A Hearty Welcome To Our High School Guests MAROON AND GOLD On To Statesville For That Conference Tourney VOLU]\*i;; 30 ELON COLLEGE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1951 NUMBER 9 High School Seniors To Visit College Campus Eloii’s Summer Session Open T o New F reshmen VISTA OF OPPORTUNITY The high school seniors of 1951 may enter Elon Collage in June as lull - fledged freshmen, under plans announced for the forthcom ing Elon summer sehcol session. The plan to accept freshmen in June as well a= in September is in Iceeping with a widespread move to accelerate higher educa tion during the national emer gency. This was revealed in the an nouncement of the 1951 summer session which is slated to get un derway on Monday, June 4th, and continue through two full terms. The first term will end on Friday, July 13th, with the second term starting immediately on Monday, July 16th, and coming to a close on Friday, August 24th. The main plan to accept in coming freshmen will in no way change previous policies of service to regularly enrolled Elon students or in-service teachers who may wish to attend the summer ses sions. In announcing the summer plans, the Elon administration pointed out that freshmen enter ing in June and attending both regular and summer terms each year would be able to graduate in three years. Many regular stu dents have cut short their college years in the past by taking sum mer work. The new 1951 summer school bulletin, coming from the presses this week, lists courses in art, bi ology, business administration, chemistry, education, English, French, geography, history, home economics, mathematics, philoso phy, physical education, psycholo- gj', religion, general science, soci ology and Spanish. K A nnual High School Day Planned For Tomorrow Seen in classic beauty through the Elon “E,” Alamance Building symbolizes educational opportunity for Elon’s own students and for the high school seniors who will be Elon’s guests for “High School Day.” Hundreds of high school seniors from all parts of North Carolina and Virginia will be guests of Elon tomorrow for the college’s second annual “High School Day,” and plans are complete to make the event even more suc cessful than was the initial one last year. The high school visitors will begin arriving on the campus shortly after noon tomorrow, with registration slated to get under way in the Alumni Memorial Gymnasium at 1:15 o’clock. The visiting seniors will be formed into groups there at the gymnasi um for tours of the campus. These campus tours, which will continue from 1:30 until 3:30 o'clock, will carry the high school groups through the various build ings, where the different depart ments of the college ^ave plan ned special displays to illustrate the work done by Elon students. This will be followed by “Open House” in the Student Union for an hour, with provision for danc ing or other amusement. The youthful visitors, along with the high school superinten dents, principals and class spon sors will be entertained at a free supper between 4:30 and 5:30 o'clock. The supper will be fol lowed by another interval of freedom, when the visitors may roam at will. The entire group will assemble in Whitley Auditorium at 6:15 o’clock, when President Leon E. Smith will welcome the visitors to the campus. Entertainment at this gathering will feature a thir ty-minute radio skit by the Elon Players and a musical program by the Elon Music Department. (Continued on Page Four) College To Have Week Of Religious Services Fifteen Are ^ Graduated There were fifteen Elon stu dents who completed requirements for graduation at the closeo f the fall quarter, according to a list released from the office of Dr. D. J. Bowden, dean of students. They will be awarded their de grees and diplomas at the annual commencement late in May. The faU quarter graduates In cluded on the list were Staley Avent, Joe Bateman, James Bow en, Hunt Hedrick and Billy Love, aU of Burlington: Joe Byrd, James Hayes, Wayne King, William Rod gers, Dwight Wall and Carl W^oods, all of Elon College; Albert Gravitt, of South Boston, Va.; Eu gene Johnson, of Newport News, Va.; Ralph Long, of Prospect Hill; and John Vance, of Mason City, Iowa. Also announced by Dean Bow den’s office was a group of addi tional boys who have dropped out lor armed service. Arthur Bromr afield, Lonnie Crutchfield, Roy CfTant, Walter Hartsell. Kenneth Jacobs, Bobby Phillips, Robert Rakes and Jack Steele did not re turn after the fall quarter, and added drop-outs this quarter in elude WaUy Gaither, Roy Gilliam, Ned Jones, Luther Mohtgomery, James Pickard, Max Sharpe and Wesley Staats. The total lost to the services is now thirty-six. The annual observance of Relig ious Emphasis Week opens on the Elon campus next Sunday, Febru ary 18th, when Dr. Martin L. Gos- lin, of Evanston, 111., will begin a series of daily evangelistic ser vices. The services on Sunday will be followed by two services each day throughout the following week, with Dr. Goslin speaking to the Elon students at chapel services each morning at 10 o’clock and holding evening services in Whit ley Auditorium each evening. The meetings will come to a close on Friday, February 23rd. The Elon College Choir, with Prof. John Westmoreland di recting and with Prof. Fletcher Moore at the organ, will sing at both morning and evening ser vices each day. These Religious Emphasis Week services are part of a nationwide program, for similar series are conducted in virtually all Ameri can colleges and universities, in- cludng the state-supported col leges as well as the church-spon- sored institutions. They are the campus version of the old-time “revival meetings." Dr. Goslin,' who conducts next v/eek’s meetings, is no stranger to Elon, for he was here last winter for a Christian Workers’ Confer ence on the campus. He is pastor, of the First Congregational Church of Evanston, 111., and he was formerly Professor of Biblical Literature at the Boston Universi ty School of Theology. Sustaining Fund Drive Is Planned Efforts to raise an Elon College Sustaining Fund through the an nual gift of $1 for each an every member of the Congregational Christian Churches in the South ern Convention will be launched in the near future under plans mapped at a meeting of church leaders held on the campus Mon day of this week. Pastors and representatives of many churches in the Convention were in attendance at the all-day session on Monday, which was marked by meetings in both the morning and aftemoen. The del egates were entertained at lunch in the Elon dining hall through the generosity of interested friends Dr. Harry K. Eversull, pastor of the Walnut Hills Presbyterian Church, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who is a member of Elon’s board of trustees, addressed the committee and members of the faculty and student body at 11 o’clock on Mon day; and the Sustaining Fund Committee also heard an address Monday afternoon by Dr. Allen Stockdale, publicity director for the National Associatinn of Man ufacturers. A number of churches in the Southern Convention have already met their quotas of $1 or more for each of their members, and an intensive drive is to be launched to put all the churches over the top. An Elon scholarship of $100 value is to be made available for a young person in each church that reaches its goal. PAPER DEDICATED TO ELON VISITORS This issue of the Maroon and Gold is dedicated especially to the hundiV;ds of high school seniors, who are expected on the Elon College campus tomorrow as guests for the school’s annu al “High School Day” program. The staff of the Maroon and Gold extends to each of the high school visitors a hearty welcome to the Elon campus and express es that hope that many will like It so much on a visit that they will wish to return later as a bonafide Elon student. Elon Alumni Hold Mid-Year Meeting Leading members of the Elon Alumni Association braved icy roads and inclement weather to attend the annual mid-winter alumni gathering, which was held at Society Hall on the third floor of Alamance at 2:30 o’clock last Saturday afternoon. Royall H. Spence, Jr., of Bur lington, president of the Elon alumni organization, presided over the session, which heard a report of past year’s alumni ac tivities from Secretary James F. Darden. After considering plans for the annual gathering of the college alumni at the forthcoming 1951 commencement and the nomina tion of candidates for the biennial alumni election, the group was entertained by Secretary and Mrs. Darden at an open house in their home. Mid-Winter Meet Held By Trustees Problems confronting Elon Col lege as a result of the internation al emergency represented one of the principal matters for consid eration at the annual mid-winter meeting of the Board of Trustees, which w4s held on the campus on Tuesday of this week. Dr. Leon E, Smith, president of Elon, made his annual report on the progress of the institution during the year, pointing out that fact that the past year has been a highly successful one. He cited and expressed appreciation for the generosity of the Woman’s Missionary Union of the Southern Convention in redecorating Whit ley Auditorium. The trustees were told that ap proximately $767,000 has been raised toward Elon’s great ten- year campaign, designed to raise $2,000,000 for expansion and im provements. The group discussed the advisability of employing a professional money-raising agency to direct the remaining five years of the drive. The possibility of securing an R.O.T.C. unit for the college was also discussed, as was the possi bility of affiliation with the Ferree School of Art in Raleigh to enable Elon to offer a full major in art. It was pointed out that such a tie- up would in no way affect the art work on the campus. Also dis cussed was the expansion of the ctirriculum to include pre-nursing and ontometry. Air ROTC May Place Unit On Fionas Campus Hearty approval of efforts to bring a unit of the Air Forces R.O.T.C. to the Elon College campus was voiced by members of both the college faculty and the student body in votes taken with in the past few days, and the Elon authorities are bending every ef fort to secure such a unit for the college. The possibility of securing an R.O.T.C. program for Elon was presented to the students by Pres ident Leon E. Smith in chapel on Monday morning, February 5th, and virtually every student pres ent expressed aproval and a desire that the project be carried for ward. The faculty also approved the idea in a meeting held that night. It is revealed that an officer of the United States armed services visited the Elon campus sometime ago and inspected the facilities here with a view to allocating a unit to the college. It is said that the inspection report w«as favor able, especially so in regard to the physical education plant as embodied in the new Alumni Me morial Gymnasium. If such a unit comes to Elon College, it will not be the first time that military training has been offered here. The college had a student army training pro gram during both World Wars, and in each case it was highly suc cessful. A formal application is going to the army authorities at ince, but a final decision is not likely for some time. W. C. Music Group Coming One of the top entertainment events of the week on the campus will be the appearance of the Woman’s College Chamber Music Group, which is to appear in Whitley Auditorium on Thursday night of this week under the aus pices of the Elon College Music Club. The Greensboro music group, which is directed by Prof. George Dickieson, of the Woman’s College faculty, is composed of members of the faculty and student body of that institution and has gained much acclaim in the Gate City and this area for the high quality of its programs. The program for Thursday night will include “Organ Concert in A Minor,” by Venaldi-Bach; the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major,” by Bach; and the “Con certo Grasso for String Orches tra,” by Black. Officials of the Elon College Music Club, in announcing this program, stated that admission will be free, and they extended an urgent invitation to the Elon faculty, students and townspeo ple to hear the visiting group. The invitation also includes visitors who may be on the campus for Elon’s second annual “High School Day” on Thursday.