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Maroon and Gold Staff Extends Season’s Greetings Maroon and Gold Go Caroling With S. C. A. Tuesday Night Published By and For Students of Elon College VOLUME XVIII Z 530 ELON COLLEGE, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1943 NUMBER SIX CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS TO BEGIN ON DECEMBER 15 S. C. A. To Present ^^Why The Chimes Rang” December 14 Under the direction of Charlotte "Hvisted. pr(?sident of the organization, members of the S. C. A. sponsored the sale of Christmas seals on the campus Tuesday and Thursday in the 'rotunda of Alamance. They are also at work on a Christmas pageant, “Why the Chimes Rang,” which will be presented in Whitley auditorium. Tuesday, December 14, at 7:30 p, m. lmmediat?l" following the pageant, members of the student body wil go caroling in the town, and then return to the Reception Hall in West Dnrm for ^ nartv given by the Freshman S. C. A. The cast for the pageant have been chosen and rehearsal is under- 'way. Among the characters will be the old man, John Sutton: old woman, Maxine Beachum: young man, Ed Daniels: young woman, Virginia Jef freys: bov. Bob Dyer; girl, Joyce Smith; King, Bob Lee; author, Fred "R.egi'iter; musician, Mark Andes: art ist, Shannon Morgan: rich man. Gene Poe: laborers. Bill Meacham and Soike Harrel: rich woman, Charlotte Tfusted; women, Margaret Clavton, Florine Braxton, and Edna Reitzel; 'woman in the snow. Lucille Blalock. Pedro and Little Brother have not yet been selected as the S. C. A. hopes to fi’’d some small boys in the town to fill the parts, Earl Farrell -v('ill be the minister for the portrayal, "Eva Carpenter, the organist; and Faye Thomas the reader. The carolers will include Virginia Wheeler, Frances "Gunter, Alma Rose Sprinkle, Jeanne Hook, Finer Kenyon, Ann Strader, “Mary Elizabeth Wright, Ruby Brax ton, Rachael Crowell, and Patricia Hook. Jack Sunburn will be the violinist. Everyone is invited to see this Christ mas story in pantomime and go carol ing after the presentation. Morgan Elected President Of Student Body Shannon Morgan, class of ’44, was elected president of the Elon student body in the campus elections held on Thursday, December2. He defeated Earl Farrell in the campaign. Morgan took the oath of office in the regular I student chapel Monday, December 6, I and made his opening speech. Hazel Walker was elected to the position of vice-president of the studen body, de feating Eleanor Barnwell for this office. These elections were made necessary by resignation from office of Presi dent Buster Butler, who graduated at the end of the fall quarter and is now awaiting his call to active service from the Naval Reserve, Butler was elect ed to the vice-presidency, but when Miller Basnight did not return to Elon this year, he became president, leav ing the office of vice-president vacant. Both of the new officers are well- rounded students and capable of ful filling their duties well. Student President LUDWIG TO LECTURE HERE JANUARY 31 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS TO BEGIN DECEMBER 15 Do you know the most popular song on the Elon campus now? No, it isn’t “Pistol Packing Mama”; it’s "I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” The holi days begin Wednesday, December 15, at 1 o'clock and end January 3. Classes begin Tuesday morning, Janu ary 4th at 8 o’clock. Students leaving before the scheduled holidays and re turning late will receive double-cuts. The Maroon and Gold staff extends Seasons Greetings and Bon Voyage to each of you. Emil Ludwig, nationally known lec turer, author, and biographer, will give a lecture in Whitley Auditorium January 31 under the auspices of the National Artists and Concert Associ ation of New York. Ludwig is an important figure among literary circles, and Elon stu dents are fortunate in having the op portunity to hear him. Among his latest books are “Beethoven,” “Life of a Conqueror,” “Saga of a Sea,” and “Double History of a Nation.” Full plans concerning admission have not yet been determined. Elon Festival Chorus To Present Messiah Sunday Evening Sixty-Eight Make Honor .Roll 1st Quarter Pictured above is Shannon Morgan, newly elected President of the Student Body. Shown shaking his hand is Earl Farrell, losing candidate in the campaign for this office. Both are n> inisterial students. Forum Examines ^Reitzel To Head Postwar Problems Panvio Group LIEUTENANT JOHN BARNEY OVERSEAS Miss Elizabeth Holland, shown above, is the asistant editor of the college yearbook, Phi Psi Cli. Lieutenant John Willis Barney, Jr., class of ’42, has for some time been a navigator with the Army Air Corps. Professor Barney of the English de partment at Elon has given us access to a recent letter from his son. We cannot locate the sector on which Lieutenant Barney is operating, but we can give you his address: 4th T, C. Squadron, 62nd T. C, G, P., A. P. O. No. 760, care P. M., New York, N, Y. This V-mail letter, dated October 28, is a model of conscieness in two paragraphs, but the censors keep the real news from coming along—as know they should—so there is nothing to tell except that Lieutenant Barney wrote in his usual cheerful vein and sent greetings to old friends. The probability is that he is now on the Italian front somewhere. EXTENSION STUDENTS GIVE RECITAL Extension students of John West moreland, instructor in Elon College Music Department, gave a recital Monday evening in Whitley Memor ial Auditorium. Those who performed on the pro gram were La Rue Graves, John New man, Wanda Suggs, Becky Allen, La- vonna Barber, Raymond Petrea, Clif ford T. Foster, Jr., Lacala Wilkins, Joan Summers, Marjorie Coble, Mar ian Sockwell, Frances Land, Marguer ite Hudson, Wayne Moore, Dolly Fost er, and Mimi Jarosz, Carrie Stanford, soprano, student of Miss Margaret Whittington, assist ed on the program by rendering “I Love Thee,” by Grieg, On December 5, in Society Hall from three to five in the afternoon, a Community Forum examined problem relating to post-war peace. The Wo men’s Society of which Mrs, Char lotte Bowden is president, sponsored the meeting. Dr. Merton French in troduced the guest speaker, E, L. Duckies, executive secretary of the Friends’ Service Commission for this area. President Smith, Dr. French, and Mrs. W. W. Howell served as a committee of authority from the floor. Questions which were analyzed in cluded the following: Do decisive mili tary victories assure peace? Is mili tary preparedness an aid to keeping the peace? Will an international po lice force be essential in world gov ernment? Should the United States tighten its immigration laws? How should our internees be treated? And is the food blockade damaging the future of peace efforts? The general trend of opinion fa vored the belief that military vic tories assure no peace, but that we must nevertheless pursue the pres ent war to decisive victory. On other questions considerable division of opinion appeared. Interesting com ments included the following; “We maintain the blockade for a double purpose. Do not lose sight of the fact that food will win the war.”—Dr. Brannock. “I take issue with the ‘big-stick’ policy—we should base our peace effort on mutual respect.”— Mrs. J. L. Pierce. President Smith, “I object to your calling Hitler ‘Mister,,”—Mayor Long. “1 apologize. The act was uninten tional and the result of force of habit in American society.”—President Smith. "The time to have put em bargo on Japan was when Japan in vaded Manchuria In 1931,”—Mr, Duckies. “I do not ordinarily as sociate with millionaires, but I do believe the profit motive affects all [that men do.”—Dr, French. I Members of Panvio Literary So- ^ ciety met Wednesday, December 1 in Society Hall to elect officers for the I second quarter, Edna Reitzel was j elected to succeed Coleen Browning. Other officers include Edith Hall, vice ! president; Athaleen Buckner, secre- I tary; and Hilda Neese, treasurer. The outgoing officers were Edna Reitzel, vice president; Stacy Fisher, secretary; and Ethalinda Griffin, I treasurer. j These officers have done a very comendable piece of work in building I up the Society, since it began this year with only six members. During ' the fall quarter 35 new members have ; been sworn in, and some very inter esting programs have been presented. In addition to placing containers on the campus for wastepaper, the girls have assisted in making surgical dressings for the Red Cross. They I also sponsored "Sadie Hawkin’s Day” ! in cooperation with the Dr. Johnston I Literary Society. j During the Wednesday night busi ness meeting, plans were made for i the annual banquet which will be held in the blue room of the Ala mance Hotel in Burlington, December 11, 1943. With the fall quarter ending No vember 24, there was a release of grades immediately after the Thanks giving holidays. It was then that many students made resolution con cerning the coming winter quarter. The records from the Registrar’s of fice showed that sixty-eight students were included on the Honor Roll list for the fall quarter of this year. The girls led with forty-six persons be ing included. The boys had fifteen, 'phe day students claimed twenty-four of these Honor Roll students. The requirement to be on the list is an av erage of B or higher. Those students who met this re quirements are: Helena Allred, Eliz abeth Apple, Hilda Barbour, Eleanor Barnwell, Maxine Beachum, Lucille Blalock, Virginia Boyd, Evangeline Carpenter, Howard Cates, J. W. Clapp, Jr., Rachel Coble, Hazel Co ble, Catherine Cooper, Rachael Cro well, Edwin Daniel, Marjorie Dick son, Virgian Ezell, Earl Farrell, Joseph Franks. Dale Hensley, Patricia Hook, Thomas Horner, Wendell Howard, Ruby Huntley, Charlotte Husted, Co lette Jefferson, Virginia Jeffreys, Geraldine Kelley, Dwight Kernodle, j Ruth Koonts, Merle Lindsey, Mary} Louise Little, Vincent Long, Jr., Mary | Ellen McCants,. Hazel McCauley, Ray- | mond McDonald, Betty McLean, j Frank Malone, Hilda Malone, Janet Mangum, Ella Miles, Lucille Morgan, i Verdalee Norris, Juanita Perdue, ^ Louise Perry, Beverly Rader, Mai^ | garet Rawls, Betsy Smith, Joyce Smith, Alma Rose Sprinkle, Dorothy Sutton, Claudia Tapscott, Faye Thomas, Jessie Thurecht, Edna Truitt, Hailey Vickery, Hazel Walker, | Helen Frances Walker, Mary Warren, James Westmoreland, Emerson What ley, Virginia Wheeler, Pollyanna ■ Whisnat, Dorothy Williams, Vaughn Wood, Mary Elizabeth Wright, Mil dred" Yancey, and Faye Carolyn Younger. The Elon College annual Christmas vespers will be held Sunday evening at 8 o’clock in Whitley Memorial Au ditorium. It has been a tradition at Elon College to present Handel’s “The Messiah” at Christmas time and the Mu«ic Department announces that the chorus will be as large as last year si^ce many of the aviation students will assist in the performance. The chorus will number approximately 75 voices and will be under the direction of Miss Margaret Whittington, with Mis'! Lila LeVan at the piano and Prof. Irving D. Bartley at the organ. Handel’s “The Messiah” was writ ten in 1741 in a period of only twenty- four days and was first performed in Dublin, April 13, 1742, when the Hallelujah Chorus pealed for for the first time, King George 11 and all the audience, swayed by an irresistable impulse, rose spontaneously to their feet, as all audiences for two cent- turies since then have done. The first American performance of “The Messiah” was in Boston on Decem ber 25. 1818, by the Handel and Haydn Society. Soloists for the Elon performance will be Carolina Pratt, Winston-Sa lem, soprano; Margaret Welfare, formerly soloist at Centenary Meth odist church, Winston-Salem, contral to; James White, graduate of Elon College, tenor; and Howard Cates, stu dent at Elon College, bass. W ATTS AND HOOPER VISIT CAMPUS FOUR ELON STUDENTS IN ACCIDENT DR. JOHNSON’S TAKES FIVE NEW MEMBERS Four Elon students were in an au tomobile accident when returning from the Thanksgiving holidays. They were Goldie and Helen Morris, Janie Murphy and Helen Newsom. The ac cident occurred in Jackson, N, C., home of Misses Goldie and Helen Morris. , Miss Newsom has returned to school. She suffered only from scratches. Miss Murphy, who re ceived a severe cut on her neck, is now at home. Goldie Morris had a slight concussion of the brain, but she hasals o returned home. Helen Mor ris lost several teeth as the result of the wreck. They will return after the holidays and continue their school work. Ensign Edwin Watts class of ’43 and Lieutenant Elroy Hooper, class of ’44, were recent visitors on campus. Lieutenant Hooper received his commission a short time ago at Camp Barkley in Texas. A member of the medical corps, he is now stationed at the Station Hospital in Camp Butner. Hooper is a native of Elizabeth City. Ensign Watts, former editor of the MAROON AND GOLD, received his commission November 24. He re ceived his training at the Midship men’s school at Columbia University. Watts, whose home is in Peachland, N. C., is now stationed at State Col- ; lege in Raleigh to receive special I training in the field of diesel engines, j It is always nice to have the alumni I come back to visit Elon, and it is of ' especial interest to hear they are doing Elon proud. I Members of the Dr. Johnson’s Lit erary Society held a stag dinner at Town Restaurant, Wednesday, De cember 8, to honor its new members, Bacil Steed, George Davis, Leon Gibbs John Rossi and Emerson Whatley. After the dinner they returned to the Boy Scout cabin for the business part of the meeting. Plans are being made by the group for a banquet to be held in Jan uary or February, but these are not yet completed. CIVILIANS NOT TO WEAR ARMY INSIGNA Captain D. D. Vickery, commanding officer of the 325th College Training Detachment stationed at Elon, an nounced yesterday that it is against army regulations for civlians to wear any insignia of the army. It is diffi cult for the soldiers to get the in- signias, and asks that civilians help prevent further shortage by comply ing with this regulation. Shown above is Miss Margaret Whittington, head of the voice depart ment. She will direct the Elon Fes tival chorus in its annual presentation gf “The Messiah.”
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