Here’s A Happy
Vacation
For Everyone
VOLUME 40
MAROON AND GOLD
And Safe Return
When
Hcmdays Are Over
ELO\ COLLEGE. X. C.
- FRIDAY. APRIL 15, 1960 i«iTiwRri>
m Nl)lnlJr.K IX
idlon Students Choose Officers In Annual Balloting
Social Responsibility Is
Founders’ Day Subject
AO.-i(; FUiUKEs CAMPUS ELECTION | Boclte Named President
Of Student Government
Shakespeare
Show Is Set
Late In May
Th; cast has just been announc
ed for the Elon Player production
of Shakespeare’s “Othello," which
will h" presented in the Mooney
Chap:l Theatre on Thursday, Fri-]
[, day and Saturday nights, May 19th,
20th and 21st.
This show, which brings to a
close another highly successful
campus stage season for the stu
dent rlr;'matic group, will be pro-
d-jccd and presented under the di-
rec'.ion of Prof. Melvin E. Wooton,
direclor of dramatics.
The Shakespeare show is the
fourth major stage production of
the W59-60 college y«ar, other
shows this season having been out
standing presentations of “Angel
Street,” "Ah, Wildfimess,” and
the .musical show. "Pajama
Game,”
The c?.st for “Othello,” which
has already started rehearsals for
the show, includes Eugene Gold,
pf New ■^'ork, N. Y., as the Duke
ot Venice; Roger Bednarik, of
Bayside, Va., as Brabantlo; Fred
Shull, ot Burlington, as Lodovico;
Reynolds Van Cleve, of Erie, Pa.,
Bs Othello;
Bill Troutman, of Lewisburg,
fd.. as Cassio; Prof. Clyde Mc-
3ants, of Elon College, as lago
Shrank liich, of Burlington, as Ro-
lerigo; Eob King, of Supply, as
' ‘ ; Judy Elliott, of Char
i)t;e, as Desdemona; Sharon Glew
£of Cheshire, Conn., as Emilio; and
Vane Morgan, of Greensboro, as
Bianca.
Si! mmer Term
cliediile Is
lade Public
The plans are complete tor the
on College summer school for
1960, with the first of the two
^mmer tci-.Tis scheduled to get
■nderway on Monday, June 6, and
close on Tuo;day, July 12th. The
IJtond term will begin on Wed-
fe^^day, July 13th, and will close
on Friday, August 19th. The an
nual summ:T commencement is
Sunday August 21st.
JThe first day of each term, as
^t( tl above, wiU be devoted toj^y^j, opened with the invocation
registration of students, with reg-Ly the Rev. John Graves, Elon Col-
War class work slated to get un-.jggg chaplain, also featured brief
I The liberal arts college must
send out graduates with a sense
of social responsibilty," declared
Dr. Theodore August Distler, exe
cutive director of the Association
of American Colleges, in deliver
ing the featured address at the
annual Elon College Founders’ Day
convocation in Whitley Auditorium
on Wednesday morning, April 6th
Making his first appearance on
the Elon campus. Dr. Distler paid
tribute to the beauty of Elon and
the sturdy oaks which grace it^
i campus and from which the col
lege derived its name, and he
called those oaks the symbol of
enduring values as he titled his
address "Unwedgeable Oaks.”
Citing the criticism of Ameri
can education which has arisen as
a result of Russian space achieve
ments and the consequent missile
race. Dr. Distler cited^ the need
for constant self-examination of
methods and goals by American
institutions of higher learning. In
this connection, he cited Elon for
its Own self-study program, which
has been in progress throughout
this year.
Speaking of the criticism of
American education, he pointed
out that most of this criticism has
been purely quantitative, but he
warned that qualitative shortcom
ings are evidenced by the ap
parent decay in American moral
fibres, as shown by the rigged
quiz shows, the payola scandals
in radio and the corruption of gov
ernment and labor union officials.
The speaker blamed these flaws
on the fact that America is apt
to measure success in wealth and
material things, and he urged a
return to the old American vir
tues of upright integnty and re
sponsibility. This he set as a ^
“must” goal for liberal arts col
leges like Elon, which he declared!
must imbue their graduates with'
a will to devote to some part of |
their energies to making the world
a better place than they found it.
As a means of Insuring such
qualities in Its graduates, he de-|
dared that small liberal arts col
leges must be selective, and he
pointed out that privately-controll-
ed colleges can be more selective
of their students that those which
■e publicly-supported.
At the same time, he warned
that the small college must offer
to its students a broad experience
beyond the realm of books alone,
and he cited student govrenment
activities as a fine preparation for
the responsibilities of citizenship
which await the students after
graduation.
The Founders’ Day gathering.
ED BOELTE
Heading up the political slate
in the most hotly contested cam
pus election in several years
pre Ed Boelte, left, of Vernon
Hills. Va.. and Danny Gee, right,
nf Burlington, who were rival
candidates for the post »f pres
ident of the college's Student
Govemement for the coming
year. EUich of the two candidates
offered fine records in campus
activties in their bid for the high
est office in the student organ
ization, and the outcome of their
race Is recorded in the featured
story elsewhere on this page.
Running along with Boelte and
Gee in the annual election yes
terday were candidates for oth
er student government posts and
class officers, and the story also
records the winners of the other
positions that were contested.
Ed Boelte, a rising senior fromi
Vernon Hill, Va., is the new pres
ident of the Elon College Student
Government tor the 1960-61 col
lege year, having l>een elected to
the post yesterday in the finals
of one of the most spirited cam
pus political campaigns seen at
Elon in many years.
Boelte defeated Danny Gee, an- Mrs. Helen M. Eaton, Elon Col-
Mher rising senior from Burling- lege student from Burlington, has
^ Ion, in the balloting for the top once more proven her ability as
post in the campus government. I a composer when her choral com-
The new president, who is a cam-' position for mixed voices, entitled
pus student, made his bid for thei-Calling Ail Worlds," received
hief executives position after|jirst place award in the annual
Elon Student
Wins State
Music Honor
DANNY GEE
Annual May Day Pageant Will Center
out ^Dancing Through The Seasons’
A
’The annual May Day pageant,
which will be presented on the
Elon campus at 3 o’clock on Sat
urday afternoon. May 7th. will
be centered about the thenu? of
Dancing Through the Season's,”
presenting music and dances sym
bolic of the four seasons of the
year.
The pageant, which will f^»afure
the entertainment for the May
Day royalty. Queen Jean Loy and
King Robert McLean, and mem
bers of the royal court, will be
staged under the direction of Mrs.
Jeanne Griffin, director of the
girls’ physical education program
on the campus.
Discussing the plans for the
event this week, Mrs. Griffin sta
ted that featured music will in
clude “Button Up Your Overcoat”
for the winter, “In The Spring Ajes in physical cdncation. The com-
Young Man’s Fancy” for the mittres named as as follows with
spring, “By The Beautiful Sea” the chairman named first:
for the summer, and “Autumn' DECORATION AND PROPS:
Leaves" for the fall season. Rob Bell, Richard Conatser, Al
Special dances have been plan-jCapuano, Nancy Ellington, W. H.
ned for each of these numbers by;West, Max Clayton, James Quisen-
Tommy Elmore, member of the berry and Agnes Knight,
senior class, who has done the' GROUNDS: Jim Short, Eddie
choreography for the pageant. Stu- Burke, Bill Holder, Emmn Allen,
Robert Purvis and
dent assistants to Mrs. Griffin In'Janette Inge
carrying out the program will be Ken Smith.
Lulu Roberts and Deanna Brax-1 RECEPTION: Jane Keck, Jud-
to«- {son Irvin, John Neidig, Lacala Pat-
A number of special committees | terson, Shirley Walker and Kathy
have also been announced by Mrs. Clark.
Griffin to handle the various phas
es of the entertainment, all mem
bers of the committees being cho
sen from her class in Physical Ed-
■eatkm M, althooxh some of them
I will come from the activity class-
MUSIC AND P.A. SYSTEM: La
fayette WilVlns, Lindsay Pa?e and
Steve Mauldin.
MAY POLE: B. C. Barber. Wil-
UiUn Coward, Bill Libby and Win
nie Ann Watson.
Elon Players Score Stage Triumph
In 3-Night ^Pajama Game’ Showing
I Both love and labor triumphed, and “Hey There,” and he joined Ballet,” a dream dedH-
and the Elon Players scored an-1 with Jane Morgan In bits of dou- cated to the jealous husband and
otlier triumph in their own three- ble delight in “Small Talk" and the supposedly two-timing wife,
night presenUtion of “Pajama^ "There Once Was a Man.” Also^ Doing fine work in major sup-.
Game,” one of the greatest Broad- scoring with the melodies were;porting roles were Pat Kelly, ar
lerway for t-he first term on Tues-
June 7th. and for the second
twm on Thur.sday. July 14th. The
'’•siness office will be open on
June 6th and July 13th for stu-
■ients to complete their registra
tion. and those going through at-
*^r those dates will be charged
We registration fees,
ptudents who are currently at-
t^ding Elon iiave been pre-reg-
^®ring for their summer school
throughout this week, in
cluding those in both the day and
®lght class-es. The day-time stu-
®ts have been signing up in
® registrar’s office dally this
*eek and Evening School students
registered at the same place
night tbr ugh the week,
schedule for the summer
as released from the dean’s
® lists Satu'day classe.s scht
^uled twice during each or the
’*4*' First term Saturday classes
remarks by President J. E. Dan-
ieley, two anthems by the col
lege choir, and a prayer by Dr,
W, J. Andes, pastor of the Elon
College Community Church. Pres
ident Danieley introduced the
speaker of the day.
In his remarks on the 1960 Foun
ders’ Day observance. Dr, Dan
ieley, expressed gratitude for the
vision, labors and sacrifices of
those church leaders who found
ed the college 71 years ago. De
claring that “we are ever mind
ful of our heritage and grateful
for our progress,” he pointed out
that Elon must not live in the
past, and he cited the purpose of
the current self-study program as
an evaluation of the presetn which
will form a basis for the goals of
the future.
The Founders’ Day convocation
was followed by a buffet luncheon
in McEwen Memorial Dming Hall
on June mh and 25th, while] at noon, when the college was
for the sccond term fall on j host to all ,^uesU present for the
30th and August 13tli. | occasion. ■-
way musical shows of all time, | Barbara Day, Chris Fayle and
which was given to enthusiastic | Don Terrell, who proved crowd
audiences in Whitley Auditorium pleasers in major supporting roles,
on March 31st and April 1st and Tommy Elmore, Elon senior
2nd. j from Burlington, who did the chor-
The show itself was a friendly' •'"graphy for the sjiow, had two
falJ
and frisky musical romp, treating
of life in a mid-western pajama
factory and dedicated to the pre
mise that love can find a way,
even when Labor and Capital arc
locked in strike over a 7 1-2 ceni
“aise. The result was a briBht and
sassy evening of ^tertainment in
which love found its way and labor
got its raise.
Setting a fast and melodious
pace for a talented campus cast ^
were Jane Morgan, a singing Elon!
sophomore from Grensboro, as I
Babe Williams, a lovely labor un
ion leader who loved her union;
and Charles Lynam, member of
the Elon music faculty, who made
his deep baritone voice part of i
his stock in trade as the factory
superintendent who fell in love on
the job.
’The show got away to a fast
start as Pat Kelly, playing the
factory’s “time-study man,” sang
The Pajama Game,” and pace
continued with the same vigor as
the sewing machine girls san^
Racing With the Clock.”
Charles Lynam had two vocal
triumphs in his solo numbers of
A New Town is a Blue Town"
'lig dance numbers himself, team
ing with Nancy Dortch and Bar
bara Day in “Steam Heat ” and
later doubling up with Francia
Hutton in the famed "Jealousy
Oaring Vacation
To Begin Today
The annual spring vacation for
Elon College students and facul
ty members will get underway
today, with full nine days of
rest ahead before regular class
schedules are resumed on Mon-
dny, April 2Sth.
The Elon students attending
day-thne da.sses will begin their
vacation following completion of
the morning classes today, hut
the Evening School students
will attend their regularly sche-
duli'd classes tonight and begin
their vacation at 10 o’clock.
For sonne yearn the spring
vacation was scheduled between
the winter and spring quarters,
but it was changed two yean
3^0 to include the Easter week
end, and that plan has been fol
lowed under the semester system.
the “time-study” man; Tom Kelly,
as the factory owner; Barbara
Day, as the owners .secretary;
Don Terrell, as the worker who
loved all the girls; and Chris
Fayle, as the ever-efficient secre
tary of the superintendent.
Appearing in minor roles, but
doing much to keep the play mov
ing at a merry pace, were Sam
White, as solicitous father of the
shapely Babe; Winnie Ann Wat
son, as a hefty but loving union
member; and John Williams. Ro
ger Bednarik, Jerry Hembree
Reynolds VanCieve, Pate Fayle,
Barbara Jensen and Eugene Gold
a^ workers about the factory.
Prof. Clyde McCants, added
much to the show with his able
accompaniment at the piano, and
members of the Elon Choir fur
nished the singing chorus tinder
the direction of Prof. Patrick John
son.
Mandy Gauer. as stage mana
ger, did a difficult Job weU. for
the stage crew handled multiple
scene changes without a hitch.
Lighting for the show was by Phil
ip Michaud and Gordon Lee, and
the make-up crew included Mar
gie Marshman. Richard Milteer
and Millie Fletcher. The whole
show moved well from first cur
tain to fade-out and represented
another big success for Prof. Mel
vin E. Wooton as a director.
having served this year as presi-
^dent of the junior ylass. He has
,also been active in other student
I activities in previous years.
I Other Student Government and
class officers for the coming year
j were also chosen in yesterday’s
jballotin'g, which attracted more
[students to the polls than had been
the case in other recent elections
In campaigns for many of the
'ports, there were more tlun two
candidates, which made it neces-
sary to hold a preliminary elec-
[tion on Tuesday to set the stage,
for yesterday’s final election.
The complete slate of victors in
yesterday’s final vote, listed in
tabulated form for the various of
fices, are shown below:
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
President
Ed Boelte. Vernon, Hill, Va.
Vice-President
Cliff Hardy. Franklin Park, N. J.
Secretary-Treasorer
Bill Hassell, Jamestown.
HONOR COUNCIL
Senior Man
W. H. West, Henderson.
Senior Wonuui
Beverly Ward, Rockville, Conn.
J«ai«r Man
lienaie Riddle. South Boston. Va.
Jnnlor Womaa
PhylBs Hopkins, ReidsvlUe.
Sophomore Member
Jerry Drake, Greensboro.
STUDENT COUNCIL
Representing Mea
C. G. Hall, Leaksville.
Carl Overby, Reidsvllle.
Representiiig Womea
Penny Fuqua, Elon College.
Pat Jones, Suffolk, Va.
Member-At-Larce
Dewey Andrew, Snow Caav-
SENIOR OFFICES8
President
David Plaster, Martinsrille, V».
Vice-President
Steve McCauley. Fuquay Springs.
Secretary-Treasurer
Jane Keck, Burlington.
JUNIOR OFFICERS
President
Mike York, Ramseur.
Vice-President
Helen Wright, Greenville, S. C.
Seeretary-Treasnrer
Mclver Henderson, CoTmbia, S. C.
SOPHOMORE OFFICEBS
PresideBt
Don Terrell. Richmond, Va.
Vlco-President
John Currin, Rowland.
Secretary-Treasurer
Judy Manes*, Ramseor.
ecmpetition sponsored by the
North Carolina Federation of Mu
sic Clubs,
This 1960 award for Mrs. Eaton
marked the third consecutive year
that the Burlington composer has
taken first place in the statewide
competition. Her previous winnlnf
competitions were “Bless Us With
Peace” and "Master of Gethse-
mane,” both of which have been
performed by the choir of Burling
ton’s Front Street Methodist
Church, were presented al the
1957 and 1958 Alamance Art Fes
tivals.
Mrs. Eaton’s new composition,
“Calling All Worlds,” will have Its
first performance at the North
Carolina composers’ luncheonetta
at the state convention of the Fed
erated Music Clubs in Greensboro
on May 6. The music will be sung
at that time l>y a group from the
music department of Elon College,
where Mrs. Eaton is a
Prof. Fletcher Moore '
Patrick Johnson.
The Burlington comp
lowing a request from
Federation of Music C
composed recentl ya p''
“Hallowed Spring,” wh
the featured music for i
memorial service at the state con
vention, This number will be sung
in solo form, with Mrs. Eaton serv-
iag as accompanist.
il:
..ill
special
Artist Will
Appear Here
On May 2nd
Grant Reynard, widely known
painter and lecturer, will be a
I campus visitor at Elon College
when he lectures in Whitley Audi
torium at 8:15 o’clock on Monday
night, May 2nd, on “Enjoyment
of Painting, Old and New,” a dis
cussion of the relative merits of
works by the old masters and con
temporary artists which is to be
illustrated by color slides.
Hie lecture, which the final fea
ture of the Elon College lyceum
series for this year, will be pre
sented hi cooperation with the Ala
mance County Arts Association
as part of the group’s annual Arts
Festival Week. Since the lycettin
number is to be part of the fes
tival, it will be open to the public.
In addition to his lecture ap
pearance in Whitley Auditorium,
the painter will also have an ex
hibit of some of his own paint
ings hung in the banquet room of
the McEwen Memorial Dining
Hail. This exIHbit will be open
to the public from 11 o’clock that
morning until 5 o’clock that af
ternoon, and a number of art class
es from schools In this area have
been given spedal invitations.
Reynard, who was bom in Grand
Island. Neb., devote his early
life to the study of piano and mos-
ical composition, but his love of
•rt proved stronger than bis lo*«
Pf music, so he tamed to ths
study of art and attended the Art
Institute and Academy in Chica-
W and has also studied and palat-
ed In France and England.