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B.9N COLLEGE, N. C.
FRIDAY, APRIL 1, I960
NVMBBE 11
founder’s Day Observance Is Set Next Wednesday
Selective Service Tests
Will Be Given April 28th
students of Elon College, along test. A high score on this test may
APPEARING IN CAST O ELON PLAYER SHOW I Distler Will Be Featured
Speaker For Elon Event
with those all over America, will
be given the chance on April 28th,
to take the annual Selective Ser
vice College Qualification Test, ac
cording to Prof. Alfred Hassell,
Elon registrar, who urged that
Elon students take the test at that
time.
The test is given and scores re
corded as a help to local Selec
tive Service Boards in considering
college students for deferment of
the military service -obligations,
enabling them to continue their
education at either the undergrad
uate or graduate levels.
Col. Thomas H. Upton, state
director of the selective service
compensate for low class rating,
and high class standing may com
pensate for a low test score."
He pointed out that “some stu
dents do not take the test because
student deferment extends a reg
istrant's liabilty,” but he added
that "other deferments, such a
those for ROTC members, exten
service liability to 35 years.” He
also added that ‘‘no registrant car
remain out of service beyond abor
the age of 23 without an exem
Uon or deferment that extend'
liability.”
The testing program is to giv
promising students a chance ‘
prepare for careers in support
program for North Carolina, an- the national interest, and scier.
nounced recently that the test will.tific and professional engineerin
be given at approximately 500 organizations are urging student
colleges throughout the nation. |in those fields to take the tests
In urging students to take the Such groups recognize the neci
test, he pointed out that it will
be given in North Carolina at Ap
palachian State College, Brevard
College, the University of North
Carolina, Davidson College, Duke
University, Guilford College, Le
noir Rhyne College, N. C. State
College, Atlantic Christian Col
lege. and Wake Forest College.
It will not be given at Elon, but
students may take it at any of
the other centers. It will also be
^ven at high schools in Asheville
and Wilmington. «
In explaining the testing pro
gram, Colonel Upton stated that
‘‘the test is for the student’s bene
fit as well as for the nation's
good. A local board should have
full information about a student
in classifying him, including his
fclass standing and score on this
for advanced study and that t'l
undergraduate students of toda.
frequently do not plan gradual
biudy until they near graduation,
at which time a test score ma;
be of much importance in sup
porting applications for defer
ment. Without such a score on the
person’s record, deferment may
be denied.
Application materials for tli.
Iiest are now available at th^
nearest draft board office, bu
students must have their applica
tions postmarked not later than
midnight next Monday, April 7th.
Full instructional materials are
issued vrith the applications, and
Elon students wishing to take the
April 28th test should take im
mediate action.
U.N.C. Professor Given
Fraternity^s Honor Key
m
y
The annual Elon College Foun- a part of the Founders' Day pro-
ders' Day program, which was gram, will be presented as one
originally set for Thursday morn- of the programs of the annual
mg, March 10th, will be held ini Elon College Lyceum series. Like
Whitley Auditorium next Wednes-jthe trustee meeting and the ori-
lay morning, April 6th. The event ginal Flounders' Day observance,
was cancelled,on the original date ,'was postponed from its early
due to the heavy snow which fell March date due to the weather
Jane Morgan, of Greensboro, who has the leading singing role in the Elon Player presentation of
‘ Pajama Game," famed Broadw ay musical show, is seated centcr above, surrounded by other girls
who are appearing in the main cMt or chorus of the show. Others with Misa Morgan in the picture,
shown left to right, are Loretta Hilliard, of Durham; Chris Fayle, of Burlington; Patty Fayle, of
Burlington; Winnie Ann VVatEoa, of Sanford; Pat Jones, of Suffolk, Va.; and Susan Sandefur, of
Danville, Va. The musical sho v . pened in Whitley Auditorltm la^t night and will also be prejenteJ
tonight and Saturday night
Tajama Game’ Will Be Presented Two
flore Nights After Fine Opening Show
due to the cost of production at Gladys, one of the company see
the local level, student tickets have retaries.
been sold under the sponsorship A special feature of the produc-
of the Sigma Mu Sigma frater- tion is the dances, which were
rity, which has done an excellent planned by Tommy Elmore, Elon
iob of promotion during the past senior from Burlington, who ap-
two weeks. Tickets are still avail- pears as a featured dancer along
and tomorrow night, and large ^ able for the showings tonight and with Nancy Dortch, of Richmond,
p. I crowds are expected. j tomorrow night. Va., and Francia Hutton, a Burl-
chian State College chapter of Pi| enthusiasm of last night's The story, which has its setting ington dance instructor, who is a
Gamma Mu. ^audience is any basis for judg- in the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory, guest artist in the show. Elmore
Several alumni members of the ^ rated one features Professor Charles Lynam teams with Miss Dortch in a dance
Elon chapter were back on cam- finest Elon Player shows as Sid, the plant’s new superin- number based on “Steam Heat,”
was awarded the Honor Key of!pus for the lecture, among them real,tendent, and his romance with and pairs with Miss Hutton in
Pi Gamma Mu, national honorary Miss Caroline Powell, who was a entertainment highllghU of the' a member of the workers' Grlev- presenting “Jealousy Ballet.” one
social science fraternity, at a'charter member of the Elon chap- gQ at Elon. lance Committee, which Is staging I of the famed dance numbers of
meeting of the Elon Alpha Chap-'ter; Terry Emmerson, of Wash- second campus mus-|a strike in the plant. Doing an
in this area the preceding day.
Dr. Theodore August Distler,
executive director of the Associa
tion of American Colleges, who
was to be the featured speaker
when the program was first sche
duled, will fill a belated engage
ment and will deliver the key
note address in exercises to be
held at 11 o'clock Wednesday
morning.
In announcing the rescheduling
of the Founders' Day observance.
Dr. J. E. Danieley, Elon president,
stated that the college's board of
trustees will hold Its spring meet
ing on the campus next Wednes-
lay as an added feature of the
■ iy. The trustees were originally
0 hold their meeting on Wednes-
lay, March 9th, but their gath-
■ring was also cancelled at that
time due to the snow.
Alumni Expected
The fact that the trustees will
be on the campus that day assures
a distinguished guest list for the
Founders' Day program, which is
also expected to attract many of
Elon's alumni and friends from
this area. All present for the ob
servance will be guests of the col
lege at a buffet luncheon to be
held in McEwen Memorial Dining
Hall at noon.
Another feature of the obser
vance will l>e a musical concert
in Whitley Auditorium next Tues
day night. April 5th, by William
An enthusiastic opening-rii;'!'
crowd watched the Elon Player
presentation of ‘‘Pajama Game,”
great Broadway musical show,
which opened a three-night stand
in Whitley Auditorium last night.
The show will be repeated tonight
conditions.
Honors Church Leaders
The Founders' Day program is
planned each year as a tribute to
the leaders of the Congregational
Christian Church, who founded
the college more than seventy
years ago. The church leaders
laid plans for the college at a
meeting held at old Providence
Church at Graham in September,
1888, and the North Carolina Leg
islature granted the charter for
the institution on March 11, 1889.
Dr. Distler, who makes his first
appearance as a speaker on the
Elon campus, is a native of Brook
lyn. He attended Stevens Prepar
atory School and Brown Univer
sity, interrupting bis education
for naval service during World
War I. He later attended New
York University, where he was
graduated and still later received
the master's and doctor's degrees.
He held faculty posts at New
York University and was later
dean and president of Lafayette
College. He left the presidency of
Lafayette in 19M when he was
named to his present position as
executive director of the Associa
tion of American Colleges. He also
holds membership in numerous ed
ucational organizations and is
widely known as a speaker at edu
cational meetings in various parts
of the nation. Within the past two
weeks he appeared as guest speak-
Dr. Fletcher M. Green, Kenan
Professor of History and chair
man of the history department at
the University of North Carolina
Kirkpatrick, tenor, of Burlington, er at a meeting held »n the Wake
His concert, which is not really (Forest campus in Winston-Salem.
Political Interest Lags
As Voting Time Nears
The campus political pot wasltlme before Friday, April 15th.
still on the lukewarm side this The rising sophomore, junior and
week as filing got underway for senior classes will name five mem-
ter of the group on Thursday
night, March 24th.
The presentation of the award,
highest given by the social science
organization, was by Dr. H. H.
Cunningham, dean of the college
and chairman of the history de
partment at Elon, who bestowed
he honor upon authorization of
the national trustees of the group
and in his official capacity as
vice-chancellor of the Atlantic Re
gion of PI Gamma Mu.
Dr. Cunningham, after reading
he Ideals of the organization,cit-
ed Dr. Green as “one who ex
emplifies the ideals of Pi Gamma
Mu in his capacity as Kenan Pro
fessor and chairman of the his
tory department at the University
of North Carolina.” He further de
scribed Dr. Green as a person
ecognized both nationally and in-
“rnationally for his contributions
to .social science.
The award ceermony was held
connection with the annual Pi
Gamma Mu lecture, which was
delivered by Dr. Green in the
Mooney Chapel Theatre on the
Kion campus. The lecture, entitled
“On Tour With Andrew Jackson,”
*'as heard by a capacity crowd
vhieh included a number of vis
itors from othe irnstitutions.
Among the visitors were Dr. and
Irs. W. H. Cartwright, of Duke
niversity; Dr. S. C. J)eskins, of
igh Point College; and a dele-
ation of five from the Appala-
ington, D. C.; and James Shep-j-.^j jtagpd by Prof. M. E.'outstanding job opposite Professor
herd and John Patterson, now m
law school at the University of
North Carolina. All gu^ts were
introduced by Jimmy Elder, who
presided over the meeting.
Prior to the lecture meeting Dr.
and Mrs. Green were guests at
a dinner in the private dining
room of McEwen Memorial Din
ing Hall, and they were also hon
ored at a reception given after
ward in the Mooney Reception
Room.
Wooten on the Elon stage, and
‘hp.'c who have seen it say that
it is ever, beter than his last year’s
m'jficil presentation of “Annie
Get Your Gun, " which was ac
claimed at that time as an un
qualified success.
Due to the unusually high roy
alty demanded for this show and
:.ynam in the girls’ singing lead
the Broadway show.
The suppotring cast, which in
cludes some of the most talented
is Jane Morgan, of Greensboro, stage performers in the Elon stu-
who plays the role of Babe.
Other outstanding performances
are given by Pat Kelly, of Plea
sant Ridge, Va., who appears as
Hines, a floor supervisor; and by
Barbara Day, of South Boston,
Va., who appears in the cast as
dent body, did much to make last
night’s opening performance high
ly enjoyable, as did the members
of the Elon Choir, which appeared
as the singing chorus under di
rection of Prof. Patrick Johnson
and with Prof. Clyde McCants
as accompanist.
Music Contest
Staged At Elon
More than one hundred youthful
musicians were on the Elon cam
pus on Saturday, Macrh 20th, for
■the Eastern Piedmont District Mu
sic Festival, staged under spon
sorship of the North Carolina Fed
eration of Music Clubs.
Judges for the event included
Prnf. Patrick Johnson and Mrs.
Alfred Hassell, piano; Prof.
Charles Lynam, voice; Mrs. T. H.
Mackintosh and Mrs. Herbert Co
ble, hymn players; Prof. Patrick
Johnson, violin; and Prof. Fletch
er Moore and Prof. Fred Sahl-
mann, for the night contest in
plaoo.
Collsge Choir To Give Fourteenth
Aiinual ‘Set^en Last Words’ Cantata
The T’kn Tollege Choir will hit
one of *he '•-'Th spots of the 1959-
60 collejre vear on Sunday after-
.noon, April 10th, when the stu
dent singers will offer its four
teenth annual presentation of The
odore DuBois’s world-famous can
tata, “The Seven Last Words of
Chris*,” in WhiUey AndltoTium.
The program is set for 4 o’clock
In the afternoon.
The Choir formerly presented
this great Easter classic on Eas
ter Sunday itself, but in recent
years it has been given on the
Sunday preceding Easter. The ear
lier presentation was decided upon
when the college changed its an
nual spring vacation to include
the Easter weekend, a fact which
meant that the students would
be away from the campus on the
holiday date.
The DuBois masterpiece, as per
haps no other musical composi
tion can, tells the story of the first
Easter and the sufferings of Christ
on the Cross, and the singing of
the great composition has long
been an outstanding feature of
the Lenten season on the Elon
campus and In the Burlington area
of North Carolina.
The cantata Is of scriptural
background, telling as it does of
the seven great speeches of Christ
during the hours which he spent
on the Cross. Each of the speech
es is dramatic, but more impres
sive than any other Is the seventh
and final one, which the Elon
Choir uses as the cHmax to Its
annual program.
Many music lovers in this sec
tion hear the program year after
year, and those who have heard
It always look forward to the
highly dramatic climax, in which
the singing of the “Seventh Word”
is followed by an organ interlude
The program this year will be
presented once more under the
direction of Prof. Patrick John
son, with Prof. Fletcher IVIoore to
appear as organ accompanist and
with Prof. Charles Lynam appear-
n'' as one of the baritone soloists.
Student soloists for the 1960
cantata include Pat Jones, soprano,
of Suffolk, Va.; Harolyu Sawyer,
soprano, of Burlington; Judith
Townend, soprano, of Elon Col
lege; Douglas Scott, tenor, of Dur
ham; Jay Strickland, tenor, of
Reidsvllle; Ray Thomas, tenor, of
Elon College; Ronnie Strickland,
baritone, of Durham; and Walter
Bass, baritone, of South Boston,
Va.
the various Student Government
end class officers, for Student
President Linwood Hurd reported
on Tuesday afternoon that no can
didate for major offices had made
final filing committment at that
time.
The filing got underway on Mon
day of this week in the Student
Government office, with a filing
deadline set for next Mpnday
April 4th. This period was set
for candidates to file for the ma
jor Student Body offices of pres
ident, vice-president and secre-
tary-treasurer as well as for the
officers of the ri.sing sophomore,
junior and senior classes.
The deadline by which candi
dates must file for these offices
comes on Monday, but candidates
for the class representatives in
the Student Senate may file at any
Slu(l'*nts F’raise
Work Of Clinrcli
Student appreciation for the ser
vices and facilities of the Elon
College Community Church was
voiced by student speakers at a
special service held at the church
on Monday night of this week. The
service was arranged by Prof,
John Graves, college chaplajn.
Those participating in the ser
vices were James Marshman, of
Audenreid, Pa., who presided; Dan
Hulaeapple, of Middletown, N. Y.;
Phyllis Hopkins, of Reiasvllle; and
John Ling, of Sibu, Sarawak.
Richard Apperson, of Newport
News, Va., was pianist.
bers from each class in the Sen
ate. These five serve along with
the class officers in the campus
legislative body.
A student assembly is planned
for Monday, April 11th, when can
didates for the various offices will
have the privilege of making cam
paign speeches. This will be fol
lowed on the next day, Tuesday,
April 12th, by the annual cam
pus election, which will be final
unless the ballot results require
a run-off. Any run-off would prob
ably be held on Thursday, April
14th.
The voting for the Student Sen
ate representatives from the three
classes, since filing does not close
until the day before spring holi
days, will be delayed until after
the vacation is ended. Senate can
didates will have an opportunity
to speak to the students on Mon
day, April 25th, with balloting set
for Tuesday, April 26th. All new
Student Government officers will
be formally installed in ceremon
ies set for Monday, May 2nd,
The fact that no candidates had
filed for major student offices as
late as Tuesday of this week in
dicated continuation of the apathy
and lack of interest of the student
body, a condition which has ex
isted on the campus for the past
two years or more. This is reflect
ed in the fact that there have
been no contests for either of the
three main Student Government
posts in the two most recent an
nual elections.
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