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See You Alumni sm/i 1 Class Reunions May, May 26 iViciruiiii aiiii vJUiu '96, '06 ’16, '26 Published Each Week by Student Body of Elon College VOLUME IX ELON COLLEGE, N. C, MAY 23, 1936 NUMBER 25 Fine Program Arranged For Alumni Day, May 26 ALL ARiTiNVITED^ Dr. P. E. Lindley to Give Alumni Oration at Night—Morning Speaker, Dr. H. S. Smith. LUNCHEON OF BARBECUE College Campaign Is in Full Swing; SI04 Alumni Plan Proving Popular SUBSCRIPTIONS COMING IN FROM ALL DIVISIONS PRINCIPAL COMMENCEMENT WEEK SPEAKERS Class Reunions, Garden Party and Band Concert Are Other Events of the Day. For the former students of Elon ('ol- lese tlie biK event of the coiii- meiioenient will he Alumni on Tuesday, May 2(>. This year Aluimii Day will he of more si'.'nitii-aiK'e than it ever has before, anl a ti'-ie program lias been arransed. The fatted calf 'vill be killed, tha table will be spread anil all are invite! to sit down to a barl>eeue lunch, hear a couple of tine speakers, renew old ao- iltiaintances and talk over the exper iences of yesterday. Two of Elon's choice sons are to brins messages. At the aUnnni assembly at 11 o'clock, nr. 11. Shelton Smith, head of the Department of Education at Duke I'niversity, will speak. At 7 ;:10 o’clock in the evening preceding the an nual banquet, Dr. P. E. Lindley, dean of High Point College, will deliver the aUnnni oration. Between these events will be the bar becue dinner at 1 o’clock, class reunions and informal meetings in the afternoon, a garden party by I'resident and Mrs. Smith at 5 o'clock and a band concert nt 7 o'clock. In tlie evening the campus will be l)rilliauliy lighted with .lapanese lan terns. Following Dean Lindley's ad dress the alumni will form for the march, which, led by the college band, will move to the West dormitory where the baniuet will be served at 8 o'i-'lock. J. O, Atkinscm. Jr., of (ireen-sboro, presi dent of the Alumni association, will pre side. While particular emphasis is being placed on Alumni Day, the former s'.u- dents are urged to come back to the campus for the entire Commencement program. Here, again is the program for the week. Commencement Events Friday, May 22; Smith Oratorical contest. 8 p. m. Saturday. May 2.3: Playlikers of Elon College, 8 p. m. Sunday, May 24; Morning Worship. Baccalaureate sermon—Doctor Charles I# Minimum Standard of $13 Per Quarter Advanced by Former Students. CITE DEBT TO COLLEGE Alamance County Citizens Group Sets Pace for the Entire Movement. E. LINDLEY The Alumni l>ny oration will !)>■* (l('liv(^red by Dr. V. E. I.,irnl'ey. I>*an of llijrli roiiit (’olleKO. :uid diHtiii- jruished anth r and lecturer. Tues day evening, May 20, at 7 o'ior k. CAMEUOX MOUUISOX Cameron M*»rrlson of (’harlotle. former (4oveinor of North (’arolina and lornuT I’ni ed Stites Senator, will d-liver tlie comuien^-ement ad dress Wednesday nioriiinp:. May 27, at o’clo-k in the Wliitl?y Me morial Auditcr!u;n. DU. CTLVULES F. MVEUS Dr. ('Iiarles F. Myers, pastor of the Fir't rresbyterian (Miurch, Orecns’Kro. will deliver the hueca- l:iureale si*rnion Sunday njorninj;. May 24, at 11 o*'lock. PROFESSOR HOOK BUSY WITH CAMERA Making Pictorial History Campus Events for Future Records. of (Continued on Page Four') PHOTOS ARE INTERESTING | Professor A. L. Hook, 'l,"^, wiio was dean for twelve years, is closing his tirst year as registrar. Not satisfied with heading up the ph.v.sics depart ment, doing all the teaching in that department, giving a course in geogra phy and serving as registrar, he has also been doing graduate work at Duke University. All of this is good, but there is one job whicii I’rofessor Hook is doing tiiat will serve Ih? college in a way which will be api>reciated in the fu ture perhaps as well as any of his work, and that is preserving the history of the college in pictures. He now has on hand a nice group of motion pic'.ure views of ti;e la.st commencement, football, baseball, and other college activities. Fourth Session of Summer School to Open on June i Tlie fourth session of the Elon Sum mer school will open .lune 1 and run tlirough .July 10. Many courses will bo offered and a large number of Elon graduates and former students have al ready indica.ed the.v will attend tlie sessions. Courses offered are as fol lows : Nature study, social studies, child stud>-, methols, public scliooi adminis tration and supervision, educational measurements, BjUglish literature, American literature, children's litera ture, American history, European his tory, organic chemistry, freshmen physics, surveying, industrial ar'.s, drawing, public school music and ap plied music. Credit to the extent of six to eight semester hours will be allowed for the si.\ weeks' work. All class work will be done during the morning hours. Tuition exiienses will be $20 for day students and $.■>(( for dirmitory stu dents, including room and b: ard. Those taking scien: e or surveying will pay a Ir.boratory fee of .f.'i. -V di.s'.’Oun: of ,$2.."iO will be allowed • for all public school teachers. The faculty will consist of Dr. .T. I). -Messick, Miss Carrie McLean 'J'aylor, I’rof. T. E. Stough. I’rof. X. L. Hook, Dr. N. F. Brannock, Dr. W. C. Wicker. Miss Lila Newman. Dr H. L. Snuggs, Prof. J. W. Barney and I'rof. Dwiglit Steere. If you are Interested in summer school work you should get in touch with Dean J. D. Jlessick, Director of the Summer School, at once. % I'KOFESSOl! A. I-. HOOK MANY INTERESTING RECITALS ARE GIVEN Students in Special Depart ments Closing Year’s Study With Fine Programs. TEACHERS COMMENDED ELON SENIORS IN BIG DEMAND AS TEACHERS Elon College graduati-.- rate .VCE IIIOII as tea hers and many re:iuests have already come in from different liarts of the state for a list of gradua es who plan to teacb. About 20 of the present senior*^ plan to te,tch, of wiiicb the greater ncrti n will do high s -hool work. Two or three want p:)siiion.s as teacher and coach in high schools. For a long ;imo s:'ho'il p,*ople iiave realized that the small college can give its stiulfnts more time and personal at tention, which in turn develops stronger characters, all of which go to make a iK'tter prejjared teacher. For You This i.«su? of Maroon and Oolo 1“ sent to you .so that you may know ;he facts concerning the com- meueenient. IMease consid *r every word in this issue as a per.-ionai message to you. Kead it, decide tiie dates that it will suit you best to attend Elon, and make it a point to be here for at least a por'.ion of the connnencement. This is the season of recitals around Elon, all students of the special depart ments being expected to give recitals during the last few weeks of scliool. The iirogranis this year have been of unusual (luality and extremely interest ing, Tliose in charge of piano, organ, voice and expression are to be com mended for the grade of work done tliis year in tlieir departments. Miss Sara \’irginia Hook, daughter of Professor and Mrs. A. L. Hook, gave a very interesting recital in reading dur ing the past week. Oliver Cook, Nor folk, Va., gave his recital before a large and appreciative audience last Sunday atternoon. Miss Esther Cole, Durham, Elon's May Ciueen, pleasel a large au- ()n the groundwork laid during two months of careful preparation and organization, the Eicai College Deveiol)- nient Program is now in full swing, with all divisions keyed to an intensive effort. •Vt the campaign ottice in Burlington, from which has come the organizational direction and material of an informa tive and inspirational nature, tlie mail is now moving the other way, bringing hack subscript ion.s and cash, some in small amounts, S(mie in large amounts. For the most part tlie pledges, whetlier large or small, indicate tliat the alumni, the members of tlie Southern Congre- gational-Christian Church and other friends of tiie college recognize the value of Elon as a '(mstructive force In its constituency and that they are doing their part to the extent of their ability to make the college secure and to e(|uip it for greater service. Among the alumni tlie $104 minimum subscrii)ti(m plan Is proving very jiopu- lar. This plan was worked out by a group of re[)resentative alumni after careful consideration of three factors. The first of these was what Elon had done for them, Tliey realized that the college had, to a large extent, provided them for the grmndwork of their ca reer and had done so at Just lialf the actual cost. In other words, they found that they were still “in the red” to their Alma Mater about .$1.")() for each year they had sitent on the campus. riien they considered the second fac tor, the need of tlie college today. They recognized that .$2ri0,000 is a lot of money and that, even with the church constituency and the citizens of Ala mance county contributing a large part of the fund, the alumni would still have (Continued from Page Two) (Continued on Page Four) Alumni In Four Support Is Urged Rjidio Messages The .Vlumni Hadio Beunion on May 12. an event uni(jue in the history of the college, has brought considerable tan mail tor the four speakers and the singers who jtrovided the entertainment. Here are e.vcerpts from each of the talks, in the order in which they were delivered : PROF. RALPH S. RAINEY, Speaking from Charlotte: “Some people measure their fellow- nian by the size of his pocketbook and the worth of an institution by the length of its enrollment sheet. Botli are false .>-tandards. A man's worth is in terms of his character, and the value of a college to its students is in terms of the cliiiracter of its instruction. “There are many things I could tell you about my old college, but the one that, to me, makes the biggest imjires- sion Is the way she weathered the re cent bard time.s. While other colleges were curtailing their enrollment, piling up indebtednes>.-, and many going out of businc-ss entirely, Elon Colleg(> dou- hh‘d its membershl|i, cut its indebted ness by more than half a million dol lars, and today with a roster of nearly rKK) students is having to construct new buildings to take care of the students who are clamoring for entrance. “In passing I want to pay tribute to the head of Elon College, the man who made the wheels go round in spite of the depression. I refer to that great leader and Christian educator. Dr. Leon Edgar Smith, president of the college. Half a dozen years ago I served on a (Continued on Page Two)
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