'Ion May Bay Pageant Set For Saturday, May 3
Tttt^
KING
i
If the War Between the States
'SaLTnsteTo^SL'"?^ Daiice Will Climax \^^eekeiid Festivities
^ —V onets, the South would have won!
victory over the Xor'Ji, and:lions of songs entitled “The Con-
Elon CoUe?p May Dny i>a-1 federaey" and ''The Union,” and
ein.iy of dfdioc.Vjd i>| those songs will be presented in,
n™ ;iia^ frnm a miioiciil stanil-^ glorious color and pageantiy for'
i-.t th-- R?te.s would h'.ve tr'.'-| :i^ entertainment of Elon's Mayi
t io ^ ^ a’lkee.s by at It'.'-st a' Queen and her royal court as well !
i.,i Li. av3,. f,,j. cn'erlainment of the a---,
f- au;.M I May Day o-'>orvani.c sembled audience. '
'A the Elo.i campus, which k se! | The notes of such Confederate j
.0. S.itufday afternoon. May 3rd 'avorites as “Dixie,” “Bonnie Blue'
m!1 featur; A B,;:tle u! t iusu' Flag.” “Yellow Rose of Texas,'
w*ll recall the favorite tune-, My Maryland” and “Lorena” will}
• • • Hot. along with the royal rulers.
Oima\ing the fC'itivities of : at a special campus election held
May Day weekend on the Cion i-irlier this year.
ram\iU' will be the annu.il May
Day Dance. b«* held in .\lum-
ni Mem"rlal Gymnasium from 8
until 11 u'olock on Saturday
nishl. May Srd. Mu.sic for the
The senior attendants in the
M.iy Court will be Nancy Goforth,
(if Hendersonville, escorted by
•'"n.'irles Foster, of Burlington, and
■^ane Davis, of Raleigh, escorted
occasion will be by the Lester by Robert Hendricks, of L>anville.
I.anin Travellers, known all over ; 'a. Junior attendints are to be
Dixie for the musical aitistry. !'.!;ntha Langfey, of Staley, with
ey Stowers, presenting a concert.
This will be followed by the nat
ional anthem, setting thi' sta;. ‘
for Hie coronation of the May
Queen by the pre>iJent of the
Klon College .student ;ovemm.;it.
The pageant for th;: Qj n-n will
with the welcome numi‘-r
fio,;’. Th‘ Coufi'derettes, a chorus
• i-oiip which in'-iuries Sara Sum-
irf';''. Ni'.iritie I-e^i.s, Duris l*rn.".
tr. nirtc!'., Ju.ve J.ickson. Bi;'-
bara Thom-n,. Linda I'ontecost.
.1‘an I . K iy Hu^lies, l.ulu Ro
berts, Vivian rnnks, Teddy Stand
Tiir: orrrN
the 'Sixties, tunes which
:e thrown into the spring air to
;e teaux and beilc- vie with such Union favorites as
■A both the South and the North
of Patricia v -m'n.
ville, Flor.'s 1""'S May Queen, who
j .'\rthur Pitts, of Dillwyn, Va,, and ' “■ 'hl(.-.' M -Phji'son, Sai'a Cox,
I Louann Lambeth, of Brown Sum- Small and Barba. a McLoty'..
mit. with Larry Gre>;j. of South
The
ro.’.d p.'rtion of the p/i
Va. Little Karla Griffin'it. "During th.. War,”
‘The Battle Cry of Freedom,"! • i, Knnkn nf
thumping a-. Jynnny Reb and B;'. 'Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, The Boys i- tn J'.i.ro the' flower girl, with youthfulfeature Dance of the Slaye»
ly Yank marc'ned away to war. Are Marching” and “The Battle
The !nus;c."il overtones for this Hymn of the Republic.
;reat “Battle of Music” have beonj The pageant will be staged
,1'iosen by Mrs. Je.inne Griflin ai:a: against a decorative btickg’*outid
Pa, w’to is to >hare the
royal honors a-, Elon's May King.
I Dean Varney as crown bearer, by a group which includes Linda
Chief attendant- for the royal
p ir fi'l be Sylvia O'Connell, of
Cirole Mumpower, of Winchester,
Va., is court ji'^tor.
'iutler, Claire Velie, Susanne
Fisk. Virginia Johnson, Martha
The pageant is to get underway ,
Davis, Ann Joyce, Hamah Giif
BOB KOPKO
San' ird who is maid-of-honor, es- ^ ^ s-- ' Moore I^cala Pa-terso i L.'
ler staff c-f May Day assistants' of red, white and blue, a gor- corted by Bob Orr, of Burlington.' pr ^“.ptly at 3 o'clock, with the
rom two famous albums, collec 'geous setting for the appearance They were chosen by student bal-! l^l^naires, directed by Prof. Dew-l (Continued on I’age Four)
Everybody Out
For The
May Day Pageant
MAROON AND GOLD
PAT CIIRISMON
■nj Hr:e's l,uck
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VOLl’.ME 37
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
WEDVESD.W, APRIL 23, 1953
NUMBER IS
ergman Is Elected Student President For Coming Year
Fdsadena Man Speaker ' Rwnm Ma^
For Religious Emphasis Reserved
}>v StiulenJs
t: - annual Religious Emphasis
V t o;i the Elon College campus
f.n- the week bet'>veen £u;;-
:,lay 4th, and Friday, Maj
9;, ". ith D;'. Curiis Beach, of ?as-
«dcna. Calif., to be the featured
tppjker for the week-long seriss
o; services.
The -peaker and the plans for
)-» forthcoming series of Religiaa
has.s services were announc
ed by Dr. WilKam W. Sloan, wh-c
thair.Tian of the faculty coni-
■ ce On arrangements for the
program.
In announcing the plans, Dr.
loan stated that the series will
open with the services on Sunday
lorning. May 4th, and ' will cou-
nue with morning services at the
chapel programs each day of the
loilowing week and with evening
eivices each night.
Dr. Seach, who is the guest
peaker, has announced his gen-
ral theme and specific topics for
ach day of the week-long series
of services. He will speak on Sun-
ay morning on the topic of “Re
gion, A Great Quest,” and he
ill then follow up this service
y using a general topic for the
Dtire week of “Building Our Re-
igion."
The daily topic for the morn
ing ohapel worship which Dr.
each will discuss are “Pathways
» God" on Monday, “What Is
Ian?” on Tuesday, “Jesus’ Prin
ciple of Service” on Wednesday,
The Problem of Suffering” on
hursday, and '“The Meaning of
ie Cross” on Friday.
He will use a different list of
opics for the evening services,
ith a general theme of “Reli-
ioii and American Idealism.’
Nightly topics include “The Reli-
ion of W’ashington” on Monday
vening, ‘ The Religion of the De-
laration of Independance” on
Tuesday evening, and “Jefferson
the Freedom of Religion” on
'Vednesday,
The visiting minister, now min
Sier of The Neighborhood Church
^.El.M.IOUS SPEAKER *
I Warning has just been issued t,;
' current studcnVj of Elon iJol'ievi-
.tiiat the time is here once mori
when rooms must be assigned o;
reassigned for the coming year
and those wishing to reti.in theii
present rooms or obtain new one;
: should call by the office of Sam
uel T. Webster, field secretary,
and make a deposit on a room
for the coming year.
In connection with the assign
ment of rooms, it is pointed out
.;y ‘_hD field secretary that Smith
;|jHall will be used only lor fresii-
^ i men next year. This will mark the
I .irst time that Elon has operated
a special djrmitory for freshmen
It is cli') pointed out that thi
status of North Dorm is not known
at present, and it may or may not
>e used. If it is decided to use
N'orth, then extensive repairs will
IP made, but no one will .sign up
lor places ip. North Dorm at the
jresent time. Th)sp living in Caro
lina Hall and East Dorm will havt
irst choice of their old rooms for
next year. Athletes may sign up
'or Carolina if thsy pay the dif-
ierence in room cost.
The warning specifies that s
rcj." deposit of $10 must be paid
' V June 1. ^ir.ce thi c^tillesd
hold a room pa^t that d. ' -
without suc’i deposit.
TRUSTEE I’ASSES
DR. CURTIS BEACH
Dr. Curtis Beach, minister of
The Neighborhood Church in Pas
adena, Calif., will be the feat
ured speaker for the annual Reli
gious Emphasis Week on the Elon
campus. The annual series of re
ligious services is set for the week
aeginning May 4th and continu-
,ng through May 9th.
Pasadena, is _
*'ndge, Mass., where he attended
public and private schools. He
later received the A.B. degree
Harvard, the B.D. from Bos-
L'ni’.-ersity and the Ph.D. in
^^1‘g.on frcm the University of
Southern California.
^ He has served pastorates in both
‘^“■«iC.'.uoetts and California, hav-
been in his present pastorate
^ Pasadena since 1948. He has
'' ^ nad experience as a Biblical
• and lecturer and has held
- -er of official and commit-
with the Congregational
w Church.
-ntinued on Page Four)
Band To Play
Concert Next
Monday Night
The Elon College Band w;ii pre-
ient its secord annual concert in
'Whitley Auditorium at 8:15 o'clock
.lext Monday night, April 23th, ac
cording to an announcement madt
by Prof. Dewey Stowers, now con
cluding his second year as direc
tor of the group.
In announcing next Monday
"ight’s concert. Prof. Stowers sta-
ted that the 1958 concert is aimed
of Cam-i^lirectly at the student body in that
Credits Lost
By Students
For Absences
Elon students have lost credit
for the equivalent of 139 courses
tlus year t>ecause of excessive ab-
.-.ei.ces, accordmg to a report just
made public through the office O'
j Dr. H. U. Cunningham, dean u.
i ine college. Of course tiie los.-*o
weie not 133 full cJiirsc-s, but c; -
ji: hours enough to equal that
many 5-hour courses.
In the Fall Quarter there was
total of 157 students who were
' penalized under the college regu-
ilations pertainmg to absences, and
that group lost a total of 353 cre
dit hours. Of this number. Ho
hours were lost to excessive cha
pel cuts. Records show that there
were 126 students, aitogetner, wn-
served more than forty years as overcut chapel without excuses,
a member of the Elun CoUegel in the Winter Quarter, the dean’s
joari of t''u.stei;s, died at Watts disclose that 189 student
Hospital in Durham at 11:40 penali2ed on the basis of
>cIoi.i '!'t:idi/ ntght aft?r s;ve- ^jjege regulations on attendance
-al 'vvee/ts of failing health. The group lost a total of 341
jldest of E1)"'5 board of trustees credit hours. Again as in the Fal.
.a ysari of serv.ue was a graduate Quater, the' chief cause of pen-
,f K'.^n with the Clai's of
304 ar.J was ntimcd to the board
n r14. He had ser/ed as secre-
ary of the I’Oird for more than
‘■enty-five ye.*^='-. He had been in
!■! bjilain? .1^1 loan uni real
-tc; in 3a"’,ington for
■; ih.n '.?r'y y?a.'s, ha>ing re-
tir?’ as p.-.’siJent of First Fede-
il _a In,5 arl i_-;aa Ai.ooia'.ior.
Ja. u. ry.
Major (Aimliiliiles Are
Unopposed In Cim
DiRECTS M \Y DAY
D. R. FOSVILLE, SR.
D. R. Fo:!v;!!e. f
Burlingt..-'. r.j-itic-
77v vete.an
r‘in, who
allies was unexcused absences
i^rom chapel, for I3ti of the lost
nours came on chapel cuts as 14b
iiudents over'tuL chapel without
excuse.
No records are yet available in
I regard to absences and penalties
I fo' tb ? Spring Quarter, ljut thi
I' rm is cvpictcd to jdJ to thi
I .>,.1.
NEW YORK CHOIK SJX;S AT I i UN DURlXi YOUTH MEET
It will contain jazz selections a.,
witb conventional pieces. A
.'ial closing feature will he “Blue
Targo.”
Numbers featured other than
"Blue Tango” are “Military E-i-
cort March,” “Arabian Nights,”
“Moonrise,” “Perpetual Motion,
"Blue Fantasy” and “Bach Bou
quet.”
Three soloists will appear on
this year's program, including Ei
leen Rash, on the flute; John
Shepard, on the French horn; and
Walter Bass, on the trombone
MRS. JEANNE GRIFFIN
Mrs. Jeanne Griffin, who is head
of the women’s physical education
program at Elon College, wil
igain direct the annual May Day
jageant and festivities on the cam
pus. She makes the preparation
or the May Day observance a big
jart of her .spring term cou: in
•hythms.
Safety Group
Lists Second
^Safe Driver’
A top feature on the program f >r the Soutiern Convention Pilgrim Fellowship, which met at
Ion la-' weekend, was th- 35-member Pilgrim FeUowship Choir from Manhas^ctt, N. Y..
■ red above The Manhassett singers appeared in WhiUey AuJitoriu-n at 8 o'clock last Saturday
*"*»h^t to en'erUin the youth delsgates from Congregational Christian Churches throughout North
r° '■ a and Virginia. Faye Gordon, Elon student from Suffolk, Va., presided over the gathering,
be-n elected to the top post as a high sch.jol senior last y-ar. Other Elon students participat-
ibiTm the weekend sessions were Louis WUkins, of Lenning, Va., and Vernon Grimes, of South
Norfoik. Wilkins served as chaplain for the group?
Doris Price, an Elon College Jun
ior from Altamahaw, has just been
.lamed as the second “Driver of
••be Week " to be selected from
among Elon College students by
tne recently organized Student
iafety C')uncil. She wa:i c'">3en
■'or the week between April 1-J-th
and AprU 19th.
The new driver honoree a,,’ear-
;d on the Burlington Jaycees’ ra-
jio iliow over Station WBBB,
where -ihL- was p.-rsented a .-eci il
“iiriver of the Week” certificate
and gifts from sponsoring mer
chants in Burlington. The award
was presented by Dick La hley,
chairman of the college's Student
Safety Council.
This council was farmed some
weeks ago and cooperates with
the Burlington J.jycees anj the
Burlington Police Department. It
selects a “Driver of the Week”
one time each month from among
Elon College students, choice be
ing ba.sed upon courtesy and safe
ty practices observed by the stu
dent drivers.
Rn".n!;' Bei'>(m n, ri ing -.Mior
’ I'. ;v: L'i :i-:v:!le, -on^i . ■> ! c new
'-idi'nt of the Elon College stu
dent g.Tvornmont and will guide
tl’e orj wi!.:atioii
tl....jjb t.i,? c mi Hi lti."i-5t) col
lege year.
Bergman moved int.) the tap ex
ecutive post in student goyjmr.iont
•Aithout opposition, being the only
nominee for the post. The same
w • : true of the o'.h :r two toy po'si-
tiuii in tile campus government,
:or tliLi'c w.i.j only one candidate
fill'd for vice it-esidenl and secr>-
tary-trealUrer o: tlie ■ tud 'nt body.
Mnwood Hurd, a ri‘-:r.> junior
from New Britain, Conn., is the
new vice president and in that ca
pacity will preside ovcf the Stu
dent Legislature next year. Third
of the major officers of student
rovernment is Kay Hughes, al.no
1 rising junior, from Elon Col
lege, who is to become secretary-
ti-easurer.
Bergman, the new president of
atudent government, has served
this year as vice-president and
moves into the top position almost
by inheritance. He succeeds Jerry
Loy, of Graham, who has been
president this year.
With the three top offices offer-
in / no races, the entire campus
political campaign was one of the
quietest on record on thr Elon cam
pus. In tact, there was .so little
competition that no primary elec
tion was necessary in order to
determins the winning candidates.
The new members of the Stu
dent Council, chosen in final elec
tions on Wednesday, include Dick
Lashley, of Leaksvile, and Stev:;
mauldln, ot Winston-Salem, men's
^representatives; Linda Simpson, of
Elon College, and Ann Bass, of
South Boston, Va., women's re|>-
-esentatives; and Maurice DeMat-
'.eo, of Pottsville, Pa., represenla-
:.ivf at large.
New members ot the Hoiioi
'Council are Wayland Medley, of
Greensboro, and Tommie Boland,
uf Elon ' College, for the scnioi
class; Maurice Brosky, of Punx-
/ .wney. Pa., and Jean Loy, of
Elon College, for the junior class;
and Faye Gordon, of Suffolk, Va..
for the sophomore class. Next
year’s freshman class will
name
itji Honor Council member in tlit
fall.
The various cla.ss offices and
members of the Student Legisla
ture will be elected within the
next week, ready for all officers
to be installed in office on the
lirst Monday in May.