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il: LITTLE BITS? VERDALEE '! "STOOD IN BED' Maroon and Gold Published By And For Elon Students JALOPY READY FOR OCT. 12 TRIP TO REIDSVILLE VOLUME »I ELON C0LLEGE, N. C., SATUURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1946 N¥MBER TWO RUSH PARTIES BEGIN AS BID NIGHT NEARS ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ★ ★ ★ ★ CHOIR TO SING AT WINSTON FRIDAY Choral Work Proceeds With Sixty Voices The Elon College Choir, under the direction of Professor John Westmore land, will present a program of sacred music at the fali meeting of the Piedmont District of the North Caro lina Federation of Music Clubs in Winston-Salem, on Friday, October 11. The program will launch a series of special performances to be given by the Elon choral group during the coming months. There are sixty voices in the chorus at present, twenty Bieii and forty women. In uieir Twin-City appearance ,the choir will offer four particularly beautiful numbers: “Thanks Be To Thee, O Lord,” by Handel; “Souls of the Righteous,” by T. Tertius Noble; Beettioven’s ‘Halldlujah Chorus,” from “Mount of Olives”; and Malotte’s “The Lord’s Prayer.” Keliearsals for Handel’s “Messiah,” annual oratorio presentation at Elon, have begun and are held each Tuesday evening from eight to nine o’clock. A cordial invitation is extended to stu dents and faculty interested in par ticipating in the perforaaance of this work on Sunday night, December 8. Music Department plans in the near future include the reopening of Ala mance Parlor as a listening room, cmd a course in music appreciation is be ing cpnsidered for the winter quarter. Tlie listaning room will be open to all students and faculty members in terested in the enjoyment of classical and sacred music. A special listening hour preceding the evening meal will be one of the room’s new enticements. Tlie proposed music appreciation course is intended to be open to all students and will carry three hours’ credit to non-music majors. Last year thirty seven students and faculty attended a series of concerts sponsored by the Raleigh Civic Mu sic Assoeiation, at the State capital. A bus has been chartered, and the group plans to attend the concerts again this year. Attractions will in clude the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchesra; William Kapell, pianist; Yehudi Meauhin, violinist; Ezio Pinza, baritone; and other out standing artists. Also tliis year, the Alumni Associa tion of the college has extended an invitation to the Music Deptirtment to be represented on the program at various Alumni banquets to be held in many sections of North Carolina and Virginia; but definite plans re garding the department’s participa tion in the Alumni gatherings have yet to be announced. COLLEGE BAND ORGANIZED; CALL FOR MEMBERS IS URGENT ELON CHEERLEADERS ARE: Harry Lee Thomas, Hillsboro; Ruth Bain, Sanford; Jack Burch, Burlington; Rhumell Campbell, Sanford; Dalton Harper, Henderson; Gloria Anderson, Hampton, Va. Absent when picture was taken was cheerleader, Nancy Jordan, Gastonia. REHEARSALS STARTED FOR “JUNIOR MISS" PRODUCTION E. F. Rhodes, of Burlington, has been appointed director of the college band, and all who play band instru ments, or who would like to play, ai e urged to report to the Department of Music for information. The uni forms are on hand, but if you have a good band instrument, it will be needed. Some equipment other than that which is now available will be pro cured as soon as enough members re port. Football needs your support, and tiiere are a dozen other reasons for a hearty response to this call. Let Mr. Rhodes Have your name and make plans to take a part in building another fine campus organi- zati«a. .. j. The Elon Players have started their though reheaifcafe actually have be- 1946-’47 activities with the rehearsals gun, Mrs. Smith still faces the task of “Junior Miss,” a comedy in three of selecting the final cast, which will acts, which will be given in Whitley Auditorium on November 13 and Jrf. “Night Must Fall” and “Ah Wilder ness!” are also on the schedule for this year's dramatic entertainment. Season tickets, embracing all three productions, arenow on sale for $1.23. “Junior Miss”ls a fast-moving come dy by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields which has supplied laughter for a huge audience, both stage and screen. It was first produced in 1942. Judy Graves, the principal character, is an adolescent with a gift to create turmoil, who succeeds in her attempt to complicate life for relatives and friends alike. The dialogue is clever, creating forceful comedy. Mrs. Leon E. Smith, Jr., director of the Department of Dramatics, in charge of the production, predicts a successful season for the Elon Play ers. “I’m sure they will give fine entertainment this year,” was her comment after the initiat rehearsal in Mooney Chapel on October 1. Al- ELON ALUMNUS PLAYS VILLAIN ON BROADWAY Social Clubs Prepare For Additional Members 276 Are Enrolled As S.C.A. Drive Comes To Close be announced as soon as completed. In addition to her work with, the Players. Mrs. Smith is giving private instruction in dramatics, radio inter pretation, and the techniques of ac tion, in connection with this year’s college curriculum. A graduate of the Irvine Studio for the Theater, New York City, she has had experience in Broadway productions, as well as in plays presented by Little Theater and Guild groups. Development of personality, poise, and voice control will be among the major objectives of Mrs. Smith’s course of private instruction. Special studio hours will be arranged for in dividual students. Groundwork of the training will be chiefly in exercises to improve the quality of voice, and articulation, and to correct faulty speech habits. Pantomime and phys ical exercises will be included to de- ( velop acting techniques and emotional control, stage presence, and ability in characterization. Currently appearing in the New York production of “Carousel” at the Majestic Theater, Kenneth Utt, Win ston-Salem, former Elon College dra matic star, is playing the part of Jigger Craigin, villain of tke popular musical comedy. Based on Molnar’s '• will be held the night of Thursday, “Liliom,” this show by Richard Rod gers and Oscar Hammerstein 2nd With an enrollment of two hundred and seventy-six, including twenty-four faculty members, the Student Chris tian Association closed its 1946 mem bership drive on Wednesday, Septem ber 25. Although the drive did not reach the expected peak, nor break last year’s record, the S. C. A., under the leadership of Bob Graham, pres ident of the Senior Cabinet, is pre paring to carry out a full and inter esting program during the coming year. The first joint meeting of the Sen ior Cabinet and the Freshman S. C. A. will be held October 10, at 8 o’clock in Society Hall. Recently elected officers of the Freshman group are Baxter Twiddy, president; War ren Johnson, vice-president, Mary Schuster, secretary and treasurer. Plans have been started for the Hal loween Masquerade Bazaar to be given by the S. C. A. This event, one of the most elaborate of the school year. PHIPSICLI PHOTOGRAPHr POSTPONED Individual portraits for the year book. the Phipsicli, will be scheduled in the near future, it was announced today by Miss Mary Cpxe, editor. Tke photographic company which now has the 1946-47 contract requested the postponement, All year-book costs have advanced. Paper, cuts, photography and print ing prices have all gone up in the general post-war inflation. The Phi- psicli staff expect, however, to sell more advertising and to meet all ob ligations without additional charge to the student body. Dr. Hans Hirsch is faculty adviser to the FhipsicH staff. Edwards and Broughton of Raleigh have for many years been the printers of tbe an nual. CHOIR PICNICKERS WIND UP IN STEW Tb« Maroon and Gold wishes to ex tend its sympathy to its friend, Lou Agresta, during his bereavement. Not hot dogs, nor hamburgers, but Brunswick stew was the main item on the menu at the Elon Choir picnic, which was held last Saturday at Rock Creek Dairy. Besides the big kettle of stew, making up the bill of fare were apples, coffee, and crackers, all of which were consumed with great gusto by the large group of choir members, guests, and faculty. After supper, the picnickers gath ered around the fire and sang pop ular songs; and Ptofessor John West moreland, director of the choir, led the group in several sacred num bers. Even though the weather tried hard to interfere with enjoyment of the ev»ning, and rain actually chased everybody to cover once, the stars finally came out and everyone had a good tim«. stars John Raitt Iva Withers, Jean Darling, and Norman Howard in dances by Agnes de Mille, and is a Theatre Guild production. Mr. Utt, originally an understudy, was given the part of Jigger when his predecessor received a Hollywood contract. Having entered the Army Air Forces shortly after his gradua tion from Elon College in 1942, Utt made his professional debut in the Army production “Winged Victory.” He also appeared in the film rersion of this show, and in the Actor’s Lab oratory play “Yellow Jackett.” In “Carousel” he makes his first ap pearance on Broadway. Winner of a fellowship to the Juillard Graduate school of Music, Mr. Utt found his studies interrupted by the war and three years of army service. He was married in 1942 to an Elon classmate, the former Miss Angie Henry of Portsmouth, Va. Mrs. Utt shares her husband's interest in the stage and has also been serving an apprenticeship in New York photo plays. While he was at Elon Mr. Utt was a member of Kappa Psi Nu fraternity, and of the college choir and dramatics organizations, and was president of the student body. IVfrs. Utt was a member of Pi Kappa Tau, and both of them were admitted to the honorary dramatics society. Delta Psi Omega. October 31, in the gym. Each organ ization on campus will participate in the fun, by running a booth, game, or contest. Further plans are to be made, and the details arranged. “THESE AMERICANS” Nick Georse, Eton’s t^ift from the Mediterranean island of Cy prus, was very happy, cecently, to receive a letter from the presi- ent of the United States, convey- ingr greetings from the Chief Ex ecutive. His happiness was short lived, b*wever, for upon reading further, he found that he was re quested to report to such and such a place, etc. Anyhow, it all adds up to ARMYt These AmericMs are a sarcas tic people. “Gr-r-eeting^ Iss no way to do.” SOUTH SEA FILM. LECTURE PRESENTED ART CLUBBERS HOLD MEETING The Art Club, sponsored by Miss Lila Newman, held its first meeting of the quarter on Wednesday night at Miss Newman’s home. After a social hour given by Miss Newman, the meeting was callM to order by the president. Dale Hensley. Plans for a field trip and the coming meetings were discussed. The dull has 34 members, all of who^ are Art students this quarter. The officers for the coming year are: Dale Hensley, president; Kathy Young, vice-presient; Carol Staten, secretary; Betty Engleburt, treasurer; and J®ha R. Taylor, reporter. Howard Cleaves, official photog rapher for the Gifford Pinchot South Sea Expedition, entertained a large group of students and faculty in Whit ley Auditorium Septemer 30, show ing motion pictures and relating ex periences encountered during the 15,000-mile Governor Pinchot voyage. The lecture was the first in the Roth entertainment series, to be presented at Elon^rom time to time during the school year. The next event in the series will be on December 16. Social life on the Elon campus swings into high gear this week, as the school’s four fraternities and four sister sororities prepare to is sue their bids to new members next Saturday, October 12, in the first joint bid night ki four years. Rush parties already have begun, and lucky rushees are enjoying a succession of picnics, parties, and dinners as guests of their prospective brotherhoods and sisterhoods. This week's college cal endar is studded with such social en gagements. The rush for new members will end officially at midnight Saturday, when bids will be accepted. Then the fra ternities will serenade their sisters from dorm to dorm: and the pledges, both men and women, will be intro duced. On Sunday morning, wearing the eolors of their respective organiza tions, the old and new membws will breakfast together in the dining hall, and attend church in their own groups. Initiation of the “scums” will take place throughout the following week. The four fraternites at Elon are: Alpha Pi Delta, Iota Tau Kappa, Kappa Psi Nu, and Sigma Phi Beta. Their respective sister sororities are; Pi Kappa Tau, Beta Omicron Beta, Tau Zeta Phi, and Delta TJpsilon Kappa. Actions of the eight socie ties are governed by the Pan-Hellenic Council. This year’s outlook for the social clubs is bright, as the eli^bility list, from which new members are to be drawn is exceedingly lengthy. MR. JOHNSON CHOSEN TO SPONSOR VETERANS Mr. C. A. Johnson, head of the De partment of Busmess Administration, was elected sponsor of the Elon Col lege Veterans Club, at the club’s meet ing on September 24. The Veterans will meet again this Tuesday at 6:3#, in Professor Barney’s classroom. TO GIVE RECITAL ON WHITLEY SCREEN “They Were Expendable," starring Robert Montgomery, is tonight’s fea ture movie in Whitley Auditorium. The cartoon "Flirty Bird” also will be shown. Next Friday and Saturday, October 11 and 12, the feature wiU be “The Harvey Girls,” and fell*wing week end, October 18 and 19 “The Sailor Takes a Wife.” . Professor Flet'cher Moore ' Professor Fletcher Moore, head of the Elon College Music Department, wiU inaugurate a series of Sunday aft ernoon faculty recitals at Whitley Au ditorium this Sunday, October 6, at four o’clock, when he will present a program of sacred organ music. Mr. Moore’s selections will include work* of Bach, Purcell, Guilmant, Farnara, Muellej, Max Rager, and Seth Bing-v ham. The public is cordially invited to attend this and future faculty re citals. .^l: \
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