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Elon SGA Staging New Spriag Weekend Event On Campus
SCENES SEEN AS ELON PLAYERS REHi:\RSE FOR ‘SOUTH’ PACIFiiJ SUOW Spring FicSta I\( f !(lCeS
S/oii May Day Pro gram
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Two of the scenes and three of the outstanding numbers of the cast for the Elon Player production of
Rogers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific," which i lo l>c piescnted on Thursday, Friday and Saturdiy
nights of next week as the closing feature of the cam;;u> dramatic season, are pictured in the accom'ianv-
ing pictures. Shown left is Laura Rice, veteran PI ■; ac'ress from Burlington, in her rol? of Bloody
Mary, the luti’ e of the South Seas island who sell such interesting sou.e.-.irs as shrunken human heads
to the members of the armed forces on the island. S iwn directly above are Anne Cunningham, of Elon
College, in her role as Liat, native island girl, and D le W ud, of Kensington, Md.. who appears as Lieu
tenant Joseph Calbe. These two carry one of the p iicipal rorriantic sub-plots In the great Broadway mu
sical production, which promises to be one of the mo ' entertaining shows seen on campus in years. The
forthcoming musical show, to be presented under th ■ direction of Prof. Sandy Moffett, will be the first
such musical production for the Players in five yea"S. The last previous Broadway musical show on
campus was the presentation of “Pajama Game” In 1960.
By MKLVIN SHKEVES |
The SGA will launch Its new^
Spring Weekend program on tlie
Elon campus tonight, opening what
is planned as one of the truly fes
tive occasions of the entile year
; t the Alumni Memorial Gymnasi
um with a dance that Is to feature
the music of "Little Iloyal and The
L.wingmastcrs.’'
The newest parts of the old May I
Day weekend activities will be pre-1
ntfd on Saturday, with a picnic
. Ix'auty contest, a real live car
nival and an ouLside “under thv
ky" dance.
I'o a great extent, the success ni
lomorrow’s festivities will depen .
u|)on the weather, for all of th.
'.cturday's events are slated to bo
held in the huge paved parking lot
;hat is located just east of the gym
.lasium.
I'lic Saturday activities will be-
;in at 12:15 o'clock, when a picnic
Jinner Is planned, to be catered
ijy the Slater System on the ))ark
ng lot. This will be followed by a
lieauty contest, which will feature
>lrls competing under the sjwnsor
hip of the various organizations on
ihe campus.
The contestants In this beauty
ontest will be presented for the
tirst time at tonight's dance, when
cach will appear in an evening
CilAliJMA.N
Piayei's ^111 Present ‘South Pacific’ Next Weeli
Eloii Is Most
At Ediiivdtioii
Stiulv Mcel
Dr. Ruth G. Strickland, nation
ally recognized figure in the teach
ing of language arts in the public
schools, was the featured lecturer
for Elon College’s third annual
spring conference for school per
sonnel, held on April 9th and lOth,
under the auspices of the college’s
department of education and psy
chology, of which Dr. Arnold C.
Strauch is the departmental chair
man.
The Conference, which had for
its theme “Teaching Communica
tions Skills More Effectively,” got
underway with a lecture in Mooney
Chapel on Friday, April 9th, by Dr.
Strickland on the Conference topic.
It continued with a discussion on
Saturday morning, April 10th, dur
ing which the participating teachers
had the opportunity to question the
guest lecturer.
Dr. Strickland, educated at the
University of Minnesota and at Co
lumbia University, was for many
years a teacher in the elementary
schools of Duluth, Minn., and she
later served as a demonstration
teacher in colleges in New York
State and served as a faculty mem
ber at Temple University, Indiana
University and Kansas State Teach
ers College.
Kloii Band Gives
(Concert May 13
The Elon College Band will pre
sent its annual spring concert in
"hitley Auditorium at 8 o’clock
«n Thursday night. May 13th, un
der the direction of Prof. Jack O.
'V'hite.
The next day the Elon Emanons.
popular jazz group, will leave for
Washington and New York, play
ing a concert for the Elon Alumni
in the Washington area on Friday
night. May 14th, and then playing
three concerts at the New York
"'Grid's Fair on Saturday and
Sunday. May 15th and 16th.
Th? campus dramatic season will
line to a close when the EUon
^layers present three showings oi
ichard Rogers and Oscar Ham-
nerstein’s “South Pacific,” the
’.roadway music extravaganza,
which presents a colorful and ex-
'iting stage picture of the life of' As many as eighty persons
\merican servicemen on a far Pa-'been working at times in recent
cific island
The presentation of the Broad-, Moffett directed preparations foi
wav musical show, one wliich thrill- the presentation of “South Pacific'
-d' lit:r:lly thousands of theatre-’ v -k, and Mooney Theatre has
Joers during a long run in New
York, will be presented at 8:15
planned for the stage of Whitle..
Auditorium, The show was moved
from Mooney Theatre to Whitley
since the Mooney stage was no
large enough to accommodate th
great numbers involved in the Rog
ers and Hammerstein show
have
o'clock next Thursday, Friday and
quite literally been teeming with
activity as actors, actresses, danc
ers and stage hands pushed and
Saturday nights, with the showing shoved each other around in the
V Of
e Preaches Sermon
At Elon Conitnencenient
TO i*ki:ach
I'stle of rehearsals.
\t wt'l mark the fir.st time in five
years that the Elon Players have
indertaken such an ambitious stage
production, for not since 1960 has
the theatre group undertaken a
Broadway musical. In that year th"
Players gave “Pajama Game," anti
he previous season they presented
"Annie Get Your Gun.” Those who
have seen "South Pacific” in re
hearsal predict that next week’s
show will eclipse both of the earlier
productions.
The Rogers and Hammerstein
show has for Its setting an island
in the far Pacific Ocean during the
war years, with the principal scenes
’entering in a hospital on that is
land, involving the activities of
lurses, island residents and military
lersonnel and with the chief ro
mantic interest involving a French
Dr. Duane N. Vore, of Battle
Creek, Mich., who is chief executive
officer for the Michigan Conference
of the United Church of Christ, will
preach the baccalaureate sermon
to the Elon College graduating class
on Sunday morning. May 30th, ap
pearing as one of the featured speak
ers at Elon’s 1965 commencement
program. ,
The appearance of Dr. Vore as tM
Elon baccalaureate minister will be
in the nature of a homecoming for
the Michigan minister, who is a
graduate of Elon College. The Ohio
native went on from Elon to receive
the Bachelor of Divinity degree rom
Yale Divinity School and was later
granted the honorary Doctor of Di
vinity degree at Elon College in
1952. .
Dr Vore served pastorates at
Suffolk, Va., at Grand Rapids, i
Mich., and at the First Congrega
tional Church in Los Angeles, Cal-j
ifomia, prior to becoming mmister
Marjorie IIiiiit‘r
!,s Elon Speaker
Marjorie Hunter, Elon Collegci
graduate, who covers the Washing
ton beat for the New York Times
was a guest speaker on the Elon
campus on Monday night, April
12th, appearing under the auspices
of the Elon Liberal Arts Forum,
speaking on “L. B. J.’s Great So
ciety.”
Miss Hunter, who began her jour
nalistic career with the Elon Col
lege campus newspaper, the Maroon
and Gold, served as a reporter and
staff member for several North
Carolina newspapers as she moved
to national recognition In reporting
the political scene in the nation's
TIM (ilKFOKI)
booths will be oj)en. including a
pie-throwing iHxith, a concession
booth and other original b(X)ths
typical of a “carny’ ’area.
One area of the big parking lot
will be roped off during the after
noon for dancing, with music being
provided by “The Corvettes.” Then,
tomorrow night, a semi-formal
dance will be held In the same
Iress. Then, they will appear to
morrow In bathing suits, which rep-
esent a change from the original provided by “The Blue Notes” and
plan that had them competing in
Burmuda shorts. The girls will be
judged for beauty, poise and
charm, with the judging done by a
panel of judges who are not con-
.lected with the college.
The Elon College Dance Band,
under the direction of Prof. Jack
0. White, will provide a special
program of music during the pic
nic and also in connection with the
beauty contest.
After the Spring Queen has been
announced, the booths will be open
ed to the student public. Organiza
tions are allowed to charge up to a
quarter for persons who participate
in their activity, and all money
collected will be retained by the
groups.
It is expected that quite a few
The Marvelettes ’
The climax of the entire week-
nd will be a concert on Sunday
ifternoon in Whitley Auditorium,
with the “Modern F'olk Quartet”
as the featured performers.
Committee Chairman Tim Gifford
speculates that the largest crowd
of the entire weekend will appear
at the concert on Sunday, but he
has stated that he expects a larger
crowd at the carnival tomorrow
afternoon than has usually attended
the previous May Day activities.
“The organizations are really
working to do their parts In mak
ing this weekend a big success.”
said Gifford, “and I am sure that
those who attend the various events
during the three-day weekend will
have a good time.”
plantation owner and a nurse. I capital for the New York Times
There is a secondary romantic in- She was a member of the staff
terest, involving a young native [ of both the Raleigh News and Ob-
glrl and a youthful lieutenant of server and the Winston-Salem Jour-
■Marines. 1 nal for some time and covered both
The principal romantic and dra- the legislative scene in Raleigh and
matic lead will feature Betty Cook, j the congressional beat in Washing-
of Mebane, a teacher in one of the j ton for the Winston-Salem paper
Durham County high schools, who She covered both the Democratic
will have the role of Nellie Forbush, and Republican national conventions
and paired with her in the romantic, in and covered Mrs. Jacqueline
plot will be Wayne Seymour, Elon Kennedy's activities during the Ken-
student from GIbsonvllle, who willjnedy presidential campaign,
appear as Emile, the French planta
tion owner.
The other romantic incidents will
feature Anne Cunningham, of Elon
, College, as Liat, the young native I
:irl, along with Dale Ward, of Ken-|
sington, Md., as youthful Lieuten-!
i ant Joseph Calbe, who is stationed
l^n the Island with the United States;
Marines.
Laura Rice,
Poet Will Be Lecturer
At Elon On W ednesday
(^ases Aniioiine‘(l
I5\ Honor Court
the veteran
The campus Hon«r Court has
jusl announced the results of two
additional cases tried by that tri
bunal for the year, with the two
! cases listed bringing to four the
Flon hearings held on violations of the
I Honor Code for the college year.
Player actress from Burlington,!
who has long been one of the out-, |„ Case Number Three, the de
standing dramatic performers on the' fendant was charged with cheat-
Elon stage, will appear in one of| 'ng and entered a plea of not
guilty. The verdict was guilty,
with the penalty suspension from
dr. DUANE N. VORE
at the F^rst Congregatwnal Church position which he now portrays
at Battle ’elected as l hpIH many offices Bloody Mary, island native, with
he held when he was electea as ,,35 held many oinces^ ., , , » a u 11
minister and superintendent of the Congregational Christian, Emily Anderson, of Asheville, as
Michigan Conference of Congrega- gnd in the United Church her chief assistant. Other comic
tional Christian Churches in 1961. Christ denominations, having feature Tom Warner, of
When that body of Congregational chairman of the Christy
Christian Churches consolidate with ^ as memte of Bracket; Bob Model, of Greenwich,
the Mchigan - Indiana hynoa 01 .. Conference, as memoer ui „ .
he Evangelical and Reformed ^^^(^^ence Board .f Trustees,, Conn.. as Commander William
Church in May, 1963. Dr, Vore then ^e was president for three jjardison; and Ben Bayol, of Alex-
became the minister of the ^hi- p.„e Four) 'andria, Va., as Luther Billis.
gan Conference of the United Church, (Continued On Page
Elon College for one calendar
year.
In Case Number Four, the
charge was conduct unbecoming
a gentleman, with the defendant
entering a plea of guilty. The de
cision was guilty, with the pen
alty suspension from Elon Col
lege for the remainder of the
Edward Field, one of the better
known of modern American poets,
will be a visitor to the Elon Col
lege campus next Wednesday, May
5th, and will lecture In the Mooney
Chapel Theatre at 8 o’clock Wed-j
ne-iday night, according to plans;
revealed today by Prof. L, Tully i
Reed, chairman of the Elon College |
English department. j
Field is a native of Brooklyn, |
N. Y., where he was born in 1924,;
and Is a veteran of World War 11,;
In which he served as a navigator.
for one of America’s huge Flying,
Fortres.ses and completed twenty-]
seven missions before his plane was'
shot down over the North Sea after
a raid on Berlin. It was while in the;
armed services that he began writ-!
ing poetry. He is also an actor and
has played the summer stock circuit
and the off-Broadway theatres in a
variety of roles.
The visiting poet has had his
works published in many maga
zines. among them "Botteghe Ob
scure,” "Western Review,” “Ken
yon Review,” "Evergreen Review,”
“Harper’s,” in several of the "New
Directions Annuals” and In the col
lection called "New American Po
etry.”
He has also had published re
cently a volume of his poems,
which is entitled “Stand Up. Friend
With Me.” This volume includes the
poems which won the 1962 Lamont
WiLL SVVAW
EDWARD FIKLD
Poetry Selection Award, given un
der sponsorship of the Academy of
American Poets.
The poetic works of Field have
been highly praised by literary
critics. Mark Van Doren called his
book of poetry “one of the best I
have read in many years,” and Wil
liam Carlos Williams said, “You
gotta have the words, and you’ve
got ’em. You gotta have the feeling,
and you’ve got it ... I am much
impressed.”