FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1967
MAROON and gold ToSre'
Dedicated to the best Interests of Elon College and
its students and faculty, the Maroon and Gold is pub
lished weekly during the college year with the excep
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N.C. (Zip Code 27244), publication being in coopera
tion with the Journalism department.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Don Brown
Paul Bleiberg Co-Editor
James Payne Associate Editor
Ken Hollingsworth Associate Editor
David Johnson Entertainment Editor
Eddie Osborne .Sports Editor
Tnp Lpp Sports Editor
H. Reid..V.V..V Alumni Editor
REPORTORIAL STAFF
Claes Alexanderson, Peggy Beale, Percy Benton,
Nancy Boone, Charles Boroody, Barbara Bugg, Bobby
Bulla, Tom Campion, Sandy Carrington, Janice Car
ter, Cathy Collins, Monty Duncan, Pete DeVault, Robert
Halstead, Keith Handy, Holly Hollingsworth, Barbara
Ippolito, Gary Jordan, Lloyd Kanlpe, Jim Lunsford,
Glenda Lutterloh, Jim McClure, Lynn Michael, Robert
Monacelli, Richard Moon, Donald Morrison, J.W. Pace,
Jeannette Robinette, Rosalind Shoffner, Larry Small,
Ike Steele, Malcolm Sullivan, Ronnie Tugwell, Bill
Turner, Charlie VanLear, Tom Ward, Claire Webb,
Rebecca Whitaker, Bob Williams.
ARTS AND FLOWERS
(A Review)
On Campus
Dr. William R. Riding-
ton, professor of the class
ics at the Western Mary
land College, will speak in
Whitley Auditorium on
Wednesday, November
29th, as the second of the
series of Visiting Scholars
coming to Elon under spon
sorship of the Piedmont
University Center.
Dr. Ridington will speak
on the subject of “Roman
Britian and How It Is Un
covered,” dealing with the
discovery of sites of Ro
man culture in the British
Isles. His lecture will be
illustrated, and the public
is cordially invited to at
tend.
By DAVID JOHNSON
For its Hallowe’en pro
gram the Lyceum Series
presented Bobby Christian
in concert, preaching the
gospel of percussion with
the assistance of the Elon
College Community Or
chestra and an aresenal of
percussive instruments.
Christian may not have
frightened away any evil
spirits or awakened the
dead, but he certainly tried I
This offbeat program be
gan with a demonstration
of the right and wrong ways
to play the triangle, cas
tanets, tambourines, snare
drum, etc. For illustra
tions, Christian played
several original composi
tions which certainly suit
ed that purpose, although
they could hardly be used
for anything else.
I should make an ex
ception for the tuneful, at
mospheric music accom
panying the marimba and
the vibraphone, as well as
Roger Miller’s “King of the
Road,” which helped to il
lustrate—of all things— a
wood block I However,
Christian’s “Concerto for
Tympani” sounded like
something Shostakovich
rejected from his “Lenin
grad” Symphony in 1941.
This part of the program
concluded with a jazzy per
formance of Khachatur
ian’s “Sabre Dance,” fea
turing a ubiquitous one-
man percussion section.
Dispensing with inter
mission, Christian imme
diately continued with the
second half of the program,
consisting of five more or
less legitimate composi
tions. He began with his
own arrangement of “Dix
ie,” which probably would
have produced hysterical
audience reaction if played
on a solo kazoo—but that
is beside the point. After
a dissonant Introduction
(which could only have been
Stephen Foster as inter
preted by Charles Ives),
things really started to
swing, with Christian play
ing the melodic line on the
drums. Following this
crowd-pleaser was “II
Mare de pensier” (The
Sea of Thought”), a some
what unsuccessful mix
ture of Debussy, Wagner
and Percy Faith. Although
Bobby Christian was highly
entertaining as he darted
around the stage hitting
every object in sight ex
cept Malvln Artley, it all
added up to a dead sea.
His next composition,
“Magoonga, ” was even
more of a showcase item
for the percussionist, who,
in fact, is the only unifying
element holding the piece
(Continued on page 4)
LOST BAG
Becky Bucher, who lives
in Room 315, Virginia
Dorm, recently lost a red
shoulder bag in the vicin
ity of Carlton Library.The
bag had in it a driver’s
license, a number of pic
tures, several keys and a
considerable sum of money,
Anyone who may have found
the bag is requested to
get in touch with Miss
Bucher or return it to the
office of Dean Hassell.
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By KEN HOLLINGSWORTH
Elon College needs a real
alma mater.
The present school song
is unsatisfactory because
the tune is the familiar
march “Our Director.”
Usually the alma mater
is never sung, but played.
Without the words, there
is nothing to distinguish
Elon’s school anthem from
any other school’s alma
mater.
An interesting situation
arose at the homecoming
game with Western Caro
lina. WCU’s alma mater
happens to be the same
tune as Elon’s. So, in a
sense, every time the band
played Western’s alma ma
ter.
Also, “Our Director”
being a march is hardly
the proper genre of song
to inspire thoughts tradi
tionally associated with an
alma mater. Some may
even question the use of a
toast song by an institution
which does not approve of
the use of alcoholic beve
rages.
This column does not
wish to degrade “Here’s
to dear old Elon . . . .”
It has served Elon well
since it was printed in the
first bulletin of the col
lege in 1922. Even so, an
original tune fitted to words
congruent with the spirit
of Elon could serve as a
better school anthem.
Next week Elonites will
begin their first holiday
of this school year. It will
be a welcome relief for
most to have this brief
period of rest and relaxa
tion with friends and fami
ly.
This writer feels that
Thanksgiving holidays are
not a cumbersome carry
over from yesteryear and
hopes the administration
will continue to have
Thanksgiving holidays.
While some may point
out that many colleges and
universities ignore Thanks
giving as a holiday period
and that Elon should join
the trend, this writer be
lieves the policy of ob
serving Thanksgiving as a
holiday is justifiable.
The enrollment of com
muters makes it so that
approximately half of the
school is in quick access
So Whafs
New?
By PAUL BLEIBERG
Right about now people
have the vacation fever.
And why shouldn’t they?
After being bogged down
with books and studies, all
types of restrictions and
rules, and mostly, food
which they are not accus
tomed to eating, one needs
a break. So Thanksgiving
is now upon us. This in
itself is something to be
thankful for. Just several
more days, and Elon will
empty out like a football
stadium after the last whis
tle. May I extend good tid
ings during the holidays.
Hoorah! Hoorah 1 Hoorah I
Grass seed is being sprink
led over a good deal of
the campus. Here is some
thing else to be thankful
for. Little by little things
are falling into place around
here, and sooner or later
Elon will return to its ori
ginal beauty. We can do our
share of the load by stay
ing off the newly seeded
areas. In some places there
is wire, but in others there
is not. In any case, let’s
try to give the grass a
chance to grow by not walk
ing on it, and once again we
will see Elon green.
There are several living
accomodations at Elon
known as fraternity hous
es. But are they, in the true
sense of the word, “fra
ternity houses”? One has
to sit back and think a-
bout it for a moment.Many
of the boys would never
move back into a dormi
tory for various reasons,
but they ask the question
why they can’t have girls
in the houses. I thought it
would be interesting to
bring the subject out into
the open, (comments pro
or con are welcomed).
It would not be difficult
to home. In the case of
dormitory students 98 per
cent live within a day’s
drive of Elon. It stands to
reason that most will be
able to make the journey
home for the holidays.
Of course, we do have
some individuals who can
not go home due to distance
or other reasons. We hope
that the more fortunate stu
dents will share their holi
day with those who can not
go home. It is our hope
that the college will make
arrangements to see that
at least the minimal ne
cessities (heat, hot water,
etc.) will be provided for
those who have to remain
at school.
When this writer was a
freshman, several mem
bers of the faculty offered
to share their Thanksgiving
meal with those who had to
remain at school. Even
though opening up one’s
home may be considered
well above the call of duty
as a professor, it is es
sential for a school that
prides itself on offering
a httle extra to show some
heart,
f your plans
tor Thanksgiving, this col
umn extends to you its best
to employ a part-time
house mother. The houses
have nice lounges, some
with colored televisions,
some have rooms set aside
for cards, games, andother
forms of relaxation. Why
then, would it be wrong to
invite a member of the op
posite sex over to watch
a movie or play some
bridge. I don’t know the
answer but would like to
very much as would the
other members of the fra
ternities. Maybe some day
we will see this at Elon.
In last week’s edition of
the Maroon and Gold, Coach
Wilson took his time to
write to you, the student
body, a short but mean
ingful letter. I hope its
message was not dis
regarded. it is a known
fact that the spirit at Elon
is not something to be proud
ofo Do you realize that at
pep rallies at Notre Dame
there are four or five thou
sand screaming, enthu
siastic and loyal fans?
I realize that Elon isn’t
Notre Dame or any other
big school for that mat
ter, but the spirit should
be here just the same.
Not only in football is this
true, but in all sports. So
let’s show our boys we are
behind them one hundred
per cent by attending ral
lies and games and giving
them our support.
I have an apology to make
to the nice lady in the
cafeteria I spoke of in my
last article. Her name is
Sparks, not Parks. I am
truly sorry for the mis
take and hope it isn’t held
against me. After all.what
would I do if I were to be
banned from the cafeteria
and had to eat elsewhere?
Have a nice Thanksgivingl
wishes for a happy andsafe
holiday. Drive carefully,
won’t you?
Co-Rec Play
Planned In
Volley Ball
The Women’s Athletic
Association and the PEMa-
jors are jointly sponsoring
a Co-Rec volley ball tour-
iiament, with teams con
sisting of three girls ana
three boys and with all
students encouraged w
participate.
Any six students may
band together to form a
team and enter by payinS
a $1 entrance fee to Mrs.
Janie Brown or Coach Dot*
Kelly at the gymnasiiW'
The deadline for entry ^
Saturday, November l'3t*’
with play to start Noveni'
ber 28th. Schedules wiu
be posted in advance.
Fraternities and soron-
ties may jointly
teams, as may combina
tions of boys’ and
dorms or other campus
organizations. Also jus
any combination of
dents, three girls andthree
boys, may form a teaman
choose a name for entry>