State Capitol Building, from Thursday, No
vember 20th, tiirough Saturday, November 22nd.
There will be three Elon representatives ir. t;:e Senate, those
honi for membership in the upper house being Lynn Cashion,
Woody Stoffel, and Page Painter.
It Vviii be the Legislature for Stof- l/tI1\IC T'‘V
■fel and Painter, but Casiiion TACLLIY
‘ orved in the House of Represen
tatives last year.
Three representatives from Elon
■ ore slated to attend the session oi
tiie House of Representatives
They are Walter O'Berry, ^,
Targett, and Phil Mann. NoneL^"^/'
of this trio has served in either'^’?
bouse before.
Each college in the State par
ticipating in the meetings is ex
pected to present at least one bill
pertaining to the state for dis
cussion. The Elon delegation has
already registered its proposed
legislation with the cliairman of
the Cafendar Comniitt;e in
Greensboro. The Elon bill per
tains to highway safety in North
Carolina, and includes measures
that the Elon group feels would
curtail the accident rate for the
state.
The Elon delegation has taken
a very active part in the delib
erations of the intercollegiate
gathering during the past three
yeaj-s. The next issue of the
Maroon and Gold will carry a full
account of the sixteen meetings
of the Student legislature.
PROF. WAYNE T. MOORE
Prof. Wayne T. Moore, native
of Burlington and graduate of
Elon with the Claris of 1949, wil!
join the Elon music faculty for
the winter quarter, teaching piano
and organ to both college and ex-
tens.bn stuuent j He received
bis M. A. in .Music Education at
Columbia in 1!).'50 and has since
served in Germany with the army,
ton Church of the Holy Comfort er.
Singers Plan
Vi r^iniaTour
In December
The Elon College Choir will
make its first road trip of the col
lege year on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, December 12th, 13th, and
14th, when the singers will pre
sent Handel’s “Messiah" five
limes during the annual pre-
Christmas tour of Ea.stcin Virgin
ia, The itinerary for the lour will
be announced later.
Announcement of the trip was
made by Prof, John Westmoreland,
who will direct the choir in its
five presentations of the great
Handel oratorio. He states that
tudent singers will be used for
'he solo roles during the tour.
The singers have been received
with great enthusiasm by Virginia
audiences in previous years.
Student soloi.sts who will appear
in the program on tour include
Judith Ingram, soprano, of Greens
boro; Annie Laura Albright, so
prano, of Mebane; Patsy Melton,
contralto, of Burlington; Charles
Crews, tenor, of South Boston,
Va.; Jerry Smyre, tenor, o£
Greensboro; Jimmy Rhodes, bass,
jf Burlington; Lacy Fogleman,
jass, of Greensboro; and Ronnie
'Hack, bass, of Burlington.