There Is a Picfure Of a
Dog On This Page
Maroon and Gold
Published By And For Elon Students
Rush Week Ends!
VOLUME XX
ELON COLLEGE, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1946
NUMBER NINE
CONGREGATIONAL-CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE IS
SCHEDULED FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 10-15
Four Sororities To Offer
Bids Tonight
Climaxing two weeks of harried
rushing, the second and last bid-
night of the year will be celebrated
toni'^ht by the four Greek letter so
rorities on campus, Pi Kappa Tau,
Beta Omicron Beta, Tau Zeta Phi, and
Delta Upsilon Kappa. Only women
of second quarter level or above, with
an academic average of at least “C”
are eligible to receive bids.
Former members from far and wide
have been invited to join in the fes
tivities. which include a magnificent
“spread.” the awesome pledge-taking
and welco/ne by older sisters on the
stroke of midnight, the serenade of
sorority songs from balcony to bal
cony. announcement of old.members
present, and introduction of new
pledges. The most recent “scums"
are promoted officially, and new
pledges begin their trying “Hell
Week” of initiation. Sunday morning
the girls, attired in their sorority col
ors. attend breakfast in a body. Fra-
ernity brothers present will also join
in the celebration.
Phipsicii Work
Nears Completion
The make-up of this year’s Phi
psicli is near completion, Edwin Dan
iel, editor, announced today, as the
last pictures which were taken for
the publication were returned from
the pliotographers, Pearsall Studio,
Roanoke. Virginia, yesterday. A large
number of pictures have already been
sent to the engravers in Charlotte and
the “dummy" of the annual is to be
sent to the printer, Edwards and
Broughton. Raleigh, on or around Feb
ruary 15.
Assisting Editor Daniel are Mary
Coxe, business manager; Earl Daniel-
ey, associate editor; Thomas Horner,
editorial assistant; Verdalee Norris
and Jean West, typists; and Junius
Peedin. Marjorie Reidt, and Kathy
Young, copy editors. Dr. Hans
Hirsch is serving as faculty adviser to
the staff.
The name of the Phipsicii commem
orates the three original literary so
cieties of the college—the Philologian,
the Psiphilian, and the Clio Societies
—which united in publishing the first
yearbook in 1913.
It is expected that the annuals will
be returned from the printers and
ready for distribution in the early
part of May.
DR. CHARLES R. BROWN, DEAN EMERITUS OF
YALE, WILL HEAD LECTURE PROGRAM HERE
Conrad Thiboult Heard In
Program Here
VVOAfEN’S P.VN-HELLENIC; COUNCIL. Reading clockwise the sorority representatives are Margaret
Rawls,, Suffolk, Va„ D. Y. K.; Marjorie Reich, Boston. Mass., T Z Phi; Louise Clayton, Prospect Hill,
P. O P.: and Betty Sue Lloyd, Efland, If K. T. The Pan Hellenic scheduled rush parties which have been
wiven during the past two weeks, and set the date f »r hid-night tonight. Dean Ida M. Greenfield is
advisor to the group.
Sospectus oT College Expansion Program is Pubiisiied
Duke Di^vSiity School
Holds Convention
Next Week
The Divinity School of Duke Uni
versity will hold its first convocation
on Monday through Wednesday of
next week and a number of the na
tion’s most distinguished speakers will
be present for the elaborate program.
The speakers will be B. Harvie
Branscomb, author. Rhodes scholar of
Oxford, and Dean of the Duke Divin
ity School; Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin,
pi esident-ei^leritus of Columbia Semi
nary; Senator J. W. Futbright of Ar
kansas; Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam,
author, president of the Federal Coun
cil of Ghurches of Christ in Ameri
ca, and vice-chairman of the General
Commission on Army and Navy chap
lains; Henry R. Luce, founder of
Life, Time, and Fortune magazines;
Hazefl Graf Werner, author of “And
We Are Whole Again;” R. N. Missouri,
lecturer, author, preacher, editor, and
professor; and Rev. Harold Cooke
Phillips, author and pastor.
All ministers and interested lay
men of all denominations are invited
to attend the convocation. The ses
sions will be held in Page Auditorium,
with the exception of worship ser
vices which will be held in the univer
sity chapel.
IVSany Elon graduates have attend
ed the Duke Divinity School. Among
those there now are Shannon Morgan,
Earl Farrell. Mark Andes, and Wal-
stein Snyder.
BOOKLET REVEALS “ELON
OF TOMORROW”
Claytor Elected
Senate Head
TTTVS'IN DANIEL, Virgilina, Va., ed
itor of the 1946 PHIPSICLI.
Bill Qiaytor, Hillsboro, meml|3r of
the Senior Class, was elected presi
dent of the Student Body las? Thurs
day morning at a meeting of the Men’s
Student Government Association held
in Whitley Auditorium. Claytor is a
returned veteran and a member of
the Sigma Phi Beta fraternity. He
is an outstanding student on campus
this year and will carry out his new
duties well.
Other officers of the Senate are
Carl Neal, vice-president; Kermit In
man, secretary; and Bill Copeland,
treasurer.
An attractive photo-filled prospectus
of the college expansion program has
been published and is ready for the
mailing list, according to a recent
announcement from the office of Pres
ident L E. Smith.
The booklet, which is to be sent
to alumni, churches in the Southern
Convention, and friends of the college,
contains almost forty pictures of
campus scenes and college activities.
The special feature covering a two-
page spread in the center of the book
is the architectural sketch of the
“Elon College of Tomorrow,” showing
the proposed locations and appear
ances of two men’s dormitories and
two women’s dormitories placed
symmetricalljfc on either side of the
Greater Elon Group facing the high
way. The proposed dining hall be
tween West Dorm and West Gate, and
the new gymnasium on the other side
of the highway are also shown in the
plans.
The forepart of the publication in
cludes the names of the college trus
tees, the Elon College Foundation
trustees, the general campaign com
mittee for the Million Dollar Drive,
and pictures of the officers and dT-
rectors of the ' campaign. The of
ficers for the Elon College Founda
tion, which is seeking to raise one
million dollars for the purpose of
providing buildings, equipment, and
endowment to meet the demands of
the college, are J. H. McEwen, presi
dent of Rflay McEwen Kaiser Hosiery
Mills, Burlington, president; Julian
Price, president of the Jefferson
Standard Life Insurance Company,
Greensboro, vice-president; and Thad
Eure, Secretary of State, Raleigh, sec
retary.
The last section of the pamphlet in
cludes iniormation concerning the
methods of giving, tax deductions for
contributions to education, and sug
gested memorials through which one
might perpetuate his or her name.
The editorials included in the pros
pectus were written by President and
Mrs. L. E. Smith, and the photog
raphy was under the direction of Mrs.
Smith. It was printed by Edwards
and Broughton, Raleigh.
Dove McClenney Tells Of
Experiences As Prisorer
Conrad Thibault. concert aad radio
baritone, appeared Thursday night in.
Whitley Auditorium as the fourth in a
series of lecturers and artists in the
concert series sponsored by the Amer
ican Business Club of Burlington.
Encouraged in his youth by Presi- ’
dent Coolidge ta make a career of
singing. Thibault tried out for and
won a scholarship at the Curtis In
stitute of Music in Philadelphia. After
a period of study with Emilio de Go-
eoraz there, he went on to New York,
failed to find an opening and return
ed home to sing with a dance orches
tra.
He later resumed his studies at the
Curtis Institute and began singing for
a radio station. While singing minor
roles with the Philadelphia Grand
Opera, he was given the role of Se-
bastion in Eugene D' Alberts Tiefland
when the leading baritone fell ill.
He received an ovation and other im
portant roles followed.
The Elon program included non-
classical as well as classical numbers.
CHRISTIAN CAGERS TOP
HIGH POINT, 44-37
Dave McClenney, sophomore, and
returned veteran, spoke lo a joint
meeting of the SCCA last Tuesday
evening in Professor Barney’s class
room. telling of his experiences as a
prisoner of war in Germany.
Beginning with a parachute jump
from a doomed B-29 Liberator over
Belgium, he told of landing only a
few yards from the German head
quarters in Brussels with several
bullet holes through his "chute” and
flight jacket. After his capture he
was eleven months a prisoner at
Stalagluft 4, where the diet consisted
chiefly of dehydrated cabbage, pota
toes, “German tea.” and sometimes
bread. Scarcity of water and coal
made a bath and warm room lux
uries. “When Red Cross packages
came through we fared pretty good.
When they didn’t, we didn’t fare so
hot,” he said. But participation in
athletics depended upon whether or
not ^ sufficient quantity of food was
obtainable.
When an exodus from this camp
was necessitated by nearby Russian
victories, a ninety-three day hike
oegan, during which the prisoners
slept in barns,. _ McClenney told of
his three futile attempts to escape.
Many recaptured escapees were shot.
The worst thing about the hike Mc
Clenney related, was the scarcity of
food. “The fellows would steal what
they could, and sometimes sell an
Elgin watch for a loaf of bread.”
Sometimes they would steal some
thing from one guard and sell it to
another.
Rescue came near Ulsen, where
British tanks came upon fhe scene.
The route home took McClenny back
tlirough . Nurnberg, Brussels, and
Camp Lucky Strike at Le Havre.
President Jack Sunburn presided
over the meeting, during whic ha short
devotional was also conducted.
Wresting the play from their op
ponents after ten minutes of see-saw
basketball, Eton’s golden-shirted
Christians raced to a 44-27 North State
conference victory over High Point
college Wednesday night, when the |
two bitter rivals clashed in the Elon
gym. _ j
Warren Burns, leading scorer in
the conference, paced the home club’s j
winning performance. The Elon cap
tain tossed 16 points through the hoop j
—15 of them during the first half—;
and was prevented from increasing his i
total only by the fact that he had j
to spend most of the final twenty
minutes on the bench, nursing an in
jured ankle. j
Sharing the spotlight with Burns
was Roney Cates, whose two quick
baskets midway through the first half
boosted his Christian mates from an
8-6 deficit to a 10-8 lead and provided
the momentum for the runaway tri
umph. Roney made 14 points alto
gether, to strengthen his standing
among the leaders in the conference
scoring race.
The game started in exciting fash
ion, with High Point taking the initia
tive; but every time the Panthers
tallied. Elon bounced right back to
knot the score, and, once the home
cagers grabbed the lead, the visitors
were as good as licked. At halftime
the margin was 28-20, and the Adcox
men were never less than ten points
ahead after Joe Golombek’s long set
shot in the early seconds of the last
half. Joe’s defensive work was at its
usual peak.
Also scoring for Elon, as the Ma
roon and Gold registered its fourth
conference win in six tries, were Don
Kernodle and Bill Anderson, each
with four points; Bob Harris, with
two; and Wayne Taylor and Pep Wat
kins, with one point apiece. Cale was
outstanding for High Point, netting
seven points and playing a good de
fensive game.
Charles Reynods Brown, dean emer
itus of the Divinity School of Yale
University, will be the principal speak
er for Religious Emphasis Week,
February 11-15, and for the Southern
Convention Christian, Workers Con
ference convening at the same time on
the campus. Dr. Brown, nationally
recognized author and lecturer, will
speak in Whitley Auditorium each
morning at 9 o’clock and each even
ing at 7.
Dr. Brown has made six trips to
Europe, travelled in Palestine. China,
Japan, and India. He has lectured at
Harvard. Stanford, Cornell, Oxford,
and many other universities. He is
the author of thirty-five books, and
has been internationally honored. His
Icctures at Elon will include address
es on “The Greatest Man of the
Nineteenth Century.” “Facing Pres
ent Difficulties,” and “The Value of
Worship.”
Other noted speakers to be heard
are Dr. W^offord Timmons, radio-lec-
turer and executive secretary for the
Commission on Evangelsm of the
General Council of Congregational-
Christian Churches; Dr. Merton B.
French. Professor of Religian and
Greek, Elon College; Dr. Philip M.
Widenhouse. of the Congregational-
Christian Board of Home Missions,
New York; an9 Dr. L, £. Smith, pres
ident of Elon College,
This conference, one of the most
irniDortant in recent years, will pro
vide what has been described as “a
post-graduate course in churchman-
ship and leadership training,” It is
designed for lay evangelistic workers,
church officials, ministers, and all
students of the Bible,
Workshops for Sunday school of
ficials and teachers will be conducted.
Local church programs, education, and
stewardship will be discussed. Addi
tional lecturers will include Rev. W.
J, Andes, United Congregational-Chris
tian Church, Winston-Salem; Dr. J.
H. Dollar. First Congregational-Chris-
tian Church, Newport News, Va.; Dr.
F. C. Lester, Superintendent of the
Southern Convention of Congregation
al Churches, Elon College; Rev. W. M.
Stevens, Christian Church of Burling
ton; and Dr. J. G. Truitt, Christian
Church of Suffolk, Va.
Approximately one hundred and
fifty church officials are expected for
the Christian Workers conference
sponsored by the college. Convention
office, and Board of Christian Educa
tion. Entertainment for delegates will
be provided in South Dormitory. Each
day’s schedule will consist of lec
tures, Bible study, worehops, and
forums.
VJUSIC STUDENTS
PRESENT RECITAL
“A THOUSAND AND ONE
NIGHTS” PLAYING TONIGHT
The technicolor pcture, “A Thou
sand and One Nigiits,” is the movie
to be shown in Whitley Auditorium
tonight. Cornel Wilde leads the cast,
which includes Evelyn Keyes, Phil
Silvers, and Adile Jergens Next
week’s feature will be “The Affairs ol
Susan, with Joan Fontaine and
George Brenl.
, The students of the Music Depart
ment presented their third recital of
the year last Monday afternoon at
3 00 in the college auditorium.
Those taking part on tiie program
were Mary Sue Colclough, Dorothy
Datbs, Mary Virginia Buhler, Marie
.night, Jessie Ree Doughtie, Violet
ylackmon, Lucille Morgan, Carrie
lanford, Elizabeth Johnson, Jane
ewis, and Anne Strader.
Selections were rendered in voice,
ano, and organ.
DR. WOFFORD C. TIMMONS of New
\ork City, executive secretary of the
Commission of Evangelism. General
Council of Congregational-Christian
churches will deliver the morning ad-
Iress at 11 o’clock tomorrow in Whit-
ey Auditorium. Dr. Timmons will^be
ne of the lecturers at the Christian
Yorkers conference.