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KLON COLLEGE, N. C.
THVKSDAY. FEBBl'ARY IS. 195»
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ew Campus Literary Magazine To Be Published This Spring
Elon Fraternal Groups
Add 63 l\etv Members
EDITORIAL GROUP FOR TLOIV'S NEW CV^IPLS MA(;AZINE
The tour Greek lettec fraterni
ties and sororities on the Elon Col
lege campus concluded their win
ter rushing period with the annual
mid-winter ‘'Bid Night” last Sat
urday, February 7th, when they
pledged a total of 63 new mem
bers. The new pledges included
30 boys and 33 girls.
The “Bid Night”, which is al
ways one of the most colorful
events of the fall and wintei
terms at Elon, featured the usual
tlieir friends of the Elon Col- round of fraternity and sorority
lege area to join with them in parties for the new pledges, af-
Sloans Observe
25th Anniversary
Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Sloan?
both of whom have been mem-
I bers of the Elon College facul-
I ty for more than ten years, ob-
1 served their twenty-fifth wed-
I ding anniversary on Wednesday
of this week, when they invited
i tb« observance on Wednesday
I night.
j The Silver Wedding obser-
! vance began with a special ser-
i vice of Thanksgiving in Whit-
i ley Auditorium at 7:30 o’clock
that night. The service was tol-
I ks-.i'ed by a reception, held in
j the banquet room of McEweu
1 Memorial Dining Hall.
Federal Loan
Fund Money
Granted Elon
Elon College was one of 1,227
colleges and universities through
out the United States to be allo-
catei federal loan fund money by
the United States Office of Edu
cation under the provisions of
Title II of the National Defense
Education Act. Allocations were
made to 45 junior and senior col
leges in North Carolina.
The Elon allocation of $2,739
was revealed in a letter received
by Dr. J, E. Danieley last week
from United States Commissioner
of Education L. G. Berthick. The
(I money will be used to establish
a National Defense Student Loan
Fund for Elon College students.
The Elon allotment is part of
a natienal total of $6,000,000 get
aside by Congress to get the nat-
ioaal student loan program un
derway. Of that total the 45 North
Carolina colleges were allotted
$138,216. Commissioner Derthick’s
letter stated that North Carolina
institutions had requested $1,-
496,878, more than ten times the
amount aailable for the state.
College students and high school
graduates wishing to obtain one
of the federal student loans may
apply to Elon or to other institu
tions of their choice which have
ter which the members of the four
fraternities sallied forth into the
night to sing and shout greetings
to the girls of their sister sorori
ties.
Tau Zeta Phi sorority topped all
the Greek-letter groups in added
membership with 17 pledges, with
Kappa Psi Nu fraternity in second
place with 13 pledges. Delta Up-
silon Kappa sorority had nine.
Iota Tau Kappa fraternity had
eight, Sigma Phi Beta fraternity
had five. Alpha Pi Delta fraternity
and Pi Kappa Tau sorority each
had four, and Beta Omicron Beta
sorority had three new pledges.
Initiation ceremonies for all groups
have been in progress this week.
The new pledges, listed by in
dividual groups, follow;
ALPHA PI DELTA — Rex Mos
er, Graham; Ray Williams, Burl
ington: Don Lauver, Harrisburg,
Pa.; and Steve Guthrie, Charles
ton, W. Va.
IOTA TAU KAPPA — Marsh
Oakley, Leaksville;. Ralph Mont
gomery, Burlington; Howard
Briggs, Reidsville; Austin Cook,
Denton; Benny Jones, Haw River;
Eddie Clark. Chapel Hill; James
Short, Granite Falls; and Tony
Markosky, Mahanoy City, Pa.
KAPPA PSI NU — William Dag
gett, Mount Kisco, N. Y.; Thomas
Oliver, Norfolk, Va.; Yancey Ford,
Brightwood, Va.; Robert Van der
Linden, Orantestad, Aruba, N. W.
I.; Nuel Quisenberry, Hampton,
V«.; Allen Foster, Newport News,
Va.; John Munich, Newport News,
Va.; William Deck, Reading, Pa.;
George Moser, Chatham, Va.;
Mike York, Ramseur; Richard C*-
Elder Is Named Editor
By Arts Forum Group
. The plan.s are complete for the
new campus literary magazine,
which is to make its first appear
ance on the Klon campus this
pring, probably about May 1st,
under the sponsorship of the re-
ccntly-ornanizod Elon College Lib
eral Arts Forum.
The new magazine, preliminary
plans for which were announced
some weeks ago. will replace The
Colonnades, the old campus liter
ary publication, which usually ap
peared once each year. The name'
I for the nc'.v publication has not J
jbcen definitely announced, but it:
I«ill be made public within the j
,next few days. I
James Elder, of Burlington, is |
to be the editor of the new maga-l
zine. having been selected byj
j members of the Arts Forum Com-
j mittee, w hich includes five stu-
I dents and five faculty members,
' Elder, who has been active in a
Winter (Quarter
KxaiHH 8elieluled
j number of campus projects, was
jone of the prime movers in forma
tion of the Liberal Arts Forum.
( Other members of the magazine
The editorial staff and faculty advisors of the new campus U erary magazine, which has been .staff mclude Jack Angen, of Tea-
established under the auspices of the Liberal Arts Forum, are pi tured above. Shown left to right,
those in the picture are as follows: FRONT ROW — John Angen of Teanec-k, N. J., associate edi
tor; James Elder, of Burlington, eJitor; .\nn Joyce, of Ridgeway, Vs., assistant editor; and Etta
Britt, of Burlington, art and make-up editor. BACK ROW — Jo in Williams, of Virginia Beach,
Va., who submitted the first manuscript for the new publication; Danny Gee, of Burlington, busi
ness manager; Ted Fields, of Asheboro. assistant editor; Lucill Burgess, of GIbsonville. staff secre
tary; Dr. Clarence Carson, faculty advisor; and Prof. Clyde McCants, editorial advisor.
Presentation Of ‘Inherit The Wind’
Is Hailed As Triumph For Players
With the Winter Quarter for
day classes scheduled to end on
Friday, February 27th, the four-
day schedule of final examina
tions has just been released from
the otricc of Dr. II. II. C'unning-
I ham, dean o( the collece.
I The examination schedule fol-
i lows:
I MONDAY, FKBRUAUY 23
j 9 A.M.—.\ll 9 o’clock classea.
I 2 H.,\I.—All I'hys. Ed. acti
vity elaikses.
TUESDAY, KEBKUAKY l\
9 A..M.—All 10:30 o’clock
classes.
WEDNESD,\Y, FEBRUARY 2S
9 A.M.—All 11:30 o’clock
classes.
TIIUR.SDAY, FEBRUARY 26
9 A.M.—All 8 o’clock classes.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27
9 .\..M.—.Ml other classcs.
.Special attention is calletl to
the fact that all day-time stu
dents. the majority of whom
have already signed up for
bpring Quarter classes durine
the recent pre-registration, will
complete their registration by
foing through to Business Of
fice on February 23 all diiy or
on the aftemoong of February
24th and 25th, at which times
the Business Office will be
open. Those waUing to do this
on Monday, March 2nd, will be
charged for late registration.
By PROF. CLYDE McCANTS
(Guest Critic)
herit the Wind” is most decidedly; between history and literature. “In-
not an attack upon the authority herit the Wind” is literature, con-
of the Scriptures any more thanjccin-'d not so much with the
Th» Finn Plavprs pdded all- it is iW aPPeal for a single person j events of a hot Tennessee sum
other fine performance to a grow- his personal ideas re-|mer in the 1920’s as with the eter-
in« list of major dramatic sue- ^arw.n s or anybody else s nal saga of the human mind in
cesses as they opened a three- theory of evolution, quest of truth m any tempera-
I superficial ture, any time and any place.
Inherit the Wind,” which! viewpoint is "Inherit the Wind"
' pre-occupied with evolution, which
night stand with the Broadway hit
play,
was presented mi arena style in
the banquet room of McEwen Din
ing Hall for three nights, January
29th through 31st.
Before any discussion of the high
points of the Elon production, it
is necessary to dispell a few of
cil, Fayetteville; David Iseley, the common misconceptions about
Reidsville; and Thosaas Sparkman, ,he play itself. To begin with, “In-
Newport News, Va.
SIGMA PHI BETA — John
Clayton. Roxboro; William Faries,
Rockingham; Robert McLean,
Rockingham: Nathaniel Toms,
Burlington; and Robert Overton,
been granted funds. Each insti- West Hempstea^,
tution v/ill handle its own loan
fund program and wiK select the
individuals who will be granted
loans to enable them to continue
their education.
The National Defense Education
Act requires that special consid
eration be given to students with
superior academic backgrounds
who intend to teach In the ele
mentary or secondary schosls or
to those whose academic back-
j ?rounds indicate superior capacity
I or preparation in science, mathe-
matics, engineering or a modern
foreign language..
Fifty per cent of each such stU'
dent loan would be cancelled af
ter the student had completed five
I years of full-time teaching in a
j public eiemeatary or setondary
school, such cancellation beiag at
I the rate of 10 per cent for each
I year of teaching service.
The anount of money allocated
i to the various states was deter-
inined by the state’s proportion of
the national full-time college en-
1 "iinicnt, Allocattong to Elon and
■ttier individual institutioas with-
’ each state were made on the
Mis of the individual iastitution-
l
request* within that state on
basis of the kian fund allot-
'lent to that state.
herit the Wind” is a shocking play
only in the senje that the truth
is always shocking.and this hard
ly applies to an intelligent, for
ward-looking audience.
The principal concern of “In
is more a matter for the scientist,
who has some basis for under
standing it, than for the artist,
who usually does not know very
much about it.
Not History
There has been, also, too much
said about the hi.storical back
ground of this play; ‘ Inherit the
Wind” is not histoi-y, in spite of
what may appear ^n the surface.
As one of four finest literary cri
tics has recently demonstrated,
there is a trsmendous difference
Basically this is the dramatic
conception which Wayne Rudisill
director of the Elon performance
has succeeded in conveying. Un
der his skilled direction, Henry
Drummond and Matthew Harrison
Brady, while remaining human be
ings, become stylized architypes
of Every Man in two of his num
erous roles.
The secondary ch.iracters and
the choral citizenry of the small
town are handled by the director
wHth similar detachment; they are
neck. N. J,, associate editor; Ann
Joyce, of Ridgeway, Va., and Ted
Fields, of Asheboro, assistant edi
tors; Etta Britt, of Burlington,
art and m.ike-up editor: Danny
G»u. of Burlington, business man
ager; and Lucille Burgess, of Gil>-
sonville, staff secretary. Dr. Clar
ence Carson is faculty advisor for
the magazine, and Prof. Clyde Mc
Cants will bo editorial advisor.
The magazine is to include ar
ticles by both students and facul
ty members, and plans call for it
to be circulated to other colleges
and universities all over the Uait-
ed States and also to a number
of Blon alumni. While only one
issue is planned for the remain
der of the current college year, . . „ , i, ,
Rev. John R. DeSousa, of Hait-
the plans are to issua the ™a8®"iford. Conn.. who i,s minister for
zine quarterly in future years, jwen and Missions for the Connec-
The editorial board has urged ticut Conference of Congregation-
DeSousa Will
Speak Here
This Weekend
faculty members to submit manu
scripts and also to encourage their
students to submit manuscripts.
In connection with this invitation,
the board has formulated the fol
lowing rules for preparation of
material;
1. The nature of the magazine
will l>e academic and shall includc
concerned with, but emotionally
separated from the central quest --e^earcli papers, short stor
(Continued on Page Two)
BETA OMICRON BETA — Ade
laide Goodman, Burlington; Ruth
Lemmons. Burlington; a»d Jeanne
West, Durham.
delta UPLISON KAPPA —
Carol Adams, Turbeville. Va.;
Deanna Braxton Elon College; An
gie Chambless, Charlotte; Norma
Campbell, Burlington; Ana Dieb-
ler. Hickory, Va.; Nancy Hagei,
Burlington; Jo McAdams, Elon
College; Lacala Patterson, Alta-
mahaw; and Judy Watson, Hil
liard, Fla.
PI KAPPA TAU — Mary Ann
Hepoer, Philadelphia, Pa.; Btta
Howerkon. Elon College: Margie
Marshman, Audenreid, Pa.; and
Linda Perry, Burlington.
TAU ZETA PHI — Martha Brit
tle, Suffolk, Va.; Kathy Clark,
Elon CoUege; Doris Faircioth,
Fayetteville; Harriett Hammond,
Bulfour; Joyce Holt, Gr-h.isn;
PhylUs Hopkins, Reidsville; L-cana
Howe, Falls Church, Va.; Dorothy
Hawks, Fascy Gap, Va.; Janet
Inge, Elon CoUege; Saodra Neigh
bors, Forest City; Peggy Queen
Dillsboro; Judy Samuels, Burling
ton: Janice Stanley, Greensboro;
DeUa Marie Tickers, Elon Col
lege; Pat White, Burlington; Hel
en Wright, Columbia, S. C.; and
Sally Wright, Burlington.
by the use of obscene and vulgar
language. Graves Ls faculty ad-
dn a small .storage room on the
same floor with the theatre in
Freshman Student Faces Charges
Of Sending Threatening Letters
Gary David Newman. 18-year-1 fourth directed Vo President J, E. December 15th.
. . _ . Danieley. i The first of the two fires on De-
old Elon CoUege res ma j letters to Prof. Graves,,cember 15th struck the Mooney
Brooklyn, N. T.. was arrested here were sent on Noveml>er 6th, j Chapel Theatre, home of the Elon
on Tuesday night, January j gtM, and November j Players, with damages estimated
on charges of sending anonymous, wh all threatened him with per- at more than $10,000. The seconil
threatening letters to two mem-|sonal injuries and were marked blaze on January 10th occurred
bers of the college faculty.
The arrest of the Brooklyn
youth, which was made by Elon
Police Chief Henry Hilliard, fol
lowed a lengthy tavesti*atlon,
which was conducted by local and
college authorities with the co
operation of the State Bureau of
Investigation and members of th«
B»rlington Police Department.
There were four separate in
stances of the threatening let
ters duriBg a period of more than
two months, three of them di
rected to Prof. John S. Graves,
a member of the faculty in the
Department of ReUglon. and the
visor of the dormitory in which |whi»h properties of the drama-
Ihe youth resided. jtics department were stored. Dam-
The fourth letter, dated Janu-jages in the latter blaza have been
ary 12th. was directed to Presi-lostimataol at $4,000 or more. The
dent Danieley. It contained no (fire invantigation is still in prog-
threat of personal injury, but itlress.
did voice demands and contained
a threat to “burn the school de
partment by department."
This threat against the college
linked the investigation with an
other which has sought to deter
mine the causes of two fires which
have occurred in the Mooney
Building on the Elon campus since
The mother of the N«wman
youth, Mrs. Ruth Newman, also
of Brookltyn, N. Y., was on the
Elon campus at the time when
the investigatian of the anony
mous letters was concluded with
her son’s arrest, and she arranged
bis release under a $200 bond,
pending a hearing on th« charges. | la Britt aad Jack Angen.
ies. sermons, poetry, critiques, and
reviews.
2. All manu-scripts shall by
tyfled on whRe paper, double
spaced and shall contain adequate
margins.
3. Each page shall be numbered
consecutively and the pages fast
ened together in some manner
4. Each manuscript shall con
tain a separate cover sheet with
the author's name and the approx
imate number of words in the
manuscript.
5. An ideal langth would be
1500-20*0 words, however this is
not binding. No critique .shall ex
ceed 1 ^>00 words.
6. Concerning footnotes, re
search papers shall follow the pat
tern of tile Elon CoUege Style
Sheet.
7. Tentative deadline Of manu
script for the spriag i.ssuc shall
t>c March 16, 1959.
8. Manuscripts shall bo submit
ted t» the ediler or to any mem
ber of the Editorial Advisory Com
mittee: Jimmy Elder, Dr Clarence
Carson, Prof. Clyde McCant*, Et-
al Christian Churches, will be on
the Elon College campus this week
end, being scheduled to speak in
chapel on Friday morning and to
address the laymen of this area
on Sunday afternoon and evening.
The speaker will bring a, rich
experience in Congregational Chris
tian nhurch work as a background
for his appearances at Elon, for
he came to the Connecticut Con
ference position in 1957 after a
varied and successful career. His
most rece»t pastorate from 1953
until 1957 was at the historic First
Church In New I>ondon, Conn.
Prior to that time the Reverend
DeSou.sa had served as pastor of
the Kalahikiola Congre^tion
Church in Hawaii, an inter-racial
church which operated under the
Hawaiian Board of Minions. While
in Hawaii, he also directed a school
for Hawaiian girls, acted as chap
lain for a leper ho.spital and wa.s
the first pastor of the Community
Church at Peaal llarl>or. In 1953
he wa.s for a time the conference
prepicher for the Lsland’s 119 Con-
gregatianal Churches.
He Is a graduate of Franklin
College and of the Andover New
ton Theological School, and he has
done further graduate study at
MianrH University and has been a
lecturer in Sociologr at MitcheU
CoUege. He has served student
charges in Ohio an l Massachu
setts, having been oroa.ned to the
ministry on June 24, 1945 at Tops-
field. Mass., where he was serv
ing at the time '
In addition to iiis various ser
vices in the pastorate, the Rever
end DeSousa has also participated
in a number of church tours. M»»t
reeent tour and one of the most
interesting was one to Puerto Rico
iji January of this year.