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ary 23, Coach Walker’s (Jhnsnans brought their highly successful conference season to a close by trouncing the weak Atlantic Christian College Bulldogs at Wil son by the score of 47 to 25. On Monday night, February 25, the team played its last game of the season when it completely swamp ed a non-conference foe, East Carolina Teachers’ college, 70 to 36- While at present no all-North State Conference quint has been selected, the Christians boast sev eral who will undoubtedly be plac ed on such a mythical aggrega tion, when and if named. Howev er, the success of the team this year has not been attributable to any one or two stars, but to the smooth working of the players as a basketball unit. Paul Roye, freshman guard from Chattanooga, Tennessee, was individual high scorer for the sea- :suii. CO-Captain Smith, veteran forward from Kipling, North Car olina, ran second to Roye in scor ing with Co-Captain La'-vrence Tuck, of Virgilina, Va., forward, running third. T’he smart fresh man cente^_Hal Bradley, of Kip- ling. fourth in scoring, with - CvIHl - Bessemer, veteran guard, fifth>.The reserves are list ed according to their scoring in the following order: Askew, Cam eron, Fesmire, Cronilish and Lil- ien. The approximate scoring total of the entire squad for the season is 720 points. Roye, the leader, has an approximate total for the sea son of 205 points. The schedule this season was composed of one major and two minor trips and six home games in which the Christians played 19 games. The season was officially uij.Mied January 3 with a contest against the University of North Carolina White Phantoms. Caro lina won this on a 34 to 21 count. After this opener, the Chris tians left their camp on January 9, when they played and defeated Roanoke college 40 to 22, to be gin their annual trek northward. From the Roanoke campus Elon continued on to Ashland, Va., to be defeated 28 to 27 by the Ran dolph Macon outfit, after which they played another close game on the following night (January 11) with George Washington uni versity at Washington, D. C. Elon lost this 34 to 33. From Wash ington the Christians invaded An napolis, Md., to take a 35 to 25 beating at the hands of St. John's January 12. Returning to their own hard wood, Elon then entertained Roa noke with a 43 to 20 defeat. Perhaps the greatest upset of the season came after this bril liant victory when the little known Catamoants from W. C. T. C. at Cullowhee invaded the Elon court Johnston, Mr. Gunn Help OTHERS NAMED Election Of Officers This Year To Be Conducted By Ballot Carrying out the wishes of the General Alumni Association in its commencement meeting last June, M. L. Patrick, president of the associaiton, has set up a nominat ing committee for the officers of the association for the next two years. The nominating committee is composed of Dr. Fred K. Gar vey, chairman, R. H. Gunn, High Point College, and Miss Lucille Johnston, High Point. This com mittee will nominate two candi dates for each major office: Pres ident, vice-president, and secre- tary-treasury. Two names for the annual Alumni Orator will also be offered. The General Association in its 1934 commencement business ses sion decided to elect the next slate of officers by ballot. Here tofore only those who have been able to attend commencement have had an opportunity to take part in selecting the officers of their association. This year, how ever, the Elon Alumni will follow the examples of most general as sociations and make its selections through the use of the ballot. The nominating committee will make its report within the next month, and the names of their candidates will be printed in the MAROON AND GOLD, in ballot form, in the next issue, which \vill be out during the first of April. This arrangement will enable all to cast their votes, and it will at the same time save the associa tion a sizeable amount of money that would be needed in printing and mailing costs. Immediate vot ing by the alumni will enable the secretary to tabulate the votes before commencement. Other committees announced recently are Memoirs committee. W. T. Scott is chairman of this committee, with 0. D. Poythress and Miss Mary Lee Foster. H. G. Self has been appointed chairman of the finance committee, and G. A. Brown chairman of the com mittee on athletics. George D. Colclough is chairman of the com mittee to work in cooperation with the college to secure a com plete list of the alumni. w .n. Albright Is First Elon Matriculant Member Of The Class Of 1893 Was Number One Registrant When College Was Opened Although actually graduating in he third class from Elon College, Mr. W. H. Albright, Liberty, N. J., enjoys the distinction of being he first student to matriculate at his Alma mater. There could not lave been many matriculates in he fall of 1889, since there were nly four graduates in the classes )f 'Ul and ’92, and since only ten were graduated in Mr. Albright’s lass of ’93. According to the first egistrant of Elon, he was not se lected because of any particular listinction he might have enjoyed .t the time, but because of the al- habet. “My name beginning with A, I was the first to go forth,” de clared Mr. Albright. Born in Chatham County and receiving his preparatory educa tion from the Sylvan Academy, Pleasant Grove Academy, and Liberty Academy, before entering Elon, Mr. Albright was graduated with the class of ’93. After leaving Elon, Mr. Al bright did graduate work at the University of Tennessee, and Ca tawba College awarded him the M. A. in 1898. He also did gradu ate work at the University of North Carolina. More recently he has been engaged in farming, sur veying, and banking. Mr. Albright has done consider able i-esearch in North Carolina history during recent years, and he has devoted much time and travel to add to his fund of his- toricatl information about differ ent localities of this state. He has written a great number of histor ical documents for publication. Last fall Mr. Albright donated a collection of hi.storical data to the Elon museum, and he states that he has more specimens to follow. Pie is something of a specialist in genealogy, and he states that he has received letters from many different parts of the United States asking for assistance in tracing family history. Rapid Growth In The Association Treasury Recipts Are Below Amount Paid In 1933; Banquet Attendance Also Substantially Higher Edits Christian Sun During the absence of Dr. J. 0. Atkinson from Elon, Dr. L. E. Smith has been editing The Chris tian Sun. He has brought out sev eral very creditable numbers of the church paper. meeting of the trustees the au thorities reported that the outlook" for student enrollment for this year was much brighter than it had been for the previous three years. The enrollment figures this year have more than justified our prediction. The enrollm;ent in creased by 92 students (a 35 per cent increase) for the fall sem ester this year over that of a year ago, and 85 students for the en tire year. The decrease of seven from the fall term is due to a smaller number of students enter ing at the mid-lerm this year. The Registrar and Busin'ess Manager are happy to say that the prospect for next year looks equally as bright. We anticipate another good increase; we hope the qeuivalent of this year. Mr. Colclough has been in the field during the fall and wintei- and says that he looks for a very large entering class this next fall. STUDENT ENROLLMENT The total eni'ollment figures in detail are given below, 395 for the session to date as compared with 310 last year. Class 1935 1934 Seniors — 32 37 Juniors 41 36 Sophomores 60 57 Freshmei^ 3 ' ..ICS 101 Commercial .1 29 14 Special Literary 10 9 Departmental 22 Total for Regular Session 368 Summer School Registration 47 Less those counted Twice 20 28 282 42 14 Grand ToUl 395 310 A very decided change is not ed this year in the number of men students, 232 as against 136 wo men. The increase of men stu dents over women was noted par ticularly last year when there were 168 men to 114 women in the student body, and this trend has increased notably this year. The freshman class this year h'ls 131 men and 36 women. CHURCH AFFILIATION Another very significant trend is the increasing percentage of students from other churches ov er students from the Christian church. TTie percentage of our own church members in the stu dent body has been slowly but steadily dropping each year for the past ten years or mor.'). For the years preceding 1925 approx imately one-half of the student body was from th Christian church membership. This has dropped to les.s than one-fourth at the pres- (Continued on Page 4) Pledge Thirty- Five Students Fraternities And Soroities Observe Annual “Rush Week” On Elon Campus Thirty-eight Elon College stu dents were pledged into five col lege social organizations on the campus here during observance of “I'ush week.” The organizations and their pledges are Sigma Phi Beta: John Troppoli, Neptune, N. J.; Mullen Lilley, Eure; Thomas Hughes, Farmville; Hatcher Storey, Court- land, Va.; Lawrence Tuck, Vir gilina; Hunter Herrington, Nor folk, Va., and L. E. Smith, Jr., Elon College. Kappa Psi Nu: Draton White, Charlotte: Ralph Caskey, Moores- ville; Roy Boyd, Henderson; Law rence Cameron, Olivia; TVuitt Cox, Ramseur; Howard and Gray Jones, Wadesboro; Richai-d Lach- man, Norfolk, Va.; Wilbur Taylor, Br- '—ay; C, Poe Parker, Carys- burg, and Henry Morgan, Pros pect Hill. ’ Iota Tau Kappa: . 'est Montft- faloo, Shelton, , Con.*i.; A-rthur Gre^nwaTd, Huntingtonr L. I.; Webb Newsome, Salisbury: Rus sell Thompson, Burlington; Harry Crowe, Waxhaw; Raymond Can non, New York city; Ben Lilien, Irvington, N. J., and Joe Caruso, Riverside, N. J. Tau Zeta Phi; Juanita Morgan, Elon College; Margaret Hooper, Akron, 0.; Nancy Hunter, Car thage; Miriam Hoxie, Unionville, Conn.; Doris Graham, Burlington; Beatrice Wilkins, Haw River. Delto Upsilon Kappa; Virginia Conyes, Ossining, N. Y.; Mar- garet Galloway, Hamlet; Louise Layton, Franklinton; Dick Kim ball, Manson; Jacque Brothers, Suffolk, Va., and Frances Roun tree, Norflok, Va. GOOD ATTENDANCE Dr. Fred K. Garvey Pre sides; Mrs. W. T. Scott In Charge Of Social Field Secretary Enthusiastic George D. Colclough, Field Sec retary of Elon College, reports that the latest prospects for stu dents next fall are exceptonally good. Mr. Colclough is seeing the senior classes of many high schools at this season, and he is very enthusiastic over the pros pects of enrolling the largest freshman class ever to enter Elon. A meeting of the Elon College Board of Trustees was held at Elon on February 19. Members of the Board expressed themselves as being highly pleased at the great progi'ess the college is now mak ing. Cooveration Desired Bv Association On Wednesday evening, Feb ruary 25, at 7:30 o'clock, the For syth County chapter of the Gen eral Alumni Association met in a combined social and business ses sion, in the Southern Sally Salon, Winston-Salem. Mrs. W. T. Scott, chairman of the social committee was in charge of the program. She was assisted by Mrs. Lula Lilly Crook and Mrs. S. D. Maudlin. The social hour was built around reminiscing Elon. “Bill” Scott gave a very acceptable humorous lecture, and his lemarks brought back many familiar landmarks of the classroom and the campus. A debate. Resolved, That a giraffe with the sore throat deserves more sympathy than a centipede with corns, was vigorously discussed by Mrs. H. 0. Dickson and Mr. John Ingle, on the affirmative, and by Messrs. Burns Elkin and W. L. Kinney on the negative. Questions about heretofore inexplicable hap penings and traditions of the Elon campu.s were then asked by the guests. Several questions brought forth interesting, if not reason able, explanations. Just preceding the business part of the prqgram refreshments were served. Dr. Fred K. Garvey presided. M. L. Patrick, president of the General Association, spoke on the function of the local chap ters, and their parts in building a stronger general association. A. J. Strum gave a report of the mid year meeting of the Alumni Asso ciation at Elon College on Feb ruary 16. The unit then passed the resolution that the Forsyth chapter undertake the collection of the alumni fees for the general association. Further business in cluded the local unit’s sponsoring the visit the Elon singers ex pect to make to Winston-Salem on Mai-ch 27. The Forsyth County Chapter is headed by Dr. Fred K. Garvey. Dj'. Garvey has a very enthusias tic unit of the general association. His several committees are enthu siastically working with him to make the local unit in Forsyth one of the most progressive in the entire association. buBiness-discussion meeting o( the association preceded the banquet, which was held in the college din ing hall at 7;00 o'clock. The Elon- Cuiltoid baaicetball game conclud ed the program for the day, a home-coming affair for the alumni. The association met at 2:30 o’clock in the Society hall, with M. L. Patrick, president, of High Point, presiding. The program in cluded brief talks by: M. L. Pat rick, who spoke on “The Value of .Local Alumni Units to the Gener- jal Association;” by George D. Col- .clough, field secretary of Elon College, who spoke on “How to Interest High School Graduateos n Elon College;” by Rev. William r. Scott, Winston-Salem, who dis cussed the topic, “How the Alumni Can Help Elon College With Her Financial Problems.” and a Round table Discussion, by Dr. L. E. Smith, president of Elon College. Mr. Patrick outlined several ways through which the local chapters can strengthen the Gen eral Alumni Association. He em phasized that the first point of as sistance will come in the matter of enrolling more members into the General Association. He then said that those separate ch:.f»ters Neal Is Appointed Assistant Coach Former Football Star Will Assist Coach Walker In Training Elon Gridman Ralph Erskine Neal, of Birm ingham, Ala., former Elon foot- ca do much to give the ’college jp^)er publicity, by cooperating^ I v»TVn the press, and by carrying I on the activities of their own ! chapter. Finally, he said, the lo cal units can do to interest prospective students in tiou. Thia, according to the speaker, need not ,take the form of active solicita tion, but need consist only in peaking to students who could be nterested in Elon. ^ Mr- Colclough outlined his pro- ^cedure in interesting high school graduates in Elon Colleg’e. He , declared that he no longer con fines himself to denominational lines, but that he considers the needs of the individual students. His explanation of his method of contacting prospective students included his actual first meeting of high school classes, his presen- |taLion of what the college has to offer, and his follow-up technique jin enrolling students. The field 'secretary stated that competition from other colleges is much more ] severe now than was the ca.se six and eight years ago. “However, growing numbers of students are manifesting interest in Elon,” he concluded. According to Rev. W. T. Scott, Elon graduates should consider themselve.-? as debtors to their Al ma Mater. TTiis debtorship need not imply any burden on the part of the alumni, but rather an op portunity to identify themselves with the growth and expansion of the college. Williiignes.-^ to the President of Elon, and a lib- ‘ erality were emphasized by Mr. Scott.
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