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MAROON AND GOLD
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1969
Reid This
MEMORIES
Hlon seldom had a stu
dent such as I.
In many respects, may
be that was just as well.
But the point I am
struggling to make is I
did enjoy a certain ad
vantage at Elon. Betimes
in life, we look back to
what we are wont to call
“The Good Old Days.”
At the time, they may not
have been exactly that.
Rather, they were prob
ably just ordinary goings-
on.
Where I excelled at
Elon, then, and I do not
brag but merely tell solid,
pure golden truth, is that
I knew my stay at Elon
would be the best time
of my life. 1 didn’t have
to wait yumpty-yump
years to determine this.
It was instant enjoy
ment — that’s what it
was.
As I look back on what
feels like the last cen
tury, these are a few
things coming to mind:
STUDIES - Why I was
there. At Elon I learned
how. All right. So when
I was in school, Elon was
stuck so far out in the
sticks, we did homework
to keep from getting
bored. Nonetheless, I
grew up as a student at
Elon.
FOOD - Whatever com
plaints you have now, we
had then and maybe more,
except for breakfasts.
The dining hall was in
Mooney Chapel, then.Stu
dents waited tables. We
had icy, fresh milk in
pewter mugs, steaming
scrambled eggs (and all
you could eat, too) and
toast, butterpainted with
brushes and salt frost
ed, I have never been
treated to better. The
other two daily meals
were something else. I’ve
tried my best to forget
’em.
TEACHERS - Best I
ever had. Dr. C. R.
“Chad” McClure heads
the list. He’d been a lit
tle of everything: soldier,
hobo, prize fighter, actor
and when he tired of ev
erything else, he began
teaching.
He would read us dif
ferent roles of Shake
spearean plays. When we
closed our eyes, as most
of us did, we had trouble
convincing ourselves
there was not just one
man but a stage full of
players. We even had
waiting lines for Shake
spearean courses.
GIRLS — Ratio was a-
bout 4 to 1, my favor.
1 guess you can figure
that out for yourself.
SPORTS — Pretty bad.
What football there was
made heavy use of me in
the backfield which shows
you we were hurting. So
was I after each game,
liaskctball? We had a 3
and 17 season. We were
not the worst. We beat
Appalachian twice that
year, I he best sporting
events, as even now, I
BOARD OF ELECTIONS HAS DIRECTED STUDENT VOTING THIS YEAR
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The Board of Elections which has served for the Elon Student Government Association this year and
which directed the recent series of ballots by which the students chose campus and class leaders for next
year is pictured above. The members shown, left to right, are as follows: SEATED — Cathy Mangum,
Durham; Chairman Denny McGuire, Montvale, N.J.; and Jeanne Moberly, Frederick, Md. STANDING —
Barbara Waugh, Elon College; Carol McKinney, Bakersville; Darlene Moran, Pasadena, Md.; and Todd
Bridgford, Rockville, Md.
ElonPlayers Will Give Op era
Show Begins Three-Night
Mooney Run On Wednesday
Elon Splits 2 Tilts
On Newberry Jaunt
Elon Defeats
Methodist 6-1
Getting long ball hits
at timely moments, the
Christian baseballers
topped Methodist College
6 to 1 on the Elon field
on April 19, when Jim
Friesinger got his first
homer of the year, and
H. J. Newcombe contri
buted a timely triple.
The Christians got ten
hits during the game,
breaking away to a 3-run
lead in the very first inn
ing, which gave southpaw
Tom Jernigan a cushion
of scores on which to
ride. Even at that, Jer
nigan had to have relief
from big Jim Ramsey,
who came on in the se
venth to finish the tilt.
The line score:
R. H. E.
Methodist 1 7 4
Elon 6 10 3
Costello and Leathel;Jer-
nigan, Ramsey (8) and
Brady.
suspect, were night
games under Senior Oak.
ASSOCIATIONS — We
had factions just as you
do. We may have been
closer apart, though. I
arrived at Elon two weeks
late. First sentence one
boy said to me was vol
untary: “Here are my
lecture notes so you can
catch up.” I later coach
ed him before exam s. This
lad and I never really hit
it off except in one well
remembered regard: We
learned to live with each
other.
By JIM HODGES
Keith Brewer made his
first start in an Elon uni
form a memorable one as
he spread eight hits along
seven innings and gained
a 2 to 1 victory over the
Newberry Indians at New
berry in the first game of
a doubleheader on April
21st.
Good outfield play nail
ed two runners at the plate
as the Christians made up
for woefully weak bats
with good defense. Only
two hits were given up by
Newberry pitcher Roger
Hazel, but his team made
four errors behind him in
the loss.
The count was tied at
1-all as Elon entered the
top of the seventh, and
Bob Godfrey was safe on
an error. Ron Brown ran
for him and stole second
and scored the winning
run on Don Brady’s single
to left.
The tables were turned
in the second tilt, when it
was Elon’s turn to make
the errors. The Chris
tians had five miscues
enroute to a 5-1 defeat.
Donnie Oakes was the los
ing pitcher, although he
had to have help from Joe
Byrtus.
(FIRST GAME)
P. H. E.
Elon 2 2
Newberry 18.
Brewer and Brady; Hazel
and Hobbs.
(SECOND
R.
Elon 14 5
Newberry 5 5 0
Oakes, Byrtus (4)
1
GAME)
H. E.
Brady;
Hobbs.
Schmidt
and
and
The Elon Players will
present Bertolt Brecht’s
great “Three-Penny Op
era” in Mooney Little
Theatre on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday
nights of next week, with
curtain time set for 8:15
o’clock each night.
This final production
for the Elon Players for
this 1968-69 campus
stage season is a clever
musical satire on the
bourgoisie corruption of
the 19th Century Lon
don, which uses thieves,
beggars, policemen,
prostitutes and other cha
racters who characteriz
ed London society of that
time.
While the opera is set
in the 19th Century,
Brecht satirizes human
greed and corruption of
all periods, using aongs
which are set to the brill
iant music of Kurt Weill.
The show will feature a
number of unusually cle
ver songs, but one of the
best is ‘Mac The Knife,”
which has long been pop
ular in America as a top
feature in a show which
still holds the record as
the longest running musi
cal ever to play in New
York.
The show, to be pre
sented under the direction
of Prof. Sandy Moffett,
will feature reserved
seats for all perform
ances, and seats may be
reserved by calling Ex
tension 240 on the cam
pus telephone system.
The cast listed for the
production, following try
outs held on March 24th,
includes Bill Shaver, of
Charlotte, as the Street
Singer; Dale Kaufmann,
of Charlotte, as Peachum;
Donn Thomas, ofMebane,
as Mrs. Peachum; Jack
Gotten, of Fuquay-Varina,
as MacHeath; Dawn
Chrism an, of Ports
mouth, Va., as Jenny;
Sara Jane Draper, of
Martinsville, Va., as
Polly; Dave Brewln, of
Hertford, as Reverend
Kimball; Jeff Taylor, of
Bloomingdale, N. J., as
Tiger Brown; Tim Ed
wards, of Washington,
D.C., as Smith; Dianne
Clendennin, of Milford,
Va., as Lucy; A1 Watson,
of Virginia Beach, Va., as
Matt; Gordie Payne of
Boonton, N.J., as Jake;
John Westafer, of Elon
College, as Bob; and
Chuck McLendon, of
Charlotte, as Walt.
Others chosen for the
play include Glenda Con
don, of McLean, Va.,
Jackie Lye, of Durham,
Paulette Spindle, of Hus
tle, Va., and Brenda Pri
chard, of Greensboro,
as the prostitutes; Jeff
Fields, of Silver Spring,
Md., and Festus Solar,
of Laos, Nigeria, as cops;
Paula Schmidt, of Cald
well, N. J., as the beg
gar; A1 Hassell, of Elon
College, as Filch; and
Cindy Brinn, of Vir
ginia Beach, Va., and Di
anne Davies, of Jackson
ville, Fla., as dancers.