It’s On To Hickory
And All
Guns Loaded For Bear
MAROON AND GOLD
VOLUME 31
ELON COLLEGE, N. C..
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1951
We Crave Bear Meal
Garnished
With Victory Sauce
NUIVLBEK 4
ALUMNI HONOR PRESIDENT SMITH ON TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
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Three Services Daily A re Feature ^
Of Religious Campaign On Campus
TEN STUDENT LEADERS
IN COLLEGE ‘WHO’S WHO’
President Leon E. Smith is shown above with a group of Elon alumni wlio returned to the campus to honor hint on his twentieth
President ueo following: FRONT ROW-Mrs. Joe Newman, Burlmg-
anmvers^y Greensboro: Mrs. J. Hinton Rountree, Greensboro: Kirs. Royall Spence, Jr., Burlmgton; Royall Spence, Jr.,
D* V at n- William H Maness Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. C. B. Wilkins, Virgilina, Va.; Carl Wood, Elon College: J. W. White, Elon
College-°Mrs George Bullard,’Mebane: and Moses Crutchfield, Greensboro. BACK ROW—Dr. . George Bullard, Mebane: Earl Danie-
College, Kenneth Rc-ister Burlington; L. E. Smith, Jr., Elon College; Dr. Leon E. Smith, who was honored by the
a^lumniTd students; Mrs. Leon E °Smith, Sr., recipient of a corsage from the faculty; Rev. Fred Ragister, of Fuquay Springs; Prof.
John Westmoreland, Elon CoUegs; and Walstein Snyder, Burlington.
Elon President Honored In Special Ceremonies
Held In Chapel Program On 20th Anniversary
Old Editor
Sends Gift
To M. And G.
Alumni and students of Eion College paid special tribute to
Dr. Leon E. Smith on Thursday morning, November 1st, on the
day when he completed his twentieth year as president of the
Congregational Christian coUege. The tribute was accorded in a
special chapel service held in Whitley Memorial Auditorium.
Alumni representatives from most of the classes that have
graduated under Dr. Smith's administration returned to the campus
to join the students in the program, over which Matt Currin, Jr.,
vice-president of the Elon student body, presided as master of cer
emonies.
Currin himself spoke briefly, recalling the dire financial con
dition of the college when Dr.
Smith assumed the presidency on
November 1, 1931. He also point
ed to the magnificent recovery
made under President Smith s
leadership, citing the progress and
improvements made on the campus
la recent years and the fine pros
pects that loom ahead for Elon
CoUege.
In closing Currin expressed the
appreciation of the Elon students
to Dr. Smith for his long years of
service. In so doing, he called
President Smith “ a man who has
given unstintingly of his life to
the causes of religion and higher
education.” Currin also recog
nized representatives of more
than twenty-tive student organ
izations, each of whom came for
ward to personally congratulate
their president.
He also recognized the return
ing alumni group and introduced
Rev. Fred Register of Fuquay
Springs, a member of Elon's Class
of 1947, who brought the greet
ings of the alumni to President
Smith and pledged continued
alumni support to him as he
starts his third decade of Elon
leadership. Special music on the
yrogram featured the singing of
Mrs. Dorothy Jones Parker, of
Sunbury, a member of the Class
of 1950.
Special recognition was extend
ed to Mrs. Leon E. Smith, Sr.,
for her share in the great work
that President Smith has done
for Elon. Mrs. Smith was present
ed a corsage from the faculty, pre
sentation being made by Mrs.
L. E. Smith, Jr., member of the
Elon English and Dramatic fac
ulty.
Immediately following the cer
emonies in Whitley Auditorium,
the alumni joined them for a
luncheon session. Those speak
ing at that time, in addition to Dr,
Smith himself, included George
Colclough, Earl Danieley, Hinton
Rountree and others. Music at t!ie
Jiincheon featured the singing of
Charles Lynam, accompanied by
Fred Sahimanii at the piano.
■ Students who participated in t'le
ceremonies in Whitley Auditovi-
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DRAMATIC GROUP GIVES
FIRST SHOW NEXT WEEK
By BOB NIEMYER
Scene: The pleasantly furnish-
at Merton-cum-Middle-
An afternoon in Sep-
Old editors never lose interest!
Such, at least, has been the case
with Prof. A. Burnett Johnson,
now principal of the Dunn High
School, who was editor of the
Maroon and Gold nearly a quarter
of a century ago.
Just to prove that fact, Profes
sor Johnson last week mailed the
Maroon and Gold a check for $10
as a contribution to the present
operation of the paper he once
guided during his student days on
the Elon campus, and the staff
of the Maroon and Gold aclaiowl-
edge.s the contribution as a sym
bol of alumni loyalty
The former Maroon and Gold
editor, who has made his mark in,
the educational field, graduated
from Elon College with the Class
of 1927, and the Phi Psi Cli for
that year shows that Johnson dur
ing his student days was a mem
ber of Alpha Pi Delta, a member
of the Philologian Literary Socie
ty, managing editor of Maroon
and Gold as a junior and editor
of the paper as a senior, a mem
ber of the band as a sophomore
and a member of the college or
chestra for four years.
Johnson was llie fifth member
of his family to graduate from
Elon College, for he had three
brothers and one sister to precede
him on the campus; and his father,
the late Kemp B. Johnson, of Fu
quay Springs, was for many years
a member of the board of trustees
of the college.
Others of the family to gradu
ate from Elon were Miss Ruth
Johnson, Class of 1916, who now
operates a book store in Raleigh;
Baird B. Johnson and Harold W.
Johnson, both of the Class of 1921,
and Marvin M. Johnson, of the
Class of 1936, all three being
partners in a gasoline business in
6'uquay Springs. Baird Johnson
is recalled as a varsity basketball
player in his student days.
ed hall
wick.
Time:
tember.
Action: A comedy-drama-mys-
tery combination.
All of which combine to make
up the three-act farce, “See How
They Run,” to be presented by the
Elon Players in Whitley Auditori
um next Wednesday and Thurs
day, November 14th and 15th as
the opening show of their new
season.
There’s a big mystery about the
rehearsals. No one has been al
lowed to sit in on them yet, but
the noise coming from Mooney
during practice sessions has
aroused attention. There are
shouts, shrieks of joy, and shrill
sounds which haven’t been identi
fied. Answering the inquiry of
this Maroon and Gold reporter,
Mrs. Smith declared that these
varied sounds are all part of the
secret of the play, but she was
kind enough to hand over a play
book to furnish material for a
story and promised that the press
representative might viev/ dress
rehearsals next week.
The lead roles are portrayed by
Virginia Trigg Hawkins and Tom
Targett. Mrs. Hawkins, guest-
starring with the Players, is cast
as an ex-actress, who married the
dignified Vicar Toop and came
to live in the village, where oc
casional strayings from the
straight-and-narrow life of a vi
car’s wife brjng sharp criticism,
both publicly and privately, from
the spinster. Targett appears as
an American soldier, who used to
acto pposite Mrs. Toop in Amer
ican USO work. '
Three dignified clergymen enter
the plot of “See How They Run,”
and during the confusion they
lose all dignity and become really
human. Bringing these characters
to life are Lynn Cashion as the
Vicar Lionel Toop, Ed Engles as
the Bishop of Lax and Joe Brank
ley as the Vicar Humpiirey.
Everyone seems to love the sly,
old-maid type of character, but
the Elon Players boast that they
have one whom no one could love.
This character is portrayed by
Joan Wickman, a former member
of the Playlikers at Woman’s Col
lege. In her costume of tweeds,
felt hat and heavy walking shoes,
she is excellent in the role. "
Also included in the production
are Happie Wilson, as the like
able village girl, who is a maid
in the Toop household: Ed Wood
ward, as Sergeant Towers, the
rough police captain; and Roger
Wilson, who assumes the role of
an intruder aua I;re3k3 into tlie
Englisli home, introducing the
hand of mystery in the stage cre
ation and adds tiie final spark
to the production.
Ten of the outstanding students
on the Elon College campus have
been chosen for a place in the
new edjtion of “Who’s Who In
American Colleges.” The list,
which includes eight seniors and
two juniors, was released for lo
cal publication by the national of
fice that supervises publication oi
\he collegiate honor list.
There are no repeaters in tlie
list this year, since no juniors
were chosen from Elon last year,
and the Elon group of ten is four
less than the fourteen that were
allotted to the college last year.
The ten named to the "Who’s
Who” ranks this year, listed in al
phabetical order, are Bill Black-
stone, Evelyn Booth, Emma Jean
Clayton, Matt Currin, Jr., Reita
Durham, George Etiieridge, Roger
Gibbs, Charlotte Rothgeb, Joe
Spivey and Joan Summers.
Each of the ten students thus
honored have played a leading
role in various activities on the
Elon College campus, and com
plete sketches of each stucient and
his or her activities at Elon will
be published, along with photo
graphs, in a later issue of the IVia-
roon and Gold,
Blackstone is a .varsity atlilete
and has been president of liis
class; Booth has been active in
numerous student organizations;
Clayton has been active with both
the Elon Players and the SC A;
Currin is a student government
official; and Durham has also held
student body posts of various
types.
Etheridge has been active with
l:he Honor Council and in intra
mural sports; Gibbs is president
of the student government, Roth
geb has had an interest in num
erous student groups; Spivey has
been active in journalism and fra
ternity affairs; and Summers has
neld student body offices and
been a leader in a number of or
ganizations.
SPEAKS AT ELON
REV. BILLY GRAHAM
Durham Is Named
French Club Head
RUTHERFORD IN HAWAII
the new president of the French
Club, having been elected at the
most recent meeting of the club
at the home of Mrs. Pearl Mc
Donald on October 31st, which
was featured by a Halloween his draft call just in time to miss
party after the business session, j tills 1951 football season, is now
Other officers chosen at tlie i as.?igned to the Hawaiian Infantry
;ame time were Celia Oakley, of Training Center at Schofield Bar-
Burlington, vice-president; Fran
The Elon College campus is now
in the midst of the annual Relig
ious Emphasis Week, wliicli as
sumed new form this year with
five eutslanding ministers of the
Congregational Christian Church
cooperating in the week-long se
ries of revival services. In prev
ious years one speaker has led the
entire program.
The five ministers participat
ing in the religious campaign are
Dr. H. S. Hardcastie, of Chucka-
tuck, Va.; Dr. Robert Lee House,
of Soutiiern Pines; Rev. Henry
Robinson, of Burlington; Rev.
William J. Andes, of Winston-
Salem; and Rev. Richard Jackson,
of Chapel Hill. Alternating in the
services throughout the week, all
are centering their messages about
the theme of “A Living Christian
Discipleship.”
Following the usual program of
Religious Emphasis Week, there
are both morning and evening ser
vices in Whitley Auditorium, but
a new idea has been introduced in
the five separate informal discus
sion meetijngs held each night
from 9:30 until 10:30 o’clock in
the various dormitories.
The ministers are alternating
in conducting the services in Whit
ley each evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Those speaking each evening
since Sunday and through Thurs
day, listed with their toi^ics, are
as follows:
Sunday: Dr. H. S. Hardcastie,
“The Master’s Call.”
Monday: Rev. W. J. Andes,
“Have You Met God?”
Tuesday: Dr. R. L. House, “Do
You Enjoy Church?”
Wednesday: Rev. R. L. Jackson,
“Wanted, Pioneers!”
Thursday: Rev. H. E. Robinson,
“The Fullness of Christ.”
The speakers are also alternat
ing in conducting the morning
chapel services, with a special
service on Wednesday morning by
Billy Graham, eminent evange
list. Those speaking each morn
ing, listed with topic, are as fol
lows:
Monday: Dr. H. S. Hardcastie,
“Christian Discipleship.”
Tuesday: Dr. R. L. House, “The
Import of the Mayflower.”
Wednesday: Evangelist Billy
Graham and party. j
Thursday: Rev. R. L. Jackson,
“An Unwilling Draftee.”
Friday: Rev. W. J, Andes, “My
Lord and I.”
There are five dormitory dis
cussion sessions each evening, with
the five ministers rotating to
I each dormitory, each taking a
Ken Rutherford, the big tackle I topic for discussion. The
from Baltimore, Md., who received | topics being discussed are “Ques
tions About the Bible,” by Dr.
Hardcastie; “What Is Churchman-
Biily Graham
To Conduct
Elon Service
Rev. Billy Graham, whose evan
gelistic campaigns have swayed
hundreds of thousands in the larg
est cities of the United States
will address the Elon College stu
dent body in Whitley Auditorium
on Wednesday morning of this
week, according to an announce
ment from college administrative
authorities.
The visit of the eminent evai>-
gelist to the Elon campus conies
as a part of a month-long religious
campaign, which Graham has been
conducting in Greensboro since
early October. His appearance
also fits into the regular Religious
Emphasis Week program, which
is now in progress on the Elon
campus. . ,
The Graham service he?S is
scheduled for 11 o’clock Wednes
day morning, and Dean D. J.
Bowden has announced that 10:30
classes will meet at 10 o’clock.
Reita Durliam, of Burlington, is Inhere will be no 11:30 ciasses
that day.
ces Danieley, secretary-treasurer;
?nd Charles Joyner, reporter.
ship?” by Dr. House; “Making Life
3 Vocation,” by Rev. Robinson;
Problems In Personal Religious
racks in Hawaii, according to ajuy^ng,” by Rev. Andes; and “Be-
dispatch from the Army public ing a Christian World Citizen,” by
relations office. | Rsv. Jackson.
FIVE EMINENT MIWfSTERS LEAD RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK HERE
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DR. H. S. HARDCASTLE
Chuckatuck, Va.
- REV. WILLIAM J. ANDES
Winston-Salem, N. C.
DR. ROBERT LEE HOUSE
Southern Fines, N. C.
REV. RICHARD JACKSON
Chapel Hill, N. C.
REV. HENRY ROBINSON
Burlington, N. C.