Here's Wishinff AU
A Very
Merry Christmas
MAROON AND GOLD
And A Kappy And
Prosperous
Vcw Year
VOLIME 33
i:lon college, n. c.
WEDNESKAY, DECEMBER 16, 1953
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Appreciative Audience Hears Choir
In Rendition Of Handel’s ‘Messiah^
The Christmas entertainment
season for the Elon campus and
this section of North Carolina was
opened in stirring manner on Sun
day night, December 6th, when
the Elon College Choir presented
for the twenty-first time George
Frederick Handel’s brilliant ora
torio. "The Messiah."
The annua! Yuie program was
presented in Whitley Auditorium
before hundreds cf music lovers
from Elon College. Burlington and
neighborin'g communities, who
braved inclement weather to hear
Elon's l-'est'‘.-al Chorus and its
guest soloists present the old and
yet ever-new Handel masterpiece.
The near-capacity crowd heard
with pleasure and approval the
sweeping recitatives, the arias
and the choruses which have been
thrilling audiences in Europe and
America for more than two cen
turies, and the presentation repre
sented a new triumph for the
Elon Choir and its director.
The' solo pdrts of the ora;orlo
were sung in brilliant mannc ;' by
four guest artists, three of whom
were making return appearaiices
on the Elon campus. The soloists
included Miss Lillian Chookasian,
contralto, of Chicago; Miss Eliza-
l.eh Nelms, soprano, of the Elon
music faculty; Harold Haugh,
tenor, 1 om 'ihe University of
.Michigan: aiid Walter Vassar, bass,
of Greensboro. Miss Chookasr'an,
llaugh and Vassar had appeared
with the Choir in “The Messiah”
before, but its was Miss Nelms
first appearance in the Christmas
oratorio.
Supporting these guest singers
was the festival chorus of nearly
one hundred voices, which in
cluded sixty members of the Elon
Choir and a large number of
Choir alumni, who returned to the
college campus ot join once more
in the presentation of "The Mes
siah."
PAf. John Westmoreland, who
directed the chorus in the master
ful presentaticn, exhibited once
more the same perfect control
that has characterized the annual
programs in the past. Prof. Flet
cher Moore, who returned to Elon
from Columbia University, where
he is doing graduate work in
music, gave the audince much
pleasure with his organ accompan
iment.
The presentation this year fea
tured the entire first part of “The
Messiah,” with a number of
choruses added that have not al
ways been included in the pro
gram in previous years. These
. additional choruses necessitated a
. brief intermission before the sing
ing of the final portions of the or
atorio, which concluded as always
with the mighty “Halleluyah
Chorus” that never fails to draw
; the appreciatioii and acclaim of
its hearers.
Town Get> INew Stop-Lights
A long-fell need in the town of :he college students and the
Elon College was filled during npopie of the to’.vn demanded such
Thanksgiving holidays when two - stt'p.
stop-lights were installed on the The two stop-lights, which were
mam thoroughfare through the , ^ade possible by the town's share
town, one being located at the state highwav funds, were in
northwest corner of the college stalled during the Thanksgiving
wall and the other at the inter- lollda;..s. asd they were in full
section just below' the high scliool. ojiovi ■ )n to grct3t the college
The Maroon and Gold made an students upon their return for the
appeal more than four years ago '.inti'i- quarter. The jiew lights
in its editorial columns for in- tend to ^low traffic passing
stallation of stop-lights at these *hroi'.ah the town in addition to
dangerous intersections, pointmg ; emulating entry of traffic from
out at that itm that the safety of, iJe street'^
VACATIOIN J’ERIOl)
Iit:(;iNS ON I KIDAY
The Christmas holidays for
Elon College students will ^et
underway on Friday of this
week, according to an amiounce-
mcnt from the office of Dean
J. E. Danieley, and the entire
campus ii afios: v.ith VulrtiUe
sp-’-h.
The Yule season holidays will
continue for two full w^eks,
with classes to resume on the
regular schedule at 8 o’clock on
Monday, January 4th, the extra
veei^^end stretching the vacation
to ‘sitron lull days.
exodus of students from
the rnmpus will begin as soon
as each student is through with
classes on Friday, and many of
the faculty will also get away
fbr visits with home folks or
friends.
Students Will Play Santa Tonight
For Christian Orphanage Children
Singers Make Virginia Trip
The Elon Choir followed up its
ar.nual ".Messiah" presentation
here by singing the Handel mas-
lerpicce four times on the road.
.I’^pearmg fi.st at Ramsei'.r Mctho-
-'■'■.t Churfh last Wednesday eve
ning. December 9th, and three
!. iher t ( I'S during a weekend
!"ip tn ca.sfeni North Carcdina and
, Virginia.
The first appearance on the
our last weekend was at the
'.iberty - Vance Congregational
('lni>tian Church in Henderson
In ' F'idr.v night, after which the
.■lingers moved into eastern Vir
ginia to sing at the Franklin Con
gregational Christian Church on
Sunday morning and at the Christ
ian Temple in Norfolk last Sun
day night.
Student and alumni soloists
were used in these tour presenta
tions oi the “Messiah," and the
I'e^tival Chorus wa.'-; leceived with
entlius asni at each of its road ap-
■i^ai'ancrs. JiH of which were un
der the direction of Prof. John
Vi'cstmoiTland.
(Cc.ntinued on I’age Four)
Pygmalian To Be
Next Flayer Show
The next full-length play to be
; P^'esented by the Elon Players w'ill
“Pygmalian,” a delightful com
edy by George Bernard Shaw,
with presentation sch*eduled for
February 18th and 19th.
The choice of “Pygmalian” as
ihe next Player offering was an
nounced by Prof. Charles W. Cox,
director ot the student dramatic
Sroup, following a Player meet
ing held last Thursday morning.
The play, which requires three
different sets, will have a cast of
five men and six women, and try
outs will be held immediately af
ter Christmas holidays. At the
sarne time tryouts will be held for
the Biblical play, “Abraham and
Isaac,” which is to be a chapel
f'-ture early in April.
The students of Elon College
will get into the real spirit of
the Christmas .season tonight
when members of the student
body join once more in playing
Santa Claus to the children now
living at the Christian orphan
age. with thi' annu;'; Vule party
scheduled for 7 o'clock in the
Student Union.
This Chri.-tmas party fur the
I orphanage children is net a new
' idea here, for the 1953 event
I marks the seventh year that the
college students have entertained
j the children of the orphanage
I family, and past years have proven
I that the college students have as
Imuch fun and look forward to the
party with as great anticipation
as do the youthful guests.
The plans were originated in
1947 under the sponsorship of
the Alpha Pi Della I'raternity,
with the individual credit for the
idea going" to Ualpli Edwards, who
i was a member of Alpha Pi Delta
I at that time and also president
of the Elon College student body
ihVt year.
The Alpha Pi Delta buys have
continued to sponsor the Christ
mas party each year, although Hie
other Gi't'ok letler oi.c.iiUiuliori.;
on the campu.s jiin in heartily,
and the great majoriy of the stu
dent body tall-i in w,.li :;c jC-a
and "adoptt" one of H .■ ■■ dldr:-r.,
for whom gifts are prcvidi.d.
There are now 84 children liv
ing at the Oiphanage, aci.uding
to announcement lu;t week, in-
j eluding forty-one girls and forty-
three boys, with the ages of the
children rijnginf/ from three to
;"venteen years. A list of their
names, with ages and sex given,
has been available at th( College
Book Store for several days, and
students have been “aiioptinj;”
them by signinj.; biank-. .,i( ^ iha
names of the children.
The gifts for each child are
expected to be something ot ap
proximately $5 in value, and in
many cases two or more college
students will join in providing
gifts for a certain child. The gifts
will be distributed by old Santa
Claus in person tonight. •
The Pan-Hellenic Council, which
includes representatives ot tho
four fraternities and four soror
ities, has already made plans to
provide once more two new bi
cycles, one for a boy and one for
a girl, with recipients of these
shiny gifts to be designated by
the orphanage authorities.
M-embers of the Pan-Hellenic
Council, which is thus cooperat
ing with Alpha Pi Delta, include
Richard Newman, of Kappa Psl
Nu; Ned Jones, of Alpha Pi
Delta; Bobby Stewart, (« lota
Tau Kappa; Larry Nightlinger, of
Sigma Phi Beta; Gwen Coyner,
ot Bela Omicron Beta; Louise
AIcLeod. of Delta Upsilon Kappa;
Shirley Cox, of Tau Zeta Phi; and
Sarah Murr, of Pi Kappa Tau.
wiNTEit (.mAiiTEn^ Eton Students Choose Royal Pair
To Rule Annual May Day Festival
ENROLLMENT HIGH
The student enrollment for
the new Winter Quarter repre
sents a new record for Elon
CoUege In that the registration
of 676 students shows an in
crease over the enrollment for
the Fall Quarter, according to
President Leon E. Smith, who
stated It is the first time the
Winter enrollment has ever
showed such a gain.
He pointed out that the en-
rollment listed does not include
special students, and he paid
tribute to Field Secretary Roger
Gibbs and the field office per
sonnel for fine work which re
sulted in registration of 61 new
students for the secopd quarter.
The new enrollmerit exceeded
losses due to Thanksgiving grad
uation and to drop outs.
] It will be Queen Judy and King
Gary in the annual Elon College
■\iay Day festival, which is to be
I held on the campus the first Sat-
lurday in next May. since the stud
ents in a special election held
l.ist week chose Judith Ingram, of
Greensboro, and Gary Sears, of
I'ortsmouth, Va., to rule over the
event. '
Chief attendants for the King
and Queen for the day’s festivities
will be Betty Thompson, of Bur
lington, and Woody Stoffel. of
Stratford. X. J . who were selected
by the students in the same elec
tion. Boh the King and Queen and
their chief attendants are mem
bers of the senior class
The students also balloted for
two senior girls and two junior
cirls. along with an equal number |
I of senior and junior boys as es-
j co!5-. These four couples v. i'.l 1
serve as court attendants for the |
May Day Toyalty. I
I The senior girls cho.ven are V:r-
i ginia Jernegan. Of Godwin, ;.nd
Ernestine Bridges, of Lawndale
: Their senior escorts for the day
I will he PhilUp Mann, of Cypress
' Chapel, Va., and Dud Ivey, of
; Aberdeen. , j
The two junior girls named a:;
' attendants are Mary Sue Col-
clough, ot Elon College, and .Ar-
If-ne Stafford, of Burlington, and
’,1 i-y will be escorted by J. C.
of Winston-Salem, and
Cijarles Crews, of South Boston.
The annual May Day program is,
■taged each spring as a project of
the girls’ physical education de-'
r-;irtment. v.orklng in cooperation'
w ilh *he college mu.sic depart-
Tii''-;t. Tile program for this year
V ill once more be staged under
•Iv. direction of Miss Betsy Haley, ^
'irector of women's physical edu-i
: tion-^.ork. No theme has yet,
been announced for the 1954 pag-‘
i-.;nt but it will probably be staged
on the campus before the south
;'!il,rance of West Dorm. ’ i
PROFESSOR COX IS
HEARD IN PROGRAM
nighlighting the entertain
ment on the Elon campus last
weekend was the presentation
by Prof. Charles W. Cox of Or
son Welles’ famous radio drama,
“War Between The World’s” in
the West Dorm Parlor at 5:30
o’rlock last Sunday afternoon.
The presentation was under the
auspices of the Student Fellow
ship Committee.
The Welles drama, which is
best remembered. by., many
people as the “Men From Mars”
broadcast, was so realistically
presented over a national radio
hook-up one evening in the
autumn of 1938 that it brought
literal panic to people of many
communities, who thought that
forces from Mars had really in
vaded. the world.
Spanish Club Has
Christinas Parly
The Spanish Club held its an
nual Christmas party last Wed
nesday night, tne occasion being
the regular December meeting of
the group. The gathering was held
at the home ot Mrs. Bessie P.
Sloan on Arcadia Drive.
Sherrill Hall, president of the
club, presided oVer the meeting,
which saw most of the members
of the club in attendance. Carl
ton Langston was in charge of
the program, which featured a
number ot games, some in Spanish
and some in English, and the sing
ing of Spanish songs. Delicious re
freshments were served at tha
conclusion ot the gathering.