t^AGE FOUR
MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, May 2, 1951
Elon Opera JVorkshop Will Present Student
Program Of Opera Scenes Monday^ May 14
W INS STATE PRIZE
The Elon Opera Workshop,
which became an official part of
the music curriculum of the col
lege last October, will present a
program of scenes from famous
operas on the stage of Whitley
Auditorium at ,8:15 o’clock on
Monday evening. May 14th
This is the second series of
grand opera scenes to be offered
by the Opera Workshop this year,
and the program will be staged
under the direction of Robert C.
Bird, of Raleigh, head of North
Carolina’s Grass Roots Opera
Company, who has also directed
the local worskhop this year. He
will be assisted by Miss Virginia
Groomes, of the Elon music fac
ulty, and by James Clyburne, stu
dent accompanist.
One of the opera scenes plan
ned is from “The Old Maid and
the Thief,” written by Menotti,
1he setting of -which is a small
town somewhere in the United
States. The plot revolves about
an old maid, Miss Todd, who
shows hospitality to a rather
handsome tramp. The cast for
this scene will include Judy In
gram, as Miss Todd; Annie Laura
Albright, as Laetitia: Dolores
Evans, as Miss Pinkerton; and
Roger Gibbs, as Bob.
The local singers will also pre
sent two acts of Mozart’s famous
opera, “The Marriage of Figaro,”
which shows Figaro eternally frus
trated in his efforts at marriage.
Complications result when the
Count becomes interested in Su
sanna, Figaro’s fiancee; while
Cherubina, a page boy, is madly
in love with the Countess.
The cast for these scenes in
cludes Charles Lynam, as Figaro;
Miss Virginia Groomes, as Susan
na; Jimmy Rhodes, as Doctor
Bartclo; Madeline Heffinger, as
Marcellino; Geneva Williford, as
Cherubina; Roger Gibbs, as Count
Almaviva; Jack Castle, as Don
Basilio; Justyn Carter, as Count
ess Almaviva; and Ben Stephen
son, as Antonio, the gardener.
ALL DRESSED AND READY FOR OPERA SCENES
Student Body
Head Issues
Statement
Roger Gibbs, newly elected
president of the Elon College
Stdent Body, accepted this week
the invitation of the Maroon and
Gold staff and released yesterday
a statement in regard to policies
and plans for student government
during the coming year. The
complete text of the statement,
addressed to the students, is as
follows:
“In the interest of keeping you
well informed of the functions of
your student government, this ar
ticle and others to follow are be-
ing published. 1
“I am sorry that we cannot list ■
at this writing the names ^ of all
dormitoi’y officers and the dormi
tory representatives to the legis
lature. However, dormitory meet
ings have or will be called this Fred Grant
week for the purpose of electing Hobbs, Charles Johnson,
West Winner
Of Statewide
Poetry Prize
PROF. JOHN F. WEST
officers, and their names will be Jones, Dave Kennedy, Dick Lee,
made public when the elections Curtis Martin, Ray McKepzie,
All dressed and ready for an opera appearance are six members fo the Elon College opera
^.orkshop. The singers in the above group, who presented a scene from “The Marriage
a( a D.A.R. tea at the Alamance Hotel in Burlington last Friday afternoon, are (left to right) Jack
Castle, as Don Basilio; Geneva Williford, as Cherubina; Charles Lynam. as Figaro; Miss Virginia
Groomes, as Susanna; Roger Gibbs, as Count Almavia; and Madeline Heffinger, as Marcellino. They
will also appear in the opera scenes here on Monday evening. May 14th.
Varsity Baseball Gaines
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ELON 12, SWEPSONVILLE 4
The Christians combined eleven I
the mound, allowing the Swep-
sonville batters only four hits.
Meanwhile, Ben Kendall paced the
hits with nine bases on balls to ^ double and two
defeat the Swepsonville All-Stars
in a seven-inning tilt at Swepson
ville on Wednesday night, April
25th. The game was close in the
early innings, with the teams tied
at 4-all after four innings, but the
Christians broke the battle wide
open in the fifth with a six-run
rally.
Pete Sykes, freshman right
hander, worked a nice game on
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Hank Hamrick southpawed his
way to his fourth Conference vic
tory of the season as he let the
Appalachian Mountaineers down
with five hits in pitching Elon to
a 9 to 1 win here last Thursday
afternoon, April 26th.
Bob Rogers, Shag Myers and
Carroll Reid topped the Elon hit
ting with two hits each, one of
Myers’ blows being a triple and
one of Reid’s hits a towering trip
le to the left field wall.
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COLONNADES COMING
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farewell fight in Mexico, written
hy Elmer Thomas; “Tired Minds,”
which makes you wonder when
yesterday ended and tomorrow
begins, by John Spirko; “Address
Unknown,’’ written by Jack Good
win and which teaches one to
check their cards and carry a big
stick when sitting into a game
with strangers; and “The W'astrel,”
in which Ed Engles asks the old.
old question as to’who is the w’as-
Irel, the young man who wanders
about enjoying life or the worn
out man. who has given his life
to a machine.
It will also feature three inter
esting pieces of non-fiction, in
cluding “Shore Leave In Molo-
tovsk,” in which Ed Engles tells
how a young sailor was impressed
by the harshness of Communism
as reflected in .the dull existence
of ordinary people in Russia;
“Take That, Mr. Smarty Pants
Robinson,” written under the
ftom-de-plume of One of Ouh
Boys and which defies exact des
cription; and ‘The Cycle of Sex in
Literature,” written by the staff
and which is a scohlarly treatise
pointing out that the present
mania for sex literature is no new
trend, but a recurrence that seems
to arrive inevitably after the con
servatism of the Victorian Period.
Haffs Have
Netv Tenant
Jiminy Cricket is a new ten
ant in the home of Dr. Richard
Haff, of the Elon biology faculty,
blit the, readers must not jump to
the conclusion that the new ten
ant is crowding the Haff family
too much, for Jiminy Cricket is a
baby rabbit.
Barely six inches long and
quite young, Jiminy was discov
ered by Austin Brewer while he
was practicing baseball, and the
varsity pitcher presented the
youngster to Dr. Haff for use in
the Biology Department.
Jiminy was placed in a box for
his first night in the Haff house
hold, but the visitor promptly
leaped twice the length of his
body through an air-hole in the
top of the box,, and he proceeded
to seek new quarters in the Haff
living room. Dr. Haff then as
signed the young jumper sleep
ing quarters in the bathtub.
Dr. Haff termed it an interest
ing experiment to try raising the
baby rabbit, and he used the trial-
and-error method to determine
the visitor’s diet. Milk was tried
through an eye dropper, but Jini-
iny Cricket refused. Celery, cab-
•>age and lettuce were tried to no
avail. It spems that Jiminy Crick
et prefers clover, and he is such
an individualist that he prefers
to eat in private.
are completed. Also, an election
is forthcoming to choose a new'
head cheerleader, as well as new
members of the student council.
For the latter, two members are
elected by and from the men stu
dents and two by and from the
women students. The fifth mem
ber, Dick Lee, was elected in the
general election just pa=‘
‘Appointees for the dance com
mittee, the student entertainment
committee and the campus orien
tation committee are already un
der consideration. A committee
to study the cpnstitution with a
view to possible revision may be
appointed next year. There are
some phases of the constitution
which are out of date or vague in
their meaning and which could
well be revised^ ••
“The general policies of this
administration were emphasized
during the campaign and will be
carried out. Other policies or
plans have been formulated to
help you get better acquainted
with the machinery of student
government and to encourage
school spirit. These will be put
into action at times most appro
priate to their purpose.
“Though I am hesitant at using
this column for personal senti
ments, I should like to close with
my sincere thanks to you for your
support in the election and with
hopes for your continued cooper
ation in student affairs.”
Prof. John Foster West, membe
of the English faculty of Elou
College, has just been notific«.S
that he won first prize in the
state-wide poetry contest, which
was sponsored for 1951 by the
North Carolina Poetry Society.
The award of the prize in the
poetry contest was revealed to
Professor West in a letter from
Charlotte Young, of Charlotte,
who is president of the organiza
tion of poets. She informed West
that the award would be present
ed at a banquet in Charlotte on
Tuesday night of this week.
The prize for the winne ■
amounts to $25 in cash, plus a
year’s free membership in the sc
ciety. Plans also call for the
publication of the winning poem.
Husky Hal!, Jesse | “Opposites,” in a forth
coming anthology of North Caro
lina poetry.
Professor West has had his
work, which includes poems, fic
tion and non-fiction articles, pub
lished in The Atlantic, Life and
other national magazines. He
was runer-up in the Dodd Mead
Intercollegiate Fellowship for
Novels while attending the Uni-
MAY DAY FESTIVAL
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E. V.
Archie Morgan, Leonard Morgan,
Charles Norfleet, Parks Nonrian,
Louis Rangel, Billy Renn, Jack
Rose, Deward Scott. Alvis Shel
ton, Edward Shomaker, Jim Snow,
Bob Summers, Frank Tingley, and
Harold Troxler.
Those slated to appear as either
vocal or instrumental musicians in j j^orth Carolina in 1947,
the pageant include Annie Laurie! , , , . ,
I and he has a second novel no-.v
Albright, Justyn Carter, Lynn t, . -j j i, i,i- u
’ ' being considered by a publisher.
Cashon, Jack Castle, Dolores Ev
ans, James Heffinger, Madeline
Heffinger, Judith Ingram, Andy
Meredith, Jimmie Rhodes, Prof.
W. H
stead. Members of the Elon
Choir will also appear as a group
to provide singing and background
music.
President Leon E. Smith too!;
to the air last week for a quick
Struhs, and Roberta Win- one-day business trip to Jackson
ville, Fla. The trip was made
from Burlington Airport in a pri
vate plane, owned by Walter W^il-
kins, business man of Norfolk,
A “Womanless Wedding” will
be staged at Elon High School on
aturday night of this week, star
ring Prof. J. W. Barney as the
bride and Prof. A. L. Hook as the
groom.
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Javelin—Garber (E), Evaul (G),
Greenwood (E). Distance— 134
feet, 10 inches.
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