May They All Enjoy
Their Visit
To The Elon Cai:i;)OS
MAROON AND GOLD
A Hearty Welcome
To The
Hig:h School Seniors
VOLUME 34
EI.ON rOLLEGE, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, February 9. 1955
Number 9
High School Seniors To Visit Campus Next Week
-MOST UECK.M AEUIAL VIKW OF ELOIN CA.MIH S
Spring Term
ReJ^istration
Is Underway
students now attending Elon
mav pre-register for the spring
quarter at any time within the
next two weeks, according to in
formation from the offices of the
registrar and dean, who set the
period between February 3rd and
23rd for that purpose.
In mimeographed forms distrib
uted to students last week, the
procedure for such pre-registra-
lion was outlined in full. The an-1
rouncement pointed out that stud
ents who delay beyond Wednes
day. February 23rd, will be un
able to register until Monday,
March 14th, when charges for late
registration will begin.
Students may pick up course-
planning forms from the office of
the registrar at any time, such
forms to be carried to faculty ad
visors tor consultation and signa
ture. Once these are completed,
final registration forms may be The latest aerial photograph of the Elon campus, which is shown above, portrays the beautiful
from the registrar. symetry of the five buildings, in t:ie central campus unit as viewed from the south entrance. Cen-
, tered is Alamance Hall, which houses the administrative offices and calssrooms, flanked on each side
Only three days have been al- buildings and the library and chapel. In the upper left-hand corncr may be seen
loted for students to clear through Memorial Gymnasium, one of the most complete small-college sports plants in the South,
tlie college business office, the
dates being the afternoon of Feb
ruary 21st and from 8 o'clock until
5 o'clock on February 22nd and
23rd.
All students who clear with the
business office on those days will
have their class cards prepared
lor the spring quarter, and these
cards may be picked up on March
2nd. 3rd and 4th before leaving
tor spring holidays. The holiday
period extends from March 4th
until March f4th. Classes for the
new term will begin at 8 o'clock
on the latter date.
f
Elon Aliimniis
Writes Back
Ray Hayes, Elon graduate with
the Class of 1950, who w'as a well
lnown figure on the campus dur
ing his student days and will be
remembered by faculty members
fnd a few students, writes an in
teresting account of his experi
ences since leaving the campus.
Hayes, who was especially ac
tive in electrical and scientific ac
tivities and who wrote a column
fir the Maroon and Gold on such
topics, is now Lieutenant Hayes
^Jf the United States Army Air
T'orce. He has been stationed at
Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, in
recent months, but he is being
transferred to Baltimore. Md.
Following graduation from Elon,
Hayes accepted a civilian position
with the Air Force, but he was re
called as a reserve into active
status in 1951, and for two years
he has since served tours of duty
in Mississippi, California and Ohio,
spending two years as Electronic
Counter-Measures Officer for the
27th Air Division, and he received
special commendation for his work
in that post. His new post at Balti
more will be a staff assignment
with the Air Research and De
velopment Command.
Hayes, who was president of
'x>th the Radio Club and the
Science Club and an intercolleg
iate debater, was a charter mem-
t'er of Sigma Alpha Chi (now
Sigma Mu Sigma), and he asked
in particular in his letter about
Ihe latiter group. He also extended
?reetuig3 to all who might remem-
ber him on tbe campus.
‘Hid Mte^ Set
For Saturday
Th annual winter “Bid Night”
ceremonies are set for Saturday
night, when the four Gre«k let
ter fraternities and the four
sororities will pledge new mem
bers, climaxing two weeks of
rushinsT parties that have en
livened the social life on the
campus.
The fraternities which will
participate in the colorful Sat
urday night ceremonies are Al
pha Pi Delta, Iota Tau Kappa,
Kappa Psi Nu and Sigma Phi
Beta: while the sororities par
ticipating include Beta Omicron
Beta. Delta Upsilon Kappa. Pi
Kappa Tau and Tau Zeta Phi.
Korean Youth Will Enter
Elon For Spring Quarter
The arrival on the Elon campus. terest in American journalism and
ten days ago of Lee Suk Goo, 23-! American writers, and he singled
year old Korean youth, who will 'Out
Elon Student
Has Articles
In Map;azines
David Hardy, whose holiday
snake-catching trip to Cuba at-
itraoted widespread interest, uses
his biological interests as a sub
ject for frequent magazine articles,
most recent of which was "Queen
of the Cypress Bog,” which ap
peared in the January issue of
Nature Magazine.
This article, which is a life study
of a rainbow snake, colorful spec
ies of the southeastern United
States, is written in popular style
and offers an account of life of
different animals in a cypress
swamp. It is the third article which
Hardy has had published in Nature
Magazine, the earlier ones dealing
with frogs and salamanders.
The Elon student has published
a total of ten research articles on
reptiles in research journals, sub
jects including amphibians, crust
aceans and mammals; and requests
for reprints of one article have
come from England, Germany and
France.
Hardy is a member of the Amer
ican Society of Ichthyologists, and
Herpetologists, the Herpetologists’
League, the American Speleogist
Society, the British Herpetological
Society and the Zoological Society
of London. He is also a staff mem
ber of the Natural History Society
of Maryland.
register as a student for the com
ing spring quarter, added to the
cosmopolitan air of the Elon stud
ent group, which already included
one student from Germany and
two from Jordan.
Lee, who hails from Seoul in
South Korea, is the second Korean
student to attend Elon within a
year, for Soo Kim, also a native
of Seoul, was a student on the
campus last summer. She was here
only for the summer and has been
attending Greensboro College this
winter.
The new arrival, whose father is
s farmer in Korea, states that he
learned of Elon through the Amer
ican Embassy in Seoul, and he be
gan correspondence last March in
regard to his projected study here
He left his homeland by ship on
,Ianuary 15th and plans to use the
';ime between his arrival and the
opening of the spring quarter in
March in acquainting himself bet
ter with the English language.
He is sponsored in his study
here by an uncle, Pil Suk Lee.
who is in the banking business in
Seoul and who is furnishing fi
nancial help, however, is limited
by the Korean regulation that lim
its money sent from the country
and by the rate of exchange be
tween Korean and American
money.
Lee, who completed his high
school work in Korea in 1951 has
been a student at Hong Ik Uni
versity, and filed with his appli
cation papers here is a recommen
dation from the president of that
institution. The young man was
at one time a prisoner of the Com
munists in Korea for a period pf
three months.
Questioned concerning his spec
iai field of interest, he stated that
he hopes to qualify for sophomore
rank and to specialize in the social
sciences in preparation for a pos
sible government career upon
his return to his native land. He
is particularly interested in the
American econoniic system.
Tha young man expressed an in-
Ernest Hemingway as one
American writer that he likes
stating that he had read Heming
way's "For Whom The Bell Toll.'' '
He makes his way about with
considerable ease for such siiort
(Continued on Page Four'
Scholars hip
(Contest To Be
Feature
One of the top features of
'Ions sixth annual "High School
);iy " next Wednesday will be the
hird aiinuaf scholarship conte.st.
r. which eight free scholarships
iitli a total value of $(>,000 will be
iwarded to outstanding high
vchool seniors, the winners to bt
. hosfn from the hundreds oi
oungsters who will be guests oi
Uie college for the afternoon anu
evening program.
1 iiL' contest, wliich Pre.sidenl
I.fon K iSmi.tli ciriginated two
.'US ;go and which has aroused
much interest each year, provides
eight scholarship grants, equalh
ii\i(led between boys and girls,
■nd interc't is expected to prove
veil keener this year with a $l.(iUO
ncrease in the total value of the
awards.
The top awards in both the boys
nd girls' divisions will be $!.2U0.
o be distributed over the four-
.ear college course in the ainouii;
01 $300 each year. There Will also
be six additional awards, thiee to.
hoys and three for girls. These
:dililional awards in order of rank
will provide $800, $000 and $400
lo the second, third and fourth-
place winners in each division.
Competition for these scholar
ships is open to all high school
eniors. although each school
must narrow its entries to no!
more than one boy and one girl,
c-ach of whom wishes to become a
campus student at Elon.
The contestants will come to the
campus next Monday morning,
when they will register at the
gymnasium and before noon to be
given two tests, one for ability
and one tor aptitude. Each of
these tests will count one-third of
contest rating. The other third
will be determined in an interview
with judges, who will rate each
person for poise, personality and
(Continued on Page Four)
m:AI)S COMAII ITEE
ACROSS THE WORLD TO COI.LE(iE
m
Lee Suk Goo
ROGFK (;iBBS
Roger Gibbs, field secretary for
Klon College, is cliairman of the
faculty committee on arrange-
'lu'nts for Kion's sixth annual
■flij^h School Day.” which is ex
pected to bring hundreds ol hiuh
'Chool seniors and. class sponsors
',o the campus rvxl \Vedn(‘sda>
February lf>th.
Conimittees
Nitnied For
H, S. Event
Twelve members of the faculty
'.vere named by President Leon E.
Smith to the committee on ^ar-
langements for the sixth annual
"High School Day," which is set
for next Wednesday, February
16th.
Heading the group is Roger
Gibbs, field secretary of the col
lege. Other members are Dr. J. 10.
Danieley, Dr. James Howell, Dr.
H. H. Cunnii;gham, Prof. Fletcher
Moore, Prof. Charles W. Cox, Prof.
J. C. Colley, Prof. John L. Bass,
Prof, Luther N. Byrd, Coach Sid
Varney, Mrs. Ruth Boyd and Mif.s
Hazel Walker.
After several meetings for the
entire committee, the group has
been broken into a number of sub
committees, which were named by
Chairman Roger Gibbs to direct
pecific phases of the "High School
Day" program. These sub-commit
tees, listed only by last names of
members are as follows:
Keeord (jroii|)
May Attend
Annual Event
A record attendance is in pros
pect for Eton's sixth annual 'High
School Day, " which is set for next
Wednesday, February lOtli, when
the faculty and students of the
college will play hosts and offer
a hearty welcome to hundreds of
high school seniors and ei^i.ss spon-
,sors. who will visit the campus.
The senior groups and their
1 lass sponsors will begin arriving
on the campus by noon or before,
, ud registration will get underway
i'l .Mumni Memorial (lymnasium
^'t 1 o'clock, after which the seniors
will be assigned to guided groups
tor lours of the lOlon campu.s.
These tours, which will con
tinue until “1 o'clock, will carry
I lie groups through the various
luiildings, where varied displays
uill be arranged. Careful plan
ning has provide(t an itinerary
that will move the guests over
the campus with all possible speed.
The tour for each grouj) will
end in the Student Union, where
"Open House" will be observed
until 4:30 o'clock, at which time
the guests will be served supper.
Special entertainment is planned
lor the visiting high school faculty
members during the aflernoon.
After the high school seniors,
faculty members, principals and
superintendents are served sup
per, they will be asked lo assemble
in Whitley Auditorium, where a
special program of entertainment
is planned ofrom 6 until 7 o'clock.
Plans for this program have
been worked out by a special com
mittee, with members of the Elon
Choir, tlie Elon Players and a
group of faculty members to par
ticipate in musical numbers and
skits. President Leon E. Smith
will welcome the high school
visitors at that time.
Strictly at 7 o'clock the visitors
will be free to move over to
Elon's Alumni Memorial Gymna
sium, where the day's program
will be climaxed by a varsity bas
ketball game between the Elon
Christians and the Lenoir Rhyne
Bears. This game, which may be
a deciding factor in the North
State Conference race, is expected
to attract much interest.
The half-time intermission of
this game will feature the pre-
Advertising and Publicity —.. sentation of awards to the eight
Gibbs. Walker, Byrd and Boyd; j winners in the $6,000 scholarship
Scholarship Contest — Danieley,!contest that is to be conducted
Howell, Colley and Byrd; Regis-,in connection with "High School
tration of High School Guests—
Boyd, Cunningham, Bass and
Varney; Campus Tour—Danieley,
Howell, Cunningham and Colley;
En.tertainmeni(—Moore, Cox and
Walker!; and F'ood Preparation—
Boyd, Varney and Bass.
Each of these sub-committees
has been empowered tri solicit the
aid of other faculty members and
students. They have voiced a par
ticular appeal to members of the
student body to volunteer their
services as guides and to assist in
the proper entertainment of the
hundreds of high school youngsters
and sponsors who will visit the
campus on that day.
Day" event.
BLACK TO EUROPE
Ronnie Black, 1954 graduate,
who was outstanding in Elon
Choir activities during his stud
ent years, sailed from New York
last Saturday afternoon for an
Army assignment in Europe.
Black, who had been stationed at
Camp Gordon and Fort Jackson
s'nce entering the army, writes
that he had dinner one evening
last week in New York with Jud
ith Ingram and Laveme Brady,
two of his '54 classmates, who are
DOW studying in the big city.
Night School
Honor Group
Fifteen students of the Elon
College Evening School are listed
on the fall term Dean's List, which
has just been released by Dean
J. E. Danieley. The honor group
includes students taking not less
than three courses and with no
grade lower that a “B" on any
course.
Two of the students had "A"
on all subjects, including Charles
A. Rush, of Graham, and Ann S,
Wright, of EHon College. Eight
other students had no grade be
low "A” on any subject, but they
were taking less than three
courses.
Thirteen students with no grade
below a “B” include John Camp
bell, Burlington; Peggy Jean Ed
wards, Haw River; Robert Fogle-
man, Burlington; Earl Grant, Bur
lington; Fred Keisling, Burling
ton; Ralph Kerr, Gibsonville; Mar
ion Lewis, Graham; Jack Long
fellow. Burlington; JameS McPher
son, Snow Camp; Mildred Petree,
Burlington; and Clyde Way, Eloa
College.