Let’s Really Back
Our
Christian Cagers -
4R00N AND GOLD
And Uveryhody Go
To All
Basketball («amrs
•OIA'ME 3S
F.i,ox coLLrcr, n. c.
r cuNLsnw. jam ary ib. 1957
Construction Will Start Soon On New Boys ’ Dorm
ISi^ht School
Registration
Is Underway
Registration is now undei way
for the second semester of the
Elon College Evening School, which
*ill open its new term next Mon
day night, January 21st, accord-
ing to an announcement from the
office of Miss Hazel Walker, col
lege registrar.
Students who have been at
tending the fall semester were
requested to fill out their class
forms during last' week, and the
business office of the college *iU
be open to complete the registra
tion forms and receive payments
from 5:30 until 7 o'clock beginning
last night and continuing through
tomorrow night and Saturday
morning.
Miss Walker pnLiled out that
lew students, planning to enter
tile Evening School iu the spring
semestiSr, may also register in
advance. The new students Tnay
also register on -Moiiday night,
January 21st, between 5:30 and
7 o'clock, but currently enrolled
students who register on that date
will be charged'•■ff''latre’'registra-
lin fee. , .
The Evening^ ‘’School , ''classes,
which meet fl^m't'unfit'10 o’clock
from Monday'"''thrdugtt' Friday
nights, carry .fulWegrfie credit fot
graduation, an(j,;^4i,iuiivi^u?lly at
tractive schedule^.is. to be offered
during the cdming semester. Stu
dents may'rb'gi'stftr’fot" 'either , a
fuller partiM rdi»d"alTd ntlay' choose
from no less thao'i^&l different
courses. . , r..
ELECTiUC 01' PRESENT !
New Striu’tiire Will Be
Siniilar To (^ai'oliiiu Hall
The presentation by Western E'ectric officials of a S2.000 check f -i- puiv;ia.-,o ot i quipment for the
electronics iJ’-l'jr.i.iory at Elon College is protrayad in the photo sna jped during th" cfveniony last
Frihay in P.xvi.’e.it Leon E. Smi h'.- of.^ice. Seated left is Dr. Smith, receiving the rheck f.om S.
C. Donnelly, work mana or for Western Electritf’s BurU i?U>n and r.reensboro plants.
'Looking from behind,- also left t ) riglit, are H. W. Sharp, superintendent ot the Burlington plant,
and J.* G. Gardiner, superintend .it of engineering for the company.
Western Electric Gift Will Provide
Ec|uipiiient For Ele i*troiiics Studies
Sigma Mu Is
Active Group
The Sigma Mil'' Sigma ' Fra
ternity, off to S’ fitrS- Start on the
1956-57 college year, has spon-.
•sored a .number of,projects which
are to be o^, benefit tp tjie Elon
students and faculty.
■ The group has''purchased a new
flag, which is' to be presented to
The college in the near future. It
has also been working- on a new
student directory,. whicl) is to be
printed in'a small pocket-size edi
tion and which will contain the
addresses of, all members of the
■ faculty and gtudenfc,body. .It will
^)e distributed free to all day and
night students wi_thin a. few, weeks.
The oftic&s” of the fraternity
have ^announced th& gift of a new
chapter Bible by Dr. W. M. Brown
and the gift to J^be fraternity of
a ping pong table from Roger Nar-
delli.
, The annual Sigma Mu Sigma
Christmas banquet was held on
December 18thv.with Dr. and Mrs.
James M. Hess,'Prof; John Graves,
Mr. and Mrs. Sarti Webster and
Miss Hazel Walker as special
guests for the occasion.
Five new Rielnbers initiated be
fore Cliristmas\WQre Joe Simone,
ot Bridgeport,. 'Conn.; Hillary Mot-
Biuger, of Kernersrille; Paul Rad
ford, of Drapery and Lonnie Carey
and Rogier NardeHi, ot Burlington.
Carson Dobbs, foraker member, re
turned to school.
Ten Best Campus Stories
Of 1956 At Elon Selected
——■ I Continuiiis its long and splen-
I did cooperation with Elon College,
line Western Electric Company pre-
ented Elon last Friday, January
' lUh. With a check for $2,000 to
I be applied on the purchase ' ot
' equipment for an electronics lab-
The completion and opening of two new dormitories .and a new oratory,
dining hall for Klon^ College was the bisgest campus story of 1956, i The $2,000 gift was presented to
topping all others which were w.itlcn .up and printfd in the col- or. Leon E. Smith. El.bn president,
umn-s of the Maroon and Gold be'ween January', and December of hy S. C. Donnelly, of Burlington,
the past year. iwho is assistant works manager
Always as a feature of tiie first'issue in .lanuary each _year, the the We stem Elect.ic plants
Maroon, and Gold lists its top sto ics, and fo'rig study has produced jn Burlington and Greensboro. Al-
the follnwin? stories of Elou College and its student activities as the sj present O’" '
“Ten Big Stories of 1956.” They are listed in the'order of their
ranking.'
1. Completion and opening cf V rginia Hall, Carolina Hall and Ale-
Ewen Dining Hall in September. ^ ^ .
2. Governor Hodges’ visit to campus in October as -Founders
Day” speaker, key-noting new million-dollar fund campaign.
3. Basketball success last wintsr, climaxed by winnmg Confer
ence and NAI.4 titles and trip to national tournament.
4. Fire which destroyed South Dorm during Spring holidays, foro-
ijig speed-up in plans for another boys’ dorm.
(Continuea on Page Fouf) •
Pios’hIoiiI SinitJi
Buys y,vir llomv
Or. and !\Irs. I.eon K. Smith,
vho siienl the Christmas lioli-
da.Ns in \orfi>lk, announced up
on their retnrn t;i the campus
the purchase of a new home at
Sylvan Beach in Norfolk's su
burban Ocean Park.
In announcing (lie purchase.
Dr. Smith slatj'd that they e\-
peclrd to occupy the new lionic
following his retirement as pres
ident of I'.lon (olleRC. His re
tirement has been scheduled foi-
July of this year.
The home, purclvised from
Jackson 1,. Tignor, Norfolk bus
iness man, i,^ located just off
the Virginia Beach Boulevard
and fronts on the water. Of
brick and shingle construction,
it also lias a guest house which
is completely arranged for sep
arate occupancy. 'I'he home it
self is of spacious size, includ
ing living room, dining room,
kitchen and five bedrooms.
for the ' ceremony in
Dr. Smith's office were H. W.
Sharp, superintendent of the com
pany's Burlington plant, arid J.
G. Gardiner, superintendent of en
gineering for tile company.
In receiving the gift, Dr. Smith
expressed to the Western Eiec
trie officials his appreciation and
the appreciation of all Elon offi
cers and personnel for Westem
Electrir's continued support for an
interest in Elon College, pointing
out the close ties which have ex
isted between ihe company arid the
college since the Weitern Electric
plant was first opened in Burling
ton.
The new electronics laboratory
equipment, w'.iich. becomes pos
sible through thit gift, will be in
stalled and operated by the Elon
College physics department. Prof.
A. L. Hooks, head ot the physics
department, pointed out that witli
the new equipment the department
would be able to greatly expand
its teachings in the field of elec
tronics.
xisi Hassell, Jean-i He'pointed out that the equip-
ces 'Slalock, Hubert Bolu;k, Wal^ Hassell. Rebecca Hatch, Emi- menf will be used in Electronics
.‘Vrchitectural plans are com
plete. and contractors' bid.s l-.avi
heen requested for immedi.tlij con-
.-;.uction of a new boys' duiinilor.i
on the Elon College cimpus, ,tc-
cording to an announcement made
«ejl^ by I’l esident Le-jn I
Smith.
The contractors' bids are due
n the offices of the Elon pres;
,iost not later than 2 o'clock on
'A’ednesday afternoon, January
i3rd. President Smith stated that
::-er.-ons wi.shing to bid on the prii-
'ect may secure plans and speci-
.'iuations for the building from
William Henley Dietvlck, architect.
Ml Raleigh. ,
The new dormitory, which
to be built as soon as possible af-
er the letting of the contract,
.iiis n>ade possible through »250,-
■JOO loan to the college from the
Federal Housing and Home Fi-
iance Agency, which has regioiial
offices in .-\tlanta, Ga. The college
■s to supplement that loan by $75,-
•'(00 more or less of college funds
whatever proves necessary to com
plete the structure.
The building is to be similar in
design to Carolina Hall, the new
boys' dormitory which was opjneil
for occupancy for the first lime
last September. It will be built
hear the caster nedge of the Elon
campus, parallel to the Carolina
Hall, and will furnish accommo
dations for 126 boys.
The dormitory is an integral
pai^f of Elbn's present (^pansion Dr. W. H. Wheeler, of the I'ni-'
and improvement program, which
received great impetus ,with the
opening last fall .of. new dormitor
ies for both boys and girls and ter part of January,
the new dining hall. . Another speaker who will
pear before the' Chemistry Club'
at its February meeting is Dr. J.
E. Danieley, Elon’s dean of stu
dents, who i.s on leave of absence
this year ^for post-doctoi’al le-
Pla yers Plan
Shakespeare
Shon IS ext
The Elon i’layers ui!l me.-,' in
to the realm -of !>i;.u . ‘an
^tragedy when they p;;.'.se’i’ '"
'Cac'sear" on the canipu.s :;.i 'Vi'J-
1 ;n se,ay, February 20tTi, a l.io
'third feature s!'.,".v ^-1' tti-'ii ' »nT-
,''7 season.
In announcing (he n • , >.v.
Prof. Melvin E. Wooeen .si.i'',-. i sat
Uhe Sh.ikespeaiv.in pr.-Uiu a ill
he staged in Whitley - ;i;ii
in order to have l.i!” 'i ‘■ .r:l-
jities (ban have beei, av :>i' ■ m
jthe -imaller Mooney Ci i i- A
‘spJ'rI.il pi'omoti.jii c r\. . - ' is
:s':.mied in Kid-T to i; -!;':! i':;ll
I school :^tuden's of the :iu-i in
! a'.t--?nding.
I The cast fgr "Julius C-" is
virtuaTly . complete, with ■ of
Itlie principal chaiacie.s al’—Hy
Honor Students Listed
For Recent Fall Term
One'hundred fifty-five day-time tree, -James. Daniel, Eafl Dees
st^^lems eatn^d hoLr grades for L.ny
=1'.-
p'r-..j.
A on all suDj , Gilliam, Bobby Good-
others had no 'grade le., Jtan . Jnm.
on any course.. - ‘ory. Ralph Griffin-Harold Harris,
The all “A” list uiduded chirtpv Harris, Al Hassell, Jean-
()VEK-JUT J IIN(;
fJver-cutting of classes and cha
pel proved costly to Eloti ^studenis
during the Fall Quarter. Jc'-orty-
r.ine’ student's lost one hour’s cre
dit. and seventeen others Iqst more
than one hour due lo over-cuts
on classes, with the entire f56 stu
dents losing a total of 111 quar
ter hours. A total of 193 students
lost '314 quarter hours credit for
over-cuts in chapel. Si?tty-fom' stu-
ients' listed for over-cutting either
dropped the course or failed it,
while there were 15 students ex-
cu.^ed on over-cuts.
named. There are till i m : !)er
of minor parts t" be selecl -i i.id
students (o p.irtii ipide .it iln i,)b
scenes will be chosen jus i.iof
to the pre-,on:.i'.ion d::t ■.
Sal Scordo, of West I'av ;-r. . av/,
N. V., ha-s heen named ; ■ (he
title role oi Julius ; ; ith
Dale Sheplu'rt, of Uaw i'iv'-,. to
Have the pari o' Miiii-ii-, .Vi i liiis;
.iiul wi'Ji William W i’-- ri. i m-
ford, to i-nac! the role .n' ■■■cus
'3ru'u . Prof. Clude McCah'of
'he Elon Coile^X’ Kn;;!i,ii ' ,ilty,
will i e Ca-'im-; ind W.; :io '.NiJl-
...ill. nt I'atawba, is to plav Ca'--ro.
Others already selected toi the
cast Include Tommie Bolanl of
versify of North Carolina geology College, as Calpufriia:
department, to be a guest speak-. Ashwbrth. of Fay^tt’evill-, as
-Poplius Lena; Linwood Jlu'r ’ of
New Britain,' Conn., a.s Lyjiii.s;
I Margaret Sharpe, of Be ir C '.'k,
as Portia: Lewis ' Atchi-^u, of
Washington, D. r . 'as ,-ili;
Leslie Johnston, of .Hulli ':, Va..
as Strato; Eddie Rub!/ins. of
year ,for post-doctoial re- (...^^^Vboro, a. Daidaivu,; ku
(^lieiiiislry (iroiip
Invites Sprakors |
The Elon Chemistry Club, com
posed ot students with special in
terest in chemistry, has invitedi
learch with Dr. A. If. Corwin i,, ■
Johns Hopkins University, a world- ^asca and Titiniu-:
lenowned authori-y in the chemis-1 F'v'ke. bt 'Buflum'.>t,
try ot chlorophyl Mid hemoglo^lin. ^ double rdle a'PuhrfJ.';
The local club, working l|“'Qug'u, •,
me collegiate unit of the North; simrufn'cinS- the plan to"'-
Carolina Academy of Science, «iH;ihe pro'dOcfibn uii Vvfctley's 1-
also bring a number of .other ou}- .’■■ e’l's.; i\-‘ '’i
standing speakers .to' the ■Klou.,;,.„'‘,.stMed-de;4 pliimTl f'
campus during the latter Portion '
of the year. These speakers will: ,,f„'
come from several colleges and I
universities in the state. (Continued on Hou?
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Neiv Religion Textbook Is W ritten
By Elon Professor; On Sale Non
lace Butler, Linda Cates, ■ Dean
Martha Herbert, Weldon 35 j course which involves a study
APOLOGIES
This first issue of the Maroon
and Gold for 1957 has been batt
ling an jinx. The sleet storm of
Wednesday morning interfered
with the schedueled and delayed
publication one .,day. Then on
Thursday night when the last
pages were being printed the ink
supply ran out and delayed the
paper another,day..-The staff.of-
ters its apologies, fqr delay..
nette
Coleman, John Cox, Kay Hughes, Margaret Honeycutt,: yaccuum tube characteris-
N'eil Johnson Virgil Howell, Alice Hunt, .jucs, various types of coupled clr-
Loy, Gertrude McEwen, .bniney, . .^ william Hurdle. . , -
Tur;er, Winiam Reavis and LOUIS Linw^^^^^ jernigan, uits, amphfier.s. power supplies .
Clyde Johnson, Wayne Joines, Ro-1oscillatoTs and allied electrical
bert Jones, John Kennedy, Katie phenomina, alorw with electro^
Langley, Joan Lewjs,, Margie ‘magnetic radiation, photo-elettric
Wilkins.-
Those on the ”B” list included
James Allen, Geraldine Anderson,
Patricia Andrews, Dorothy Appie,
Ruth Ashley, Mona A.tkinson, ^
James Austin. John BalinU John,
Ball, Dale Barnwell, Billie Fay
Barrett, Anne. Ba.ss, Ruth ■ Bate-
.nan, Jerry Beck,. Albert Belangia,
Sandra Bentz, Michael Bernholz.
Booth, Mary Ann
Brooks, William.
wls. Fred Lloyd, Diane Long Ro-
Lowe. Paula Loy, .Baharm,
Manavi, Mari? Marion, Martha; scopes.
cathode-ray oscillb-
M-ary LcU
Brett, James
Broks,'Maurice Bwsky, Larry Bui
]'a Luis Calvimontes, Betty Lou
Martin/Janis :^Iateer, Steve Maul-| In the purchase of the electron-
din, Donald McDaniel, Marianejic apparatus. Prof. Hook .stuped
McEvoy, Jack McKeoii, Mackieljijgj y,g,.e w:iU be particuarl em-
McLauc'hlin, Jerry'Moize, phasis upon instruments for elec-
Clarice Moore, Dwight ijronic measurement A poftion of
Lorene Moore, Elizabeth Moms
Carol
'Joyce Myen
-Gassell, George Chapman, Charles
Coleman, Carol Cox, Janet Cra -
Ithe fund will be applied for parts,
rl’^E^^P^rkerr Marl'for iurplus apparatus now on hand
Campbell, Jean Cannady, Cliarle^^ f-rank PattishaU.: to make the equipment complete
(Cootinued oa V»ge Four)
and availatile fp,r laboratopy flse
A new textbook writtfui by Dr.
W. W. Sloail, of the Elon College
religion faculty, has just been pub-
■isbed by the Abingdon. Prejs, of
\ashvillc, Tenn., and has been
■ilaced 0.1 sale in Btiiiington book
tores thi. week. It will, hr avail
able soon in the Elph Collega Book
Store.' .
Entitled “A Survey of the Old
Testament,” the book retells th»
story of the Old Testament in inocr
.’in language tor easy iind-^r.stand
ng by the average person.
Thi.s is Dr. Sloan's first IXJok,
^,tit he is now in the process of
v.ritinj! a second book about the
\'ew Testament.
Abingdon f’ress makes tlje fol-
owing comments about the new' '
‘look: !
•'A 'Survey of the,Old 'Testa-;
.lent” retells' the.story of the Old!
restameiit In modern language lor
‘he average person, placing the
Biblical story in its pmper histori
cal and cultural .setting. It show;,
iow the' Hebrews were gradually
?d to a kno'wledge o.{ God and
MS will.
"The findings of Bible iclw.Urs
:i-'e li^fe interpreted in easily ,un
■icrsta'ndable tgrms /or „the .non-
ductory Bible course, tlm hii ■. is
also well suited for Sunday Sc.wol
workers. The following te.it
add to its Tidaptability: a s;»;i)-
'ure reading assi;inmenl it ' Iio
:beginnin:j of each chap*-r, r- • •'■v
■questions a'tid ‘i suppit.il
'leadinj; list for each ch,;i):t.‘. 1'le
-conte'fi't i's''sufficiently schul irl-. lo
cncourage independent rwcai ;',!.”
A graduate of College of )o-
-iter. Ohift, Dr. Slo^'M receive i a
,15. D. degree from McConr ick
'Theologic.il Seminary »i Cli tu
111., and .1 Ph.D. do.;i-j.' t'l.ii
:>'orthw.'stern Univer-^ity.
He -'-Ught in sevi'i ,1 1 1. ..Ii'j
iwestern collen’i-s and at Beivy v il-
;lcge. Mt. Berry. CI i., belcu;;
Ir.;? the Elon Colleg'.’ f:iculty iv la
MUd one-half years yj) He 'ijS
i -.'‘rved as supply pastor fo a
number of .churches and lia-i ii-
: ten many articles for "Thi' Cl'.rij-
tian Sun,” a Cdhui il
Christian weekly, and for 0 ■•■f
specialist reader.- Introductory periodicals.
Chapters aive a sketch of the cen-| Dr. Sloan has made 11 t • 13
turies to be covered and an ac-i abroad aud has twice bc-:n aro viJ
world. His latest trip aliiud
was a vi-iit to Ilu.->sia la.st sumi(i.:r
with Congreijational Chri,st\m
W.» SI.OA.N
count of how the Bible cfinie_ down jthe
to us.
‘‘Informal enough to hold the in'-
terest of the student in an intro-
Couiicil for Social Action.