A Hearty Welcomc
To The
High School Sentow T^;jJ
MAROON AND GOLD
May They All Knjoy
Their Visit
To The Kloii Campus
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r.LOV COLLIKiE. N. C.
WSDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1954
NUMBER g
High School Seniors To Visit Campus Next Week
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New Series
Of Classes
For Adults
Elon College will open a new
series of night classes for adults
the first week in Februarj’, ac
cording to an announcement from
Dr. W. W. Sloan, who is faculty
•lirector of the college's program
extension classes.
Each class meets on one night
each week for a period of three
tours, from 7 until 10 o'clock and
anyone over 18 years of age is
eligible to enter, regardless of pre
vious education. Students may re
gister at the first meeting of the
class,
Prof. Gilbert Latham will offer
a course in “Marriage and Family”
fach Tuesday evening, beginning
ebruary 2. Two courses will be
^finitely offered on Wednesday
evenings, one of them being “Be-
ginning Shorthand,” by Prof.
omas Fox, the other being a
“ice of a number of English
purses, depending upon the de-
The English courses will he,
'^t by either Prof. Charles W.
Cox or Mrs. Lucy Brashear. Prof.
Colley will offer a workshop
^'JUrse in Education on Thursday
^'cnings, with a choice of sub-
iwts according to student need.
Fictu.'cd above in caricature is - ;~ irllon, who will bring hif;
-rche'tra to the Elon campus oa ca’.ui ';iy evening, Feoruary 6t.h,
to pl..y for tiie annual Mid-Win'or Dancc, which will be staged
.Tndei' ih3 sponsorship of the S'; ::'.ent Government A'.-,ociatirm.
V.'ni'!'/ ^nd hi.^ musicians boast of a repertoire t,'^.at would en
able them to play five hours niy.u’y for a week without repeating:
a sir.ile tune. The} promise .nusic either hot or sweet to suit the |
tastes ‘,f their lijten-':^- ^
Anmiul Mid-Winter Dance
Set Saturdar, February 6
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I- Lovers of the dance will find
;hi:ig3 strictly to their liking at
the annual -Mid-Winter Dance,”
which will be staged in Alumni
Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday
night, Fe'aruary 6:h, from 8 until
12 o’c'-ock.
Sue!: v/ag the announcement
I from members of t'.ie Student
Dance Committee, which is in
charge of arrangements for high
light, of the winter scci.il seasor
on the Elon campus.
Music for the dance will be
furnished by Russ Carlton and his
Orchestra, which hails from Dan
ville, Va., and which boasts an
outstar.ding record for music to
suit a;,y and all groups and any
and a’.l occasions. Tl'.o Virginia
musici. ns have played dance en-
gagemf nts throughout the South
east a.'id also have a number of
popular recordings to their credit.
The decorative scheme for the
dance will center about a Valen
tine theme, and the dance com-
mititee urges every student to
bring his “valentine” along. Script
MILLS TO SPEAK
ON ELON CAMPUS
Dr. Elden Mills, pastor of the
First Congregational Ck/ist:an
Church in West Hartford.
Conn., will conduct a series of
relifious services for Elon stud
ents durin? the week thut l>«-
gir.s February 8th.
Plans call for him to speak to
the students during the chapel
hour each morning for five days,
and there will also be evening
services for anyone desiring to
attend. He wiU also address the
Laymen's Fellowship of the
Southern Con-y(ention here on
Sunday, February 11th.
for the event will be $1.50 per
couple.
The members of the dance com
mittee are Ashbum Kirky, chair
man, Ali-e Ccle. Nanette Matchan,
Golda Bra'iy. Judy Ingram, Hol
land Taylor Diatie Maddox.
Cast Named
1 or Flayer
Production
The ca;t i,-, complete and re
hearsals moving ahead at a rapid
pace fjr the Elon Players’ forth
coming pre.‘:entat,ii.'n of George
Bernard Shaw's delightful comedy
of “PygmaDan,’’ a play which has
it 'cene laid in London.
Based upon the mythical story
cf Pygmalian and Galatea, the
play recounts the attempt of a
certa n professor of speech to re
make Eliza Doolittle, London
flower gii'I, within six months into
a person who might pass as a
duchess.
Eliza, who is to be enacted by
Diane Maddox, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
appears first with a pronounced
Cockney accent, the comedy situ
ations arise about the efforts to
change her speech into that of a
cultured person.
Others in the cast include Ken
neth Lambert, of Norfolk, Va.:
■Janice Williams, of West Point,
Ga,, Ann Stoddard, of Braintree,
Mass., Lyndalu Ten Hauten, of
Paw Paw, Mich,; Douglass Ed
wards, of Middleboro, Mass.: Ida
Jackson, of Carthage: George
Starkey, of Mahoney City, Pa.:
Wright William jin, of Norfolk.
Va- and Ri;dolph MeUberg. of Elon
College.
Record Group
May Attend
Annual Event
rtie faculty and students of Elon
College will play host; "and ■:
a hearty welcome next Wednes-
■ lay, February tird, to hunui^
:[ high school seniors and spon-
ors, w.io will be guests for Elon'sj
iifth annual “High School Day' ,
,‘venl. !
The senior groups, accompanied I
>y class sponsors, will begin ai-
iving on the campus by noon,
ind registration will get under
lay at 1 o'clock, after which the
icniors will be assigned to guideo
,roups for tours of the Elon cam
pus.
These tours, which will continur
until 4 o'clock will carry the
groups through the various build-
mg>, where varied display.-, v.,
je arranged. Careful planning ha;,
provided an itinerary that will
.nove the seniors over the cam-
pu,s with all p6ssible speed.
The tour for each group wiL
end in the Student Union, where
'Open House” will be observed
u:itil 4:.10 o’clock, at which time
lupper is to be served. A special
'eature of the afternoon will be
a “Tea Hour” for the visiting
high school faculty members in
the Music Listening Kcom on the
lirst floor of Alamance.
The high ■•chool seniors, faculty
■nember,', and the high school
i)rincipals and superintendent.s
--,upper at 4:30 o'clock, and after
that they will be asked to as-
^r-mbly in Whitley Auditorium
jfrum 6 until 7 o'clock for a special
program.
Plans for this program have
been worked out under the direct
ion of Prof. .John Westmoreland,
with members of the Elon Choir
and Elon Players to participate
in special numbers. President
Leon E. Smith will also extend
welcome to the visiting high
school students at this time.
Strictly at 7 o’clock the senior
groups will be free to move over
to Elon’s Alumni Memorial Gym
nasium, where the day’s program
will be climaxed by a varsity bas
ketball game between the Elon
Christir^is and Uie Applachian
Mountaineers. This game is sched
uled at 7:30 o^lock, half an hour
earlier than usual, in order to
allow time for a half-time program
and also to give the senior parties
an earlier itart on the return trip
to their homes.
The committee on arrangements
this year has worked under the
direction of Roger Gibbs, field
secretary of the college, who
mailed invitations to more than
300 high schools. Already over
forty schools have signified their
intention to send delegations, and
Elon authorities are confident that
the attendance this year will break
?Jio record of 69 schools that
were represented a year ago.
DIKECTS EVENT
ROGKR GIBPS
Roger Gibbs, field secretary for
tiofi ( -.jllt ^L-, IS chiiirman of the
uommi'lee on arrangiments for
lion’s fifth aiimi::i “liiHh School
Day.” which will brinj; hundreds;
if high school seniors and spon-
ors to the canipu= ncit Wedm,-
iay, February 3rd.
8Ui(hu‘ls II
Flistory Frat
Four outstandii'g Eljn student.-
have just been chosen for mem-
i'i’^hip in I'hi Gamii... Mu, na-
Lional :.ocial bciei.ci' h .nor ::o-jiety.
\lerr,';f,-.h;i is , d Only t'.
thi,-:e with* not If- - t in a “B"
iver;:3e in n'vcn or c(iii ':.r',i
of social ,-cience unii v.ith no fail
ures on any course.
Niiwly cho;,on members include
Fred Darlington and A. H. Patter
son, of Burlington, V/:iyne V'>!al
of Asheboro, and Curtis Welbornc
of dreensboro. Giher inerr.uers al
ready in the group im.lude Roger
Phelps. Jos'rph McVey and Dr. H.
H. Cunningham.
Officers of the group rec;;ntly
chosen include Roger Phelps,
president: Jo tph McVey, vice-
president: and Fred Darlington,
secretary. The honor group was
founded in 1924 by Dean Leroy
Alle^, of Southwestern, and Dean
William A, Hamilton, of WJlliam
and Mary.
Scholar ship
(x)ntest Is
Big Feature
A big feature of Elon':. fifth
annual 'Hij^h School i.ay " next
Wednesday will be t:le second an
nual scholarship contest, in which
eight free scholarships, with a
total value of $4,400, will be
awarded to outstanding high school
seniors chosen from the hundreds
of youngsters who will be guests
of the college for the afternoon
and evening program.
The scholarship contest origi
nated in the mind of Dr. Leon E.
I Smith, Elun's president, providc.s
, for equal division of the awards
I between the bo>-. and ;'u ls, with
'four scholarships to each group
and with the highest ranking boy
and girl to be crowned “King’
and “yueen " of tl.e high school
program.
The contest wa,. staged for the
lirst time last year, when 47 sen
iors were in tne compelition. Many
■ egist,iai,uiii:-. had aliuuUy been le-
ceived early this week, and a large
. I'cup IS fcxpectuu to come tu tae
■ iimpu-", next iVioiiiijy niuining lor
the contest itself, which will con-
itbt ol a seiie- ol U’,,, anu luior-
vietts.
The contestants will register at
J o clJc:. ne*.'L .>Iouuay niuniing,
and bcfuie noon they will be
t\vo tests, one for ability and
line for aptitude, Lacn ol Uiesu
tests will count for one-third the
contest lating. The OcUe. ihiKi will
come from judges' decision as to
poioc, personality and aii. yarance.
I Final rating on these pliases of
Sihe contest will determine win-
{ners of the scholarships in the
lvalue of $1,000, S-ok and
I $200, to be applied and uivided
I equally on foui* >eara a,-, campus
' student at Elon. VV inners of the
: -Monday competition will be an-
'nounced at half-time of the bas-
, ketball game Wednesd;'," nigiit.
Iai that time the top-ranking boy
and girl will be crowned “King’
and “Queen ", with tlie remainder
of the contestants serving as a
court of honor.
Chemistry (iroup
Atteiuls Meeting
o
Members of the chemistry de
partment of Elon College, in
cluding both faculty and stud
ents, attended a gathering of the
Central North Carolina Section
of the American Chemical So
ciety at the Woman’s College
of the University of North Caro
lina in Green.sboro at 8 o'clock
on Monday evening, January
18 th.
The principal speaker for the
occasion was Dr. Walter J. Ham
burger, of the Fabric Research
Corporation, who spoke on
“F.ngineeriug Design of Fabric
Structures”. The meeting was
open to the public and a goodl.v
number of persons were in at
tendance.
Campus Building Program
h Discussed By Trustees
Highlight of the annual mid-
5'ear meeting of the board of trust
ees of Elon College on Tuesday,
January 19th, came when the
group authorized the trustees'
biylding committee to proceed
with plans for construction of two
new dormitories and a new dining
hall as quickly as funds can be
made available.
The hope was expressed follow
ing the mid-year gathering that
construction may get underway
during the present calendar year,
with a possibility that work may
be started during the coming sum
mer months.
In connection with the building
program, it was pointed out that
construction of the new dormitor
ies, one for young men and one
for young women, appears possible
now, since the completion of the
new power plant and gymnasium
projects.
. The power plant and gymnasium
were built and occupied about
four years ago, and reports to the
trustees revealed that the power
plant is now paid for and that
there remains only about $3,000
to be paid on the gymnasium,
which was constructed and equip
ped at. a cost of $2.52,000. f unds
are pledged to clear this small
balance on the gymnasium.
It was also revealed that tnere
is now approximately $150,000
pledged that may be applied to
ward the building of the two new
l*arty is Planned
Home Ec (ylub
IJy
Members of the Home Eco
nomics Club, wliich Is composed
of students majoring in that
field, have announced plans for
a party in the Music Listening
Room on the first floor of Ala
mance Hall at 7:30 o’clock on
Fridu', January 39th, at which
all foreign students now attend
ing Elon College will be honored
guests.
An interesting program has
been planned for the occasion,
with special entertainment and
mu.sical numbers to feature Jim
my Waggoner, Judith Ingram
> and others.
Plans for the party are in
charge of the club officers, who
include Emma Lou Sockwell,
president; Dorothy Motley, vice-
president; Dot Johnson, secre
tary; Hazel Sherman, trea.surer;
and Clara Sharpe, reporter.
I dormitories and the dining hall.
This amount in pledges is part
of the $1,324,000 raised thus far
lOn Elon’s great 10-year campaign
to raise $2,500,000. All of the
$1,324,000 except the $150,000 in
, pledges has already been paid