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VOLUME 41
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1961
NUMBER -9
Flemming Is Speaker For Annual Founders’Day Observance
Committee Visit Marks
Closing Of Self-Study
The visiting committee of the
Commission of Colleges and Uni-
veisitits, representing the South
ern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, was on the
campus of Elon College last week
to consult with the Elon admin
istrative officials and faculty, in
the final stage of an Elon self-
study program that was begun in
the winter of 1958.
The visiting group, composed
of faculty representatives from
four other member colleges of the
Southern Association, Included Dr.
G. E, Metz, assistant to the presi
dent of Clemson College, Clemson,
S. C.; Dr. Cornwell Anderson, department of music of Ca-
president of Judson College, Mar- CoUege.
ion, Ala.; Dr. Ralph Lyon, dean
of Livingston State College, Liv-
Eloii Student
Organist Is
Rated Tops
Richard Apperson, Elon College
sophomore from Newport News,
Va., won first place in a statewide
contest for organists of college
age, which was held two weeks
ago in St. John’s Lutheran Church
in Salisbury under the auspices of
ingston, Ala,; and Dr. Wright
Spears, president of Columbia
College, Columbia, S. C.
The visiting educators arrived
at Elon on Sunday night, Febru
ary 26, and they were here for
three djays reViewihg with the
Elon administrators and faculty
the results of the Elon College
self-study, which was begun two
years ago with the idea of plan
ning the Elon program for ad
vancement in higher education
during the coming years.
Dr. J. E. Danieley, president of
Elon College, set the stage for
the visit by the Southern Associa
tion committee when he spoke to
the faculty and students of the
college in a chapel convocation,
at which time he paid tribute to
the members of the Elon faculty
for their cooperation in the two-
year self-study program.
Dr. Danieley, while stating that
the continued accreditation of Elon
by the Southern Association de
pended upon the results of seU-
study, stressed the fact that the
lengthy study had brought a new
evaluation of Elon’s present posi
tion in the educational world and
had furnished a springboard from
which Elon can plan and project
its program for the years ahead.
Citing the fact that the self-study
idea is new in the Southern As
sociation of Colleges and Second
ary Schools, Dr. Danieley pointed
out that Elon is one of the first
group of colleges to complete such
a project, and he paid tribute to
administrative officials, faculty
members, alumni, students and
friends of the college who have co
operated in the study project.
SOUTHERN EDUCATORS VISIT ELON s cAMi'us j Tribute Paid Founders
In Program Yesterday
For winning the contest, which
is part of the program of the North
Carolina Federation of Music
Clubs, Apperson will receive a
cash award and will also repre
sent the North Carolina colleges
late in March at a Southeastern
contest to be held at the Univer
sity of Jacksonville, Jacksonville,
Fla. There he will compete with
winners from South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida.
The statewide contest, which
featured the works of Bach, Men
delssohn and Messiaen, featured
entries from a number of North
Carolina colleges, who performed
on the new three-manual Casavant
organ in Salisbury’s historic St.
John’s Church.
He further expressed the opin
ion that the self-study project,
which reached its climax last
week, will be valuable in determ
ining Eloin’s financial resources
and needs, determining just what
changes and additions are most
needed in the physical plant of
the college and additions to the
administrative and faculty person
nel which wiU most. enhance the
Elon program of the future.
In connection with the Elon self-
study, President Danieley admit
ted certain frustrations which he
had felt during his three years as
president in regard to Eion's phys
ical plant, .student body and fac
ulty, but he also declared his sat
isfactions with the cooperative
spirit of students, faculty and ad
ministration, with the students
who have done outstanding aca-
dcmic work and with the progress
made in improvement of the Elon|
physical plant. He also experssed
his high hopes for the future of
the college.
B
Dr. Arthur S. Fleming, newly
The quartet of educational leaders from other southern colleges, who visited the Elon campus last
week as a committee for the Commission on Colleges and Universities of the Southern Associa
tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools, is pictured above. Shown left to right, they are as follows:
SEATED — Dr. Ralph Lyon, dean of Livingston State College, Livingston, Ala.; and Dr. G. E. Metz,
assistant to the president of Clemson College, Clemson, S. C. STANDING — Dr. Wright Spears,
president of Columbia College, Columbia, S. C.; and Dr. Cornwell Anderson, president of Judson
College, Marion, Ala. The four visitors were here to consult with local administrative officials and
faculty members gas concluding feature of a two-year self-study on the Elon campus.
Elon Seniors Get Outstanding Scores
On x4nnnal Graduate Record Testing
Richner Plays In Joint
Piano And Organ Recital
Dr. Thomas Richner, eminent
New York musician, a member
olF the Columbia University music
faculty, appeared in a joint piano
and organ concert in lUon’s Whit
ley Auditorium at 8 o’clock Tues
day night, appearing as another
and doctor’s degrees from Colum
bia University. ,
He has received numerous dis
tinguished awardSj including the
Naumljurg, the McDowell and the
New York State Federation
Awards, and he has concertized
in the series of Elon College ly- extensively in the United States
ceum programs.
Recognized as one of the world’s
outstanding authorities on Mozart,
Dr. Richn®* featured the works
®f that composer in the first half
i>f his program, which was on
the piano; but the second half of
the Tuesday night concert was on
the organ and included a varied
program of works by Selby, Bach,
Franck, Langlais and Alain.
Dr. Richner is a native of Penn
sylvania, where he began study
ing piano at am early age. After
•’eceiving his bachelor’s degree at
the University of West Virginia,
he continued his studies in New
York and received the master s
and Europe, where he has done
annual concert tours in England,
France, Austria, Holland and the
Scandinavian countries. In all of
those countries, he was received
with high praise by critics, with
special praise in Vienna for his
Mozart recital.
In addition to his worldwide rec
ognition as a concert musician. Dr.
Richner is also recognized as one
of the foremost music educators
today, and he has also gained ac
claim as a writer in the music
field for his book entitled "Ori
entation for Interpreting Mozart’s
Piano Sonatas."
May Day Will
Be Hawaiian
This Spring
The annual Elon College May
Day pageant, which will be staged
on the campus the first Saturday
afternoon in May, will follow an
Hawaiin theme this year, accord
ing to Mrs. Jeanne Griffin, director
of women’s physical education,
who will once more have charge
of the observance.
Already, working through her
class in rhythms, which is always
offered during the spring semest
er, Mrs. Griffin has begun prep
arations for the event, which prom
ises to be one of the most color
ful staged at Elon in a number
of years.
In announcing the Hawaiian
theme for the May Day, Mrs. Grif
fin stated that William Hughes,
a junior boy from Mebane, will
be chief choreographer and willj;
plan the dance routines for the ‘
program. He replaces Tommy El
more, who graduated last year||
after serving as May Day choreog
rapher for the past three years
Able assistance in planning the
dances will be given by Gail Bond,
a freshman girl from Gales Ferry,
Conn., who resided in Hawaii
while her father was there in
the armed service, and her per
sonal observations and experience
will prove of great value in mak
ing the Hawaiian theme truly i
authentic. |
Already Mrs. Griffin has an-j
nounced
There were a number of Elon
College seniors who scored high
on the recent Graduate Record
Examinations, which were admin-
i.otered here and at universities
and colleges throughout the United
States and which furnish a basis
for comparing Elon students with
hose of other institutions of high
er learning in various parts of
the nation.
Three of the Elon seniors stood
out in the Social Science Division,
among them being Barnard Bur-
c'T, o;' Elon College, who is maj-
irin; in history, and Herberl
Hawks, of Louisville, Ky., ,i ohys
ical education major, each of
■ hom had a score of 610 on the
DANCES
WILLIAM HUGHES
William HuRhes. a member of
number of Hawaiian (he Elon junior class who resides
songs which will be featured in
the program, among them being
“Hawaiian Wedding Song,” "Ha
waiian Cha Cha," “Hawaiian War
Chant,” "Lovely Hula Hands,”
“My Little Grass Shack” and
“Sweet Leilana.”
In keeping, with the Hawaiian
theme and music, the May Day
costumes will also be of authentic
types, with dancers wearing and
using such items as the muumu,
the lava lava, the holoku, the poi
pounder and the traditional grass
skirts. *-■'
in Mebane, will serve as chief
choreographer for the annual Elon
College May Day pageant and will
plan the dance routines for the
event that is set for the first Sat
urday afternoon in May. Although
Hughes resides in Mebane, he at
tended high school In Haw River
and later attended Junior college
at Campbell CoUege before enter
Ing Elon this year. In announcln*
that Hughes will be choreographr
er. Mrs. Jeanne Griffin also stated
that the May Day pageant will
follow an Hawaiian theme.
est, high enough to rate them
11 the top 15 per cent in the na
tion: and Randolph Williams, of
Burlington, a mathematics major,
vho had a score of 59$, enough
o rate in the top 20 per cent na-
.onsily.
Burgess also scored well enough
,n the Humanities Division to tie
with John Williams, of Virginia
Beach, Va., an English major, for
the top score of 510, a score which
placed them in the highest 11 per
cent in the United States. Also
icoring high in the humanities
'■as Danny Gee, of Burlington, who
is a major in history and business
administration, with a score of 600
ind placement in the upper 13
er cent in the nation.
Completing a truly outstanding
record on the series of tests, Eur-
,pss was also the highest ranking
-.tiident in the Natural Science Di
vision of the tests, making a score
i( 700 and gaining a place in the
op 4 per cent in the nation. Ken
iieth Price of Danville, a., who
is a chemistry major, was close
behind in this division with a 690
score and placement in the top 5
■>er cent nationally.
There were also six of the Elon
seniors who scored high on the
advanced tests in various areas.
William Parham, of Henderson,
was in the upper 18 per cent in
aj chemistry; Barnard Burgess, of
■^lon College, was in the upper
”0 per cent in history; Herbert
Hawks, of Louisville, Ky., was in
the upper 20 per cent in educa
tion; Annie Edwards, of Gibson-
ville, and Anne Vickers, of Ridge
way, Va., were both in the upper
24 per cent in education; and Ken
neth Price, of Danville, Va., was
in the upper 27 per cent in chem
istry.
The statistics were compiled and
released from the office of Dr.
H. H. Cunningham, dean of the
college, under whose direction the
examinations were administered
on the Elon campus. Following a
policy adopted several years ago,
all members of the senior class at
Elon are required U> take the
Graduate Record Examination
each year.
named president of the University |
of Oregon, who was formerly
Secretary of Health, Education and
Welfare, used the topic of "The
Pursuit of Excellence” when he
appeared as the featured speaker
at the annual Founders’ Day ob
servance on the Elon College
campus yesterday.
The man who directed the op
erations of the United States Of-
■ice of Education in President
Dwight Eisenhower's cabinet from
1958 until two months ago, stressed
the need for quality in the field
of American education as Elon
commemmorated the isuance of
the Elon College charter by the
North Carolina legislature on
•March 11, 1889.
Although the occasion was not
planned for that purpose, the
IClon Founders' Day program also
■erved as a third anniversary of
Dr. J. E. Danieley’s inauguration
as the college’s sixth president, tor
President Danieley was Installed
in formal ceremonies on March
11, 1958.
The principal convocation in the
Founder’s Day observance was held
in Whitley Auditorium at 11 o’clock
yesterday morning, when Dr.
Fleming was the featured speaker.
The program, which was opened
and closed with the invocation
and benediction by Rev. Rot>ert
M. Kimball, of Burlington, also
featured remarlcs by President
Danieley, a prayer by Dr. Ferris
Reynolds and music by the Elon
Choir, which was directed by Prof.
Charles Lynam with Prof. Fletcher
Moore as accompanist.
Among the guests for this gath
ering for the buffet luncheon
which was held afterward in the
banquet room of McEwen Memo
rial Dining Hail were members of
the Elon College board of trustees,
who had iield their annual spring
meeting on the campus on Wed
nesday of this week. Also attend
ing were faculty and students and
Elon alumni and friends from tliis
area.
Three Musie
Students Get
Scholarships
Three Elon College students
have just been awarded scholar
ships for musical study, according
to an announcement from Prof.
Fletcher Moore, chairman of
Elnn's department of music.
Richard Apper.sou. sophomore
from Newport News, Va.. and Hin-
aon Mikfll, freshman from Charles
ton, S. C., have been awarded
scholarships, which were granted
i)y the Pre.sser Foundation of Pliil-
adelphia. Pa., for students pre
paring to become teachers of mus
ic; and IHeanor Smith, of Winston-
Salem, another first-year music
major, received a tuition grant
from the North Carolina Federa
tion of Music Clubs, following her
selection as “Queen of Music” for
North Carolina.
Apperson, who recently won the
annual statewide organ contest for
North Carolina college students,
serves as student accompanist tor
the Elon College Choir and is also
organist for the Davis Street Meth
odist Church in Burlington. Mikeil,
in addition to his college work,
is organist for the Hocutt Memo
rial Baptist Church In Burlington.
Miss Smith won her statewide
"Queen of Music” title and the
Federation scholarship when she
was choten by votes of high school
senior girls in schools of North
Carolina.
Dr. Fleming, the featured speak
er, was bom In Kingston, N. Y.,
on June 12, 1905. He received Ills
undergraduate training at Ohio
'vVesleyan and earned the Master’s
degree at American University, al
so holds honorary doctorates from
both of those in.stitutions and from
no less than eleven other univers
ities and colleges.
After a distinguished career in
journalism with nationally circu
lated magazines. Dr. Fleming has
also .served as president of Ohio
Wesleyan and has held numerous
appointive positions with the fed
eral government, most recent be
ing when he joined Eisenhower's
cabinet as secretary of the De
partment of Health, Education and
Welfare.
Dr. Fleming was vice-president
of the National Council of Church
es of Christ in America from 19951
until 1954 and has served as
trustee or director of a large group
of institutions and organizations.
He is a member of a numl>er of
honorary fraternal groups.
New Meniliers Initiated
Into Dramatics Group
The Elon College chapter of Al
pha Psi Omega, national honorary
dramatics fraternity, has Just held
its second initiation of the current
college year, taking into its mem
bership four additional students
who have distinquished themselves
in campus stage productions.
Those initiated at ceremonies
held on February 20th included
Roger Bednarik, of Bayside, Va.;
Vic Hoffman, of Philadelpiila, Pa.;
Rosalie Radcliffe, of Carversville,
Pa.; and Bill Troutman, of Lewis-
burg. Pa.
Roger Bednarik. who is a mem
ber of the sophomore class, gave
outstanding performances in three
appearances on the Elon stage last
year. He had roles in "Ah, Wild
erness,” Pajama Game” and
Othello"
Vic Hoffman, who is a senior,
has not been active in recent pro
ductions, but he had excellent
roles in previous ye»r« ia “Our
Town,” "The Crucible” and “In
herit The Wind.”
Rosalie Radcliffe, who came to
Elon this year as a transfer »tu-
dcnt, already held membership
In Delta Psi Omega. She appeared
with the Elon Players this year
In the one-act Christmas play, en
titled ‘‘A Cool Yule”, ijnd she had
one of the leading roles in "The
Doctor in Spite of Himself.”
Bill Troutman, another senior,
played with distinction in "The
Doctor in Spite of Himself” this
year and had previously had star
ring roles in "Othello” and "Ah
Wilderness,” having been nomin
ated for one of the Player "best
actor" awards for his part in the
latter play last year.
The initiation of these four stu
dents brings the present member
ship of Alpha Psi Omega to
twelve. Other members are Etta
Brkt, of Burlington; Millie Fletch
er, of Glenolden, Pa.; Tom Kelly,
of Henderson; Richard Milteer. of
South Norfolk, Va.; Jane Morgan,
of Greensboro; Margie Reynolds,
of Elon College; Don Terrell, of
Richmond, Va.; and Sam White,
of Plttsi>oro. Prof. E. Ray Day. di
rector of dramatics, is
visor for the group.