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MAROON AND GOLD
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A Job
Which Was Well Done
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1960
NUMBER 3
Students To Express Preference For President
iiometoming Program Is
Calicd Eloii’s Best Ever
The I960 Homecoming, which was celebrated in truly festive style
last weekend, was hailed by both students and alumni as one of
the most siiffessful in the history of the college, and many called
it the best Homecoming ever.
There were many old grads back on the campus for the weekend,
which opened with a street dance and a pep rally on Friday night
and concluded with the beautiful and highU’ enjoyable Homecom
ing Ball in Alumni Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday night.
The day-long program on Saturday opened with the judging of
the many attractive and original decorative creations which dotte.;
the campus to add to the festive
Naval Training
ity grabbed first prize in the dec- c'
oration contest, with the second- \i'r* /' •
place award going to the boys ofl - /IllCer IjOniin^
the Sigma Phi Beta fraternity. ^
The annual parade, which was' Representatives from the Ra-
staged in conjunction with thei'^ig*' ‘he Naval Office.
Graham Rescue Squad, host dur-and from the ^aval A.
ing the weekend to the state con-jR®®®'^^ Unit in Norfolk will visi
^^ention of rescue organizations, Elon College campus next Mon-
was definitely the biggest and ^
best yet. No less than six bands ^ o'clock in the afternoon.
They will explain the navy officj.
training programs for student
who may be interested. Student-
STOWERS AND NEW WEA I'HEK INSTHL MEM S
must be within nine months o,'
graduation to take the qualifica
tion test and apply for appaia -
ment. *'
participated in the parade to set
an all-time Homecoming record.
There were many attractive
floats, with first prize going to the
Physical Education Majors, while
the second and third awards went
to the Women’s Athletic Associ-
aion and the Senior Class. • rr
The parade, which started at 1 GIVES CONCEia
0 clock at the Eva Barker Play
ground. moved through Burling
ton’s business section to Burling-
tton Memorial Stadium where the
football team came from behind'
to grab a thrilling 13 to 12 win
Over Catawba, just the thing need
ed to make the weekend a com
plete success.
Queen Presented
The Homecoming Queen and her
court was presented during half-
time of the football game, but the
Queen’s coronation ceremonies
held at intermission of the
Homecoming Ball, with Student,
President Ed Boelte placing the |
crown of the head of Queen Phyl-i
Hopkins, who was escorted by i
Hassell. Her chief attendant ■
maid-of-honor was Carol
Adams, who was escorted by MarV
Foster.
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i *■).. Dewey M. Stowers, who eaches geography and meteorolo.gy courses in the Department of
;^ci3:'.ce, is pictured alcove wi-h he weather cabinet, which has been installed at the northeast
) ,e.- of the Duke Science Bu.l ing. The instruments in the cabinet offer to Elon students and fac-
! ■ a complete weather observ tion service.
i : Service To Campus ...
Sponsors of the various campus
Sroups composed the queen’s court
and appeared with her at the baU
®3nie and dance. The sponsors and
escorts for the various groups in
cluded Sylvia Little with Howard
■We. for the Chemistry Club:
ulia Walker with Pat Cobb, for
®ta Omicron Beta; Tommy King
Morty Collins, for Sigma Phi
Beta:
^-orraine Fiske with Bob Bial-
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Complete Weather Bureau Is In Use
PROF. FRED SAHLMANN
Prof. Fred Sahlmann, pianist,
a member ot the Elon College
music faculty, who is on leave of
absence this year for advanced
istudy at Eastman School of Music,
Rochester, N.Y., will be presented
in a concert in Whitley Auditor
ium at 4 o’clock Sunday aftemoo*.
Prof. Sahlmann, a native of Char
leston, S.C., and a graduate of
Elon in the early 'Fifties, is rec
ognized as one of the C.)u ;
outstanding young pianist;.
Elon College has its own campus
weather bureau this year, oper
ating under the direction of Prof.
Dewey M. Stowers, who states
a, 1-.:'. is are in the making to in-
.. a bulletin board in the ro-
i, o; Alamance Building to
■) faculty and students informed
eather data for the day.
' eather station, which is
with the latest in instru-
;.)r checking all phases of
■ e :.'ier, is operated by Pro-
>■-30 ■ Stowers in connection with
l; C.ur=e3 in geography, but it
, . - .led for use directly wit i
the ne v course in meteorology that
e offered during the spring
term.
;j '---'r Stowers pointed ou
that, while the weather instru
ments jie primarily used in the
study of meteorology, a knowledge
of their use is of benefit in all
courses in geography. He also
pointed out that the instrument*
for recording and forecasting the
w33ther are available to all mem
bers of the student body and fac
ulty.
The weather cabinet is located
it . heast corner of the Duke
■ c :i«ildittg and has been
: ed with a touvered front
door to facilitate the raading of
the instruments from the outside.
Within the cabinet are the fololw-
ing instruments:
(1) Aneroid and mercurial bar
ometer, an instrument which meas
ures atmospheric presure changes
(2) Maximum and minimum
themnometer, anstrumt-nts which
.-ecord the highest and lowest
temperatures of each day. Mer
cury is used in the maxiinum the:
mometer. while alcohol is use
Festive SeeiK^s
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Highlights of Homecoming Day
are pictured In the stnp of pic
tures across the top of the pace,
with the central picture portrar-
in«: tile coronatioo of Que«n
Phyllis HopUns. Student Presi
dent Ed Boelte Is shown placlag
the crown upon her head, while
her escort. Bill Hasmil stands at
the right. The pctnre at the
left shows a scene from the an-
nuil Homecoming BaU In Alum
ni Grmoasium, while the view at
the right shows the Elon College
band leading the gigantic Hame-
comiDe parade.
in the minimum thermometer.
(3) Sling psychometer, an instru
ment which is used to measure in
directly relative humidity. This
instrument is simply two ther
mometers mounted on the same
backing. One is mounted a little
lower than the other and has its
bulb covered with a piece of mus
lin or wicking, which can be wet
ted foe obseevation. The combina
tion is known as the wet-bulb and
dry-bulb thermometer.
When the psychometer is swung
freely in air. the loss of heat re
quired to evaporate water from
the wet bulb will cause it to show
a lower temperature reading. The
difference between the readings
is caused the wet bulb depression
When the depression is known,
any of the standard expressions of
humidity can be determined from
a series of psychometric tables
If, for example, there is no depres
sion of the wet bulb, the air is
said to be saturated, and the rela
tive humidity is 100 per cent.
(4) Precipitation gauge, an in
strument which records the pre
cipitation for a given period. This
instrument is located outside of
'Continued oc Pa(e Kour)
Campus Vote Scheduled
Tuesday And Wechiesday
The Elon College students will have an oportunity next Tuesday
and Wedensday to express their preference between the Demo
cratic and Republican candidates for the president of the United
itates, when an intensive campus edition of the national political
•ampaign comes to a close with anelection to be staged under real-
istic conditions.
The election, which is to be held under the sponsorship of the
:^lon Student Government, has been set for two days in order that
every student may have a chance to cast a ballot, even though the
individual students may not have classes scheduled on any certain
~ ~ ; day of the week,
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Dr. William M. Brown, member
the Elon College faculty for
.0 past thirteen years, left Elon
liege on Tuesday morning of
’■ s week to make his home in St.
'e'ersburg, Fla., where he and
Mrs. Brown have recently pur-
hased a home. Dr. Brown came
!:ion in 1948 as director of the
Inn Foundation, a fund-raisina
organization, but in recent years
he had taught a wide variety Oi
courses in the Evening Schooi
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LYNN RYALS
Lynn Ryals, Jr., of Durham, is
the leader of the Elon freshman
class this year, having been nam
ed president in the recent hotly
contested freshman election. Otl.er
officers include Roger Grimson,
of Durham, vice-president: Jeanne
Lankford, of Elon College, secre-
tary-treasurer; and John Fleming,
of South Norfolk, Va., honor coun
cil member. Freshmen named to
the Student Senate are Gerald Al
len, of Winston-Salem; Gail Bond,
of Gale's Ferry, Con.; Bay Spicer,
of TalcottvUle, Conn.; Carol Tra-
gesor. of Arnold, Md.; and Bob
Young, of Oyster Bay, N.Y.
The past two week.s has seen
much political activity by both
Kepublican and Democratic stud
ent groups, with each organiza
tion sponsoring a highly success
ful rally, with both student and
iguest speakers acquainting campus
hearers with the presidential can
didates and with the national cam
paign issues.
Climaxing the almost three
weeks of campus campiaigning,
there will be a red-hot student po-
liical debate held in chapel next
Monday morning, bringing to an
end th](i^ drive to have as many
studeiVts vote in the two-day bal
loting.’ Ed Bielte, president of the
Stud((>nt Goverjment, stat^, tfil^
everjf effort will 6* made^o (taiH
the . election in realis.yrc msnsxti
aWuring a fine experience aot^
training in citizenship.
I Republican Rally
/The Republican student group,
flfperating under the title of "Col
lege Students For Nixon,” got
away to a fast start and staged ,
the first ot the two campus politl-’ "■»
cal rallies in Mooney Chapel The- '
atre on Thursday night, October
I3th, when a large and interested
group heard the presentation of
Republican candidates and plat
form program.
Forrest Covington, of Burling
ton, I leader in Western Electric
activities. Was featured speaker
for the occasion, and pointed out
the need for a change in political
control of North Carolina, which
has been consistently governed by
Democrats for the past 60 yei-rs.
Covingtsn charged that Deiuo-
crat officers of the state have not
developed the state to its full po
tential and that they have made
consistently unfulfiUed promUes
in education.
The rally opened with remarks
by Elon senior David Plaster of
Martinsville, Va., who introduced
os student speaker of the night
Cliff Hardy of Franklin {^rk, N.J.
Hardy cited inconsistencies in for
eign policy ideas of John Kennedy
voting record as a U. S senator.
Other features of the rally pro-
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