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Student Musical On Whitley Stage Tonight * ♦ • ••• 4>*« • « The Question Is: “Are You Havingr Any Fun?” MAROON AND GOLD * « * Tbe Answer Lies In The Student Musical VOLUME 29 ELON COLLEGE, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 3. 1950 ! k NUMBER 14 PLAN MAY DAY FESTIVAL HERE &4 TURD A Y Mirth And Merriment Feature AnnualShow BEAUTY RULES OVER ELON'S MAY COURT AIR FORCE TEAM COMING TO ELON The United States Army Air Forces will send a special team of officers to Elon College on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 18-19, to interview students interested in a career in mili tary aviation. This was an nounced this week by Major Leslie McLaurin, of Shaw Field, who is in charge of recruiting air corps personnel in this area. He stated that a veteran jet pilot, with combat experience in the Pacific, will be on hadn to answer all questions concern ing pilot, navigator and OCS training. He pointed out, too, that the board coming to Elon will be a complete processing unit for young men who may wish to enlist in the program. Local headquarters for the unit will be in the Student Union. Roberts^ Talk In Chapel Is Interesting One of the most entertaining chapel talks of the year vtfas that given by Dr. Arthur E. Roberts, world-famous Cincinnati Scout and youth leader, who urged mem bers of the graduating class to considered spiritual as well as fi nancial values in choosing their jobs after graduation. He spoke in encouraging terms of the job prospect, declaring that there is always a job for those who have something to of fer, although he ipointed out that it is difficult “to fit a $5,000 edu cation into a $10,000 job.” He cited the fact that money does not mean everything and noted that most of those found in “Who’s Who” came from homes with less than $1,200 annual income. After these introductory re marks, Dr. Roberts turned to some of his varied experiences during a forty-year career in youth work, a career that has carried him abroad seven times and into every major nation except Aus tralia, New Zealand, Venezuela and Bolivia. He dwelt in particu lar on his experiences in Prague ir 1938 when Germany marched into Czechoslovakia to take over ti:.-' Sudetenland. Dr. Roberts spoke later that mornir-3 to members of several history classes and then in the af ternoon addressed members of the faculty at a special faculty meeting. He expressed himself as favorably 'mpressed with Elon ^ ' BIG COUNTING JOB Prof. J. Earl Danieley, always of the scientific mind, came up last week wtih some interesting figures, in which he calculated the amazing time it would take every person in the United States to count the atoms in one ounce of aluminum. He figures that if 150,000,000 men, women and children were to count at the rate of 5 per second for every second of every day, it would take more than 26,660,000 years to complete the counting job. A full menu of mirth and merri ment will be served to the near- capacity audience, which is ex pected to be on hand tonight when the orchestra takes the down beat and the curtains part' on the second annual all-student musical show to be presented in Whitley auditorium at 815. This year’s show, "Are You Having Any Fun?” which was written by Nash Parker and Allen Peerce has a large cast which has been hard at work under the di rection of Nash Parker. A nine- piece band has been rehearsing for several weeks under the tute lage of Prof. Jacobowsky to give the show the professional touch. Sixteen songs, including chorus numbers and solos, are on the program and will be interspersed with comedy routines. “Are You Having Any Fun?” is actually a show within a show since it is written around some supposed ef forts of the Elon Players. Harry Farmer, Navarre Barron and Buddy Fogleman are the men who will carry the brunt of the comedy in the show, and a steady stream of laughs from start to finish is promised. Geneva Cooper and Jack Castle will pro vide the romantic interest as the leading characters in “Are You Having Any Fun?” Other featured performers in the student show are Emma Jean Clayton and Charles Lynam, Chorus members and supporting performers are: Frank Cassel, Marion Turk, Bob Walker, Jane Peterson, Jane Upchurch and Virginia Davis. (Continued On Page Four) I HIS HIGHNESS Nina Wilson, Eton’s 1950 May Queen, is shown above, with the ladies of her court. They are (left to right) Maxine Aber crombie, Dorothy Parker, Beth Fairte, Shirley Joyner, and La- verne Russell. Dorothy Parker will serve as maid-of-honor, with Misses Abercrombie and Russell repersenting the junior class and Misses Raine and Joy ner from the senior class. At the left is James Elkins, chosen by the students as the King of May, while to the right is Miss Ruby Adams, director of physi cal education for women, who has been the guiding genius in tUe plans for the annual page ant. The festival will be staged on the south campus on Satur day of this week. GUIDING GENIUS May Court Coronation Pageantry Is Planned Pomp and pageantry will blend in a colorful ceremony as the stu dents of Elon stage their annual May Day festival on the campus before the south entrance to Ala mance on Saturday afternoon, v/ith the program climaxed by the coronation of the King and Queen of May. The pageant will be staged un der the auspices of the Women’s Athletic Association, with the co operation of the music depart ment. The program has been built around a general theme of the United Nations, according to Miss Ruby Adams, director of wo men’s physical education, who has directed the preparations. The setting, dances and music have all been blended, with the idea of transporting the audience on an imaginary trip around the world to view the May Day cele brations in various nations. Prof. William H. Struhs will serve as speaker for the occasion, introduc ing the various numbers. The comedy element will be Introduc ed in the person of Leon Taylor, the court jester. England will be represented by the Morris dancers, featuring Walter Temple, George Shackle ford, Eugene Johnson, Worth Womble, Dave Ingram and Jack Golden, with a solo version of the “Sailor’s Hornpipe” by Leon Tay lor. Portraying Ireland will be the Irish Lilt, with Louise Harris, Jane Peterson, Joe Bateman and Malcolm McCracken. This will be followed by Scottish customs, featuring Carl Coley in a solo ver sion of the Highland Fling. (Continued On Page Four) Collegiate Press Honors Elon Writers, As Maroon and Gold Wins Top Ranking Spring Dance Much Enjoyed Last Friday Lovers of the dance had their moment of joy last Friday night v/hen the annual “Spring Formal” was staged on the spacious floor of Elon’s beautiful Alumni Me morial Gymnasium. It marked the first use of the new gym for a social occasion, and the result was highly enjoyable to all. Music for the event, which last ed from 8 o’clock until midnight, was furnished by Jimmy Perkins and his orchestra, well known Bur lington musical group, and the music, both sweet and hot, lived up to the standard set by the band in previous appearances at Elon. The formal featured far less elaborate decorations than usual, but the spacious expanse of the new gymnasium itself, with its brightly shining floor, made the setting one to be long remember ed. Members of the committees that staged the eveht included Martha Ellen Johnson, Charles Johnson, Evelyn Booth, Bill Kivett, George Etheridge, Jeanne Pittman, Bill Hopkins, Charlotte Rothgeb, Jack Hunley and Worth Womble. The Maroon and Gold brought home a second successive state championship from the 1950 ses sions of the North Carolina Col legiate Press Association, which were held at Woman’s College in Greensboro on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last, being chosen by professional newspaper men as the best bi-weekly college news paper in the state. This honor repeated the one won at Raleigh a year ago, when the Maroon and Gold was given top ranking in Class B. The Class B grouping is made according to frequency of publication, includ ing all senior college papers that are published not oftener than every two weeks. The N. C. State paper, “Tbe Technician,” was tops in Class A. The student journalists from Elon went further this year and brought home one top individual ranking, and two runner-up j choices for special pieces of re porting. These individual honors were “open” affairs and were won in competition with all university and college newspapers in the state, regardless of publication ' schedule. best single piece of sports report ing to appear in a college news paper in the state this year. Spiv ey won the honor with his story of Elon’s 33 to 7 football victory over the East Carolina Pirates last fall. Spivey’s story appeared in the October 12th issue of the Elon paper. Spivey was also elected unanimously as state vice-presi dent. Bob Wlright, editor-in-chief of the Maroon and CJold, and Jen- Joe Spivey, assistant sports ed itor for the Maroon and Gold, won the top individual honor when he tied with Buddy Vaden, sports editor of the University of North Carolina Tar Heel for the M. AND G. LEADERS TO RECEIVE KEYS Outstanding and veteran members of the Maroon and Gold staff for the 1949-1950 col lege year will be presented this spring with small gold keys, tokens of appreciation for the long hours of hard work they contributed to make the success of the Elon College paper dur ing the term drawing to a close. Few student groups work harder or contribu^ more to the advancement of the college than do those who labor to produce and publish the newspaper, and few have received less personal recognition. Obviously, the awards can go to only a few of those on the staff, and winners will be presented in a special award ceremony before the close of the spring quarter. nings Berry, a member of the pa per’s reportorial staff, joined to bring the runner-up honors for the best straight news reporting back to the Christian campus. This contest was also open to all colleges in the state, regardless of state, and once more it took a re porter from Carolina’s Daily Tar Heel to top the Elon writers. Bob Wright was also honored when he was asked to preside over the edi torial panels and to introduce the guest speakers. It so happened that both of Elon’s rated stories were musical reviews, a style of reporting usu ally very difficult. Wright won with his story on the male quartet performances, which was printed in the Maroon and Gold for No vember 22nd, while Berry gained his mention for his review of the Elon Choir presentation of “The Messiah,” which appeared in the Christmas issue of the paper. Only nine student writers won any individual mention at all, including three from the Univer sity of North Carolina, three from Elon and one each from Duke University, North Carolina State and Woman’s College. Other category winners included Zane Robbins, of the Daily Tar Heel, for the best sports column; Betsy Newman, of Woman’s College, for the best regular column; Ted Williams, of N. C. State, for the (Continued On Page Four; Vestal Plans Trip To Italy For Summer Max Vestal, 19-year-old fresh man ministerial student from Asheboro, is going to Italy this summer to spend the vacation months in a volunteer work camp, similar to the one which Baxter Twiddy, another Elon student, vis ited in Germany last summer. Vestal is going to te camp, lo cated near Turin, through the generosity of the Youth Fellow ship groups in churches all over the South Convention of the Con gregational Christian Church which contributed nearly $600 to pay his expenses and make the trip possible. The campaign for the funds was led by Baxter Twiddy, who found his own trip last summer very profitable. Thes Asheboro youth will leave June 15th and will return on Au gust 15th after visiting France, Germany and Italy. Vestal graduated at Asheboro High in 1948 as salutatorian of his class, and for the past two months he has been preaching at the First Congregational Christi an Church in Asheboro, serving in the illness of the pastor. EARLY DELIVERY FOR PHI PSI CLI The Elon students can look forward to having their 1950 is sue of the Phi Psi Cli by around the middle of May, according to the latest information from Ira Cutrell, who served as editor- in-chief of the campus annual this year. He stated some days ago that all the proofs had been received, checked and returned to the printer. Excellent work by the Phi'Psi Cli staff is attested by the fact that there were very few correc tions to be made in the final proofs. In fact, about the only major change needed was to bring the basketball section up to date to give credit to the Elon cagers for their unexpected rise to glory in the Conference Tour nament. Elon Youth Plays Well In Symphony A capacity audience applauded loud and long in Whitley Auditor ium on April 24th to show their enjoyment and approval of the talented offerings of Fred Sahl- mann and the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Benjamin Swalin. The symphonic program was one which was certain to please Alamance concert-goers. It fea tured the famUiar and popular Symphony No. 5 by Tschaikowsky and Liszt’s Concerto No. 1 with Sahlmann as soloist. Under the energetic direction of Dr. Swalin the orchestra gave a robust interpretation of the Tschaikowsky Symphony, and they were fully up to the chang ing moods demanded by the movements of this orchestral work. Their releases were par ticularly effective. " Sahlmann gave another fine performance as the featured so loist. The Elon student showed complete mastery of the score, and received an enthusiastic ova tion at the end of the concerto. The regular program was filled out with three orchestral offer ings which were light and ex tremely well presented. The pas toral selection, ‘Shepherd Girl’s Sunday,” as arranged by Dr. Swa lin was most pleasing. “Rumba- lero” and “Tales From the Vienna Woods” were definite audience pleasers. Generous with encores, the Symphony augmented the printed program with several novelty se lections. Taking all things into consideration, the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra gave us one of the finest evenings experienced on the campus this year. It is to be hoped that Elon College will be on their itinerary for all time. DR. DOLLAR HERE Dr. Jesse Dollar, former pastor of the Elon College church, who left here early this year to accept the pastorate of the Liberty Spring Christian Church near Suffolk, Va., was here last week to remove his furniture to his new home in eastern Virginia.