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‘1 /f - J '.f V- ~4 .r V. : -V •M I;:, T’ '■ . !'' dramatic scenes t cm Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar t" . j r*- - i,- \V!:i*iey /.uditoriuin o.i \Vc( ‘ _-iy, Fohrujry **. i* e pictured h---. 1 ' It:as Caesar and Tom nic *‘-oland as Calpurnia, with C.'ll/iiniia r '■ i : . ’. .ml, i:'>t to go to the ca I ' » t!'.; cl : of his death. C U- .t f■ ■ : . Ai.::.osiv confronts the sen ‘ i- ai - ^ t!” stabbing of Caesjr. l e t to , i 1 Aiit'iony, Wayni. Kudisill a.-, Cinna. Uiil Watson as Brutus, Profe-s, r C.j ie .. I . , i ii!, S,m VV'iiiip as Casca. Ar the ri 'lit is Kill Watson as Brutus and Margav.' Sliar a^ i ifc. Porl.ia, in a scene showinT Por'.ia pleai’‘Mg on her knees that Brutus «.U tell ' ! =-■ a ; feature of t-o sh Let’s Everybody See Th:\t New Player Show AROON AND GOLD Ai d 1 Ke-p liiat Cate Siiuail A-Wiiir.ln; ELON COLLEGE, N. C. UEDNLSDAY, FEBPvVAUY 13 1957 NUMBER 8 A OLl'ME 36 ' . . . Players To Offer ^Julius Caesar^Next Wednesday — % ~ 1 k Patillo And Barnes Are Named May Day Rulers THEY WILL RUI^E 0VE;{ *IA\ DAY IfEVTIVrnES It will be Queen Margaret and King Larry tnr the annual Elon College May Day festival, which is to be held on the campus on the first Saturday in May, for the students in a special election held last week chose’ Margaret Pa tillo, of Burlington aii.,. Larry Barnes, of Portsmoutli, Va„ to lule over the event. For both of these May Day rul ers, the choice climaxes a long series of honors won during their : ‘lUdent years. Miss Patillo has j boon for three years a member ol the Homecoming court and was .imiii.’i- attendant in the 1956 May Day pageant, A former sec- retary-treasurer of the Student Government, she was chosen for collegiate Who’s Who this year. The selection of Larry Barnes to the May Day post tops off^a series of honors that includes the presidency of the Student Govern ment and the editorship of the Maroon and Gold this year. He had previously held numerous campus posts and was also one of those named for collegiate Who’s 'Who last fall, , Chief attendants for the Elon May Day rulers will be Miss Eve lyn Fritts, of Lexington, who will serve as Maid-of-Honor, and Ed win Davidson, of Brackenridge, Pa The two seniors were named by the students in the same election in which the King and Queen were selected. The students also balloteci for two senior girls and two junior girls, along with an equal num her of senior aiid jLi..io. as escorts. These four couples will serve as court attendants for the May Day royalty. The senior girls chosen are Jean Cannady, of Alamance, and Janet "Crabtree, of Durham, Their sen ior escoris for the May Day ob servance are Robert Bergman, of Ciicasville, Conn., and Kerry Rich- aids, of Mahanoy City, Pa, The two junior girls named as attendants are Patricia Chrismon, of Reidsville, and Sylvia O’Con- nel, of Sanford, who will be es corted by Robert Stauffenberg, of Morea, Pa., and Anythony DeMat- ■eo, of Pottsville, Pa. (Continued on Page Four) Fund Drive Is Off To Fine Start The necessity for perpetuating I America’s dual system of both I private and public educational in stitutions was urged by Archie K. Davis, of Winston-Salem, chair man of the board of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, who was the featured speaker at the “kick-off dinner” for the advance gifts division of the Elon College Development Fund Campaigfi on Wednesday night, February 6th. The Winston-Saiem financial leader pointed out that business leaders kie recog.iizing now more than ever before the-contributions that privately endowed education makes to American life. In this- connection, he paid a special tribute to the Burlington Industries as a pioneer in North Carolina fn recognizing the obliga tions that big business has to edu- catioil- and to privately endowed education in particular, citnig the program of grants, scholarships and educational loan funds which ^Continued on Page Four' MARGARET P.ATILLO Ruling as May Day royalty ut Elon’s traditi'inal spring-time observance this year will be Mar garet Pat'llo, left, a senior girl from Burlin.'.ton, who is the 19."7 May Queen: and Larry Barnos, right, a senior boy from Por' mc.uth, Va.. who will reign as King for the festive occasion. The two were choscn by stu dent ballot in ii special election, which was held under the aus pices of the Student Elections Committee. Each of the royal pair has held numerous student offices and honorary positions, and the May Day honor comes as a rUting climax to outstanding student careers. Other members of the May Uay court arc an nounced in a story appearing elsewhere on this page. High Sehooi Groups Are Invited For New Show LARRY BARNES Greek Letter Groups List Pledges Spring \ acatioii Begins IMarcli 1 c? The spring vacation for Elon students and faculty will return this year to the traditional firs full week in March, instead of at Easter. The holidays wil be gin on Friday, March 1st and continue untU Monday March 11th, coming between the winter and spring terms for day classes. , Announcement has been made that the holidays for day classes begin following the close of Win ter Quarter examinations o" J"' day morning. March 1st. N.gh students will be required to meet their Friday night classes on that date and will resume work on Monday night, March Uth. The winter “Bid Niglit ’ cere monies were observed on the cam pus last Saturday night, wilh lh« eight 'Greek letter social groups acquiring £>a new pledges. The four sororities added 27 of the group, while the four fraternities pledged 26 new members. The Beta Omicron Beta and Tau Zeta Phi sororities led the girls groups with nine, pledges each, while Delta Upsilon Kappa had five and Pi Kappa Tau had four additions. Three of the fraterni ties, Alpha Pi Delta, Kappa Psi Nu and Sigma Phi Beta, added .--even boys, and lota Tau Kapna listed five pledges. The groups, with active mem- bers and pledges list^., are as follow's: ALPHA PI DELTA, with sixteen members, added seven pledges. Active members are Bobby Ben nett Bob Blanchard, Gerold Bray, Bryant Emorj , Harold Hairis, Tom Harris, P-aul Heath, James Hol land, Jackie Joyce, Jerry Loy, Roger McMillan, Bob Mercer, Jack Reavis, Gene Sloan, Lloyd Sparks and Edgar Teague. Pledges are Lew Atchison, George Howey, Jimmy. Humphrey, Jack Kester. Dan Mangum, Stuart Toms and Dean Wyrick, IOTA TAU KAPPA, with twen ty members, added five pledges. Active members are Richard Brad- ham, Jimmy Crump, Joe DelGais Clark Dofflemyer, Walter Ed- Imoiids. Harold Ellen, Harry Faust, I Tommy Griftin, Jerry Holt, Bob by Jones, Ed Juratic, Mac Payne,! 'Bob Phelps, Bobby Sharpe,/Tom Shepperson, Jerry Slaughter, Bob Stauflenberg, Jack Sutton and ] Gilbert- Watts. Pledges -:re Lany BuSa, Carlton Grove, Marion Har grove, Marvin Langley and Buddy I 'vVay, KAPPA PSI NU, with twenty-one members, added seven pledges. Active members are Doc Alston, . Torn Barron, Tommy Bedsole, Les- ^»r Brewer, John Carver, Clayton Cashwell, Ken Dudley, Arnold Duncan, Walter Harding, Harold Harris, A1 Hassell, Don Johnson. Leslie Johnston. Chuck Oakley, Chris Peterson, Boh Rickover, Da- v;.-* Sapp, Jimmy Sparks, Ja.iies Taylor and Wayne Taylor, Pledg es are Bill Branch, Ben Eanes. Bob Fentress, Larry Gregg, Steve Mauldin, Bob Skinner and Zack Walker, SIGMA PJH BETA, with twen- tj-four members, added seven pledges. Active members are John Appssos, Larry Barnes, Whitney Bradham, Tony Carcaterra, Lad- son Cubbage, Morris DeMatteo, Tony DeMatteo, Charles Foster, Roscoe Garrison, Tom Gough, Bob Hendricks, Charles Johnson, Ash- Iburn Kirby, Bob Kopko, Harold I Long, Sonny Martin, Dick McCar thy, Lynn Newcomb, Arthur Pitts, Bo Kiddie, Bob Ruggeri, George Stewart, Tony Slump and Glenn I Varney. Pledges are Tunner Bros- ky, Vincent Bujan. Hank Car- 1 minutes, Nick DiSibio, Lloyd Par ker, Rayford Pate and Pete Peters. BETA OMICRON BKTA, with twelve members added nine pledg es, Active members are Ann Bass, Jean Coghill, Pat Coghill, Mar tha Langley, Nancy Lemmons, Carol Morrison, Joyce Myers, Lau ra Seamon, Ruth Sharpe. Rosalind Toney, Yvonne Winstead and Lan- nie Wright. Pledges are Yvonne Gearhart, Marion Glasgow, Mary Ann Hai'twell, Dale Herbert. Mar- zaret Honeycut, Frances Kiltrell, Katie Langley, Eli-zabcth Morris and Sue Walters, DELTA UPSILON KAPPA, with twenty-four members, added five pledges. Active members are Eliz- I abeth Beckwith, Gaye Branton, I 'anio Burch, .lean Cannady, Fran- ! ces Carver, Pat Chrismon, Janet I Crabtree, Vivian Franks, Evelyn Frits, Nancy Goforth, Sue Hughes, ■\nn Jones, None Luce, Jeanne Payne, Dot P(;rkins, Joyce Perry, Betty Reynolds, Marquita Robert son, Martha Rohart, Shirley Sor rell, Faye Weaver, Charlotte Wil liamson, Jackie Williamson and Jayce Yancey. Pledges are Don nie Holmes, Malinda Jones, Syl via O’Connell, Nancy Perry and .Margie Putman. SC A Plans Prayer Day Observance The Student Christian Associa lion, whicii is an organiation for .11 students, will observe "Univer- ,al Day oi Prayer” on the campus next Sunday, February ITtii, wiJi a special service of u-orshi;) and meditation in the I’arisli House that evening. This is only one of a number of interesting February prosra.-ns, A'hich arc being staged under di- ■ ection of the Campus Affairs Commission. ”rhe last Sunday in February will feature a program on summer service opportunities. It which students will be told of chances for Christian service dui- ing summer vacation montlis. The Februa'ry series opened on February 3rd with a program led by Prof, Clyde McCants on dis cussion of sororities and fraterni ties. The February 10th program featuitd Paul Rilling, of tlie YMCA Area Council, in a discussion of ■'Race Relations. ” Similar pro grams are held at all weekly SCA 4atherincrs, which are held at 5 0 clock each Sunday afternoon at the Parish House (Continued on Page Four) ValiMiliiH* Daiicc Sel For Friday A Valentine theme will be featured in the annual mid-win ter dance, which's set for Alum ni Memorial Gymnasium on Fri day night of this week, and the members of the dance commit tee have promised one of the most beautiful settings ever of fered for an F>lon formal. Music for the dance is to be furnished hy the Southerners from Wake Forest, and advnace notices indicate that their tunes should be among the best ever heard on an Elon dance floor The Wake Forest group has been playing a full schedule and has gained wide reputation for the quality of Its music. I'he r'on PT.iyor^ will aim lor new highs in stagin'j ShiiUc'-i'/c-.ire's "Julius Cac.^ar" on the ,'l;i e of Whitley Auditorium at 8 oVlock iU'-a Wi-dncsd.'iy night. Feliiuary i, ilh, and u .c nf the l.igh spots ,ct as a goal will he .i new record for speetalor attcndanc.- at a sin- ■!e Player production. The hopes for an attendance mark lies in the fact that an ef fort is underway to liave several hundred iiigh school l^nl^lish stti- dents from this^iirea i)i'. .u-at for the “Juli^ij Ca ''ur” showing. Dr. James Howell, who i.> chair man of the committee in charge of promoting high school atlend- ,-'nce, iias^rilten high sciiooi Eng- ;lish teachers througiiout tiiis area land issued an invitation for their students to sec the Shakespearean phow. The high tchool students study this play in their scphomoro year, and the story will be fami liar to them. Prof. Melvin Wooten, who i3 directing the Player performance, points out that the student dra matic group is returning 1o Whit ley for this show in order ti ac commodate a larger attendance and also to make use of a larger stage than is available • in iVfcioney Chapel, where Player productions have been given for tlie past two years. I Costuming for the show is ex pected to be a big feature, for the Elon Player members have spared no effort to make the dress of authentic Roman style. The stage set will be stylized in nature, built around one large platform, wnlch is to be flanked on either side by other platforms of varying height. Included in the cast arc Eddie Robbins, as Caesar; Chuck Oak ley, as Octavius; Dale Shepherd, as Antony; Lewis Atchison as Cicero, Stuart Fyke as Publius, Donald Ashworth as Popilius Lena, Bill Watson as Brutus, Prof, Clyde McCants as Cassius, Wayne Rudi- siil as Cinna. Linwood Hurd as Lucius, Tommie Boland us Cal purnia, Margaret Sharpe as Por tia, Sam White as Titiniu,s Lewis Atchison as Messala, Stuart Fyke as Clitus, Leslie Johnston as Vol- umnius, Richard Edelen as Pin- darus and Chuck Oakley as The Soothsayer
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