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NEXT ISSUE IN SEPTEMBER! Maroon and Gold Published By And For Elon Students LETS GO. fXOH- BEAT HAH£3! VOLUME XX ELON COLLEGE. N. C.. SATURDAY. MAY 18, 1946 fifteen COMMENCEMENT TO BE HELD MAY 25-27; THIRTY-FIVE SENIORS TO RECEIVE DIPLOMAS Rev. Lambert, Dr. Hart Are Principal Speakers Elon Players Score Hit In “Third Floor Back” “The Passing of the Third Floor Back.” a stirring religious drama by Jerome K. Jerome, was presented by the Elon Players in Whitley Auditor ium on Wednesday and Thursday, May 15 and 16. The play was directed by Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith head of the department of dramatics, and re ceived an enthusiastic welcome by the audience on both nights. Topping the cast in the part of the Stranger was Merritt Burns, of Burlington with a fine performance OKATORIO, RECITALS ARE SCHEDULED BT MUSIC DEPARTMENT Gabriel Faure’s “Requiem” will be presented week from tomorrow night Sunday, May 26, as climax to a year of fine work by the Music Depart ment. The oratorio, scheduled for 8:15 p. m. in Whitley auditorium, as part of the annual commencement exer- capably supported by Edward Menke, cises, will be sung by the college choir Burlington: Thomas Horner, New | soloists Walter Vassar and Mrs. Thomas Horner, New Bern: Thomas Hoffman, Burlington; REV. R. S. LAMBERT (left and DR. H ORNELL HART (right) are to be the principal sr^ikefs dur7m5. commencement exercises May 25-27. Rev. Lam- ODE BY A DIPLOMA Miss Ida Marie Parker, Eure; Miss , under the direction of i bert will deliver the baccalaureate se rmon and Dr. Hart the literary address Doris Glosson, Burlington; Miller Has- ' Professor John Westmoreland, with | night. New Bern; Edwin Daniel, Vlr- j organ and piano accompaniment by ■ giUna, Va.; Miss Jo Earp, Albemarle; pietdjej. Moore and Miss Anno Mc- Miss Jane McCauley, Waverly, Va.; I Miss Jean West, Hampton, Va.; and j Miss Kathleen Young, Vernon, Ala. j The Music Department also has I Presented in three parts—The Pro-, three student voice recitals planned I logue, The Play, and The Epilogue j Qcniing week. Tomorrow at 8:151 Tliird Floor Back” is the story of a ’ group of selfish unscrupulous, and p. m.. Miss Jessie Ree Doughtie, Miss | snobbish lodgers in a London board- | Norma Jean Edwards, and Misa Mar- ing house, whose lives undergo a , guerite Hudson will give a joint recit- miraculous change when a Passer-by j al, with accompaniment by Miss Mary (possibly Christ in disguise) rents one . Elizabeth Browning; on Monday night of the rooms. The set in the Elon production was quite effective with green the major motif. The Production Committee for the play included Orville Robinson, stage manager; Gerald Hook, lighting tech nician; Miss Martha McDaniel and Miss Ermine Davis, prompters; Miss Nancy Jordan and Miss Martha Franks, house mamagers; Miss Lucille Morgan. Miss Patricia Hook, Warren Johnson, and Baxter Twiddy, ushers; Orville Robinson and Kermit Inman, in charge of tickets; Miss Anne Grif fin and Miss Hazel Cole, property; Miss Verdalee Norris and Miss Clegg Miller, pablicity; and Mrs. Florine Poe, Miss Joyce Smith, and Miss Anne Strader, make-up. PHILLIPS TALKS ON TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS at the same time, Miss Ruth McPher son will be featured, and on Wed nesday Miss Dorothy Shepherd will sing. Professor Moore will be at the piano for the latter two recitals. The music department is conducting tho vespers recital at 4 p. m. next Sunday, as an additional contribution to the commencement program. j Four student recitals were held dur- ] ing the past three weeks. Miss Lucille ] Morgan and Miss Violet Blackmon"! (Dedicated to the Class of ’46) Step forward, senior, Solemn gowned, And stretch your hand To hold me fast; The fight was hard, The pathway long That brings us Fact to face at last. Come forward, senior. Rightly proud. You’ve met the test Of toilsome years; Come, elaim your prize With forward gaze, And purge your eyes Of Mem’ry’s tears. March forward, senior, Victor knight, ■' With Knowledge as Your battle scar; The world awaits Your conq’ring tread. So take me now And travel far! —A. W. B DR. CEOUGH SPEAKS AT PLAYERS BANQUET; ACTORS RECEIVE AWARD MAY DAY FESTIVAL AGAIN POSTPONED The annual Elon College May Day Festival, scheduled to take place today after two i>ostpone- ments, was called off for the third time this afternoon, because of threatening weather. In announc ing the postponement. Miss Anne McClenny of the music faculty, di rector of the May court, said Way Day would be held next week on the first clear day. STUDENTS ENTERTAIN FACULTY MEMBERS The Home Management class enter tained with a dinner party Friday eve ning, May 3, at “Practice House” in West End Hall. Miss Mary Elizabeth Simpson was hostess, and Link How- i at the president’s home. The Elon College 1946 Players’ ban quet was held at 7:30 last night, Fri day, at the Alamance Hotel in Bur lington. Guest of honor was Dr. Richard Ccough, director of the the ater workshop of the College of the City of New York. A high spot on the evening’s pro gram was the award of a plaque to the best leading actors and sup porting players during the past year. Miss Kathleen Young was given first place for her fine performances in “Moor Born,” “Zengara,” and “Passing of the Third Floor Back.” Merritt ard acted as host. The following facul ty members were their guests? Dr. and Mrs. D. J, Bowden, Miss tila Newman, Professor J. H. Stuart, and Dr. and Mrs Merton B. French. The fifty-sixth annual Klon College commencement exercises will bring the 1945-’46 school year to a cio.se next Saturday, Sundaj'. and Mondac^, May 25-27. Principal speakers during^ the three days’ program will be Rev. Rob ert Stanley Lambert, rectoi- of Cal- var y Episcopal Church. Cincinnati, Ohio, who will give the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday, and Dr. Hornell Hart, professor of sociology at Dukp University, who will present the litift'- ary address on Monday. Thirty-five seniors, eight more than in last year’s graduating cla.ss. are to receive diplomas Monday. Commence ment will begti officially on Saturday morning at 9:30 when S>lass Day ex ercises will be observed. A special me morial service for Elon men killed in the war will follow at 11 o'clock, the Alumni business meeting wM be keld at 2:30, and a reception by Dr. and I Mrs. L. E. Smith will follow at 3:30, Saturday’s “KIKER” LAKE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION Mr. W. B. Kiker, Reidsville con tractor, is constructing a lake for Elon College. Expected to cover between four and five acros on the old Odom Farm, the lake when completed will be fifteen to twenty feet deep and will be well stocked with fish. It is hoped that the students of the college will be able to spend many hours of fishing and boating on “Kiker’’ lake this summer. The college is grate- Burns was named as best male lead, f'l’ to Mr. Kiker for his generosity. presented a joint organ-piano program j on Sunday, ^nl 2^ Miss Ehzabeto DANIELS SAILS Johnson and Wayne Moore were he^ , in a voice-piano recital May 5; the | Misses Anne Strader, Jane Lewis and i - i ttoat _ . c^. , J • • t •» __ H. Burton Daniels, U. S. N., sailed Carrie Stanford gave a ]omt voice re-, , u u j tt o a .... T.r J J o from Pearl Harbor aboard the U.S.S. cital on Wednesday, May 8; and Miss , i J „»• Til 1 Aiax April 24, to participate in the Morgan and Miss Blackmon presented j •> a piano-voice recital last Sunday, May 12. Charles W Phillips, president of Yesterday morning, in regular Fri- the North Carolina Education Asso- day chapel, the choir gave a special elation and professor and director of I musical program, directed by PrOfes- pubUc relations at Women’s college. sor Westmoreland. Numbers render- in Greensboro, was guest speaker for j ed were “Behold a Host,” “Jesu, Word the Education Club on May 7, in So- of God Incarnate,”* ‘Souls of the ciety Hall. A large number of college ] Righteous” “'T'*’" t and high school faculty members and atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands. “Hoy Toide,” as his friends at Elon know him, was a freshman here in 1944-’45. His address is H. B. Daniels, QM, U.S.S. Ajax, 5h Division, c/o FPO, San Francisco,'Cai. students were present. Mr. Phillips discussed the qualifications that su perintendents look for in a prospecUve teacher. His main points were: (1) Can you fill the job? (2) what leader ship qualities do you have? and (3) can you fit into the community? He also mentioned the need for a sense of humor and a feeling of satisfaction in teaching. Mr. Phillips concluded by emphasizing the fact that school j teachers come in contact with more j than half the population of the United j States every day, through teacher-pu-1 pil and parent-teacher relations, and! he stressed the importance of proper' qualifications for the teachers. SUMMER SCHOOL STARTS JUNE 8 Souls of The Lord’s Prayer,” and “Sanctus,” and Miss Dorothy Shep herd sang “The 23rd Psalm.” The scripture lesson was read by Dr. M. B. French. "THRILL OF A ROMANCE” IS WHITLEY FEATURE “Thrill of a Romance,” starring Esth- ART DEPARTMENT GIVES EXHIBIT mainly on the basis of his excellent work in the last-named play; and Miss Anne Strader and Miller Bas- night were considered best in sup porting roles. Speakers at the banquet included Miss Kathleen Young, of Vernon, Ala., president of the Elon Players; Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, director of the Players: and Dr. Ceough. Dr. Ceough, at present a campus guest at Elon, and formerly on the staff of New York University, is ed itor of THEATRE ANNUAL, interna tional publication, concerning the history and art of the treater. He is . , j , j „ „ also leading man for the Washington I Pleted this year includes landscapes and has appeared | character studies, animal The 1946 exhibit of the Department of Fine Arts at Elon College, was shown in the Art Studios and Society Hall on the third floor Of the Ala-* mance Building on campus May 15 and 16, containing work by some un usually promising young artists. Paint ings in oil predominated, but there were some excellent specimens of in dustrial art, china paintings, crayon and pencil sketches, and impression istic drawings of modern type. Directed by Miss Lila Newman, head of the department, work com- Square Players, er Williams and Van Johnson, is the i with such notables as Louis Calvert, feature movie at Whitley Vuditdrium Romney Brent,, and Margaret Wych- tonight. jcrly. Summer school will be conduct ed at Elon College this year in two terms. The first term wiHl begin June 3 and end July 12, and the second will begin July 15 and close August 17. Courses available to students during the summer sessions include the fol lowing: art, aviation,, biology, business administration, chemis try, education, English, French, history, mathematics, philosophy, physics, (science survey), reUgion Spanish and musio. Registrations should be com pleted prosptty. paintings. Miss Dorothy Lamm, as sistant to iVIass liewm.'/ii, has been in charge of some children’s art classes. Most promising work shown at the exhibit was probably that done by Mr. Edwin Daniel of Virgilina, Va.,/and Miss Margaret Rawls of Suffolk, Va. ■'Portrait of a Girl" and “Ship Under Sail” by Miss Rawls were especially outstanding. Other work of distinction exhibited included drawings and paintings by M/3 Lamm. Viss Dale "fiensley, Mrs. Verna Lee Kernodle, Miss Catherine Moser, Mrs. Florine Poe, Miss Lillie program will conclude with the Alum ni banquet at 7 o’clock. On Sunday, Rev. Lambert will de liver the baccalaureate .sermon at 11:30, with the college choir provid ing music for the service. Miss Doro thy Shepherd will be skloisl. At 4 p. m., there will be a vespers recital, and the choir will pre.sent Faure's “Re quiem” at 8:15. Following the Board of Trustees’ meeting at 9:30 Monda.v morning, graduation exercises will take place at 10:30 in Whitley auditorium, featur ing the address by Dr. Hart. Receiving degrees as Bachelor of Arts at this time will be Miss Ruth Stephens Bennett. Mi.ss Elizabeth Als ton Braddy, Miss Mary Jean Brower, John William Clapp, .fr,. John WilliaM Claytor, Edwin Lewis Daniel. James Earl Danieley, Miss Ktoise Thomas Fischel, Miss Dorothy Nell Folti( Miss Frances Patischall Gunter. Forrest Chalmers Hall, William Walter Hall, Miss Alice Elizabeth Holland. Brevitt Hook. Thomas Marla nd Horner, Rob ert Edward Lee, Miss Hilda l.ee Ma lone, Carl Reed Martin, Miss Martha Anne McDaniel, Carl Ray Neal, Ivan Lenore Ollis, Miss Elizabeth Holland Parker, Miss Ida Marie Parker, Amos Matthew Phillips, Kugene Preston Poe, Mrs. Florine Braxton Poe, Miss Margaret Elizabeth Rawls. Mi.ss Joyce Adele Smith. Miss Betty Bob \),one, John Harvey Sunburn. Miss Annie Sydnie Thompson. Miss Heni'iettc Elizabeth Thompson. Mi.ss Jessie Dale Thurecht, Ralph Enieison Whatley, Jr., Samuel Thomas Woodson. Mr. Woodson will receive a certifi cate in public School mu.sic: Mr. Dan iel and Miss Apple, diploma.s in art; and Miss Fischel. a diploma in piano. Certificates in art will be presented to Miss Ruby Dale Hensley. .Miss Lil lie Horne, and Miss Doroth.v Elizabeth Lamm. Names of students receiving certificates in secretarial practice and certificates for membersiup in "Who’s Who” will be read by the dean. Dr, D. J. Bowden. In addition throe hon- arary degrees will be announed. Dr. Hart, the co/imencement liter ary speaker, who has been at Duke for seven years, previously was professor Bob Rudd. j NIGHT GAME MONDAY ENDS VARSITY SEASON STUDENT BODY OJbU’ICEKS for 1946-4?^ «re once again all men students. Keading from left to right above, they are: Fred Register, Sanford, president; Bill Copeland, Sunbnry, treasurer; Don Kernodle, Ossipee, secre- Ury; JU>d Wayne Taylor, Bfland. Hoo-vrMii«at. i Horne, Miss Vivian Coble, Miss Eliz abeth Apple. Miss Evelyn Paul, and | of social economy at Biyn Mawr col lege and professor of social ethics at Hartford Seminary. He received his A. B. degree from Oberlin college, his M. A. from the University of Wiscon sin. and his Ph. n. from the State Uni versity of Iowa, lie is the author of numerous book.s in the field of social science and reli^iiou and he has writ ten articles for many loading j,S|Urnals of scholarship and of public opinion. Rev. Lambert, the baccalaureate spealcer, served as a captain in the heavy artillery iji the United States army in France durin,5 tlie first World V/ar, and was a ciiaplain in the navy, with the rank ot Lieutenant-command- er, during World War II. He is a graduate of Lehigii University, where he received his A 8. degree, and of the General Theol>si.-vil Seminary, New York, whe>e cntiinsd his B. D. degree. Barring postponements because of bad weather, varsity baseball and tennis will close on Monday. The baseball team will play its final game at 8:00 o'clock Monday night, against Hanes Hosiery, and the Elon netmen will conclude their season with a meet at High Point in the afternoon. The Christian baseball squad was slat ed to play the O. R. D. Hawks at home yes^trday, Friday, and High Point at High Point today. The tennis squad had a meet scheduled at Guilford yesterday, and has a home meet with Greenfl- boro Tennis Association today.
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