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Published By and For Students of Elon College
\"()L(IiMK XVI
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ELOiN (\)LLh:GE, N. C. SATURDAY, NOVKMl^KH 1, 1041
Nl’MHRIt THIJKl
GOAL OF $1,000 REACHED IN STUDENTS CAMPAIGN
Elon Cannonade Tramples High Point Panthers 47-0
ENURE TEAM
PERFORMS WELL
III a l)rilliaiit display of ]>a;ss
«lcfc'iis(' and offense, tiie Elon Col-
loiie Christians swain]K‘d tlie Pan-
tliei's of Hifi'li Point (’olk'fie by
tlio seore of 47-0. TVie entire Can-
iioiiaile sliowed siilendid team
work tliron,i>h(Hit the i>ame.
The first score was made by
pass from Dalier to Heauduy in
the second quarter of the game,
P.of)ne made the extra point. The
next scorc was inaile by a pass on
the 2 yard line from Daher to
Fearinsi'. Hoone failed to make the
point. Daher ]>assed to Shaw to
make the third touchdown of the
yame and Boone made the point.
In the third quarter, Boone
passed to Faering, making the
.^•ore 2()-0, and Boone kicked the
^r(,al. Fearing then ran 18 vards
to tally up another score,
passed to B(X)ne to add another
points to the mounting score.
The last touchdown was made
by Tomanehek when a penalty
was given on the two yard
B')onc kicked the point, making
the final score 47-0.
Daher
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TWO FORMER ELON
.students are married
Of interest to the students of
Elon will be the aiinouiicenient of
the marriage of Steve Allison to
Miss Margaret Dixon of Higb
Point in Selma, Alabama, Sep-
tember the 27th.
Steve is now a lieutenant in the
Army Air (’or)), and is in the pur
suit division, iliss Dixon was a
school teacher in H.ilsl)oro, Steve’s
hometown, Iiefore her marriage.
Continuing along the matrimo
nial vein is the announcement of
the apv>roaching marriage of ano-
iher former Elon student. Tola>
sit noon at B^iffalo Pn'sbvterian
c-hurch L. W. McFarland, Jr. will
t(f Greensboro, N. *(1 I--
].een in Washington since .laiiu-
iiiarry 2^1 iss Elsie U“6 Armfield,
ary as rei>resentative of t h e
Cluett, PealMKly and company, a
shirt firm.
Elon Starts Programs
Over Station WBBB
On Oe.tolxT 8th,
Smith delivered tlie
Dr. L. K.j
intriHluctorv
Sliown here are Elon’s two famous sets of twins. The girls ar
Kvelvn and Kmily Ilarrel from Burgaw, North Carolina and the boys
are II. C. and Bobby Ilisey of Slienandoali, Virginia. We leave up to
you the problem of deciding which is which. We couldn’t.
Mrs. Evrrelt Speaks
To Education Club
The Elon Education Club has
iiad only one meeting so far this
term, that took place on the second
Wednesday night in October. Mrs.
Ruth Vick P^verrett, former sec
retary of the North Carolina Edu-
atioii (,"lub, but now a research
student at the University of
North Carolina, gave a si>eech on
t h e usefiillness of Vocational
courses in the Secondary Schools
of the state. Mrs. Everretf said,
It is w'onderful to be able to do
useful thiliigs with the hands.”
Marcella Kawls, president of
he club presented Dean Messiek
who introduced the speaker.
Carl Jefferies Speaks
To Journalism Class
Students for Who’s
Who 1941 Chosen
VATTIE PICKETT TO BE
MARRIED TODAY TO
JOHN LEE EDWARDS
^Mattie I’iekett left Tuesday
ijiorning for ShrevejMirt, Louis
iana where she attended .John Lee
Edwards’ graduation from the
Army Air C!or]> yesterday. They
will iie niarrieo today by the chap
lain at the air base.
.Miss Piekett, who for the past
six years has lx,'en a student and
eecretary to Dr. Smith, will be
greatly missed by the Elon Stu
dents.
Mr. I'dwards graduated from
Elon in the summer of 1940.
I’hirteen students have been
hosen from Elon to represent the
student body this year in the an
nual Who’s Who Among Students
in American Colleges. This infor
mation was recieved recently from
The University of Alabama, head
quarters for this organization.
This is the only N ational means
of recognition for honor students
devoid of initiation fees and dues.
Selections were made from our
acmpus by a committee, with
Dean ilessick acting as chairman.
The following are the qualifica
tions which are necessary. Charac
ter is a ))rerequisite.. The stu
dent’s record is to be considered
before entering college, while in
college and the genera Ireputation
he eiiioy> among tlii* students and
faculty.
Leadership;—in extra-eurrieu-
lar activities, i. e.. Athletics, So
ciety, Religion, Student Govern
ment.
It is necessarv that one should
Carl Jeffress, rcfgular teacher
of the Journalism Class and Pres
ident of The Greensboro Daily
News and Kecord, honored the
class 'J'uesday bv bringing John
Derr, Sports Elitor of the two
papers to talk to the class.
Derr, handsome and . . . ahem
. . . unmarried, is from Gaatoiiia,
North (Carolina, specializes in
sport coverage, and calls his
colnmn “Lets Talk Sports”.
Derr gave the class valuable
points al)Out column writing and
discussed the different trends in
sport coverage. His visit was
greatly appreciated by the stu- culty serie.s
dents and he really proved him
self to be “Derr lieal Stuff”.
address f'>r the new Klon (’olh'ge
Ralio S('rie^, which has been in
progress since that time, and will
continue throughout the year,
■very Monday, and Wednesday at j
2:4.") p. ni., over I’urlington’s ik>w
radio station W.B.B.I5. SjHtiial.
sports interviews have also been
presented on the afternoons which
Klon played a home game
When the s ries was first plan
ned, Elon was to have two pro-
irains |X^r week, one to l>e pifsent-
■d by the English department, the
-ecoiid by (he faeultv as a wliole,
ind thinl hv -the music depart
merit. However up to the prest'nt,
rlie music ];rograms have not been
iven due lo difficulty in install
ing a telephone line, from Whitle.y
Auditorium to the studios of W.
B.B.B. Am siKm as a ine is install
ed music programs will Ix? present
'd from the Elon campus.
Dr. Hans Hirstdi has charge of
the faculty br,>adeast Dr. liorna-
lay, heads Alondays sc^ries pre
sented by the I'^iiglish department,
and professor Stuart I’ratt, heads
the music division. Kent Dennan
serves as Ci/-ordinator of the series
of all Elon programs.
Two years ago Elon pri'sented
series over W.B.LG. Last year
the college remained off the air
anes. This years’ series wel
comes public criticism and all sug
gestions wil b(! appreciat(^d, wliicli
siioiiid bt- sent to the ilaroon and
Gold in written form If any stu
dent or group feels that they have
something to present on the radio,
they are urged to audition. Jn
such event, they should contact
Kent Dennan. The radio com
mittee is eapecially anxious to au
dition a short radio play, to bo
used n(«r the (.’hristmas season.
A.S a general theme for the fa
it was decided to us!
“Education and its Various
I’ha.ses and Their Jielation to De
fense”. So far there have b!en
fou rpr^rams based on this
Goal Reached And Passed
Yesterday At Noon
%
'hown here ia Claude Kennetli
'Ut of Winatoti Salem. Utt is
,)resident of the student body and
has taken a leading part in the
Students’ All or Nothing Cam
paign.
thfime, the first pr(«eiitcd by Dr
Smith, in which he relat?d the
general ini}>ortance of small col
leges in buiding a better Airierica.
Second of the series was Dean J.
D. Messick’s sjx'ech telling of the
importance of “Education as a
Whole” and the third program
was somewhat more s|X“tMfic, in
which I’rofessor A. L. H(K)k con-
lucted a orund table discussion on
the Civil Pilots Training pro
gram. Professor Hook was assist- r.-ductTon of the
ed by Dean Julia Mae Oxford,
■lames Pritchett and Fred Gil
liam. Dr. I), .f. Bowden presided
over the fourth faculty jjrograni,
whihc consisted of a rotind table
I discussion treatinjr religions place
1 in national defen.se.
Student Legislators Make Name For Selves At
Annual Fc^nsic Event Held In Raliegh
The Klon Stndentfi All or Notli-
ing goal of one ihonsjiiid dolhu's
hiis Im’cii reacli*L This announce-
nu'nt was maiie by Kenneth I'ft in
the dining hall and was received
witli mucii deilght and applause
by the students.
Although much credit g(K'S to
the students who contributed to
the fund, the work of Utt must
not forgotten when the congra
tulations are given out, Kenneth
has given his services whole-heart-
edly to this campaign and has
done a fine job of it.
In yesterday’s eha|M‘l Air. Utt
made the announcement that 80
dolars wiai yet iiwhIihI to reach the
goal, and by eleven o’clock only
four more tlolalrs was ni*«*ded.
This is a fine example of the
geiicrous-heartedne^s of the Elon
students.
'J’his task by the Elon student
body wiis not a suggestion from
the faculty, but a meaius by whic’h
the students wishexl to express
fheir love for the shcool which
they hold s) .dear. This is some
thing which has not b«‘n» done by
another .whool and it makej Elou
stand ojit as a schM>l in which the
stiidents provel tljujLt ^ '
deprive thtan.selves o f certain
things, anI make Elon an inde-
|R‘ndant college,
Sf» “hats off” to Kenneth Utt
who hiis done a great job which
the faculty, students, and friends
appr(!;iate very nuicli.
^Hie $1,0()() will, of course, 1k‘
turned over to Dr. Smith to be
add(Kl to the othT contribn^ioiis
coming to him toward the total
lebt
Organization of
Panvio Described
More than two hundred dele
gates from sixteen colleges parti
cipated in the fifth North Caro
lina Students' Legislativ'e Assem
bly which met at the State Capitol
over October twentyfourth and
twenty-fifth. The Elon delega-
and ilrs. Merton French, consist-
tion, under teh siK>nsorship of Dr.
ed of Tenalla Abner, Lillian Dyer,
Emory Sellers, Klliot Schmidt,
Joe Scott, Thomas Smythe, and
Louis Adair.
Eloti Presenh Bill
be an outstanding student, but the Legislation presented by Elon
fact that ire exeells in all other delegates stressed the need for
]ihases may be considered in de-, First Aid training in all State
termining his qualifications. I (Vtlleges and high schools.* This
After a forceful and dramatic
speK-ch by Speaker-of-the-Hou.se
]irown of Wake Forest in behalf
of Air. Sellers, there was little op
position to his election as Speaker
Pro-'rein. Speak(;r Jirown prais
ed the active j)art that ilr. Sellers
))laved in last year’s Assembly
anil also praised his abilities as a
debater as well as one who is fa
miliar with parliamentary proce
dure ; this was well borne out
when Mr. Sellers releivwl Mr.
Brown !is sjieaker of the house.
From the very lK‘ginning, Sen
ator Schmidt i)layed such an act
ive iiart in the pnxjeedings that
there was practically no o]>posi-
' tion to his election as Sargeant-at-
Meetings are held
office. After heated debate in i W'\'l'islay night in
The Panvio Literary Sx*ietv
was organiezd in I!);58 as a sister
to the Dr. Johniion’s I.iterarv So
ciety^ for men. The pur|K>.s‘ of
the Society is to promote interest
Ix;twe«‘n the two societies.
every other
the Sijcietr
both house.s, the supporters of Sen- and twice a year candh-
Arms. His untiring efforts were
Potentialities:—of future use- bill met with such hearty approv-| rewarded when he was promoted
fulness to business and society.
Here are Elon’s representatives.
Louis Adair, Henry Marshall
Austin, Kolx'rt Ix>e Boone, Frede
rick Keene Gilliam, Claude Ken
neth Utt, Bernard George Daher,
|,lulius e e Clayton, Edward
Thei furture plans are un- j Shaw, .lune Paige Murphey, Ma-
known until he receives his ap-1 bel Tennala Abner, Hazel White
7X)intinent after receiving his; Dobbs, ailrgaret Edith Felton,
diploma. LVngie Henry.
ill that an amendment was passed
to inchule all colleges, regard
less of whether they were State or
]>rivate institutions. The Bill was
j)reseiited in the House of Jtepre-
seiitatives by Smythe, Adair, Sel
lers, and Scott. Senators Abner,
Dyer, and Schmidt successfully
presented it on the floor of the Se
nate.
L Sellers and Schmidt Receive l
to the jx)sition of Clerk of the Se
nate.
Se.ntdor Reynolds Flayed
One of the high-lights of the
Legislature was a bill asking for
the impeachment of “Rollicking
Bob,” Reynolds. T h e charge
against Reynolds wa sthat he op
posed the ])olicies of the present
administration adn that he does
not
incarnate the dignity of hia 1 Nation,
ator Reynolds w(?re laughed off
the tl(x>r and the bill i)assed. Op
ponents of Jieynolds referred to
hi mas “Pay-bov” an “Ex-medi-
ciiK! man,” and a “governmental-
financed globe trotter.”
DrafttMl and blocked by Wake
Forest college men, a bill pa.ssed
by tlie Senate? wolud restore pro
hibition in North Carolina and
call for a State-Wide vote in cas(i
the li(|uor ouestion ever is sub
mitted to referendum. The House
killed the bill.
Governor atul Serrefari/ Of
Stale Speak
After the assurances of both
houses that they were not in dan
ger of imi»eachments, (Jovernor
Mroughton and Secretary of State
Phire delivered addresses to the
I’oint-sesion. Both spoke of the
job which lies ahead for the youth
of America and pleaded that we
aceejit our resf)onsibilities being
filed with the same spirit which
was imlx-dded in our forefathers
in the development of our great
ight service for the installation of
mnv rnemlK'rs is held. Several so
cials are conducteil yearly and
many good stx-akers are heard at
the bi-weekly meetings.
Tins ISSUE ENTIRELY
THE WORK OF STUDENTS
. ON THE ELON CAMPUS
This issue of the Maroon and
(lold is the first in the history of
Elon (College to lx> entirely the
work of the students. In former
years the linotyping was done in
Yaiieeyville and then sent here to
1k“ printed. This year, through the
efforts of Dr. Smith, Dr. Collins,
and the Journalism (/lass, a lino-
tyjK! machine was jmrchased and
installed and a linotyi)e oi>erator
added to the Production Staff.
Almost all the other college pajM'i-s
in the state are printed hv an out
side jirinting firm and Elon Col
lege is proud to be one of the two
colleges in North Carolina that
puts out a pajxT “from beginning
to end.”