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Campus Elections Are Important In Campus Life MAROON AND GOLD VOLUME thirty-two ELON COLLF.GF., N. C„ Wr.DXr.SDAY, APRIL S, 19,“. I/et's F,vcr>'body Vote For Student Officers NUMHKU HM4V«N yi Nominations Are Made For Student Leaders Piaver Show * Has Wartime Background The thrse-act drama, Giititlsd The Hasty Heart," which the' Elen Players will present in Whit- ^ ijy Auditorium on Thursday April aiid Friday, May 1st. i; really a story taken right out; -It real life during the dark and I liter days of World War II, -for iohn Patrick based his play; •j.inn exi-si'iences and characters i!e ein luntered during tlie world •;ide coni'liet. It wa^ at an ambulance depot ir. the Syrian desert, where he was stationed with th^ American Field Service early in the war that John Patrick met the lonely embittered Scottish .sergeant who was later to serve the playwright as a modr!, (or Sei'-: jnt Lachien McLachlcn ^ In the .-.ledy dr:ima of - Tho t'.aily li'.;u-t.” Pat; : V. ho was then a ser- „.anl 'I mseli in an ambulance^ unit atiacht'd to the British forces, noticed th;u the Scottish soldier ^ sas d an;i untomfo; i ^ble i v.ith others, that he seemed very ’ Ijiiely, but that he was antago-i nistic ti: til overtures of friend-, ihip. He would eat hurriedly, pay no heed to those around him, and depart from the mess hall before anyone could draw him into con versation. Having watched the Scot’s mess hall performance for several d lys, Patrick finally asked him 'ad- dingly if he didn't think it dan gerous to bolt down his food at every meal. The Scotsman looked Patrick in the eye just long^ snough to inform the playwr/ght^ thul his table manners were his j owa business and that his table, v>eio his own bU3in»'i, ?nd that, if Patrick thought other wise, he'd cut his bianke:y-blank hands off. Seeing that the Scot was trying to hide his desperate need of our fiiendship behind a mask of fierce pride and insolent antagonism, Patrick continued to try to be sympathetic and patient with him, and he slowly won the embittered man's friendship. In fact, the two became such good buddies that when Patrick became ill with ma laria, the Scot violated regula tions to smuggle in some quinine from the Free French Forces for him. The result was that the Scot was promptly courtmartialled L:c'ken to a provate and transfer red. The American never saw the Scot again, but he thought of him often. He was still thinldng of him when, a year and a half later, he lay in a British army j liospital in Burma, recuperating from a recurrence o£ malaria. The hospital room, with its wide range af nationalities and accents, struck “im as a perfect setting for a play, and the Scottish sergeant >eemed lo him a perfect central '•■‘haracter for that play. | After leaving the hospital and; '^turning to active duty, John! Patrick, who was by this time a' ■^jptain, had little oportunity to. ■gst his ideas for the play down on paper, but the idea for the three- play was there, and the author canaged to get down a few notes in Cairo a few mcntiis later, ‘‘■ose notes were stolen from him a- one of his posts, but he finally *Tote the first draft of “The ^sty Heart” in longhand during J **elve-day voyage back to the .United States. His new play was submitted for '■'Ublication sooo after lie reached ■' States, and Howard Lindsey ’ad R'aisell Crouse, producers of ■'Arsenic ...nd Old Lace” and co- a ‘Lift With Father” "Life With Mother,” joined put the play into production. It 'Continued on Page Four) REHEARSAL SCENE AS ELON PL VYEKS PLAN INEW SHOW Priiiiarv Ballofins Planned Next Tueklay, April 14th Tl.e nomination of canditiates for the various student;^ govern ment offices, which was a feature of the weekly student cliapel ses- ;-)n on M )nday ni'ii iiiiig of this week, kindled a hot riame under the campus political pot, which p omises to hold the boiling point In studi-iit interest foi- t;ie next two weeks. No less than f.-rty-tv.'o candldali j were nominated for the stu dents body executive positions and for membership on the Student Council and tl;e ilon.u' Council,but seven of tho.se noniinalcd withdrew from tlie race within theconisitutional time of twenty-four hours after the nominations. The rising sophomore, junior and .son- ■ classes will nominate theirclass candidates in class meetings tb be held on Thursday of nextweek. The list of m;mi.iecs will be re-duced in tlie annual i)rimai y bal- .lin.g, whicli is sc' oduled tor nextTuesday, Ai>ril lUh, at which time he tickets win be (ieL:-; ai jied i PLAN BANQUETS FOPi COMLNG WEEKS The banquet season tor Elon's fraternity and sorority groups gets underway the last of next week, with eigui banquet gath ering; sc!ied;iled v.itlii” the four - weeks period betweea April 18+h and May 16th. Some of tile groups have not yet an nounced the place of the ban quets, i>at the following dales are caleiida.e^ ir. ti^c office. Aprii 18—Deita Upsiloii Kappa. April 35—^Kapa Psi Nu. May 1—Beta Omicron Beta. May 1—Tau Zeta Phi. May 1—AipUa Pi E-ctti. May 2—Pi Kappa Taa, May 9—Iota Tau Kappa. May 16—Sigiaa Phi Beta, ALUMNUS RETURNS Rehearsals tre uiider way for the Elm Players' new show, "The Hasty Heart,” which is to be given in Whitley .'\uditoriuni on Thursday and Friday, April 2"rd and 24th. Shown a'.)Cve i:. a sc?ne from the rehearsals for the new .‘how, with six ot the members of the cast shown. Bertie T. -.I'i’: of Wilmington, who has the role of the nurse, is shown at the right, administering to David Crowle, of Glenolden, Pa., who plays t’;e part of Laughlin McLauglilin, the .Scotchman. Others shown are Johnnie Meadows, of Jacksonville; Jerry Loy, of Gra.iam; Joe Brankley, of Skipwith, Va.; and Jue Morris, of Burlington. FiTiid] Teacliers Of North (^arolma Will Hold Meet At Elon April 17-18 FRED SAHL>!ANN Fred Sa'ilmann, who completed a briliant Elon campus career in music last year and is pursumg graduate work in his field at Columbia University this year, was back on the campus on Saturday evening, March 23th, lor a con cert aoearance. His program on the Elon campus was only one of a number of concert appearances he is making in the southeastern states. Sahhnann made numeious appearances with the North Caro lina symphony wiiile a stucent here and was widely known amjng music lovers of this area. The North Carolina Chapter of the American Association of French wilt hold its anual spring meeting on Bie Elon eampu.> on Friday and Saturday, April 17th and 18th, according to plan;, an nounced last weekend by Mrs. Pearl S. McDpnaid, ot the Elon Frencii faculty, wiio will liave | ci'iarge of arranseinents Ijr tri^ ';"t';ering. ^ The statewide organization, rthich boasts about 100 members among the Frencli teacheis of North Carolina colleges and high schools, hold two meetings each year. The last previous session was neld at Guilforal College last fall. The gat'aering here ne;tl wooi: v/ill mark t!ie first visit of the ^lout io Elon. The two-day meeting will get underway with a dinner meeting in the Home Economics Depart ment on the third floor of Ala mance Hall at 7 o'clock on Friday evening, April 17th. This will be followed by a pro gram in Whitley Auditorium at J;15 o'clock that evening, with the lilon College Music Department presentnig a concert of French im- i,resEionistic music, featuring pi- ino numbers, vocal solos, a girls' . horu.i and a mixed chorus. The choruses will perform under the direction of Prof. John Westmore land. This music program will be ;pon>ored jointly by the I'rench Department and the Elon College ■V.u.^ic Club, which will hold its .\l)ril meeting at that time. The jtudents of the French Club and in-jinber.s of the Music Club will be joint hosts at a reception for the visitors immediately after the mu'=ical program. Tlie Fj'ench teacliors will licid a business and academic session in Society Hall at 9:30 o’clock on Saturday morning, April 18th, ith a number of visiting speak ers apearing in the program. of Wake PLAINS MEETIMG nr Howard Parcell, ^ » r"orest, will speak on ‘Benjiman College, secrctary-treoiurer MRS. PEARL MCDONALD Mrs, Pearl S, McDonald, pro- fes.sor of French at Elon, who is vice-presidesit of the North Carolina Chapter of the Amer ican Assoc.'ntion af Teachers of Fi'encli, will be in charge of ar- rar.gement'i for the aiiu:il s'jring meetiiig of tl.e orgatiization to be held here at Elon on FriJay and .Saturday April 17th and 18th. 'i,!i;klin's Popularity in France,” Prof. Edward Draper-Savage, of '.he University of North Carolina, vill speak in French, using the ^ooic of '‘Paris, 1S152; Souvenirs et Iminessioii.s d'lm revenant;' and Mi.ss Relta Burke, of Curry High School, Greensboro, who has taught in Canada, will compare •methods of teaching French in Canada and the United Slates. Officers of the French teachers' group include Dr. Brady B. Jor-. dan, of Duke University, pre^ dent: Mrs. Pearl S. McDonald, ^ Elon College, vice-pres'ident; a^ Prof. William Felt, of Woman’s Gala Prof^ram Is In Makiuf^ For May Day A gala program is being plan-1 ned for the annual May Day oh-1 servance on the Elon College I campus, an ever.t whicii is .‘;ei. for j .Saturday afternoon. May 2nd, witii the plans calling for a pageant based upon tlie story of “Snow j White ai;d the Seven Dwarfs." Ruling over tiie May Day fe; tivities and the pageant itself will be Norma rlaberts and Bill Black- stone a.i queen and king, with \nn Atatkins a:; maid of honor, escorted by Jeter Wilkins. Other members of the royal c'iUrt include Betty Comer and Betty Van .Shai';>e, senior iUend- ants, escorted by Bobby Rogers and another to be chosen as re placement of Hiram Greene, now in armed service; and Virginia Jernegan and Rachel Matthews, iunior attendants, ePcorled by ■jaiy Seals and V\'oody Styffel. The pageant itself will center about Golda Brady, as Snow White, and Bob Mercier, as Prince Charming. The .seven dwarfs will •)e Bob Peters, Don Haithcock, [-fusky Hall, Dave Maddox, Dee Atkinson, Kred Burmeister and foe WidJifield. Other student! A’ill be ca.'it ar animals of the for ■,st, shoemaker,1 of the forest ;uni fairie.s. Narrator for the pageant will be C. V/. Phillips, Tiie May Day program, given ijacti year through the coo))ei- ation of the girls phy,sical edu i^tion department and the music •department, will be given this year under the direction of Miss Betsy » Haley, head of the girl's phy: icai education program. She has r>amed a numliei oi (Continued On Page Four! the final election that is to In- leld on Tuesday, April 21st. .\ll candidates numinated for the var- ous offices are listed in alplni- jetical order. There were four nominees for lie Ii.esidency cf the student ody, but Philip ,\laiin and Mar- ■vin Moss each Vy'iliid''cw from ne race, leaving only two cano;- uates and tnus no need for a pri mary vole. The candidates still ni .1.- I uniiing fur piciidency are Job'oy Stewait, (■!' SanfoiJ, and rtoody Stoffel. ui S;. d, ,i. There are four ca;ididates :or :he vice-pre.sidency of Llie -.luJent ?ovein»nent, including Al Godwin, ijf Kelly; Stacy Johnson, of Dunn; /liKe Uauseo, of Klon College; and George Stewart, ot South INoriolk. Va. . Eight were nominated for the post of secretary-treasurer of the student body, but Jim Hardy with drew. Those left include Lui.ier Barnes, of Portsmouth, Va.; M.iry -Sue Colclougli, of Elon College; Graham lieath, of Elk Park; Bobby •lonei, cf Brown Summit; Don Packard, of Avondale; Henry J’ei- ry, of Burlinylon; and Guy Ko.‘i,s, of Plea-iant Gardeii, There were no less than eleven persons nominated for the five positions of the Student Council, :'nd primary voting will be n' ce.s- sary to name the final candii ales ror botli the men's representative and the rc:n’e.vjiK.it;ve-al-l 'r«e. Since there are only three candi dates for the two women's renre- ‘^eiitj.iver, all thiee v.ill ;.uu- malically move in,a , Nominees for tiie mens lupre- enlatives include Jeriy Louder, of Buriington; I.ariy Wighllinger. :f Vineland, N. J.; Joe Parker, of Di.ru.!in: and C.ary .'-,. ais, of I'orU- mi utli, Va. Tho.-e nomiiiaied for '■ e W'jni-. n's repri; "iitativi's were Gr.ice Bii/aith, of Elon College; Pr^tsy ML‘lt./a, of Buriington; and .\rlene Stafford, of Burlington. Those ncjininated for the repre- . iitative-al-lai jie weie Laverne : ady, of Hobli^is; J. C. DIsher, of Winston-Salem; Virginia Jerne- gaii, of Godwin; and Curtis Wel- liorne, of CJreensboro. I l''iUeen poison.i were nominated for posts on the Honor Council, membership being determined by cla.sses, with two lo be finally chosen for the senior and junior cla.sses and one for the sophomore class. The freshman class of next fall will elect its Honor Council member next fall. Nine rising seniors were nomi nated for the Honor Council, but Roger Phelps, Gary Sears and Emma Lou Sockwell withdrew from the race. Others runnin,; for the post.’i are l^rne..tiiie Hr'dges, of Lawndale; Nat Burwell, of Ox ford: Dwight Dillon, of Martins ville, Va.; Mary Lee Farlow, of ieagrove: Jack Mitchell, of Lynd- hurst, N. J.; and A. 11. Patterson, of Burlington. ” Three rising juniors were nomi nated for the Honor Council, but Tom largett withdrew, leaving only Gilbert Brittle, of Wakefield, Va., and Robert Phelps, of Fort (Continued On Page Four) Popular Field Secretary Is Honored On Birthday Mrs. Judith 11. Burns, field .scc- . etary of Elon College, was hon ored with a surju'ise birthday iiaity given by stu-.Unts, I'aeuliy and administration of the college in Whitley Memorial Auditorium last Thursday morning. The spe cial chapel ri-ogram was presided )ver liy Elou's president. Dr. Leon L. Smith, and S|iecial music was iunM'rtlied by ,)i‘i:y Lov.'der, o:- BIRIHDAY SURPRISE ' V i& .V:RS. JUDl II BURNS gani'it, and the Elon Choir. At Uie beginning of the pro gram Dr. Smith called Mrs. Burns to come forward, and when she reached the front of the audit orium the group sang ‘llappv Birthday, Judy.” Dr. Smith, in tribute to the popular young field secretary, recalled her tireless work in securing students for the college and in helping them be come acclimated after arriving on campus lo college life. Dr. Smith spoke in behalf of all the students, faculty, and ad- mini.stration in wishing her a happy birthday and in expressing his sorrow that this is her last year at Elon. Mrs. Bums is leav ing the college this summer and has already resigned her post with Klon. At the conclusion of the prs- gram. Dr. Smith presented Mrs. Burns with a pifture album of cimiius scenes, which had been autographed by students and fac ulty members. Mrs. Burns, or Judy as she'is better known, graduated from Elon College with the class of 1943. She returned to the collcge in 1950, when she became the cretary to the alumni secretary. She began her work with prospect ive students: in 19D1 and has been riold secretary for the past two vea rs.