How About That
Trip To
Western Carolina?
MAROON AND GOLD
An Then That Trip
To Newberry
The Next Weekend
F.LOX FOLLEGi:, N. C. —
TOLUME 36 —■— • -w -m
Governor Pays High Tribute To Elon In Address
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AVtiONESDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1356
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Homecorningl^eekeiul Is
Called Successful Event
ol:m)KKS' day
iovous spirit that prevailed
ihrough Elen's annual Homecom
ing Weekend, which was celebrat
ed last Friday and Saturday and
•which ended on a note of high
;lee in the win over Catawba.
’ The Homecoming was off to a
terrifih start with the annual
dance on Friday night in the Alum-
r.i Memorial Gymnasium, a dance
^liich was staged against one of
the most color^lully decorated
backgrounds seen in years. A spe
cial feature of the dance was the
coronation cerewonies for the
Homecoming Queen.
Evelyn Fritts, a senior girl from
Lexington, ruled as queen, and
(Oueen Picture Page Four) ,the judging were those represent-
rZ Weather Man frowned and ing the Elon College Choir and
, . Id the campus with rain the Day Student Organization,
«h much of the weekend, but| The sponsors for various cam-
V Ivpn the rain could drown the pus groups, who composed the
^ • . ='-j queen’s court and were presented
at the dance, the parade and the
game, included Jennie Keck, for
the Senior Clas, with Melvin Chris-
mon; Pat Chrismon, for the Junior
Class, with Doc Alston; Linda
Simpson, for the Sophomore Class,
with Richard Lashley; Mary Ann
McEvoy, for the Freshman Class,
with Don Johnson;
Harlene Howell, for Carolina
Hall, with Ralph Till; Peggy Wood,
for East Dorm, with Nick Flem
ing; Marjorie Putman, for North
Dorm, with Sonny Garrison; Lau
ra Little, tor Club House, with
Johnny Meadows; Ann Minter, for
Carlton House, with Bob Orr; Bill-
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her crown was bestowed at an m-, je Faye Barrett, for Home
tcrmission ceremony by Larry Club, with Lewis Duke; Louann
Barnes, of Portsmouth, Vs., pres-. Lambeth, for French Club, with
raising campaign. North Carolina's has set out to do somethuig about
Governor Luther Hodges paid tri- it.”
College Opens Campaign
For One Million Dollars
Adi+iessing a "Founders’ Day’ lion odllars for college expansion,
crowd here on Monday morning.
October ISth, as Elon Collogi
l.mnched a new million-dollar fund
he tU'clared that “it is good to
see that Elon College is aware of
it.« present and futuer needs and
bute to America’s small clmrcli-
lolated colleges and to Eloii Col
lege in particular for tlie conlri-
liutions that such institutions make
to chai-acter building among the
nation's young men nnd women.
Quoting from a reccnt article
on the place of the small college
in American life, Hodges spoke of
the big peryentage of the nation's
leadership which was educated in
small colleges, and he spoke of the
The governor reviewed briefly great contributions bomg made by
the history of Elon College and the American business to the "inde-
development of the Congregational pendent and privately-supported
ident of the Elon student govern
ment, who was also her escort in
the presentation of the royal court.
Her chief attendant was Margaret
Patillo, of Burlington, the maid-of-
honor,honor, who was escorted^y
Stuart Cass, of Greensboro.
The annual dormitory decora
tion contest, which resulted in
keen competition, presented a ga
la campus appearance. Top hon
ors went to the girls over in Vir
ginia Hall, with the boys In East
Dormitory and the girls in Ladies
Hall grabbing second and third
honors.
An outstanding feature of the
Buddy Touchberry;
Joann Atkins, for Veterans'
Club, with Charles Coleman; Syl
via O’Connell, for Monogram Club,
with Buddy Smith; Betty Earp,
for Day Students, with Jim Fogle-
man; Mary Lou Booth, for Minis
terial Association, with Lewis Wil
kins; Penny Updyke, for SCA, with
Worden Updyke; Mary Ruth W'hit-
ten, for Elon Players, with Bill
Turner; Laura Seamon, for Elon
^ I Choir, with Vernon Joyner;
Jane Flyfhe, for Beta Chi Epsi
lon, with Jimmy Harden; Yvonno
. Finn Fniinders' Day p cgram on Monday, October 15th,
Appearing as the principal figures ^ _ n«vprnor Lut ler Hodges, right, who was the
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dollar fund-raising campaign to assure continued Elon growth.
Terrell Is Selected As Executive
Secretary Of Eloii’s Aluinni Group
15iirkt‘ Exoelloiit
As Drum Major
the streets of Burlington at 3
o'cloc. With a number of beautiful
floats and more than twenty dec-
orateS convertibles, the parade was
one of the most colorful and beau-
fiful seen in years.
The trophy for the most beau
tiful float in the annual parade
■went to the girls of Virginia Hall,
who used a theme of Elon Col
lege st’udents and student cos-
■himing through the years. Floats
Winstead, for Alpha Psi Omega,
Roger Rush; Pat Coghill, for
Saturday program was the annuaLg^^g Omicron Beta, with Rex Tho-
parade, which was held through ggjgy watson, for Pi Kappa
Tau, with Robert Wall; Jackie
Love, for Tau Zeta Phi, with Ray
Thomas; Charlotte Williamson, for
Alpha Pi Delta, with Bob Blan
chard; Carol Earle, for Iota Tau
Kappa, with Tracy Griffin; Jean
nette Hassell, for Kappa Psi Nu,
with A1 Hassell; Cleve Gayle, for
Sigma Phi Beta, with Ashburn
Kirby, and MSrtha Rohart, for Sig
ma Mu Sigma, with James Big-
which placed second and third in | gers a
Playei’ To Give
New Play Soon
The new Elon Player produc
tion of “The Rainmaker,” which
is predicted to be one of the
finest sta?e performances in all
campus dramatic history, has
been tentatively set for four
nights, beginning on Tuesday,
Nov. 6th, but Prof. Melvin Woo
ten stated yesterday that there
is a possibility that the show
ing may be postponed for one
If such a postponement is
made due to conflict with other
campus events, then the play
would be shown for four nights,
beginning on Tuesday, Nov.
13th. This play will be directed
by Bill Watson, who thus satis
fies a requirement for his dra-
matic major.
Moore Named State Piano Leader
Prof. Fletcher Moore, chairman |
of the Department of Fine Arts
and head of the Music Department;
at Elon College, has just beenj
named as president of the North
Carolina Piano Association, which
is composed of college, university
and private piano teachers of the
state.
The Elon professor succeeded
5or the next two years to a post
■^’hich had been held by Prof.
Christopher Giles, of Wake For-
«st> Choice for the post is the lat
est of a long list of honors for the
Elon professor, who has gained
an enviable reputation in the mu
sic world.
Tn his new post Prof. Moore will
administer the district and state
lontests for high school pianists,
which is held under the auspices
of the North Caroliaa Piano Asso
ciation. He was already chairman
in charge of the statewide Junior
THuslc Festival that is held an
nually by the North Carolina Fed-
«'jration of Music Clubs. The state
finals of the last-named contest
-B-ere "held at Elon CoUege last
spring.
Prof. Moore, M)n of Mr. and Mrs.
C. F. Moore, Sr., of Burlington,
wa Tjom and reared in Burling-
and received his early educa
tion in the Burlington City Schools
He later graduated from Elon Col-
!ege, where he majored in music,
tk:
William Brown Terrell, a grad
aate of Elon College with the
Class of 1925, a former president
of the college's General Alumni
Association, has accepted appoint
ment as the new executive secre
tary of alumni organization and
.'xpeuts to afSume his duties on
January 1st.
Announcement for his appoint
ment and acceptance came jointly
from the college administration
and from James F. Darden, now
the president of Elon Alumni As
sociation. Originally slated to as
sume his duties as secretary at
the beginning of the 1956-57 col
lege year, the new secretary was
obligated in his present position
until the close of the calendar
year
The new alumni secretary re
ceived the A. B. degree. Magna
Cum Laude, at Elon's 1925 com
inencement and then went on to
graduate study at the Uiiiversit>
of North Carolina. Since that time
he has had more than thirty years
of service in North Carolina pub
lic schools, all of it in an admin
istrative capacity.
His first school assignment was
principal of Tryon High School
;n Gaston County from 1925 until
1D28, after which he returned to
Elon College and spent fifteen
years as principal of the Elon
College High School, a position
.vhich kept him in close contact
.vlth the college itself.
He accepted the position as prin
cipal of Wadesboro High School in
1943 and two years later was ele-
■ated to the superintendency of
/
The lanky lad who steps so
majestically just ahead of the
majorettes when the Elon Col
lege band takes the field is none
other than Carl Burke, well ex
perienced baton wielder from
Burlington, and much of the cre
dit for the fine showing made
by the band is due to him
Through some slip of the pen
cil. pen or typewriter, wliether
iu original announcement or in
wrieing of the-news releases on
the subject, the name of Bernard
Jones has been given credit for
the drum major’s duties. Such
a statement was in error, and
the honor is due to Carl Burke.
Christian Church in this area,
pointing out that Elon's founding
fathers realized the necessity for
an educated leadership when they
chartered Elon College and i^pencd
its doors sixty-seven years ago m
the fall of 1889.
Along with his tribute to the
founding fathers, the speaker also
paid special and personal tribute
•to Dr. Leon E. Smith, Elon's pres
ent president, who ia winding up
a full quarter century of jsuccess-
ful service to the school.
He also pointed to the steady
progress of Elon College, a pro
gress which was broken only tem
porarily by a disastrous fire in
1923 which destroyed the college's
main units, and ho praised the
courage with which the college of
ficials tackled the rebuilding pro
ject. There was a special tiibue to
the Christian church, the college
trustees and alumni rnd friends
for the support that has made pos
sible the expansion in recent years.
Governor Hodges recalled that
■the past twenty-five years have
seen Elon’s student body increase
from less than 100 to more than
1,300 this fall, and he cited the
recent addition of two new dormi
tories, a new dining hall and a
new gymnasium. Alluding to the
projected erection of another new
schools.” In closing he urged
friends and supporters of Elon to
corUinue their support that Elon
may be able to face and meet the
challenge that the fdture holds.
The governor's address was de
livered at a convocatfon held in
Elon's Whitley Auditorium, a meet
ing which headlined an ali-dav
■ Founders' Day " event. The day’.s
program had begun with a meet
ing of the college trustees and
continued with a picnic luncheon
for all guests at noon. The after
noon brought a conducted tour of
the college campus, with an In
spection of various buildings Tlie
closing event was a tea at which
wives of the college trustees were
honor guests.
Dr. Leon E. Smith, president o(
Elon College, announced the be
ginning of a new fund-raising ef
fort for the college, designed to
provide $1,000,000 within the next
five years for neded additions and .
expansion. In announcing the cam
paign. he stated that a tcn-year-old
two and onehalf million dollar quo
ta, originally set in 1946, had been
fulfilled by gifts or pledges.
Following the announcement of
the new Elon fund drive, there
were brief talks by a number of
alumni and friends of the college,
each of whom brought greetir.o»
dormitory and to the launching of land well wishes for the new cam-
the new campaign to raise a mil-[paign from special groups.
Reception Marks 45th Anniversary
Dr. and Mrs. Leon E. Smith
were hosts last Thursday night to
more than three hundred of their
friends at a reception in the ban
quet room of the McEwen Mem
orial Dining Hall on the college
campus, the occasion being the
celebration of their forty-fiftii
wedding anniversary.
The reception also marked the
fiftieth anniversary of Dr. and Mrs.
Smith’s meeting while student on
the Elon campus and the twenty-
fifth anniversary of their coming
to Elon College to live after Dr
v’ciieu lu Smith accepted the presidency of
the Wadesboro City Schools. He college in the autumn of 1931
.. _ij fnr thrpp vpars anci . , .
held that post for three years and
then accepted appointment in 1948
as superintendent of tlie Warren
The guests were greeted at the
main entrance to the dining hall
as superintendem ot me yyai.eu^ McCants and Mrs
County Schools. H ha" pgan narbert, dean of wom-
in that position until pr^n | received at the en-
time and has resided m barren-j ^ upstairs banquet
ton for the past eight years. ] ^y Prof. and Mrs. Luther N
During his tenure as head ™ ^
the Warren County Schools Mr. I y*" ■ , u ,,
Terrell has been very active in| Prof. and Mrs. Alonzo L. Hook
county and community activities. I presented the gu^sU to Ur. and
Tmong his civic positions at War- Mrs. Smith, who had Judge and
U^nton has been membership on! Mrs. Charles Hines, of Greens^ro,
'the official board of Wesley Mem-jreceivmg with them. Judge Hines
orial Methodist Church, associate was an attendant at the wedding
lav leader of the Raleigh District which was solemnized at Mrs
of the Methodist Church, adju- Smith’s home at Cluster Springs
PROF. FLETCHER MOORE
Named As President
inathamatics and English. He Uan. ^.j
focnd his real field in mtulc. how-| After graduation from bl
went on to Columbia University
ever and during his college y^^r®! ^ year of graduate study and
won first place in the South At-Degree there^
lantic states In both piano and or-|^^ the same tmie
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tant and a past commander of
the Limer Post of the American
Legion, past master of the Ma
sonic Lodge, membership In the
Sudan Temple Of the Shrine at
New Bern, membership in the exe
cutive committee of the Occonee-
chee Council of the Boy Scouts of
Va., on October 18. 1911.
Dr. and Mrs. Smith cut the large
cake, which was served to the
guests by Miss Lila Newman, as
sisted by Mrs. William E. Butler,
Jr., and Miss Jean Payne, one of
the Elon students.
DR. AND MRS. SMITH
Kemodle having been an Intimate
personal friend of Mrs. Smith dur
ing their college days. Also assist
ing at the coffee tables were Miss
es Sylvia Smith and Tommie Bo
land. members of the Elon stu-
chee Council ot tne ooy auuuis Coffee was poured by Mrs.] „ , a
America, secretary of the WarrenL^j^^j i,y Mrs. George dent body. Good-byes were sai
(Continued on Page Four) lA. Kernodle, of Burlington. Mrs.jto Miss Hazel Walker.
Anniversary Party
Decorative background for the
occasion was furnished by ar
rangements of fall flowers, and
music was played throughout the
evening by Dr. Malvln Artley and
a chamber music ensemble com
posed of students from his class
in stringed music.