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VOLUME XVIII
Z 530
ELON COLLEGE, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1944
NUMBER TEN
WINTER QUARTER WILL END ON MARCH 3RD
Spring Quarter
Begins March 7
Everyone has become more serious
minded within the past week; and we
begin to realize that March 3 will be
here Friday. That date could mean
but one thing around here now—that
is all over, that it is too late now to
do too much worrying. Classes will
be officially closed at 12 o’clock noon
March 3, and classes for the spring
quarter will start at 8 oclock March 7.
Registration for the new quarter
will take place February 28, 29, and
March 1 in the Dean of Men’s office.
New courses will begin in practically
all departments, including science
mathematics, language, art, home eco
nomics, physical education, and ed
ucation.
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DR. BOWDEN SPEAKS
TO FRESHMAN S. C. A.
“Prayer was the subject of Dr. D. J.
Bowden's talk to members of the
Freshman S. C. A. at their last meet
ing, Tuesay, February 22. Dr. Bowden
used as his text Micah 6:8.
In the course of his talk Dr. Bowden
used some excellent illustrations such
as letters from men in the service in
which they told of their experiences
with prayer during crucial moments
in battle and how their prayers
brought them in contact with God
during their hour of need.
Those students present at the Feb
ruary 15 meeting of the organization
saw a movie entitled “Rehabilitation
of Japanese in the United States,”
which proved to be informative and
interesting. This program was spon
sored by the Day Students.
Many interesting programs are
planned for the future, and everyone
is invited to attend the meetings. Also,
any group or individual interested in
sponsoring a program at any time
should see the program committee or
Fred Register, president of the group.
Red Cross Workers
W
ix Girls To Graduate
At End Of Quarter
Day Students To
Stage Party Tonight
The above oictu 'e was taken in t’'-’ p-r,-' i-Anm whore colteae stu
bandages. The Student Service Organization is instrumental in getting s
Reading from left to right around the table are Florine Braxton, Meg Gr
Ann Frink (president of'the SSO, Joyce Smith, Mrs. Ruth Rogers, instru
Rodano, Ruby Braxton, Grace Tower y, Edith Hall, Mrs. Dewey Holt, and E
ground are some of the bandages, ready to be inspected and packed for s
dents and townspeople were folding
tudents to work at the headquarters,
i.ves, Ellen Barrier, Betty Sue Lloyd,
ctor), Mrs. A. L. Hook, Mrs. Eugene
leanor Dare McPherson. In the fore- i
hipment.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend the big-affair put on tonight in
Society Hall, 8:30-’til ? Bring your
best girl, and if you can’t bring her,
'ring somebody else’s girl . . . Re
member that it’s Leap-Year, and the
laregst crowd in the history of this
college is to be on hand. Because of
‘he gas shortage, Harry James will be
'nable to attend, but there will be
olenty of mellow music furnished by
the record-player.
A1 lyou gates grease your hinges
and be there, and everyone that flies
'•ith Doolittle be there. We are not
hrow'ing you any “Ferdinand,” but
‘his little party is going to be right
imong the solid-set. Don’t be a pill
'rom Prospect Hill, don’t be a flivver
from Haw River; let’s all all jump
for joy, for this is the real McCoy
. . It’s informal, you can leave your
shoes home.
Don’t forget . . . Plenty to eat!
Plenty to drink (?)... Plenty of men.
Lt. Kclen Jacobs,
Tennis Star, Speaks
Leon Gibbs
Sutters Burns
Biddix And Warren Jolin Pollard Receives
Head Junior Class
IIUSTED RESIGNS THE
PRESIDENCY OF S. C. A.
Miss Charlotte Husted, president of ■
the Student Christian Association, ^
submitted her resignation as head of :
that organization at the regular'meet
ing of the senior cabinet Thursday,
February 24. The resignation was ac- |
cepted by the group, and Miss Jeanne
Hook, vice-president, assumed the
chair.
Miss Husted resigned from her po
sition because she will have completed
the requirements for a degree from
Elon at the end of this winter quarter
and therefore, will no longer be a
member of the student body. She is
to be congratualted upon the work she
has done with the association this
year. She has been a most able lead
er.
Under her leadership, the S. C. A.
has begun a drive to collect books for
the World Studnt Service Fund which
will be sent to student war prisoners
overseas. The drive will end this
month. All those who as yet have
not contributed their books are asked
to take them^ by the bookstore and
leave them.
As we go to press it is reported that
Leon Gibbs, who was operating the
projection machine for the Friday
evening motion picture show in Whit
ley Auditorium, was severely burned
when the film caught fire. The army
medical unit rushed first aid to him
at once, and a doctor was called. At
present the extent of his injuries have
not been determined. We sincerely
hope that they will not prove to be
serious.
WAR NEWS FAVORABLE
DR. JOHNSON GROUP
PLANS TALENT PROGRAM
Members of the Dr. Johnson Liter
ary Society held the.i.r regular weekly
meeting Wednesday evening, Febru
ary 23 in Lecture Hall. Earl Farrell,
Pi-esident of the organization, con
ducted the meeting.
Following the regular business
meeting and the weekly roll call, plans
were discussed for a program in which
each member of the society will be
given an opportunity to display his
talents.
Nominations were also made for
new officers next quarter. The elec-
ti5n will be held at the next meeting
of the group. The singing of the So
ciety song closed the meeting.
The great bombing raids of today
and yesterday add up with the long
sequence of blows of atrition directed
against Hitler’s Fortress Europa.
Schweinfurt—somehow the name
seems appropriate—was hit again,
this time by airmadas converging from
two directions, one fleet coming from
Italy and the other from England. At
the same time, the Nazis having had
to place all their fighter planes strate
gically to protect their plane manufac-
luring centers, left open and un-
iarded other important objectives.
Our command was alert to take ad
vantage of this, and three air fields
in Holland were heavily hit.
On the Russian front, the Germans
-re intent upon evacuating all unfav-
irable positions. But it seems evi
dent that the Red army gives them no
■reathing spells, and that their retreat
rom the North is a bitter and costly
one.
Finland’s peace envoy to Stock-
olm was unsuccessful last week, but
oday’s reports indicate that Finland
ill be given a chance to get out of
he war—if Hitler’s men will permit
hem to do sd!
On the Pacific, last word is that
Truk didn’t prove to be as well for
tified as advance guesses had led us
0 believe.
Members of the Junior class held a
! meeting on Tuesday, February 15 to
elect officers to fill the vacancies re
cently made. The following officers
were elected: president, Clarence Bid-
^ dix, and vice-president. Marry War
ren.
j The secretary, Jeanne Hook, and
the treasurer, Doris Chandler, were
electd last year. Others officers
I elected last year. Other officers
I Dwight Kernodle, and vice-presi-
I dent, Jabez Malone. Dwight is now
studying Pre-Med at Duke university,
and Jabez is in dental school in At
lanta, Georgia.
The staff of the M. & G. would
like to take this opportunity to wish
the new officers the best of luck in
their new positions.
Commission As Lieut.
WATTS PROMOTED TO
POSITION OF MAJOR
Blanchard K. Watts, student at Elon
during the school years of 1939-41,
has been promoted from Captain to
Major. Major Watts has made quite a
record for himself, being Elon’s sec
ond major and being mad major at
the age of twenty-four.
Major Watts is now flying a fighter
'lane. Southern Italy. He landed with
the U. S, troops at Casablanca and
has been in the thick of the fight
since. He is the only member of his
entire group that landed together who
has not been killed or wounded during
the fighting in North Africa, Sicily, or
Italy. He has been in action for fif
teen months and his relatives are ex
pecting him home within the next
few months.
Watts is the brother of Mrs. George
D. Colclough and has four other
brothers in the service. Most of the
students will remember Ensign Ed
win Watts, class of ’43, who was re
cently transferred to Flint, Michigan.
All the Watts family attended Elon
College.
Aviation Cadet John Pollard, son
of Mrs. J. F. Pollard of 603 Fifth Ave.,
Greensboro, N. C., a member of a
graduation class of the Army Air
Forces Training Command School at
Yale University, was commissioned
a second lieutenant February 17,
upon the successful completion of
a course in photography. Rated as
a technical officer, he is now pre
pared to assume duties with a tactical
unit of the Army Air Forces, ac
cording to Colonel Raymond J. Reeves
Commanding Officer.
The graduation ceremony of the
AAFTC was held in the aud/ltorium of
the Sterling Law Buildings before
an audience of classmates and
friends, the audience taking part in
the ceremony by pinning gold bars
on the new officers.
Fololwing a work-crammed cur
riculum while stationed at the Train
ing Command School, Lieuenant Pol
lard studied projection printing and
the asssembling of mosaics, planning
of photo missions over enemy-occu
pied territory, aerial camera instal
lation and maintenance, and training
in laboratory organization and oper
ation. Lt. Pollard was graduated
from Elon last year.
To E'on rt'jd
en's
ELON COLLEGE TO BEGIN WAR
STAMP DRIVE NEXT QUARTER
Next quarter the students and facul
ty members will have the privilege of
''uying war stamps and bonds here in
the college. This is one step that
Elon-has not yet taken in its partici
pation in the war effort. It is a vital
one, so all must cooperate. There will
be different drives on throughout the
coming quarter, but the stamps will
be sold at all times.
The first big drive will be held at
the beginning of the next quarter and
this is just a reminder to have your
dimes and quarters on hand because
we mean business. You will not only
get the self-satisfaction of being patri
otic, but before you realize it, your
own stamp bok will be filled and you
will have a bond, something which you
will be thankful for 10 years hence.
Buy United Stats War Savings
Stamps and Bonds!
Back the Attack!
Lt. Helen Jacobs, of the Waves, for
mer national and international ten
nis champion, was the guest speaker
at he Chapel period Wednesday. Feb
ruary 23. Miss Jacobs, who was pre-
'»ntd by Lt. Ivey of Durham, N. C., is
now stationed at the Office of Public
Relations at Hunter College in New
York.
“It is nothing new to see women
’’ome to the front when they have to,”
she declared in the beginning of her
I talk. “Women are always ready to
; come to the defense of their homes.
I Women fought in Colonial days to
! 'Totect their homes from the Indians:
j but women in uniform are an experi
ment.”
According to Miss Jacobs, the of
ficers candidate school is filled with
lawyers, doctors, deans of women, pro
fessional business women, students.
Contrary to the general belief, they
have not joined the service for the
plamour for there is no glamour in liv
ing with six or eight roommates,
marching, being regimented and tak
ing orders. Their training includes a
six weeks course of study of plane and
ship identification, naval history,
naval personnel and traditions. They
learn to work shoulder to shoulder
with the men of the navy.
Then there are the slightly younger
and less experienceci girls who come
to Hunter for their boot training. In
the beginning they are bewildered
and awkward, but in a few days the
I training begins to show—they march
I proudly, and are more erect. They
also go through a six weeks training
period, which is in reality an indoc-
•'ination period. From this they go
on to a special school, and the navy
has sixteen of these schools where the
girls receive specialized training be
fore they are sent to the air and naval
bases.
In closing. Miss Jacobs stated that
it is difficult for most people to
realize that a woman can be cool
and collected enough to take such re-
^ponsibilie positions, but that there
are few jobs into which they can’t
fit. They are learning to work as
skillfully and quickly as men on such
jobs as parachute rigging, work as
airplane mechanics, and control tow
er operators. She quoted one naval
official as saying, “Waves are not re
placing one man now; they are re
placing a man and a half.”
Six girls will have completed the
necessary requirements for gradua
tion from Elon at the end of this
quarter. They are Charlotte Husted,
Margaret Cox, Lucile Blalock, Ger
aldine Kelley Caruso, Hazel Walker,
and Rachael Crowell.
Charlotte Husted, of Indiana, Penn
sylvania, majored in Home Econom
ics. She has said of Elon, “I’ve had
a lot of fun since I have been attend
ing Elon. I am going t work in Dur
ham, but I’ll be back every oppor
tunity I have.”
Margaret Cox, of Burlington. North
Carolina, says of Elon, “It was fun
while it lasted—it just didn’t last long
enough.”
Lucille Blalock, who hails from
Durham, North Carolina, says. “I’m
going to miss it a lot, but I’ll be
around.” She majored in Home Ec
onomics.
Geraldine Keley Caruso, of Tabor
City, North Carolina, has majored
in English. She is leaving for Texas,
where her husband is now stationed.
When asked her opinion of Elon, she
said, “I think the spirit of the stu
dents of Elon is hard to resist.” Inci
dentally, Geraldine met her husband
here.
Hazel Walker, of Burlington, North
Carqlina, majored in Business Admin-
'stration. She says, “I’ll always re-
Tiember the many friends and col-
’»agues that I met at Elon.”
Rachael Crowell, who is from Spen-
’er North Carolina, majored in Eng
lish. She says of Elon, “It was fun—
ill of it.”
These girls have been outstanding
m their studies and in their social ac-
•^ivities. Their friendly smiles and
heir achievements will long be re-
Tiembered by all of us.
OR. BROWNLEE ADDRESSES
STUDENT BODY ON
“BROTHERHOOD”
I “Brotherhood and Group Ways” was
I the topic of the talk given by Dr.
I Brownlee, executive secretary of the
j American Missionary association, pi-
j oneer organization in building up hu-
I man brotherhood, to the Elon stu-
I dent body, Wednesday, February 23.
One of the main problems which ho
discussed was that of relationship be
tween the white and negro races.
Dr. Brownlee stated that in the task
' of building up a human brotherhood
he is not discouraged, even by the
present war situation. “Let us consult
our hopes rather than our years.”
According to Dr. Brownlee, man is
a bundle of habits. Brotherhood must
become a habit—the habit of realizing
^ equality and cooperation. The king-
dome of Heaven must be, not a ver
tical, but a horizontal society.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
February 26, 8:30 p. m.: Day Stu-
'lent’s Party.
March 1: Thesis examination com
pleted.
March 3: Winter quarter ends.
March 3—noon to March 6, noon:
Spring holidays.
March 11: Senior pariy given by
Dr. and Mrs. Smith.
Weekly Meetings
Monday. 7:15 p. m., band rehearsal;
8 p. m.. Ministerial Association.
Tuesday, 8 p. m.: Senate; Fresh
man S. C. A.
Wednesday, 8 p. m.: Dr. Johnson
Literary Society, Panvio Literary So
ciety,
Thursday, 9 p. m.: Senior S. C. A.
cabinet.
Movies
February 25-26: “Henry Aldrich
Swings It.”
March 3-4: “So Proudly We Hail.”
March 10-11: “Jack London.”
March 17-18: “Watch On The
Rhine.”