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i Draw A Bead On The ! p^itoria!: Let's Have A 1 Mountaineers! LwKCLK Social Activities ■, Scalp The Indians! Published By And For Elon Students Board! { VOLUME XX ELON COLLEGE, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1946 NUMBER SEVEN DANIEL AND RAWLS NAMED MAY KING AND QUEEN cion Hisforion Wins High Award I HIDEE HIDEE HI! The 1945 Baruch University Prize of one thousand dollars has been giv en to Dr, Harold S. Schultz, now a naval ensign on leave from the Elon College department of history. The av/ard is for his work entitled ‘‘South Carolina and National Politics, 1852- 1B60: A Study of the Movement for Southern Independence.” The prize is given annually in mem ory oi J^-S. Simon Baruch, mother of Bernard Baruch, famous philanthrop ist and adviser to two nat'unal admin istrations during World Vt ars 1 and II. Mr. Baruch is the son of a physician v,ho served in the Confederate army. Judges for the contest are a con> mittee for professional historians. Dr. Schultz, whose home is in Mem- Ijiiis, i'enn., completed his studies at Columbia and Duke Universities. He and Mrs. Schultz, who has also served on the Elon faculty, now reside at 1809 Twenty-third Street, S. E., Wash ington, D. C. Elon looks forward to the time wlien Dr. Schultz will be re leased from naval service and will re- turn-to our campus. The study which won the award is chiefly concerned witli the causes of the movement for southern independ ence. iV \ in points advanced were se cured by original research over a period of years. They deal witli tne , centralization and concentration of po- , litcal power in the years of Calhoun s , ascendency, and with the gradual dis-1 integration of that power. | One of the unique conclusions reached by Dr. Schultz is that the i growth of disunion sentiment in South Carolina between 1852 and 1860 was in response to political ciianges in the North and in other southern states rather than to local economic and po litical conditions. The growth of tlie Republican party after 1845, the agi tation of the antislavery movement, and the action of the states of the lower South were paramount factors in influencing the desire for seces sion. Narrative history, which the author considers the best medium for reveal ing the concurrence of imjeoi'tant events, is the form used throughout tl'.e greater portion of tiie manuscript. Presidential politics, legislative and judicial issues, and significant person al altercations are thus treated. The v/ork, which will doubtless be pub lished in full, ends with a discussion of leaders, policies, factional groups, and the questions which were to-the fore in the decade prior to the out break of the war for southern inde pendence. Players Announce Try-Outs For Spring Bills A mystery comedy and a group of one-act plays will be the next of ferings of the department of dramat ics, it was announced this week by Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, faculty direc- or of play production. There are sixteen male parts in the comedy, and four feminine character izations. All students interested in dramatics are urged to try out. And since there are so many male roles, new candidates for these roles are particularly needed. Fine instruc tion and a lot of fun in rehearsals always characterize the players’ work. You will enjoy the time you spend in these educational projects, and y(/i will develop poise and personality while gaining valuable training. Don't miss the opportunity. Zeng^ara, an original one-act drama by W. T. Clapp and the dramatics wri'"w'., will be included in the offer ings. This play will have some ex cellent parts also. Dates for tryouts will be announced. tmtnsm Virginians To Rule Spring Festival I Music Class Presents : Pre-Christmas Pageant MAIiOON AJVD GOLD CHEERLEADERS. Pictured above are the guys and gals who have a yeU ing good time n1 every game as they cheer the I945-t6 vansity basketeeers to victory. ^Reading clock^jise the "girls are Edna House, Sanford; Manc\ Jordan, Gastonia; Helen Newsome, Lucarna; arid Atui Ashley, J'airmont. Boys are Henry Ward, Roland; Ed Dan iel, Virgilina, Va.; and Jack Burch, Burlington. Society To Fete In Greensboro The eleventh annual banquet of the Dr. John.son Literary Society will be held on Friday, February 8, in Ball room of the O’Henry Hotel in Greens boro, Junius Peedin, society presi dent, recently announced. Howard White, city manager of the Burlington Daily Times-News, has been selected to be the principle speaker of the evening. Emerson Whatley, Lem Allen, and Wayne Taylor were apointed to serve on the business affairs committee and W. D. Little, Fred Register, . Tom Horner, Emerson Whatley and Lem Teresita And Osta Dancers Third Number Of Entertainment Series With vivid interpretations of the traditional music and dancing of other American countries, Emilio and Tere sita entertained a large audience in the Whitley Auditorium Fridav nigI4 in the third of a series of concert artists and speakers sponsored by the American Business Club of Burling ton. Dressed in colorful costumes, Ter esita showed the ritual dances of the Inca Indians of Peru, the “Joropo” of Venezuela, the “Cuecca” from President Smith Attends ^dn^ainis^rative Convention A beautiful and impressive Christ mas pageant was presented in Whit ley Auditorium on December 13—the night before Uie Christmas vacation— by the class in public school music in cooperation with the Elon singers. The program was opened with a thirty minute prelude by Fletcher Moore, organist. After the invoca tion, which was given by President L. E. Smith, Jack Sunburn read the scripture. During the entire peform- ance music was rendered by the Chor al Club, under the direction of John S. Westmoreland. Soloists were Eliz abeth Johnson, Archie Braxton, Jane Lewi.s, and Dorothy Shepherd. The pageant scenes consisted of panto- mine settings of the story of the Na tivity. At the conclusion of the pro gram everyone left the auditorium v/ith lighted candles. MINISTERIAL BANQUET IS SCHEDULED FRIDAY EVENING Chile and the Argentinian “El Gato." Allen were to work on the program ; addition to these familiar Spanish committee. j dances, the “Flamenco," or Gypsy Complete plans have not yet been dance, and a number of folk dances formulated. from the different provinces of South and Central America held the atten tion of the audience with their lithe- aess and grace. Accomplished in the use of the j castanets, Teresita added interest and Fred Register, president, announced ^33 that the Ministerial Association will ^ these instruments, havf its annual banquet next Friday, | Emilio provided the proper musical January 18, at seven o’clock. The 1 background for Teresita s dances and Blue Room of the Alamance Hotel presented a variety of examples of in Burlington has been reserved for , Indian and Spanish American folk- the occasion. Around fifty, including | music. By adding his own talents as members and their dates, faculty spon- j a composer and a lover of Hispanic sors and wives, and other guests, are music to years of travel and study in expected to attend. j Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Dean A. L. Hook, registrar of the! Uruguay, Ecuador and other South college, will be the speaker. Vice- i and Central American countries, Em- president Jack Sunburn is arranging ' ilio presented a true and vivid inter- the program with the assistance of pretation of the music of the South- Thomas Horner and Bob Graham. I ern Americas. Helen Cobb and Catherine Cooper are in charge of decorations. New members of the association this year are Joel Scott, Thomas Hoff man, Bob Graham, and Todd Riddle. President L. E. Smith left on Janu ary 6 to attend the annual convention of the Association of American Col leges, The meeting was to be held this v/eek at the Claridge Hotel in Cleveland. Ohio. ’ in connection with the Associa tion’s program, the presidents of the Congregational Christian colleges met on January 7-8, and the officials of the Association of Church-Related Col leges also held their annual session. This means another rush week for President Smith; but as he usually takes his more-than-full work sched ule in stride, we expect him to return as always, ready to move with speed into the daily routine and the compli cated program of new construction Elon is undertaking. A student recital will be next Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock in Society Hall. Everyone is in vited to attend. Committees for the pageant were composed of the entire class in pub lic school music? including Lois Dean, Mrs. Robert Truitt, F/nor Dare Mc Pherson, Violet Blackmon, Lucille Morgan, Gladys Rakestraw, Helen Gunter, and Nancy Jordan. The scenery and costumes for the program were made by the class. '"LASS OFFICE VACANCIES FILLED FRESHMAN S. C. A. GIVES CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO POOR Through the efforts of the Fresh man Student Christian group, under the leadership of Larry McCauley, president, some of the less fortunate citizens of this community had a happier Christmas. Members of the freshman organization solicited offer ings from merchants in Burlington and Gibsonville. The money was given to the Women^s Missionary Society of the Community Church for distribu tion. A portion of the total amount was Born in Califorfiia, the Ostas have 1 given to the Christian Orphanage, spent many years visiting in the | The Senior Sunday School Class Spanish countries, living with the also took a Christmas gift, which con- natives and learning their native mu- ■ sisted of fruits and nuts, to the or- sical lore and dances. ^ phaaage. In a recent meeting of the Fresh man Class, Thomas Burton, Reids- ville, was elected to be class treasurer, to take the place of Helen Ayscue, who left school because of illness. Plans were discussed for the an nual Freshman-Sophomore reception, which is scheduled to be given Feb ruary 22. At a special meeting of the Sen- or Class last Thursday morning, Thomas Horner, New Bern, was named treasurer, in order to fill the vacancy left by Hilda Malone, who completed 'le requirements for graduation at the end of the fall quarter. There will be a Junior Class meet ing on Tuesday morning at 9:00, for the election of a class vice-president, ^o tak”* thf“ place of Tessie Coffin, who did not return to school this quarter. Edwin Daniel, Vivgilina, Va., and Margaret Rawls, Suffolk, Va., walked off with the top May Day honors in the midwinter student elections which was held to select the 194ff court. The final vote was cast by the student body on Thursday, De cember 13, the day before the Christ mas holiday, and the primary was held the week before. The new king and queen were both elected to last year’s court as junior attendants and have been active in all phases of campus activity. Daniel is editor of the 1946 Phipsicli and Miss Rawls is co-chaiinian of the Student-Faculty Committee. Elizabeth Holland, Shelby, w'ho won out in the primary race for queen but was defeated in the finals, is to attend the queen as maid of honor. She will be escorted by Gerald Hook, Elon College. Winning the election for senior attendants were Florine Braxton Poe, and Joyce Smith, White- ville ; Jack Sunburn, New Britain, Conn., and Bill Claytor, Hillsboro. Junior attendants elected were Dale Hensley, Elon College; Verdalee Nor- ri;; and Fred Register, Sanford; and Steve astura, Hazelton, Pa. The May Day celebration will be directed again this year by John Westmoreland. A pre-Christmas elec tion was necessary because of the Phipsicli work being rushed this year. Hazei Cole To Head ■rench Club Seniors should submit, as soon as possible, on account of their college activities for the 1946 Phipsicli. These accounts should be given to Edwin Daniel, editor, or placed in the Phipsicli box in Alamance Hall. HONOR CERTIFICATES TO BE PRESENTED MONDAY Hazel Cole, a third year French stu- i“i't and member of the junior class, was elected president of “Le Circle Francais” at the January meeting of that organization held in Alamance Parlor, She succeeds Earl Danieley as head of the club. It is the custom of the language clubs to elect of ficers twice annually in order that more students may exercise leader ship in the practice of tpreign lan guages and the study of their culture. Other officers elected were Anne Griffin, vice-president; Lucille Mor gan, secretary; and Marian Griffin, treasurer. They will replace Jo Earp, Jane McCauley, and Tom Horner, who are the retiring vice-president, sec retary, and treasurer, respectively. The program of this month’s meet ing was a one-act comedy in French,^ presented by Mrs. Hirsch’s first year class. Refreshments were served at the meeting. EDUCATION CLUB MEETING !FLD THURSDAY Elon Mourns Mrs. John Urquhart Neyrman PANVIO PLANS BANQUET The Panvio Literary Society jnet Wednesday, Jamiary 9 at 7;30 in-So ciety Hall with Hilda Neese, presi dent, presiding. Plans were made for the annual banquet which is to be held on February 9, at the Alamance Hotel in Burlington. It was agreed tliat new members will be taken into iiie Society in the spring. The Elon College community was deeply saddened Tuesday morning at the loss of Mrs. John Urquhart New man. 81, who died after a long illness at her home here. The funeral ser vices were held Thursday afernoon at 3:00 in the Community Church with Dr. D. J. Bowden, Dean of the College, offifciating. He was assisted by Dr. W. E. Wisseman, pastor of the First Congregational-Christian church in Greensboro; Rev. Millard Stevens, pastor of the First Congregational Christian church in Burlington: and Dr. G. O. Lankford, retired Congrega tional Christian minister of Elon Col lege. Music for the service was fur nished by a quartette consisting of John Westmoreland. Dorothy Shep herd, Elizabeth Johnson, and George Bullard, accompanied by Fletcher Moore, organist. Internment followed in Magnolia Cemeteir. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. New- j students of the college were always nam was Miss Pattie Long. She grad uated from Antioch College at an early age, and there met and married a professor who had accepted a po sition as teacher of Latin, Greek and Bible history at Elon College, which was under construction at the time. In 1890 the young couple moved into East Dormitory, where they lived until an outside residence could be found. Dr. Newman remained a loyal and ef ficient member of the college faculty as head of the Department of Philoso phy and Religion for fifty years. He died in 1942, but his name is to be perpetuated in the Staley-Atkinson- Newman Memorial Fund, which the Southern Convention of the Congre gational Christian church is now rais ing for the college. Mrs. Newman was loved by all who knew her. Friends, townspeople, and welcome guests in her home. A suc cession of hardships which she had to bear during h^r lifetime never downed her courageous spirit. A fea ture article in the January issue of Coronet Maganne, entitled “Saga »f a Gallant Lady,” pays nj^onwide tri bute to her remarkable character. Though there were several factual er rors in the article, which were easily recognised by those who know the Newman family, the dauntless soul of Mrs. Newman’s Christian life and personality is well-presented by the writer of the story Survivors are five children; JoKn Urquhart Newman, Jr ..Cary; Dr. J. B. Newman, Burlington; WJrs. O. E. Young and Dan Long Newman, Vern Certiicates of membership into De(ta Psi Omega, national honorary dramatic society, will be presented to members at Monday morning’s "tudent assembly. Earl Danieley, cast director, announced today. The mem bership shields read: “For meritor ious participation in collegj^ dramat ics." A committee consisting of Tom Horner, chairman. Dale Hensley, and Ann Rader has been appointed to set future standards for tnembership in the society. Mrs. L. E. Smith. Jr., will serve on the committee in an advisory capacity. An education movie, “Assignment; Tomorrow,” was the feature of the regular Education Club meeting held Thursday, January 10„ in Professor Barney’s classroom. The movie, spon sored by the National Education As sociation, dealt with the future teach er and his work and brought to light a number of interesting aspects of the teaching profession. M. E. Yount, superintendent of the Alamance county schools, will speak to the group on January 24 at a special meeting, and at the regular February meeting Dr. Theo Dalton, supervisor of instruction in the Alamance county schools and member of the college education faculty will speak. i “CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT IS FEATURED IN WHITLEY ^ TONIGHT “Christmas in Connecticut.” star ring Barbara Stanwyck. Dennis Mor gan, and Sydney Greenstreet, is the feature tonight in Whitley. This movie, a first-*ate comedy.j, is the SNAPSHOTS NEEDED FOR. PHIPSICLI story of a naval officer on furlough, on. Ala., and Miss Lila Newman, in- ' who ends up with a bride. .ructor of ^ at Elon College; and Next week's attraction will be “Wil- .everal grandchildren. • som.” More snapshots are needed for the Phipsicli. Any person wli* has kodak pictures of students and campus scenes should submit them to Edwin Daniel, editor of the yearbook or leave them in the Phipsicli box in AUmanoe Ilall. Be sure that your name is on t^ back of each phot«. The pictures will be returneA in the spriuff.