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ELOX COLLEGE. N. C.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1955
NUMBER 2
( OMMITTJ^E PLANS FOR ELO?^’S ANNL AL HOMECOMING
Homecoming Set For October 29
Xhe plans for the 1955 "Homecoming Day observance are in the hands of a student committee,
hich is pictured above in discussion meeting with Mrs. Ruth G lio.vd, secretary of the Elon Col-
.\lumni Association. Pictured seated are Phil Carter, of Liberty, and Sis Beckwith, of Morris-
\iti N.J.. co-chairmen of the committee, with Mrs. Boyd in the center. Standing left to right
Patricia Coghill, of Henderson. Ann Dula. of Durham: Curtis \ou:;g. of Durham: James Bigger-
ff of Burlington; Frances Knight, of Sanford: Dorothy Keck, of Burlington; and Janet Crabtree.
Durham. In addition to this general committee, there are a number of special committees
pervising arrangements for the fortlicoming fe.stivit,ies.
Greek Letter Groups Will Observe
‘Bid Night’ Ceremonies Saturday
The social high-light of the Council, which includes repre- Sharpe. Jack Simpson.
quarter is set for Saturday
ht. when the four Greek letter
aternities and the four sororities
»e their first "Bid Night” of
e new college year, an occasion
en prospective new members
I have an opportunity to accept
s and be pledged by the var-
s social groups.
Hushing has been in progress
; the past ten days, with each of
fraternities and sororities
ying host to prospective mem
se,"jative>i from each fraternity
and sorority.
The four fraternities have 66
active members back in college
this fall, while the four sororities
have 54 active members. The ac
tive members of each group
as follows:
ALPHA PI DELTA — Ben Barr,
Bob Blanchard. Dickie Bradsher.
Stuart Cass. Ted Fields. David
Frye. Ted Hackney, Melvin Hair,
Jerry
Nick
Harold Harris. Russ McGhee, Jack
rs at numerous rush parties. Stone. Don Stringer
f rushing comes to a close Sat-'^^'d Curtis Young.
day night, when acceptance of
invitation to the "Bid Night”
rty of any group signifies a will-
gness on the part of the rushee
join that particular grou:p.
The rushing and pledging of
embers is carried on under the
pervision of the Pan-Hellenic
IOTA TAU K.APPA — Warren
Allen. Jimmy Calhoun. Phil Car
ter. Hugh Citty, Jimmy Crump,
Clark Dofflemyer, Bobby Green,
Tracy Griffin, Ben Kendall, Dick
Keziah. Bill Lashley, Charlie
Michaux, Alton Myers, Bob
Phelps, Bobby Robertson, Harvey
On Campus October 24
Piano Team To Appear
The famous Roman Sisters, duo- j
anists. will appear on the stage
Whitley Auditorium on Mon-^
night, October 24th, in the
St of a series of five great mus-
1 programs that are slated this
ar under the auspices of the
■amance Civic Music Associa-
n.
Ws opening program, featuring
srtte and Yvette Roman, will of-
to students of Elon College a
arkling evening of musical en-
tainment. This program, like all
hfr programs of the Civic Music
ociation. are included on the
'"Pus activity tickets for all
on students as partj of each
Ws cultural opportunity. i
3om in Paris of an outstanding I
sical family, Josette and Yvette
showed amazing talents
'■>e early, being discovered by
rre Fournier, the noted French
■St. The sisters had their musi-
^ education at the Conservatoire
ional de Paris, where they were
Jdents of Armand Ferte and
‘‘■s Gentil.
\fter graduation there, they left
New York, where they had a
‘essful Town Hall debut and
engagements with the San
3»cisco Symphony and other
estra in various parts of Amer-
Everywhere they have played
critics have hailed them
I' enthusiasm.
Angeles they were de-
‘‘bringing a sparkle
own to the art of duo-
‘ performance, playing with
thmic vitality and with a tone
nee delicate an> brilliant.”
® summer eogagemeot in
DUO-PIANIST
*ei as
'heir
THE ROMAN SISTERS
Slaughter. Page Stout
Thompson. Ray Whitley and Archie
Wilborn.
KAPPA PSl NU — Navarre
Barron. Jack Garber. Billy Ginn,
Walter Harding, Gene Harrell. Don
Johnson, Furman Moseley, Rich
ard Pugh, Gordon Ward and G.
M. Wooten.
SIGMA PHI BETA — Larry
liarnes. Luther Barnes. Clyde Bos
well/ Whitney Bradham. Eddie
Bridges, Melvin Chrismon, Jack
Crockett. Ladson Cubbage, Tony
DeMatteo, Charlie Foster, Bill
Frederick. Bob Hendricks. Homer
Hobgood, Charlie Mason. Dick Mc
Carthy, Lynn Newcomb, Frank
Pattishall, Tony Stump, Nick
Theos and Gary Thompson.
BETA OMlCRO^i BETA —
Gwendolyn Beck, Doris Chrismon,
Jean Coghill, Patricia Coghill,
Miriam Guy, Betsy Johnson. Ruth
Lloyd, Dorothy Mauldfn. Meryle
Mauldin. Carol Morrison, Laura
Seamon, Ann Stoddard, Shirley
Strange, Rosalind Toney, Martha
Walker and Yvonne Winstead.
DELTA UPSILON KAPPA —
Carolyn Abernathy, Betty Sue
Ammon, Nancy Bain. Sis Beck
with, Barbara Carden, Ann Dula,
Evelyn Fritts, Frances Knight,
Nanette Matchan, Joyce Perry,
Margaret Stafford and Ann Wil
son.
PI kappa TAU—Doris Cornell,
Marjorie Englebright, Billy Faye
Johnson, Paula Loy, Wilma Par
rish, Polly Payne, Emily Scott,
Clara Sharpe, Mary Sherrard,
Marjorie Sutton, Marie Tomlinson
and June Wyrick.
TAU ZETA PHI — Shirley Cox.
Doris Gaddis, Grace Holt, Pat
Jones, Dot Keck, Jacqueline Love,
Margaret Patillo, Shirley Presnell.
Ann Puckett, Lois Scott. Sylvia
Smith. Emma Waggoner. Shirley
Womack and Jo Ann Wright.
Students List
Many Church
Preferences
With more than 92 per cent of
Elon College students expressing
3 church preference, a survey of
the student body reveals that the
Baptists, Methodist and Congre
gational Christian groups lead in
the number of denominational
memberships or preferences ex
pressed.
The Baptists lead with a total of
308 students representing 27.5
per cent of the current Elon en-
roljmiv^t. The Methodists listed
257 for 23 per cent, and the Con
gregational Chrisi^ian group in
cluded 155 students for 13.9 per
cent.
The next six denominations in
order, with the number of students
giving their preference, are Pres
byterians with 119. Catholics with
41. Evangelical and Reformed with
30. Lutherans with 21. Episcopal
ians with 20 and Holiness with 18.
Other religious denominations
represented by from one to seven
students were Quakers. Greek
Orthodox Moravian, Christian
Scientists. Church of God, Dis
ciples of Christ, Nazarenes, E.V.B,
Church of the Brethren, Russian
Orthodox. Jewish and Mormon
Twenty-two students listed their
religious preference as Protestant
without naming a denomination,
pnd 85 students failed to answer
the question on their registration
blanks.
STLDEMS NAME llO.MECOMIX; lU'LEUS
BARBARA CARDEN
ANN DULA
Barbara Carden, senior girl fr cm Burlington, will reign as queen
over the annual Elon College "Hflmecoming Day" program, which
is planned for the weekend of Oc tober 29th. Serving as maid-of-
honor for the event will be Ann Dula. sophomore girl from Dur
ham. The two were chosen by vo te of Elon students in a special
campus election held last Thursd sy.
Van*hii
Frosh
J. B. Vaughn, husky freshman
football star from Graham, was
reconlly named president of the
freshman class at Elon CoMcffe.
He was chosen in a special elec-
Local Dele plates
At Valley Meet
Delegates from Elon College
and the Elon College community
are attending the annual meeting
of the Virginia Valley Conference
o f Congregational Christian
Churches, which is in session to
day and tomorrow at the May-
land Church near Broadway, Va.
President Leon E. Smith is at
tending as representative of Elon
College while Dr. William T.
Scott and John Graves represent
the local offices of the Southern
Convention of Congregational
Christian Churches. Dr. John G.
Truitt represents the Elon Col-
liege Orphanage.
Elon Singers
Start W ork
On ^Messiah^
The Elon College Music Depart-
tion held under sponsorship of | ment extends to all students of the
college an invitation to join with
the members of the Elon College
Choir in the twenty-third annual
performance of Handel's “]V\es-
siah," which will be presented by
the Elon College Festival Chorus
In Whitley Auditorium on Sunday
evening. December 4th, at 8:30
o’clock.
The chorus, under the direction
the student government.
Other officers selected at the
sam^ time as freshman class
leaders include Bucky Thomas,
of South Norfolk. Va.. as vice-
president: and Linda Simpson,
of Elon College, as secretar>-
treawrer. The first-year stud
ents will name members to the
student legislature and the hon
or council in a later ballotin.g.
;of Prof. John Westmoreland has
Salt Lake City, they were de
scribed as being “literally as hot
at the key-board as the current
mid-summ«r weather.” Even in
super-critical New York, they
were described as "showing re
markable teamwork . . . both good
'technicians, whose tones match
beautifully, and their ensemble is
? thing to marvel at.”
This program is only the first of
five to be presented cooperatively
by Elon College and the Civic
Music group. Other later pro
grams. all of which will be offered
on the Elon College campus, are
Naomi Farr, soprano, on Thurs
day, November 10th; the Eger
Players, string and horn ensemble,
on Tuesday, January 17; Reuben
Varga, violinist, in mid-March: and
the Winged Male Chorus, ou Fri
day, April 13th.
Phi l\sl Cli ‘Pix’
The Phi Psi Cli photographer will
be on the campus for five days,
October 24th through October 28th,
to take photographs for the 19,56
annual, according to an announce
ment from Lois Scott and Marie
Weldon, co-editors of the new year
book.
Beginning tomorrow, an appoint
ment desk will be located In the ro
tunda of Alamance, and every stud
ent and faculty member is urged
already begun rehearsals lor the
annual presentation, which for
years has proved to be one of
ithe outstanding events of the Yule-
(tide season in this area of North
Carolina. The rehearsals are held
each Tuesday evening from 7:30
until 8:45 o’clock in Whitley Audi
torium.
In extending the invitation.
Prof. Westmoreland pointed out
that this is a fine opportunity for
students who enjoy choral sing
ing but do not have time to be in
the regular choir. He stated that
professional soloists have been
engaged, and indications are that
to sign up early. Photos will be
taken this year in the student gov-j "The Messiah” will be a real high-
ernment office on the first floor light of the year in the music de-
of Alamance. partment.
PLAYERS PREPARE RIB-TICKLER
FOR FIRST SHOW OF NEW YEAR
College Officials
Attend Meeting
Dr. Leon E. Smith, Elon College
president, and Dr. J. E. Danieley,
dean of students for the college
have just returned to the campus
from Washington, D. C., where
they represented Elon at the an
nual meeting of the American
Council on Education.
This organization includes both
state-supported and church-re
lated universities and colleges,
and representatives from institu
tions all over the United States
Vv'ere present for the meetings that
were held at the Statler Hotel.
Mrs. Leon E. Smith accompanied
Dr. Smith and Dr. Danieley on
the trip to the national capital.
(Picture on Page 2)
It's truly a rib-tickler that the
Elon Players are preparing for
the first show of the new college
year; for the campus thespians,
under the direction of Prof. M. E.
Wooten this year, have chosen
Francis Swann’s "Out of the Fry
ing Pan” for presentation in the
Mooney Chapel for five hilarious
nights, November 8th to 12th.
The cast will offer campus
theatre-goers much n'ew talent,
along with some tried and true
talent returned from previous Elon
Flayer productions. The new faces
to be seen for the first time on
the Elon stage include those of
Roger Rush, Chuck Oakley, Dor
othy Apple, Leslie Johnston, Jen
nie Keck, Dorothy Perkins, Don
ald Howell and Gene Harrell. The
tried and true, back once more
behind the Elon footlights, are
Tommy Lewis, Margaret Sharpe.
Bill Watson and Jane Davis, each
of whom has had previous roles in
Player showst
' A former Broadway comedy hit,
"Out of the Frying Pan” was
styled by a critic of the NEW
YORK POST as “one of the mer
riest Broadway events in weeks
. , . ” The script of the play indi
cates that a similar reaction will
be forthcoming from the Elon
Player audiences.
"Out of the Frying Pan” is the
story of three stage-struck couples
v,fho are sharing an apartment di
rectly above that of a Broadway
producer, whom they are out to im
press with their talents. When
they at last get the producer in
their apartment, they stage a mur
der scene as evidence of their
abilities. The young people stage
the scene so successfully that the
police swarm onto the scene and
create an hilarious misunderstand
ing However, as is the way with
all good comedies, the ending of
the play satisfies everyone, and
the future of the three young
couples seems to hold much prom
ise.
This opening production of the
Elon Players for the 1955-56 sea
son marks a return to farce com
edy after some of the rather
heavy dramatic fare that wa.s dish
ed out last year, and the attend-
nce for “Out of the Frying Pan”
is expected to justify the selection
of Francis Swann’s mirth-provok-
Sng show.
The members of the student
dramatic group have been work
ing faithfully on their new pro
duction, and every indication
points to a successful opener. Prof.
Wooten has epxressed himself as
highly pleased with the attitude
of his cast, each member of which
seems to be taking his or her as
signment with a great deal of ser
iousness and determination.
The plans to present the show
for five nights and the return af
ter many years to the Mooney
Chapel stage mark a bid for In
creased attendance. The Elon
Players presented their shows in
Mooney for many years, but in re
cent sea.sons they have staged
their plays on the larger stage in
Whitley Auditorium, usually giv
ing the play only twice. In dis
cussing the move back to Mooney,
it was pointed out the auditorium
will not accommodate as many
people, but the added nights o£
(Continued on Page Four!
Annual Dance
ill Initiate
Gala W eekend
Preparations ai'e well under
way for what is designed as the
biggest "Homecoming” celebra
tion in the history of t^lon College,
with student leaders joining with
the leaders of the Elon College
Alumni As.sociation in an effort to
bring back to the campus the
largest group of old grads ever
to attend such an observance here.
\ The festivities will get under
way on Friday evening. October
?8th. when the annual 'Homecom
ing Ball ' will be .staged in .\lumni
Memorial Gymnasium This event
v ill feature dancing from 8 o’clock
until midnight to the tunes of
Paul Zimmerman and his orches
tra.
The students committee, which
has designated a ”Gay Nineties”
theme for the dance, states that
no effort will be spared to make
the dance this year one of the
most beautiful over staged on the
campus. Elaborate decorations are
planned in carrying out the theme.
A special feature of the "Home
coming Ball" will be the corona
tion of Barbara Carden as “Home
coming Queen. At the same time
members of her court will be
presented to the dance crowd. All
campus organizations plan to be
represented by sponsors in the
Queen's court, but a complete list
of .sponsors will not be available
until later.
The Homecoming Queen will al
so be presented again at half-time
of the Elon-Western Carolina
football game, which is to climax
the weekend celebration on Satur
day night. She and her court will
also ride in the parade on Satur
day afternoon.
The general student committee,
which is working with alumni of
ficials in preparing for the event,
is headed by Phil Carter and Sis
Beckwith as co-chairmen, other
members being Patricia Coghill,
Ann Dula. Curtis Young, James
Biggerstaff, Frances Knight, Dor
othy Keck and Janet Crabtree.
There are also a number of sub
committees, with certain specified
duties. These sub - committees,
which in .several instances include
members of the general student
committee, are as follows:
PUBLICITY — Frances Knight
and Norman Riddle.
INVITATIONS — Judy Clark
and Jackie Williamson.
DECORATIONS — Janet Crab-
tre€(. Ourtis Young, Ann Dula,
Carolyn Abernathy, Larry Barnes,
Tommy Lewis, Evelyn Fritts, Shir
ley Presnell, Margaret Stafford,
and Margaret Patillo.
LIGHTING — Bill Walker and
James Simpson.
MASTER OF CEREMONIES —
Chuck Oakey.
DANCE FIGURE — Sis Beck
with.
SPONSORS AND FLOWERS —
Yvonne Winstead and Patricia Ojg-
hill.
REFRESHMENTS — Dorothy
Keck and Nancy Bain.
PARADE — Carl Burke, Ash-
burn Kirby, Lynwood Grant, Sue
Hughes, Neil Johnson and John
Biggerstaff.
I INTERMISSION _ Chuck Oak-
fley and James Biggerstaff.
GOAL POST DECORATIONS—
Carolyn Abernathy and all mem
bers of cheerleader group.
Each dormitory on the campus
will have its own special commit
tee to supervise dorm decorations.
Judges will view the various
buildings and award a trophy for
the best decorated dormitory.