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I . . In That Ga.'.ie To,11 irrow ''i« -t MAROON AND GOLD Non-Profit OrgonlcaH^ U. S. P0CTAG8 PAID tl«n N. C ^BRMIT H». 1 VOLl’ME 46 RLON COLLEGE. N. C. FRiDAr, OCTOBER 1. IKS NIMBER I New Projects Listed ^48 Elon Opens New Session 1> VMMANCE HALLWAY DURL\(; REGISTRATION j NcW Heat LilieS Major j YA\\M!\(; (:A^^ ()^ ON Iiiiprovemeiit This Year 'ih; hails ot Alamance Building presented a busy scene tor several days during the early days of the now 19d5-36 college year as hundreds of Elon Stu jonts sweated cut long lines during the registration for cours.s for the new term. The above picture sh jws a typical group of students working their way along the tables as th >y completed the registration p oc,-.iure Improvements to the Elon Col- and a new library, which are sched lege physical plant, admissions pol- uled for construction in the im icies and problems and the college mediate future at a total cost of instructional program were topics more than $1,400,000. The sketches discussed by Dr. J. E. Danieley, were displayed on easels in the Elon College president, as he spoke dining hall so that all might sc briefly on September I9th. when the the plans, all of which are of tra college was host to the Elon faculty ditional architectural style, and the faculty wives and husbands, The new men's dormitory, which at a dinner in the McBwen Memo- is to house 150 men and which is rial Dining Hall. In beginning his ninth year as Elon's president. Dr. Danieley first welcomed both new and returning members of the faculty to the campus for the opening of the 19fi.>66 term. The dinner was fol lowed the next day by the first official facuUy convocation of the new year, which featured Dr. H. lugh Russell, of Atlanta, Ga.. as uest speaker. Speaking of the improvements to the Elon physical plant. President Danieley first cited the new heat distribution and hot water system, which has been in process of in stallation during the summer months at a cost of $200,000. The hot water hnes were ready for the arrival of the Elon students and the haating facilities were to be ready for use by October 1st. Dr. Danieley also called atten tion of the faculty guests to archi tect’s sketches of a new men’s dormitory, a new student center Newcomers join Faculty For Elon’s 1965-66 Term Twelve new faculty and staff members were added by Elon Col lege for this year, and all except one ot them began their duties on the campus at the beginning ot the 1965-66 term early in September, according to an announcement from Dr. J. E. Danieley, president of the Congregational Christian in stitution. The addition of Dr. E>lmund R. Moore, widely known in the field of history, who is to report in No vember as chairman of the depart ment of history and social science, is covered in a special story which appears alsewhere on this page. Also covered in a special story j concerning the addition of new ma jors in economics and accounting, is the appointment of Prof. Allen B liLON NOW OFFERS TWO NEW MAJORS SPEAKER DR. D. J. BOWDEN was a true homecoming for Dr. I*- J. Bowden, director of the School Rehgion at Indiana University, ''hen he returned to the Elon camp- **s to deliver the address for Elon’s annual summer commencement pn>- tfim. Dr. Bowden was for many y^ars dean of men of the college at Elon College, and many friends greeted him aa4 his wife •hen they came back for the com mencement program. -p.ders to teach in those two field : *he department of business ad- ■ninistration. The addition of other newcomers to the faculty and staff ot Elon is I'sted below in alphabetical order of last names, with their individual )ictures presented on Page Two of :his issue ot the Maroon and Gold. • • • NEW FACULTY PICTLTIES, P.liGE TWO • • • Prof. Dewey V. Andrew, an Ala mance County native and an Elon graduate in the Class of 19fi3, came back home to the Elon campus thi. fall to serve as instructor of mathe matics and assistant coach of bas ketball. Since graduation here at Cion, where he compiled one ot the most brilliant records in the history of Elon basketball, Andrew has ►aught in the Virginia public schools or one year and has completed his master’s degree at the University ot N'orth Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Malvin N. Artley, who has aught at Brevard College in this state, at Bethany College in West Virginia and at West Liberty Stat” College in Pennsylvania, joined the Tlon music faculty this fall as an )ssociate professor of instrumental ■iiusic. A native of New Jersey, Dr. .Artley graduated at Shenandoah Conservative in Virginia and holds the master’s degree from Cincin nati Conservatory and the Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Chicago Musical College. He has be"n doing oart-time work at Elon for some years and has been directing the College-Community orchestra, a duty which he will continue. (CoBtlnued on Page Two) While announcing recently that Elon College will offer full majors in both economics and accounting this fall for the first time. Dr. J. E. Danieley, Elon College president, also announced two new appoint ments in the faculty of the Depart ment of Business Administration. President Danieley stated that Prof. Ralph V. Anderson, who has been on the Elon faculty for the past two years, will head up the new economics department. At the same time he announced the addi tion to the faculty of Prof. Allan B. Sanders, a retired naval officer is assistant professor of accounting nd economics. The addition to the Elon curricu lum of the majors in economics md accounting comes as the cul mination of a three-year study and planning program and will bring the addition to the college course program of courses in economic theory, economic cycles, economic thought, statistics, government and business. Mrs. Jeanne F. Williams, profes sor of statistics, who has headed the Department of Business Ad ministration for several years, will continue to direct the departmental program that includes business ad ministration, accounting and busi ness education. Professor Anderson, who is to di rect the economics program, is a native of Illinois and holds the bachelor’s degree from Ferris In stitute of Chicago and the master’s degree from the University of Ten nessee. He also holds a degree from the Northern Baptist fheological Seminary in Chicago and has done additional work in economics at the University of North Carolina Prior to coming to Elon he had taught at High Point College, West Liberty State in West Virginia and as an instructor at the University of N'orth Carolina. Professor Sanders, newcomer to the Elon faculty, is a native of Ohio and was educated at the University of West Virginia and George Wash ington University. He recently re tired from the United States Navy with the rank of captain after 23 years of service. He served in nu merous capacities while in the navy, .jut he most recently served with the office of planning of the naval bureau of supplies and account' to be erected in the southeast corn er of Elon’s walled campus, is to hi built through a loan of $359,00(' from the federal Housing and Horn Finance Agency. Construction is t( begin not later than November of this year, and th? buildin? .shouli be ready for occupancy in Septem bor of ne.xt year. ('onstruction of the new studen center on the south side of the Eloii campus, immediately south of th. administration building, is alsc slated to begin in November and to be ready for occupancy next September. It will be built through a loan of $274,000 from the Hous ing ar.d Home Finance Agency and will provide space for student gov ernment activities, along with th campus book store and sn:ick shop While announcing the immediat' erection of the men’s dormitory and student center. Dr. Danieley aLso stated that plans are being prepar ed for complete renovation of the Duke Science Building by the be ginning of the 1966-fi7 college year and stated that construction of a new library building is contingent upon approval of a grant throui>h the federal Educational Facilities- Act and upon the success of a drive that is planned in the near future for additional funds. The new li brary would cost more than $800,000 and would provide space for 145,000 volumes and seating for 602 stn dents. The present library has room for 54,000 volumes and seats about too students at a time. In speaking of the admissions pol licies and problems at Elon College President Danieley stated that the college received more than 1,500 applications from new students this year and pointed out that the col lege only had facilities for the reg istration of a freshman class of about S.'jO students. He stated thai (Continued on P)lR^ four/ ' v«.-. Scenes reminiscent of the World War I trenches in France were seen all over the Elon College campus this summer and have even continued to prevail since the new college year got underway, but both students and faculty endured the incon.onicnce of hopping ditches and plowing through either dust or mud as they realized that it meant 1 new heating and hot water syst ii forf^lon s campus buildings for this year. The new heat and hot water li.ies have been installed at a cast of approximately $200,000 and wMI add much to the comfort of t:lon i>eople during the winter months ahead. Sinikins Guest Speaker For Arts Fonnn Event By MIKK 'VVN'r.AR')K\ The m College Li!>er:il ica’s finest professional historians. r. 1 1 , . ..History of the South, which cur- Korum ki k.J off it» power-packed, . . , , “ ~ J u. f .u rently is used as a textbook for 196>-G6 season Tuesday night of this ' • • i_. . , . „ . week when it presented Dr. Fran- cLs Butler Simkins, noted southern ' : historian, as the Forum’s first guest speaker for its series of campus programs for this college year. This distinguished historian, rec- ignized by many as one of Amer- Lvceiini Program Here Next ^ eek The opening attraction for the annual Elon Lyceum series will be the appearance of Dr* George Lucktenberg and his wife, Jerrie Lucktenberg. to Whitley Audito rium at S:30 o’clock next Thurs day night. October 7th, with stu dents and faculty and the gen eral pobUc urged to attend. There Is no admission charge. The Lucktenbergs will present a combined harpsichord and violin concert. He will bring his own two-manual Sperrhaalos harpsi chord, and she will perform on her Stradlvarius. Both are mem bers of the music faculty of the School of Mosic at Converse Dr. Edmund A. Moore, New Cliairiiiaii For History, To Ar ive In Novenilier Dr. Edmund A. Moore, a native “ of Minnesota, who has most re- ^ cently been teaching at Cahtornia State College at Los Angeles, was named this summer as the new chairman of the department of his-, tory and social sciences at Elon ; College, and he is to re|X)rt to the! campus and assume his new duties in Novemljer, according to a state-, ment from Dr. J. E, Danieley,; Elon’s president. ; In the meantime. Dr. Konstan-j|; tinas Avizonis, a member of the, Elor history faculty since 19-i'', was' named when the new 1965-66 college year opened to the post of acting chairman of history and social sci ence until Dr Moore arrives on the campus in November. Dr. Av izonis himself has just returned tc Ihe campus after a year’s leave of absence, during which he served as visiting professor of East Europ ean and Russian history at the University of Kansas. Dr. Moore, who is to till a posi tion left vacant when Dr. H, H, Cunningham resigned last spring to accept a new position as professor af southern history at the Univer sity of Georgia, is a graduate of the University of Minesota, where he received both the bachelor’s and Tiaster’s degrees. He later earnec the Ph.D. degree at the University jf Chicago. DR. EDMUND A. MOORE New History Chairman DR. KON.STANTINAS AVIZONIS Acting Chairman He was protessor of United States, Dr. Moore holds membership in history and chairman of the de- the American Historical Association partment at the University of Con necticut from l;)32 until li6B, was a lecturer in hUtory at the University if Maryland from 1959 until I’62 and during the past year has been 3 visiting irofes-sor at California ;tite Coll gt! at Los Angeles. Mississippi Valley Historical Asso ciation and Phi Beta Kappe. He b the author of “A Catholic Runs for President; The Campaign of 1928,” and has written numerous reviews of scholarly books for various his torical magazines. Dr. Simkins is a native of South Carolina and a graduate of the Uni versity of South Carolina, with grad uate training and the doctoral de gree from Columbia University. He has taught at a number of outstand ing .southern colleges and universi ties, but he has been a member of the faculty at Longwood College in Farmville, Va., for more than thirty years. In addition to being the author of the widely-used college textbook on Southern history. Dr. Simkins has also written a number of other vol umes on outstanding southern po- lical leaders and historical move ments, along with numerous pro- fe.ssional articles in the field. He has received a number of profes sional prizes and honors for his writing. Si>eaking to a highly enthusiastic audience here on Tuesday night. Dr. Simkins presented some rather new aproaches to an old and inter esting subject, the history of the South The highlight of the town meeting was reached when the s|)eaker, after his speech, enter tained the students with an inform al question and answer period. This rare chance for students to meet uch an honored scholar is a feature of all Forum pre.sentations. Dr. Simkins is the first of a group of distinguished scholars to be pre sented by the Liberal Arts Forum this semester. The Forum, under the student leadership of Rodney Barfield, of Fayetteville, operates with the advice of a faculty trio that includes Prof. Tulley Reed, Prof. James P. Elder a".d Miss Betty Brandon. The Forum will also present in the near future such outstanding figures as William H Cartwright, (Continued On rour)
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