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Let s Give Elon's Old Grads A Warm Welcome MAROON AND GOLD And For Catawba's Indians A Hot Reception VOLl'ME ELON COLLEGE, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1954 NUMBER 2 Jinnual Homecoming Plans Nearing Completion Religious Emphasis Week \^ ill Start Sunday Niglit W1!,L RUI.EOVEH El,0\ Cast Named for Opening; Plaver Sho w The cast is complete for "Blithe Soin't" Noel Coward’s improb- ye taree, which is to be the first Elon Player production of the new campus stage season. The play is to be presented early in Novem ber in Whitley Auditorium, with exact dates to be set later for either the first or second week ij November. Tiie cast, which was announced Uy Prof. Charles W. Cox, faculty director of student stage activities, includes two male and five female characters, who will enact the pop ular English play that features the improbable activities of spirits returned from beyond Death’s barrier-. The play, w’hich has Its settings in the living room of the Charles Condomine home in Kent, where Dr. and Mrs. Bradman are guests and where the spirit of Charles’ first wife comes back to call dur ing the small party and causes confusion by her actions, although she is visible only to her former husband and not to his second wife, the guests or the servants. The cast, whcih was chosen at try-outs held some days ago, will feature a number of new actors, who will be making their first appearance on the Whitley stage. Students in the cast include Betsy Johnson, of Futjuay Springs, as Edith; Diane Maddox, of Cin cinnati, Ohio, as Ruth; Wright Wil liamson, of Norfolk, Va., as Char les: Jerry Smyre, of Greensboro, Dr. Bradham; Jane Davis, of Raleigh, as Mrs. Bradham; Mar garet Sharpe, of Julian, as Madame Arcati; and Sue Moore, of Timber- lalie, as Elvira. Betty Garrett, of Kortolk, Va., will serve as assist- ent to the director. Home Ec Group Quines Officers Members of the Home Ec Club which is composed of students tnajoring in Home Economics, have recently elected officers for the group for the 1954-55 school year, and they plan a combination installation program and social meeting for October 27th. This was announced by Marie Weldon, of Louisburg, newly elected president of the club. Other officers named at the same time are Clara Sharpe, of Elon College, vice-president and pro- STam chairman; Anita Cleapor, of Burlington, secretary; Doris Gad- of Asheboro, treasurer; Dot Johnston, of Burlington, social chairman; and Lou Knott, of Creedmoor, sponsor. The club also named a special committee for Homecoming plans, *'th Dot Johnston as chairman, assisted by Dot Motley, of Elon *^"e6e. and Margaret Pattlllo, of Burlington. Mrs. Shockey, who is hculty advisor of the club, has recently been named to member ship in the North Carolina Home Association. addition to the above officers committee members, other ®‘mbers of the Home Ec Club '"elude Gladys Sartin and Shirley ‘■■^nge, both of Burlington; Edna Ellington, of Reidsville; Yvonne Winstead, of Rox- oro. Special projects for the year include booli The annual Religious Emphasis W'eek on the Elon campus will get underway next Sunday evening. October 17th, and will continue through next Wednesday evening October 20th, according to plant announced this week. The series of services, which will be conducted under tht auspices of the Student Christian Association, will be under tht leadership of Rev. George D. Al ley, who has recently assumed the pastorate of the Congregational Christian Church in Suffolk, Va. He will come to the campus on Sunday and will conduct the first service of the Religious Emphasis series in W’hitley Auditorium next Sunday evening. He will also speak in chapel and at informal discussion meetings in the main parlor of W’est Dormitory next Monday and Tuesday evenings ana will conduct a communion service in Whitley Auditorium next Wed nesday evening to conclude the ,=eries of programs. Leaders of the Student Christian Association also announced that special discussion groups will be held in each of the boys’ dormi tories at 10 o’clock next Monday and Tuesday evenings. These ses sions will be under the leadership of various members of the Elon faculty. The visiting minister, ,who as sumed one of the important pas torates in the Southern Conven tion when he came to the Suffolk church, came there from Dundee, 111., where he had been pastor for the past five and one-half years. Although Inost of his pastorates have been in the Middle West, Alley is a native of North Caro lina. Originally from Asheville, he was educated at Berea College, at Chicago Seminary, and at the Federated Theological Faculty of the University of Chicago. Or dained to the ministry in 1946, he was -pastor at El Paso, Texas, be fore going to Dundee, 111. He has also had wide experience in other youth work, having been director of boys’ work at the First Congregational Church in Chicago and spent two summers as director of Star Lake Camp for Boys, which operates under the auspices of the Salvation Army of New York City. He was for four years a member of the Advisory Board of the Northern Association of Congre gational Christian Churches, and he has done extensive research work for various church groups. In coming to Suffolk, he succeeded Dr. Duane Yore, an Elon alumnus, who left the Suffolk pastorate to become assistant pastor of the First Congregational Church in Los Angeles. Calif. Dr. Vore made frequent appearances on the cam pus while he was at Suffolk. .^lauv Old Grads Return To (^aiiij)iis For Weekend Pe«[2y McKee Mai(l-Of-Honor Arlene Stafford Honieconiin"! (^iieeii Ruling as Homecoming Queen over the annual autumn festivi ties on the Elon College campus will be Arlene Stafford, a sen ior from Burlington. The Queen (pictured above), will have Peggy McKee, of Rouge- mont (lelt), as her chief attend ant and Maid-of-Honor. Both were chosen by vote of the stud ents in a special campus election held recently. The Queen will be crowned at the Homecoming Ball on Friday night, October 22nd, and will be presented at half-time of the Elon-Catawba game. Directing plans for the Homecoming event is Mrs. Ruth Boyd (right), secretary of the Elon Alumni Association. Mrs. KiUh Boyd Directs Event Greek Letter Groups List Pledges cirds. preparation of a scrap ed the sale of Christmas PHELPS IS NEW SCA PRESIDENT Robert Phelps, of Fort Smith, Ark., is president for this year of the Student ChrUtian Associ ation, the organi7ation wWch heads up reUgious activities among Elon students. The an nual Religious Emphasis Week is the first SCA project of the new term. Other officers of the grow* are Margaret Johnston, of Trj- on, vice-president: Sylvia Smith, of Henderson, secretary: and Fred Rice, of Burlington, treas urer. Various SCA activities will will be directed by committees named later. The autumn ‘‘Bid Night” was observed last Saturday night, with the eight Greek letter social groups acquiring 35 new pledges. The four fraternities added twen- tj, and the four sororities added fifteen new pledges. The groups with active members and pledges, are as follows: ALPPHA PI DELTA with thirt een members, added four pledges. Active members are Ben Barr, Gerald Bray, Gilbert Brittle, Charles Crews, Harold Harris, Graham Heath, James Holland, Ned Jones, Dave Maddox, Bascom Moore, Lefty Taylor, Wayne Ves tal and Curtis Young. Pledges are Melvin Hair, Russ McGhee, Jack Reavis and Earl Stone. IOTA TAU KAPPA, with twenty members, added six pledges. Mem bers are Clay Brown, Jimmy Cal houn. Phil Carter, Luther Conger, Clark Dofflemyer, Larry Doffle- myer. Hank Hamrick, John Jones, Dick Keziah, Bill Lashley, Ronnie McIntyre. Alton Myers, Henry Perry, Ralph Rakes, Bob Robert son, Lewis Robertson, Harvey Sharpe, Charlie Swicegood, Nick Thompson and Ray Whitley. Pledges are Warren Allen, Hugh Citty, Jimmy Crump, Charlie Michaux, Page Stout and Archie Wilbom. KAPPA PSI NU, with twelve membfers. added three pledges. Members are Tom Barron, J. C. Disher, Jack Garber, SUcy John son, Jimmy Luke, Joe Morris, Furman Moseley, Fred Rice, Don Swinson, Tom Targett, Holland Taylor and Lewis Winston. Pledges are Billy Ginn, Gene Harrell, and Gordon Ward. SIGMA PHI BETA, with twelve members, added seven pledges. Members are Luther Barnes, Whit ney Bradham, Eddie Bridges, Bill Frederick, Jim Hardy, Homer Hobgood, Charlie Mason, Roy Mc- Griff, John Platt, Jimmy Reneau, Nick Theos and Gary Thompson. Pledges are Larry Barnes, Clyde Boswell, Richard Cooke, Jack Crockett, Ladson Cubbage, Frank Jackson and Bill Snyder. BETA OMICRON BETA, with eleven members, added one pledge. Members are Judy Chadwick, Doris Chrismotv, Gwen Coyner, Anne Holt, Betsy Johnson. Diane Maddox. Meryle Mauldin, Ann Stoddard, Shirley Strange, and Martha Walker. The pledge is Laura Seamon. delta UPSILON KAPPA, with seventeen members, added three pledges. Members are Carolyn Abernathy, Nancy Bain. SU Beck with. Grace Bozarth. Barbara Carden, Mary Sue Colclough. Helen Craven. Evelyn Fritts, Jane Luce, Nannette Matchan, Kath leen McDonald, Louise McLeod. Sue Moore, Louise Parker, Joyce Perry, Arlene Stafford and Ann Walker. Pledges are Frances Knight, Peggy Miller and Mar garet Stafford. PI KAPPA TAU, with fourteen members, added five pledges Members are Joan Darling, Edna Ellington, Frances Foster, Glenda Hancock. Billy Faye Johnson, Dot Johnston, Jayne Jones, Edith Mc Cauley, Dot Motley, Polly Payne. Shirley Phillips, Clara Sharpe Marjorie Sutton and Lora Wag ner, Pledges are Marjorie Engle- bright, Judy Longest, Wilma Par- ri.sh. Marie Tomlinson and June Wyrick. TAU ZETA PHI, with fifteen members, added six pledges. Mem bers are Margaret Boland, Shirley Cox, Grace Holt. Sylvia Jones. Lu Knott. Peggy McKee, Retha Mor ris, Margaret Patillo, Shirley Pres- nell, Ann Puckett, Ann Rawles, Lois Scott. Margaret Shoffner, Patsy Tate and Jo Ann Wright Pledges are Elaine Baker, Pat Jones. Dot Keck, Sylvia Smith. Emma Wagoner and Shirley Worn ack. Preparations tor the biggest Homecoming celebration in the history of Elon College are under way, with both student and alum ni leaders working to bring back 10 the campus the greatest number of old grads and former students in the history of the college. The Homecoming Day celebra tion is planned for the weekend i)f October 23rd, with the festivi- ies scheduled to embrace a two- day period. The observance will get under- .vay on Friday night, October 22nd, when the annual "Homecoming Dali” will be staged in Alumni Memorial Gymnasium. This event ^ Aill feature dancing from 8 o'clock Mntil midnight to the strains of music from Jimmy Perkins and Tis orchestra. The dance committee, one of several groups which are working on Homecoming plans, states that no effort will be spared to make ihe decorations in the gymnasium the most beautiful ever for such an event. A special feature of the "Home coming Ball” will be the corona tion of Arlene Stafford as Home coming Queen and the presenta tion of her court to the dance crowd. All campus organizations plan to be represented by spon sors in the Queen’s court, but a| complete list of group sponsors was unavailable at this early date. The Homecoming Queen and her court will also be featured again on Saturday afternoon and Satur day night, for the royal party will occupy places of honor in the an nual parade and in half-time cere monies of the Elon-Catawba grid game. The Homecoming events will be in progress throughout the day on Saturday, October 23rd, with "Open House” and a registration booth for returning alumni in the Alamance Parlor throughout the day. The Alamance Parlor will serve as a sort of alumni head quarters, and the old grads will be able to contact their friends there. A student parade and a mam moth pep meeting are set for Sat urday afternoon, along with judg ing of dorm decorations. There I will be trophies for the best decor ated dormitories, and there will also be a trophy for the best float in the parade. A new and unusual feature this year will be the dinner in the college dining hall at 6 o’colck Saturday afternoon in honor of Elon alumni who are now in the coaching profession. The coaches will aso be recognized at half- time ceremonies of the football game. Plm Dimier For Alumni Who Coach More than fifty Elon College graduates, who are now engaged in the coaching profession, have been invited to return to the campus foi^ the annual Homecom ing Day observance on Saturday, October 23rd. They will be guests of the college at a dinner in the college dining hall at 6 o'clock that Saturday evening. Among those who have been extended invitations to return to the campus, with the coaching ad dress, are Rufus Abernathy, Alex ander W’ilson High; Glenn Auman, Hillsboro; John Beaver, Hargrave Military Academy; Hal Bradley, Lillington; Fred Biangardi, Mid- dleburg; Branch Bragg. Fayette ville; Isaac Braxton,, Cameron; Archie Brigman, Raeford; Joe Bry son. Bessemer; Wallace Burke, Syl van; Warren Burns. Jackson; Nat Burwell, Fayetteville; Joe Caruso, New Bern; Syl Caruso, Clinton; Grover Castel- loe. Pine Hall; Paul Causey, Brag- town; Julius Clayton, Cobb Mem orial; Fred Claytor, Lawndale; Hiram Coble, Silk Hope; Claude Comer, Pleasant Grove; Hank DeSimone, Jacksonville; Ed Drew, Norview (Norfolk); Jim Eanes, Morganton; Joe Erickson, Besse mer; Harry Frazier, Trinity; Harry Farmer, South Norfolk; Lacy Gane, Bessemer; Ned Gauldin, Pleasant Grove; Don Haithcock, McLeansville; Billy Hawkins, Asheboro; Bryce Hurd, North Mecklenburg; J. W. Knight, Reidsville; Mike Kosake- wich. Angler; Walter Latham. Bethel; Robert E. Lee, Aberdeen; Claude Manzi, Greensboro; Dave McClenny, Mount Olive; Jack Mus- ten, Marion, Va.; Shag Myers, Fieldale, Va.; Bill Perry, Winston- Salem; Wayne Phillips, Bennett; Bob Reece, Sandy Ridge; Luther Reece, Wentworth; Lou Rochelli, Graham; George Shackleford. Mebane; J, D. Shaw, Eli Whitney; Ijoe Tomanchek, Charlotte; Archie Walker, Mebane; and Wink Ward, Graharn ELON BOOK STORE HIT BY ROBBERS The Elon College Book Store was hit by robbers on the morn ing of October 4th. when un known parties forced an entry and made oft with a consider able sum in cash. The burglary was discowered by Al Owens when he opened the store for business on Monday morning. Indications were that the break occurred between 2 o’clock and dawn that morning, entry apparently being through use of a crow bar or similar instru ment to pry open the sliding door above the counter. There bad been unsuccessful attempts to jimmy the door locks. Ala mance County officers are in- vestigatinx U>e affair. Girls Organized For Recreation The newest organization on the campus is the Women’s Recreation Association, likely to be known as the WRA, which takes the place of the old Women’s Athletic As sociation that functioned about two years ago and then died a natural death from sheer neglect. The new group, which was formed under the leadership of Miss Louise Moseley, director of girls’ physical education, is de signed to foster sports and other recreational activities for the women students. All girls in the student body are automatically members, although some will be inactive. Officers for the 1954-55 session include Louise McLeod, president; Carolyn Abernathy, vice-presi dent; Sarah Currie, secretary; Polly Payne, treasurer; and Aim Dula, reporter. Chairman for var ious sports include Charlotte Wil liamson, archery; Joyce Perry, badminton; Onlta Frye, basketball: Margaret Patillo, dancing; Janet Crabtree, handball; Jean Coghill, hiking; Betty Carson, table tennis; Ann Puckett, termis; Pat Chris- mon. softball; and Evelyn Fritts, volley balL
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