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New Deans Assume Duties As New College Session Begins MRS. MARJORIE HEREFORD Dean of Women With Dr. H. H. Cunningham elevated to the position of d»an of the college in mid-summer and with Mrs. Marjorie W. Hereford accepting appointment as dean of women shortly betore the opening ot the new term, there are two new faces seen in administrative oitices of Eloi\ College for tiie 19.^7-58 term. The appointment of Dr. Cunning ham as dean of the college was announced in mid-July by Presi dent J. Earl Danieley, with the announcement coming in an ad dress which Dr. Danieley deliver ed before the Burlington Rotary Club. Dr. Cunningham, who was ele vated to the dean's position after serving as head of the Elon his tory department for a number of years, succeeded Prof. A. L. Hook, who had served as interim dean for one year during the absence of Dr. Danieley [op advanced stu dy. Dr Danicl.'v him.self had held the dean's office prior to his ap- pointmenl as »■ c>i(l.-nt. The new dean of the college, born in Indiana ot Kentucky an cestry. was educated in the public schools of Indiana. lowi and Ken tucky, and later graduated from .\tlantic Christian College, where he won hi»h honors in Doth scho lastic and atlilntic ar'.ivi'ies. ^fter college graduation he taught and coached in North Carolina high schools and earned his Master's Dearec through summer studir. He served four years in the .\rmy Air Forces during World War H. emerging with the rank of captain and with the Army Co '.imenrtation for meritor ious servici‘3. .\f’.er one year as an instructor at N. C. State, he ri- urned to the- Univeqsity ot North Carolina, where he received h*e Ph.D. degree in 1932. He came o Klon College that year. Dr. Cunningham has written a number of articles and book re views for historical journals and sorn to have published a book, entitled “Doctors Under the Stars and Bars," a history of the Con- ■eder:te medical sei-vice. He ha.s read papers before a number ot historical societies and has held a number of offices and commit tee posts In such organiations. He is currently Rovomor of the North Carolina of i’i Gamma Mu. soc ial scienre honor society, which has a chapter hefvc at Klon Col- He !i -s b‘'"n active In commu- •li^y and church a^'alrs since com ing to Elon College and is a mem ber both of the Rotary and Ex»- .-utive Clu'js in Burlin'lon. Mrs. Mfe*orie W. Hereford, who 1 turned tile deaa ot women's du- >i.*s S.'pteinber 1st, is no stranger o thi;; area, for sh** had formerly lived and worked in this area, vhere she was director of the '•’.itjJ Fund and executive secre tary for the Community Council «f Alamance County. A native of New York state, Mrs. Hereford was educated in the public schools of New York, Illi nois and Kentucky and received her college training at the Uni versity of Louisville. She later re ceived the M. A. Degree from Scarritt College, Nashville, Ten*., where she majored in religious education with special work in counselling and guidance. After holding positions in reli gious education and Y.M.C A. work in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and New York, she came to Burling ton in 1952 to work with the Unit ed Fund and Community Council (Continued on Page Four) DK. II. II. CUNNINGHAM Dean of the Collexe Come On, Students, Let’s Make That Guilford Game MAROON AND GOLD Help The Chriittiaiu Win Over Those Quaker Gridders VOLUME 37 tl.ON CCLL2GK. N. C. WEDNESD.W, SEPTEMBER 25. 1957 NUMBER 1 Elon Begins 68th Term Under New Presidential Guidance Danieley Takes Office New Record | I EnroUmeiit i For College Record enrollment figures for the opening day and for the Fall Quarter to date are indicative of a successful start tor Elon on the 1957-58 term. Latest figures re leased from the office of Miss Hazel Walker, college registrar, show 1,469 students enrolled thus far this fall. The opening day of classes saw tho enroliraeut hit a new record ot 1,388 students, according to a statement released by President J. E. Danieley at that time, but added registrations in the first few days of the term swelled the total by almost 100 additional stu dents. It was a continuation of the up ward spiral seen here at Elon in recent years, with the opening day’s listing 62 ahead of the first day of classae last year. That fig ure did not include special stu dents, but the most recent enroll ment report does include 44 spe cial students in music and similar fields. In breaking down the latest en rollment statistics. Miss Walker stated that there are now 925 stu dents registered for the day-time classes, with this group including House F eatured Speaker At Summer Graduation 1 Dr. Robert B. House, former chancellor at the University of North Carolina, was the featured speaker at Elon's annual summer commencement on Friday night, August 16th, when the college presented degrees and diplomas to 58 summer graduates. After the address by Dr. House, President J. Earl Danieley deliv ered the charge to the mem'oers of the graduating class, which was the first group to receive Elon di plomas and degrees since he as sumed the presidency of the col lege this summer. The invocation and benediction were pronounced by Rev. William T. Scott, Jr., pastor of the First Congregational Christian Church of Durham; and Bibles were pre sented to the graduates by Rev. W. J. Andes, pastor of the Elon College Community Church. The commencement music pro gram was by members of the Elon College Choir, directed by Prof, John Westmoreland and with Prof, Fred Sahlmann as organ accom panist. Appearing as soloist was Prof, Blake Godfrey, also a mem ber of the college music faculty. The graduates included Bertha Andrews, Burlington: Dee Atkin son, Mount Airy; Eliabeth Beck with, Morristown, N. J.; George Benolken. Burlington; James Buck. High Point; Pat Cafaso, Cedar- hurst, L.I,, N, Y.; Geneva Camer on, Broadway; Lonnie Carey, Bur lington; Clayton Cashwell, South Norfolk, Va.; Frances Coleman, Reidsville; Doris Cornell, Graham the 44 specials. There are now 544 j Richard Crawford, Swepsonville; students registered for the classes, Talmadge Curry, Leaksville; WU- in the Evening School, which gotjiiam Davis, Jr., Gresham, S. C., underway at the same time asjwaldo Dickens, Hampton, Va,, the regular day classes. Some of, Henry Dorris, Jr., Burlington; Ruth these Evening School students do | Douglass, Spring Hope; Lawrence not carry a lull 5-night load i Fogleman, Jr., Elon College; Ros in discussing the new record for'coe Garrison, Jr., Morganton; the student enrollment at Elon, | Leonard Greenwood, Elon College; President Danieley has cited tlu'Dean Hall, Burlington; Bertha great growth of Elon’s evening pro- Hancock, Reidsville; Weldon gram, which is a bonafide degree Herndon, Jr., Durham; Paul Hoyle, program and will enable a student Burlington; Bernard Jones, Bur- to complete degree and diploma lington; requirements within four years ] Jennie Keck, Burlington; Ash- j'JSt as can students in day classes, iljurn Kirby, South Norfolk, Va.. I Billy Lotlin, Fayetteville; Jack Former Faculty Member Passes Prof. Thomas R. D. Hall, 26, jiyn jiiies. Burlington; Bo'o who taught history and languages^ njnnis, Graham; Henry New- at Elon for two quarters last year,jp Draper; Morris Ower>.s. d;ed Friday, June 6th, at Provi-j g^pJ^ngton■ Shirley Presnell, dence Hospital in Columbia, S. Brantley Ray, Hills- C., where he had been a patient r^orman Riddle, Jr., Burling- for three months j ton; The Elon professor, born ini Ruth Sharpe, Burlington; Mar- Akron, Ohio, had relinquished his|gj|j.g[ Sharpe, Bear Creek; James duties here late in February duelgji^gg Elon College; Joseph Smith, '-o illness. He first entered a Bur-| Sylvia Smith, Hen- lington hospital but transferred! Person; Hoyd Sparks, Hickory; later to the hospital in Columbia, I WiUiam Stanfield, Lexington; Jos- ■■•here his mother resided. Funeral eph Steelman, Burlington; George rites and burial were in Columbia. | (Continued on Page Four) T\vO Ef.ON S SHAlUiSC; DESK As 6th Elon President One of the historic moments i 'no s ory of Elon College and its growth is pictuied ^ the photographer catching two of Elon's presidents at the big d.sk in the presidential of ice time. The picture was taken on that mid-summer day when Dr. Leon E. Smith veteian of years in the administrative po t, was relinquishing his desk and responsibiUties to Dr. J^ Earl Danieley, who was formally installed as the sixth president of the college on the firot Mond y morning in July. V^ith Eiiroilmenl Still (Growing... Twenty New Faculty iVIenihei’s Join Elon Staff; Some Are Replafeineiits There were twenty additions to the Elon College faculty for the new 1957-58 term, including 19 lew members and one former fac ulty member who returned after a year’s leave of ab^:ence for ad vanced graduate study. In announcing the expansion of the Elon faculty, Dr. J. Earl Dan- ■eley, just beginning his first year as Elon president, stated that nine 3f tile twenty new additions were replacements, three were .tu'.l-time additions and eight were added 'OT part-time duties. Announcement of the appoint Dedication and consecration to the great task lying ahead was the theme on Monday morning, I July st, as Dr. James Earl Dan- I ieley, 32-year-old Elon alumnus ' and Alamance County native, was installed as the sixth president of Elon College. The installation took place in a brief service of meditation and prayer, which was held in Whit ley Memorial Auditorium. The .service was concluded in time foi the regular opening of Elon’s sum- |mer school classes at 8 o’clock that mornljijt. I In assuming the chief admlnis- I trative post at Elon College, Dr. 1 Danieley succeeded Dr. Leon E. Smith, who retired the privious Saturday after directing the for tunes of the college tor the pre ceding 26 years. In addition to Di'. S»nit}i, other earlier Eton presidents in order had been Dr. W. S. Long, Dr. W. W. Staley, Dr, E. L. Moffitt and Dr. W. A. Har per. The installation services were conducted by Rev. William J. An des, pastor of the Elon College Community Church and campus religious leader, who read a scrip tural passage of faith and dedi cation and then led the assem blage of Elon College trustees, faculty, students, alumni and friends in an impressive litany. North Carolina's Secretary of State Thad E. Eure, of Raleigh, chairman of the Elon College board of trustees, then spoke brief ly as he commended the college to Dr. Danieley's guidance and Players I'laii First Show October 10 1 ACLI/l Y FACES Photographjs of new faculty members will be found in sroup layout on Page 2 and also in a layout on Page 4. Since nil new faculty members are listed britfly within this article, only the name, rank and department arc listed in the cutllne.^ beneath each photograph. of Iowa and veteran of nine years , .t, teaching at the University of Ten- Pledged to the new president the nessee in Knoxville, as associate complete cooperation of the trus- professor of modern languages. |‘ees. the faculty, alumni and stu- Mis. William Archer, native of dents. Dr. Danieley was then escorted Tennessee, also a former faculty member of tnj University of Ten- . IP as a.ssociate professor of English at Elon. Prof. C, Albin Lindquist, a na tive of Minnesota, educated at New York University, as an asso- ci'-tie profes^ar of business admin istration. The Elon Players will launch their new campus stage season on October 10th with the first of three performances of John Dighton’s hilarious comedy, "The Happiest Days of Your Life," The student dramatic group, op erating once more under the di rection of Prof. Melvin E. Wooten, began preparations for this first show of the new year immediate ly after the college opened its new term, and reports from rehearsals indicate that the three-night show ing may be one of the outstanding events in Player history. The play is laid at Hilary Hali School for Boys, where the head master Is sorely distressed to learn that students ot St. Swithin’s School are to be moved in upon his school. His distress mounts when he learns that St. Swithin’s is a girls’ school with a domineer ing lady as principal. Eddie Robbins, veteran of many a number ot fine Elon Player pro ductions, will appear in the lead ing role of the head master at Hilary Hall; while the domineering head mistress o( St. Swithin’s will be enacted by Nancy Boyd. Others who appear in the cast are Chuck Oakley, Sam White, from the auditorium to the pres-'^nn Minter, Ikey Tarleton, Wayne jdential offices in Alamance Rudigiu Linwood Hurd, Joan in addition to Mr. Eure those ^ ^^y escorting Dr. Danieley to his of-i „ u . ^ nr.- fices included D. R. Fonville, Sr., Lambert, Dale Herbert and Gor- of Burlington, secretary of the don Yancey, most ot them with Longfellow, Burlington; Alfred Male, Jr., Portsmouth, V^a.; Vir gil Martin, Jr., Burlington; Reeta Martin, Durham; Charles Mason, Henderson; Jack McKee, Rouge- :ha University ot North Carolina, Mrs. Wayne Taylor, an Elon as professor of education and iraduale, with a Master's Degree ■ w Hppp. ir»^hman counsellor. f'-om Women’s College, as asso- ment of Mrs. Marjorie Here c'arence B. Carson, a na-;ciate proteisor of business edu- ford as the new dean ^ j Alabama, graduate ot Ala- cation and commercial subjects, i. given elsewhere on this Polytechnic Institute, who Prof. Raymond Downmg, native along with the I received the Ph.D. from Vander- 'f Xe A York, educated at Colum- Dr. H. H. C>inmnghams prorn^l^^^^^^^^^ professor of his- hia Univer^ ty and All.any State tion to the post ot dean of the col , ■ .Toanhers College, as assistant pro board of trustees; Prof. A. L. Hook, dean of the Elon College faculty; Jerry Loy, of Graham, president ot the Elon College stu dent government: Martin Garren, of Greensboro, president of the Southern Convention of Congre gational Christian Churches; W. B. Terrell, of Elon College, sec retary ot the college’s alumni as- tion to the post lege. Other newcomers this fall are as follows: Dr. Hilbert A. Fisher, native of Rowan County and a Naval Aca demy graduate, recently retired after long and outstanding service as head of the mathematics de partment at N. C. State College, who joined the Elon faculty as a part-time lecturer in advanced mathematics. Dr. Robert Benson, also a na tive of Rowan County, a Catawba CoUege graduate, who received the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from wide experience as student actors and actresses. Alpha Psi IJsts d ear’s Leali‘rs The Lambda Omicron Chapter ot Alpha Psi Omega, honorary Teachers CoUege, as assistant pro- Dr. William T. BlacKstone, anj'-^soi' of German. Elon graduate, who completed I Prof Roy Epporson, native of Ph.D. requiremenU at Duke Uni-1 Mississippi, educated at Millsaps versity this summer, as associate, College and the University ot professor ot philosophy and reli-i North Carolina, as assistant pro- gion te:.=or of ch m.-try. Prof Jonathan Sweat, a Miss- Mrs. M. E. Wooten, graduate of issippi native and former Elon I'’-ac Murray College for Women m faculty member, returned as as- facksor.vaie. 111., as supervisor of sociate professor of music after a,the McEwen Memorial Dising HaU. year’s leave of absence for ad-1 Mrs. John H. Williams, native sociation; and Rev. William J-i dramatic fraternity, has named .\ndes, the officiating minister in | william Walker, of Durham, pres- the installation rites. ident for this year. Other officers Following the formal induction, are Johnny Meadows, of Jacks»n- there was a brief coffee hour in ville, vice president; and Yvonne the presidential offices, during j Winstead, ot Roxboro, secretary- wkich Dr. Danieley was greeted treasurer. by the assembled trustees, facul-| Five pledges were invited to ty, alumni, students and friends jjoia the group at the initial meet- of the college. | >ng. They are Chuck Oakley, of In assuming the Elon CoUege Roxboro; Eddie Robbins, of vanced study at Columbia Univer sity. Prof, William H. Archer, native of Rhode Island, educated at the University of Rhode Island and (Continued On Page Foui) presidency, Dr. Danieley at 32 years of age becomes one of Amer ica’s youngest college administra- (Continued on Pa^e Four! Greensboro; Dottle Apple, of Bur lington; Tommie Boland, of Elon College; and Tommie Lewis, of Chadburne.
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