PAGE FOUR
Friday, October 7, 1966
Appalachian
Eleven By 8
REID THIS/
TO
The appointment of both Dee At
kinson and Jerry Drake to the Elon
athletic staff affects us all.
Atkinson is a former basketball
standout and Drake, by my calendar,
is a Jerry-come-lately who did very
well for himself as well as Dear Old
Elo’ in baseball.
Now, the Atkinson case is especially
rewarding.
First of all, I have never met the
man and after he reads this, I just may
never ever.
I cite his history because I am
infatuated with it. I am hoping that
because I do, he may be in your eyes
more than just an over-the-hill athlete
who collects tickets.
Dee came to Elon from someplace
around Mount Airy, as I understand
it. He could really score the points: In
basketball, that is. I think he scored
far less in studies.
As a matter of fact, I have been
told he had trouble signing his own
name, a story I don’t especially be
lieve and even if I did, I don’t think
Dee should be ashamed of that. I
know of one alumnus, out of Elon for
over two decades, who still can’t sign
his own name because he dosen’t have
one to sign. See byline above.
Anyhow, 1956 was a fairly good
year for Dee. He slipped in a record
eighteen field goals in a game against
Western. More important, I am guess
ing this was the year he got to messing
around with the books, too. From
there on in, Dee lettered not only in
basketball but in academics as well.
I am quite certain Dee’s wife was the
guiding force on the latter.
What I am getting at is, I slyly
nominate Dee Atkinson to The Club.
Our school, no matter how tiny and
hickey we have all thought it was, did
manage to make a lot of us shape up.
Another basketball player of some
renown, Jesse Branson, of the metro
politan section of Snow Camp, N. C.,
nearly kicked it all away by dropping
out in his freshman year. He had the
good sense to think twice and by so
doing wound up with a charming wife
and a place on the Olympic basketball
squad. I asked him about quitting—
“Was it a mistake?” Jesse looked
straight down at me and said, “Mr.
Reid, the real mistake would have
been if I hadn’t come back to Elon.”
So, how does this help us all? That’s
what it says at the front end of this
treatise.
Read sharply. Moral follows:
Obviously, an Elon student, even
though he gets off to a bad start, can
be recognized as worthy if he lets
Elon help him. He can find himself
eventually in a place of authority at
the college due to a policy I admire
of seeking out alumni for such.
Who knows? Elon might remember
Old H. and name something for me
one of these days. Of course, you may
find it behind that door marked
“Gentlemen ...”
Elon
HOW IT HAPPENED
Appalachian
16
First Downs
11
131
Yards Gain Rushing
183
57
Yards Lost Rushing
38
74
Net Yards Rushing
145
32
Passes Attempted
17
12
Passes Completed
6
147
Yards Gain Passing
67
221
Total Yards Offense
212
1
Opp. Passes Intercepted
2
14
Runhack Interc. Passes
22
8
Number Punts
6
37.8
Ave. Yards Punts
31.5
39
Runback All Kicks
103
1
Fumbles Lost
1
74
Yards Penalized
100
SCORE BY PERIODS:
Elon
0 2 0
0—2
“Hard Sayin’s”
Politeness is like an air cushion;
there may be nothing in it, but it
eases the jolts.
Men may be equal before the law,
but some are born with the ability to
find loopholes.
Downs Elon
To 2 Count
Many kinds of failure can be fatal,
but it was Elon’s failure to cover
under one of a series of very fine Gary
Jordan punts which proved fatal to the
Fighting Christian hopes as Elon
dropped an 8 to 2 game to Appalach
ian at Boone on October 1st.
The Christians quite literally lived
in Appalachian territory through the
first half, and one of Jordan’s punts
bounced out at the Mountaineer one.
Seven plays later Elon was in front by
Appalachian 0 0 8 0—8
Elon Scoring—Safety. Appalachian
Touchdown—Roten (8-pass from Mur
phy). Extra Points—Murphy 2 (run).
a 2 to 0 score on an automatic safety
when the Mountaineer center snapped
the ball out of the end zone on a punt
play.
That 2 to 0 margin held up until the
third quarter, when Elon slipped on
punt coverage and allowed Dwight
Kerr to return a Jordan boot for 51
yards to the Elon fourteen, setting the
only TD of the game on a 12-yard
pass from Pat Murphy to Jack Roten.
Murphy for two points, and the Apps
were safe by an 8 to 2 count.
Guilford Game
(continued from page three)
That Elon score was only the first
of three in exactly one minute, for 21
seconds later Bill Burchette tossed 70
yards to Mike Hunt for a TD, and
Tommy Grayson kicked good to tie
the score at 7-all with 1:34 left on
the clock. Then, with exactly 55
seconds left, Grayson grabbed an
errant Elon pass and raced 43 yards
for another Guilford touchdown and
himself kicked the point for 14-7 as
the quarter ended.
Midway the second quarter the
Quakers got a third score as Burchette
tossed eight yards to Henry McKay
for a score, with Grayson kicking good
for a third time for a 21-7 half-time
lead. It was the first of two touch
downs for the Burchette-McKay pass
ing combo, with another to come in
the last half.
There were two additional Guilford
TD’s in the third period, with Danny
Surface stealing an Emery Moore
fumble in the air and racing 42 yards
for the goal, followed moments later
by the Burchette-to-McKay aerial
bomb from the eight yard marker.
Grayson kicked good on both occa
sions for the 35-7 lead as the third
quarter ended.
The final Elon score came with
7:05 left in the game when Burgin
Beale tossed to Richard McGeorge
for 15 yards to hit paydirt, but an
attempted pass for a 2-point conver
sion failed to click to leave the final
margin for the Quakers at 35 to 13.
SEEN AS EAST DORM BURNED
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The scene above depicts part of the excitement of the fire which gutted
historic old East Dorm in the heart of the Elon campus on the night of July
4th in by far the most exciting event of the summer months at the college.
The fire broke out about 8 o’clock that night, and flames and billowing
smoke resisted valiant efforts by firefighters for several hours. The old
building, used this summer for storage of equipment from the adjoining
science building, was left virtually a wreck, and damages were estimated that
night at about $275,000. One of the heavy losses was to the science lab
equipment, which had been stored while the Duke Science Building under
went renovation. Firemen from Elon College, Burlington, Gibsonville and
Altamahaw-Ossipee fought long and well against the blaze, and Elon College
recently honored members of the four fire groups in appreciation of their
efforts to save the last of Elon’s original campus buildings. The old structure
is now expected to be removed due to the fire damages.
Retired Biology
Professor Dies
Dr. Richard M. Haff, 74, a former
member of the Elon College biology
faculty, died at his home in Braden-
town, Fla., on Saturday, August 13,
following an unexpected heart attack.
Dr. and Mrs. Haff, who had been
living in Bradentown since his retire
ment from the Elon faculty three
years ago, had returned to their home
there recently from a three-weeks trip
to visit friends and relatives in north
ern states.
Dr. Haff was a native of New York
City and graduated from City College
of New York, later earning the
master's degree from Columbia Uni
versity and the doctorate from Cor
nell University. He joined the Elon
faculty as professor of biology in
1947. Mrs. Haff also taught mathe
matics at the college for a number
of years.
Leavitt Speaker
For Arts Group
Dr. Sturgis E. Leavitt, long-time
professor of Romance Literature at
the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, spoke on “The Popular
Appeal of the Golden Age Drama in
Spain” in Mooney Chapel on the Elon
College campus on Thursday night,
September 29th.
Dr. Leavitt, now retired and serving
as professor emeritus of Spanish at
Carolina, appeared at Elon as the first
of the visiting lecturers of the new
college year under sponsorship of the
Liberal Arts Forum, a student group
connected with student government.
He was for a number of years
director of the Institute of Latin
American Studies and served as an
advisor for the United States Office of
Education and as president of the
South Atlantic Modem Language
Association. He is the author of a
number of books and articles on
Spanish Literature.
Emory And Henry
(continued from page three)
and the teams were knotted at 6-all as
the half ended.
The second Wasp score came on a
66-yard sustained drive after Timmy
Sarver returned an Elon kick to the
Wasp thirty-four. Bales and Wade
paced the drive, and Wade scored
from the one, with Bales running a
2-point conversion, putting the score
at 14-6 for the visitors.
The final Elon TD came with only
1:57 left in the game as Beale com
pleted six of eight passes in an 80-yard
drive, which ended with Williams
bucking over from the three. Elon
tried a pass in effort to tie the score,
but the pass failed.
Drake Named
(continued from page three)
Christian College.
Drake came to Elon from a coach
ing post at Page High in Greensboro,
returning to the scenes where he play
ed four years with the Fighting Christ
ian nine, all as a starting pitcher. He
graduated from Elon in 1963 with a
four-year mark of 20 wins and 11
losses and was co-captain of the
Christian team his senior year, when
he was named to Who’s who in
American Colleges and Universities.
After Elon graduation, Drake went
on to Carolina to earn the Master of
Education with a major in physical
education. While at Chapel Hill he was
an assistant coach under Walter Rabb
and Bill Lovengood, working mainly
with the freshman squad. He then
went on to a coaching job in Florida
and back to Page and to Elon. He is
also teaching physical education and
is working with the intramural sports
program at Elon.
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