This video footage shows The New Science Ground Breaking building sign (later named the McMichael Science building) surrounded by a mound of dirt with 15 gold tipped shovels. Richard McBride gave the invocation. The video dissolves in and out of black. J. Fred Young announces the individuals of Elon College who will be involved in the Ground Breaking ceremony: Melvin Palmer, Vice Chairman of the Elon College Trustees; Mark McAdams, Class of 1924, was a young child when construction began on West Dormitory with his father as the contractor and his father asked little Mark to lay the first brick for West Dormitory; Mark McAdams, Class of 1924, turns the first dirt of the new science building with J. Earl Danieley and Gene Grimley (Mark’s son-in-law); J. Earl Danieley turns the second pile of dirt; Ed Powell, a member of the Elon College Board of Trustees, turns the next shovel of dirt; Dr. G. Melvin Palmer and Dr. John Kernodle along with the Elon College Board of Trustees will lead the group in turning the next pile of dirt; Dusty (Elon Trustee) and Peggy Rhodes turn pile of dirt along with Jo Watts Williams; B.D. Rogers (construction company) has donated the shirts and balloons; Jerry Tolley (Major of the Town of Elon) turns the dirt; Elizabeth Rogers, director of Physical Therapy, leads the science faculty in turning dirt; Ward Culver leads the SGA officers in turning dirt; J. Fred Young announces shovel cash award winners; J. Fred Young turns his shovel full of dirt; and the rest of the video consists of informal student, staff, and faculty groups turning dirt. Some notable names include: Richard McBride, J. Fred Young, Melvin Palmer, Mark McAdams, Dr. John Kernodle, Mark McAdams, J. Earl Danieley, Gene Grimley, Ed Powell, Dr. G. Melvin Palmer, Dusty and Peggy Rhodes, Jo Watts Williams, B.D. Rogers, Jerry Tolley, Elizabeth Rogers, and Ward Culver.