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VOLUME 48
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1,1967
NUMBER 9
‘Messiah’ Is Planned Sunday
dean MOORE^AGAIN to be MESSIAH’ ACCOMPANIST Annual Presentation
Of Handel Oratorio
Dean Fletcher Moore, who has for many years served as chairman of the de
partment of music at Elon College, will once more play the organ accompaniment
when the Elon Choir presents its thirty-fifth annual program of Handel s The
Messiah” at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Dean Moore has served as accom
panist since the annual Yule season program was begun, and his artistry at the
organ has added much to the enjoyment of thousands of listeners.
Two Freshmen Fatally Hurt
In Car Wreck November 18
Van Alstyne
To Speak
On Campus
Dr. William W. Van Al
styne, professor of law at
Duke University, will be
the featured speaker for the
Liberal Arts Forum in its
next program in McEwen
Dining Hali next Wednes
day night, December 6th.
ine program will get un-
erway at 8 o’clock, and a
will follow in
West Dorm'tory parlor,
r. Van Alstyne, before
suming his present post
t Duke University, was
associated with the Cali-
lornia Department of Jus-
Hp® '^he United States
haf of Justice, He
P taught at UCLA,
ale and Ohio State.
cliirio honors in-
the degree from
Calif. of Southern
^ahfornia, the L.L.B. de-
verqih ™ Stanford Uni-
^ certificate
oflnterff ,^^Sue Academy
nternational Law.
(Pictures on Page 4)
Two Elon College fresh
men from Sanford were fa
tally injured in an auto
mobile accident which oc
curred eight miles north of
Sanford about 3:48 o’clock
on Saturday morning, No
vember 18th.
The two youths were
Jesse Joseph White, 13, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J.J.White
Sr., of Sanford; and Mar
tin Cade Covington, Jr.,
18, son of Dr. and Mrs.
Cade Covington, Sr., of
Sanford. The Covington
youth was the grandson of
Dr, and Mrs. A. L. Hook,
long-time members of the
Elon College faculty group.
Reports of the accident
were that White, who own
ed the car, was driving at
the time it ran off the high
way and crashed head-on
into a tree. The car was
demolished.
Young White is survived,
in addition to his parents,
by one sister, one grand
mother and one grand
father. Funeral services
were held from the Jones
boro Heights Baptist
Church at Sanford on Sun
day afternoon, November
19th.
The Covington youth is
survived by his parents
and five younger brothers,
all of Sanford, along with
his paternal grandparents
of Sanford and his mater
nal grandparents, Dr, and
Mrs, Hook, of Elon Col
lege. Funeral services
were held at Jonesboro
Heights Methodist Church
at Sanford on Sunday af
ternoon, November 19th.
Memorial services for
both students were held in
Whitley Memorial Auditor
ium on the Elon campus
on Tuesday morning, No
vember 21st, when the Elon
College student body and
faculty paid final tribute.
The memorial services
were conducted by the Rev,
John S. Graves, campus
minister.
Ancient Norsemen de
scribed the meat they
cooked on a stick as
"steik” —today we call
it shish kebab.
One of the outstanding
entertainment features of
the year on the Elon Col
lege campus is set for Sun
day afternoon, when the E-
lon College Choir and
the Elon College-Commun
ity Orchestra will join
forces for the thirty-fifth
annual rendition of Han
del’s immortal oratorio of
“The Messiah.”
The Elon Choir present
ed the program as a vo
cal rendition for many
years, but the College-
Community Orchestra
joined the Choir in the
program in recent years
and has added much to the
enjoyment of the Yule sea
son presentation.
The Choir, featuring a-
bout sixty voices this year,
will be once more under
the direction of Prof.Wen
dell Bartholf, and Dr. Mar
vin N. Artley will direct
the orchestra, with Dean
Fletchcr Moore again ser
ving as organ accompanist.
In addition to directing
the choir. Professor Bart
holf will also be one of
four guest soloists, sing
ing the tenor solo role in
the production, as he has
done in recent years.
Other guest soloists for
the program will be Mary
Anne Johnston, of Elon Col
lege, soprano; Sandra
Walker, of Greensboro,
contralto; and Charles Ly-
nain, of Greensboro, bass.
Both Mrs. Johnston and Ly-
nam are Elon graduates,
and both have sung with the
choir as soloists in pre
vious years.
Members of the orches
tra for this year, listed
by instruments, follows:
VIOLIN I: Eleanor Rey
nolds (concert mistress),
Cathy Handrahan, Mike
Deason, Helen King, Jody
Perdue, Alfred Hauser,
James McGaughey, Bill
Pennington and ClydeSim-
mons,
VIOLIN II: Jennings Ber
ry, Jack Deason, R. P. El
lington, Dean Hall, Jean
Powell, Jane Deese, Donna
Festa, Caren Hobbs and
Lynette Petree, VIOLA:
Phillip Allen, Pat Conner,
Fred Lail and Elizabeth
Williams.
CELLO; SusanMcAdams
and Mickie Ray. BASS: Jim
White and Elmo Hatley.
FLUTE 1: Ann Lentz.
FLUTE II: Priscilla Spoon.
OBOE: Cathy Hobbs,
CLARINET; Danny Chilton.
TYMPHANY: Don Stubble
field.
HORNS: SusanAngemay-
er, Susan Patton, Judy Ste
vens and Mickey Stuart.
TRUMPETS: Jack White,
Robert Truitt and John
White, TROMBONES: Da
vid Abernathy, Danny
Fields, Ken Hollingsworth,
LIBRARIAN: Bill Penning
ton.
Spanish Club Active
Since Organization
Eleanor Pagura, a jun
ior Spanish major from
Burlington, is the president
of the recently reorganized
Spanish Club on the Elon
campus this year, and the
group has been very active
in its early weeks since
the organizational meeting
Elon Shares
Fund Grant
Elon College joined thir
teen other member col
leges of the North Carolina
Foundation of Church-Re
lated Colleges in sharing
a recent $2,500 unrestrict
ed gift from the American
Oil Foundation,
This grant is the North
Carolina share of $100,000
which the American Oil
Company has contributed
for 1967 in support of state
and regional associations
of independent colleges
throughout the United
States , according to a
statement from W. B. Pat
terson, representative of
the oil company, who pre
sented the gift to the Tar
Heel group.
was held on November 1st,
Other officers of the
group include Peggy Bell,
of Raleigh, as vice-presi-
dent and program chair
man; Marilyn Farley, of
Roanoke, Va., secretary;
Mike Wilburn, of Elon Col
lege, treasurer; Susie
Clark, of Winston-Salem,
refreshment chairman; and
Sharon Cable, of Graham,
publicity chairman.
The initial meeting on
November 1st was held in
the main lounge on the
second floor of the Student
Center, with a special fea
ture of the,gathering being
the showing by Dr. Albert
Gminder of slides depict
ing his travels in Spain.
Members of the club also
sang Spanish songs to gui
tar accompaniment and lis
tened to Spanish records.
The next meeting of the
Spanish group is set for
next Wednesday, Decem
ber 6th, and a special fea
ture of the program that
night will be discussion by
Neil Henning and Eleanor
Zezzo of their experiences
and impressions while tra
veling and studying in Spain.