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VOLUME XX
ELON COLLEGE. N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1945
NUMBER SIX
MAY COURT FINALS SET FOR THURSDAY
Elizabeth Holland
And Margaret
Rawls Contest
For Queen
The primary^ election for 1946 May
Court was held last Thursday with
Elizabeth Holland, of Shelby, and Mar
garet Rawls, of Suffolk, Va., winning
over Eloise Fische/. of Oxford, and
Jesse Thurecht, of Elizabeth Citty,
for the place as queen of this year's
court. The deciding vote will be cast
by the student body in the final elec
tion which is to be held next Thurs
day morning in Dean Bowden’s of
fice, Emerson Whatley, president of
the Student GovernYnent Association,
announced today. Ed Daniel, of Vir-
gilina, Va., and Gerald Hook, Elon
College, are in the contest for king.
Primary winners for Junior attend
ants are Nancy Jordan, Verdalee Nor
ris, Dale Hensley, and Helen New-
some. Winners for attendant escorts
are Thomas Hoffman, Fred Register,
Steve Castura, and Jim Westmore
land. These must be narrowed down
to two in the finals.
Candidates for the Senior attend
ants are Elizabeth Brady, Joyce Smith,
and Florine Braxton Poe. Senior es
cort candidates are Junius Peedin,
Jack Sunburn, Brevitt Hook and Bill
Claytor.
MESSIAH FESTIVAL CHORUS — Front row: John B. Sealey, tenor; Miss Ethel Kalter, contralto; John S. Westmoreland, di
rector; Miss Exine Anderson, soprano; and Wolter Vassar, bass.
Miss Exine Anderson
Heard In Concert
Style Parade Featured In
Little Chapel
Professor A. L, Hook Name:!
President Of North
State Conference
Miss Exine Anderson, soprano con
cert artist from New York City, was
presented in recital by the Elon Col
lege departm rit of music Wedne-;div
evening, December 5. An apprecia
tive audience heard the beautiful
young singer pi'e.sent a varied pro
gram. Her voice attains great pow
er and range with ease, and she was
superbly accompanied by Fletcher
Mooore of the Elon faculty of music.
Among the best of her numbers
were Brahms’ “Immer leiser wird
mein Schlummer,” “Sin tu amor” by
Sandoval, Faure’s “Apres un reve,”
“Love went a-riding” by Wolfe, and
“Let My Song Fill Your Heart” from
Charles. Other selections from
Strauss, Wilson and Hageman were
highly applauded. Best of all per
haps were the encoresfrom Gersh
win’s “Summer Time.”
The rising young metropolitan art
ist. who came as soloist for the annual
oratorio, “The Messiah,” graciously
consented to remain for the concert
and her courtesy and charm have won
a place in many hearts and with many
lovers of fine music,in Alamance coun
ty. A return engagement by Miss
Anderson next year will be announced
if the event can be arranged.
At the regular meeting of the Worn- j
f-n’s As'-embly Tuesday, December 4, |
1945, a style show was presented by
\ Sellar’s & Sons of Burlington.
The show, given in Little Chapel, was
sponsored by the Women's Student
Gover""^ I t Asosciation under the di- j
rection of Miss Ida M. Greenfield.
Girls were picked from each dorm
itory to model the clothes. Each house
president was responsible for the girls
in her house. The student-models
were fitted by Miss Hobby of Sellar’s
Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear Department.
Readings were given during the per
formance by Miss Evelyn Dickey.
The following giijls participated in
the fashion pardae: Jane Warren, Flo
Chandler, Clegg Miller, Betsy Smith,
Dell Burkhead, Peggy Comer, Janice
Rimmer, Betty Engleburt, Jean West,
Mildred Johnson, Marguerite Hud
son. Elizabeth Johnson. Doris King,
Ruby Braxton, and Anne Ashley.
This program is one in a series to
be presented by the Women’s Student
Government Association at the regu
lar meetings of the Women’s Assem
bly.
STUDENT LEGISLATORS
MEET IN RALEIGH
.MARY COXE WINS OFFICE
IN SENATE
Alamance County-Elon
College Teacher Training
Program Organized
S. C. A. To Sponsor
CSristmos Program
Winter Quarter Enlists
New Students In College
Winter quarter enrollment has now ^
reached 393, exclusive of special stu-1
dents, it was announced today by the
registrar’s office. A number of sen
iors finished their courses at the end
of the fall quarter and several stu
dents have dropped out because of
illness. Among the total of 47 new
students who have entered to date, 28
are veterans. Additional army and
t'.avy men are expected shortly.
Quarters for married veterans are
difficult to secure. This condition,
which prevails everywhere among our
colleges, is being remedied as rapid
ly as possible. In the emergency, the
clubhouse has been remodeled to
serve until the new building program
is., started.
The Student Christian Asosciation
has planned several appropriate pro
grams for this week. Jack Sunburn, S.
C. A. president, announced today.
Tomorrow evening the traditional
Christmas pantomine “Why the
Chimes Rang” will be preesnted. Mar
jorie Reidt will be the narrator and
Jack Sunburn will direct the play, in
which the members of the Student
Christian Association will take part.
Each morning this week at 7:4^
o’colck in Whitley Auditorium special
morning watch services will be held
in keeping with the season.
The Christrfas caroling will be next
Thursday night, which is the eve be-
I forj) the holidays begin, and will be
{led by members of the choir. Refresh-
I ments will be served in the reception
I hall of West Dormitory after the carol-
j ers return. This is an annual custom
1 of the student body.
Dr. A. L. Hook, Professor of Physics
and, Aeronautics of Elon Ci^llege and
a former graduate of Elon's class of
1913, succeeded Dr. A. I. Newlin, of
Guilford, as president of the North
State College Conference at its first
post-war mee'lng in Salisbury, No
vember 30, 1945.
Schools represented at the meeting
were Catawba. Appalachian. Lenoir-
Rhyne. Atlantic Christian. High Point.
B;lon, Guilford, Western Carolina
Teachers, and one non-member. East
ern Carolina Teachers.
Other officers elected were Dr. G.
P. Eagers, of Appalachian, vice-presi
dent; Dr. David Foust, of Catawba,
secretary-treasurer: and Dr. E. G.
Purdom. of Guilford, commissioner.
Eligibility of G. l.’s was the main
toic of discussion. It was agreed that
returning soldiers may enroll at any
school in the conference regardless of
where they attended college prior to
entering service. However, upon
once attending a school after release
from service veterans will become in
eligible upon transfer to any other
school. This ruling was identi?al with
the Southern Conference’s decison on
returning veterans.
The major sports committee made
up of Gordon Kirkland of Catawba,
Ralph James of High Point, and Shore
Neal of Lenoir-Rhyne, have the pow
er to set up rules and to act on any
details concerning the annual bask
etball tournament.
Eight Elon students were delegates
to the Ninth .Annual Student Legisla
ture Assembly, which was held in the
Capitol It^llding at Raleigh on Novem
ber 30th and December 1st, under the
sponsorship of the State College chap
ter of Pi Kappa Delta forensic fra- ■
ternity. Elon delegates to the as-:
sembly were: Senate—Earl Danieley, I
head of delegation. Mary Coxe, Sarah ;
Brewer, and Elinor Argenbright; |
House—Thomas Horner, head of dele- !
gation, Vivian Walker. Marjorie Reidt, i
and Orville Robinson. Dr. Merton
Fiench. chairman of the faculty com-'
mittee on debate, accompanied the |
Elon delegation. Mary Coxe, a first |
year delegate, was elected reading
clerk of the Senate, in the election I
caucus which opened the assembly, i
Earl Danieley was appointed by the
NEW CHAPEL CHECKERS
APPOINTED FOR QUARTER
Because of increased enrollment the
chapel attendance lists have been re-
I vised and posted in Alamance Hall.
' Checkers for the winter quarter are
I Lem Ailen, Bill Clapp, Earl Danieley.
Carl Neal, Kermit Inman. Tom Hoff-
' man, Fred Register, Jack Sunburn.
Betty Benton, Hazel Cole, Louise Clay
ton, Sarah Brewer, Mary Coxe, Ermine
Davis, Virginia Ezell. Ethalinda Grif
fin. Betty Sue Lloyd. Mangaret Rawls,
Ida Marie P’,rker, Kathy Young, and
.loyce Smith.
president of the joint assembly to be
on a committee to escort Governor
Cherry into the legislative halls.
The outstanding speakers of the
joint meeting included Governor
Cherry, Secretary of State Thad Eure,
and Professor E. H. Paget of State
College.
The Elon delegation sponsored two
hills—a bill providing compensation
to disabled teachers, originated by
Vivian Walker, and a bill originated
by Earl Danieley which would have
the superintendent of public instruc
tion appointed instead of being elect
ed by popular vote. Miss Walker in
troduced the teacher’s bill in the
House and received stirring applause.
Because of the brevity of time of the
^sembly and the lengthy discussions
of earlier legislation, this was the only
Elon bill which went through to com
pletion in either house.
The most heated discussion of the
legislature arose with the question
of inviting delegates from the negro
colleges of North Carolina to the 1946
assembly. This proposal, which was
introduced by Buddy Glenn of the
Carolina delegation, passed in the
joint meeting.
A bill sponsored by Atlantic Chris
tian College to abolish social fratern
ities and sororities was defeated by a
Dr. S. C. Deskins has announced a
revised organization for practice
teachers^ This plan, worked out joint
ly by the administrative officials of
Alamance county and Elon College,
has been in the making for some
time.
Authorities in charge of the joint
effort are Superintendent M. E.
Yount of Alamance County Schools,
Dr. Deskins, head of Elon’s depart
ment of Education, Dr. Theo Dalton,
supervisor of instruction for the coun
ty, and Principal L. S. McDonald of
the local high school. Fundamental
objectives are through grounding in
subject matter and methods, and prac
tical applicaton of this in observation
and practice teaching.
Dean Bowden, Registrar Hook, and
the college departmental heads will
co-operate in the project. The high
standards of efficie.ny sought are at
present being upheld by an excellent
personnel. Among the practice teach
ers are Hilda Malone, Prospect Hill;
Elizabeth Parker, Sunbury; Margaret
Rawls, Suffolk. Va.; Betty Bob Stone,
Siler City: Earl Danieley, Burlington:
Martha Anne McDaniel, Anderson.
S. C.; Elizabeth Holland, Shelby, Jun
ius Peedin, Fayetteville: Joyce Smith,
Whiteville: Ethalinda Griffin, Sum-
merfield. Three of these are to enter
teaching immediately: Miss Parker at
Williamston, Miss Malone at Staley
H S., and Miss Stone at. Silk Hope
High School.
AL BURLINGAME TO
HEAD VETS CLUB
To foster a spirit of unity and ac
cord among the veterans, to promote
an active social program, and to keep
the members of their organization in
formed an all matters pertaining to
their interest and welfare, th» World
War II veterans of Elon have organ
ized a new club, the Association of
Veterans of Elon College (A. V. E. C.),
which they hope to make an effective
and valuable addition to the activities
of this institution.
At their initial meeting, the veter
ans elected officers and a faculty ad
viser, and a committee was authorized
to draw up a proposed constitution. AI
Burlingame, of Cambridge, N. Y., was
elected president: Floyd Boyce, of
Jackson, vice president; and Wayne
Taylor of Efland, secretary and treas
urer. Paul Plybon was named faculty
adviser. The constitutional commit
tee consisted of the officers and spon
sor, and Roney Cates, Perry Ayscue,
and Miriam McKinney.
At the second meeting of the asso
ciation, the constitution offered by
the committee was accepted in part,
and the document will be submitted
to the administration for approval as
soon as completed.
Charter membership in the AVEC
has been endowed upon all honorably
discharged members of the armed
forces who were enrolled in the col
lege during the fall quarter. New
members will be admitted and install
ed as soon as the club’s organization
set-up has been fully established.
Besides the veterans named above,
charter members of the association in
clude Oabe Bray, Marion Chase,
James Cook, Joseph Dunn, Frank
Dwyer, Joe Golombek, Albert Haney,
Woodrow Howerton, Allen Hurdle,
Richard Johnson, Wtayne Kir^,' Calvin
Milam, Laurence Moore, Ed Mluford^
Bill Williams, and James Wilkinson.
slender vote in the House, and after a
heated discussion in the Senate, was
referred to a committee for further
study. Mary Coxe is a member of this
^mmittee which is to report to next
year’s assembly.
Attending the 1945 Student Legisla
ture were 160 delegates from eighteen
North Carolina colleges. fllplleges
represented were; N. C. State, Car
olina, Wake Forest, Elon. Davidson,
Duke, W. C. T. C., E. C. T. C., W. C.
T. C., Atlantic Christian. Meredith.
St. Mary’s. Appalachian. Lees- Mc-
Crae. Louisburg. Lenoir-Rhyne, Pheif-
fer, and Campbell.
AL BURLINGAME, Cambridge, N. Y.,
newly-elected president of the Associ
ation of .Veterans.