Wishing Everyone
Best O’ Luck
On Examinations
AND GOLD
And A Very Happy
Tliansskivins
And Vacation Time
VOLl'ME 35
(;illiaiii New
Aliuniii Head
III Alamam*e
Fred K. Gilliam, Burlington ac
countant. is the new president of
the Alamance Chapter of tha Elon
College Alumni Association. He
was elected at tiie annual dinner
meeting of the organization, held
in the college dining hall at Elon
last Tuesday night, November
15th,
Other officers named at the
same time for the coming two-
year term were Rufus Abernathy,
ot Graham, member of the Alex
ander Wilson school faculty, vice-;
presidei'.-; and Miss Edith Bran-
nock. of Elon College, member
ol the Williams High School fac
ulty, secietary-treasurer.
The nc‘W Alamance alumni pres
ident. who succeeds to the post
held for the past term by W'oody i
Wilson of Burlington, graduated
from Elon with the class of 1042
and later received the master’s
degree at the University of North
Carohna.
An outstanding program was a
feature of last week’s gathering,
v-'hich attraitted moi-e t>han 75
old grads to the campus. After
the invocation, there was a wel
come from Mrs. Boyd, the alumni
secretary. This was followed by
musical numbers from the Mad
Hatters Quartet and .soloist Tom
my McDonald and by a humorous
monologue by Bobby Boswell.
There were greetings from Dr.
Leon E. Smith, Eton’s president,
■ followed by a nominating commit
tee report by Miss Rena Maude Is-
Icy and discussion of Eton’s place
in the life of Alamance County by
two alumni speakers, Mrs. John
G. Truitt, ot Elon College, and Ed
Hicklin, of Burlington. Special
guests for the occasion were Mayor
and Mrs. J. D. Schmidt, of Elon
College.
Elon Group At
( liemistry Meet
A number ot faculty members
and students from the Elon Col
lege department of chemistry
joined industrial chemists of this
area in attending a meeting of
the Central North Carolina Section
o' the American Chemical Society,
which was held in Memorial Hall
at Guilford College last Wednes-
lay night, November 16th.
Speaker for the evening was
Dr. S. N. Boyd, ot the Azo and
Hydrophobic Division of the Jack
son Laboratory of the DuPont
Company at Wimington, Del. His
topic was “The Relation of Dye
Structure to Dyeing Properties.”
The work ot Dr. Boyd’s division,
wliich is of much interest to the
textile industry, is concerned with
the development ot direct dyes
for cellulosic fibers* acid and
metallized dyes tor wool and nylon
and dyes for hydrophdbic fibers.
Recent developments of his group
includes “Late!" dyes tor dacron
and "Sevron” dyes for orlon
A native of Bristol, Tenn. the
''isisting speaker received his
elementary and secondary educa-
ton in Tennessee and later re-
®^>''ed the B.S. degree from the
tiniversity of Virginia and the
‘loctorate from the University of
Illinois.
r.LON roi.i,i:(;r,. n. c.
.MOND.W, NOVEMBF.U 21, 1955
AUTUMN SPLASHES EI.O^CAMPUS WIHI BEAUTY
1ft
Elon (Jioir Sinjis Handel’s ‘Messiah’
In Whitlev Auditorium Decenihei-Tth
Since autumn with iU lavish brush has painted t^.^ Elon College campus in ^orgeoas
beauty, there Is a symphony of color to be seen on all sides, strikms a chord of rev
erent awe in the souls of those who walk the campus paths. Knowing that such beauty can
come only from a divine source, it is quite fitting at Thanksgiving that all should say. Al
mighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give most humble and
hearty thanks for all th,v gaidness and loving kindness to us and to all men.’
Covuiiittee Meets On Elon Campus
AndPlansFor Church Centennial
(See Picture on Page Four)
The union Ridge Congregational j meeting in 1856 w^ ISuoI- Geo"? D.'
Christian Church, located five
miles north of Burlington, will be
come a mecca for church people
throughout North Carolina and
Virginia on May 1, 2, and 3 next
spring, at which time the South
ern Convention of Congregational
Christian Churches will hold its
centennial meeting at the historic
Alamance County church.
Preliminary plans for the cen
tennial meeting were mapped at a
meeting of Southern Convention
leaders, which was held on the
Elon campus last Thursday. The
centennial committee, representing
all phases of the Convention’s
work, discussed both promotion
and program for the Union Ridge
gathering.
In a real sense this centen
nial meeting of the Southern Con
vention will also be a “Homecom
ing,” for the Convention itself
was born in Alamance County,
from Christian churches in two
states. That was long before the
merger with the Congregational
;roup.
The meeting at Union Ridge in
1856 was the beginning for the
Southern Convention, but it was
yention: George D. Colclough, of
Burlington, vice-president of the
Convention; Dr, Henry E. Robin
son, of Burlington, secretary of
the Convention; Dr. William T.
Scott, of Elon College, superin
tendent of the Convention;
Dr. Leon E Smith, of Elon Col-
New BuihHiigs
Rise Rapidly
On (laiiipiis
(Sec IMcturp On Page Four)
Construction has moved at ter-
nfic pace tliis fall on three new
builaii:gs that are rising on the
Klun College campus, and alumni
who visited the college for the an
nual Alamance County chapter
ireeling on Tuesday night of last
veek were pleased to see the
roof being placed on the McEwen
Memorial Dining Hall near the
West Gate of the campus^
W'ork on the new dining hall has
been pushed slightly ahead of
that of the two new dormitories,
but the workers are also moving
rapidly with both of the residence
balls, and the contractors expect
to complete all three buildings by
the end of the present college
year.
The walls of Virginia Hall, new
girls' dormitory, are already com
plete for all three floors, and plac
ing of the roof is to begin at once.
The walls of Carolina Hall, boys’
dormitory, are complete for the
first and second floors, and masons
are laying the brick and concrete
walls for the third floor at this
■time.
The King-Hunter Construction
Company, general conti actors for
all three buildings, states that the
work is moving on schedule, and
plans are to have all under roof
in the near future to insure that
workers can proceed with the in
terior work without interruption
from winter weather.
Dr. Leon E. Smith, Eon presi
dent, reporting to the alumni at
the Alamance Chapter meeting
last week, stated that the new din
ing hall may be completed and
ready for occupancy in the early
spring, well ahead of the 1956
commencement deadline that was
set for completion of the three
structures.
(;UEST SOUOISI
MISS BE.\TK1('E DONLEY
Miss Beatrice Donley, head of
the voice department at Meredith
College, is one of four guest solo
ists who will appear with the Elon
Choir in its annual rendition of
Handel's “Messiah " The presen-
t.ition is set for Whitley Audi
torium on Sunday evening, De
cember 4th
ot in any way the beginning ot
the Christian Church itself. The
dennmsirrf.ionn'y f/eginning dated
back more than six dedades earlier
t.3 the 1790's when the Rev. James
O'Kelly fathered the first Christ
ian churches.
It is significant in plans tor the
Southern Convention Centennial
that this is also the area in which
O’Kelly lived, ministered and died.
His grave is located at the now
inactive O’Kelly Chapel Church,
which is located some miles from
Chapel Hill in Orange Count/.
Members of the Southern Con
vention’s centennial committee,
who attended la-st Thursday s
and Union Ridge Church was host meeting on the Elon campus m-
for the original organizational dude Dr. Jesse H. Dollar, of Suf-
l(^ge, president of Elon College;
Dr. John G. Truitt, of Elon Col
lege, superintendent ot the ChrLst-
lian Orphanage; Mrs. F. C. Lester
of Asheboro, presicfent of the
Woman’s Fellowship; R«»v. Wal-
stein W. Snyder, of Burlington,
chairman of the Convention’s
Board of Publications; Rev. John,
Graves, of Elon College, secretary
for ChrisUan Youth Work; Rev.
Richard Jack-son, of Chapel HiU,
chairman of the Convention’s Mis
sion Board; Rev. W. J. Andes, of
Elon (College, chairman of tha
Board of Christian Education;
Rev. Kenneth Register, of Bur
lington, pastor of the host church
at Union Ridge; and Rev. William
T. Scott, Jr.. of Durham
M. Am! G. Early
For Thanksgiving
Following a policy set in pre
vious years, the Maroon and
Gold is being issued under a
Monday dateline this week, two
days earlier than usual, in or-
! der that members of the student
body may be sure to tet Iheir
paper before leaving for the
Ttuuiksgiving holidays.
The earlier publication dale
also means that memhers of the
Maroon and Gold staff will have
the rush of paper work finished
in titne to apply their attentions
to examinations. Therefore, the
editorial staff presents the paper
today with the heartiest wish
es to all for a very pleasant
TbaakseiTioe-
Thanksgiving
Marks End
Of Quarter
The Thanksgiving holidays the
last of this week mark a change
of term for Elon College, and they
mean, too. that more than eleven |
hundred students and the mem-i
bers of the faculty will take a I
break from the normal routine of
scholastic life on the campus.
This first holiday season of the
1P55-56 school year opens official
ly at high noon on Wednesday, and
everybody will have a break of
four and one-half days before reg
ular class schedules get underway
again at 8 o’clock next Monday
morning.
The fall quarter exams got un
der way this morning, and some
few lucky students will complete
all their tests by Tuesday after
noon, which will enable them to
leave at that time and thus get
an extra day of vacation.
Most of the students and many
of the faculty will get away froml
the campus for the holiday per
iod, many going to their homes
for the traditional Thanksgiv
ing observance.
The annual Elon-Guilford foot
ball game, which has been a
Thanksgiving Day feature tor
many years, was played at Guil-
lord last Saturday, leaving no
special holiday attraction in this
area.
It is now one quarter down and
two to go on the present school
year, and the stage is all set for
the beginning of the winter term
with its new courses for both stud
ents and faculty. Most of the
students have already registered,
but a few late registrants will
wait until next week to sign up
for courses and pay the penalty
for late registration.
The Elon College Choir will pre
sent its twenty-thiwl annual per
formance of Handel’s oratorio,
' The Messiah.” in Whitley .^udi-
toiium at 8::^() o'clock on Sunday
evening. December 4lli
The presentation, which was an
nounced this week by Prof. John
\\ estnioreland. is cxpectecl to at
tract a capacity attendance, since
niu.sic lovers of this area have long
deemed it an outstanding feature
ol the pre-Christmas season.
Four outstanding concert artists
will appear with the Elon Choir in
the annual presentation, singing
Ihe solo roles of the Handel master
piece. which has been thrilling
musical audiences in both Europe
and America for two centuries.
Miss Maude Nosier, of Chicago,
who sings at one of Chicago’s great
Congregational Christian churches,
v.ill be soprano soloi.st this year,
making her first appearance with
Ihe Elon singers. She has appeared
with the Kansas City and Chicago
symphonies and with the famed
Ann Arbor Chorus.
Miss Beatrice Donley, head of
the voice department at Mereditli
College and one of North Caro
lina’s outstanding singers, will re
turn to the campus to sing tho
contralto soloes. She has won high
praise in previous appearances
with the F^lon Choir here.
Another veteran star in tho
Elon presentation, who is to ap
pear once more in the great ora
torio is Harold Haugh, tenor, of
the University of Michigan; and
rounding out the quartet of visit
ing artists will be Walter Vassar,
of Greensboro, known throughout *
North Carolina for the richness
of his voice. He will appear as ba.ss
soloist.
Prof. John Westmoreland, who
was in Europe last winter on leave
of absence, will return to tho
podium for the 1955 "Messiah”
performance; and Prof. Fletcher
Moore, chairman of the Elon
music department, will again be
at the organ as accompanist for
both soloists and chorus.
In announcing plans for the
1955 rendition ot "The Messiah,"
Prof. Westmoreland stated that in
vitations have been extended to
many former Choir members who
have been in the chorus for recent
“Messiah” programs, asking them
to return this year and join the
1955 choir in singing the mighty
Handel choruses.
He also announced that a new
seating plan will be followed this
year, under which any student or
faculty member may call by tho
music offices and secure reserved-
seat tickets for the performance,
which will enable them and their
guests to wait until near perform
ance time to come to the auditor
ium. Such reserved seats will be
held until 8:20 o’clock on the eve
ning of the performance.
The Elon Choir will also present
"The Messiah’’ in several cities in''
eastern North Carolina and Vir
ginia during the weekend of De
cember Uth. Itinerary and plans
are incomplete for the Virginia
tour, but tentative plarts call for
the Elon singers to appear in Hien
derson in this state and then go
on into Virginia for programs at
Norfolk, Suffolk, Holland and
Franklin,