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Maroon and Gold
Thursday, November 6
1969
Dr. Eves Gives Talk
By Richard Youmans
Maine’s “Most Dis
tinguished Professor,”
Dr. Howard Eves, was
the guest speaker, Thurs
day night, Oct. 23, in the
second lecture in the
1969-70 Visiting Schol
ar Program.
Dr. Eves’ lecture con
cerned “the most famous
single utterance in the
history of mathematics”
— Euclid’s Parallel Pos
tulate. The postulate
states; if two straight
lines are cut by a third
straight line, the sum of
the two interior angles
on one side of the third
line are less than 180
degrees, then the origi
nal two straight lines
will intersect at some
point on the same side of
the third line, if the two
lines are projected far
enough.
Attendance at the lec
ture was overwhelming.
Approximately 125 per
sons attended the lecture
in Mooney ill. Not only
Elon students and pro
fessors from various de
partments but teachers
and high school students
from the surrounding
communities came to
hear Dr. Eves.
In an interview prior to
the lecture. Dr. Eves
stated that he enjoyed
teaching mathematics on
both the undergraduate
and graduate level,”
but preference goes to the
graduate level, since the
subject matter is more
difficult but also the most
Interesting and enjoy
able.” The basic reason
why mathematics is so
interesting to many peo
ple is “the high quality
of proofs and deductions
and the curiosity ele
ment,” said Dr. Eves.
After his lecture here
at Elon, Dr. Eves had en
gagements with bothBen-
Opera At Echo Mountain
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Tutte” was the best ver
sion of an opera that I
have heard at Elon. Ex
cept for an occasional
lack of volume and pro
jection, the singing of all
the performers was of
very high quality.
Special mention should
go to Steve Myrlck whose
acting was as fine as
his singing. Also Miss
Sarah Draper and Miss
Nelda Shaw portrayed
their roles excellently.
However, with some of
the male members of the
cast there seemed to be
a problem concerning
what should be done with
one’s hands. But at least
they did not resort to
singing with one hand on
their hip and the other
outstretched a la Richard
Tucker.
The ensembles were all
performed with perfect
timing and the voices
blended together smooth
ly in every one. It is
evident that a great deal
of work had gone into
rehearsals to achieve this
effect.
The sets were appro
priately constructed tak
ing into consideration the
limitations of the stage.
Obviously, a lesson was
ISov. 11 Lyceum
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Dance. He has appeared
in leading dance roles In
“Annie Get Your Gun”,
“Touch and Go”, “Lend
an Ear”, and “Plain and
Fancy”. He has receiv
ed many honors and Mau
rice Zolotov of Theater
Arts hailed him as “...
the most exciting male
dancer of the musical
stage since Gene Kelly.”
He has worked in seve
ral films and Broadway
productions and has chor
eographed dances for
films such as “His Ma
jesty O’Keefe” with Burt
Lancaster and a dance
cast of over one hundred
Fiji Islanders.
learned from the several
tons of scenery used in
“Madame Butterfly”.
I still haven’t figured
out what that strange ob
ject suspended from the
top of the stage during
the first scene was sup
posed to be. Whatever it
was will probably remain
a mystery for many peo
ple.
Finally, I feel I must
offer my congratulations
to Mrs. Terrell Cofield
without whom the entire
production of the opera
would not have been pos
sible. (Mrs. Cofield, as
sistant professor of mu
sic, was musical director
of the opera.)
Dr. Eves
nett College and Living
ston College, then he was
to return to the Univer
sity of Maine, where he
will resume his duties
as Maine’s Most Distin
guished Professor, a-
warded to him recently.
Asked about his opinion
of new math in the gram
mar schools. Dr. Eves
stated,” There is a ten
dency to overdo it, but
it is of much value to the
students in their most
formulative years. It is
a solid residual, yet great
case must be taken not
to overdo it.”
Dr. Eves received his
B.S. degree in mathemat
ics from the University of
Virginia., M, A. degree
from Harvard and Ph.D.
from Oregon State Univ.
He has written over 150
articles for journals and
encyclopedias. He is the
associate editor of the
American Mathematical
Monthly. ~ i heMathemat^
Ics Teacher, The Fibo
nacci Quarterly and
'^tEematlcs Magazine^
He is also the recipient
of the Oregon State Univ.
Carter Award for “out
standing and inspiration
al teaching.”
Exchange Mail
News Of Other Campuses
The exchange newspa
pers from other colleges
included several inter
esting items concerning
students and activities.
The Fountainhead from
East Carolina Univ.: Stu
dent dissent has risen
over the fact that stu
dents are penalized $5 for
picking up their activity
cards late. One student,
10 minutes late, was
threatened with the pen
alty but after "consider
able discussion” receiv
ed his card free of pen
alty.
The Decree from N.C.
Wesleyan: Freshmen wo
men received apologies
from the dean of women
for the traditional “raid”
carried out by the upper-
class women. The dean
failed to see the purpose
of vaseline and shaving
cream in the hair or soap
poured on someone’s
clothing as being consist
ent with education.
The Technician from
N.C. State: More students
are eating off cam pus this
year as complaints con
tinue to grow concerning
the cafeteria conditions.
Complaints center around
crowded conditions, high
prices and bad food. The
catering service goes un
der the name of Slater.
The Twig from Mere
dith: Changes in the cha
pel system attendance
have been announced at
Meredith. In addition to
three excused absences
from chapel there will al
so be three free days
written into the fall sche
dule. Also included in this
new policy is the intro
duction of on campus lec
tures and concerts as
chapel credits.
The Indian from New
berry College: The initia
tion of freshmen known as
Rat Week created an at
mosphere of ill feelings
between upperclassmen
and freshmen. Rat Week
was postponed until the
first football game. By
that time freshmen were
familiar with college life
and resented the harrass-
ment and “punishment”
extended to them.
Christians to Face
Newberry Indians
The Elon Fighting
Christians are on the road
again this Saturday as
they travel to Newberry,
S.C. for a conference bat
tle with the Newberry In
dians. The game will be
played at 7:30 p.m. in
Newberry’s Setzler Sta
dium,
This year’s Indian team
is much improved over
last year’s team that
posted a 2-8 record.
Coach Fred Herren’s club
has a largely veteran
team coupled with seve
ral outstanding freshmen.
The Indian offense
is led by such experienced
men as quarterback Gary
Welchel, running backs
Tim Paine and Tommy
Sims, end and punter Ro
ger Hazel, tackle Richard
Casey, and center Tom
my Wiggins,
The rapidly improving
Indian defense is led by
co-capt. BobHammersla,
end Allen Crowell, tackle
Last Week’s Game
The Elon Fighting
Christians beat the West
ern Carolina Catamounts
in everything but the
score last Saturday as
Western came out on top
17-13, The Christians
completely dominated the
statistics, but once again
bad breaks killed the
chances for victory,
Elon drew first blood
in the Homecoming game
on a 28-yard field goal
by Grover Helsley about
midway through the sec
ond period. Western came
back late in the second
period to move ahead 7-3
on a one yard plunge by
Ted Huckadoo and the
conversion by Jim Con
ley. The half then ended
with the 7-3 score.
The Christians came
back in the third quarter
on a sustained drive fea
turing the running of Em -
ery Moore and Charlie
Bradshaw to take a 10-7
lead, Jim Arrington went
the final yard and Hels
ley converted. Western'
then came back and even
ed the score on a 20-
yard field goal by Con
ley,
The fourth quarter saw
the Christians forge a-
head again by a 13-10
score on the strength of
a 35-yard field goal by
Helsley. A fumble gave
Western a break and the
Larry Howe, guard Job,
Castles, and defensive
backs Donnie Gambrcii
and Earl Gilstrap.
The Christians wlliijj
out to scalp the India®
and thus pay them bacv
for the 24-15 loss the
Christians suffered Intlie
blizzard last year in Bur.
lington. It was one of tlie
two games Newberry won
last year and you caj
be sure the Christians
haven’t forgotten it.
Smith Hearing
Delayed Again
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in order to keep the
pressure on.
At 6:30, a large groQp
of students, some with
candles, led by Coinnin-
aki with a torch march
ed through the East gate
down College Ave. around
the block and stopped in
front of Danieley’s chant
ing “keep Mike”. Then
after a five minute silent
vigil the group broke up
and planned to meetagaii
at 6:30 Thursday,
Commenting on the
postponment of his hear
ing Smith said, “I would
like to have the whole
thing settled one way or
the other. At the same
time, by delaying it, it
is hoped that it would a-
void blowing the issue
out of proportion.” Smitl
felt that the legitimate
areas of concern were
having some influence on
Danieley.
With the date of hear
ing unsettled the students
were to continue theii
support of Smith by try
ing to put pressure on
Danieley and ni arching
each night in front of Dan
ieley’s house.
Dr. Danieley was un
available for comment.
Cats used it to score on
a 21-yard run by Otis
McIntosh late in the four
th quarter. Conley con
verted to make it 17-U
The Christians stagedi
gallant comeback on tte
strength of Jackit
Greene’s passing and the
receiving of Richard Me-
George and Dennis Ever-
ette, but time ran out
with the Christians having
a first and goal on the
Western nine yard linC'
Such was the story of the
game — The Christians
just couldn’t get a break.
November 2, 1917—The
first-class mail rate increased
to 3 cents an ounce.
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