Let's Support Our
Sew Student
Government Leaders
MAROON AND GOLD
And Keep Hot After
The Spring
Sports Championships
ELON COLLEGE. N. C.
WEDXESDAY, ^!AY 7, 1958
NUMBER 14
ELOri'S. QUEE^ IS PICTURED ITIl MEMBERS OE IIEK COl UT
Dtmieley Aimoimces Key Speakers
For Elan’s Aumial Coiiniieucemcjil
I Speakers for the sdxty-eighth
I annusl commencement at Elon Col-
■ ;ege have just been announced by
^resident J. Earl Uanicley. who
;'ated that the eommencsment
' eek?nd will Ret underway with
■he annual CommcncemL-nt Ball
11 Friday right. May 23. and will
cnclude with graduation exercis-
;es on Monday morning. May 26.
Scheduled to deliver ihe com-
i m?ncement address to the grad-
; lating class on Monday, May 26.
Iii Dr. Robert V. Moss, prosiden
of the Lancaster Theological Se-
minary of the Evangelical and Ri-
formed Church, which is located
in Lancaster, Pa. His appearance
i Pat Chrismon, of Reidsville, and Bob Kopko, of Monessen, Pa., who reigned as May Queen and King
jii he annual May Day Fes;ival at Elon College last Saturady, are pictured above, with members
o' tlieii’ royal court. The member.; of the court, pictured left to right, are Larry Gregg. South Nor-
Va ■ Louann Larabeth, of Brown Summit, junior attendant; Bob Hendricks, Danville Pa., Jane
Pa\ii Raleigh, senior attendant; Bob Orr, Burlington; Sylvia O'Connell, Sanfnrd, maid-of-honor;
ftjueen Pat Chrismon, seated; Kina Bob Kopko, standing; Nancy Goforth, Hendersonville, senior at-
ttndant- Charles Foster, Burlington; Martha Langley, Staley, junior attendant; and Arthur Pitts, Dill-
n Va. Seated on the front of central platform are Dean Varney, crown bearer; and Karlu Griffin,
ll 'V.cr girl.
tls Seen By Hillbilly Joe ...
Aiiniiai i^Iav Day Is Colorful Oeoasioii
•/ •
By JO McQUADE
I anyhow they're fine to look at.| Then everbody—the Confcder-
I'out there a’dancin’ around, all ettes. the Slave Dancers, the Mili-
■ This is Edgar R. Burrow bring I same time. tary Marchers . . . everybody —
Jr^ you another on the spot re-
poit in our series of E-L-O-N pro-
gi„ms.
' Our guest today is Mountain
Jliam Josephus, better known as
lliilbiUy Joe, from the mountains
jif old Kaintuck. The title of his
report is ‘I Wuz a Honored Guest
at Elon College Durin’ Their Big
Jlay Festival Doin's.’
'So take it away, Joe. You-uu
er-re Ther-rel”
Well, the w'ay it wuz. this Mr.
Byrd feller calls me up long dis-
'nce and says if he'd buy me the
hoes to wear, would I come down
md write a story fer ’im about the
3ig doin’s at Elon. Says he wants
a unbyused—or something like that
report. So I says “Any free
eats?" and he says “Sure" and I
ys 'Hokay. I’m cornin’.”
Next thing I knowed I wuz sit-
lui' in a grate big gym that was
but as . . . well, anyways, it was
hot. Everbody and his brother was
there, tannin’ and a’blowin’ and
lookin' at the door, waitin’ for the ]
li? parade to start. j
Then we beared a jingle and in
omes tViis red-white-green-and-
urple feller with a rooster hat
11, just a runnin’ and jumpin’ and
kippin' and hoppin’ and cart-
heelin' like he's so happy he s
onna' bust. Cutest little feller I
ver saw.
He jingles and flips and skips
round the may pole and then
akes his seat in front of the throne
nd tilts his head and just grins
Of all he's worth.
The Ladies Arrive
Then four ladies in long blue
owns and four gents in white
oats and black trousers come
tepping in like they was gonna’
quare dance. But they didn't
3nce. Nossir, they just walked
real slow-Uke up a white rug or
omething to the throne.
Behind them comes these two
iddy-biddy baby buddies—a girl
and a boy all dressed ia white—
•oddlin'along, the girl carrying flo-
"ers and the boy totin' a pillow
'll' a crown on it.
'^fter them, an angel with a
f^ss that looks to be made of the
'Whitest clouds, float.s in on the arm
'’t her partner. She’s just laughin'
®nd happy as you please . . . and
Party?_wow!
'^6ll, the caller comes over and
PUcS the crown on the angel May
vueen s head and then they go on
''•til the program.
Elon band starts up the
•nu>.c again and from behind the
' ‘ file two dozen or so beyoot-
Confederettes all decked out
_ d and blue and white. ’Bout
“it shows is their knees buc
After them is the Dance of the comes bustin' in for the grand
Slaves with two dozen or so more [finale. The Confederettes kick, the
iris, this: time in flowery skirts Marchers strut, the Slaves wave
Is Gwen Funds
and kerchiefed heads. They swing
and swirl around a bit real fancy,
.hen leave to make room for a
Military March.
The skirt of each of these march
ers i.s red on the left side and
hite on the right so’s when they
march, one minute they're all
vhite and next minute they're all
red. Right smart. And them high-
s'.eppin' strutters sure knowed
what they was about.
And A Tappin' Feller
Next comes tappin’ in this fel
ler with red stripes down the sides
if his britches. His shoes click and
he kicks up his heels . . . Man,
hat feller was cavortin’ around
like a Kaintucky colt.
their arms, the tap dancer twirl-,
the music swells up to a big blam-
mmy. everbody bows and then
. . . it's all over.
Nope, not quite. Now the band
gits real sof; and mellow choleric,
an' the girls in the blue gowns an
their fellers start tip-toein' real
ea.sy-like around the maypole, a
windin’ them red and white and
blue streamers up right.
Then everbody leaves.
I follow the swarm into West
Dorm and sure ’miff, they’re a
servin' food. And you shoulda'
seen what was servin that food
■Wow! Elon has the best lookin’
gals this side of Purgatory.
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i ' ‘J
Tiirouu'h Foundation
By virtue of th‘* f.*i.t that El.*n
College is the largest of the twen
ty-six member institutions in the
North Carolina Foundation oi
Church-Related Colleges. Elor.
.-shared generously i.i the distribu
tion of the $211,752 which has just
ieen distributed to the variou.s
-'oundation members.
In ; nr.ouncing Ihe reception of
he Elon CoKe.ge share of the
/cu'idadon money. Dr. J. Earl
Danijlcy stated that Elon had the
.argent enrollment among the
,ner.i';er i.istitutions a:id on the
jro rita basis received $11,334.94
.or the fi:cal year that ended on
.\pril 15.
T;io to'.al fund of $211,752 rep
resented the contributions given
ly 137 contributors to the Founda
tion group during the 1957-58 fis
cal year, gifts coming from cor
porations. fcundati-ns and i:idlvi-
dujls.
The annual func- are distribu-
ed tj the member colleges on a
Simula which provides that 60 per
cent of the gifts each year shall
'oe divided equally among the mem-
Band Is Well Received
In Concert Appearance
By PROF. CLYDE McCANTS
(Guest Critic)
The Elon College Band was pre
sented in its annual concert in
Whitley Auditorium on Monday
night, April 28th, and as always
the band’s music had a certain
appeal, an aura of genuine exu
berance which defies explanation
in strictly musical terms, brewing
its own special type of excitement.
The 1958 concert performance
was no exception, and from the
opening number, Bennett’s “Mili
tary Escort March,” the audience
'was right in the middle of a stir
ring, super hi-fi instrumental en
semble. There’s no doubt about
it, everyone, including the musi-
dans, was having a wonderful
time.
Most of the music on the pro
gram was appropriately light in
nature, but one is inclined to won
der if the traditional Bach num
ber, so popular in band concerts
for years, might not better be left
to the instrumental groups or so
loists more generally associated
with the Bach tradition, even
though Bennett’s contrapuntal
“Bach Bouquet” was admirably
performed by the Elon Band.
The exireme difficulty of the
great British band classics of such
composers as Vaughn-Williams
and Holst place them out of the
realm of most college groups, and
Prof. Stowers was wise in choos
ing music of a varied and inter
esting nature which was within
the expanding capabilities of his
English Faculty
At UNC Meet
A number of members of the
Elon College English faculty at
tended the meeting of the South
eastern Renaissance Association,
which was held at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
on Saturday, April 26th
Those attending from Elon in
cluded Dr. James Howell, chair
man of the English Department,
Dr. James M. Hess, Prof. John
F. West, Prof. Clyde McCants,
Prof. John Kittenger and Mrs.
William Archer. The meetin? in
cluded both morning and after
noon sessions and teatured an
interesting program on litera
ture and kindred subjects.
on the Elon program is another
?p forward in the unification of'
the C-ongregational Christian and |
Kvangelieal and Reformed Church
es in'f the United Church of
Christ.
The baccalaureate sermon,
hich is scheduled for Sunday
morning. May 25, will be deliv
ered by Dr. Fred Hoskins, of New;
York, an eminent minister who
is secretary of the General Coun
cil of Congregational Christian
Churches.
Named as “Alumni Orator” for
the annual alumni banquet on Sat
urday night. May 24, is Rev. J
Clyde Auman, of Winston-Salem
member of Elon’s Class of 1918.'
who is now associate minister for|
the Centenary Methodist Church
in the Twin City. The Saturday'
night banquet concludes the Sat
urday alumni day program, which
will feature reunions by eleven
Elon clashes.
A special feature of the 1958
Sion commencement will be two
tributes to Dr. Leon E. Smith.
>,ho rcllrpd last summer after Ion;
service as Elon's president. A
DR. WILLIAM BLACKSTONK
Dr. William T. Blackstoae, mem
ber of the Elon College faculty in
the Department of Religion and
Philosophy, will present a paper
at the annual spring meeting of
plaque honoring Dr. Smith will be the North Carolina Philosophical
unveiled in new Smith Hall, boys’ Society, which is to be held at the
dormitory, during alumni day e\-,University of North Carolina Sat-
ercises, and a large portrait of|Urday, May 10th. Dr. Biacks'o'ne's
riim will be unveiled and present- paper, to be read at the morning
ed to the college at the Monday session is on the subject of “Ob-
morning graduation program. jective Emotivism"
it Annual Banquet...
Play ers Honor Top Actors
By SYLVIA SI.'VIS
It was "Eppie Night” for the
Elon Players last Thursday, May
1st, when the student dramatic
group honored its outstanding ac
tors and actresses, its best pro
duction and it’s "Most Helpful ’
back-stage worker of the 1957-58
That year also showed an increase
from the $110,118 given by 117
donors in 1955-56. Earlier amounts ^ college year.
included $63,075 from 70 firms and At that time the student drama-
individuals in 19.54-55 and $10,065 , tic organization presented “Ep-
bers, wi.h the remaining 40 per^f^om 32 donors in 1953-54, the year pies" for the best leading role ac-
•it divided pro rata in propor- ^^,^,ich the North Carolina group tor and actress of the year to
tion to enrollment. It was due to
the latter portion of th;-- formula
that Elon received the largpsl
share.
Dr. Danieley also revealed in
connection with the distribution
rom the North Carolina Founda-
ion of Church-Rel»ted Colleg. s of
the 1957-58 funds, there has also
was formed. j Chuck Oakley, of Roxboro, for his
In commenting on the 1957-58, role as Chris Keller, and to Billie
distribution. Dr. Danieley said, ;^?^y® Barrett, of Windsor, Va.. for
“The Foundation is the united ap
young musicians.
Readers, however, should not be
misled; some of the music was
extremely difficult, presenting
special problems, and the Elon
Band rose to meet these challengej
with assured musicianship and
jfirm technique. Farrell's “Blu:
Fantasy” was perhaps the fires!
number of the concert
During the past three years, the
Elon Band has grown steadily in
size and accomplishment; each
year sees the addition of fine new
musicians and an ever expanding ^
repertoire. At the present rate of
development, the years w'ill not be
many before the Elon Band is
ready to attempt the more ad
vanced classics of concert band
literature. The responsibility for
this continuing improvement rests
largely with Prof. Dewey Stowers,
whose work with the band has been
truly remarkable. Starting with al
most nothing, he has built in three ^
years time an entirely creditable
musical organization, one of which
Elon and the community can in
deed be proud, and he conducts j
his ensemble with autnority andj
understanding. j
No review of this concert would j
be complete without special com
mendation for the three student!
musicians who performed instru
mental solos, Eileen Rash, John
Shepherd and Walter Bass. Mis-
Rash’s performance of Popp’-^
“Nightingale Serenade” for flute
solo was a particular deUght,
proach of North Carolina’s church-
related colleges to business and
industry. It is gratifying and en
couraging that business men and
industrial leaders are recognizing
the invaluable contribution made
' her part as Kate Keller, in Ar
thur Miller’s great post-war pro
blem play, "All My Sons.”
Honored for the best major sup
porting roles were Reynolds Van
Cleve, of Erie, Pa., for his enact
ment of Lieutenant Governor
een a recent grant to the North
Carolina college group from the to higher education in North Car- Danforth, and to Ikey Tarleton,
United States Steel Foundation, jolina by the church-related col-
r.iis gift from the Steel firm will leges and the necessity for assist-
also be distributed to members of ing them financially. Increasingly
the North Carolina organiza;ion,' businessmen are viewing the Foun-
with Elen coming in for its share, dation as an opportunity not to
The 1957-58 total of North Car- contribute but to make an invest-
oUna Fou.-dation funds was 22 ment—an investment in the future
per cent gre.i'er than the gifts of our State and Nation by provid-
of $180,144 tiiat were received in? quality education for today’s
from 135 donors the year before, youth.”
of Durham, for her part as Abi
gail Williams, in the arena presen
tation of Miller’s 'The Cricible,’
which was chosen by the Judges
af the best major production of
the year.
Also honored for best minor sup-
oorting roles were Wayne Rudi-
'II n' C'.tiwb:! for his fine per-
STUDENT OFFICERS K) BE INSTAf LED NEXT MONDAY
RONME BERGMAN
KAY HUGHES
LINWOOD HURD
(Continued on Page Four*
T'ne three mijor student officer ; who will direct the affairs of the Elon Colleg.? Student Govern
ment during the coming year ar ? pictured above. Left to right, they are Ronol- Bergman, of Un-
casville, Conn., president of the S udent Body; Kay Hughes, of El ;n Co'lcge, secretary-treasurer;
and Linwood Hurd, of New Britain, Conn., vice-president. The trio, who were elected at the annual
campus election in mid-April, wil be formally installed into office n’xt Monday morning. May 12th.
I fcjnnance of Rainbow in “The
Happiest Days of Your Life, " and
Tommie Boland, of Elon College,
tor her role as the negress, Titu-
ba, in "The Crucible.” Wayne Rud-
isill was also the recipient of an
award as “The Most Helpful Elon
Player of the Year. " given for hi.s
very excellent back-stage and pro
motional work. He also became
a triple-honor man when he was
honored as director of the Best
Student Directed Production, “Op
ening Night,” a variety show full
of well-displayed talent.
The “Eppie” awards were pre
sented at the annual Elon Player
banquet, held in the beautiful ban
quet room of the .McEwen Mem
orial Dining Hall, strikingly dec
orated in a pattern of black and
white on a theme that featured
comedy and tragedy masi^s and
hn candle-lit tables arranged in
orsejhoe fashion so that everyone
miiht face the speaker’s stand
2nd stage when the awards were
m.ide and the program given.
Prof. Clyde McCants, who now
ind then enacts a role for tha
Players, opened the banquet gath-
jring with a welcome to all for the
event, which was presided over by
Bill Watson, of Sanford, one of
last year’s staro who returned to
the campus for the occasion.
Special features of the program,
tied in with the ”Eppie" awards,
were enactments of amusing or
dramatic scenes from the Elon
Players’ three major productions
)f th" year, “The Happiest Days
if Your Life,” “All My Sons” and
The Crucible.” Among those hav
ing parts in reproducing the scenes
were Eddie Robbins, Wynn Wat-
,on. Chuck Oakley, Sam White,
'vTary Ann Hartwell, Gordon Yan
cey. Ikey Tarleton, Linwood Hurd.
Billie Faye Barrett and Prof. Me
Cants.
Also featured on the program
was a variation on the song.
There's No Business Like Show
Business,” presented by Martha
Davis, S'ivia Sims, Wynn Wat
son and Ikey Tarleton; a modern
dpnce routine, by Wynn Wat.«on;
and other special numbers that
proved highly entertaining.
Prof. M. E. Wooten announced
a new annual award of $50 to
be presented at commencement,
made possible by a gift from an
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