M E K R Y
The Maroon And Gold
HAPPY
new Y E a K!
VOL. 9
ELON COLLEGE, N. C., SATUR J»AY, DECEMBER, 14, 1935.
NUMBER TEN
LARGE CROWD SEES HANDELS MESSIAH
PRESENTEDBY ELON FESTIVAL CHORUS
Annual Event
Is A Brillant
Success Here
Professor T)\vi°ht Steere Cominoiid-
cil As Director; Visitbig
Soloists Ai"o Praised
Tho fourth annual performance
Oj.' the greatest of all oratories,
Handel’s Messiah, was presented
liy the Elon Festival chorus in tiie
Whitley Memorial auditorium here
last Sunday night in a brilliant
lierformance before a large au
dience.
Under the direction of Pro.'!.
Dwight Steere, head of the Elon
college department of music, the
famous oratorio proved one ot
the greatest performances in the
iiistory of the event at Elon col
lege, Sunday night, and thrilled
the huge crowd present for the
occasion. The Messiah is univer
sally recognized as being the great
est of all oratorios, and its per
formance here last evening prov
ed a great musical experience for
all those in attendance. The world
I'amous number is presented here
us an annual event at Christmas
time and this .year’s performance
surpassed all -previous perform
ances here, in the manner of
gicatness.
Football Captain fir 1936
Walser Made Captain
1936 Football Eleven^
At Annual Banquet
Prof. Patrick
In Charge of
Alumni Work
High Point Man To Go Fomvard
With Organizing Local
.'\himni Units
The Executive committee of
tho Elon Alumni Association met
in the olflce of the President of
Eion on the night of Nov. 25.
Several matters were discussed
and action was taken on several
important issues.
Prof. M. L. Patrick '24 former
p; esident of the Alumni Associa
tion for two years and head of
the English Department of the
High Point H’igh School, was se
lected to carry on the work of
organizing the Alumni into local
units. Several units. Several were
organized last year and ten or
more units will be organized dur
ing this school year. Mr. Patrick
plans to organize local units at
Durham, Raleigh, Reidsville, Lill-
ington, Siler Cito^, Henderson,
W'ilmington, Mt. Airy and other'
places where enough Alumni are
located. Any one having sugges-
Rudy Walser, of Salisbury, -i ^o Mr. Patrick con-
lember of the Junior class and : local units in their vlcini-
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PRES. SMITH EXTENDS
SEASONS GREETINGS
TO ELON STUDENTS
Wislies Students Happy Christmas
As They Leave B'oi' Holidays
star center, was elected captain
ty should write him at once.
Tire performance this year was
marked by one of the largest
choruses ever to give the annual,
production here. The chorus foi i members of the
l&st night’s performance number- | and one manager,
ed over 100 singers. The Elon ^ j
club as the squad was honored at
the annual banquet here Satur
day night and monograms award-
1935
Walser is considered one of the
> tstival chorus, together with ' outstanding pivot men in
singerjs. from--tTreen-sboro. Burling
ton, Gibsonville, Winston - Salem,
Graham, and Elon College, four
renowned soloists who have had
varied experience in oratorial
singing, and the Carolina Sym
phonic ensemble, orchestral
group luade up of outstanding
musiciaits. from Chapel Plill.
The liyt.r soloists deserve some
special recognition for their tine
performances. Miss Dicio Howell,
of New York City, famous for
oratorial ijerformances with wide
recognition, as soprano; Miss
li;velyn Barnes, of Durham, well
known in music circles in this
state and with a number of ap
pearances in the oratorio before,
at, contralto; Paul K. Gyles, of
Greensboro, making his third ap
pearance here in the annual per
formance, as tenor and Walter
Vassar, head of the music de
partment of Greensboro college,
;.s bass gave remarkable perform
ances. In making his first appear
ance here Mr. Vassar was espec
ially complimented by the critics
and audience for his performanc
last Sunday nght.
of the 1936 Elon college gridiron I I'ear meeting of the
Alumni Association will be held
in the Society Hall on February
15th., at two o’clock in the after
noon. This will be a regular busi
ness session for the Alumni.
Those attending the executive
meeting were; L. E. Smith, J. O.
Atkinjion, Jr., President of the
association,..W.,„G. Stojier, E,
Fesmire, Margaret Rowland, M.
J- Patriclt and George Colclough
SOCifirif N£^S
J. C. “CAP” CLARKE
GOES WITH CiVRDlNALS
Former Elon Boy Makes Good
The many friends of “Cap”
Clarke will rejoice that he has
been transferred from Asheville to
the St. Louise Cardinals. “Cap”,
was a favorite of the Elon stud
ents and baseball fans for sever-
r.l years, until he received his de
gree in 1930. Since then he has
been teaching and coaching in the
Garner High School of Wake
county and playing baseball in the
Piedmont League.
Clarke comes from the .same
section ot Alamance County that
has furnished Elon and Guilford
College with so many good base
ball players. He is not the first
to make the grade to the higher
league and all who know “Cap”
feel that he will make a success
of it.
the state for his work during the
1935 season and was named ' ort
the All-North State Conference
selections this season. He will be
playing his final season with the
Elon eleven next ,year.
The annual banquet was at
tended by 100 persons, including
the football squad, officials of the
college, honor guests, and mem
bers of the Elon alumni. L' E.
“Foots” Fesmire, of Greensboro,
served as toastmaster for the oc
casion and Norman A. Boren,
prominent attorney of Greensboro,
was principal speaker.
Nine of the monograms were
awarded to men receiving foot
ball letters for the first time at
Elon, while Webb Newsome, a
member of this year’s graduating
clafs, received his fourth football
monogram. Chevrons were award
ed to Rudy Walser, Salisbury;
Wendell Taylor, Reidsville; A1
Mastro, Bristol, Conn.; Arthur
Hartsell, West End; Glenn Auman,
West End; Jimmie Hauselt, Cald
well, N. J.; James Day, Roxboro;
John Troppoli, Neptune, N. J.:
Don Schlitter, Bristol. Conn.; Hal
Bradley, Kipling; Webb Newsome,
Salisbury; Billy Jones, Charlottes
ville, Va.; Joe Caruso, Caldwell,
N. J.; Jack Stallings, Reidsville;
and James Abbitt, Roxboro. First
letters went to Ben Bullock, Fu-
quay Springs, John Boric; Ben
Hurst, Newbern; Rigdon Grund-
man, Greensboro; Vito Meile, Irv
ington, N. J.; Yale Goodes, Bur
lington; Harry Stallings, Reids-
vi;le; Fred Koury, Greensboro;
and Amos Shelton, Greensboro,
Bill Maness, of Yanceyville, was
awarded the manager's letter.
MISS LAURA HOWARD
MISS L HOWARD
NEW COMER FOR
HOME ECONOMICS
W-I1
IJkod By Entire
Body
SUideiit
Christmas Greetings:
This season of the years is al-
y/ays filled with joy and happi
ness. Thoughtfulness of the inter
ests of others and gifts to meet
the needs of others always mean
joy both to the giver and. to the
receiver. God has set the pace
of giving by the gift of his best.
He blesses us with opportunities
to share our best—ovir thoughc-
fulness, our good will, our love,
our devotion with others. In evi
dence of our interest in others
we spare not even our possessions.
I'reely we have received, freely
we give. Students and Faculty of
Elon College have had an un
usually good Fall together in our
classroom work and other college
activities. Tomorrow, Saturday, De
cember 14, the Fall term work
v/ill come to a close and we will
take time off for the Christmas
season. This is to extend greetings
and to assure everyone of my be.st
wishes for a mei'ry Christmas and
a prosperous New Year. I trust
sincerely that those who ti-avel
may find traveling agreeable and
^afe, that all may. be kept In
liealth and peace for the Christ
inas season, and that we may have
the happy privilege of greeting
each other on Jan 2, determined
on greater and more satisfac
tory accomplishments for the con
clusion ot the semester's work
ar.d the completion of the entire
college year.
L. E. SMITH
EliON CHRISTIANS
TRIM ALUMNI 49 TO 30
Miss Laura Howard came to us
this fall as head of the Depart
ment of Home Economics. Miss
Howard holds her A. B. Degree
i 1’he Elon Christians, made their
The ^ debut in the Gymn, Monday night
The student body is extremely rough-shod over the Alum-
Miss Laura Mae Holt had as
hei guest at her cabin near Pitts-
boro this past week end, Calvin
Brantley Louise Baynes, James
Brooks, Margaret Blackman, Joe
Points, L. E. Smith, Jr., and
Scottie Andrews, La Verner Potte-
field and Howard Smith and her
mother, Mrs. Ben Holt.
Doctor Holliday is
Chapel Speaker
Dr. Holliday was the chapel
speaker on Friday morning, Dec.,
(i. He spoke on hypnosis and tho
power of suggestion when applied
to a person in the hypnotic state,
givinsr several interesting and
amusing examples.
Miss Elizabeth Markham spent
the past week end at her home in
Durham.
Miss Naomi Ennir of Raleigh,
was the week end guest of Misses
Ina and Ree Futreeie.
Miss Frances Webb of High
i'oint. Miss Mattie Pickett and
Miss Thelma Thompson spent the
Thanksgiving holidays at their
respective homes.
Miss Virginia Conyes was the
holiday guest of Miss Nell Loy at
nei home.
Miss Lillian Weir left. Wednes
day to spend the remaining of tlie
week at her home in Hampstead.
Miss Mary Rollins spent the
Thanksgiving holidays with her
parents in Asheboro.
Miss Bartha Sutton spent the
week end at her home. •
James L. Wilburn spent the
Thanksgiving holidays at his
uome in Varina.
Seymour Freigelson spent Thurs
day with Fred Tunick, a student
at Chapel Hill and they attended
the Oarolina-VirginJa Game.
Grady Pickard, Jr., and Bobbie
Hinton sjient the Thanksgivin'g
holidays with their parents in
i'ittsboro. They attended the
Caroiina-Virginia ga:me Thursday.
Dennis Clark, Bill Cooper, Bill
Jones and Miss Marcella Acken-
hauser were dinner guests of Miss
Sarah and Martha Niece on
Thursday evening.
Mr. Galloway Walker spent the
past Saturday at .his home. v
Miss Thelma Thompson spent
the week-end at her home.
Miss Mildred Craven and Miss
Mary Rollins were visitors in
Greensboro on Saturday.
Mr. Don Schlitter and Mr.
“Dickie” Cromlish will leave Elon
when the Christmas holidays be
gin for Florida. They will be
guests at the B'loridan Hotel.
Miss Dorthy and Mr. R. M.
Galloway Jr., of Hamlet, were
the guests ot Misses Sue and Mar
garet Galloway here on Sunday.
Mrs. E. A. Cook and daugh
ter, Charlotte, mother and sister
of Oliver Cook, were visitors on
Elon College campus Sunday to
attend the Messiah given Sunday
evening by the Elon Festival
Chorus.
Miss Agnes Graham of Greens
boro was the week end guest of
Miss Janie Franks.
fond of Miss Howard as she is
friendly and .refined, and just, the
type that college students expect
ttt hold the positions on a college
campus. She is fleeply interested
in her work and will, without a
doubt be able to build uj^ an
ideal Department of Home Eco
nomics here during the next few
years.
Miss Howard's ambition in life
is to be of help to others and It
IS in doing THINGS that she finds
.joy and pleasure.
DR. GILLETTE IS
SUNDAY SPEAKER
ni, winning 49 to 29.
In the closing moments of the
battle the game was turned into
a complete rout \xy the local
quint. Paul Raye and John Cam
eron, rammed in field goals at
will. Raye led the locals with Hi
points while Cameron tallied 8.
The Alumni opened the scor
ing, after five minutes of rough
battling and maintained the lead
until mid-way the third quarter.
Leading at the half 19 to 10.
Setting a seemingly impregnable
: defense in the final half, th9
■ Christians held their former col-
I leagues to 10 points while' their
] offense ran the score up 20 more
points. For the Alumni, Hughes
and Cheek were outstanding.
On Sunday morning, Dec., 8, in
Wihitley Memorial, auditorium.
Dr. Edwin C. Gilette, the Super
intendent of the Southeast Dis
trict of the Extension Boards of
the Christian church discussed
“The Big Things In Life.”
Dr. Gillette, 'by a few less im
portant examples showed how
some things were considered im
portant. He then declared that
the love of Gx>d for mankind is
the really big thing in life. This
love was felt by humans through
the medium of Christ. Then the
ciiurch, through its power ' of in
terpretation, inspiration and con
servation has functioned in show
ing that this love is the really
big thing in life as compared
with ideas and sentiments. , , .
Merry Xmas
and a
Happy New
Year
Alumni
News
John Robert Walker (Elpn’s
official Hog Caller) has announc
ed, the bir.th of a little daughter,
Martha Blizd,beth. This makes ^wo
children for Mr. and Mrs. Walker,
one, a boy, being named Harold
Glenn. '
o r-'
Dr. and Mrs. J. U. Newman
have received an Announcement
«f the" birth of a grand-daughter,
Mona Patricia, born to Mr. and
Mrs. Dan L. Newman, Vernon Ala.
Dan Long Newman finished Elon
in the class of '30. J *
• Prof. W. D. Loy, ’16 Was a visit
or here during the past weWk.
Prof. Loy has a nephew and ni^e
in school here as we_,lj ,j,s abq,iit
six boys arid girls'from tlie Berry-
hill High school of which he is
principal.
I Moses Caddell '32, Wadesboro
I was visiting his parents. Dr. and
Mrs. Caddell this week-end.
^ Miss Ruth Whitman of Raleigh
w'as the week end guest of Mias
Robah Grace Stimpson.