Let's Give The
Pirates
A Good Licking
MAROON AND GOLD
And Let's Do It
Like
True Sportsmen
VOLUME 35
liLON COLI.EGF.. \. C.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1956
NUMBER 9
Religious Emphasis Services Planned For Campus
Broivn Back
After Trip
With Marines
Dr William M. Brown, veteran
member of the Eion faculty, is
back on the campus after an in
teresting and informative trip to
,he Caribbean Sea with the Atlan
tic Training Group 1-56 of the
fleet Marine Forcc.
The Elon faculty member was
(,ne of the trio of South Atlantic
civilian leaders who was invited
b\ tke Secretary of Defense to be
observers during the annual Ma
rine maneuvers in the Puerto Ri
can area. Others included a More-
hcad City newspaper editor and
the president of South Carolina's
statewide Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Brown embarked from
Morehead City aboard the LST
Westchester County and ptoceed-
cd to the Puerto Rican area, land
ing with the Marine task force
on Vieques Island, which is a fav
orite maneuvers area for the Ma-
rines.
During the cruise southward
Dr. Brown was impresed by the
gunnery practice indulged in by
the vessels in his convoy, partic
ularly by the anti-aircraft firing.
Ke hart the privilege of handling
the helm of the Westchester
County during the cruise south
ward. He was at one point during
the trip a passenger abroad the
'J.S.S. Monrovia, an attack trans
port with a great record in both
the European and Pacific thea
tres during World War II, and
while on that ship he was made
an "Honorary Alligator."
After witnessing the Marine
maneuvers on Vieques, Dr. Brown
was flown to San Juan, Puerto
Rico, and was then flown back to
Norfolk, Va., on a service trans
port plane. On his return trip he
ELON 1‘KOI ESSOR LOOKS OVilK MANEUVER AREA
Dr. William M, Brown, veteran member of the Elon faculty, is pictured above with Brigadier
Genera! Wallace M. Greene. Jr., who is explaining to the Elon professor the layout of the maneuver
area for the Fleet Marine Force on Vieques Island off the coast of Puerto Rico The twi)_arc stand
ing on an elevated platform near general headquarters, where Dr. Brown was one of a specially invited
group of civilian observers making the January trip to tlie Caribbean area.
Elon Faculty
Member Will
Give Recital
School Honor Group
There were thirteen students of Sumner, of Burlington, also taking
hi- iLlon Evening School who 'Ive courses, had no grade less
made honor grades on all their na-’ “B' on .nny ^uhject.
courses during the Fall Semester,! Nine others, who were enrolled
^according to an announcement re-1 fo-..vork on fci’r nights each week,
leased from the office of Dr. J 'had no grade below "B" on any
Prof. Jonathon Sweat, pianist, £ Danieley, dean of students. I.n’bjcct. They included Richard
Greek Letter
Groups Bid
For Members
With the winter rushing sea-
,01: nearing its end, the stage if
et for the annual winter "Bid
Vight," which will be staged by
he four Greek letter fraternities
ind sororities this week, with each
if the group vying for new mem-
,ers from those who have been
U;'hed during recent days.
This second and final of the
,emi-annual ‘ Bid Nights," which
b to be observed in colorful cere-
■nonies late Saturday night, as-
umes greater importance to many
.tudents and to the various organ-
7ations due to the fact that many
of the freshmen become eligible
or membership for the first time.
Since a student must complete
least one term of college work
with an average grade of "C” oi
)elter before joining one of the
ocial groups, the first-year stu-
jents were ineligible tor pledging
it the autumn ceremonies in Octo
ber.
The various fraternities and sor
orities are concluding this week
heir usual "Rush Week" series of
)arties and gatherings, at which
'hey entertain prospective pledg-
■s; and no doubt more than one
jf the rushees is debating right
■low which group they should
choose for “brothers" or “sisters"
when the hour of decision arrives
The rushees will indicate their
decision whether to accept mem
jership by accepting an invitation
to the “Bid Night” party of the
group they choose. The.se parties
who has been a member of the Keisling and Jack Lon?-j jjarbee, Herbert Brooks, Freddie, will then be followed by the most
ie faculty for the both of Burlington, both r^rijtley, James
Elon College music
past four years, will give his an
nual faculty recital in Whit'cy Au
ditorium on Monday evening, Feb-
Ituary 20th, at 8:15 o’clock. The “A”
installation on Puerto Rico.
barely missed meeting Army Sec- . .. . , .
retary Wilber M. Brucker, who {Public is cordially invited to at-
was arriving to inspect military tend.
He joined the Elon College fac
ulty in 1952 after receiving his
B. S. and M. S. degrees from the
lulliard School of Music in New
York City. While there he was a
piano student of Alton Jones and
had Master Classes with the late
Carl Friedburg.
During hjs two years of grad
uate study, Prof. Sweat entered
and won the Young Artists’ Con
tests and made several tours un
der the auspices of the Young
Artists’ Concert Management. In
judging the auditions at this time,
Silvio Scionti, the teacher critic
said of the young pianist, “He can
piay both sensitively and brilliant
ly. Mature and at home in every
style."
While visiting his home in Cor
inth, Miss., during the Christmas
holidays, the Elon professor was
presented in recital before the
home folks. The press at that time,
in reviewing the program, said,
A large and appreciative audi
ence filled the hall to hear this
young artist give a superb per
formance."
KistL'r, Howard colorful ceremonies of the Elon
of whom vere taking a full load | ppnniijgton and Virginia Walker, 1 College year, when the fraternity
ct five courses, had “A" on all,all of*Burlington; Perry Haggins men go forth in groups from the
„Libjects and were placed on the and Kenneth Page, of Graham;
honor list. Nathan Simpson, and Richard Sneed, of Elon Col-
Dr. Eldon Mills Will Be
Elon Visitor Next Week
AWARDED DE(;REE
'a ■ *'
. ''|l' ■ : '
PKOF. WILI.IAM T. KEECE
I’rof. William T. Recce, mem-
')er of Elon's business administra-
ion faculty for the past three
years, has just been awarded his
CPA degree, according to an an
nouncement from the Noith Car
olina Board of Certified Public
Accountants. He attended Mars
Hill College and the University
of Alabama and later graduated
from the University of North Car
olina, where he is currently pur
suing advanced work in business
administration.
Players List
Actors For
JSew Show
The Elon Players, with two suc
cessful productions to their cre
dit this year, will go in for the
highly dramatic for their third
full-length play of the college sea
son. Prof. M. E, Wooten, who di
rects the activities of the student
thespians, has announced that the
Players will present Frederick
Knotts “Dial M for Murder” as
their next play.
The new play, with tentative
presentation dates set for March
6th through March 10th, centers
about Tony Wendice’s plan for the
perfect murder, working out ev
ery detail so that he will not be
detected. The hitch comes when
the
wrong person gets killed and
the police arrive on the scene,
'’•'ith the solution of the murder
■"esting on a single door key.
The cast for this production is
a small one, with only six persons
taking parts. Five of the six roles
'’ave already been cast, with ex
perienced student actors in most
the parts, a fact which assures
2 smooth presentation.
The five roles already cast in-
^'ude Ann Stoddard, of Braintree,
^’ass., as Margot Wendice; Bo Rid-
of BurUngton, as Max HalU-
Roger Rush, of Burlington,
M Tony Wendice; Bill Watson, of
Sanford, as Inspector Hubbard;
Curtis Young, of Durham, as
Csptain Lesgate.
of Brown Summit, and Philip iege.
v/est colonades to sing to their
sister sororities on the upper bal
conies of the girls’ dormitories.
NAVY OFFICERS
Two of Elon's 1955 graduates
have just received their commis
sions as ensigns in Uncle Sam’s
Navy, following completion of
training at Newport, R. I. The new
officers are William L. Burke,
III, and Wliilam C. Mercer, both
of Burlington.
The annual Religious Emphasis
Week for Elon students will be
observed on the campus, begin
ning next Sunday, February 12th,
and continuing through Wednes
day, Fe&Tuary 15th, with Dr. El
don H Mills, pastor of the Con
gregational Christian Church in
West Hartford, Conn., to be guest
speaker Tor the series of services.
The Religious Emphasis pro
gram. which is to be staged under
I the joint sponsorship of the col-
|lege itself and the Student Chrls-
^tian Association, will get under-
i way with two worship services
next Sunday at 11 o’clock in the
morning and at 8 o’clock at night.
Dr. Mills will also meet with the
college faculty on Sunday efter-
noon.
The visiting minister is also
scheduled to address the student
body at the chapel services next
Monday morning and will speak
to the students of the Elon Even
ing School at 8 o'clock on both
Monday and Tuesday nights. The
series of services will come to a
close on Wednesday night. Febni-
ary 15th.
Dr. Mills, who is pastor of one
of the outstanding Congregation
al Christian churches in America,
has long been recognized as one
of the denomination’s greatest
ministers and outstanding think
ers. He has been particularly out
standing for his work with youth
and education.
He is no stranger to the Elon
College campus, for he was here
tor a full week two years ago as
a representative of the Division
of Christian Higher Education and
tile Commission on Evangelism of
the national church organization.
He has also appeared at many
other colleges in recent years,
having been a guest for Religious
Emphasis observance at Guilford
College in 1953.
Second Player Show Of Year Is Highly Successful
By HOWARD WHITE
(Guest Critic)
I which was presented five nights acters, characters who wanted to
Pan" with such favor of their au
diences earlier this year, moved
from comedy into detailed drama
f orthe second show of the year
and did the drama with the same
success that met their comedy ef
forts.
Their newest show was Lillian
Heilman’s "The Little Foxes,
last week under the direction of make their fortune without regard
Prof. M. E. Wooten, Jr., and the to principles involved. Yet the
The tiTe °Fry^ng complete change of type showed deep and hard drama that often-
themselves «£ ‘he Frying
ty. The new show called tor and theatrical groups came to the sur-
got the same strong direction .iiid face to replace the comedy of the
oortrayals that was s^en in me past. The result left the audience
lighter production | satisfied that the play had been
"The Little Foxes" had little' vvell directed and wel cast and
comedy, unless the viewer wished j the story well told,
to make comedy of the foolish | Success of “The Little Foxes"-
ambitions on the part of the char- was due to the whole cast rather
ONE OF SCENES EROIVI PLA YERS’ SUCCESSFUL SHOW
GRADUATE RECORDS
The Graduate Record Examina
tions will be given to members of
the 1956 senior class, beginning
at 9 o’clock on Friday morning,
according to an announcement is
sued this week by Dr. J. E. Dan
ieley, dean of students. The tests
will be given in the Lecture Hall
on the second floor of Alamance.
Seniors are to be excused from
their regular class schedules to
take these tests.
Shown above Is a scene
from last week's Elon Player production of “The Little Foxes," which
■ ..1., «nn nprsons in five nights to equal the recotd set by their earlier showing of
drew approxima ^ Among the spectators were visitors from Virginia, South Caro-
“Out of the Frymg J'’**/®clrolina. Those shown, left to right, are Margaret Sharpe, as
lina and poms ® Hubbard; Helen Gilbert, as Birdie Hubbard: Gene Harrell.
Regina Giddens; Bill Watson, a8
as Horace Giddens; and Prof. William Goodrum,
as Oscar Hubbard.
than to a single individual, for the
story set in a Southern city in
1900, rested on the ambitions of
individuals in their conflict with
desire for wealth, impatience with
progress and each looking after
himself.
The plot centered about the ef
forts of two brothers, Ben and
Oscar Hubbard, enacted by Wil
liam Watson and Prof. William
Goodrum, to get the money for
a new cotton mill. They needed
the support of their ailing brother-
in-law, Horace Giddens, who ques
tioned the brothers' motive. The
Giddens role was by Eugene Hai-
rell.
In the ensuing conflict there
was a study in human reactions
which called for unit effectiveness
and tempo. Margaret Sharpe, as
Regina Gidens, did well with a
difficult role as she was torn be
tween her brothers, her husband
and her own insatiable greed. She
found some difficulty with early
scenes, but she grasped the situa
tion quickly and moved through
'.he play remarkably well. Her
work in the dramatic role exceed
ed her comedy portrayal of "Out
of the Frying Pan”
Beyond Miss Sharpe, it was
hard to single out the stars. As
remarked before, it was unit work
that required the best efforts of
all. One character who should be
singled out would be Helen Gil
bert, who played the timid and
lonely wife of Oscar Hubbard.
She was ideal for the part, and
it would be hard to find a better
portrayal on the professional
stage. She drew from her audience
the sympathy that the role de
manded. and yet one spectator
used “cute” to describe her.
(Continued on Page Four)
Legislative
Membership
Is Discussed
The relative representation of
dormitory students and day stu
dents was the main topic of dis
cussion at the meeting of the Stu
dent Legislature, which was held
in Society Hall on Wednesday
night, January 18th.
A resolution, which had been
introduced at a previous meeting
of the Student Legislature, to set
the legislative membership of the
(wo new dorms, Carolina Hall and
Virginia Hall, and to increase the
membership allotted to the Day
Student Organization, was brought
before the law-makers again, and
intense argument resulted.
William Stanfield introduced a
resolution, with second, that the
number of Day Student represen
tatives be increased from 10 to
14 and that the number of Dorm
Student representatives be peg
ged at 14, with two independents
10 be chosen each year. There was
iiscussion regarding the relative
.number of dorm and day students
in the day classes, and in the midst
of the arguments the final fate
ol the Stanfield re.solutlon appear
ed obscured.
Other matters which came In
for discussion at the legislative
session included possible student
participation in the planning of
chapel programs; the initiation of
a used book service on the Elon
campus; proposed amendments to
Article IV of the student consti
tution, which deals with election
of campus officials; and the ques
tion of Night School parking un
der present regulations.