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ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
WEDNESDAT. APRIL 2. 1*58
Nl'MBER 12
BOOK PLBLISHED
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Student Group In Meet At Eton
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Spring Holidays Will Begin Friday
With the annual spring holi
days falling at Easter for only
the second time in recent years,
the vacation period for Elon Col
lege students and faculty will
get underway at noon Friday
and will continue through all
of next week and the following
weekend. The extra weekend
will stretch the holiday period
to nine full days, and virtually
all students and many of the
faculty will take the opportun
ity for visits or trips.
The Easter holiday date was
tried two years ago, but the
dates were returned to the p?r-
iod between Winter and Spring
Quarters last year. The regular
class schedule tor both day clash
es and tor students in the Ev
ening School will be resumed on
Monday, April 14th, with the
daytime clas?es that day on the
regular schedule beginning at 8
o’clock.
North Slate, Delegates in .\II-Day
Disfussioii Of Student Govei'iiiiieiit
dr. H, H. CUNMNGH.\M, At'THOR
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Hisiorical Woi'k By Elon
Anchor Is Well Received
Latest published work liy an karate u.;ifor-is was one of con-
Elen College author and one which siderable magnitude through the
i receiving hi?h praise from re-‘war years. With little or no train-
vievvers in widely scattered-sec- ing military medicine or surgery
lions oi America is "Doctors ii'. and aside from the problem^ of
Cray ” the storv of the Co-^^sd- preventive medicme that medical
'erate States medical service, writ- st-ff v.'is faced wi.h the problem
ten by Dr H. H. Cunningham, of more than three miihon cases
who is chairman of Elon’s his-,of disease and wounds in an in-
toiv depatrment and dean of the vaded and blockaded country.
(Ollege I Payment For Doctors
Historians, professional book re- Dr. Charles F. Pitt.s, the Ar
viewers, educators and officers kansas author oI Chap ains in
of organizations such as the Unit-,Cl*writes in the Memp is
«d Daughters of the Confederacy I Ccmmfii-cial-Appeal jiat •'when
have been unanimous in their [ completes this interesting M
praise of Dr. Cunningham’s work,,informative book, he cannot but
which tells for the first time the'feel that the doctors in gray are
true story of the medical men who being paid a worthy insta men
overcame great difficulties andj^'' ^
great shortages in treating mjral study of the Cunning
than three million cases of wounds book. Dr. Pitts cites e ac
and disease among the soldiers I f™™ book itself that ®
of the Confederate States. erate soldiers were hard to kill,
Tj. , . 1 despite trie high mortality rates.
Historian T. Harry.Williams, an; ^ ...
„ , , I Since many soldiers v»ere wound-
mitstanding authority on the Civil„unierous times, and each Con-
^derate soldier averaged at least
ham has told the important and. hospitals.
Doctor IS oil'
Has Office
Near Eion
Dr. Robert A. Watson, who re-1
cently opened offices for the prac
tice of medicine in the Carlton
House near the northeast corner
of Elon’s walled campus, is now
engaged in regular medical prac
tice in the community and is also
serving as. college physician tor
Elon College.
The new physician, who is a
graduate of the University of Ten
nessee, had his medical study at
the University of Rochester School
of Medicine and did post-graduate
medi,cal work at the Memorial
Hospital in Charlotte.
He first opened medical prac
tice in Las Vegas, Nev., but af
ter four years there he elected
to return east to establish prac
tice in North Carolina.
He is a member of the Amer
ican Academy of General Prac-
Gratluale Tests
Set April 25-26
The Graduate Record Tesi.'
tor seniors who expect to *rad-
inte in the May co.unien.'cnient
will be given Friday EiiJ Satur
day, Api il 2.ith and 26th, ac
cording to an announcement
from the dean’s office. Those
j who have nit had *-c tests cr
have need to repeat them will
he expccicd to take them at
that time. Per'»ns due to (trad-
uate in .August may take them
then, but they will have a la
ter opportunity durSrs the sum
mer.
titioners, the American Medical
Association and t.he .Mamance-
C.is-.vdll Medical Society. He is
also a member cf ’.he staff at the
Alamance County hospital.
Dr. Watson is married to the
tormer Sue Betty McRee, of New
ton, and they have two children,
one and tirej ycirs c; age. They
i-eiide in Brookwcod Gardens
.Apartments. They are members
of the Lutheran Church.
Battle Of Music To Be
Theme For 58 J\Iay Dav
gr.ppmg story of ConfederateClaiborne, of Arkan-
medicine, a record of tragedy and ^^ wounded numerous times
human sacrifice and also of with
mficant scientifk progress The, ^ him
IS a much-needed addition'
CiyU War literature.” He also ^ will fill a much-need-
c tes the fact that more than 600,-,^d gap in Confederate history,” |
0 3 American .soldiers died m the ;^^.^ Tucker, re-i
CmUVar, more than 200,000 more;^.^wing it for the Norfolk Vir-
Wo-lri w Igiman-Pilot, and he continues, “it
WOild War n, in pointing to the that
i^ortance of such a study as great
visits to military hospitals.
College dean.
Ten Vears Of Study
Among the reviewers is Pie Du
that just completed by the Elon'^^out to roll
around/’ He found in the book in-
iormation about his wife s great-
o -v.iv, icvitwci.o in I ic i-'u- igrand-father, who was surgeon in ^
four, of the New Orleans Times-! charge of a Confederate hospital
Picayune, who cites the fact that Ut Selma, Ala.
Cunningham performed a gi- The director of the Louisiana
Saatic task in ten years study of | state University Press, publisher*
the Confederate medical records, j of tha book, calls it “a distin-
snd he quotes a number of pass-1 guished contribution to Civil Viar
ages from the book to show the literature,” and he receives hearty!
®uthor’s definitive
knowledge of
the subject and his intimate ac-
)uaintance through research with
the doctors of the Confederate
®nny and the Southern soldiers
whom they treated.
Dufour points especially to Dr.
Cunningham’s disseussion of eaus-
fs of disease in the Confederate
fact that the au-
correlates ignorance among
’ i-oldiers with the high preva-
of illnesses. He also quotes
‘ -t.aningham to prove the great
;.m that confronted the doc-
° the Confederacy, saying
J- The medical problem that
-’':ted the doctors In Confe-
agreement from Miss Desiree L.;
Franklin, of New York City, high
official of the United Daughters |
ot the Confederacy, who says ‘‘the'
format is excellent, the notes are
well placed and compelling, the
bibliography is all encompassing,
and the chapters and sublet mat
ter are clearly and pleasingly de
fined.”
Author’s Own Copinents
When asked to comment upon
his own book and on his aims in
writing it. Dr. Cunningham him
self said, “History is one of the
most important ways by which
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The spirit of the Civil War will
live again in the Elon College May
Day pageant, which is to be staged
on the traditional first Saturday
in May, with favorite songs of
Civil War days ringing-forth again
in a “Battle ot Music” between (
.he North and the South. |
This was revealed by Mrs |
Jeanne Griffin, who in her posi
tion as head of the girls physi
cal education program, will again;
direct the annual May Day fes- ‘
tival, an event which will feature
Pat Chrismon, of Reidsville, as
the May Queen, and Bob Kopko,
of Monessan, Pa., as the May
King.
In making known the plans for
the event, Mrs. Griffin stated .liat ^
Carole Mumpower, ot Winche;'
Va., will appear as the Court Je.^;-
ter, a rola which always play?
a prominent part in the program
Karla Griffin and Dean Varney
a pair of faculty children, wiU be
flower girl and crown bearer.
Katie Langley, of Staley, will
b- student assistant to the direc
tor; and Am Bass, of South Bos
ton, Va., will be accompanist for
the dance and musical numbers.
Prof. Roy Epperson and Tommie
Elmore, students from Burlington,
will serve as dance committee for
the pageant. Members of other
May Day committees were listed
as follows, chairman listed first
ip each instance:
MAY POLE — Mai Bennett,
Michael Fargis, James McCauley
and W. A. WaU.
GROUNDS — Larry Bulla, Tony
Carcaterra, Carole Mumpower.
Troy Holt and James Tate.
PUBLIC ADDRESS — John
Apessos, Bobby Arnold and Toby
DiPema.
PROPS AND SET — Marion
Oakes, Gilbert Watts, Melba Mel-
etiou, Bobby Loy and Helen Rum
ley.
DECORATIONS—Eddie Hughes,
Don Saine, Jackie Joyce, Jack
•Wrenn, Donna Moore. Roger
COI RT JESTEU
Student delegates from North,
State Conference colleges gathered!
on the Elon College campus lasti
Saturday, March 29th, for the an
imal spring meeting ot the North,
State Student Government Asso
ciation. Theme of discussion fori
il’.a all-day session was “Effective |
Leadership—Our Goal.” |
The student representatives, at- :
ter registration and a reception
in the McEwen Dining Hall, were
assembled in the Society Hall .•'n [
the third floor ot the .Aalmance
Building tor the morning session
of the day-long meeting.
After the invocation by Rev |
W. J. Andes, minister of the Elon
College Community Church, th(;
i'.udent delegates were welcomed
by Jerry Loy, president ot the Elon
College student government, who
has also served tor the past term
as president ot the North State
Student Government Association
Principal speaker for the morn
ing session was Dr. J. Earl Dan-
ieley, president ot Elon College,
who expressed to the delegates his
jwn belief in the value and ira
portance ot student governm;.nt
for all colleges, pointing to tht
/alues ot campus governmenc ex
perience as a training tor citizen-
ihip and as a means of develop
ing individual leadership qualities.
Dr. Danieley also discussed in
detail the relationship of student
government to the faculty, the ad-
minstration and the trustees ot
the various colleges, pointing out
hat many ot the problems and
.roubles ot student organizations
jrise because the student leaders
.'ailure to understand fully their
powers and responsibilties, and he
declared that many such difficul
ties could be fully settl*;d by a
jrief conference between some stu-
d?nt leader and some member of
he college administrative staff.
In closing his discussion, Dr. Dan
ieley urged fuller student parlici-
El.()> STL DE NTS LE ADERS OF (;K()1 I*
t
jrilRV LO»
Jerry Loy, left, president ot th
just completed a term as presidi
ernment Association anl preside
nmE’Js last Saturday. J?mes Bi
campus affairs, was elected to s
•.ercoiiegiate group and will pres
Point in the fall.
and
JAMES BIOGERSTAFF
e Elon College student body has
nt ot the North State Student Gov-
i over a meeting held on the Elon
7serstaff. right. Ion? active In EUm
u^'ceed Loy as piesident ot the in-
ide over the next mce'ing at Higii
aiion in campus elections
student affairs.
The student delegates tiien di-
ided into two groups for panel
dlscu.sions. one group taking
' .standardization of Admission
Prices ’ to Conference sports
events for a..i-L:isnn whUe the
other group discussed how the col
leges might be "Better Hosts To
and Fans.” Stu-
dent leaders ot the two panel
groups were Dick Lashley, ot Elon
College, and Dick Bolin, ot Appa
lachian State Teachers College. .
Luncheon was served in the Mc
Ewen Dining Hall, and the group
then reassembled for the afternoon
meeting, which was a general dis
cussion session, featuring" reports
from the panel committees.
New officer.i tor the organiza
tion tor its new .six-months term,
were elected at the afternoon ses
sion, including James Biggerstatt.
ot Elon College, president; Fred
Barber, ot High Point College, vice
president; and Tommy Day, ot
Appalachian State College, secre-
tary-treasurer. The autumn meet
ing ot the Student Government
^ Association will be held at High
Point College.
The Elon delegation at last Sat
urday’s s ( Sion included Jerry
Loy, James Biggerstatt, Richard
Lashley, Linda Simp>on, John Big-
gerstaft and Linwood Hurd.
Flayers Reeeive I*laiulits
For ‘Criuihie’ Prodiu tioii
Miss Wallier
is Honored
I The Elon Players were given
high praise by reviews and by
; members ot the audiences who
saw their three-night presencauon
'ot Arthur Miller’s “The Cruci-
ible,’ with many veteran campus
I playgoers calling the play the
As the first in a series ot bridal ^ nnest in a long line ot student
cnts centering about the June |stage successes on the Elon cam-
•vedding ot Miss Hazel W'alker, pus.
Sloan To Lead
liihle Workshop
Dr. W. W. Sloan, professor of
Bible on the Elon faculty, hail
heen ohiwen T)y the National
Council of Churches to organiic
and lead a seminar-workshop for
prufesi>ors ot Bible and religion
In he held at the Blue Ridse
Assembly in Nort'H Carolina s
Land of the Sky for one week
between July 20th and lioth this
summer.
Dr. Sloan, who Is the authoi
.vedding ot MISS nazei *>ai^ei, pus. texthooks for
Elon college registrar, to Tho-| There were those '‘ho sa* the
college’ study of the Old and
New Testaments, will direct thla
f/jminar workshop duriiix
week immediately following the
first summer term here at Eloii.
lie will leave lm;iiediately afte.'
the workshop with Mrs. Sloan
to conduct a month's study tour
CAROLE MUMPOWXE
Cheek, Louann Lambeth.
RECEPTION — Nancy Stephen-
on ai'.d Shirley Sorreil i co-chair
men), Parr-. Dofrierr.yor, Rose Gil
liam, Maricn Glatgow, F’-'aiCJs
Kittrel'.. Mary Ar.;. Tjrnsr and
Carolyn Allen.
COSTUMES — Pcg^y Zimr.-.er-
man, Mary Ruth W'hitte,'., Mary
Lou Booth and Beverly Ward.
PROGRAM — Joyce Myeri, El
la Lively. Mary Jane Hawkins,
'Ruth Geary and Harolyc Sawyer.
,ia.s Fox, a former Elon faculty | highly dramatic story of the witch-
member, the couple was honored j craft purge at Old Salem who
Dr. and Mrs. J. Earl Danieley, stated freely that there had been
X- a tea held on Saturday after- more enjoyable plays presented
oon, March 22nd. Guests, chiefly hy the Players, but ail agreed
iculty members and their wive'i,|that no previous play had ever
’ailed between the hours of four' itepl eu many people gripping
i "Mr'‘anrMrs' W E Butlr, Jr., Un^o^wl^ot^L^C^^^^ »f South America durln. the
,rfeted guesU and ' introduced | seats. The very tenseness of the j fi-l po.V«o« of the summer
m to the receiving line co.ti-i situation prevented anyone from i ^aca ion.
pD=ed of Miss Walker. Mr. Fox, j relaxing in sheer enjoyment. j
who came from Washington, D.C., The show was presented “ini
for the occasion and Dr. and .Mrs. the round” upon an arena-style
Danieley. Miss Lila Newman in-.stage in the ballroom of the Mc-
vited guests into the dining room.^Ewcn Memorial Dining Hall, some-
The dining room table was cov-j thing entirely new to the Eion
'red with a whit 2 satin cloth campus and new to many ot those
■deed in pink. Silver candelabra -who made up the near capacity
Dean
Atteiuls Meeting
Dr. H. H. Cunningham. Elon
College dean and chairman ot the
dged in pink. Silver candelabra -who made up the near capacity department, returned to
'ild lighted pink candles and an|audiences on each of the three campus Sunday after attend-
irrangement of pink carnations, | nights ot the production. is eleventh annual Southern
inapdragons and gypsophilia cen-j arena style brought the au lence jjumanities Conference. which
ered the table. The pink and much closer to the stage and served Friday and Satur-
vhite theme was also carried out to some extent to accentuate the^^^^ University ot Tennea-
.1 the refreshments which con-'gripping tension and interest. , Knoxville
sisted of bridal cakes, nutbreadi The reviewer paid high tribute i,- or n mm
asndwiches, cheese wafers, pea- to Chuck Oakley, Ann Minter and The human ties
lu- butter sticks and,mints. ,Ikey Tarleton, who appeared m posed of constituent societies and
Mrs Harvey Walker, mother of the three leading roles, with an insUtutional members among the
the bride-elect, poured tea and especial tribute for Ann Minter j southern colleges and unlversiUes.
Mrs. .Marjorie F. Hereford, wed- in the difficult role of Elizabeth Dr. Cunningham attended as an
ding director, poured coffee. The Proctor. The other lead characters observer from Elon, which Is one
(lining room server had an ar-jhad more than one highly drama- j more than ninety institu-
1 (Continued from Page Three! > (Continued on Page Four) Itions associated with the group.