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oyers IV ill Present Broadway Musical Show Pajama Game’ Will Be Presented Three Nights On Whitley Stage Lynam And Morgan In Top Singing Roles PROF. CHARLES LYNAM ... as Sid The fact that romance can flour ish, even in the most unfavorable onvironment of strife between cap- tal and labor, will be demon- trated when the Elon Players pre sent "Pajama Game,” famed 3roadway musical show, in Whit ley Auditorium on Thursday, March 31st, and Friday and Sat urday, April 1st and 2nd. I The presentation of "Pajama iGame,” to be made under the iirection of Prof. Melvin E. Woot- n, marks the second successive ear that Elon's student dramatic ’roup, has varied its stage pro gram by presentation of a Broad way musical. The Players drew large crowds with their offering f "Annie Get Your Gun” on Whit- I age last year. Thi' forilicoming show, "Pajama Game," is one of the finest Broad way musical comedies of all time, having rolled up a Broadway run of 1,061 performances over a per iod of twenty-nine months. This V the eighth longest run in the history of the American stage. The show, first presented on Broadway on May 13, 1954, Is based upon a book written by Rich ard Bissell, who was quietly di recting his family’s century-old pajama plant in Dubuque, Iowa, when he wrote the story about a strike in the plant which furnished STUDENT TICKETS Due to the high royalty cbarces and the unosnal expense of pro- dncini: a masical show, the Elon players have been forced to charge a small admission fee in addition to the recular student activltT tickets. In announcinc this fact. Prof. M. E. Wooton stated this week that student activity tickets have been set at 50 cents each. Advance sale of the tickets Is In charce of Skcma Mu Slfrma Fraternity. the Impetus for a romance be tween the plant superintendent and one of the factory girls, who was also a leader of the strike for higher wages. When his novel was selected by the Book-of-the- Month Club and giined nationwide acclaim, Bissell was summoned to New York and was asked to collaborate with George Abbott, noted Broadway showman, in changing the novel into a musical show. Music and lyrics for the show were done by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, one of Broadway’s most noted song- writing teams. One of their songs for the show was “Hey There," which sold more than 2.500,000 copies of sheet music and held Number One on the Hit Parade for many months. Prof. Charles Lynam, member of the Elon College music faculty, hailed as one of the most accomp lished soloists in student music annals, will have the male sing ing lead. He appears as Sid. sup erintendent of the pajama plant, who falls in love with Babe, one of the factory workers and leader of the strike for better wages. The role of Babe will be acted and sung by Jane Morgan, an Elon sophomore from Greensboro. The third major role will be played and sung by Pat Kelly, of Pleasant Ridge, Va., who appears as Hines, a floor supervisor, who carries the supporting romantic (Continued «n Pag* four) JANE MORGAN . . . M Bab* Everybody Out To Hear The Four Freshmen MAROON AND GOLD And A Full Ilonse For The Player Musical Show TOLCWS 4« KLON COLLBGB, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH II, 1»69 NUMBER !• F Offer Campus Concert On Tuesday Night Chemist Will Be Guest For Campus Speeches LECTURER DR. M. G. BURFORD Chemistry Expert ~ Dr. M. Gilbert Burford, chalr- I man of the department of chemls- Jtry at Wesleyan University, Mid dletown, Conn., will appear as guest speaker on the Elon campus an Thursday and Friday, March 24th and 25th. His visit, which was announced by Dr. Paul Cheek and Prof. Roy ■^pperson, members of the Elon chemistry faculty, will be made inder the auspices of the Visiting scientists’ Committee of the Com mittee on Chemical Education of he American Chemical Society, fhis program is supported by the Vfitional Science Foundation. While on the campus. Dr. Bur- ford will address the freshman -hapel assembly on Thursday Tioming, March 24th, and will then speak at the upperclassmen’s chapel gathering on Friday morn ing, March 25th. He will also talk 0 the Student Chemistry Club j .md will present lectures for var- I ious classes in the science depart- I ment during his stay. Dr. Burford is a native of Brook- U.N.C. Prof Wai Deliver Elon Lecture Dr. Fletcher M. Green, Kenan professor of history and chairman of the history department at the University of North Carolina, will deliver the first annual Pi Gamma u lecture in the Mooney Chapel heatre at 8 o’clock Thursday ight, March 24th. The speaker, who is regarded as no of the most outstanding fig- ••es in the field of southern his tory, will appear on the Elon cam us under the sponsorship of tne orth Carolina Alpha Chapter of i Gamma Mu, a national social cience honor society. In announcing Dr. Green s ap- earance for the Pi Gamma Mu lecture. Dr. II. H Cunningham tated that the visitor will speak n the subject of "On Tour With ndrew Jackson." His lecture, hich is open to the public. wiU e followed by a reception in the looney social room. Dr. Cunnii'ghriPi. who is faculty ponsor of the local group, is vice- chanceUor of Pi Gamma Mu in the >uth Atlantic region. States in- .chided in the region are Mary land, Virginia, -Tirth Carolina, ouih Carolina, v.csl Virginia and e District of Columbia. I James Elder is student president the Elon Pi Gamma Mu group, (Continued on Page Four) Program Is Set For Alumni Gymnasium Oae of the larcest crowds of the I coUece year Is expected to throne to the hute Elon Alumni Memorial Gymnasiam next Tuesday night | when The Fonr Freshmen, nation ally popular recording group, will appear in concert under the spon sorship of the Elon Student Gov ernment Organization. The quartet of vocal and Instru mental stars, who have made doz ens of popular records In the past ten years, originated In 1948 at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Mnsic in Indianapolis, first per forming under the name of The Toppers, later adopting their name of The Four Freshmen when they made their professional debut at Fort Wayne, Ind., in September of that year. The group at that time included a pair of brothers, Ross and Don Barbour, along with a cousin or theirs. Bob Flanigan, and Hal Kratszh, who left the quartet In 1954. The hoys made a hit from the start, and from 1948 until 1950, The Four Freshmen were In per petual motion on the light club circuit in the Midwest. They boun ced from Detroit to Milwaukee to XT j j.._ _.iLansmg to Columbus to Pittsburg lyn, N. Y. and was educated at . . “ making all stops in between, but Wesleyan University, where he re- their real break came in the Es- ceived his A. B. degree. He later Lounge in Dayton, Ohio, in had graduate training and receiv-!1050 when Capital recording art ed the M.A. and Ph. D. degrees at 11st. Stan Kenton, then the country . .. I with his “Innovations In Modern Princeton University. ,r J „ Music,” heard them, steered them He served as an instructor at Cornell University, later going to Wesleyan University as assistant profesor. At present he a Beach and E. B. Nye professor of chemis try and is chairman of the chem istry program at that institution. His research interests include the chemical reactions of hydriotic acid and ammonium iodide, the [Unalytical chemistry of difficultly to the West Coast and a Capitol recording contract. After arriving in Los Angeles and cutting their first records to THE FOUR FRESHMEN Cupltol, the group made its West Coast night club debut at Wald’s Studio Club, an engagement which resulted in an appearance on the Steve Allen television show and a "oot in the MOM picture, "Rich, Young and Pretty.” Since 1955, The Four Freshmen have been firmly established as one of the top acts in show busi ness, and their popularity has brought them engagements at most of America's leading night spots and concert halls. Among the hund- •eds of spots The Freshmen have played are the Crescendo, the Pal ladium, the Hollywood Bowl, Fack's In San Francisco and on the campus of most of the major colleges in the nation, along with dozens of state fairs and conven tions. In 1956 they Joined Nat "King” Cole and Ted Heath on a nationwide tour that drew crowds as large as 8,000 to some concerts. A performance by The Four Freshmen Is decidedly not limited to vocalizing, for the four hoys can blow, strum or thum seven Instruments and do It well, a fact that gives their act versatility. Bob Planigan sings top voice, plays the 'rombone and doubles on string bass: Ross Barbour Is master of ceremonies, sings third voice and plays drums and trumpet; Ken .Albers is the bass and plays trumpet and mellophone; and Don Barbour handles the vocal solos and plays guitar. Tliough the group Is thrilled each time It happens, being named "Best Vocal Group” Is becoming pretty much the accepted thing for The Four Freshmen. For years they have ranked at the top of sur veys conducted by Metronome, Down Beat, The Billboard, Play boy and the United Press Inter national. The Elon concert program will be chosen from a list of numbers that Includes Somebody Loves Me, Holiday. There’ll Never Be An other You, My Heart .Stood Still, Sweet Loraine, Day by Day, Ma- I lya. After You’ve Gone, Circus, F.asy Street, Them There Eyes, '"lannaine, Mr. B's Blues. .Stormy Veather, Granada, Sometimes I’m (Continued on Page Four) Religious Week Series Held Despite Weather .STUDENT SINGERS SUPP STARS IN SHOW oluble compounds, spectroi photo metric analysis and industrial waste disposal. Dr. Burford has served on the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Committee, he serves as a consultant of the Con necticut State Water Commission, and he has served with the Facul ty Fellowship Fund of Education. He also is a member of the New York Academy of Science and is a past chairman of the Connecti cut Valley section of that group. He is past chairman of the History of Science Society and past chair- main of the Connecticut Valley section of the American Chemical Society. Other memberships in clude Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Chi. .Jane Morgan, of Greensboro, pictured right above, has the gill’s singing lead in thf Iil .m- ing Elon Player presentation of "I’ajama Game,” hut she and other singing leads will reccive able chorus support from the members of the Elon Choir. Three members of the singing chorus are shown at the left and named in order from left to right, are Lore ITiiriard, or Durham. Kathy Tignor, of Virginia Beach, Va., and Susan Sandefur, of Danville, V-, One of the few projected pro grams which moved ahead on schedule in spite of the snow was the annual Religious Empha sis Week observance for Elon's upperclassmen, which got under way on schedule on Sunday morn ing, March 12th, and continued through the past week. The Rev. Hartland H. Helmich, an outstanding figure in the Dc partment of Campus Ministry of the United Church of Christ, ar rived on the campus on schedule and began his week-long ministry when he spoke at the Elon College Community Church last Sunday morning, and he continued his Re ligious Emphasis Week ministry through the week. Working on a general theme of "God’s Reconciliation of Our World of Travail,” the visiting minister delivered the Sunday morning sermon and then met with the members of the faculty and the faculty wives and husbands at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon. He then met with members of the student planning committee on Sunday evening, and on Mon day he held a consultation with the Student Ministerial Associa tion. His full series of Religious Emphasis Week services got under way at chapel services In Whitley Auditorium at 10 o’clock on Tues day morning and continued with daily meetings throughout the week. There have also been serv ices for Evening School Students it 8 o’clock each evening A special feature of the Relig ious Emphasis Week Observance wa sa series of consultation gath- ■rings, which were held in We.st Dormitory each evening from 9:30 until 10 o'clock. These confer ences, which were for both men .md women, gave the Elon students a better opportunity to become acquainted with the visiting min ister. The visit by the Rev. Helmich iO the Elon campus was only one of many which he has made to college campuses all over the United States during his services ■n the program of campus ministry, (e has been engaged in this pro- '.;ram for the past eight years, • iiring which he has been director /[ the Department of Campus "'hristian Life for the Evangelical md Reformed Church and has crved as co-executive secretary . the United Student Fellowship, le has also served as chairman " the executive committee of the United Student Christian Council, which is the American section of the World’s Student Christian Fed eration. (Coatinued on Page Four) SPEAKER REV. H. H. HELMICH RelliciouK Speaker New Member? lOiii EIoii’s Greek Grou[)s The eight Greek letter social groups on the Elon College campus concludcd their semi-annual rush ing season last Saturday night, when the four sororities and four fraternities pledged a total of 00 new members. The Beta Omicron Beta sorority led the four girls’ groups in num ber of new members with nine, fol lowed closely by Delta Upsilon Kappa with eight. Tau Zeta Phi added three and Pi Kappa Tau two new members. The pledge lists in alphabetical order of soror ities follows: BETA OMICRON BETA—Char- 'esana Briggs, Reidsville; Mary Glenn Briggs, Reidsville; Judllh Coggins, Burlington: Melanie Hol lister, Falls Church, Va.; Sylvia James, Reidsville: Emmagene Mc Rae, Falls Church, Va.; Leatrlce Overby, Reidsville; Frances Teal, Burlington; and Katherln Thomas, Franklioville. DELTA UPSILON KAPPA — Judith Burke, Greensboro; Mary Lou Chandler, Vlrgilina. Va.; Gay Eullss, Graham; Priscilla Ilymers, Falls Church, Va.; Elinor Jones, South Boston, Va.; Barbara Reid, Falls Church, Va.; Judith Thomp son, Chevy Cha.ie, Md ; and Ina Weisberg, Woodmeer, N. Y. (Continued on P»ge Four)
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