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Maroon and Gold
Published By and For Students of Elon College
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COLONNADES
"VOLUME XVIII
Z 530
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.. SATURDAY. MAY 13, 1944
NUMBER FIFTEEN
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO
MAKE COMMENCEM!NT DAY UTERARY ADDRESS
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Dr. John C. Walker Is Baccalaureate Speaker
Student Body Votes ]viay Day Exercises
For Favorites In I Are Held In
Campus Election
Here’s the news you’ve been await
ing—the topnotchers, those students
you picked as the best or the worst in
their various achievements.
Girls Boys
Most Popular—
Jeanne Hook Gene Poe
Best Looking—
Alice Cross Earl Farrell
Maxine Jackson
Best Dressed—
Hazel Walker Carl Neil
Most Collegiate—
Alice Cross Shiek Riley
Best Spanish Athlete—
Meg Graves Gene Poe
Hardest Worker—
Frances Gunter Sliannon Morgan
Most Intellectual
Nell Crenshaw Shannon Morgan
Most Versatile—
Florene Braxton
Jeanne Hook Emerson Whatley
Laziest—
Martha McDaniel Bill Meacham
Best All-Around Athlete—
Edna Rumley Fred Register
Best Jitterbug—
Lou Ratliffe Shiek Riley
Best Dancer—
Joyce Matthews Leon Gibbs
Best Polisher of Apples—
I lary Coxe Gene Poe
Most Sophisticated—
Eva Carpenter Tom Horner
■Wittiest—
Joyce Smith Earl Farrell
Biggest Flirt—
Joyce Matthews Jim Tatum
Most Original—
Mary Ellen McCants Earl Farrell
Best Musician—
Jeanne Hook Howard Cates
Best Actor and Astress—
Faye Thomas Joe Franks
AMERICAN ADVISER TO CHIANG
KAI-SHEK VISITS CAMPUS
Dr. George William Shepherd, for
20 years a missionary in China, and
for seven years a personal adviser to
the present ruler of free China, ad
dressed the chapel assembly, and was
the guest of President Smith on May
12.
Dr. Shepherd spoke on “A Chal
lenge To The Modern World,” and
showed the necessity for a union of
the classical principles of human
thought which have become a part of
three great civilizations now influenc
ing world religions.
DR. JOHN C. WALKER, who
will deliver the baccalaureate ad-
sdress to the seniors.
Gymnasium
Although it seemed as if the
weather were going to change our reg
ular plans regarding the May Day ex
ercises, we Eloners are a brave and
stubborn group, and when the heaven
began to shower us with its blessings,
we undauntedly removed the thrones
and other necessary decorations into
Ihe Gymnasium.
At 4:30, on May 6, before an audi
ence of more than two hundred, the
processional marched slowly and ma-
.iestically to their respective places,
lo tlie familiar strains of “Pomp and
Circumstance."Shannon Morgan, pres
ident of the Student Body crowned
Hazel Walker the Queen of May and
Earl Farrell the King of May. Tlie
Junior Attendants were Elizabeth Hol
land, Clarence Biddix, Eiiza Boyd, and
Walstein Snyder; the Senior Attend
ants, Virginia Jeffreys Darden, Spike
Harrell, Lucille Blalock and Mark
Andes. After the coronation, a girls’
chorus sang, “Now Is the Month of
Maying.” This was followed by the
“Waltz in Blue.” The participants of
this picturesque dance wore light blue
net evening dresses with long full
sleeves. The performers of the “Rus
sian Dance Trepak” wore black gath
ered skirts, with bright orange sashes
around their waists. The gayest, and
probably the most - well - received
dance, was the “Virginia Reel.” Al
though this was an all-girl dance,
some of the girls were dressed as farm
ers with overalls, bright plaid shirts,
and straw hats, while their partners
wore bonnets and pinafores. Be
tween dances Piner Kenyon and
Jeanne Hook rendered several solos.
The girls in the graceful “Waltz of the
Flowers” were dressed in pink and
green play suits, which were scalloped
around the edges. The final rendition
was the traditional Maypole Dance,
with the girls wearing white skirts
and blouses, and a red or blue stream
er across their shoulders. The stream
ers of the Maypole were red, white and
blue. After singing the School Song,
he court marched out.
Mr. Colclough And
Mr. Barney Are
Honored
Mr. George Colclough, Field Secre
tary of the college, and Professor John
Willis Barney, Associate in the De
partment of English, were named to
office in the village elections on
May 2.
Mr. Colclough was elected as Mayor.
Mr. Barney was chosen as one of the
Board of Commissioners. Other mem
bers of the new board include Mr.
Charles D. Johnson, Mr. Leslie Wag
ner, Mr. L. D. Martin, and Mr. M. W.
Hook.
The college congratulates Mr. Col
clough and Mr. Barney. We are cer
tain that they will serve faithfully in
the cause of public welfare, and that
their characters and abilities warrant
tills expression of public confidence.
THE HON. OLIN D. JOHNSTON
Governor Of South Carolina
Maroon And Gold
Announces Slogan
Conteist
All students, alumni, and faculty,
hear ye, hear ye! The desire of the
staff of your college paper is to make
constant improvement. We aspire. We
want, someday, to produce the best.
We hope to see a time when the MA
ROON AND GOLD is more widely
known, when its editors will be a part
of a great tradition and will be
sought after as rising young journal
ists.
We need a slogan, something orig
inal, with a spice of pepper in .it We
have racked the editorial brains all
winter to no avail; and, believing that
many heads are better than few—be
lieving in the power of union and de
mocracy, we come now to you with
this appeal. Send in a slogan. If Vve
find one that stands the test of real
newspaper excellence, you will be re
warded by seeing it on bi-weekly pa
rade below the masthead for many
years.
Send several. Mail them to the
editor any time between now and
next October. We shall not be satis
fied until we find one that has the
appeal of the ATLANTA JOURNAL’S
“Covers Dixie Like The Dew,” a slo
gan which we think is the best of all
time. And we can’t use'a carbon copy
—Wake Forest beat us to it with “Cov
ers The Campus Like The Magnolias.”
But we live in hope. Put on your
think cap. Use the noggin. A good
slogan, one that can last a century,
that’s what we want, and we won’t be
scrtisfied with less. We want to find
some of the publisher’s magic which
made Ben Franklin; or, more prop
erly, which Ben Franklin made, and
which has successors on the SATUR
DAY EVENING POST have kept alive
now for almost two centuries. Elon-
ites, join in our slogan parade.
Graham To Head
Ministerial
Group
Bob Graham was elected president
of the ministerial association for next
year at its weekly meeting on May 1.
i He has been very active in the group
I during the year. Other newly elected
officers are Tom Horner, vice-presi-
I dent, and Jack Sunburn, secretary.
I
I The out-going officers are Mark
I Andes, president, Wally Snider, vice-
' president, and Fred Register, secre
tary.
j The last meeting of the year will be
^eld Monday evening. May 15, in Doc
tor French’s classroom, at which time
the new officers will take charge.
Hilda Ohlin Heard
In Concert
Here
On Thursday evening. May 11, be
fore an audience of students, facility,
and townspeople. Miss Hilda Ohlin, so
prano, of Denver, Col., and New York
City, sang with the utmost ease and
beauty of a well chosen program. The
recital was presented In Whitley Me
morial Auditorium and Miss Ohlin
was accompanied at the piano by Irv
ing D. Bartley, head of the college mu
sic department.
Aside from being an excellent artist.
Miss Ohlin displays a fine personali
ty and at all times makes those in her
presence feel very comfortable.
To Speak Here On
Monday, May 22
Lt. William Ma,ness
Returns From The
South Pacific
Sunday, May 14: High School Bacca
laureate Service. lf:00 a. m. Ad
dress by Dr. D. J. Bowden.
May 17-19: Final quarter examina
tions, as directed by instructors.
May 20: Class Day Exercises, 10:00 a.
m. Barbecue Luncheon, 1:30 p. m.
Alumni Meetings:
Initial Meeting, 11:00 a. m.
Business Meeting, 2:30 p. m.
Banquet, 8:00 p. m.
! May 21. Baccalaureate Sermon by Dr.
John C. Walker at 11:00 a. m. Ves
pers Recitals, 4:30 p. m. Faculty
Recital, 8:00 p. m.
May 22. Commencement Day.
Board of Trusttes meeting, 9:30
a. m.
Address by the Hon. Olin D. Johns
ton, 10:30 a. m.
A navy fighter pilot, flier of a car
rier-based Grumman Wildcat plane,
Lt. William Maness of Yanceyville and
Raeford, N. C., brought his young and
beautiful wife with him to campus on
a visit on May 2. Mrs. Manness is a
Florida girl, but we caught only a fly
ing interview and regret that we can
not give the reportorial standard ac
count of her.-
Several times reported missing in
action, Lt. Maness was in three major
battles, and was once forced down at
sea, his. plane somersaulting and driv
ing him down to a depth of about
twenty feet before he could get clear.
Fortunaiely, he came up in front of
one of our destroyers—commanded,
he said, by a man from Mebane, N.
C.,—and was immediately rescued. Lt.
Maness took part in several raids on
Rabaul. He has been assigned to in
structor duty in the U. S. A. for the
present.
A member of the class of ’38, he
won a national sales award from the
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company,
and also worked for a time at Sellars
in Burlington before entering flight
training. He received his wings just
six days after Pearl Harbor, and has
been on duty in the Pacific since Jan
uary of ’42.
He will be remembered as a popu
lar manager of football in the days
that were—’36 and ’37—when football
here was really a big time game. His
association with the great teams of
these days makes a hit with us, of
course; and we’re proud to recall that,
lightweight though he was the coaches
put him in for a letter; but what
makes us proudest is the fact that he
las some Jap planes to his credit.
When you win in that toughest of all
trials—air combat, you passess some-
hing peerless indeed. Present ad-
'ress of Lt. Maness is Route 4, Box
’.30, 4563 Timuquana Rd., Jackson-
.'ille, Florida.
Campus Cal^dar
President Leon E. Smith has an
nounced a complete program for Elon
College commencement. May 20-22.
Governor Olin D. Johnston, of South
Carolina, will deliver the literary ad
dress Monday morning, May 22; the
baccalaureate sermon will b^ deliver
ed by Dr. John C. Walker, pastor of
the Second Congregational Christian
church, W'aterbury, Connecticut. Both
Governor Johnston and Dr. Walker
u-e well known throughout the coun
try as public speakers. Governor
J'ohnston is now serving his second
term as governor of South Carolina.
He is a graduate of Wofford College
and holds the M. A. and LL. B degrees
from the University of South Caro
lina.
I
Governor Johnston, who was born
near Anderson, S. C„ has gained na
tional attention by his sensible pro
gram for the advancement of agricul
ture, education, and industry in his
home state. He is a veteran of World
War I, having served in France dur
ing 1917-18. His wife may come with
him on this visit to our campus. She
IS the former Gladys E. Atkinson, and
IS related to the prominent local fam
ily of that name.
Dr. Walker is a native of Kalama
zoo, Michigan, and during the World
War I served with the 54th C. A. C.
in France as a second lieutenant. He
holds the B. S., B. A., M. A,, and Ph.
D. Degrees from Kalamazoo College,
Manitoba College, University of Mani
toba, and University of Edinburg, re
spectively. Dr. Walker is one of \e
leading ministers in the Congregation
al church. He is well known as an
author and lecturer throughout the
New England states. His sermon will
be delivered at 11 o’clock, Sunday,
May 21.
Class Day exercises have been an
nounced for May 20.
Other highlights of the Elon Col
lege comemncement will conzist of
Alumni Day, May 20, which will start
with the business meeting at 2:30 and
with the annual banquet beginning at
3 o’clock with Mrs. Graham Rowland
Wisseman, of Greensboro, as the main
peaker.
rRS. GRAHAM ROWLAND
'VISSEMAN, who will be prin-
ipal speaker at Alumni Banquet.