Here’s Best Wishes
For A
Happy Thanksgiving
MAROON AND GOU)
And A Safe Return
To The
Campus For Everyone
VOLUME 42
ELON COLLEGE. N. 0.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 1)61
Eton Students Chosen
For ^Who’s Who’ Honor
Five Elon College students hav*
been named for a place in the
1961-62 edition of “Who's Who in
American Colleges and Universi
ties',’ according to an announce
ment from Prof. l-letcher Moore,
dca/'. of tile College, following re-
ctiPt of a liji 0i ihose honored
from me natioiia* headquarters of
the collegiate uojior oiganizaajn.
This group of five represents a
sharp reduction from the number!
ot Elon students honored in pre-,
vious years, since twelve were I
named for the honor last year. I
Two years ago tweuiy-one were
named, and three years ago twen
ty-four were honored. The reduc
tion was due to a tigniening oi
tlie academic standards by which
the honor students were named.
Each of the five clioien this year
has played an active part in tue
campus life here at Elon.
Three of the five "Who's Who'
honorees are members of the sen
ior class, while the others are jun
iors. There are no repeaters from
the group chosen last year, since
most of those listed in 1960-61 were
members ot the senior class and
have since graduated. The selec
tion of liie honor group x.ds 'oy
a joint E'-udent-faculty committee.
Those honored, with a brief sketch
oi their activities, are presented
below in alpnaoetical order.
THOMAS BiiAtyV, a junior oi
Raleigh, is maicvinc history
and is preparing for the ministry.
After first attending Compbell
Junior CoHege, Brady transferred
to Elon last year and is president
of the junior class this year. He
is also a member and chaplain
Cheek Attends
Nuclear Clashes
Dr. Paul Cheek, professor of
chemistry at Elon College, has
been in Brooklyn, N. Y., this
week, attending a series of clas
ses in nuclear radiation, which
have been conducted by tlie U.S.
.^rmy Radiological School for
the civil defense department.
The classes have dealt with
methods of monitoring radio ac
tivity following a nuclcar at
tack. and Dr. Ciieek will conduct
similar classes tor the Alamance
County Civil Defense authorit
ies following his return home,
teaching others in the area how
to measure the amoun; of radia
tion present after an a!tai.k.
;.;e Sca.Ient Sena'e ;’;.a is a
ni.-’mber of the Student Affairs
Committee, the Elon Choir and
the Elon Quartet.
Mary ANN HEPNER, a senior
from Philadelphia. Pa., ii a maj
or in history and religious educa
tion. She is a member of Pi Gam
ma Mu, honorary social science
fraternity, of which she is secre
tary this year. She is also a mem
ber and president ot Pi Kappa
Tau Sorority, a member and treas
urer ot the Ministerial Association
and a member ot the Student
Christian Association.
FRED SHULL, a senior from
Burlington, is president ot the
senior class this year, and he has
served both last year and this
as a member of the Student Sen.
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New Members Pledged
By Elons’ Fraternities
HELEN WRIGHT
ELEANOR SMITH
TOM BRADT
MARY ANN HEPNER
FRED SmJUi
The Greek letter fraternities
:id sororities on the Elon College
campus have just pledged 50 new
iiembers at the annual autumn
'Bid Night" ceremonies, which
■ ere held on Saturday night, No
vember 11th.
The “Bid Night'' and the pledg-
ig of the new members followed
.en-day period of intensive rush-
Wiiicii was niarkt?d by pnrties,
ppers ;ind other entertainment j
j:' the rushees. i
Iota Tau Kappa led the boys'
groups in the number of pledges
with eleven new members, while
"au Zeta Phi led the girls' groups
with ten pledges. The pledges for|
ach organization are listed below
:i alphabetical order of the groups:
ALPHA PI DELTA — John
■Vilen, Ether; Paul Huey, Elon
College; Jerry Nance. Martins-
ille, Va.; Wayne Pruitt. Ruffin,
Vilen Tyndall. Fayetteville; David
Wiliams, Franklin. Va.; Robert
uiis. Beaufort; and Lee Vaughn,
'oit Lauderdale. Fla.
I^TA tau kappa — Kenneth
^ooke, Hillsboro; Ed Fitzgerald,
lamford, Conn.; Jerry Hembree,
Gieensboro; Barry Hodge, Bur
lington; William Hughes. Mebane;
ij^rnest Maness. Burlington; Tom
--'iccininni, New York. v,,
ick Rosemond. Durham; Herb]
Siner, Philadelphia, P.; Willie Tart,
Dunn; and Robert Walton, Lex^
ington.
Holidays Start
Oil W ediit^sday
The annual Thanksgiving holi
days will get underway for day
time classes at noon next Wed-
nosday, November 22nd, but the
Wednesday night classes will
r:eet as usual. The holiday per
iod continues through the week
end, with regular cla.ss schedules
to resume Monday, November
*7th.
There will be no chapel exer
cises on Wednesday morning,
with all classes meeting on the
hour so as to close promptly at
no«i. Neither will there be any
lob periods on Wednesday. No
students will be granted excus
es from Wednesday classes to
permit early departure.
KAPPA PSI NU^-T Bailee Emer-
ion. Arlington, Va.; Mike Grafeo,
Alexandria, Va.; Robert McLeod,
Elon College; and Ralph Miller,
Tamaqua, Pa.
SIGMA PHI BETA — Numa
Franks, Burlington; David Seiden-
spinner. Long Island, N. Y.; and
Demus Thompson, Burlington
BETA OMICRON BETA _ Judy
Jones, Burlington; Jeaone Lank
ford, Elon College; Jerry Mur-
lay, Hillsboro; and Shelby White-
Continued on Page four)
With Daily Meetings . . .
Religious Week Is PUmned
'Continued nn P-igp Four)
SCENE FROM PLAYER SHOW
I Daily religious services held at
^ the Elon College Community
Church in connection with Elon’s
I annual Religious Emphasis Week
I observance, which has been set for
a four day period, beginning on
Tuesday, November 28th, and con
cluding on Friday, December 1st.
The services will be held at 10
o’clock each morning from Tues
day through Friday by the» Rev.
Harland Lewis, pastor ot the First
Church of Christ, Congregational,
of Farmington, Conn., according
to plans made public this week
by the Rev. John S. Graves, Elon
College chaplain.
The daily services will be tor
freshmen on Tuesday and Thurs
day and for upperclassmen on
Wednesday and Friday, and the
great minister will also be avail
able for individual or group con
ferences during the period. The
conferences at night will be at the
’•equest of individuals or groups
The services are being held un
der auspices of the Religious Ac
tivities Committee, which includes
Dr Richard Haff. Dr. Paul Cheek
Plot. Paul Reddish. Prof. John
Kittenger, Miss Nancy Withers,
■'Irs. Janie Council, rot. John
Graves-.and Business Manager W.
E. Butler, along with Tom Brady,
Peter Fiske, Bob Gwaltney, Judy
Hudson, Gail Bond, and Rosalie
Radclifte. All students of the col
lege are urged to participate in
the series of worship services.
Elon Choir Presents Twenty-Nnith
Annual ‘Messiah’ On December 3rd
The Elon College Choir will
present its twenty-ninth annual
rendition of Handel’s immortal
oratorio, "The Messiah," in Whit
ley Auditorium at 4 o’clock on
Sunday afternoon, December 4th,
according to plans just made pub
lic by the Elon College music de
partment this week.
The Handel Masterpiece, which
has thrilled Christmas season audi
ences in both Europe and Ameri
ca for more than 200 years, ha
been presented by the Elon Choir
each Yule season for more than
a quarter of a century, and ii
has become one of the real high
lights of the musical calendar in
this area each year.
The Elon student singers pre-
DMiECTOK
THE LOUD-MOUTHED MINORITY
Goest Editorial By Elon’s Student Body President
(See Story On Page Two)
The excellent costuming for the Elon Player presentation ot
"‘Noah’’ is shown in the above picture, which portrays Tom Kelly,
®f Chester, Pa., as Noah, with Marty Monroe, Tean*ck, N. J.. as
Noah’s wife. The play, first major offering of the student drama
tic group, was presented to appreciative audiences in a three
ght stand in Mooney Chapel Theatre,
In the past few weeks several
' members of Student Government
have been sacrificing their time
I and grades working in committee
j with the administration in an at-
I tempt to iron out our differences.
I This committee has made some
progress, hot cannot fully ..suc
ceed without the cooperation of
the students. The students on this
committee have been working
hard, but there seems to be a
lack of appreciatioo on the part
of a lond-mouth minority on the
campDs. This minority is the same
xroop that wilUullr destron pro*
perty and the Honor System. These
are the people who have been al
lowed to speak because either the
majority of the students don’t care
or they are afraid to take a
stand. If the majority of the stu
dents want Student Government,
it is about time for them to speak
up and sliow the administration
that they are ready to accept the
responsibility of xoTeming them
selves.
A new committee has been set
up to raise fnnds for the improve
ment of the Stndent Union. This
committee will also work with Mr.
Baxter, Director of Development,
on the long range program for
the improvement of the college.
The committee is headed by co-
chairmien, Frank Lawrence and
Demus Thompson.
The television In the bookstore
was turned over to Student Gov
ernment for use in the Student
Union. The set will be placed in
the Union when otlier improve
ments have been made. It is hoped
that we will he able to begin im
proving the Stndent Union next
semester.
CLIFF HABDY
PROF. CHARLES LYNAM
sented "The Messiah’ for the first
time in 1933. and the sequence
of annual presentations has been
unbroken since that time. Each upon the story of Cl
year the oratorio attracts one of .f ® phophecies and
the largest crowds of the year
on the campus, and hundreds of
music lovers in this section of
North Carolina return to hear
again fts thrilling arias and cho
ruses.
The Handel production will be
rlirec*er a7a n chis ye’r by Prof
Charles Lynam, who first began
taking part 1 nthe annual Elon
program as a student singer dur- .
Ing his undergraduate dayi. Since ing ensuing two centuries
graduation, he has taken part sev
eral times as a member of the
'Chorus, as a bass soloist and for
the first time last year on the
director’s podium.
In making public the plans for
the 1960 presentation. Prof. Ly
nam announced that four well
j known Greensboro singers will
j appear as guest soloists with the
|Einn student group, two of the
; soloists returning for a second
straight season.
The returning soloists from last
year's presentation are Peggy Sue
Russell, soprano, who Is soloist
for the Presbyterian Church of
the Covenant in Greensboro; and
Paul Berry, tenor, who sings at
the Gate City’s West Market
street Methodist Church. New
guest singers are Jeannette Da
vidson, contralto, of Greensboro’s
First Preshyteiian Church; and
Walter Vassar, bass, another Gate
City artist, who has been singing
in oratorios in this area for many
years.
The great oratorio, which is
based upon the story of Christ,
. —„ an
ticipations of the coming of the
Miessiah, following with the story
of his suffering and death and
finally hjs triumphant resurrec
tion.
Handel wrote "The Messiah"
within a period of twenty^hree
days between August 22nd and
September 14th, 1741, and it has
been presented hundreds of times
In both Europe and America dur-