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VOL. 18
ELON COLLEGE, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1935
NUMBER THREE
Coach Walker Has Won
Eleven Championships In
Five-Year Coaching Era
Since Coming to Elon Coach Walker Has Been a Consis
tent Winner; Came to Elon From A. C. C.; He
Has Seen Professional Baseball Service
COMES FROM ALABAMA
Three-Letter Man at How
ard and Vanderbilt. Play
ed in Several Leagues
During His Experience.
Coach Douglas Clyde (Pea-
head) Walker, Elon Christians’
mentor, who ranks in the group
of “iron men of athletics” may
justly boast in his southern Ala
bama drawl of having coached
athletic teams, which have won
eleven championships in five
years.
The most recent of these titles
was won in the Tri-State basket
ball tournament at Charlotte, N.
Have you clipped the cou
pon, indicated your choice, and
mailed in your ballot to Mrs.
C. M. Cannon? Don’t forget!
C., last March 9. His quintet,
which had already been awarded
the North State conference cham
pionship, entered the Quene City
field, composed of “little” college
teams from North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia, and came
out as tournament champions.
Beginning with the formation
of the North State conference in
1930, Coach Walker has won a
championship in some sport year
ly since. His stretch of wins is
still underway with the winning
of football, baseball and basket
ball titles during 1933 and 1934.
His North State championship
record follows; 1930, football and
^aseball; 1931, baseball^nd bas-
l^oau, baseball j 1933, foot
ball, baseball and basketball; 1934,
football, baseball and basketball.
This record shows that Coach
FIRSTBASEMAN
PAUL CHEEK
W H KimbalJ
Is President of
Student Body
Lawrence Tuck Is Elected to
Head Student Senate;
Others Elected,
The annual student election was
held Tuesday, April 9. The polls
were open from eight in the
morning until five-thirty in the
afternoon. Excitement was very
high during the day, and great
interest was evidenced in the
outcome.
After dinner, the electoral com
mittee began its work of count-
Elon Offers to
Students Near
By Advantage
Those in Vicintiy of Elon
Can Avail Themselves of
College Training at Reas
onable Rates.
FALL TERM SEPT. 3
Dr. Smith Cites Minimum
Costs For Which An Edu
cation Can Be Attained.
As students in high school ap
proach the senior year, the ques
tion of life and its use becomes
of personal concern. Should they
continue their training, or should
they begin immediately an occu
pation or profession? Advice is
available for either pursuit. Also,
there is plenty of counsel today,
advising that a large percentage
of high school graduates are not
college material, that they are not
mentally capable of success in
higher education.
Conditions determine the capa
bility of the high school graduate
as much as preparation, or grades
won. If the student has had a
poorly graded school and inef
ficient teachers his worth and
ability are not indicated in high
school certificates. College work
is different. College teachers are
different from high school teach
ers in many instances. A college
atmosphere, with its increased
advantages over high school, may
discover within the youngster
himself possibilities and abilities
which neither he nor his high
Act at once. Cast your vote.
Clip the ballot, and mail your
choice at once to Mrs. C. M.
Cannon, secretary - treasurer,
Elon College, North Carolina.
school instructors ever dreamed
of.
As a rule, I should say every
high school graduate should have
the opportunity to make a trial
of college and of college oppor
tunities and responsibilities. Some
of the finest young men and
NEW DEAN
L. R. JOHNSON
L. R. Johnson
New Dean; Ed
Department
New Dean Comes to Elon
Next Fall; Graduate of
Carolina And Columbia;
To Receive Ph. D. From
N. Y. U. in Spring
HAWTHORNE PRINCIPAL
Ml-. Johnson is Well-Known
in North Carolina; Prin
cipal at High Point High
School.
L. Roy Johnston, of Hawthorne,
New Jersey, native of Aamance
county. North Carolina, and
graduate of the University of
North Carolina, \vill assume du
ties at Elon College as dean of
the college and head of the de
partment of education beginning
with the next college year in
September, according to announ
cement by President Leon E.
Smith of the college.
At present Mr. Johnson is
principal oi ha^thorne high
school, which position he has
held since 1933. Since 1932 he
has been connected with the
summer school department of
Alumni Group
Is Organized
In Burlington
Holt Fleming Is Elected to
Head The Local Chapter;
M. Z. Rhodes Is Vice Pres
ident.
COLCLOUGH PRESIDES
Ernest Askew Selected Vice-
President; Paul Cheek,
Secretary.
The Alamance County chapter
of the General Alumni Associa
tion was organized in the dining
room of the First Christian
church on the night of March
29, 1935, with approximately 75
guests present.
Holt Fleming, member of the
class of 1917, was elected presi
dent of the Alamance unit, and
M. Z. Rhodes, 1923, was named
vice president. Miss Dorothy Mil
ler was chosen secretary-treas-
ury. The social committee consists
of Alton West, chairman, Mes-
dames Marvin McPherson and C.
W. Gordon, and Miss Ida Wilkei’-
son and Mr. Lester.
An-angements for the meeting
were made by C. W. Gordon, of
the class of 1926. Mr. Gordon
turned the meeting over to George
D. Colclough, who presided. Brief
talks were made by several of the
guests present. Members of the
faculty at Elon were recognized.
Mr. M. L. Patrick, president of
the General Alumni Association,
outlined the activities of the dif
ferent units and set forth their
Have you paid your alumni
dues? ?1.00 The strength of
the Association depends on
the nun.ber and activity of its
members.
relationship to the larger asso
ciation. He pointed out that the
different units can function to
increase the membership of the
General Association, enroll form
er students and graduates in the
given localities, and assist in the
collection of the alumni fees. It
wa« avnfosae/l /^aetr>a ^V\nf
Candidates Offered For
Approval Of Alumni By
Nominating Committee
J. 0. Atkinson, Jr. and W. D. Loy Nominated For Presi
dency; Richardson and Whitesell Candidates for
Vice-Presidency; Llndley, Gibbs Orators.
f
PITCHER
MIKE BRIGGS
Eastern Unit
Of Virginia
Has Banquet
Dr. Darden Jones Electcd in
Ninth Annual Meeting
Held at Suffolk.
Dr. Darden Jones was elected
president at the ninth annual
banquet of the Eastern Virginia
Elon College Alumni Club, held
Friday night, February 22 at the
Fellowship Hall of the Suffolk
Christian church with 156 guests
present.
Other officers elected were Mrs.
VOTE BY BALLOT
Alumni Are Urged to Cast
Ballots Immediately: Al
umni Fees Asked For by
Association.
The nominating committee, con
sisting of Dr. Fred K. Garvey, of
Winston-Salem, chairman, and
Miss Lucille Johnston, and R. H.
Gunn, both of High Point, has
prepared a slate of officers for
the Alumni Association for 1935-
36. This year two nominations are
made for each major office. J. 0.
Atkinson, Jr., of the class of '25
and W. D. Loy, ’16 head the ticket
as candidates for the presidency.
There will be another issue
of the MAROON AND GOLD,
just before commencement. It
will not carry the ballot. Vot«.
Roy Howard Richardson, ’27, and
John C. Whitesell, '24, are the
nominees for the vice-presidency.
Miss Sadie Fonville, and M. L.
Patrick are the two offered by
the committee for the secretary-
treasurer. Drs. P. E. Lindley, '20,
and F. L. Gibbs, '25, are selected
as Alumni Orators. The one re
ceiving the higher number of
votes of the two will be the ora
tor, while the other will be the
alternate. It is customary to have
both a speaker and an alternate.
The departure from the usual
manner of selecting the officers
for the Association is felt to be
more in keeping with democratic
principles. Too, it should give
people off the campus an oppor
tunity to have their voices felt.
While it is desirous that as many
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