A Warm Welcoms
To AH IFor
Elon Homecoming
MAROON AND GOLD
A Hot RrcrpUoii
For
Catawba's Indians
OtVME 3S
ElON COLLEGE, N. C.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1»58
Nl’MBER 2
nnual Homecoming Observance Will Be Held October 25th
iVeir Members Pledged
By Eloii’s Fraternities
1958 . . HOMECOMING ROYALTY .. 1958
Bob Cox Speaks
Monday Morning
Bob Cox. former X'niversity of
North Carolina football star,
who is now national president
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce. will be a guest speaker
at chapcl exercises in Whitley
Auditorium at 10 o’clock next
Monday morning.
The national Jay-Cee leader,
who was an outstanding end and
kicker on Carolina’s teams of
the “Justic» Era,” was invited
lo the Elon campus by Presi
dent J. E. Danieley, who urges
all students to hear him. The
meeting will occupy only the
regular ehapel period, no ex
tension of time being planned.
The Greek letter fraternities ai»i
sororities on the Elon campus
pledged 44 new members al the
annual autumn “Bid Night” cer
emonies, which were held last Sat
urday night. October 11th, after
the annual grid battle with East
Carolina.
The "Bid Night” and the pledg
ing followed a ten-day period of
intensive rushing, which was
marked by parties, weiner roasts
I and suppers for the rushees, and
I there were numbers of alumni
members of the various groups
back on campus for the occasion.
Sigma Phi Beta led the boys'
groups in number of pledges by
adding nine new members, while
Pi Kappa Tau topped the girls’
groups with seven new pledges.
The following lists, in alphabeti
cal order of groups, shows first
the returning active members and
then the pledges:
ALPHA PI DELTA: (Members)
— John Ball, Don Blalock, Keith
Dennis, Mike Dobson, Jerry Ever-
ton, Charles Holt, George Howey,
Jimmy Humphrey, Jackie Joyce,
Dan Mangrum, Bob Mercer, Bill
The Student Christian Associa- Mullins, Grant Oakley, Wes Rey-
tion, around which centers much'nolds, Stuart Toms, Paul Wester-
[ the student religious interest 1 fjpid and Dean Wyrick. (Pledges)
n the Elon campus, is operating |— Buddy Frost, Jake Giles and
his year under the leadership of Cecil Rackley.
resident Douglas Albert, of La-1 IOTA TAU KAPPA: (Members)
Pakistan, and the group iSj—George Allen, Richard Bradham,
Iready off to a rousing start. i Larry Bulla, Joe DelGais, Square
Other officers for the year in- Edmonds, Harry Faust, Gilbert
'hide Mary Lou Booth. Hamptton,! G.^tes, Carlton Grove, C. G. Hall,
a., vice-president; Lois Foor,|Wayland Medley, Gene Rhodes,
;\erett. Pa., secretary; Kenneth Si-mmy Simmons, and Gilbert
ogers, Sanford, treasurer; Sue W?tts. (Pledges) — Bobby Joe
isk, Montague, Mass., chairman Arnold, Eddie Burke, Eddie Clark
QUEEN
SCA Plans
Active Year
Old Grads W ill Return
For W eekend Progriinis
I.
Jean Lov
Luiiann Laiiilx'lh
Maid Of
Monor
Play ers Give ‘Annie Get Your Gun’
Next Week In Whitley Auditorium
(Picture on Page Four) ]>Iary
For the first time in the his-'pany.
Martin in a touring com- being produced under the direc-
Ition of Prof. Melvin E. Wooten
t Religious Life Commission;
oyee Myers, Philadelphia, Pa.,
cnairman of World Order Com-
lissiou; Jimmy Humphrey,
outhern Pines, and Faye Gordon,
Suffolk. Va., co-chairmen of Cam
pus .'\ffairs Commission; and Bev
erly Ward, Rockville, Conn., pub-
ifity chairman.
Already the SCA haas held a
einer roast this fall, and plans
G?ry Henson and J. C. Pulliam.
KAPPA PSI NU: (Members) —
Bill Branch, Max Clayton, Jack
Collins, Bill Davidson, Ken Dud
ley, Mallory Everton, Jimmy Fen
tress, Larry Gregg. Steve Maul
din, Joe Medlock, Chuck Oakley,
Dan Porter, Ken Price, Bob Rick-
over, Bob Skinner, Lacy Slayton,
Wayne Taylor and Zac Walker.
(Pledges) — John Atkinson, Jim
tory of student dramatics at Elon
College, the Elon Players will pre
sent a full-fledged Broadway mus
ical comedy, with Irvin Berlin’s
famous “Annie Get Your Gun" all
set for its first performance in
Whitley Auditorium on Thursday
night, October 2Xrd
are in the making for church: Davenport, Bill Hinton, Victor
isits, filmn, a Science vs Religion ^ Hoffman, Earl Murray, Alf Plas-
debate, a United Nations speaker, ter and David Runnels.
personal tape from a missionary! SIGMA PHI BETA: (Members)
in Turkey, a masquerade party — Harold Austin. Thomas Ayres,
and holiday festivities. Meetings Rob Bell, Tunner Brosky, Paul
are held each Sunday evening atlBrutch, Vincent Bujan, Tony Car
5 0 clock in McEwen Dining HaU,|caterra, Hank Carmines, Morris
and all students are urged to at- DeMatteo, Jim DiPerna, Nick D1
I (Continued on Page Four)
As Tommie Boland (she changed
her name to Sparks by the matri- vtorld promises a highly talented
monial route last summer) this aand attractive chorus line that
star of the new Elon Player pro
duction has gained wide acclaim
as a soloist with the Elon College
Choir, and she has played a num
ber of outstanding roles with the
The great musical show, which Players. One of her greatest per-
Elon Students Ai-e From
Different Sources
Many
There are 20 states and four
foreign countries represented
among the 1,489 students at Elon
College for the Fall Quirter of
tlie 1958-59 term, and there are
18 different religious denomina
tions with student representatives
included in Elon's record enroll
ment.
diana, Maine, Maryland, Massa
chusetts, Michigan. New' Jersey,
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont
and West Virginia. The four for
eign countries represented are
Holland, Iran, Pakitsan and Sara
wak.
The Baptists lead among the
was made famous in New York
by the starred performance of
Ethel Merman, was planned as a
kpecial feature of Elon's annual
Homecoming weekend, and the
presentation on Thursday of next
week is only the first of five show
ings over a period of two week
ends.
The hilarious and tuneful story
of a gun-toting square-shooting
mountain gal who joins up with
a travelling Wild West Show and
falls in love with its star, will be
repeated on Friday night of next
week, with later performances sla
ted for Thursday and Friday
nights, October 30 and 31st, on
Saturday night, November 1st.
Loaded with top tunes and sharp-
shooting laughter, “Annie Get
Tour Gun” will feature a num
ber of the top musical and drama
tic stars in the Elon student body,
with Tommie Boland Sparks ap
pearing in the great role of An
nie Oakley, the role which was
made famous firsA by the unfor
gettable Merman in a long and
successful run on Broadway and
later by equally unforgettabU
formances was in the role of Ti-
tuha. the negress, in “The Cru
cible” last spring.
Others who are slated for out
standing parts in the forthcoming
The biggest and best Homecom
ing Day held on the Elon College
campus i« years is set for Sat
urday, October 25th. when a large
group of old grads will return for
a weekend of festivities that will
feature a parade, a football game
and the annual llomccoming Ball
High point of the weekend ob-
.^ervance will be the annual foot
ball game between Elon and Ca
tawba. which will be played in
Burlington Memorial Stadium at
2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. The
playing of the game in the after
noon is an innovation this year,
giving alumni from distant points
a chance to see the game and
get away on their return trip
Home before night. The games in
recent years have been played at
nigh.t.
Ruling throughout over all the
festive events will be Elon's 19.")8
Homecoming Queen, Jean I.oy, of
Elon College, attended by Louann
Lambeth, of Brown Summit, as
the Maid-of-Honor. The two were
chosen for the royal honors by
vote of the Elon students in a
special election held last Friday.
Both will be attended by a royal
court, which is to include spon
sors from the various campus or
ganizations and dormitories. i
The Queen and her royal court
will be featured first of all in the
I Homecoming Parade, which is to
I be held prior to the game Satur-
iHl the old master of Elon s stage ^
gaily decorated floats and con
vertibles proceeding through Bur-
will dance its way into the eyes
and hearts of the Elon theatre go
ers from the very first perform
ance.
In discussing' his plan.s for the
show. Prof. Wooten stated that the
presentation was switched from •
Mooney Chapel Theatre, home of
most of the Flon Player nhows,
tu the more roomy environs of
lington’s Main Street to the sta
dium. The royal group will also
be presented at the half-time fes
tivities of the football game, and
it will also play a big part in the
intermission ceremonies at the
Homecoming Hall that night.
Another feature of the Home
coming Day will be the gaily dec
orated dormitories, which will fur-
Whitley Auditorium, and it is the ^
production are Douglass Scott, of i fond hope of the Elon Player maes-^ returning grads Each
Durham, as Frank Blutler, the.tro that each and every perform-dormitories will be com-
world’s champion sharpshooter,; a nee of “Annie Get Your Gun” ^jeporations for the
with whom Annie falls in love: Joe I will pack Whitley to overflowmg. trophies that are awarded each
Medlock, of Tobaccoville, as Char- The show itself is only one of (he best dec
ile; Eugene Rice, of New York the many masterful creations by
City, as Wilson; Ray Thomas, of Irving Berlin, whose name ha»
orative scheme. There will
be prizes awarded for the
Burlington, as Tommy; Sam been for years one to conjure with jhe parade
also
best
White, of Pittsboro,
Bill; John Williams,
as Buffalo I in the world of American show
of Virginia business, Berlin did the show from
Tri|) Alabama
I’resldenl J. 1'. Danlclcy made
a flying trip to Alabama this
Arek. Iraving: by plaire Monii&y
iiijjht for IHontovuilo, Ala.,
where he aittMidcd the Tuesday
inauguration of Dr. Howard
Phillips as president of Alabama
College, one of Alal)ama's state-
supported institutions of higher
leaniini;:.
Dr. Danieley and Dr. rhillips
were classmates at Harvard I'ni-
versily th« past summer at the
short course held there for col
lege presidents from all over
America.
While in Alabama. Dr. Dan*
lelcy was the featured speaker
Wednesday morning at the an
nual meeting: of the ICast Ala-
hania Association of Tonjcreffa-
tional Christian Churches. That
afternoon he also appeared be
fore the church group for brief
remarks concerning Flon Col
lege.
Elon Gronj)
To Meeting
Student representatives from
colleges in the North State Con
ference will gather at High Point
College next Wednesday, CX'tobcr
22nd, for the fall meeting of the
North State Student Government
Association.
.lames Biggerstaff, of Elon Col
lege, will preside over the ses-
.-.ion, which will consider projects
and activities that will benefit
member colleges. There will be
a guest speaker, and luncheon will
be served.
Delegates expected to represent
Elon include James Biggerstaff,
Joyce Myers, Judy Burkholder,
Donald Rankin, Gordon Yancey
and Jimmie Elder. One of last
year’s semi-annual meetings was
held here on the Elmi campus lust
spring
Beach. Va., as Sitting Bull; Nancy | an equally famous book of the
Stephenson, of Fuquay Springs, as ■ same name, whieh was co-uuthor-
of ed
I r-:
by
Herbert and
brother-sister
Dorothy
team of
religious denominations with 413
The interesting picture of EIot students, 265 of them in day class-
student sources and distribution i es and 148 in Evening School. FM-
was revealed in a report from' Ic'ving them in order are the
tof. Alfred Hassell, collcge reg- Methodists with 353, tlie Congre-
'strar. The same report showed jgational Christian with 213, the
students from 57 of North Caro- Presbyterians with 168, the Cath-
lina
Dolly; and Janice Stanley,
Greensboro, as Winnie. | Fields,
Expected to attract special at- writers,
tention and acclaim for their work, The original show opened in New
in the show are four children of York in 1946 and ran until 1949
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Benson, who
will enact the roles of Annie Oak
ley’s children. The children of
Elon’s dean of students who make
their campus theatrical debut in
this musical are Robert, Jr., Bet
ty. Barbara and Beverly.
These actors represent only the
maiil cast for the show, which is
Sliideiil Botly Officers
Complete Organization
J . The organization of Elon s Stu- son. Donald Rankin and I^fayette
,n three successful years durmg Government for the 19.58-59; Wilkins.
which the show played to 1.^0,000 ^ , CAROLINA HALL Georg,
persons and grossed $6,000 000 a of-1 Howey, Hay Thomas, Gordon Yan-
he box office. Its grand to al of Berg-'cey and Victor Hoffman.
1,147 performances made otie president, Linwood Hurd: VIRGINIA HALL AND WEST
las vice-president and Kay HughejlDORM — Ann Joyce, Mary Lou
as secretary and treasurer. I Booth. Lula Roberts, Joyce Myers,
i The roster of the Student Legis-| Beverly Ward, Judy Burkholder
of the six longest-running musi
cals in American theatrical his
tory.
iContlnued on P’ge Four)
Committee Plans Dunces And Shows
Seeking an answer to the age-
old complaint of dull weekends
on the^ campus, the Entertainment
Committee which operates undei
the sponsorship of the Student
Government As.sociation has an
nounced a series of fifteen week
lature is virtually complete, latest
addition being through the election
of the freshman class representa
tive last week. The legislature,
which enacts campus rules and
post it, at tlje same time planning i end, with the inovie set in Whit- make financial appropriations
to participate in all events. I ley at 7:30 o’clock on Friday il^om the student body funds now
The coming weekend finds a night, November 7th, and a dance, includes 32 members,
dance set for McEwen Social Hall | set for McEwen Social Hall at sj The group, which is presided
at 8 o’clock Friday night and a; o’clock on Saturday, November j over by Vice-President Linwood
movie in Whitley Auditorium at 8th. The same order is set for thejllurd, includes repre.sentatives
lolics with 56, the Lutherans with end
7-30 o’clock Saturday night, these;next weekend, November 14th and from the four classes, from the
be-i for the benefit of those not ?oing: lijth, with the movie on Friday |''arious dormitories and the Vete-
I and the -dance to come after therans’ Apartments and from the
s 100 counties. [ olics with 56, the Lutherans with !end Presbyterian to the game. ,
orth Carohna quite naturally, 41, the Episcopalians with 33, the i tween now Homecoming Ball in Alum-Rhyne footbal't game jDay Student Organization. The
ni Memorial Gymnasium is thg Between Thanksgiving and ioster, listed by the legislature’s
grand finale for the Homecoming't-'hrlstmas holidays, there are mov-i secretary from the various groups,
program on Saturday, October :>es set in Whitley a; 7:30 o’clock j shows the following:
- w«i.wxxija lldtui tiiiy ,'11, Uit! «
Ifads the state grouping with 1,229; Evangelical and Reformed with
students. 687 of them in the day ,31. the Holiness with 22 and the
^'ssses and 542 in the Evening
hphool. In second place is Vir-
S'nia with 128, all except two in
day classes. Other states well
^presented include Pennsylvania i-
V"' 34. New York with 31 and ^lon. Other leading cou.Ues in
''-Jth Carolina with 12 students.
'^'‘her states represented by
Jewish with 11 students.
Alamance County, was would be
leads in the county
with 804 students at
expected,
grouping
1C
1C
one to eight students are
■ necticut, Delaware, District of
-»mbito, Florida, Georgia, In-
order of number are Guilford with
96, Rockingham with 74, Randolph
with 35, Durham with 32, Orange
with 27, Chatham with 23, and
Person with 15 students.
in January
The entertainment leatures are
u'^uaUy paired for Friday and Sat
urday nights, although only one
main event is set for the Home
coming weekend of October 25th.
since that weekend is already
packed with activities. In announc-
ina the weekend programs, de
signed to make the Elon campus
a nice place to spend the weekend
the committee members reiuest
Chat the students fiUp the hst and
25th. and the following weekend, Friday nights December 5th
of October 31st and November j^ud 12th, and dances set in Mc-
1st finds a Friday night dance Ewen Social Hall on Saturday
in McEwen Social Hall at 8 o’clock nights, December 6th and 13th.
and a movie in Mwney Chapef'^ program of a
Theatre at 7:30 o’clock on Sat-, ^ ,
. . , , Friday night movie and a Satur-
urday night.
The weekend dance and movie day night dance is set for the
are reversed on the next week-1 weekend of January 9th and 10th.
FRESHMAN CLASS
Daggett.
SOPHOMORE CLASS — Eddie
Burke.
and Teddy Standley.
EAST DORM — Tony Marko-
sky.
VETERANS’ APARTMENTS —
Cl.vde Watson and Bill Parker.
DAY STUDENTS — John Pat
terson, Carl Whltesell, Bob Jones,
Claude Davis, Jimmy Elder, Linda
Waynick, Etta Britt, Rosanna
Gant, Peggy Roach and Danny
Gee.
The officers of the Student Leg-
iilature. announced by V'ice-Prcs
ident Hurd, include John Mc-
Lauchlin, speaker pix)-tem; Gor-
oon Yancey, reader; Victor Hoff
man, parllami'ntarlan; Lafayette
Wilkins, chaplain; Ikey Tarleton,
secretary; and Ann Joyce, report
er.
The student board of elections
for this year includes Joyce Mycr.s,
SENIOR CLASS — John Mc-''^''®*'''"^''. Guy Lambert, Peggy
Laughlin. Zimmerman, Douglas Albert and
SMITH HALL — Richard MU- Fuller. The orientation com-
tcer, Charles Howell, Gary Hen- (Continued on Page Four)