Here’s Good Luck
To All
Spring Sports Teams
MAROON AND GOLD
And May The Weather
Man Furnish
Sunshine For Sprinf(
KITHBER 45
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1965
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Elon Campus Scene For District Drama Festival
Mrs. Ella B. Sniifh Die#
III Florida On March 16
GROUP REPORT ON BOOK STORE
Mrs Ella Brunk Smith, 81, wife of
Dr Leon Edgar Smith, former pres
ident of Elon CoUege, died on Mon
day, March 15th in a hospital in'
Daviona Beach, Fla., death striii .ij
after she had been criticaUy iU for
some weeks.
Dr. and Mrs. Smith had been re
siding lor the past several months
ia New Smyrna Beach, Fla., having
moved there from their home in
Norfolk, Va., to which they had
removed w^hen he retired as presi
dent of Elon College in 1957.
Mrs. Smith was a native ol the
Cluster Spring community in HaUfax
County, Va., and was a graduate
of Elon College with the Class ol
\m. For some years after gradu
ation she taught in an Indian mis
sion school in New Mexico.
After her marriage to Dr. Smith
on October 18, 1911, she went with
him to Princeton, where he attended
Princeton Seminary and she attend
ed the Graduate School of Prince
ton University. She later received
her Master’s Degree from Elon Col
■ ■ u u
Mrs. Smith was active m church
work during pastorates held by Dr.
Smith in Indiana and in Norfolk,
Va., and she aided him in the trans
formation of the Third Christian
Church of Norfolk into that city’s
great Christian Temple, which he
served as pastor for thirteen years.
When Dr. Smith accepted the
presidency of Elon College in 1931,
she came with him to the Elon
College community and for twenty-
six years played an outstanding role
in the life of the college and com
munity. She organized the Elon Col
lege Garden Club and through the
years was active in both the EUon
College Book Club and the Elon
College Music Club.
Through that period, too, she was
active in women’s church groups of
both the Elastern Virginia and
North Carolina - Virginia Confer
ences and of the Southern Conven
tion of Congregational Christian
Churches.
When her Elon class observed its
Golden Anniversary in 1957, Mrs
Smith was honored by Elon as the
college’s “Alumna of the Year,”
and the coUege annual that year
was dedicated jointly to her and to
Dr. Smith,
She is survived by her husband,
now of New Smyrna Beach, Fla.;
one son, Leon E. Smith, Jr., of
Danville, Va.; one daughter, Mrs
Rebecca Smith Wild, of Albion,
Mich.; and by several grand-child
ren.
Funeral services were held from
thp Christian Temple in Norfolk at
2 o’clock last Friday afternoon,
March 19th, with Dr. Frank R. Ham
ilson, pastor of the church, officiat
ing. The body is to be interred later
in a mausoleum to be erected in
Magnolia Cemetery here at Elon
College, and a memorial service is
to be held here at that time.
SHE PASSES
The Student Senate accepted a re
port at its meeting three weeks
igo from the student members of
the Special Investigation Committee
concerning the Elon College Book
Store as presented by SGA President
I Fred Stephenson and prepared by
I Stephenson and Ron Hodkinson.
chairman of the Student Affair^
I Committee.
* rhe investigation was initiated by
the Student Senate last Fall, and
the Student Affairs Committee,
.vhich includes both student and fac
ulty members, took it from there
by appointing Stephenson, Hodkin
son, and Prof. A. S. Hassell, director
of student personnel services, to
nvestigate the various complaints
nade against the Book Store.
The report has been sent to Dr.
BY MEL SHREVF.S
and supplies within the immediate
campus community, but we quest
ion the practicahty and advisability
of the attitude of the Book Store
toward the student community. For
an organization supposed to exist
for the benelit of and service to
luUcni needs, the Book Store can
not be placM above carefree un
concern and at times has been
guilty of discourteousness. There
seems to exist no genuine apprecia
tion for the more than lucrative stu
dent purchases made in the Book
otore. in a competitive market, such
jn attitude would be suicidal.”
In regard to the slow service and
long Inies at the beginning of the
-tinester when everyone is buyingyq
books, the committee questions
w.i_ ooiiiu change m procedure haj
MRS. ELLA B. SMITH
W. E. Butler, Sr.
Taken By Death
W. E. Butler, Sr., 68, father of W.
E. Butler, Jr., the business manager
of Elon College, died at his home
.lear Burlington on Monday morn
ing, March 15th, after a brief ill
ness.
In addition to the son here at Elon
College, he is also survived by his
wife, three other sons, five daught
ers, three brothers and three sisters
Funeral services were held from
h Cedar Grove Methodist Church
at 2 o’clock on Wednesday after-
loon, March 17th. Burial was in the
Cedar Grove Methodist Cemetery
Cmididates
Listed For
SGA. Posts
With the student body choosing
jandidates for the office of vice-
J. E. Danieley, president of the Col-, not already been incepted to allevi-
lege, and by now has probably beeni-“^e ihj botllenccli eXiStjnt” .a thj.
iriiught to the attention of the man- time.
ager of the Book Store. It repre- the committee feels that the pric-
sents the conclusions and recom- es of text books are within reason
nendations ol the student members m comparison with prices charged
of the committee only. by other colleges of Elon’s size and
The report is very strong in its scope, but they cannot be positive
conclusions on the complaints about "in that on March 1, when a repre-
prices, personnel attitudes, and sentative of this committee went to
ither things. To quote the report on the Book Store seeking access to a
one matter: price list for use by the committee,
"We are mindful of the fact that he was refused by Mr. Herman I students still in line at closing times
the Elon College Book Store is a Davis, Davis saying he did not lit(. will not have to face going through
profit-making organization ana has "the idea of what the committee wa-, entire line a second time when
the right of a monopoly on books doing.” The committee found th’.t' (Continued On Page Four)
greater price difference existed in
some supplies and some pocket book
being sold by the Book Store.
On the spy mirrors, the committe
reported, “Since the expensive mir
rors were introduced into the Book
Store, they have become anoth?
source of student complaint. Elo.
College is governed by an Hono
System, and we question the need
for the mirrors to enforce our Code '
Commenting on the high regar.
vith which the Book Store personnel
are held on other colleges and uni
versities with which the committee
corresponded, the report says, “We
wonder why similar good feeling
fails to exist here at Elon”
The report then offered seven
recommendations in light of their
investigation and conclusions. They
included: in “The Elon College Book
Store should analyze and convert
its present attitude level toward stu
dents and student purchases trans
cending that attitude to a highe
plane. (2) During the first five day
of each semester, we emphatic.Tll
recommend that the Elon College
Book Store lengthen its hours of
business. (3) Because of the long
lines, we suggest that a numbering
system should be initiated so that
Higli School Actors Are
Guests Of Elon Players
:\i)S EVEM
Choir And Quartet In Sprhig Concert
The Elon College Choir, featuring
:nore than forty student singers,
jresented its annual spring concert
n Whitley Auditorium last Sunday
light, March 21st, with a varied pro
gram of music that included the
compositions of Palestrina, Bach,
^ingarelli, Beethoven, Orlandi di
Lasso, Hall Johnson and Howard
-fansen and folks .songs of medieval
England and Czechoslovakia.
The urogram was presented under
he direction of Prof. Wendell Bart-
holf, director of the choral music
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Also in special roles were several
nstrumental artists, among them
Charles Bagnell on the guitar and
Wayne Seymour on the recorder, ac
companying the Sixteenth Century
English folk song.
Prof. Jack 0. White, who heads
the instrumental music program on
■ampus, along with Garth Hutson
and A1 Garrison were trumpet ac
companists for Howard Hansen’s
“Sail, Sail Thy Best, Ship of Democ
racy.”
The members of the Elon College
quartet, which presented a number
lor the choir itself were Wayne Beau
md Don Harris.
in addition to tho.se listed for solo
>r special roles above, other stu
lents who sang with the choir wen
riily .\nclerson, David .\ndes, Bd
' lyol, Hi.rold Bodt.iheimer, Sharor
.ranch, Allen Bush, Betsy Dear
born, Mary Faust, Agnes French.
Ann Gordon, Jane Guthrie,
Becky Harward, Dineke Hietbrink
Nancy Hilliard, Ken Hollingsworth
Susan Jager, Linda Keck, Carol Lef
fers, Carol Lupinacki, John Morn
ingstar, Carl Mulholland, Harold
Jane
PROF. SANDY MOFFETT
IVliss Killt‘ii;‘r
!)ies March 1.‘5
Miss Patricia Kitting.;r, 2'J, Jaught
r of Prof. and Mrs. John Kittinger.
nerself an honor ijrailuate of i'JIj
ollogc, died in a Greensboro hos
pital on Saturday, March 13th. altj
a lengthy illness.
After graduating from Elon Col
lege, where she was a member o!
the American Chemical Society an
of Pi Kappa Tau Sorority, she had
formerly worked for Western Elct
trie. She is survived by two broth
ers in addition to her parents.
Funeral services were held from
ihe Episcopal Church of the Hoi;
(.'omforter in Burlington at 3 o’clock
Tuesday, March 16th, with burial in
Uamance Memorial Park.
Cheek Gets Endowed Chemistry Chair
Dr. Paul H. Cheek, a native of istry was made possible by a be-
Alamance County and a member i quest from the late Prof. L. L
of the Elon College faculty since Vaughn, veteran member of the
1950, has just been named to thej N'. C. State College faculty, whc
newly - endowed professorship in ] .served as a member of the Elon
Elon’s department of chemistry, ac-'College board of trustees from 192R
cording to an announcement from until 1956.
Aliimiii Meeting
Held On Campns
The Alamance County Chapter
Elon College Alumni Association
^Id its annual dinner meeting in
McEwen Memorial Dining Hall last
light, with former Elon students
from all parts of the county in at
tendance and hearing of future plans
for the college.
A featured portion of the program
"as remarks from President Dan-
'eley, with other program features
•^eluding special entertainn.-ent by
student groups.
Officers of the Alamance Chapter
include Dr. Walstein Snyder, of Elon
*^liege, president; J. Paul Messick,
Burlington, vice-president; and
^*rs. Brevitt Hook, of Mebane, sec-
retary-treasurer.
Dr. J. E. Danieley, Elon’s president.
In announcing Dr. Cheek’s appoint
ment, President Danieley stated
that the new endowed chair of chem-
; (;k t S >’EW I’O.ST
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dr. p.^ll h. cheek
Professor Vaughn, who died on
.March 22, 1962, joined the State Col
lege faculty in 1906 and remained
at the Raleigh institution until his
retirement in 1949. He served as
chairman of the department of me
chanical engineering at State from
1920 until 1942 and as dean of the
School of Engineering there from
1942 until his retirement.
Dr. Cheek, first recipient of the
endowed appointment in chemistry,
graduated at Wake Forest in 1941
and received the Ph. D. degree i
from the University of North Caro
lina in 1950 in the field of organic
chemistry. He has since done addi
tional graduate work at Carolina in
1959 in college chemistry teaching,
in Radioisotope Technology at the
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Stud
ies in 1962 and in molecular structure
at Michigan State University in
1964, in each case on grants from
the National Science Foundation.
He is a member of the American
Chemical Society, the Society of
Sigma Xi, the North Carolina Acad
emy of Science and of Alpha Chi,
Sigma. He is a past chairman of
the Central North Carolina Sfctior
of the American Chemical Society,
lie serves as instructor for radio
logical monitors for the Alamance
County Civil Defense Agency.
Dr. Cheek is married to the form
er Miss Ruth Lloyd, who is also a
:hemist, holding the master’s de-
' ce in chemistry at the University
of North Carolina. They have four
children.
program at the college. In addition to , , . _
he Elon Choir itself, the college’s jf selections from Gershwin’s “Porgy O’Briant, B.irbara Parker,
male quartet also appeared in a and Bess,” included Fred Stephen | Pointer, Gina PrescoU,
number of selections, and the con- son. Oscar Fowler, Wayne Kanoyj iJ.iine Sawyer, Philip Shaw, Nanc,.
cert featured several soloists. and Randy Smart. I Thomas, Charles Vitou, Jo Warner
The student vocal soloists featured Instrumental accompanists for the Paulette Westphal, Melba White
^resident of the Student Govern-j on the program included Linda Dur-quartet were Barnie Tysor on per-Sandra Williams, Sandra Winter.
Tient Association in yesterday’s ham, soprano: Fred Stephenson, cussion and Terry Sink on the bass, Mary Woolsey, Jody Young and
primary balloting, the list of candi-] tenor; and Wayne Kanoy, baritone, while organ and piano accompanis’ Eleanor Zezzo.
dates is virtually complete for the|
final General Election to be held,
.lext Thursday, April 1. ,
The candidates who had filed for;
‘he various offices by Monday morn- ^
ng, including those who won in yes-|
terday’s vice-presidential primary,
ire listed below. Their names will
be on the final ballot.
FOR SGA PRESIDENT
Jerry Cameron, Sanford.
Laura Rice, Burlington.
FOR SGA VICE-PRESIDENT
Bey Bayol, Alexandria, Va.
Jesse Weaver, Suffolk, Va.
FOR SGA SECRETARY
Eileen Cobb, Amherst, Va.
Marie Schilling, Roanoke, Va.
FOR SGA TREASURER
Ken Faw, Hockessin, Del.
SENIOR PRESIDENT
Scott Crabtree. Durham.
SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT
1 Linda Johnston, Fairfax, Va.
SENIOR SEC.-TREAS.
Carol Keith, Myrtle Beach, S. C.
JL'NIOR PRESIDENT
Don King, Elon College.
JUNIOR VICE-PRESIDENT
John Nicks, Wilmington.
JUNIOR SEC.-TREAS.
Gail Campbell, Ho-Ho-Kus, N. J.
^PHOMORE PRESIDENT
Beverly Anderson, Hampton, Va.
Dempsey Herring, Whiteville.
SOPH. VICE-PRESIDENT
Marcus Bradsher, Roxboro.
Susan Jaeger, Pawtucket, R. I.
SOPH. SEC.-TREAS.
Sharon Branch, W. Palm Beach, Fla
Pauletet Westphal, Hampton, Va.
(;1VES BEOrES!
PROF. L. L. VAUGHN
I jet ter
Groups Take
Neiv Pledges
The CJreek letter social fraternities
nd sororities on the Elon College
■ampus pledged 56 new members at
the annual spring "Bid Night” cere
monies held last Saturday night. The
lew pledges included 26 taken by
he four fraternities and 30 taken
>y the four sororities.
The Pi Kappa Tau sorority and
he Kappa Psi Nu fraternity, each
of which pledged eleven new mem
bers, led in the number of pledge.-
taken. The pledgs, listed by groups,
follow:
ALPHA PI DELTA — Melvin
Burke, Roxboro; Steve King, Dur
ham; Larry Mabe, Star; and Grant
Blevins. Roanoke, Va.
IOTA TAU KAPPA — Benjamin
Atkins, Albemarle; Thomas Davis.
Leaksville; Ronald Fitch, Lea.sburg
Wayne Turner. Richmond, Va.; and
'tobert Williams, West Orange, N.J ,
Three one-act plays earned top-
rated "Distinguished” judgments
v.'hen the Elon Players were host
0 youthful acting groups from six
,igh schools for the district drama
estival, which was held in Mooney
hapel Theatre last Saturday in an
ill-day program; and the three "Dis-
inguished" plays will later be pre
sented in the annual state dramatic
stival at Cha|)cl Hill.
The festival, which was slagt>d
under Ihe direction of Prxf. Sandy
'iloffett, faculty head of dramatics
on the Elon campus, got underway
at 10 o’clock Saturday morning, with
the six guest high schools pre.sent-
ng a total of .seven plays anil with
the host Elon Player group pre.sent-
ng a single one-act play in the
liege division of the all-day fe.sti-
al.
The “Di.stinguished“ rating was
won by high school plays pre.sented
Ihe Playmakers, Wilkes Central
ligh School, of Wilkesboro, and by
rhe Drama Club, Northwest High
School of Guilford County. That top
ting also went to the Elon Player
)roduction, given by the host Elon
ollege unit
In addition to the three "Dis
tinguished" judgments, the secoiid-
anked "Excellent” label went to
plays given by The Dramatic Art
Class. Thomasville Senior Hir>h,
Thomasville, and to the Pittsboro
iligh Little Theatre, of Pittsboro
High School. Other schools which
won the “Creditable” rating were
Walter M. Williams High School, of
Burlington, and the Ben L. Smith
High, of Greensboro, the latter hav
ing given two plays.
Individual certificates for out
standing performances went to six
high school actors and to one from
Elon College. These awards were to
Jim Estes, Hick Dula and Dick
Sloop, of Wilkes Central High School;
to Cheryl Rippy, Darla Steele and
Donna Shreve, of Northwest High
of Guilford County; and to Ben
Bayol, of the Elon Players, Elon
College.
Those who served as judges for
the day-long presentation were
Randolph Umberger and Lloyd Bray,
both of the dramatics department of
the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill; Dr. Eleanor Moffett,
of the Elon College English faculty;
and Dr. John Stevenson, of the dra
matics department of A. and T.
College, Greensboro.
The di.strict festival was given in
three [)rogram units, beginning with
three plays at 10 o’clock Saturday
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Band :M‘inl»er«
(>(‘t New Honor
Five members of the Elon Col
lege Band were chosen for the In
tercollegiate All-State Band for
North Carolina and joined with other
musicians from a total of 23 col
leges of the state on the Lenoir
Fthyne CoUege campua at Hlckoiy
the
on the weekend of March 13th,
KXpPA rei NURoge'r’clay-i**’®''® statewide group pre.sented
ton, Roxboro; Bruce Cohen, Wilming-' ^ o clock that Sunday
ton, Del.; Bill Green, Wilmington,
Del.; Di nnis Howie, Baltimore, .Md ;honor accorded to the Elon
Jerry Jack-son, Newport News, V i : group was announced by
Ihur Klaff, Baltimore, Md.; Rich-, . Ja^k 0. White, who directs
ard Moon, Jacksonville, Fla.; Bill
Leed, Fuquay Springs; Wayne
Smart. Virgilina, Va.; Ronnie Tug-
well, Arlington, Va.; and George
Weber, Waldorf, Md.
SIGMA PHI BETA — Stanley
Cocke, Winchester, Va.; II. W. Han-
lum, Wilmington. Del.; Gary Kar-
iker. Mooresville; A. W. McGee,
'ockingham; Donald Williams, Sil
er Springs, Md.; and Perry Wil
liams. Oxford.
BETA OMICRON BETA — Dineke
Hietbrink, Groningen, Netherlands:
Joyce Johnson, Winston-Salem; Inekt
K 0 0 r n, Eindhoven, Netherland.«:
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the band program on the Elon
campus, including the college’s
marching band, the concert band
and smaller jazz and |)ep units. The
all-state group of musiciaas, includ
ing those from the “Big Four” in
stitutions as well as the smaller
colleges, worked at Hickory under
the direction of Dr. Hubert Hender
son, chairman of the music depart
ment at the University of Maryland.
The members chosen from the
Elon College band include Mike Grif
fin, of Burlington; Garth Hutson,
ijf Whitsett, EMdie Harris, of Cary;
Paulette Westphal, of Hampton, Va. ;
and Harold Bodenheimer. of Winston-
Salem.