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MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, April 19, 1950
Elon Players Give Fine
Showing Of ‘^Antigone’’
The Elon Players hit their high
peak of the 1949-1950 season with
their presentation of “Antigone”
in Whitley Auditorium on Tues
day and Wednesday nights of last
week, and theatre lovers who
have followed the student group’s
efforts for several years declared
it to be the finest production in
the history of the organization.
The play itself was entirely dif
ferent from anything offered thus
far this year, and the modern ver
sion of the old Greek tragedy,
adopted by Louis Galantiere from
the play by Jean Anouilh, found
great favor with the tragically
small audiences who saw the two
performances.
The play required more than
usual skill from the actors, but
all members of the cast approach
ed a professional level in the
rendition of their lines, and
they were aided materially by the
most beautiful stage setting of
the year and by one of the clev
erest lighting jobs ever seen on
the amateur stage.
The audience sensed the unusu
al in the play when Ed Engles,
handling the Greek Chorus in ex
cellent style, introduced the act
ors and foreshadowed the action
of the play itself. He returned to
the stage at intervals to interpret
the rapidly moving action.
High praise is due Rosemond
Bromley and Robert Wright, who
enacted in brilliant fashion the
principal roles of Antigone and
Creon, the tyrannical King of
Thebes. The real conflict in the
play lay between these two, with
Antigone defying the king’s edict
in an effort to bury her brother.
Creon had decreed that the
brother’s body must not be buried
as punishment for the brother’s
treason.
Others in the cast, all of whom
gave splendid performances, in
cluded Geneva Cooper, as Ismene,
sister of Antigone; Ann Truitt,
as Antigone’s old nurse; Ken Ja
cobs. as Haemon, son of Creon
Elon Scene
Rawls Gift
To College
Elon was the recipient of an
other in the long list of gifts from
Dr. Walter Rawls, St. Louis busi
ness man, when he appeared in
chapel on Wednesday, March 25th,
and presented the college with
one of his original paintings, a
beautiful campus scene showing a
view of Alamance Building.
Dr. Rawls, a native of Eastern
Virginia and a former parishioner
of President Smith at the Christi
an emple in Norfolk, has made
many substantial gifts to Elon in
years gone by A pioneer in the
field of television, he presented
the college in 1932 with the first
commercially built television set
made in America.
In appreciation for his many
benefactions and in recognition of
Dr. Rawls in the business world,
Elon conferred an honorary de
gree upon him in 1942. Dr. and
Mrs. Rawls, who have a summer
home in this state, were guests of
President and Mrs. Smith ot the
time the picture was presented.
DRAMATIC MOMENT IN PLAYER PRODUCTION
Varsity Baseball Games .. •
One of the dramatic scenes from “Antigone,” latest production of the Elon Players, is shown
above, with Antigone defying King Creon in an effort to effect the burial of the decaying body
of her dead brother. In the foreground is shown Antigone, played by Rosamond Bromley, and
Creon, played by Robert Wright. In the background are the nurse, played by Ann Truitt; the mes
senger, enacted by Glenn King; and the second guard, played by Baxter Twiddy.
Elon Visitor Has Had Interesting Career . ..
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Hank Hamrick and Joe Weaver
held the Patriots to seven hits but
gave twelve walks and suffered
from five errors. Hank DeSi
mone hit twice for Elon.
R. H. E.
Elon 020 000 000— *2 6 5
G’boro .... 302 200 04x—11 7 2
Hamrick, Weaver and DeSimone;
Wallerstein, Sinquefield and Wil-
BURLINGTON 4, ELON 0
Another loss at the hands of
professionals came when Elon met
the Burlington Bees here on Sat
urday night, April 8th, the Bees
chalking up a 4 to 0 decision as
Foote and Polink blanked the
Christians on six scattered hits.
Taylor and Siler, pitching for
Elon, allowed only eight hits, but
they came at opportune times for
the Bees. Rakes led the Christi
ans’ feeble batting, with Taylor
getting cerdit for the loss.
R. H. E.
Elon 000 000 000—0 6 1
Burlington 001 001 02x—4 '8. 1
Taylor, Siler and DeSimone,
Matz; Foote, Polink and Spaziano,
Hedrick.
ELON 4, CATAWBA 2
Elon and Catawba were tied for
the North State lead when tliey
met at Salisbury on Tuesday
night, April 11th, but Elon emreg-
ed victorious 4 to 2 when Carroll
Reid smacked a screaming double
in the eighth to cleafi- the sacks
and score three runs. It was the
second double of the game for
Reid, who led the Elon attack..
Bernard Walters started on the
mound for Elon and fanned tea
men in six and one-third innings',
while allowing four hits and two
runs. He was relieved by Hank
Hamrick, who fanned three and
allowed no hits the rest of the
way.
R. H. E.
Elon 000 010 030—4 5 2
Catawba — 010 000 100—2 4 4
Walters, Hamrick and DeSi
mone; Brendle, Bankhead and
Lyerly.
Rev. Joseph L. Moulton, a na
tive of Connecticut and a veteran
of thirty-one years of mission
work in India, was a visitor on tha
Elon campus on Wednesday, April
5th, when he spoke at the regular
chapel program. ■
and lover of Antigone; George
Seay. Baxter Twiddy, and Walker
Fesmire, as the king’s guards;
Gardner Underhill, as the page;
Glenn King, as the messenger;
and Evelyn Moore Graham, as Eu-
ridice, wife of Creon.
Bob Walker was stage manager,
with a crew that included Bob
Harned. Nash Parker. Bill Kivett.
Dick Levine and Billy Greene;
Dick Levine and Ray McKenzie
v/ere the electricians; Virginia
Davis and Martha Veazey had
charge of make-up; and Glenn
King served as prompter. The
stage setting itself was designed
by Warren Johnson and Jennings
Berry.
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"THE HUB OF CAMPUS LIFE"
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Germany and Russia in that same
year, and a survey in the Scandi
navian countries, Germany, Cech-
oslovakia and the Balkans in 1938.
All these interests abroad fail
ed to curb his activities at home,
and he pioneered a series of Boys’
Hobby Fairs, took part in 1934 in
the organization of the Cincinnati
Knot-Hole Club with 30,000 boys
as members and served as a
member of the Distinguished Vis
itors’ Committee of the National
Scut Jamboree in 1937. That
same year he served as director
of Red Cross Flood Rescue Work
in the Ohio River flood, directing
1,000 men and 850 boats that
transported an estimated 30,000
persons without a casualty.
When World War 11 came along
he served in many capacities,
working with the scrap conserva
tion program as a member of the
Naval College Training Commis
sion, which was selected by the
Secretary of the Navy in 1943. He
also found time in 1944 to com
plete the War Production Course
on personnel and management,
which was offered by the Harvard
University Graduate School.
With all these varied interests,
he has found time to belong to
rr'ost of the Cincinnati civic clubs,
the American Legion, Disabled
Veterans of World War I, the
Scottish Rite Masons and the
Shriners, and he has written a
number of well known books on
boys’ work. Among his honors
have been the award of the Hor-
naday Medal in 1929 (the second
ever given to an American), the
award of an honorary LL.D from
Hanover College and a place in
both the American and Interna
tional “Who’s Who.”
He has also found time for a
full and compelte family life, be
ing the father of twin sons and a
daughter. Both the sons were ac
tive in Scouting and rose to be
come Eagle Scouts and later be
came pilots in the Army Air
Forces during World War II.
Commercial Department...
Professional
Drama Group
Gives Play
A sizeable audience in Whitley
Auditorium was well pleased
with the Touring Players’ produc
tion of G. B. Shaw’s romantic om-
edy, “Caesar and Cleopatra,” pre
sented here on April 3rd.
This second offering of profes
sional theatre to be seen on the
campus stage this season brought
to local theatre-goers a competent
cast and an excellent play. This
happy combination proved to be
a special treat in an area starved
for a taste of the professional the
atre.
William Meyers, who played
Caesar, portrayed his character
up to the hilt. Esther Roice was
a vivacious Cleopatra. Carl Shel
don, who played Caesar’s lieuten
ant, Rufio, did an admirable job
with his role, and was a perfect
contrast to the benevolent Caesar.
The Touring Players’ company
proved their resourcefulness by
staging the many scenes required
by the Shaw play successfully on
the limited surface of the Whitley
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Robert Rubinate, a sophomore,
has come aU the way down here
from Riverdale, New York, to at
tend Elon. Bob intends to go into
CPA work, preferably in some
pleasant spot in the Dominican
Republic, or South America. Of
course, we all know that if the
spot is pleasant enough. Bob
won’t argue too much about the
location. He wants to be licensed
in New York, however, and in
tends to make a deeper study of
taxation and corporation finance.
A1 Pate, Maroon and Gold staff
cartoonist, wishes to do illustrat
ing for magazines. He has a
strong leaning toward cartooning,
as his excellent cartoons, which
appear frequently on these pages,
will testify.
All in all, the Department of
Business Administration offers
more opportunities than most
people realize. Not many fields
of education can compete with
it for variety. For anyone wish
ing to enter any phase of profes
sional life at all, some business
training seems to be essential.
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AND
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BURLINGTON, N. C.
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Gold Eleven Wins
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stage. The costuming was colorful jQj.g jjj opposing line-ups. Len
and effective. I Greenwood, Bob Edmiston, BiU
Groups like the Touring Play- Renn, Jim Snow and Jack Annas
ers are to be congratulated on paced thed efense for the winning
their objective, which is the de- ,Gold combination, while Sal Fero,
centralization of the theatre.' Colen Hodgson and Bill Johnson
There are too few companies | tackled viciously and often for the
which will submit to the grind of Maroon-jerseyed eleven. The
taking high calibre productions winning outfit was coached by Ar-
into the hinterlands. With resi-l
, ^ ^ , . . nold Melvin and the Maroon team
dent stock companies non-exist-!
ant, these theatrical nomads are Claude Manzi, both of whom
the only contact we have with the finished their Elon grid careers
professional stage. ilast fall.
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Faculty To Have
Ping Pong Meet
Entries are being taken for the
first annual Faculty Ping Pong
Tournament, which is to be staged
under the sponsorship of the
Physical Education Department.
Contests will be staged for both
men and women, providing there
are sufficient entries to render it
possible.
Thus far there are seven entries
in the men’s tournament, includ
ing Professors James C. Hodgetts,
J. C. Cooley, F. E. Reynolds, D.
J. Bowden, W. W. SUoan, John
F. West and Luther N. Byrd.
Mias Ruby Adams has signed for
the womea'c division. An entry
sheet is jKMted on tho faculty bul
letin board in Alamance,
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