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Patronize Maroon and Gold Adrertisers Maroon VOLUME XV~ Z 530 To Appear In Annual Mestiah t>ublish»d Br and For Stud«nl« of Elon ColU«* ELOif COLLEGE. N. C. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 30, 1940 CompUt* Community and Campus Corerag* NUMBER SIX Stuart Pratt Julian Gardiner For this 1940 Christmas season, the traditional performance of Hansel’s “Messiah” will be pre sented by the largest choir ever to be developed in the history of Elon College. In combination ■with the choir, under the direc tion of Professor Stuart Pratt, four noted soloists will partici pate. This outstanding annual Christ mas production will be presented ■on Sunday evening, December 8, at 8:00 o’clock instead of the cus tomary 8:30 p. m. It will take place in Whitley Auditorium for the student body and for all who appreciate this fine and inspiring music. Last year extra seats were installed in the balcony; nevertheless, the auditorium was filled long before time to begin. Three New Soloists Three guests: Helen Sidell, so prano, of Raleigh; Mrs. Roy Dear- styne, contralto, also of Raleigh; Walter Vassar, bass, of Greens boro College; and Julian Gardiner, an English tenor and composer now of the Elon Music Depart ment; will be the soloists this year. Committees of S. C. A. Club Are Announced The Freshman S. C. A. Club met November 14, at which time President Schmitt appointed the following committees: Game Com mittee chairman, Jeanne Cannon; Rachael Crowel, Lillian Dyer, Dan Barker, Russell Cotob, and Allen Nance. Program Commit tee chairman, Nancy Underwood: Nancy Fowlkes, Ruth Koontz, Al-| bert Nance, Charles Mann, Joe Antone. Music Committee chair man, Clyd MacKenzie; Cora Wor- seley. Bill Siddell. Publicity Com mittee chairman, Sally Avery; Helen Messick, Bobby Carver.' Dance C o m m i,t t e e chairman Frances Creef. Betty Bell, Car lyle Bowden, and Clyde Beck. Ihis will be the first appearancc in Elon’s presentation of the “Mes- .iah for all of the soloists except -Valter Vassar, who has been a popular soloist here now for sev ■ral years. Student Pianist At the organ will be Professoi letcher Moore, and Helen Boonf U the piano. A music student a 'Jon, Helen Boone was includec n the 1940-1941 issue of ‘'Who'; 'Vho In American Colleges anc; Universities.” She has beer iwarded this recognition for he; achievements in music. New Chorus Professor Pratt has announcec 1 new chorus, “Worthy is th. Lamb,” to be included in this sea •on’s version. The “Messiah” b: Handel is the most dramatic ant powerful of all oratorios. Tli. story, divided into three parts, d- picts the longing of the wor' for its Savior and His appearancc the suffering, crucifixion and res urrection of Christ; and concludes with the confession of the exis tence of God. I /rench Students Plan o’lub Org:anization To Study French Culture Nearly twenty enthusiastic French students have joined wilh Miss Bussell in preparation for an organization of a drench club on the campus. For many years, the study of France, French customs, langu age, and Literature, outiiule of tiie class room, has been passe' at Elon. On her arrival on the cam pus, Miss Bussell quickly noticed : ihe need tor such an organization. I Miss Bussell expects to go slow with the organizing of tlie ciub. First, she expects to drill the members on French songs an d ballads, especially those used by college and university students in France. "All college stuaenlb like to sing,” explains Miss Bus sell, “and there is no better way to earn to pronounce loreign words than by singing. From this, I shall gradually work up to the point of organization.” The French students gather to gether every Wednesday evening, after dinner in Professor Bow den s class room for the purpose of obtaining a wider knowledge o. France and the French people. The present learning of French auiuaAa aujBs jBtij ;o Xmqj-xis native songs will lead the vva^ conversational French, and the production of French plays. If all goes well, a chapel program may be expected from this grou) sometime in the future. A name for this prospective organ izalioi has not yet been chosen. Education Club Hears ,Dr. Carson Ryan Speak | The Education Club of Elon College held its regular monthly meeting Thursday evening at seven-thirty in the Society Hall. The president, Jack Foushee, was in charge of the program. He in troduced as the speaker for the evening. Dr. Ryan, who is Head of the Education Department of : the University of North Carolina. I Dr. Ryan used for his, subject “The Field of Education and What it Includes.” He emphasized his points to the students by giving several experiences of his own teachings and visiting in numer- ' ous schools and colleges. One j experience of special interest and quite different was about the method of teaching and preparing lessons in Porto Rico. ! Dr. Ryan says, “we should never say we have measured a persons intelligence, but in some form of test measure his ability, efforts or achievements. It is not | So important to ^now a person.s traits as it is to know the things that will help us to help the pex- son”. He ended his speech with this advice to the future teachers; to be careful of their subject mat ter, have good character, person ality, and love for whatever trade you may do. The program was well attend ed by the future teachers and faculty members. Football Season Draws To Successful! Close At Banquet Elon Alumni Give Annual Banquet To Football Team Members New Athletic Field I Gets Final Approval Of Alumni Committee Kanauet Dates Have Just Been Announced Last week, November 20, the Pan-Hellanic council, with a rep resentative from each sorority and fraternity, met and drew the following the dates for the ban quets in the spring: March 15 Pi Kappa Tau March 29 Kappa Psi Nu April 5 Delta Upsilon Kappa April 12 Sigma Phi Beta April 19 Alpha Pi Delta April 26 Beta Omicron Beta Ma,y 3 Tau Zeta Phi May 10 Iota Tau Kappa F»*ps!hman Sun. School To Have Xmas Tree The Freshman Sunday School Class will sponsor a Christmai» Program for the entire student bod.y on Friday, December 13, at 7:30. Final approval of plans for ■onstruction of an illuminated ■ootball and baseball field for ■;ion, on the present Comer field !te, was given at a meeting of lumni held last Saturday night it the Alamance hotel ia Bur* ngton. W. C. Elder, of Burlington, as named chairman of the Elon olege Stadium committee, suc- eeding C. C. Fonville, also of urlington. Organization of alumni for le purpose of carrying through he project also was ccmpleted. Levelling To Begin .. The first step in preparing the .'w stadium, levelling of the eld, is expected to be started 1 the near future, possibly be- re Christmas. The committee ians to have the lighting sys- m installed by spring if there a demand that night baseball e played here. Construction of ands probably will be com piled during the summer and ,ie entire plant is expected to ready for use by next foot- II season. According to plans drawn up y the alumni committee, the i’iriiron will run east and west :!ul will be placed at the south- rn end of the park. Permanent .lands will be erected on the /Uth side and temporary stands ■vill be used on the north side. A practice gridiron also is in- 'jluded in the plans. This field will be placed either on the pres ent intra-mural field or beyond • v.- rcsent . i ,e .. southern end of chL- fieli. One hundred people attended the annual Elon football banque! in the Alamance Hotel at Bur lington last Saturday. The banquet started at 7 p. m. M. L. Patrick of High Point, ser ved as toastmaster. Some of th alumni and visitors Mr. Patrick called upon to speak before the main speakers took over were; Bill Stoner, L. E. Fesmire, W. L Lowe, Dr. L. E. Moffitt, Hintoi. Rountree, W. B. Waters, Bu Cooper, George Colclough, I k i Fesmire, James Green, Bill Tei rell ,and Cliff Elder. Dr. L. E. Smith was then caii ed upon to speak. He said, ' appreciate these annual footba,. banquets; they assure George COi Clough one square meal that da.v I appreciate the football boys, wi.. the best of men, the best leader, represent Elon College. They a. on the campus. Football has mad a contribution to Elon Coiie^;. We hope we may bring to tli. campus year after year the won derful boys like we have had thi year to represent Elon on ti. gridiron, and also on the cam pus. We have had a good season but we want better ones from here on out. I’m glad to be here and see all these friends and alumni of Elon here to enjoy th wonderful banquet with the Elon football players.” E. V. Mitchell, sportswriter of -he Durham Herald, was the principal speaker of the evening. He was introduced to the gentle men by Coach Horace Hendrick I son. I Mr. Mitchell, after opening h's speech by com.mending the offi cials all over the country for the : wonderful work, and citing the difficulty of their job. He ex- ^ . -V. (.1 I).O', footbR 1 sh-cu!d be j'o' rd for i!.;- sport c , it, the physical and mental strength it builds into young men and is not to be used as a mean.s of making money. In this con nection, he also deplored the use of “high-powered vpublicity”. In conclusion, he urged strong sup port of the Elon Alumni Associa-. tion in its efforts toward the con struction of a new stadium for the college. The meeting was then turned over to Coach Horace Hendrick son. Football letters were award ed the following players; Francis Bohensky, Joe Hopkins, Bernie ^kins, Lody Glenn, Ed Shaw Garland Causey, Jack Boone Ben nie Daher, Dick Staten, Stanley Yonkowski, Steve Castura. Joe Tomanchek, Joe Magnotta, Emi Showfety, George Shumar, Johi Henry Pearce, Bill Palantonio Louis Agresta, John Zurlis, Jac Wilkinson, Curry Bryan, Pet. Utsey, Wellington Saecker anc' George Cronin. Managers’ letters went to James Rumley and Bill Claytor, The\ passed out slips to all the foo‘- bal payers to vote on the mos vauable player, which would re ceive a six-dollar pair of shoes This honor went to Jack Boonf Slips were then passed out to the letter men to vote for a 1941 car tain. While the slips were bein passed out by the managers, and the voting was in progress, Coacl Hendrickson talked of the team and of the seniors: how much h hated to lose them, how ' they would be missed next year He spoke well of Wellington Saecker. Garland Causey, Jack Wilkmson ! and John Henry Pearce, While’ the votes were being counted b -| Coach, the four seniors stood ard made their last speech of regret ■ they had to leave the team. Bv this time the votes had been counted. The votes were near enough-equal between Daher and Boone that the team chose to have co-captains'for the year 1941 Elon To ObsBrve Re! qious Emphasis Week December 1-7 Dr. Anderson To Be Principal Sqeakcr Next week .the week of Decem ber 1 through December 6, has been set aside as Religious Em phasis Week for the community , as well as for the College, Dr, George Wood Anderson of Cha- taugua. New York, will be the leading speaker for the week. Dr. ' Anderson will present the first in his series of addresses inau gurating Religious Emphasis Week, Sunday morning at 11 in Whitley Memorial Auditorium, Sunday evening at 7:1.5, Dr. An derson will again speak. Dr. Smith says “The purpose of these services is the deepen in-» of spiritual life of all and par ticularly for those who are not professing Christians”. The ser vices are under the auspices of the community church assisted by the faculty, Sunday School offi cers and the Student Christian Assoctation. Reverend Lanson Granger of Asheboro, Millard Stephens of Union Ridge Church, and other ministers not yet named, have been invited to spend the we'k on the campus and participate in conferences and council meetings. Dr, Anderson is an internation ally known preacher, an evange list of note, lecturer, and friend of young people. Dr, Anderson- conducted two short but inspir ing periods of worship here early in the school year and it is a great honor to have him spend a wee'c on our campus. Services will be held every morning a t 10:01 o clock and every evening at 7:15 o’clock. The music for the services will be furnished by th« College Choir. Dr, Anderson will be available for personal conferences each da'f after the morning service ard every afternoon from Monday through Friday, It is hoped that the students as well as the peopla of the community will avail themselves of this opportunity to know Dr, Anderson as well as at tending the services. Dr. Smith, who is almost wholly responsible for Dr. An derson’s being here, says “You can make a contribution bv vour presence,” T)elta Psi Omega To Produce Soroyan Play The members of the Delta Psi Omega, Dramatic Fraternity, have begun rehearsal on Soroyan’s Broadway hit, “My Heart’s In the Highland”. The play, which will be the first one given by this group this fall, will be pre sented the nights of December 10 and 11, and promises to be outstanding performance. The list of characters includes: Ben Alexander, Jack ivTav; John ny, Howard Brown: Jasper Mac Gregor, Dwieht Gentry; Mr. Ko- sak, Kennuth U11: Johnnv’s Grandmother, Angie Hpnrv: Rufe Apley. Bob Truitt: Philip Car michael, Charlie Jones; Henrv Bill Hilliard; Mr, Wilev, Millard McDade: Mr, Cunningham, Har old Maxwell: The Husband. Jack Foushee. The Wife, Margie Hunt er; Esther Kosak, Mary Walker- Sam Wallace, Edward Shaw; A Boy, John Westmoreland. Ni\v Panvio Mf^mbers P--oo^+ P»-orram The Panvio Literary Society had one of the nicest programs r»re- sented so far this year, at their last meeting, Wedne.sdav, Novem ber 20, The regular business ses sion consisted of a discussion of pictures for the annual and of pledging more new members After the business part of tho meeting the program was turner’ over to the new members of the society, Edna Barrier opened the nro gram with a humorous recitation A trio consisting of Rachel Farr Esther Ruth Kelly, and Jeann Cannon, sang “Whispering Hope” Mary Nelle Jay next sang a soi^' “Indian Love Call”; and the tr!" returned with “Carry Me Back t( Old Virginia,” To offer something different, r contest was held to see who couV make the most three-letter word from the word “Thanksgiving” a limited time. Mary Walker- re- ceived the prize of a pack of Den tine chewing gum. Refreshments — pink lemon'id'^ and salted peanuts — were serv^'d. The meeting closed with the bene diction. The enthusiasm and good worV of the new members are certainly going to make the society a more Worthwhile one. THANKSGIVING BREAKFAST GIVEN TO THE ORPHANAGE As has been the custom here at Elon for many years, Thursday morning’s breakfast was given to the Orphanage. This is, of course, a voluntary gift from the students. This is one of the finest things that is done by the students on the campus. This gift — small though it may be for each stu dent — brings us nearer to the feeling of THANKSGIVING, and makes us realize there are others less fortunate than we. Nnnies of Pfncnects "^anted By College ; f'onr:r, Colclough, field rot’' has requested that any ■ 'p t '"h i kn')W,s of any pros- i Tvo stu lent for the second I ’r"■•*,!■ i r to please til'i'n 'n that ! Tho prosp3c.t wHl be con- afV'l ;n th? near future. The ^ ’•.le^ter is scheduled to 1 ’ar.ua y 18, Holidays Extended One Day For Elon Students The Christmas holidays -will begin at Saturday noon, Decem ber 14, and last through Year's Day. All students wi'l be exoected bark on the s>»cf"'d of January. This is a one-day change from the dates listed in the catalogue, adding one extn day.,. The catalogue slates that the holidays end with the year, and that classes will beg'n a*; 8 a. m. New Year’s Day. Ho-”-, ever. Dean Messick announces that classes will not begin un'i’. Thursday. January 2 at 8 a. m. Dean Messick also remind; students that all cuts imm«''?'- ately preceding and followir.7 ' o idavs will be counted as’ c'oub'o cuts.
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