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KLON COLLEGE, N. C.
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The announcement of speakers
for Elon’s 1960 commencement
has just been made by President
j E. Danieley, who stated that the
closing exercises of this 1959-60
session will get underway on Fri
day evening, May 27th, and will
continue through the weekend,
closing with graduation program
on Monday morning, May 30th.
Scheduled to deliver the com
mencement address to the grad
uating class on Monday, May 30th,
is Dr. William B. Ayecock, chan
cellor of the University of North
Carolina, who is recognized as one
of the outstanding leaders in the
South in the field of higher educa
tion.
The baccalaureate sermon,
which is scheduled for Sunday
morning. May 29th, will be deliv
ered by Dr. Nathanael Guptill,
of New York, who Is a leader in
the General Council of Congrge-
gational Christian Churches.
Named “Alumni Speaker” and
scheduled to deliver the address at
the annual Alumni Banquet on
Saturday evening, May 28th, Is the
Rev. 0. D. Poythress, (rf South
Norfolk, Va., who Is a member of
the Class of 1915. He has been
an outstanding minister in church
es of the Southern Convention for
more than forty years.
The Alumni Day program on
Saturday will be an all-day affair
featuring reunions of eleven Elon
graduating classes of former years.
The Class of 1910 will observe its
Golden Anniversary at that time,
other classes set for gatherings
being those which graduated in
1895. 1900, 1905, 1915, 1920, 1925,
1930, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1950 and
1955.
Gordon
Juniflir AiTen(ic'iT\+
FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1960
NUMBER IS
HAYJ^DAY
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Senators Are
Elected For
Coming Year
Twenty new members of the
Student Senate were named in the
final campus election of the year,
which was held on Thursday, April
28th. The senatorial Ust included
five members from each of the
returning classses, who will serve
along with the class officers in the
Student Senate during the com
ing 1960-61 term.
The new senators from the ris
ing senior class include Glenda
Bumgardner, of Burlington; Rob
ert Biolousy, of Monessen, Pa.;
Ed Green, of Middletown, Del.;
Tony Markosky, of Mahanoy Qty,
Pa.; and Douglas Scott of Dur-
bam.
Those who will represent the ris
ing junior class are Doris Fair-
cloth, of Fayetteville; Sandra
Neighbors, of Forest City; Pat
Kelly, of Pleasant Ridge, Va.;
Don Rankin, of Miami Beach, Fla.;
and Tommy Sears, of McLeans-
Ville.
Named to the Senate from the
rising sophomore class were Nabil
Abu-Aitah, of Jordan; Bob Burts,
■of Reidsville; Bruce Emerson, of
Arlington, Va.; Dick Purdy, of
Hedgewater, Md.; and Kathryn
Thomas, of FranklinviUe.
I These thr^e class delegations
jvere installed in office along with
'the executive officers of the Stud-
povernraent, members of the Hon-
kr C.-)uncil members of the ?*ud-
k '* Council ?nd executive Jfl’.cers
k- each of the classes in cevemon-
> n chapel last Monday mom-
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Shakespeare
Show Set
May 19-21
The Elon College Players are
preparing for their fourth and fin
al feature production of the college
year, with the production of Shake
speare’s “OtheUo” to be presented
in the Mooney Chapel Theatre on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights. May 19, 20 and 21st.
The show will come as a final one
under the direction of Prof. Melvin
E. Wooten, for the popular director
has announced that he will not re
turn to Elon next year. He has di
rected the student dramatic activ
ities here for five years and has
produced many of the most sue
cessful shows in Player hisory.
The cast for “Othello,,” which
has already started rehearsals for
the show includes Eugene Gold,
of New York, N. Y., as the Duke
of Venice; Roger Bemnarlk, of
Bayside, Va., as Brabantio; Fred
Shull, of Burlington, as Lodovico;
Reynolds Van Cleve, of Erie, Pa.,
as Othello,
Bill Troutman, otf Uewisburg,
Pa., as Caflsio; Prof. Clyde Mc-
Cants, of Elon CoUege, as lago;
Frank Rich, of Burlington, as Ro-
derigo: Bob King, of Supply, as
Montano; Judy Elliott, of Char-
i»tte, as Desdemona; Sharon Glew,
of Cheshire, Conn., as Emilio; and
Jane Morgan, of Greensboro,
Blanca.
Spectators at the annual Elon fall and
College May Day pageant, whicl; mer.
is to be staged on the South Can- With each number there will
pus at 3 o’clock tomorrow aftei- he group dances, which were plan-
noon will be able t» take their pick ned by Tommy Elmore, member
of the seasons — winter, spring, of the senior class, who has done jester
summer and fall—for they will all the choreography for the pageant
appear in the elaborate program
Summer Jobs
The Saladmaster Corporation
of Dallas, Texas, is interested in
interviewing Elon CoUege men for
summer jobs. ’They state that one
must have access to full tise of an
automobile to qualify for the posi
tions, >»*ich will be open for work
In any desired part of North Caro-
Una. Anyone Interested Is request
ed to write Mr. Walters, P. O. Box
5473, Raleigh, N. C.
■‘By The Sea" for sum-
'nr the past two years. Assisting
Mrs. Griffin in the pageant will
be Deanna Braxton and Lulu Rob
erts. Carole Adams for the second
itraight year will appear as court
which is planned for the tradition
al campus boservance.
All the color which the vary
ing seasons of the year bring will
be in evidence as the pageant
which is entitled ‘‘Dancing
Through the Seasons,” unfolds a:
entertainment for the Elon College
May Day rulers and their royal
court.
Ruling as May Queen will be
Jean Loy, of Elon College, and
paired with her as the May King
will be Robert McLean, of Rock
ingham. Chief attendants for the
royal pair will be Martha Lang
ley, of Staley, as maid-of-honor.
with Robert King, of Shallotte, as
her royal escort. They, along with
the king and queen were chosen
by student vote in a special cam
pus election held earlier this year.
The senior attendants for the
queen will be Kay Hughes, of Elon
College, and Winnie Ann Watson,
of Sanford, escorted by Zac
Walker, of South Boston, Va., and
Gordon Yancey, of Clarksville, Va.
Yancey agreed to serve as a sen
ior escort after Marty Collins
withdrew from the program.
The junior attendants will t>e
Faye Gordon, of Suffolk, Va., and
Judy Samuels, of Burlington, es
corted by William Faries, of Ham
let, and Eddie Burke, of Burling
ton. All of the class attendants and
escorts were chosen in the same
election in which students balloted
for the May Day rulers.
The pageant, staged under the
direction of Mrs. Jeanne P. Grif
fin, head of the women’s physical
education program on the campus,
will feature both music and dances
symbolic of the various seasons.
’The music will Include “Button Up
Yonr Overcoat” for winter,
"Spring, Spring, Spring,” for
spring, "Autumn Leaves” for the
fiSCORT
GORDON
Dancing to the tune of "Button
Up Ytour Overcoat” will be a chor^
uf* which includes Mary Lou
Chandler, Flreddi(e Chinchello,
Sandra James, Jean Martin. Fran
Teal and Ann WUUams.
Elon Holds May Day Even tTomorrow
Crowning Of May Queen To Feature
Annual Observance On South Campus
Stinleiit Uo(!v
Leaders Take
Over Duties
The newly elected officers of the
Klon College Student Government
'■ere formally installed at cere
monies held in Whitley Auditorium
on Monday morning. May 2nd, as
suming at that time the duties
! which they will continue through
out he remainder of his year and
hrough the 1960-61 college term.
Ed Boelte. a rising senior from
Vernon Hill. Va., liecame the new
president of Student Government
at that time, succeeding Linwood
Hurd, of New Britain. Conn., who
had directed student body affairs
through the past year.
Other executive officers of the
itudent body who assumed duties
I mis week were Cliff Hardy, of
■ Franklin Park. N. J., who became
1 vice-president, succeeding Vic Hoff-
!man. of Philadelphia, Pa.; and
j William Hassell, of Jamestown,
1 who becanie the new secretary-
treasurer of the student group.
Members of the new Honor
Council installed included W. H.
West, of Henderson and Br '«*rly
Ward, of Rockkville, Conn.,
senior clase; Leiuiie Riri
South Boston. Va.. am
Hopkins, of Reidsville. f
ior class; and Jerry
Greenabore, for tb
class. A (reohman -
be elected and in
AIM instlaUe'
members of th' ' • '
Including C.
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Penny Fuq ■
Jones, of fol'
Andrew
Elon’s Dean
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Dr. H. H. Cunningham, dean of
the colleige and chairman of the
Elon College Hiatory Department,
has been Invited to read a paper
on Confederate army medicine on
May 13 at the IV annual conven
tion of the MedUl Sovlety of the
State of New York, which will be
held at the Statler-HiUon Hotel
in New York.
Making his second appearance
Id Plaster,
wj- at; Steve
I oga, vlce-
K -clr, Bur-
-lirci.
MAkc York,
piesldent: H*l«n W>-;?lit,
S f:., vice presnit.M;
ver II lufe^son, t^luinbia,
secretar> :reaaurer.
SOI HOMORE ■’ \SS Don
Te .'eU, Richmond, v i prr*^ideBt,
John Currin, Row aad. v ic e-
Ident; and Judy Mai>e«f, Ra.nteor.
secretary-treasumr.
Those appearing in the “Spring,
Spring. Spring” number will be
Nancy Claris. Judy Coggins. Mari- before a New York medical group^
anne Crt^lman, Judy Elliott. Ann | Dr Cunningham will read a paper
Gillen .Becky Hobbs. Barbara Je.^ entiUed “Medicine in tbe Aj
Space?” The paper will be pre
sented before the society’s section
on history of medicine, which will
be held at 9 a.m. on Friday. May
13.
In an earlier visit to New York
YANCEY
Gorden Yancey, of Clarksville,
Va.. will appear in the May Day
pageant tomorrow as one of the
senior class escorts, replacing
Marty Collins, who withdrew from
the program. The Maroon and
Gold was notified of the Collins
withdrawal after the May Day pic
ture at the top of the page was
o'-dered, too late to include the
picture of Yancey in the larger
picture.
sen, Judy Maness, Katheryn
Pierce, Denlce Theodore. Julia
Walker. Frieda Way and Ina Weis-
berg.
The chorus for “By The Sea”
includes Judy Crawford. Mandy
Gauer. Kay Gerringer, Barbara .on March 27, 1957, Dr. Cuni^-
Humphrey, Wild a Humphrey, ham read a P>I^r on
Edith Kopp, Jackie Mitchell. Lea- federate
trice Overt>y, Docie Shields, Joan Field” at t^ quarter^ mee lng
Smith, Teddie Standley and Kath- of tbe New Academy of Memcine.
« papers before
‘‘"'AppeaX in the Autumn the North Carolina Civil War
Leav^” dance number wUl be Round Table, t^ Historical ^
•Tudy Burke,Jane Christie, Nancy ciety of North Carohna and the
nortch. Marianne Gregory, Faye Medical Sociey of Alamance and
Horton. BtU Howerton, Martha Caswell CouniM.
Marlowe, Jane Morgan, Carole The Elon College ^ean and hls_
Motz Judith Towend and Patsy ,ory professor is wWely recognized
as one of the outstanding author-
The pageant on the South Cam-j Hies on the subject of Co^ederate
pus tomorrow afternoon will be]military medicine bemg the auth-
foilowed at 9 o’clock tomorrowiOr of ‘^Docors in Grey, a volume
on the southern army s medical
service during the Civil War.
Student Recitals
student music recitals scheduled
in the next few days include one by
Wynn Riley, organist, of Columbia,
s. C.. next Tuesday. May 10th, and
another by Douglas Scott, tenor, of
Durham, on Monday. May 16th. Both
will be presented in Whitley Audi
torium. with tbe time 8:15 o’clock in
each case.
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night by May Danjce to l>e held on
the South Campus. Attire for this
dance will be faiformal
Students serving on the May Day
committees include Rob Bell, Rich
ard Conatser, A1 Capuano, Nancy
•:Uington, W H. West, Max Clay
ton, James Qulsenberry, Agnes
Knight, Jim Short, Eddie Burke.
Bill Holder, Bmma AUen, Janette
Inge, Robert Purvis, Ken Smith,
Jane Keck, Judson Irvin, John
Neidig, Lacala Patterson. Shirley
Walker, Kathy Clark. Lafayette
Wilkins, Linsey Page. Steve Maul
din. B. C. Barber, William Coward,
BUI Libby and Wtoaie Ann Wat-
Home Ec Clnb
The Home Economics Club has
been very active this spring, with
plans for its annual fashion show
land with delegates from the group
attending the North Carolina Home
Economics Association workshop
meeting, which was held recently
U High Point. Nancy Smith and
Gayle Patterson were the club
repreaentatives at the High Point
meeing, during which they were
given a chance to team much
labout modem bome fumlahings
;d
Dr, Danieley
At Meet In
Philadelphia
Dr. J. E. Danieley was in Phila
delphia during the weekend of
April 30th and May 1st, where he
attended a meeting at the Sylvania
Hotel of the National Advisory
Council for Campus Ministry of
the United Church of Christ.
Tbe Elon president, in addition
to representing the college, was of
ficial delegate for tl>e Congrega
tional Christian College CoimcU,
which incindes representatives of
the denomination’s institutions of
higher education.
At ttie Philadelplila meetiag
twelve representatives were named
to represent Congregational Christ
ian groups, among them the Divis
ion of Higher Education, the Fel
lowship of Campus Ministry, the
United Staideht Fellowshdpj the
Conference Camptis MinHrtfy Com
mittees, the Women's Fellowships,
land the staff which is responsible
for campus ministry, these being la
addition to the Congregational
Chrtatiaii College Council.
DAY OF READING
Students with last-minute review
to do in preparations for examina
tions will get a break in having
Saturday, May 21st, set aside as a
“Day of Reading” betweeq the close
of regular class schedules and the
beginning of spring semester exams.