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VOLUME 48
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1967
NUMBER 2
Elon Lists Lyceum Programs
Ballet Is Enjoyable
yOlTHFVL STAR FOR CAMPVS BALLET PERFORMAI^CE
Margot Travers, only 18 years of age and already the star of numerous ballet
performances In both the United States and Europe, danced an outstanding part
in the program presented In Whitley Auditorium on Tuesday night by the Ameri
can Choreographic Society, which appeared as the first of the annual series of
Elon presentations.
Elon Band Wins Much Praise
For Show At First Grid Tilt
Described by one news
commentator as “pound
for pound the best band
in the land,” the Elon
College marching band
furnished a colorful and
highly enjoyable show for
the Elon-Guilford football
game, which marked the
opening of a new Elon
grid campaign.
Directed once more by
Prof. Jack O. White, the
Elon band was resplendent
Rush Period
Will Start
On Monday
Ihe Greek letter fra
ternities and sororities
on the Elon campus swing
into their annual autumn
Rush Period” next Mon
day, October 9th, and the
rushees will live the life
of Riley as the various
groups entertain them
while seeking new mem
bers.
The rush period will
come to an end with the
annual “Bid Night” cere-
iponies on Saturday night,
October 21st, at which
time the rushees will ac
cept or reject member-
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in brand new uniforms and
featured an entirely new
repertoire of tunes and
marching formations
when it appeared for the
Guilford grid battle on
Saturday night, Septem
ber 23rd.
Among the new tunes
featured by the band were
such popular favorites as
“Born Free,” “Georgy
Girl” and “Mr. Touch
down, U. S. A.,” all of
which did much to enliven
the night that was made
memorable by an Elon
28-21 win over the Quaker
gridders.
Members of the Elon
band are listed below in
alphabetical order, among
them being David Aber
nathy, Lenoir; Arh Ait-
cheson, Watertown,Conn.;
Buck Bayliff, Elon Col
lege; Charles Calligan,
Gibsonville; George Can
non, Newport News, Va.;
Danny Chilton, Burling
ton; Judy Coffman, Roan
oke, Va.;
Keith Cole, Graham; 1.
R. DeLong, Charlesville;
Don Doorhein, Burling
ton; Howard Eaton, Cary;
Danny Field, Burlington;
Larry Good, Wilmington,
Del.; Wally Hardwick,
Burlington; Jerry Huff
man, Burlington; Ken
Hollingsworth, Randle-
man; Bob Johnson,Char-
lottesviile, Va.; Cecil
Johnson, Burlington; Kim
Luffberry, Washington,D.
C.;
Charles Morningstar,
Buffalo Junction, Va.;Su-
san Patton, Speedwell,
Va.; Cleo Perdue, Roan
oke, Va.;ElwoodPorshia,
Falls Mill, Va.; Ruffin
Qualls, Burlington; John
Register, Burlington;
Tom Short, Roanoke, Va.;
Don Smith, Plainville,
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DIRECTOR
Opener For Series
PROF. JACK WHITE
Directs Band
The ballet performance
of the American Choreo
graphic Company in Whit
ley Auditorium on Tues
day night furnished a most
enjoyable opening of one
of the most impressive
Elon College I^yceum
series in the history of
the college, with the bal
let program being the
first of a series of ten
programs to be offered
without admission charge
this year.
The initial lyceum per
formance, presented un
der the direction of Rich
ard Nickolaus, featured
both classic ballet and
modern dance, and the
next program, to be pre
sented on Tuesday, Octo
ber 17th, will bring Yass
Hakoshima, world famous
Japanese mime,who has
appeared extensively
throughout Europe andA-
merica as well as in his
native Japan.
A third Lyceum pro
gram to be presented on
Tuesday, October 31 st,
will feature Bobby Chris
tian, one of the leading
percussionists of the pre
sent day in a concert
that should attract lovers
of music from throughout
the area.
Two Lyceum programs
are set during Novem
ber, with Fred Sahlmann,
an Elon alumnus and for
mer faculty member.ac-
claimed as one of the
leading pianists in the
South, slated to appear
in a piano recital on Tues
day, November 14th, as
the first of the two No
vember programs. Sahl
mann now teaches at Mc-
Neese State College in
Louisiana.
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Colonnades
Staff Has
First Meet
Plans for the publica
tion of The Colonnades,
the campus literary mag
azine, were laid at a
meeting of interested stu
dents held on September
22nd, with special atten
tion on publication of a
much-desired fall issue.
The staff members
present at the meeting in
cluded Pete DeVault, edi
tor; Dawn Leland, assist
ant editor; Todd White
and Nancy Myers, co-art
editors; Barbara Buff,
short story editor; and
David Spicer, poetry edi
tor.
In addition to these six
staff members, there
were also other interest
ed students, and the edi
tor and his co-workers
are hopeful that still
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FORUM GVEST
ADMIRAL ZUMWALT
Zumwalt Is
Arts Forum
Guest Here
Initiating a fine new
series of Liberal Arts
Forum programs. Rear
Admiral Russell Zum
walt, youngest man ever
to hold the rear admiral’s
rank in the United States
Navy and a veteran of
more than twenty-five
years of active naval duty,
appeared as a guest lec
turer on the Elon College
campus on Tuesday night,
September 26th=
The guest speaker, who
won high praise for his
address, is a native of
California and won high
honors when he was a stu
dent at the United States
Naval Academy, where he
graduated in 1942, going
from there directly into
active World War II duty
to serve in the Pacific
Theatre until the end of
the war in 1945.
He was for a time con
nected with the Naval Re
serve instructional pro
gram at the University
of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill from 1948
until 1950 then saw active
combat duty during the
Korean conflict. He later
spent two tours of duty
in the office of the Sec
retary of Navy and Sec
retary of Defense.
Among his interesting
assignments was that of
commander of USS Dewey,
the first guided missile
ship in the United States
Navy. In that assignment
and others he has won
virtually every medal and
commendation offered by
the Navy, and his lecture
on Tuesday night will re
flect a thorough know
ledge of naval affairs
from lowest to highest
levels.
The Elon Liberal Arts
Forum, with a member
ship composed largely of
students, operates this
year under leadership of
Prof. James P. Elder.