It s Oowa The Home
Stretch For
Those Basketeers
MAROON AND GOLD
Lei's Push Those
Christians To
A Winning Finish
yOLUME
\v:n)Ni:sDAY, January 29. i958
M'MBER a
Latliam Is
Vjgitor For
Chapel Talks
James F. Latham, Burlington at-,
torne'- appearing as ' featured
Ipeaker at Elon College’s fresh-
„a„ cnapel services Tuesday
of this week, stressed the
importance of self-government and
di-cussed the machinery of Amer
ican government and polUics, He
•,iso a°ddressed members of Elon’s
three upper classes at Wednes-
day’s chapel program.
TliP spGsker was introduCGil bji
Ronald Bergman, of Uncasville.
Conn.. vice-president of student
government on the campus, who
described the program as one of
a series on self-government on the
I campus and in tne state and na
tion. The series is aimed at stir
ring renewed interest in campus
I government activities.
In introducing Latham to the
I students, Bergman told the stu-
I dents of the extensive experience
tin both government and politics
lof the Burlington man, who is a
member of the law firm of Cooper,
I Latham and Cooper. Latham had
I both his undergraduate and pro-
|fe;sional work at Duke Univer-
I sity-
After four years service in World
I War n. first as an artillery offi-
I cer and later in military intelli-
I gence, Latham .served as both
I district attorney and judge in the
I American government in Ger-
] many.
Since 1951 he has resided in
North Carolina, taking time from
his practice to serve as a member
ot Adlai Stevenson’s staff in the
presidential campaign of 1952 and
on the staff of Senator W. Kerr
1 Scott in the senatorial campaign
1 of 1954.
■.Y ? > HONORED
oj'
Elon President Is Paid High Ti iluile
By Burlington Jay-Oe Organization
Dr. J. Earl Danicley, presiden
on Monday night of this week a
voted to Elon's president by th
are D. R. Fonville. Jr., left, las
organization. Tiie award* was pre
jf F’o^ College, is shown cent? ' above as he rcccivj.i tlio award
Alamance County's “Young Mm Of The Year. " The award was
Burling'on .Junior Chamter of Commerce. Pictured with him
year's winrcr; a;'d T.' D Cooper, Jr.. ptesirieiU of the Jay-Cee
't-d at the club’s annual “Boss X-gh.” ran .u.l. a..O it came
complete 'surprise to Dr, Daricley.
Freshman Class Prepares For Gala
Dance In McEwen On Friday Nighi
Wham: na.-.:mcr'. Ea.v^:
"Hty. who's sot the scLiOi-s?"
"We nctd some strca'iiir.-. ove
here!"
“Don't put that there. "
‘•Is U'.is hich enough?"
"Put a horn above that one."
"Pasa the tacks."
■‘No. leave that spot for the or
chestra."
"How's this for lig'nting?”
■‘When do we £i-'; the floor?"
Wham! Bam! Hammer, Ham-
mer. ,
The commotion was coming from ^
the second floor of the McEwen|
By ItOVlXr. REPOKTER
i Gallic on !)ack to .1*^ tiOiiTi.*
.ory ,-,nd as I walked through the
parlor, I saw several kids over to
one :4'.de, all talking excKedb’-
"Well, we've got seven acts now
for the floor show. Let's see. If
■Ty envisioned headlines changed
rim, "GIKL l.N.IL'IiES BOY IN
,?AT" to "P.EPORTEIl GETS
'J.'CK 1;Y'E." I lelt.
I -.valUod over to the Student
.'r'i n '.vhore my car' lit onto some
Xamin? Dr. James Earl Dan-
eley as Alamance County's' out-
laiuling! "YQUng Man Of The
Year," the Burlington Junior
Chamber of Commerce presented
jts annual distinguished service
award t^ ^Elon’s youthful president
is the outstanding feature of the
club’s annual Bosses' Night ban
quet, which was held at the Ala
in ince Hotel on Monday night of
his week.
The presentation, which came as
a complete surprise to Dr. Dan
eley, was made by D. R- lonville,
.Jr., an Elon alumnus who was the
,Vinner of the same award a year
jgo. In his presentation, Fonville
pointed to the Elon president as
an Alamance County native who
^:i.id risen to a post of great re
sponsibility in his home commu
nity.
He cited the fast that Dr. Dan-
ieley was born near Burlington
and received his high school edu
cation in the Alamance County
schools and his college educatkm
3t Elon College in his own com
munity. He pointed to the fact
that Dr. Danieley took his mas
ter's degree in one field of study
and his doctor's degree in another,
mark of versastility.
Also cited was his service as in
terim pastor of two churches while
doing his graduate work a'ld his
service as a deacon of his own
home church since 1949. Further
church service cited was the fact
that Dr. Danieley is now chair
man of the Laymen's Fellowship
for the Southern Convention oi
‘Congregational Christian Church
es and a member ofthe board of
put her before him and then . . .” of the .iazziest music I'd ever
•What floor show; ’ I afk.'il a=,heard. "Nah. couldn t be coming of the national laymen’s
I joined them. Ifo™ 'h'* juke-box," I told myself.
The kids all turned with one mo- and headed for the bandroom.
organization.
Fonville said of him. "He is con-
sidered one of the key leaders of
lis church and has frequently been
described as a true Christian gen-
leman."
Among the honors listed vias the
fact that Dr. Danieley is by invi
tation a member of several hon
orary fraternities, societies and
a,'=sociations and a member of Ro-
;aiy International.
Speaking ot Dr. Danieley's elec-
ion as Elon's president last spring
it the youthful age of 32, Fonville
cited the fine record made by the
college thus far during the early
months of his administration.
Fonville further described him
as "a frequent and very able
speaker before mSny civic organ-1
izations and church groups.,’’ and
as a participant in a number of
panel discussisons relative to civic
and community problems.
The Jay-Cee speaker quoted
Irom a number ot letters, which
had been received by liis group,
nominating Dr. Danieley for the
ward this year. All prai-;ed him
for his deep faith in God, his abil
;ty in handling difficult situations
and his civic and church leader-
,hip.
Dr. Danieley, quite ol)viousl>
surprised by the award, said in
ccepting it that "Words do not
express the tremendous emotion I
eel at this time.” He cited his
‘Christian parents, capable teach-
•rs and miniiters. understanding
vite and friends" as making his
vork possible. He concluded by
,aying, "I humbly thank you on
behalf of myself and my institu-
ion."
Alumui iSvivsiiKtii
]\ ill Do Coliiiun
II. Reid, an Klon alumnus who
is now on the copy desk of the
Newport News, Va., TIMI*^-
IIKKAM>. has many memorieH
of F.lon of yesteryears iu a new
column which makes its appear
ance on Piijcc 4 of this Lssue of
the Maroon and (iold.
It is no now assignment for
liim, this doinc u column for the
Maroon and Gold, for he did a
student column when hr was on
the campus, and this new fea-
tiir:;.wiU appear under the same
head that won him many cam
pus readers then.
Reid transferred to Flon from
William and Mary in iy41. lie
counts himself a member of
Elon's (’lass of 1946. althouch
he later went hack to William
and Mary for his degree. Since
his Mudent days he has worked
for papers in Norfolk as well as
Newport News and has done
free-lance writing for several
books and magazines.
One of his frec-lance articles
Tppcared in i railroad macazine
some years aRO. heinR later pick
ed up an used in the M:\roon
and Gold, it beins: a reminiscent
bit about the trains that whisk
beside F-lon’s south wall :it all
hours of tiie day aud nisht.
When asked to contribute the
reminiscent ‘eries to the paper,
he declared that wiitin? of
and Flon days would be no
chore, but a real pleasure.
ion an:l looked at me. “Oli my
I heard one whisper. “She writes
‘or the -Maiooji and Gold. Find
vut what she knows.”
iL's neve.- hard ior to co::-
incc people I don't know any-
up.
Study Grants
Are Given
Student Pan-
Dr. Maurice Whittinghill, chair
man of the Research Grants Com
mittee of the North Carolina Aca
demy ot Sciences has announced
the granting of research funds to
two Elon students, Kenneth Price
of Danville, Va.. and Alton Dur
ham, of Burlington. These grants
are two of five that were given
throughout the state of North Car
olina.
•41ton Durham, a biology major
has undertaken a limited study
of the pollution of the Haw River
in the vicinity of industrial dy;
users. Since this problem is pri
marily one ot an analytical na
ture, it is being conducted under
the supervision ot the chemistry
department staff.
This project consists of deter
mining the pH, turbidity, biologi-.
eal oxygen demand, and total sol
ids on evaporation on river water
samples taken at weekly intervals.
Durham undertook this project
in view of the recent action of the
legislature concerning cleaning up
®f polluted streams.
The object of Kenneth Price's
Research is to correlate the grada
tion of color in a series of com
pounds with the constituent atoms
present in the compound. In or-
•^er to do this. Price will prepare
3 series of ammine coordination
compounds ot cobalt (Illi and
mium (III) in which the only
Variable will be one coordinated
ni. He is working under the
''i ■'ction of Professor Epperson.
'*"-e Academy’s funds for these
> have come from several in-
rles in Nortl) Carolina which
ided to a recent call by the
’cmy and from the American
elation for the Advancement
•ci.’nce.
Dining hall and my reporter’s in-1 thin
stincts told me to go see what was
some say it c nv
v.asn’t long until I
look
was frvc*
i mo.-eyed up the steps, peeped
in the door, and saw what was
causing the clatter. Ten or twelve
kids wei-e converting the banquet
hall into a night club. A girl came
scurrying by with a box of stream
ers and I tapped her on the shoul
der.
"Hullo, can I help'?"
She threw the box into the air
and yelled, "Yii-ii-il Get that re
porter out of here!"
I was ushered politely back
down the stairs and out to the
sidewalk. Probably wanted to keep
it a secret, I guessed.
Yep. that’s w here it was from.:
I peeped in, someone yelled "Re-
■^orter," and when the lights came !
:>ack bn t w?s standing In the I
Student Union with a ba.'s horn I
for a hat.
Guess '''.e practice \va« sup-i
I posed to te kept .ecret.
the office. I saw i I started back to the dormitory,
and the whisper^, almost colliding with Jack Collins
about, "Well, ev-, down the steps. As he
, . --.cn^ by, a paper fell cat of his
that are different.. t • i j *4- ««
.j ,««'rf>rk.et I nicked it up. (Weiin
They d seen me ^ i
I But all it was was a bunch
Cast Listed For Player PnMluclion
Of Arthur Miller’s 'Witcluraft Play
to go.
As I passed
; nother huddle
were romething
erybody likes punch, but we want, _
refreshments that are
.\'ow . . . Ssshh.
passing
Farther down the hall, I saw
bov and girl arguing. ‘Semi-tor-
nam-.*s. "Kids on the committees
it read. “Head
EDITOR’S NOTE
As students in an institution
which considers the Honor Sys
tem a code of student Uving.
you may perhaps be interested
in noting how the students of
another sach college, Davidson,
regard their Honor System. Do
you revere your Elon Honor Sys
tem in this way? Just how
you regard it?)
■nal."
•Well,
tbeme.” , . Atkins, Walter Bass,
Thinking this might be my firs! •
chance to report boxing match James Bennett. Eddie Burke.
I stopped to watch. "James Crosby, Faye Gordon,
They turned and glared at me. j^^^nna James, Steve Kelly.
! Tames Higgs," Beverly Ward, Joan
! Marek, Harold Faulkner, Kay 'fy-
V-on, Beverly Bentley, Ginger John-
! fon.
‘Ray Medaris, Bobby B'ack-
Plans are nearing completion
for the Elon Player presentation
of Arthur Miller’s "The Cruci
ble,’ one of the most dramatic
full-length shows ever undertaken
by the student stage group, a play
based upon the historic witeh-
ciaft trials helii at Salem in Mass
achusetts more than 200 years ago.
The choice of the cast tor the
niiiees iM>'ler masterpiece is virtuaUy
workers: Barbara‘complete, following try-outs which
were held ten days ago in the
and Ann Minter,
of old Salem
Martinsville, Va., as Elijabeth
Proctor, a gentle and plain woman.
All except Hoffman have held Elon
vant. a sly and merciless girl;
Others already chosen for "The
of
- ^ 1 •» ’Were iiciu ivn -
In-formal ’ ’-Semi-formal. , j-gri Murray, Ceeiha San-. prof
that’ll spoil the whole jf^ipers: Ken Price, Joe Med- ‘
of a conjuring woman from Barba-
does; Winnie Ann Watson, of San
ford, as Susanna Walcott, friend
ut Abigr.i!; Mary Ann Hartwell,
■of West Barnstable, Mass., as Mrs,
Putnam, a twistecl roul of 4o; iiil-
D lie Faye Barrett, of Windsor, Va.
Crucible ’ cast are Tommie Bo
land, of Elon College, as Tituba. 'Continued on I’age Four)
^A>IKI) FOR STARRI^G ROLES IN PLAY
How Do You Regard Honor?
do
The most tangible thing about
the Davidson Spirit is the Hon- ^
or System: this makes the col- >
lege what it is: it is the strong- ^
est division of the Daviison ,
Spirit; it is the thin? of which
Davidson men are most proud.
Havmg as ite basis an iron
clad agreement among the stu
dents themselves to act like gen
tlemen and treat each other as
gentlemen, the Honor System
is one of the greatest things a
Davidson student can come in
contact with during his four
years here. It is the develop
ment of se)f-»ill and character,
the cultivation of everything in
you that is brave and noble and
ffood.
Naturally, in a srroup as large
as our student body there are
liable to be some who cannot
resists templat:on. To deal witn
these there is a student council,
a court of our peers, headed by
the student body president.
These elected officials are un
der oatn to consider a case witn
absnlute impartiality, and upon
them rests the hard task ot dis- ;
missing a fellow student for vio- j
laHon ot the Honor System.
Furthermore, the student body
ccnstitation honor-binds every
Davidson man not only to refrain
from cheat ng, Iving and steal
ing, hut *o report any breach of
the honor system (hat comes to
his notice. This is not mere ^
tattling. It is the sacred duty of
each Davidson student who
wants the Honor System to sur
vive.
But for the Honor System the
Davidson Spirit cannot survive.
1 The Honor System makes for a
whole hearted respect for one
another, and this feeling makes
one proud t« foUow the David-
; son code. Think twice before you
' give in to temptation. Realize the
detrimental effect on your per-
«;onal honor even if you are not
; caught. An exact following of
' our Code of Honor wUl make not
i only for a better Davidson, but
! for a better man.
Melvin E. Woolen has announced
a schedule of .seven dates in late
February and early March.
The seven dates and another
one to be announced later, will be
staggered over a period of four
’.veekends, which in itself is a dis
tinct innovation in campus the
atre at Elon. The show is to be
j pre.'iented on Friday and Satur-
I day. February 21st and 22nd; Fri-
and Saturday,
I day, February 23th,
wood. Ray Casey, Mack Williams, jst; Saturday, March 8th;
_ ....11 A. .. 1
Dennis Madrey, I.ane Kidd, Ann
-loyce, Ted Lea, J. Van Cleve.
Sandra Keith, Nils Boas, Jimmie
Gilliam.
•Rodger Knapp, Tony Markos-
ky, Glen Simpson, Sandra Woods,
Ella Lively, Patti Michaud, Julia
and Friday and Saturday, March
14th and 15th. And added date
will probably be inserted during
the week of President Danieley’s
inauguration.
Prof. Wooten announced this
week the names ot twelve mem
bers of the cast, with a number
Three of the fine cast chosen
for the Elon Player showing of
“The Crucible" late in Febru
ary are pictured at the right
and below. Shown right Is Chuck
Oiikley, senior from Roxboro.
who has long played leading
roles in campus stage shows;
lower left is Eddie Robbins, of
Greensboro, another veteran
thespian with numerous starring
roles behind him: and lower
right Is Ikey Tarleton, of Dur
ham, who made a fine debut in
the first ri.iyer preducllon of
the current season. They are on
ly three of the fine group of cam
pus actors who hope t.» make the
showing of f)ld S:ilem's witch
craft trials the most dramatic
and successful of the Players
long line of campus shows.
Murrav F-ecky Kivett, Eileen I ^f minor characters yet to be list-
Murray. i ecKy ^ company
Rash. Martha Davis, Jack Collins.
I started to toss the paper away.
then glanced on the back. Here
ivas the solution to my mystery.
"Come to Jaizland," it read.
•‘Freshman Dance. Friday Nite,
i January 31, 1958. Dancing 8-10.
I Semi-Formal. Orchestra and Hi-
',Fi. Refreshments. Floor Show. Ev-
jerybody Welcome'."
But it didn't say wlyt acts were
I'in the floor show, whose orchestra
{was playing, what they'd have for
refreshments. Or how the hall
i would be decorated. I guessed I'd
ljust have to go to the dance and
I see.
You come too.
of twenty or more actors, with
many roles which offer a great
ciiance for display of dramatic
talent. The partial cast listed by
the director includes a number of
Elon's brigiitest student stars.
Chuck Oakley, of Roxboro. who
has held numerous starring roles,
has an outstanding role as John
Proctor, a farmer, even-tempered
and not easily led; and Eddie
Robbins, of Greensboro, also star
red more than once in the past,
appears as the Rev. Hale, an eag- s
er-eyed intellectual. ^
Also billed for starring roles are
Victor Hoffman, of Phialdelphia,
Pa., as Rev. Parris; Ikey Tarlj-
ton. of Durham, as Abigail Wil
liams, a strikingly beautiful girl
CHl'CK OAKLEY
EDDIE ROBBINS
IKEY TAIILLTON