Here's To A
Warm Welcome For
Elon’s Old Grads
MAROON AND GOLD
And T» The
Ciatamount Visitoni
A Hot Rereption
VOLUME 35
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1955
Plans Are Set For Annual Homecoming Events
Gigantic Parade Planned
For Saturday Afternoon
WILL KILE OVKU F,L().\ IlOMKCOMlMi
PAHVDK MARSHALL
DALTON PARKER
Dalton Parker, of Suffolk, Va..
is serving as chief marshal in
cliarge of arrangements for Elen's
annual Homecoming parade, which
will traverse the streets of Bur
lington on Saturday afternoon as
sn outstanding feature of the fes
tivities for the returning alumni.
Elon Student
Body From
Varied Points
Sixteen states and five foreign
countries are represented among
the students of Elon College for
the 1955-56 term, according to a
survey made in the office of Miss
Hazel Walker, college registrar.
The survey includes both day-time
and evening students.
As is to be expected, the over-
■« helming majority of the Elon
students come from North Caro
lina. and the same survey reveals
that no less than 45 of the 100
Tar Heel counties have students
attending the college this fall.
Reported in actual figures and
percentages, Elon has 949 students
registered from North Carolina, a
figure which represents 85 per
cent of the entire group. There
are 615 students reported from
Alamance County, amounting to 65
per cent of the total registration.
Next largest state group of Elon
students are the 85 who come
from Virginia. Other states witlj
more than one student are Penn
sylvania with 25, South Carolina
and New York with 13, Connecti
cut with 7, New Jersey with 4,
Maryland with 3 and Indiana with
?■ Single students are listed from
Delaware, Massachusetts, Michi
gan, Mississippi, New Hampshire,
Ohio, and Wisconsin.
The five foreign countries re
presented on the Elon campus,
with the number of students Listed
from each, are Korea with 4,
Jordan with 2, India with 2 and
Japan and Pakistan with 1 each.
In addition to Alamance County
with its 615 students at Elon,
eight other North Carolina count
ies have ten or more representa
tives listed. They are Guilford with
81. Rockingham with 68, Randolph
with 26. Durham with 19, Person
with 16, Orange with 15, Vance
with 13 and Chatham with 10.
Twelve other Tar Heel counties
^ave from two to ten students on
the list. They are Cumberland,
Moore and Wake, with 6;
I'avidson and Granville, with 4;
®urke, Columbus and Harnett,
with 3; and New Hanover, Ruther-
tord and Surry, with 2 each.
There are 22 North Carolina
K'Unties represented by one Elon
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"Gigantic" appears the word
for Elon's 1955 Homecoming par
ade, and it is rumored that the
v'ord "colossal" might possibly be
appropriate for the procession that
v.'ill wend, its way toward and
through Burlington on Saturday
afternoon.
The parade itself, instead of
forming on the college campus, is
to form at Eva Barker Playground
on Burlington's North Main Street,
from which point it will move
southward through the heart of
.the city's business section. The
parade units are to report at the
playground at 1:30 o'clock Satur
day.
A military unit from the Bur
lington's National Guard, the color
guard from the Marine Corps Re
serve unit in Greensboro and the
drill squad from the Greensboro
Naval Reserve organization are to
be special features, along with the
Burlington Junior High Band and
the Elon College Band.
Plans for the procession are tak
ing shape under the direction of
Dalton Parker, of Suffolk, Va..
who has been named as chief mar
shal for the occasion. He reports
that the parade seems certain to
surpass all previous Elon efforts
along that line.
More and better floats are prom
ised for the occasion, and there
will of course be the usual large
group of attractively decorated
convertibles. Custom has been in
the past for the Queen and mem
bers of her court to ride convert
ibles. but the Queen and a number
of the Homecoming sponsors will
ride floats this year.
With Sigma Mu Sigma once
ore sponsoring an attractive ^
prize, more than a dozen floats i
0I«1 Grads Invited Baeiv V
To (]ani|nis For Weekend
Her Majesty, 'Hie Queen
Ruling as Homecoming Queen ever the annua! autumn festival, which will be staged on the Elon
campus this weekend, will be Baibara Carder:, a senior from Burlington, who was chosen for the
honor by student ballot in a special election earlier this fall. The queen, pictured above, will have
Ann Dula, sophomore girl from Durham, as her Maid-ot-Honor. The queen will be crowned in
special intermission ceremonies at the annual Homecoming Ball in Alumni Memorial Gymnasium on
Friday night, and she and her court will be presented at the half-time of the Elon-Western Caro
lina football game on Saturday night.
Reeruitment Of Ministers Is Topic
For Church Meet Held At Moonelon
(Picture on Page Four)
The need for new recruits
.ministers from North Carolina and
in Virginia. Forty-two of the group
have been promised for the par-1 the Congregational Christian min-
[were Elon products.
ade. Among the groups expected ii^try was the subject of discussion! Data for the discussions came
to have floats are the Student I at a two-day gathering of minis- from questionnaires previously
Legislature (for the Queen), Stud- lers and ministerial students |-licit^d.^up^^^^^^^
ent Christian Association,
tober 19th and 20th. ine best possible sources and
Dr. H. S. Hardcastle, of Chuck-i methods for recruiting Voung mm-
atuck.Va., chairman of the South-listers to fill the needs of the
ern Convention committee on the!
ministry, presided over the gath-j A survey of those present re-
erings, which attracted sixty |vealed that 19 of the 60 were sons
Chi Epsilon, Delta Upsilon, Kap
pa, Elon Choir, Tau Zeta Phi, Elon
Players, Sigma Mu Sigma, Sopho
more Class, Day Students, Alpha
Pi Delta, Pi Kappa Tau and
Room I of East Dorm.
of ministers, and partial results
of the two-day study indicated
that dominant influences in de
cisions for careers in the pulpit
have been exerted by pastors and
parents, with some instances of
influence by either high school or
college teachers.
In discussing the present status
of ministers in the Southern Con
vention of Congregational Christ
ian Churches, it was revealed that
133 ministers now in the con-
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What promises to be the out-
f^landing weekend of the fall sea
son and perhaps the top festive
period of the entire college year
will get underway on the Elon
campus on Friday night, when the
1P55 Homecoming observance be
gins with the annual Homecoming
Ball.
Many old grads are expected
back on the campus for the dance.
V’hich is set from 8 o'clock until
midnight Friday in Alumni Mem
orial Gymnasium. Dancing will
be to the tunes of Paul Zimmer
man and his Orchestra.
The dance committee has desig
nated a "Gay Nineties" theme for
(he Homecoming Ball this year
and the student decorating com
mittee promises that the gym wi
he transformed into a colorful
and festive scene for the dance.
An outstanding feature of the
Friday night dance will be the
coronation of Barbara Carden, of
Burlington, as the Homecoming
Queen. Her chief attendant will be
Ann Dula, of Durham, who is
Maid-of-Honor, and members of
the royal court will include spon
sors from many campus organiza
tions. The Queen and her court
v.’il aso be presented at half-time
«f the football game Saturday
night.
A full day of activities has been
set up for Saturday, with the
alumni as the center of attention.
A special committee of the old
grads will judge the dormitory
decorations at 11 o’clock Saturday
morning,' and there will be in
formal alumni get-togethers dur
ing the day.
The parade will claim chief at
tention early Saturday afternoon,
but center of interest in the late
afternoon will be a picnic supper
at the Alumni Memorial Gym at
o'colck, to be followed immed
iately afterward by a huge pep
rally,
Cimax of the entire observance
will be the annual Elon-Western
Carolina grid battle at Burlington
Stadium at 8 o'clock Saturday
night, and this will in turn be
followed by the usual informal
after-game dance in the Student
Union to close out the weekend
festivities.
DIHKCTS EVErNl'
MRS. Rl'TH BOYD
Heading up the plans for the
annual Homecoming observance
cn the campus this weekend is
Mrs. Ruth Boyd, secretary of
Elon's General Alumni Associa
tion, who reports fine cooperation
from the various student commit
tees who have been working on
phases of the weekend program.
Greeks List
Pledges On
^Bid Nifih f
Players Polish Production
For Season^s First Show
BIRTHDAY
(Picture On Page Two)
With less than ten days remain
ing before the curtain rises on
their first show of the new stage
season, the Elon Players are busy
polishing up their new production
of Francis Swann’s Broadway
comedy, ‘‘Out of the Frying Pan,’’
which will be staged in Mooney
Auditorium for five nights, be
ginning Tuesday, November 8th.
After the rather heavy type
plays presented by the Players
last year, the student dramatists
are turning back this fall to the
realm of farce comedy, and Prof.
M. E. Wooten has assembled a
talented cast for the presentation
that appears quite certain to de
light its campus audiences with
one mirth-provoking situation af
ter another.
“Out of the Frying Pan" tells of
the trials and tribulations of six
would-be stage folk who, by. eco
nomic necessity, have been driven
into a communal life in one apart
ment. Out of this over-all situation
many moments of high comedy
evolve.
Margaret Sharpe, Chuck Oak
ley, Dorothy Perkins, Leslie Johns
ton, Jennie Keck and Roger Rush
make up the stage-struck sixsome
whole trials and troubles really
make the show, and they soon en
list the whole-hearted interest of
the audience as they seek to im
press the Broadway theatrical
producer, who dwells just beneath
them in another apartment.
In supporting roles which give
plenty of opportunity for talent
the audience will see Dotty Ap
ple, as the landlady for the six
would-be thes,pians; Jane Davis, as
a snippy acquaintance who brings
down the wrath of an irate father
upon them: Tom Lewis, as the irate
father: Bill Watson, as the the-;
atrical producer, whose life the'
sextet complicates; and Donald
Howell and Eugene Harrell, as
Mac and Joe. two not-so-bright of
ficers of the law.
It's just one hilariously funny
situation after ano«her as the
young couples progress along
their somewhat irregular road to
theatrical fame and fortune, and
theatre-goers who plan to view
this first Elon Player show of the
year may well bring along a few
extra buttons, for advance notices
say that laughter of the button-
bursUng variety can be expected.
The stage crew, working over
time in preparation for the show
is preparing a new set of scenery
and props for the production; and
Prof. Wooten, in his first season
as dramatic director here, states
that a special ticket sale is plan
ned in an effort to fill Mooney
Campus Groups Announce
Sponsors For Homecoming
DR. LEON E. SMITH
Dr. Leon E. Smith, E Smith,
Elon's president, had a birthday
yesterday, the first of two im
portant anniversaries that fall
within a week each autumn. He
vas receiving felicitation and good
wishes for the birthday, but con-
pratulations will be in order
Serving as ladies of the court for
Elon's Homecoming Queen this
weekend will be a bevy of beauti-
iful girls, who will appear as spon-
1 sors for more than twenty campus
organizations in the festive events
'that are scheduled for Friday and
‘ Saturday.
' The sponsors who will repre
sent the four class, the dormitories
?nd various student organizations,
will attend the Queen at the coro
nation ceremonies during inter
mission of the dance on Friday
night. They will also ride in the
parade on Saturday and will be
presented again at half-time of
the football game on Saturday
night.
Organizations participating and
their sponsors are listed below.
Not all names of escorts were
available at this time, so they are
omitted from the following list;
Senior Class—Patricia Jones, of
Graham.
Junior Class—Jenny Keck, of
again next Tuesday, November
1st, which will mark the begin
ning of Dr. Smith's twenty-fifth
year as president of the college.
He began his long service to Elon
on November 1, 1931. The present
college year will complete a full
quarter century at the head of the
schooL
Class—Jane Davis,
Simp-
Burlington.
Sophomore
of Raleigh.
Freshman Class—Linda
son, of Elon College.
Day Students — Myma Hock
aday, of Burlington.
Alpha Pi Dela—Judith Clark, of
Durham.
Iota Tau Kappa
lock, of Yanceyville.
Kappa Psi Nu—Ann Puckett, of
Burlington.
Sigma Phi Beta—Sylvia Grady,
of Durham.
Sigma Mu Sigma — Margaret
Patillo, of Burlington.
North Dorm — Pat Chrismon, of
Reidsville
South Dorm — Sue Hughes, of
Burlington.
Club House—Jo Ann Atkinson,
of Albemarle.
Carlton House — Evelyn Fritts,
of Lexington.
Beta Chi Epsilon — Marquita
Robertson, of Sandy Ridge.
East Dorm — Norie Luce, of
Riverhead, N.Y.
Elon Choir — Shirley Cox, of
Elon College.
Elon Players—Dorothy Perkins,
of Roxboro.
French Club — Louan Lambeth,
of Brown Summit.
Spanish Club — Martha Lang
ley, of Staley.
Student Christian Association—
Jean Coghill, of Henderson.
Home Ec Club—Marie Weldon,
of Louisburg.
Ministerial Association — Har
riett Talley, South Boston, Va.
Climaxing the autumn rushing
season for Greek-letter groups on
the Elon College campus, thirty-
five Elon students were pledged
to fraternities and sororities in
the annual fall "Bid Night" cere
monies held on Saturday night,
October 15th.
The list of pledges included
20 boys and 15 girls. Delta Upsilon
Kappa led the sororities with ten
new pledges, while lota Tau Kap
pa led the fraternities with eight
new members.
The pledge lists follow, with the
fraternities listed in alphabetical
.order, followed by the sororities in
the same order:
ALPHA PI DELTA — Bob Ben
nett, Elkton, Va.; and Paul Heath.
Elon College. •
IOTA TAU KAPPA — Richard
Bradham, Sumter, S.C.; Tom Hew
itt, Jacksonville: Jerry Holt, Gra
ham; Bobby Rakes, Fieldale, Va.;
Marlowe Mat- Bobby Sharpe, Burlington; Tom
Shepperson, Danville, Pa.; Bob
Stauffenberg, Morea, Pa.; and Jack
Sutton, Burlington.
KAPPA PSI NU — Doc Alston,
Reidsville; John Carver, Suffolk,
Va.; Al Hassell, Durham; Leslie
Johnston, Holland, Va.; Bob Rick-
over, New York City; David Sapp,
Kernersville; and Leigh Wills,
Suffolk, Va.
SIGMA PHI BETA — Ashbum
Kirby, Norfolk, Va.; Bob Ruggeri,
Clark Township, N,J.; and Glenn
Varney, Powell, Pa.
BETA OMICRON BETA—Shir
ley Sharpe, Wilmington.
DELTA UPSILON KAPPA —
Pat Chrismon, Rfeidsvillie; Judy
Clark, Durham; Janet Crabtree,
Durham; Betty DeLancey, Reids
ville; Betty Franks, Elon College;
Sylvia Grady, Durham; Gaye
Johnson, Dunn; Shirley Sorrell,
Durham; Shirley Story, Franklin,
Va,; and Jackie Williamson,
Townsville.
PI KAPPA TAU — Patty Kit-
tinger, Burlington.
TAU ZETA PHI — Jeannette
Hassell, Durham; Glenda Hayes,
Graham; and Kathryn Lambert,
Bennett. The name of Marie Wel
don, of Louisburg, was unintention
ally omitted from the list of active
members of Tau Zeta Phi two
weeks ago.