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VOLUHE 38
ELON rOLI-fiGK, M. C.
THtrsSDAY. FGBRUAKT SS. l»i»
NrUBKR 9
Founders’ Day Program To Be Held On Campus March 5
Cuniiingham
AcUlresses DAR
Dr. H. H. Cunninsham, dean
of the college, was the guests
speaker at a meeting of the Bat
tle of Alamance Chapter of the
DaaeUters of the American Re
volution, which was held on Fri
day, February 13th at the home
of Mrs. D. M. Davidson in Gib-
sonviUe.
He spoke on the subject of
“Women of the American Re
volution,” and he cited the pa
triotic societies founded by wo
men prior to the Revolution, and
he declared that those women
did much to make the non-im
portation agreements work. He
also cited their work against the
Tea Act, told of their work in
relieving the needy and spoke
of heroic acts by women during
the war it«»elf.
PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL DIRECTS GREEK I.ETTER .\FFAIKS
i\
Peterson h Featured
Speaker For Occasion
Laymen Hold
Meeting On
Elon Campus
Approximately 400 laymen from
Congregational Christian Church
es throughout North Carolina and
Virginia gathered on the Elon cam
pus on Sunday p.fternoon, Febru
ary 15th, for their annual Mid-
Winter Rally. The rally featured
both an afternoon meeting in
Whitley Auidtorium and a fellow
ship banquet in McEwen Banquet
Hall.
The rally got underway with
the registration of delegates at
2:30 o’clock, with the afternoon
session called to order by A. D.
Cobb, of Burlington, at 3 o’clock.
The assembled delegates, many of
whom were former Elon students,
were welcomed to the campus by
President J. E. Danieley.
There was a special musical pro
gram by the Elon College Choir
under the leadership of Prof.
Charles Lynam and Prof. Pat
Johnson, with Prof. Fletcher Moore
as organ accompanist.
Featured speaker for the gath
ering was Rev. John R. DeSousa,
of Hartford, Conn., Minister for
Men and Missions for the Connec
ticut Conference of Congregation
al Christian Churches, who had
spent that weekend as a guest on
the Elon campus.
Six members of the Pan-Hellenic Council, which directs the activities of the Greek letter fra
ternities and sororities on the Elon College campus, are picture d above, two of the eight members
beiag absent when the picture was made. The group includes one representative from each of the
fraternities and sororities. Those piclured, left to right, are Steve Mauldin, of Winston-Salem,
represrenting Kappa Psi Nu; Ikey Tarle'on, of Durham, representing Pi Kappa Tau; Mary Helen
Wilkins, of Virgilina, Va., repre ser.ling Delta Up^iilon Kappa; EKzabeth Morris, ot Vlrgilina, Va,,
representing Beta Omicron Beta: Ann Joyce, of Ridgeway, Va., representing Tau Zeta Phi; and
John Frost, of Norfolk, Va., representing Alpha Pi Delta. Missin? when the picture was taken were
Carlton Grove, of Tamaque, Pa., of Iota Tau Kappa; and James DiPerna, of BrackenriJge, I'a., of
Sigma Phi Beta.
Elon Seniors Place High In National
Rankings On Graduate Record Exam
There were three Elon Colleg e seniors who ranked in the top 15 per cent of American college
seniors on the basis of their showing on the nationwide graduate record examinations, which were
administered recently to the Elo n College senior class. Two ot th e three Elon students were in the
top 8 per cent nationally, and o ue of the three was in the top 1 5 per cent on two branches of the
examination. . .u ^
These figures were released by Dr. H. H. Cunningham, dean of the college, who pomted out that
the high ranidng attained by these three Elon seniors and by a number of others who placed al
most as high on various branches of the graduate examination, reflect credit upon the students
themselves and upon the college.
The faculty and students of Elon
College will join with alumni, trus-
.ees and friends of the college in
the observance of "Founders’ Day "
here on Thursday, March 5th, ac
cording to an announcement made
by President J. E. Danieley this
wee'K, Featured speaker on thai
day will be Dr. Walter J. Peterson,
of N. C. State College.
The observance of "Founders'
Day” here at Elon is not an an-
. ual affair, but such programs
have been held several times with
in the past few years, coniniemor-
aiing the foundation of the college,
which opened its doors in 188S
under the auspices of the Chris
tian Church. That denomination
'vas merged nearly thirty years
ago with the Congregational
Church, and since that time the
Congregational Christian thurch
has sponsored the institution.
The forthcoming "Founders’
Day” event will be staged in com
memoration of the granting of the
Elon College charter by the North
Carolina Legislature, although the
observance does not fall on exactly
the same date upon which the
charter was granted, for the legis
lature chartered the college on
March 11, 1889, fuil six decades
ago.
This 1959 “Founders’ Day”
event will center about a convoca
tion to be held in Alumni Memor
ial Gymnasium at 10:30 o’clock
next Thursday morning, with Dr.
Walter J. Peterson, dean of the
graduate school at N. C. State,
scheduled to deliver the principal
address.
Dr. Peterson, who occupies an
Uie Chemistry Department at ■
State, holding that position before 1
being named to head up the gi’aH-j
uate program there. He has been-
on leave ot absence for the past
:wo years and has just returned
to the campus at the Raleigh in-|
stitution on February 1st. j
While on leave of absence Dr. i
Peterson was in charge ot special'
education projects for the Nation-:
al Science Foundation, working to]
improve the curriculum in Ecience'
and mathematics i
In announcing the convocation
in the aymnasium for 1»:30 o’clock
Thursday morning, Dr. Danieley,
pointed out that this program will],^"^
I Lyiiaiii Sings In
Facnilv Kecilal
Trof. Charles Lynam. bari
tone, member of the Klon Col
lege music faruUy, will be pre
sented by the college in one of
the annual »-rle.s nf faculty re
citals in Whitley Auditorium at
8:15 o’clock next VVedne.sday
night, March 4th. .
Prof. I.ynani, who Joined the
Klon faculty last fall. Is an IClon
graduate and was an outstanding
soloLst with tlir Klon College
Choir during hiN undergraduate
days. Mis prngram for Wednes
day evrnlngi will feature the
work.s of a number nf comfMis-
era, iimung them being Benja-
Britton, Richard Straus,
be the only chapel service held!
next week, citing the fact that all
students will be expected to at
tend that program in lieu of the
regular daily chapel programs in
Whitley Auditorium.
The “Founders’ Day” obser
vance follows by one day the reg
ular March meeting of the col
lege’s board of trustees, which Is
to be held on the campus next
Wednesday, and many members
of the trustee group are expected
to remain here t« attend the
Thursday exercises. Dr. Danieley
also stated that invitations are be
ing extended to public school ad
ministrators throughout the cen
tral portion of North Carolina and
that many of the school superin
tendents and principals are ex
pected to attend.
Following the “Founders’ Day"
program, the college will be host
to Its guests at a buffet luncheon,
which will be held in the banquet
room of McEwen Memorial Dining
eminent position in the field of j Hall. There will be no afternoon
chemistry, was formerly head of events on schedule.
Students Asked
To Cooperate
In Water Usage
The Elon College administration
has requested that students re
ading in the dormitories co
operate during a period when the
college is finding it extremely dif-
Otult to maintain an ample water
pressure and supply, stating there
is water available Isut not in quan
tities sufficient to satisfy the total
demand.
It is pointed out that in Septem-
her and October the wells pumped
4.304,700 gallons of virater, while
Noember and Decerabef the
'"'«lls furnished and pumped 3,-
290,800 gallons oi water, reflect-
ing the increas«d demands made
*s the campus population has in
creased, since those figures repre
sent 23 to 30 per cent more water
was pumped during the aim-
period last year.
It is further pointed out that
when the water supply is low, hot
Water is th« first to be affected,
*h;ch explains vhy hot water has
on short supply at times re-
“6otly. In citiag these facts, the
'dmiiiistration urges students to
onserve water wherever possible
oinUng out that periods of short
upply seldom last for more than
> tew weeks out of the year.
The Graduate Record Exajpination
will also be administered to other
seniors later in the spring, and
others may also place high on
the tests.
Wayland Medley, of Greensboro,
who is a history major, ranked
first among Elon students in the
field of Social Science and was
in the top 6 per cent nationally.
Aubrey Morgan, of Asheboro, bio
logy major, and David Horn, of
Philadelphia, Pa., philosophy ma
jor, each ranked in the top B per
cent in the field of Natural Science.
Horn also placed in the top 15
per cent nationally in the field of
the Humanities.
In addition to those rankings
on their regular undergraduate
level studies, there were also six
Elon seniors who were in the up
per 31 per cent in America in
the advanced examinations in
specified fields of study. Aubrey
Morgan, with a biology major, was
in the upper 5 per cent in ad
vanced Natural Science tests.
Others placing high in the ad
vanced graduate tests were Al
bert Von Doenhoeff, of Hampton,
Va., majoring in biotogy, in the
upper 11 per cent in Natural
Science; James Shepherd, of Haw
River, majoring in history, in the
upper 20 per cent in Social j
Sciences; Peggy Zimmerman Tay-j
lor, of Elon College, majoring in,
biology, in the upper 24 per cent |
in Natural Sciences; David Horn,
with a philosophy major, in the
upper 29 per cent in the Humani
ties; and Kenneth I>udlev of Ha
gerstown, Md., with a major in
chemistry, in the upper 31 per|
cent In the Natural Sciences. i
There were eleven other Elon
seniors who made especially high 1
marks in their major fields ofj
Study. In addition to those pre-j
viously mentioned, others among j
the top-ranking seniors were Fred
Bell, of Asheboro, and Guy Lam
bert, of Newport, B. I-, both in the
Social Sciences; Joyce Myers, of
Philadelphia, ^a., 'n the So-
(Ceatlnued on iTige Four)
Elon In Conference Tournament At Lexington
(Tournament Rrackrt And Schc'dule Below)
The Elon College Christians
are competing this week In fbe
annual North State Conference
Tournament, which features four
diiys of fast and furious cage
firir^ on the floor of the beau
tiful YMCA gymnasium in Lex
ington and which will come to
a conclusion with the final bat
tle for the 1959 championship
on Saturday night.
The pairings for the 1959
toomament were made at
Greensboro on Sunday after
noon, with the gathering of all
head coaches from the eight com
peting schools appearing on a
special television program over
Greensboro’s WFMV-TV and
with Charlie HarviUe, well
known sportscasier, appearing
as master of ceremonies.
The Western Carolina Cata
mounts, after winning the regu-
lar-season title, were given the
Number One seeding, with the
Lenoir Rhyne Bears getting sec
ond spot; and these two teams
are rated by sports fans around
the circuit a-s the favorites to
cop the crown.
Rounding out the seeded teams
are East C;irolina and High
Point, either of which could
prove a dangerous threat for
the crown, although the East
Carolina squad enters the tour
nament In weakened condition
due to loss of key starters to
injuries or dismissal from the
Pirate roster. Un.^eeded entries
include Appalachian, Atlantic
Christian, Catawba and Elon,
whose names were put in the pot
and drawn to the four seeded
elttbs.
The Wednesday night games
drawn showed Appalachian
meeting Lenoir Rhyne and Ca
tawba meeting Ea.st Carolina.
The Mountaineers and Bears
split their regulax-season bat
tles, with each team winning on
the other’s court. The Pirates
turned back the Catawba Indians
twice in regularly scheduled bat
tles, but the depleted Pirate
squad could be upset by Cataw
ba.
The Thursday night games,
which pit Atlantic Christian
against Western Carolina and
Elon against High Point could
prove to be a pair of tremendous
battles, for the Bulldogs played
the Catamounts a terrific con
test at CuUowhee, and the Elon
Christians and High Point Pan
thers spHt their two games dur
ing the regular campaign.
The winners of the two Wed
nesday' night conte.ts will clash
in one of two semi-final battles
on Friday night, while the win
ners of the two Thursday night
games battle In the other half
of the Friday program The two
teams which emerge as victors
on Friday night will clash In the
Saturday night finaki.
There appeared little choice
In regard to opponents drawn
in the Sunday pairings, as far
as the Fighting Christians were
concerned, but the Elon squad
got a definite break in drawing
a Thursday nlghtt playing time,
since that means that the Ma
roon and Gold eagers win be
finished with their final exam-
inatloos before starting tourna
ment play.
ISeiv Player
Show Slated
Next Week
Three Elon students and a guest
actress from Burlington compose
the cast for the Elon Player pro
duction of "The Glass Menagerie.”
which will be presented in arena
style in the banquet room of Mc
Ewen Memorial Dining Hall on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
night, March 3th, 8th and 7th.
Chuck Oakley, veteran actor
from Roxboro, will play the part
of Tom Wingfield, son and scion
of an old Southern family, who is
also the nan’ator for the Tennes
see Williams play, which was a
Broadway hit of the 1944-45 sea
son. Oakley has played numerous
starring roles for the Players in
recent years.
MTS. Arthur Tate, of Burlington,
is the guesf actress, who is cast
as Amanda Wingieid, matriarch of
the family, a role which was play
ed in the original Broadway pio-
duction by Laurette Taylor, be
loved stage star, who died shortly
after the show in 1946.
Ikey Tarleton, of Durham, also
a veteran star of many campus
stage shows, will play the role of
Laura Wingieid, tragically shy
daughter of Amanda Wingfield,
whose preposse.ssion with her fam
ily of glass animals precipitates
the problem of the play,
Jim Oross, fourth member of
the cast, will appear as Jim O’Con
nor. the Gentleman Caller, who
brings complications In the Wing
field family when he comes call
ing.
WESTERN CAROLINA
9:15 P. M.. Thursday
A'BLANTIC CHRISTIAN
ELON
9AS P. M., Friday
7:3# P. M., Thursday
high point
NORTH STATE CONFERENCE
TOITIINAMENT BRACKF.T
EAST CAROLINA
7:J« P. «*., Wedaesiay
CATAWBA
SiO« P. M.. Saturday
7:3* P. M.. Friday
APPALACHIAN
9:15 P. **., Wedaesday
LENOIR RliyJg
LEXINGTON, N. C.
PEBKl^AR T 3,V28. 1959
Mission Couple
Visited Campus
Last Weekenl
Dr. and Mrs. Ray E, Pbillip.s.
missionaries for tho American-
Board in Africa for forty years,
were guests on the Elon campus
last weekend when Dr. Phillips
spoke at the 11 o’clock services
on Sunday morning in Whitley
Auditorium. At the same time his
wife was speaking In Greensboro.
Tii« two Biisslanarieg. who are
now visiting throughout the South
ern Convention of Congregational
Christian Churches, were then
honored at a reception hold in the
McEwen Banquet Hall on Sunday
afternoon.
Dr. Phillips climaxcd his long
missionary service by being elect
ed moderator of the General Coun
cil of Congregational Christian
Churches. lUs work in South Afri
ca featured direction of the Jan
IH. Hofmeyre School of Social
Work iD Johannesburg from 1940
■ until his departure for America.
His wife worked with a hospital,
a home for delinquent girls, the
Hofmeyre School, the Girl Guides,
the YWCA and other organizations
and lastitutiooi.