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NORTH STATE CHAMPIONS! ^Maroon and Goldj^ Published By And For Elon Stude b WHAT DOES SPRING MEAN TO YOU? VOLUME XXI ELON COLLEGE, n7^., SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1947 NUMBER ELEVEN NOMINATE STUDENT OFFICERS MAR. 26 ic if 'k ic ★ ★ ★ ★ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ PLANS BEGUN FOR APRIL FOOL PARTY Zany Social To Feature Crazy Costumes, Games An April Fool party, highlighted by crazy costumes and fun for every body, is being planned under spon sorship o£ the MAROON AND GOLD to be held in the gymnasium on Tuesday night, April 1. Ordinarly, the college does not allow social functions during the middle of the -week, but the M. & G, staff has se cured permission for the April Fools Day affair from the hours of 7.30 to 9.30, and that’s enough time for plen ty of pranks »nd laughs. Details of the two-hour entertain ment have not yet been completed, but the different party committees ■will be appointed at a meeting of the newspaper staff in the MAROON ANDt GOLD office at 9 o’clock Tues day piorning. All staff members are urged to attend. Prizes will be presented at the party for the craziest and most orig- finalcostumes, so students should be gin thinking about how they can at tire themselves in the most outland ish dress available to their means of ingenuity. One needn’t go to the extreme that “Noblesse ObUge” did in Max Shulman’s book, “Barefoot Boy With Cheek”—she attached a smudge-pot to her midriff and por trayed “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes but the crazier the costume, the better. Games in which everyone may par ticipate also wiU be featured during the evening’s merrymaking, and any suggestions for sufife games should be any member of the MAROON AND GOLD staff. If the party proves to be successful and there is no apparent reason ■why it should not—it may become an annual affair at Elon. one looked forward to eagerly by all the student body. XADY NEWS ANALYST TO LECTURE HERE TUESDAY NIGHT ELON STUDENTS gain HONORS m MUSflC CONTEST Australian-born world traveler and Tiews-analyst, Mrs, Winifred Walker of Waterbury, Conn., will appear in a professional lecture on Post-War Europe in Whitley Auditorium at i:ion College on March 25, at 8:00 p. m. Graphic description and col ored motion pictures will make tMs analysis of European conditions fully informative. The lecture, sponsored by the col- A contest for selecting talented musicians to represent North Caro lina in a national music competition was held in Whitley auditorium on Friday, March 14. The local contest included three divisions: student mu sicians, including contestants be tween the ages of 16 and 23: young artists, between 20 and 30 years of age; and the Lavalle scholarship competition. Two Eloti College music majors were among those placing in the stu dent division, whi^h included boys’ voice, girls’ voice, and piano. Miss Volet Blackmon, of Four OaCs', won second place in the girls’ voice, and Miss Dorothy Shepherd, of Durham, tied for third in the same division, sharing that positifn with Miss Nan Ogijurn, a studeat of Lome Grant o£ Greensboro. Winner of the girls’ voice compe tition was Miss Mary Lou Rainey, of Durham, a student at High Point college, who also was awarded first place in the Lavalle trials. Boys’ voice in the student ^vision was won by Walter Carringer, of Murphy, who is studying at Western Carolina Teachers College, Each first-place winner in the student musician cat egory will receive a $150 scholarship. Regional contest for the division is to be held at Furman University, in Greenville, S. C., today, Saturday, March 22. The young artist division included voice and piano, with winners eligible for a start on the way to a natonal concert career. The national winner will receive $1,000 and a concert de but. Winning the young artist piano competition in the Elon contest was Robert Gayle, of High Point, who will represent the state in the re gional contest in Baltimore in April. In the young artist voice auditions, Miss Hilda Somers, of Burlington, jlaced first; Miss Jane Hess, Greens- oro, was second; and Miss Rebecca Goss, also of Greensboro, was third. However, none 3f the three received a rating high enough to advance to the regional contest. Miss Rainey, a contralto, will go to Furman University to participate in the regional finals of the compe tition for the national scholarship of fered by Paul Lavalle. well-known radio and concert impresario. Final winner of the Lavalle auditions, which are open to voice, piano, and violin, will receive SI.500. Primary Elections Are To Be Held On April 8 REPJRESENTATI^-E CARL T. DITR HAiM, WHO DELIVERED AX IN FORMATIVE ADDRESS to THE IN TERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB ON ST. PATRICK’S EVE. » Presenting a straight-from-the- shoulder discussion of the current Greek crisis. Representative Carl Durham answered many questions from the audience as he reviewed the European situation before the International Relations Club and their guests on March 17. Alton Wright, Sanford, president of the club, introduced the speaker. Rep resentative Durham expressed the be lief that President Truman has acted on essential information in recom mending the $400,000,000 loan to Greece and Turkey, and that Con gress will approve the legislation. Questions from the audience, how ever, indicated that there is still doubt in the minds of the people con cerning the Greek government, the position of England, and the inter national bankers who will handle the loan. G. I. listeners seemed to view the whole matter with considerable skept icism. They asked pertinent ques tions about the United Nations front on this problem. Mr. Durham, however, although he was not overconfident, seemed to be certain that*General Marshall was the right man for us at this time, and tiiat the situation concerning Russia needs a firm hand. MUSICAL COMEDY WilL REPLACE "AH WILDERNESS" The play originally scheduled by the Elon Players to be presented in May as their last production of the season will not be given, Mrs. Eliza beth R. Smith, director of Dramatics revealed this week. “Ah, Wilder ness.’ which was selected by the Players at the first of the season, was recently turned over to a fac ulty committee for suggestions and criticism. Inasmuch as the commit tee thought it best to delete a con siderable amount of the material, be fore allowing it to be presented at the college, it was decided that an other play would be selected for pre sentation. The play chosen is a gay musical comedy entitled “Best Foot Forward.” The selection of this fast-moving, rol licking Broadway stage hit was made only after much deliberation. It will be the most ambitious effort to date for the Players. "Best Foot Forward. ■ far superior to the usual run of college productions, wUl call for a large ^st, several vocal num bers, and colorful costumes, Trj'-outs for the various parts have not begun yet. An announcement will be made when rehearsals are ready to begin. Mrs. Smith is mak ing special arrangements to secure a guest star for the part of the visit ing movie star in the play. If the arrangements are completed the show wiU be comparable to legiti mate stage porductions. “The selection of ‘Best Foot For ward’ by the Players,” Mrs. Smith said, “is in line with our policy of providing the best in progressive dramatic entertainment by and for the students of Elon College and the community.” The musical com edy will climax a year of successful work by the Elon Players. Nominationj^ for the election of Student Government officers for next year will be accepted during the stu dent assembly next Wednesday, March 26, it was announced this week by Dean Bowden Class officers for the 1947-'48 school year will be nom inated at individual class meetings also scheduled for next week The primary elections for all offices wiU. be held April 8 The general elec tion win take place April 22. The newly-elected officers of the Student Body, Senate, and Council, will have the oath of office adminis tered to them by the Dean m an im pressive ceremony at the first student assembly in May, which will be May 5. Class officers will also be in stalled then, with the exception of the freshman class, whose officers, will, of course, be elected in the fall. All officers of the Student Body are required to have aA academic average of ‘ C” or better during the three quarters preceding the quarter in which they are nominated, A list of the eligible students will be posted on the bulletin board before time of the nominations. Individual requirements for the Student Body are as follows. The president must be a member of the rising senior class and shall have a scholastic average of "B." He must be a resident of one of the dormi tories. This last requirement may be waived temporarily by the college administration The vice-president can be a mem ber of the rising senior class or jun ior class and the treasurer a me'mber of the junior class. A candidate for the presidency of the Student 36dy may not be a candidate for any other office. A candidate for a class of fice may also be a candidate for office in the Student Body, Council, or Senate. - « ► '•V s Elon Captures Tourney And North State Title MR. MILLARD C. WALKER, mem ber of the college Music Faculty, who was awarded first place in the North Carolina Composers’ Contest, profes sional division, sponsored by the North Carolina Federation of Music (Clubs. (Story of Mr. Walker’s ac complishments appears on page four.) lege, will be free to Elon College students and to the public. Mrs. Walker, a graduate of Presby terian Ladies’ College in Sydney. Australia, has twice encircled the globe in her travels. She is widely known as a radio commentator in Canada. A versatile artist in her profession, she has won photographic awards, and will show some unusual motion pictui;ps in color. Now a naturalized American citi zen, Mrs. Walker speaks both as one who grew up under the British flag. Her point of view is cosmo politan, and her conclusions about the muddled foreign front of world diplomacy are both startling vealinc. Elon is the championi A wonder ful comeback in the second half of the final game against Western Car olina at High Point gym, gave the Perrymen a 53-51 victory and the trophy. There were no individual heroes; the tournament victories were won by fine team play, and the cham pionship belongs to every man on the team. Third-seeded Elon drew sixth-seed ed Atlantic Christian in their tourna ment opener, and more or less breez ed to a 64-46 victory. Roney Cates led the scoring with 15 points, afd John Clayton was all over the court playing the first of three beautiful games. When the first team showed signs of tiring. Coach Perry gambled on the second team, and they came through led by Leon Pope and Jack Andrews, running up the score be- yound reaching distance. Le- nolr-Rhyne upset the first-seeded .Appalachian team 64-63 and^ Klon drew the Bears in their second con test. Fred McCall, the Lenoir-Rhyne center, gave the Christians some trou ble as he poured inl9 points, but Warren Burns and Roney Cates found the range for 32 points between them and Elon gained a 62-53 win. The semi-final game was a well-played affair with Elon coming from be hind. Lenoir-Rhyne led at the half by 28-27. Once again John Clayton was the unsung hero as he turned in a brilliant performance. Andrews add ed six more points to the ten he made in the Atlantic Christian game and Ed Drew collected most of the rebounds. A victory over Guilford gave Western Carolina the other berth in the finals and the stage was set for a tiiriller. The Catamounts from Cullowhee were hotter than a Kenton recording in the first half, as they banged out a 21-5 lead. In fact, until Jack An drews hooked in a swisher at the ten minute mark, the Christians did not net a field goal. The Elonltes began (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) SPRING HOLIDAYS? That’s what they were called in the college h^d- book, but Elon students found Senior Oak and rest of c^pus looking like this when they returned from vacation on March 10. Snow was three inches deep. I $
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