AND GOLD
Published By and F or Elon Students
VOLUME 12
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
Monday, April 5, 1948
NUMBER 11
Fred Sahlmann Jane Lewis
To Appear With Gives Recita
N.C. Symphony
FRED SAHLMANN
Fred Sahlman, pianist, will appear
as soloist in the Grie- Piano Concerto
in A minor with the North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra under the dir
ection of Dr. Benjamin Swalin in
Whitley Memorial Auditorium on
Thursday evening. April 8,at eight
o'clock.
Fred come.s to Elon from Charles
ton. South Carolina. This is Fred’s
second appearance as soloist with a
symphony orchestra, having appeared
during his junior year in high school
with the* Charleston SjTiiphony.
One is always aware of brilliance
as well as sensitive artistic playing
v.'liien listening to Fred.
Admission to this program will be
by tickets purchased at the door for
$2.00 or by student tiickets purchased
in advance at $1.00. Veterans’ wives
may attend on tickets purchased in
advance at $1.00. Dorothy Jones iis in
charge of advance sales.
Tlie program will include the Beeth
oven Seventh Symphony and a group
of lighter numbers.
This musical attraction will be one
of the highlights of the current sea-
JANE LEWIS
Jane Lewis, soprano, was presented
in her Senior Recital by the Depart
ment of Music yesterday afternoon
at four o’clock. Jane has taken a most
active part in the music activities on
the campus. As soloist with the Coll
ege Choir, she has became one of the
outstanding voices on the Elon Sun
day afternoon program over WBBB.
During her junior year,, Jane ser
ved as president of the House Coun
cil for Ladies’ Hall. She is a member
of Pi Kappa Tau, social sorority.
Jane possess a very promising lyric
soprano voice. The natural qualities
that produce well controlled tones are
at her command and give to her aud
ience a very pleasant musical ex
perience.
Jane presented songs from a num
ber of composers, including Mozart,
Puccini, Strauss, and Schumann. She
closed her recital with Rachmanin
off’s “In the Silence of the Night.”
Wayne Moore acompanied Jane at
the ipiano.
Debate Team
Places High In
Grand National
The debate team returned from the
Grand National Forensic Tournament
at Mary Washington College, Freder
icksburg, Va., after hanging up a very
creditable record of victories over sev
eral colleges and universities, some
of them much larger than Elon.
The affirmative team, consisting of
James Cook and Kenneth Jacob, de
feated Wingate Junior College, East
ern Carolina Teachers College, and
the University of Pittsburgh. They
lost to Mary Washington College,
Westminster College, and the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania.
The negative team, James Widen-
house and James Washburn, defeated
Middle Tennessee State Teachers Col
lege. Westminster College, the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, and the Univer
sity of Vermont. They lost to Central
Michigan (state champions of Michi
gan), the University of Cincinnati,
and the University of the South (run-
ers up for the Grand National Award).
Baxter Twiddy entered contests in
dramatic reading, poetry reading, and
impromptu speaking. James Wash
burn entered the contest in after din
ner speaking.
There were 67 colleges and univer
sities represented in the tournament.
Of the more than 150 debate teams
entered in the contest, only 50 were
eligible for the finals (Elon was one j
of these). The first debate of the Elon ,
affirmative, which was with Middle j
Tennessee State Teachers College,
was won by default, because of the,
failure of the latter team to appear.
Other debate activities for the year j
included debates here with Pfieffer
Junior College and Lenoir Rhyne Col-
Elon Loses
To ACC 7-2
The Fighting Christians tasted the
dregs of defeat for the first time Sat
urday afternoon, when the Atlantic
Christian Bulldogs clubbed Anderson
and Andrews for 11 hits to win 7-2.
This was the second victory of the
season for J. D. Thorne, who hurled
a brilliant four-hit masterpiece.
The winners scored in the first
stanza, when'"they touched Ray And
rews for two bingles for two runs.
The Bulldogs led from that point, and
it was not until the eighth inning that
the Elon team was able to break the
scoring ice, when the Christians com
bined a hit, three Bulldog miscues,
and a fielder’s choice to tally twice.
ELON ODD 000 020-2 47
A.C.C. 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 00 -7 11 5
Batteries: Anderson,, Andrews and
Griggs, DeSimone; Thorne and Ay-
cock.
lege; the Appalachian Mountain For-
ensiic Tournament, where James
Washburn won first place in after
dinner speaking and second place in
poetry reading and Baxter Twiddy
won first place in impromptu speak
ing; and the South Atlantic Forensic
Tournament at Hickory, where James
Washburn was in the finals in ex
tempore speaking.
James E. Danieley is coach of the
debate team.
Davidson College is to debate one
of the Elon teams in a public debate
in the near future. A definite date
has not yet been set.
Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll
never g^t out of it alive, anyway.
Debate Team
Lavalle Auditions
Held in Whitley
The Paul Lavalle Scholarship Aud
itions for North Carolina were held
in Whitley Auditorium, .Tuesday
March 30.
Jack McFadyen, baritone, student
in the Music Department represented
Elon.
William Kirkpatrick of Burlington
placed first and will represent North
Carolina in the regional finals to be
held in Atlanta on Saturday, compet
ing for the national prize of $500 and
an appearance with Mr. Lavalle’s or
chestra.
Diplomas Given
By Pi Gamma Mu
Pi Gamma Mu diplomas were
awarded in Student Assembly last
Monday by Prof. C W Paskins to Paul
Brown, Arthur Dickson, Ralph Ed
wards, Robert Ellis, James Leonard,
Paul Plybon, Dorothy Shackelford,
Wayne Smith, Carolyn Thompson, and
Alton Wright.
Pi Gamma Mu is a national honor
ary fraternity in social science, cor
responding to Kappa Delta Pi in the
field of education. Elon College has
the distinction of sponsoring the
North Carolina Alpha chapter of this
fraternity.
Requirements for membership are
a “B” average in twenty semester
hours of social science. The candidate
must also be either a junior or senior.'
Front row, left to right: Kenneth Jacob, Norfolk, Va; James Cook, Meb
ane, N.C; and C. Baxter Twiddy, Norfolk, Va. Back row; James C. Wash
burn, Elon College; and James B. Widenhouse, Kannapolis, N.C.