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VOLUME'28
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1949
NUMBER 13
The Elon Of Tomorrow
Constitution Awaits Trustees ’ OK;
Fowler Is To Head New Government
Board Decision Is Expected
In A May 30th Meeting Here
Mizell Elected In Landslide
To Office Of Vice-President
In another record vote Tuesday during general elections Arthur
Fowler, rising Junior from Erwin swept into the presidency of the
Student Body with 272 votes against 171 votes for his nearest com
petitor George Stanley and 99 for Ira Cutrel.
With his victory Tuesday, the
Student Body may have given Fow-
ler more responsibility than has
ever been carried by a student at
Elon College.
If the Board of Trustees in their
meeting May 30 put their stamp
of approval on the new Student
Government constitution okayed
earlier this month by the faculty,
Fowler will be one of the few stu
dent presidents in the country
heading a student government with
comparable authority and respon
sibility.
Arthur Mizel, who was last week
Standing before an architect’s conception of the “Elon of Tom
orrow,” Jim Widenhouse, studentpolitician who played an import
ant role in engineering a student government “new deal, shakes
liands with Dr. L. E. Smith the morning after the faculty had
voted unanimously to approve the new constitution.
Commencement Program
Ready For 114 Graduates
The 59th annual Commencement
program surrounding the gradu
ation of 114 seniors, the largest
graduating class in Elon’s history,
will span three days, from Satur
day, May 28, to Monday, May 30,
and will be highlighted by historic
events and the appearance here of
outstanding personalities.
Saturday, according to the pro
gram, is Ciass Day and Alumni
Day, the feature of wnlcli will be
the laying of the cornerstone of
the Alumni Memorial Gymnasium.
Following this ceremony there
will be a picnic lunch served on the
grounds, and a reunion of the
classes of 1899, 1909, 1919, 1924,
M&GAtvarded
First Place
At Convention
* -I
Maroon and Gold was judged the
best class B college paper in the
state at a recent meeting of the
North Carolina Collegiate Press
Association held in Raleigh.
The class B division in which
Maroon and Gold competed con
sists of every four-year college
in the Wate with the exception of
the University of North Carolina,
Duke University, Wake Forest Col
lege, State College, Woman’s Col
lege, and Davidson. These schools
comprise the class A division, of
which Woman’s College’s The Col
legiate, was the winner.
Each school eiftering a paper in
the competition in Raleigh was re
quired to submit three issues in ad
vance of the press conference.
Four issues of Maroon and Gold
-were sent, including the “April
Tool” issue. Every issue submit
ted by Elon was highly praised by
the Press Association officials dur
ing the three-day conference.
Maroon and Gold’s Managing
Editor Bob Wright, Sports Editor
Eocco Sileo and Columnist A1 God
win attended the conference at
Raleigh.
The Elon paper is the only pap
er in the state that is printed by
students on a student press.
1929 and 1939. The day will be
j limaxed by a reception given by
Pres, and Mrs. L. E. Smith and the
Alumni Banquet, the speaker of
which will be Dr. David W. Shep
herd, ’29.
Sunday, May 29, will feature the
Baccalaureate Sermon, to be de
livered by Dr. Harold A. Bosley, I
Dean of the Duke Divinity School, i
and the presentation of Faure’s!
‘Requiem” by the Elon College
singers at 8:30 that evening.
Graduation exercises will be held
Monday morning at 10:30 with
Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Lt. Governor
of North Carolina, appearing as
guest speaker.
One of the high spots of gradu
ation exercises Monday will be
the awarding of three honorary de
gress. Governor Kerr Scott will
be awarded an LL. D., Clyde Clay
ton Foushee will receive a D. D.,
and a doctorate of music will be
conferred upon Lilia Belle Pitts.
The following special certificates
and diplomas will be awarded the
same day: certificate in art to Ray
mond Maloy Poteat; certificates in
public school music to Mary Eliza
beth Browing, Norma Jean Ed-
v/ards, Nola Jeanne Meredith and
Wayne Thompson Moore; dipolmas
Continued On Page Four
Elon Active
111 Celebration
Of Centennial
The only college in Alamance
County, Elon was featured heavily
in the county’s Centennial celebra
tion ending last Tuesday night.
In the colorful three-mile parade
held Monday afternoon, May 9,
the college' entered ati attractive
float designed to sug'ge’sT the Chris- ' elected Speaker pro-tem of the
tian Church school’s role' as a House at the North Carolina Stu-
county institution. ! Legislature meeting held in
ARTHUR
MIZELL
Hectic weeks of debating, campaigning and voting may end hap
pily for the student body May 30 when Pres. L. E. Smith presents
for the Board of Trustees’ consideration the new student govern
ment constitution approved by thestudent body and the faculty On
the same day, May 3.
Immediately after the faculty
had unanimously aproved the con
stitution, which had been drawn
up by a committee of 13 students
the week before and approved by
the student body in a general elec
tion May 3. Dr. Smith told the
faculty group that he would pre
sent the constitution to the Board
The college booth at the Ex
position held in the Carolina Ware-
! Raleigh, was elected vice-president
by an even greater majority than
ithat recorded by Fowler. Mizell
house featured a movie, “Elon in. collected ^5 votes to 110 for Tom-
the News,” prepared by Prof. A. , my Howell, his closest rival.
L. Hook. The “Elon of Tomorrow” | As a result of the increased
was repersented by an architect’s'to be shouldered by
drawing which inclnded buildings I vice-president under the new
projected in a 2C-year expansion
program.
Prof. John Westmoreland’s Elon
Singers were featuredTn last Sun
day night’s religious services held
in the high school stadium. The
Singers, veterans of tours and
radio broadcasts, performed be
fore the largest audience ever to
participate in a religious service in
the county.
A full page of the,168-page Cen
tennial issue of the Daily Times-
News was devoted to an historical
sketch of Eton College.
Since it opened its door in 1890,
Elon has become the Alma Mater
for 2,108 Alamance County stu
dents.
APOLOGIES
The editors of the Maroon and
Gold apologize for having missed
getting out two issues of the
paper since the spring holidays.
Had we worked, we would have
found more pleasure in our work
than ever before, events of the
past weeks being what they were
Unfortunately, it was impos
sible to go to press. Our print
ers, who are employees of The
Daily Times-News in Burling
ton, were working over-time at
their own machines in order to
get out their big Centennial is
sue.
As much help as the folks up
town have given us this year,
we hardly feel like complaining.
JEANNE MEREDITH
Phi Psi Cli Editor
Closes Busy Career
At Annual’s Arrival
Jeanne Meredith, one of the
most industrious women in the his
tory of the school, had officially
turned the biggest trick of her col
lege career when the 1948-49 edi
tion of Psi Psi Cli, which she edit
ed, was put into the hands of the
students yesterday.
This year’s annual represents
an untold number of man hours,
hours which Jeanne, of all stu
dents, could hardly afford.
She has been secretary to Dean
D. J. Bowden for four years, secre
tary of the student body, treasurer
of the student body, secretary of
the German Club for two years,
a member of the S.C.A. Cabinet
a member of the constitution com-
mitee Tor student government and
a member of the Student Con-
Continued On Page Four
system of government, interest has
run as high here this week for the
vice-presidential candidates as in
the candidates for the presidency.
Under the old system of gov-'
ernment, the vice-president had
little responsibility. Under the'
system that is expected to become
effective next September, the vice- I
pres, will be speaker of the Stu-1
dent Legislature, in addition to his
responsibility for substituting for
the president if the need arises.
George Shackelford was elected
secretary-treasurer of the student
body, besting Maxine Abercrom
bie by 10 votes. Richard Painter {
tallied 106 votes for the office to i
rank third behind Shackelford
with 171 and Abercrombie with
161.
Student council members elected
were Claude Gentry, Gene Hardy,
Sue Edwards and Shirley Joyner.
Gentry tallied 208 votes, Hardy
152, Edwards 54 and Joyner 05.
Hardy edged out Joe Kent by only
three votes.
To the Honor Council, students
elected two Seniors, two Juniors,
one Sophomore and one member at
large. One Freshman representa
tive \fill be elected next Septem
ber.
The Senior members elected
are Jim Hailey and Evelyn Moore.
Juniors elected are Billy Cook
and Sara Foster, and Carl Woods
will represent the Sophomore class
on the Council. Claude Manzi had
no close conrpetition in being elect
ed member at large over a field
of nine candidates.
Following is a list of all the can
didates for office and their votes:
President
I
Arthur Fowler, , 272; George
Stanley, 171; Ira Cutrell, 99.
Vice President
Arthur Mizel, 265; Tommy How
ell, 110; Jim Burns 93; Arnold Mel
vin, 56; Jim Cates, 15.
Secretary-Treasurer
George Shackleford, 171; Max
ine Abercrombie, 161; Richard
Painter, 106; Virginia Latta, 62;
Mildred Sharpe, 67.
Student Council
Men: Claude Gentry, 208; Gene
Hardy, 152; Joe Kent, 149; Jack
Hanel, 118; Fleetwood W'hite, 80;
Bill Perkinson, 67.
Women; Shirley Joynfer, 65; Sue
Edwards, 54; Bill Green, 40; Melva
Foster, 39; Beth Raines, 33.
r.Iember at large: Claude Manzi,
Continued On Page Four
Toj3 Thespians
To Be Named
IiiAwardNiglit
I Awards for the best actor and
,of Trustees in their meeting here g^tress and for the best support-
May 3. |.
, i'lg acTor and' actress appearing
I oon t know ot any reason why .
the Trustees woul^ disapprove of productions this
the nQW form of govGrnni6nt,” Dr, will be made at the Players’
Smith said. : annual banquet scii&duled for the
Begins September Alamance Hotel in Burlington to-
C Should the Trustees place their morrow night.
r ^ ^ ^ committee of faculty judges
stitution, Elon College will be one .
of the few schools in the nations to Mrs.
placing a comparable degree of Smith early tiiis week.
Elon s new vice-president Arthur authority and responsibility in the Names of the winners will be in-
Mizell was last week elected hands of the student*. ' scribed on a plaque, according to
Speaker pro tem of the House by ^he new government would go custom.
ing held in the Senate and House awareLs of" the fart week,, the Players
rooms of the Capitol Building in placing more responsibility ‘^^^cluded their most ambitious
^ ■ I in the hands of the student body ®®^son to date. Their five offerings
Mizell s unanimous election re- calls for an intensive program of this year ranged from farce com-
portedly took even the Elon del- orientation before the school s edy to serious drama.
opening next September. I •
I Under the direction of Mrs.
All students, not only Fresh- crv,; ft,
• 11 , Smith the I'layers nave grown in
men, will likely be drilled in the ^ . sauwu m
tonhniVoii-ptoc t tu i.- dramatic stature and membership,
technicalities of the constitution „ k i*
Realizing that their represen- and in the pfTncipes of the Honor , ^ built up an inter-
tation in the Legislature is small. Code and the Campus Code. following in this area.
Arthur Mizell
To Speak To
Junior Salons
egation by surprise. It was the
first time in years that a stu-
ference school has been elected
to a major office.
North State schools seldom run
a candidate for an important post.
The number of students in each
school’s delegation i? in propor
tion to the size of the school.
Reportedly, Mizel took over from
President of the House Gran Chil-
Continued On Page Four
Students Initiate Change
The new'constitution is the fruit
A chapter of Alpha Psi Omega,
national dramatic honor society,
of student political activity that'
has occupied the better part of two p, Mrs. Sniith s efforts,
months. St,.dPni« who w... outstandmg work in
any phase of dramatics are in-
DOROTHY SHOWE
Dramatics Department
Presents Miss Sliowe
In A Senior Recital
This evening at 7:30, the Dra
matic Arts Department will pre
sent Dorothy Showe in her Senior
dramatic recital in Mooney Chapel.
Mrs. Showe’s program will in
clude the “Murder of Lidice,” by
Edna St. Vincent Millay, and
‘Cynthia,” a monologue in comedy.
The recital will last aproximately
an hour.
An active memoer of the Elon
Players, Dorothy Showe is also
a private pupil of Elizabeth R.
Smith, profesor of Dramatic Arts.
She has been seen recently in
the Elon Players’ productions of
“What A Life,” “Arsenic and Old
Lace,” and “The Betrayal.”
An o^en invitation has be^n ex
tended to attend Dorothy Showe’s
final appearance before an Elon
audience.
months. Students who were frus
trated in their attempts to legislate
rules for the dance held last Satur
day re-examined their student gov
ernment and expressed dissatisfac
tion with it.
vited into membership of Kappa
Lamba Cast, the local chapter.
For next year the Players plan
to present again a season of five
On April 23 representatives of P"°‘J'^‘=tions including an original
. , . show.
the administration and members of
the student body met to discuss
their mutual problems. It was rec
ommended to the students then
that the student body elect a com
mittee which would meet with “fac
ulty advisors of their choice” and
frame a statement as to “what
the students wanted.”
Acting upon this recommenda
tion, a student committee drew
up a new constitution which is a
Hughes^ Beard
Biggest^ Best
To Compete
Fembers of this student commit
tee were: Don Kernodle, Jim
Wlidenhouse, Marion C. Adams,
Kenneth Jacob, Virgil Money,
Billy Barger, Warren Johnson,
Continued On Page Four
THANKS
By TED PARKER
On Sunday night, May 15, in a
lo a closed meeting of the Forty-Nin-
replica in principle of the student ®rs, an organization of Alamance
constitution of the University of county’s centennial exposition.
North Carolina, adapted physical- ^^uril Hughes, a student of Elon
ly to make possible its function-J College, was awarded the prizes
ing within a smaller student body.' having the handsomest beard
in Alamance county,
i Mr. Hughes spent nearly thir
teen weeks with an itching neck,
tending and grooming his magni
ficent foliage, sweating in the
spring heat, in order that his beard
might be a thing of beauty.
The awards for Mr. Hughes’ ef
forts in winning the beard con
test, which, in the weeks preced
ing the exposition, was highly
touted as one of the more import
ant events of that affair, were: one
sport shirt, a number of pairs of
socks (1 1-2 sizes too large), and
two pairs of women’s nylon hose.
It may be noted as a sidelight
that Burlington, Alamance county’s
industrial and shopping center, is
claimed to be the tenth wealthiest
city per capita in the United
States.
Also, it might be noted that dur
ing the centennial celebration of
Forsythe county, the winner of the
beard contest received, other than
a number of theater passes and
some rather expensive articles of
material value, a one-hundred dol
lar U. S. Savings Bond.
IMr. Hughes is non-commital.
Before your fumbling editor
ial staff w'rites “30” to their ef
forts for the year, we want to
devote a few inches in space and
a word of sincerity to saying
“thanks” to the men of the Daily
Times-News in Burlington.
We are not fooling when we
say that without their help our
work here would have been im
possible.
For every good quality the
paper might have taken on as
the issues rolled by, we give
those men the credit; for every
shortcoming of the paper your
staff takes full responsibility.