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It only took me a few seconds
to decide Elon was a one horse
town.
Back in the Forties, I’d trans
ferred down from William and
Mary. The why of this still puz
zles me. I have convinced myself
that I picked Elon because it was
the strangest name on a list of
colleges I thought might have a
better dining hall than W&M.
An It turned out, Elon's dining
hall didn’t gas me in the best sort
of way.
My first impression of Elon,
then, was lousy.
It was raining.
I need say no more about how
depressing Elon can be when this
happens. I won’t even say It’s a
drippy place.
The buildings were cold look
ing, but the people it turned out
weren’t.
Perhaps, if we are to have some
semblance of moral to this story,
then it should be this:
Before I left Elon, I found out
that the college town was strictly
a one-horse municipality
The way that happened is what
you’ll read from here on if you
saddle yourself to such a chore:
Leopold Malcolm Smith, my 16-
year-old sophomore roommate, and
I watched the rain over the corn
field In back of the Club House
where we lived. We’d been at
Elon a week, and it had rained
the whole time. For amusement,
we’d been reduced to studying.
“This is some place,” Leopold
complained. “All it does is rain
and I have not done any horsing
around ...” He never finished.
A wet, scraggly, lost, forlorn,
runaway old farm horse clopped
and tromped his way through the
corn field. He headed toward the
Club House. I can understand why
the horse was fooled. I thought
the Club House looked like a
barn. too.
Leopold' looked at the horse
«ind then at me and then back at
the horse.
Oh, yes. Important detail here
Gas was rationed at this time
even when I went to Elon
We were looking at the answer
to our low octane existence—horse
Elon Records
For Single
Grid Games
While the Elon 1959 team may
set no records, it is interesting to
know the records made in the
past. The team records for Elon
teams in single games since 1909
are as follows:
Most Points: 80—Against Eden
ton Marines, 1949, This 80 to 0
win was also the largest victory
margin.
Most Opponent Points: 63—By
Roanoke, 1922. This 63 to 0 loss
was also largest defeat margin
Most Yards Rushing: 401 —
Against High Point, 1950. Most
opponent rushing was 404 by New
berry, 1953.
Most Rushing Plays: 60 —
Against Western Carolina, 1955.
Most opponent rushing plays: 64
— By Citadel, 1955.
Most Yards Passing: 313 —
Against East Carolina, 1951. Most
opponent passing yards: 324 —
by East Carolina, 1950.
Most Total Offense: 560 —
Against East Carolina, 1951. Most
opponents total offense: 511 — by
Lenoir Rhyne, 1958.
Least Yards Rushing by oppo
nent: Minus 35 — by Guilford,
1956. Least yards passing by op
ponent: Minus 9 — by Guilford,
1957.
Most First Downs: 26 — against
East Carolina, 1951. Most first
downs by opponent: 24 — by Le
noir Rhyne, 1958.
Most Passes Thrown: 32
Against East Carolina, 1951. Most
passes thrown by opponent: 48
— by East Carolina, 1950.
Most Completed Passes: 20 —
against East Carolina, 1951. Most
completed passes by opponent: 21
— by East Carolina, 1950.
Most Interceptions: 5 — against
East Carolina, 1954, and against
Catawba, 1950. Most opponent in
terceptlons: 4 — by East Carolina
1953.
berry, 1955. Most opponent punts
11 — by Lenoir Rhyne, 1950.
Best Punt Average: 48.6
against
Edenton Marines, 1949.
Most Extra Points: 5
Apprentice, 1949.
Most Kick Return Yards: 176
Another thing. Burlington was ^gsinst Western Carolina, 1950.
about four miles away from Elon returns by opponents:
01,0*1 tirimn T in c'lnn 172 — by Emory and Itenry 1950
HAVE LEAD ROLES IN ELON PLAYER SHOW
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Players Give ^Angel Street
ROY EPPERSON ETTA BRITT TOMMY ELMORE
Appearing In the three leading roles in the Elon Player presentation of “Angel Street” are the
three veteran campus actors pic tured above. ’They are, left to right. Prof. Roy Epperson, who will
have the role of Mr. Manningha m, who plots diabolically agalns t his wife; Etta Britt, who will
appear as the frightened and pe rsecuted Mrs. Manningham; and Tommy Elmore, who will have the
part of Rough, the kindly police inspector.
Davis Speaks
For Faculty
Dr. J. A. Davis, dean ■ of the
graduate school at Woman’s Col
lege of the University of North
— „—jCarolina, addressed members of
ty-two members named recent- the Elon College faculty on Fri-
ly by Governor Luther Hodg:es day afternoon, October 4th, at the
[group’s regular monthly meeting
(Continued From Page On*)
mJtted fifteen years ago and that
he is preparing to dispose of her.
Then starts the game of trying
to uncover the necessary evidence
against Mr. Manningham. It
proves to be a thrilling and ex
citing melodramatic game.
The role of Mr. Manningham,
who is a tall and good-looking
man of about 45 years, is played
by Prof. Roy Epperson, of the
Elon English faculty, who appear
ed in a number of outstanding
roles with the players last year
His suave and authoritative man
ner, touched with mystery and
bitterness, adds much to the play.
Appearing as Mrs. Manningham
is Etta Britt, of Burlington, also
a veteran of the Elon College
stage, who does well the role of
the 34-year-old persecuted woman,
who shows evidences of almost
youthful beauty, which has given
Most Punts: 11 _ against New-
In third major role is Tommy
Elmore, alto of Burlington, vet
eran of both stage role and back-
Dean Is Named
For Committee
Dr. H. H. Cunningham, dean
of Elon College, is one of twen-
against East Carolina, 1951 Best , J stage rote and back-
opponent punt average: 45 5 --
by Catawba, 1950. appears as Rough, the police in-
Most Touchdowns: 13 - against greying,
denton Marines. 194Q '""'y’ and
overbearing, a man with a low,
chuckle, who completely
Most Penalty Yards: 140 —
against Atlantic Christian, 1950.
lu uur low ociane existence—norse- — laoo.
power. We would dash away from Opponent Penalties: 110 —
our mundane homework chores Lenoir Rhyne, 1950.
and gallop over to Burlington for
a frolic, all things being equine
The poor old horse wasn’t as
silly as we were. He didn’t think
much of going to Burlington in
the rain. Maybe he knew the feed
stores were closed on Wednesday
afternoons. I don’t know.
So we took a vote on the Burl
ington junket. The horse voted
neigh, but it Was two to one, so
we got ready.
We hopped abo>ard the boy-
horse’s back and shouted all the
horse words we knew. Gee, Gid-
dap. Haw and all that stuff, but
our steed had his mind on other
business.
It was a lady horse in a pen
nearby.
She was calculating, maybe, to
make hay while the sun wasn’t
shining. I don't think what our
horse friends had in mind required
spectators or umpires and we felt
out of place when the boy horse
dumped us off his back.
With all the commotion, some
of the other students joined us.
None of us had sense enough to
come in out of the rain, but it was
nice meeting everybody. Quite a
nice social It wai, come to thin*-
of it, as the people you meet at
a horse get together often turn
out to be lifelong pals.
Ybu won’t like the windup of
this story.
The boy-horse never did get to
flirt with his girl-horse friend.
She stayed penned up. Shut out,
the boy-horse only sulked and wan
dered across campus.
AU of which proves, like we said,
Elon Iso&e horse town.
Most F^jmbles Lost: 8
against Wofford, 1953. Opposing
Fumbles Recovered; 7 — against
Newberry, 1957.
Iiitramiirals
(Continued from Page Three)
Touch Football
Once more touch footbaU prom
ises to be one of the top features
of the campus sports program,
with six teams lined up for the
league play. Supervising the pro
gram as studc|it assisitanXs to
Coach Sanford will be Gary Hen
son and Eddie Clark. Persons in
terested In this or other sports
may contact them about compet
ing.
The six teams which have al
ready joined the tag-football loop,
with student managers listed af
ter each team, are Kappa Psi
Nu, managed by Steve Mauldin;
South Hall, managed by Mike Dun
can; Smith Number One, man
aged by Bruce Olson; Smith Num
ber Two, managed by Gary Frani-
en; Carolina Number One, man
aged by Tommy Hawkins; and
Carolina Number Two. managed
by Gary Henson.
Elon placed men on the Little
AU-American football squad for
three seasons In succession from
1949 until 1951. Arnold Melvin
won the honor In m». and Sal
Gero placed twice la i#so ,nd
1*51, both of them being ticUej.
warm
dominates the scene from his first
appearance.
Filling out the speaking cast
is Millie Fletcher, of Audenreid,
Pa„ as Nancy, the maid, a self-
conscious, pretty and cheeky girl
of nineteen; and Judith Town-
end, newcomer to Elon this year
from Charlotte, as Elizabeth, the
housekeeper, an amiable servant
woman of fifty.
This production of “Angel
Street,’* directed by Professor
Melvin E. Wooton, is the first of
six inajor productions for the
Player group this year. Later full-
length shows will include “Paja
ma Game,” “Ah Wilderness,”
“Visit To A SmaU Planet,” "Juno
and the Paycock,” and “Othello.”
The six shows comprise one of
the most ambitious seasonal pro
grams ever attempted by the cam-|
pus theatrical group.
to the Carolina Charter TerceO'
tenary Commission, which was
appointed and empowered to
plan proper methods for cele
brating the 300th anniversary
of the granting of the Carolina
charter by King Charles II of
England.
The Carolina charter was
granted in 1663, with both North
Carolina and South Carolina in
eluded in one colony. The two
states will unite and will invite
fourteen other states and the
Republic of Mexico to join them
in the celebration In 1963, for
the original charter boundaries
extended to the Pacific coast,
embracing territory which now
makes up many states and part
of Mexico
Opera Topic As
McCants Talks
Prof. Clyde McCants, member
of the Elon College music faculty,
who conducts a regular program
on opera over Radio Station
WBBB, delivered an interesting
discussion of American Opera on
Thursday night, October 8th, as
the Elon Players resumed their
regular Thursday night programs
in Mooney Chapel Theatre.
The Players were forced to can
cel their brief Thursday night pro
grams last year after the Mooney
Chapel Theatre was wrecked by
a fire, but a full program is plan
ned for this year.
Included in the planning for this
year are several one-act plays, a
student musical-variety show and
a number of guest speakers. All
programs will be about thirty min
utes in length, and the students
and general public are invited
without any admission charges.
East Carolina
Chatter Box
(Continued from Page Two)
In order to join a sorority or
fraternity, a student must main
tain an academic average of
“C” or better. Freshmen are
not eligible for membership
during the first rush period un
less they have attended college
prior to that school year.
The purposes of these organ
izations, as the handbook states,
are “for the promotion of Bro-
therhood and good fellowship,
and for the cultivation of the
socia llife." The Elon College
students belonging to any one
of these organizations are proud
of them and can truthfully say
that they fulfill their purposes.
(Continued from Page Three)
I The East Carolina eleven got
away for an early lead when the
Pirates repovered an Elon fumble
of a Pirate punt at the Christian
5-yard line. Jim Speight hit pay
dirt in one plunge, and Jerry Car
penter kicked good.
The second Pirate score came
on a 91-yard drive after Elon’s
Mike Little had punted dead on
the East Carolina nine. The scor
ing play was a 51-yard pass from
Zehring to Bass, and Carpenter
kicked good again. The third score
came eariy In the second period
when Sonny Bayslnger raced 50
yards with an Elon punt.
The field goal, an infrequent
thing In North Carolina football
came when Elon halted an East
CaroUna drive at the ChrisUan
ten, and Kwiatkowskl dropped
back to the sixteen and booted
true. The final score in the fourth
quarter was a 23-yard pass from
Zehring to Speight, and Zehring
then passed to Howard Beale for
the two-pointer.
held in the social rooms of the
McEwen Memorial Dining Hall
Speaking on the topic of the
grading problem in schools and
colleges. Dr. Davis discussed in
■detail the different systems of
grading used in evaluating stu
dent achievement in their courses
at the various levels of education
from the secondary schools
through graduate schools.
Citing the fact that “there is
no absolutes in evaluating human
ibehavior” as the major problem
in grading. Dr. Davis presented
Presbyterian
(Continued From Pafie Thfee'
Carolina.
The Blue Hose outfit is unde
feated thus far this season having
turned back East CaroUna, Fur
man, Davidson and Wofford in
succession. Both East Carolina and
Wofford have already defeated
Elon in games this season, and
it is well to remember that both
Furman and Davidson are mem
bers of the Southern Conference,
which is rated a major college
loop.
Coiach Frank Jones uses the
■Winged-T formfetion with his Pres
byterian'outfit, and he has been
able to generate a lot of power
'around Pate and Waters. He also
has two other very fine backs in
his starting line-up in the persons
'of Dave Morgan, halfback, and
Bill Hill, fullback. Both are big,
powerful boys, and both have
plenty of breakaway speed.
The Christians will counter the
Presbyterian attack with a back-
field quartet that will show Char
lie Maidon, top passer in the
North State Conference last fall,
at quarterback; Jim Short and
Bob McLean, at the halfbacks;
and Bob Overton, at fuUback.
Trustee Leader Speah
On Campus October 7th
The eight component parts'
which make up Elon CoUege were
listed by North Carolina’s Secre-
. tary of State Thad Eure, chairman
1 of Elon’s Board of Trustees, when
'i he addressed the college faculty
’ and students in chapel on Wed-
nesday morning, October 7th. His
appearance was in conjunction
with the annual fall meeting of
the trustee group, held on the
campus that day.
Pointing out that the growth
and progress of Elon depends upon
the cooperation of all groups, the
speaker listed the eight parts of
the institution as follows:
1. The Southern Convention of
Congregational Christian Church
es, under whose auspices the col
lege was iounded in 1889 and has
been operated since that time.
2. The State of North Carolina,
which issued the charter under
which Elon was founded and oper
ates.
3. The Board of Trustees, a
group of thirty-six members, who
make poHcy decisions for the col
lege.
4. The President of the College,
who is elected by the trustees and
is responsible for the administra
tion of the institution.
5. The Faculty of the College,
the group which is entrusted with
the instructional duties of the col
lege and which serves as a guid
ing body for the students.
6. The Alumni of the College,
including thousands who have at
tended Elon in years gone by^
whose loyalty to the institution is
of great influence in its growth.
7. The Students of the College,
who represent the reason for the
Faculty Wives
Club Holds
Fashion Show
A program of fashion, entitled
"The American Plan” and fe j
mg both functional and flatterin.
dawn-to-dusk attire, was preset
ed as the Faculty Wives Club of
Elon College held its first luBch.
eon meeting of the coUege year
in McEwen Memorial Dining Hall
on Saturday, October 3rd.
The fashion showing,
featured members of the dub u
models, was conducted by Mr
Boyd Brown, of the Burlington
Charm School, with the assistance
of Mrs. L. E. Kirkman, also ol
Burlington.
Club members who served ai
models for the show included Mrs.
J. D. Sanford, Mrs. W. E. Butler
Mrs. William M. Brown, Mrs, Al
fred Hassell, Mrs, W. D. Florence
and Mrs. Luther N. Byrd.
The program was Introduced bj
a musical interlude, during which
Mrs. Boyd Brown sang three songs,
“With A Song In My Heart,’’
“Black Is My True Love’s Hair"
and “One Fine Day,” the latter
from “Madame Butterfly." ske
Was accompanied at the piano by
Mrs. Alfred Hassell.
During a brief business meet
ing, the guests were welcomed by
Mrs. Ferris E. Reynolds, presi
dent of the club. Special guests
were two former faculty wives,
preceding groups, who have given
recommendations for a method of ■ *
^ , J. , freely and bberally in past years
self-study of gradmg and gave a
numl>er of examples of the prob
lems which have arisen in a num
to the support of the institution.
A special feature of the chapel
ber of colleges and universities program at which Eure spoke was
in recent years. the presentation of individual
members of the board of trustees
to the faculty and students. The
board members present for the
meeting were seated on the stage
choice given in competition with during the program, giving all a
""d recognize each
trustee by name.
college’s existence.
8. The Friends and Benefactors Mrs, W. P. Lawrence, who was
of the College, many of whom made an honorary member, and
are not members of any of the' Mrs. James M. Hess, who is mov
ing to California to make her
home.
The dining hall was decorated
with orange and gold flowers set
in a gold background by the hos
tesses for meeting, who included
Mrs. Clarence Carson, Mrs. J, E.
Danieley, Mrs. J. D. Sanford, Mrs.
M. E. Wooton, Mrs. W. M. Brown,
Mrs. H. E. Vamey and Miss Eva
Wiseman. Mrs. Carson, Mrs. Dan
ieley and Miss Wiseman greeted
the guests at the door.
Lab Workshop
(Continued on Page Four)
8 till 12 noon Saturday. He will
lecture and demonstrate lab equip
ment usage from 1:15 until 5:30
tomorrow afternoon, from 7 until
9:30 tomorrow night and from 8
till 10:30 Sunday morning. 1„„
final lecture will be from 1 uu
4:30 Sunday afternoon.
The Duke Science Building,
which houses the various portions
of the Elon department of natural
sciences, was aamed in honor of
the same Duke family which con
tributed so heavily to the found
ing of Duke University.
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