Entertainment
Galore
Here Next Week
MAROON AND GOLD
Barter Players
And
Three Home Games
VOLUME 29
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1950
NUMBER 8
UPSTAIRS IN THE PRESS AND RADIO BOX
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Barter Players Visit Campus
The press and radio tables i n the east balcony of the Alumni Memorial Gym were filled for t
he opening game with Catawba. Morty Schapp, sports announcer for Station WBBB, Burlington,
isshown at the extreme left as h e broadcast the game. Others (left to right) are A1 Harrington
and Bob Weston, also of Station WBBB; Carroll Poplin, of the Winston-Salem Journal; Charlie
Harville, of Greensboro’s Station WFMY; Moses Crutchfield, of the Greensboro Daily News; Earl He
Hen, of the Greensboro Record; and Elton Casey, of the Durham Sun.
Elon Plays Host To Large Group
Of Newspaper And Radio Guests
Dorm Girls
Handed Neiv
Dating Rules
Two new rules concerning dat
ing were handed down ot the
dormitory girls Monday night of
last week at a “house” meeting.
The effect of these regulations,
will be felt by many students, boys
and girls alike.
Mrs. Lyles announced at th«
meeting that, as of Tuesday, Jan
uary 17, there will be no more
dating permitted in the parlor of
Ladies’ Hall. Any resident of the
dormitory, who wishes to have a
parlor date, must take her gentle
man caller to the parlor in West
Dormitory. This ruling came
about ts the result of alleged vio
lations of Inter-Dormitory rules,
which govern dating ugrelations
on the campus.
Another new rule concerns vis
iting families living in Veteran’s
Apartments. In the past many
of the Veteran students and
their wives have invited dormi
tory students to their homes for
week-end visits. In the future,
according to the announcement
from the Dean of Women, only
one such invitation shall be ac
cepted each month.
It is reported that this decis
ion was reached as the result of
a very unfortunate incident, in
volving one of Elon’s students. It
seems that a certain Miss “X” ov
er-stayed her dating time one
night and sought lodgings for the
night in the home of one of the
married stttdents.
She apparently knew the hus
band but had not been introduced
to the wife. After a short discus-
• sion between husband and wife,
the homeless student was sent on
Jier way, to seek shelter at some
other place. Of course, the news
found its way back to the campus,
and eventually to the Dean of
Women, leading to the new rule
designed to foster peace in the
Veterans’ Apartments.
Elon College played host to the
largest group of newspaper and
radio men in the institution’s his
tory on Saturday afternoon and
evening, January 14th, the occas
ion being the “house-warming”
opening of the magnificent new
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium.
Invitations had been sent to
more than fifty sports editors,
sports writers and sports an
nouncers to come to Elon on Sat
urday afternoon for a conducted
tour of the new gymnasium and
to remain on the campus for din
ner and for the game that night.
The invitations covered a wide
territory, from far eastern North
Carolina and Virginia to Asheville
in the west. Despite th« fact that
Saturday night is the busiest time
of the week for the -gentlemen of
press and radio, and despite the
fact that Elon was competing with
the N. C. State-LaSalle cage clas
sic in Raleigh, there was a goodly
response.
Those who accepted the invita
tion and availed themselves of
Elon’s hospitality included Morty
Schapp and A1 Harrington, of
Radio Station WBBB, Burlington;
Charlie Harville, of Radio Station
WFMY, Greensboro; Earl Hellen
sports editor of the Greensboro
Daily Record; Moses Crutchfield,
sports writer for the Greensboro
Daily News; Elton Casey, sports
scribe for the Durham Sun; Car
roll Poplin, of the sports staff of
the Winston-Salem Journal; and
Howard White, city editor, Rich
ard Morris, sports editor, and
iRchard Minor, telegraph editor
all of the Burlington Times-News
All of the group expressed
themselves as highly pleased with
the fine athletic facilities offered
by Elon’s new gymnasium and
physical education plant when
they vie\yed it during the after
noon tour, which included a view
of the old gymnasium in North as
well as the new gymnasium itself.
The honor guests were served
dinner in the college cafeteria
and expressed appreciation for
the very excellent meal served by
Mr. Horrell and his staff. They
were then conducted back to the
gymnasium for the grand open
ing, which was thus assured of
Legislature
Enacts Bills
At Busy Meet
The Student Legislature had a
busy session last Wednesday
night as it convened for the first
time since the Christmas holi
days, several bills being disposed
of which had accumuUted on
the agenda.
A motion was introduced to
grant Senior privileges to the girls
on the Honor Council, Student
Council and Student Legislature.
After much debate among the
small assembly of delegates, the
bill was defeated when Speaker
Mizell voted to cause a tie. He
stated that his reason for defeat
ing the bill was due to the fact
that the number of representa
tives present was a bare minimum
to declare a quorum, and that,
under those circumstances, it
would probably be best to delay
final action on such a controversal
issue until such time as attend
ance would be larger.
A bill was submitted and pass
ed to amend the bill passed at the
last meeting concerning the col
lection of Student Body Fees. Ac
cording to the new proposal, the
annual fees shall be collected at
the rate of fifty cents per quar
ter for each student. This fee
shall be paid to the Secretary-
Treasurer of the Student Body at
the time of registration. Upon
receiving payment of the fee, the
treasurer shall stamp the regis
tration card and endorse it with
his signature. No student shall
be permitted to attend any class
without this stamp and signature.
It was reported to the assembly
that students had been barred
from the lower seating section at
the last basketball game. This
brought discussion, but there was
no definite action on the matter
because sufficient evidence was
not presented to warrant a ruling.
However, the matter will be in
vestigated in an attempt to clear
up any misunderstanding and con
fusion that has been caused by the
matter.
Church Meet
Opens Hepe
On Sunday
Many of the leaders of the Con
gregational Christian church will
gather here at Elon from Sunday
through next Wednesday for a
Christian Workers Conference,
which is carried out each year as
a memorial to the late Col. E. E.
Holland, of Suffolk, Va. The
meet opens Sunday afternoon.
The theme of the conference
will be “Better Churchmanship,”
with emphasis laid on laymen’s
work, the ministry, stewardship
and evangelism. Local leaders
for the gathering include Dr.
Leon E. Smith, Elon president;
Dr. John G. Truitt, president of
the Southern Convention; Dr. W.
T. Scott, superintendent of the
Southern Convention; and George
D. Colclough, Laymen’s Fellow
ship chairman.
An outstanding group of lead
ers has been scheduled to partici
pate on the program. Dr. Martin
L. Goslin, of the First Congrega
tional Church, Evanston, 111.; Rev.
Roy C. Helfenstein, of the First
Congregational Church, Rich
mond, Va.; Ira D. Black, of New
York, associate director of city
work for the Board of Home
Missions; Walter A. Graham, of
the National Laymen’s Fellow
ship; Thomas L. Moose, of Rock
well, laymen’s leader for the
Evangelical and Reformed
Church; and Janies D. Biven, of
Charlotte, who will demonstrate
Christian films.
SEEK SCRIPT FOR
CAMPUS MUSICAL
Plans for the all-student
musical show for the Spring
Quarter are hanging^ fire, des
pite the fact that many stu
dents have expressed a desire
that the Elon Players make the
dramatic extravaganza an an
nual evfent on the campus,
The question of creative tal
ent is exactly the point upon
which the plans have been hang
ing, for Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith,
head of the Player group, has
thus far had no scripts submit
ted for consideration. Student
musicians and writers are urged
to submit scripts for such a
show if they wish one staged
this year.
Dramatic Group Plays
Here Tuesday Evening
INCOMPATIBLE
Cars and Colley dogs just don’t
get along. Added proof of this
statement was found in the death
of Mike, frisky little black cock
er, property of Prof. and Mrs. J.
C. Colley, which occurred early
last Thursday afternoon when the
dog was struck by a car near the
Colley home. The Colleys lost
another pet dog less than a year
ago when their collie was struck
by a car during the high school
basketball tournament.
SC A Plans
Boys^ Club
In Community
The Student Christian Associa
tion, in keeping with its program
of service to the college and com
munity, laid plan;? at a recent
meeting to promote a Commun
ity Boys’ Club for the youth of
Elon College.
This was announced by Oliver
Howell, president of the associa
tion, who stated that John Hanna
will serve as leader for this new
project. Mr. Hanna stated that
the new club would cater to boys
from six to fourteen years of age.
The SCA members, before plan
ning this project, discussed the
matter with some of th« civic
leaders of the community, and
the leaders gave the plan their
hearty approval.
Another project on the agenda
for the SCA is its membership
dijive, first announce(JI in De
cember. Charlotte Rothgeb and
Max Vestal will direct this cam-
%
paign for members, which will
feature a square dance in the old
gymnasium, on Friday night of
this week. All students are
vited to attend.
Masonic Club
Is New Group
For Students
The Elon College Masonic Club
is the latest organization to join
the roster of campus groups.
Formed by a group of Masonic
brethren on the campus with
the aid of Dr. William M.
Brown, the club has just receivea
brethren in tlie student body
its charter from the National
League of Masonic Clubs.
The rgoup was formed to pro
vide Masonic fraternity among
members who are away from their
home lodges while in college. Any
Master Mason at Elon College,
either student or faculty mem
ber, who is interested in the or
ganization is invited to contact
James Hailey for further informa
tion.
Because the club is still in the
process of organization, regular
officers have not yet been install
ed. The group is operating un
der the temporary chairmanship
of Fred Allred until the constitu
tion is completed and the perina-
nent officers are duly elected.
Rushing Parties
Start This Week
With the quarterly “Bid Night”
scheduled just two weeks ahead
on Saturday, February 11th, the
usual round of fraternity and so
rority rushing parties will get un
derway this weekend and contin
ue at intervals until the pledges
are taken.
The Pan-Hellenic and campus
rules set the rushing parties for
the final two weeks before “Bid
Night’,’ and this coming weekend
marks the beginning of that per
iod for the four fraternities and
four sororities.
On Tuesday evening, January
31st, Whitley Auditorium will be
come a professional playhouse on
the ocasion of the yearly visit of
the world famous Barter Theatre
company to the campus of Elon
College. This annual perform
ance by the Barter Players is one
of the high spots of the current
Lyceum Series presented by the
College.
“Dangerous Corner,” a psycho
logical mystery play by the Eng
lish playwright and novelist, J.
B. Priestley, is the latest produc
tion by Robert Porterfield's Bar
ter Theatre Company.
Priestley, one of England’s best
known writers, has been repre
sented in this country by many
plays, novels and motion pictures.
His most popular works in the fic
tion field have been “The Good
Companions” and i “Angel Pave
ment.” “Dangerous Corner” orig
inally appeared in 1932 as a novel,
and proved so successful in that
form that Priestley was asked to
dramatize it. As a play “Danger
ous Corner” is the age-old one of
Pandora’s Box. During the course
of a friendly dinner party there is
a discussion of the merits of tell
ing the truth. One of the char
acters remarks that “Telling the
truth is about as healthy as skid
ding around a corner at sixty.”
Soon afterward, an innocent mus
ical cigarette box sets off a train
of revelations in which all of the
play’s seven characters are in«
volved. The insistence of the host
of the party, Robert Chatfield, on
knowing the full truth about the
circumstances surrounding h i s
younger brother’s suicide a year
before, uncovers a lurid trail of
promiscuity, embezzlement, man
slaughter and shattered illusions,
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PLAYERS SELECT CAST
FOR COMEDY OFFERING
New talent, returning talent, and
some tried and true talent is the
keynote of the casting results of
the Elon Players’ next produc
tion, “Out of the Frying Pan,” to
be presented on the Whitley stage
on February 14th and 15th.
The new faces which will greet
Players’ patrons from behind the
footlights of Whitley Auditorium
are those of Ann Truitt, Gardner
Underhill II, Dick Levine and Bill
Kivett. Faces which have been
absent from Players’ productions,
but will be welcomed back, are
those of Bill Hopkins and Carolyn
Poythress. The tried and true
are Nash Parker, Virginia Davis,:
Rosamond Bromley, Robert Wal
ker and Edward Engles.
A former Broadway comedy hit,
“Out of the Frying Pan” brought
this comment from a critic on the
NEW YORK POST, “—proved to
be one of the merriest Broadway
ievents in weeks—.” The script
of the play indicates that a simi
lar reaction will be forthcoming
from the Player’s audiences.
“Out of the Frying Pan” is the
story of three stage-struck cou
ples ' who are sharing an apart
ment directly above that of a
GETS PLAY ROLE
Rosamond Bromley will play
one of the ingenue leads in
“Out of the Frying Pan,” the
new farce comedy to be pre-
sentel by the Elon Players on
February 14 th and 15th in
Whitley Auditorium.
Broadway producer whom thfcy
are out to impress with their tal
ents. When at last they get the
producer in their apartment, they
stage a murder scene as evidence
of their abilities. The young peo
ple are so successful that the po
lice swarm into the scene creat
ing a hilarious misunderstnding.
As is the way with all good com
edies, the ending of the play sat
isfies everyone, and the future of
the six young people seems to
hold some promise.
The third production of the
Elon Players is a return to farce
comedy in a bid for larger audi
ences. “Out of the Frying Pan”
has proved itself to be an audi
ence pleaser in the past, and
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, the
Players’ director hopes that this
show will result in increased pat
ronage of the efforts of her
company.
Committees for the produc
tion have not yet been named,
leaving opportunities for students
who wish to participate in the
behind-the-scenes activities of
this play.
The usual curtain time of 8:15
will be observed, and tickets will
be on sale at each performance.
The entire production will be un
der the direction of Mrs. Smith.
Baritone Well
Received Here
The young American Baritone,
Floyd Worthington, came to Elon
as a widely heralded singer and
the enthusiastic reception given
him by last night’s Lyceum Se
ries audience heartily seconded
the critical acclaim he has gained
on concert stages throughbut the
country.
His program, which displayed
his versatility and virtuosity,
ranged from a Brahm’s Lieder to
several contemporary selections.
Drawing on his extensive operat
ic repertoire, Worthington sang
the aria. Credo in un Dio crudel,
from Verdi’s “Otello.”
Part of Warthington’s artistry
lies in his emotional range as weU
as his voice range. He has the
enviable capacity to project ex
actly the mood he desires, and
shift quickly from one emotion to
another.
The entire concert made for an
enjoyable musical experience for
the Lyceum audience, who were
again treated to a high calibre at
traction.
ADDED DEAN’S LIST
Four new names have been
added to the Dean’s List, original
ly published before Christmas
holidays. She additions are Max
ine Abercrombie, Hal Foster, Rob
ert Wright, and Joe Westmore
land, who rated the honor roll
group after facutly members
cleared up the incompletes oo
itheir original report of grades.