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Complete Community and Campus Coverage Maroon And Gold Published By and For Students of Elon College Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year VOLUME XII hLON COLLfc.GE, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1937 Z 530 No. 7 Kirby Page In Stirring Talk Tells Elonites War Threatens Urges More Trade Abroad On Friday .December 10, dur ing the regular Chapel period, the Elon College siuaent body was fortunate in having as’ speaker, Mr. Kirby Page, lecturer, writer, and well-known ejonamist. This service was sponsored by the Student Christian Assoc;acion oi the College. introduced by Dr. Smith, Mr. Page piesented in a clear and con cise manner the problem of war as it stands today, with special emphasis upon the cris.s between J.apan and China. In his opinion, no nation may condemn Japan since all the nations have at some time carried on a like project of gaining property and riches for themselves. In ^rder to obtain products which a nation lacks, and which some other nation has in abundance, the “have-not” na tion may receive the product, it may buy the product, or gain it by theft. The first may be elimi nated, since nations are not ac customed to handing out valuable products as gifts. The second is possible, if the “have-not” country has money for the purchase. The third involves war, in many cases. Mr. Page did not adopt the ‘'panic method” in dealing with the question of war. He approach ed the subject logically and calm ly. He accepted the possibility of war and pointed out ways of! avoiding it. Much of his talk, as , presented on Friday, is included! in his book “Must We Go to War.” This book, and several pamphlets of his writing, aie available to students through Harris Hend ricks, or Dr. D. J. Bowden. Christmas Carols To Be Chanted There’s music in the air, flavor ed with the songs of the season, Christmas CaroU. On Thursday, evening December 16, the la^^t Thursday before Christmas vaca tion, a “Carol Sing” will be held in Whitley Memorial Auditorium. All students are urged to come to! this “Sing,” and» to lend their voices to the singing of the tradi tional Yuletide music. I Miss Helen Chamblee, of the Elon Music Department, ha« re quested that each student make up a list of ten favorite Chri3,tmas Carols, and give this list to her, ifl order that the program may be made out. It is hoped that this ^ Christmas Carol singing may be come an annual affir. Favorite Christmas solos will be an added feature of the even ing’s program, furnished by the Voice .Dep(artment. Profesaor Fletcher Moore will preside at the •rgan, and will play as solo, ‘The March of the Magi Kiug." 63 On Honor Roll Seniors Lead With 20 Sophomores Have 11 Out of the total of C3 making the Honor Roll here at the miu- lull examinations, 23 were from Alamance County. \vn.ie tnc Senior Class is the smallest in number it, had the largcai iiumbe. on the honor roll, with a total of iO, while the Sophomore Class had only 11. Those maxing tiie Honor Roll are as follows; Mrs. Bess Allen, oraham; Gee. Barnwell, Mebane; Harry bauK- necht. New Jeisey; Helen Bo^ne, Burlington: Baxter Bottoms, Se- boro; t,aitn iiiaiii.oeK, v«;i- ■ion Braxton, SnoA Camp; How ard Brown, Charlotte; ^Nancy Bat- ner, Cartnage; Lawrence Lamer- ^n, Sanfcru; Siivo Ciiuso, New jersey; Ru^h Page Llaik, rtaieigh; Albeit V'. CoOie, Bumiigcjn; jiar-. riaie„ Ear^, ing^am, va.; Cnris- tine Eaves, Hender^on; Iviary Nell n,aves, Henderson; Dorothy Ed wards, Portsmouth, Va.; Eana Fitch, Burlington; Kuby Lee Fos ter, Burlington; Aureiia j? utieli. Rich Square; Ralph Garner, New port; Elizabeth Giay, Enfieid; Jerry Haggard, Carlsbad, Neu uiexico; Ruth Harris, Candor; Hu bert Heatwole, Burlington; vioiei Hoffman, Elon; Griffin Holland, oiielby; George Holmes, Snow Hill; Chiistiiie Holt, Uraham; John Horton, New York; Ben Hurst, New Bern; Catherine James, Staunton, Va.; Melvin James, Haw River; Howard Jones,' wadesboio; Charles Kernodle, ii.lQn; Katherine Lawson, Durham; June Leath, Burlington; iViUrie Aiangum, Burlington; William .Viinarik; Margaret Nash, Elon; Stafford Peebles, Oxford; Mattie Pickett, Burlington; Joy (jLiack- enbush, Graham; Charles Rawlsr Suffolk, Va.; P'lorence Reeves, Riverhead, N. Y.; Ruby Reynolds, Learnan; Mary Elizabeth Rierson, Gibsonville; Lillie Mae Rountree, Gibsonville; James Rumley, Elon; Emerson “) nderson, Brown Sum- mitt; Isaiah Sears, Gibsonville: Lawrence Sharp, Elon; Dorsey Stimson, Lewisville; Leroy Spell, Roseboro; D. B. Summers, Gib sonville; Gwendolyne Tillmanns, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Maybelle Tutor, Lillington; Mary Frances Walker, Burlington; George Web ster, Elon; James Wilburn, Lil lington; Beatrice Wilkins, Haw River; Mrs. Foy Williams, Bur lington. - Shakespeareans Kepeat Showing of Taming Of The Shrew Production by the Elon Shakes peareans of “The Taming of the Shre.v” ten days ago proved so successful that a repeat perfor mance for the public was put on the boards last Tuesday night in Ltie Little Chapel Theater at the College. A large audience at tended. This perennial comedy-hit by the Old -Vlaster was again inter preted by the Elon student-actors with immense verve and under standing. Al Mastro, All-State guard on the toot-ball team, played the part of Petruchio, and tamed the Shrew, played Juanita Waugh, with admirable dexterity and side-splitting comic action. The supporting cast of twelve, clad in the colorful costumes oi the Elizabethan period, assured the audience of laughs in every scene. Many in the audience re marked that no Broadway comedy in recent years had packed in moie laug.xter, and that Old Master Shakespeare was the most modern of tne wr.ters ol ar..*-_..^ c medy. The flay was peiiormea on tne Elizabethan stage Le--ia.*e.^ by Dr. Fletcher Coll.ns'-cia.s in iuakea- peare. This stage allows contin- ucus action in spite of the four teen scenes ci tne play, and the speed of the sttory is consequently that of a moaern motion picture. In the Elon Little Theater, located in the Moony Christian Education Buiid.ng, an intimate relation be tween the audience and the actors is liKew.se made possible, a re lation similar to th..L in the thea ters of baaKts,,eaie’s aay. Class Memorial Chimes Planned By Seniors And Juniors I At a joint meeting of the Junior ' and Senior classes held recently, following a regular Chapel ser vice, the question of the Senior Class Memorial was brought up. The suggestion was made that, as their gift to the College, the Class of 1938 present chimes, to be placed in the cupola of Alamance Building. After investigation, it was found that such a project would be too expensive for one class, and the Junior Class was invited to share in the enterprise. It has been Professor Hook’s idea that these chimes be played at 12:25 each afternoon, and just before the dinner hour. The chimes will be heard within a .hree-mile radius of the college; .hey will be used on Sunday as gnal to church and Sunday school. It may be that a special apparatus will be attached that will make the chimes sound auto matically for classes. In order to finance this worth while project. Bill Jones and Law- .ence Lameron, presidents of the junior and Senior ulajses, respect- -veiy, h^ve appointed committees to carry on a campaign to iai;e funds. Members of the^e commit tees are: Junior Class, Jordan Sloan and Gwendolyne Tillmanns; Senior Class, Bill Maness and Mary Nell Eaves. Cards have been mimeographed, and the campaign has begun. Juniors and Seniors are urged to lend their cooperatioa- Captain-Elect Israel |Local ConteSt Is Announced Israel Elected Head Of 1938 Cannonade At Football Banquet Open Only To Elon Students $5.00 For Happiest Idea Nole Club Organized Edith Brannock Gives Shower For Elon Bride Miss Edith Brannock gave a sur- prwe miscellaneous shower for Mrs. McAdoo Thigpen._ Bingo was played, and Miss Beatty Wil kins was not fortunate enough to win until the |*riees gave out. A delicious salad course was serv ed. Upon opening the gifts, Mrs. Thigpen discorerad that she had received everything from a rolling- |iin to what have you. Those present were: Misae* ■utrice WllkMs, Helen Dailey, Mairaret SmiUi, Nancy Butner, (Continued on page 4) The Nole Glee Club has recent ly organized, with a membership consisting of about twenty mem bers. Landon Walker will lead the Club this year, and programs are being planned. The officers elected are as follows; I Ike Fesmire, President; Al Mas tro, Vice-President; and Charlie Hamrick, Secretary. The member.1 are, Joe Hilgreen, Rusty Jones, James Parker, Lloyd Early, James White, Tom Furness, Howard; Brawn, Lawrence Cameron, Deroy ’ Fonville, John Horton, Henry Satterfield, Charlie Hamrick, Nat Elizabeth “Lib” Fowlkes Weds Herbert White On Friday evening November 26th, Mias Elizabeth Fowlkei be came the bride of Mr. William Herbert White of Ruffin, N. C. The marriage took place at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. | and Mrs. R. J. Fowlkes of near Yanceyville, North Carolina. Mrs. White attended W. C. U. N. C. her freshman year and then transferred to Elon where she re ceived the A. B. degree with the class of '37. Since graduation Mrj. White has been teaching in the public school at Altamahaw, N. C. She will continue there for this term. Elon Debaters Back From Tournament The di;bate team composed of Emerson Sanaerson, Tommy Earp, and Isaiah Sears on tiie aiiirma- tive, and LeCriand Xfloody, t,m- manuel He..gebeth ana ijottoms on cne negative, repre- stnteJ Ei^n College in the annual JJixie Practice iournament, at Wuithrop College, Rock Hiil, S. C., December 2-4. Dr. Merton ^ French coached the team again: this year and accompanied it on the trip to serve as judge of the debate contests and other forensic activities such as after-dinner, ini- piumptu and extemp.,ianeous s, eaking. The Tournament this year regis tered about two hunared and twen ty-five participants, representing thirty colleges from Juartniouth College in the North to the Univer sity of Florida in the South, and v>eit to the University of Okla- noma. Dufe to the tireless efforts of Winthrop girls who acted as cnairmen and timekeepers, the dozens of debates and speaking contests proceeding simultaneous ly operated on scneduie with fine precision. The entertainment p.f«viaed was so genial and court eous that it will remain a bright memory for a long time to come. Even the rival debaters developed a feeling of unity and brother hood beioie tne closing oay ar rived. The results of thje Tournament are not yet knoiwn. However, since none of the experienced tilon debater worked together as a team the outcome is not expect ed to be startling. Mr. White received his educa- tion at Duke University and: at present will manage the faim at his home near Ruffin. The nawly weds will maJce their home for the present with the groom’s parents. Rev. W. L. M^nesis, the bride’s pastor, and father of our “Bill’’ Maneas, wa» the officiating minM- ter. •‘Messiah’" Presented To Large Audience Last Sunday i>iight Sunday evening, Dec. 6, in Whii,- iey ivlemorial Auaitorium, beioie an aad.enje of six hunaied, the ii,ion siiigeij presented nandei’s Oratoiio, “Ine jitsoian', wnich was Unaer t;he direcLion of Proi. otuart I ratt, head of tne coileije uep.inmciit uf music, ine fine group of soloists were composea i»iiss Helen Chamblee, sopiano, of the Voice DepartmenL; iVliss Evelyn Batnes, also, of DaKe University; iir. Jonn E. Toms -enor, of tne Uilivtr-juy or ii^-ri-ii Carolina; and Mr. UValter Vas^ar, oass, of (jreensboro ooiiege. Mr, let. her Moore accompanied tne line peiformance at the organ, and Aas assisted by Miss Helen Boone at the piano. T.*ie seventy members of the cho.r presented Uiu gieac oratono Aith .'(uch volume and precision a*, to cause it to be proclaimed as possibly tne besc ever presented nere. The smootnness aud modu lation gave beautiful musical ef fects, and one tone moved so im perceptibly into the next that the shading ■wm superb. The group excelled in the famous cli/tnax, ■‘The Hallelujah Ciwrus”. The soloists presented their parti in an exceptionally fine m^ner, with beauty of tone, apt ness of interpretation, and force .11 presentation. Mr. Moore at the console of the organ anil Miss Boone at the piano exemplified their art in accompanying, aod their wurk in the program de serves special commendation. Profeisa^r Bratt received muich praise for hid excellent directing. FACULTY RECITAL WELL RECEIVED On Monday evening, Noyember 29, in Whitley Memorial Audi torium, the Department of Mdsic presented Miss Helen Chamblee. joprano, Mr. Stuart Pratt, organ ist and pianist, and Mr. Fletcher Moore, acc’O'mpanist, in a faculty recital. The program was bril' liantiy liotarprated. Once again a boy from above the Mason-Dixon line will cap tain the Elon Football team. This time it is in the per.^onage of a real “Connecticut Yankee,” Ar chie Israel, of Waterbury. Archie was elected by the other members of the team at the annual foot ball banquet held in the college Dining Hall on the night of the traditional Guilford game. Archie, who has been a member .f the football squad for three years, ju-t completed his first season as regular center, having previously served as under-study lO Rudy Walser, All-Conference center in 1936. The new Chris- .an captain is a typical football player, who is well trained in the lundamentals and the fine points of the g.'.me. Archie kept in shape this summer “a la Red Grange”, by carrying ice to cool off the re frigerators in and aiound Water- oury, and the fact that this did him much (^ood as for helping (lis football ability was proved by the sterling brand of ball he dis played on the gridiron this fall. Archie will prove as good a leader as a football player, be cause he undoubtedly will set a fine example not only as a player, but as a man who realizes it is his duiy to stay in the best uf physi cal condition during the sirenous football campaign. Archie’s fond est wish is that the team which iii will captain can do as well as the one that just completed a .iighly successiul schedule under the guardianship of another great Elon grid star, Joe Caruso, who captained the greatest team in i:;ion’s football history. Beyond the necessities of life, it is the small things, at little jr no cost, which add most to the joy and happiness of living. This is especially true aiuong those with I whom finances are a problem, i Such a situation exists at Elon and such a condition exists among I the students and with the College. I The greater and remembered plea- I sures of our college year must of necessity be derived from those things to which little or no extra financial cost is attached. I Hence, this contest, and a prize ! of $5 for the best written sugges tion of approximately 100 words n “A Happier Campus Life at Elon”. Bear in m.nd that the, suggestion should add to pleasure of the whole group, and the cam pus life as a whole, the cost should be very small. ! Neither College nor students could afford to spend beyond a mini mum. Maybe each could help. What is your idea? The rules of the contest are as follows: 1. All Elon College students are eligible to enter contest; 2. Essays must closely approxi mate 100 words. 3. Essays must be in the Ma roon and Gold office or in its mailbox in Alamance Building not j later than noon on Saturday, January 8. 4. The winning essay, and pos sibly others worthy of mention will be published in the Maroon and Gold soon after that date. 5. All papers must be signed. 6. Judges are to be Dean.i Ox ford, Messick, and Dr. Bowden. The judges re-erve the right to reject all suggestions if none is deemed practical and beneficial. Playmakers Made Great Hit At Elon Elon Movies Improved By Lighting Apparatus It has been announced by Prof. Hook that apparatus has been se cured which will greatly impro^e Elon movies. Through membei.8 of the physic department, Hov—, ard Jone6, Vernon Somers, ana Walter Fonville have installed two rectifiers and two arc lights j which will make the amount yf | light on the screen three times greater. Thij apparatus will be used for the first time tonignt. j There is also a new pcrwer line i directly from the Duke Power Company which will make the power more regular. Coming Back Next Term Jejse Harrington returned to hij home about a month Jtgo fro'm New Mexico. Wliile in this west ern state, Jesse was the recipient of much interesting experience as an employee in a copper mine. He plans to return to Elon for the spring semester to continue his studies. Joe Hardison is working with the Mock-Judson-Voehringer Ho siery Mill In Greensboro, but plans to return to Elon for the sfwing semester. Joe ha>s been a mem ber of Elon’j baseball squad for tha p«3t two seasons. The Carolina Playmakers pre sented three one-act plays Thurs day evening, December 2. in the Whitley Memorial Auditorium. Arriving Thursday afternoon in their special bus, equipped with scenery and a lighting system of their own, the Playmakers pre sented as theif first play, “Funeral Flowers for the Bride,” by Bev-" erley Hamer. The play portrayed an amusing picture of the Blue Ridge Mountain folk, and fea tured an unusual wedding. As Rudy Gash, the arrogant daugh ter of Zeke Gash, a widower of only a few days, Miss Janet Pend leton gave a vivid portrayal. Mr. Bedford Thurman, as the Reverend R; C. Holmes, brought to reality the kindly, generous friend of Zeke. “Sunday Costa Five Pesos,” by Jose^hina Niggli, the third play, is based on a very old Mexican law which states that any women who starts a fight on Sunday must pay a fine of five pesos. This play was probably enjoyed most of all by the Elon audience. It was bright, witty, rapid-moving, and featured a highly amusing battle of hair-pulHng and scratch ing between two young women. It is hoped that the Carolina Playmakers may make another appearance on the Elon stage in « future toar. Their first pro duction w*4 a great aut^ess.