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ELON COIvLEGE, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER, 23, 1S3.5.
NUMBER EIGHT
CHRISTIANS CLASH WITH GUILFORD IN GREENSBORO
N CLOSING FOOTBALL TILT
YEAR TODAY
Fourth Straight Title
Of Conference Sought
\'i('tory Over Quakers Would Give
Elon toop Ohanii)ionship for
Eo)ir Consecutive Times
Tlio Greenstaoi'o football classic
i t tiic .year will bring together
.ho baLtling Christiana of Elon
(. (.'liege and the fighting Quakers
Oi. i^.u.liorcl college, two of foot
le.Jlaom’s greatest rivals, at .Mem-
C'rial t.tadium, Greensboro, to-
ojy. ,
i,.)tir elevens have Ijeen trained
Orwn to the minute and have re-
,.d the-r fuliest strength for
■ h.s ^ast anJ liardc.~t fought l)at-
ile of the season. By attending in
I'ull force, athleiic followers will
colehrate one of the h.ardest grid
batt.es of the 1935 football season.
I'llon has a slight edge over
Gui.ford l)ccause of their impres-
;,;vo victories of Lenoir-Rhyne
;-;nd Catawba, while Guilford was
bc.atcn by both. The Quakers are
i,ot stopping at this; they are go
ing to make their invasion with
,t11 hopes of victory.
The season, so far, has been a
season of upsets and mix-ups in
the football world, and coach
i'.nderson of Guilford has been
diilling his, men through stiff
scrimmages and various work 'Outs,
drilling his team along all lines
of defense and offense, in hopes
of kicking the dope bucket once
again.
In the probable starting line
up, Elon will have eleven letter-
men from last year's team. At the
end post will be Capt. Troppoli,
all-conference last year, and Don
Schlitter. The tackle post will be
handled by James Day and Jim
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)Ifl
SARAH HOOK STARS
AGAIN IN PLAY HERE
“A Doll’s Hou.se” Proves Huge
Success In Presentation By
Elon Players
FIRE DESTROYS GRANDSTAND
Editors Of Two Campus PublicationsifMk BumS In Mid-
I
night Blaze Here
.SSaviaiisky'.s C'hoi^u.s, Which Will
li.' ll.'te Halurday. Ha-
.\ehicved Fine Record
It is stated that the “ultimate’'
in deiightiul musical and thcatri-
ca' entertainment has been achiev
ed I',7 the world famous M. D.
:'lavian.^ky's Russian Chn-us, who
are to ai)])ear Irere on Saturday
night at Whitley Memorial Audi
torium.
tjrdinariiy one might think that
;,u all “Russian” program would
be rath r uninteresting, but this
or.i.aniza^ion has established, by
i:f brilliant programs, and inius-
ii.il versaiility, new standards of
fascinatingly beautiful entertain-
1, on;, replete with g-o.ious sing
ing ,Ui-:.':ian and Gyp:y dancing,
and balalaka orchestra music.
Hi'illiant soloists add to the
iuslre of the vocal program, in
\, hic.h many comlnnations of sing
ers are used, an.l full ensemble,
while fiery, and characteristic
ilussian dances, given by agile,
nnd lithe Russian men and girls,
(leate a spectacular side io the
p}'ograms, that wit; 'heir audiene-
everywhere.
Mme. A.greneva Siaviansky, Con
ductor of this great Chorus, and j
c ne of the few international rec- ^
nized women conductors, may well j
... p.ou-.l of her v.-ondei'l'ul organ-
i7,ation, brought to America four
\eirs ago, direct fror.i Russia,
via the Orient, and which has giv
en over a thousand successful
concerts in America.
The accornpianist a.nd one of
(be soloi.=ts is Mile. M.a.'a S.avian-
.‘■■k.y daughter of the regal con
ductor of the Chorus.
One of the richest entertain
ment treats ever heard and seen
l-.ere, seems to be absolutely as-
rured.
After more than a month of
rehearsals and planning, Henric
Ibsen’s character play of the
19th century “A Doll's House”
was presented by the Elon Play
ers on Thursday night, in the
Memorial (.:hapel.
The most difficult, as well as
the longest role in the play was
taken by Sarah Virginia Hook as
Xora Helmer, the pampered
“doll-wife’’ of Torvald Helmer,
successful banker and business 1
man. Robert Hinton, as the
pompous, self assured husband !
carried through the swiftly chang- |
ing humor and revealed weai-cness-
es of Torvald’s character.
The play itself centers around
these two, showing how Nora,
through a very unhapp.y medium
discovers how selfish her husband
is, and longing for a freedom of
expression which has long been
denied her, finally leaves her
home and children to “educate
herself, and know her surround
ings.’!’ AH the iother characters
are suplementary to, or serve the
purpose of bringing about this
action—Nils Krogstad a man to
whom Nora is in debt (played by
Fred Dow.) Doctor Rank, played
by William Loy, a cynical follow,
very intimate with the Helmer
family; Christina Linden, (play
ed by Hilda Heatwell), and old
friend of Noi-a’s who helps her to
understand her own feelings; An
na, the children's nurse who took
care of Nora when she was little
(played by Lily Lyons) and El
len, a maid (Kathleen Carter.)
"The Doll’s House’’ is not an i
tion-play, and so the meaning
and effect of the character’s
speeches and inner thoughts de
pended on accurate portrayals.
The set for the play, a living
room scene in keeping with the
1870’s in every detail was design
ed by A1 Mastro. The lighting ef
fects were handled by Milton
Cheshire and Gordon Sloan.
Uiivagiiig Flames Add Thrillinf;
Ciiiija.x to VU.‘toi'y ('elebration
As Ball Park Burned
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Mrs. J. D. Bowden
Dr. Kenaeth Clark
Is Vesper Speaker Is Sunday Speaker
Gives Talk On Toiue of ‘ ‘Grow
Up” At Sunday Services
Here
Sunday night, Novembor 17, at
the regular Sunday Vesper service
in the Elon Community church,
Mrs. D. J. liowden of Elon Col
lege spoke on the topic “Grow
Up”, a very fitting one for the
students. •
Mrs. Bowden said that the
term “grow up” was a command
not a plea. She stressed the need
ol common sense, book sense and
“stomach sense” in college, and
asked the congregation to look
for the good in people who were
not particularly
any way.
Ijulce I’niversity X*rol'e.ssor De
livers Sei’jnon on “Edut'iition
And (lie Good Ijil'e”
The great victory that our
lighting football heroes l>rought
b;ick from Catawba was not the
only cause of all the excitement
ut lilon last Friday. After the re-
joic.ng had ceased and many of
;he tired and sleepy students were
In bed, thei'e came a cry of fire
fiom somewhere, and everyone
rushed out to see wiiat was afire.
Doors v^fore slamming students
were running about the dormi
tories in all kinds of attire and
voices were tal icing in excited
tones all over the bulding, but
everyone soon found that the fire
as Oil the camiius.
Hurriedly, the tired students
rushed out of the dormitory in
the direction of the fire which
was making a great deal of light.
The location was puzzling, and
there were many guesses as to
where the fire was, but soon
everyone found out that it was
the grandstand at the athletic ””
field. People from Burlington,
Gibsonviile and other places in
the community rushed to the
j scene, but it was impossible for
, the willing students and towns-
I people to do anything about it,
I I.ecause tliere was no supply of
' water near. All they could do
“Educatii.nal and the {Jod Life” ( 'vas to stand back and watch the
c nly permanent seats on the field
go up in flames.
No one was able to give any
evidence or Jinformation about
the origin of the tire, and it is
still a mystery as to how it start
ed. 'I'he loss was estimated to be
between $600 and $800.
wafj the subject of the sermon
provided by Dr. Kenneth W.
(.’lark in Elon Community ciiui'cii
on Sunday, November 17. Dr.
Clark is'a member of the Depart-
men of New Testament language
■LiKl literature at Duke Universi
ty.
In his sermon. Dr. Clark stress
ed the relationship between edu
cation and the good life. He used
as examples the satisfaction we
outstand'ing in | d( rive from the study of not only
' literature but the sciences.
The flames died down about
midnight and the crowd slowly
disbanded. The rejoicing of the
great football victory was spoiled
by the fire that destroyed the
seats on Elon’s football field.
DR. L E. SMITH TELLS OF
PROGRESS IN ALUMNI LETTER
Elon College has a long list
of influential Alumni. The Alum
ni of Elon are distributed through
out different sections of the
country. Beginning with the first
year in its hi.'tory, graduates of
the colicge have increased in num
bers until a little more than one
thousand hold deplomas evidenc
ing their graduation from Elon.
One interesting thing about the
Alumni of Elon College is that
they seldom lose interest in the
college. They may not do much
about it, they may do but little
to supporc it, but nevertheless
when you meet them they refer
CO the college with a certain de
finite pride. They love to recall
the experiences of the campus
and classroom.
I feel that every Alumni and
former student of the college will
be glad to know something of the
progress that is being made. There
is a limited group who have
pretty complete information about
what has been accomplished in
recent months but it is only a
limited group. A large number of
the Alumni have but a limited
conception of what is being ac
complished. I presume that every
one has an idea of the struggles
of the college in the last three
years. A college in the financial
condition of Elon could hardly
be expected to pa.ss through a de
pression such as we have had
without experiencing hardships
and serious handicaps. It is grat
ifying to us all that we have en
dured, that the college doors are
still open and that the old insti
tution still moves on.
On the registrar’s books we
learn that 4{il students have mat
riculated at Elon College this
year. This is a remarkable record
from the standpoint of enrollment.
For an institution to nearly double
its enrollment in two years’ time
is unusual. Such a rapid growth
is encouraging certainly but it al
so requires improvements and ex
pansion that the larger group ma,y
bo made comfortable and may
have proper scholastic advantages.
It is a pleasure to have such a
fine group of students on our
campus but it is also a pleasure
to be able- to introduce them to
a really magnificent faculty. A
few of the old “stand-bys” are
still at their desks for help and
inspiration of the students that
come. This year, however, 'our
faculty has been imi)roved by add
ing an unusually large number of
experts in their respective fields.
It is the determination of the
present administratcm t ) a;seml>ie
a groui) of in.structors on Elon
Colle.ge campuvs with training
equal to the best i>roducts of our
Ai;'.c.'i. ican colleges and universi-
t.e.,-. Scholastic standaids at lOlon
Ccllfge are con'Stantly Ijeing
hi.'gi;;encd. 'I'his mean., increased
i\‘'juirenieiits on the part of the
students, which, of course, is to
the advantage of tlie individual
student and to the everlasting
credit of the college itself. More
;i.nd more it must be true of Elon
Colli - e that wlien a young man or
joung woman receives a diploma
ac .-;.c hands of the college the
on'; leceiving such recognition
must give evidence of the best
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On the basis of estimates made
b.y the Division of Research, Sta
tistics and Finance of the Feder
al Emergency Relief A«lministra-
tion, it has been announced today
by Aubrey W. Williams, Execu
tive Director of the National
Youth Administration, that there
were approximately 2,87 5,000
youths, between the ages of 16
and 2 5, either members of relief
families or recipients of relief
themselves as of May, 1935.
This figure, Mr. Williams points
out, reveals that one out of every
six pei'sons who were on relief or
dependent upon relief checks in
May, 1935, came within the youth
category. Of the youths on relief,
two out of every seven were 16
to 17 years of age—in the high
school classification. This places
some 800,000 young people in this
group. Five out of every seven
youths on relief, or members of
families on relief, were 18 to 24
years of age—in the college 'or
business or industrial group or
employed at home.