IT CAN HAPPEN HERE!
Th« Tact that the naUonal pr»'jlcm of highway safety can strike
nome on the Elon College campus was demonstrated tragic style
when two serious wrecks affectin ; Klon faculty and student per
''»nnel occurred within a period o* lers than twenty-four hours. The
two wrecks, each of which infli-'ted serious injuries to members
of the Elon ColL*ge family, are pictured here. At the left is the
picture of the accident, which occurred right here in Elon College,
wjthin a few ynrds of the Elon campus, is that in which Mrs. Mar-
jir'e Hereford. Elon’s dean of wamen. suffered serious hurls on
Thursday morning, October 23rd The picture shov a what was left
-51 Mrs. Heref(ud‘s car after she “blacked out” and lost control at
an intersection ne.^r the Elon C'u•i^tian Orphanage while return
ing to the c.unpus from Burlington. The picture at ttte right offei*s
vio’.r of the siluation after a hcad-o» collision which occurrcd on
Highway 54 in the outskirts of liurlinston the following mornin.^
afti:r Mrs. Hereford’s accidcnt. Ti>e second accident involved Mac
l^ayne and Ben Farmer, two Elo \ day students.
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VOLUME 38.
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
THrRSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1958
M Mr.ER 3
Elon’s Annual Homecoming Observance Enjoyable Occasion
I
Elon People
Are Active
In Churches
The Sabbath appears certainly
Jto be no “day of rest” for many
■ menibers of the Elon College fac-
Luy and student body if one may
I judge from a survey of the ac-
jtivities of one group of faculty a»d
■students on Sunday, October 19th.
On that Sunday there were more
jthan fifteen of the Elon faculty
I members engaged as speakers in
(fhurch services or as teachers
land leaders in Sunday school ac-
(tivities either here or elsewhere,
and there were a dozen or more
lot the Elon students who were ac-
jtive that same Sunday either as
I pastors or as organists and choir
[directors at various churches.
The survey revealed that Dr.
iDanieley himself was occupying
I the pulpit at Liberty-Vance .Church
I near Henderson, that Dr. H. H.
[Cunningham, dean of the college,
I was on a similar mission at the
I Ha* River Church; and that Prof.
[John Graves was engaged as in-
Itcrim pastor of the First Congre-
I gational Christian Church in Bur-
I lington.
Dr. \V. W. Sloan preached at
I both Salem Chapel and Belews
1 Q'eek churches; Dr. James M.
[Hess was in the pulpit at historic
[Providence Church in Graham;
[Prof. John Kittengor was serving
I as minister at Eutaw Community
I Church at Fayetteville; and Prof.
[Clyde McCants and Alumni Sec-
. retary W. B. Terrell were assist-
I ing in » laymen’s service at the
[ Elon College Com*iunity Church
Dr. Robert Benson was serving
! as superintendent of the Sunday
I School at the First Presbyterian
Church in Burlington; Prof. Mc-
I Cants also served as superinten
deRt of the junior department of
I the Sunday School at the Elon
, College Community Church; Prof.
, John Sanford taught the adult
, class, Mrs. Marjorie Hereford
, taught the student class, Prof. M
■ E. Wooten taught a young adult
c'ass. and Mrs. M. E. Wooton
I taught a primary class in the Elon
College Sunday School.
That same Sunday Prof. Fletch-
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HOMECOMING QUEEN IS I'RESEMEl) AT FOOTBALL (iAiVIE
Many Old Grads Back On Campus
For Full Weekend Of Festivities
The 1958 Homecoming, which ing Queen. She was escorted by
was celebrated in truly festive Stuart 'loms, of BuiliUi^lun, dui-
style last weekend, was hailed by ing the coronation program. Chief
both students and alumni as one attendants for the royal couple
of the most successful in the his-, were Louann Lambeth, of Brown
lory of the college. Summit, as niaid-of-honor, escort-
There were many old grads back ed by Don Saine. of Cherryville.
The Homecoming sponsors and
tncir escorts, vsith the names of
the organizations represented,
IIUHT IN WHECK
Jean Loy, Elon's 1958 Home-coming Queen, was crowned and presented to the crowd which at
tended the annual Elon-Catawba football game last Saturday af-ternoon. She is pictured above at
the left, accompanied by StuartToms, who was her escort for thecoronation ceremonies. At the
right is little Douglass Gilliam,cousin of the queen, who wascrown bearer for the ceremomes.
In the background may be seenmembers of the royal court which attended Queen Jean.
After Opening Triunij>h, Elon Players
Give Musical Show Again This Week
on the campus for the feslivities,
, which opened with the Elon Play
er presentation of "Annie Get
YG«r Gun ’ on Friday night and
which concluded with the highly
onjoyable Homecoming Ball in
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium on
Saturday night.
The Player show on Friday
1 night, second offering of the Irv
ing Berlin Broadway masterpiece,
drew hi;;h praise from the stu
dents and from the alumni who
came back in time to see it, but
Ihe real festivities began on Sat
urday with the annual parade
through the streets of Burlington.
The women’s dormitories, com
bining the talents of both Virginia
Hall and West Dorm, topped all
competitODs in the float eompeti
lion with a creation that featured
a number of pulchridudinous In
dian maidens. The second and
third awards went to the fresh
man class and the junior class.
After forming at the Eva Bar
ker Playground on Burlington’s
North Main Street, the parade
proceeded to the Burlington Mem
iOrial Stadium, where Catawba
, kicked in the only sour note of
the day by defeating the Fight
Keece At Meet
111 Chapel Hill
^*rof. William T. Reece, mem-
l’“r of the Elon ColIcBe faculty,
attended the recent symposium
accounting and taxation,
which was held at the University
North Car»Kna In Chapel Hill
on Thursday and Friday of last
week.
The symposium was sponsored
*>y the North Carolina Associa-
tion of Certified Pablic Accoun-
li>nts, of which Prof. Reece is
■ member and which he serves
'S a member of the education-
”1 committee. Main topics dis-
‘ ■ 'ied at the meeting were
‘■'■’nges in federal and state
^ 'cition laws.
By HOWARD WHITE
(Guest Critic)
Annie Oakley and her gun cap
tured several hundred people in
Whitley Auditorium last Thursday
and Friday nighU when the Elon
Players gava the two opening per
formances of Irving Berlin’s "An
nie Get Your Gun,” and the same
can be expected to occur when
tiip student actors offer the Broad
way musical comedy three other
times on Thursday, Friday aad
Saturday nights of this week.
Annie didn't do it all by her
self, however, tor she had the
support of numerous talented in
dividuals who spoke, sang, danced
and graced themselves into the
hearts of the audience and to a
new record of dramatic achieve
ment at Elon, Certainly, too, one
could look upon the victory as one
for a general, in this instance
Prof. Mel Wooton, who directed
the production.
The entire cast joined in the
two opening performances to make
the ‘ Annie Get Your Gun” pres
entation, certainly the most am
bitious in the history of the Play
ers, a success that will be heiald
ed here for a long time to come.
So effective is the impact of
1)roadening achievement that the
Elon Players and their follower^
win undoubtedly look back on this
show with the ‘ do-you-remember
when?” way that has for man.v
years been devoted almost entire
ly for the past several years to
the production of ‘ The Man Who
Came To Dinner.”
Tommie Boland Sparks was de
lightful as Annie Oakley, the back
woods girl who found a musket
opening up a new world for her
which she never knew existed. In
turn. Annie became one of the
great and most-loved entertainers
of all time.
Annie moved on the stage and
then the extended stage last Thurs
day and Friday nights with con
siderable versatility, and she show
ed that she thoroughly loved her
role.
Douglas Scott, as the Frank But
ler whom Annie loved so deeply,
did a creditable job and has a
particiularly pleasing voice that
lends much strength to the pro
duction.
Beyond Annie and Frank, prot)-
ably the most satisfying players
with the audience were Janice
Stanley, as Winnie Tate, and Ray
Thomas, as Tommy Keeler. With
well-blending voices and with con
siderable grace, they were partic
ularly pleasing in "Who Do You
Love.” Also deserving the strong
applause they received were Tom
my Elmore and Diana Foster in
the dance that followed ‘‘Who Do
You Love.” ^ ,
Giving good support throughout
production assistant; Prof. Clydeli^g Christians H to 8 in the Home-
McCants. musical director; Tom
my Elmore and Gtne Hammet,
for choreography; Prof. Fred Sahl-
man and Wynn Riley, accompa-
(Continued on Page Four'
coming football game.
Beautiful half-time ceremonies
at the football game featured the
coronation of Jean Loy, of Elon
College, as Elon’s 1958 Homecom-
vvere as iollows;
Freshman Class — Janice Stan
ley. of Greensboro, with Tommy I
Scars, of McLeansville; Sophomore
Class — Ann Joyce, of Kidgeway,!
Va., with John Lowther, of Leaks-
vllle; Junior Class — Carol Earle,
of Burlington, with. Bobby Oi r, of
Burlington; Senior Class — Mar
tha Langley, of Staley, with Gene
Rhodes, of Danville, Va.;
Alpha Pi Delta — Ann Dieblcr,
of Hickory, Va., with Jerry Ever-
ton, of Norfolk, Va.; lota Tau
Kappa — Ferebce Abbott, of Hen
derson, willi George Allen, ol'
llyattsville, Md.; Kappa Psi Nu —
iary Ann Turner, of Yanceyville,
with Wayne Taylor, of Elon Col-
ege; Sigma Phi Beta — Linda
juinn. of Kannapolis, with Les
ter Dodge, of Portsmouth, Va.;
Beta Omicron Beta — Pamley
Dofflemyer, of Elkton, Va., with
Robert Utz, of Madison, Va.; Pi
Kappa Tau — Linda Simpson, of
Elon College, with Dick Lashley,
Lcaksville; Tau Zeta Phi — Linda
Small, of Fair Bluff, with Earl
Murray, of Berlin, Md.;
Alpha Psi Omega — Tommie B.
Sparks, of Elon College, with Jim
my Sparks, of Elon College; Beta
Chi Epsilon — Donna Howe, of
Kalis Church, Va., with D. C. Har-
(Continued Op Page Four'
MRS. MARJORIF: IIKUIlFORI)
Mrs. Marjorie Hereford, now in
her second year as dean of women
here at Elon College, suffered ser
ious injuries last Thursday morn
ing whert' she lost control of her
cor and crashed into a water hy
drant and power pole near the
southeastern corner of the college
campus.
ATTRACTIVE CHORUS LINE FEATURE OF PLAYER SHOW
the show were
Nancy Stephenson
a.s Dolly Tate, and Joe Medlock
as CharUe Davenport.
Yet it seems unfair to single
put a few from a large cast, though
they be worthy. The entire cast
is deserving of oatstanding praise
reflecting credit not only upon
[Lmselves but upon the casting
a'd direeting ability of Prof. Woo-
ton, their director.
One of the outstanding feature > of the Elon Player production of “Annie Get Your Gun,” which
was presented twice last week and will be presented on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights this
week, was the chorus girls who danced the “can-can” number. Pictured here, left to right, are Di
ana Foster, Adelaide Goodman, Dr-de Szakmary, Della Marie Vickers and Ikey Tarleton, who kick
Wooton
were Wayn- Budisill, as i high-wide-and-pretty in the early moments of the show
Tivo Wrecks
Strike Elon
In 24 Honrs
Two wrecks within less than
twenty-four hours struck the Elon
College faculty and student body
last Thursday and Friday morn
ing, with IIk first accident on
rnursday morning about 9 o’clock
sendinj; Mrs. Marjorie Hereford,
dean of women, to the hospital
with serious injuries, and with
the second mishap early Friday
morning sending two I^lon students
to the same hospital, one of them
with serious injuries.
Mrs. Hereford, now in her sec
ond year as dean of women at
the college, was returning from
Burlington about #• o’clock last
Thursday morning when she lost
control of her car at a sireet in
tersection near the southeastern
corner of the campus and crashed
mto a water hydrant and power
pole.
Mrs. Hereford was thrown from
her car by the impact and sus-
t.iined serious injuries. She was
ru.shed to Alamance County Hos
pital, where a medical examina
tion revealed that she had sus
tained fractured ribs, a punctured
lung and facial bruises and lacer
ations.
She was reported on the criti
cal list through the weekend, but
hospital aulhortiet early tiiis week
reported her condition as “im
proving.”
The second accident occurred
near the Intersection of Chapel
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