Newspapers / Elon University Student Newspaper / Sept. 29, 1954, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Elon University Student Newspaper / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Come On Students, Let’s Slake ”hat Xrip To Boone MAROON AND GOLD Hi-ip The Christians Spoil The Apps' HomecominE TOLt'ME 31 E f T .' EGE, N. c. WEDNESDAY, -iFPTEMBER 2!), M tlBER 1 Eion Has Record Enrollment As Sixty-Fifth Session Opens Hoiitecoiniiig Fete Is Set October 23rcl g( ! :-ijn suHents and Elor. alum;.: .e making plans for tin annual Uuinccoming Day celebra tion, has been set for tlu fm'. of October 23rcl, v.ecii will fesii, scheduled to get under way n Friday-night and continut throi: : ■•ut the weekend. The o^te was set at a meeting of the executive committee of tht General Alumni Association, which was held in the alumni of fice here in mid-Septemt)er, and both the alumni and students are moving ahead with plans to make the 1954 Homecoming the biggest fnd best in history. The observance will begin with the annual Homecoming Ball ciii Friday night, October 22nd. with a full program of activities on Saturday, October 23rd, to be climaxed by the annual Elon-Ca- tawba football game in Burling-, ton Memorial Stadium on Satur day night, A special group to be honcre^ guests during the Homecoming weekend will include the Elon graduates and former students who are now engaged in coaching, either at the high school or col lege level. Plans call for a dinner for the coaches and for a special tribute to them at half-time of the football game. Student participation and pro motion of the Homecoming event is in charge of a committee headed by Holland Taylor, of New port News, Va., and Sylvia Eaton, of Burlington, who are Homecom ing co-chairmen. They are already pushing preparation and have named a number of committee workers. Parade chairmen are Jimmy Luke and Ashburn Kirby, while the pep rally will, be in charge of Chiflf Cheerleader Arlene Staf ford and her corps of pep-makers. Arrangements for the Homecom- (Continued on Page Four) 5;i; HERE ELON STUD . ? f WAS FATALLY IiNJLREl) The wreck in which John W. W ight, 23-ycar old Elon College niylit school student from Burlington, was fatally injured in pic tured above. The accident occurred at the i.nti.r.-,ection ui Souih I’lnk Avenue and Trolllnger Street in the westeiu edge of Bur- ington. The picture, snapped by a Burlington police officer, shov/s the car as it came to a stop against a power pole. Wright himself, who had attended the Elon Eveairig School since luit year, is pictured at the left._ Top Scorers On Placement Tests Named J.OHN W. WRIGHT Plans Complete For *Bi(l Evening School Student Dies Of Wreck Injuries Tragic death struck thf Elon College student body on Monday night, September 20th, Vv-hen John W. Wiight, 23-year-old Even ing School student, was fatally injured when the car in which he was riding struck a power pole near the western outskirts of Bur lington. Wright, who was an employee government, was enroute to his ing classes at Elon and was riding in a car driven by James V,'ood, 23, of Buriir-ton, when the acci dent c.:.;- l J. ' )0: . Me ihat e 'ing. , The / ' V :s ' n .Ic.:' 4" liie cai' v.he;i it Itruek tlu noU-, while Wright was caught under the wheel of the car. Both men were rushed to a Burlington hos pital, where Wright died about cf the Burlington municipal Burl ngton home after attend- Tweiitv-Six 111 Slimmer ^ Grad Groii]! Degrees and diplomas went to ■ VLnty-six graduates at Eton's an- ;,n,il Sunjner Commencement. hah was held in Whitley Audi- jiium on Friday evening. August I'M!, t;-,,- '.peaker for the occ.v-iion was Dr. Henry E. Robinson, pastor l!','- ('on(-'i'.uatit.;i;il Christ-! jian Church in Burlington. 1'-' tu-iiet-' anti liiijU-.iiU-i wer, presented by President Leon E Smith, who urged the graduati I) go into the world with a ' li 'aiMiny faith in God. which v.onlJ I'phold them in the midst of ti'.e | ,\orld's strife and conllieting ideologies. Those who graduated at the ■ ummer exercises Included Pach-' ird Bniley. Fred Darlington. Rob ert Ilayes, James limes, William; Lavton, Sara Murr, Donald Pen-' ; nington. Elwood Ray, Fred Rice, Kdward Robertson, and Bowman Small, all of Burlington N. C. Octavia Rumley and Thomas, Wright, of Elon College, N, C.; ! Peggy Blakeley, of Cornelius. N.C.; Winfred Bray, of Randleman, N.C.: Nat Burwell, of Oxford, .V.C.; Marissa Caussade, of Arroyo, Puerto Rica; Jack Holt, of Draper, N.C.; Ethel Knight, of Roxboro, X.C.; Gene Laughlin, of Greens boro, N.C.; Grace Mathews, of Meredithville, V a.; Lawrence Nightlingcr, of Wildwood, N.J.; Michael Rauseo, of East Boston, Mass.; and William Thompson, of Raleigh, N.C. Over 900 Suuleuts Are Listed For Neiv Session NAMED KIX.ISTUAR MISS IIAZI I, WALKI K Miss Hazel Walker, an Ala mance County native and a g:raduate of Elon College with the Class of mil. wa.s named this summer as the new^ rcRis- trar ot the colleje, suceceding to a post held for many years by I’rof. A, L. Hook, who is de voting his entire time to his te.ichins and his duties as chair man of the Department of Phy sics at the college. Miss Walker is not a newcomer to the col lege staff, for she had been con nected with the college busi ness cffiit'! for several years prior to assuming her new dut ies as registrar. ~r i ollege Adds Six New Faculty Members \ record - breaking cni ollment cf !IU) students marked the open ing of the .sixty-fifth annual ses sion here at Elon Colege. whicli Ijegan activities of tiio 19.")4-55 term with the arrival of the facul ty members for the opening con vocation on Friday afternoon, September 3rd, witii the student registration getting underway on ■I uesday, September 7th, The prospects of a record en rollment were evident from the iiirst day of le.iiistration, and it jonly ion;ained tor an olticial an- iiounccment from President Leon . I'.. Smith last week to contiim the fact that Elon student body was the largest in the mure than three ;core jears that the callege has ' ;. een in operation. The increase in enrollment Is evident in both the day-iime classes and in the Evening School, _ according to Dr. Smith, who stated the 910 students enrolled includes ■ peeial students in music and [other departments of the college. ! The figure is well above the previous high enrollment of 860 ! students, which was reached in ; the Fall Quarter of 11)48 at the time of the greatest influx of GI j.students after World War 11. The i.'lU enrollment this fall is almost 133 per cent higher than the mark jof 685 students enrolled at Elon I at the same time a year ago. , Of the total students now en rolled and attending Elon's class ics, thcne are ,678 day-time stud ents, while the other 2;i4 are at- I tending the Evening School, where the full college curriculum is of fered, leading to the same degree and diploma opportunity as is of fered day-time students. The Eve ning School program, which be gan back in 1951, reached full maturity this year with tiie grad uation of six of the night students. new faculty members were :! to the Elon College teach ing s!;iff tor the 1954-55 session. I The additions include a nf w dean ‘of women, a new women’s physi cal fciucation director and new professors in the departments of The autumn rusiiing season for the four Greek letter fraternities and an equal number of sororities on the Elon campus is in full swing and will cume to an end with the auturun “Bid Night" cere- forty minutes after the accident, monie-on Saturday, niyht. October; Wood escaped with minor hurts,''"U^ii;-:'; adminisuation, foreign gjjj ■ I which included lacerations of the .laijguages, music and English. Eac'! fraterniiy and sorority will j arms and head and bi’uises about cliraa:; the rushing season with ajthe knee. party after the Eion-East Carolina i -j-he accident was investigated game, and acceptance of an invi- ' Students from ten different high schools were among tiie top scorers in English and mathema tics placement tests given to new freshman and transfer students who entered Elon College for the 1954-55 term. The top ten among those tak- the English tests, listed in the order of their scores and with home towns, were Ann Stallings Wilson, Bragtown; Gail McCuis- ton .Michael, Greensboro; Robert Gamble, Greensboro; W'il-' liam Edgar Drummond, Graham; | William Otis Bland, Chapel Hill; i ‘‘■'■i G. Rush, Burlington; Mary| Anni Thomas, Gr,eensboro; Dor-! ' 'h\ Lane Mauldin. Win^ton-Sa- R-.;aline Ellen Toney,. Bur- '‘■'•' ■‘in: and Betty Sue Ammons, lington. Tiie high-score group on j,the mainematlcs tests includes ele- ''en students, due to a tie for the tenth position. Those listed, again order of scores and with home inchflie Robert Oscar Gam- Greensboro; William Edg»r ^'uiij-iiond, Graham-; June Gideon AlUinri. ReidsVille; Bobby Eugenqi Reidsville; Emma Lou ' .:Lr, Elon College; Betty Sue Burlington; Peggy Ray ‘ ' ■'■'irlin^Um; Yvonne Harris ■in'iead, Roxboro; Jinimy Bax 's' Lemons, Greensboro; Henry Johnson, Siler City; and Roger G. Rush, Burlington. Mis; Mary Stillman Zink, of Stratford. Conn., is the new dean! of women. She holds the Bacl¥'- lor of Arts degree from Cornell tatioi; to the fnial party of any i group will constitute acceptance .... ..1 ' of- a group. Fraternities now engaged in ru-hin'? are Alpha Pi Delta, Iota Tau rappa. Kappa Psi Nu and Sigma Phi Beta. The sororities aie Bela Omicron Beta, Della Upsilon Kappa, Pi Kappa Tau and Tau Zeta Pl>i by members -of the Burlington , , police force, who charged v.v,-,d|>^‘”ve;^ity and the Master of Arts with careless and reckless diiving Yale Lmversity, and i;id to membership in that gjjj manslaughter. Wood told of ficers that he was driving about 45 miles per hour and was blind ed by the lights of an oncoming car. Young Wright was a native of Fremont, but he had made his home in Burlington for about a she has also had special work in education at Western Reserve University. She comes to Elon after serving for the past two ; ears as counselor of women and assistant director of admissions at Quinnipiac College, Hamden, Conn,._She has also had extensive experience in recreation an'1 y.'.uth leader.ship while associated WO.MEN DEAN OF with the Oil I Scout movement in I New. York, Wisconsin, Maine and - Iowa. Miss Louise Moseley, a native of GafXney, S.C., is the new* head of the women's physical educa tion program at Elon College, hav ing joined the Elon faculty at the ~ openmg of the new teim. Miss .'loseley. who is a graduate of . Limestone College, has taught at Blue Alountain College in Missis- ‘ . . . . , 1 I * „fijear were initiated on September sippi and ia.-;t year was dean of i , -i- . , ■ women and ph;.,ical educationi^^ -nto the Lambda Omicron director at Erev,-rd College. She ^ has also served a, chief counsolcr for the senior iroup at Camp Stage Stars Are Initiated III Fraternity Two outstanding members of Elon Player show casts of lasts Owanee at Brand m. Vermont. ternatinai honorary dramatics or ganization, purpose of which is to honor excellence on campus stag- r> , , , T . . „ e? throughout the world. Prof. John L. J.ass, a native of ^ Alexandria. Va., i a new member The new members are Douglas of the faculty in the Department Edwards, of Middlebro, Mass., :MISS .AIAKY ZINK of Business Admini.stration. He had undergraducte training at George Washingtc;; University and (Continued On Page Four) T^:; IVPXV JIEMBERS OF ELON COLLE(;E I’EACHLNG STAFF I'y •••••••••* (Continued on Page Four) M u;:>Gf’ETH PROl . LAn F;f .N( Music PROF. JOHV I" Business I)R. AI-F.X COKRIERE Languages ,’IISS LyVI.'iF. moselfy Ph.vsical Education PROF. OUY 0\VI,\S English and Wright William.son, of Nor folk, Va., both of whom were ac tive in the Elon dramatic pro gram. The initiation ceremonies were conducted by Tom Targett, of Braintree, Mass ; Diane Mad dox, of Cincinnati; and Prof. Charles W. Cox, ?;ion dramatics director. They were the only ac tive members retuuoing this fall. Edwards was active largely in back-stage work last year, al though he did have a part in the rresentatien ot "Pygmalion." Wil liamson gave an exccller;t portray- |al of Mr. Doolittle in "Pygmalion” ■and was .‘uperb as Touchstone in 1 As You Like It.” He was also ,u..;,'unsible lor excellent lighting r.'fetts for sevrr^l Player shows. Follov/lng the initiation, new 'ifficers were elected by the group, ir.cluding Tom Targett as jhtsI- 'leiit, Wright Vv'iliiamson as vice president, Diane MadcTox as sec retary, and Douglas Edwards as treasurer. J
Elon University Student Newspaper
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 29, 1954, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75