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BoodSe Baby Changes Name To—Baby Maroon and Gold Published By And For Elon StudeiUs To Eat Is Human; To Digest, Divine VOLUME XX ELON COLLEGE, N. C., EATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1946 NUMBER EIGHT PERRY ACCEPTS COACHING CONTRACT Elon Will Offer Major In Physical Education Icy Snow Lingers On Campus Appointment of Superintendent J. L (Hap) Perry of Reidsville as head coach at Elon is the first step in a re organized program of physical educa tion designed to meet the post-war need for expansion in this field, it was announced today by Dr. L. E. Smith, President of the college. Beginning witli the Spring Quarter of this year. Elon will offer a major in this department. A four-year pro gram has been arranged, and further additions to the staff will be announc ed. Class work in this field will lead to a bachelor’s degree and teaching certificate. After careful study by tl:e curriculum committee, the course has been established according to the best of present practices at major uni versities and specialized schools of physical education. Coach Perry will head the staff and direct the work of the majors in the department. Experience in teaching and coaching, aiid in school adminis tration. has given Mr. Perry first hand knowledge of the need for spe cialists in this work. At a recent in terview. Superintendent Perry said, “I am convinced that here is a real opportunity to contribute to the solu tion of a pressing problem in the pub lic schools of our state. In the past, too often the duties and qualifications of the instructor in health and phys ical education have been made sec ondary to the needs of some other de partment. Health is the acknowledg ed first objective of our National Ed ucation Association; but the public has not yet become sufficiently aware of tho need for larger programs, larg er staffs of trained physical educa tors. and a more intensive direction of the health and athletic programs v.'e offer to our children.” Courses to be given in the depart ment will include the coaching of major spprts, swimming and life-sav ing, hygiene, anatomy, pliysiology of exercise, first aid. calisthenics, the use of gymnastic apparatus, methods of teaching and related work in educa tion and psycliology. Completion of the four-year program will lead to the bachelor's degree with a major in physical education. Registration in this departme_nt will begin in the Spring Quarter on March 10. All veterans and regularly enroll ed students who meet physical and scholastic requirements are eligible to sign for the work. Swimming and life-saving will ge given in the out door pool during the summer months until the new gym Is erected. Approximately ten inches of snow blanketed the Elon College Com munity last week. The billowy crys tals fell Wednesday evening and night, January 16„ and Thursday morning's breakfast and classfes met a haphazard schedule with very few day students [ being able to get through. It was | the heaviest snow to fall in this vi cinity since “the big snow” of 1940. j Transportation facilities were hamper- ' ed for several days because of the snow and ice. Snowball fighting took j preference to all other outdoor pas- j times for three days, until falling sleet and colder weather turned the soft white layers into an icy sheet, part of v^hich remains on the campus. ' Several attractive snow-covered cam pus scenes were snapped by Dr. French for the Phipsicli early Thurs- j day morning before the smooth sur face of the thick white coverage was ' disturbed by playful .boots. The MAROON AND GOLD editor coveted the striking print of Senior Oak, which is pictured on this page. Conrad Thiboult In Concert February 7 Elon Alumnus Will Direct Major Sports County Superintendent Addresses Club “The purpose of a school is two fold! to guide, and to direct the phys ical. social, and emotional lines of „ ^ ^ j i /• boys and women, and to improve life ^IfS^- Dr^L. E. Smith,^ of of the community,” declared M. B. Ij. j. “Hap” Perry of Reidsville, one of North Carolina’s leading high school football coaches, has agreed to the terms of a five-year contract as athletic director and head coach of all three major sports, at Elon Col- Yount, superintendent of Alamance count.v schools, in an address to the Education Club, Thursday evening January 24, in Society Hall. Mr. Yount was introduced by Earl Dan- ieley. president of the group. Mr. Yount explained the organiza- the college, announced this week. A graduate of Elon, Perry attended Wake Forest and the University of North Carolina before going to Reids ville as head coach 19 years ago. He advanced to the position of superin tendent of city schools there, but has continued to coach athletics, and has tion and operation of the community centered school. Pointing out that turned out numerous Western Class all useful knowledge is not learned in books, and that much useful knowl edge can be learned in machine shops, and agricultural projects; Mr. Yount stressed the importance of the school, and community working interchange- B conference and State Class B cham pionship teams. In addition to his high school coach ing, Perry has been a close follower ot college football teams as an offi cial. For several years he has of- Conrad Thibault, famous baritone of the Philadelphia Grand Opera Com pany, will sing in the college auditoi-- ium on Thursday evening, February 7. The concert is one of a series sponsored by college and the Amer ican Business Club of Burlington. Thibault, who is a descendent of the great French novelist. Anatole France, hails from Northampton, Mass. President Calvin Coolidge and Ml'S. Coolidge helped to sponsor his early career at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Student activity books will be hon ored for admittance to the concert. The general public is requested to call the college business office or the American Business Club concern ing admissions. ably, toward reconstructing a nation , ficiated. usually as head linesman, in from total war. j a college game somewhere in the Other visitors at the meeting were ' South nearly every week-end. This William P. Saunders, former super- j year he was one of the officials at visor of Instruction in Alamance coun- | liie Wake Forest-South Carolina ty. Dr. Theo Dalton, supervisor of in-]'Gator Bowl game at Jacksonville, struction in Alamance county, who is j Fla., January 1. also a member of the Education fac- i Perry will be the first football coach ulty, and'Miss Ida M. Greenfield,' at Elon since Horace Hendrickson left SENIOR OAK ON THE DAY AFTE "I THE SNOW. Eton’s most beloved tree stands guard above all other tr ees on West Campus with the same beauty and simplicity that is possess ed the day the college was founded. The white-topped wall reveals the d epth of the snow, as West End Hall and tHe President's Home may be se en in the background. Dean of Women. i 1 A discussion period followed the ad dress, under the direction' of Earl Danieley, president of the club, during which the members of the club dis cussed with the speaker, guests, and club’s sponsor. Dr. S. C. Deskins, head of he department of education, various phases of the community cen tered school. LOUISE CLAYTON NAMED VICE-PRESIDENT Louise Clayton. Prospect Hill, a biology major, was elected vice-presi- dent of the Junior class at a brief meeting held Thursday morning in Prof. Barney’s classroom, Betsy Smith, class president, presided over the meeting. Other Junior officers are Dale Hensley, secretary: and Cath erine Cooper, treasurer. SNOW-WHITE In a white ethereal joy serene Drifting far. far through an ocean of space In billows crested by the storm king, keen Comes the snow with quickening pace. The massive blanket earthward cast Falling, colliding, floating whitely down Puts a hat upon a post Trims a chimney’s red night gown. The leafless trees garbed in grey Receive a majestic robe of white And with muted choral voices Sigh harmoniously through the night. Old King Snow daunts not the squirrel in his nest Cuddled silently in sweet repose; The vast fields in this bright splendor dressed Dwarf the field mouse tripping lightly down the rows. —E. L. D. Elon Players To Present Radio Sketches I Mrs. Elizabeth Riddick Smith, head i of the Department of Dramatics, an- I nounced this week that the Elon Play- i ers in conjunction with radio station IWBBB would present a number of I sketches in March. Readings from the radio program “Mr. and Mrs. North " will be used in the auditions to be held Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, January 29, 30 and 31. There are parts for four women and sixteen men are urged to attend the tryouts from 11:30 to 3:30 each afternoon in tl»2 Little Theatre. V Those selected from the auditions will appear on the half-hour radio sketches to be given in March. Elon Play Wins Place In State Contest "ZENGARA,” an original one-act drama by Elizabeth R. Smith. J. W. Clapp, and the department of dra matics, has been approved for pro duction by committee of j^-idges for I he 1946 festival of drama at Chapel Hill. This means that it is among the best written for this year’s col legiate entries. Preparation of manuscripts for next year's competiton is already under way. Deadline for submitting the plays is December 20 of each year. Try-outs of tbe cast for the play are being held. It will by presented at Chapel Hill during the first week of April, unless a regional festival is announced to take place at an earlier date. The production and writing awards are made separately. And since the play is already assured of a place among the manuscripts judged, the Elon Players now hope to make its production good enough to win a plaque for .^taging it during the fes tival week. Any student or instructor wishing to write for next year’s contest should report to some member of the fac ulty of English, or to Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, director of Dramatics. m Christians Beat ECTC Five, 52-41 EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE MAROON AND GOLD poses for a picture after staff meeting in which plans ■ were discussed for the remainder of t his year’s editorship. Standing arou nd Co-editor Verdalee Norris, San ford, and Editor Tom Horner, Ne ;v Bern, are Emerson Whatley. Ula h, sports editor; Catherine Cooper, Burlington, associate editor; Joyce' S mith, Whiteville, feature editor; and Betty Benton, Norfolk, Va., managing editor. Applications for next year's editorship may now be submitte i for the spring elections. The new editor will talte over in April. Thirteen is supposed to be an unlucky number, but Elon’s Figfht- ing Christians paid no attention to superstition at Greenville last night, when they tangled with Eastern Carolina Teachers Col lege, their thirteenth opponent of the season, and pranced off with a 52-41 North State conference cage victory. The Elon basketeers now boast an over-all record of nine wins and four defeats and liave won three and lost on^ in the conference. Headed by Roney Cates, whose IG points were highj for the eve ning, the Maroon and Gold jump ed into an early lead against the E.C.T.C. Pirates and pulled away ■> a 32-24 mararin at halftime. The second half found the home team unable to overhaul the vis iting Christians. Sharing the scoring honors with Cates were Captain Warren Burns and Don Kernodle, each of whom netted 12 points for Elon. Outstanding for the losers were two brothers, Jesse and James Parker. The former topped his team’s individ ual scoring with nine point#., while his brother and B. Moye made eight apiece. Tonight the Elon squad moves over to Wilson for another con ference clash with Atlantic Chris tian College. after the 1941 season to become back- field coach at the University of Penn sylvania. In the spring of 1942 the trustees voted to de-emphasize all varsity sports for the duration of the war and football was dropped. The college returned to the North State conference in basketball last year, is competing in the cage sport again this year and has plans for a baseball team in the spring. The re turn of football next fall will round out a normal varsity athletic program. Elon won the North State champion ship in football its last season. Player prospects have not been dis cussed at length, but Dr. Smith said the new coach will begin at once lin ing up his squad Tor practice. The president said no athletic scholarships have been offered yet. but he said "Elon doesn't intend to take too many beatings.” All previous scholarships were cancelled when the sport was dropped. Former students who have returned to the college entered on their own accord. Dr. Smith said. The enroll ment of men has taken a turn up ward, and Elon expects enough stu dents to provide a sizeable turnout in all sports in time for the next school year. Perry will complete this school year at Reidsville. but his resignation has been accepted, effective June 30. He ii scheduled to conduct spring foot ball practice here, however; driving to the institution each afternoon after school hours to direct the workouts! Football will be resumed on a normal prewar basis next fall. Terms of the contract were not dis closed, but Dr. Smith said it was drawn up for a five-year period. Perry had declined an Elon offer two weeks ago on the statement that he could not get a release from his two-year contract at Reidsville, but after an other conference with college officials he agreed to terms on January 19. Football is his chief sport, but Per ry will also direct basketball and baseball. An assistant coach will be named later at Perry s recommenda- I tion. Dr. Smith said. RELIGIOUS CONFERENCCE HELD IN RALEIGH The Seventh Aiinual Institute of Religion will be held in Raleigh on Monday evenings from January 28 through February 25. It is a commit tee institution and sponsored by the United Church in Raleigh. Courses will be offered in St. John’s Gospel, cthics, yohth forum, “How can I teach my child religion, etc. Rev. Allyn P. I Robinson will be in charge and sev- j oral distinguished speakers will be present. i
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