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VOLUME XXI
ELON COLLEGE, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 25. 1947
NUMBER EIGHT
SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS WEEK IS PLANNED
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HOLD PAN-HELLENIC PARTY TONIGHT
Seimi-Floirinal
Is Highlight
Of Weekend
The Pan-Hellenic party for all stu
dents will be held tonight in Society
Hall of the Alamance Building. Spon-
scored by Elon’s eight social clubs.
Sigma Phi Beta, Kappa Psi Nu, Iota
Tau Kappa, Alpha Pi Delta, Delta
Upsilon Kappa, Tau Zeta Phi, Beta
Omricon Beta and Pi Kappa Tau, it
promises to be one of the biggest
social events of the year.
Beginning at 8:30 and lasting until
1100 o'clock, the party -plans include
games furnished by the Student
Christian Association, juke-box music
and entertainment under the direc
tion of Ralph Edwards, chairman of
the entertainment committee for the
affair.
Louis Agresta, president of the
Pan-Hellenic Council, has reported
that committees composed of fra
ternity and sorority members were
completing last minute preparations
and that, from all indications, the
semi-formal party should go over well
as the first intra-fraternity-sorority
social since the war.
Committee chairmen for the party
which officially opens the winter rush
season are all members of the Pan-
Hellenic Council and are as follows:
Fred Register and Floyd Boyce, dec
oration committee: Betsy Smith,
Paige Eaves, alld Ella Mae Morgan,
refreshment committee; Ralph Ed
wards and Louis Agresta, entertain
ment committee; and V'erdalee Norris,
publicity.
ELON SINGERS APPEAR
WITH CEDRIC FOSTER
Several Elon music students ap
peared on the program with Cedric
Foster, news commentator, at the
annual Chamber of Commerce Ban
quet held at the Alamance Hotel,
Wednesday, January 22.
The musical selections included,
“Thine Alone,” by Victor Herbert,
sung by Miss Dorothy Shepherd and
Jack McFadyen; and “The Italian
Street Song” by Victor Herbert, sung
by Miss Shepherd, soprano, assisted
by a mixed quartet composed of Miss
Violet Blackmon, Miss Dorothy Jones,
Wilbur Wassar, and Jack McFadyen.
John Westmoreland accompanied at
the piano.
SERVICE WITH A SMILE. We don't remember what was said to make everyone break out in a big grin,
but anyway, this picture shows you t'lat working in the MAROON AND GOLD office isn’t all grief and worries.
These six cheerful souls are members of the editorial board which brings the school paper to Elon students
every two weeks. Left to right are A1 Burlingame, Cambridge, N. Y.. Edi tor-in-chief; Miss Betty Benton, Nor
folk, Va., Managing Editor; Ed Mulford. Port Chester, N. Y., Sports Editor; Miss Mary Coxe, Wagram, Assistant
Business Manager; D. B. Harrell. Jr., Mount Olive, Business Manager; and Miss Dorothy Salmons, Elkin,
Feature Editor.
Basnight, Mrs. Smith
Head “Night Must Fall”
LATE BULLETIN!
One of the outstanding mystery
plays vi'ritten and produced in the
last decade, Emlyn Williams’ psychol
ogical masterpiece, “Night Must
Fall,” will be presented by the Elon
Players on February 19 at Whitley
auditorium and on February 28 at
Burlington City Hall.
Rehearsing in the leading male role
of Dan. the personable young man
with the warped imagination, is
Miller Basnight, of New Bern, Elon
graduate now studying for his Mast
er of Arts degree at Chapel Hill. Bas
night will be remembered by many of
the present students for his excellent
character portrayal In “The Passing
of the Third Floor Back„” which was
produced by the Elon Players last
year.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, head of
the college department of dramatics,
is directing the play and also taking
the important role of Mrs. Bramson,
a tyrannical hypochondriac. Mrs.
Smith played the same role in 1940
while with the Cape May Summer
Theater group. Cape May, N. J. Her
dual assignment is a difficult one,
but quite within tlie scope of her
capabilities.
Also cast in a major role is Miss
Beryl Force, Irvington, N. J., a new
comer to the Elon stage, who will be
seen as Olivia Grayne, a quiet, im
aginative young spinster whose pent-
up emotions are finally released
through misguided channels. Other
members of the cast include Delmar
Brown, Suffolk, Va., as the pompous
Hubert Laurie; Miss Katlile.en Young.
Vernon, Ala., as Mrs. Terrence; and
Robert Furr, Charlotte, as Belsize.
the detective. Miss Amy Campbell,
Montclair, N. J., is stage manager.
“Night Must Fall ’ probably will
surpass anything yet performed by
the Elon Players in the way of spine-
tingling suspense and audience inter
est. Student tickets are priced at
seventy cents (including tax). Sea
son tickets will be honored at either
performance. Adult admission will
be $1.20.
MAGICIAN, GIVES
SHOW IN WHITLEY
Warren Simms, eminent magician,
entertained a large audience here
last night, in the third of a series of
four programs sponsored by the
American Business Club of Burling
ton during the fall-winter concert sea
son.
Past national president of the So
ciety of American Magicians, an of
fice formerly held by Houdini and
Thurston, Simms has been outstand
ing in his field for thirty years. He
constantly develops and perfects new
tricks in his own experimental shop,
and performed many original feats in
his Elon appearance.
Final event of the present concert
series will be the presentation of
Braggiotti and CJiaikin, piano duo, on
March 14.
Daily Services To Start
Tomorrow; Dr. Hurst Guest
Elon Stiidents
Differ On
BaiFuich Plan
Steve Castura, Hazelton, Pa.,
and Miss Betsy Smith, Altama-
haw were elected king and queen
of the 1947 May Court in final
voting: held Thursday, Castura
defeated Fred Albright, Albem
arle. and Miss Smith won over
Miss Verdalee Norris, Sanford.
Primaries a week ago had nar
rowed the field down to two
candidates for each throne.
Chosen as senior attendants in
the finals were Miss Louise Clay
ton, Prospect Hill; and Miss Mary
Coxe, Wagram; senior escorts,
Fred Register, Sanford, and Jim
my Roberts, Lemon Springs;
junior attendants. Miss Fio
Chandler, Burlington, and Miss
Lib Johnson, Suffolk, Va.; and
junior escorts, “Ace” Harrell,
I>Iount Olive, and Wayne Taylor,
Efland.
By a majority of about three to
Ivvo, students voting in the campus
poll of January 16 approved the
Baruch plan for atom bomb control.
International Relations Club spon
sored this test of student opinion.
Alton Wright of Sanford, president
of the club, was pleased with the ed
ucational result, that is, the increase
of interest in the United Nations pro
gram _
Quiz' reporter Claude Comer, in
asking for reasons for individual po
sitions in the voting, found two gen
eral points of diversion: Distrust o£
Russia’s intentions usually was the
deciding factor influencing the “No”
voters; and expectation that the
United Nations will empower the act
by unified support decided the “Yes”
majority.
G. I. vote was about evenly di
vided, but showed a tendency to
ward caution in our international re
lations.
Thait Russia must be less secretive
if we are to trust her w'as probably
the dominant issue argued.
International Relations Club, meet
ing Monday nights in Alamance So
cial Hall, will welcome new and ac
tive members. A' general invitation
to attend the club assemblies has
been issued by the officers and by Dr.
Hirsch,, sponsor of the organization.
Spiritual Emphasis Week will be
observed at Elon College beginning
tomorrow, Sunday, Jan 26, and clos
ing on Sunday, February 2.
Guest minister will be the Rev.
Alfred W. Hurst, D. D., a former pas
tor of our Community Church, and
now of the Cleveland Park Congrega-
tional-Christian Church, Washington,
D. C.
Services will be held daily in Whit
ley Auditorium from 9:00 to 9:45 a.
m, and from 7:00 to 8:00 p. m. On
Sunday the hours of worship will be
at eleven in the morning, and at seven
for evening vespers.
Beginning Sunday, January 26, the
night services have been especially
designated as Class Night (January
26), Fraternity and Sorority Night,
(January 27), Veterans Night (Jan
uary 28), Denominational Night (Jan
uary 29) and Club Night (January
30).
Dr. Jesse K. Dollar, college and
community pastor, urges all students
to join with the church membership
in inviting neighbors and friends to
attend, and to join hands round the
world with all who seek to do the
will of God,
MAGAZINE ANNOUNCESj
SHORT STORY CONTEST i
SPEAKERS AT RELIGIOUS CHAPEL last week were Dr. Alice Gregg,
representative of the Student Volunteer Movement, and Dr. J. C. Swaim,
who r^resented the American Bible Society. They are pictured be
tween Dr. Ferris E. Reynolds, head of Elon department of religion (left),
and Dr. D. J. Bowden, Dean of Men (right). Dr. Gregg stressed im
portance of mission work, and Dr? Swaim explained recently published
modem translation of New Testament, copy of which he is holding.
SOCIAL CLUBS PLAN
BID NIGHT FEBRUARY 8
Saturday, February 8 has been des
ignated as Bid Night for the eight
Elon social clubs. The four fraterni
ties and four sister sororities will
issue bids to prospective members.
SPEAKERS ENGAGED
FOR I.R.C. MEETINGS
Tiie International Relations Club of
Elon College has secured several
prominent speakers for meetings in
the near futup, and the student body
and faculty are invited to attend the
talks and discussions.
First guest will be the Rev. Roy M.
Houghton, member of the executive
committee of the World Alliance for
International Friendship Through
The Churches, who will address the
group Monday, February 3, at 7 p. m.
Rev. Houghton, a graduate of Yale
Divinity School, has held Congrega
tional pastorates at Derby, Milford,
and New Haven, Conn., and Brattle-
boro, Vt., and has attended numerous
religious conferences abroad.
Another speaker in February will
be Professor ~W'. Edgerton of Guilford
College. Professor Edgerton has
spent two years in Europe with
UNRRA displaced persons camps.
Sometimfe in March Representative
Carl T. Durham will address the
college and community under I.R.(J.
sponsorship.
The club will not meet on Monday,
January 27, because of Spiritual Em
phasis Week.
The New Republic announces a
short-story writing contest for war
veterans of both sexes now attending
college under the GI Bill of Rights.
They are offering a first prize of
$500, a second prize of 250, and five
additional prizes of $50 each.
Stories or sketches may be on any
subject, and any length up to 1,800
words. They should be submitted,
typed on one side of the paper, with
the name and address of the author
included, to Short Story Contest, tiie
New Republic, 40 East 49th Street,
New York (17), N. Y. Manuscripts
will not be returned, and they should
not be postmarked later than Janu
ary 31, 1947.
The Rev. Alfred W. Hurst, D. D.
Guest Minister
Subjects of addresses by Dr. Hurst
as tentatively announced, will be as
follows; “A Colorful Life”; “Are You
A Good Balancer ”; “What Do You
See?”; “Spiritual Frontage”; “God’s
Farm”; “Don't Fence Me In”; “A
Choice of Verbs”; “Getting Choosy”;
"The Bomb That Fell On America”:
“Follow The Leader”; and “Ri3e Up,
O Men of God.”
TWO LEADERS IN STUDENT GO VERNMENT. Clad in their robes ol
office. Jack Freeman, Forrest City, a nd Miss Louise Clayton, Prospect Hill,
presidents, respectively, of the men’s Student Senate and the women’s
Student Council, discuss student af fairs at Elon College. Freeman is a
junior; Miss Clayton, a senior.