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VOLUME 48
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
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FRIDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1967
NUMBER 5
Elon Homecoming Event
ELON BAND TO PLAY PROMINENT PART IN HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES
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The Elon College Band, which operates under the direction of Prof. Jack O. White, and which has gained
wide acclaim for its performances as a marching unit and as a concert combination, will play an outstanding
role in the annual Elon College Homecoming observance this week. The band will lead the annual Homecoming
parade through downtown Burlington onSaturday and will also perform in the halftime festivities at the annual
Elon-Western Carolina football game on Saturday afternoon.
Percussionist Here Tuesday
Elon Players Set Bobby Christian Is
First Show Dates Lyceum Attraction
The Elon Players,cam
pus dramatic group, has
Set the dates for the open
ing of its new stage
season for November
10th, 11th and 17th and
18th, when it will pre
sent George Bernard
Shaw’s great comedy of
“Arms And The Man,”
a comedy on love and
war. Curtain time is 8:15
o’clock each night.
The cast for the ini
tial Player show of the
Dean Moore
At Meeting
Prof. Fletcher Moore,
academic dean of Elon
College, returned recent
ly to the campus after
attending the fiftieth an
nual meetingof the Amer
ican Council on Educa
tion, which was held at
the Shoreham Hotel in
Washington for three days
on October 12th, 13th and
14th.
The them e for the m eet-
ing, which attracted more
1 delegates from
1>261 colleges and uni-
'^ersities, was “Whose
oals For American Ed-
with the keynote
aaaress delivered by Sir
ohn Wolfendon, chair-
>nan of England’s univer
sity Grants Committee in
London. There were many
prominent speakers,
tne final address being
°y McGeorge Bundy,
president of the Ford
''oundation.
new season will include
a number of veterans
from past seasons on the
Mooney Chapel Theatre
stage and also several
newcomers from both fa
culty and student body.
Some of the principal
characters in the play in
clude Captain Bluntschli,
a professional soldier
more interested in sav
ing his own skin than in
being a hero, played by
Prof. Lloyd Young; and
Raina Petkoff, of noble
bearing and thrilling
voice, but an inveterate
liar, played by Kathy
Copeland.
Others are Serhius
Petkoff, the commander
of the Bulgarian army,
enacted by Jim Gilles
pie; and Sergium Sara-
nof^ who is a fool in
practical situations,play
ed by Bill Bradshaw.
Since the first per
formance of “Arms And
The Man” in 1864, the
controversy concerning it
has raged, and it has oc
cupied a prominent place
in the repertoire of the
English-speaking stage.
In this play George
Bernard Shaw wrote a
satire on war and the
professional fighting man,
with the typical Shavian
touches throughout pro
viding very good fun a-
long with serious touches
made in inimitably bril
liant manner.
The tickets
formances will be
per night for adults, 75
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Bobby Christian, com
poser, arranger, and per
former, hailed as “The
Greatest of the World’s
Percussionists” by Paul
Whiteman, will appear in
Whitley Auditorium on the
Elon College campus at 8
o’clock next Tuesday
night, October 31st, in the
next of the series of Elon
College Lyceum produc
tions.
Termed “Totally Tal
ented” and described as
perhaps the most versa
tile musician living to
day, Bobby Christian’s
music making through the
medium of percussion in
struments is described as
a combination of tremen
dous discipline, superb
technique and unfailing
wit.
It all started with a
pair of drumsticks given
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NEXT ON ELON LYCEUM SCHEDULE
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BOBBY CHRISTIAN, PERCUSSIONIST
Talent Show
Is Planned
For Tonight
By DON BROWN
Elon College kicks off
a gala weekend of festi
vities today as “Home
coming 1967”, with its
theme of “On to the Goal”
begins.
The celebration will be
highlighted by tomor
row’s homecoming foot
ball game against West
ern Carolina University,
with game time at 2:30
o’clock.
Today’s events will be
climaxed by tonight’s an
nouncement of the home
coming queen, who will be
presented during half time
of tomorrow’s game.The
new queen will be crowned
at that time by last year’s
regent, Barbara Ippolito,
of Burlington,
Nominees -for Home
coming queen candidacy
include Mary Alice Tay
lor, Yvonne Grandjean,
Sharon Cable, Mary
Faust, Barbara Buff,
Linda Wesley, Barbara
Hudson, Gail Summers,
Eleanor Zezzo, Cathy
Copeland, Connie Theo
dore, Betsy Patterson,
Jeanette Robinette, Holly
Hollingsworth, Kay Sa
vage, Martha Kellan, Ce
cilia Cobo, and Pug Eu
banks. They were nar
rowed to five in a pre
liminary vote last Thurs
day, with final winners
selected in a second vote.
The winner of the elec
tion for queen will be an
nounced at the student
talent show tonight. The
talent show will be pre
sented in Whitley Audi
torium at 7:30 o’clock
tonight.
Also scheduled for to
night is a pep rally and
bonfire for the football
team behind North Dor-
initory. The pep rally will
begin at 6:30 o’clock.
The homecoming game
will follow a parade
through downtown Bur
lington. Homecoming
Chairman Dice Wyllie es
timates that 50 units will
take part in this year’s
parade.
This will include six
outside bands, along with
some forty floats and
sponsors’ cars. The pa
rade will begin at 12:30
o’clock, and travel down
Main Street of Burling
ton in the direction of the
football stadium.
Following the Home
coming parade the bands
involved will present a
mass performance at
Burlington Memorial Sta
dium at 2:00 o’clock. The
Western Carolina Uni
versity “Catamounts”
band will present its show
at 2:15 o’clock.
Elon’s marching band
will perform its show at
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