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A Warm Welcome
To All For
Elon Homecoming
MAROON AND GOLD
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VOLUME 40
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
FBIDAT, OCTOBER 16. 1959
NUMBER X
wnual Elon Homecoming Pageantry Is Set For Tomorrow
Language Lab To Open
For Weekend Workshop
LAB EXPERT
KARL S. POND
1959... HOMECOMING ROYALTY... 1959
Dr. Karl S. Pond, director of
|lhe language laboratory at the
Jniversity of Miami, one of the
b.inking experts in electronic in-
fstructlon in modern foreign lan
guages, will conduct the workshop
Iwhich formally opens the new and
^oderh Elon College language
laboratory.
Faculty Group
At Meetings
In Greensboro
II Three members of the Elon Col
lege business administration and
business education faculty were
jBmong the guests at the annual
duCatian Nigh^ dinner of the
reensboro chapter of the Nation-
:*1 Office Management Association,
which was held on Thursday night,
ctober 8th, at the Starmount
ountry Club.
The group heard Dallas Mer-
, of Rose Hill, chairman of
North Carolina Board of Edu-
ation and member of the state’s
Board of Higher Education, in an
flddress which urged a renaissance
f education In the state in each
f the three dimensions of time,
epth and breadth. Herring de-
lared that "students must not
taught on an assembly line
asis.”
Those attending from the Elon
faculty were Mrs. John Williams,
ho teaches in the business ad-
inistration department, and
s. Roland Longest and Mrs.
ayne Taylor, both of whom teach
usiness education. Other guests
ere from other colleges and sec-
ndary schools of this area.
Another member of the busl-
ess administration faculty who
Bttended a recent meeting is Prof.
ilUam T. Reece, who took part
In the annual dinner meeting of
e North Carolina Association of
ertifled Public Accountants at the
edgefield Inn in Greensboro on
Monday night of this week.
The new Elon College language
laboratory, located on the third
floor of the Mooney Building, will
be formally opened with a three-
day laboratory workshop to get
underway on the campus this af
ternoon and to continue through
Saturday and Sunday.
The laboratory workshop, de
signed to acquaint language per
sonnel of the state with the work
ings of an up-to-date foreign lan
guage laboratory, will be held un-
der the direction of Dr. Frances
Muldrow, chairman of the Elon
modern language department.
The workshop program will be
conducted by Dr. Karl S. Pond,
director of the language labora
tory at the University of Miami,
and invitations have been sent
to both college and high school
language departments throughout
the state. There will be no charge
for those who attend.
The series of programs will get
underway with both afternoon and
night sessions on Friday and will
continue all day Saturday, with
the concluding demonstrations on
Sunday.
The new Elon College labora
tory is a part of the newly built
quarters for the college foreign
language classes, which were part
of a summer remodelling program
for the Moioney Build;ing. The
new language department occupies
the third-floor rooms in Mooney,
which were formerly used by the
Sunday school of the Elon Com
munity Church.
Dr. Pond, who will be guest lec
turer for the workshop, was born
in Angonleme, France, of a French
mother and an American father.
After early schooling in France,
he came to the United States In
1939 and was educated at the
University of Wichita, University
of Nebraska and University of
Kansas.
From 1951 until 1953 he was
Assistant Educational Advisor tor
the Mutual Security Agency In
Southeast Asia. During this time
he set up In Central Java, Indo
nesia, a language school, complete
with a laboratory, for the U. S.
Department of State. He has served
as consultant on laboratories for
the Department of State and for
the University of Kansas.
Since 1956 he has been assis
tant professor of French and lab
oratory director at the University
of Miami and has also been di
rector of the Miami Electronic
Teaching Methods center, where
basic research is carried on in the
field of audio and visual aids to
language teaching. During the past
summer, he was visiting professor
of electronic methods at the Hol
lins CoUege Foreign Language In
stitute under the auspices of the
National Defense Education Act.
Dr. Pond will deliver lectures
from 4:30 till 5:30 this afternoon,
from 7 tin 9:30 tonight and from
QUEEN
r
Old Grads Will Return
For Weekend Program
Faye Gordon
Carol Adams
Mai(I-oi-Honor
Elon Play ers To Give ^Angel Street’
For Three Nights, October 29-30-31
Many of Elon’s old grads are
expected to return to the campus
this weekend for the annual Elon
Homecoming observance, for
which plans are underway to make
it the most elaborate series of
Homecoming festivities in the his
tory of the college.
The program, which has been
planned by a student committee,
working In cooperation with Alum
ni Secretary W. B. Terrell, will
be concentrated on Saturday of
this week. It will feature a Home
coming parade, a football game
between Elon and Presbyterian
and the annual Homecoming Ball
High polnf of the day’s festi
vities will be the annual gridiron
clash between the Elon Christians
and the visiting Blue Stockings
from South Carolina, which is to
be played in Burlington Memorial
Stadium at 2 o’clock. The game
was formerly played at night, but
the afternoon playing time was
adopted last year to make way
for a Saturday night dancp
Ruling over all the festive events
will be Elon’s 1959 Homecoming
Queen, Faye Gordon, of Suffolk,
Va., attended by Carol Adams,
of Turbeville, Va.. as Maid-of-
Honor. The two were chosen for
the royal honors by a vote of thej
NEW OFFICEK
Bid Night Set
The annual faU “Bid Night” for
e various sororities and fratem-
es on the Elon CoUege campus
as been set for Saturday night,
ctober 31st, the night following
e ai|em|>on grid battle with
"Western Carolina. The Greek-let-
groups will begin their series
®f rush parties on October 21st,
liraaxlng with the pledge party
for new members ten days later
No freshmen will be eligible for
atemlty pledging until second
mester.
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(Continued on Page Four)
Library Group
Attends Meet
Four members of the Elon Col
lege library staff attended the bi
ennial conference of the North
Carolina Library Association,
which was held at the Washing
ton Duke Hotel in Durahm on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
last week.
Those who attended from the
Elon library were Prof. Theodore
E. Perkins, acting librarian, along
with Miss Arabella Gore, Mrs.
John Klttenger and Mrs. Patrick
Johnson. An outstanding program
was offered for the three-day con
ference. Including addresses by a
number of outstanding speakers.
Reading Given
Of Sophocles
Masterpiece
The glories of ancient Greek
drama came to the Elon campus
last night when the Elon Players
sponsored a dramatic reading of
Sophocles’ "Oedipus Rex” in the
Mooney Chapel Theatre. The read
ing will be repeated In the theatre
at 8:30 o’clock tonight. Admission
is free to all.
The chorus of Sophocles’ clas
sic play was read by Prof. Clyde
McCants, with Prof. Roy Epper
son appearing as Oedipus. King
of Thebes. Also appearing in the
cast were Don Terrell, as Creon.
blind brother-in-law of Oedipus;
and Prof. Jennings Berry, as Teir-
leslas,' blind prophet and seer of
Thebes.
Others of the cast were Chris
Fayle, as Queen of ’Thebes, wife
of Oedipus and widow of Laius,
the former king; Sam White, as
a messenger from Corinth, an old
shepherd; William Bane, who will
have the double role of a shepherd
and former slave in the palace
/of Thebes and as a servant in the'
palace of Oedipus.
The play was a masterpiece by
Sophocles, reached the peak of
his powers when Athens had reap
ed the fruits of Its leadership in
the Persian Wars and was the
political capital of the Greek pen
insula and of a great overseas
empire. The major part of Soph
ocles’ long life, which virtually
spanned the fifth century B.C.,
coincided with the high noon of
Athens’ glory as the cultural cen- '
ter of Greek city states. More'f
than any other of the classic dra-jr
matlsts, he reflected the tastes and '
achievements of the Periclean
Age.
"Oedipus Rex” is a masterpiece
of suspense and dramatic develop
ments, tragic Irony and fine char
acterization. One has every reason
to marvel at the architectonics of
the work as well as at the power
of the lean dialogue. ’The pUy
is. in a sense, a rite dedicated to
the mystery of human fate, ^h
Oedipus himself a sacrifice to the
dark powers.
(Pictures on Page Four)
Rave notices are out in advance
for the Elon Player production
of Patrick Hamilton’s great Broad
way play, "Angel Street,” which
will be presented in Mooney Cha
pel Theatre on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights, October 29th,
30th and 31st. It is the first major
production of the year for the
student dramatic group.
The play, which is highly dra
matic in type, tells the demoniac
story of the Manninghams of An
gel Street. Under the guise of
kindness, handsome Mr, Manning-
ham is torturing his wife into in
sanity. He accuses her of petty
aberrations that he has arranged
himself: and since her mother died
of insanity, she is more than half
convinced that she, too. is going
out of her mind.
While her diabolical husband is
out of the house on business, a
kindly police Inspector visits her
and ultimately proves to her that
her husband is a maniacal crim
inal, suspected of a murder com-
(Continupd on Page Tour)
FROSH LEADER
JANET PUGIl JOHNSON
Janet Pugh Johnson, of Frank-
linville, is the new secretary-treas-
urer of the Elon College Student
Government. She was named un
opposed in a special election held
this fall, succeeding to the post
left vacant when the incuml>ent
CLYDE GORDON
Clyde Gordon, Jr.. of Burling
ton, was named president of Elon’s
new freshman class in an election
held on Monday of this week.
Other freshman officers are Don
Terrell, of Richmond, Va., vice-
president; Mary Lou Chandler, of
Virgillna, Va., secretary-treasurer;
and Jerry Byrd, of Suffolk. Va..
Honor Council representative.
Soprano JVill
Sing Concert
October 26
Natalie Bodnaya. lyric soprano,
will appear in a concert in Whit
ley Auditorium on Monday night,
October 26th as one of the first
cultural programs of the years on
the Elon College campus. The con
cert is open to both faculty and
students and to the general pub
lic without charge
Miss Bodanya, who was born
and brought up in New York, is
an exciting example of results that
can be achieved by a strictly
American musical education. She
even reversed an age-old custom
and did not sing in Europe until
after she had made her debut at
the Metropolitan Opera.
When Miss Bodanya was Just
sixteen, her inherent talent was
so great that it brought her to the
attention of Marcella Sembrich,
the famed coloratura of an earlier
period. After study at the Man
hattan School of Music, she was
awarded the Sembrich Scholar
ship for five years study at the
Curtis Institute of Music.
She also spent her summers in
study and preparation at the Lake
George Studio of Madame Sem
brich, Further vocal studies were
done with Sidney Dietsch and
operatic studies with Queena Ma
rio of the Metropolitan Opera.
Thus, without benefit of study in
Europe, she was ready for her
Met opening.
When Edward Johnson, director
of the Metropolitan Opera, heard
Miss Bodanya, he signed her for
the leading soprano role of Ml
caela in "Carmen,” and after her
opening leading critics called her
the talk of the operatic world'
and "a sensation for the Metro
politan Opera Company.” Other
leading roles were immediately as
signed to her, and she created
that of Lizetta in the American
debut of "The Clandestine Mar
riage.”
In addition to coast-to-coast
tours in the United States, Miss
Bodanya has also sung In Canada
and Europe, with appearances in
Paris. Basle. Praque. Vichy, Brus
sels, Montreal and Hollywood.
chosen last spring failed to return
Elon students in a special election I college.
held last Friday. Both will be at
tended by a royal court, which
Is to include sponsors from the
various dormitories and campus
organizations.
The Queen and her royal court
wiU be featured first of all in the
Homecoming Parade, billed In ad
vance as the biggest and best Aon
has ever had. The parade will
get underway at 12:30 o’clock and
will move along Burlington’s Main
Street to the stadium in time for
the football game kick-off. The
royal group will also be presented
at half-time of the game.
Climaxing the Homecoming Day
program will be the annual Home
coming Ball, to be held in a gaily
decorated Alumni Memorial Gym
nasium at 8 o’clock Saturday
night. Music for the dance will
be by the Billy Mays Orchestra
with Sam Donahue. Coronation
ceremonies for the queen wiU be
held during intermission of the
dance.
Another feature of the Home
coming Day will be the gaily dec
orated dormitories, which will fur
nish a colorful setting for the re
turning grads. Each of the dorms
will be competing in the decor
ations for the trophies that are
awarded each year. Prizes are also
offered for the best floats in the
parade.
The student committee, which
has worked long and hard In prep
aration for the Homecoming ob
servance Includes George Platt,
chairman; Jimmy Elder. Max
Clayton. Steve Mauldin, Edwin
Boelte. Judith Samuels, Betty
Raper, Carol Adams, John Clay
ton, John Williams, Margie Marsb-
man and Kenneth Bailey.
Day Students
Name Officers
James Harden, of Graham, is
the new president of the Day Stu
dent Organization for the 1959-60
college year. He was elected at
meeting held at chapel period on
Thursday morning, October 8th,
when plans for the year were dis-
cvtied.
Other officers named at the
same time included Henry John
son. of Burlington, vice president;
and Penny Fuqua, of Elon Col
lege, secretary and treasurer. The
^roup also named Sally Wright, of
Burlington, as Day student spon
sor for the annual Elon Homecom
ing observance.
Sponsors Are
Listed For
Homecominij
Playing a big part in the Elon
College Homecoming observance
and serving as members of the
royal court for Elon’s Homccom-
ing Queen this weekend will be
a bevy of beautiful girls, chosen
as sponsors for the campus dorm
itories and campus organizations.
Each of the sponsors will ride
in her own convertible in the
Homecoming Parade, will appear
with the queen at the football
game and will be in the court for
the coronation at the dance.
The sponsors and the organiza
tions or dormitories they will rep
resent include Sally Wright, Day
Student Organization; Millie
Fletcher, Student Christian Asso
ciation; Jane Morgan, Girls’ Dor-
■mltory; Katie Langley, Phi Psi
Cli; Marion Glasgow, Women’s
Athletic Association;
Frances Kittrell, Beta Omicron
Beta; Judy Samuels, Tau Zeta
Phi; Mrs. Q. L. Little, Chemistry
Club; Cabell West, Carolina Hall;
Kay Hughes, Senior Class; Carole
Earel, Kappa Psl Nu; Mary Ann
Hartwell, Alpha Psl Omega; Win
nie Ann Watson, Elon Players;
Janice Isley, Delta Upsilon Kap
pa; Phyllis Hopkins, Sigma Mu
Sigma; Pat Jones, Ministerial As
sociation;
Cleve Smith, Sigma Phi Beta;
Carolina Carr, Junior Class; Jo
Anne Keith, Sophomore Class;
Judy Burke, Iota Tau Kappa;
Doris FaTrcloth, Maroon and Gold;
Artie Cleve, Smith Hall; Della
Marie Vickers, Home Ec Club;
Margie Marshman, Pi Kappa Tau;
Carole Motz, Freshman Class, and
Virginia Hazelwood, South Hall.
Baritone Needed
The CoUege Quartet Is In ur
gent need of a baritone to round
out its melodic group, according
to Prof. Charles Lynam, who is
faculty director for the singers.
Auditiom for the place with the
quartet will be held in Prof. Ly-
nam’s studio on the second floor
of Whitley from 3 until S o’clock
Monday aftemon. The winning
student will be in line for « scboV
|arshlp given by the college.