Here’s A Bi« Hand
To Those
Fighting Christians
maroon and gold
And Let’s Burk ’Em
T» Win That
Touniey Chumpionshiii
VOLUME THIRTY-TWO
ELON COLLEGE, N. C„
Barter Play
Group Here
March 16th
Xhe world-famous Barter Play-
ars of Virginia who have made sev
eral previous appearances on the
WEDNESDAY, FERiUJARY, 23, IC'3
NUMBEll TEN
Elon campus.
will return to Whit-
k» Auditorium on Monday, March
16th, with a presentation of “The
Virginian," the dramatized version
of Owen Wister's famous novel of
the Old West.
Robert Porterfield, founder and
managing director of the Barter
Theatre, will make a personal ap4
pearance in the role of the soft-
•ipoken Virginian, a part which
he created last summer. Personal
appearance of Porterfield in an
acting role is a rare occuiTence
in the annals of the group.
The stage production of “The
Virginian" comes in the fiftieth [
anniversary year of Wister’s fa-{
ncus novel, whoh swept the world
like a prairie fire baclv in 1903,
setting the style for cowboy he
roes and coivboy advoi-luros for
.f come. The novel has
;’-c_ t'lt.ii acclaiir. as both
,i play : ■' motion picture.
In addition to Porterfield him-
,=elf appearing in “The Virginian,”
;v , ( i.i; nboi' Oi out-
:tani!inu act ;'s ti/ apjiear here,
one of them oeing Owen Piiillips
ia the role of the Dude and Leo
Chalzell another in the role of
Judge Henry.
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SINGERS TO SPEND HOLIDAYS ON TOUR
Annual High School Event
Proves Highly Successful
Elon Leaders
To Be Listed
In Publication
Fourteen outstanding Elon stu
dents will be listed in the forth
coming 1953 edition of “American
College Student Leaders,” accord
ing tc an announcement from the
office of the student government
wganization this week.
The publication, which has its
I'eadquarters located in Beverly
^ills, California, serves somewhat
the same purpose in American col-
I'-ge l;fe as the annual selection of
■Students for the collegiate “Who's
"iio,’ although the booii in this
instance lists three more indi
viduals than were named to
rtho’s Wlio” from Elon this year.
K is pointed out that the stu
dent biographical publication pays
tribute to leadership qualities, and
is frequently referred to by
nierican business leaders.
Elon students Usted include BiU
lackstone, Laverne Brady, Lynn
fashion, David Crowle, Matt Cur-
Carolyn Ellis, Aleane Gentry,
A1 Ludwig, Phillip Mann, V/alter
Berry, Pgge Painter, Woody
^‘offei, John Truilst and Max Ves-
Hislory Professor
f 0 i*iiblisli,Article
^^r, H. H. Cunningham, chair-
Department of History,
., article on “Organi-
ion of The Confederate Medical
apartment” published in an early
of the North Carolina His-
rical Review, according to an
"aouncement from the puhlish-
'^■'5 in Raleigh,
• Cunningham, who joined
lilon College faculty this year,
3 member of the North Caro-
lina Histor:/;al Asaociation, the
'Outhern Historical Association
■'Id the Mississippi Valley Histor-
ical Society. .
Topping previous records for
such events, the fourth annual
‘High School Day" observance at
Elon on Wednesday, February
11th, attracted mere than 1,500
'.ligh :Ahool sei.j-li'3 and class
.iponsors to the campus from
sixty-nine different schools.
The sixty-nine schools repre
sented surpassed the mark set
last year, when sixty-two schools
sent delegations. There were sixi,;.-
'.wo sc'iools represented the y-!ar
before and forty-three the year
before that.
Arriving by bus and car, the
senior groups began arriving on
the campus long before noon, and
from ti'.en until after Elon swamp
ed High Point in a varsity basket
ball game that night, the campus
was a bee-hive of activity.
Each group was registered at
the gymnasium and was con
ducted on a tour of the campus
and buildings, where the various
departments had prepared special
exhibits. The seniors were then
guests of the college at supper,
and at a program held in Whitley
Auditorium from 6 until 7 o'clock.
At this meeting President Leon
E, Smith extended a formal wel
come to the visitors.
An outstanding feature of the
fourth annual event was the pre
sentation of eight scholarship*,
with a total value of $4,400, to
eight outstanding seniors. Top
awards of $1,000 went to Jo Ann
Gwynn, of Reidsville High School,
and William Cobb, of Bessemer
High School. Other awards includ
ed two for $600, two for $400 and
two for $200 each. Winners of
these awards are listed elsewhere
in this paper.
Hifefh schools represented for
the occasion included Aberdeen.
Alamance, Alexander Wilson, An
derson, Altamahaw-Ossipee, Ay-
cock, Bartlett Yancey. Ben Haven.
Bennett, Bessemer, Bethany. Beau-
lah, Bonlee, Coleridge, Colfax,
Copeland, Deep River, Eli Whit
ney, Elkton, Elon, E. M. Holt,
Epsom, Farmer, Flat Rock, Frank
lin, Frinklinton, Franklinville,
Gibsonville. Gcldston, Graham,
Gray’s Chapel, Greenwood,
Haw River, Henderson, High
[plains, King Lawrenceville, Liber-
I (Continued on Page Four)
! The Elon College Choir, which
:,pend spring holidays on a
concert tour of nort'aern states,
is shown above. Those making the
trip with the choir, shown left to
right in the picture, are as fol-
■ -ws: FRONT ROV/—GoldaBrady,
Ramserr; Bernard Jor.e's, Bui'-
lington; Helen C'.'aveii, Ham c
James Clyburti, Cha 'list..' !, fe. C.;
Ritha MoiTis, Bui!;njtcn: Lacy
7og!em.'.n, Grefe!'.?)-oro: Loi,s Pcjlt,
Elon College; Kenneth Lambert,
Church Rule
Is Revoked
By Trustees
Revocation of Elon's 60-year-old
rule for compulsory student at-
terilance at church and Sunday
School and plans looking to an
early start on construction of new
dornutorie.^ and a new dining hall
i n the campus were the h;>;lilights
f tlie annual mid-winlei- meeting
of the college's board of trustees,
which was held on the campus on
Tuesday, February 17Ui, with
twenty-five of the thirty-si.\ trust
ees in attendance.
The abrogation of the compul
sory church and Sunday school
attendance came when the trustees
aproved a resolution submitted by
the student legislature that urged
iiich action.
Tlie resolution was pas ed by
i:,f legislature in January and was
'Ubmitted to the trustees by the
collcf j i'fiministration. The new
ule I, e.K'V.cUd to ciiect at
once, doing away with the old sys-
«iii ot signi.'ig church cards and
i'^Miitti ii cr ' licatL-s of attend-
i,'‘e a\vay fiurii t'.ic campus.
W.iiile taki.-.g al;- , to : cd the
,'2.5(,li,c;.'0 fund-raising campaign
in pr .aes-s, T o tiusti*Hs plan
ned to sDeed the settlement of
he $38,L'..‘0 balance remaining of
the debt on Alumni Memorial
Gymnasium, which was built in
1949 at a cost of a quarter of a
million dollars.
Norfolk, Va.; Mary Sue Colclough,
Elon College; Cooper Walker,
Elon College; and Harriett Tal
ley, South Boston, Va. MIDDLE
ROW'—Jean Parker, Suffolk, Va.;
Dalton Parker, Suffolk, Va.; Patsy
Eealcn. Troy: Barbara Millner,
Dauville, Va,; Jimmy Rhodes, Bur-
r Judith lui^iam, Greens-
; ,T jry S’','■ L*, . ei;
Norma Roberts, Jr.mesviile; A-'a-
KM‘'r>y, «'-u;ii Norfols, ^'a.;
' Charles Crews, South Boston,
Va.; and Elizabeth Ward, Staley.
BACK ROW — Shirley Swank,
Hillsboro, N. H.; Ronnie Black,
iurUnglun: Meryle Mauldin, Win
ston-Salem; E B. Mcore, Reids
ville; Annie Laura Albright, Me-
bane; Billy Ginn, Charleston, S.
C.; Judith Chadwick, Boxford,
Jna'i.; Jerry Lowder, Burlington;
Betsy Johnson, Fuquay Spring;
r’iiiU'.p Mann, Cypress Chapel,
Vn.: and Sarah Hunt, Sterns, Ky.
Clioii’ Will Leave Friday
On Aiiiuial Northern Trip
THEY WON TOP HONORS IN SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST
Hr
iP
f ^
Jo Anne Gwynn, of Reidsville
(center), winners of $1,000 schol
with Dr. Leon E. Smith, Elon’s
'.vii'.ne s as rulers of the ‘High
n^ithy, of Alexander Wilson, and
•nrd, of Altamahaw-Ossipee, and
Puckett, of Burlington, and Char
tured with the full group of con
High School (left) and William Cobb, of Bessemer High School
irships in Elon's High School Day” competition, are shown above
president, who presented the scholarships and crowned the two
School Day” event. Other scholarship winners were Carolyn Aber-
Noe Cox, of Burlington, who received $600 awards; Joan Blanch-
Bruce Crumpton, of Roxboro, given $400 scholarships; and Ann
es Mason, of Henderson, winners of $200 awards. They are pic-
estants elsewhere in this paper.
The Elon College Choir will
oave the ca.upu:s on Friday of
iii.5 week for its sixth annual
•oithern tour, an extended per-
onal trek that will takj the Elon
th’-cu"i t'.e Middle At-
^ai'iUc S.ates and as far north as
.I..:j..)shire in Nev.! England ' j
Thirty-six members o£ the choir, ^
from a campus group of|
', ly-sev'en studer; s will make \
■;o long jaunt nortiiward, travel-j
by charttf.ed bus. They will I
0 accompanied by Prof, John;
iVL-stnioreland, who will direct the
.’.•'■:er.s in their program.?, by Prof-
' ;nathan Sweat, Vv;;; Vi'ill serve as
\‘.>;')mpani.st, and by Mi.ss Virginia
"comes, who will apoear i.i solo
■ci.-s with the sltcU-iit group.
The Eior Singers will appear at
'outh Boston, Va., on Friday eve-
air.g, Fe’oruary 27, and will make
"our appearances in eastern Vir
ginia during the weekend, singing
at Cypress Chapel on Saturday
evening, at Holland, Va,, at 11
.■'clock Sunday morning, at Ports
mouth, Va,, at 3 o'clock Sunday
afternoon and at Suffolk, Va,, on
oun'.;ay evening,
'.'lie ci'Oj' will travel to Rahway.
N, J., on Monday, March 2, ap
pearing in that city on Monday
evening, after whicli they make
a long jump to Lynn, Mass., for
an appearance on Tuesday eve
ning, March 3. The .singers ap
pear in Hillsboro, N. H., on Wed
nesday evening, March 4, and in
Norwich, Conn,, on Thursday eve
ning, March 5,
Two programs are scheduled for
Friday, March 6, the first at
Columbia University at noon ind
the .second at Irvington, N. J., on
F'iday evening. The students \/ill
ipend Saturday and Saturday
night, Mai-Ch 7, in New York City
and will start home Sunday after
noon, March 8, stopping to sing
•it G I e n o I d e n Congregational
Church in Philadelphia on Sun
day evening. The trip will end
with the return to the Elon cam
pus on Monday, March 9,
Student Body
Constitution
i - J
Being Studied
The Constitution Revi.sion Com
mittee, which v/as named by the
Student Legislatuie for the pur
pose of studying the student gov
ernment constitution, held its first
meeting in the office of Dr. D. J.
Bowden la^t Wednesday afternoon.
The meeting was devoted large
ly to a study of the constitution,
and plans were made for future
meetings. Several students and
faculty members offered sugges
tions for improvements, all ot
which will have to be approved
by the Student Legislature and
the student body.
This committee is the first ac
tive group to make a detailed
study of the constitution since it
was approved by the Board of
Trustees of the college in 1949,
Many problems have arisen since
then, and for this rea,son the com
mittee was conceived and organ
ized by the Student Legislature
in a recent meeting.
The committee, which consists
ot eight campus students and
four day students, includes Matt
Currin, chairman; Carroll Reid,
Bob Phelps, Judy Ingram, Joann
Newman, Tom Targett, Ray Euliss,
Patsy Melton, George Barron,
Woody Stoffel, John Truitt, Ron
nie Black, Dr. Ferris E. Reynolds,
Prof. Jason Sox, Dean Alice Black,
ind Dr. D.. J. Bowden,
Prof, A, L, Hook was recently
elected president of the Burling
ton Rotary Club, He was also a
speaker recently at a Rotary gath-
eiing in Elizabeth City,
Wedding Of Eloii
Pair On TV Show
Aleane Gentry and Ted Webb,
well known figures on the Elon
campus, will be married at noon
on March 2nd on the nationwide
TV “Bride and Groom Program,"
The bride is a student here now,
while Webb graduated at Thanks
giving, Patsy Sumey, another Elon
student, was maid-of-honor on the
■Tme program during Christmas
holidays.