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Page 4 Maroon and Gold Vietnamese Girl Studying At Elon By Kathy Davis One of the new foreign students to enter Elon College this year is Dau Thi Tran from Saigon, South Vietnam. Dau, the youngest of six children, previously attended the University of Saigon. She first came to the U.S. in 1967. Texas became her temporary home where she taught Vietnamese to service men. Dau speaks four lan guages, Japanese, French, English, and her native Vietnamese. When asked how she picked Elon, she replied that she was "flipping through” a college cata logue and read the arti cle about Elon. Also,Tex as was too hot and dry, and the Carolina weather was similar to the Viet namese weather. Dau is a sophomore majoring in Business Ad ministration. She plans to return to Saigon after graduating, where she will either teach or work in a bank. When asked what she liked most about her new environment Dau remarked that the ‘‘peo ple are friendly and the area is quiet.’* Dau tour ed the East coast this year and found New York “too noisy.” Elon College’s enroll ment of 1,843 students includes 12 foreign stu dents for the 1969 year. Four of the students are from Thailand, one from South Africa, three from Jordan, one from South Vietnam, one from the Virgin Islands, one from Baayamon, P.R., and one from Nigeria. The students include; Subencha Kasemsuwan, Suchada, Saranakomana, Bojana Saranakomana, and B. Supatanaskln- kasem, all from Thailand; Lauret L. Changuion of South Africa; Nibad E- mile Haddad, George Ja- bra Shawan, Constandi Jabra Shawan from Jor dan; Michael W. Shick, of the Virgin Islands; Ann Morris Shawan of Baay amon, P. R., Festus A- kintunde Solar, of Niger ia, and Dau Thi Tran of Saigon, South Vietnam. ‘Cosi Fan Tutte’ To Be Presented Oct. 24, 25 (Continued from page 1) tween staging a straight play and the opera is tha^ the musical direction is done long before he is able to stage the opera. “The director has a lot more freedom in an opera than in a straight play. The main problem is tim ing. You must coordinate the blocking with the mu sic,” said Moffett. Besides the directoral phase in a production, there is also the physical aspect such as the set and costumes. Dice Wylie, the pro duction stage manager, commented that the set will be a light and styl ized set, uninvolved to point up the music. The crew is composed of Drama Class 221. Coffee House (Continued from page 1) studying during the day. “There is so much I d so like to do and nothing I can do without help,’ exclaimed Pete Tucker, chairman of the Coffee House Committee during a recent interview. With no appropriations, and no idea of what their budget for the year will be,com- mitted action has been curtailed. Committee plans for the coffee house include new lighting and possibly black light. Scrap carpet ing arranged in different designs, and low, long tables would give a new look to a coffee house. The committee would also like a portable seven foot square stage in the center of the room. The stage could be removed and the coffee house could be util Dau Thi Tram in her native dress. Visiting Scholar to Give Lecture on Mathematics Members of the class will build the flats and paint the set. Costumes are also an important part of staging an opera. Miss Jacquei Lye is in charge of cos tumes. Miss Lye stated that the costumes for the opera were made by Miss Joy Breckenridge in Minnesota. Miss Lye’s Job will be to fit the costumes for the cast when they arrive. There is more work in volved in a production of an opera than mentioned here, but even so, one can see that there is much preparation behind the opening night when one hears those people “screeching at each other”. by Janet Winstead The second lecture in the 1969 - 70 Visiting Scholar Program will be given by Dr. Howard Eves of the University of Maine, on Thursday night, October 23, at 8 p.m. in room 102 in Duke Science Building. The story of Euclid’s parallel postulate will be the subject of his lecture entitled, “TheMost Fam ous Single Utterance in tbe History of Mathe- the History of Mathe matics.” Author of about 160 pa pers in mathematics, physics. engineering,and pedagogial journals. Dr, Eves has also been au thor or co-author of 14 books. He has translat ed over 40 mathematics papers from the French for mathematical jour nals. The author of math ematics articles for various encyclopedias. Dr. Eves is Associate Mathematical Monthly. The Mathematics Teach er, The Fibonacci Quar- leylx* and Mathematics Magazine. All Visiting Scholar lectures are open to all Interested students and there is no charge for ad mission. A total of 83 students were graduated at the sum mer exercises held Aug. 17 in Whitley Auditorium. This is the largest sum mer graduating class in Elon’s history. Rev. Porter Seiwell, campus pastor at Cataw ba College, spoke at the graduating exercises. The title of his address was “Interpreting These Fateful Hours”. Thursday, October 23,1959 Elon Grad To Present Piano Recital Dr. Fred Sahlmann, a graduate of Elon College will present a lecture-’ recital on the piano mu sic of Haydn on Sunday night, October 26, at eight p.m. in Whitley Auditor ium. A native of Charleston, B.C., Dr. Sahlmann re.1 ceived his Master’s de gree from Columbia Uni- verslty following his graduation from Elon. He studied piano in Vienna on a Fulbright Scholar- ship and returned to be come a member of the Elon faculty for seven years. He was awarded his Doctorate from the Eastman School of Music two years ago. For the past six years, he has taught at McNeese State College in Lake Charles, La. A teacher as well as a performer. Dr. Sahlman has appeared in many cities across the United States. He has appeared with many orchestras,in cluding the Eastman Phil harmonic and ±e Charleston, Lake Charles, Alexandira, and North Carolina Symphonies. From Twi To Bobo WASHINGTON, D.C.-Twi, Bobo. Kran and Kru may sound like exotic tongues, but not lo ilw people who speak them as naiivt languages. Twi (spoken in Ghanai, Bobo (Upper Volta), Kran and Kru (Liberia) are among the lesser- known languages now being laughi by the Peace Corps to its Volun teers. These minor languages rangt from Aklanon (Philippines! to Zomboangueno (another Philif^ pines tongue) and include four Arabic dialects, Ghanese. Ga. Cameroonian Pidgin and Carib bean Creole. Volunteers for the Micronesiati islands alone might learn any of the following: Kusaie, Marshal lese, Ponapean, Trukese (inclaii- ing the lagoon dialect). Ulithi Woleain or Yapese, Comments on Oct. 15 Protest ized as a study area. A record player would also be made available for stu dent use. Entertainment would Include anything that “provides for the needs of the students,” stated Committee Chairman Tucker. Soul, rock, folk music—“we want to let you do your own thing— with restraints,” he adds. The committee would also like to include dramatic readings and some under ground theater, although the coffee house is not big enough for “anything on too large a scale.’ The plans for the cof fee house are extensive, “It will open, but I can’t say when...it’s up to stu dent backing,” concludes Chairman Tucker. (Continued from Page 1) During the 12:30-1:30 session there was enter tainment. A few students sang songs and the pro gram ended in a group sing-a-long of “We Shall Overcome’ . Speeches continued at 1:30 beginning with Bill Compton, a Vietnam vet eran, who shared his per sonal experiences there. Bruce Washburn, an other veteran, said, “ We have the responsibility as the strong nation to de fend the weak and help give them self-determi nation.” ^ Randy Spencer stated, “We should pull out so that the Vietnamese will learn not to depend on us so much to fight for their freedom.” Dick White, a veteran, replied, “We should stop the combat but remain to help technically.” Dice Wylie read a let ter written by a former doctor in the service, who was against the war be cause Americans there were almost universally contemptuous of the Viet namese and that killing was rewarded with me dals. Mrs. Sloan expressed, “there is hope that the young people will solve the problems facing us.” Hugh Price asked, “How many of you are willing to spend five years in prison for what you be lieve in?” Bill Comninaki ended the session and said, “We have the great commis sion to find peace.” Dr. Danielev stated in his address, ‘Today has been a highly unusual day in the life of this coun try. In various places. for a great variety of reJ- sons, millions of citizens have in their own waj made a witness peace.” “I want to express my deep appreciation to all of our students for the ma ture and responsible manner in which the Oc tober 15 protest was ob served on our campus , Dr. Danieley said in com ments on the Morator ium. “I was tremendous ly impressed with the fact that most of our students attended classes asscne- duled.” He ended in stat ing that, “The evenin worship service was period of great inspira tion for me”. There are plans I" *' making to have Moratorium in Nov ber and extending > two days.
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