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VOLUME XIX
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ELON COLLEGE, N. C„ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1944
NUMBER ONE
1944 ENROLLMENT IS HIGH FOR WARTIME |SITUATION
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DR. BOWDEN IS APPOINTED TO DEANSHIP
Student Christian
Association Making
Membership Gains
According to the latest count the
Student Christian Association has
taken in 146 new members. This is
probably a new high and quite re
markable in view of the fact that the
men’s enrollment is limited so much
by the war.
The purpose of this organization is
to promote Christian activities on the
campus. Walstein Snyder is the new
president and he is to be commended
for the drive and organization he has
put into this effort. The S. C. A. is
now the largest and most influential
of our campus groups.
The freshmen section is to meet
Monday at 8 p. m. in Mooney
Chapel to orgjmize. Misses Jeanne
Hook and Mary Ellen McCants will
be their senior advisers.
The Senior cabinet of the S. C. A.
is composed of the chairmen and com
mittees which carry out the varied ac
tivities of the association. The work
of the junior deacons fits well into
the church program. Vespers, the
Morning Watch, social programs, and
general Christian activities will be
directly sponsored by the S. C. A.
Miss Margaret Whittington, of the
faculty of the Department of Music,
is arviser to this liberal and friend
ly organization. We are grateful to her
and everyone connected with tlie
movement. Their success is ours also,
for we are all ESonites.
IRVING BARTLEY ELECTED
DEAN OF NORTH CAROLINA
GUILD
Prof. Bartley, Fellow of the Ameri
can Guild of Organists, has been elect
ed dean of the North Carolina chapter
of the American Guild of Organists
for the ensuing year. Prof. Stuart
Pratt is the sub-dean of the chapter.
Major Watts In
118 Combat Missions
MISS NINA A. BOWMER
Head of the Department of Business
Administration
Miss Nina A. Bowmer, of Phil, Ken
tucky, is the successor to W. W. How
ells as head of the commercial instruc-
Eastern Kentucky State College and
holds the degrees of B. S. and M. A.
from the University of Kentucky. In
addition, she has taken special courses
in other institutions and has had a
wide experience in teaching in both
high school and college departments
of commerce and business administra
tion.
Miss Violet Hoffman, who is well
known for her efficiency, sense of hu
mor, and her hobby of turning out
clever verse, is an associate in this
department. Their year’s work has
gotten off to a good start. The hum
of the typewriters makes the com
mercial room sound sorta like a
WAAC office in a movie short. Busy
and happy is the motto we
to for then.
In reporting the signal fame acj
cruing to our Alma Mater through the
e-xploits of her sons in service, we
recognize that much is as yet untold
and that all our men share in this
ever- grov/ing record of valor. Gen
erously, all for one and one for all,
they serve the nation; and we take a
common pride in all their deeds. We
give you now, however, a brief ac
count of the record of outstanding
recent news concerning three men
in whom we have been greatly inter
ested.
Major Blanchard Watts left the
U. S.A. in November of 1942. He
served in Africa when it was hard
going against Rommel; over Sicily and
Italy; and, mgre reecntly in India and
in China under Chennault. He was
returned to the United States for I
re-assignment after 118 missions in j
fighter-plane and dive-bomber battles.
He holds the Distinguished Flying
Cross with twelve Oak Leaf Clusters
each of these a citation for valor be
yond the call of duty. He was the
sole survivor of his original African
Squadron to remain on duty when the
campaign ended there. Not many of
the second squadron he joined are
still flying. His is a remarkable story
and we hope to get more of it soon.
Major Watts is the brother of Mrs.
George Colclough of Elon College.
Four of his brothers are in service:
Seaman Hal Watts in the Pacific; Nav
al Lts. J. E. and D. T. Watts at Norfolk
and Philadelphia (at last reports); and
Ensign Ed Watts, former editor of the
MAROON AND GOLD, on duty in
England.
Major Watts met three former Elon-
ites during his tour of services over
seas: John Lee Edwards, J. P. Long,
and Erwin Troxler.
Captain Galloway Walker, home ad
dress, Elon College, Senior May Fes
tival King in 1939, was then crowned
by C. LeGrande Moody of DUlon, S.
C., who had been Festival King in
1938. The odd chances of war have
brought these men into the news by
reason of exploits which occurred dur
ing the invasion of Normandy. Cap
tain Walker was the first United
States soldier to go ashore from land
ing craft to the beach. Paratroopers
had landed a few hours earlier farther
inland. A short time later, on June
25, the all-out naval assault against
hold-out Nazi shore guns and strong
points saw the U. S. S. Texas, one of
our older battleships, on hazardous
duty in the English Channel. Lt. C.
LeGrande Moody, Chaplain on the
Texas, was credited with helping keep
morale high during this swift-moving
fight. His cool broadcasting and aid
to the wounded have been reported
in the SATURDAY EVENING POST
of September 16.
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DR. MARY L. PHARES
Dean of Women
DR. D. J. BOWDEN
Dean of the College
Attendance Indicates
State-Wide Interest
In Higher Education
Rev. Boyd Hamm
Chapel Speaker
After a chapel presentation, in
which her gift of humor and her fund
of common sense immediately won
our hearty approval. Dr. Mary L.
Phares has entered upon her duties
with speed and efficiency. We bid
you welcome. Dean Phares, and antici
pate that your wide experience and
good judgment will bring excellent
guidance to Ladies’ Hall and East and
West Dormitories. Dean Phares has
had training in the graduate schools
of the Universities oflowa and Ore
gon, the Hill-Young School of Speech,
and the University of Southern Cali
fornia at Los Angeles. She has trav
eled widely tiiroughout the United
States and studied and traveled
abroad in Denmark, Germany, Switz
erland, and France.
Dr. Phares holds membership in
several national honorary and profes
sional fraternities, including Delta
Sigma Rho, national honorary scliol-
arship and forensic'fraternity, the Na
tional Society for the Study of Mental
Hygiene, the International Congress
of Psycoholgy, and the American As
sociation for the Advancement of Sci
ence.
Dean Phares has had a rich and
wide experience working among a
great variety of types of people. She
loves southerners and has indicated a
preference to live and work in the
South. All this wins our approval,
and we’ll try to show the same be-
tweerf now and Thanksgiving. Wrong
psychologic suggestion is mentioning
Thanksgiving so soon? Well
you must make allowances for the
MAROON AND GOLD.
The assignment, during the sum
mer, of Dr. D. J. Bowden to the post
of administrative dean of Elon College
has been received with hearty ap
proval by the student body, the fac
ulty, and the alumni.
Dr. Bowden is a Virginian, a gradu
ate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and of Ya^ University. His Doctorate
was completed at Yale in the fields
of Religion and Philosophy after he
had concluded his work in the Yale
Divinity school. This rare background
in technical training, including army
drill and tactics, education, sociology
and philosophy, has been demonstrat
ed to be of value during his years of
service here. He is versatile to an un
usual degree. During the past two
years he has instructed the infantry vvjijgji ^ve ought to explode
“Everything dies to live—not lives
to die,” was the theme of the address
of the Rev. L. Boyd Hamm, pastor of
the Macedonia Lutheran church in
Burlington, at the Chapel service Sep
tember 29th. He used St. John: 12-23
as a scripture text.
Rev. Hamm tried to impress on us
the fact that most Christians assume
I that because Jesus died for us, they
can repay Him by giving Him just a
little attention. But this isn’t true.
One of the fundamental ideas on
which be build our lives is the belief
that our greatest days are coming; and
this partial truth may bring de
struction.
He asked what we think about one
of the principles that is being thrust
on us today, the principle of vicarious
living. Are we worth the sacrifices
that our fighting men are making?
Are we afraid of the future enough
not to run from it, but to do something
about it?
We must develop until we are able
to cope with everything that we must
contend with in life. Fo\' we are
we are "within,” not “what we try to
appear to be.”
Saying that too many people are
living on a submarine level. Rev.
Hamm explained some wrong ideas i
According to word from the office
of the Registrar, at present there are
over 340 students enrolled in Elon Col
lege for the school year 1944-’45.
Needless to say this is ah excellent
record.
In spite of a number of rumors
heard to the contrary, it is true that
practically one-third of this total are
men students. Even though the ef
fects of war are realized here as well
as in colleges the nation over, Elon,
without a doubt, shows prospects of
one of its best years.
Freshmen Orientation period this
fall was cut a bit short because of the
infantile paralysis epidemic which de
tained the opening of school from Sep
tember 5 until September 18. Those
assisting in helping freshmen get set
tled during those first few days were
members of the Student Christian
Association Senior Cabinet. During
the first week, cabinet members met
all busses and trains, directed lost
freshmen to their dormitories, advised
them concerning their registration,
handed out first-hand information,
and started them in the general drift
of college life. The members of the
C. A. cabinet did a fine piece of
S.
drill, taught mathematics to the Air
Service Training Corps, maintainea
his department in the college proper,
and has served the Congregational
Christian church at Graham, Haw
River and Longs Chapiel. These stren
uous duties, moreover, have been car
ried to successful completion.
The year’s work has begun smooth
ly. We speak for President Smith,
the faculty, and everyone concerned
as we give Dr. Bowden our best wishes
and hearty guarantee of co-operation
in making our college greater and
better.
PANVIO LITERARY SOCIETY
HOLDS ITS FIRST MEETING
S. C. A. PARTY
BIG SUCCESS
The Student Christian Asosciation
held its annual Freshmen party Sat
urday evening in Society Hall. Danc
ing and freshmen talent were the
highlights of the program. Refresh
ments were served.
The S. C. A. will sponsor several
parties during the year. Members of
the social and publicity committees
of the Senior Cabinet this year are
Leon Gibbs, Florine Braxton, Emer-
subsaibe j son Whatley, Edna Reitzel, and Mrs.
Wally Snyder,
Campus Calendar
Sunday, October 1:
10:00 a. m. Sunday school.
11:00 a. m.: Church services, Whit
ley Auditorium.
4:30 p. m.: Organ recital by Bartley.
7:00 p. m.: Vespers.
Monday, October 2:
9:00 a. m.: Student Chapel.
7:15 p. m.: Sororities meet. Band
Practice.
Tuesday, October 3;
7:00 p. m.: Choir Practice, Whit
ley auditorium.
Wednesday, October 4:-
8:00 p. m.: Panvio Literary So^
ciety. Society Hall. Dr. Johnson’s
Literary Society, Lecture Hall.
Thursday, October 5:
7:00 p. m.: Choir Practice, Whit
ley Auditorium.
Friday-Saturday, October 6-7;
8:00 p. m,: Movie: "Lassie Come
Home.”
Thursday, October 12:
Home Ec. Club Meeting.
Saturday, October 14
Next issue MAROON AND GOLD.
Wednesday night, September 27, the
Panvio Literary Societ met in Society
Hall. This was the first meeting of
the quarter and a large number of
members attended.
This society is made up of a group
of girls who are acti’»a in the social
and literary life of th campus, and
they have as their objective the im
provement of public speaking, debat
ing, and a better understanding of
social life. It is a companion organiza
tion of Doctor Johnson’s Literary So
ciety; and one of the main social
events of the year is their annual
banquet held at the Hotel Alamance
in Burlington.
The officers for the quarter are
Betty Sue Loyd, Efland, North Caro
lina. president; Edna Reitzel, Hills
boro, N. C., vice president; Joyce
Smith, Whiteville, N. C., secretary;
Evelyn Harrelson, Tabor City, N. C.,
treasurer.
Members are taken into this society
by bids.
STUDENT RECITAL
1. We wrongly distinguish life by
it’s ability to destroy.
2. W'e piously attach the supposed
approval of God’s will to our will
fulness.
3. We assume that force will pre
serve right.
4. We suppose that God is vain and
seeking our praise.
5. We believe that success is meas
ured by what a man is outwardly.
6. We believe that, regardless of
what we do about it, our world is
headed for a glorious tomorrow.
Rev. Hamm also asked that we
weigh carefully these ideas:
1. This is God’s world—we are his
guests.
2. We were born to live; we do not
live to die.
3. The cross of Christ is in accord
with nature.
4. We are not to accept suffering
to endure it; rather to use it to a real
eiia.
In closing the speaker said that our
greatest need is a people who are
worthy of peace, who will know what
to do when it comes.
DOCTOR JOHNSON’S LITERARY
SOCIETY HOLDS FIRST MEETING
The first student recital of the year
will be held in Society Hall on Friday,
October 6. at 4:45. The public is in
vited to attend all student recitals.
Wednesday night, September 27,
Doctor Johnson’s Literary Society met
In the Lecture Room for its first
meeting of the year.
The officers for the first quarter
are Don Miller, president; L. W. Riley,
vice president; Fred Yarborough, sec
retary and treasurer; Emerson What
ley, sergeant-at-arms.
Bids were extended to William
Clapp, Wayne Taylor, Junius Peedin,
Bob Graham, Carl Neal, and Joe
Franks.
This society serves as a medium for
expression of the literary and social
potentialities of its members and con
sists of young men who are alert in
all these phases of campus life, and
serves as a brother organization to
Panvio Literary Society.
what which should certainly be com
mended.
Orientation period began on Mon
day morning, September 18, with the
registration of freshmen. This was
continued after lunch until 5 p. m.
On Monday night there was an as
sembly of all freshmen students giv
ing them an opportunity to hear talks
by the administration and by out
standing students. Following an or
gan prelude by Professor Irving D.
Bartley, head of the Department of
Music, Dr. Bowden, Dean of the Col
lege, made the invocation.
The new Dean of Women, Dr. Mary
Phares, was introduced by Dr. Bow
den and made an adress to the fresh
men class. Jeanne Hook, president of
the Student Body, spoke briefly to
the class and introduced other stu
dent government officers, dormitory
officers and class presidents. Presi
dents and representatives of various
campus organizations were given the
opportunity to inform the freshmen
of their duties and organizations. Fred
Register, president of the sophomore
class, explained rules for freshmen in
itiation. Final speaker for the eve
ning was Dr. L. E. Smith, president of
the college. The program concluded
with the singing of the college song.
Upperclassmen registered on Tues
day, September 19, while freshmen
made tours of the campus and attend
ed meetings conducted by various
faculty members. Coach Adcox ex
plained the physical education depart
ment to both men and women stu
dents. In the afternoon two addresses
were delivered by Mr. C. R. McClure,
head of the Department of English, on
“The Historical Significance of Elon
College,” and by Dr. M. B. French,
professor of Biblical literature, on the
subject “How to Succeed in College.”
Tuesday night movies, entitled
‘ Elon, Past and I^’esent” were shown
in Whitley Auditorium.
Regular class schedule began Wed
nesday morning at 8 a. m.
An outstanding and long-to-be re
membered event of the Orientation
Period was the annual faculty recep
tion held Wednesday night, Septem
ber 20, at 8 o’clock. Following the re
ception there was a social hour in
Society Hall.
With such an excellent start and
with so fine an enrollment of students
this fall, it is evident that Elon may
well expect another outstanding year.