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COMMENCEMENT
MAY 22-26
MAROON AND GOLD
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CLASS MATES
ALl MM DAY
VOLUME XI
ELON COLLEGE. N. C„ FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1937
Nl MBER SIX
Roger W. Babson To Deliver Commencement Address
Outstanding Program Is |
Set For Commencementi
CANDIDATES FOR ALUMNI PRESIDENCY
Elaborate Plans Made for Obser
vance of 47th Annual Com
mencement Week at Elon.
44 SENIORS TO GRADUATE
The forty-seventh annual com-
- mencement of Elon College will
be held May 21 to May 26 inclu
sive. A very unusual program
has been arranged. A class of
ferty-four young men and young
women will receive their diplo
mas at the hands of the college.
In addition there will be certifi
cates awarded in the departments
of Music, Art. Commercial, and
Speech, also honorary degrees
will be conferred upon distin
guished citizens.
Commencement opens with the
Smith Oratorical Contest on Fri
day night. Saturday night, the
Dramatic Club presents “The Im
portance of Being Earnest” by
Oscar Wilde. This is always an
enjoyable occasion.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered at 11:30 Sunday
morning by the Reverend Dr.
James H. Lightbourne, pastor of
the Burlington Christian church.
The Burlington church congrega
tion is invited to join with the
college on this occasion. This is
always a day of privilege and
blessing. At the evening service,
the writer will speak bringing a
special message to the graduating
class and all who find it con
venient to attend.
The graduating class will give
their final exercise Monday morn
ing at 11 o’clock. At the close of
this exercise the mantle of au
thority will be turned over to the
President of the junior class
which automatically is advanced
to the position of senior.
Tuesday is Alumni day. Rever
end George Washington Perry,
pastor of the Trinity Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, Durham,
North Carolina, will bring the ad
dress. This exercise will be fol
lowed by a complimentary lunch-
(Continued on page two)
ADDRESSES ALUMNI
G. W. PERRY
Above is pictured G. W.
Perry, Minister of the Trinity
Methodist Church, of Durham,
who will deliver the alumni ad
dress here this year.
As part of the Elon College
commencement program, the Elon
College Players will present a
three-act comedy, “The Impor
tance of Being Ernest,” by Oscar
Wilde, on Saturday, May 22, at
8:00 P. M., in Whitley Memorial
Auditorium.
“The Importance of Being Ear
nest” is a fast moving, hilarious
play, taking place in London, in
1895. It is to be in the costumes
of the period, and its director,
Miss Floyd Childs, has chosen an
excellent cast for its production.
The characters, in the order of
their appearance, are: Lane, Al
gernon Moncrieff’s man servant,
Dr. Collins’ Advanced Composition Clyde Rudd; Algernon Monchieff,
Class Getting New Literary William Maness; John Worthing,
Work Progresses On
“Elon Colonades”
Elon Players Name
Commencement Play
“The Importance Of Being Earn
est” To Be Presented as Annual
Commencement Week Number.
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Noted Statistician Gives
Literary Address Here
Pictured above is Dr. .1. E. Rawls, left, and W. F. Warren, right,
candidates for the presidency of the Elon college Alumni Association
for the oncoming term. Warren, class of 1910, has been selected as
Alumni Orator far this year and is now Superintendent of the Dur
ham City schools. Dr. Rawls is head surgeon of the Lakeview
hospital, Suffolk, Va.
Program Announced For
Annual Alumni Day Here
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
ROGER W. BABSON
Authority on Business and Fi
nance the World Over Will
Address Members of (iraduat-
ing Class.
IS OUTSTANDIN(; SPEAKER
W. F. Warren Will Serve as
Alumni Orator When Old Grads
Assemble On Campus for An
nual Session Held in Connec
tion With Commencement Week
—Business Meeting Slated.
STRONG CAST SELECTED
Magazine in Shape for Publi
cation.
Members of Dr. Collins’ class
in Advanced Composition have
been hard at work in the Elon
Pressroom preparing the first edi
tion of the “Elon Colonnades”. •
This magazine will make its ap
pearance just before the begin
ning of the Commencement ex
ercises. This will mark the be
ginning of a new publication on
the Elon Campus. It is planned
to publish this magazine four
times during the next session
with members of the Advanced
Composition Class acting as the
editors.
Already they have a collection
of poetry and prose produced by
the Students that should make
a magazine of high standing in
the North Carolina Press Associa
tion.
Dr. Collins’ has great plans for
the Elon Press this coming year
and has invested in various new
types of print for the publishing
of better manuscripts.
With the entrance of Elon to
the College magazine field, the
college now has three student
publications and attempting as
much or more than other small
colleges are. It is hoped that
"Elon Colonnades” will take high
place among such publications,
and will prove a worthy addition
to the activities of the Eton Cam-
Pus-
Jack Neese; Lady Bracknell, Hil
da Lee Heatwole; Hon. Gwendo
line Fairfax, her daughter, Sara
Virginia Hook; Cecily Cardew,
John Worthing’s ward, La Verne
Porterfield; Miss Prism, her gov
erness, Beatrice Wilkins; Rev.
Canon Chesuble, D. D., Rector of
Woolton, Lloyd Early; Merriman,
butler to John Worthing, Richard
Divers. In this cast, there are
not only those whom we shall all
recognize as familiar stage pres
ences, such as Hilda Lee Heat
wole, Sara Virginia Hook, and
Beatrice Wilkins, who are all
members of the Delta Psi Omeg-a
fraternity, but also there is much
new talent, which is always wel
come on the stage at Elon Col
lege.
The play is concerned with the
intricacies of assumed names and
mixed identities, the fondness of
both the Hon. Gwendoline Fair
fax and Cecily Cardew for the
name of “Ernest”, and the amaz-
ing development of an involved
plot. There are no hesitancies in
the movement of the play; rather,
it goes along rapidly to the con
clusion, leaving the audience
highly amused and intrigued with
the definite originality of the
play.
For the past five years, Tues
day of commencement week has
been observed as Alumni Day.
The program begins at 11 o’clock
with music by the Elon College
Singers and an address by some
outstanding alumnus or citizen.
On this program the Governor
of the state and other prominent
churchmen and educators have
spoken. Last year Dr. H. Shelton
Smith, an alumnus of the college
and a member of the Duke Uni
versity faculty, was the speaker.
This year the Reverend George
Washington Perry, a former stu
dent of the college and now pas
tor of the Trinity Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, Durham, N.
C. is to be the speaker. Mr. Perry
is one of the leading ministers in
the North Carolina Methodist con
ference. He is pastor of one of
the largest churches in the state.
He was at one time pastor of the
Front Street Methodist Church,
Burlington, N. C. His many
friends and acquaintances will be
glad for the announcement that
he is to appear on the Elon Col
lege commencement program.
Following this address, a picnic
luncheon will be served on the
campus for faculty, students,
alumni, and friends who may be
in attendance.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, the
annual business meeting of the
Alumni Association will be held
in the Whitley Memorial Audi
torium. Following this meeting,
the Garden Party will be given
on the campus. President and
Mrs. Smith receiving.
At 7 o’clock there will be a con
cert by the Elon College Band,
Landon Walker, director. At 7:30
Superintendent W. F. Warren,
Superintendent of the Durham
City Schools, will deliver the an
nual Alumni address. Mr. War
ren is of the class of 1910, has
given his best to the business of
teaching, has succeeded admirab
ly in his profession, and is recog
nized as one of the outstanding
public school officials of this
state. We are very fortunate in
having Mr. Warren to deliver this
address. His many friends, the
alumni and the faculty of Elon
College will appreciate the fact
that he is to bring to us our an
nual message. At the close of
this address, the Alumni march
will be observed which leads the
procession to the Dining-hall in
West Dormitory for the annual
lAlumni banquet. Honorable J.
O. Atkinson, president of the as
sociation, will preside.
It is earnestly hoped that a
large number of the Alumni will
return to the college for this day.
Roger W. Babson, shown in
the picture above, famed the
world over as a noted statisti
cian and financial advisor, will
deliver the Commencement Ad
dress for the Elon graduation
exercises.
J. 0. Atkinson, Jr.
Cites Alumni Letter
Retiring President Addresses
Members of Alumni Association
Through Letter to the Maroon
And Gold.
ENDS SUCCESSFUL TERM
Miss Priscilla Wilson had as her
guest for the week-end Miss Ger
aldine Brooks, a student at W. C.
U. N. C.
Alumni Ballot For 1937
President
□ Supt. W. F. Warren
□ Dr, J. E. Rawls
Vice-President
□ Dr. Darden Jones
□ Supt. L. J. Perry
•
Secretary-Treaaurer
□ Prof. Howard Richardson
□ Mr. W. G. Stoner
Orator
□ Prof. Roy S. Helms
□ Miss Pattie Lee Coghill
VOTE FOR ONE IN EACH GEOUP and
Mail Your Vote to M. L, PATRICK,
HIGH POINT, N. 0.
Signed
Address
May 6, 1937
Dear Aulmni:
The chief asset and glory of
Elon College, ais well as any Col
lege, are her alumni. No doubt
there are alumni who would not
be considered an asset or a
source of glory to the College,
however, Elon with every other
college must rise or fall, in the
estimation of the public, with the
rise or fall of her alumni. From
the time the College was char
tered by our great State Elon has
twelve hundred graduates and
thousands have received special
training. These are in every pro
fession and vocation and are on
the whole giving a good account
of themselves in the pulpit, in the
classroom, at the Bar, in the me
dical profession and in business.
Elon is not ashamed of her alum
ni and we alumni are not asham
ed of Elon. I could go at length
to point out the rapid strides that
Elon has made in the education
al field, in the field of athletics,
etc., but I am sure Elon’s pro
gress is known to all of you alum
ni. As I have done in the past,
I want to again express my com-
menda.tion and praise of the ex
cellent work that has been done
and is being done by our belov
ed President, Dr. L. E. Smith.
The turning point has been reach
ed and the sun is now casting its
rayg of success over our Alma
Mater.
We cannot estimate the worth
and blesisings of life in terms of
dollars and cents and four years
of college training in the forma
tive period of life opens up ave
nues which lead to the life more
abundant. In this way Elon con
fers not only learning but life
upon *the conscientious student
and graduate. Culture is not
enough. Scholarship is not e-
nough. Learning is not enough.
The College confers all these and
more; it confers the inestimable
values of achievement and at-
(ContiBued on page two)
By Dr. L. E. Smith
Elon College is exceedingly
fortunate in securing Mr. Roger
Babson as one of it.-i commence
ment speakers. Mr. Babson is to
deliver the literary address on
Commencement Day, Wednesday,
May 26, at 10:30 a. m. We are
anticipating a very large attend
ance. Already several requests
for the privilege of hearing Mr.'
Babson have been received at the
college. Invitations are being sent
to churchmen, alumni, business
and professional men and women,
to attend. Special reservation.^
will be made in the auditorium
until 10:30. At 10:30, all seats
unoccupied will be open to the
public. We are anxious to accom
modate all who may wish to hear
Mr. Babson. In case there should
be an overflowing attendance,
loud speakers will be installed so
that Mr. Babson’s address may be
heard anywhere on the campus.
It is hoped that no one will stay
away feeling that he could not
hear the address.
Mr. Babson is a.man of unusual
ability. He is a statistician and
a financial advisor by profession.
Among his clients are numbered
some of the most prominent bank
ers, manufacturers, merchants,
and investors throughout the
world. Beginning this work in a
very small way, it has become
the largest of its kind in America
with worldwide connections. He
was instrumental in starting and
developing such statistical proj
ects as the United Business Ser
vice, Poor’s Manual Company, the
National Quotation Bureau, and
the Standard Statistics Bureau.
He is the founder and chairman
of the Board of Babson’s Statisti
cal Organization, Incorporated.
(Continued on page two)
Delta Psi Omega In
Final Meet Of Year
National Honorary Dramatic So
ciety Has Important .Session To
Close Season's activities on
Campus.
On Monday evening. May 10,
the Elon College chapter of the
Delta Psi Omega fraternity held
its last meeting of the school year.
The main purpose of the meeting
was to elect officers for the
forth-coming year. Hilda Lee
Heatwole, president, presided, and
the elections were as follows:
President, Beatrice Wilkins, Vice-
President, Duane Vore, and Sec-
retary-Treasurer, Gwendolyn Till-
manns.
Delta Psi Omega is the nation
al honorary dramatic fraternity,
and the Elon College chapter is
composed of eight students whose
dramatic work has been deemed
of sufficient worth to merit their
being elected to the fraternity.
The members of Delta Psi Omega
lare Hilda Lee Heiatwole, Sar^
Virginia Hook, Bill Loy, L. E.
Smith, Jr., Beatrice Wilkins,
Gwendolyn Tillmanns, Walter
Fonville, and Duane Vore, the
latter four having been elected
to the fraternity only this year.
Miss Floyd Childs is also an hon
ored member. •
Outstanding in the work of the
dramatic fraternity this year was
the production of the play “Trif
les” as part of the program of
one^act plays presented early this
spring. The cast was composed
entirely of members of the fra
ternity. .