A Hearty Welcome
To The
ni,;!i School Seniors
MAROON AND GOLD
May They All Enjoy
Their Visit
T» The Elon Campus
VbLUME THIRTY-TWO
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.,
WEDNESDAY, rESRUAF.V 11, 1»53
NUMBER NINE
High School Seniors Will Visit College Campus
Eight Free Scholarships
Given To Senior Guests
TENSE MOMENT IN JSEW ELON PLAYER SHOW
Ei«ht free scholarships, with a
total’value oC $4,400, will be
awarded by Elon College to out
standing higi> school seniors
chosen from the handreds of
youngsters who will be guests of
the c^^ollege at the fourth annual
■High School Day” program here
on Wednesday of this week.
The scholarship plan, which was
ongiMtfid in the mind of Dr.
Leon E. Smith, Elon's president,
provides for an equal division of
the scholarship between the boys
and girls, with four scholarship
awards going to boys and four
to girls, and the highest ranking
boy and girl will be crowned and
will reign as "King" and "Queen’
of the ‘ High School Day"
The scholarship contest itsell
wa.s held on Monday of this week.
,it «liich time forty-seven of , the
finest high school seniors in this
j,ea of North Carolina and the
adjacent section of Viiginia v.-ere
expected to be on the campus for
the day-long scholarship competi
tion.
Each high school that agreed to
send its senior class to Elon on
Wednesday was also given the
privilege of .sending one outstand
ing boy and one outstanding girl
to the college to compete for the
scholarships and for the royal
honors.
Registration for the scholarship
contest last Friday included
thirty-three girls and twenty-
seven boys, but directors of the
contest e.^pected additional en
tries to register by or before
3:30 o'clock Monday morning.
The scholarship contestants
were to register at the gymnasium
at that hour ivionday morning, and
between the hours of 9 o'clock
and noon they were to be given
two tests, one for ability and one
for aptitude, with the scores on
those two tests to count two-
thirds of each contestant’s final
score. The tests were to be given
under the direction of Dr. James
Howell and Prof. Gilbert Latham.
The competitors were then to
be guests of the college at lunch
at the noon hour, after which they
were to participate in a special
contest to determiii# their indi
vidual rank in poise, personality
and appearance. Their rank in this
conte,.:; was to count for the ofaei
■"‘ird in the contestant’s final rat
ing.
Final and total rating on these
Ibree phases of the contest will
eight scholarships, which include
top awards of ..$1,000 to one boy
and one girl to apply on a four-
jear course as a campus student
at Elon College. Second prizes
each to the boy and girl finishing
in each group will be for $600
as runers-up to the "King” and
Queen.” Third and fourth awards
in each division will be for $400
and $200, each schoiarsliip to be
divided equally over the four-year
l-eriod.
''iners of Monday's all-day
competition will be announced in
Lay Group
In Meeting
Here Sunday
Delegations of laymen from
Congregational Christian churches
in all parts of North Carolina and
Virginia gathered here on Elon
campus last Sunday afternoon for
the annual winter meetings of lay
workers. The gathering got un-
dei'way at 2 o'clock in the after
noon and continued through a
janque'. meeting.
Two of the outstanding national
leaders in the work of the Con
gregational Christian Churches
had featured spots on the pro
gram. They were Dr. Robert Cash-
.iian, ct Chicago, 111., moderator
of the Genera! Council and busi
ness manager of the Chicago
Theological Seminary, and Rev.
David if. Sandstrom, of New York
City, who is widely known for his
leadersiiip in Christian stewaid-
,4iip.
The afternoon session opened
with the registration of delegates
at 2 o'clock, follow'ed by a song
service, wh^ch was nnder the
leadership of W. H. Baker, of
Newport News, Va., and the de
votional warship, conducted by
Prof. J. Earl Danieley, of the
Elon College faculty.
Rev. Henry E. Robinson, of Bur
lington, presented to the assemb
led delegates the plans for an
Assembly Grounds for the churcii-
es or the Southern Convciition.
The need fo.' such an assembly
center has long been recognized
by leaders of the Congreganona;
Christian churches in this area.
Dr. William T. Scott, superin
tendent of the Southern Conven
tion, spoke on the topic, “All Be
longs To God," and Dr. Cashman
chose for the topic of his address,
Dynamic Churchmanship.”
Officers of the Southern Lay
men’s Felowship are W. B. Wil
liams, of Newport News, Va., p;es-
ident; J. Earl Danieley, of Elon
College, vice-president; and S. H.
Pell, of Ramseur, secretary-treas-
urer. George Colclough, of Elon
College is representative to the
.National Laymen’s Fellowship.
special
ceremonies at the half of
■ e Elon-High Point varsity bas-
ftball game on W^ednesday night,
at which time President Smith
1 crown the winning boy and
='rl and award the scholarships to
^ eight successful contestants
50 * I'sniaining contestants will
'-f'e as a court-of-honor for the
"inners.
SPEAKER AT MEET
One of the many e.Kciting moments in the Elon Player presentation of "The Double Door,”
which is scheduled for Thursday and Friday night of this week in Whitley Auditorium, is pictured
above, when Dianne Maddox (seated), who enacts the leading role of Victoria Van Bret, clings
to the famous Van Bret family pearls, which she is reluctant to surrender to the young bride of
Rip Van Bret. Standing left to right in the picture are Roy C ishion, Louise Crowder, Laveme
Bi-ady aild Page Painter, all of whom will appear in the play a; servants of aristocratic old Van
Bret family.
Players Will Give ‘The Double Door’
In hilley On Thursday 4rid Friday
Reto!*d Crowd Expected
To Attend Annual Event
Valentine Ball
W ill Enliven
Elon
Cam]
ms
dr. ROBERT CASHiVIAN
Robert Cashman, of Ch-
Recital postponed
The faculty music recital, which
''ad been scheduled by Prof. Jom-
athan Sweat for last Thursday,
February 5th, was postponed
suffered an attack of in
fluenza. The postponement has
^®^n announced as of indefinite
duration due to pressure of other
'iut’es for the popular music in
structor.
Ov. --
cago. 111., moderator of the Gen
eral Council of Congregatmnal
Christia.i Churches and business
manager of the Chicago Theologi
cal Seminary, was a featured
speaker at'a gathering of Christ
ian church laymen, which was
;fe"d on the campus here at Elon
last Sunday afternoon. Dr. Cash
man also preached at the regular
11 O’clock servicc on Sunday
morning in Whitley Auditorium.
Elon Summer
Sc]tool Open
To Freshmen
The 1953 summer session here
at Elon College wiU get under
way on Monday, June 8th, and the
higii school seniors of 1953 may
enter Elon at that time as full-
fledged college freshmen. Such a
^tep will enable them to speed up
their college training by gaining a
fall quarter on their first year’s
work. Many of Elon’s freshmen
have done this in recent years.
Possibility of registering a num
ber of new freshmen is included
in the plans for the coming sum
mer school, which will include
two six-weeks terms. The first
term, after starting on Monday,
June 8th, will end Friday, July
17th, with the second six weeks
beginning immediately on Mon
day, July 20th, and coming to a
close on Friday, August 23t'.i.
Elon College has always ac
cepted freshmen in summer school
but there has been special em
phasis on this for the past two
ears, when the national emer
gency has made more evident the
necessity for a speed-up in the
educational program of many
young people, especially for the
young men who face the possi
bility of military se.-vice.
The presence of a goodly num
ber of freshmen on the Elon cam
pus du-ing recent summer ses
sions has not changed in the least
the normal summer program that
is conducted for the benefit of
.regular Elon students and in-ser-
vice teachers of this area
In regard to the possibility of
freshmen beginning their college
work in June, the Elon adminis-
Dramatic and exciting situations
abound throughout the three act'
of “The Double Door,” the Broad
way play which the Elon Playert
vvill present from the stase o
Whitley Auditorium on TiiuriJaj
and Friday nights of this week.
The plot centers around the ac
tivities of the Van Bret family
long a leader in the social af
fairs of New York; and the old
Van Bret mansion, which is the
scene of the action, offers to Elon
Player stage crews an opportunity
to create a stage set that will be
long remembered by campus the
itre goers. The entire production
will be done in the lavish style
'jf Victory perijd,
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, direc
tor of the Player group, who i.a,
produced a long line of successful
siiowi on the Whitley stage, is
using a youthful cast in the new
production, but reports coming
from the practice stage in Mooney
Chapel are that a number of these
youngsters may turn in perform
ances to make campus show fans
forget the “Oscar” winners o',;
previous years.
Three of the fouf leading char
acters will be making their Elon
stage debut, with Johnny Bolt
playing Rip Van Bret, Bertie
Lewis enacting the role of Anne,
Rip’s fiancee, and Ann Stoddard
appearing as Carolyne, younger
or tlie ^^’^an Bret sisters. Dianne
Maddox, who made her Elon de
but in “January Thaw,” has the
dramatic role of Victoria Van
Bret.
Others appearing in the cast
of “The Double Door” are' La
veme Brady, as the middle-aged
housekeeper; Page Painter, as Tel-
.son, the butler; Betty Crowder, as
Louise, the maid; Roy Cashion, as
William, another servant; J. B.
Pickard, as the detective; E. B.
Moore, as Dr. John Sully; Joe
Brankley, as the urbane Neff; and
Lynn Cashion, as Chase, the kind
ly Tiffany clerk. Of the entire
tration points out that any boy or ^
girl who enters at the only Dianne Maddox, J. B.
of the summer and continues o jQg Brankley and Lynn
attend botrf regular and . Qa,bion have appeared in earlier
(Continued on Page Four) lEIon Player shows
Examinations
Will Start
February 25
There are only two full weeks
of class work remaining during
i-e Winter quarter, a fact which
was brought to the attention of
the Elon students by the an
nouncement this week of tlie
schedule for final examinations
from the office of Dean D. J. Bow
den. ' - y.
The examinations will get un
derway on Wednesday, February
25th, and will continue through
Jiree days, ending on Friday,
February 27th
In announcing the examination
schedule. Dean Bowden stated
that the Spring Quarter will get
undierway on Monday momii.g,
March 9th, and that members of
‘.he Elon student body may pre-
■egister in ti;e offices of Prof
A. L. Hook, the college register.
The full schedule of the pre-regis
tration, including the dates on
A(hich the students may check
their registration through the
Liineas office, will be posted on
the bulletin board.
The examination schedule for
the Winter Term will follow the
usual routine, with two examina
tion periods daily on Wedne.sday
and Thursday and with one test
on Friday morning. All examina
tions will begin at 9 o’clock in
the morning and 2 o’clock in the;
afternoon. The full schedule for
the exams is given below:
Vt^!dnesday, February 23
9 A.M.—All English 11 & 12
o’clock classes.
2 P.M.—All 8 o’clock clases.
Thursday, February 26
9 A.M.—All 9 o’clock classes.
2 P.M.—All 10:30 o’clock
(lasses.
Friday, February 27
(lasses.
9 A.M.—Ail 11:30 o’clock
Lovers of the dance and 'just
plain lovers will find the Valen
tine season on the Elon College
campus greatly enlivened on Sat-
jiday night of this vveek when
he members of tiie French Club
ui;d Spanish Club join forces to
:).;nsor an informal Valentine
dance in the parlors of West
Oormitory.
Plans for the Valentine night
event were announced two weeks
:.go by the two groups of foreign
.anguage students, but final plans
jre being perfected at meetings
of the clubs. The French Club dis
cussed its part in the event at its
regular meeting hi;ld at the home
:.C Mrs. Pearl McDonald last
Tiiur.sday night, and tiie Spanish
Club is also planning its participa
tion.
The Valentine Dance i. being
staged as the contribution of the
modern language groups toward
:iie weekend entertainment pro
gram, which was initiated last fall
with a request that each and
every group on the campus spon
sor at least one weekend event
Plans for the dance include
everyone on the campus, for the
host clubs have extended an in
vitation to every member of the
.student body and also to all mem
bers of the faculty to attend the
dance, which will last from 8 un
til 11 o'clock. The event will be
informal.
It is pointed out that the Valen-
! The jfaculty and studbents of
j Elon College will offer a hearty
welcome on Wednesday of this
I week to hundreds of high sehool
I senior's and sponsors, who will be
on the campus' as guests for
Elon's fourth annual "High School
Day" event.
The high school senior gioups,
each acompanied by faculty S|)on-
sors, will begin arriving on the
campus by noon or shortly after
wards on Wednesday, with regis
tration to get underway in Alumni
Memorial Gymnasium promptly
at 1 o'clock. The visiting seniors
will then be formed in groups
there at the gymnasium for tours
of the Elon campus.
These campus tours will con
tinue from 1 until 4 o'clock will
carry the high school groups
through the various college build
ings, where different departments
of the college have planned
special displays to illustrate the
work being done by Elon students.
The itinerary for these campus
lours has been planned carefully
to speed movement of the var
ious student groups. Plans call
tor each group to leave the gym
by the rear door on the western
side of the building and move to
the northwest corner of the cam
pus and down the street past the
par.sonage and President Smith’s
home to the West Gate of the
campus.
From there the groups will
move through the various college
buildings, going through West
Dorm and the Library first, thence
through Whitley Auditorium from
the north to south ends and on
through the three floors of Ala
mance, moving then through
Mooney and the Science Building.
The tour will end at the Student
Union, where the visitors will
tiue Dance will serve as a ^ling,^
prelude to the semi-annual fra-,^., , . ^
lernity and sorority “Bid Night"
ceremonies. Ending as it does at
U o’clock, the stage will be all
set for the Greek letter groups to
gather for reception of the new
members they may pledge as a
Once more, too, the members
of the French and Spanish Clubs
recall that Dan Cupid has issued
a special dispensation, under,
which the girls may use regular
"Leap Year" privileges in case
the bOj’S prov3 slow in issuing
invitations to the dance. •
HEADS COMMITTEE
PROF. J. C. rOLLEY
(Prof. J. C. Colley, head of the
Education Department at Elon,
has served as chairman of tlie
commjttee on arrangements for
the annual “High School Day”
program on the campus. Other
members of the committee on cr-
-.'ingpments included Piof. J. II.
til supper is served at 4:30 o'clock.
A special feature of the day
will be a “Tea Hour” for the high
school faculty members in the
Music Listening Room on the first
i floor of Alamance from 3:30 un-
jtil 4 o’clock. This tea will be in
charge of Mrs. L. E. Smith, Sr.
The high school seniors, faculty
sponsors and high school princi
pals and superintendents Will t)e
guests at a supper to be served
at 4:30 o’clock and will then be
asked to gather in Whitley Audi
torium from 6 until 7 o’clock for
a program of welcome and enter
tainment. At that time President
Leon E. Smith will extend a for
mal welcome to Elon’s visitors,
with the college music depart-
: ment in charge of the program of
entertainment.
Strictly at 7 o’clock the senior
groups will be free to move over
to Elon’s huge Alumni Memorial
Gymnasium, where the day’s pro
gram will be climaxed by a var-
jity^ basketball game between the
Elon Christians and the High
PoiiVl: Panthers. Thi.^ game is
scheduled at 7:30 o’clock, half
an hour earlier than the usual
yame time. The earlier starting
hour was arranged in order to
allow time tor a half-time pro
gram and to give the high school
groups an earlier start on the
return trip to their home.
The faculty committee on ar
rangements. headed by Prof. J. C.
Colley, mailed invitations to more
than two hundred high schools in
North Carolina and Virginia, and
more than fifty schools had sig
nified by last weekend their in
tention of sending senior delega
tions. Elon authorities are confi
dent that the attendance this year
will break the record of 61 schools
Brashear, Mrs. Judith Burns, Mrs. that attended last year. Sixty
Elizabeth R. Smith, Prof. J. Earl jSchrjiDJs were represented two
Danieley, Alumni Secretary Carl years ago, with 4C represented at
Woods and Prof. Lutlier N. ByrJ,, the first event two years since-