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VOLUME 29
ELON COLLECTS. N. G.
WEONHSDAT, OCTOBER 8«. 1949
NUMBER 3
Elon Choir
Will Start
Video Series
The Elon College Ckolr, which
h»s already gained wide acclaim
for its work on the radio air waves
will make its debut on television
on Sunday, October 30th, when
it is slated to start a series of thir
teen weekly programs over Sta
tion WFMY-TV in Greensboro.
- The announcement of the tele
vision series was made last week-
*ndi by Prof. Fletcher Moore, head
(Of the Music Department. The
programs will be produced in the
studio of WFMY-TV in the Gate
City, being scheduled for 8:45
o’clock each Sunday night.
Th-e weekly video presentations
will feature the choir group with
two pianos, with violin and vocal
soloists and vocal ensembles of
fering special numbers each
week.
The size of the television stage
will limit the number of musici
ans to participate in the weekly
programs, but Prof. John West
moreland, who will direct the
singers, stated that he plans to
take about twelve choir members
to Greensboro each week. Per
sonnel on the program will pro
bably change from time to time.
The Elon Choir has already
started its regular Sunday after
noon radio broadaasts over Sta
tion WBBB in Burlington, having
resumed the series on the first
Sunday in October. These pro-
jrams originate in the Whitley
Auditorium here at 2 o’colck each
Sunday, the one last Sunday be
ing the 108th in the series.
The new series of television
a chance to add new lustre to a
reputation already rendered
•bright in radio and in numerous
concert appearances throughout
North' Carolina and as far North
as New England.
CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN
ACCEPTS LEADERSHIP
Gymnasium Drive To Start Tuesday
Elon To Ask For $100,000 Fund
From People Of Alamance County
One of the greatest student-body efforts in the history of Elon College is slated for next Tues
day, November 1, when the students will go directly to the people of BurWngton and Alamance
County to ask for fhe contribution of $100,000 needed to complete thte magnificent
nasium.
E. Z. “EASY” JONES
E. Z. “Easy” Jones, manager
of the Radio Station WBBB in
Burlington, is the general chair
man of the gigantic Elon CoUege
gymnasium campaign, which gets
underway next Tuesday in an ef
fort to raise $100,000 in Burling
ton and Alamance County to com
plete the new gymnasium.
STUDENT BODY
FEES NEEDED
Student activities at Elon for
the current college year may
be seriously curtailed because
so many students have failed
to pay their student body fees,
according to an announcement
by George Shackleford, student
government treasurer.
Shackleford revealed that
about half the students have
failed to pay their $1 fee and
stated further that the formal
dance to be held on Friday
night, November 11th, will prac
tically exhaust the funds now in
the student treasury.
new gym-
High School Students
To Be College Guests
Elon will play host to high school seniors of North Carolina
and Virginia schooils here on Friday, November 4th, when
the college’s annual “High School Day” program is planned. Early
registrations are already rolling in from the high schools, accord
ing to Prof. J. Earl Danieley, whois in charge of the arrangements.
He expects a large group of the
Harper French
Club President
William “Speck” Harper, of
Henderson, is the new president
of the French Club, having been
chosen to the post at a meeting
held on Tuesday night, October
18th, in the Music Room. The
club, which is sponsored by Mrs.
Pearl S. McDonald, of the French
faculty, will meet at 7:30 o’colck
on the second and fourth Monday
nights in each month.
Other officers chosen at the
same meeting included Joe Erick
son, of Bay ^hore. Long Island,
N. Y., vice-president; Martha
Johnson, of Graham, secretary;
Jim Elkins, of Siler City, treasur-
high school boys and girls.
The visitors will begin arriving
about 1:30 o’clock that afternoon
and will register in the rotunda of
Alamance, from which point they
will be conducted on a tour of the
campus. Th-e tour will be made
in groups of ten, under the guid
ance of members of the Elon stu
dent government.
Special exhibits have been
planned for the visitors by the
Chemistry Department, the Biolo
gy Department, the Mechanical
Drawing Department, the Art De
partment, the Home Economics
Deartment, the English Depart
ment, the Library and the Physi
cal Education Department, all of
these exhibits being planned with
a view to showing the high school
guests all the varied phases of stu-
Fall Dance
To Be Held
November 11
Coming as part of the observ
ance of Armistice Day, the annual
fall dance will be held in the new
Student Union on Friday night,
November 11th, with dancing from
8 o’clock until midnight.
This was announced by the
Student Dance Committee, along
with the statement that Jimmy
Perkins and his Orchestra has
been booked to furnish the mu
sic for the occasion. Strictly for
mal dress will be required.
The Dance Committee named
Bill Kivett as general chairman
for the forth-coming event, with
Worth Womble in charge of pub
licity, Jeanne Pittman to ar
range decorations and Charlotte
Rothgeb to have charge of re
freshments. Jeanne Pittman has
announced that decorations will
be in red, white and blue in keep
ing with the Armistice Day
theme.
It was announced that bids for
off-campus dates should be sub
mitted to the Dean of Women for
approval as soon as it is conveni
ent. Dormitory girls will be
granted 12:30 permission for this
occasion.
The Student Dance Committee
for the year includes Billy Hop
kins, George Shackleford and
Virginia Pla, representing the
Pan - Hellenic Council; George
Etheridge and Jack Hunley, ap
pointed by the student body pres
ident; and Bill Kivett, Charlotte
Rothgeb and Jeanne Pittman,
representing the non-social organ
izations.
Classes will be suspended for
the day and all student partici
pants in the campaign will be fur
nished transportation into Bur
lington and to other Alamance
County towns, where they will
stage a house-to-house and indi
vidual canvass for donations. A
beautiful array of prizes has been
secured for students who solicit
the most donations.
The student participation in the
campaign was approved in chapel
on Monday morning of this week,
when the plans were placed before
them in a special program. Jim
mie Darden, alumni secretary,
spoke first and pointed out that
the student drive was the only
way of reaching the people. Roy-
all H. Spence, Sr., president of
the General Alumni Assciation,
and Jimmie Simpson, head of the
Alamance County Alumni Chap
ter, then spoke briefly.
Student Body President Art
Fowler, President Pete Marsh-
burn of the “E” Men’s Club, Pres
ident Jeanne Pittman of the Wo
men’s Athletic Association, Presi
dent Eugene Johnson of the Pan-
Hellenic Council and others led
the way in student adoption of the
plan.
The great drive will be set off
with a big bonfire, pep rally and
Halloween dance next Monday
night, October 31st. It will then
be opened officially with a “kick-
off” ceremony to be staged on the
Main Street in Burlington on
Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, preparations have
been moving ahead outside the
college to make the campaign a
success in all parts of Alamance
County, with various civic leaders
in Burlington and throughout the
county named to direct the work
among different groups.
E. Z. “Easy” Jones, director of
Radio Station WBBB, is the gen
eral chairman of the campaign
Other citien leaders include Roy-
aU H. Spence, Jr., and James V.
Simpson, both leaders among
Elon alumni, will head up gener-
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Many Prizes
To Students
In Gym Drive
A pair of $63 Bulova watches
tops the list of prizes offered to
the students of Elon College for
their participation iti the gigan
tic $100,000 gymnasium cam
paign, which will get underway
next Tuesday morning, November
1st, in Burlington and Alamance
County.
These watches will go to the
two members of the student team
which raises the greatest amount
of money in the solicitation in
Burlington and Alamance County.
Four other prizes will also go to
the students for their part in the
one-day campaign. All of these
prizes were obtained from Neal
Wright, Burlington jeweler
First prizes for the two-student
team which obtains contributions
from the greatest percentage of
the names on its list will be a $25
Parker pen-pencil set and a $25
Ronson cigarette case and light
er. Another prize for the team
which obtains the second highest
amount of money will include a
$15 Elgin American compact and
a $15 Krementz tie clasp, collar
clasp and cuff link set.
There is also another set of
prizes, offered by E. Z. “Easy”
Jones, of Radio Station WBBB, for
the best essay of one hundred
words or less on the subject of
“Why You Should Contribute To
The Elon Gymnasium Fund.” All
essays must be submitted to Mrs.
Elizabeth R. Smith by Friday of
this week.
The essay prizes for girls in
clude one Superb compact, one
Toni wave set, one Jane Irwell
sweater, one Barclay jewelry set
and a set of Blue Swan lingerie
Prizes for boys include one Jay-
Kel jewelry set of matching ex
pansion watch band and cuff links
and tie clasp, one Zippo lighter
and one Marxman pipe.
ROYALL H. SPENCE, SR.
Royall H. Spence, Sr., well known
Burlington automobile dealer, has
accepted appointment as chair
man for the Elon gymnasium
campaign among th-e merchants
and professional men of the Ala
mance city. The campaign for
$100,000 starts next Tuesday.
NEW ELON GYMNASIUM ONE OF BEST IN STATE
2r; and Worth Womble, of Nor
folk, Va., member of the dance work at Elon.
committee. A reporter for the
group will be chosen later.
CHABALKO FUND
TOTALS $274.69
The Elon students and faculty
responded well to the Chips
Chabalko appeal, launched last
Week by the “E” Men’s Club,
according to a statement from
the club president, Pete Marsh-
bum. He stated that the con
tributions during the three-day
drive totalled $274.69,
The varsity athletes had voted
$50 of this amount from their
club treasury, and the open
co(ntributions totalled $224.69.
Several members of the facul
ty, upon reading of Chabalko’s
plight in the*Maroon and Gold,
forwarded checks or cash do-
ations to President Marshbum.
Home Coming
Day Program
Taking Shape
Plans for the annual Elon
“Homecoming Day” which is
scheduled for Friday of next week
include the choice of an Autumn
Queen to reign over the home
coming festivities. Various dor
mitories and residence halls are
also planning elaborate deeora-
tions for the occasion to greet the
returning alumni, high school vis
itors and the invaders from High
Point.
Frank Arace, proprietor of the
Campus Shop, is the originator
and sponsor of the plan for the
choice of an Autumn Queen, who
will be crowned and presented or
chids during the half-time inter
mission of the Elon-Higb Point
football game. Votes may be cast
for the favorite in the royalty
race by playing the jiike box at
the Campus Shop.
Mr. Arace will personally pre
sent the orchids to the queen at
half-time, and plans call for the
queen to be attended by the two
girls who secure the next highest
number of votes. Social groups
and dormitories on the Campus
are expected to advance their par
ticular candidates. The queen
and her attendants will choose
their male escorts for the football
ceremonies.
At least one of the residence
halls on the campus has laid plans
to practically rebuild the front of
th«ir domicile for “Home Com
ing,” and several of the dormi
tories have already started plans
for their decorations, which wiU
probably follow the general theme
of slaughtering the Purple Pan
thers of High Point. The College
Book Store will give a prize to the
best decorated dormitory.
Elon Players To Offer
Play Here Next Week
The Elon College Players will open their 1949-1950 season on
November 1st and 2nd in Whitley Auditorium with the farce com
edy. “Room Service,” under th« direction of Mrs. Elizabeth R.
Smith.
“Room Service” has been a con-
f/on Professors
At Teacher Meet
Several members of the Elon
College faculty attended the
Northwestern District meeting of
the North Carolina Education As
sociation which was held in Wins
ton-Salem on Friday, October 14.
Prof. J. Earl Danieley had a
spot on the program, addressing
the science teachers’ group on the
subject of “Th« Science Teacher
Tnd Student Guidance.” Pref. J.
;. Colley was the vice-president
)f the Division of Higher Educa-
iOQ for the past year.
The tour will move last through
the new Student Union and from
there to Whitley Auditorium,
where the Elon Choir will offer a
program, mostly of light numbers.
This musical program is schedul
ed for 4 o’clock that afternoon.
This will be followed by a free
barbecue supper for the high
school visitors and the students
and faculty of Elon College, the
supper being planned for the
South Lawn, and the day’s festiv
ities will close with a huge bon
fire and pep rally on the intra
mural field and the football game
with High Point in Burlington
that night. The high school stu
dents will be guests for th« game.
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sistently popular play, proving it
self on Broadway and as a mo
tion picture.
Little Theatre groups have been
staging successful productions of
“Room Service” ever since ithe
amateur rights were released.
Those appearing in the Players’
production are: Robert Rubinate,
Kenneth Jacob, Sue Edwards,
Nash Parker, Robert Wright, Wal
ker Fesmire, Fleta Moffett, Al
Pierce, John Vance, James Horne,
Al Godwin, and Robert Lindsay.
Robert Walker will be the stage
manager f#r the production, and
Jeanne Parks is In charge of the
programs. Bill Kivett will head
the ushers, and Evelyn Graham
is business manager for the play.
Tickets for “Room Service” may
be obtained from any member of
the Players, but the business
manager suggests that students
and faculty members avail them
selves of the season tickets for
the entire year and take advan
tage of the savings offered by
these- tickets.
“Room Service” will be pre
sented on both Tuesday and
Wednesday night of next week,
thus giving everyone a better
chance to see the show. Curtain
time will be 8:15 o’clock each
night.
Elon Speakers
At Church Meet
Three Elon speakers featured
the program at the 124th annual
session of the Eastern North
Carolina Conference of the Con
gregational Christian Church,
which met in Southern Pines on
Tuesday of last week.
President Leon E. Smith deliv
ered the opening sermon in the
morning fo the first day, and
Dr. John G. Truitt, superinten
dent of the Elon Orphanage,
preached at the evening session.
Dr. W. T. Scott also spoke that
day on “The State of Our Min
istry.” The Elon Choir sang as
a feature of the day’s program.
Douglass Speaks
At Club Meeting
Dr. E. P. Douglass, professor bf
history, used “The Battle of Ala
mance” as a topic when he ap
peared as guest speaker before
the American Business Club at
the Alamance Hotel last Wednes
day night, October 19th.
In his speech. Dr. Douglass
pointed out the important part
played by George Sims, of the
Haw River vicinity, in stimualt-
ing the democratic thinking of the
people of North Carolina before
and after the Battle of Alamance.