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VOLUME 48
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
THURSDAY, MAY 23,1968
NUMBER 2%
Graduation Scheduled Mon.
Hamilton Will Speak
At Final Exercises
Phi Psi CM
For 1967-68
Wins Praise
The 1968 edition of the
Phi Psi Cli, the Elon Col
lege annual, which tells
the story of the year on
the Elon campus, has just
been received by Elon
students and faculty
members and has been
greeted with high praise.
The yearbook, in an e-
specially attractive bind
ing of blue, decorated with
a silver replica of the
Alamance cupola and a
duster of oak leaves.fea-
tures some very fine text
and photographic work
this year.
Barbara Hudson, of El
kin, as editor-in-chief of
this 1968 edition of the
yearbook, is due high
praise for the very fine
work done by her and her
staff. Others working with
her were Leslie James,
of Roxboro, assistant ed
itor; Susan Heatwole, of
Alexandria, Va., and Dawn
Leland, of Southern
Pines, art editors; Bar
bara Bugg , of Annan-
dale, Va., copy editor;
and Amy Thomas, of Bur
lington, business man
ager.
Also on the staff were
Sharon Cable, of Gra
ham, sorority editor;
Larry Mabe, of Star, fra
ternity editor; Delna
Lineberry, of Alamance,
organizations editor;
Chris Smith, features ed
itor; Jerry Webb, of
Asheboro, sports editor;
and Jeannette Robinette,
of Virginia Beach, Va.,
and Francine Gifford, of
Norfolk, Va., academic
editors.
The class editors were
Mary Anne Thaxton, of
Roxboro, for freshmen;
Vicky Riley, of Burling
ton, for sophomores;Mar-
tha Kellam, of Spencer,
Mass,, for juniors; and
Jane Frost, of Burlington,
for seniors,
Raymond Bailey, of E-
lon College, was staff pho
tographer; and David
Johnson, of Orlando,Fla.,
proof reader. Others
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WILL SPEAK AT COMMENCEMENT
DR. BEN HERBSTER
Delivers Sermon
DR. FRANK HAMILTON
Delivers Address
Students Are Given
Awards In Whitley
Barbara Hudson
dits Yearbook
Twenty-two Elon Col
lege students were pre
sented trophies, cash a-
wards or scholarships at
the annual Elon Awards
Day program, held in
Whitley Auditorium on
May 13th. Also announ
ced were a number of
graduate fellowships
which Elon students have
won for the next year.
Wanda Edwards, of Ral
eigh, and Linda Durham,
of Burlington, received
duplicate awards of the
John W. Barney Scholar
ship, a cash award given
each year in memory of
the late Prof. John W.
Barney, member of the
Elon English faculty for
33 years. The awards
were presented by Dr. J.
E. Danieley, who also pre
sented the Basnight
awards.
These awards, given
each year in memory of
the late Stein H. Basnight,
of Chapel Hill, longtime
member of the Elon Col
lege board of trustees,
are for excellence in Bi
ble study and athletics.
The Bible study award
went to Earline Mann, of
Elon College, and the ath
letic award went to Bur-
gin Beale, of Danville,
Va.
The Ned F. Brannock
Scholarship for excell
ence in chemistry, hon
oring the late Dr, Bran
nock, for 50 years a mem
ber of the Elon faculty,
was presented to Flora
Hovis, of Boone, presen--
tation being by Dr. Paul
C hcclca
The William Moseley
Brown Award given each
year by Sigma Mu Sigma
Fraternity in honor of the
late Dr, W. M. Brown,
of St, Petersburg, Fla,,
was presented by Roy
Drinkwater to James
Lunsford, of Winston-Sa
lem .
The Colonnades A-
wards, given to three
writers for the spring is
sue of the campus liter
ary magazine, were pre
sented by the editor. Dawn
Leland, to Nita Comphier,
of Purcelleville, Va., for
first place; to Larry Par
sons, of Elon College,for
second; and to Faye
Clemmons, of Graham,
for third place.
The annual awards of
the President’s Plaque to
the outgoing president of
the Student Government
Association, was pre
sented by Noel Allen to
Dale Morrison, of Lynch
burg, Va. Morrison him
self then presented other
SGA awards to Noel Allen,
of Burlington, for service
as vice-president, and to
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The largest class inE-
lon College history will
parade to the stage to re
ceive diplomas and de
grees when Elon closes its
1967-68 comnencement
with the annual graduating
exercises, to be held in
Alumni Memorial Gym
nasium at 10:30 o’clock
next Monday morning.
Dr. Frank Hamilton, of
Palm Beach, Fla, a re
tired Navy chaplain who
is now serving as interim
minister inDelRay Beach,
Fla., who is a former
member of the Elon Col
lege board of trustees,
will deliver the address
to the members of the
graduating class.
The graduation pro
gram on Monday morning
will climax a weekend
commencement program
which will get started with
the Alumni Day events
on Saturday, May 25th, a
day which will be filled
from start to finish with
activities for the return
ing old grads.
The Saturday program
will open with the alum
ni registration, which
gets underway in the Will
iam S. Long Student Cen
ter at 9:30 o’clock Satur
day morning, with the re
gistration being accom
panied by a coffee hour
for the alumni.
The annual picnic
luncheon for returning a-
lumni, as well as sen
iors and faculty mem
bers, will be held in Mc-
Ewen Memorial Dining
Hall at 12:30 o’clock Sat
urday, followed by cere
monies at 2 o’clock that
afternoon during which
the buildings of the new
living-dining complex on
the new North Campus
will be given names.
After those ceremon
ies, there will be the
annual Alumni Associa
tion business meeting in
the Student Center at 3:30
o’clock, followed by an
open house in the new li
brary building that after
noon at 5:30 o’clock. The
annual alumni banquet
is set for McEwen Din
ing Hall at 6:30 o’clock
Saturday night, during
which William H. Maness,
of Jacksonville, Fla.,will
be honored as “Alumnus
of the Year.”
Fourteen Elon graduat
ing classes have been in
vited back for Alumni Day,
including all classes
whose graduating year
ended in threes and eights,
with special honors for
the Golden Anniversary
Class of 1918 and the
Silver Anniversary Class
of 1943.
The commencement
program for Sunday, May
26th, will open with the
baccalaureate sermon to
be preached in Alumni
Memorial Gymnasium at
11 o’clock by Dr, Ben
Herbster, of New York
City, president of the U-
nited Church of Christ,
who will be returning to
Elon College after several
previous visits.
LARGE GROUP GRADUATES
Another large group of
Elon College seniors will
move into the alumni
ranks when the Class of
1968 receives diplomas
and degrees next Monday
morning.
The final roll of grad
uating seniors is not yet
available, for the results
of final examinations had
not been recorded at this
writing, but indications
are that the Class of 1968
may be the largest in E-
lon history.
The registrars office
listed 175 students
as candidates for grad
uation last week, but the
list p'^blished below is
subject to change after
exams are completed.
A study of academic
majors for the group
proved interesting, with
40 majoring in business
administration, 31 in ele
mentary education, 29 in
history and 21 in E-ng"
lish. The remainder di
vided among fourteen dif
ferent majors, with nine
seniors listing double
majors.
The latest list of can
didates for graduation as
exams began included
Jacqueline Abernathy,
George Adams, Gladys
Albright, Cass Arenas,
Ben Atkins,Melinda Ays-
cue, Leroy Baker, Peggy
Beale, Carolyn Bell,Per
cy Benton, Katherine Bo
land,
Nancy Boone, Sam Bo-
roody, William Brad-
PRESIDENT
DEMPSEY HERRING
Leads Seniors
Shaw, William Brink-
hous. Bob Bulla, Claude
Bullard, Melvin Burke,
Allen Bush, Sharon Cable,
Judith Caines, Roy Camp
bell, Tom Campion, Jane
Carmichael, Janice Car
ter, Arthur Catlett, Sal-
lie Caudill, Howard Cau
dle, Gordon Caviness,
Susan Clark, Stanley
Cocke, Dee Colclough,
Michael Collins, Gregory
Craig, Fred Cummings,
Charles Davis, Dwight
Davis, Elizabeth Dear
born, Patricia Demeter,
Pete DeVault, Robert
Doolittle, Shannon Doolit
tle, Brenda Duncan,Mon
ty Duncan, Eddie Dunn,
Eleanor Durham, Linda
Durham, Wanda Edwards,
Jamss Entwistle, Mary
Faust, Peggie Ferguson,
Preston Fowler, Robert
Freeman, Clyde Fuller,
Evaline Garrison, Rich
ard Gibson, Francine Gif
ford, Bruce Given, Walter
Gose, Yvonne Grandjean,
William Green, Wesley
Hair, Robert Halstead,
Hector Hannam, Herman
Hecht, Robert Hege,
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