K^ew Members Are Added To El on Faoiilty As College Begins Sixty-Ninth Annual Session
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MRS. VV. D. FLORANCE
PROF. GENE P. JOHNSON
PROF. JAMES F. LATHAM PKOF. CHARLES lA’NAM PROF. THEODORE E. PERKINS PROI'. JESSE C. SOWELL
(Individual SIvf'tches on Page Two — .\dditional Photo On Pafi^e Tlirec)
MRS. KITTYE O. SOWELL
It's On To Boone
For
Saturday Nig'at
MAROON AND GOLD
And I-ofs Lick
Those
Mounlaiueers
VOLLHVIE 3*
ELON COLLEOE, N. C.
TIU RSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1958
Elon Opens New Term With Record Student Enrollment
Players Offer Another
Successful Production
Nuptial Bells
Ring During
' By PROF. CLYDE McCANTS I
(Guest Critic)
The Elon Players opened Uieir
regular season of dramatic pcr~
tormances with six presentations
of “Ladies In Retirement,” the
i first two for the new freshman
class and four for the general
public.
This mystery-c»medy offers
many exciting moments, combin
ing melodrama and good humor;
and in the Elon Player production
both comedy and mystery were
played to the hilt.
"Ladies In Retirenvent” is the
grim, but witty, story of a deter
mined spinster, Ellen Creed, who
plots to obtain and sustain a pleas
ant country retiren»ent for her
two sisters. She has almost
achieved her aim when her
nephew interferes, bringing to
light deeds certain to ro»k the
staid English country society to
its very foundations.
In the role of Ellen Creed, Win
nie Ann Watson gave an exciting
and amazingly mature perform
ance. She rose to the demands of
her difficult role in a truly pro
fessional manner, and, particular
ly in the tense, climactic moments
of the play, she revealed a strong
dramatic sense.
As Leonora Fiske, Chris Fayle
performed with poise and under
standing rare tor such a young
actress. In facial expression, stage
movement, and voice inflection.
Miss Fayle turned in what was
easily the most satisfying perform
ance of the evening.
John Williams as Albert Feath
er, Frances Clark as Sister There
sa, and Sylvia Sims' as Lucy Gil-
ham were thoroughly competent in
their respectivs rotes; but a word
of special praise is due Myrtle
Ferrell and Boots Kid, wi«o ap
peared as Ellen Creed’s two sis-
tters. Miss Ferrell and Miss Kidd
ARTISTIC STAGE SET FEATURES FIRST PLAYER SHOW
(Continued Page Four)
Faculty Group
Goes To Meet
Members of ths faculty of the
Businees Administration and Bus
iness Education departments have
been invited to attend the state
wide dinner mesting of the Na
tional Office Managem^ Asso-
ciaUon, to b* held at th« Star-
mount Cou»try Club i« Greenj-
boro on th» eTeaiag of October
9th.
Those planniBg to attend in-
t'ude Prof. William T. Reece, de
partmental chairman. Prof. C. Al-
• 'n Lindquist, Prof. Janes L.
Svrtin, Mrs. Tessiie Taylor, Mrs.
J'^anne Williams and Mrs. Fran-
Lsngest.
’58 Vacation
The wedding bells rang in rapid
order far Elon students of last
year during the summer months,
aivd one faculty member joined in
the march to nuptial altar as Miss
Hazel Walker, former college reg
istrar, relinquished her post on
the faculty to wed Thomas Fox
himself a former faculty member
here.
A survey of the wedding front
by members of the Maroon and
Gold staff revealed a total of
more than fifty marriages that
involved one and sometimes two
members of the Elon College stu
dent body of last year. In several
instances announcements were
made during the summer of wed
dings that were solemnized last
spring. Among the nuptial couples
with Elon affiliations were the fol
lowing, listed in each case in al
phabetical order of the brides:
(Lack of space prevents listing
place and date.)
Sylvia Andrews to Grant Oak
ley, Ann Bass to Carl Burke, Dor-
othy Beard to Carston Waggoner,
Thelma Beard to Ladson Cubbage,
Patsy Ann Beckman to Mull Miles,
Barbara Blanchard to James
Payne, Tommie Boland to Jim
mie Sparks, Rachel Boswell to
Chuck Page, Eunice Jean Bowling
to Chester Griffin, Nancy Boyd
to Joe Weolridge, Thelma Brown
to Gail Elliott, Patricia Chrismon
to Bob Kopko, j
Patricia Coghill to Urant Burns,
Kathalene Combs to James Big-
gerstaff, Fayedine Conklin to Bob
by Inscoe, Kitty Cranford to Wal
ter Bradley, Rose Mary Dalton to
Tom Sheppsiioo, Nancy Daven
port to RonaraTernell, Nancy Lee
Dodson to Lynn, Harold Allen,
Betty Earp to Avery Thomas, Bar
bara 'Ellis to Louis Blakey, Bar
bara Fuqua to Jack Sutton,
Emily Sue Garrett to James
Little, Ruth Geary to Loman Pur--
year, Norma Jean Greene to Paul
Heath, Peggy Ann Greene io
Dwight Riley, Sylvia Greeson to
Floyd GUliam, Doris Grissom to
Bill Parker, Deanna Gale Guyer
to Jack Roland Black, Mary Anne
Harris to Ronald Kinsley, Myma
Hockaday to Haroli Hayes, Mar
garet Honeycutt to James Comp
ton, Jean Carol Hough t» WiUiani
R. Coward, Ormah Je«n Jeakins
to Robert Boswell, Sarali Jones
to Bill Hurdle,
Fall Term Registration
Aiiain Shoivs Increase
Continuing the trend that has
been evident on the Lion College
campus for the past few years,
the college opened its sixty-ninth
annual term with a renord en
rollment and an expanded faculty
and campus facilities.
The college conductcd a hill
week pre-registration orientation
Stressing the fact that small for its freshman class tor the first
jobs lead to bigger ones and to I time, opening with a gathering of
complete success in life, the Uev.lnfty ,-ielected freshman at Moone-
Fifty-Eiglit
Graduates
In Summer
One of the outstanding bits of stage design in the long and » iccessful history of the Elon Play
ers was a feature of the student dramatic group’s presentation of “Ladies in Retirement,” popu
lar London stage hit by Reginald Denham and Edward Percy, which was presented in the Mooney
Chapel Theatre for six nights during September. The stage set. which furnished the background
for the c'reat mystery drama, was termed by the reviewer as “cenainly the finest produced m re-
ve«rs for an Elon production.” Special praise was forthcoming for the lighting, v^Wch was de
signed and executed by David Horn under the direction of Pro*’. Melvin E. Wooten. The play was
nresented twice for the new Elon freshman class and was then offered on four other occasions
In two successive weekends for the other theater-lovers of this area.
This Offers A (Challenge!
ionald W. Durham, of Maysville
iy., urged 58 graduating seniors
it Elon College's si^nnier com-
.Tiencement on Friday, August
22nd, to give their best and to
do well whatever Job may come
.heir way as they went out from
the campus to their posts in life.
Fifteen of the graduates were
from Burlington, including Don
ClirttJn AVred. Dorothy Apple,
J?mes Driver, Charles Holt, Troy
Holt, Ann Jones, Willis Jones,
Wayne King, Irving McClure,
Claude Moore Elwood Parkerson,
J. B. Pickard. Gene Thomas,
J-imes Tillman and Bernard With
erspoon.
Ion Conference Center the week
end before the body of the fresh
man class reported to the cam
pus. There the selected Ireshmen
met with faculty advisors and up
per-class leaders,
'rhe main orientation program
got underway on Monday, Sep
tember 8th, when th« freshmen
began their series of placement
tests. There were a number of
assemblies later in the week de
signed to acquaint them with thu
Elon campus and Elon college cu»-
toras. Freshman Religious Empha
sis Week was observed with the
orientation. Members of the stu
dent body were guests of the fac-
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Here at Elon we find ourselves
placed not in a unique situation.
We are attempting to haTe a
democratic community, just as are
hundreds of other colleges and
universities over these Ln.ted
States. By a democratic commun
ity I mean one which is governed
by the citizens within it.
You are a citizen in our college
community, and the question fac
ing you is whether we, the citi-
area of the cam
pus, ar. able and willing to as
sume the necessary responsib.h-
tie, in such a community.
lasU you. “Is such a thi»g pos-
^uie*” 'Certainly, the situations
and the problems "“ch you are
to encompass here on the cam
^us are not far removed from
the same oaes which you. as an
iudividual, will find in the ouUide
ZTd. surely if we cannot a^ume
Z obligaUons and respons.bUi-
«n the LOCAL level, we w.11
L unable W, ac.ept the respens.
bilities on higher levels?
Demncracy. whether bere .n tbe
campus, in your „
«tat« »r national level, w
LSork. vou, couecti....
have created this democracy. You
,elect ite leaders. Tou give U
recti.n- Vou RUN it; y»u
“S-; s
(Guest Editorial)
and participation.” The Student
Government Association is respon
sible, first of all, to the students.
It is responsible for seeing that
the best Interests of the school i
and the students are put forward.
This requires responsible and
serious leadership on tbe part
of the rffice-holders—your rep
resentatives. It requires that your
elected representatives attend
meetings of the Student Legisla
ture, the StudenJ. Council, the
Honor Council and the various
comraitttees. It Is in these places
that your desires through your
chosen representatives may be ex
pressed and considered. In them
decisions will be made that affect
all of you.
A great many student leaders
have carried tremendous burdens
on tbeir shoulders and have
weighed these problems and have
made many decisions with the most
conscienfious efforts possible. Stu
dent Government leaders cannot
compromise in their obligations.
The Students are responsible to
the Student Government Associa
tion. Each and every member of
the Student Body needs to make
H his or her business to »eek out
and promote the p»oper leader-
hi». And once they have ohosen
♦heir leaders, it Is tbe duty of
each and every student to accept
the burden «f carrying out the
rules, laws and programs which
t.heir elected officials have enact-
Others from this area were La- ulty at a jecep ion in West
cy Hall, Marion Lewis, Marie Mar-Imitory and McEwen Dimng HaU
ion Andy Meredith and Lanniejon Friday, September 12th, and
Wright, all of Graham; Robert regular class work began on Mon-
Bew, William Carter, Betty Rae'day, September 15th.
ed as their representatives.
As an example. I would like to
cite the Freshman program, which
was recently approved and made
law by your Student Legislature.
One of the provisions of this law
is that all entering freshman s*u-
ddents must wear beanies and
nameplates. Therefoae. as citizens
within the community, you have
only one choice, either uphold the
law or have the law changed
•hrough your elected spokesmen.
If the Student Body as a whole
becomes delinquent in its respon
sibility to the Student Govern-
nent. then Student Government
will become either a ehaotic or a
totalitarian group.
I ur«« you to consider this mat
ter seriously. It is a real thing.
Pxrticipate in the election of and
rive support to your representa
tives. Support your Honor System,
which you took an oath to uphold.
To help facUitate the smoother
functioning of Student Govern
ment, a •onunittee is at work at
this very time drafting a new Con
stitution. .Students intorested in
presenting ideas for this document
should come forward and express
themselves.
Yon as students can and should
attend meetings of your Student
Legislatnre and observe yonr fel
low stndents actively participating
in student self-government. The
challenge is great, but working
collectively we can triumph.
Reynolds and Gladys Sartin, of
Elon College; and Dorothy Jes
sup and Kenneth Langley, of Li
berty.
Others from North Carolina, in
alphabetical order of names, were
Robert Blanchard, Greensboro;
As the registration was com
pleted President J. E. Uanleley
announced that Elon had once
more set a new record for fall
quarter registration, with an en
rollment of day and evening class
es of 1,485 students. This sur-
rtooerx Diancaaiu,
Gladys Carr, Hillsbono; Harold P«»*ed last year s mark of 1 469
Davis, Rojtboro; James Faircloth
Reidsville; Lloyd Farthing, Mocks-
vilie; Sam Fretwell, Reidsville;
Tracy Griffin, Greensboro; Fred
Hodge, Siler City; Alice Hunt,
Hillsboro; James Jones, Reidsville;
George Martin, Reidsville; William
McKinney, Roxboro; Roger Mc-
Mt.llan, Betr Orcek,; Catherine
Moore, Yanoeyville; Sylvia O’Con
nell, Sanford; Robert Phelps, Lex
ington; Iona Strader, Ruffin; and
Ruth Tyson, Rocky Mount.
Graduates from other states in
cluded Louis Campbell, Martins
ville, Va.; Ladson Cnbbage, Sum
ter, S. C.; Tony DoMatteo, Potts
studeniK and marked a new high
in campus population.
The registration for day-tlm«
classes totalled D58, increase of
33 over last year, while the Even
ing School showed 527 siudentn.
There are 482 students living on
the campus this year, compared
with 412 last year.
Figures Shown
For Over-Culs
Emphasizing the importance of
regular class attendance, an-
ici o v^., , nouncement was made recently
ville. Pa.; Frank »cRita, Brook- from the office of Dr. H. H. Cun-
lyn, N. Y.; Donald DeSarro, Wasb- ningham, dean of the college of
Ington, Pa.; Jon Hall, Kent, Ohio;
Eugene Harrell, Suffolk, Va.; Ron
ald Kinsley, Towanda, Pa.; Vin
cent Mariani, Vinelandd, N. J.;
Katheryn Mifseley, Marlinsvilie,
Va.; Christopher Peterson, Nor
wich, Conn.; Jack Shaw, Grreen-
ville, S. C.; Robert Stjuffonbfr;.
.Vorea, Pa.; and Turner Wiaston,
VirgiliM, Va.
A certificate in art went to Jane
Davlis, of Raleigh; and certifi
cates in commercial work went to
Billy Joe Privette, of Hillsboro;
and Julia Murray, of Burlington
the number of students charged
with over-cutUng classes during
the spring term and of the penal
ties invoked.
The records showed that 183
student* overcut either their class
es or chapel or both during the
qdSrter. 01 'rtrsf gftrtl?
students had all cuts excused
in accordance with the catalogue
rule«. Others sustained total loss
es of 110 credit hours for over-
Butting classes and 123 hours for
over-cutting chapel.