Let’s Back Those
Christians
In The Totirnameiit
MAROON AND GOLD
And Here's Iljppy
Travelling
To Tile Klon Choir
I'LOJf COLLEGE, N. C.
WEDNESnAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1954
NtMBER 10
Elon Choir Plans Northern Tour During Spring Holidays
Dance Group
jiirain Topic
Of Ar^iument
Fierce argument raged on the
student legislature floor for two
solid hours on February lllli as|
ihe law-making body discussed a.
dance committee, adopted Roberts
Pules of Order, and appointed a
parliamentarian. I
A long drawn .)ui. highly argu-1
„,eiitive discussion was touched,
off when it was made known to |
the legislature that the president
of the student body had siibrait-
ted again the saiue committee that
had been rejected by the legisla
ture at is previous meeting. The
objection of the legislature to the
President's proposed committee is
that it includes no day students.
Both the day-student and the dor
mitory representatives seem to be
in agreement that the day students |
.should be represented on the
dance committee. I
T! controversy arose when the i
law makers tried to reach an |
agreement as to how to bring j
this about, since the day student
'organization failed to be repre
sented at a meeting of the vari
ous campus organizations which
elected members to serve on the
dance committee. The list submit
ted by the President includes
those elected from the various or
ganizations and two members-at-
large appointed by the President.
It is the job of the legislature
to either aprove or reject this pro
posed list. After much wrangling
over technical points of both par
liamentary procedure and the stu
dent constitiition, a motion was
nade that the legislature for the
second time reject the committee.
11 carried by a small margin. The
situation has now reached a par
liamentary stalemate, and the leg
islature or the president will have
to change their stands before
plans can get under way for the
spring formal.
The concluding business saw the
law ;nakers vote to conduct their
meetings under Roberts’ Rules of
Order, and speaker Tom Targett
appoint Norman Riddle as Parlia
mentarian.
CHRISTIAN SINGERS WILL SPEND V ACATION ON CONCERT TOUR
Offer Concerts A s Fur
North As Neiv Eng^laiid
PLAYS FOR CliOIR
i;
The thirty-six members of fhe Elon Choir wno are slated for the annual northern tour during the spring holidays, are pictured
above in the formal dress that will be featured in their personal appearance concerts. Pictured left to right, the singers are as follows;
I-RONT ROW—Golda Brady, Ramceur; Tyler Hight, Henderson; IIolen Craven, Ramseur; Ginger Ballard, Norfolk, Va.; Lsura Sea
man, Henderson; Donald .McDaniel, Fayetteville; and Grace Bozarth. Elon College. SECOND ROW—Patsy Fuller, H^;nd;r.son; Lewis
Gwin, Norfolk, Va.; Shirley Womack, Olivia; Laverne Brady, Robbins; Ronnie Black, Burlington; Harriett Talley, South Boston, Va.;
Mary Sue Colclough, Elon College; Bob Phelps, Fort Smith, Ark.; and Nannette iMatchan, Charleston. S. C. THIRD ROW — Sylvia
Smith, Henderson; '5'Iargaret Shoffner, .lulian; Richard Newman, Mebane; Jerry Smyre, Greensboro; Dalton Parker, Suffolk, Va.;
Phillip Mann, Cypress Chapel, V.; Shirley Cox, Elon College; and Shirley Chapman, Hillsboro, N.H. BACK ROW—Billy Ginn, Mount
Pleasant, S. C,; Lcis Scott, Elon College; Leslie Johnson, Holland, Va.; Betsy Johnson, Fuquay Springs; Eugene Harrell, Suffolk,
Va,; Meryle Mauldin, Winston-Salem; Joe Morris, Burlington; Kathleen MsDonald, Elon College; Jerry Lowder, Burlington; Judith
Chadwick, Bcxford, Mass; and John Womack, Olivia.
Barter Players Here Next Wednesday
Touriuiy Actors To Present
’T/io Gentlemen Of Verona^
SPRING VACATION
STARTS MARCH 5
With examinations tor the
winter quarter due to start next
Wednesday, both students and
faculty are looking to spring
holidays, which start at noon
on Friday, March 5th, and con
tinue until Monday n.(',i'ning,
March 15th, Dean J, E. Daniel-
ly calls attention to the fact that
all students must clear library
fines and student body fees be
fore taking examinations, t-
A glittering cast of players will The role of Proteus, one of the
ladies as lovely as the gentlemen gentlemen of Verona, is played
iarious comedy, "The Two Gen- brilliantly by Jerry Oddo, who lit
tlemen of Verona,” when the Bar-j up the skies around the Barter
ter Theatre of Virginia and its Players' home theatre at Abing-
touring actors pays its annual vi-|don, Va., with his performance
sit to Whitley Auditorium here 1 in the role of Stanley Kowalski
at Elon next Wednesday night,! in "Streetcar Name Desire." A
March 3rd. Student activity tick- -iensitive actor he gave a fine per-
Death Claims Chairman
Of Elon Trustee Board
Dr. William Henry Boone, 83,
prominent Durham physician, who
"as for twenty years chairman
the board of trustees of Elon
College, died in W'atts Hospital at
Durham on Tuesday morning, Feb-
ruarj’ 16th. Death was due to a
ssrt attack he had suffered early
*liat morning.
A na'ive of Chatham count;
iJr- Boone was the son of one
^ the state's pioneer ministers.
® received his early education
public schools of Chatham
ounty and in the Graham Aca-
later entering Elon Col-
e?e, wVjre lie graduated with the
'las; of 1894.
Fullowing gradutior. from Elon,
^ taught school for several years
p then entered the old North
arolina Medical school at Dav-
“n College, from which he gra-
“uated in 1902. "'
He became a member of the
“ard of trustees of Elon College
' 'rty ye-rs ago, and he had been
. “‘™an of that group since 1934.
'^oughout the entire period he
DR. W. II. BOONE
bore Elon College, he gave the
college last year a fund amount
in'^ to mofe than $25,000, with
ets will be good for the produc
tion.
The comedy itself, one of the
'most delightful of Shakespeare's
long list of theatrical creation.s,
is not the best known of the
Shakespearean plays, for the Bar
ter production this year marks
the first time the play has been
done by professional actors in the
United States in the Twentieth
Century.
The story of “The Two Gentle
men of Verona" is probably de
rived from^he story of the shep-
' herdess Felissmena in the Spanish
pastoral romance, “Diana Enamo-
■ ada,’' which appeared first in the
Spanish version in 1560. There
was no English translation pub
lished until 1598, but is known
that there were manuscript trans
lations in the English that would
have been available to Shakes
peare before he wrote his play.
The actual date of Shakespeare's
play is not known, but critics date
it some time between 1590 and
1595.
The plot of the play, described
in the briefest possible form, re
presents^ a conflict between love
and friendship. As a matter of
fact, the play may be ;;aid to have
two
formance here at Elon last year
iS Thampas, starring with Robert
Porterfield in the Barter Thea
tre’s twentieth anniversai'y pro-
'uction of ‘ The Virginian.”
Appearing as Valentine, merri
est of the gentlemen of Verona,
is Lauren Farr, who hails from
Texas and who grabbed the praise
of the critics for his performance
as Tubal in the Barter produc
tion of "The Merchant of Venice."
Last summer he earned high
praise from all who saw him in
the role of the icy Duke in the
world premiere of ‘The Thirteen
Clocks" Farr has also been seen
with Barter Theatre groups in
■Street Scene," ‘Ten Little In-
iians," ‘ Born Yesterday," and
‘Streetcar Named Desire."
Glamorous and vivaciou.5 Kay
Kendall, v.'ho will appear as Julia.
Proteus’ lady love, brings a long
and successful experience for her
stage appearance here next week.
She begali her career in theatre
as a witcH' in the Syracus Child
ren’s Theatre, and she ha; since
had trouping experience with thi
University of Syracuse dramatic
group, at the Chain O' Lakes The
atre and with the Barter Theatre
With Barter she has appeared in
“Streelcar Named Desire",
I-
plots that center about the Margaret," ‘Sti;--c
romances of Proteus and Valen
tine, two merry gentlemen of Ve-
^ ..,,hich he endowed a scholarship ] rona, with Julia and Silvia two
4«p.y D=..r.mc.. .1 Fm. *«> i
; to who is in love with
whom, but the tangles all unrav-Lj^^ acting job
el in due course tor the tradition
al happy ending.
Ten days on a Trailways bus, |
1«olvc concerts in widely scatter-
I'd cities from North Carolina to
New England, and a full weekend
in New York City is the schedule
that will prove both work and a
f*;
(leat for thirty-six members cl »
the Elon CclU'Sc Clioir iluiing the
forthcoming spring vacation.
•The trip has been planned b.v
I'rof. John Westmoreland, whu
will direct the Choir in it' con
cert appearances. Accompanist foi
'he singer.si will be Pi of. VVayi.^
'loore, instructor in organ and |
piano. Also making tl'.c trip with
ihe choir will be i\irs Sc -t! Boyd,
■ilunini secretary, and C't^r Ciij'gs
ricld secretary, who will take ad
vantage of the trip to contact Elon
alumni and prospective students
in citics visited.
The tiii) itself, which will get
jndeiway on Friday afternoon,
■Marcli ,^tli, is one whicli has hi en
in the planning stag- ■ for many;
' •.eeks. Lcng and frequent rehe. i-,
■il.T seSMion.-i have ro^ilted in the,
-.eloction of the thirtj ix tourin.g' Ihe Elon music faculty as instruc-
:-ing'_TS from a larger group of tor of organ and piano in Deceni-
ixty .student musiciai;.s The tour ber, 19.52, will serve as accompan-
will end witii the return to the ist for the Elon Choir during its
.ampus on Monday, ,'Iarch 15th annual tour of Middle Atlantic
The departure will ccine us a and New' England :,ta;e;, I'.of.
i'.lima to the final examination I Moore, who is a graduate of Elon
' ichedule for the Winter Quarter, j College, later received his Ma.s-
ith the Choir memberH rushing jter's Degree from Teacher's Col-
from their last examination tojlege of Columbia University,
oack their single suitcases and i
get ready to board tlsL- bus for a
trip of more thi^ 1,800 miles, a:
jtrip that will carry the group,
through some of the finest scenic'
beautie.s in the eastern United ^
■States.
There will be new friends, too, ■
1. the students spend each night
PROF, WAYNE MOORE
Prof. Wayne Moore, wiio joined
DR. J ACK H. NEESE
BURNED TO DEATH
(>reek Letter
Groups Acid
New Pledges
in a different city and with a dif-i The four Greek letter fraterni-
ferent family, and there is always jti^j and four sororities on the
the weekend in New York City Elon campus concluded the winter
Ur. Jack II. Necse, 35, an
Elon graduate, who served for
a short while as college physi
cian, was burned to death early
on Wednsday night, February
16th, when a fire of undetermin
ed origin destroyed his lake
side cabin on Lake Tillery near
Norwood, He graduated from
Elon with the Class of 1940,
completin' his four years’ work
in three years, and he later gra
duated in Medicine at Duke and
saw medical service with the
Navy during World W^ir H, He
was pr? dicing medicine at
Mcnro" at the time of his tra
gic deat!i, having returned
there las year after being lo
cated at Elon for a year or
more.
to furni,sh some of the tup thrills
i.n the anual tour.
The itinerary fur the 1954 trip
rushing period on Saturday nigiit,
February 13th, with the mid-wln-
ter “Bid Night,” at which time
‘.as not complete yesterday, since they pledged 43 new members.
Prof. Westmoreland still had to The new pledges included 26 girls
close at least one other date. How-^ and 17 boys, ‘
ever, the Choir is definitely slated Delta Epsilon Kappa sorority
sing in the beautiful Washing- topped all the Greek letter groups
I m Cathedral n the national capi-|in added membership with nine
tal and in Carl Fischer Concert [ ledges, with Alpha Pi Delta fra-
Plall in New York City. Other con-
“its definitely scheduled includ-
j '.d stopi in North Carolina, Vir-
,‘inia. Massachusetts and Connec-
' icut.
The program for th concert ap-
pearances this year will feature
jniasterpiecef of sacred music
f m Rach, Mozart, Goudimel,i
llandel, Brahms, Lutkin, Warlock, i
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STARS OF BARTER THEATRE
^ ■’ of the college, and last|,.nd Music. The scholarship waSj
the General Alumni Asso-1 ..stablished in memory of his wife, at times
., '^1’ ‘'®nied him ‘‘Alumnus of i the late Mrs. /\nnie Elizabeth Mo-
j t ring Bcone. who was also a gra-
'idicative of the deep love heriuate of Elon.
I Scene,’ and 'Ahe. iVildcrness.'
Owen Phillips, a resident, direc
tor for Barter Pli!Vi?r productions
lakes off time from hi* directing
duties to appear .n this show a'l
Panthino, and he does another of
that have
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i
Jerry Oildo
I madcaps, w ill
[Two Gentien.i.n of Verona,
as Proi-'U.-. and Lauren Farr a; Valentine, t'vo Merry
‘.ve tlvo tilL r.,.j ^ in William Shake.speare’s comedy
ternity in second place with seven
pledges. Teta Omicron Beta and
Tau Zeta Phi sororities each had
‘ix pledges, while Iota Tau Kappa
fraternity and Pi Kappa Tau soro
rity each had five. Sigma Phi Be-
a fraternity signed four pledges,
jind Kappa Psi Nu fraternity had
me.
The new pledges listed by
groups follows:
! ALPHA PI DELTA—Ben Farr,
i Taftville, Conn.; Gerald Bray, Eli-
izabeth City; Bill Cobb, Greens-
ooro; Harold Harriss, Burlington;
I Jam( : Holland, Charleston, S. C.;
i ■.' aynu Vestal. Asheboro; and Cur
tis Young, Durham.
I IOTA TAU KAPPA — Clay
: Brown, Mount Sterling, Ky.; Clark
jDofflemyer, Elkton, Va.; Bobby
I Jones, Brown Summit; Bi.'l Lash-
I !:»y, Burlington; and Ronnie Smith,
Burlington.
KAPPA PSI NU—Jack Strut-
ton, Elon College.
SIGMA PHI BETA— Whitney
Bradham, Sumter, S. C.; Eddie
"r inL'eN, Morganton; Charles Ma-
i.son, Henderson; and Jimmie Re-
ncau, Portsmouth, Va,
BETA OiMICKON BETA—Mari-
.•> a Ca^is ido. (/iiuyo, Porto Rico;
.‘\nita Cleapor, Burlington; Anne
Holt, Burlington; Marlene John
son. Burlington; Shirley Strange,
Burlington, and Martha Walker,
Burlington.
DELTA UPSILON KAPPA—
Carolyn Abernathy, Graham; Gin-
ser Ballard, Noifolk, Va.; Nancy
-'ain. Burlington; Jean Benfield,
Newton; Ann Clifford, OxTo d;
Evelyn Fritts, Lexington; Jane
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