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PAGE FOTLTR MAROON AND GOLD Wednesday, November 7, 1951 Elon Defeats Newherry 13-12 In Muddy Battle The true-toe kicking of Sal Gero piovided the margin of vic tory for the Fighting Christians when they came from beliind and nosed out the Newberry Indians 13 to 12 in a muddy battle in Bur lington Stadium on Thursday night, November 1st. The wia was the sixth in seven stiirts foi the Elon eleven this season. The visitois from South Caro lina turned in their best game of the season, and the Indians’ in spired play added to a constant downpour of rain and a muddy field to give the Christians a mucii tougher battle than had been ex pected. ♦ * ♦ HOW IT HAPPENED Newberry Elon 14 164 14 6 87 First Downs 9 Net Yards Rushing 137 Passes Attempted 20 Passes Completed 8 Passing Yardage 91 251 Total Gains Scrimmage 228 1 Opp. Passes Intercepted 0 53 K^back Int. Passes 0 31.0 Ave. Yards Pants 38.9 0 Opp. Fumbles Recovered 0 0 Yards Penalties 25 ♦ ♦ ♦ Carroll Reid started the first scoring drive with a 27-yard punt return, and Tingley and Biangardi paced the drive to the one, where the big fullback hammered across. Gero missed the point, and this enabled Newberry to tie the score at 6-all on the final play of the first half. Charlie Reames raced 74 yards for Newberry to the Elon eleven, and Charlie Berry circled right end for the score. Try for point failed to leave the score tied. The Indians took the second- half kickoff and drove to their second touchdown. Reames start ed it with a 30-yard kick-off re turn, and Claude Weeks ended the drive when he dashed 14 yards off his own left tackle to score. Davis i&m missed his kick, leaving Mewberry ahead 12 to 6. This aroused the Christians, who scored in just six plays after the next kickoff. Parker returned the kickoff ten, and Tingley made it first down on the Newberry forty-seven. A pass from Rochel- li to Blackstone got another first down on the thirty-two. After losing two yards, Rochelli passed thirty-four yards to Biangardi for the touchdown, and Sal Gero boot ed straight and true for the point that won 13 to 12. CHURCH TO HAVE STUDENT SUPPER The Elon College students will be guests of the Elon College Community Church at a covered dish supper, which is to be held at the Parish House at C o’clock next Sunday evening, November 11th, according to an announce ment from Rev. H. P. Bozarth. Tile supper, designed to fur nish an opportunity for the bet ter acquaintance of the students with the members of the church from the town and the coliege faculty, will be followed by the second in a series of “hymn singings,” to be conducted under the leadership of Prof. John Westmoreland. ~New Group Hears Talk By Colclough George Colclough, secretary of Ihe Burlington Chamber of Com merce and member of the Elon College board of trustees, was the speaker at the first dinner meet ing of Beta Chi Upsilon, newly organized commercial student group, which was held in the pri vate dining room at Correct Time Inn on Wednesday evening, Oc tober 24th. Also featured on the program was Miss Virginia Groomes, of the Elon College music faculty, who rendered several vocal selections. She was accompanied at the piano by Richard Brady, well known stu dent musician. Beta Chi Upsilon is the newest addition to the list of clubs on the campus, being composed of thirty-eight students of tlie com mercial department, who plan weekly meetings and monthly din ner sessions. Its purpose is to create a business-like atmosphere in the classroom by sponsoring demonstrations of office equip ment and planning field trips. Officers of the group include Sylvia McAdams, of Graham, president; Anne Shoffner, of Gra ham, vice-president; Betsey Pat terson, of Burlington, secretary; and Betty Stafford, of Burling ton, treasurer. Mary York and Hallie Ragsdale are co-chairmen of the entertainment committee; Betty Jo Shepherd is sergeant-at- arms, and Dolores Hagan, Anne Rawls and Helen Hodge form the publicity committee. PRESIDENT SMITH CUTS BIRTHDAY CAKE ¥I f’"- §1 - i ^ Poetic W ork By W est To Appear December 1 Along with the anniversary honors accorded to President Leon E. Smith, he was also the honor guest at a birthday party given by the faculty in West Dorm parlor on Thursday night, October 25th. He is shown above slicing into the birthday cake. Directly behind him at the left is Mrs. Smith, who served the cake, and at the other end of the table is seated Mrs. A. L. Hook, who poured cof fee and tea for the assembled guests. In tKe background are members of the faculty, who were joint hosts for the occasion. Seven Students Will Go To Raleigh For Collegiate Legislative Meetings ESSO Products COLLEGE STATION M.&J. Road Service General Car Care Elon College, N. C. WCTC GRID GAME (Continued From Page Three) right flank to pay-dirt. Gero made it 14-0 with the placement as the quarter ended. The final Elon tally came in the waning minutes of the encounter, as the Christians took over on the Catamount 44-yard line after a fourth down pass gamble by Sin- 'gleton fizzed. Runs by Biangardi and Tingley, a 9-yard pass from Rochelli to Greenwood and a Cat amount penalty carried to the WCTC thirty-two. Rochelli get one, but two pass plays failed. On fourth down Rochelli whipped that strong right arm of his, and the pass connected with Bill Blackstone on the receiving end. The play covered thirty yards and was good for a first down on the Catamount one. Biangardi ploughed over from that point, and Gero tallied his fifteenth point-after for the season ' A safety on the last play of the game concluded the scoring for the Christians. WCTC had the ball on her own twenty-six Lfter a pass interception by Rog ers. On the first play from that point, Dwight Dillon dropped Sin gleton on the eight, and a penalty put the Catamounts back to one. Singleton tried again, but Paul Rerguson and Bob Reece swarmed ip and dropped him for a safety in the end zone. ’ The Elon College student gov ernment wiU be represented by seven outstanding campus lead ers at the fifteenth annual meet ing of the North Carolina Student Legislature, which is to be held in Raleigh from Thursday, Novem ber 30th, througfi Saturday, De cember 1st. There will be four Elon repre sentatives in the statewide Senate. Those chosen for membership in the upper house are Matt Currin. Ray Euliss, Roger Gibbs and Rosamond Bromley. It will be the first time that either of the four has been to the Raleigh meeting. There are three representatives from Elon slated to attend the ses sion of the House of Representa tives. They are Henry Hoppe, Ronnie Black and Lynn Cashion. Of this trio, only Henry Hoppe has attended the statewide legis lative meet before. Hoppe was a member of the Senate last year. The Elon delegation has taken a very active part in the delibera tions of the intercollegiate gath ering during the past two years, and the group is already discuss ing and planning legislation to submit for consideration. An nouncements will be made later this month concerning such meas ures to be proposed. DR. SMITH HONORED (Continued From Page One) um, with the groups tliey repre sented, included Lynn Cashion, editor of Maroon and Gold; Page Painter, editor of Phi Psi CU; Dave Mondy, of Sigma Phi Beta; Dick Lee, of Kappa Psi Nu; A1 Ludwig, of Iota Tau Kappa; Douglass Roane, of Alpha Pi Del ta; Jean Summers, of Pi Kappa Tau; Betty Long Yarborough, of Tau Zeta Phi; Jane Peterson, of Delta Upsilon Kappa; Emma Jean Clayton, of Beta Omicron Beta; Jack Gibson, of Sigma Alpha Chi; Robert Walker, of Delta Psi Omega; Henry Perry, of the Freshman Class; Woody Stoffel, of the Sophomore Class; Bill Blackstone, of the Junior Class; Larry Gaither, of the Senior Class; David Crowle, of the Min isterial Association; Evelyn Booth, of the SCA; Lacala Wilkins, of the WAA; Reita Durham, of the Day Students’ Organization; Martha Berry, of the Cheerlead ers; Raleigh Ellis, of the “E” Men's Club; Edna Burke, of the Upperclass Sunday School Class; Joe Brankley, of the Elon Play ers; Charlotte Rothgeb, of the Womens Inter-Dormitory Coun cil; Sonny Addison, of the Men's Inter - Dormitory Council; and Marjorie Stuckey, of the House hold Arts Club. The first volume of collecte ' poetry by John Foster West, no- in his third year as a member o the Elon College English faculty, has been accepted for publicatio: by the Payton-Paul Pxiblisbini; Company, of New York City, ano the volume is to be released on or about December 1st. The book, entitled “Up Ego!" will contain twenty-six poems in addition to the ones from which the title is taken. Some of these have appeared previously in The Atlantic, The Carolina Quarterly, and elsewhere; one was first prize winner in the 1951 Poetry Contest sponsored by the North Carolin;, Poetry Society. The bcok is dedi-1 cated to the poet’s more than i twenty friends and fellow stu-: dents who died in World War II,! This first edition of "Up Ego!' will be bound in cloth covers of rich green, with gold lettering, and will appear in a dust cover with the same motif. The back of the dust cover will contain a short biographical sketch of the poet. The words will be set in handsome Baskerville type on heavy paper. An interesting feature of the book is the frontispiece, a photo graphic reproduction of the poet’s bust, which was created recently by Betty Davis Wesson, promsing young sculptress of New Jersey. West teaches English and spec ializes in his course on creative writing. His A. B. and M. A. de grees were received from the Unii- versity of North Carolina, where he has done additional work tow ard a Ph. D. The poet is also a graduate of Morganton High School and Mars Hill Junior Col lege. Professor West’s work has ap peared in national publications and includes short stories, non fiction and poetry. "Unto The Hills,” a novel written during his undergraduate years at Carolina, was runner-up in the Dodd, Mead Co. Intercollegiate Fellowship for 1947. His writing experience also includes editing and journalism. BOOK TO APPEAR PROF. JOHN F. WEST SCA Boasts ISeiv Room In Alamance The Student Christian Associa tion, which is once more playing an active role in the life of the Elon student body, is now set for an even more active life, having acquired a new headquarters on the first floor of Alamance Hall. The new SCA room opens al most dircctly off the rotunda, be ing formed by a partition recently installed in the student govern ment room that fronts directly across from the business office. The new room will be a center from which the SCA will operate its varied activities. These activi ties include a lost and found bu reau, a rides exchange for trips away from the campus, an em ployment agency for self-help jobs and an agency for small stu dent loans. The next SCA discussion panel session, which is scheduled for next Sunday evening in Student Union, will feature a discussion of the threat of Communism. 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