Better Attend That
Barter Player
Production Tonight ^
MAROON AND GOLD
I.ef* All Get Out
And Give
Baseball A Boost
ELON COLLEGK, N. C.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 23. 1955
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Barter Players Present Shakespearean Play On Elon Campus
candidates for alumni president
Touring Actors To Offer Modern
Version Of ‘Macbeth^ In Whitley
EUGENE A. GORDON JAMES F. DARDEN
The candidates for presidency inf the Elon College General Alum-
r,; Association are pictured above. At the left is Eugene A. Gordon,
of Burlington, a graduate in the Clasb of 1941. and at the right is
Jamps F. Darden, of Suffolk, Va„ a graduate with the Class of 1943.
Balloting for the position by Elon alumni will be by mail, and the
winner of the post for the coming two-year term will be announced
at the annual Alumni Day exercises during the 1955 commence
ment.
Elon Alumni To Choose
Leaders By Mail Ballot
Black Wins
III Contest
In Germany
Ronnie Black, of Burlington, a
member of Elon’s 1954 graduating
class who is on Army duty in Ger
many. used his Eton musical train
ing to good advantage when he
won first place in an Army talent
contest staged at Bad Kreausnacl.
Germany, on Sunday, March 13th.
Winning with a baritone rendi
tion of “Anywhere I Wander,” the
Elon graduate topped a field that
included six other vocalists and
a number of other contestants with
varied talents. The event was an
area contest, and the winner moves
on into more advanced competi-
iion.
Black is to fly to Kaiserlauten,
Germany, this weekend, for semi
final competition, and victory there
would advance him into European
Theatre finals at Munich. Ger
many. late in April. Victory in the
finals would mean a flying trip
to the States in June for the All-
Army Talent Contest.
A music major while a student
at Elon, Black was for four years
a soloist with the Elon College
Choir.
Members of the General Alum
ni Association of Elon College, vot
ing by mail ballot this spring in
their biennial election, will choose
between Eugene A. Gordon, of
Burlington, and .lames F. Darden,
of Suffolk. Va., in naming an
alumni president for the coming
two-year term.
Eugene A. Gordon, w:*o gradu
ated from Elon with the Class of
1941, later attended the Duke Uni
versity Law School and is now one
of the outstanding young lawyers
in this area. Active in the civic
and religious life of this area, he
is now county attorney for Ala
mance County. He had four years
of army service during World
War II, being discharged in 1946
with the rank of captain.
James F. Darden, who gradu
ated from Elon with the Class of
1943. entered the Midshipman’s
School at Northwestern University
immediately after graduation and
saw Navy service during the re
mainder of the war, being re
leased to inactive duty in 1946
with the rank of lieutenant. He
was secretary of the Elon Alum
ni Association from 1946 until
'1951, resigning to accept a busi-
' '353 position. He is now in busi-
aess in Suffolk. Va.
The Elon alumni will also vote
in the biennial election on candi
dates for first and second vtce-
presidents. Candidates for first
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Witches and boiling caldrons and
l.lood and death, set against a back
ground of deep-sunken legends and
Scottish superstitions, are all
found in the Shakespearean trag
edy of “Macbeth," which will be
presented by the famous Barter
Players of Virginia in Whitley
Auditorium at 8:15 o’clock tonight.
A large audience is expected, since
Elon students will be admitted
with their student activity tickets.
The Barter Players are not new
;o Elon theatre-goers, for the fam
ous group of professional actors
has beer; appearing on the Elon
campus annually for several years,
sometimes with a presentation of
one of Shakespeare's theatrical
masterpieces and sometimes with
a modern stage success.
Last year the visiting actors
chose “The Two Gentlemen of
Verona,” one of Shakespeare’s fin
est' comedies, but Bob Porterfield
and his group chose this year to
turn from comedy to tragedy, and
tiiey selected ‘"Macbeth” for Elon
presentation. The play has already
been given at a number of college
campuses in this area, and critics
have hailed the show as one of
ithe best in history of the Barter
I Players.
Unusual interest attaches to the
'.showing of this play, for “Mac-
jbeth” is one of the plays taught in
senior literature courses in high
schools of this state, and for that
reafon its story is quite famihar
to the great majority of students
who will see it.
Attesting to the widespread in
terest in the play is the fact that
Elon authorities have had a num-
ner of inquiries from high school
classes in neighboring schools
about tonight's show, and several
large groups of high school Eng
lish students will be in the audi
ence to see the Barter Players
interpretation of the Shakespear
ean tragedy.
The show will be presented un
der the personal direction of Owen
Phillips, who has been associated
with the Barter Players for many
years. He has been termed a real
genius in production of Shake
spearean plays, having more tlian
?ny other director the gift for
making audiences forget that the
works of the great English Bard
were ever the subject of school
room assignments.
In "Macbeth " the Barter group
gives a gripping recital of the hor
ror and terror that was lossed
upon Scotland by Macbeth and
his wife, doffing the traditional
mood of sombre brooding to be
come a swift-paced, incisive dra
matic experience.
Revised for better understand-
ng by modern theatrical patrons,
his 1954 version of “Macbeth"
moves with vivid precision through
two acts and fourteen scenes in
portraying the saga of violence,
treachery and revenge. It features
rich acting against striking and
colorful backgrounds, and the story
of the murderous Macbeth and liis
'minister wife and their fearful mis
deeds is retold with flashing elo
quence by an outstanding .'taff.
Severn Darden, one of Barter
Theatre's most talented actors,
presents an excellent performance
n the title role, lie portrays a
vigorous yoimg general, lit with
evil and merciless ambition, a char
acter of almost maniacal savagery.
Jenny Davis, who has had a ricli
background of stage experience,
will appear in the role of Lady
Macbetli, and she presents a com
pelling portrait. Her emotional
gifts are esipecially effective in the
episodes prior to and following
the cruel murder of Duncan anc
in the famous sleep-walking scene
Supporting roles will al.'o feature
a number of fine and experienced
actors.
Despite the fact that “Macbeth'
is widely known to students oi
Shakepeare, the play has not been
produced as frequently in America
IS some of the other Shakespear
ean works.
EEADINC; ACTORS IN HARTER SHOW
Student Nominations To Be Made April 4th
The annual hurry and scurry of
campus politics looms just ahead
lor the Elon College students, for
barely ten days remains before
the students will be called upon to
nominate their candidates for the
various student body officers. The
student constitution provides that
nominations for student body of
ficers shall be made in chapel on
he first Monday of April.
Since the first Monday falls on
April 4th this year, there is just
one week and a half before nomi
nations are to be made, although
one would never know such to be
the case when viewing the lack of
excitement on the campus. One ob-j
server recalled campus campaigns
cf some years ago that the hit the
boiling point almost as soon as
spring holidays were over.
The student body constiution
provides that the nominations on
the first Monday in April shall
be followed by a campus-wide pri
mary election to be held on Tues
day after the second Monday in
April, just one week and one day
after the nominations are made,
be chosen for the contested posi
tion.
The first Monday nominations
It is also provided that this pri
mary shall narrow the field of
candidates to two for each office,
unless more than one person is to
and the primary are designed only
to select student body officers and
members of the Student Council
and Honor Council. The rules
specify that officers for the rising
sophomore, junior and senior
classes shall be nominated in
Pictured above in the authentic costumes ot early bcoUi.^ii uyauy
are Severn Darden and .lennie Davis, who will appear in (he lead
ing role of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the Barter Theatre pro
duction of Shakespeare’s “Macbe h." which is to be given in Whit
ley Auditorium tonight.
Winter Teriii Honor Roll
Lists 115 Elon Students
Mass Photograph
Of Elon SIikUmiIs
The first mass photo of Elon
College students and faculty
members in recent years was
snapped on Monday morning,
March 14th when a goodly per
centage of the students and the
majority of the faculty members
gathered to pose for the shot on
the south lawn of the Alamance
Building.
The huge group photograph is
reproduced below, with no at-
te‘'ipt being made to identify the
individual students and faculty
members. The reproduction is of
fered so that everyone may have
an opportunity to see the pic
ture and perhaps be able to pick
out himself or herself in the
crowd.
special class meetings held on
Thursday following the student
primary, and the number of con
testants for each class position arc
tequired to b« narrowed to not
more than two at this class meet
ing. These class meetings this year
v.ill fall on Thursday, April 14th.
The general election., which is
required by the consitution to be
held one week after the primary
balloting, will be due on Tuesday,
April 19th this year, and at that
time students will make their final
choice of both student body and |
class officers. All voting in the
primary and general election are
=^pecified to be by Australian bal
lot, with a further requirement
Sihat results of such elections shall
be posted by the night of election;
day.
At times in recent years interest
in campus politics has hit such a
high pitch as to produce two or
more definite parties, with color
ful posters and torchlight parades
adding excitement and attracting
widespread interest. Interest, how
ever, failed to hit such a peak last
year, when there was only one reg
ular i^ominee for the presidency
of the student body.
One hundred eighteen Elon Col
lege students are named on the
Dean’s List that was released thi-i
week. The list includes those who
made no grade less than “B” on
any course taken during the Win
ter Quarter just ended. Fifteen of
the number made no gra^.c less
'than ''A'’ and are on a special list.
The "A" honor group includes
Don Allen. Burlington; Jimmy
Bell. Burlington; Pat Chandler,
Fayetteville; Terry Emerson, Lewes
Beach, Del.; Sarah Johnston, Bur
lington: Paula Loy, Burlington;
Diane Maddox, Cincinnati, Ohio;
Jerry Moize, Gibsonville; Mary
Anne Paris, Graham: Kober.
Phelps, Fort Smith, Ark.; Ann
Puckett, Burlington; Joe Ryals,
Dunn; Larry Smith, Elon College;
Marie Tomlinson, Swepsonville;
and Mary Walker, Burlington.
Tose making ‘ B ' or above on
,11 courses include Aubrey Ag-
new. Haw River; Irvin Aldridge,
Yanceyville; Peggy Allen, Burling
ton; Elaine Baker, Lakeport, i'....
Kobert Baxter. Burlington; Grace
Bozarth, Yankton, S D.; Gilbert
Clark, Durham; Anita Cleapor,
Burlington; Jean Coghill, Hender
son; Patricia Coghill, Henderson;
Mary Sue Colclough, Elon College;
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Class Groups
Plan Dance
On Saturday
i The freshman and sophomore
classes are joining together this
weekend to sponsor a semi-formal
dance in Alumni Memorial Gym-
naasium from 8 until 12 o’clock
Saturday night. Music fur the
event will be furnished by Jimmy
Johnson and his orchesti'a from
Chapel Hill.
Arrangements for the event have
been carried out under the di
rection of the two class presi
dents, Grover Biddle for^the fresh
men and Don Johnson for the soph
omores. They state that admission
to the dance will be $1 fo; oouples
or stags.
The decorative theme will be
“Stardust,” with decorations in
charge of a committee that in
cludes Don Johnson, Bobby John
son, Margaret Patillo, Ann Puck
ett, James Biggerstaff, John Big-
gerstaff, Jane Williamson, Jimmy
Layton and Leslie Johnston.