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ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, .lANUARY 11, 1956
NUMBER 7
Building Program Was Top Campus Story Of 1935
Elon Group
At Meeting
Held In Ohio
A quartet of Elon College S.url-
,„ts including three from foreign
nations, was among the 3,500 dele-
gatec at the worldwide Ecumeni
cal Student Conference on the
Christian World M.ission, which
was held at Ohio University in
Athens. Ohio, from Thursday.
December 29th. through Sunday,
.Tanuary 1st.
The Elon delegation mcluded
William Joyner, of Franklin. Va.;
Laila Khoury, of Ramallah, Jord-
jn: Douglass Albert, of Lahore,
Pakistan: and Joe Morita. of Ky
oto, Japan, Also attending the con
ference as observers and counsel
lors were Dr, and Mrs, W, W,
Sloan, members of the Elon Col
lege faculty.
The 3,500 student delegates re
presented 400 colleges and uni
versities in North America, and an
outstanding feature of the gather
ing lay in the great number of
international students in attend
ance
One delegate declared that the
Ohio University campus assumed
much the appearance of a junior
United Nations, since the student
group brought together costumes
from all nations, languages from
all continents and cultures from
all parts of the world,
Major issues of the day were
discussed seriously by the youth
ful delegates under the guidance
of men and women with wide ex
perience in the various fields.
Among the topics of discussion
were the relationship of mission
aries to the younger churches of
the world, the problems of colon
ialism. race relations, under-de
veloped areas and new conflicts
between the Christian and non-
Christian religions, A special aim
WALLS OF BOYS’ DORM ARE NEAR COMPLETION
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The walls of Carolina Hall, now dormitory tor boys, are rising rapidly to completion at the east
ern edge of the campus, just part of the campus building program that occupied the major news
interest on the Elon campus during 1955, The new boys’ dorm, with w^lls already past the second
story, is pictured above. Pictures of the other two buildings as thry appear at year's end are .shown
on Page 2. A review of outstanding campus news events of 1955 appears on this page and carries
over to the following page.
Cliaiigc Holiday
Dales This Year
Dates for Elon's annual spring
holidays have been changed this
year, with the full week of vaca
tion falling during the week fol
lowing Easter. With the Easter
weekend itself added' to the
rest period, the students will
actually be free from the close
of classes on Friday, March 30th,
until Monday, April 7th.
This is almost a full month
later than has u.sually been the
case, since spring vacation has
in the past come between the
winter and spring quarters,, in
most cases soon after the first
of March.
Ford Foundation Grant
Year-End Gift To Elon
Ten Outstanding Stories
Of Elon Year Are Listed
WUH MARIINES
The* greatest building program
in recent Elon College history,
marked by the construction of
hree new buildings on the cam-
)us, furnished the top news story
for Elon students during the
welve months that were 1955, but
here were other stories, too,
,vhich were played up in the col-
jmns of the Maroon and Gold and
vhich attracted interest both on
And off the campus
The coming of the New Year
trings an annual period of inven-
ory. a period for taking stock of
hings accomplished during the
.'car just gone, and larger news-
lapers of the country and such
news-gathering agencies as the
\ssociated Press always take the
Xew Year season as a time to re
view the twelve months just gone
from the stand-point of outstand
ing news events that occurred.
The Maroon and Gold is follow
ing once inore that journaistic
practice by choosing the "Ten Big
Stories of 1955 ” on the Elon cam
pus, The choice of those ten big-
,:est stories that appeared in the
columns of the Maroon and Gold
during 1955 was made upon the
basis of campus importance and
Alumni Group To Hold
Mid-Winter Meet Here
The Elon College Alumni As
sociation will hold its annual mid
winter meeting on the Elon cam
pus on Saturday, of this week, ac
cording to an announcement from
the office of Mrs, Ruth G. Boyd,
alumni secretary.
The officers of the asociation
and members of the executive com
mittee will gather for a prelimi
nary meeting on Friday night at
8 o’clock, at which time the agenda
't business for the general meet
ing will be arranged. Invitations
have also been extended to presi
dents of sixteen alumni chapters
in four states to attend this pre
liminary session.
Officers of the Elon alumni or
ganization are James F. Darden, of
Suffolk, Va., president; Mrs. Lucille
Cullers, of Front Royal, Va.,
first vice-president; Dr. W. G,
Lewis, of GibsonvMIe, siecond vice-
President: and Mrs. Ruth G. Boyd,
Elon College, executive secre
tary.
Presidents of local chapters who
also members of the executive
committee, along with W. E. But-
sr. of Elon College; L. E, Fesmire.
''f Greensboro: Eugene A, Gordon,
Burlington; Dr, James Johnston,
Burlington; and Mrs. John G.
Tfuitt. of Elon College.
President of local chapters who
•3ve been invited to the executive
“mmittee session include Fred K.
illiam, of Burlington; J. J. Tom-
®nchek. of Charlotte; Mrs. Mar-
garet m. Wifkins, of Durham;
Clyde w. Rudd, of Greensboro;
■ T, Regan, of Oxford; J. T.
Stevens
ALUMNI LEADER
Elon College was recipient
just before the Christmas holidays j
of a grant of $125,700 from the i
Ford Foundation, part of a half-|
billion dollar gift from the Ford
Foundation to privately endowed
colleges of America.
Dr, Leon E, Smith, Elon’s presi
dent. commenting in a recent ar
ticle that appeared in the CHRIST
IAN SUN, pointed out that the
sum of half a billion dollars is
almost beyond the comprehension
of the average person, saying at
the same time that it is hard for I
an individual to conceive of one |
fcuridation or group being in posi
tion to distribute that much
money.
In the article in the church
publication. Dr. Smith stated fur
ther that he had been informed
that half of the Elon grant of
$125,700 would be paid to the
college by July 1, 1956, with the
remainder to be paid by July 1,
1957.
He further reminded his read
ers that the gift was made under
certain conditions and that the
conditions must be complied with.
The conditions, as cited, are that
the principal is to be invested and
not spent and that the income from
the investment must go to supple
ment faculty salaries.
The latter conditioR stipulates
that salaries now being paid must
be provided from college funds,
with the Ford Foundation funds
used to supplement present salar
ies, Such supplementary pay may
be dispo^d of at ' will be offered by the Eger Play
Board of Trus ees, ^ concert of rarely heard
allocated to specified faculty ^hich
bers or pro-rated to all members ^ ^ whuiou An
of the faculty. A third condition
Trustees Meet
Next Tuesday
On Campus
The board of trustees of Elon
College will gather for its annual
mid-winter meeting on the cam
pus next Tuesday, January 17th,
according to an announcement
from President Leon E. Smith,
who stated that a majority of the
trustees are expected to be in at
tendance for the session.
The meeting, which will be held
in the office of President Smith,
will get underway with a morning
session at 10 o’clock and will con
tinue through an afternoon ses
sion. Between the two sessions, the
trustees will be the guests of the
college at a luncheon to be served
al the noon hour.
Important items on the agenda
for the annual mid-winter gather
ing will be the mid-year reports
from the president and business
manager. There will be also be
reports from the trustees’ com
mittees on faculty and budget. The
board will also observe the prog
ress being made on the two new
dormitories and the new dining
hall that are risirtg on the campus.
President SuiitJi
Atlends Meets
Dr. Leon E. Smith will return
to the campus tomorrow from
St. Louis, Mo., where he has
been attending two nationwide
gatherings of college presidents
and leaders in the field of higher
education.
First of the meetings was held
on Sunday and Monday, with
Dr. Smith presiding as chairman
over a two-day gathering of the
Congregational Christian College
Council. Problems of church re
lated colleges were on the
agenda for representativjes of
twenty-two four-year colleges
and two junior colleges that are
affiliated with Congregational
Christian Churches.
Following the meeting of the
Congregational Christian col
lege administrators. Dr. Smith
remained over to attend the
forty-second annual meeting of
the Association of American Col
leges, which also met in St.
Louis for a three-day session
that got underway on Tuesday.
with attention to the lasting ef
fects of stories on the college it
self and the Elon .students.
News interest and the space al-
loted to the various stories were
also factors in determining the
stories named, for several of them
were an installment nature, being
in and out of the campus news
paper throughout the entire year.
With the choice based entirely
upon such criteria, the "Ten Hig-
gest Stories of 1955 " at Elon are
li.'ted below in the order of their
rankinti,
1, ELON’S CAMPUS BUILDING
PROGRAM — The actual begin
ning of twe new dormitories and a
new dining hall on the Elon Col
lege campus was by far the big
gest story of 1955 for the college,
for the rising walls of Virginia
Hall for girls, Carolina Hall for
boys and McEwen Memorial Din
ing Hall represented the begin
ning of a dream come true for
Elon administrators and for Elon
students and alumni. This story
leally had its beginning in years
gone by, and it approached a cli
max when President Leon E, Smitli
was notified late in 1954 that funds
were definitely available for the
beginning of construction. How-
,ever, the real physical start of the
story came at the 1955 commence
ment when ground was broken for
the new buildings, and students
this year have watched the story
grow as the walls of the three
structures rose rapidly toward
completion,
2. FOUNDERS’ DAY AND A,
NEW CAMPAIGN — Late Sep
tember furnished the setting for
another important event of 1955
on the Elon campus, the occasion
being the annual "Founders’ Day"
program and the launch ing of a
new fund-raising effort. The pro
gram for the event, designed to
bring a closer relationship be
tween Elon College and the South
ern Convention of Congregational
Christian Churches, created much
interest and attracted a goodly
crowd to the campus. Enthusiasm
was shown for the new fund-rais-
ing effort, which is planned to
push to completion the larger
campaign that had been launched
originally in the late 1940’s, final
goal being to raise $2,500,000 for
expansion and support of the col
lege, This story must take high
rank because the future growth of
the college is at stake.
(Continued On Page Two)
Eger Players Here Tuesday Night
A new experience in fine music
JAMES F. DARDEN
James F. Darden, prominent
business and civic leader of Suf
folk, Va., will preside over the
mid-winter gatherings of the Elon
College Alumni Association, which
will be held on the campus on Fri
day night and Sattirday. Elected
tP the alumni presidency last
spring, Darden was for several
years executive secretary of the
alumni organization, but he re
signed some years ago to enter
private business.
Nelson,
of Raleigh; Alfred W.
of Reidsville; J. M. Chesh-
of
• ^»V1V49VI1IC, J. iVl. VxlIC
Of Sanford; C. C. Howell,
Wilmington; Lloyd Early, of Win-
ston-Salem: J. L. Floyd, of Atlanta,
Ga.; H. L. Barney, of New York;
W. P. Wilkins, of Norfolk, Va.; D,
L, Brown, of Richmond, Va,; and
Dr. J. E. Rawls, of Suffolk, Va,
will be of
fered in Whitley Auditorium next
Tuesday night, January 17th, un
der the auspices of the Alamance
Civic Music Association.
Only ensemble of Its kind in
the world, the group features
music for the French horn with
piano, violin and cello, playing
S solos, sonatas, trios and quartet
in a variety of combinations.
Joseph Eger, leader of the en
10 the grand was that the princi
pal of the Ford Foundation grant
must be kept intact for ten years,
after which the college will be at
liberty to use the funds for what
is judged to be the institution’s
best interests.
Dr. Smith closed his discussion
of the Ford Foundation grant by
quoting a formal statement, in ,^35 appeared with many
which he expressed his own and; world’s principal orchestras,
the college’s gratitude for the 8®"'| briUiant horn virtuoso is one
erous gift. His formal statement agists before
follows: 'the public, bringing the rich ver
satility of the horn as a solo and
ensemble instrument. Eger has
been a member of the summer
faculty at Aspen, Colo., for three
seasons, is an organizer of the Los
Angeles Horn Club and is also ac
tive in radio, television and motion
pictures.
‘The Ford Foundations’ gift of
$500,000,000 to the privately en
dowed colleges, universities and
hospitals of our country is amaz
ingly startling. This gift to our
colleges is a gift to civilization. It
underwrites the American way of
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EGER PLAYERS, CONCERT GROUP
DR. W. M. BROWN
Eloii Man
Is Invited
On Cruise
Dr. William M. Brown, long-time
member of the Elon College facul
ty, is one of a group of civilian
loaders from various parts of the
nation who have been invited to
go as observers for the mid-winter
maneuvers of the United States
Marine Corps in the Caribbean
area.
The invitation came to Dr. Brown
by telephone from Secretary of
the Navy Charles Thomas, and the
Elon profesor will sail with the
main Marine convoy which will
leave this week from three East
Coast ports. The exact sailing date
for the convoy, which will leave
in three sections from Norfolk,
Morehead City and Onslow Beach,
has not been announced.
Dr. Brown will go with the main
convoy to a base camp on the Is
land of Vieques, off Puerto Ric-
From there he will be flown oy
the Marines to San Juan. Puerto
Rico, and thence to Guantai.^.T.o
Bay, Cuba, l;ng one f the largest
naval bases in the Atlantic sector.
After spending ten to twelve days
with the observer group, he will
he flown back to Norfolk for the
return trip home.
A member of the Elon College
faculty for the past eight years.
Dr. Brown has long been widely
recognized as an educator, histor
ian and author, but not so many
people know that he has also had
extensive military experience prior
to and during World War II. He
retired from the United States
Army with the rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel.
Complete details of the mid
winter Marine maneuvers have
not been revealed, and Dr. Brown
stated today that his knowledge of
the plans was confined to state
ments that have been released to
state -newspapers by the Marine
officials.
News dispatches reveal that for
ward echelon units of the Marines
have already Begun moving sup
plies and equipment and are set
ting up a base at Vieques for the
main unit. Actual number of Mar
ines who will participate has not
been made public, but the Navy
has announced that more than 30
ships of the Atlantic Fleet am
phibious force will particpate,
along with the battleship Wiscon-
the aircraft carrier Siboney,
“The expressive possibilities of
the horn are enormous,” Eger
says. “In addition to its beautiful
tone, it is one of the most flexible
of all instruments. Have you not-
cvitch in his Fifth makes it sound
like a flute, Wagner like a bari-
iced how in much of Brahms the
horn sounds like a cello? Shostak-
i
] (Continued on Page Four)
Ein,
the submarine Sea Lion and seven
destroyers. The size of this naval
force indicates the^etent of the
[maneuvers »hich Dr. Brown will
see.