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rome Ob Students, Let’s Make That Trip To Boone MAROON AND GOLD Help The Christians Win Over Those Mountaineers VOLI'ME 36 ELON COLLEGE, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2G, 195G NUMBER 1 Elon Has Record Enrollment As Sixty-Seventh Term Opens Helfenstein Is Speaker AtS uinnier Graduation SCENE FROM PLAYERS' EiK ‘T OF ( (>LLE(,E 'S EAR Dr. Roy C. Helfenstein, pastor of the First Congregational Chris tian Church of Richmond, Va„ was tiie featured speaker when Elon College presented diplomas and degrees to 49 seniors at the colleges annual summer com mencement on Friday, August 17th. The degrees and diplomas were presented by Dr. Leon E. Smith, president of the college, after the candidates for degrees were pre sented for their awards by Prof. A. L. Hook, dean of students. Others participating in the pro gram were Dr. Henry E. Robin son. of Burlington, who pronounc ed the invocation; and Dr. F. C. Lester, of Asheboro, who present ed Bibles to the graduates. Graduating summa cum laude was Fred Keisling, of Burlington, one of six of the seniors who had ccmpleted degree requiremens as a student of the Elon Evening School. Other graduates, listed in al phabetical order were Charles Ailcins. Mount Airy; Gurney Baines., Whaleyville, Va.; John Barber. Norfolk, Va.; Jimmy Bell, Burlington; Alpha Blake, Hills boro; Clyde Boswell, Chatham Va.; Lillian Bo«well, Burlington: Louis Cannon, Burlington; Grace Clayton, Roxboro; Ronald Earp, Burlington; Edna Ellington, Reidsville; Gertrude Ellington, Manson; Marcus Ever- ette. Parkton; John Garner, Rob bins; Harold Glosson, Chapel Hill; Charles Griffin, Mayodan; Perry Haggins. Graham; Nancy Hall, Burlington; Glenda Hancock, Gra ham: John Harden, Graham; Kenneth Heltsley, Burlington; Virginia Hester, Roxboro; Bobby Hensley, Burlington; William Ker man. Norfolk, Va.; Jack Lindley, Burlington; Leslie McEwen, Man-* Of O Players Plaiiiiin For Next Slio>\ Almost before the ciirtain fell on their successful production of “'Harvey,” the Elon Players were well on the way with rehearsals for the next big show of the campus stage season. This new show will be “The Rainmaker,” a Broadway success, which is to be directed by Bill Watson, sen ior dramatics major from San ford, to fulfill credit for grad uation. Members of the cast for this show, to be presented late in October or early in November, include Margaret Sharpe, of Bear Creek; Jerry Loy, of Gra ham; Sam White, of Pittsboro; Lloyd Farthing, of Mocksville; Eddie Robbins, of Greensi>oro; and Prof. Clyde McCants, of the Elon faculty. Over 1,300 Are Listed For Netc Fall Quarter Top Scores Are Listed For Tests Henry Dale Barnwell, a graduate of Pleasant Grove High School in Alamance County, gained top rank ing in both English and mathe matics in the recent series of place ment tests, which were adminis tered to members of the freshman class and transfer students at Elon College. The placement tests are given each year as a feature of the fresh men orientation period at the col lege. This year’s testing program was under the direction of Dr. A scene from the Elon Player-p roduction of Mary Chase’s “Harvey,” the three-act Broadway com edy which was offered as the first Player shaw of the new collegc year, is shown above. The play, which attracted favorable comment in three showings last week, became another m the long Ime of student dramatic succe.^ses. Student actors shown in the picture left to right are Curtis Medlm, of Sanford, as Judge Omar Gaffrer; Dotty Apple, of Burlington, a.5 Veta Louise Simmonr, and Melba Meletiou, also of Burlington, as Myrtle Mae Simmons. Openin" Campus Sta^e Seas on ... Elon Players Please With Production Of Mirthful Show In Mooney Chapel Chester, N. H.: Jack Malloy, Lynch-. jgjjjgj Howell, of ehe English De burg, Va.; Rudolph Mann. Burling- jnd Mrs. Richard M. ton; Charles Michaux, Fayette-'gf [he mathematics depart- ville; Bascom Moore, Burlington; Zane Moore. Marshville; Preston Morse, ment. The ten highest ranking stu dents on the English tesU. which iV.iCtl Oil V LlXC I 1 I COvVFil fldlLo vU WliC Wilmington; Robert Nance, Bur- included a number of tie-scores lington; Weldon Price, Reidsville;'included the following — Henry Margaret Sanderson. Elon College;]Dale Barnwell. Pleasant Grove James Sears, GibsonvUle; Harvey ni^. Pleasant Grove, first; Wil- Sharpe, Burlington; John Sharpe, liam Wynn Riley, Eau Claire High, Graham; Donald Stringer, Ashe- Columbia, S. C., second; Robert boro; 'Holt Sutton, Altamahaw-Ossipee Otis Stultz; Draper; William'High, Altamahaw-Ossipee, and Tate, Efland; Ann Walker, Ashe- Don Evans Paul. Williams mg , boro; Glenn Walker. Burlington; Burlington, tied for third; u Martha Walker, Burlington; Gladys Whittenton. Reidsville; Gene Wic ker. Burlington; Lora Womack, Greensboro; and Violet Zarou, Ra- maliah, Jordan. Big Year Ahead For Elon Choir The Elon College Choir, which has already started functioning at chapel and church services, is lay ing plans for another of its suc cessful seasons under the direction of Prof. John Westhiorelaad and with Prof. Fletcher Moore as a«- eompanist. One of the most active organi zations on the campus, the Elo» Choir is already looking forward to its annual "Messiah” tour through Eastern Virginia and to iae annual spring tour, which has usually carried the student singers through the Middle AtlanUc sUtes a« far as New York and frjquent- iy into New England. Many freshmen have become members of Choir, replacing grad uated singers. Officers for this ytar includ# A1 Hassell, of Dur- ham. president; Vernon Joyner, of Walters, Va., vice president; and ®«tty Boswell, of McLesnsville sccratary treasurer. Ann Geary, New Bedford High. New Bedford, Mass., and Sandra Joan Rush, WilUams High, Burl ington, tied for fifth; Ralph Tho mas Whitten, Smithfield High, Smith Va., and Mary Ruth Whit ten, Handley High. Winchester, Va tied for seventh: and Jacque- line Emily Hay, Williams High, Burlington, and Annie M. Clea- Ror, ReyAolds High, Winston-Sal- em, tied for hinth. j The leaders in mathematics rank- ing include twelve students, due to the fact that five students tied for the eighth, ninth and tenth spots. The leaders were Henry Dale Barnwell, Pleasant Grove High Pleasant Grove, first; Michael John Petraitis. Rahway High, Rah way N. J., seond; Jerry Brock Beck. Senior High. Greensboro, and Maurice Guy Brosky, Punx- iutawney High. Punxsutawey, Pa., lied for third; Steve Mauldin. Rey nolds High, Winston-Salem, and John Guy Russell. Valparaiso High, Valparaiso, Ind„ tied for fifth; Neil Lawrence Key. Eller- be High, EUerbe. seventh; Don Evans Paul, Bernice Coleman and Claude Franklin Dover, all of Wil liams High, BurUngton, David Owen HintOH, of GibsonviUe High, GibsonviUe, and Raymond Lee Tbonias, Senior High, Greenstmro, tied for eighth. By CHUCK OAKLEY A delightful program of enter tainment was offered student the atre-goers and other dramatic fans of this area on Wednesday. Thurs day and Friday nights of last week when the Elon Players presented Mary Chase's “Harvey.” a three- act comedy which won the PuUt- 2er Prize when first shown on Broadway back in 1944. The performance was ihe first of a number of full-length drama- ;ic productions which arc planned by the Elon student actors during the 1956-57 season, and it was well received by the audiences which gathered on each of the three nights. The play itself was a mirth- provoking story, revolving about the unusual friendship of Elwood P. Dowd with a 6-foot tall rabbit and of the consternation which the friendship creates in the Dowd family and in the local hospital tor mental ills. William Walker, of Durham, han died the most prominent role withj confidence and ease. As Elwood P. Dowd, he gave an excellent per formance, relating to the audience through his portrayal the ingrat iating warmth of Elwood’s person ality. Dorothy Apple, a Burlington girl, also gave a splendid performance as Veta Simmons, Elwood's sister. From the beginning she developed distinctive qualities in the char acter she portrayed and held to them consistently throughout the show. Other inspiring performances were given by Prof. Clyde Me Cants, of the Elon English facul ty. as Dr. Chumley;’ by William Watson, of Sanford, as Dr. Sander son; and by Tommie Boland, of Elon College, as Mrs. Chumley. It was their task to keep the play moving swiftly, and thi.s they did exceedingly well from the first curtain to the last. Other members of the ca.st who did excellent jobs in the support ing roles were Jean Cannady, of Burlington, as the nurse; Melba Meletiou, also of Burlington, as Myrtle Mae; Curtis Medlin, of San ford, as Judge Gaffney; William Davis, of Gresham, S. C., as Wil son; Wilma Parrish, of Elon Col lege, as Aunt Ethel; and Dale Sheppard, of Haw River, as the cab driver. The stage set, which offered a beautiful and appropriate back ground for the show, is credited ,is a job well done by Stuart Fyke, of Burlington, who served as stage manager and designed and super vised construction of the set. The show in its entirety repre sented an excellent beginning #f a new year for Prof. Melvin E. Wooten, faculey director of drama tics on the Elon campus. It car ried on in fine style the tradition lof excellence which Prof. Wooten initiated last year. As Number Of Students Increases ... New Members Join Eton’s Faculty A total of nineteen new faculty members joined the Elon College faculty this faU for the 1956-57 term, thirteen of the group being assigned to the day-time classes, with some of them also teaching evening clases. Six of the added members are assigned only for Ev ening" School duties. Among the new faculty mem bers Ls Mrs. Sylvia Dean Herbert. native of Panama City. FU., who is the new dean of women. A graduate of Florida Southern Col lege she received the Master s Degree from the University of Florida and had additional study at Harvard University. She was formerly assistant to “'e ^ registrar at the University of Tam pa and was more recently coor dinator of high school relations at the University of Miami. ^ ^ Dr. John D. Salford, . 'of Chatham, Va„ who complete PU.D. work at the University of North Carolina this summer is the new chairman of the Depa ment of Physical Education and is also the director of athletics. He is well known to many people in this area for his association with .ollege sports and in the field of professional baseball. Also added to the physical education and coaching staff this year is Joseph E. Bryson, of Greensboro, an Elon graduate and a successful high school coach at Bessemer High. He is assistant coach of football and will also assist with baseball. Prof. Arnold C. Strauch, who wa.s added to the Education De partment, comes to Elon after doc toral work at the University of North CaroUna. He Is a naUve of Scranton, Pa., and had undergrad uate training at Stroudsburg Stale Teacher’s College in Pennsylvania. He is to supervise and direct the new cadet program of practice teaching. The group includes three addi tions, to tlie staff of the Elon Music Department. Prof. Fred G. Sahl- mann, native of ChariestAn, S. C. and an Elon graduate who wou high lionors while doing under graduate study, returned to the scene of hLs campus triumphs. Af ter leaving Elon he received the M. A. degree in New York and during the past year studied in Vienna on a Fulbright Fellowship .Also joining the music faculty are Prof. Blake W. Godfrey, native of Pell City, Ala., who holds the mas ter’s degree in .sacred music from the Southern Baptist Theological seminary at Louisville, Ky.; and Prof. Bernard Shaak, of Lebanon Pa., who has just finished work for the ma.ster’s degree at Colum bia Univer.'iity. Prof. H. S. Hackney, who hails from Tallahassee, Fla., comes to Elon from MLs-slssippi A. and M. College and joined the Elon staff as professor of French and Span ish. He received the A. B. and M. A. degrees from Emory University and has done advanced work at the University of North Carolina. (Continued on Page Four) Several Faculty Were in Europe Four members of the Eton fac ulty spent much of the past summer In Europe. The faculty travelers were Prof. John West moreland. of the music depart ment; Dr. W. W. Sloan, of the leligion department: Mrs. Bes- «ie P. Sloan, of the Spanish de partment; and Prof. William Ooodrum, of the French and German departments. Prof. Westmoreland, who cou- ducted a group of students on tour, spent six weeks of the time with his group attending the University of Vienna summer school at Strobl in Austria. Dr. and Mrs. .Sloan, who visited a number of countries, found the highlight of their trip in a visit to Russia. Prof. Goodrum spent most of his time in Germany. Cadet Plan Of Teachinpi, Is Startinp^ The cadet system of practice teaching will be introduced to the Eion College for the first time this year, according to Prof. J. C. Colley, who is chairman of the college’s Department of Education. Plans for the new system of practice instruction were laid at a dinner meeting held in the ban quet room of the new McEwen Memorial Dining Hall on Wednes day night. September 18th, at which time Elon College had as dinner guests the superintendents, supervisors and principals of school ,ystems in this area The visiting group was welcomed to the campus by Dr. Leon E. Smith, Elon College president, who introduced members of the college faculty who were present. He then turned the program over to Prof. Colley, who served as mas ter of ceremonies and directed the discussion for the evening. Dr. L. E. Spikes, superintendent of the Burlington City Schools; Dr. M. E. Young, superintendent of the Alamance County Schools; Supt. C. C. Lipscomb, of tke Reids ville City Schools; and Supt. J. Al lan Lewis, of the Rockingham County Schools; led off the dis cussion after Prof. Colley had de livered a few remarks to explain the main points of Elon’s new plan. The four school superintendents brought out the qualities which their schools would like to find in a practice-teaching system and in the practice teachers them selves. Each offered brief- sugges- tion.s designed to make the cadet system function more smoothly The plan itself is designed to give each Elon student teacher a better insight into the problems of the class room. H^ch student wUl go to their practice schools on a full-time basis for the final six weeks of a quarter after hav ing devoted the first weeks of the terms to a study of methods here on the Elon campus. Dr. Arnold Strauch, added to the Elon faculty this fall as pro fessor of education and supervisor of practice teaching, followed the superintendents’ remarts with some explanation of his plans. The discussion closed with brief com ments from a number of super visors and school principals who were in attendance at th» din ner gathing. All comment favored the new cadet plan as much im proved over the old siajjle-class meUiod of practice teaching. A record-breaking enrollment ha.s marked the opening weeks of i;ion College's sixty-seventh annual -session, activities for wliicii got un derway on Monday morning, Sep tember 3rd, with the arrival of the .acuity for its annual orientation meeting. The student registration got un derway on Tuesday morning, Sep tember 4th, with the arrival of of the freshmen for their annual scries of placement tests and get- acquaiiTted convocations. The freshmen were officially welcomed to the campus at a meeting in Whitley Auditorium on Tuesday night of registration week. The prospects of a new record enrollment had been evident even before the students began arriv ing, for figures from the office of Field Secretary Samuel T. Web ster, Jr., had indicated by mid summer that the 1956-57 student body would be larger than last year’s record-breaking group. Incomplete figures from the of fice of Miss Hazel Walker, college registrar, disclosed this week that there are more than l,."iOO students now enrolled on the Elon campus. Slightly more than 900 students are registered for work in day time classes, with more than 40ft students registered for work in the Elon Evening School. These figures for t>oth day-timo and evening classes are well ahead of similar figures rei>orted just a year ago at this time. The regis trar's office had not completed on Monday of this week a full break down of students taking full load and those registered for a partial load of courses. This total enrollment at Elon has more than doubled within the past five years, and President Leon E. Smith has pointed out that a big factor in this enrollment growth has been the phenominal popularity of the Elon Evening School. Founded barely seven years ago in a series of adult and vete rans’ classes, the Evening School is now an integral and important part of the Elon College program. The only real difference in the day-time and evening classes lies in the fact that the day school operates under the quarter system, while the night clas.ses are en rolled and operated under the se mester system. Both day and ev ening programs offer the same cur riculum and with the same re quirements for degrees and diplo mas. At each commencement in the past three years, the graduat ing classes have included students who completed requirements in evening classes. Expansion of the night program has been marked by an ever-in creasing variety of courses which are available at night. This fall’s Evening School schedule hicludes a list of more than forty courses In practically every field of study. Rising Senior Is Taken By Death Frances Lea Foster, who would have been a member of the Elon College senior cla.ss this year, died unexpectedly at her home near Ruffin on Sunday afternoon, Aug ust 5th. She was known to have had a heart ailment, but her death was unexpected. During previous years on the Elon College campus Miss Foster had been very active in campus .life, having been a member of a number of student organiziltions. Several representatives of the Elon summer school student body and office staff attended funeral rites which Were held at Bethes- da PrestJyteriao Chfarcii near her hone.