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ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
FRIDAY, MARCH 16. 1962
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Johnson Speech Highlights Annual Found^ Day
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F^>r Campus Observance
New Members Pledged
By Elon’s Fraternities
The Greek letter fraternities and
sororities pledged a total of 62 new
members at the annual spring Bid
Night ceremonies, which were held
last Saturday night, March 10th,
with Che four sororities adding 32
new pledges.
The Beta Oniicron Beta Soror
ity led both the girls and boys
groups in the number of pledges,
with 14 girls pledging member
ship in that group. Delta Upsilon
Kappa added 12 and Tau Zeta
Phi six new members.
The Alpha Pi Delta Fraternity
led the boys groups in the number
of pledges, adding 12 new mem
bers. Kappa Psi Nu announced
Elon Seniors
Score Hi^h
On GR Test
There were a number of Elon
College seniors who scored high
on the recent Graduate Record
Examinations, which were given on
the campus some weeks ago, and
those high-ranking students will
be honored along with Dean's List
uc:a. rvtjppd r-si iNu announced 3 luncheon to be held
eight, lota Tau Kappa six and McEwen Memorial Dining Hall
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Sigma Phi Beta four new mem
bcrs. The pledges, listed in alpha
betical order by groups, are as
follows:
alpha pi DELTA—Raymond
Allen Leasburg; Thomas AUred,
Asheboro: Eddie Buchanon, Rox-
boro: Sheldon Clayton. Roxboro;
Roy Erlandsen, Saddle Brook, N.
J.: John Gregory, Richmond, Va.;
Frank Harris, Ruffin; Steve Keck,
Burlington; Jimmy Marshal, Bur
lington; Bert Morrison, Ports
mouth, Va.: Rick Pruitt, Ruffin:
and Robert Stork, Burlington
IOTA TAU KAPPA — Don
Amos. Murphy; Ronnie Bell.
Leaksville; William Harding, Em
poria, Va.; Russell Kirk, St. Pet
ersburg, Fla.; Charles McIntyre,
Chester. Pa.; an^ Robert Walton,
Lexington.
KAPPA PSI NU—John Autrey,
Wareham. Mass.; Bill Blomberg.
Linden, N. J.; Rex Harrison, Nor
folk, Va.; Hinson Mikell, Charles
ton, S. C.; Carroll Monger, Elkins,
Va.; Dan Seale. Norfolk, Va; and
Alvis Webster. Graham.
SIGMA PHI BETA—Howard
Amer. Tamaqua. Pa.; Burl Clem
ents. Richmond. Va.; Clayton
Johnson. Graham; and Manly Ray.
Burlington.
beta OMICRON BETA —
Dnanne Btak|ey. Winston-Salem:
i Sandra Carter, Asheboro; Nancy
Glass. South Boston, Va.: Roberta
Grady, Norwich, Conn.; Barbara
Hathaway, Asheboro; Ann Jen-
;nings, Portsmouth, Va.; Kay Ken
nedy, High Point; Mary Kennedy,
High Point; Arlene Kobler. Wil-
snitigton, Del.; Sally Mattocks.
Norfolk, Va.; Carolyn Overby,
Reidtville; Becky Powell, Leaks
at 12:45 o'clock Monday.
No less than thirteen seniors
placed in the top ten per cent of
all American college seniors who
took the tests in one of more of
the divisions of the Graduate Rec
ord Examination. Some of the elev
en students placed in the top ten
per cent in more than one field
on the tests.
Four seniors ranked in the up
per ten per cent on the advanced
test, amon^ thejn being Peggy
Burke, of Burlington. Doris Fitz
gerald, of Burlington, and Helen
Wright, of Greenville, S. C.. all
in tlie top five per cent in the field
of professional education. Mrs.
Sallie Anderson, of Elon College,
was in the top ten per cent of the
advanced test on English literature.
Drexel Durham, of Graham,
James Hill, of Burlington, and Rog
er Stilling; of Brown Summit,
were in the top five per cent in
social science; and Earl Fogleman.
of Liberty, and Stewart Larimer,
of Burlington, were in the top
ten per cent in social science.
The climactic pomt of the Founder's Day convocation in Alumni Memorial Gymnasium was reach
ed when Dr. J. E. Danieley (pictured right above), conferred the honorary legree of Doctor of Laws
upon Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnsont shown left). The smUe on Dr. Danieley's face reflects the
p easure of the entire Elon College personnel, from administration through faculty and student body
r ^ disUnguished personage as the vice-president
of the United Statp"
The inside story of the Elon Col
lege Founders Day and the visit of
Vice-President Johnson to tlie Elon
campus IS seen in some random
T- , X, . , thoughts of Dr. J. E. Danielev
Earl Fogleman and James Hill tho™ a u i
'I®'*’" as he glan-
The Inside Story In .. .
Random Thoughts Of Founders Day
placed in the top five per cent of
all students in natural science,
along with Oscar Mullis, of Myr
tle Beach, S. C.; and Jimmy Mar
shall. of Burlington, was in the
upper ten per cent in natural
science. Carolyn French, of Hend
erson, was in the top five per
cent among women students in
natural science.
(Continued on Page Fouri
ccd back over an event which
proved to be both pleasant and
exciting. Without attempt to org
anize into a story, some of Dr.
Danieley's thoughts follow:
How fortunate we are to have
a man like Senator Jordan in our
county and upon the Elon board
of trustees; for, as the vice-presi-
been possible except for the senat- peated the song at that time.
or’s great interest in the college
and this occasion.
Advance plans had been check
ed out with the secret service
agent for Vice-President Johnson
to walk directly to my office from
varied the plan. After leaving the
'copter, he ignored the plans and
walked over to a group of second
and third-grade school children
to give them a thrill by talking
with them and shaking handc, and
h? delayed still further to sp;;ak
to the Southern High Band and tu
dfcnt so clearly indicated, this | thank them for playing "Yellow
Founders Day event would not have I Rose of Texas ” for him They re
The vice-president seemed par
ticularly interested in comments
by Governor Sanford al>6ut North
Carolina's progress in education,
and he wa$ pleased when he found
Cna' an AP photographer, here
from Columbia. S. C.. was origin-
:illy from Mrs. Johnson’s home
town in Texfts. The two spent a
bit of time speaking of mutual
friends there.
The human kindness of Mr
Johnson was exemplified in his
pauses to converse with stude.its,
his autographing of hundreds of
(Pictures On Page Four)
1 Successful is the word which best
/describes the annual Elon College
Founders Day observance, which
I featured Vice-President Lyndon
B. Johnson as the speaker of the
day and which attracted a record
crowd of more than 5.000 persons
to Elon on Thursday. March 8.
Even the Weather Man smiled
on Elon College that day. sand
wiching in perfect and balmy
spring sunshine between a pair
of early March snows that struck
the area on Tuesday and Friday,
and the planned program moved
with ,m exact precision that proved
plca.sing to all concerned
The vice-president and his par
ty. which included Senator and
Mrs. B. Everett Jordan, Senator
Sam J Ervin, Congressman Hor
ace Kornegay. along with staff
members and security officers,
landed on Elon’s South Campus at
10:29 o'clock in three army lu'li-
copters, which transferred the
party from the Greensboro-High
Point Airport to the scene of the
observance.
Vice-President Johnson wa:?
welcomed by the strains of “Yel
low Rose of Texas.” played by the
Southern Alamance High School
Band as he stepped from his hel
icopter. and he took time out to
speak words of appreciation to
the young musicians before mov
ing on to the office of Elon s Pres
ident J E. Danieley in Alamance
Building.
The huge Alumni Memorial
Gymnasium, never more beauti
fully decorated, was almost filled
as Vice-President Johnson moved
into the building in a procession
'hat included members of the Elon
board of trustees and faculty, alonj;
with the platform group that took
part on the program.
After an organ prelude by Dean
Fletcher Moore. Dr. W. Millard
Stevens, of Southington. Conn., pro
nounced the Invocation. Governor
Terry Sanford brought greetigs
from the State of North Carolina;
and Clifford Hardy, president of
, . .... . J E'on Student Government, welcom-
5he proved her youthful attitude,.,, ui j . i.
ed the assembled guests to the
by the spryness with which she
stepped into the helicopter for
the return to the airport.
Elderly Elon
Gnul Guest
Of Johnmn
Describt“d by one visiting news
writer as “Vice-President John
son's per.sonal cheerleader. ” Mrs.
Bessie Staley Cheatham, an elder
ly little lady from Washington,
came down from the national cap
ital to the Elon Founders Day ob
servance and almost stole the
■show from more eminent guests
as she applauded the speakers from
a seat on the aisle.
The lady herself was no strang
er to the Elon campus, although
her identity was not known at the
time to many of the more than
5.000 persons who atended the
Founders Day convocation, but
Vice-President Johnson himself
took care of the introduction as
he paid tribute to her from the
platform at the close of his ad
dress.
A graduate of Elon College with
the Class of 1898, Mrs. Cheatham
is the daughter of the late Dr.
W. W. Staley, who was the second
president of Elon College, and she
has been a frequent visitor on the
Elon campus through the years at
events such as Homecomings and
commencements.
It was revealed that Mrs. Cheat-
lam is as well known in the halls
the United States Senate as she
is here at Elon, tor her son is the
assistant sergeanf-at-arms for the
Senate, and she herself is a fre-
qi’tnt visitor in the Senate cham
ber.
Proof that the elderly Elon grad
uate is well liked by the Senate
members lay in the fact that vice-
oresident Johnson Invited her to
-nake the trip to Elon with him
as his guest, flying with him to
Greensboro in his private plane.
Scenes Seen As Elon Played Host To Vice-President Johnson
ville; Linda Price, Leaksville; anl
Judy Ward, Hillsboro.
•Continued on rppr- t^our)
Some of the varied scenes seen
' as Elon College observed its an-
I nual Founders Day on Thursday,
j March 8th, are shown below. Pic-
I tured left are several of the tele-
' vision cameras from North Caro
lina TV' stations which recorded
the event. The camera at left is
that of the WUNC-TV, which tele
vised the Pounders Day convoca
tion “live*
stations which filmed audio-tapes
for newscast, progrrams. In the
center is a shot of Vice-President
Lyndon B. Johnson standioK in
front of the colorful South Ala-
of "Yellow Rose of Texas" as (lejorial Dininff IlaU. The American
alighted from his helicopter. The | Eagle and the Lone Star of Texas,
picture at the right shows the ^ sculptured from ice, is the object
beautiful centerpiece in the decor-j of admiration by Mrs. J. E. Dan
for a statewide aud- School Band, which ®f the luncheon table in the'ieley, left, Vice-President Johnson,
lence. Other cameras are from greeted him with the strains banquet room of McEwen Mem-|center. and Governor Terry San-
campus.
The vice-president, after being
introduced by Senator B. Everett
Jordan, delivered the featured ad
dress. opening with words of praise
for North Carolina and for Elon
College as he launched into a
discussion of America's space pro-
c;ram and a prophecy of United
St,ites victory in the Co’ld War.
Immediately following the ad
dress, Elon College conferred upon
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