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MAROON AND GOLD
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1948
Backstage Jottings \Sfates Oldest Christian Church Renovated
By BOB WRIGHT
Being back-stage with the Elon
Players is a real experience. Tliere
were more capers being cut be
hind the stage of Whitley during
the performai x:es of “What A
Life" than were taking place be
hind the footlights.
Tlie back-stage show started as
soon as the cast arrived to pre
pare for a performance. Usual
ly the stage manager keeps things
orderly for the director, but with
Bill Hopkins fulfilling those du
ties, the situation was contrary to
custom.
Before the first curtain Billy
would stick his head through the
door in the set and make sure ev
eryone on stage knew it was the
FIRST act. After everyone ve
hemently assured him that they
were aware of that fact, Billy
would spend two minutes figur
ing out which rope opened the
curtains.
It was indeed fortunate that
Mrs. Smith had four make-up
girls on hand. Nash Parker and
Robert Rubinate had all of them
worn out by curtain time. Nash
must have copied his technique
from Harpo Marx.
What a difference one perform
ance can make. The first night
produced the usual quota of jit
ters, and Mrs. Smith looked as
though she were dying a thous
and deaths. One ’ old trouper,
Ed Nash, remained unperturbed.
When he was informed that
someone wished to see him, he
replied, “Sorry, no autographs
until after the show.”
On the first night, the Players’
comely director was presented a
corsage by the cast. The box was
inscribed thus: “To the cook—
from all the hams.”
On the second evening it wasn’t
a cast of amateurs arriving for a
performance, but a troupe of sea
soned actors who strode in and
authoritatively asked for a speci
fic shade of make-up and gave de
finite directions as to how much
should be applied.
Should Elon ever go in for
track, a likely prospect would be
Jeanne Parks. Rather than climb
over the concert grand about
which the set was built, Jeanne
elected to run around the back
of the stage for her many and
frequent entrances at each side of
the set. She improved her time
at each performance so much
that one more performance would
have found her meeting herself.
Eighteen autograph seekers be
sieged fhe cast during the second
evening's performance. Let’s
see, how many were in the cast?
Oh yes, 18.
Judging from the reaction of
the audience it was a good show,
and everyone who worked on it
had a big time. By the way, be
sure to be on hand to see Bob
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of her mind in “Angel Street.”
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Dr, Reynolds Has Used Color
To Convey Religious Symbols
ELON STUDENT MARRIES
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Screaming Pink Sweaters Ard Slim Cigars For Men
Lusty New Trend In Rugged Joe-College Fashions
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should now have in his wardrobe
at least one each of the following:
cloth-of-gold sport shirts with
three-quarter length sleeves; bro-
: caded silk pajamas; Picasso pink
j sweaters with plunging necklines,
and polka-dotted suspenders.
So say fashion designers in New
York; who decided this fall it was
time for a change in men's bib ’n
tuckery.
Hand-in-hand with the revolu
tionary change, the first in fif
teen years for the male sex, is
predicted a new trend in college
smoking habits—the switch to the
cigar.
The suddm turn to color, oddly
enough, tends to bring out the
“beast” and the “best” in man,
simultaneously ... by accentuat
ing what fashion authorities call
his “lustiness.”
The new popularity of cigars is
a style note that cropped up less
suddenly. It was an outgrowth
of the war, when men grew more
robust, needed a more robust
smoke.
Dr. Eugene .Kahn, professor of
psychiatry at Yale University, an
alyzed it this way: “The lusty are
the people with strong appetites,
who genuinely and thoroughly
enjoy all the good things of the
earth, and with them smoking.
Lusty men enjoy quantitatively
and qualitatively a choice meal, a
fine play or concert, a good “ci
gar.” The tense type, he adds,
turns to cigarettes.
The combination of huskier
clothes and cigar-smoking are
cou'pled under a general trend to
ward making college men “the
lusty type.”
Consumers have literally snarl
ed to themselves as they flipped
cash across the counter for suits
with extra-wide lapels, pastel
shirts with command (wide-
spreading) collars, and husky-
hemmed hankies.
Suits for winter have lapels
that spread an inch wider on eith
er side of the manly chest, each
lapel sporting a one-inch welt
seam at the edge. Suitsar e cut
easier, with more fullness through
the chest. Not only suspenders,
but ties and garters have taken on
polka-dots. Not the feminine
type dots. Fashion authorities
COMPLETE OUTFITTERS FOR THE STUDENT
call them “dubloon dots,” because
they’re a full inch in diameter,
and they’re patterned against
bold, solid color backgrounds.
Sport shirts are not only color
ful, but they have the added per
sonality of wide-spread collars
with stitching one-half inch in
from the edge.
New shoes" "Sre heftier, with
black soles and uppers in a new
shade called midnight muroc
(that’s a deep reddish-brown).
With the black and muroc duo,
the young man can wear black,
brown or grey.
/Socks to go with these shoes
are extremely wide-ribbed, with
large flashy diamonds, or checks
“as bold as a gambler’s vest.” The
hats are designed to look like
homburgs—except that the brim
snaps down neatly in front.
The final note in the college
fashion picture — that cigar —
has changed too. Not to be out
done by clothing makers, the ci
gar manufacturers have put into
their lines a special collegiate
style; a new, smaller edition of
the popular panatella designed
especially for casual campus
smoking!
Reidsville; Miss Betty Dalehite,
Hillsboro; and, from Fuquay
Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Glendon'
Johnson, Mrs. S. A. Yancey, Mrs.
B. B. Johnson, Mrs. W. G. Rams-
dale, Mrs. J. Lee Johnson, Mrs. ^
Jor Stephenson, Miss Nancy Ste-'
phenson. Miss Lydia Johnson and
Mrs. Carey Powell, Jr.
Mrs. Jernigan, mother of the
bride, chose a black crepe dress
with black accessories and a cor
sage of white gardenias. The
mother of the groom wore a grey
crepe dress, black accessories and
white gardenias.
The bride is a senior at Elon
majoring in business administra
tion, and a member of Tau Zeta
Phi Sorority.
The bridegroom, a graduate
of Elon, Class of ’46, was presi
dent of the student body and a
member of Kappa Psi Nu Frater
nity. He is currently the pastor
of Wake Chapel and Plymouth
Church, Fuquay Springs, and
Amelia Church, Clayton.
Immediately after the reception
the couple left for a wedding trip
to Tennessee. For traveling th2
bride wore a wine gabardine suit
with grey accessories, a green
top-coat and an orchid corsage.
STARS FROM SMALL
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When Amos Alonzo Stagg join
ed his son, Amos, Jr., as co-coach
of the Susquehanna College team
in Pennsylvania, he called it one
of the most satisfying experienc
es of his 60 years as player and
coach. He is quoted in the Post
as saying: “What a relief to have
a team of straight students. This
is the way I like it. The boys en
joy the game more, and they cer
tainly play as ntellgently and as
hard as any I’ve seen.”
ANSWERS TO M.&G. QUIZ
1. Prof. Earl Danieley.
2. Jeanne Parks; Robert Rubi
nate.
3. Dr. Ferris E. Reynolds.
4. Lib Jernigan.
5. Providence Memorial Chris
tian Church, Graham, N. C.
6. Joe Caruso.
7. Elon Jayvees and Appalach
ian Jayvees.
8. South Dorm.
9. Prof. J. C. Colley.
10. Paul Rosser.
By HARVEY FOUSHEE
Established in 1763, the Provi
dence Memorial Christian Churchy
located in Graham is the oldest
Christian Church in North Caro
lina. Now under the pastorate o£'
Dr. Ferris E. Reynolds, it has
been redecorated into one of the
most beautiful churches in the
locality.
The interior of the church has
been done in white, trimmed in
dark walnut. Each change was
planned to convey a symbolic sig
nificance, Dr. Reynolds says.
As he explains it, the columns,
now white, support the church.
White is the symbol of purity.
The backdrop is wine and sym
bolizes the blood of Christ. The
rostrum was placed to the left be
cause Christ is the center of the
church and the speaker should
not take His place in the worship
service.
Dr. Reynolds had intended to
obtain straight pews for the
church to replace the original
curved ones. When he was unable
to do so he painted the ends of
the pew white and rearranged
them so that they would not be
too conspicuous.
At relatively small expense,
the property value of the church
has been raised considerably.
In this same church back in the
days of history, the first court for
Alamance County was held. The
first school for the area was also
set up in the church auditorium.
It was Jii this church that Elon
College had its start under the di
rection of the founder, W. S.
Long.
Plans for the future include a
parsonage for the' pastor which
will cost approxirnately $10,000.
Dr. Owen In Last Serv’ices
Religious Emphasis Week closes
today with services in Whitley
Auditorium at 10:00 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Lr. Llewelyn A. Owen
of Oberlin School of Theology,
g.uest minister for the series, will
be . the speaker.
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