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Maroon and Gold Page 4 Greeks Start Year With Rush Wednesday, October 1 With the new year well underway and with the closing threat of first tests breathing down the students’ neck, there, of confusing necessity,must come Rush Week, Amidst the chaos of drop-adds. Rush Week, and beanies, there exist several student institu tions which must re organize each fall and plan the new year. And although they are often accused of forgetting ev erything except sin, it may be noted that in the following listing there are many worthwhile projects being undertaken by the local social groups. Beta Omicron Beta — The officers for the new year are: President,Jane Crocker; Vice President, Ruth Ann Woody; Trea surer, Linda Flynn; sec retary, Diana Kuhnert; and Pledge Trainer,Susan Pell. The sisters hope to sell candy this year to finance the refurnishing of their sorority room, aid in their work with the chil dren of the Elon Home For Children, and to give a scholarship to an out standing biology major in memory of Cindy Robert son. They will also furn ish pages for the Student Senate. Delta Upsilon Kappa— The officers for the new year are: President,Betty Joe Eley; Vice Presi- den, Janet Hooper; Trea surer, Edith Sanders; Secretaries, Marie Zir- poli and Vicki Riley. The sisters plan to sell homecoming buttons and send their annual Christ mas packages to Vietnam. Pi Kappa Tau — The officers for the new year are: President, Katie Patrick; Vice Pres ident, De De Hart; Trea surer, Cleo Perdue;Sec- retary, Pam Layton and Pat Jones; and Pledge Trainer, Candy Williams. The sisters are pre sently selling pom poms to aid in their work with the Elon Home for Chil dren. They also work for the college in the admin istrative offices in order to gain funds for the same project. Tau Zeta Phi — The of ficers for the new year are; President, Pam Sau- vain; Vice President,Em ily Hall; Treasurer, Ka thy Johnson; Secretary, Lyceum Series Presents Folklorist From Appalachian The second performer in the 1969-70 Lyceum Series will be Cratis Williams, folklorist,who will present a program of English and Scotch ballads on Tuesday night, October 7, at 8 p.m. in Whitley Auditorium. Professor of English and Dean of the Graduate School at Appalachian State University, Dr. Williams is a native mountaineer from Big Sandy Valley, Kentucky. Beginning his interest in the 18th century ballads as a high school student, he collected and learned these ballads, songs and hymns exactly as his peo ple sang them .He has nev er had any musical training. A contributor to many publications such as The Appalachian South and Nqrtli Carolina Folkloj^j Dr. Williams is listed in Who’s Who_ i,n^ An^rica, Directory of Am eric^ Scholars, and Lawless’ 100 American Folk Song Singers. All concerts in the Ly ceum Series are open to the public and admission is free. Artley Takes National Post A member of the facul ty of Elon College was elected president of the National School Orches tra Association (NSOA) at its annual convention at Hope College in HolK and, Mich,, Aug. 1, Dr. Malvin N. Artley, professor of music at Elon College, assumed the duties of president of NSOA after serving as the organization’s president elect for two years. The purpose of this na tional organization, ac cording to Dr. Artley, is to promote the develop ment of orchestras in schools, colleges, and communities in the Unit ed States, to make avail able research on teach ing procedures, and to encourage young compos ers to write, Dr. Artley expressed much enthusiasm for the NSOA projects that are planned for the coming year and the organiza tion’s annual convention which is to be held on the campus of l-.ion Col lege Aug. 9-14, 1970, Although next sum mer’s convention is still In the planning stages,Dr. Artley is beginning to contact several clinicians of national reputation to Invite them to be guest instructors at the con ference. The main features of the conference will be the creation of a direct ors’ orchestra, a stu dent orchestra, and pos sibly a student choir. Several concerts will be given by these three groups during the six-day conference. The general public will be invited to attend these perform ances. One unique feature of the convention on the Elon campus is that it will be family oriented. Attend ing musicians will be in vited to bring their fami lies to the conference and activities will be planned for those who are not participating in the music sessions. Silvia Fowler and Adri enne Moen; and Pledge Trainer, Emily Hall, The sisters plan to have their annual perfume sale to raise funds. They will be hostesses during Par ents’ Weekend and work in the college administra tive offices. Iota Tau Kappa — The officers for the new year are: President, Mac Mc- Innis; Vice President, Donnie Brady; Trea surer, Ed Peebles; Sec retary, Bill Lilly; and Pledge Master, Joey Olschner, The brothers plan an all-out rush, concentrat ing on quality and quan tity. Kappa Psi Nu — The officers for the new year are: President, Rick Green; Vice President, Andy Morris; Treasurer, Mitch Avent; and Secre tary, Frank Jacobs, The brothers plan a successful rush system and an all out fight to re gain what was “grevious- ly” taken away. Sigma Mu Sigma —The officers for the new year are: President, Chuck Miller (in his second term of office); Vice Presi dents, Gary Hemphill and John Corbiere; Trea surer, Terry Rice; and Secretary, Dan Hudgins. The brothers plan the sale of their annual Ad dress Book, and the es corting of the children from the Elon Home For Children during Hallo ween, They are looking forward to the completion of a new paint job on their house and to the arrival of members of other chapters of Sigma Mu Sig ma during October for the national convention. Sigma Phi Beta — The officers for the new year are: President, Pete Fleming; Vice President, Larry Holder; Trea surer, Darryl Jennus; Secretary, FrankMensch; and Pledge Master, Roger Norman, The brothers will be selling megaphones in an effort to raise school spirit and are presently working on becoming af filiated with a national fraternity. Many brothers work for the athletic de partment and for special dinners at McEwen Dining Hall, ^ Tau Kappa Epsilon ~ The officers for the new year are: President, Ed Baker; Vice President, Norman Lacert; Trea surer, Louie Blom Secretary, Tom Short Historian, Roger Oliver, Sgt, at Arms, Don Tar- kenton; Chaplain, Dave Burchette; and Pledge Master, Tom Balder- stern, The TEKE’s have an nounced that “the Bomb” Is ready for many trips around the football field, and are planning to come up with a homecoming float as good as last year s. They have also pledged to increase school spirit. Sunday, Sept. 28, the shot heard ’ round the campus started the Great Pledge War, May the best groups win! Elon Faculty Study, Travel During Summer Vacation Summer proved benefi cial for many faculty members of Elon College. Several faculty members were involved in graduate courses or on interesting trips. Manly Wade Wellman served as chairman of the North Carolina Writer’s Conference , and taught First Lyceum Program Success With Soprano By Janet Winstead Miss Jeanette Walters, a widely acclaimed dra matic soprano, gave a brilliant performance In Whitley Auditorium on Tuesday night, Septem ber 23, at 8 p.m. Exhibiting tremendous control. Miss Walters sang many varied selec tions which showed her extraordinary versatil ity. Her rich voice cap tivated the large audience, and the audience seemed to respond well to her performance. Her program included works by Bartok, Duparc, Handel, Mascagni, Schu bert, and modern ar rangements of Negro spirituals. At the con clusion of her perform ance, Miss Walters was given a standing ovation. For an encore, she sang “Zweignung” by Richard Strauss, For many the evening came to an end quickly, for the performance by Miss Walters was one of the finest if not the finest in the history of the Ly ceum Series. creative writing and chi!, dren’s literature at the University of Detroit, Gene Featherstone studied piano at the East, man School of Music at the University of Roches, ter, N. Y. Reverend Alfred Hurst traveled approximately 6,000 miles while vaca tioning and serving as a guest minister. Jack O. White attended the National Trumpet Symposium in Denver, Colorado and was the co ordinator of the annual Brass Music School, which was a big success on the Elon campus this past summer. Dr,Howard Richardson has been recuperating ex asperating] y from a broken leg suffered last spring. Stan Boone completed requirements for the Master’s Degree (M,Ed.) at UNC-G. Mrs. Rena Danieleyat- tended the Financial Aid Workshop at the Univer sity of Kentucky in Lex ington, Kentucky. Alexander S. Moffett completed Ph. D. course work and took comprehen sive exams at Florida State University. John P. Gerlach repre sented Elon in a confer ence at UNC-CH concern ing the revitalization of physics. The project was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Dr. Durwood Stokes and his wife visited London, England for two weeks of touring and attending plays. Reverend John Graves visited the Holy Land. Dr. J, E, Danieley ser ved as parllamentarianof the General Synod of the United Church of Christ In Boston, Action-Senate Meet Continued from Page 1 by Its author, 1 odd Bridg- ford. The real highlight of the evening, however, came when a bill, author ed by the S.G,A, Presi dent Bill ComninakI, to appoint Marc Jordan as Attorney General was placed on the Senate floor, Bridgford, Chairman of the Senate Judicial Com mittee, revealed that this committee had Interview ed two prospects for this important position and, while the committee did not feel that Jordan was unqualified, the Judicial members did feel that an other student, Steve Prye, was more qualified and had more time to devote to the job. Much discussion and debate followed. Bridgford explained that his committee had voted unanimously In favor of Mr. Prye for Attorney General . A vote follow ed and the bill to appoint Jordan as Attorney Gen eral was defeated. Nonetheless, the action was not over by any means. Numerous re cesses were called while the SC A President Com- conferredvlththe Judicial Committee. Agreement was apparent ly not reached; therefore the meeting was adjourn ed. There were yet even more fireworks to come, however, A second meet ing was petitioned by sev eral Senators for 9:30 that same evening. At 9:30 meeting another bill to appoint Jordan was Introduced and this bill was passed. Followingan- nouncements, the second meeting was adjourned. The next Senate meet ing will be held in the Harper Center Recrea tion Room on Thursday, ■ October 2, at 6:30 p.M' All interested student are urged to attend. Freshmen are particu larly requested tobepr - sent In order to beco® better acquainted v their Student Senate, i following business is the agenda: the Inaugu tion of six Senators f ing vacancies, the co plete financial tiun report, the app- of a new budget, an consideration of a 8 deal of old business.
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