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May Day Successul
MAROON AND GOLD
And Let's Push That
Baseball Team
To The Championship
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^ I LON COLI.roE, N. C.
WEDNESB.VY, MAY 5, 1951
KIJWER 14
Elon Students On Program At State Chemistry Meet
STUDENT PRESIDENT CROWNS ELON MAY OUEEN
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The coronation of the Elon Co’itge May Queen is pictured abo
lington. president of the Elon student government, snapped as hp
cf Judith Ingram, of Greensboro. ither members of the royal tou
lese's annual May Day pageai't last Saturday afternoon, are also
the left, they are Mary Sue Col dough, of Elon College; Charlie
iginia Jcrnegan, of Godwin; Phillip Mann, of Cypress Chapel. Va.;
iva. lin the rear); Woody Stoffel, of Startford. N. J. to right of
lErneftine Bridges, of l-awnd^le; C. Dishor, of Winston-Salem;
e. with Jerry liOwder. of Bur-
placed the crowi; upon the head
■. who participated in the col-
pictured. Reading clockwi.-e from
Crows, of South Boston, Va.; Vir-
Dwight Dillon, of Martinsville,
Queen); Dud Ivey, of Aberdeen;
and Arlene Stafford, of Burlington.
Pylon’s Aniiual May Day Observance
Offers Variety Of Eiilertaiiiinent
Tlie 1954 observance of May
Day on the Elon campus, W'hich
embraced both Friday and Batur-
daj' of |:i-;t week, was hailed by
many as the mcsi successful and
eijoyable i.i the hijLory of the
spri; ’ festival at Elon.
The gala weekend got under-
v.r; last Friday afternoon, with
the principal afternoon interest
centering in a student-faculty
sottball game,, in which the “Old
Timers" defeated the “Yougsters”
by s 7 to 5 score. The presence
for the faculty of Miss Elizabeth
Kelms as the cheerleader and
PiOf. Jonathon Sweat as the band
added much to the occasion.
This was followed on Friday
by a variety program in
^'hitley Auditorium, which both
fi-Culty and students declared to
bp the best of the year. Tiiis pro-
ffam opened with an Elon Player
production of the one-act comedy,
"Tfco Sisters McIntosh,” with a
«st that included Ann Stoddard,
Craintree, Mass., Janice Wil-
“am:. of West Point, Ga., and
Stoffel, of Stratford, N. J.
student actors were fol-
J^'ed by the appearance of a
Shop Quartet," featuring
* ®®8ing of Carlton Langston,
S. C., Sherrill
Timmonsville,
■ all, ,of King, Eddie Bridges, of
'organton, and Kerry Richards,
>f Pklahcney City. Pa. Jimmy Wag
goner. of Jacksonville, Fla., thenj
did an A1 Jolson impersonation.
The Elon Choir, with Jerry
.owder, cf BErlington, as a stud
ent director, offered a program
>f popular songs, with a rendition
f "Dry 'Bones” as the climatic
umber. This number was in a
darkened auditorium, with a skel-
-'tc'n dancing to its rhythm. Also
eetured was “I Want To Be
Somebody Someday." an original
jomposition by Fred Prior, of
Laurel, Md. Bernard Jones, of
3urlington, also played a trumpet
,olo of' his own original number,
Salt and Pepper.”
The Saturday observance fea-
‘.u.ec’. the annual May Day pageant
before the south entrance of Ala-
Tiance Building, with Judith In
gram. of Greensboro, crowned as
Vlay Queen in a colorful event
hat had the May Day customs of
other nations as a theme.
Gary Sears, of Portsmouth. Va..
ilected May King, in a student
ilection last fall, but who com
pleted requirements for gradua
tion in March, was unable to re
urn to the campus for the-coro-
'ation, and Woody Stoffel, of
5tratford, N. J., was the royal es
cort.
Chief attendant for the Queen
«as Betty Thompson, of Burling
ton, as maid-of-honor, escorted by
Dwight Dillon, of Martinsville,
,’a. Senior attendants were Vir-
jinia Jernegan. of Godwin, and
iJrnestine Bridges, of Lawndale,
escorted by Phillip Mann, of Cy
press Chapel. Va., and Dud Ivey,
•f Aberdeen. Junior attendants
v'ere Arlene Stafford, of Burling-
‘on. and Mary Sue Colclough, of
"Ion College, escorted by J. C.
Disher. of Winston-Salem, and
:harles Crews, of South Boston,
Va.
Topping off the entire May Day
weekend was the annual Spring
'oimal in Alumni Memorial Gym-
lasium, with dancing from 8
/clock until midnight to the music
)f Paul Zimmerman and hie
irchestra. The gym was beauti
fully decorated in a Mardi Gras
iieme, and the student attendance
t the event was excellent.
Boh Phelps
Is Elected
SCA Prexy
Bob Phelps, a rising senior from
i>. '■ Pii : '. ;k;' ju.Tt been
leclci I';,■''itle.it o: tiu> Student
'hr , an i;c a'.i jn iijr tiie com-
J j'li .5 C';i./',i' Vi'.u'. Jle suc-
,‘Oa to r.' ■■ I . .'i ''' \ (Mr
'.y 1 ivc. i;e Brad;.', of llobbins,
lid V ill i;;i .ct tiie activitie.s of the
largest student religious group on
he campus.
Other officers elected along
vith Phelps are Margaret Johns
on. cf Tryon. who succeeds Phelps
IS vice-president; Sylvia Smith, of
lenderson. who succeeds Sue
Uoore. of Timberlake, as secre-
ary; and Fred Rice, of Elon Col
lege, who succeeds Pat Chandler,
f P'ayetteville, as treasurer.
The SCA is now closing one-of
ts most active and successful
years, a year which has seen it
sponsor numerous student religi
ous activities on the campus, out
standing efforts being in support
if Religious Emphasis Week, a
.pccial week of services in early
ebruary and a series of Holy
Week services.
The group also took part in the
annual Freshman Orientation Pro
gram last fall, conducted a fall
etreat at Camp New Hope, held
( Bible Study Weekend at the
same camp, sponsored the sunrise
services on the campus on Easter
Sunday mo.rning and sponsored
hrough its World Order Commls-
icn a group trip to Washington,
which was arranged by and con
ducted under the direction of Dr.
Horace Cunningham during spring
holidays.
W1>\ERS OF ELON IM.AYER A\^ ARDS
.Ii:ilIlY LOV
Faciilly Member
Named For Panel
On Weight Study
Mrs. Mary P. Shockey, of the
Home Economics Department of
* Elon College, has been invited
I by the Community Council of Ala
mance County to serve on a panel
I of nutrition experts for a series
'of weight contrel classes that will
■ be conducted in Burlington late
in May.
j The Elon faculty member will
'> ork with a group that includes
I Miss Katherine Millsaps, home
^demonstration agent for Alamance
j County: Miss Asenath Cook, state
I district nutritionist: Mrs. Bessie
n. Ware, dairy council director;
and Mrs. Caroline Veno, home
economist for the Duke Power
Company.
DIANE MADDOX
The student stage stars who woie chosen fur the I-lin Player
“Oscars” for performances in le ding rclef in campus dramatic
productions this year are (left lo right abovei Diane A' lddox, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, and Jerry Loy, of Ciraham Their felcction was
announced this week by Professo ■ Charles W. Cox. who also listed
other student dramatic awards.
Matldox Aiul Loy Given
Awards As To|) Actors
Five members of the Elon Play- [
Hs have just been honored with;
individual awards for their per
formances and work in Player
productions during the college
year, according to an announce
ment by Prof. Charles W. Cox,
faculty dramatic director.
Top performance awards for
icting in leading roles went lo
Diane Maddox, of Cincinnati.
Ohio, for her steller performance
a.“ Eliza Doolittle in "Pygmalion,"
and to Jerry Loy, of Graham, foi
his portrayal of Tom Wingfield ii
The Glass Menagerie.”
Ann Stoddard, of Braintree
Mass., was recipient of the award
as the best supporting actress ii
The Sisters McIntosh." while thr
award for the best supporting ac
tor went to Adolph Mellburg, oi
Sion College, for his fine perform
ance as the Colonel in “Pyg-
maion.”
Also announced was the pre-
entation thi > year of the "Direct
ir's Award" to the person wh'
IS actor or backstage worker oi
,oth best aided the director ii.
levelopment of the Elon dramatic
irogram. This award, based upon
cooperation, achievement and pos
sibility of future development, wa?
given to Douglas Edwards, of llid-
dleboro, Mass.
Judges who helped select award
A'inners were Dr. James Howell,
Or. James Hess, Dr. Richard Haff
and Prof. John' West, all of them
membei T cf the Elon faculty.
New Volume
Is Puhlished
By Professor
Dr. William M. Brown, member
f the Elon College faculty for the
;>ast six yeaps, is the author of a
lelightful new biographical work,
which has just come from the
oress. It is the story of the life
)f Remmie LeRoy Arnold, of
Petersburg, Va., one of the out
standing business men in Virginia,
The new book, which is entitled
From These Beginnings," wa;
lublished by the McClure Print-
ng Company, of Staunton, Va..
ind is a delightfully written vol-
ime, printed upon excellent paper
nd beautifully bound. It U pro-
usely illustrated.
It includes more than 600 pages,
vhich tell the dramatic story of
Arnold's rise from humble cir-
jumstances in Petersburg to an
jutstanding position in both the
lusiness and civic world. The head
■f one of the largest pen and pen-
il factories in the world, he is
jlso the head of the Shrine in
North America ,a Masonic or-
;anization, whish now embraces
nore than 700,000 members in the
.'nited States, Canada and Mexico.
Chem Majors
Read Papers
At Gathering
Four of the outstanding students
of the Elon Colli Chemistry De-
nartment will appear on the pro-
?iam and present paper- at the
fifty-first annual meeting of the
! .North Carolina Academy of
Science, which will be held at
i i ast Carolina College in Green-
jville on Friday and Saturday. The
N'. C. Section of the American
Chemical Socicty and the N. C.
I Psychological Association will also
j be hieeting there at the same time.
I The students making reports
nil! include York Brannock and
(Charles Phillips, of Burlington;
Richard Newman, of Mebane; and
Phillip Mann, of Cypress Chapel,
Va. The appearance of these
students on the Greenville pro
gram marks a high tribute to
the Elon Chemistry Department,
since no other college In the state
has more than two, none except
Wake Forest and Elon have more
than one. Wake Forest is to have
two representatives.
These four students, alonv with
Bernard Butler, of Gibsonville,
and John Womack, of Olivia, read
papers at the annual "Senior Day”
program of the Chemistry Depart
ment, which will be held this
evening. At that time special de
partmental awards will be made
to outstanding chemistry majors.
The "Senior Day" observance
will get underway with a picnic
at Moonelon at 6 o'clock, which is
to be attended by faculty mem-
American Chemical Society, chem
istry majors and invited guests.
The papers which will be read
here tonight and at Greenville
this weekend are reports on re
search projects undertaken by the
students in qualifying for gradu
ation. The subjects of the various
papers, listed by students, follows;
York Brannock—“Studies Re
lated iQ Terl-Octyi Phenol,”
Charles Phillips — “Some Notes
on Filter Paper Eleetrophoretlo
Separation of Amino Acid Mix-
Richard Newman—Some Appli
cations of Paper Chromotography
to Inorganic Qualitative Analysis.”
Phillip Mann — “Studies Re
lated to Allylmalonic Ester.”
Bernard Butler—"The Reaction
of Nonyl Phenol and Phthalic
I Anhydride.”
John Womack — “Attempts to
Find Methods to Speed the Gravl-
.netric Determination of Iron.”
.,li..Lb'l h-KlAL bA.Nyijbi — anown above and lett and right are views of the banquet sessi
of Eton's ministerial alumni, who returned to the campus on April 2"th at the invitation of student
members of the I.Iinisterial Association. Centered against a bac.tgrotfnd of the banquet table i- a
liew of the soeaker's table. Those pictured in the centered view, reading left to right, are Di
O W. S. JlcCall. of Woodfsrd. Conn.. banquet speaker; Mrs. L. E. Smith, who was hoste.i t'. the
gue-.H i;i f.’.^ a.,oc;nce oi i ic=.Jent Smith; Tommy of A1 lemarle, president nf t;ir Mir.L;
terial Association; and Dr. Henry Robinson, pastor of Burlington’sCongregationall ChristianChurch