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KAPPA PSI NU’S
HOLD ANNUAL
BANQUET HERE
i;. L. Sulos. of Cliarlotto, Is Hon
or {Juest At Annual Fra-
tornily Galherins’
Choir Begins Tour j [LON PLIlYEfiS
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On Saturday, March 14th at
7:30 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A.
the Kappa l\si Nu Fraternity held
its sixteenth annual banquet. The
I'.all was tastefully d’ccoratecl in
the fraternity colors, blue and
gold; and tables were set for 75
guests. On the stage and behind
the speakers’ table was an orches
tra which played during the even-
infc.s entertainment.
The guest of honor for the even
ing wa.s Mr. L,. R. Sides, of Char
lotte. Mr. Sid^s was one of the
c luirter monib.'rs of Kappa Psi
Nu, and was one of the founders
of the organization at its incep
tion 1C years ago. Since gr.aduat-
ing from Klon, Mr. Sides has had
a varied career. While at Elon,
he won letters in three sports:
football, bauebail, and' ba.sketball.
After leaving Klon, Mr. Side.s was
in profe.ssional baseball for a time.
He has taught Mathematics at the
University of North Carolina, and
is at present Director of Music in
the I'ublic Schools of Charlotte,
lie i.s also city alderman. Kappa
l^si Nu feels that Mr. Sides is a
distinguished alumnus, and frit
honored by his presence as guest
speaker.
In his speech of the evening,
Mr. Sides paid a fine tribute to
Dr. L. I-^. Smith and- to Klon.
ward to a place of prominence
during the past few year.s. He
called attention to the spirit of
growing confidence that was be
ing manifested in he v.arious al
umni associations, and stated that
he believed' that the school was on
the eve of a new and greater per- }
iod of prosperity.
W. Milliard Stevens acting ,as |
toastmaster i)resided over the .oc-|
casion with wit and laughter. The
program was as follow's:
Welcome, Toastmaster
Kespon»e,Mis.-i Alda June Jones.
Welcome to “Old Men, Oliver
Cook.
Uesi)onse I’aul Taylor
Toast to "Scums”, Ralph Newman
Response “Scums”
Introduction of Guest of Honor,
G. I>. Colcleugh
Response L. R. Sides
Song and Yell.
Elon Singers Will Start
On Annual TourThursday
In Carolina And Virginia
Pi'of. DwiKlit St«iv And His Clioir To (’over Distanco Of Over A
ThonMiMul Mile.s On Annual Trip o! Four Days
"i HO Ono-,\'t I'l lys By lAK'al
Draniiitics OrKinizadon Prove
Hus- Suc'ce.'is
On Thursday, March 26th the
Klon Singers will leave for a tour
of North Carolina and Eastern
Virginia. The tour will extend-
over a period of nine days and
will cover a total di.-tance of over
a thousand miles. The planned it-
ineiaiy is Hs follows:
On Thur.‘:da.y the group will go
to Winston-.Salem where they will
present a iirogram in the afternoon
at South High School. Mr. Arthur
Steere, head of the MU'.'ic Depart
ment at that school, and’ an Klon
graduate, will be the Singers'
chief host on this occasion. Later
in the same evening, the Singers
will a|)pear for the Mazart CluVj,
one of the foremost music clubs
in the state. On the following
morning, the choir will present a
program at the Reynolds High
school before leaving for Char
lotte. On Friday night the group
will sing in Charlotte, and a ra
dio program is .scheduled over
WBT that afternoon. Saturday
evening will find- the Singer.^ at
Berryville, just outside of Char
lotte. On Sunday the group will
sing at AlbermarlG and at South
ern i’ines, returning to Elon the
same night. Then on Monday morn-
■ ing the journey will be resumed
with a concert scheduled for Kp-
som the same night. Following
thi.-: concert, the choir will de
part immedi.ately f(u- ICastern Vir
ginia with stops .scheduled for
Keveral towns inelndinx: Holland-
I''ianklin, Berkly, and Norfolk.
The Singers have been working
hard on the trip number,s for
quite some time now, and the pro
gram is rounding out nicely. The
numbers are all of high rank.
Both sacred and secular pieces
are being scheduled- in the pro
gram. Ralph Caskey, violinist, i.s
appearing as soloi.st with the
group, and Helen Chamblee will
sing a soprano solo. The madrigal
Club, a group of eigh singers,
will present a group of love songs
by Brahms with piano accompani
ment by Fletcher Moore and Oli
ver Cook
On next Tuesday night in the
Whitley Memorial Auditorium the.
Singers will present to n. local,
fiudience their program. All those
who care to see what sort of .a
program the Singers are carryin.s^,
on tour. wJth them are cordially
invited- to attend.
Under the dii’ection of Miss
Fioyd ("hildes, of the e.xjiression
aepartment at Elon college, two
one-act plaj-s were presented in
the Whitley Memorial auditorium
here Thur.“day evenin.g before a
large audience, in the annual
spring presentation of the Elon
Players.
The two comedies proved a
huge success and were greatly en
joyed i)y the audience present for
the playq, and were chiu’acteristic
of the fine work demons'trated b.,’
the fine work demonstrated by
the I'^.lon Players org.aniz:ition.
Beatrice Wilkins, a member of
the F.ophomore clat-s at Klon, as
Mrs. IHair; Margaret Karp, a mem
ber of thn freshman class, as Miss
Dyeir; Frances Goodwin, also l:
member of the freshman cla.ss, as
Mm. Miti.-h.-H: and Hazel Farmer,
a senior, iviio played tiie part of
Mrs. Full'iion, dellighted the au
dience with some fine work in the
play, “.Jo;!T‘, (jwners in .^pani”.
The comedy written .by Alice
llrown, gave a story of .strife in
an f»id ladies home with the four
girls portraying the old ladies in
a very i)leasing manner to the
audience.
In the other pilay, George Kel
ly’s ‘‘Finders - K'epers”, Janie
Fr.anks, Mrs. Hampton; Deon
Newman, as Mr. Allred; and Vir
ginia Conyes, as a neighbor, kept
the audience likewise pleased
Local Outfit
Plays Opener
Here Monday
Inoloinont Wcat.iOr May Handicu])
i;;on dub Willi Lack Of
Practice Work
mm GROUP
iLOS lElG
The English Club held ts regu
lar meeting I'^riday evening, March
13 at eight o’clock, at the home
o£ Miss Rebecca Smith. There was
a short business meeting, then
profe.ssor Barney, who had charge
of the i>rogram, read some of
Robert Mann’s poems, which had
been submitted to him Uy the aii-
'.‘i.or for critici.sm. Several of tho.se
present contributed inter'estlng
riticisms. There was a liv'ely dis-
(Contiiiued On Last Page.)
Convention To j
Be In Memphis
Representatives of the stMdJfit
government associations and stu
dent publications of the a?Vfth«tn;'
and Southeastern divisi'ons^'flif- the
N. S. F. A. will gEtther ,fp’r their
annua.1 conclave in Memphis, Tenn.'
for a three-day . sessioj^.; Apfil, 1,6,'
" ■ . V'' ■■ ■■
1.7, and 18, this yearx'lfc'hsaij been
announced by Jack Butler, presi
dent of the Soiuthoastern divis,Jon.
A varied program ' ’hiis been
l)L'i.nned for the con.yentioM ■ tWs
yea,r and it is hoped to make the
event t'no be.«t ever held in ’ th.e
South. All student government
and ]iublic.'ition oiriciaTs liave been
urged to plan to attend the con
vention.
An excellent ptaff of speakers
(Coutiiiuejl Oil I.rast Page.)
Dr. Jay Will
Go To Winston
Wiliam Jay, former hpad
of the,English d'epartment at Elon,
has been' called to the pastorate
at Winston-Salem, it has been an
■lounced here.
Dr. Jay, former pastor at Hol
land, Va., and now' of Suffolk, Va.,
'\Vni enter upon his duties as the
, , ' i
'.lastor of the Winston, church 'on
cr fbout April 1. He is a man- of
aried experience in Christian
i h'P'ch work and in addition • to
^oi'.mg in l-ie pastorate he has
f-,r.’en quite .1 bit of .time to work
"sh the Young Men’s Christian
.\>.'-oeiations.
'/'he Win.st(m-Salem church is a
now uiulertaking. It was organiz
ed by Rev. William T. Scott, and
the membership includes an ex
ceptionally good type of citizen
for a new church.
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aOtl SMDUATE
With only a little more than a
week of practice work due to the
'nclement weather conditions, Klon
college’s ba.seball iclub will in-
-augurate the 193G diamond season
here Mond-ay afternoon when the
'ocals take on the Springfield
college nine at Ccmier field
■at 3:30 o’clock.
Due to the heavy rains and wet
t.rv-inds recently the loc.iLs have
been unable to get out on the
Held and the regular pre-season
practice grind- has been greatly
interrupted, and Coach “Peahead”
Walker's nine m.ay be consider
ably handicapped- when the call
to “play ball'' is heard here for
the first lime this season. The
club has been working steadly for
pr.ietice work, lioweveif, with
heavy drills on batting and infield
s'. psions.
The game here Monday after-
■ o n will open .a two-game ser
ies with the Sprin,gfield outfit,
the visitors remaining over until
'^I’uesday afternoon for a Eecond-
tilt on Comer field. The third
game of the season will be held
l-'riday afternoon wlien John's
Hopkins university's nine will
a])pear here against the Christian
d-;amond squad.
Despite tlie fact of the shorten
ed training Reason, the Elon out
fit should , present a dangerous
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E
Word has b>en received here
of the announcement, of O. I>.
Gorman’s tenderingrv.^iig re^iigna-
tion as scout exe.cuti.ve, of. tho
Cherokee council;,,®f ■.Boy
.Scouts o? America,.,k
Mr. Goi'man is a graduate of
the class of 1922 at Elon, and
since leaving Elon he has made
quite a reputation as a. leader
among 'the boy scouts. He has
served the Cherokee council for
the past 12 years as its head, and
has led the council through its
most remarkable period of ex
pansion and progress in the en
tire -history of the organization.
His resig.-.ation cam.^i'piion his re-
tuFHririecsnt]y from Iridi^na, where
he .-aiten Jed the natipn.al gather
ing of scout executives.
The for;ntr Elon man resign
ed his po.Jt with the Cherokee
cimncil to ,-iccept a similar posi
tion as ijyecutive of the Blue
Ridge, cm:’.ci!, \vith headquarters
at .Green villo. S.'C. The new po
sition is a high advancement for
.Mr. Gorman, the grouj) being the
IfLi'gest. in the sixth region, which
eml)race.s is’orth and South Caro
lina, Georgia and Florida.
SUIK!! SESSION
OPEHS IN JONE
The 1931) summer school ses
sion at Klon college will be held
from .lune 1 to July 10, inclu-
t;ive, this year and courses will be
'iftered in 20 difCeirent subjects it
has been announced.
Dr. .1. D. Mesisick ,d,ean of the
college, will be director of the
isniumer session this year. The ses
sion is designed to give any col-
i'^ge students desiring to earn col
lege credit an opportunity to do
in the summer months and to as
sist public school teachers who
aire in active service to raise or
renew their certificates.
All of the courses being -offer
ed in the summer school session
will carry college credit and a
'Student may earn from six to
eight semester hours during the
session.
The list of courses being offered
includes I’rimary methods, gram
mar grade methods, child study,
high school administration and
supervision, character education
"ducationixl psychology, education
al measurements, English litera
ture, children’ literature, geogra
phy of North America, United
.states history, chemistry, mathe-
'ti.atics and surveying, physics, in
dustrial art and drawing, music
for public school harmony, piano,
organ, voice, and any others if
the dsmand is sufficient.