Better See That
PUyer Show
Tomorrow Nisht
MAROON AND GOLD
Let's All Get Out
And Give
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LLO\ COLI.EGE, N. C.
HTDNESDAY. MARCH 24, 1954
NIMBKK 11
Elon Players Present New Play In Whitley This Week
Elon Student Atvurded
Morehead' Scholarship
Charlie Phillips, of Burlington
a member of the Elon College se
nior da-', who is to complete hi‘
pre-mec i' work at Elon and re
ceive hi-, (uploma and degree with
the clas-; of 1954, was recently
elected .i- a Morehead scholar at
the University (;f North .Carolina
and 'vaf awarded a graduate scho
larship valued at SI.500 per year.
jle Wii.; one three senior college
■•ludeni ; who were awarded tiie'
gradual' scholarships, being choo-
en from a field of twenty collegd
students competing for the
awards. The scholarships in each
case will be renewed each year
during a four-year period, pro
viding the recipients maintain
a satisfactory scholastic standing.
The scholarships were awarded
(,n the basis of an applicant's aca
demic record, personality, fiei.i of
study and the impression he i.;ade
i;pon the examining group. The
awards were announced on -ilarch
11th after the applicants were sub
jected to three days of interviews
v.ith members of the central scho
larship committee and trustee
c:f the .Morehead Foundation.
The awards were anounced by
John Motley Morehead, of New
York City, a University of North
Carolina graduate of the Class of
1891, who has gained world-wide
recognition as a chemist, industri
alist, engineer and a former Unit
ed States ambassador to Sweden,
who established the 'scholarship
fund of the Morehead Foundation.
Phillips is the second Elon stu
dent or graduate to receive one
of the Morehead Scholarships.
Hugh Rankin, who graduated
frcm Elon with the class of 1949.
was named a Morhead Scholar
(wo year ago and has been u^ing
his award for advanced study in
the field of history.
Charlie Phillips, who has made
a fine scholastic record during his
four years at Elon, is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Phillips,
Sr. of Elon College, Route 2, and
is married to the former Miss
Jerry Lynn Duff, of Burlington.
He and his wife now reside in
. Burlington.
fie was graduated from Altama-
haw1;jssipee High School in 1950
and entered Elon College that
Ml. Much interested in dramatics
and speech, Phillips has been an
announcer with Radio Station
"BBB for the past six years. He
plans to enter medical school at
"le University of North Carolina
this fall.
WIMNEFi OF AWARD
C HARLIE PHILLIPS
Chailio Phillips. Elon .“Senior
i'- picUucd above, became
I he spfond Flon man to win a
Morehead Scholarship when he
was ri cipif'nt of an award for gra
duate ?tudy in the field of medi
cine. The award, valued at $1,500
per year, v.ill be renewed for four
years if h? maintains a satisfac
tory scholastic record.
Biblical Play
Is Plaiiried
For Chapel
Something new in the way of
‘laiiel programs will be presented
in Whitley Auditorium next Fri
day morning, April 2nd, when the
Elon Dramatics Department will
present a medieval religious play
entitled '‘Abraham and Isaac."
Plans for the chapel production
..uie announced by Prof. Charles
V'. wh.'. stated that the play
i'. a one-act production, the story
jf which is based upon he Bibli
cal story of Abraham's prepara-
iions to make of his son. Ifaac,
T sacrifice upon the altar of God.
"he scene is laid upon the moun
tain, and the play will last about
tlility minutes.
Tom Targett will enact the role
of Abraham in the production,
with Wesley Batten appearing as
j Isaac. Kenneth Lembert will ap
pear in the role of the Angel, and
Adclph Melburg will enact the
i Voice of God, which is heard from
■off-stage. Plans for the chapel
'program have been in the making!
;ince shortly after Christmas. i
TO (ilVE RECITAL
MISS ELIZABETH NEL.VIS
The Elon College Music De
partment will continue its an
nual series of facuty rccitals
with the presentation of Miss
Elizabeth N'elins, soprano, in
Whitley Auditorium at 8; 15
o'clock next Monday evening,
March 29th. Miss Nelms, who
joined the Elon mu.^ic faculty
last fall, is a native of -Jackson
ville, III., and did her graduate
work in music at Julliard School
of Music and at the University
of Indiana, receiving the .Master
of M)i.sic degree from Indiana.
Spriiij^Term
Eiirolliiieiit
Is Increased
Tlie student enrollment at Elon
for the nev. sprin.sj quartor, witli
iigures incomplete la-t weekend,
is following the same record-
breaking ]>attern that wao set by
ii.i; reyistratiun at tne ijc-ginning
of the ri-i;ent Winter Quarter,
according to President Leon E.
-n.:,.. I
He stated that registryticn f';:-
ures late last week snowed
regular college students, not l.^-'
bpocial students, and this
figure represents a marked in- ‘
crease over the enrolment fur ttie
; ...inter term, just as the winter en
rollment surpassed that oi last
fall.
j The record-breaking phase of
jthe present registration lies m
j.he fact that never before in tne
: i.i;itory of Elon has the college
,had a larger student body in the
I-.1 inter and spring quarters than
jv.as here for the fall terra. A large
inumber of new freshmen have al-
I ready begun their studies here
I 'his spring, and registration will
I not close until late this week.
^Pygiu(dion'’TtBeGiven
Fim Ti me On Thursday
I)IRECTL>(; PLAY
Pakistan Girl
Elon Visitor
And Speaker
Benita Biswas, a native of Paki-
:tan. was an interesting visitor
and speaker on the Elon ■ campus
'.n Tiiursday, March 18th, ap
pealing in an informal discussion
hour in We.st Dorm Parlor that
evening and remaining on the
campus until the following day.
The visitor, who is a native of
Lahore, Pakistan, brought to the
Elon campus a rich and varied
knowledge of college life, since
'!i£. has attended college in both
her native country and in the
United States as she prepares to
do community work and teach
phyjic?.'. education in her :;,jmc
'and.
She began her education with
two years at Forman Christian
College in Pakistan, after which
she came to America and had one
vear at Maryville College and then
completed her work and graduat
ed at W'ooster College in January
of this year. This varied back
ground has given her a chance
'.0 observe the church and world
:ro’;lems in two h..’misplieres.
Elon Students Visit National Capital,
PKOF. CIIAKLE-i COX
Prof. Charles Cox. who joined
the Elon faculty la;t fall as in-
stiuctor of speech ar.d diamatics.
is directing the fUnn Playci' pro
duction cf George Be.nard Shaw’s
Pygmalion.” v.hich \wll be pre
sented in WhitleJ' Au:litorium on
Tluirsday and Friday ni.'lUs of this
week.
By WAYNE VESTAL -] ives, with a call on North Caro-
'The recent spring holidays Una's Senator Alton Lennon and
'irought a rare treat to a group' a view of a committee hearing,
r’f Elon College students and fa- j The party left Elon on Mon-
L'ulty members who visited Wash-j day morning, March 8th, about
ington for several days, viewing 8 o'clock and arrived in Washing-
tlie beauties of the nation's capi-jton about 5 o'clock that afternoon.
:al city and studying the working It was to late to start the visits
parts of the national government j to points of interest, so that was
The trip, which was sponiored j defei red until tlie following morn-
'■)y the World Order Commission ing.
of the Student Christian Associa- i The first stop was at the Nation-
icn, was originally planned by|al Archives, which contain most
Roger Phelps and was carried out of the important (and seme not
under the direction of Dr. H. H. !so important) records of Ameri-
Cunningham, head of the college's | can history. The Declaration of
history department. Dr. and Mrs. I Independence, the Bill of Rights
' Jame.'. He-s also accompanied the and various treaties are among
group to Washington. | the famous documents found
I The Elon students who made the there. Most of the one million
spring holiday trip were Sue cubic feet of space in the build-
;.Mo(jre, Hazel Sherman, Grace I ing is filled to capacity with ser-
; .Mathews, Fred Rice, Jack Garber,' vice records, maps, letters and
I Terry Emerson, Roger Phelps and, ther government documents.
Wayne Vestal, all of whom have After lunch on Tuesday, the
jbeen interested in the study of I group resumed the tour by visit-
history and the workings of gov-j ing the Senate. SenaWr Lennon
c-inment. j provided passes to a senate ses-
The trip was not planned pri-, -.ion in which the Senators were
marily as a sight-seeing tour. In;''ebating a bill concerning the ad-
Istead, it was designed to show'mission of Hawaii and Alaska to
a little of government machinery
I in action. Plans were made to
visit the Senate, the House of
Cunningham visited an open com
mittee hearing in which the com-
j mittee was investigating comrau-
statehood.
The following day's activities
were perhaps the most interest-
Representatives, the Library of I ing of the whole trip. In the
Congress and the National Arch-1 morning the studentis and Dr.
nism in the signal corps. The
'committee, headed by Senator
Jcseph McCarthy, included Sena-
Uors Potter and Symington. Dur-
■ ing the hearing three men were
'questioned about their commun-
' 1st affiliations, and two admitted
j having belonged to a communist
;cell. The other refused to answel
under the provisions of the Fifth
Amendment.
A portion of the Elon group
was able to see Congressman Carl
Durham, representative of North
Carolina’s Fifth District, lie gavt
his views of the chances for the
Republican Party in the South
and also talked cf the "New Look"
in America's foreign policy. He
also provided passes for a session
I. f the House of Rcpreoenialivc--
v.here debate was in progress on
a bill for reduction of excise
taxes.
The party left Washington or.
Thursday morning at 9 o'clock
and drove by Manassas, \’a., whici,
was the siie of the f(rst an.l -ec
nnd Battles of Bull Run during
the Civil War. Fruin l.,i i .
back to Elon. wiiere the group
arrived about 6 o'clock that after
noon.
Elon Sunnner
School Opens
On June 7th
Plans are complete for Eton's
1954 summer school, which will
get underway here on the campus
on Monday, .Tune 7th, according
to bulletins which are being mail
ed from the office of Roger Gibbs,
field secretary for the college.
The 1954 summer term, as has
been the case with all here at
Elon in recent years, will continue
hrough two six-weeks se>.sions.
The first term will close on Fri-
•lay July 18th, and the second
term will begin immediately on
.Monday, July 19th, and close Fri
day. August 27th.
The summer term, winch vviii
OP open to high school graduates
ishlng to start their freshmen
vork immediately, is also design-
.d to aid the more advanced col-
ege students who wi^h to speed
their graduation or ma’^e up work
:;.e prcgram has been designed
00 for the benefit of teachers
vho v.ish to renew or raise certi-
icates.
The curtain rises tomorrow
night on tile Elon Players' second
fuil-lengtli stage production of the
college year, with the student dra
matic group presenting George
Bernard Shaw's delightful three-
act comedy, "Pygmalion," which
satyrizes the class system of Eng
lish society.
The new Player Show, which
will be presented on both Thurs
day and Friday nights, is set for
8:14 o'clock each evening in Whit-
'ley Auditorium. Originally set for
presentation late in February, the
'■i;ow vas pustp^.icd uiuil after
tlie spring vacatii.n whta changes
j of cast became necessary.
; 'I'liL' revolves about thj
I .ittempt of Piofes'iT Henry Ilig-
. gins, an instructor of speech, to
r.'MiaKL i.iiza Do'.litue. a London
^irl of the lo..er cla.ss. into a
.i.^dy who miglit appear in society
las a woman of the nobility. Hig-
I i;ins is aided in iiis attempt by his
I friend. Colonel Pickering.
! Diane Maddox, of Cincinnati,
jiihio, winner of a Player award
I last year tor her performance in
“Double Door," has the role of
Eliza Doolittle. Ken Lambert, of
Norfolk, Va., will have the part
iof Prof. Higgin^, and Adolpli
.'.lellburg, of Elon Colege, is tu
appear as Colonel Pickering.
Janice Williams, of West Point,
! Ga., will appear as Mrs. Eynsford
Hill, representative of England’s
upper crust society. Along with
her is her son and daughter, with
CJeorge Starkey, of Mahanoy City,
Pa., enactinn the. role of Freddie
iijniford Uill, and witii Marga
ret Sharpe, of Julian, appearing
as Clara Kynsfoid Hill.
Also of the upper ciass society
i‘ Mrs. Higgins, mother of Prof.
Higgins, wliose part will be taken
by Connie Harriman, of Whitman,
Mass. Others in the cast include
Wright Williamson, of Norfolk,
Va., as Alfred Doolittle, fafher of
I Eliza; Ida Jackson, of Carthage,
I as Mrs. Pierce, housekeeper for
Prof. Higgins; and Douglas Ed-
j wards, of Middleboro, Mass., as
. a by-stander on tne London street
corner. ;
This play is one of the most
enjoyable to come from the pen
of CJeorge Bernard Shaw, immor
tal English writer, who .was born
in Dublin in 1866 and who turned
to the stage as a means for trans
mission of his ideas cf social and
political reform.
In "Pygmalion" Shaw attacks
the idea that individuals must be
-ipfoon-hoitd in certain class
4iiups. tiiu.s attackitig the basic
structure of Engli.i-h society. He
(Continued On i’age Four)
SCE^ES FJIOM
PLAYEJ{ SHOW
Two scenes from the Elon Player
production of “Pygmalion” are shown
left and right. At the left is shown Diane
Maddox, appearing as Eliza Doolittle, a
girl of I.ondon's lower class, who has
just learned the delights of a bath. Look
ing on are her father, enacted by IVright
Williamson, and the housekeeper, played
by Ida Jackson. At the right F ta is
first presented to society after Profe--
sor Higgins has spent months working on
her speech and re-making her into a
person who could pass for a duchess.
Pictured left to right in this scene are
Janice Williams, as Mrs. Eynsford Hill;
Connie Harriman, as Mrs. Higgins; Diane
Maddox, as Eliza Doolittle; George
Starke.v, as Freddie Eynsford Ilill; Ken
Lambert, as Professor Higgins; and Mar
garet Sharpe, as Clara Eynsford ILil.
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