This Issue Of The
M. & G. Is For
Maroon and Gold
Published By And Fot Elon Students
Jesse, Betty Bob, Hilda,
And Lib
VOLUME XX
ELON C;OLLEGE, N. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1945
NUMBER FIVE
Elon Chorus To Present ^^The Messiah
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PRESIDENT SMITH AND
FACULTY MEMBERS
ATTEND COLLEGE
CONFERENCE
The twenty-fifth annual meeting of
the state conference of colleges and
univei'isities was held at the O. Henry
Hotel in Greensboro on November 14
and 15. President L. E. Smith and
Registrar A. L. Hook were the as
signed delegates. Other members of
the Elon faculty who attended were
Deans Bowden and Greenfield, Miss-
e.s Hoffman, Honeck, and Hardy, and
Professors Deskins and MeClure.
President P. E. Monroe of Lenoir-
Rhyne was this year’s president of
the conference. Principal addresses
were “The Work of the Colleges for
Such a Time as This,” by President
Monroe; “General Education in a
Free Society,” by Dean Paul H. Buck
of Harvard; and “The American
Dream,” by Charles W. Lightbody,
Professor of Political Science and
History, St. Lawrence University, Can
ton, New York.
Dr. Buck’s address was based on
the report of Harvard University's
five-year study of the problem of
American Education. Readily admit
ting that the comprehensive study had
led to but limited conclusions. Dean
Buck said that the most significant
promises for thought lay in the statis
tics for 1870 and 1940: in 1870 there
were only 80.000 students in American
high schools and 60,000 in the col
leges; but in 1940 the high school en
rollment had increased to 7,000,000,
and the college enrollment had grown
to 1,500,000.
Among other factors in the prob
lem of educational readjustments in
our free society, these figures are
dominant. They point to *he need
to give more general education in our
high schools; for, obviously, there is
now a far greater proportion (than
70 years ago) of the people who at
tend high school but do not special
ize by attendance at college. The
place, therefore, to form the ideals
of citizenship for a majority of Amer
icans, is now in the secondary
schools. It is in giving a better and
wider high school program that we
shall most effectively meet our pres
ent needs. This is true because 5,500,-
000 of the high school students of the
year 1940 may be presumed to have
become voters *fithout further formal
education.
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Over Hundred Voices Take
Part In Handel’s Oratorio
MILLER BASNIGHT HAS
LEAVE AFTER SERVICE
IN THE PACIFIC
ELO^^ STUDEXTS WHO ARE TO HE LISTED IN THE 1945-16 EDITION OF WHO'S WHO
AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. Rending dockivise they
arc- William Clahb, Burlington; Hetty Hob Stone, Siler City; Junius Peedin, Glendon; Elizabeth Parker,
Siaihury Fred Register, Sanford; Margaret Ratvls. Suffolk, Va.; Martha McDaniel, Anderson, S. C.;
Emerson Whatley, Ulah; Jesse Thurecht, Elizabeth City; Thomas Horner, New Bern; and Earl Dan-
ieley, Hurlington. Not present when the picture ivas made are Edwin Daniel, Virgihna, Va.; and Hilda
Malone, Prospect Hill.
Eleven Named To “Who’s Who”
PEEDIN ELECTED
I PRESIDENT OF DR.
JOHNSON SOCIETY
'TEN NEW MEMBERS ARE TAKEN
I INTO THE GROUP
Scholorship, Leadership And
Character Determine Basis
For Their Selection
DR. N. F. BRANNOCK
ADDRESSES PRE-MED
STUDENTS
I Junius Peedin 4 as elected presi-
] ent of the Dr. .Johnson Literary So-
I ciety for the winter quarter at the
; last meeting of that organization held
in Lecture Hall. W. D. Little was
elected to be vice president; Thomas
Hoffman, secretary-treasurer; J^ck
Sunburn. sergeant-at-arms; Carl
Neal, parliamentarian; and Kermit
Inman, corresponding secretary. Pee-
I din will succeed Carl Neal, who has
been president of the group for the
fall quarter.
Ten new members have been ex
tended bids into the society. They
are Bill Copeland, Gerald Hook, Ev
erett Kivett, Don Kernodle, Ed Dan
iel, Harold Siler, Dick York, Howard
Hudson. Homer Euliss, and Bill
Stafford. Several former members
who are not in school now are re
turning next quarter. Those include
Bob Graham. Wayne Taylor, Shiek
Riley,, and Bunk Satterfield.
ED DANIEL AND JOYCE
SMITH TO HEAD THE -
SENATE AND COUNCIL
“The Chemical Elements in the Hu
man Body” was the topic of the ad-
dres£ given by Dr. Brannock to the
Pre-Medical Association at their reg
ular meeting Monday evening. No
vember 11. Dr. Brannock was in
troduced by Carl Neal, president of
the group.
Explaining that all sciences depend
on chemistry and physics in the re
lation of matti*- and energy. Dr. Bran
nock discussed the elements in the
human body. Even though there may
be only a small quantity of certain
elements in the body, it might cause
serious trouble or death if these ele
ments were not present in some de
gree. Lack of magnesium is shown
to have caused lockjaw, and the ab
sence of other elements such as po
tassium and calcium have an affect
on the nervous system.
Meetings of this association are held
every other Monday night at 8
o’clock in Society Hall.
CAMPUS MOTION
PICTURES
PI GAMMA MU CHAPTER
PLEDGES TWENTY-TWO_
November 17; “The Corn Is
Green.” „
November 28-24; “Co-Pllot.
November 30-December 1: For
Whom The Bell Tolls.”
January 4-5: “Wilson.”
• Twenty-two new members have
I been pledged into the college chapter
of the Pi Gamma Mu, national social
science honor Utoternity. They are
Ann Rader. Thomas Horner. Ida Marie
Parker, Louise Clayton, Virginia Ezell,
' Catherine Cooper. Ruby Braxton,
; Martha McDaniel, Ann Strader. Doris j
1 King, Eloise Fischel, Patricia Hook,
I Bill Clapp, Emerson Whatley, Mary i
JLib Simpson, Joyce Smith. Mary
I Coxe, Dale Hensley, Verna Lee Ker-
' nodle. Hazel Cole, Lucille Morgan,
and Kathleen Shoffner. These stu
dents were chosen on the basis of
their scholastic averages and social
science interests.
The chapter plans a varied program
this year. Problems first to be con
sidered and discussed are the atomic
bomb, foreign relations, race rela
tions, peacetime conscription and fie
unification of all branches of military
service.
Lucille Morgan, Virginia Ezell, and
Louise Clayton compose the social
committee appointed by the president,
Margaret Rawls, to make plans for a
picnic Fltiday, Nove«toer 30.
Eleven Elon students were nominat
ed and have been accepted to have
their biographies appear in the 1945-
46 edition of WHO’S WHO AMONG
STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVER
SITIES AND COLLEGES, according
at a recent communication received
by the MAROON AND GOLD from H.
Pettus Randall, Tuscaloosa, .Alabama,
editor of the WHO’S WHO pubUca-
tion.
The following students are to be
listed: Edwin Lewis Daniel, Virgilina.
Va.; John WiUiam Clapp, Jr., Bur
lington; Thomas Marland Horner,
New Bern; James Earl Danieley, Bur-
linggton; Ralph Emerson Whatley,
Ulah; Fred Page Register, Sanford;
Elizabeth Holland Parker. Sunbury;
Margaret Elizabeth Rawls, Suffolk.
Va.; Hilda Lee Malone, Prospect Hill;
Martha Anne McDaniel, Anderson,
S. C.; and Betty Bob Stone, Siler City.
Junius Hugh Peedin, Glendon, and
Jesse Dale Thurecht, Elizabeth City, ]
who were listed last year, will auto-1
matically be included in the 1945-48
edition.
The selections were made by the
faculty and were based on scholar
ship. leadership, and character. All
I .luniors and Seniors with a scholastic
I average of “C” were eligible. From
I this eligibility list all faculty mem-
! bers, with the exception of those
1 who were not on the faculty previous
to this year, voted for those whom
they thought to be the most outsand-
ing students, and the names of those
who received the highest number of
votes were sent to the editor of the
WHO’S WiJO book. The students
were nominated by the faculty mem
bers conscientiously aad impartially,
and their qualifications were care
fully considered before the list was
sent in.
IDA MARIE PARKER TO BE
VICE-PRESIDENT OF
COUNCIL
Ed Daniel, Virgilina, Va.. was elect
ed president of the Student Senate
and Joyce Smith, Whiteville, presi
dent of the Student Council in elec
tions held recently in Whitley Audi
torium. Daniel, who is a senior this
year, will fill the vacancy left by the
resignation of Junius Peedin, and
Joyce Smith will take the place of
Elizabeth Parker,, who is completing
the requirements for graduation this
quarter.
Both have been very active in the
extra-curricufjr activities of the col
lege. Daniel is majoring in Business
Administration and Art and is the edi
tor of the Phi Psi Cli this year. Joyce
Smith is majoring in English and will
complete he requirements for gradu
ation in March.
I At the same time Ida Marie Parker,
Eure, was eleced vice president of the
Student Council. A senior at Elon
this year she is a transfer from Louis-
burg Junior College and is majoring
in history and English. She will re
place‘Hilda Malone, who is finishing
her work here this quarter.
All of these newly elected officers
have an academic average of “B,” and
are members of Pi Gamma Mu nation-
, al honorary sociology fraternity. They
: will carry out their new duties well.
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jDUO-PIANO CONCERT
GIVEN IN WHITLEY
Miller Basnight of New Bern was
on campus last week after two years
in the service. Radar expert on the
destroyer U. S. S. Harrison, he saw
duty off Okinawa, Tokyo, Iwo Jima.
and various naval strikes in support
of the islands campaign against the
Nipponese. His ship is now on the
east coast and he will be back at
Elon on a longer leave in the near
future.
Basnight was president of the stu
dent body at the time of his enlist
ment. His farewell address was one
of the finest heard in Whitley Au
ditorium in recent years. We hope
that it will be possible for him to
return and rejoin the Elon Players
with whom he used to star.
Some of the highlights of a rapid-
fire conversation with Miller reveal
the fact that although he has matured
and is more serious as a result of
some harsh experiences, he is still
gifted with a characteristic sense of
humor. He said that his ship was
two days out of Pearl Harbor when
Tokyo Rose broadcast the names of
the men-of-war in their task force
and their course and position.
Typical remarks; Frisco robs you.
I like Boston—best port I hit. That
town really peps up after midnight.
How do I know? Well, I had the raw
luck to draw shore patrol there—and
on a Saturday night when we first i
got there after a year on the heels
of Tojo. You c*i spend money in
Boston. I made the Harvard boys
put the “R ” back in Hahva’d. Could
hardly understand ’em when they
spoke rapidly. I lost weight. Blame
that on the Fifth Fleet.
Patrolling off Okinawa was tough,
perhaps the toughest naval assign-
ment of the war. Coach Pierce ^ill |
have a tale to tell about that and j
the typhoons. We had one eery night'
assignment. Our destroyer group had ,
to test the coast of Japan toward the
north—toward Hokkaido—ahead of ;
Handel s “Messiah” will be present
ed by the Elon Festival Chorus Sun
day, December 2, 1945, at 8:30 p. m.
in Whitley Auditorium, Elon College.
The chorus, consisting of more than
one hundred voices, will be the lar
gest in the history of its presentation
by the Elon chorus.
The soloists will be Miss Exine An
derson. New York city, soprano; Miss
Lthel Kalter, New York City, contral
to: and Walter Vasser, Greensboro,
bass. The tenor soloist has not yet
been named.
Accompanists will be members of
the Elon College faculty, including
Miss Anne McClenny, pianist, and
Fletcher Moore, organist. John S.
Westmoreland will be director.
This oratorio was begun August 22,
1741, and completed September 14,
having been composed in twenty-four
days. The text is taken entirely from
the scriptures. It was first performed
in Dublin, Tuesday, April 13, 1742,
under the direction of the composer.
When the Hallelujah Chorus peeled
forth for the first time. King George
II and all the audience rose spontan
eously to their feet, as audiences for
two centuries since have done. “I
think I did see all Heaven before me,
and the Great God himself,” said
Handel concerning this writing of the
Hallelujah Chorus. This oratorio was
first performed in American in Bos
ton, December 25, 1818, by the Handel
and Hayden Society.
Mass rehearsals will be held on Fri
day night and Sunday afernoon at
2:30, preceding the performance. A
capacity audience is already assured
for this first post-war rehearsal.
DR. F. C. LESTER SPEAKS
TO Ministerial
ASSOCIATION
the main force.
COLLEGE PLAYERS
PRESENT PLAYBILL
QUARTER TO END ON
WEDNESDAY; NEW
TERM BEGINS NOV. 28
The fall quarter ends Wednesday
and a two-day Thanksgiving holiday
plus the regular week-end will fol
low before the new quarter begins
Monday morning, November 26. In
structors have announced the sched
ules for their examinations, which
will take place next week. They have
the opion of giving one, two, or three
hour examinations. Regular class
! periods will be used; two for the two
hour examinations, three for the three
I hour exams, etc.
I All students who have not already
registered for the new quarter should.
! d« so in Professor Hook’s office as
soon as passible.
The Music Department of Elon Col- j
lege presented Raymond Burrows,
and Anthony Loudis of Columbia Uni- ,
versity in a two-piano recital Thurs
day, November 8 at 8:30 in Whitley j
Memorial Auidtorium. The recital,
the first in a concert tour, Mr. Bur
rows and Mf. Loudis are making, was
both varied and interesting.
The program consisted of numbers
from Mozart, Busoni. Bach. Grainger,
Saint-Saens, Octavio Pinto, Milhaud.
Guion, and Triggs. The concluding
compositon. Surrealist Atferlude No
6 by Triggs was dedicated to Mr. Bur
rows and Mr. Loudis. Perhaps the
most well received was the ever pop
ular “Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring.”
by Johann Sebastian Bach. They re
ceived several encores.
While at Columbia University, two
members of the faculty. Miss Anne
McClenny and John Westmoreland
studied with Mr. Burrows and Mr.
Loudis.
The Elon Players, directed by Mrs.
Elizabeth R. Smith, on November 14-
15 gave an excellent interpretation of
“Moor Born,” story qf tragic episodes
in the Yorkshire home (jf the Bronte
sisters as made famous by their novels,
JANE EYRE and WUTHERING
HEIGHTS.
Al Burlingame of Cambridge, N. Y.,
starred in an exceptional cast. He
played the part of the ill and ne’er-
do-well brother, Branwell Bronte, who
might have become a genius, but had
some fatal weakness of character. Co-
starred with Burlingame were Ann
Strader as Charlotte Bronte; Kath
leen Young as Emily; and Dorothy
Shepherd as Anne.
The supporting cast, also excellent,
included Perry Ayscue as Patrick
Bronte, Oabe Bray as a neighbor, and
Helen Newsome and Ida Marie Park
er as family servants.
Tragic atmosphere was deepened by
the carefully planned set in which
deep red. purple and gold were har
monized in keeping with the dominant
motifs of the drama. The art depart
ment under Miss Newman contribut
ed a portrait and a painting of back
ground which added much to the ef
fectiveness of the set.
The department of dramatics is to
be congratulated upon another suc
cess despite many diffitulties to be
overcome. ft
Dr. F. C. Lester addressed the Min
isterial Association last Monday eve
ning in Mooney Auditorium; his topic
was “The Organization of the Con-
gregational-Christian Church." Dr.
Lester began with the World Council
of Churches, of which the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America is a part. He showed that
the General Council of the Congrega
tional Christian Church is a part of
the Federal Council of Churches, arid
then explained the various boards and
canferences of that denomination.
“Each person who is a member of
the church is a member of a world
wide fellowship,” explained Dr. Les
ter, as he pointed out that the church
es are composed of members, the
churches go to make up the various
conferences and conventions, and tife
conferences elect delegates to the gen
eral council or the head of their de
nomination.
Dr. Lester was introduced by Jack
Sunburh, vice president of the asso
ciation. Pl|^ns were discussed for the
chapel program, which was carifed
out by the group last Friday.
DR. DESKINS SPEAKS TO^ >
FUTURE TEACHERS
Dr. S. C. Deskins, head of he Edu
cation Department and sponsor of the
Education Club, spoke to the club on
Thursday evening, November 8, con
cerning the significance of the Future
Teachers of America Association. Earl
Danieley, president, introduced Dr.
Deskins. Mrs. Deskins pTbvided the
refreshments for the evening. A short
business session was also held during
the meeting.
The Education Club sponsored a
chapel program last Wednesday to
commemorate National Education
Week. Those taking part on the pro
gram were Dr. Demins, Earl Dan
ieley, Hazel Cole, Eloise Fischel, Mar
garet Rawls, Nancy Jordan, Joyce
Smith, Elizabeth- Parker. Sarah Brew
er. Betsy Smith, and BUizabeth Hol
land.