A Queen Is Crowned
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Doi’m Aw ai d Is Given
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Hearty Good Wishes
To Dr. Smith
On His Anniversary
MAROON AND GOLD
And ConR:ratulations
To The Christians
For That Win Over Catawba
volume 34
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1954
NITMBUR 3
Homecoming Weekend Proves Enjoyable Event
B.LE, Holds
Dinner Meet
In Burlington
The girls Beta Chi Epsilon, com-
j mercial student group, held their
first dinner meeting of the new
year on Wednesday, Octoober 20th,
at the Alamance Hotel in Burling-
I ton.
A highly enjoyable program £ea-
I lured the occasion, highlighted by
I the appearance of Mrs. Homer
Andrews as the prmcipal speaker.
: She told the group of her recent
: visit to various nations of Europe.
^ The dinner meeting was only the
first of a number of activities
planned by the commercial stud
ent group.
Officers of Beta Chi this year
Include Judy Clark, of Durham,
president; Jayne Jones, of Bur
lington, vice - president; Louise
Hughes, of Greensboro, secretary;
Pat Chrismon, of Reidsville, treas
urer: and Jane Williamson, of Bur
lington, reporter. Prof. Thomas
I Fox is faculty advisor.
Eloii Players Set Dates
For ‘Blithe Spirit’ Show
ELON ACTORS IN
GATE CITY PLAY
One Elon student and two
alumni of the college had parts
in the Greensboro Little The
atre’s first stage production of
the new season. The presenta
tion was “Pal Joey,” which was
given at Greensboro Senior
High Auditorium on Friday and
Saturday nights of last week.
The Elon student appearing
in “Pal Joey” was Jack Mc-
Fadyen, while the Elon gradu
ates taking roles in the show
were Virginia Davis and Graham
Womack. Both of the graduates
were active in student dramat
ics while attending Elon, and
both Miss Davis and lUcFadyen
have appeared in a number of
previous roles in Little Theatre
shows in Greensboro. Each of
the Elon actors received praise
for their work in the production
last weekend.
Campus Interest Is Keen
In Annual Religious Meets
The Elon Player presentation of
Noel Coward's ‘Blithe Spirit,”
vv’liich is to be the first show of
the new campus stage season, hat
been set for Thursday and Friday
nights, November 11th and 12th,
Rehearsals for Noel Coward's
improbable farce, which enjoyed
a highly successful run on the
professional stage, have been in
progress for two weeks or more,
and advance reports indicate that
the show may be one of the most
enjoyable to hit the Whitley Audi
torium stage in recent years.
Diane Maddox, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, and Wright Williamson, of
Norfolk, Va., who appear as Char
les and Ruth Condomine, familiar
figures to campus play-goers, but
the remainder of the cast are com
parative newcomers to tlie Elon
stage.
Others in the cast are Jerry
Smyre, of Greensboro, as Dr. Brad-
ham; Betsy Johnson, of Fuquay
Springs, as Edith; Jane Davis, of
Raleigh, as Mrs. Bradiiam, Mar-
5aret Sharpe, of Bear Creek, as
Madame Arcati; and Sue Moore,
of Timberlake, as Elvira. Assist
ing in the direction of the play is
Betty Garrett, of Norfolk, Va.
guest MINISTER
SCENES
The scenes presented in the
layout at the top of the page are
illustrative of the highlights of
Homecoming weekend. Jerry
Lowder, president of the Stud
ent Body, is shown at the left as
he placed the crown upon the
head of Arlene Stafford, Queen
of Homecoming. Center above is
a picture of the Elon College
band as it led the Homecoming
parade down Burlington's Main
street, with Drum Major Joe
Morris and the majorettes step
ping high-wide-and-handsome at
the front of the band. Sliown at
the right is Lefty Taylor, master
of ceremonies, presenting the
award for the best decorated
dormitory to Joe Ryals, repre
senting the victorious boys of
East Dorm.
Many Aliiiiiiii Are Guests
For Festive Observance
Education Club
The Education Club, which is
composed of student majors in the
field of Education, will meet to
morrow night at the home of Prof.
J. C. Colley, who is faculty advisor
for the organization. Staging the
first social event of the new year,
the members will enjoy a weiner
roast, .which will be followed by
an interesting debate on Tradi
tional and Progressive Education.
The X954 Homecoming observ
ance, which drew large numbers
cf Elon's former students back to
the campus last weekend for a
festive celebration, was termed a
complete success ’
Getting underway with the an
nual Homecoming Ball in Alumni
Memorial Gymnasium last Friday
night, the event continued through
out the day on Saturday and con
cluded in highly satisfactory man
ner with the overwhelming 36 to
12 football victory over Catawba
The dance on Friday night,
which featured the music of Jimmy
Perkins and his Orchestra, set a
merry percedent for the rest of
the weekend,
East Dorm claimed the trophy
in the dormitory decoration con
test, and the Day Students won
the trophy for the second straight
year for the best decorated float
that appeared in the annual Home
coming parade through Burling
ton on Saturday afternoon.
There was a pep meeting fol
lowing the parade to prime every
one for the football victory Sat
urday night, and a highly success
ful half-time program added much
tc the football game itself.
THEY GUIDED RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS PROGRAM
GEORGE D. ALLEY
George Alley, pastor of
' ^‘fst Congregational Christian
of Suffolk, Va.. a new-
^“®er to the ranks of Southeni
''motion pastors, proved to be
popular speaker when he visited
ifte FIah
lo ‘^^®'P»s two weeks ago
the annual Religious Em-
Week services. '
Campus interest proved keen m
the annual Religious Emphuj...
services, which were held at Elon
from Sunday, October 17th
through Wednesday, October 20th
with both students and faculty ac
claiming Rev. George D. Alley
for his splendid leadership in the
services.
Beginning with services in Whit
ley Auditorium on Sunday eve
ning, the visiting minister spoke
lo the students in chapel each
morning for three days. He also
conducted forum sessions in the
parlor of West Dormitory on Mon
day and Tuesday nights and con
cluded the series with a final com
munion service in Whitley on
Wednesday evening.
Unusually keen interest was re
ported from the nightly discussion
gatherings, which were held in the
various dormitories under the
leadership of members of the Elon
faculty. One of these sessions was
reported to have lasted for more
than three hours.
Faculty members who partici
pated as leaders in these discus
sion meets included Dr. H. ti.
Cunningham, Dr. Alex Comere,
Dr W W. Sloan, Prof. Lawrence
Hedgpeth. Prof. J. W. Barney,
Prof. Guy Owens, Prof. Jonathan
Sweat and Rev. W. J. Andes.
The successful culmination of the recent Religious Emphasis Week on the Elon campus was due
• no small measure to the leadership of the officers and committee chairmen of the Student
Christian Association, the organization which leads in religious activities at Elon. Officers of the
group pictured left to right above, include the following: FRONT ROW—Sylvia Smith, Henderson,
cretary Margaret Johnston, Tiyon, vice-psesident; Robert Phelps, Fort Smith, Ark., president;
*nd Fred Rice, Burlington, treasured. BACK ROW—Betsy Johnso i. Fuquay Springs, Sue Moore,
Timberlake. and Judith Chadwick, West Boxford, Mass., chairmen of SCA committees.
CHEMISTRY PROFS
ATTEND MEETING
A number of delegates from
the Elon College Chemistry De
partment attended the annual
fall meeting of the Central
North Carolina Section of the
American Chemical Society,
which was held in King Hall at
Guilford College on Wednesday
night of last week. The group
includes educational and in-
du.strial chemists from Ala
mance, Guilford, Forsyth, Rock
ingham, Stokes and Surry Count
ies.
Chief speaker for the gather
ing at Guilford College was Dr.
R. L. McKee.’ of the chemistry
faculty of the University of
North Carolina, who spoke on
“HetterocycUc Derivatives of
Guanidine.” Dr. Paul Cheek, of
the Elon chemistry faculty, is
secretary of the organization.
Coronation
Feature Of
Annual Ball
The coronation of Arlene Staf
ford, senior from Burlington, as
Elon’s Homecoming Queen, was an
outstanding feature for the annual
Homecoming Ball in Alumni Gym
nasium last Friday night. Escort
ing the queen was Ronnie McIn
tyre, and chief attendant was Peg
gy McKee, the Maid-of-Honor, es
corted by Jack Crockett.
Making up the royal court were
sponsors for the various dormi
tories and campus organizations.
The sponsors, listed in alphabet
ical order of organizations, were
as follows:
Alpha Pi Delta — Judy Clark
with Gerald Bray; Beta Chi Ep*l-
loon—Mary Lee Hlott with Bob
Blanchard; Carlton House—Marie
Weldon with Charles Mason; Choir
—Kathleen McDonald with Jerry
Smyre; Club House—Annie May
Wright with Wright Williamson;
Day Students — Margaret Patillo
(Continued On Page Four)
Dr, Leon E, Smith Starts
New Year In Elon Service
Dr. Leon E. Smith, who had a
birthday on Monday of this week,
celebrates another anniversary
next Monday, November 1st, when
he begins hia twenty-fourth year 1
PS president ef Elon College. His I
administration became the long- |
est in the college’s history two
years ago, and each aniversary sets ;
another new record.
President Smith came back ill
his Alma Mater to become its |
leader on November 1, 1931, and I
(he succeeding twenty-three years i
have comprised a period of tre- |
mendous growth and progress. A |
graduate of Elon with the Class I
of 1910, he relinquished a success
ful career as a Congregational
Christian minister to assume the
post as Elon's president.
Coming to Elon in the midst of
the nation's worst financial depres
sion. he found the college burd
ened with debt and with an en
rollment numbering only 130 stud
ents. The succeeding years have
seen him lead the college onto a
solid financial foundation, and the
record enrollment of the present
year is more than se^en times as
large as was the enrollment he
HAS ANNIVERSARY
DR. LEON E. SMITH
tie its indebtedness by January
26, 1943. Since that time no effort
have been spared to enlarge the
college endowment and to add to
its invested funds. At the same
found when he came back to the | time there has been a steady Im-
campus.
The first task confronting him
was to place the college upon a
sound financial basis, and under
his guidance Elon was able to set-
provement in the physical plant
of the college, and plans are un
derway at the present time to add
two new dormitories and a new
dining hall.