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Three Horae Wins TTonld Look Go*d This Week MAROON AND GOLD A FeT» Yellinf Studells Woald Help \ Lot ^ OLt'ME 36 ELON COLLEGE. N. C. WEDNESDAY, JAVUAKY 3«, 1957 NUMBER 1 STA(JECRAFT STUDENTS OFFER ARTISTIC SET DESIGNS FOR PLAYS LV Organization Is Almost Completed For Elon Development Fund Drive Contract For Boys’ Dorm Construction First glance at the laynjut of pictures above might be deceiving, for the reader might think they represented bonafide stage sets f >r one of the Elon Player dramati ' productions. Such is not the case, for the snapshots really p rtray tiny models of stage sets w .ich were constructed by members of Prof. IMel Wooten's class In st gecraft. Their realistic appeara ce is indicative of the fine woik and artistic talent displayed by m ambers of the class. The pictur ■ upper left is a set for Blithe Spirit ”, designed and built by L slie Johnston, of Holland, Va.; w lile that upper right is a miniature «tage tor “Bus Stop", designed and built by Bill Davis, of Greshan, S. C. Centered below is a set for “Arsenic and Old Lace”, designed by Emily Hay, of Burlingt >n. Head shots are inset in each picture of the .students who designed them. All are majoring in dramatics. 15ri(*k Is GivtMi For New Dorm Tk« gift »f the brick for the •unstructioii of the new boys’ dormitory on the Elon Colleg** campus was announced yester day by Dr. Leon E. Smth. Elon’s president. The new dormitory, for which the contract was let a week ago. is to be built in the immediate future and is expect ed to be completed and ready for use next September The brick gift came from Mil ton Cheshiret an Elon alumnus from Sanford, who is owner and president of the Sanford Brick and Tile Company. The Sanford man came to the Elon campus on Monday of Ibis week and pre sented a gift pledge for the brick to President Smith and to Clyde W. Gordon, of Burlington, who Is general chairman of the Elon College Development Fund cam paign. Moving ahead with the organiza- Ition of the Klon College Oevelop- merit Fund Campaign, which is] Landscape M ork de,?ned to raise $1.3M,000 for U liderwaV the expansion of the college facll- J The contract for the construc tion of the new boys’ dormitory on the Elon College campus was let to the H. F. Mitchell Construction Company, of Burlington, according to an announcement by Dr. Leon E. Smith’ president of the college, who stated the contract was closed at a meeting held in the president’s office on Wednesday afteinoon, January 23rd. In announcing the contract. Dr. Smith stated that twenty construc tion firms submitted bids on the project, with the Burlington firm as low bidder at $239,920. The bids ranged all the way to $276,000 for the new structure, with the majority of them ranging close to $250,000. Construction is to start as soon as materials become available, and plans call for completion of the three-story dormitory in time for use next September at the opening of Elon’s 1957-58 term. It was brought out at the contract meeting that steel and some other contract materials are short at this time. The building is to be of similar design to Carolina Hall, a boys’ dormitory which was opened for use last September. It will be three stories in height and will furnish housing accommodations for 126 boys. It is to be erected adjacent to Carolina Hall The new dormitory will be the fourth in the current building pro gram at Elon College, two new dor mitories and a new dining hall having been completed last year in time for occupancy this year. Five Accepted For Med And Dental School Indicative of the high calibre of work being done in the natural science departments here at Elon College is the fact that no less than five Elon students have al ready been accepted this year for advanced study at the medical and dental schools of this area. Announcement was made this ■week by members of the natural science faculty that Jimmy Sparks, of Cliffside, Dick Simpson, of Elon College, have already been accept ed for madical study at the Bow man Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest College Already accepted for dental stu dies at the UniTersity of North Carolina Dental School at Chapel Hill are Larry EXirton, of Landis Wallace Butler, of Burlington; and Frank Pattishall, of Burlington Dorton and Butler are graduates who have been doing special work •;o meet dental school require ments, but Pattishall is only a third-year stduent here at Elon who has completed dental require ments^in a shorter period. Wooten Trustee For New Group t*rof. Melvin E. Wooten, who di rects the student dramatic pro gram on the Elon College campus, U one of seven trustees for the new Arts Association of Alamance County, which has been formed re cently and which will sponsor the first annual Alamance Arts Fes tival in the National Guard Arm ory early in May. Final organization of the group and the dates for the festival were completed at a meeting of more than 100 charter members, which was held at the Burlington YMCA last Friday night. Mrs. D. R. Fo°' ville, of Burlington, Is president ol the group. ^Bid Night’ Is Set For February 9 Evening Classes Sliow Increase The Elon CoUege Evening School enrolled 150 new students at the openin.5 of the second semester, according to figures released this week from the of fice of Miss Hazel Walker, col lege registrar. However, there were 82 of the fall semester Evening School students who fal- ed to ret»m for one reason or another after the mid-year ex aminations, and the nM gam in enroUment was 64 stodente. A aoick rundown of the Ev ening School enwUment shows that there were 432 students en- rolled during the fall term, while the Winter in night classes included 496 stndente last weekend. was at that Ume a that late registraUons might posh the total over the 50« mark. Elon Dramatic Majors Get Thorough Training The fine dramatic productions I the set that shows arrangements which are staged by the Elon Play- ot walls and placement of doors, ers several times each year, furn- windows and furnituer. ishing pleasure to drama lovers] This rough sketch is then fol- among the Elon students and fac- lowed by a scaled floor plan and ulty and the people of the com- a scaled perspective drawing, munity, do not just spring full-'which in turn is followed by a blown on the boards of Whitley'water-color sketch to indicate col- Auditorium or Mc^ney Chapel. |oring design. All of this is follow- Instead, there are many hours ed by construction from card- of thought and real work on the!board of other desired materials part of the actors and the direc- a miniature of the set, also to tor, but few people realize justlscale, and complete with furni- how much work must be done be-,ture, drapes and other decorations, hind the scenes before even the In discussing this course. Prof. actors themselves can step on the Wooten stated that it follows stage and begin wowing the au-.the same process that Is used by dience with their lines and »lever professional stage designers. In- jgtionj eluded is instructioa and prac- The realistic stage sets, which tice in the building of full-size sometimes may portray an inter-1 furniture, doors, windows, stairs ior of a frontier cabin or a luxur-.and other stage paraphernalia, ious and modern living room and Indicative of the fine work that at other times may portray a'is done by the students in this scene on a tropic isle, do not. just course are the photos of three ,grow out there behind the foot-'such miniature stage sets, which lights. There are many hours of are printed along with this ^rti- planning and other hours of build- ng that precede the lifting of the curtain. It is in the interest of this planning and building that Pro fessor Mel Wooten conducts his twin courses in stagecraft, light ing Jind make-up. Dramatics 27A is a 2-hour course entitled "Light ing and Make-Up,” while Drama tics 27B is a 3-hour course entitled ■'Stagecraft.” Both courses are re quired for all students majoring in dramatics. The course in lighting and make up is less involved than the one in stagecraft, for it involves more study and lectures and can be »»n- ducted largely in demonstrations during the regular class period Of course, there is some construc tion to be done sometimes in ar ranging lighting to give desired ef fects. The stagecraft course is anoth er story, for each student must design and build a miniature stage set for a certain play, the planning starting wHh a rough sk»tch of In keeping with the annual cus tom, the eight Greek letter fra ternities and sororities on the Elon campus will stage their winter •‘Bid Night” on the second Sat- arday night in February, which tails on February 9th on the 1957 calendar. This is one of two "Bid Night" events held by the Elon social fra ternities each year, and by most jf the Greek letter members it is regarded as more important than the fall ceremonies which usually are held on the second Saturday night in October Leading up to this winter "Bid Night,’’ the fraternities and sor orities will stage a series of par-i ties and suppers as ^ feature of the rushing season, seeking to prove to prospective brothers and sisters that one group or the other ,s the right one to join. The fr;^lernities participating in the competition for members at this "Bid Night” program are Al- iha Pi Delta, lota Tau Kappa, Kappa Psi Nu and Sigma Phi Beta. The sororities taking part in the rushing and pledging of new mem- r>ers are Beta Omicron Beta, Delta Upsilon Kappa, Pi Kappa Tau and Tau Zeta Phi. ities, the directors ot the huge drive have just named a number ot outstanding business loaders to direct important phases ot the campaign. The first announcement came from B. Everett Jordan, ot Saxa- pahaw, and Keid A. Maynard, of Burlington, co-chairmen of the ad vance gifts division of the drive, which is to solicit gifts from the larger business and industrial do nors. They listed four vice-chair men. who will in turn enlist work ers for their own groups. The vice-chairmen named in clud» Burlington business leaders. They are Paul Wofford, Jr., of Cherokee Flooring Company: E H Foley, of Security National Bank; Claude Long, of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company; and John A Boland, Jr., of Burlington Indus tries. Dr. John Robert Kernodle, of Burlington, who is chairman ot the campaign's special gifts divi sion, has named three vice-chair- -m?n, all of them from Burlington They include W. Cliff Elder, hos iery mill executive: Eugene A Gordon, attorney; and D. Earl Par- due, Insurance and real estate man Each of them has already selected four assistants, and the assistants will in turn enlist additional work- Work is «I-eady underway on the landscaping program for the northeastern area of the Elon campus, contract for which wus let recently to the Van Lindley Nurseries, of Greensboro. The plans call for a complete new landscape program tor the campu-s section surrounding the naiw McEwen Memorial Dining Hall, the new V'irglnia Hall for girls. West Dormitory, Ladies Hall. Carlton Library and Whit ley Auditorium. Walks are being laid off and parking spaces for automobiles will be relocated and surfaced in weather resistant style. The entire area will be sowed in grass, and an attractive shrub bery arrangement is t« be plant ed. The work Is to be completed in the early spring. The general gifts division, with id Hicklin, Burlington insurance man as chairman, has also an nounced its leadership personnel, including one co-chairman and five fice-chairmen. Named as co-chairman with Hicklin is W. S. Leloudis, of West crn Electric; while the vice-chair men include Paul Craig, Burling ton’s mayor, Ralph Payne, oil compalny executive, Marvin E Yount, Jr., hospital administrator. Glenn Pickard, attorney, and Otis Lackey, dairy company official Yount is from Graham, while all the others are from Burlington. A jyim’oer of committee meet ings, most of them to be dinner meets, have been set within the next two week,s after wliich di rectors of the drive hope to have the stage set for solicitation of gifts. Players Work On Show On Whitley Stage Rehearsal work is in full sway in the Elon Player headquarters over in Mooney Chapel as Prof. Melvin E. Wooten and his stu dent thespians prepare tor their venture into the realm of Shake- :>pcarean drama with the presen tation of "Julius Caesar” The great tragedy by the Bard of Avon has b«en scheduled for Whitley Auditorium on Wednes- lay night. February 20th, and all efforts will be bent toward a fine production. The quality of the pro duction is of special importance in view ot the fact that the high school English classes ot this en tire area will be extended a spe cial invitation to attend tills show. In recent years the Barter Play ers, famous professional theatre group from Abingdon, Va., has been presenting Shakespearan pro ductions on the Elon stage, but the faculty committee in charge of this event elected this year to let the Elon Players do the honors. There were critics of the Barter Players who declared the Abing don group had been ’ hamming” their Shakespeare, and several felt that the Elon students might do a better job in entertaining the high school visitors. Faculty Pianist Is Heard In Campus Concert cle. These three are only a part of those done in the course this quar ter. Sets were also done for “Pe trified Forest,” "Man Who Came To Dinner,” “The Innocents" and other plays. Students enrolled in the stage craft course this quarter include Bill Watson, Margaret Sharpe, Bill Davis, Leslie Johnston, Eddie Rob bins, Dottie Apple, Wayne Rudi- i!ill, Stuart Fyke and Emily Hay, most of them having been seen in one or more roles in Elcm Player hows this year or last. Each of these dramatics majors in addition to designing the sets required for this particular course, is also required before graduation to produce a full-length play, de signing the set, selecting the cast, directing the acting, and planning and carrying out the promotional and ticket-selling campaigns. Upon completion of such a task, the stu dent would be quite capable of taking over the dramatics leader ship in some school. Playing with brilliance which on-j iy an accomplished musician can attain. Prof. Frederick Sahlmaon A-as heard with pleasure in a piano concert in Whitley Auditorium on Monday night of this week. The Sahlmann appearance was one of the series of faculty con certs, which have been presented annually in recent years under the auspices of the Elon College Music Department. His program was the first of the faculty serie,s this year. His program was followed by a reception held in the parlors of West Dormitory. The pianist played "Jesu, J»y of Man’s Desiring” by Bach, “Sona ta in D Major, K 576” by Mozart, Je D’Eau (The Fountain)” by Ravel and “Mephisto Waltz" by Liszt in the opening potrion of he program. After intermission Sahlmann hen played four preludes from Eight Preludes for the Plano” by Frank Martin, two preludes by RjKihminoff, and “Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel” b> Brahms. The Elon pianist had been re- :eived with equal enthusiasm when PROF. FRED SAHLMANN an appearanve before the Sand hills Music Association in Southern Pimes. His concert in Southern Pines was a return engagement, iiqce he had previously played for the group in 1953. Prof. Sahlmann, who graduated from Elon College in 1952, has long been ranked as one ot Elon's most accomplished musical grad uates. A native of Charlestso, S. le presented the same program •he previous Thursday evening in|C., he gained recogtuUoa *s a pianist while still in high school, when he was chosen to play with the Charleston Symphony. He continued to win acclaim during his student days at Elon, being chosen by Dr. Benjamin Swalin for five consecutive years to play as a featured artist with ihe North Carolina Symphony, ap pearing in Burlington, Greensboro, . Durham, Winston-Salem and other cities. While a student he won first place in the Student Musi- ciass Artists contest in the state and also took first place in Mia South Atlantic ((strict. After receiving both the A. B. and B. M, degrees from Elo«, Sahl mann went on to New York and received the master’s degree in music from Columbia University in 1953. He had a tour of duty in th> Army and afterward won a Ful- bright Fellowship, under which he studied last year under Prof. Lud wig Czaczkaes at the Acadenay of •Music in Vienna. Returning from Surope last fall, he joimed the Elon music faculty at the begin ning of the 1956-57 term. He has been invited to make six appear' ances with the North Carolina Sym phony this season.
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