New Deans Assume Duties As New College Session Begins
MRS. MARJORIE HEREFORD
Dean of Women
With Dr. H. H. Cunningham
elevated to the position of d»an
of the college in mid-summer and
with Mrs. Marjorie W. Hereford
accepting appointment as dean of
women shortly betore the opening
ot the new term, there are two
new faces seen in administrative
oitices of Eloi\ College for tiie
19.^7-58 term.
The appointment of Dr. Cunning
ham as dean of the college was
announced in mid-July by Presi
dent J. Earl Danieley, with the
announcement coming in an ad
dress which Dr. Danieley deliver
ed before the Burlington Rotary
Club.
Dr. Cunningham, who was ele
vated to the dean's position after
serving as head of the Elon his
tory department for a number of
years, succeeded Prof. A. L. Hook,
who had served as interim dean
for one year during the absence
of Dr. Danieley [op advanced stu
dy. Dr Danicl.'v him.self had held
the dean's office prior to his ap-
pointmenl as »■ c>i(l.-nt.
The new dean of the college,
born in Indiana ot Kentucky an
cestry. was educated in the public
schools of Indiana. lowi and Ken
tucky, and later graduated from
.\tlantic Christian College, where
he won hi»h honors in Doth scho
lastic and atlilntic ar'.ivi'ies. ^fter
college graduation he taught and
coached in North Carolina high
schools and earned his Master's
Dearec through summer studir.
He served four years in the
.\rmy Air Forces during World
War H. emerging with the rank
of captain and with the Army
Co '.imenrtation for meritor
ious servici‘3. .\f’.er one year as
an instructor at N. C. State, he
ri- urned to the- Univeqsity ot
North Carolina, where he received
h*e Ph.D. degree in 1932. He came
o Klon College that year.
Dr. Cunningham has written a
number of articles and book re
views for historical journals and
sorn to have published a book,
entitled “Doctors Under the Stars
and Bars," a history of the Con-
■eder:te medical sei-vice. He ha.s
read papers before a number ot
historical societies and has held
a number of offices and commit
tee posts In such organiations. He
is currently Rovomor of the North
Carolina of i’i Gamma Mu. soc
ial scienre honor society, which
has a chapter hefvc at Klon Col-
He !i -s b‘'"n active In commu-
•li^y and church a^'alrs since com
ing to Elon College and is a mem
ber both of the Rotary and Ex»-
.-utive Clu'js in Burlin'lon.
Mrs. Mfe*orie W. Hereford, who
1 turned tile deaa ot women's du-
>i.*s S.'pteinber 1st, is no stranger
o thi;; area, for sh** had formerly
lived and worked in this area,
vhere she was director of the
'•’.itjJ Fund and executive secre
tary for the Community Council
«f Alamance County.
A native of New York state, Mrs.
Hereford was educated in the
public schools of New York, Illi
nois and Kentucky and received
her college training at the Uni
versity of Louisville. She later re
ceived the M. A. Degree from
Scarritt College, Nashville, Ten*.,
where she majored in religious
education with special work in
counselling and guidance.
After holding positions in reli
gious education and Y.M.C A. work
in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and
New York, she came to Burling
ton in 1952 to work with the Unit
ed Fund and Community Council
(Continued on Page Four)
DK. II. II. CUNNINGHAM
Dean of the Collexe
Come On, Students,
Let’s Make
That Guilford Game
MAROON AND GOLD
Help The Chriittiaiu
Win Over
Those Quaker Gridders
VOLUME 37
tl.ON CCLL2GK. N. C.
WEDNESD.W, SEPTEMBER 25. 1957
NUMBER 1
Elon Begins 68th Term Under New Presidential Guidance
Danieley Takes Office
New Record |
I
EnroUmeiit i
For College
Record enrollment figures for
the opening day and for the Fall
Quarter to date are indicative of
a successful start tor Elon on the
1957-58 term. Latest figures re
leased from the office of Miss
Hazel Walker, college registrar,
show 1,469 students enrolled thus
far this fall.
The opening day of classes saw
tho enroliraeut hit a new record
ot 1,388 students, according to a
statement released by President
J. E. Danieley at that time, but
added registrations in the first
few days of the term swelled the
total by almost 100 additional stu
dents.
It was a continuation of the up
ward spiral seen here at Elon in
recent years, with the opening
day’s listing 62 ahead of the first
day of classae last year. That fig
ure did not include special stu
dents, but the most recent enroll
ment report does include 44 spe
cial students in music and similar
fields.
In breaking down the latest en
rollment statistics. Miss Walker
stated that there are now 925 stu
dents registered for the day-time
classes, with this group including
House F eatured Speaker
At Summer Graduation
1 Dr. Robert B. House, former
chancellor at the University of
North Carolina, was the featured
speaker at Elon's annual summer
commencement on Friday night,
August 16th, when the college
presented degrees and diplomas
to 58 summer graduates.
After the address by Dr. House,
President J. Earl Danieley deliv
ered the charge to the mem'oers
of the graduating class, which was
the first group to receive Elon di
plomas and degrees since he as
sumed the presidency of the col
lege this summer.
The invocation and benediction
were pronounced by Rev. William
T. Scott, Jr., pastor of the First
Congregational Christian Church
of Durham; and Bibles were pre
sented to the graduates by Rev.
W. J. Andes, pastor of the Elon
College Community Church.
The commencement music pro
gram was by members of the Elon
College Choir, directed by Prof,
John Westmoreland and with Prof,
Fred Sahlmann as organ accom
panist. Appearing as soloist was
Prof, Blake Godfrey, also a mem
ber of the college music faculty.
The graduates included Bertha
Andrews, Burlington: Dee Atkin
son, Mount Airy; Eliabeth Beck
with, Morristown, N. J.; George
Benolken. Burlington; James Buck.
High Point; Pat Cafaso, Cedar-
hurst, L.I,, N, Y.; Geneva Camer
on, Broadway; Lonnie Carey, Bur
lington; Clayton Cashwell, South
Norfolk, Va.; Frances Coleman,
Reidsville; Doris Cornell, Graham
the 44 specials. There are now 544 j Richard Crawford, Swepsonville;
students registered for the classes, Talmadge Curry, Leaksville; WU-
in the Evening School, which gotjiiam Davis, Jr., Gresham, S. C.,
underway at the same time asjwaldo Dickens, Hampton, Va,,
the regular day classes. Some of, Henry Dorris, Jr., Burlington; Ruth
these Evening School students do | Douglass, Spring Hope; Lawrence
not carry a lull 5-night load i Fogleman, Jr., Elon College; Ros
in discussing the new record for'coe Garrison, Jr., Morganton;
the student enrollment at Elon, | Leonard Greenwood, Elon College;
President Danieley has cited tlu'Dean Hall, Burlington; Bertha
great growth of Elon’s evening pro- Hancock, Reidsville; Weldon
gram, which is a bonafide degree Herndon, Jr., Durham; Paul Hoyle,
program and will enable a student Burlington; Bernard Jones, Bur-
to complete degree and diploma lington;
requirements within four years ] Jennie Keck, Burlington; Ash-
j'JSt as can students in day classes, iljurn Kirby, South Norfolk, Va..
I Billy Lotlin, Fayetteville; Jack
Former Faculty
Member Passes
Prof. Thomas R. D. Hall, 26, jiyn jiiies. Burlington; Bo'o
who taught history and languages^ njnnis, Graham; Henry New-
at Elon for two quarters last year,jp Draper; Morris Ower>.s.
d;ed Friday, June 6th, at Provi-j g^pJ^ngton■ Shirley Presnell,
dence Hospital in Columbia, S. Brantley Ray, Hills-
C., where he had been a patient r^orman Riddle, Jr., Burling-
for three months j ton;
The Elon professor, born ini Ruth Sharpe, Burlington; Mar-
Akron, Ohio, had relinquished his|gj|j.g[ Sharpe, Bear Creek; James
duties here late in February duelgji^gg Elon College; Joseph Smith,
'-o illness. He first entered a Bur-| Sylvia Smith, Hen-
lington hospital but transferred! Person; Hoyd Sparks, Hickory;
later to the hospital in Columbia, I WiUiam Stanfield, Lexington; Jos-
■■•here his mother resided. Funeral eph Steelman, Burlington; George
rites and burial were in Columbia. | (Continued on Page Four)
T\vO Ef.ON S SHAlUiSC; DESK
As 6th Elon President
One of the historic moments i 'no s ory of Elon College and its growth is pictuied ^
the photographer catching two of Elon's presidents at the big d.sk in the presidential of ice
time. The picture was taken on that mid-summer day when Dr. Leon E. Smith veteian of
years in the administrative po t, was relinquishing his desk and responsibiUties to Dr. J^ Earl
Danieley, who was formally installed as the sixth president of the college on the firot Mond y
morning in July.
V^ith Eiiroilmenl Still (Growing...
Twenty New Faculty iVIenihei’s Join
Elon Staff; Some Are Replafeineiits
There were twenty additions to
the Elon College faculty for the
new 1957-58 term, including 19
lew members and one former fac
ulty member who returned after
a year’s leave of ab^:ence for ad
vanced graduate study.
In announcing the expansion of
the Elon faculty, Dr. J. Earl Dan-
■eley, just beginning his first year
as Elon president, stated that nine
3f tile twenty new additions were
replacements, three were .tu'.l-time
additions and eight were added
'OT part-time duties.
Announcement of the appoint
Dedication and consecration to
the great task lying ahead was
the theme on Monday morning,
I July st, as Dr. James Earl Dan-
I ieley, 32-year-old Elon alumnus
' and Alamance County native, was
installed as the sixth president of
Elon College.
The installation took place in
a brief service of meditation and
prayer, which was held in Whit
ley Memorial Auditorium. The
.service was concluded in time foi
the regular opening of Elon’s sum-
|mer school classes at 8 o’clock
that mornljijt.
I In assuming the chief admlnis-
I trative post at Elon College, Dr.
1 Danieley succeeded Dr. Leon E.
Smith, who retired the privious
Saturday after directing the for
tunes of the college tor the pre
ceding 26 years. In addition to
Di'. S»nit}i, other earlier Eton
presidents in order had been Dr.
W. S. Long, Dr. W. W. Staley, Dr,
E. L. Moffitt and Dr. W. A. Har
per.
The installation services were
conducted by Rev. William J. An
des, pastor of the Elon College
Community Church and campus
religious leader, who read a scrip
tural passage of faith and dedi
cation and then led the assem
blage of Elon College trustees,
faculty, students, alumni and
friends in an impressive litany.
North Carolina's Secretary of
State Thad E. Eure, of Raleigh,
chairman of the Elon College
board of trustees, then spoke brief
ly as he commended the college
to Dr. Danieley's guidance and
Players I'laii
First Show
October 10
1 ACLI/l Y FACES
Photographjs of new faculty
members will be found in sroup
layout on Page 2 and also in a
layout on Page 4. Since nil new
faculty members are listed
britfly within this article, only
the name, rank and department
arc listed in the cutllne.^ beneath
each photograph.
of Iowa and veteran of nine years , .t,
teaching at the University of Ten- Pledged to the new president the
nessee in Knoxville, as associate complete cooperation of the trus-
professor of modern languages. |‘ees. the faculty, alumni and stu-
Mis. William Archer, native of dents.
Dr. Danieley was then escorted
Tennessee, also a former faculty
member of tnj University of Ten-
. IP as a.ssociate professor of
English at Elon.
Prof. C, Albin Lindquist, a na
tive of Minnesota, educated at
New York University, as an asso-
ci'-tie profes^ar of business admin
istration.
The Elon Players will launch
their new campus stage season on
October 10th with the first of three
performances of John Dighton’s
hilarious comedy, "The Happiest
Days of Your Life,"
The student dramatic group, op
erating once more under the di
rection of Prof. Melvin E. Wooten,
began preparations for this first
show of the new year immediate
ly after the college opened its new
term, and reports from rehearsals
indicate that the three-night show
ing may be one of the outstanding
events in Player history.
The play is laid at Hilary Hali
School for Boys, where the head
master Is sorely distressed to learn
that students ot St. Swithin’s
School are to be moved in upon
his school. His distress mounts
when he learns that St. Swithin’s
is a girls’ school with a domineer
ing lady as principal.
Eddie Robbins, veteran of many
a number ot fine Elon Player pro
ductions, will appear in the lead
ing role of the head master at
Hilary Hall; while the domineering
head mistress o( St. Swithin’s will
be enacted by Nancy Boyd.
Others who appear in the cast
are Chuck Oakley, Sam White,
from the auditorium to the pres-'^nn Minter, Ikey Tarleton, Wayne
jdential offices in Alamance Rudigiu Linwood Hurd, Joan
in addition to Mr. Eure those ^ ^^y
escorting Dr. Danieley to his of-i „ u . ^ nr.-
fices included D. R. Fonville, Sr., Lambert, Dale Herbert and Gor-
of Burlington, secretary of the don Yancey, most ot them with
Longfellow, Burlington; Alfred
Male, Jr., Portsmouth, V^a.; Vir
gil Martin, Jr., Burlington; Reeta
Martin, Durham; Charles Mason,
Henderson; Jack McKee, Rouge-
:ha University ot North Carolina, Mrs. Wayne Taylor, an Elon
as professor of education and iraduale, with a Master's Degree
■ w Hppp. ir»^hman counsellor. f'-om Women’s College, as asso-
ment of Mrs. Marjorie Here c'arence B. Carson, a na-;ciate proteisor of business edu-
ford as the new dean ^ j Alabama, graduate ot Ala- cation and commercial subjects,
i. given elsewhere on this Polytechnic Institute, who Prof. Raymond Downmg, native
along with the I received the Ph.D. from Vander- 'f Xe A York, educated at Colum-
Dr. H. H. C>inmnghams prorn^l^^^^^^^^^ professor of his- hia Univer^ ty and All.any State
tion to the post ot dean of the col , ■ .Toanhers College, as assistant pro
board of trustees; Prof. A. L.
Hook, dean of the Elon College
faculty; Jerry Loy, of Graham,
president ot the Elon College stu
dent government: Martin Garren,
of Greensboro, president of the
Southern Convention of Congre
gational Christian Churches; W.
B. Terrell, of Elon College, sec
retary ot the college’s alumni as-
tion to the post
lege. Other newcomers this fall
are as follows:
Dr. Hilbert A. Fisher, native of
Rowan County and a Naval Aca
demy graduate, recently retired
after long and outstanding service
as head of the mathematics de
partment at N. C. State College,
who joined the Elon faculty as a
part-time lecturer in advanced
mathematics.
Dr. Robert Benson, also a na
tive of Rowan County, a Catawba
CoUege graduate, who received
the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from
wide experience as student actors
and actresses.
Alpha Psi IJsts
d ear’s Leali‘rs
The Lambda Omicron Chapter
ot Alpha Psi Omega, honorary
Teachers CoUege, as assistant pro-
Dr. William T. BlacKstone, anj'-^soi' of German.
Elon graduate, who completed I Prof Roy Epporson, native of
Ph.D. requiremenU at Duke Uni-1 Mississippi, educated at Millsaps
versity this summer, as associate, College and the University ot
professor ot philosophy and reli-i North Carolina, as assistant pro-
gion te:.=or of ch m.-try.
Prof Jonathan Sweat, a Miss- Mrs. M. E. Wooten, graduate of
issippi native and former Elon I'’-ac Murray College for Women m
faculty member, returned as as- facksor.vaie. 111., as supervisor of
sociate professor of music after a,the McEwen Memorial Dising HaU.
year’s leave of absence for ad-1 Mrs. John H. Williams, native
sociation; and Rev. William J-i dramatic fraternity, has named
.\ndes, the officiating minister in | william Walker, of Durham, pres-
the installation rites. ident for this year. Other officers
Following the formal induction, are Johnny Meadows, of Jacks»n-
there was a brief coffee hour in ville, vice president; and Yvonne
the presidential offices, during j Winstead, ot Roxboro, secretary-
wkich Dr. Danieley was greeted treasurer.
by the assembled trustees, facul-| Five pledges were invited to
ty, alumni, students and friends jjoia the group at the initial meet-
of the college. | >ng. They are Chuck Oakley, of
In assuming the Elon CoUege Roxboro; Eddie Robbins, of
vanced study at Columbia Univer
sity.
Prof, William H. Archer, native
of Rhode Island, educated at the
University of Rhode Island and
(Continued On Page Foui)
presidency, Dr. Danieley at 32
years of age becomes one of Amer
ica’s youngest college administra-
(Continued on Pa^e Four!
Greensboro; Dottle Apple, of Bur
lington; Tommie Boland, of Elon
College; and Tommie Lewis, of
Chadburne.