TWO NEW DORMS
TO BE COMPLETED
BEFOiiE SUMMEU
With canstriiction work near
ly romplete. CMitractors have
promised that each of two new
dorauiories on the Eltn campus
will be finished and reidy for
tlie-r fuml‘ihii!,?s by early in
Juue. The two dorms pictured
here are V^’irgriaia Hall (left),
is to fnrniU added a'-
c»ra£ni>dation» for girls and
which Is risin* just north of sud
adjacent to the present West
Dor.-niti;ry: a d Cir.>ir;a Hall
(r=8^.t). which is being .vuilt nejr
the eastern eJge of the campus
and which will furnish rooms
for irore than ICO boys.
Here’s A Happy
Easter
Vacation Seas«ti
MAROON AND GOLD
And Safe Return
To Cion
Far All Students
ELON COLLEGE. N. C.
WEDN'ESDAY, MARCH 28, 195G
NUMBER n
VOLL’ME 35 ’ - -
Pageant Features Easter Observance On Campus
ork Nears Completion
On Elon's New Buildiilgs
itW DiMiVG HAL!> MAY BE (OMi’LEl L !N FOKTNUilir
EWht Graduates
III ^ inter Term
Eight students completed re
quirements for graduation at the
close of the recent Winter
Quarter, according to an an
nouncement from the office of
Mis.-, Hazel Walker, college reg-
istrar. The winter graduates will
receive their diplomas and de
grees along with other mem
bers of the Class of 1956 at the
regular Elon commencement ex
ercises late in May.
Those who graduated after the
eaifv March examii/itions in
cluded William H. Dixoa, Bur
lington: Graham Heatli, Elon
College; Laila Khury. Ra;aiallah,
Jordan: Kenneth Lambert, Nor
folk. Va.; John Littiken, Mc-
Leansville; Lois Scott. Elon Col
lege: Gene Thomas, Burlington:
and G. M. Wooten. Raleigh.
New Members
Are Listed
By Sigma Mu
The Sigma Mu Sigma Frater
nity, student Masonic affiliate, an
nounced this week the initiation
of five new members and the
names of five additional pledges
to be initiated later.
The new members just initiated
include Ronnie Bergman, of Un-
caaviUe, Conn.; Joe Byals, of
Dunn; and James Biggerstaff, Carl
Burke and Robert Orr, of Bur
lington.,
The pledge group, to be initiat
ed later, includes Guy Lambert,
of Newport, R. I.; Lawrence Gregg,
ot South Norfolk, Va.; and Stan
ley Carey, Bernard Jones and
Roger Nardelli, of Burlington.
The announcement of new mem-
i>ers and pledges came from Rob
ert Bergman, of Uncasville, Conn.,
president of the group. Other offi
cers are Vernon Joyner, Walters.
first vice-president; Neil
Johnson, Burlington, second vice-
president; Bobby Johnson, Burl-
*ojt&n, secretary; Bobby Gaydon.
Graham, corresponding secretary;
and Donald McDaniel, Fayette
ville, treasurer.
Other mem.i)ers are James
Compton, of Cedar Grove; Leslie
Johnston, of Holland, Vs.; Rick
Barbee, Darrell Shut and John
BiSserstaff, of Burlington; and
Robbins and Jerry Smyre,
of Greensboro.
The work is rapidly noaring
completion on the two new dor
mitories and the new dining hall,
which have been under construe-1
lion on the Elon College campus
since last summer. The contrac
tors have stated that the McEwen
Memorial Dining Hall will be
ready for delivery to the college
within a fortnight, and the two
dormitories will be completed by
early in June.
Asked last weekend about the
completion dates on the new
buildings, C. M. Price, foreman
for the King-Hunter Construction
Company, of Greensboro, stated
that ail that remains to be done
on the new McEwen Dining Hall
is the floors, the painting of wood
work and cleaning and prelimi
nary landscaping for the grounds.
The dining hall may be ready for|
furniture by April 10th. |
The work on Virginia Hall. new .
girls’ dormitory, is more advanced
than that on Carolina Hall, the
boys' dormitory, and Price stated
that construction should be com
pleted on Virginia Hall by around
May 1st. All that remained last
week on the girls' dorm was in
stallation of the tile in the baths,
the floors and the painting and
trimming.
The roof and comice work on
CaroUna Hall is expected to be
completed within the next week
or ten days, and the pUsterers will
get to the inside about that time.
The contractors expect to finish
Carolina Hall by or soon after the
close of the spring term. If their
expectation is realized, then the
■
Siiiirise Service Planned
To Reeall Resurrection
Already adding much to the beauty of the Elon campus is the McEwen Memorial
which is soon to be complete and ready for occupancy. The new dming hall, which ^ *>emg bu
1 memorial to the late J. H McEwen, for many years an ou standing figure in the inaus rial,
r civk Ufe of tlus are., stands near the West Gate of the campus. Two stones in
th» dining hall will provide accommodations for banquets and student social events on its
,.S Sfir .u..d .K.. t». ».a, b. -nd »
the college authorities within the next two weeks.
Opportunity Is Knocking As ....
Student Legislature Offers Cash
Awards For Scholastic Excellence
A system of cash awards for
scholastic attainment has been set
uD bv the Student Legislature, and
•rs“ « rL-r
j”'s
on the job at the 1955 commence
ment.
Danieley Makes
First Air Trip
Dr. J. E- Danieley. Elon's
dean of students, who complet
ed all ground requirements for
a private pilot’s Ucense back in
1946. made his first plane flight
as a passenger last Sunday when
he causht an Eastern Air Linw
plane to Indianapolis oo the
first lap of a quick risit to three
mid-Westem universiUes.
From Indianapolis he »teite«
Purdue University and then
made a quick hop by train to
Chicago and Eranston. IlL,
where he visited the University
of Chicago »««* Northwestern
Vniveisity. In each case he was
vtettine and iaaP^ctiae chem-
Utrr departm*Bt» at the schooU.
He was to return home by plane
last Bight.
thy claimants appear. Students
from either of the tour college
classes are eligible to enter the
competition.
The awards, which include first,
second and third prizes in four
divisions, were provided by the
Legislature in keeping with a bill
presented by Terry Emerson. The
bUl. which passed in the Legis
lature at a special se»iwn on
March 15th, was duly approved
by the necessary college adminis-
trative officers.
Complete explanation of the
award system is included in the
legislative bUl itself, which is pre
sented in its entirety below.
An Act To EsUbllsh
A System Of Student
Scholastic Awards
To promote the development of
a truly Uberal arts curriculum and
to inspire students to know some
thing about everything which our
culture honors and a great deal
about the particular area in which
his studies concentrate;
And furthermore.- to provide
arand recognition tor devoted and
enthusiastic study;
THE STUDENT LEGISLATURE
OF ELON COLLEGE DOES IN
AUGURATE AND APPROPRIATE
THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR
THE STUDENT BODY SCHOLAS
TIC AWARDS.
These shall be three awards al-
loted for each of the four Divi
sions of the curriculum, one high
est honor of $15.00 and two high
honors of $10.00 each.
The four divisions are to be rep
resented as folows—
(1) The Division of Social Sci
ence composed of courses of his
tory. political science, sociology,
psychology, geography, and econ.-v
mic.'?.
(2) The Division of Humanities
composed of courses of English,
literature, dramatic arts, foreign
languages, religion, philosophy,
music and the other fine arts.
(3.) The division of Natural Sci
ence composed of courses of bio
logy. ■ chemistry, geology, mathe
matics. and physics.
(4) The Division of Practical
Arts composed of courses of busi
ness administration (excepting
economic.'}, business educaticm.
and
education, physical education,
home economics.
Such prizes are to be awarded
on the basis of oustanding and
constructive achievement by an
individual student of any class.
Such student must pursue at least
fifteen hours within one Division
in any one school year and must
possess an over-all average of B
to be eligible in that Division. No
student shall receive more than
one highest honor and one high
honor en toto in any one school
year. Each candidate for an award
shall prepare a properly docu
mented research paper of at least
two thousand words of some sub
ject encompassed by the Division
in which he is competing. This
research paper may be written
during the college year before any
candidate is notified that he is
0 submit such paper to the Cen
tral Committee of Judges.
Four Evaluation Committees
composed of the Chairman of the
Departments of Instruction, each
serving as a representative to the
one Division in which his Depart
ment fall, shall make the original
.selection of the candidates from
their Division by its own rules of
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In keeping with the true spirit
of Easter and in commemoration'
of the resurractijn of Jesus Christ, ^
3 pageant of the risen Lord will]
be pres?nted as an Easter Sun
rise Service on Eton’s South Cam
pus next SundJy morning.
The pageant, which is entitled
•'He Is Risen," is to be staged by
the Elon College Players and will
bring out in dramatic effect the
stiry of that first Easter momj
when tiid e.Tfl: Cl.r: ^ ' -Ji-:)v-
ered th; stone rolled away from
the tomb.
The presentation, which is to
be given under the direction of
Prof. Melvin E. Wooten, has been
scheduled for 5:15 o’clock Sun
day morning, and the rising of the
sun itself is to be one of the high
ly dramatic features of the pro
gram.
The characters in the pageant
will be portrayed by members of
the Elon College Players, student
dramatic group. Among those
scheduled to appear in the pro
gram are Jennie Keck. Dot Keck,
Dottle Apple, Betty Hedgepeth,
Betty Rae Franks and Wilma Par-
rish( all of the Burlington and
Elon College area; Bill Watson, of
Sanford; Chuck Oakley, of Rox-
boro; and Roger Rush, of Burling
ton. Two other male characters
were yet to be cast yesterday.
A special set for the outdoor
production, designed by Bo Rid
dle, is being constructed by the
Player group and is expected to
add much to the effect of the pro
gram. Plans are to make the East
er sunrise program a traditional
one on the Elon campus.
Sprin*^ Vacation
Startin^^ Friday
Coming for the first time iu
recent years at the Easter sea
son, the annual spring vacation
for Elon College studentH and
faculty members will get under
way at noon on Friday and will
continue tiiruu^h all of next
week and the followin* week
end. The extra week/end will
stretch the holiday period to
nine full days.
The regular class schedule for
all students, including both those
In the day clas.ses and the even
ing school, will he resumed on
Monday, April 9th. This Is ex
actly the same length of tlnve as
has been given in the past, but
the period has been observed be
tween the winter and spring
quarters in previous years.
May Day To Be
Elaborate Event
Th* 1956 May Day observance,
which is scheduled for the Elon
cami«u.s the first weekend in
May, promises to be the most
elaborate event of its kind in
the history of the college. The
Student Legislature has appro
priated funds to provide a full
weekend of entertainment.
The plans, which are being
mapped by leaders »f the stu
dent government, call for an
amateur talent show and con
test on Fridiay eveninc. Miur
4th. followed bjr the traditional
May Court pageant on Saturday
afternoon and the May Day
Ball on Saturday eTenias. May
5th. Ruling as queen and Une
over Udc entire weeltend fes-
tivUies will be Carolyn Aber
nathy and F'omaaa-MoBcley.
Group Meets
Are Planned
For Alumni
No less than ten alumni meet
ings are planned in North Car
olina and Virginia cities within
the next two months, according
to a statement this week from
Mrs, Ruth G. Boyd, executive sec
retary tor the Elon College Alum
ni Association. The meetings iu
most cases are annual affairs In
the various communities.
The meetings for the local chap
ters will be of interest to students
and others on the campus, since
in most Instances student groups
or faculty members will occupy
prominent pftices on the programs
for the various old grad chapters.
The first of the series of alum
ni chapter meetings is set for
Raleigh tomorrow night, and the
Raleigh alumni have assumed re-
spJn3ibility for the entertainment
for their gathering. In other in
stances, however, student enter
tainers such as the Mad Hatters
Quartet and various student solo
ists will appear. Prof. A. L. Hook
and Prof. M. E. Wooten are among
the faculty members scheduled for
one or more appearances.
Following the Raleigh gather
ing. other scheduled meetings will
be hefS at Durham on April Gth,
at Sanford on April 10th, at Suf
folk, Va., on April 13th, at Win
ston-Salem on May 3rd, at South
Boston, Va., on May 11th, and at
Charlotte on May 15th. Dartc.s are
yet to be announced tor m»etlngs
at Richmond, V.a, Norfclk, Va,
and WlXmingtoa