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Published By and For Students of Elon College
VOLUME XIII
ELON COLLEGE. N. C.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1938
Z 530
NUMBER FOUR
CHRISTIANS OVERPOWER NAVAL APPRENTICE
Artists of International Fame
To Open Concert Series
Concert Pianist Team
Of Gruen and Hall
To Be Here Thursdav
Alamance Concert Series
Outgrowth of Lyceum
The first concert of the enlarged
Alamance Concert Series will take
place Thursday evening, Novem
ber 3, at 8:15 o’clock in Whitley
Auditorium.
We are proud to present at that
time Frances Hall and Rudolph
Gruen in a recital of two-piano
music. Both of these artists are
accomplished pianists, and had al
ready become famous as concert
pianists before they joined forces
as a two-piano team. They have
been hailed as outstanding artists
by critics both here and abroad,
and the opinion of both critics
and the public has been that they
have reached heights never before
attained by any similar combina
tion.
Mr. Gruen’s original composi
tions and transcriptions are heard
'Constantly on programs of other
two-piano artists. Mr. Gruen has
given concerts in all parts of the
United States, Europe, Canada,
Hawaii, Australia, and New Zea
land. He has appeared as soloist
with the St. Louis Symphony, the
Philadelphia Symphony, and the
National Orchestral Association of
■ New York. He has also been as
sociated as an accompanist and
assisting artist with Elman, Far
rar, Ruffo, Crooks, and others..
Frances Hall made a triumph
ant debut as soloist with the New
York Philharmonic Orchestra. She
has given many recitals in the
principal cities of this country,
Germany and Holland, and is a
recognized artist.
The Alamance Concert Series is
an outgrowth of the Elon College
Lyceum course, and its member
ship includes not only Elon Col
lege, but the whole county. As
in the past, regular students of the
College are admitted without
charge to these concerts.
The calibre of the concerts for
this season is considerably finer
than in the past, and the commit-
, tee feels it has succeeded in ar
ranging a series by prominent ar
tists and at the same time one
which will appeal to everyone.
This is an unusual opportunity,
which is offered to students of |
Elon College, and it is hoped that
the entire student body will at
tend this series of concerts.
Alpha Pi Invites The
Whole Student Body
To Hallowe’en Party
To Be Held Tonight At 8:00
In The College Gym.
Tonight is the night for the
second party of the year featuring
Charles Hamrick and his orches
tra. The boys of the Alpha Pi
Delta Fraternity are inviting the
entire student body to attend a
Hallowe’en party tonight from
eight until eleven, in the college
gym.
Because of the fact that not all
the students wanted a costume
party, it was decided that the par
ty would be semi-formal. The
gym will be decorated in typical
Hallowe’en fashion, and possibly
the attendants will be in masks.
Some difficulty arises because
of the football games during this
week-end. No doubt some of the
students will go to Virginia for
the Naval Apprentice game and
remain away until Sunday or
Monday. However, most of them
will be Virginians, and we North
Carolinians will throw a real
party tonight, so come one —
come all. Don’t think the Duke-|
Carolina game will affect the at-,
tendance much.
Alpha Pi Delta expects you,
hopes to see you in the gym to
night at eight, and wishes you a
scrumptious good time!
■
Kaz;low, Fones, Golombek
Star For Elon Backfield
Church and College Suffer Great Loss By Tragic
Death of Dr.,^ Rawls, Alumnus and Trustee
T. e.
Literary Society
Filling For A
Forensic Club
Girls To Organize Society
Monday Night.
Avon Players To Give
“Romeo atnd Juliet”
Here November 12
Will Be Second Appearance
Of This Group On the Elon
Stage.
The Avon Players are coming
back again. On Saturday night,
November 12, this veteran acting
group, led by Joseph Selman, will
present Shakespeare’s immortal
love story, “Romeo and Juliet”, in
Whitley Auditorium. This will be
Elon’s first opportunity to see a
stage version of this famous play.
The Avon Players will be re
membered for their excellent pro
duction of “The Merchant of
Venice”, given here two years ago.
“Romeo and Juliet” will be a
special presentation, exclusive of
the regular Concert Series pro
grams, and there will be a prob
able admission charge of twenty-
The Dr. Johnson’s Literary So
ciety has completed reorganization
plans and is beginning to get pro
grams going in full swing.
In the first meeting of the year,
officers were elected to assume
their responsibilities immediately.
The officers elected were Tom
Perry, President; James L. Par
ker, Vice-president; Parks Hack
ney, Secretary; and Jordan Sloan,
Treasurer. Since the initial meet
ing of the year the Society has'
grown steadily until at the pres
ent time it has about thirty mem
bers.
The vice-president has charge
of the programs and is chairman
of the program committee. Ten-|
tative plans have been made forj
sponsoring an oratorical contest
among the students, a medal to
be presented to the winner by the
Society, but nothing definite has
been decided on this as yet.
Membership is composed of boys
who are interested in literary
work, and the organization is ful
filling the long felt necessity for
such an organization on the cam
pus. The group meets every
Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock,
in the Society Hall.
Due to the interest of many of
the girls in a literary society, a
meeting is to be called for Monday
night, October 31, to formulate
plans for a girls’ society. All the
girls who signed in Dean Oxford’s
office, and any others interested
are urged to attend this meeting.
It will be held in the Society
Hall, Monday, at 7:30 p. m.
five cents. The play will be given
by the same company at Duke
University during the same week.
The students were very shocked
to hear of the death of Dr. Rawls
on October 14. He was a promin
ent citizen of and around Suf
folk. He was a physician in the
Lakeview Hospital at Suffolk,
Deacon, Sunday School Teacher,
Vice-President of the Eastern
Virginia Conference, Trustee of
Eion_ College, Presidsr.t of the
Elon College Alumni Association,
President of the Chamber of
Commerce, Rotarian, and Civic
leader.
There were many of the stu
dents from the campus who went
to the funeral of Dr. Rawls Sun
day, October 16 at Suffolk, Va.
They were as follows: Melvin
James, Ida Mae Piland, Ruth Page
Clark, Dorothy Bray, Essie John
son, June Murphey, Walter Laug-
hon, Walter Fonville, Jack Wil-
kerson, John Henry Pearce, James
L. Parker, Charles Parker, Ver
non Hayden, Henry Bagley, Judith
Rich, and Floyd West.
New Masthead
With this issue, the Maroon
and Gold is initiating two new
mastheads. The front page
masthead is what is known as
sixty-point Tourist Bold type,
and is more outstanding and
clearer than the type formerly
iis-^d.
The sports page also has a
new masthead of the same kind
of type but of a different size.
This size is 48 point capitals,
whereas the front page mast
head is composed of capitals and
lower case letters.
"Rambling’' also has a new
heading. This heading is com
posed of 36 point, upper and
lower case. Graphic Bold and 14
point Airport Gothic Italic.
This type is one of the most
modern forms, and we hope
that the Maroon and Gold will
be able to continue its innova
tions. so that it will remain a
modern college newspaper.
Freshmen Elections
Put Steve Allison In
As Class President
In response to a hurry call from
the emergency ward, we rushed
over to the little chapel last Thurs
day armed with Flit, Rat Poison,
and other pest exterminators, ful
ly expecting to witness one of the
bloodiest uprisings in the history
of the school. — But, — imagine
our surprise to find the Pied Piper
of Elon, the student body’s pres
ent prexy Walter Fonville, hold
ing the situation well in hand.
Yes Sir! Those ‘Rats’ were quiver
ing with excitement and when
Wally announced that they were
to elect the big cheese, they simply
ate it up. Seriously, the meeting
was conducted in a highly com
mendable mcmner. Ask a few of
the ‘peeping toms’ from the Sopho
more class.
Steve Allison, blonde footballer
from Hillsboro, N. C., was elected
from a field of five presidential
candidates. He received a fine
ovation from the freshmen and
after a brief talk took charge of
the meeting.
The other officers elected were:
Charlie Donato, vice-president;
Lib Armfield, secretary, and Jack
Boone, treasurer.
With the elections accomplished,
the class adjourned until the time
comes to formulate plans for the
next freshman social event.
Conversion Made
By Shelton
Elon 19
Apprentice 0
Hurst, Fritts, Israel
Saecker, and Lea Star
Freshman “Y” Cabinet
Takes Over Some Of
Senior Group Duties
Some three weeks ago, the Stu
dent Christian Association placed
in the hands of its cabinet, the
task of choosing a Junior Y Cab
inet, composed of members of the
Freshman Class, who, from brief
acquaintance, show promise of be
ing helpful and influential mem
bers of the Elon student body.
The function of this cabinet is
much the same as that of the
Senior Cabinet, working coopera
tively to bring about a sincere
Christian attitude on the campus.
Headed by Jordan Sloan, super
visor and director of the Junior
Cabinet, the new organization
numbers among its members Tal
Rochelle, Mahlon King, Charles
Cecil Thomas, Mary Sue Hay
worth, Joe Bagley, Marvin Phil
lips, Kenneth Utt, Henry Wise,
Elizabeth Armfield, Margaret Fel
ton, Mary Ruth McDade, Sara For-
lines, Frances Frazier, Minnie Mae
Franklin, and Marcella Rawls.
Already the Freshman Cabinet
has been working together in a
Freshman Cabinet Week. Last
week, October 17-22, the Junior
group had charge of all the reli
gious activities on the campus.
Morning watch was supervised by
members of this cabinet, and Ves-
Elon Commercial Club
Elects New Officers
For The Coming Year
Thursday, October 12, the Com
mercial Club, composed of com
mercial students, held its first
meeting. The purpose of this ini
tial meeting was to elect officers,
and they are as follows: President,
Nancy Lee Hoylman; Vice-presi
dent, Essie Johnson; Secretary,
Mary Bivins; Assistant Secretary,
Mary E. Rierson; Treasurer, Marie
Mangum; Assistant Treasurer,
Mildred Best; Reporter, Mildred
Best; Advisor, Mrs. W. W. Howell.
The purpose of the Commercial
Club is to establish a closer rela
tionship between its personnel and
the business world. Lecturers and
demonstrations by competent busi
ness authorities and social events
make up the club’s program. The
members hope, through practical
experience, to prepare themselves
to meet the demands and prob
lems which will later confront
them in the business world.
pers last Sunday were conducted
by Mahlon King.
Saturday night, tha group spon
sored a party in the Y. W. C. A.
We wish them good fortune, and!
assure them of cooperation in alli
their activities.
Freghir.tth-Soptiomore
Reception Given
Last Wednesday night, after
several postponements, the fresh
men were given the treat of their
lives at the Freshman-Sophomore
Reception. John Henry Pearce,
president of the sophomore class,
had the various committees work
ing over time to complete the ar
rangements for this swell recep
tion. The splendidly decorated
gym provided a swell-elegant cu-
tie-hole for the disciples of razz-
ma-tazz and the music was a very
harmonious background for the
social program.
The jitter-juice was furnished by
none other than Joe Nickeloden
and his Five Pennies. For those
not listening to the music there
were games galore. Such as Chi
nese checkers, bridge, and jack-;
straws.
Coach and Mrs. Hendrickson
were the sponsors for the occasion!
and they seemed to have an en
joyable evening.
Speaking as a freshman, for the
freshmen, and with the freshmen,
it was a nice blow-out. Thanks
sophomores! ,
Special to Maroon and Gold
Kazlow leads in victory last
night, with two touchdowns. Milbury
also scores in fourth period. Elon com
pletely dominates play throughout the
game.
After two North State Confer
ence victories, Elon went outside
the loop last night to play Naval
Apprentics at Newport News, Va.
The Shipbuilders had not for
gotten the 7-6 defeat they suffer
ed last year at the hands of the
Christians, with the kick from
placement by Bradley beating
them.
The probably startng lineup will
be;
Naval Apprentice Elon
Heath L E Lea
Maloney L T Hurst
Goalder L G Fritts
Arculin C .. Israel (Capt.)
Garrett R G Brannon
Brown (Capt.).. R T Causey
Stewart RE Saecker l
Baxter Q B ShH ton t
. - - -4.- - .
ofxiiigicr tiii ...7.—.. Kazlow
Bunting HB Boone
Madsen F B Golombek
Handel’s Messiah To
Be Presented By
Choir On December 4
Choir To Be Composed of
Over Fifty Voices.
Home Ec. Club Makes
Extensive Plans For
Year’s Activities
The Home Economics Club re
cently held a wienie roast at the
Girl Scout Cabin. Members of
the Club attended the affair, emd
the invited guests were Miss Julia
Mae Oxford, Mrs. Oma U. John
son, Coach and Mrs. Hendrickson,
Miss Lila Newman, Miss Lida
Muse, and Madge Brannock.
It is hoped that the Home
Economics Club will be enabled to
send representatives to the annual
State meeting of the Home Eco
nomics Clubs to be held at the O.
Henry Hotel, November 4. The
organization is also making an at
tempt to have the club made one
of the federated clubs of North
Carolina.
According to recent announce
ment, the 1938 presentation of
Handel’s “Messiah” will take place
Sunday evening, December 4. Th§
names of the soloists are not
available as yet, but will be an
nounced as soon as possible.
A large number of Elon stu
dents will sing the “Messiah” this
year. Among them, according to
the part they sing, are Sopranos:
Annie Marie Eshelman, Mary
Ruth McDade, Sara Forlines,
Elizabeth Newton, Joy Belle
Quackenbush, Kay James, Frances
Frazier, Virginia Fowler, Fern
Fitzgerald, Dorothy Warren, Hel
en Boone, Nancy Hoylman, Sara
Frances Trollinger, Maxine Hat
field, Roberta Martin, Imogene
Lackey, Lila Budd Stephens, Nell
Tingen, Hazel Dobbs.
Altos: Evelyn Lilley, June Mur
phy, Winifred Barney, Margaret
Hopkins, Grace Goode, Margaret
Pennington, Irene Hook, Frances
Lee, Helen Dailey, Margaret Fel
ton, Mildred Craven, Essie John
son.
Tenors: Henry Wise, Cephus
Hook, Howard Brown, DeRoy
Fonville, D. H. Stallings, Jr.,
Spencer Owens, Bruce Flory, Ver
non Hayden.
Bass: Harry Bauknecht, Ralph
Garner, Charles Hamrick, John
Barney, Kenneth Utt, Richard Di
vers, Julius Shepherd, Charles
Thomas, Douglas Pamplin, James
Lightboume, Jack May, and Wal
ter Fonville.
It is a tradition of the Elon Sing
ers to present the “Messiah” each
year. The program, given by can
dlelight in the Whitley Memorial
Auditorium, is always one of the
most impressive of the school
year.