Wrdnesday. March 20. 1957
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Mkl-Wiiiter
Dance Very
Successful
KEY CHARACTERS IN TI.A'iTT^S' ^ LH S CAESAR
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium
■was the setting of the annual Val
entine Dance, on Friday evening,
February 15th, when memlwrs ■ i !
Elon . tudent body danced to thi
liltini; music of The Southener^
Irom Wake Forest.
Tilt' “.111 docora'ed to the
hilt and with picturesque viviri-!
neti. Four small hearts hung ii'. ii |
tl.t d:i:in»? iji l.fr fi'ur corner: o'. .
the athletic houes, and a huge.
led hciirt «as centered in the niiti-
dle of the floor.
Floodlighting” was directed above '
the m:iin lordiform, casting a sha- '
dow u. huge heart on the dance
floor. The sides of the gym were
deikfd with cherubims casting let-'
ter!, to a mail box. Other silhou-
■ iti.. included the figures of men
and women dancing the minuet
a;jaiiii a background of wliite and
baby blue. Multi-colored balloons
were tacked to these decoratins
to further the scheme of valentine
time.
Placed in a semi-circle around
the dance floor were tables, all
of them covered with white cloths.
Each contained different shades
of candles and balloons. Tlie serv
ing tables were placed to the right
as one entered, each decorated'
with a red and white theme. Red
punch was served along with blood i
colored cookies cut in the form of
hearts. ;
Well over two hundred couples j
attended the dance. The South
erners more than adequately gave alive many great dramas, some
them their music s worth. They them in comedy, some in tra-
handled the fox trots with easesome in deep and emotional
Just as they did the mambos, jit- Reeling and revelation, and other?
lerbugs and other dances. This is '*^ simple, yet convincing ap-
the second time teh Wake Forest ■
aggregation has played at an Elon Through them all, and for gen-
dance, and it is certain that they erations, the works of William
Two of the key players and one of the outstanding scenes in the recent Elon Player production
of Sliakespeai-e s ■Mulius Caesar” are shown in the photo, which portrays Dale Shep'ierd, of Haw
River, in the role of Mark Antr ny, as he swears vengeance over the murdered body of Juiius Cae
sar. In thi role of Caesar is Eddie Robbins, of Grensboro. Both Shepherd and Robbins were out-
.■itanding in ih? Player \ersion if the famous Shakespearean tragedy.
Player Production Of 'Julius Caesar Is
•/
Well Received In Whidey Presentation
Fluid Drive j
Solicitation
Nears Close
Solicitation nears an end in all
phases of the Elon College De
>elopment Fund Campaign, follow
ing a series of three kick-off din-
.lers for each of the three prin-
ipal divisions of the drive, which
has for its goal the raising of $1.
'>00.000 for the progress and de-
velopiTfcent of Elon College.
The last of the three kick-off
dinners was held at the Alamance
Hotel on February 20th, when
workers in the general gifts di-
i'ision received their final instruc-
ions for solicitation in their group.
Ed Hicklin, local insurance man,
is general chairman for the gene
ral gifts division, with William S.
Leloudis as co-chairman.
The special gifts division, head
ed by Dr. John Robert Kernodle
as chairman, held its kick-off din
ner gathering at the Alajnancc
Hotel on February 13th. Vice-
chairmen under Dr. Kernodle in
clude W. Cliff Elder, Eugene A
Gordon and D. E. Pardue, each
of whom has a corps of workers
in his group. H/t
First of the three dinner meet
ings was the kick-off for the ad
vance gifts division on February
6th, when that group under lead
ership of Reid A. Maynard launch
ed its active solicitation.
North Wins Cage Touniey;
Breaks Vet Winning Streak
By HOWARD WHITE
(Guest Critic) '
The theatre for years has kept
will be asked back again.
IIA.MI'DEVSIDNEY
(Continued from Page 5)
Five other Christian piavers
were in double figures for the
night, with Jimmy Crump and Earl area
Stone knotting for runner-up hon- Shakespearean
Shakespeare have had their tre
mendous folowing. They have serv
ed the basis for great drama and
have been unmoved by the innova
tions applied by the progressing
and changing years.
Several hundred residents of this
relived one of the great
stories here on
iept Shakespeare alive. There was
excellent casting, particularly in
the major roles. Period costum-,
mg a^ded authenticity to the story,
and Professor Wooten's evident di
rection in diction, understanding
the *age movement carried the
story to great heights in the leng-:
hy list of successes that have come ■ another teacher in the sev-
from the local theatrical group. Lnjh grade when he was, in his
The cast, through Shakespeare, words, “feeling my oats” be-
is in two different classifications. scholastic achieve-
Brutus, Cassius, Caesar and Mark
Daiiielev Comnienls On New Post
(Continued From Page One) .Danieley be
dency. The Board of Trustees ac-
were other people who had taken jepted the recommendation
their places in his life. Dr. Danieley, in accepting the
He could recite a remark made o££er from the trustees, recogniz
es that he is one of the youngest
CATAWBA DEFEAT
(Continued from Page 5)
went on to defeat Western C^ar-
clina 71-58.in the finals.
The Indians moved out front
18-16 after . ten jninutes of play
Md stretched their margin to 41-
30 at the intermission. Coach
Ruth’s lads then played it cau
tiously down to the wire, and Elon
was never able to overtake that
11-point margin of the half-time
break.
Jimmy Crump, Elon’s set shot
i artist, paced the Elon scoring in
the game with 18 points, and he
: was trailed for the Christians by
Dee Atkinson, who racked 15
points despite the fact that he
fouled out with .seven miuutes to
go. They were the only ones able
;to hit double digits for the Ma
roon and Gold cagers.
Meanwhile Gene Fleming,
Woody Helfrich, Donnie Hunt, Pete
Stout and Sonny Clayton gave Ca
tawba five sets of double-figure
scoring marks.
The line-ups:
Pos.—Elon (62) Catawba (73)
F—Atkinson 15 Fleming 17
F—Stone 7 Helfrich 16
C—Juratic 7 Hunt 15
G—Crump 18 - Clayton 14
G—Stout 5 Stout 11
Half-time — Catawba 41, Elon
30. '
Elon subs — Way 2, DeRila 4,
Carcatenra 4, Watts, Turner, Bul
la. Catawba subs — Bryant,
Rhodes.
.\nthony carry the play and tell
the story. Then there is the sup
porting players whose roles are
vital yet relatively minor.
Brutus, as played by Bill Wat
son, and Cassius, by Clyde Me
Cants, were particularly outstand
ing in their roles as they plotted
the death of Caesar, saw it
tlirough, and then led to their own
now
ors with 12 points each. Three of Wednesday night, February 20tb
the Christians who counted even when the Elon Players staged "Ju-ldVa'thI so that Caesar may
10 points for the evening were jius Caesar” in a single-night per-'gfj,] ..
Frank DeRita, Gilbert Watts and formance, * 1 Mark Anthony, by Dale fehep-
Tommy Kjng. | ^ ambitious undertak- erd, and Caesar, by Eddie Rob-
The line-ups:
Pos. Elon (94) Hampden-Sid.
(49)
F—Atkinson 6 ....
F—DeRita 10
C—Juratic 18 Holcomb 13
. Putt 10;
Carter 6
ing for the undergraduate stage.
Yet Prof. M. E. W'ooten, Jr., the
Players' director, and his cast
could have taken several curtain
calls had they chosen to do so.
G—Crump 12 Joyce 10 .. , .u i
_ „ .. o The reaction of the audience, and
G- -Bulla 4 . Martin 6^
Half-time — Elon 50, Hampden praise which was heard as it
Sidney 18 moved to the exits, was sin«ere
Elon subs — Watts 10, King 10, and genuine.
Way 8, Carcaterra 4, Stone 12, History keeps Caesar alive, and
Turner. Hampden Sidney subs — performances such as this one
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bins, also handled their parts with
comparative ease. Caesar was on
‘he stage less than the others, and
Anthony, in a difficult role, had
I.is audience with him in his asso
ciation with the slayers and in
his love for his Caesar.
Yet the applause is highest, and
tlw tribute most pronounced, for
the portrayals by Watson and Mc-
Cants. The lengthy speeches,
strong and convincing mannerisms
fell to them to lead, and they did
:t. Anthony's speech to the coun
trymen was appreciated and was
Aith feeling to follow Brutus in the
most convincing and challenging
icene of the play.
And for the Players, they have
continued their part in joning Pro
fessor Wooten for an excellent
team. From the star to every
member behind the scene the pro
duction was moving and thorough
ly enjoyable.
The cast, in order of appear
ance:
JULIUS CAESAR
Julius Caesar Eddie Robbins:
Casca
“She kept me in one afternoon,”
he said, “and talked to me. I
can recite almost every word she
said. She told me about an ath
letic contest and that the players
who were on the team were not
there because of something they
men in the country to attain such
an office.
Yet he doesn't feel this will be
against his work. He has his
ideas, gained over a period of
years in the classroom and in
teaching, of what education is to
Uie student, the nation and the
world, "and I don't think that
age of those who are a pari of
its administration is a vital
had done last year, or in earlier point.’
Education, to him, has its
place in helping the student find
the team because of their per- his way. Services and facilities
years.
“She said that they were on
formance now. And she told me
that they wouldn't be on the team
unless they were a part of it.
“I’ll never forget that. I've had
it as a part of my life. I hope
it always will be.’’
He could tell of others, includ
ing several ministers, who touch
ed him at a time when he con-
must be provided for these many
students to copy with their prob
lems and to help them find 'solu
tions.
"Let a student, in finding an
swers, build a confidence in
himself that there is a future for
him, and he will be a good stu
dent and a good citizen. “And
sidered he needed what was said. | we, in the educational field, must
The impressions which these'help them build that confidence.’’
:?ducators and ministers left with [ This type of thinking, he recog’
lim have helped mold his life. nizes, goes back to his young
That decision which came in years, as in the second grade.
He has his many interests out-
Ihe second grade has led to the
Present which has him in post-
ioctoral research at Johns Hop
kins University in Baltimore.
\ld., an assignment which will
5e completed this spring.
•And the reason he left
side his classroom.
He likes sports and likes V) see
all of them played, particularly
track.
“I’ve never played sports to
Elon; any great extent, and I suppose
North Dorm clinched the
pus cage championship ar
the same time brought an
to the 13-game win streali ot
Veterans when the lads fromx
turned back the Vets 37 to 2.
'the finals of the post-season t-
nament.
; The Vets had previouslv clinch
the regular-season crown bv
feating the Footbrawlers
27 in the play-off battle bet»r''
the winners of the Dormitorj- ’
Fraternity^ Leagues. The ^
brawlcis, after wiuninj
league title, fell by the "way;; -
in the post-season tourney
failed to reach the finals.
The Vets, in winning the re
:nr-- ason crown, were paced
Mull Miles with 17 and Mai
nett with 12 points. The FootbJ^
lers, minus the services of j J
; Vaughn, who was out with a »»,
ter football injury, had .Nick p
, Sibio as a pace-setter with ni
counters.
I Miles and Bennett were agj
I the top scorers for the Veteraa
I in the tournamem final agaimt;
j North, but their efforts wer°e jo(|
' enough to off-s^t the sterling puj
iby the North Dorm five. Pei,l
'Jones and John Brady paced thjl
! North outfit, which played a ps,l
u^l
CHALK-LINES
(Continued from Page 5)
15 seconds for the speediest back
to run the distance with a ball
in his arms. ~
“If King College did nothing
except run up and down the field,
it is hard to see what happened.
A team running signals could
scarcely score so many ooints with
nothing but air in opposition. Three
or fou rteams were used by King,
but it’s an easy bet that the last
scrub was worn to a frazzle by his
marathon work. The game is the
event of the football season in
these diggings. 206 points! Long
may they wave.” Such was the
Greensboro Daily News story in
1922.
^ session game that rivaled the
lies of Maryland. The two teanii
were knotted at 12-all at the lialtl
time, but the North tossers movejl
ahead in the closing hal]
The line-up for the regular-sei.
son play-off between the Vets
Footbrawlers foliows:
Pos.—Vets (54) Footbrawlers (37)
F—Miles 17 DiSibio 12
F—Bennett 12 Richaids S
C—Mullins 8 Stevensoi i
G—Fields 8 Hermick
G—Holt 2 Cafasso 8
Half-time: Vets 30, Footbrat
lers 13.
Vets subs — Walker 4, Fogl^
man 2. Footbrawlers subs — Lau-
ver, Alston 2.
The line-up for the final battli
in the post-season tourney follow:
Pos.—North (37) Vets (JJI
F—Ivey 6 Miles 8
F—Brady 6 Fields S
C—Lovelace 6 Bennett 2
G—Montgomery 4 Holt 2
G—Jones 15 - - FoglemanJ
Half-time — North Dorm 12,
Yets 12. Vets sub — Waiiter.
St summer for the one year j I’ll be too old when I return this
of Johns Hopkins work was to'year to Elon for the coach to con-
turther his capabilities in the
classroom and laboratory. His
research centers on fundamental
tudies relating to trace com
pounds occurring in petroleum,
an extension of some previous
work.
He also
came
mas that he was on the list
educators being considered as! relaxation is in gardening which
the new Elon president. Later still stays with him from his
came a letter. He '
of. Away from sports, his favorite
there
sider me.”
That was the way he comment
ed on his size, for any coach
would like to have a football play
er resembling him in the lineup.
Dr. Danieley is six feet, two inch-
es tall, and “I say with pride that
He had all intentions of return- I weigh 240 pounds ” The pride
Sam Whitelf^Vlab^atorv"
. „ . . I laboratory. i once weighed 311.’
Calpurnia Tommie Boland | xhen came word last Christ-, wears a 12 shoe.
Antony Dale Sheperd, H.R.
A Soothsayer Chuck Oakley
Brutus Bill Watson
Cassius Clyde McCants
Portia Margaret Sharpe
Decius Curtis Medlin
Cicero Lewis Atchison
Cinna Wayne Rudisill
Lucius Linwood Hurd
Publius Stewart Fyke
Popilius Donald Ashworth
Octavius Chuck Oakley
Lepidus Donald Ashworth
Messala Lewis Atchison
Titinius Sam White
Pindarus Norman Riddle
Strato Leslie Johnston
Volomnius Richard Edelen
Clitus — Stewart Fyke
was in-;younger days on the farm There
vited to meet with the Selection | have been few summer to pass
Committee in Raleigh, February'in his adult life when he didn’t
15, Ninety minutes of intense'have a garden,
questioning and interview follow
ed the start of the Raleigh meet
ing.
The committee, in turn, con
ducted many other interviews,
eliminating one after another.
Dr. Danieley's name sHlI was held
high on the list.
Conferences by the committee
with sub-committees represent
ing the Alumni Association, facul
ty, and the Congregational-Chris-
tian church then led to the un
animous recommendation by the
Selection Committee that Dr.
a
Mrs. Danieley, her husband
admits, wasn’t too anxious for
him to take the assignment were
it offered to him.
She was for seven years Dr.
Smith's secretary at Elon “and
kMows much more about the of
fice that I do.'’ He says that the
experience she had in the presi
dent's office showed to her the
vast amount of time, travel and
responsibility which is associated
with the office, “and she wasn’t
'ure It was what I should
now.”
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