Hearty Greelinss To The \ew Stiident Off.cers MAROON AND GOLD And May They Have A llUhly Successful Regime ,OLl ME 34 ELON COLLEGE, X. C. WEDNESDAY, Al’KIL 20, 1955 NI MRER IS Moseley Elected President Of Student Government MAY DAY LEADERS TALK PLANS FOR PAGEANT 1 Students LIkmisc Leaders | STUDEINI’ l.l']AI)EI{ In Annual (^anipus Votin« Miss Louise Moseley, head of the women's physical education program, is shown seated center above, discussing plans tor the 1955 May Day observance with student chairmen for the various May Day committees. Standing left to right, are Clyde Bosewell, of Chatham, Va„ entertainment chair man: Frances Knight, of Sanford, art chairman; Wade Garrett, of Liberty, decoration chairman; ,Io Williams, of Elon College, reception chairman; Lewis Robertson, of Martinsville. Va., properties co-chairman; Arlene Stafford, of Burlington, costume chairman; and Ronnie McIntyre, of Burling- torr. properties co-chairman. (liiaiius Is Made In Player Cast A switch of two members of the Elon Player cast for Mol- iere’s farce-comedy, “The Imag inary Invalid." was announced this week by Prof. Charles W. Cox. who is directin? the pre paration of the great play for campus presentation on Friday and Saturday, May 13th and 14th. The change in the cast in- May Day pageant. ‘"Peter Pan’ Characters Selected For May Day Members of the cast for “PeterlJohn; and Anita Cleapor, of Bur- Pan," the playlet that i^ to furn- lington, as Michael, ish the background theme for the Miss Moseley also announced 1955 May Day observance on the,that the narrator for the playlet Elon campus, were listed this week j and the entire May Day pageant hy Miss Louise Moseley, director I will be Tom Targett, of Brain- of the women's physical education .tree, Mass. The student diiector program, who is also to direct the j for the pageant will be Margaret The Elon College students, cast ing ballots yesterday in the col lege's annual campus-wide election, named Furman Moseley, a rising senior football player from Char leston. S.C.. as president of the ;;tudent government organization for the coming liJSS-.'ifi college year. SUaleiiLs r) l\(‘‘ilals Shirley Co.x, of Elon ColleRe. and Gwendolyn Coyner, of Bur lington, will be presented in re- ritals in Whitley Auditorium as oiitstandinK features of the Music Department's sprins re cital proRrani. Miss Cox will ap pear on Friday evenins, April 2!)tli, while Miss Coyner is to play on Saturday, .April 30th. Each recital is set for 8:15 o'clock. Four other student-s who arc majors in the Music Department will be presented in a group re cital next Monday evening, .April 25th. They are Mary Sue Col- clough, soprano, of Elon Col lege; Ann Wilson, pianist, of Durham: Al Wittschen, of Char leston, S. C., pianist; and Eddie Robbins, of Greensboro, tenor. This recital is also set for 8:15 o’clock. volves William Walker, of Dur ham, and Eddie. Robbins, of Greensboro. Walker, originally cast to perform the role of Pur- jon. will play Orgon. Robbins, originally oast in the part of Orgon, will enact the role of Purjon. Preparations for the play, which will be the final full- length presentation to be given by the Elon Players during the present college year, are report ed to be moving ahead in fine style. Jayne Jones, of Burlington, will appear in the title role of Peter Pan, w*ith Marion Lorimer, re cently chosen as “Miss Burling ton of 1955,” slated to have the part of Tinker Bell. They will be Patillo, of Burlington. Accompan ists for the playlet and the dances will be Mary Ann Thome, of Greensboro; Jackie Love, of Bur lington: and Nanette Matchan, of Charleston, S. C. The Peter Pan story, which pro central figures in the immortal vides excellent opportunity for story that has been a favorite inja number of dance groups, will all parts of the world for many I feature choruses of Indians, pir- yggrg ates, fairies and elves, and Miss Others slated to appear in the Moseley stated that two couples cast are Kathleen McDonald, of,will be chosen from these groups Elor: College, as Captain Hook: I to perform the traditional May Barbara Carden, of Burlington, as]Pole dance. Wendy; Jane Davis, of Raleigh, as Elon Graduate Will Appear In Campus Recital^ April 28 Fred Sahlmann, one of Elon’s most accomplished mu.sic gradu ates. will come back to the scene of his student triumphs on Thurs- iay night, April 28th, to appear in a piano recital under the spon sorship of the McDowell Junior! Music Club of Burlington. The ■■ecital is set for 8;15 o’clock that I night in Whitley Auditorium. i Sahlmann. a native of Charles ton, S. C., was recognized early | for his ability as a pianist, being chosen while still in high school to Play with the Charleston Sym phony, and he continued to win | praise and acclaim during his stud ent days at Elon College. Considered by professionals as ^ brilliant pianist, the Charleston; boy was chosen by Dr. Benjamin Swain for five consecutive years to ^>6 a featured artist with the North Carolina Symphony, playing in Burlington, Greensboro, Durham,! Winston-Salem and other cities. ' He received his A.B. degree in j PIANIST RETURNS FRED SAHLMANN 1952, climaxing a campus career j which he entered the United ■bat included first place in the j States Army, in which he has Student Musicians Artists contest served for nearly two years. He is n piano for the state and also presently assigned as a chaplains irst place in the South Atlantic assistant at Fort Jackson. S. district. w'here he will complete his tour After leaving Elon he went to of duty this fall. Following his south facade of York and received the M.A. discharge, he plans to continue '’•^YamaLe Building. degree in music in 1953. after musical studies in Vienna, Austria. Alamance Buii She listed members of the Pir ate chorus as Margaret Boland, of Elon College: Betty Garrett, of .Norfolk, 'Va.: Frances Knight, of Sanford: "Yvonne Winstead, of Roxboro; and Miriam Guy, Carole Morrison, Martha Walker and Nancy Rogers, of Burlington. Members of the Elves chorus will include Betty Sue Ammons and Jo Ann Davis, of Burlington; Katrine Frye and Onita Frye, of Snow Camp: Kathy Lambert, of Bennett: and Betty Hedgpeth, of Graham. Dancing in the Fairies chorus will be Shirley Strange, Gail Strat ton, Rosaling Toney and Barbara Fairchild, all of Burlington; Mary Sherrad, of Bennett: and Ann Wil son, of Durham, The Indians chorus will include Dot Keck and Jenny keck, of Bur lington; Jean Coghill, Patricia Coghill and Sylvia Smith, of Hen derson: Doris Gaddis, of Ashe- boro: Polly Payne, of Swepson- ville; Dot Mauldin, of Winston- Salem: and Ruth Lloyd, of San ford. Indian squaws will be Shir ley Womack, of Olivia: Anne Stod dard. of Braintree, Mass.; Jane Elliott, of Oxford: and Nancy Bain, of Oxford. The Elon music department will cooperate with the women’s phys ical education department in stag ing the May Day pageant, and plans call for musical numbers by the Elon Choir in the program, which is to be presented on the Foreiji!! Service Fesls Selieliiled The United States Department of State has just announced a series of tests to be given in 65 American cities on June 24th, with persons successful in passing the (tests becoming eligible to apply for State Department positions in the foreign services. In announcing the tests, State Department officials declared that they hope to obtain not less than 300 new career diplomatic work ers this year. To be eligible to take these tests, candidates must be between 20 and 31 years of age and be American citizens for at least ten years. Starting salaries in the posi tions range from $4,000 to $5,,000 per year, depending upon the age and experience of the person. Applications to take the tests should be filed by May 2nd with the Board of Examiners of the Foreign Service, U. S. Dept, of ■State, Washington, 25, D. C. (Jther ftudent body officers chosen at the same time were .lorry Moize, of Gibsonville, vice- president: and Margaret Patillo ■jf Burlington, secretary-treasurer Chosen as members of the Slud- ent Council were llomer llobgood. of Oxford, and Nick Theos. ol Charleston. S.C., men's repre.sent- atives; Meryle .Mauldin, of Win- ^ton-Salom. and Shirley Cox, of Elon College, women's represen'.- ■itives: and Pat Chandler, of Fay etteville, representative-at-large. Selected members of the llonoi Council for the coming term were .lames Callioun, of Norfolk, Va, ■ind Carolyn Abernathy, of Gra- liam. reprt'.senting the senior class: Larry Barnes, of Portsmouth. Va and Joyce Perry, of Siler City, representing the junior class; and Robert Phelps, of Lexington, rep- lesi'nting the sophomore class. The incoming freshman class, which will enter college in the fall, will choose its Honor Council member in October, Jack Garber, of Cadillac. Mich., was elected president of the rising -enior class. Other senior officers include Phil Carter, of Liberty, vice-president: Barbara Carden, of Burlington, secretary: Jo Ann W'right, of Burlington, treasurer; and Terry Emerson, of Lewes Beach, Del., class representative to the Student Legislature. President of the rising junior class is Edward Davidson, of Fl'RM.AN M»)sr:i,i',v Furman Moseley, a rising sen ior from Charh-ston. S, i.s the new presi^hMit of the Elon College sliident government or ganization. lie was chosen yes terday by vote of the students in annual campus elections and will succeed to the post held during the present college year by Jerry I.owder, of Burlington. Moseley was the winner yes terday over .Alton Myers, a jun ior baseball star from Lexing ton, the two having be chosen from an original field of four in the primary election a week earlier. 'I'lie new president, a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School near Charleston, has been a member o{ the Fighting Christian football sciiiad for the past two seasons after injuries sidelined him ihs freshman year. Bils Received Yester day For Thi •ee New Buildiiijis Sixteen construction contractors ' submitted bids here yesterday for the building of two new dorm? and a new dining hall on the Elon campus. The bids were submitted at a joint meeting of the execu tive and building committees of the college's Board of Trustees, which was held in the office of President Leon K. Smith. The King-Hunter Construction Co., Inc.. of Greensboro, was the Brackenridge, Pa. Other junior!low bidder for the contract sub leaders are Earl Stone, of Went worth, vice - president: Evelyn Fritts. of Lexington, secretary; Frances Foster, of Ruffin, treas urer: and Leslie Johnston, of Hol land. Va., class representative to the Student Legislature. ^ Leading the rising sophomore class as president will be Doc Al ston, of Reidsville. Other sopho more leaders are Rick Barbee, of Rurington. vice-president; Judy Clark, of Durham, secretary; Ann Dula, of Durham, treasurer: and Grover Biddle, of Dover, Del., class representative to the Stud ent Legislature. All the newly elected officers will be inaugurated according to constitutional provision, the fourth Monday in April and will assume their duties for the remainder of the present college year. This per iod in the spring serves as an op portunity for the new officers to acquaint themselves with the duties of their respective offices while their predecessors are still available for consultation. Varney And Hook Sj)eak To Alumni Coach Sid Varney was the chief speaker at a banquet meeting of Elon College alumni held in Dur ham last night, and Prof. A. L. Hook will be the featured speaker at a similar alumni dinner session, which is to be held in Sanford next Tuesday evening. April 26th. This was revealed in announce ments concerning the alumni gath erings, which were released from I the office of Mrs. Ruth Boyd, who j is executive of the Elon College j ., Alumni Association. She stated [ *’•: that an excellent meeting was held ; in Durham last night and that a record attendance is expected for the Sanford meeting. The Durham meeting was held at the First Congregational Christ ian Church in that city, while the Sanford banquet is to be held in the beautiful new cafeteria of the Central High School in that city. Dr. L. E. Smith was also slated to attend these alumni meetings and to extend greetings from the college and the Elon faculty to the former Elon students in the Dur- COACH SID VARNEY Pan-American Day ()l)serre(l With Program Hi.'-tory and social science maj ors on the Elon College campus who are members of the Alpha Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, na tional social science honor society, staged one of the most interesting chapel programs of the 19.54-55 college year in observance of the annual Pan-American Day. The Pan-American Day observ ance, which is celebrated annual ly by more than three hundred million people in various North and South American nations, falls on April 14th each year, but the t:ion group staged its program in chapel on Wednesday, April 13th, which fell exactly mid-way the annual "Pan-American Week.” The program, presided over by Kenneth Lambert, of Norfolk, Va., featured brief talks by Terry Emerson, of Lewes Beach, Del., who spoke of the peoples and re sources of the Latin American na tions; and by Robert Phelps, of Fort Smith, Ark., who discussed the United States-Latln American relations. A musical salute to each of the twenty republics to the south was given by a male quartet. Also as a feature of the pro gram, Lambert read a message of greeting from Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and a state- iment from Congressman Carl T. Durham that stressed the import ance of Latin American nations to the United States. Greetings also came to the Elon College chapter of Pi Gamma Mu from the Mexican government, taking cognizance of the program presented in chapel. The greeting.s came in the form of a telegram from the Mexican Foreign Secre tary. In Spanish, the greeting reads as follows; “Con motivo dia Panamericano COmo Instituido para conmemorar los fraternales lazoes que unen. a los Estados Americanos y que con- stituyen la mejor garantia para el mantenimiento de la paz y segur- idad continentales coma complaz- come en enviar un cordial saludo en nombre senor presidente de la I Eddie Robbins, Bill Turner and republica y en el mio propio a los senores professores y alumnos de mitting a figure of $578,771 for /the construction of Virginia Hall a dormiitory for girls, Carolina Hall, a dormitory for boys, and the McEwen Memorial Dining Hall. In announcing the low bidder. President Smith stated that a full meeting of the Board of Tru.stees of the college has been called at 1 o'clock next Monday, April 25th, for the purpose of awarding the contract. This meeting will be held in President Smith’s office in the Alamance Building, Exact date for beginning of construction is not known, but the terms of the bids submitted yes terday called for completion of the three buildings within 365 cal ender days from the date the con tractor receives tKe “Go Ahead " signal. College authorities have expressed the hope that building operations may get underway well before the close of the present term, which woultf mean that the buildings would be complete be fore the 1956 commencement. M PROF. A. L. HOOK ham and Sanford areas. A special musical feature at i Stewart Cass, all of whom hail each banquet was or will be the i from Greensboro. Smyre, who has presence of a barber shop quartet | studied at the Paris Conservatory from the Elon College music de- of Music in France, also sang solo partment, including Jerry Smyre. numbers. esa institucien educativa. — Luis Padilla, Nerva Secretario de Re- leciones Exteriores.”

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