Heartiest Good Wishes
To All
Vou Senior Graduates
MAROON AND GOLD
VOLUME 42
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
TUESDAY, MAY 32, 19«J
And Best Of Summer
Vacatioiw
To AU Elon SCudents
NUMBER 13
Elon Plans Annual Commencement This Weekend
Ten Hon- Students Get
Honors At Awards Day
SPEAKERS IN EU)N COMMENCEMENI (College To ( .'oiielude Year
. -ST I ”
Ten Elon College students were
honored at the college’s annual
“Awards Day” program on Mon
day morning. May 14th, with some
of the group receiving more than
one award in recognition of
achievements during this year in
the fields of personal improvement,
religious education, Biby study,
dramatics, music, scholarship and
athletics.
The John W. Barney Memorial
scholarship, established in memory
of the late Prof. J. W. Barney, was
presented by Dr. J. E. Danieley
to Carolyn French, of Henderson,
the senior who has maintained the
highest grade point average in the
Class of 1962 for the first three and
one-half years of college work.
The Basnight Awards, given each
year by Stein H. Basnight, of
Chapel Hill, a member of the Elon
board of trustees, were presented
by Mr. Basnight himself to Mary
Ann. Hepner, of Philadelphia, Pa.,
for outstanding wprk in Bible
studies, and to Leroy Myers, of
Mayodan, as Eton’s outstanding
athlete for the 1961-62 college year.
The William Moseley Brown
Award, given by Sigma Mu Sigma
Fraternity in tribute to Dr. William
M. Brown, now retired from the
Elon faculty, was presented to
Don Rankin, of Miami Beach, Fla.,
for outstanding rank in scholar
ship, character and extra-curricu
lar activities.
The Achievement Award in For
eign Language, which was given for
the first time this year by the Elon
College foreign language depart
ment, was presented by Dr. Francs
Muldrow to Brenda York, of Lib
erty, for outstanding work in
French.
The Pi Gamma Mu Scholarship
award, given each year by the Elon
chapter of the Pi Gamma Mu, na
tional honorary social science fra
ternity, was presented by Dr. Kon-
stantinas Avizonis to Mary Ann
Hepner, of, Philadelphia.
The Shackley Music Awards,
given in memory of the late Dr.
Seerge Shackley, of St. Petersburg,
la., were presented by Prof. Fred
ahlmann to Hinson Mikell, of
harleston, S.C., as the student
howing most improvement in
piano, and to Richard Apperson, of
ontlnued jn I'age iour
Sloan Asked
To Prepare
Bible Works
I The success of his newest book,
“A Survey of the New Testament,
as broughtf to Dr. W. W. Sloan,
rofessor of Bible at Elon College,
n invitation to write a series of
articles on the New Testament for
he forthcoming 1964 edition of the
orld Book Encyclopedia.
Dr. Sloan has also done a new
eries of fourteen articles on Bible
pics for the 1962 edition of the
nternational Sunday School Les-
t'n Annual. These articles will ap
pear in the annual for lessons used
during July, August and Septem-
er.
The articles on the New Testa-
cnt are not the first which Dr
Sloan has done for the World Book
ncyclopedia, for he also did a
lies of articles on the Old Test-
nient, which have appeared in the
‘60 and subsequent editions-of the
rWorld Book.
It is pointed out that the World
0')k Encyclopedia now leads the
rid in volume sales. Sets of this
cyclopedia are giVen as prizes
for the “Ask Andy” contest series
appears regularly in the
rnes-News and‘otti6t newspapers.
Elon Players
Honor Stars
For Season
(PICTURES ON P.4GE FOUR)
The Elon Players, student dra
lUtic group, paid tribute to the out
standing actors and actreses of the
1961-62 staige season at the an
nual ‘Awards Night” program,
which was held in connection with
a cookout supper at the home of
Prof. E. Ray Day, director of the
campus dramatic activities.
Rosalie Radcliffe, of Carvers-
ville. Pa., and Tom Kelly, of Hen
derson, were named the top per
formers during the year and were
presented with beautiful “Eppie”
trophies, which have become as
traditioDal for the Elon Players as
are the famous “Oscars” of the
American motion picture world.
The award to Rosalie Radcliffe
was for her role as Mrs. Kirby
in the one-act play, 'Happy Journ
ey.” which was given this spring.
The honor tor Tom Kelly was for
hU performance aa Noab to tba
long production of Noah and his
ark.
The awards for the &est support
ing actor and actress went to Carol
Tragesor, of Arnold, Md., for her
performance as the girl in “Hellow
Out There;” and to Ken Rovere,
of Wayne, N.J., for his role as
Arthur Kirby in ‘‘Happy Joruney.”
The one-act play, “HeUo Out
There,” which was produced under
the direction of John Autrey, of
Buzzard Bay, Mass., was named as
the best play directed by a student;
and a special award for outstand
ing service to the student dramatic
program was presented to Larry
Biddle, of Dover, Del.
It was the second successive year
that Rosalie Radcliffe and Carol
Tragesor had received the two top
honoss among the Player actresses,
although last year the awards for
leading roles and supporting roles
were reversed.
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With Three-Day Pi •ograiii
HON. CHARLES R. JONAS
DR. ROBERT C. DODDS
DR. HOWARD RICHARDSON
i The featured speakers who will appear in the seventy-second annua! Elon College commence-
I nient program are the Honorable Charles R. Jones (left), of Lincolnton and Washington, congressman
fr-m North Carolina’s Tenth District, who will deliver the adA-ess at the graduation exercises next
, .VIonday morning. May 28th; Dr. Robert C. Dodds, general director of planning for the National Coun-
I cil o{ the Churches of Christ in the United States, who will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on Sun
I slay morning. May 27th; and Dr. Howard Richardson, of Fairfax, Va., a member of Elon's gradual
I ing Cla.'Js of 1927, now supervi.sor of personnel for the Fairfax County school system in Virginia, who
■ will deliver the address at the aimual Alumni Banquet on Saturday night. May 26th.
Slaters Citizen Of The Year
Daiiieley Is Honored By Civitan Clubs
Dr. James Earl Danieley, presi
dent of Elon College was honored
as North Carolina’s Distinguished
j:tizen of 1962 at the annual state
wide meeting of Civitan Clubs,
" hich came to a close with a ban-
rjuet meeting at Asheville on Sat
urday night. May 12th.
In the presentation of the award,
it was pointed out that Dr. Dan-
ieley, at the age of 37 years, is
the youngest man ever to receive
the state award from Civitan Lnter-
•■‘'onal groups in North Carolina.
The award was in the form of a
beautiful gold medallion, bearing
file inscription of “Distinguished
Citizenship Award, N.C. District,
Civitan International.” It was
warded to Dr. Danieley following
his nomination by the Civitan Club
of the Alamance community near
Burlington.
The honor paid Dr. Danieley by
the Tar Heel Civitans was the sec
ond such statewide tribute received
by the Elon president, for he was
also named ‘‘Young Man of th.
DR. J. E. DANIELET
Year in North Carolina” in
by the statewide Junior Cha
of Commerce
He has also previously
1957
mber
given awards as Alamance
County’s Young Man of the Year
ijy the Junior Chamber of Com
merce and as Alamance County
Citizen of the Year by the Burling
ton Kiwanis Club.
Dr. Danieley, who has served as
Elon College’^ president since
1957, is listed in Who's Who in
America and Who’s Who in Ameri-
■in Kiiucation. He is a member of
the board of the Alamance County
United Fund, a member of the
board of trustees of Southern Union
College in Wadley, Ala., a member
of the executive committee of the
North Carolina Symphony Society,
and last year he was president of
the Community Council of Ala
mance County.
Long acfive in the affairs of Con
gregational Christian Church, he
has served that denomination as
president pf its National Laymen’s
Fellowship and he is also the chair
man of the Council for Lay Life
ind Work of the United Church of
Christ.
Elon Seniors
Are Awarded
Scholarships
In connection with the annual
Elon College Awards Day pro
gram, it was announced that eight
members of the college’s Cla-.s of
1962 have received scholar .hips
or fellowships which will take tii.-m
into advanced ^tudy at var U'
ii;siitutions during the coming y. ^r
Among the scholarship awai
was one to Karl Walter Grom, >
West Fulton, N.Y., which was pr.
.'mted by Dr. Frances Muldrow
Tis award will take Grom, whi,
majors in history and minors in
German, to Heidelberg University
in Germany for his junior year of
college work. He is to receive full
junior credit through an arrange
ment between Elon and Heidelbor:;
College, of Tiffin, Ohio.
Three seniors in the Elon Col
le?e English department have re
ceived graduate fellowshjps, ac
cording to an announcment by Prof
Tully Reed, who listed Sally P
Anderson, of Yanceyville, with a
$1,000 AAUW fellowship to the
University of North Carolina, Rog-
r Stilling, of Brown Summit, with
a $1,600 fellowhip to the University
of South Carolina; and Carolyn
French, of Hendarson, with a
$1,700 fellowship to Wake Forest
■\l.so announced by Dr. Ferris
Reynolds, of the Elon department
of religion, was a t2,400 fellow
sliip award to Mary Ann Hepner.
of Philadelphia, Pa., to attend the
Hartford Seminary School of Re
ligious Education
Dr. John D. Sanford, of the
physical education department, an'
nounced that Dick More, of Ar
lington, Va., and Lennie Riddle,
of South Boston, Va., had received
fellowships in physical education
at the University of North Caro
lina; and Mrs. John H. WiWlliam.s,
of the college’s department of bus
iness administration, announced
award of a fellowship to Charles
Bateman, of Burlin4?ty)n, to attend
the Duke University Law School.
The Honorable Charles R Jonas,
i>f Lin«olnton and Washington,
congressman from North Carolina’s
Tenth District, will deliver the com
mencement addre.ss next Monday
morning. May 28th, when Elon Col
lege closes Its seventy-second an
nual session with the presentation
of diplomas and degrees to the
Class of 1962.
The graduation exercises, set for
J0:30 oclock on Mondady morning
in Whitle.v Auditorium, will climax
the commencement weekend which
will start with the annual Alumni
Day programs on Saturday, May
2Gth, with a full-day of events
planned on that day for the re
turning old grads.
The Saturday program will open
with the registration of the return
ing alumni in Carlton Library at
10 oclock, and an open ‘‘Coffee
Hour” will be held for the old
grads in the library throughout
the day. There will be a luncheon
for the alumni in McEwen Dining
Hall at 12:30 o’clock, followed by
jthe regular alumni business meet
ing in Whitley Auditorium at 2
o'clock.
' Dr. Howard Richardson, of Fair
fax County Schools, will be the
featured speaker at the Alamni
Banquet, which Is to be held In Me*
Ewen Banquet Hall at 6:30 o’clock
Saturday night. At that time the
Alumni Asociation will pay trib
ute to Dr, John Robert Kernodle,
of the Class of 1935. who has been
chosen as ‘‘Alumnus of the Year.”
The all-day program on Sunday,
May 27th, will ;>et underway with
the bacalaureate sermon, to be de
livered in Whitley Auditorium at
11 o’clock by Dr. Robert C. Dodds,
general director of planning for the
National Council of the Churche.s
of Christ in America.
Also set for Sunday is the annual
vesper music recital at 4 o’clock
in the afternoon and the presenta
tion by the Elon Choir at 8:30
o’clock Sunday night of a program
of sacF^ music in the form of a
number of anthems.
LARGE GROUP WILL GRADUATE WITH CLASS OF 1962
Another large group of seniors
wiil receive diplomas and degrees
from Elon College with the Class
of 1962 and will move into the
ranks of the Elon alumni after
the seventy-second annual grad
uation program, which will be held
next Monday morning, May 28th.
Although the final list of Elon’s
1962 graduates is not yet avail
able, pending the outcome of the
examinations on the spring semes
ter academic work, a list of the
candidates for degrees and dip
lomas has just been released by
Prof. Jennings Berry, the college
registrar. There will be only a few
changes in this list, but it cannot
yet be regarded as the final list
of graduates.'- ‘ •. ■ T
■ This group’ of candidAt€^ are
expected to receive diplomas at
the annual spring graduation will
be swell still largei-"by the seniors
iwho will complete theii" graifuation
requirements during s u*m in e r
school and qualify for their diplom
as at the August commencement.
The combined May and August
graduating groups will oorapose the
iinal membership of Elon’s Class
of 1%2.
The candidates tor graduation
represent a varied field of inter
ests, as reflected in their major
subjects, for their arc no less, than
fourteen separate fields repre
sented by single majors. There are
five combinations of two majors
and one combination of three
majors.
Most frequent major is business
admir.i.stration chosen by 17 seti
iors. Twelve majored in physical
education, and eight picked Eng
lish, with a similar group majoring
in elementary educatiori. Other
subject fields represented by from
one to six seniors include business
education, mathematics, biology,
chemistry, history, religious edu
cation, physics, music, home eco
nomics and religion.
Double majors include three in
mathematics and physics, and one
each in biology and chemistry, bus
iness administration and history,
business administration and busi
ness education and business ad
ministration and mathematics. One
student has a triple major, in his
tory, religion and religious edu
cation.
There are eleven states repre
sented among the candidates for
graduation, with North Carolina
furnishing almost exactly thre^
fourth of the group. All are c^ndi
dates for the A.B. degree except
one, who is to receive the B.S. de
gree. The candidates for 1962
graduation follow:
Ferebee Alien, Heniierson.
Carolyn Apple, GibsonviUe.
PRESIDENT
FRED SHULL
Fred .Shull, of Burlington, who
is president of the Class of 1961,
will guide his classmates through
the annsBl Elon commencement
exercises, which will get under
way with Alumni Day .^vents
on -Saturday and continue
through the graduation cere
monies next Monday morning.
Ce?il Apple, Reidsville
John Baker, Graham
Dexter Barbee, Burlington.
V'iilter Bass, South Boston, Va.
I rances Bennett. Burlington.
Lorraine Bialoysz,
Montague Center, Mass.
Howard Briggs, Reidsville.
Albert Christofferson, B’ton.
Max Clayton, Lovingston, Va.
Arthur Cobb, Elon College.
Jimmy Davenport, Creswell.
Nancy Ellington, Manson.
Earl Fogleman, Liberty.
Carolyn French, Henderson.
Max Gardner, Reidsville.
William Gilliam, Elon College.
Willard Gordon, Greensboro.
William Graham. Chapel HilL
Patricia Gregory, Norfolk, Va.
Barbara Grimm, Burlington.
Harriet Hammond, Balfour.
Clifford Hardy, Franklin Park, N.J
Rex Hardy, Wilmington.
If'-Tbert Hawks. Louisville, Ky.
Dorothy Hawlts, Fancy Gap, Va.
i\lary Ann Hepner, Philadelphia.
Janjes Hill, Burlington.- •
James Holmes, Efland.
Pliyllis Hopkins, Reidsville.
Kathryn Hoyle, Burlington,
william Hughes, Mebane.
Bobby Jones, Greensboro.
James Jones, Louisburg.
William Joyce, Stoneville.
Robert Kittenger, Elon CMege.
Ruth Lemmons, Burlington.
Anderson Lowe, Greensboro.
Daniel Mangrum, Virgillna, Va.
Jean Mantiil, GibonviUe.
Bobby McKinnon, Burlington.
Jahn Moore, Summerfield.
Virginia Moorefield, King,
f’rank More, Arlington, Va.
Jane Morgan, Greensboro.
Oscar Mull^s, Myrtle Beach.
Earl Murray, Berlin, Md.
Leroy Myers, Mayodan
Yvonne Nash, Burlington.
Sandra Neighbors, Forest City.
Robert Overton, W.Hempstead.N.Y.
Lindsey Page, Burlington.
Jerry Payne, Burlington
Linda Perry, Burllrlglon.
Jerry Pilse, Siler City.
Frank Purdy, Burlington.
Donald Rankin, Miami Beach, Fla
Billy Ray, Burlington.
Pamley Rhodes, Elkton, Va.
James Rich. Graham.
James Rosser, Sanford
Ronald Sharpe, Burlington
Fred Shull, Burlington.
Robert Stanco, C.'leshire, Conp.
Roger Stilling, Brown Summit.^
Rrbbert Sutton, Elon College.
John Swift, Burlington.
Mary Zula Thomp.'jo^i, Graham.
Charles Todd, Greensboro.
David Tyler, Charles City, Va.
Robert Uts, Madison, Va.
Della Vickers, Elon College.
Fletcher Walters, Reidsville.
Judith Watsonj,^ffilliard,. Fla.
Gerald Weiss, Durham.
Harold Wi'dker, Siler City.
Martha Wilkins, SuKolk! Va
Clyde Wray, Elon College.
Helen Wright, Greenville, S-.C.
Judy Wright, Burlington.
Sally Wright. Burlington.
Eton Shares
In Collefre
Group Funds
El#n College has just received' a
check for $23,467 as its share of the
funds contributed by state and na
tional business concerns this year
to the North Carolina Foundation
of Church-related Colleges.
In announcing receipt of the
fund. Dr. J. E Danieley. Elon’s
president, stated that the $23,467
was the Elon portion of a total of
$450,394 given to the Foundation
by 332 corporations, pat'nerships
and individuals during the year
just ended.
The total funds, as is always the
custom each year, were divided
among the colleges that are mem
bers of the North Carolina Foun
dation, with 60 per cent of the
total, divided equally among the
member colleges and‘the other 40
per cent divided pro-rata on the
basis of enrollment.
■ The largest' apportionment of
$25,624 went this year to Campbell
College, following in order by High
Podr(t, Atlantic Christijan, E3on.
Mars Hill and Guilford, Since the
■jlx schools have the largest enroll
ments in that order among the
•church-related colleges that are
members of the Foundation group.
It was pointed out that the total
of $450,394 raised by the Founda-
tioh this year represented an in- .
crease over the $403,615 that was
raised last year. The 332 group
and Lidividual donors also repre
sented an increase over the 313
diQors of a year ago