Everybody Out
For The
May Day Pageant
MAROON AND GOLD
And Here’s I.uok
T» New
Student Officera
VOLVME 38
EI.ON rOI.l,Er.E, N. C.
THI RSDAY, APRIL 30, 1959
NIJMBER IS
1 Elon May Day Observance Set For This Weekend
I
Hoivell And
Berry Go To
English Meet
Dr. James Howell, chairman of^
the department of English at Elon! ^ ’
College, and Prof. Jennings Ber-, ^
ry, Jr., also of the Elon English!
staff, returned last week from Col-1 f I
umbia, S. C., w'here they attended ^
the annual meeting of the South
eastern Renaissance Conference,
which met under the joint spon
sorship of the University of South
Carolina and Columbia College on
April I7th and 18th.
A highlight of the conference
meeting was an address on “The
Simplicity of Milton ’ by Dr. Allan
Gilbert, of Duke University, who
■was one of the founders of this i
Renaissance group. Dr. Howell,
who was a charter member of
the Renaissance Society of Amer
ica. has also been associated with
tl is Southeaastern group for many
years.
Numerous North Carolina col
leges were represented among the
delegates at the Columbia coufer-
ence, which attracted persons from
cclleges and universities through
out the southeastern states, and
there were a number of signifi
cant papers read by Renaissance
authorities from several institu
tions.
Both Dr. Howell and Professor
Berrj’ were high in their praise
of the program at the meeting.
In addition to the address by Dr.
Gilbert, other papers by North
Carolina speakers were "The Tra
gic Hero of Aristotle and Shake
speare” by Dr. Raymond Jenkins,
oi' Catawba College, and “Romeo
and Juliet at the Swan Theatre
1595," by Dr. George W. Williams,
of Duke University.
SHE KEiGNs AS Ei.ovsQiiEENOFMAY Duiice III Alumni Gyiii Oil Saliinhiy
ISight To Climax Annual Festii'al
Linda Simpson of Klon College, will reign as Queen of May over Elon’s annual spring festival,
wh'ch >3 set for Saturday of this week. The 1959 May Queen has held numerous class and student
body offices, was a co-editor of the 1959 edition of Phi Psi Cli and was chosen for a plac« m
“Who's W'ho in American Colleg “ for this year.
TI’jl' glamor and romance of ^ —
I Old Mexico and other Spanish
speaking countries of the New
World wrtl come to Elon’s campus
j Saturday afternoon in the annual
Elon College May Day pageant,
n.iich will feature a “South ot
! 'he Border" theme when it is
p.rtvsented on the grasstd oval
ioulh of Alamance Building.
All the colorful beauty of those
countries “South of the Border "
will gu intw such dances as the
Calypso, the Mexican Hat Kock,
jnJ the Cha Cha Cha, along with
lie traditional May Pole dance
anJ a true-to-life bull fight that
promises to be unusually enter-
:aining.
The pageant itself has been
planned by Mrs. Jeanne Grillm
ind her staff of student assistants
and will be staged against a col
orful backgi’ound for the enter
tainment of Eton’s May Day roy
alty. which will Include the May
Queen and King and their court
attendants.
Kulmg as May Queen will be
Linda Simpson, of Elon College
ind pair«;d with her as the May
ing will be Richard Lashley, oi
...eaksville, and special interest at-
aches to this royal pair, who only
ast week announced their ap-
ji-oaching marriage, set for early
n June.
■ Chief attendants for the royai
.jair will be Louanu Lambeth, ot
Brown Summit, as maid-oi-honor,
jscorted by Ronald Bergman, of
Jncas'ville, Conn. They, along with
the king and queen and class rep
resentatives, were chosen by stu
dent ballot earlier this year.
The senior attendants will be
Sylvia S*ims, of Winston-Salem,
ind Becky Matthews, gi Broad-
OTHS:i{ MW DAY noVALTY
h
ad
New College Song Played
An Annual Band Concert
The Elon College Band, in pre
senting its annual spring concert
in Whitley Auditorium at 8; 15
o’clock Monday night of this week,
introduced a new college song as
a feature of the program.
The new song, entitled “Elon
College," featured music written
by Prof. Dewey M. Stowers, di-
reetor of the band, with words by
his wife, Mrs. Emily Stowers. Itj
was arranged for the band by
Prof. Patrick Johnson, who is
faculty assistant t» the band di
rector.
This Monday night concert pro
gram marked the Elon band’s final
appearance under the direction of
Prof. Stowers, who is leaving Elon|
tUs spring to -ontlnue advanced
study toward iiis Ph.D. degree.
Prof. Johnson will take over as
band director in September. A
guest musician for the concert
was Harold Grant, director of
the Williams High School Band,.
A special feature of the concert kos. Ed Boelte, Thomas Payne,
program was a trumpet solo by j Eddie Burke and Zac Walker, sax
Robert Sykes, Carl Davenport, ophones; Rol^ert Svkes. Carl Dav-
Harrison Harding and Walter Bass, er.port, William P-irker.
The quartet number was entitled, Dewar, Carl Whitc-iell and Davit
“Festival Days." . iSorrell, trumpets; William Has-
In addition to the new Elon ^ sell, baritone. Harrison Harding,
'>ong and the two special num-,Grady Radford and Haiold ran
bers, other numbers for the pro-■ trombones; Walter Bass, '“ass,
Sram included selections by Ja- Patrick Kelley, I-ouis Gen O',
cobs, Walters, Straus. Kern, Guenl-'Gabriel Tsi?his, Douglass S>cott
i*!. V.'llliauis, Eobtorts, Simon and jnj Carolyn French, percussion,
V-'illiains.
PROF. DEWEY STOWERS
Directs I*ast Concert
Barbara Day. Charlie Mamma-
Biidness Group
Meets At Elon
Dr. H. II. Cunningham, dean
of Elon College, wa.s the feat
ured speaker at a meeting of
Zela Chapter of Delta Pi Epsi
lon, graduate husiness education
r.ateinity, held in McEwen Mem
orial Dining Hall last weekend.
Ihe fraternity chapter. th
members on college facuUit.- lii
this area, attracted a large del
egation from Woman’s College,
among the guest* being Dr.
Vance T. Littlejohn, head of the
WC business education depart
ment.
Frot. William T. Recce, chair
man of Flon's business admin- j
istration and business education
program?, introduced Dr. Cun
ningham. who reviewed li*s
book, "Doctors in Gray.”
Members of Delta Pi Epsilon
on the Elon faculty are Mrs.
Frances C. Longest, .Mrs. Tes-
sje Z. Taylor and Prof. Alfcin
Lindquist.
Members of the Elon band in
' ’ annual concert, grouped by
' 'mcnts, included Louis Bo-
' ^rl Miller, Terry Tickle. Ed
f W'allace G«e, Wesley Bat-
“ ' GJoria Baumgardner, John
' ' “?hlin, Patsy Truitt, Don-
’1' ’ ris, Nina Matlock and Reg-
• !son, clarinats; Nancy Ha-
► tlu'.e;
Judy Davis and Jane Owen, bells;
Eldridge Matkins, Patrick John
son and Walter Curtis, French
horns; and Anita Brown, LuL-i Ro
berts. Sara Barringer and Carol
Adams, majoiettes. Waller Bass
jiasisell, Butler
Atleinl Meets
Two members of the Elon Col-
ege faculty attended imtional
meetings last week, with Prof. Al
fred Hassell at a mei ting of the
American Association of College
Registrars and Admissions Offi
cers in Pittsburgh, while Business
Manager W. E. Butler, Jr., was at
a meeting of the Sou‘h(.rn Asso
ciation of CoUege ami I mversity
Business Manager in Lou.sville,
Artists Visit
Eton Campus
For Program
Coming as the last and one of
Ihe most' mteresting of the Elon
College Lyceum programs of the ^
year was the husband-and-wife art
team ot William and Emily Muir,
who were on the campus on Mon
day and Tuesday, April 20th and
21 st, to demon.strate two different
media of art.
I;, was nothing short of tragic
that so tew of the students ;inu
.acuity took advantage of the
opportunity to hear and see the
>iuirs *n their appearance in Whit-
■y Auditorium on .VJonday night,
April 20th. They had a much larg
er and more appreciative specta-
.or group for tlieir di.-paly of ar
tistic talent in the ballroom oi
McEwen Memorial Dining Hall,
William Muir, a sculptor who
specializes in wood-carving, is a
/vitive of North Dakota, and he
audied at the Minneapolis School
of Art and the Art Students Lea
gue in New York. His sculptural
works have been exhibited by the
Sculpture Center in New York
Cicy, and he is a truHtee of the
Hay-t.ick M»iuntain School of
Crafts
His wife, a painter, who prefers
DICK LASHLEY
The King
ternoon will be followed on Sat
urday night by the annual May
□ay Dance, which is to be staged
in beautifully decorated Alumni
Memorial Gymnasium, with tune
fui music by Pee Wee Hunt and
his 12th Street Rag Band,
Dancmg the Calypso for the
royal entertainment will be Ca
role Anderson, Pat White, Helen
Wright, Joyce HoK. Judy W;tson
Jane KecK. Norma Campbell, Lu
lu Roberts, Jans Mi>r,4an, Judy
-Samuc-ls. .Ichann.i Jones, Linda
!’erry, G’il Heritage and Margi,
:ai-,nm&n.
The Mexican Hat Rock will fea
ture Marie Butler, Jan.;t Pugh,
Kathy Clark, Mclver Henderson
ina DecKy iTiauLnews, iu oruau-
nax, Va„ escorted by Ralph Car- ^eta Marlowe Nancy Hager, L.^
mines, of Portsmouth, Va„ and t»er Walker, Harnett Hammond.
Larry Gregg, of South Norfol’i,) ’
Va. Junior attendants are Jean Joanne Keith, Sandra Neighbors,
Loy and Kay Hughes, both of Elon J-'nice Stanley, Jean Martin. Ann
College, escorted by Kenneth Rtj- Gillen and Carolyn Anderson,
sers, of Sanford, and Jimmy Huni-^ The Cha Cha Cha will be pro-
phrey, of Southern Pines. - ented by Jones. Harolyn Saw-
The pageant on Saturday af- yer. Jo Mr\dams. Janette Int^e
I.OUANN LAMBETH
The ’Maid-Of-Honor
Sally Wright, Brenda Sutton, Hel
en Bell, Deanna Braxton, Judy
Waldo, Barbara Smith, Penny >'u-
qua and Della Vickers.
Those Winding the May Pole
will be Adelaide Goodman, Jo
McAdams, Janice Stanley, Mar
gie Marshman, Mane Butler,
Judy Waldo, Jean Martin, Helen
Wright, Mclver Henderson, Bar
bara Smith, Joanne ICeith and
Pat White,
Featured in the bull fight and
Aher special numbers will be
Vdt'laide Goodm.in, as Carman;
Linda Pentecost and Mary Ann
Hepner, as picadors; Nancy El-
;ingtin, Linda Waynlck, Gayle
Patterson and Glenda Isley, as
enoritas; Linda Butler, as the
matador; and Robert McLean and
runner Brnsky, as the Bull, Carl
Vdams will be the court jester.
Staged by Mrs. Jeanne Griffin,
head of women’s physical educa
tion, her chief aid has come from
Tommy Elmore as choreographer
(Continued on Page Four;
Hurd Elected President
Of Campus Government
Linwood Hurd, of New Britain,
Conn., is the new president of the
l^lon College student government
'"or the coming 1959-60 college
•'ear, after being unopposed in the
annual campus elections held on
Tuesday. April 21st.
Other student body leaders in
clude Victor Hoffman, of Phila
delphia, Pa., vice president; and
■^tta Britt, ot Burlington, secre-
tary-treasurer. Both of these can
didates were also unoppo.sen In
Ihe annual election.
Those named in the campus bal
loting for the new Honor Coun
cil, including Kenneth Rogers, of
S.inford, and Jean Loy, of Elon
College, from the rising senior
■lass; Beverly Ward, of Rockport,
Conn., from the rising junior cla*s;
and Phyllis Hopkins, of Relds-
viUe, from the rising sophomore
cla.ss, John Clayton, of Roxboro, ]
LINWOOD HURD
Linwttod Hwd, risinc senior
I fVom New BrKahi, Conn.. is the
His wife, a painter, who prefers md Bob King, of Supply, went in-; elected president of the
:he medium of oils, was bom in ‘n a run-off for the mens post; student Government and
Chicago, attended Vassar Collegeltrom the junior class. ^ direct xtodent body affairs
Lnicago, atteniHnj y - j mrect xwoeni ooay aiiiir;
and received her art training at I Named for posts on the Student | the comiag 1959-60 col-
►ho Art Sluden^s Leaaue under j Council were M.artin CoUins, .ofj year. Hurd h«» served as
the Art Sluden^s League under
Richard Lahey and Leo Lontelli, New York City, and Robert Me
As a member of the Fine Arts
Commission, she altend.s a meet-
prnf Hassell, accompaniea by
hi! wife lett by car on Sunday, in« each month U. Washington.
Aoril 19th for Pittsburgh to at-; and she U also a trustee of the
ieL the registrars’ meeting which | Mu.eu.n o' >-ine Art.s in
! weeMong affair. The bus- Maine, She i» represented ui
Adams, managers’ meeting, which'-.-.nk’v, Museum and in private
has served this year as student g„„day night. April 19th, .ft, collections and her worl^
... rHHipi A ihiNMioh Tuesday Aprili.have been purchased by the Unit-
assistant director, with Eddie ,„„tinued through Tuesday, ap government.
Burke as drum major. |21st.
Lean, of Rockingham, men’s rep
resentatives; Margie Marshman,
of Audenreid, Pa,, and Mildred
Fletcher, of Glenolden, Pa,, wom
en’s representatives; and Lane
Kidd, of Tlmberlake, member-at-
large.
Leaders for the rising sopho
more class include Thomas Sears,
of McLeansvUle, president; Har-
vice preHident of the OHiupuH
gove,»*naff,ent the current
terra.
riett Hammond, of Balfour, vloe
president; and Carol Adams, of
Turbeville, Va,, secretary-treasur-
er The rising junior and si-nior
cla.sses have not yet named, their
officers for the coming year.
Shoiv lip Given
In New Theatre
The Elon Player prejtentalion
of Thornton Wilder’s “Our
Town,” one of the truly great
plays in American stage history,
will be presented in the new
.Mooney Chapel Theatre on May
14th, l.lth and Ifith as the final
campas show of the 1958-39 col
lege year.
Prof. M. E. Wootim is push-
j ing rehearsals for the play it
self, and workmen are push-
! ing the renuMlellIng work on the
I Mooney Chapel Theatre, which
will prefwnt a completely new
appearance for this play. The
theatre was badly damaged by
I Hre on December 15th this year
and has not been available for
Rloo Player UHe since that time
but the restoration process will
make it a completely new and
modern home for the student
stage shows.
AttendH
'Atlanta Meeting
Dr. Robert Benson, Elon’s dean
‘>f students, attended a meeting
of the Association of College and
University Housing Officers at
''^mory University on Friday and
Saturday, April 17th and 18th.
The nxeeting was a two-day af
fair, with morning, afternoon and
evening .sessions on Friday, April
I7th, and a morning meeting and
luncheon on Saturday, April 16th.
A number of outstanding speakers
featured the program, discussing
v.'irious problems confronting col
leges and aniverslty today.