A Happy Vacation
To Each And
All Elon Students
MAROON AND GOLD
And Best Of Luck
To All You
Senior Graduates
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
TUESDAY, May 24, 1955
Nl'MBER 15
Elon Plans Sixty-Fifth Annual Commencement
£l()ii Aluniiii
Are Awarded
Study Grants
Two recent graduates of Elon
College have just been awarded
fellowships or scholarships which
will enable them to study aboard in
their major fields. One of the
awards was a Fulbright Scholar
ship to Fred Sahlinann, who ma
jored in music while at Elon; and
ihe other was the Thompson Fel
lowship awarded to Warren Mat
thews. former Elon student, who
is completing his w'ork ^ Hart
ford Tlieological Seminary this
L-ar. .
The Fulbright Scholarship, val
ued at S3.000. will be used by
rred Sahlmann for a year of ad
vanced 'itudy in Vienna, begin
ning thjs fall. This is the second
Fulbright Scholarship awarded to
;n Elon graduate within two years,
for Prof. John Westmoreland,
member of the Elon faculty and a
former graduate of the College has
been studying choral direction in
Vienna this year under such a
■.cholar-'hip award.
In winning the Thomp.son Fel
lowship at Hartford Seminary,
Warren Matthews is following in
the footsteps of one of his Elon
College professors, for Dr. Ferris
E. Re.vnolds, chairman of the De
partment of Philosophy and Re
ligion at Elon. once studied at the
University of Edinburgh under
such an award. The award is val
ued at S3.600 and is to be applied
toward study for the Ph.D. de
gree. It is awarded to the Hart
ford student who leads his semi
nary class for three years. Mat
thews plans study at? Harvard and
Cambridge.
LEADIM; FKiLKES IN EL(» CO.M.MENCEMEiM EEKCISES
(.'ollege To (llose Year With Weekend
Proirrain That Starts Fridav Evenhiji
Commercial
Certificate
Class Listed
A large group of students are
candidates for certificates in secre
tarial practice, along with four
expected to receive certificates in
general clerical practice, from the
Elon commercial department at
the 1955 commencement exer
cises on May 30th,
They are now winding up a
busy year under the direction o£
Prof. Thomas R. Fox, ,who heads
•be commercial program. Along
with their classes, they have
heard a number of speakers and
have visited business offices in
this area. They have also been
8Ctive in Beta Chi Epsilon, com-
Oercial organization.
Students expected to receive
tertificates in secretarial practice
•re Peggie Allen, Burlington; Jo
AUsbrook, Franklin, Va.; Marian
Boswell. Burlington; Judith Clark,
I^urham; Barbara Crawford, Haw
Wver; Joan Elder, Burlington; Bar
bara Fairchild, Burlington; Mary
Hiott, Burlington; Louise
Hughes, Greensboro; Sarah Johns
ton, Graham; Jayne Jones, Bur-
ungton;
Helen King, Burlington; Alice
•^•adren, Elon College; Jean Over-
y Franklin, Va.; Doris Parker,
orfolk, Va.; Delanie Routh,
reensboro; Frances Sessoms,
Koseboro; Carol Stanfjeld, Bur-
®gton; Shirley Story, Franklin,
Va.; Freda Tate, Elon College;
Walker, Elon College; Vir-
S'nia Waker, Eon College; Jacob-
Yancey, Henderson; and Jane
illiamson, Burlington.
Tjose who are candidates for
-licates in general clerical
practice are Joseph Flynn, Elon
^“>lege; John Hill, Robbins; Don-
Holt, Mebane; and William
‘^“f-er, BurUngton.
versity Divinity
Monday morning,
The speakers who will keynote the sixty-fith annual commencement program at Elon College are
pictured above against a background scene which pictures Eton’s commencement line of seniors and
faculty members. The speakers pictured are Dr. Liston E. Pope (upper left), dean of the Yale bni-
School, who will deliver the address to the seniors at the graduation exercises on
May 30; Dr. Rockwell Harmon Potter (center left), dean emeritus of the Hartford
Theological Seminary and honorary minister of the First Church of Christ, Hartford, Conn., who
will preach the baccalaureate ser.mon on Sunday morning. May 29; and Charles Cook Howell (bottom
left) eminent attorney of Jacksonville, Fla , formerly chief counsel for the Atlantic Coaast Line Rail
road and a member of Eon's Class of 1908, who will deliver the alumni auuress at the annual ban
quet on Saturday evening, May 28, Dr. Leon E. Smith pictured right), president of Elon College,
will guide the colege through its 1955 commencement.
Moore Takes
Summer Job
At Columbia
Prof. FU-tchcr Moore, chairman
of the Elon College department of
music, has accepted a summer posi
tion for this year as a member of
he summer school faculty at
Teachers' College of Columbia
University, where he will teach
Diano at the graduate level.
He is one of thiee professors
^elected by Columbia University
lo try out a new procedure of
leaching two graduate students
simultaneously for ont; hour each
day for a six-weeks period, which
lepreseijts an experiment in in
tensive instruction. The classes
will be open for observation by
other Columbia teachers and stud
ents.
Prof. Moore is a native of Bur
lington and a graduate of Elon
College, where he received the
.'V.B. degree. He later received the
M.A. degree at Columbia and did
advanced work at the Julliard
School of Mu.sic before returning
to Elon to become a member of
the faculty. He has also had ad
vanced work at the University of
Southern California.
He was in the armed services
for two and one-half years during
World War II. being assigned for
duty with Signal Corps Intelli
gence units in the European The
atre. where he was awarded the
Bronze Star and two battle stars
and also advanced to the com
missioned rank of lieutenant, a
rank he held upon discharge.
Returning to his faculty post at
Elon after the war, he became
chairman of the department in
1947 and has continued in that
post since that time with the ex
ception of two years from 1952
to 1954, when he was on leave of
absence for work on his doctorate.
SEMOH I’KESIDENT
STACY JOHNSON
Stacy Johnson, o! Dunn, is
president of the Senior ('lass of
lf>55 and will preside over its
final meetintrs. He is a second-
generation rion man. followinfi:
in the footsteps of his father,
who Rraduated here with the
Class of 1927.
Dr. Sini III Back
l^roin iVf'ir Yn k'
Dr. Leon K. Smith. I'lon Col
lege president returned to the
campus last Thursday after a
two-day trip to New York, where
he attended the annual meeting:
of trustees of the Francis As-
bury Palmer Fund, which was
held yesterday.
This fund is one set up to be
used for the assistance of minis
terial students and also for as
sistance of church related col>
lefiress throughout the nation.
While in New York Dr. Smith
also attended a gathering of
Elon College alumni, which was
held as an informal dinner meet
ing at Childs Restaurant on 42nd
Street last Wednesday night.
Outstanding
Stage Stars
Are Named
The Elon College chapter of
Alpha Psi Omega, honorary dra
matic fraternity, announced last
week the annual awards for out
standing performances in student
dramatic productions on the Elon
campus during the 1954-55 college
year.
*The awards for the best leading
actress and best leading actor were
both given to members of the
cast of '‘Blithe Spirit,” with Sue
Moore, of Hurdle Mills, honored
for her performance in the role
o Elvira and Wright Williamson,
of Norfolk, Va., honored tor his
performance as Charles,
Honored for the best perform
ances in suporting roles were Jan
Williams, of West Point, Ga., tor
her enactment of the role of Be-
line in “The Imaginary Invalid”
and Nick Theos, of Charleston,
S.C., for his fine protrayal of
Praeses in the same show.
The director’s award for the
year, announced by Prof. Charles
W. Cox, for all-round tine work
with the student dramatic group,
was given to Grover Biddle, of
Dover, Del.
Also announced at the same
Slimmer Session
To Open June 6
The 1955 summer school will
get underway on the Elon cam
pus at 8 o’clock on Monday
morning;, June 6th, with two
six-weeks terms scheduled. The
first term will end on Friday,
July 15th, and the second term
\^ill begin on Monday, July 26th,
and will continue until Friday,
August 26th.
Advance bulletins slate that
the summer school schedule will
include courses in art, biolegy,
business administration, chem
istry, education, English, French,
geography, German, health edu
cation, history, literature, math
ematics, music, philosophy,
photography, physical education,
psychology, science survey, soci
ology, and Spanish. There is
also a full schedule of Evening
School courses planned.
Large Group Will Graduate May 30th
time was the tapping of new mem
bers for the Alpha Psi Omega
chapter. Those chosen included
Sue Moore, of Hurdle Mills; Jan
Williams, of West Point, Ga.; Nan
ette Matchan, of Charleston, S.C.;
Grover Biddle, of Dover, Del.; Les
lie Johnston, of Holland, Va.; Wil
liam Walker, of Durham; Jerry
Lowder, of Burlington; and Nick
Theos, of Charleston. S.C.
Another large group of seniors
will go out from Elon College
with degrees and diplomas and will
join the ranks of Elon alumni
following the sixty-fifth annual
graduation program, which will be
held in Whitley Auditorium at
10:30 o'clock next Monday morn
ing, May 30th.
A tentative list of the 1955
graduates has just been released
from the office of Miss Hazel
Walker, college registrar, but this
list is subject to change as a re
sult of final exams this week, and
it cannot be regarded as final.
The group due to receive di
plomas next Monday is slightly
smaller than the class which was
graduated at the May commence-1
ment in 1954 but the roll of the
Class 6f 1955 will be swelled by
the names of those who graduate
at the summer commencement in
August and will reach approxi
mately the same total as the
classes that have finished in re
cent years.
Again this year the graduating
class will include members who
have completed their degree and
diploma requirements in the Eve
ning School, and additional stud
ents from the evening classes will
complete degree requirements by
the last of the summer.
No less than eleven states are
represented in the ranks of pros
pective graduates of the Class of
1955. Holding a big lead in num
bers is North Carolina, with Vir
ginia and Massachustftts second
nd third. States with a single re
presentative are South Dakota,
Maryland. Alabama, Ohio, New
Jersey, Arkansas, Georgia and
Florida.
Seniors listed by Miss Walker
follow:
George Armfield, III, Leaksville.
Reuben Aksew, Norfolk, Va.
Grace Bozarth, Yankton, S.D.
Gilbert Brittle, Wakefield, Va,
Judith Chadwick, Boxford, Mass.
Billy Chilton, Bennett.
Mary Sue Colclough, Elon Col.
Richard Coley, Burlington.
Luther Conger, Jr., Statesville.
Richard Cooke, Jr., Norfolk, Va.
Helen Craven. Ramseur.
Charles Crews, Jr. So. Boston, Va.
Joan Darling, Burlington.
J. C. Cflsher. Winston-Salem.
Ervin Durham, Burlington,
Douglas Edwards, Mid'boro, Mass.
James Flynt, Asheboro.
Wade Garrett, Liberty.
Sherrill Hall, King.
James Hamrick, Draper.
James Hardy, Reidsville.
David Hardy, Baltimore, Md.
Preston Holt. Spray.
John Hudson, Saxapahaw.
Stacy Johnson, Dunn.
Dorothy Johnston, BurUngton.
Ned Jones, Franklin, Va.
John Jones, Bolton.
Sylvia Jones, Burling,ton.
Hoyt Kennedy, Burlington.
Lulu Knott, Creedmoor.
Sara Lamm, Yanceyville.
Odis Leonard. Burlington.
Jerry Lowder, Burlington,
James Luke, Holland, Va.
David Maddox, Thorsby, Ala.
Diane Maddox, Cincinnati, O.
Iris Matkins, Elon College,
Edith McCauley, Burlington.
Eugene McDaniel, Kinston.
Ronald McIntyre, Burlington,
Louise McLeod, Albemarle,
William Mercer, Burlington,
John Mitchell, Lyndhurst, N,J.
Sue Mioore, Hurdle Mills,
Joseph Morris, Burlington,
Dorothy Motley, Danville, Va.
Raynard Nance, Reidsville.
Donald Packard, Avondale.
Henry Perry, Burlington.
Philip Phelon, Granville, Mass.
Robert Phelps, Fort Smith, Ark,
Ralph Rakes, Fieldale, Va.
Ann Rawls, Suffolk, Va.
Frederick Rice., Burlington.
Lewis Robertson, M'tinsville, Va.
Hazel Sherman, Oxford.
Margaret Shoffner, Julian.
Arlene Stafford. Burlington.
Thomas Targett. Braintree, Mass
Bedford Taylor, Kemersville.
Leon Taylor, Thomasville, Ga.
Holland Taylor, N’port News, Va
Wayne Vestal, Asheboro.
James Waggoner, Jack'ville, Fla.
Jo Watts Williams, Elon College.
Wright Williamson, Norfolk, Va
Lewis Winston, Nelson, Va.
Dr. Liston E. Pope, dean of the
Divinity School of Vale University,
will be thf baccalaureate speaker
next Monday morning. May 30th,
when Elon College closes it sixty-
fifth annual commencement pro
gram with presentation of di
plomas and degrees to the Class
)1 195,').
The graduating exercises, set
for 10:30 o'clock Monday morn
ing, will climax a commencement
program which will get underway
with the annual commencement
.)all in Ahimni Memorial (!ym-
nasiuni at 8:30 o'clock Friday eve
ning. At that time I’re.sident and
Mr.'S. Leon E. Smith will join the
lumni in honoring the graduating
iniors, who will be formally in
ducted as alumni at that time.
Members of sixteen Elon grad
uating classes will hold reunions
on Saturday of tliis week, when
I he annual Alumni Day program is
|)lanned. Classes which are to
ather back on the campus are
;hose which graduated in 1895,
1!*00. 1905, 1910, 1915, 1920, 1925,
1930, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1951,
1952, 1953 and 1954. Many other
Klon graduates will also return
11' ramble cami)us scenes once
more.
The Alumni Day program Satur
day will open with breakfast gath
erings of reunion classes at 9:30
o'clock, followed by a picnic lunch-
(on on the South Campus at 12:30
o'clock. The afternoon feature will
be the ground-breaking for Vir
ginia Hall, new girls' dormitory,
•ilong with the annual business
meeting of the General Alumni
\ssociation.
The Aumni Banquet is to be
held in the college dining hall at
6:30 o’clock Saturday evening, pre
ceded by an open house reception
in the Student Union. Featured
speaker at the banquet will be
Charles Cook Howell, of Jackson
ville, Fla., member of the Class
of 1908, who is "Alumni Orator”
this year. The outstanding alum
nus of the year will be announced
at that time.
A full program is set for Sun
day, May 29th, when Dr. Rockwell
Harmon Potter, dean emeritus of
Hartford Theological Seminary,
will deliver the baccalaureate ser
mon in Whitley Auditorium at
11:30 o'clock. The annual vesper
recital by outstanding music stud
ents is set for 4 o'clock that after
noon, followed by the Elon Sing
ers' presentation of Mozart's “Cor
onation Mass" at 8:30 o’clock Sun
day evening.
The graduation exercises at
10:30 o’clock next Monday morn-
ng will mark the formal con
clusion of Elon 1954-55 session for
the faculty and students, but mem
bers of the Board of Trustees will
attend a luncheon at noon and
will gather for their annual spring
meeting at 1:30 o’clock Monday
afternoon.
Sloan Is Chosen
Dr. W. W. Sloan, Elon College
faculty member, has just been
chosen by the Associated Press as
one of the 365 American ministers
who will submit this year a Bible
verse and comment for the news
agency’s syndicated feature, “My
Favorite Bible Verse.”
The feature, which appears in
1,200 newspapers throughout the
nation, includes the minister’s
choice of his favorite verse, along
with a brief commentary on the
chosen text. Dr. Sloan stated that
he has chosen for his verse, "Be
lieve on the Lord Jesus ChrUt
and you will be saved.” Acts 16-29.