Cultural Connection
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This "Week
At Elon
Tonight
A Celebration of the Life and
Work of H. Shelton Smith.
Portraits of a Master Teacher. Dr. Stuart
Henry will host a series of tributes to
Smith. Yeager Recital Hall, 4 p.m.
Martin E. Marty will speak on
Human Nature, Human Nurture, Human
Hatred, Divine Love: Dr. Smith's
Legacy, Our Challenges. McCrary
Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Habitat for Humanity Benefit Concert
rescheduled due to last Friday’s bad
weather. Pianist Gregory McCallum will
perform Building Houses With Music.
McCrary Theatre, 8 p.m.
Sunday
Non-denominational worship service
sponsored by student organizations.
Whitley Auditorium, 11 a.m.
Mass by Catholic Campus Ministry.
Parrish House, 6:30 p.m. Call 538-2741
for more infwmation.
Elon College Women’s Club Social.
Holland House, 2 p.m.
Monday
Reverend Marvin Morgan. A Key to
Understanding and Overcoming Violence
and Racism in the 90’s. McCrary
Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday
College chapel. Meditation on the
Prayer of St. Francis. Whitley, 9:30 a.m.
Hats: A Tribute to Harriet Tubman.
Performed by Saundra Franks. McCrary
Theatre, 8 p.m.
Groundbreaking for the new Campus
Center. Music, refreshments, photos, and
souvenirs available. Alumni Gymnasium
Parking Lot, 4 p.m.
Harriet Tubman “lives
Jennifer Hudson
The Pendulum
Harriet Tubman will come alive
through actress, director and writer Saundra
Franks in the performance of Hats, A
Tribute to Harriet Tubman on Tuesday,
March 9 at 8 p.m. in McCrary Theatre in
the Fine Arts Building.
Franks plays a 90-year-old Harriet
Tubman remembering her dark nights in
slavery and her famous escape.
Franks will take the audience through
Harriet Tubman’s life as a conductor on
the Underground Railway leading more
than 300 slaves to freedom by making 19
trips into the South. During each trip she
risked her own life with a $40,000 reward
on her head for her capture.
The play presents a historically
accurate and cultural portrayal of Harriet
Tubman’s life and work as a Union Army
Intelligence Agent and her contacts with
historic figures such as John Brown,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick
Douglass.
These social reformers/ supported
Harriet Tubman’s work in the women’s
rights movement and as a leader in the
African Methodist Episcopal Zion church.
This one-woman stage play has
received rave reviews throughout the
United States ever since it was written in
1977 by Franks.
Admission is by ticket only, either
with $5 or an Elon I.D. Call 584-2199 for
more information.
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Saundra Dunson-Franks as Harriet Tubman
Paperback
Best se I I er*s
1. The Firm, by John Grisham. Young
lawyer confronts the hidden workings
of his firm.
2. Rising Sun, by Michael Crichton. A
conflict for control of American
technology.
3. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
A black leader's life story.
^.Ufe's Little Instruction Book, by
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Advice for
attaining a full life.
5. A Time to Kill, by John Grisham.
Racial tension runs high during a trial.
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Fine Arts Theatre
receives new name
Jennifer Hudson
The Pendulum
What used to be known as the Fine
Arts Theatre has recently acquired a new
name: the John A. and Iris McEwen
McCrary Theatre.
The Board of Trustees voted in
January to rename Elon’s theater in honor
of Mrs. J. Randolph Iris Coupeland III and
in memory of her late husband, John A.
McCrary.
The McEwen family has a history of
dedication to Elon.
j “The family has^bwn loyal to the
college throughout so many gene^ons,”
said Dr. Jo Williams, vice-president of
develq)menL
Iris Coupeland is the daughter of
James H. McEwen for which the McEwen
Dinning Hall was named. The library is
also named for her mother Iris Holt
McEwen.
Iris Coupeland’s latest gift to the
college was a $500,000 pledge to the
Alumni Gym renovations.
The renaming of the theatre is just a
small way of showing Elon’s
appreciation.
“The college has been grateful for all
thdr supfwrt;” Williarts said!’ ' ■ ' j