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WEDNESDAY, FEBRl^'VRY 1?, 1958
Nl MBER 9
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Church Group Meets On Campus
Fine Program Planned
For Sunday Gathering
More than five hundred laymen from Congregational’ Christian '»
churches in North Carolina and V irpinia will gather on the Elon ^ r
campus next Sunday afternoon for the annual mid-winter rally of
the Laymen’s Fellowship of the Southern Convention of Congrega
tional Christian Churches.
Dr. J E. Danieley. Elon College president, is chairman of th.'
laymen's organization and will preside over the Sunday program,
which calls for an afternoon ses sion in Whitley Audilorium at 3
o’clock, followed at 6 o’clock b m gufiaouj ^aubuuq dms.wonoj b X
ihe McEwen Memorial Dining Hall.
KS V! AN^L'AI.LAY:\1EIN K\LI Y
The visiting churcii men will be
welcomed to tiie campus by Dr.
H. H, Cunningham, dean o£ the
college, a former president of the
'local laymen’s group, with devo-
tionals for the afternoon session
by the Elon College Ffllowstup
and with special music by tile
Elon College Choir, directed by
Prof. John Westmoreland and with
Prof. Fletcher Moore at the organ
Two nationally known church
leaders will be featured speakers
the Sunday rally, with Ur. Wil-
' Oft a student safety council, which will cooperate with the college anmiiustiation ana wim liam Bradford Smith, of Madison,
i)al authorities of both Elon College and Burlington. Members of the group, pictured left vvis., chairman of the National
Iw'^rifiht, are as . follows; FRONT — Peggy Zimmerman and Lind .1 Simp:on, bolh of Klon College. ' -
Lack row — Richard Las’.iley, chairman, of LeaksvilU'; A1 Wittschen, of Charleston. P. C.. Stewart
Icas?, of Greensboro: and Paul \Vesterf;tld, of Builington. ALo a committee member but noi present
Ifor the picture is William Turner, of Greensboro.
In an effort to make the Elon College campus saiety conscious, the Klon Student Council has just at
roaniyt'rt a student safety council, which will cooperate w^th the college administration and with 'Ha
Dr. Reynolds
Has Articles
For Teachers
Dr. Ferris E. Reynolds, faculty
liairman of the Department o£|
i-dlosophy and Religion at Elon
oilege, is the author of a new
eri:; of articles on the current
unday School lessons, which is
ow being pulished in the “Teach-
r’s Guide," nationally circulated
agaziae for Sunday school teach-
rs.
Tlie series of articles deal with
he weekly le.ssons for the period
r«m January to May of 1958, and
will be used by teachers in
he church schools of the Evan-
elkal and Reformed and the
ongregational Christian Church-
Dr. Reynolds has been writing
imilar articles for the "Teacher’s
uide" regularly since 1950, ar
ises in which he discusses the
Laymen's Fellowship of the Con
gregational Christian Church and
vice-chairman of the Churchmen's
Fellowship of the United Church
of Christ, to speak at the after-
jioon session.
The speaker for the banquet
gathering in the evening will be
Dr. Reginald Helfferich, of Am-
ston, Conn., executive secretary of
the Commission on World Ser-
, Latest addiUon to the-student, the new group the old campus'vice of the Evangelical and Re-
government scene on the Elon parking committee, and members formed Churches, who has for the
I campus is the Student Safety of that committee were named as past twelve years played a key
I Council, which has just been set|.\ nucleus tor the safety body. jjj relief activities of a num-
jup and started functioning under After formulating its plans for
the sponsorship of the Student the safety organization, the Stu-
Council. The new group was es- dent Council submitted the plan
ahlished to promote an overall Vj Dr. J. E. iJanieley, college
campaign for greater saf. ty on president, and Dr. II. H. Cunning
ham. dean of ‘.he collese, both
liniM’oved Safety Coiiditions On Elon
Campus Is Objective Of New Grouj
'he campus.
In forming the Student S?fe‘.y
Council, the Student Council in
cluded within the framework of
of whom approved it. It was then
submitted to the Student Legis
lature. which passed a bill to pro
vide fcr its organization.
James liiggerstaff. president ol
tiie Student Council, then named
the safety council members, in
cluding the former members of
the parking committee. Chairman
The Elou College enrollment j jjick Lashley, of Leaksville, and
Enrollment Off
For lliis Tenii
ber of American organizations in
all parts of the world.
Other activities tor the Sunday
meeting will include the election
of officers for the Convention Fel
lowship during the afternoon ses
sion. In addition to Dr. Danieley
as chairman, other current offi
cers are P. D. Howell, Jr., of
Chuckatuck, Va., .vice-chairman;
and D. M. McL*lland, of Elon Col
lege, secretary-treasurer.
Ministerial
Association
Hears Moss
Dr. Robert V. Moss, Jr., pres
ident ofthe Evangelical and Re
formed Theological Seminary at
Lancaster, Pa., was guest speaker
at a luncheon gathering of Elon
College ministerial students and
religious education majors, which
was held in McEwen Memorial
Dining Hall at the noon hour on
-Vlonday, February 3rd.
Dr. Moss, who assumed the pres
idency of the Lancaster institu-
;lon last September, took "Recent
Studies of the Ministry” as his
topic for the occasion and dis
cussed the work of the ministers
today, with special attention to
changing concepts of the minis
ter’s role and the importance ol
the laymen in the total ministr;
of the church.
Elon faculty members present
for the occasion, in addition to
President J. E. Danieley, included
the professors of philosophy, reli
gion and religious education, and
a number from other department,
of the college.
The visiting speaker, who is
recognized as an outstanding New
Testament scholar, also spoke to
the Burlington Ministerial Asso
ciation w'hile here, speaking on
DR. WII.LIAM It. S.MITII
DK. RKGINALD HELFFEIIini
Key spciikers for tho mid-winter rally of the Southern Conven
tion Laymen's Fellowship are Dr. William Bradford Smith, of
Madison, Wis, iwitional laymen’s leader of the Congregational
Christi.m Churches: and Dr. He uinald Ht-U'ierich. of Amston,
Conn. nationally known figure in the Evangelical and RrformeU
Churches. 1
Fifiv-Two New Pieilj^es
Taken By Greek Groiijis
The Greek letter fraternities and Ihe four sororities in number o(
rrorities on the Elon campus I pledges with nine,
pledged 52 new members at the | The list of pledges by groups
,innu il mid-wirtnr "B;d ?^iohl", foliov,'. in alphal.’etical oi'der in
ceremonies, which were held last ’ each case—
Saturday night. February 8th, con-| ALPHA PI DELTA — Don Bla-
rluding the usual teu-day period lock. Gibsonville; Jerry Everton,
ut ru'hing parties and fcitivities.
The lour sororities gained a
slight edge on the boys in the four
fraternities, for the pledge list
.ncluded 21 girls and 25 boys. Ini
tiation ceremonies are already in
pro;^ress on the campus as the
various groups take their pledges
into full membership..
Alpha Pi Delta and Kappa Psi
'.he subject of the Dead Sea scrolls. ^Nu each pledged seven new mem-
He was also scheduled to speak (q jjjg fraternity group,
before student and faculty groups
at Catawba College while on his
visit to North Carolina.
while Delta Upsilon Kappa topped
in the combined day and night
classes shows a slight decrease
at this time from the peak en
rollment of 1.4G9. which was
registered during the fall term.
This was revealed by Miss Ha
zel Walker, college registrar,
who placed the pre^^ent combined
enrollment at 1,351 students.
Of that number 869 arc now
lifted ni the day classes, with
482 registered for the evening
ools of the trade so far as teach-^j classes. Records show that 131
rs of Religion are concerned. The day stuednts failed to return
sgazine is published and circu- from the fall quarter, with 75
ted by the Christian Education | new students listed for day-time
tss, of Philadelphia. ; attendance.
Elon Is To Offer Credit
For Latin American Toui’
Marking a new departure in with the various countries in that
summer instruction for Elon Col-! part of the world.
*36 credit, arrangements have Scheduled to visit 13 of the more
een announced whereby the eol-
*Se will cooperate Study Abroad,
w. a New York travel agency,
j" ® four-weeks Latin American
during the coming su;r.mer.
The tour, which is set from
fcGtti through August 23rd.
'■U be couductel under the di-
fecUon of Dr. and Mrs. W. W.
Sloan, veteran members of the
f'i College faculty, both of whom
ive travelled extensively in aU
Parts of the world.
, ^ Sloan, who is a mem-
■,r religion faculty, and
i, ' who is a member of
,t. faciUty, have made
ica to Latin Amer-
are thoroughly familiar
important cities in Latin Amer
ica. the month-long tour will fea
ture at least one seminar conduct
ed by Dr. Sloan in each country
Qualified participants will receive
six semester hours of academic
.credit from Elon College for tiie
trip. .
On the tour, passengers wiU
leave the United States July 26
and fly to Panama for a two-day
visit. After a trip to Bogota, Col
ombia, tourists have a morning
flight to Quito, Ecuador, and then
to San Antonio and to the Indian
■Village of Otavalo.
A flight to Lima. Peru, is sche
duled August 2 and will be high-
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the members include A1 Wittschen, |
of Charleston, S. C„ Stewart Cass |
and William Turner, both of|
Greensboro, Paul Westerfield. of^
Burlington, and Peggy Zimmer
man and Linda Simpson, both of
Elon College.
The first meeting of the group
was called by James BiggerstaK.
representing the Student Council,
who impressed upon the new coun-
■11 the possibilities for service
which lie ahead.
The Safety Council will cooper-
,-.le witii authorities of both Bur
lington and Elon CoUege, with
planned projects including improv
ed parking conditions and a study
of fire hazards. One early sug-
-^estion was for a traffic light at
ie main gate £0 the college on
Haggard Avenue, which would be
3f material aid to pedestrians be
tween classes and at the time of
ball games.
In cooperation with the Burling
ton authorities, a plan is under
way for selection of a “Drivtr of
the Month" for Elon College stu-
Member Of Elon Faculty
Is Named To State Post
Coming as both an honor and a
less to the Elon College faculty
was the announcement this week
of the appointment of Dr. Basil
L. Sherrill, lecturer in the field
of Business Law in Elon s Depart
ment of Business Administration
as assistant attorney general for
the state of North Carolina.
The Elon faculty member, who
joined the college staff last Sep
tember after practicing law in
'Burlington for a number of years,
was appointed to the state posi
tion by Attorney General George
Patton on Monday of this week
filling a post left vacant when As
sistant Attorney General Brooks
Peters was promoted to the State
Industrial Commission. Sherrill
will be assigned to deal with legal
matters is the N. C. Revenue De
partment and the Department of
i^EW AFPOIIVTEE
Norfolk. Va,: Harold Fiiulkner,
Snow Camp: Jack Kerr, Winches
ter. Va : Dave Sisler. Winchester,
Va.; Earl Vickers, Elon College;
and Paul Westerfield. Burlington.
ITO TAU KAPPA — WilUam
Graham. Norfolk, Va.; C. G Hall,
Stoneville; Wayland Medley,
Greensboro; Sam Simmons, Oak
Ridge, Tenn.: and Woody Wood-
house, Norfolk, Va.
KAPPA PSI NU — Ray Casey.
Norfolk, Va.: Mack Clayton, Bur
lington; Jack Collins, Brattlboro,
Vt.; William David.son. Alexandria,
Va.: Joe Medlock. Tobaccoville;
Ken Price, Danville, Va.; aixd
Reynolds Van Cleve, Erie, Pa.
SIG.UA PHI BETA — Thomas
Ayres, Elon College; Rob Bell,
llilisboio; Richard Guite, New
B'i'ilr', Con:'.; Jack Hunter, Brac-
kenridge. Pa.; Tony Perfetti,
Courtland. N. Y.; and Charles Ray
burn. Norfolk, Va.
BETA OMICRON BETA — Lin
da Butler, Reidsville; Martha Da
vis, Chadbourn; Eileen Rash,
Newport News, Va.; Lula Roberts,
Dolphin, Va.; and Esther Walker,
Burlirkgton.
DELTA UPSSILON KAPPA —
Alice Crow, Graham; Jane Davis,
! Raleigh; Janice Isley, Graham;
Music Prof
Speaks At
Workshops
Prof. Fletcher Moore, chairman
of the Elon CoUege music depart
ment. was the featured speaker
at recent weekend worship meet-
jigs held in "Columbia. S. C., un
der the sponsorship of the South
Carolina Music Educators Asso-
lation.
The weekend program got un-
jei-way with a banquet at the Uni-
. ersity of South Carolina on Fri
day night and continued through
Saturday, with workshop sessions
held at the Jefferson Hotel. Top
ics discussed by Prof. Moore were
•Materials For Teaching Piano Johnson. Graham; Anita
to Juniur and Senior High School
BASIL SHERRILL
Lecturer In Law
dents, with the chosen one being ^ Motor Vehicles.
recognized each month through Ra-1 newly named member of
dio Station WBBB and receiving j justice department is a na-
prizes given by the city. Any M“-|tive of Gastonia. He attended pub-
dent driver would be eligible forjiic schools there in Gastonia andjof JurLsprudence in 1950. He then
such an honor by proving h>”-|aiso in Valdese, later going to Ap- joined the University faculty as
' _ . _ , — associate professor of public law
and povemment and served as as
sistant director of the Institute of
Government from 1950 until 1056
Since 1956 he has been practic
self or herself a safe and respon
sible drirer. The Council plans to
sponsor a Safety Float m the
Homecoming parade each year.
In advancing this program 0
safetv on the campus, the CouncU
p!ans a series of chapel programs
and pubUcity through the vanous
;ublicatio^. complete coope^
tion of aU students with the new
idea i5 being urged by members
of the council
palachian State Teachers College
for two years of college training
prior to World War II, in which
he served for five years with the
United States Navy with the rank
of Lieutenant Commander. He Is
now a commander in the Naval
Reserve.
After the war he graduated at
the University of North Carolina,
where he later received the Doctor
Students” and ’I’erformance of
Keyboard Music of the Baroque
Period.”
The Elon professor, wii» is chair
man of the piano division of the
North Carolina Music Educators
.Association, is also just returned
from a recent conference in New
Bern with Mrs. Arvids Snomiecks
n regard to the spring schedule
of junior music festivals to be
held under the sponsorship of the
North Carolina Federation of Mu
sic Clubs.
He st.ited that there will be ten
district festivals the weekends of
•March 22nd and 29th at Green
ing law in Burlington, where helyille. Forest City, Chapel HIU,
is a member of Burlington's Fir^tiwinston-Salem, Charlotte, Shelby,
Bapti.st Church. He has also been Hickory, Red Springs, Wilson and
■active in the work of the Young! Elon College. The final statewide
Democrats Club since comine to
Alamance County
festival is set for Elon College
April 19th.
Ijles, Atlanta, Ga.; Carole Mum-
power, WMnchster, Va.; Mary Hel
en Wilkins, Virgilina, Va.; Sally
Zachary. Graham; ;and Jeanne
Zellers, Derby, N. Y.
PI KAPPA TAU — Shirley Eg-
glston, Burlington; Vera Mae
Jones, Graham; Nancy Michael,
Gibsonville; Duris Price, Altama-
haw; and Glenda Squires, Bur
lington.
TAU ZETA Pin — Peggy But
ler, Hampton, Va.; Faye Gordon
Suffolk. Va.; Glenda Isley. Gib
sonville; Jane Keck, Burlington;
Cecilia Santos, Rio de Janeiro,
■Brazil; Linda Small, Fair Bluff;
Lila Walker. Burlington; Shirley
■Walker. Burlington; and Winnie
Ann Watson, Sanford.