Wednesday, April 21, 1954
PAGE TWO
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Maroon And Gold
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EDITORIAI- BOARD
Laverne Brady James Waggoner
Co-Editors
Tom Xargett Associate Editor
Curt Welborne A'lociate Editor
Cooper Walker Ait hdito*.
Keuben Askew .. Staff Photographer
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
BL'SINESS board
Jack Llndley Business Manager
Bill Burke Circulation Manager
Call E. Owen Printing Advisor
Douglas Edwards Press C'perator
SPORTS STAFF
Mike Rau‘*?o Sports Editor
Carltcn Langston .... Intramural Sports
RF.rORTKRS
Doris Chrlsmon Charlie Oates
Douglas Edwards . . Woody Stoffcl
Sherrill Hall Joann TOcker
Wayne Vestal
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1954
MAROON AND GOLD
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jottings
from here
and there
By J.\MES WAGGONER
Music Lon'^ Loved At Elon, But ...
Elon Choir Dales Back Only To 1932
was recorded the
•HE IS RISEN,
HE IS NOT HERE"
to
and
wife
music in the late
a glee club was pic-
EASTER THOUGHTS
One of the great doctrines of the Chris
tian faith is the resurrection of the dead,
both of the just and of the unjust. The
resurrection of Jesus Christ, acknowledged
by true believers as clearly and unques
tionably proved. Is the crowning demon
stration of the truth and divinity of his
mission and character. Without doubt, the
bodH^ resurrection of the Lord Je&us
Christ Is one of our greatest truths.
Consider the hymn we sing during the
Easter season, and its message
Low in the grave He lay—
J«-sus my Saviour!
Wait-ing the com-ing day—
Je-'-us my Yord:
Up from the grave He a-rose,
With a mighty triumph o'er His foes;
ile a-rose a Vic-tor from the dark domain
And lie lives for-ever with ilis saints
to reign.
HE A ROSE!
HE A ROSE!
IIAL-LELUJAH!
CHRIST AROSE!
Consider the Scripture concerning the
resuirection of the Lord Jesus Christ:
•'Be hold, we go up to Jerusalem; and
the Son of mat. shall be betrayed unto
the chief priests and unto the scribes,
and they shall condemn him to death, and
shall deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock,
and to ■ courge. and to crucify Him; and
the third day He shall ri.se again,' 'Matt.
2U:lU19i.
“He Is not here: for He is risen, as lie
said. Come, see the pla^e where the Lord
lay." (Matt. 28:6'.
"And if Christ be not raised, your faith
is vain; ye are yet in your 51ns. " (1 Cor.
15:171.
"That If thou shalt confes> with thy
mouth ihc I.Old and .shalt '.t'lie\’
In thine heart that God hath raised Him
from l li ,ii|. ' f-;u halt .lavcd. ' ilio-
ir.ani l«i ;r
I 1 :i e bflievp thiil Jc'Us died
and ii.Nf lin. t-M-n cj thi m ah'u whic^'
slerp in J su' w ill n.«l bring v.ith Him. "
(1 Till--; 4 14'.
Chiist hi .1 I'lf . ..1: ' Thus it is written,
and liui-v ii l»'hovr(l Chn.st to suffer, anti
to ri!e fri;m tiie dead the third day; and
that ti i"-nt.,iice and remission of sins
should 1'roachi‘d in His name amon;;
all n " ir:- ; :ruiini^ at Jerus-^jiem. ' iLu.
24:4(;-47:
J' .■ aiiiis himself t'u Beloved
‘ ■ ' i im lU' that livoth. though
1 w:!"; d. and behold I am alive forever
more: an^ 1 ‘»:we the keys of death and
the Ki.i'.i- " iK> v I.I81.
Even Paul took up this one glorious
theme, .md prcclaimed It to the ends of
the oaith. At Athens he "prrached unto
them J( sus and the Reiurrection.' he ex-
pres.'(l at once the newborn hope of all
human..jin! tiie supreme and final n'ps-
sagc cii fi. ly Christian sermon.
What (It,* ^ a huiiel risen.
r.\slitd .TH'!/ Saviour mean to
you'.’ —'VAGGONER.
What did Easter morn mean to you.
Did it mean a new Easter bonnet? A new
ijult? A new outfit? A box cf chocolates?
Or wai the true significance of the season
made real in your own life?
The age-old question which Job asked
certainly hi=s come to our minds at one
time >r another—"If a man die. shall he
live again?" There are many who have
no hope in answering this question, but,
on the other hand, many are able to
voice that answer with radiant hope. When
Jesus revealed himself to the disciples
after hit death and burial, he proved that
death had no dominion over him. Jesus
rose triumphant from the grave.
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The day of Resurrection; Earth, tell it
out abroad.
The Pa‘-over of Gladness, the Passover
of God,
From death to life eternal, from this world
to the sky.
Our Christ hath brought us over, with
hymns of victory.
—John of Damascus.
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He Is Risen
The weary night had slowly worn away,
And the anxious three, as the first streaks
of day
Pierced the heavy night-gloom.
Silently wind their way toward the well-
guarded tomb;
Their heavy hearts pond'ring the ques
tion kn".
Now repeated in a doleful tone.
' Who, for us. shall roll away the stone?"
More anxious now. they quicken their pace,
Until at last, reaching the place.
They stand aghast before a view
Both joyful and sad; can it be true?
Open is the tomb where the Lord did
sleep,
Disclosing a scene for thoughts too deep;
The grave no longer its charge did keep!
The siiPDce breaks with an angel voice
clear;
"He is risen. He is not here.”
Though fearful and trembling, they none
theless
■Were filled with a new-found happiness.
The message glad they bore away:
For He had risen at the break of day. ,
That Christ in the grave ao longer lay.
"For other foundation can no man lay
than that is laid, which is Jesus ChriSt.”
1 Cor. 3:11.
O'er river and sea. o'er streamlet and
main.
From craf? to crag, 'cross mountain and
plain. ^
By souls evultant from death released,
Spanning the time with volume increased.
The joyful refrain, allaying all fear.
Is heard through the glocm like an angel
voice clear:
"lie is risen. He is not here."
—W, F. Everson
Tis said to be a favorite boast ’lee cl'ib at all
of Engliii;men that "There’' al-, ng ^ ar. ^ ^ ^
ways been an England," and on^’, Pr^i. C. J. "Vel.e an.. -*is
might get a similar answer from ,\er; !"aders in
the average Elon College stu'’--. :
of today if that student were ask-;
ed how long the fine Elon Col-'
lege Choir has been in existence. |
[for the nnswer might be. "There’'
alway.' been a choir."
That answer might be true. too.
if one were thinking of an ordinarj
choir, but the Elon College Choir
of the present day, the brilliant
tured some years and
year
EASTER SINGERS
others. By the college
1P ;0-31 there seemed to be much
interest in music, for the annual
in 1931 pictured both a
Glee Club and a Girls’ Glee C u
and along with them a Faculty
Music Lovers Club. Members of
hat club were portrayed in fancy
costumes at a Valentine party. ^
The coming of Dr. Leon
Smith as president of Elon Col
lege in the autumn of 1931, how
ever, marked the real beginning
nusical group that please; st
nany listeners each year both at'
lome and on tour, may be saici;
0 have developed within the past
wenty-five years. ■
Studci;ls cf Elon College havt
iiways sung, for the college sinct
ts beginning has laid much stresi
.ipon music, with particular em
phasis upon church music, bu;
.hoir work in the early days is
aid to have been confined to stu-
■lent singing at the regular "church
services.
By 1913, when the first collegt\
annual was published, there wa
special music instructor on thi
faculty, and the Phi Psi Cli tha
year carried a picture of the mu-
ic class. By 1915 the Phi Psi Ci
displayed a picture of the ".Men'>
Glee Club," with seventeen mem-'
bers. The music faculty that yeai
ncluded Misses Florence W'ilsoi.
ai;d Linda Barnes, who were list
ed as instructors in voice an!
piano.
No infoimation seems available
for about five years from thal
date, but Prof. Gilman Floyd Alex
ander was a direetdr of the Men';
Glee Club in 1920, 1921 and 1922
and pictures of the group show
ed the student singers in forma-
dress, with high standing collar
and white ties. There was also
a Girls' Glee Club in 1921 ano
1922, with Prof. Alexander as di
rector.
The Phi Psi Cli pictured the
Men's Glee. Club in 1923, when
Prof. Walter F. Greenwood was
head of the music program and
diiector of the club and Madge
•\loffitt was pictured with them as
pianist. The 1924 annual pictured
only ,1 Girli' Glee Club, and no
Soloists for the Elcn Choir’s
annual Fiii’ler presentation of
"The Sev-2T Lafit Words of
Christ” are pictured above in
the symbolic form of a cro;3.
At the top is Ciiarles Crews,
ten'I, of S nth Bosion, Va.
Those in the cross-line are (left
to right), Judith Ingram, sopra
no, Grensboro; Ronnie Black,
baritone. Surlington; Lacy Fo-
eleman. bass. Grensboro: Kcn-
n'?th Lambert, tenor, NorfMk,
Va.: and Laverne Brady, organ
ist, Robbins. The lower portion
of the cross (reading downward)
shows Jerry Smyrc, tenor,
Grensboro: Janice V.'illiams,
soprano, Wc't Point, Ga.; and
I>onald McDaniel, tenor, Fay
etteville.
,f the "Elon College Choir,” as
students of the present day know
t, for it was at his suggestion
hat student choir work was plac-
,d upon a high plane cf excel-
ence. It was not until after this
ime that the choir b,-:gan weayng
obes and assumed its prc.sent ap
pearance.
Prof. Dwight M. Steere was
iiead of the Music Department in
Dr. Smith's early years, and it
A'as to him that Piesident Smith
uggested the presentation of- the
;reat Handel oratorio, "The Mes-
lah,” at the Christmas season in
.932. There !iad been Christmas
■lusical programs prior to this
ime, but never an attempt to pre-
ent a full oratorio. It is iiiter-
jEting to note that Prof. Fletcher
Moore, now head of the Elon Mu-
■ic Department, was then a stu-
Jent at Elon, and even then he
•vas an accompar.ist for the choir.
The Phi Psi Cli for 1933 waf
he first one to picture the Elon
Jlioir in robes, and by 1935 the
Choir was shown with a total oi
forty-six voices. The 1936 annual,
which listed Prof Dwight M.
Steere as still head of the depart
ment, also listed Prof. Moore a-
back from his graduate study at
Columbia and a member of the
faculty.
That 1936 annual also carried
a full review of "The Messiah,'
which had been presented for the
fourth time on December 8, 1935
before a packed audience in Whit
ley Auditorium. The review gave
a glowing description of the pres^
.ntation, witli the Elon Choir ac
companied by the' Carolina Sym
phonic Ensemble. The Elon Fes-
'Continued 01. Page Foun
bullets
in the
bull's-eye
By TOM TARGETT
The intra-mural soft ball team most
likely to clinch the championship win
be the “Basketballers”, with "Cannoa Bali”
V/ade Garrett pitching, . . . Students oa
May Day weekend will hear the first 6ub-
lie performance of Bernard Jones' newly
composed work for trumpet and piano
. . . The Delta U's are planning a week
end at the seashore . . . Elon students
will read papers on their research pro
jects at the next meeting of the American
Chemical Society . . . The Player's, show,
‘‘As You Like It” will be performed on
the campus beneath the stars ... The
SCA members are considering paint;ng
theif offieu . - . The Philosophy Club
is planning to schedule Dr. Peach of Duke
as their next speaker . . . Chapel last
Wednesday under the leadership of Rabbi
Caplan, a Jewish church leader, helped
to bridge the gap of misunderstanding
between Jew and Gentile . . . Mary Sue
Colclough and Sylvia Jones to be the edi
tors of the Phi Psi Cli for next year . . .
It is good to hear that Mrs. Johnsons
health is improving . . . When the N. C.
Symphony played on campus for the school
kids of the county, many of the Elon
students were in attendance . . . Mary Lee
rarlow made her presence known on cam
pus last week . . . Gerlita McPherson's
engagement to Max Vestal '53 has been
announced . . . The Ministerial Associa
tion was sponsor for a reunion on April
20th . . Johnny Meadows back on cam
pus for a few days . . . York Brannock
is teaching a night class in algebra. . .
Reuben Askew planning to be married a
week after the close of school . . . Enjma
Lou Sockwell was married to Jesse War
rick last Saturday . . . Sigma Mu Sigma
has undertaken the project of installing
street lamps on the front campus . . .
The cheerleaders celebrated a year’s work
done by an informal get-together . :
ELON COLLEGE MAV COlJtt'l 01' 1936
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Ni-al of ili.Uigh
D-iyplans filling the minds camr.'
ir'sin. all of which rnakf's it ap- Dprir-.'cl" print a picture of the Elon C
I ; w - the first -f the consecutive ei=?s. Tht-re had becil three ea
jant I inf a: an annual'i!';cm. The Mhv Cueen that y^
iiv ICinir ,,f -,e r-yal court. I.jft to right in the picture, tlio
1 ' .our-‘i„ 1 j- r> ;'.v '1 Pr>r: io'.nfh .-i Iloppcnst'"’
Silrr :.oi:i !■ U. ...
- H. Tr;,tcher Ktorv, now o
N. K I, : ,iv,ith. of Elon College; Esther .)1? iThe Quee-' :i -. j„
T'le T inc , now of W’ilson; Lanson Gran-’er (Chief Male Escorti
'.'.lid. if Pontiac, Mich.; William Cooper,
L :;ii >.;',iman. now of S >Qkano. : .
PnT-tvrncu'1. Va.: Geraldine Mangum. now >, Ta!e
nc
;oJ Vi
M -r
now 0
,T,
are the li
lower 3irs. onb one of whom
^ it is time that May
uii 1936. The
cbc.rvnnces on the
:cr Cole who is pic-
-•iai .ha Suttcn, now
" , Bronx. N. Y.;
■ ttley. now of Col-
Va.; Helen Barney
Jiod'e. of Bui'lington:
- ''S. Picbecca
■1. l:iter c, Dennis Leaht^.
,Bro'-vn Summit;
„ Cooper, now o£ San-
Patncia Hook, now Mrs. Eu-
"t
Last year about this time, many stu
dents pitched in and helped to clean-up
the campus. Believe it or not, after Clean
up Day was over there was grass planted
in front of South and East Dorms. The
gates on campus were painted. An old
fire escape was torn down off Mooney.
The ‘ basement of Mooney building was
cleaned out. The grounds received a face
uplifting. Classrooms were painted.
This was written as a gentle reminder
of something which happened in the past.
One of the best improvements for the
coming year is the adding of the Player
shows to our Student Activity Card. Cer
tainly, these are worthy of attendance by
both students and faculy members.
Perhaps you have a suppressed desire
to share in the fun of the theatre on
campus. If so, stop by and see Prof. Cox,
and he will probably be able to utilize
some of your hidden talents.
If you walk to the post office in the
morning, you pass through a landmark
on Elon'a campus. The west gate. The
West Gale has seen many of the sons
and dauyhters of ol’ Elo’ pass beneath
Its mighty bulwark. But on close obse_i-
vation, it would appear that this dear
landmark will soon be no more. For fate
has finally caught up with the creation
cf man and has inflicted it with a Fal
len Arch.
CHANT FOR DARK HOURS
Some men, some men
Cannot pass a
Book shop.
• Lady, make your mind up and wait your
life away).
Some men, some men
Cannot pass a
' ap game.
(He said he’d come at moonrise,
here's another day!)
Some men, some men
Cannot pass a
-■’ar-room.
(Wait about and hang about, and that's
the way it goes.)
Some men, some men
Cannot pass a
Golf course.
'Re;!-'’, a bcok and sew a seam and sluiD'
ber if you can.)
?some men. some men.
Cannot pass a
Haberdasher's.
^All your life you wait around for some
man!)
—Dorothy Parker.