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Elon May Day Observance To Be Weekend Event LUKE O’HARA The May K'.;^ : V'.E CHEEK I he May Queen Dance Will Climax Weekend FestiviHes \11 the color and excitement of I Carnival" day will pervade the , ' n College campus tomorrow as campus population observes ' 'bn’s thirty-seventh annual May J T 'V weekend, with the traditional ’■'v Day pageant tomorrow after- '■“■n paying tribute to the college’s ■ y Day rulers and providing en- ;iinment for the weekend visit- he May Day festivities get under- tonight with a concert in Whit- Auditorium at 8 o'clock tonight, ■ju-ing the Migrants, the Gas- 'I Singers and the Huntsmen, ■ '0 folk singing groups, and they '.elude with the annual May Day lance from 8 until 12 o’clock to- norrow night with music by Burt lassengale’s Orchestra. Ruling as May Queen over boih the May Day pageant and the dance will be Jane Cheek, of Asheboro. and paired with her as May Kinr; will be Hugh O’Hara, of Fall,'- Church, Va. Chief attendants for the royal pair will be Judi Hudson, of Warsaw, Ind., escorted by Nick Ciotola, of White Plains. N. Y. They were all chosen by vote of the stu Hents in a special election held ear lier. Royal attendants from the junior cbss will be Kay Jeffreys, of Bur lington, and Linda Keck, of R'.ir- lington, escorted by Dan Kelley, of Darlington, S. C., and Ron Denhart, of Linden, Ind. The attendants from the sopno more class will be Helen Claxton, of Washington, D. C., and Eileen Cobb, of Amherst, Va., e.scorted b Don King, of Hampton, Va., .nn! Mike Herbert, of Norfolk, Va. Representing the fre.shman cl ■ in the royal court will be Jan Hollar, of Winston-Salem, and Di ane Moore, of Richmond, Va.. es corted by H. L. Robinson, of Lu ; berton, and Richard Such, of San ford. The youngest members of the M i;- Court in the roles of flower bear* and crown bearer will be Little !’ tricia Miller, daughter of Co.i ; Mrs. William Miller, and Jody San ford, son of Mr. ;ind Mrs. Jo!;n ■ Sanford, both of course bein? fr ■ Elon College. • Master of ceremonies for the pageant will be Kenneth Harper, of 'Continued nn Phkh K .ui Jl'DI Hl'DSON Maid-Of-IIonor WoI:ni'' 7) On May Cay V. AROON AND GOLD NICK CIOTOLA ^liiid’s Esinrl L'- s (i.'t Kcliiiid S t. ui» >’])orN : . ,■ T „is.‘ Till.'s VOLUME 44 ELON COLLEGE, N. C. FKIDAY, MAY 1. 1964 NU.MREIl 12 New Officers Elected To Lead Elon Student Government Annual Commencement Schedule h Completed In Final Slunv Of Seison PLAYERS TO OFFER OEDIPUS’ Ste[)lieiisou Will Head Organization iSexl Year WILL SPEAK The plans are virtually complete ^or the annual Elon College com mencement exercises, which will bo h,?ld during the weekend beginning on Saturday, May 23rd, and conclud ing on Monday, May 25th, markin.’ the conclusion of Eton’s highly suc cessful Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Year. Dr. William C. Archie, who is di rector of the board of higher edii cntion for North Carolinr, will de liver the commencement address o;-. Monday morning. May Kjlh. wh^n the senior class will be presented with diplomas and degrees in ih>: annual graduatio.i program th">t i; to conclude a festive weekend. The Rev. Sion M. Lynam, an Elon graduate of the Class of 1924, now the minister of the Community Congregational Church at Green land, N. H., will deliver the alumni address at the annual AJumni Ban quet, which is to be held in the banquet room of McEwen Memorial Dining Hall at 6:30 o’clock on Sat urday night. May 2nd, in the cli mactic feature of the annual Alumni Day program. Third of the featured comimence- ment weekend speakers is Dr. Thomas A. Collins, president of th’ North Carolina Wesleyan College at Rocky Mount, who is to deliver the' The name of Elon College will be annual baccalaureate sermon in literally bbsted into the air on the Whitley Auditorium at 11 o’clock wings of music at the N'ew York on Sunday morning, May 24th. |1^' ■ r th's weekend, for the The Elon Class of 1914, observing Emanons of Elon, a student jazz DR. WILLIAM C. ARCHIE Commencement Speaker The Elon Players, campus dra stic grpuT at Elon College, will 'osc' out a hi^;hly successful year ;h *he pr-sentation of “Oedipus,” ■ • £!rp^t G-eck tragedy by Sophoc- to be r”eT PS an outHonr .sh ;w in the south porch of the Mooney ’ .;Hjna on Friday nieht. May 8th, 'rd Saturdny night. May 9th. Frank Rich, of Burlington, a wel! ■ 'Pwn figu e to Elon play-goers, vill play the leading role of King "'"dinus. Ri?h has appeared in nu- nerous plays, and he was chosen '-'r th“ “best actor” award in the 'livers’ rccent triumphant pre.sen- •'tion of “Christ In The Concrete ity” in a di.strict drama festival •it Salisbury. ’^’laying opposite Rich in the Greek ;lissical tragedy will be Peggy ?oach Parker, of Burlington, a i former award winning actress with ^ h • Elon Players during her student (I’ictures On Page Four) days on the campus. Mrs. Parker has played a number of very fine >•0105 with the Community Theatre in Burlington since concluding he^ e-irlier work with the Plavers, S*'- .'. ill ha' e the role of Locasta in th. new show. The cast of “Oedipus” aho in eludes eight others with .speaking narts. all of whom have apnearep in past campus stage shows. Th? are David Andes, of Elon Cololge. as Creon: Hunter Dula, of Hills- Horo. as T iresias: Tyrone Rowell, of Henderson, as the old shepherd: Paul Robinson, of Fairfield, Conn., as a messenger: Larry Biddle, of Burlington, as a servant: and Laura Rice, of Burlington; June Biddle, of Burlington; and Betsy Payne, of Arlington, Va., as members of the chorus. The new faces with parts in the Sophocles show are the Rev. Henry Woggon, of Burlington, as the priest; and Gail Tarleton, of Annand-'l- Va , as a chorus m"m'i'’r. T? h I 11. . 1 .'1 .: . ' '.tT .r, . , Th • c'''.! will al.^o inpli’' •' ■ th't ’ i " ■:lerson, A.^hevill”; Heverlv ; ' il, Arlingttn, Va.; Pam 'in, Burlin"ton; Russell r ■ r Ourham; James Pope, Nc'*’ apeaqua, N. Y.: Wayne Seyr.n. Gibsonville; Jeanette Sumn.'r Greensboro; Curtis Tetley, Church, Va.; Deetz Welch, Kin Iroe, S. C.: and Charles Kerno'I ■ Burlington. The final production of the ch' matic year will be under tho ii rection of Prof. Sandy Moffett, wh states that a great amount of work will go into this .show, due to t!>. fact that it has such a large c.i;' and will be staged in thj op"n a-r m:w pkexy S'- \ Lt*n.h*r Elon Jazz Group At World’s Fair This Weekend its Golden Anniversary Year, will be the featured class at the Alumni Day Program, which will inaugurate the commencement weekend with an all-day series of events on Satur-, day. May 23rd Applications Dii' For NDEA TiOan Students interested in securing NDEA loans for attendance at the summer school terms should file their applications with W. E. Butler, Jr., business manager of the college, as soon as possible, aeoording to an announcement from his office this week. He ad vises that loan funds are available for qualified students. General requirements for an NDE.4 loan are that the appli cant must be a full-time student, niust be of good academic stand ing and must be in need of the requested loan in order to com plete the course of study. Stu dents planning to apply for NDE.\ loans for the next academic year •nay secure information now and complete their application after spring term grades are received. band took off from the campus yesterday for the big city and the fair, where they are to present three I concerts this weekend as a special "'"t .Ti'rlcPl rlMn:'). The Emanons were in'.ited some weeks ago to appear at the W)rW's Fair, will represent the entire State of North Carolina as well as Elon College, for the band was given an official appointment by North Caro lina’s Governor Terry Sanford last week as “Ambassadors Extraordi- [-) rcprps'.'nt the state in New, T'.ie certificrte of membership in York. the .statewide honorary organization The appointment by Governor was presented by Governor Sanford Sanford took place in ceremonies to Garth Hutson, of Whitsett; Eddie in the governor’s office in Raleigh, j Harris, of Cary; and Terry Sink, of Winston Salem; all of them students Elon College and aK of them! -I |.i \v''rn at which time Sanford presented the entire Emanon band as mem bers of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. members of the jazz group which will play at the World’s Fair. L f:c.ite presente I by Gov- rnor Sanford says: “Reposing spe- .i:;l confidence in .vour integrity, earning and zeal, 1 do by these i)rcicnts appoint THE EMANONS 'i'’ ELON’ COLLEGE to the Order of the Long i^af Pine, with the 'Continued On Pano Twoi Fred Stephen.son, rising senior from Greenville, R I., won the 'residency if Ih? Stu k-n; Go-orn- ,,, f,,.. I'lrt-f.'i : 1 : I... ^ r'li-'iff el-,’. ■ T. j, 1 t'vn p>r;^i''’tcs in n ■ ~ ■ .. ff ' ' -V ~.'hf: | I \’:i tro-'sii’-cr: pn ' K w "f ^ owrv S'ppl'iir, nf Fnpkl’n. V.T,, rr'’‘;Vir»n; of th-> ir.ior fhss. ,Mso >iv 1h(! 'Pniors was Al Woodward, of Wil mington, Del, vice-president; and Beverly Powell, of Arlington, Va., ■■''’'■el.nrv-treaKurrr. N.imed president of the rising Iini.ir cl'iss wi.s Scott Cr.nbtrep, of '■'"i-hprn. wiih other iunior officers including .Terry Cameron of San ford, vice-president, and Helen Clav ton, of Washington. D. C.. .secretary- treasurer. Elected as president of the rising ^mhomore clasj was .Tesse Weaver, nf Suffolk, V-i., along with .lohn Nicks, of Wilmington, as vice-presi dent, and Chippy Moore, of Rich mond, Va., as .secretary-treasurer. Class senators were elected la.st night, but at press time the results were unknown. The new officers will be in.stalled next Monday at a special ceremony in Whitley Auditorium in the pres ence of a student a.s.sembly. Pictured AI)ove Are Elon’s EiiiaoiiH, Who Serve Ah Musical AinhuKsadors From B*th The College And The State f)f North Car olina At The \ew York Worhl’s Fair r Kappa (^roiip Is Keaelivated The l*i Kappa Tau .Sororlt.'^^ has iM-en reactivat'd thin spring, bringing the number of Greek let- tT groups for girls bark to the ' -iual standard of four. The Ini tial meeting on April 2nd has been followed by a period of great ac- ti’ity as the new sisters made preparations for an active ye.ir ahead. The new 1*1 Kappa Tau includes ten memliers. among them. Mary Coolidge. .lennlfer Gamble. Bon nie Moore. F’hyllls Register, Cheryl (lapp, Janet I..amm, Ilene Cost ner. Susie Kimball. Kay Ellison and Mary Ann Barnes. Officers of the reactlvited group are Mary Coolidge. president; •Susie Kimball, vice-president: .Mary Ann Rarnes. secretary: I’hyllls Register, treasurer: and Bonnie Moore. Pan Hellenic rep resentative. Mrs. Guy Rich U the sponsor.
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