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Founders' l)av
Dr. Walter J. Peterson, dean
of the graduate school of the
North Carolina State College, is
pictured left as he addressed
the Founders* Day audiencc in
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium
as Elon College obser\ed the
75th anniversary of its found
ing. Pictured right is part of the
audience of students, faculty,
■lumni, trustees and friends,
who gathered in Tlon's beautiful
gymnaiKum to pay tribute to the
Congregational Christian Church
leaders who laid the foundations
of Flon College s«ven decades
affo. Dr. Peterson stressed the
problems that face the people of
America in the present scientific
ate.
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VOLUME *8
FXON COLLFX.E. N. C.
THVRSDAV, HARCll 18, 1959
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Challege Of Science Age Is Voiced On Elon Founders’ Day
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Trustees Told Of Elon
Progress At Gathering
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Continued progress at Elon Col
lege was the keynote of Dr. J.
E. Danieley'3 annual president's
report to the college’s board of
trustees, which held its annual
spring meeting on the campus on
Wednesday of last week.
In his report Dr. Danieley cited
the increased emphasis on aca-
dcmic standards, with more se
kctive admissions and the require
ment of good work to remain in
school.
Pointing out that Elon continues
of interesting dramatic present a-Ug emphasize its mission as a
tions with ^'le performance tt' Christian college, he expressed ap-
preciation for the excellent ser
vice rendered by members of the
faculty and staff during the year,
and he pointed out several im
provements in the campus ap-
er Show
Is Termed
Interesting
By PROF. CLYDE McCANT*
Gaest Critic)
The Elon Players added last
week another to their growing list
Tennessee Williams’ play. “The
Glass Menagerie.”
“The Glass Menagerie” was a
tugnificant play for its age. her
alding Broadway’s overboard per
iod of inevitable inaction. The his
torian of the theater will always
p^r
lege
ranee. While reporting the col-
in sound financial eondition,
I be interested in ‘’The Glass Men-|he indicated the need for more
agerie,” and anyone seriously con- funds if the college is to achieve
cemed with the development of desired standards of excellence,
modern American drama can hard-| in addition to hearing reports,
ly afford to miss this opportunity the trustees also acted on several
of seeing the play because of its matters concerning the operation
importance in one of the major of the college, including a vote
movements of the^20th century I to change the day-class program
theatre. [from the quarter system to the
The Elon Players’ performance 1 semester system. EX'ening classes
was a faithful one, preservixvg ^t the college have been on the
carefully the basic nature of thejsgniester system for several years,
play, a play in which the dim, sta-j Recognizing the increased costs,
tie past is more Important than the trustees also voted a raise in
the active present. There- was, tuition and fees, raising day-stu-
mut* of honesty and art in what dent costs from $405 to $450 per
the director. Prof. M. E. Wooten.
Jr., did with this play.' The act
ing area was bathed in an ever-
changing series of soft lights, and
never for a moment was the at
mosphere broken in the staging.
Under Mr. Wooten’s intelligent
direction, the actors moved in and
out of the lights as if entering
the memory suddenly out of the
shadow of the past, and he es
caped successfully any unneces
sary underlining .of what was per
haps the weakest part of the play
—Williams’ superficial attempts
at underdeveloped symbolism.
Wherever humanly possible, he
scrupulously avoided over-playing
the sentimentality, and he obvi
ously conveyed to his actors a uni
form sense of the value of words.
A good director, in other words,
can do a great deal to breathe
life into a dead play.
The actors themselves were con
sistently competent and occasion
ally excellent. Mrs. Lucille Tate
as Amanda was obviously sympa
thetic in the play’s most difficult
year and raising from $885 to $930
thii average yearly costa for dor
mitory students. There was no
increase in room or board charges.
The trustees approved plans for
the renovation of the Student Un- , « i
ion to include a lounge, self-ser- nation to President J. E. Danieley
equipment tor the sale of'on Monday of this week.>complet-
■ mg a ten-year regime durmg
Danieley Reports On Trustee Meet
Commenting on the recent actions of the Elon College Board of Trustees in regard to adoiJtlon
of the semester system and othermeasures. President J. E. DanieU'y relc;»sed Uie foUowmg state
ment this week:
The Board of Trustees voted on several matters at its mecti.i? on Wedne-.day. March 4th. whicn
are of concern to the students.
(1) A COLLEGE CHAPLAIN. Professor John S. Graves was asked to serve as Chaplain of the
College giving at least one-half of his time to service in that capacity. He will assist in planning
and coordinating the religious program on the campus,
(2) STUDENT LOAN FUND. The Board approved the action of the .Administration in securing
funds from the federal government and setting up a special student loan fund. It was also agreed
that the College would apply for further assistance in subsequent fiscal periods.
(3) MOONEY THEATRE. Plans were approved for the renovation of Mooney Chapel, which was
damaged by fire on December 15th. and repairing the dramatics storeroom which was damaged
by fire on January 10th. Tentative plans #all for arranging Mooney Chapel so that it will be suitable
for arena type productions as well as traditional, "on stage’ drama.
(4) STUDENT UNION. A self-service bookstore, a student lounge, student mail boxes and new
faciHties for the soda foundaUon were included in plans approved for the renovation of the Stu
dent Union. This work is expected to get underway soon and t) be completed before the open
ing of the fall term of school.
(5) INCREASED COSTS. Although the Congregational Christian Churches are contributing more
to the annual budget of Elon College than at any time in the history of the CoUege. and friends of
the College are continuing to Invest in the program of the CoUege. it is necessary to rai^ tui
tion and fees, if we are to mainta in the type of program which is now being operated and con
tinue to make progres toward a greater Elon College. The Board of Trustees voted to increase tui
tion and fees by $45,00 for the academic year. This means that day students taking 15,hours of work
would pay $450 per year and dormitory students would p.iy approximately $930. The increase will
be effective September 1, 1959. .
(6) THE SEMESTER SYSTEM. Much has been said about the semester system. It is quite true
that there are some disadvantages to the semester system; the same thing can be said about every
schedule which has been arranged. There are some problems which have not been solved: these can
oe worked out. The Board of Tru,tees, aware of the fact that there are those who oppose the semes
ter system and who are quite sincere and honest in their opinions, voted to adopt the semester sys
tem for the day classes. Their action was taken because it was the judgment of the Board and of
the administrative officials who recommended the change, that such a system would be in the best m
terest of the total program of the College.
Doc Mathis Resigns After Decade
As Elon College Basketball Coach
State College Dean Is
Speaker At Elon Event
Suavely Is
Visitor On
El(5>n (]am[)us
The challenge presented by the
world’s current situation was em-j
phasized by Dr. Walter J. Peter-1
son. doan of the graduate school
of North Carolina State College.!
was the featured address of the I
Elon College Founders' Day pro-j
gram, which was held in Alumni ^
Memorial Gymnasium here last
Thursday morning, March 5th.
Addressing an audience which
included faculty, students, alumni,
trustees and friends of Elon. Dr.
Peterson declared that "the pri
mary and possibly total challenge
of our time rests in the existence
of weapons capable of our com
plete or near destruction.”
He cited three headlines in one
of the state’s morning newspapers,
all of which centered in one way
or another with ’’the rapid emer
gence of Russia us an impelling
and all-pcrvading force in a great
ly fore-shortened world.” and he
cited the fact that America is
facing an implacable and able
competition ^ that will require
Americans to strive mightily and
intelligently.
"We must recognize.” he said,
"that intellectual achievement is
as important for survival as a
high standard of living and ma
terial prosperity.” and in this con-
Coach Graham L. "Doc” “a-i
this, who has directed the Elonr".^^»
College basketball squads for the|
past decade, submitted his resig-
books and supplies, erection of stu
dent mail boxes and new equip
ment for the soda fountain. Plans
were also approved for renova
tion of Mooney Chapel, which was
damaged by fire on December 15.
Other board action included ap
proval of a recommendation that
the college employ a chaplain to
give at least one-half time to the
work of the chaplaincy and the
remainder of his time to teaching,
and the re-election of faculty and
staff members for the 1959-60 aca
demic term.
The group re-elected Thad Eure,
of Raleigh, as chairman and Clyde
W, Gordon, o£ Burlington, as sec
retary of the group. Eight trus
tees re-elected to four-year terms
as board members included S. H.
role, and Chuck Oakley as Rasnight. of Chapel HIU; T. S.
son performed with hls usual of South Boston, Va.; W. L.
fective professionalism (if j Gregory, ol Virgilina, Va.; W. D
^t quite so eifectively as he *i3^|jiippy, of Burlington; Royal H.
lone in the past when Presented|jj, Greensboro; Dr.
with tietter opportunities). | Millard. Stevens, of Southington,
farieton in the role o£ Laura, ; Walter Wilkins, of Norfolk,
i fine young actress of i va.; and Mrs. C. B. WUfans. of
(Continued on 1-age Fouri jvirgiUna, Va.
which the Elon College cagers
have three times carried Maroon
and Gold colors to the national
NAIA tournament in Kansas City.
In announcing his resignation
Coach Mathis indicated that he
would go into graduate work to
complete his master’s degree, and
President Danieley in acceptmg
the resignation also said that he
had "encouraged Coach Mathis to
continue his graduate work.” The
resignation U effective June I't,
and until that time Mathis will
continue his duties as an ^trac
tor in the physical education de
partment.
In accepting the resignation of
coach Mathis, President Danie'
stated that no steps had yet beco
taken to secure a replacement,
but he indicated that efforts will
be made to secure another man
to bead up the Elon basketball
COACH DOC MATHIS
— tians also won the championship
Dr. Guy E. Snavely, a former
president of Birmingham Southern
CflleRe. who Is now executor etaer-
ilus of the American Association
oC Colleges, was a visitor on the
t:ion College campu-s Monday and
Tue.sday as a special consultant
in regard to the program of self-
study which is now In progress at
the college.
In addition to his services as
president of Birmingham South
ern. Dr. Snavely also served for
eleven year* as executive secre
tary of the Southern Association
of Collegi^; and for seven K-en
years as executive director of the
American Association, the post in
which he now holds emeritus sta
tus.
While on the F.lon campus. Dr.'
Snavely held consultations with
nection he urged the importance I administrative officials
of science, quoting a world trave- , .
' and with a number of faculty mem-
Icr who has said that "the nations i
of the world agree only on the
one topic that science and tech
nology are important for the fu
ture.”
In discussing the importance of
of the Carolinas District of NAIAjgnj the contributions of science
in 1952, 1956 and 1957, going to to mankind, he declared that “we
bers. He addressed the Faculty
Committee on Institutional Self-
Study at a luncheon meeting in
McEwen Memorial Dining Hall at
noon on Tuesd.iy.
Kansas City in each of^hose years
to represent District 28 in the na
tional tournament. The past two
seasons had been lean years after
losing eight of nine men from the
great team of 1957, but Coach
.Mathis’ over-all record for ten
are approaching a position in
which the dimensions of know
ledge and power appear so great
as to place the destiny of man In
He spoke briefly on the fine re
cord of service by Elon College
during the Intervening seven dec
ades and declared that “we have
no reason to be doubtful or faint-
bafketball seasons showed 162 the almost limitless resources oi
his own hands, and he i hearted about the awesome pros-
declarod that "science more than looming ahead.’’ but he cau-
any other field has demonstratedi hearers that "we
wins and 118 losses, and tour times
his teams won 24 or more games
n single seasons.
Coach Mathis also served as head
the human mind.”
Dr. Peterson, who u himself an
eminent chemist, admitted many
people express concern over pos-
coach of the Christian baseball | over-emphasis on science
squad for three years, ] and he cautioned that scientists [ education. Dr. Dan
which time the Elon ba^eballers j ^y,t recognize ’thatliei^y himself has also attained
must not take ourselves for grant
ed.”
Dr. Peterson was introduced by
Dr, J. E. Danieley, Elon College
president, who cited the speaker’s
fine contribution.; in the field of
in
ball
^aduate days, came to Elon in the
fall of 1949, and since that time
he had guided the Christians to
hi?h rank in the North State C'mi
ference. His Christian quint won
the North State Conference toui-
nament in 1956 aiJd went to the
tourney finals In 1960 and 1953.
It was in the Conference semi
finals in 1951, 1952, 1954 and
“f^rbaU.“basketbaU and b^_-'1955^^^^ ^
program
‘by early summer at the latest.
Coach Mathis, wao was a star
within the near future.
and Davidson in his under
won 47 games, lost 18 and tied
one. He took over as 'oaseball
coach in the spring of 1954 and
won the North State Conference
championship in that initial cam
paign. His diamond outfit ranked
as a top contender the following
yoar, when the Christians were
eliminated from the play-offs on
a technicality.
In addition to his duties in bas
ketball and baseball, Mathis was
line coach of the Elon football
squad (or each of the tea years,
and under his direction the ChriH-
tian forwards always gave a good
account of themselves in the red-
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science is only one of the Srcatj^^^ence in the field of chemistry,
disciplines that are vital to our^ fjje Founders’ Day program
society. ” In so saying, he declared | opened v.ith an organ prelude by
his belief that science and the | prof. Fletcher Moore, of the Elon
humanities are complementary in pollc^ge music faculty; the invo-
the field of learning, , cation by Dr. Wiliam J. Andes.
Addressing himself in particular | pastor of the Elon College Com-
lo the Elon College students in; munity Church; and two selections
the audience, he stressed the op-lby the Elon College Choir, which
portunities they have in aasociat-j sang under the direction of Prof.
ing with their college professors. Charles Lynam and Prof. Patrick
calling this i>pportiinity an adven-1 Johnson
[ture and citing it as one of the 1 Following the program In the
fruits of such an institution aj [ gymnasium, the college was host
Elon College, which Is now ob-;to all guests for the occasion at
serving the 70th anniversary of | a buffet luncheon in the banquet
its chartering by the North Caro | room of McEwen Memorial Din-
lina legislature in 1889. |ing HaU.
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