Maroon & Gold
VOLUME 50
Elon College, N. C.
Thursday, November 6, 1969
Results
The results of the SGA
Referendum were as fol
lows:
A majority voted yes
to the question that the
school should require the
payment of SGA fees. A
majority voted to keep
the fees at $10.
There were complaints
about the amount of money
given to the Liberal Arts
Forum, and there were
recommendations for
better entertainment and
more activities.
Smith Hearing Delayed Again
The case against Prof.
Smith continues as his
hearing which was sche
duled for Oct. 29 has been
postponed because of the
illness of the Chairman
of the Board of Trust
ees.
About 60 students ga
thered in front of the Stu
dent Center at 3:30 Wed
nesday, Oct. 29 to hear
the latest developments
on the Smith hearing.
Elon Players To Present
‘Black Comedy’ Dec. 12, 13
by Kathy Davis
The final curtain of the
fall semester will come
down for the Elon Play
ers with the production
of “Black Comedy” Dec.
12 and 13.
“Black Comedy” writ
ten by Peter Schafer is
a long one-act play which
features a cast of eight.
The play centers around
an artist, his fiancee, the
artist’s prospective fa
ther-in-law and a mill
ionaire art collector.
The stage will be in
complete darkness due to
a “power failure” until
the lights come on.
The cast includes:
Brindsley (artist), Dan
Miller; Carol (Fiancee),
Janet Sylvester; Father,
Sandy Moffett; Miss Fur-
nival, Kathy Albiar; Har
old Gooringe, A1 Wat
son; Schuppanzigh, Steve
Myrick; Clea, Glenda
Condon; and Bamberger,
Clay Buckner.
The play will be direct
ed by Dale Kaufman,
president of the Elon
Players. This will be the
first production which
will be sponsored, direct
ed and staged by the Play
ers.
There are approxi
mately 40 active mem
bers in the Elon Players.
by Larry Sage
It was learned that the
hearing had been post
poned because of the ill
ness of Thad Eure, chair
man of the Board of
Trustees.
Bill Comninaki, presi
dent of the SGA stated
that another date for the
trial has not been set
yet. He also expressed
the opinion that one rea
son for the delay is be
cause of large student
and faculty support.
Randy Spencer com
mented that “Time is our
biggest enemy.” He went
on to say that “dragging
this thing out” will have
an effect on the student
and faculty interest and
support thus easing the
pressure on Dr. Daniel-
ey, president of the col
lege.
Continuing, Spencer
said, “I can't imagine a
regular board meeting
being called off because of
a cold. The pressure is
on Danieley and he is just
prolonging it to relieve
the pressure.”
Spencer recommended
that students and facul
ty continue to keep the
pressure up and demand
that Danieley call a board
meeting immediately,
“To do nothing would
mean we’re condes
cending,” Spencer said.
Comninaki asked the
group whether or not they
wished to go to see Dan
ieley and question him on
this situation. The group
unanimously approved.
The group gathered on
second floor Carlton
building in front of the
president’s office while
Comninaki and Spencer
went in and spoke to Dr,
Danieley.
After the session with
Danieley, Comninaki and
Parents Week-End
Plans Announced
One Man Show
Nov. 11 Lyceum
by Janet Winstead
Annual Parents Week
end has been scheduled
for Nov. 8-9 according to
Linda Kandounas, chair
man of the Parents Week
end Committee,
In view of the fact that
Saturday’s football game
is played out of town,
events have been sche
duled throughout Satur
day and Sunday.
Included in the activi-
Vespers Set
For Sunday
A Choral Vesper ser
vice featuring Elon’s 90
voice choir will conclude
a musical afternoon of
Parents’ Week-end Sun
day at four o’clock in
Whitley Auditorium.
Choral compositions
to be sung include “The
Old Hundredth Psalm
Tune” by Ralph Vaughan
Williams, “Lord, Let Me
Know Mine End” by Mau
rice Greene, “All Praise
and Thanks to God” by
Johame Pachelbel, and
“God Be in My Head”
by Walford Davies.
Townspeople as well as
students, parents, and fa
culty, are invited.
ties are a program of
music by the Elon Sing
ers in Whitley Audi
torium, open house in the
library, a Sunday morn
ing worship service, and
a Sunday afternoon band
concert.
Parents will be guests
of the college Saturday
evening with entertain
ment being provided by
the Elon Players.
Parents ’
Week-End
Schedule
SAT.
9-12 a.m. registration in
Long Student Center
12-3 p.m. lunch on your
own
3-4 p.m. program of
music by Elon
Singers in Whitley
Auditorium
4-5:15 p.m. Open house
in library
5:30 p.m. Eveningmealin
McEwen Dining Hall
SUN.
11 a.m. Worshipservice-
Elon College Com
munity Church
12-2 p.m. lunch on your
own
2-3 p.m. band concert in
Whitley Auditorium
The next performer in
the 1969-70 Lyceum Ser
ies will be Daniel Na-
grin, who will appear in
a one-man presentation of
“The Peloponnesian
War” on Tuesday night,
November 11, at 8 p.m.
in Whitley Auditorium.
Created and perform
ed to Thucydides ac
count of the thirty-year
war between Athens and
Sparta, “The Pelopon
nesian War” is perhaps
the longest solo dance
theatre composition a-
round a single theme ever
created. The score is by
Eric Salzman and Archie
Shepp and the narration
is by the famed actor.
Frank Langella. This
work was created while
Mr, Nagrin was Artist-
in-Residence at the State
University College at
Brockport, N, Y., and it
was supported by a grant
from the New York
State Council on the Arts
and the National Founda
tion on the Arts and Hu-
manitites.
A native of New York,
Daniel Nagrin was study
ing toward a degree in
psychiatry when he dis
covered dance at the age
of 19. Two years after his
graduation, he studied
with Helen Tamiris, one
of the founders of Modern
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Comninaki
Spencer had the group
regather in the student
lounge on second floor
Student Center to hear the
results 0 f the confronta
tion.
What came out of the
meeting as stated by both
Comninaki and Spencer
was this:
Dr. Danieley called off
the trial because of the
illness of the chairman.
However, Danieley could
still have had the meet
ing since the chairman
didn’t have to preside but
a temporary chairman
could have. Also, there
was no need for the com
plete board to gather as
a quorum could have han
dled the case.
Dr. Danieley stated that
he wasn’t going to follow
AAUP guidelines but
would handle the trial in
his own way.
According to Spencer
and Comninaki, Dr. Dan
ieley had not prepared the
case as late as the morn
ing of the 29th, He had
planned no set format
for the hearing.
It was also stated that
the hearing would not at
all be like a legal court
proceeding. “What was
important about the whole
discussion,” said Com
ninaki, “was that there
wasn’t any set procedure
at all.”
One question asked by a
member of the group was
about the “blackball”. It
was explained that AAUP
would investigate this col
lege over a period of two
years and in the accredi
tation of colleges an as
terisk would appear be
side Elon. Any professor
planning to teach at Elon
and seeing the asterisk,
which means the college
is “blackballed” by the
AAUP, would think twice
about teaching here. Also,
according to Spencer, this
rating would affect the
students and would make
degrees from Elon less
valued.
After some discussion
it was planned that the
students keep meeting ev
ery day and marching past
Dr, Danieley’s house
each night until the day
of the hearing. Also, it
was urged that the issue
be discussed on campus
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