Heres Succcss To
The New
Student Officers
MAROON AND GOLD
And Also The Best
May Day
Festival In History
VOLI ME
ELON COLLEGE, C.
THl'RSDAY. ALW. 2, I95fi
NUMBER 14
May Day Observance To Be Weekend Event
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Carolyn Abernathy, Queen Of May
Eton History |
Majors Win ,
Scholarships
Four Elon seniors, all of whom
have majored in history and all
members of Pi Gamma Mu, nat
ional social science honor society,
have been awarded graduate scho
larships for the coming 1956-57
college year, according to an an
nouncement from Dr. H, H. Cun
ningham. chairman of the Elon'
History Department.
Terry Emerson, of Lewes Beach.
Del., was awarded one of five reg
ional scholarships by the Duke
University School of Law, The
awards, ba.sed upon a candidate’s
character, personality, leadership
and intellectual ability, is tor $1,000
and is renewable for twft succeed
ing years.
Kenneth Lambert, of Norfolk,
Va., has a choice between the
Goodwin Memorial Law Scholar
ship at William and IVIary, valued
at $1,000 annually and renewable
for two additional years, and a
$1,200 graduate fellowship in
Southern History at the University
of Georgia.
Robert Baxter, of Burlington,
has been awarded a $700 scholar
ship in the Duke University School
of Law and will enter the fresh-
TCan law class there in September
ef this year.
Robert Robertson, also of Bur-
'ington, has been awarded a re-
Sional scholarship valued at $550
P«r year or $1,650 for three years
study for the Bachelor of Law
^gree at the Tulane University
School of L,aw. Such scholarships
open only to honor students
selected American colleges, and
there is keen competition for such
>wards.
President Smith Names
Commencement Speakers
The announcement of speakers ^ ^
for Elon's 1956 commencement has ; Cheniistrv (jrroiip
been made by President Leon E. j ^ ^ ' rn •
Smith, who stated that the com-j IvillSlOIl Trip
mencement program will open |
The Elon College Chemistry
Club, composed of students with
major interest in chemistry,
went to Kinston last Wednesday
to visit the DuPont plan
Approximately 20 members of
the student group, which is
presided over by Jimmy Bell,
of Burlington, made the trip
Talent Show,
Two Dances
Are Planned
V t?lent show and two dances
will add much to the fe.'itive fun
lor tlon College students during
this traditional May Day weekend.
:ccording to plans made public
by Furman Moseley, who is wind
ing up his service as president of
the student government with a ga
la program.
The May Day pageant itself is
sot for Saturday afternoon, but
the weekend fun will get off with
1 bang at 8 o'clock Friday night
Aifh the ' Elon Follies of 1956, "
\hich is to be staged in Mooney
Chapel. The follies will take the
form of a talent show, in which
members of various student or
ganizations will be competing tor
cash prizes.
In announcing plans for the ta
lent show. President Moseley sta
led that representatives from Del
ta Upsilon Kappa, Tau Zcta Phi.
Pi Kappa Tau, Iota Tau Kappa,
.-Mpha Pi Delta. Sigma Mu Sig
ma. the Science Club, the Day
Students and the combined Min
isterial Association and Student
Christian Association will compete
for cash prizes of $25, $15 and $10
The “Follies” will be followed
"riday night by an informal dance
in the Student Union, with danc
ing to the tunes of the "Rhythm-
naires” until midnight. Both the
talent show and the Friday night
lance are new features of Elon’s
.May Day weekend.
The weekend celebration will be
climaxed Saturday night by the an
nual “Spring Vormal’ from 8
o'clock until midnight. Music for
this dance will be by “The South
erners,” who have proven popular
n dance engagements at State,
Carolina, Wake Forest and Wom
an’s College this year. Tables and
chairs will be provided for 400
oeople, with decorations to follow
the “Modern Dance” theme of the
May Day pageant.
THE Kmc; AiND THE DHIECTOK
FI RMAN MOSELEY
MRS. JEANNE GRIKl IN
Furman Moseley, pictured left, who has guided campus affairs
this year as president of the Stu-dent Government, will reign as
king with the Queen of May on S.iturday. Directing the May Day
'estivities will be Mrs. Jeanne Griffin, pictured right, diiector of
..omen's physical education.
Barnes Is New President
For Stuilent Government
The Elon College students, vot- member next fall,
ing last week in the college’s an
nual campus-wide election, chose
Larry Barnes, a rising senior from
Portsmouth. Va., as president of
the student government organiza
tion for the coming 1956-57 col
lege year.
Other student bod*' officers
elected at the same time
Doc Alston, of Reidsville.
Don Johnson, of Dunn, was
elected president of the rising sen
ior class. Other senior officers in
clude James Crump, of Aberdeen,
vice-president; Jennie Keck, of
Alamance, secretary-treasurer; and
William Watson, of Sanford, class
representative to the Student Leg-
were islature.
vice-1 President of the rising junior jparralor for the pageant, which
PaiSeant Set
As Feat me
On Saturday
The story of the development
of modern dances will form the
thcnnc of the annual Elon College
May Day pageant, which will be
presented in the oval on tlie South
Campus at 3 o'clock Saturday af
ternoon. The pageant, centering
about the coronaUon of the May
Queen, furnishes the highlight of
a festive weekend.
Ruling as Queen of May over
the annual festivities will be Car
olyn Abernathy, with Furman
Moseley sharing royal honors as
ihe king. Little Pamela Jordan,
of Burlington, will be flower girl
tor the event; while Gray Oriffin,
whose mother directs the pageant,
will l)e crown bearer.
Chief attendants for the royal
pair will be Shirley Cox, as maid-
of-honor. escorted by Warren Al
len, while the senior atten
dants will be Barbara Cardeu
and Ann Puckett, escorted re
spectively by Hugh Citty and Bob
by Green. The Junior attendants
will be Evelyn Fritts and Margaret
Patillo, escorted respectively by
Eddie Bridges and Jimmy Crump.
Prehminary to the coronation
will be a concert by the Elon Band
at 3 o'clock, directed by Prof.
Dewey Stowers. Promptly at 3;30
the National Anthem will herald
the arrival of the royal court, af
ter which the queen will be crown
ed by Larry Barnes, newly elected
president of the Elon College stu
dent government.
Larry Barnes will also serve as
with the annual Commencement
Ball on Friday night. May 25th,
and will conclude with the grad
uation exercises on Monday morn
ing. May 28th.
Scheduled to deliver the bac
calaureate address to the graduat
ing class on Monday, May 28th.
is Congressman Walter Judd, of
Minnesota, who was at one time
a medical missionary. Congress
man Judd has delivered the'com
mencement address at Elon on
two previous occasion''
The baccalaureate sermon, which
is scheduled for Sunday morning.
May 27th, will be delivered by
Dr. John Mackay, president of
Princeton Theological Seminary,
ranked as one of the nati(»n s out
standing church leaders. The
speaker, who will be making his
first speaking appearance at Elon,
was a Princeton classmate of Dr.
Smith, Elon's president. Both grad
uated at Princeton Seminary in
1915.
Named as “Alumni Orator for
1956” is Dr. John Robert Ker-
nodle, of Burlington, who is prom
inent in medical and surgical or
ganizations and a state leader in
the fight against cancer. He will
be (he featured speaker at the an
nual alumni banquet, which will
be held at 6 o'clock on Saturday
night, May 26th.
The aUimni 'day program on Sat
urday will also feature reunions
for eleven Elon graduating class
es of earlier years, and also the
annual spring meeting of the alum
ni association.
AT INAUGURATION
Dr. J. E. Danieley, dean of stu
dents, represented Elon College
at the inauguration of Dr. William
H. Plemmons as the new presi
dent of Appalachian State College.
The inauguration was held at
Boone on April 23rd( with repre-
yentative in attendance from prac
tically all of the North Carolina
colleges.
president: and Patricia Chrismon,
of Reidsville, secretary-treasurer.
They succeed to posts held this
year by Furman Mo.seley, of Co
lumbia. S. C.; Jerry Moize, of Gib-
sonville; and Margaret Patillo, of
Burlington.
Ciiosen as members of the Stu
dent Council were Ronald Berg
man, of Uncasville, Conn., and
Bobby Johnson, of Burlington,
men’s representatives; Evelyn
Fritts, of Lexington, and Jo Ann
Atkins, of AlbemarVe, women’s
lepresentatives: and Robert Orr,
of Burlington, representative-at-
large.
Selected as members of the Ho
nor Council for the new term were
Margaret Patillo, of Burlington,
and Jerry Slaughter, of Lexing
ton, representing the senior class;
John Apessos, of Monessen, Pa.,
and Johnny Oakes, of Greensboro,
representing the junior class; and
Douglas Albert, of Lahore, Pakis
tan, representing the sophomore
class. The incoming freshman
class will name its Honor Council
class is James Biggerstaff. of Bur
lington. Other junior leaders are
Louis Wilkins, of Lennig, Va.. vice-
president: Patricia Coghill, of Hen
derson, secretary: Carl Burke, of
Burlington, treasurer; and Betty
Sue Ammons, of Burlington, class
representative to the Student Leg
islature.
Leading the rising sophomores
as president will be Gilbert Watts,
of Laurinburg. Other sophomore
leaders are William Joyner, of
Franklin, Va., vice-president; Norie
Luce, of Riverhead, N. Y., secre
tary-treasurer: and Linda Simp
son, of Elon College, class repre
sentative to the Student Legisla
ture.
All the newly-elected officers
assume their duties next week at
inauguration ceremonies provided
in the student constitution. They
will Operate the student govern
ment through the remainder of the
current year, acquainting them
selves with their duties while
their predecesors are still on cam
pus for consultation
will be staged as entertainment
for the king and queen and their
royal attendants. The pageant it
self will center about Mary Eakin,
who does the Dreamer’s Dance
and then dreams the other dances
that follow. Other modern dances
include the waltz, the polka, the
Charleston, the Big Apple and the
jitterbug. Closing number will be
the traditional winding of the May
Pole.
Dancing the dreamy waltz will
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SCA Installs
Leaders Sunday
The Student Christian Associa
tion will insull its new officers for
the 1956-57 college year at special
ceremonies planned for next Sun
day May 6th. The new president
is Sylvia Smith, of Henderson, who
succeeds to the post held this year
by Meryle Mauldin, of Winston-
Salem. The Student Christian As
sociation sponsors many of the re
ligious and social programs that
are held for students on the Elon
campus.
Other SCA officers are Pat Cog-
bill, of Henderson, vice president
Martha Langley, of Staley, secre
tary and Louis Wilkins, of Len-
ning Va., treasurer. Commission
chairmen are Guy Lambert, of
Providence, R- I- Religi°u* Life;
Joyce Myers, of Philadelphu., Pa.,
Campus Affairs; and Douglas Al
bert, of Lahore, Pakistan. Worid
Order.
Church History Portrayed
By Players At Convention
The hundred-year history of the
Southern Convention of Congrega
tional Christian Churches was
brought to life In vivid style in
a pageant, entitled "An Epic In
American Christianity,” which was
presented at the Union Ridge
Church north of Burlington at 8
o’clock last night.
The pageant was staged by the
Elon College Players, with the co
operation of the Elon College Mus
ic Department, and it was an out
standing first-night feature of the
Southern Convention’s three-day
centennial meeting, which is be
ing held at the Urilon Ridge
Church from Tuesday through
Thursday of this week.
Prof. Melvin E. Wooten, direc
tor of dramatics at Elon College,
along with Prof. Fletcher Moore
and Prof. John Westmoreland, of
(he Elon Music Department, were
the co-directors of the pageant.
which portrayed in music and pan
tomime key episodes in the rise of
the Congregational Christian de
nomination in this area and thhe
history of the Southern Conven
tion itself. The convention was or
ganized at Union Ridge in 1856.
The historical episodes used in
the pageant were selected and writ
ten jointly by Dr. William M.
Brown, professor of history at
Elon, and Dr. William T. Scott,
superintendent of the Southern
Convention. The musical back
ground for the episodes was hailed
as outstanding by those present
last night.
The changes of scenery and
stage settings were done by rapid
changes in lighting. Narrator for
the pageant was Larry Bames, of
Portsmouth, Va.. who was just
elected last week as .president of
the Elon College student govern
ment.
Fellowships For
Clieni Students
Jimmy Holt Bell, of Burlington,
and Albert Cale, Jr., of Windsor,
senior majors in the field of chem
istry, have just been awarded gra
duate fellowships for advanced
study in chemistry, according to
an announcement to the faculty of
the Elon Chemistry Department.
Each of them have been honor
students and active leaders in the
Chemistry Club.
Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs Irv
ing Bell, of Burlington, has a
$1,500 fellowship at the Univer-
aity of North Carolina; while Cale,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cale,
of Windsor, has a $1,200 fellow
ship at the University of South
Carolina. Each of them plan to
pursue advanced work in chemis
try next year. The awards to Bell
and Cale marked the third succes
sive year that Elon chemistry maj
ors have received attractive gra
duate fellowships.
Players Plan
Shakespeare
Production
The Elon Plyers are preparing
their fourth and final feature pro
duction of the 1955-56 college
year, and the Prof. Melvin E.
Wooten has announced the com
pletion of the cast for Shake
speare's “The Tempest," which
will be a commencement weekend
feature on Saturday night. May
26th. There has also been dis
cussed a project to present the
play in one or more road engage
ments.
Members of the cast for the
Shakespearean production include
Bill Watson, of Sanford, as Pros-
pero, the rightful Duke of Milan;
Ann Stoddard, of Braintree, Mass.,
as Mirando, his daughter; Chuck
Oakley, of Roxboro, as Ferdinand,
Prince of Naples; Roger Rush, of
Burlington, as Ariel, servant of
Prospero.
Prof. Clyde McCants, of Elon
College, as Caliban, spawn of the
devil; James Sheppard, of Haw
River, as Alonso, King of Naples;
John Meadows, of Jacksonville, as
Sebastion, brother of Alonso; Bill
Walker, of Durham, as Antonio,
Prospero’s brother; Orville Light,
of Spray, as Gonzalo, good old
Lord; Lee Chaney, of Concord, aa
Trincuto, Alonso’s jester; and Ben
Barr, of Taftville, Conn., as Adri
an. the King’s drunken butler.
There will also be a chorus of
eight dancing girls.