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MAROON AND GOLD
Published Each Week by Student Body of Eion College
NEW STAFFS
FIRST
ISSUE
VOLUME XI
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1937.
NUMBER FIVE
Rawls And Warren
Are Candidates For
President Of Alumni
Alumni President
Nominating Committee Name Two
Highly Outstanding Members
As Candidates to Head Alumni
Association.
SKETCHES GIVEN OF TWO
The Nominating Committee has
selected two of the outstanding
members of the Alumni Associa
tion for the next two years.
Dr. J. E. Rawls is one of the
outstanding Surgeons of the State
of Virginia and has been for many
years one of the most loyal sup
porters of Elon. When many
were doubtful as to the future of
Elon, Dr. Rawls was faithful and
spent much time and gave liberal
ly that Elon might pass through
the financial distress caused by
the recent depression. He is
worthy and deserving of any hon
or the Alumni may confer upon
him. Dr. Rawls is head surgeon
of the Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk,
Va.
Supt. W. F. Warren graduated
from Elon in the class of 1910.
He has been unusually successful
in his chosen field and is now
Supt. of the Durham City Schools.
Since he has been located in this
section of the State he has been
loyal in his support of the college
and last year was selected as the
Alumni Orator for 1937. Supt.
Warren is well qualified and if
elected will make an outstanding'
record as President of the Alumni ^
Association. j
Dr. Darden Jones, Franklin, |
Va., and L. J. Perry, Reidsville,;
are candidates up for the office
of vice-president.
'Leon Lasser Elected |Blanche Wagoner To Be Presented In
I StfEto“aJler! Annual May Day Festival Tomorrow
Local Chapter National Honorary
Society Names Member of
Senior Class as President and
Delegate to Convention.
BRENDLER VICE-PRESIDENT
J. O. ATKINSON
Pictured above is J. O. At
kinson, Jr., who has served as
president of the Elon College
Alumni Association for the past
two years.
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Richardson, Stoner
Alumni Candidates
Leon D. Lasser, of Caldwell, N.
J., has been elected as president
of the Elon college chapter of Pi
Gamma Mu, national honorary
society for work in social sciences,
it was announced following a
meeting of the local chapter held
here this week.
The meeting was the first ses
sion of the group for the new
year since the induction of new
membe^rs recently into the so>-
ciety. The election of new of
ficers featured the session while
delegates to the state convention
to be held in Durham Friday,
May 7, were named at this time
In addition to Lasser, Mis.s
Louise Brendler, of Irvington, N.
J., was chosen as vice-president
for the local chapter. President
Lasser and Dr. Merton French
were named as delegates to the
state 'Convention.
The list of members of the lo
cal chapter of the organization
consists of Margaret Chason,
James Floyd Coble, John Garner,
W. Alfonzo Grissom, Florence
Kivette, Woodrow Piland, Blanche
Are Selected to Run for Office of j Wagoner, Eloise Jones, seniors; Annual is Given Top Honors
Queen and King May Day Festival
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Elaborate Program
Planned For Event
Costumes and Program to Bring
Out Colorful Affair as May
Queen and Her Attendants are
Presented.
MISS WAGONER IS QUEEN
Miss Blanch Wagoner, shown above on left, will be presented
as May Queen in annual festival to be held here tomorrow with
Leon Newman, pictures at right, as king.
Phipsicli Is Awarded
First Place Contest
Secretary and Treasurer in | and Virginia Conye.-i, Mary Nell
Alumni .Association Elections. [ Eaves, Harold Hilburn, anj Chas.
I Kernodle, juniors. |
ORATORS ALSO LISTED | £),• Merton French and Dr. L.
j C Dickinson, of the Elon college
Below are given sketches of'faculty, have been named honor-:
'the candidates who have been I ary members-of the Elon chapter.'
In Collegiate Press Convention
Awards Made Last Week.
ELON DELEGATES ATTEND
Dr. Darden Jones finished Eloi^ submitted for the offices of .sec-j
in 1927. He is now practicing I retary and treasurer and also for | j . Af * T
Denistiy in Franklin, Va. and for j orators for the alumni association. L/lterarV JVlagaZme IS
the last two years has served as I Howard Richardson is a mem-'
President of the Virginia Alumni i ber of the Class of ’27. He is
Association. | now Principal of the Thomas
Supt. L. J. Perry finished Elon. Jefferson Grammar School, Ale.x-
in the class of 1923 and is noWjanderia, Va. Prof. Richardson’s
Superintendent of the Reidsville training and habits fit him for
City Schools. While a student at the position as Secretary and
Elon, Supt. Perry, was outstand-i Treasurer and if elected he will
ing as an athlete and since his | no doubt make a good record in
graduation has had a very suc
cessful career as Coach, Princi-
this place.
W. G. Stoner, “Bill” is perhaps
pal and Superintendent of High rngre Alumni than any
Schools in this State. |(,f recent graduates. P’inish-
ling in the class of ’23, "Bill” has
! found it convenient to be on the
1 campus several time each year
land has been one of the leaders
: in every movement for' the good
of the Alma Mater. If chosen
by the Alumni, “Bill”, will no
i doubt put much time and thought
to this job.
New Course To Be
Given In Journalism
Broader Field in Journalistic
Work to be Covered in Course
Offered for Next Year.
A new course in Journalism will
be offered next year, according to
an interview with Dr. Fletcher
Collins, head of the English De
partment The new course, which
will replace the course hereto
fore offered, will probably run
for the full college ye^r, ami will
be open to Juniors and Seniors.
Plans for the course call for the
Journalism class to take as its
main project the publication of
the Maroon and Gold. The clas.^
will gather news, write up the
news articles and advertising, and
will see the paper through the
newly acquired Elon Press each
week. In this way, well-rounded,
practical experience in the field of
Journalism will be available to
many students. This reorganiza
tion is in line with modern meth
ods in the teaching of Journalism
in college, and should also help
to assure the Maroon and Gold of
a successful year.
nades”, will make its appearance
on the campus shortly before
Commencement. It is being spon
sored by Dr. Collins’ class in Ad
vanced Composition, and is ex
pected to appear' four times next
year in addition to the May issue
of this year Each issue will con
tain new and original work by
Elon students.
The members of the class are
Roy Helms was a member of acting as the present editors of
the “SCOTT and HELMS” Debat-1 the magazine. They have ready
ing team while at Elon. He and^a collection of poetry and prose
II. Lee Scott represented Ebn in | of unusually high standard pro-
many debates throughout Vir-iduced by Elon students this term,
ginia and South Carolina. Hcj (Continued on Page Two)
finished Elon in 1923, when the
Societies were strong
Phi Psi Cli, annual of Elon
! College, was awarded the top posi"
I tion in the Class B annuals at the
I recent meeting of the North Caro-
jlina Collegiate Press association
To Be Published Here in High Point. The other wins in
I the Class B group were for the
^ [newspaper, the Davidsonian, and
■Advanced Composition Class To fg,. college magazines. Quips and
Publish Campus Magazine, i Cranks, of Davidson.
“The Colorfnades”, to Appear, College publications
i' were represented by the new edi-
!tor of “Maroon and Gold”, Law-
The first issue of Elon’s new-'i.gnce Farrell, and Harold Hill-
est publication, a literary quar-iburn. Bill Maness and Woodrow
terly to be called “Elon Colon- piland. The convention began on
Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock
on the Elon campus will be held
the annual May Day celebrations.
A large and motley cast of aris
tocrats, folks, and musicians ha.s
been assembled for the purpose,
and much mirth and jollity is ex
pected to exude from them. The
procession to the Maypole will be
led by the College Band, followed
by the May King, Leon Newman,
and the May Queen, Blanche Wag
oner. What happens after that
will depend upon the good will of
the audience and the ingenuity of
the performers.
Mrs Johnsie Cobb, who has
directed the preparations for the
festivities, stated early today that
ye old Maypole is going to get the
hardest workout ever from group.s
of maydens whirling ecstatically,
about it. In addition the Glee
Club will be heard in a group of
rousing ditties, various and sun-
- i dry tumblers and court jesters
Local Group Hears Highly Inter-'" ‘■I supply the comic relief, and
esting Address From Burling-1 there is a rumor that Bottom and
ton Bu.siness .Man at Regular (members of the
Meeting. i Shakespeare Class I will do a Py-
jiamus and this be before the
I King and Queen. Other features
I are being kept secret as practice
goes on behind locked doors. How
ever. the Maroon and Gold did
manage to catch a glimpse of in
dustrious performers going thro
the “step-together-.step” one aft
ernoon, with the strains of “The
Blue Danube” wafting through the
open windows of the “Y”. Let’s
hope it’s fair!
T. J. Mitchell Talks
To Commerical Club
LIST OTHER ACTIVITIES
Mr. T. J. Mitchell, President of
the Merchants Association and
the Chamber of Commerce in Bur-
‘ington, gave the second of a series
of lectures to the Commercial
Club. Mr Mitchell outlined and
discussed some of the qualities
that business men expect in the
secretary. I
The following characteristics!
were discussed chiefly; Initiative, i LoCal DelCgateS At
accuracy, honesty, courtesy, tact,' ~
Conference Meeting
Elon Students (Jo To Joint Y. .M.
C. A. and Y. W. ('. A. Confer
ence Session Held Recently at
Camp Nawakwa.
personal appearance, ambition,'
good health, and loyalty. An-'
other important factor toward i
April 22 and continued foi thieeiefficient and success-,
day.s, with High Point College act- fui secretary, as Mr. Mitchell
ing as the host to all the members. I
the meeting on Friday nightsmile. Impressions made
the awards were announced | telephone i
the annuals, magazines, and news-1 He also I State-Wide “V” C.nference
papers of the collejses of the state thel"'^" ^amp N'ewakwa, ab’.ut
In addition to those mentioned ^executive and'""^ mile east of Randk-miin, C.
above, the following awards were organization, the secretary should week-end. There were 7x
made: Class A annuals—Chanti- under.stand her particular place in^
deer, Duke University; Class A should find out just
newspapers. Chronicle, Duke Uni
versity- Class A magazine. Ar
chive, Duke university. Honor
able mention — Class A news
papers, Technician, State college;
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ENTERS MEDICAL STUDY
Prof. Herbert Burton, Y'ancey-
ville, N. C., a member of the class
of 1935 has resigned his position
as ceacher of Science at Yancey-
ville and will enter the Richmond
Medical College, Richmond, Va.,
during the coming year. The
many friends of Herbert wish for
him much success in his chosen
field of medicine.
Literary Societies were
and much stress was put on pub
lic speaking. All who know Roy
realize that he is well qualified:
for this position and deserves the;
honor. Prof. Helms is now Prin-|
cipal of the Amelia Court House
High School, Amelia Court House,
Virginia.
Miss Pattie Lee Coghill is also
a member of the class of ’23. Her
record at Elon and since leaving
here makes her a worthy candi
date for the Alumni Orator. Miss
Coghill is now connected with the
Congregational Church as Field
Worker and has much experience
as a-public speaker.
Sli=
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ALUMNI FEE IS URGED
The annual Alumni Fee is $1.00.
Each Alumnus is urged to pay this
fee as it is needed to pay the cur
rent expenses of the Alumni As
sociation and the $100.00 scholar
ship that is awarded each year.
This fee should be mailed to Prof.
M. L. Patrick, High Point, N. C.
Plan now to attend the Elon
Commencement from Mary 22 to
26.
Alumni Ballot For 1937
President
□ Supt. W. F. Warren
□ Dr. J. E. Rawls
V^ice-President
□ Dr. Darden Jones
□ Supt. L. J. Perry
Secretary-Treasurer
□ Prof. Howard Richardson
□ Mr. W. G. Stoner
1 Orator
□ Prof. Roy S. Helms
□ Miss Pattie Lee Coghill
VOTE FOR ONE IN EACH GROUP and
Mail Your Vote to M. L. PATRICK,
HIGH POINT, N. C.
Signed :
Address
they repre.-ented 12 V. M. (' A.’s
and Y. \V. C. A. organization''
from 1) colleges. I’adgett, Moody
and Cheshire attended as delegates
from Elon.
The principal speakers were Dr.
A. D. Beittel of (iuilfnrd ColleK-,
and Rev Lee Sheppard of Blacks
burg, Va. Their addresses were
very helpful and enlightening ti
all who heard them.
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how her specific duties contribute
to the work as a whole.
Those who heard Mr. Mitchell
agreed that these remarks from
a business man’s point of view
were very helpful.
The ('i.mmercial Club visited
some of the up-to-date offices in
Greensboro on April 15 and 20 as
a part of their secretarial prac
tice. Both groups were shown
through the Remington Rand
building. The men who demon
strated the most modern office | Commencenient Talks
equipment were very interesting, ]
and carefully explained the va- Elon
rious set-ups Those who went
April 15 spent the afternoon -view
ing the offices and grounds of the
Pilot Life Insurance Company.
The other group went to the Jef
ferson Standard Insurance Com
pany. Mrs. Howell, Professor
Stewart and Dr. Hardy accom
panied the parties. Most of those
who went to Greensboro express
ed a desire to get a position in
one of the insurance companies.
CO.M.MENCEMENT PLAY
Miss Floyd Childs, coach of
Oscar Wilde’s famous play, “The
Dramatics,” has announced that
"Importance of Being Ernest,” is
to be produced as the annual
commencement play. Casting has
begun, and rehearsals will soon
be in progrress.
Dean Messiek Delivers
Dean (iives Addresses for
High Commencements in a
Number of Places.
Dean J. D. Messiek delivered
the Commencement address at the
Trenton High School April 26.
Dr. Messiek was principal of that
High School for several years
soon after his graduation from
Elon in 1922 It is an expression
of confidence in Dr. Messiek that
they selected him for the Com
mencement Address.
Dr. Messiek is to deliver several
other commencement addresses
during the Spring. Something like
twenty-five requests for com
mencement speakers have come to
Pi’esident Smith’s office to date.
Dr. Smith, Dr. French, Dr. Wick
er and other members of the
faculty will deliver commence
ment addresses.