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A# And Also Mid-Season For The Caeers, Who Need Full Support MAROON AND GOLD Il's Mid-Quarter On Studies, Which Calls For Work Aianmi Meet Diaws Fine Attendance Elon College alumni, who gath- -ed on the campus on Saturday, jnuary 15th, for their annual -id-winter meeting, heard with in- erest and enthusiasm reports of -e past year s progress by the -!lege and the growth in member f the alumni organization itself. Dr I.eon E. Smith sketched for :,e former students the plans for :,e building of two new dorjni- •Dries and a new dining hall as feature of his annual report. Dr. E. Danieley. dean of students, and Misss Hazel Walker, college egistrar, reported on the record enrollment at the college and on arious phases of student life. The alumni also heard Prof. Scott Boyd and Coach Sid Varney eport on the fine marks set by >;ion athletic teams during the past year, along with a sketch of jture prospects of the Christian ;«ms in Football, basketball and aseball. Itrs. Ruth G. Boyd, executive secretary of the alumni association, ubmitted her mid-year report, which indicated new interest this ear on the part of many of the old grads. In her report on memberships 1 the Alumni Associatdon this ear, Mrs. Boyd pointed out that ;io less than eleven of the Elon graduating classes between 1891 and 1954 have already surpassed jieir quotas for membership and fees. Classes already over their quota include those which gradu ated in 1892, 1893, 1896, 1897, 898, 1900, 1902, 1907, 1908, 1910 nd 1911. I'he alumni who attended the business session in Whitley Audi ohum on Saturday afternoon re mained on the campus for a dinner meeting that was held in the col- ege dining hall under the spon sorship of the Elon Booster Club. Pr. John R. Kernodle, of Burling- :on, president of the club, was master of ceremonies for the din er meeting, which was followed by an Elon victory over Catawba n basketball. A special feature of the after- ioon gathering was the nomina- lon of candidates for alumni as- ■ociation officers for the coming *0 years. Candidates named in cluded Eugene A. Gordon, of Bur lington, and James F. Darden, of Suffolk. Va., for president; Mrs. Clarke F. Cullers, of Front Royal, 'a., and Mrs. Lyman Wilkins, of Ourham, for first vice-president; I'd Dr. Glenn Lewis, of Gibson- 'ille. and William P. Wilkins, of orfolk, Va., for second vice-presi dent. ELOX COLLEGE, N. C. WEDXESOW, JANl’AKY, 26. 1955 Nl'MBK.R 8 EI.OIS CAMPUS BENEATH BLANKET OF SNOW May Queen And Court Are Named By Students In Campus Balloting I The Elon College campus is pi season, the picture having been the winter, a fall which virtually pnow covered the campus to the still visible several days later. E V hich covered the Elon campus a of such a nature that it melted portrays the south facade of Ala ctured above under its first snow blanket of the 1954-55 winter snapped last Wednesday. January 19th. following the first 5now of covered all of North Carolina from the mountains to the sea. The depth of about five or six innches. and remnants of that storm were ven more beautiful in its after-effects and appearance was the fall nd it environs last Sunday night,»but the later fall of snow was quickly beneath he warming rays of the winter sun. The above view mance Hall, as viewed from in front of the Mooney Building. Increase Aiiiioiiiieed In Seholarshi[j Awards For High Sehool Contest ^ledical College Tests Are Set College students who expect to candidates for admission to iiedical school in the fall of 1956 ’fe advised to take the Medical “Uege Admission Test in May, ccording to an announcement by *>6 Educational Testing Service, hich prepares and administers *16 test for the Association of American Medical Colleges. These tests, required of appll- *'2nts at almost every medical col lege throughout the country, will given twice during the present '■slendar year. Candidates who '“Ice the test in May, however, will ^ able to furnish tests scores to Iheir desired institutions In the '3rty fall, when many medical col- begin the selective accept- "'s of their next entering medi- ‘3l class. Candidates may take the MCAT ^ Saturday. May 7, 1955, or on “hday, Oct. 30, 1955, at the more ■'an 300 local centers throughout country. Medical college ad- •>istrators advise students to the May test if they expect enter medical studies in the " of 1956. Increased interest and perhaps an increased attendance at the sixth annual “High School Day” on the Elon College campus, an ■Event that has been set for Wed nesday, February 16th, loomed as a possibility after Dr. Leon E. Smith, president of the college, announced an increase of more th.m thirty per cent in the value of the scholarship awards for the contest that has become an annual feature of the high school gather ing on the campus. The scholarship contest, which was inaugurated in 1953 as a feature of the fourth annual “High School Day" program, has at tracted wide interest, and the number of entries increased by more than twenty per cent last winter over the number of entries attracted to the first scholarship contest the year before. Eight four-year scholarships, totalling $4,400 in value, were pre sented lucky winners of the con test last year and the year before, but the college administration has announced an increase of $1,600 this year, swelling the total of the awards to four fortunate boys i and as many girls to a total of I $6,000 in scholarship grants. ! The top scholarship awards last year and the year before amounted to $1,000 for both the boys’ and girls’ divisions, which included a $250 grant for each of four years of the college course. The top awards this year will total $1,200 for both the first-place boy and the first-place girl, representing awards of $300 for each of the four years of the normal college course. Awards for the second, third and fourth-place winners in boys' and girls’ divisions have been for $600, $400 and $200 in contests held during the past two years. These awards have been increased to $800, $600 and $400 for each of the divisions this year. Invitations have already been extended to more than 300 high schools to send their senior classes for the “High School Day” event and to enter outstanding boys and girls in the annual contest for scholarships. Already responses are being received in the office of Field Secretary Roger Gibbs. The regular “High School Day” program will be held on Wednes^ day, February 16th, climaxed that night by a varsity basketball game between Elon and Lenoir Rhyne, but the scholarship contest itself President Siiiilli jNanied Member Of ('oiiimissioii Dr. Leon E. Smith, president nf Elon. was one of three North Carolina presidents to be honor ed with special appointments at the forty-first annual convention cf the Association of American Colleges, which was hehi in Washington on January 11th, 12th and 13th. The re-appointment of Dr. Smith to the Commissions on Academic Tenure and Academic Freedom was made public at the final session held on Thurs day, January 13th. Other North Carolina college leaders chosen for commission posts were Dr. John R. Cunningham^ of David- son College; and President W. J. Trenton, of Livingstone Col lege. has been set for Monday. Febru ary 14th, when the boys* and girls’ contestants from various schools will report to the campus for tests in scholarship and personality. (Coffee Hour For (Jiapel Speaker Set Rev. Milos Strupl. of Salisbury, a native of Czechoslovakia, who is srheduled to address the studentsi of Elon College at the regular chapel program on Friday morn ing. February lUh, will be the honor guest at a coffee hour, V hich is to be held in the Home Economics Department immedi- a'.ely after the chapel program. This was announced by officers of the Home Ee Club, following a meeting of the group that was held on Thursday, January 20th. The club, composed of students in the Home Ee Department, is spon- rored by Mrs. Mary P. Shockey. In addition to the Czecho slovakian speaker, other honor guests at the coffee hour will in clude all foreign students who are now attending Elon College. An in vitation has been extended to all -Elon students and to all friends of Rev. Strupl to attend the coffee I hour gathering. Gi eek (jroiip Plans Winter ^Bid Ni^lit’ One of the most colorful events of the Elon College year is set for Saturday night, F'ebruary 12th ','hen eight Greek-letter fraterni ties and sororities conclude theii winter rushing season with the -econd of the semi-annual 'Bid ■Nights' of the current college year. It is on the occasion of the semi annual "Bid Nights” that the men of the four fraternities, rejoic- ng over the addition of new mem bers to their respective groups. «ally forth from beneath the West Colonnades to sing midnight seren ades to their sister sororities members of which await the musi cal greetings on the upper bal- L'onies of West Dorm and Ladies' Hall. Leading up to this winter “Bid Night. " the four fraternities and four sororities are just now in the midst of a series of parties and ■uppers, which are furnishing en tertainment through a ten-day rushing period for the boys and girls that are being sought as “brothers” and “sisters" in one Greek-letter group or another. The first “Bid Night ’ of the current year, as is the case each college year, was held last fall but the winter event is always the more important and the more colorful in that members of the fi eshman class become eligible for the first time to join the Greek- Utter group of their choice, pro vided that they have mainained a ■‘C ” average or better on their scholastic work for the fall quarter The rushees sought by each fra- trrnity and sorority are invited to attend the various social gather ling sponsored by the various g.oups during the ten-day rushing period, and acceptance of an in \ station to the “Bid Night” party staged by any one of the groups constitutes an acceptance of the bid to become a member of that particular group. The fraternities participating in the competition for members in clude Alpha Phi Delta, Iota Tau Kappa. Kappa Psi Nu, and Sigma Phi Beta. The sororities taking part in the rushing season are Beta Omicnon Beta, Delta Upsilon Kappa, Pi Kappa Tau and Tau Zeta Phi. 11ICH MAJESTY l^oeal Senior Will Hei^ni Ovei- Festival It will be Queen Mary Sue and King Charlie for the annual Elon College May Day Festival, which is to be held on the campus the first Saturday in next May. since the students in a special election held on Tuesday of this week chose Mary Sue Colclough, of Elon College, and Charlie Crews, of South Boston, Va., to rule over the event. Chief attendants for the King and Queen for the day's festivities will be Peggy McKee, ,of Houge- mont, and Luther Barnes, of Ports mouth. 'Va., who were selected by the students in the same election. Both the King and Queen and their chief attendants are members •jf the senior class. The students also balloted for two senior girls and two junior girls, along with an equal number of senior and junior boys as es corts. These four couples will serve as court attendants for the May Day royalty. The senior girls chosen are Peg gy Miller Michaux, of Fayette ville, and Arlene Stafford, of Bur lington. Their senior escorts are J. C. Disher, of Winston-Salem, ?nd Stacy Johnson, of Dunn. The two junior girls named as attendants are Jo Ann Wright, of Burlington, and Shirley Cox, of Elon College, and they will be escorted by Nick Theos, of Char leston. S.C., and Nick Thompson, pf Burlington. The annual May Day program 'is staged each spring as a propect With a cast of actors almost en- girls physical education de- tircly new to the Elon stage, the I pa^tment, working in cooperation Elon Players will present "An y ith the college music department. MAKY SHE ('OLCLOUGII Mary Sue Colclough. a senior from Elon College, will reign over the 1955 May Day Festival, which will be held on the college campus the first Saturday in May. The honor, for which she was chosen in a special election on Tuesday of this week, climaxes the many honors she has won during her four years as an Elon student. A member of Delta Upsilon Kappa Sorority, the newly elected May Queei; was one of twelve Elon seniors who were selected for a place in Who's Who In American Colleges and Universities” Elon Players Will Present Ibsen Show Newspaper Chooses Outstanding Elon Alumnus As ‘Tar Heel Of The Weelz Hugh Rankin, an Elon College graduate of the Class of 1949, \Vas named “Tar Heel of the Week” tor the week that ended on Janu ary 16th, being chosen for the honor by the Raleigh News and Observer from the ranks of more than four million people in North Carolina. The former Elon student, who is a native ,of Reidsville, was chosen by the Raleigh paper as a result of his historical and liter ary activities while studying for his Ph. D degree in history at the University of Nprth Carolina, he went after completing his Bachelor of Arts work in Elon five years ago. Rankin's particular field of in terest is the American Revolution in North Carolina, and he has done a number of very fine pieces of writing about Tar Heel events dur ing America’s war for independ ence. In fact, his work has been good enough to earn for him the ft D.W. Connor Award for the best writing in the North Carolina Historical Review. He did his master’s thesis on the Green and Cornwallis campaign in North Carolina in 1781, a cam paign that was climaxed by the Battle of Guilford Court House. He is following up that work in writing his doctoral dissertation, which is a full-dress biography of General Nathaniel Greene, the first life of that famous general to be done since the early 1800’s Rankin, who became one of the first winners of a Morehead Scholarship at the University of North Carolina in 1951, first re ceived that award for two -years and was later given an extension of two years to enable him to com plete work for his doctorate. A native of Reidsville, Rankin is a descendant of Revolutionary soldiers on both paternal and ma ternal lines. After completing his high school work at Reidsville in 1931, where he won All-State hon ors in high school football, he at tended 'Virginia Tech on a foot ball scholarship, but injuries caused ,him to drop out of that institution. He came to Elon in 1947, taking advantage of his G.I. Bill for serv ice in World War II, and gradu ated with a fine record in 1949. Having G. I. Bill time left, he went on 'directly to Chapel Hill for graduate study and has been there for the past six years. His choice as “Tar Heel of the Week” attests to the fine work he has done. Rankin is one of two Elon grad uates to win one of the coveted graduate scholarships given by the Morehead Scholarship Foundation since the awards were begun in 1951. Charles Phillips, of Bur lington, who graduated at Elon last year, is the other such winner and is currently pursuing medical studies under the scholarship Enemy of the People,'’ one of Henrik Ibsen’s greatest dramas, as the next show on their 1954-55 program. The presentation is scheduled for Whitley Auditorium during the last week in February. The show, which presents a stinging indictment of corrupt society, is based upon the fact that the lot of the would-be public benefactor is often made quite difficult by fellow ciizens. It is the story of Dr. Thomas Stockman, who has a plan to con struct public baths, using the beneficent waters of his native town, only to discover that the water is badly polluted by refuse from the tanneries and is spread ing typhoid fever. Unwilling to give up his idea, he seeks to remedy the situation, but the remedy will cost the people thousands of pounds, and he meets with bitter opposition from the mayor, the newspaper publishers and a majority of the townspeople, all of whom turn against him and denounce him as an enemy of the people. Curtis Young, of Durham, gets his first starring role with the Players in the role of Dr. Thomas Stockman; with Rebecca Stuckey, of Graham, appearing as his wife. Their children are Betty Carson, of Greensboro, and Wesley Bat ten, of Elon College. Wright Williamson, of Norfolk, Va.. who has starred in a number of student stage productions, will play the part of master tanner, foster-father of Mrs, Stockman. The burgomaster, or mayor, is to be enacted by Thomas Lewis, of Chadbourn; with William Walk er, of Durham, appearing as the ■editor of the People’s Messenger. Others in the main cast are Roger Rush, of Burlington, as a news paper staff member; William Turner, of Greensboro, as a ship captain; and Edward Robbins, of Greensboro, as a printer. Jane Davis, of Raleigh, will be assist ant director, working with Prof. Charles W. Cox. The program for this year will be planned and staged under the di rection of Miss Louise Moseley, director of the women's physical education work. No theme has yet been announced for the 1955 pageant, but it will probably be staged on the south campus of the college, as has been the case ii:i recent years. Marine Of fleer (^r>ii|) IV) Visil Elon’s ( iaiiipiis The Marine Corps Officer Pro curement Team will be on the Elon campus on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 15th and 16th, to interview student who de sire to earn a Marine commission while completing college. Freshman, sophomore, and jun iors are eligible for the platoon leaders’ class, with training con ducted during two six-weeks sum mer classes. Candidates are paid $149 for the first class they at tend and $183 for the second class, with uniforms, meals and travel allowance furnished. Members of the class are deferred from in duction and are commissioned second lieutenants upon gradu ation. Seniors and graduates are elig ible for the officer candidate class, with the opportunity to earn a sec ond lieutenant’s commission after ten weeks of training. Officers commissioned through either program receive an annual pay of from $3,200 to $4,500 and re ceive additional training in one or more service schools leading to an assignment in the infantry, avi ation, artillery, en/gineering, sup ply or sea duty. The girls may also inquire about the women’s officer training class, which is similar to the male pro grams, with the same rank and pay available.
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