Hear’s Hoping For
Titles In
All Spring Sports
MAROON AND GOLD
Everybody Brariiig
Down As
Kinal Exams Near
VOLUME THIRTY-TWO
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WEDXrsa.iY. MAY 6. 1953
NUMI5EK FOURTEEN
Campus Clean-Up Day Proves Great Success
‘Hasty Heart’
Performances
Well Received
Entertaining and lieart-warraing
CO. -.y, set into a background of
stavk tragedy, was the stage menu
served by the Elon Player; ir. two
performances af John Patrick’s
three-act war drama, “The Hasty
Heart,” which was presented in
Whitley Auditorium last Thurs-
-!ay and Friday nights.
Death hovered always in the
background in the minds of the
-lUdience, which was let into the
tragic secret early in the per
formance, but deft handling of
cievfer comedy-lines by each of
the actors kept laughter ringing
at frequent intervals from the
crowd, which was reduced in size
by a steady downpour of rain that
tcU right up to curtain time.
It was a difficult play to do,
jnvclvirg as it did a variety of
national accents that ranged from
the burr of the Scottish High
lands and the short-chopped |
.,)c.'ech of a London Cockney to j
the soft drawl of America's Dixie
Land, but the manner in which the I
cast handled the varied dialects i
was a real tribute to the directive!
ability of Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, presented by Woody Stoffel and
who produced in this play an- ^ A! Gcdwin, newly elected presi • I
other in the long line of stage dent .ind vice-president, at the I
successes by the student dramatic
group.
David Crowle was outstanding
in the role of Sergeant Lachlen
McLaehlaj^, a dour and stubborn
Scottish 's^dier, whose cautious
philosophy was that “sorrow is
bovn in the ha.=ty lieart,” an idea
which made him slow to accept
tlie friendly overtures of his fel
low patients and the nurse. Just
as he learned to take anJ give
I'i'iendship, he leavned that he |
had only a few weks to live and |
SCENES AS STUDENTS AND FACULTY STA(;E SPRING CLEANING ON CAMPUS
Tv a views of the activities of the Campus Clean-Up Day, which wa.i observed on Wednesday, April 29th, are shown above. At the left is a group of the girls
paini.ng the main entrance gates on the north side of the campus, while the picture at the right portrays clean-up activities about Oak Lodge. Similar groups of
students and faculty members were working at the same time in all portions of the campus. The entire undertaking, which was pi inned by a joint Student-Faculty
Com littee, was marked by splendid cooperation on the part of everyone concerned.
Eton Represented
At NSSC Meet
The Elon student body was re-
frpring meeting of the North State
Stude’t Council, which was held
at Gf'.ford College on Saturday,
.April ::'Jh.
The meeting opened with a
lunchcon at noon, followed by an
arterni.on bu.'iiness sessicn tliat
featur; ! discussion of student gov-
ernme it problems. Items dis
cussed included honor systems,
violati'.ns of regulation?
Th? •.'.’’ain item of s was
t’’e V ‘e for anl the presentation
of the Jo/.n D Mf-ssick Sportsman-
wa.s plagued with the feeling that!^,^.,^ T.-ophy. which went t» L uil
his companions had given him
pity and not friendship.
Plaudits are also due Bertie
jLewis, only girl in the cast, for
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ford Cjllege. This award was won
by jip;)3lachian laf.t year and by
Elon the year before. The winner
ir, cho en each year from all the
nine r jileges in the Conference.
FINAL DRAFT TEST
BE GIVEN MAY 21
The draft test for college stu
dents will be given for the final
time this year on Wednesday,
May 21st, according to an an
nouncement just received, and
Major General Lewis B. Her-
shey reminded Elou students in
his announcement that those
wisM’s to take the test at that
iiniie must f.Ie their application
net later tlian ra^idnight next
Monday, May lltli.
The final test of the year is
beins given primarily for those
who were prevented liy illness
or emergency from taking the
exam on April 23rd, but all stu
dents who liave not previously
taken the test are eligible. Any
one who applied in April and
did not take the test will have
ta file a new application. Infor
mation is available at tlie dean's
office.
Commencement Exercises Flanned^
With Graduation Monday^ May 25
Home Ef Group Holds ^Open House’
The Heme Economics Clul) was host to the faculty members and students of the college at an en
joyable “Open House" reception, v.diich was held in tlie Home Eco nomics department on the third
floor of Alamance last Thursday m''T'^g, April 30!h, from 9 until 11:30 o clock.
A special feature of the “Op; n House,” which was planned and carried out under the direction
of Mrs. Mary P. Shockey,. was
the exhibits of work done by the
various students on their personal
projects this year. The gue.sts
were much impressed by the dis
plays in costume design, and in
terior decoration and nutrition
pi bjects.
An added and interesting fea
ture was the appeai'ance of Luuk
Groot, modeling a Dutch costume
from her native Holland. The cos-
iunie was complete, even to tlie
vooden shoes.
After the guests viewed the var
ious exhibits, they were served
by the Home Economics students
with delicious refreshments, con-
•i^ting of punch, cookies and
i.'tieese sti aws.
The Home Economics Club used
the reception as an occasion for
the installation of officers for the
coming year. Tho.se installed in
cluded Lou Knott, president:
Helen MereSith, vice-pre.?ident:
Dot Johnston, secretary: and
Elizabeth Ward and Emma Lou
Sockwell, co-chairmen of the pro
gram committee. A treasurer will
1)0 chosen from the incoming
freshman class next fall.
The out-going officers, who have
guided the club during the past
months, included Elizabeth Ward,
president; Lou Knott, treasurer;
Emma Lou Sockwell, treasurer;
and Marjorie Stuckey, program
chairman.
Luuk Grool In DwUh Costume
I Music Major
Recitals Are
In Pi •ogress
I No less than twenty-four indi-
Ividual music students are appear
irg in a series of recital programs
I under the sponsorship of t)ie De
partment of Music during the final
month of the 1952-53 college year
The recitals began Sunday, April
19th, and will be concluded Wed
nesday, May 20th.'
'The opening program on Sun
day, April 19th, saw the presen-
(tation, of Shirley Cox in organ,
Judith Chadwick in Piano, Billy
Saundfars in p./mo and Golda
Brady in voice. This was followed
Sunday, April 26th, by the recitals
of Gwendolyn Coyner in organ,
Harriett Talley in voice, Lacy
Fogleman in voice and Retha Mor
ris in voice.
Last Sunday, May 3rd, there
were recitals in both afternoon
and evening. Presented in the af
ternoon were Shirley Sv/ank in
voice, Naimette Matchaii in piano,
and Gwendolyn Coyner in piano.
The evening program was devoted
to the senior piano recital of
James Clyburn, who recently had
an audition for admission to the
Julliard Scliool of Music.
An evening recital is scheduled
tonight, when the department will
present Sarah Hunt in piano, Ken
neth Lambert in voice, Mary Sue
Colclough in voice, Helen Craven
in organ, Johnnie Meadows in
voice and Laverno Brady in piano.
Next Sunday will feature James
Clyburn’s organ program in the
afternoon and the presentation of
■\nnie Laura Albright in voice in
the evening. Another recital Wed
nesday evening. May 13th, will
present Helen Craven- in piano,
Patsy Melton in voice, Shirley Cox
in piano and Mary Sue Colclough
in organ.
Four other individual recitals
will concludethe series, two on
Sunday, May 17th, when Judith
Ingram will be presented in voice
in the afternoon and Jerry Lowder
in piano in the evening. The ser
ies ends Wednesday, May 20th,
with Norma Roberts in piano and
Ronnie Black in voice.
Plans have been announced for
the coinmenceincnt exercises that
will close the sixty-third annual
session of Elon College, with the
weekenu program opening with
the annual commencement dance
on Fiiuay evening. May 22nd, and
closing with the graduation exer
cises on Monday moiiiing. May
25th.
The senior class and the alumni
of tlio college will be honored at
the commencement ball on Friday
ivening of the commencement
weekend, at which time the sen
iors will be welcomed into the
fellowship of the alumni. Com
plete plans for this event will be
announced in the near future.
This dance will serve as a fitting
preliminary to the annual Alumni
Day exercises, which have been
Ijlanned for Saturday, May 23rd.
The Alumni Day will be fcatuied
by the gathering of eleven classes
for reunions.
Classes scheduled to hold re
unions this year include those
Ahich graduated in 1943, 1938,
1933, 1928, 1918, 1913, 1908, 1903,
1898 and 1893. At the same time
there will be a number of alumni
from other classes who pick that
time to return for a visit. These
groups, along with the seniors and
members of the faculty will at
tend the alumni picnic at noon
lhat day, with-the business meet
ing of the General Alumni As-
ociation scheduled for the after
noon.
The reunion classes wil. gather
n groups after the alumni busi-
less session, with the annual alum
ni banquet to be held in the col
lege dining hall at 6:30 o’clock,
;t which time Prof. J. C. Peele,
I member of the Class of 1915,
who is now dean of the college at
Florida Southern College, Lake
land. Fla., will deliver the alumni
iration. The award for the “out-
tanding alumni ' of the year will
'je awarded at the banquet.
Rev. F.dward W. W. Lewis, pas
tor of the United Congregational
Cliurcli in Norwich, Conn., will
leliver the baccalaureate serrion
EXAMS SCHEDULED
FOR SPRIIMC; l ERM
Final examinations for the
sprins: quarter will get under-
vay on Tuesday afternoon,- May
l!)th, according to the schedule
released from the office of Dean
I>. J. Bowden. The tests will be
spread over a peiioJ of four
days, coming to an end on Fri
day morning, May 22nd. All
exams are set for fl o'clock in
(be morning and 2 o'clock in
the afternoon.
The schcdu!'’- cj;jls fiir all
afternoon classes on Tuesday,
May lath; all 11:30 senior clas
ses on Wednesday nvorni.'ig.
May 20th, with all 8 o'cl.ick
clasf*> that afternoon; all 9
o'clock classes on Thursday
morning. May 21st, with 10:30
classes that afternoon; and all
11:30 clases except senior cours
es on Friday morning. May
22nd. _ .n
(Cooperation
Rii^ Feature
Of Pi'oject
Cooperation was the keynote of
he huge "Campus Clean-Up" pro-
lam, which was staged by the
tudents and faculty of Elon Col-
'‘i;e on Wednesday, April 29th.
with more than three lumdred
students and practically all of the
faculty members working together
to give the campus, a new look.
The cleaning project, wliich had
ten planned by a joint Student-
aculty Committee, started early
liat moining ami continued until
he late aflernoon, and Dean D. J.
Bowden and other faculty meni-
lei's hailed it as one of the fin-
'st exam])les of sludent-facuily
-’ooperation in the recent history
if the college.
Costumes of every description
ipeared on the campus that morn-
ng, with blue jeans and overalls
ningled with a few outfits of long
lifcarded olive drab work togs.
Here and there one could see a
neck-tie gleaming, but they were
so scarce as to be conspicuous.
Hoes, rakes, shovels, hammers,
saws, paint-brushes and ladders
wore every where as the army of
student faculty workers swung
into action on more than thirty
eiiarate and distinct projects,
which varied from cutting the
'rass and weeds about tlie outside
walls to giving Oak Lodge an al-
no.'-t complete face-lifting and cut
ting the hedge that for a long
lime had hidden the Club House
rom the gaze of passers-by.
Sandwiched in with the general
clean-up program were several
projects, such as the one in which
the Student Christian Association
cleared, cleaned, painted and fit
ted out a long-unu.sed ba.‘:ement
room in the southeast corner of
■Mooney Building for a new SCA
headquarters, or the one in which
the Ministerial Association fitted
a similar basement room in the
southwest basemimt of Mooney as
a fellowship chapel.
And that word "sandwiched"
brings mention of the more than
400 ham sandwiches that were a
•lart of the menu for a huge pic
nic dinner, which was served by
the college dining hall on the
.southeast campus and which was
one of the truly enjoyable fea
tures of the cimpus clean-up
Woods Resiffnins Alumni
Post To Enter Business
Carl Woods, Jr., secretary of the
General Alumni A.ssociation of
Elon College for the past two
years, will terminate his service.-:
in that post at the close of the
1932-53 college year.
This fact was made known by
President Leon E. Smith, who
stated that Woods had submitted
his resignation from the position,
in which he succeeded James i'.
Darden in the summer of 1951.
Darden held the position for five
years and loft to enter business
in Suffolk, Va.
In submitting his resignation
this year. Woods has revealed that
he will return to his former home
in Durham to engage in business
with his father, who operates a
in Whitley Auditorium at 11:30 ge„g,.yi contracting firm in that
o'clock on Sunday morning, May'city.
24th. The Elon Choir will present'
its annual vesper program at 4
o'clock that Sunday afternoon,!
and that evening at 8:30 o'clock i
the Elon Singers will present
Woods, who has many friends i
among both the stud1?nts and'
alumni of the college, received
his diploma from Elon with the
CAUL WOODS
Brahms’ “Requiem. "
The commencement program
will close with the annual grad
uation exercises at 10:30 o’clock
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Class of 1951, although he had
completed his work for the degree
some months earlier.
While a student here at Elon
Woods was active in many phases undergraduate days
of student life. He was a member
of Iota Tau Kappa fraternity and
a member of both the Honor
Council and the Student Legisla
ture. He was also active with the
Elon Choir and several sludent
clubs at (lifferent times during his