Here’s Wishisg All
A Very
Merry Christmas
MAROON AND GOLD
And To Kveryone
A Happy And
Prosperous New Year
VOLUME 44
ELON COLLEG*:, N. C.
FRIDAY, DECEMBEK 15 |^(„3
Elon Recalls Campus Visit By President Johnson
Eloii Choir Wins Praise i>anieley pkesents joiixson elon de(;uee
Foi* ^Messiah’ Program
The Elon Singers were accorded
high praise by the large crowd
which heard the student choir in
its thirty-first annual presentation
of Handel's immortal oratorio,
“The Messiah," which was given
in Whitley Auditorium on Sunday
night, December 8th.
The great oratorio, which was
first presented at Klon m 193.i,
has L-econie one of tiie outsta.'.d-
ine entertainment events of tha
prp-Chrisimas season in this area,
and such was the case agair. this
In the crowd which heard the
Klon singing group last wesketvi
utTe many who have heard ;};e
ijro^ram many times in the pas'.,
and all were thrilled once mcire
by the musical story of the pro
phecy and anticipation of the com
ing of Christ, of his suffering and
death on the Cross and finally of
his glorioous resurrection. j
The 1963 presentation was under-
(he direction of Prof. Wendell.
Bartholf, who joined the Elon Col-1
luge music faculty this year. Prof |
Fletcher Moore, dean of tht- f
lege, was once more at the oigan
as accompanist, a role he has fill-’
ed many times in the past. I
in addition to directing the ora-'
lorio. Professor Bartholf als.) ;iii-
peared as tenor soloist for the pro
gram, one of four guest artisis
who appeared with the student sin
gers. Other guest soloists were
Charles Lynam, bass, of Greens-
Jx)ro: Mary Lou Moran, contralto,
of Asheboro; and Joyce Gift, so-
prano, of Greensboro.
The appearance of Charles Ly
nam as bass soloist was in a sense
a "Somecoming” for him, for he
i an Elon graduate and for the
past several years he was a mem
ber of the Elon music faculty. In
that capacity he directed “The
jV'essiah”.
The other soloists were rje" -
comers to the campus this ;n’.
Airs. Mnran. who san.g the co.i ;
solos, is a native of Durha.ii ^
a graduate of Hi^h Point Coiv- ,,
She is now director of mus
Asheboro’s First Pre‘'byteri;ri
Church. Miss Gift, the soprano, i
a member of the faculty of th
University of Nortii Carolina „
(-t-'nsboro and is a regular soio
for the First Presbyterian
^■^urch in the Gate City.
Faculty Trio
!s Listed In
Nciv Volume
n’.v ;'- oi the Elon Col-
hi;Mi;v faculty are listed in
the now 1963 edition of the "Direct
ory of .American Scholars.” The new
book is Volume I of a new series
vol-
' i tory.
”J i'lclude
t'l . i' n. \v"h
■' i •! 10 !'|
'■'he Elon rvrnfi'sso'’- 11^!
Dr. H. II. Cnnninirbim. firman
of the colli ’e's history d.‘;T>rtment,
along with Dr. Kon-tanthi. s Aviz-
ionis and Prof. Luther Byrd. Ml three
have been members of tlie Elon fac-
Uilty for many years.
I Dr. Cunningham, who has been
chairman of the history department
at El >n .since 1'J.j2, is i ly known
for his research ;'nd writings in
the field of Ci'.il \Vr,r riT'^licine and
won hifh prais'? for book en
titled "Doctors in Gr-y’. He was
■ '■-n:ly nmv'l on tli ^oard of ed
itors of “K'lcial Science," quarterly
■ ric;-.l - ;i licatloii. He is also
. ■ I^^on s president, i.s .t ■ e as he presented the diploma of an honorary Doctor
ol L.iws degree to Lyndon B. Johnson, who was elevated to the presidency of the United States by ihe
■ragic death of President Kennedy last month. The diploma and degree was presented to Johnson, then the
, ice-presirient, whcr. he was here to speak at the Elon Founders Day program in March, 1962.
Players Do Fine Joh In Miller Show
{ By I’KOF. ROY EPPERSO.N
I (Guest Critic)
I "It is dark there
listed in Wiio's Who in America.
Ur. A\ izoni:, who joined the Elon
faculty in 1949, is a native of Lith-
ir’i:: i 'tj' , i un ’he faculties of
Euro'ie'n institutions be-
 to Elon. He is known
1- Europ.; and .America for his
work in the history of the Slavic
■;" t'’rn Europe. He has
) ''•■■■r, l'..’d in Who’s Who in
-■':-ic- an.! Who's Who in Ameri-
K'’ucation.
Professor Byrd, a member of the
1 since 1949, also serves
ontinued on Page four
lull ol' dia
monds.” This phra.se aptlv des
cribes Arthur Miller’s “Deaili of
a Salesman" and the Elon Playcis
recent presentations of the dram?.
"Death of a .Salesman” is filled
with the darkness of Willy Loman
the darkness that is unending, for
in his sons. Biff and Happy, the
darkness endures. Jon R. Wendt’s
' portrayal of W'illy left no doubt
in the mind of this viewer that
Willy is happy-sad, hopeful-desp
ondent, ever cradled in the arms
of the Fates, who in the end tri
umph, not only over Willy but over
I ■ilt. Happy, and Linda a"' well.
a in hi.s .-..‘If-destruction, 'Villy
Iso destroyed the happy plati-
udes that had cu.shioned Biff and
Happy from the reality of life. To
Linda, convincingly portrayed by
June Biddle. Willy left only the
enduring unanswerable question,
WHY?
In the role of Biff, Frank Rich
ave an emotionally charged per
formance that seemed at all times
just short of the inner turmoil that
his speeches imply. As his brotli;:r
lappy. David .\ad.s of.'Ctivcly
-f-'i-jzc'f n -.■'f-t'i'ntcred nooi'.
The presentation fairly .'^park-
led with the diamond-likc -I'jaliry
New PresidenI Speaker
At Foiniders Da\' Event
Daniel Has
Art Worhs
On Exhibit
rVof. Ekiwin L. Daniel, who joined
the Elon College art faculty this
year, has two paintinp^ included in
Ihe group of works by North Caro-
lin.'i artists for speci"'! showing in
"ali '^h ; n l cher , .i-.!-: !-. |i',-
tate.
The two paintings by Professori , ,,
'anici, rnlitk'd "Kog-'d In" and
'Krcc Homo’’ -lore scU'ctert 1v .s
ury of 'irti is fur this twenty-sixth
ioninl howing of North Carolina
arts work. They were shown at the
state's annual cultural week gather
ing in Raleigh this week and will
continue on display at the North
Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh
until December 29.
The collection of work by Tar
Heel artists will then be displayed
at Asheville from .Ianuar\ II
through 17, the twenty selected
orks will then be circulated as a
travelling
! the vai" It stare o.' Tyroiie Row-
11 a:; Uncle Hen: the concise,
many-faceted T!ie Woman of
Laura Rico: the incisive transi- Prcf'-ssor Daniel is a native of
tion of Bernard the boy, to Bern- Virginia and a graduate of Elon Col
ard the man. set forth by Ben Bay-Hegc. where h" studied art with
ol: the complete naturalness of 'liss Lila Newman. He later grad-
Richard Schmidt as Stanley, the "'ited from Abt)oU School of Fine
bartender ,
f)ther supporting roles were: |
>''-en Scarborough as Charley, i
Hunter Dula as Howard Wa.gner,
Peggy Dodson as Jenny, Carol
(Other 1‘iclurrs On I'ase Two)
The ell vation of Lyndon B John,
son to Ihe presidency of the Unit
ed States following the assassina
tion of President John K. Kennedy
set the mind.- of the Elon people
spinning backward to a day near*
Ij- two year.- ago when the t.ill
and genial Johnson was an honor
ed visitor to the Elon Campus.
It was on a bright day in .March
of 1962 when Lyndon B. Joliii-on,
then the vice-pre.sident of the Unit
ed Slates, came to Elon's campus
a the featured speaker for tne an
imal Elon hounder.s Day proi;rani,
here that day
recall with pleasure the impres
sion lhat the tall Texan made dur
ing his visit.
The Johnson party dropped .in.i'i
into the Elon walled campus by
helicopter, and from that moment
until he left the vice-preside.it be
an making friends, for h“ proved
in his every contact that he was
a completely human and kindly
person.
The vice-president, who was
'\'‘ieoined that tlay by the strains
of "Yellow Rose of Texas,” prov-
hroughout NOTth*Carolina '"s kindness when he brought
his personal guest from V'/ash-
.ngton one of Elon's oldest living
Trageser as Miss For.sythe, and
Dixie Gladson as Latta. The en
tire cast quite subtly and unJi.--
concerlingly differentiated the
(on Page Four7
■ aduates, Mi-s. Bessie Staley
iicathani, and he proved his
greatness and kindness even more
nd Commercial Art in Washington, |'■'^‘'1 Paused in the midst of
D. C., and has done further work at j '^Peech to introduce her to the
"i.'hrpond Profe':.’'iin! Insti'iite and Founders Day crowd, many ol
fh - ’'oanoke Fine Arts Center. " hom had not previously met her.
He h i- previously exhibited his As one of the outstanding fea-
vorks m the District of Columbia,' lures of the Founders Day pro-
;- \orth Carolina and Virginia,]gram, Elon conferred upon
■md earlier this year one of his the distingui.shed vi.sitor the
'.ainlings won tlie Best-in-Show' honorary Doctor of Law de-
■rd al the annual AAUW-HeironI
‘■'how in Roanoke.
’ Ion Is Plaeel
' »n AAUW List
Graduates of Elon College are
now elig:ib]e for membership in
the American Association of
t diversity Women, since the col-
I*Ce has just been placed upon
•he AAL'W’s list of “qualified"
institutions.
The announcement that Elon
College has thus been recosniz-
by the nationwide orgn'iiz:.-
lion of University women was
•nade this week by Dr. J. E.
Oanieley, Elon’s president, lol-
3»wins reception of word from
*he group.
The information to President
®anieley came from Dr. Blanche
H. Dow, who Is president of the
American Association of L’niver-
®>ty Women. The organization is
'■•‘Presented locally by a chap-
*fr in Burlington
PATSY COLE
CA.IIERON LITTLE
IIIVSO.V MIKELL
WALLV SAV."5 !'R
Seven Named For College Who’s Who
VALERIE SPANGLER
JUDY lU'DSON
Seven Elon Colk-yc .tudonts
have been named for a place m
tile 1963-64 edition of "Who'j Who
In .‘American Colleges and Univer
sities," according In an ann.^unco-
ment from Prof. Fletcher Moore,
dean of the college, following re
ceipt by his office of an approval
list from the national headijuart-
crs of the collegiate honor group.
The group of seven is somewhat
smaller than the list of ten Elon
students who were honoreJ by
Who’s Who listing last year. How
ever, it is larger than the group
of five student leaders who were
thus chosen for the listing two
years ago.
Each of the seven students hon
ored this year are members of
thr- senior class, and Carol Tra:>-
eser is the only one of the group
who is a repeater. She was nam
ed as a junior a year ago and thus
makes the honor group fcr the
second time.
PATPY COLE, a senior from
South Boston. Va.. has been out
standing in women’s dormitoiy ac
tivities. A member of the Wo
men’s Dorm Council for three
years, she is vice-president of the
group this year. She is a member
of Tau Zeta Phi sorority.
JUDY HUDSON, who hails
from Fort Bragg, has been out
standing in the Student
ment .\ssociation, in which s’le is
.1 ;i
M'lsins a- - -cTetarj' 11,je
i‘ ■' memLcr of nri‘.;i ,
Kappa sorority.
CVMERON LITTLE, who .'jrl,
from Roanoke Rapid-. ha= beeii out
landing both footbr.ll a-id
and ha? held numerous positiois
in Student Government. He w.is
one of file tri-captains of fo i '> 11
this fall and won All-Cnn'-;-. ■; .
and .^11-District honors. He i= a
member of Sigma Phi Beta Ir;:-
tcrnity.
HINSOX MIKELL, who come>
from Charleston. S. C., has v.on
high honors in music since c:;mi.-
ing to Elon. and he has also been
on the editorial staff of th?
(Continuad on Page Four
.Ma-
CAROL TRAGESER
gree. The degree was conferred
by Dr. J. E. Danicley, Flon’s
president, who had not the slight
est idea al the time lhat he was
honoring a i>'un who wouid be
come America's president in less
than two years.
None who were there will ever
forget the impression that was
made when Johnson chose a gla«s
of cold buttermilk a- his beverage
durtng the dinner, and a photo-
■■.iph oi an Elon student serving
him with the buttermilk gained
widespread .ittcniion in the news
papers.
Slaii
-I -hursday
Thf a.mual Christmas vaca
tion for the students and faculty
of Floti ( ollege will get under
way next Thursday, December
I9tli. according to an announce
ment from the office of Prof.
Fletcher .Moore dean of the col
lege
The holiday period will be et-
actly two weeks In duration,
with regular clas.ses scheduled
to resume on Friday, January
3rd. This date for reopening i,;il
make It possible for most of the
stadentg to spend the New Year
holiday at home and thu)« avoid
travellini' back to school In the
heavy holiday traffic.
The vacation period will be
gin as soon as das* schedules
are completed next Thursday
for the da.v-tlme itudenta. How
ever. the night classes usually
held On Thursday ni(-ht will be
held as usual for the Evening
■School Students.