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VOLUME XV
Z SUO
ELON COLLEGE. C.
JA 'i-AHi ) I, )341
NUMBER EIGHT
DR. SHERWOOD EDDY, AUTHORS\ml^ic'^
AND LECTU:iER, TO SPEAK HERE'"^'^^^ at^n
NEXT MONDAY IN
STUDENT CHAPEL
Dr. Sherwood Eddy will be th.?
chapel speaker next Monday
morning. Dr. Eddy is a world
iiride traveler and lecturer. 4e
IS noted for his prophetic vision
and criticism of modern society.
He has been an outstanding phil
anthropist throughout his life,
for the major part of his life he
has been officially connected with
the International Y. M. C. A.
movement.
Dr. Eddy is author of many
Ebooks on world affairs. His lat
est book, “I Have Seen God o
It,” will be on sale in the Book
Store.
Dr. Eddy will be able to dis
cuss any of the following sub
jects; War in Europe and Ameri
ca’s Responsibility, Can We
Build a New World, Remedies for
a FruBtratiid World, The Far
Eastern Conflict, Soviet Russia
On Trial, and Three Dictators.
According to Dr. French, this
will 'i j the last religious chapel
until the beginning of the second I Dr. JohnSOn’s Societv
■ semester, unless the students,
want chapel on Wednesday. I Bob StUars is Vice-President
John W. Lang Speaks at Chapel
John W. Lang, head of the Nat- The Dr. Johnson’s Literary held
ional Youth Administration in an election of officers at their last
Dr. Sherwood* Eddv, lecturer
on the social gospel and an of
ficial of the International Y.
M. C. A. movement, who will
speak during the Chapel period
Monday.
Roy Mansfield
Elected President
Work on grading Elon’s athletic
field is rapidly nearing comple-
j tion in spite of bad weather which
has held up progress for several! -
days. iFire Breaks Out In
I Dean Patterson. Burlington con- L^dieS Hall During
tractor who was awarded the job. ^
has had two scrapers busy on the inie Ljlg'ntS Were Out
field when able to work. A large
part of the work was complete'i “Fire!” “Help, my room is on
before Christmas holidays, but fire!”
bad weather immediately before This terrifying cry rang through
and since Christmas has interfe - Ladies Hall as Betty Hoyt ran
red to a great extent. from the blazing room. In a
A large portion of the cut it moment the whole place was in
the northern end of the field has confusion. Excited girls crowded
been scraped out and the dirt has the hall trying to put out tho
been moved to the low corner at flames. Someone yelled. “Bring
the southeast end. Considerable wet towels” and there was a
dirt also is being moved into the rush to get them,
southwest corner. Upstairs everyone believed the
At present most of the work whole dormitory was on fire. The
remainmg to be done is in tho horrifying thought came, “What
center of the field, and little time if the stairs go up and we’re
should be required to complete trapped up here?” In the dark-
the job once weather conditions ness ijo coherent thought was
afford a chance for oj)erations. possible — only the desire for
j Plans for erection of lights and escape and the urgent necessity
' stands are rapidly nearing '_onv to stop those menacing flames,
i pletion. Response of alumni to a The fire extinguisher of course!
call for needed funds has been That would do it. But the fire
enthusiastic and success of tn. extinguisher wouldn’t work,
project is virtually assured. “There’s one upstairs,” someo.ii.
screamed above the noise.
SHAKESPEARE GROUP
TO PRODUCE OTHELLO
KENNETH UTT PLAYS
LEADING ROLE
Emo Baloah, famed pianist,
who appeared here last Tuesday
night in the second concert of
this year's Concert Series.
Three Elon Graduates
To Take The Spring-
Course In Aeronautics
MOTTS PTANTST
APPEARS IN ELON
Pushing downstairs Margaret; SFRTFQ
Carroll could see only a mass »fi
flames. “I must get help” siiel _
told herself. The phone at her' Balogh, one of America’s
Elon’s first dramatic presenta
tion of the new semester, Je to
be “Othello,” one of the great
tragic plays of the immortal Wil
liam Shakespeare. The play s
to be produced in keeping with
the tradition of the Shakespeare
class to present a public perfor
mance of one of the plays studied.
The class does reading rehearsals
of about fifteen Shokespeare plays
each year, one of which is chosen
for public production. This year’s
play, “Othello,” is to be produc
ed early next month, and is ex
pected to have a run of two
nights.
“Othello” is a typical Shake
spearian tragedy. The play ends
unhappily after lago has con
trived to convince Othello that
Desdemona, his wife, has been
unfaithful to him.
The cast is unusually experien-'-
ed this year with the leading role
^ The aeronuatics course at Elon. ™°st popular pianists, appeared . „
North Carolina, was the speaker meeting on Wednesday night. Of- will have a few alumni of Elon Hr T Help in the nere last Tuesday night in a con-1 of Othello, the Moor of Venice,
for chapel last Wednesday. Mr. ficers were elected to serve the back to take it, and one from Vickers and several cert Mr. Balogh first came to | being taken by Kenneth Utt. Utl
Lang is a comparatively young new semester beginning next Lynchburg College. Those from ‘
man and deeply interested in week. Elon are Lloyd Whitley, Andrew ^ excitement had
youth problems; his talk was Roy Mansfield was elected pres- “Dopey” Fuller, and Daniel
this country in 1924 to accompany
therefore to the point.
died down a little. Wastebaskets
full of water had subdued even tour.
Fritz Kriesler on his
He became an
American
American
played in “Winterset” and in
“Mill Village” in 1938
1940 he was active
— BRR-BRR —
COAL vs. COLD
I ident to succeed Kenneth Utt who “Rusty” Jones. The Lynchburg;
has served for two terms. Bob graduate will be Edward Thom- ,, glowing embers. Chattering citizen and has made his home Heart’s in the Highlands
I Sellars was elected to hold the as Hunt,
office of vice-president, to sue- The Aeronautics
ceed Roy Mansfield. Nathan start February the first and last
~ Cooper was re-elected as cones- until May the fifteenth. Phases
-he other morning, after hay- ponding secretary, and To;,: of this course are; Civil air regu-
ing shivered the enarnel off his rfmythe was also re-elected re- lations, twenty-four hours; Meter-
teeth and exhausted his patience cording secretary. ology, twenty-four hours. Navi-
with a radiator, which refused to Charlie Jones was chosen to gation, twenty-four hours, and
half clad figures jammed the here since then. Here he has
Course will toured as assisting artist with
and in
“My
and
“The Policeman’s Serenade”, lago,
ed wall and soaked floor. Past ““ “e usi wun the villian, will be played by
mortems revealed the trouble ah singers as Grace Moore and R-obert Cox, a newcomer to Elon
started when a candle was placed Frieda Hempel. | dramatics. Cox hails from Wash-
on a paper fireplace when the Born in Budapest, Emo Balogh ington, D. C., where he gained
fuses in the dormitory blew out. was a child prodigy. He made experience in a number of plays.
v'^Wew th^f^me ooncert appearance at the Bob Truitt will be on hand again.
cooperate, one of the Maroon and succeed himself as treasurer and air-craft operaUon, eighteen’hours. ^he flame on a picture ^ and aTalTand pX This ti^e in L ™ie of P
Gold reporters sneaked into the the office of critic and parliamen- Twenty Selective Students '^^ich went up at once. Soo.a three and a half and pub- this time m the role of Cass.o.
college power-house to survey tarian was combined and Joel The aeronautic course wili con-
the whole set-up. Scott will serve in this capacity, sist of twenty selective studen.s
the fireplace and everything in hshed his first composition at Truitt has been well represented
it were blazing. eight He graduated from the ■ in past productions here. Ha
Gradually everything calmed Royal Conservatory of .Vlusic at played in “Bix Beiderbecke” and
down and most of the dormitory ' * ,r., ,, .
, , . trailed off to bed or got into a seventeen. The young: Mill Village in 1938. and in
R'li wir ^ ■ * lu consists of one man fron' session The fire was over made his debut in Berlin. | 1939 took the lead in ‘ Romeo and
Bill Hilhard remains reporter the Civil Aeronautics Admmistra- session xne lue wds> u r i; ^ ,
r thp snripfv h=.,,ina hoiH *1,;. they were lucky it wasn t worse, Concert tours of Germany, Hun- Juliet and also was m "Yui-
might as well go and get some gary, Holland and Scandinavia Can’t Take It With You.” This
In the back of the powerhouse Formerly Scott served as parlia- who will be picked by the Board
one of the college trucks was mentarian and Louis Adair serv- of Selection. The Board of Se
then backing up onto a young ed as critic,
mountain of coal. Thinking what
he could do with just one bucket for the society, having held this tion, one from the flight contrac-
f { that immense supply of coal, office for the past semester. tor, and one from the college,
the reporter’s curiosity was arous- The officers were inducted af- All three men have to pass on
fed. It looked as though Elon ter their election and the society each student who chooses to take
bought coal on the five-year plan adjourned. {his course. If the selective
or else the “Elon College Cata- At the meeting next Wednes- group doesn’t reach the twenty
log” was slightly exaggerating tho day night, members of the Dr. mark, the class will consist of ten.
sleep.
followed.
I.
LATEST SCORES
Since the printing of the Ma-
j past fall he participated in “My
I As a composer too Mr. Balogh; Heart’s in The Highlands.” An-
is well known. He played two, gie Henry, who will play Des-
of his own compositions in the demona, Othello’s wife, has also
than five feet, four inches. They the highlights and feature plays be remembered here as a bril- and Juliet” and later on in the
can’t weigh an ounce over two of the individual games. We liant performance,
hundred pounds. ; will, however, give the box score
foi! Carolina Dramatic
Association To Meet
ability of the North Carolina sun- Johnson will discuss in optnlThe students can’t be over six roon and Gold begins early in the uesday night. j been active in the past. In 1939
shine. forum style, methods and mean.s feet, four inches tall, and less week, we will not be able to give Balogh s concert will long she took the title ro^e in “Romo
After delving into the deep of improving our present form of
black faots on the coal statistics, student government, according lO
he emerged — from the coal pile Roy Mansfield, vice-president of
with these cold facts: Elon burns the Society.
coal; Elon burns about 15 car- The society is cooperating with
loads a year; each of these freight Maroon and Gold in their efforts
cars holds 50 tons; therefore, Elon to coordinate to the utmost, our
brims approximately 750 tons of present available talent with'n
coal a year. our student government.
Now in similar articles of this
type the reporter would have fig
ured out all the possibilities for
making a story out of 750 tons
of coal. How high a hill one
year’s supply would make; how
The cost of'ttiis course is twen
ty-five dollars —ten dollars for
ground instruction, six d.illars
for medical examination fee, and
nine dollars for insurance prem
ium fee.
of eacii game. The sc.jres of the
tames p.ayed so far are as
lows:
Eion 53 — High Point Y. 54
Eion 45 — Whiskered Wizards 22
Elon 47 — Hanes Hosiery 36
Year In Review - Headlines From The M&G Files
season took the part of the
famous Penny of “You Can’t Take
It With You.” In the fall of
1940 she played in “My Heart’s
in the Highlands”. The part 'f
Emilia, lago’s wife, is to be play
A meeting of dramatic directors hy Whitie Dobbs,
from senior colleges in the Caro- The costumes for the play a;e
lina Drsunatic Association has to be designed by the girls in the
been called for Saturday, Janu- class,
ary 18, by Dr. Collins, president
of the association Emd director of Exams-Registration
the Hilon College Players. j. n j.
The purpose of this meeting is Out Old Scmester
Ring In The New
a few of our male students . . . members were pledged . . . ap-
Always it is interesting and Kion knocked out W. C. T. C. pearance of Helen Jepson in ^ ^
big a mountain 5 years’ supply usually profitable to look back j 42-0 in the opener of the seaso.*! Whitley Auditorium on October to arrange*”and make plans fw a
Avould make; how many men it upon the year gone by, whe i ... A tie with Newberry result- 25 was hailed as great progress series of plays that the various
took to shovel it; and even how stepping off into the unknov/n ed after Elon ralleyed in the lar.t obtaining lyceum talent . . . colleges will present at each Examinations for the first se-
long it would take Dad to pay j spaces of the future. Just a few j half of the game . . . Next came The mid-semester honor roll other’s theatres. If the plan works mester will begin Monday, Jami-
for it; but not being mathema-1 words in review *' . , , . . , • . , . ...
tically inclined or overly ambi- since September,
tious. this reporter skips it, think
ing that perhaps you would rath
er work out such problems the
next time your date is late.
of
Student Government
To Be Discussed At
Next Meeting
activities ,i:P game ti-.at brought sweet re- released in November showed the out, each college in the group will ary 13, and last through Satur-
venge to all Elon fans . . . the freshmen out front with the sen exchange plays with the others, day, January 18. Different from
deleat of Appalachian 7-0 in a iors close behind . . . the fir-it The following colleges have been the old examination of 1938 and
hard fought game, Oct. 5. production of the Dramatic class invited to participate in the plan- 1939, then they had three hour
The big pep rally staged on included three one-act plays two ning: Elon; High Point; Lenoir- examinations set aside from ; egu-
with a bang, and Eion was thus! Comer field the night before the of which were written by the Dr^- Rhyne; Catawba; Women’s Col- lar classes. Now we have one
In retrospect ... a record en
rollment of freshmen students b.'-
gan the first month of school
marked for another banner year Lenoir-Rhyne game was the larg- matic class
the annual observance jf; est ever here at Elon . . . Elon Elon bounced back from
Founders Day was held on Sept nosed out Lenoir-Rhyne in North stinging defeat from Miami U. to
14, paying tribute to the first State title effort . . . for the trounce High Point 18-0 . . . nic',>
president of the college. Dr. Long first time in history the Maroon game after that Orange bowl
Two new columns made their and Gold sponsored the Burlinp- -jssle . . . then came that fateful
The Panvio Literary Society will appearance in the first issue of on parade before the home-con- 9'>d ° Hawkins Daj . . . bi:^
meet next Wednesday night at the, our paper in September, Cruising ing game . . . twas a great sue- party in Y.
lege; Greensboro College; Guil- hour examinations going on dur-
ford; Salem; Duke; Appalachian; ing the regular class periods for
Carolina; Meredith; and Black- one week.
mount College. Registrations for the new se-
Dr. Collins feels that this plan mester will begin Wednesdaj,
w6uld afford a splendid opportu- January 15, and continue through
nity for the Elon students to see Saturday. All registrations will
the work done by other Dramatic be done in the afternoons in
Jack Boone was awarded a i groups in nearby colleges, and Dean Messick’s office. Classes
regular tiime in the Society Hall, j with Crutchfield, and Jolts and cess.
The president, Whitie Dobbs will Jars, by Pollard and Goldblum S. C. A. sponsors stunt night pair of football shoes for the ^ would also serve as a practical for the spring semester will begin
conduct the meeting and a group . . . The Aeronautics course got with great success, Ministerial most valuable man on the team experience to our players and Monday, January 20. There will
discussion will be held on the under way with 20 trainees . . . Association wa'.ks off with hci | n-'d n'so hp Dnd Bernie Daher those of participating colleges. be no changes permitted in any
student government situation. All then came the conscripuon b II ors . . . Bid night ended vithcu^ were elected co-captains on next Plays to be produced would be course one week after registra
members are urged to be present. | embracing within its grasp quite landslide results as only 24 new j Continued on page 4 full-length professional plays. tion.