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VOLUWE 41
ELON COIXBQB, N. C
THTJBSDAT, DECEMBEB 15. 1M«
Elon Singers
In Statewide
Music Event
Three Elon College musicians,
including one faculty member and
two students, were among the
North Carolina performers who
appeared on the fourth annual
“Music Day” program at the
state’s annual Culture Week in
Raleigh on Tuesdayi November
29th.
The Culture Week is marked
by anuual state meetings of the
North Carolina Literary and His
torical Society and associated j
groups, and the “Music Day” pro
gram has become a feature each
year under sponsorship of the
North Carolina Federation of Mu
sic Clubs.
Prof. Charles Lynam, baritone,
and Jane Morgan, a student con
tralto, were two Elon singers who
had parts in “Trouble in Tahiti,”
e contemporary opera, which was
staged by the Greensboro Lyric
’Theatre at a banquet in the Vir
ginia Dar Ballroom of the Sir
Walter Hotel. Eleanor Smith, a
student pianist from Elon appear
ed on the afternoon program in
the Elizabeth Room of the hotel.
Professor Lynam, a native of
Wake Forest, gained wide recog
nition as a baritone soloist during
his undergraduate days at Elon.
He later went on to New York for
graduate study and has also stud
ied abroad. He joined the Elon
fatuity three years ago and is now
director of the B^on Choir.
Jane Morgan, whose home is in
Greensboro. w)pn the Brietz-
Hazelman Vocal Cup and the Sam
uel Goodman Scholarship Award
while still a student at Greens
boro High School. She sang the
leading role in the Elon Player
production of “Pajama Game”
last year and during the past
summer was alto soloist at the
Churhc of the Covenant in Greens
boro.
Eleanor Smith, a native of Elon
College, whose parents now live in
Winston-Salem, also won extensive
recognition while still in high
school. Now an Elon sophomore,
she was president last year of the
N. C. Federation of Junior Music
Clubs and was named “Queen of
Music" for the state.
Elon Invited
To Meeting
On Science
Elon College was one of two
North Carolina Colleges invited to
be represented at a nationwide
conference on science which was
held in Washington on Monday
and Tuesday, December 12th and
13th, under the joint sponsorship
of the National Science Founda
tion and the Association of Amer
ican Colleges. The other North
Carolina school invited to partici
pate was Davidson.
The two North Carolina schools
were included in a group of 26
American colleges and universi
ties scattered from coast to coast,
other invited including Tri-State,
Williams. Colorado, Franklin and
Marshall, Grinnell, Colgate, Wel
lesley, St. Peter’s, Bowdoin, Spring
Hill, DUlard, Pacific Lutheran,
Hampton, Lawrence, Goucher,
^’’'wa State Teachers, Sewanee,
■{Ig^"'ilton, Mississippi, St. Thomas
■Swartlj'"®*'®’ Middlebury, B««1
•find Knox. , .
President J- E- Dameley, who
represented the rn^tog.
Jiointed out that ^ ^
honor for Elon, since vf*®
eludes some of the outst^^8
Institutions of higher education to
be found in the United States. He
stated that the purpose of the
conference will be to consider
search and science education
the smaU colleges, chief concern
being with improviag scienee in
struction at the undergraduate
le»el.
“And when they were come into
the house, they saw the young Child
with Mary His mother, and fell down,
and worshipped Him; and when they
had opened their treasures, they pre
sented unto him gifts, gold, and frank
incense, and myrrh.” As on the night
when the Wise Men found the place
where He was, may the story of the
first Christmas bring to us wonder and
joy ever new. And may His message,
heard again in song and story, give
to all of us the great gifts of spiritual
joy, eternal hope and promise.
Honored For Campus Achievement
Twelve Elon Students Are Listed In Collegiate Who’s Who
HUMBEB I
Lyceum Will
Offer Seven
Fine Numbers
The Elon College Lyceum Se
ries for 1960-61, which got under
way with well-received progranu
by Fred Sahimann and Natalie
Bodanya in November, will offer
seven other attractions during the
winter and spring monthj.
The University String Quartet,
which has received highly favor-
able reviews for its offerings of
the music of Boccherini, Beethov
en and Ravel, will appear in Whitr
ley Auditorium at 8 o’clock on
Tesday, January lOth, marking its
first visit to the Elon campus.
Two Bne programs are sched
uled within a week of each other
in February. Cecil Northcutt, Eng
lish theologian and lecturer, who
is an eminent writer on religious
affairs, will lecture on February
17th, speaking on the topic of
■'World Prospects and Problems
of the Christian Faith Today,”
He will be followed on Febru
ary 23rd by Norman Shetler,
young American pianist, who has
pent the last few years in Europe
for study and concert work. He
recently returned to America af
ter a series of concerts in Eng
land and Austria and opened hi*
American tour with two concerts
in Philadelphia.
Thomas Richner, well known
New York pianist, who has made
number of appearances at Elon,
will appear in Whitley on March
7th, when he will present works
of Mozart on the piano and or
gan. A second program that month
brings Walter Spearman, well
known journalism professor and
lecturer from the University of
North Carolina, to Elon to speak
on "Communications — What,
How and Why.”
The two final features of the
lyceum series will bring David
Kwok, Chinese artist, on April
19th for a lecture on "An Intro
duction to Chinese Painting,” fol
lowed on May 8th by the Columbia
Singers, a six-voiced vocal ensem
ble, which will present numbers
ranging from Renaissance madri
gals to American folk songs.
Twelve Elon College students
have been named for a place in
the 1960-61 edition of “Who’s Who
in American Colleges and Uni
versities,” according to an an-
nouncement from Dr. H. H. Cun
ningham, dean of the college, fol
lowing receipt of the list of those
honored from the national colleg
iate honor group.
This is a sharp reduction from
the number of Elon students chos
en for the honor listing in recent
years, since 21 were named last
year and 24 the previous year. The
reduction was due to a tightening
of the academic standard by which
the honor students were chosen.
All of those named have played
active parts in campus life since
entering Elon.
Eight of the “Who’s Who” group
are members of the senior class
whUe the other four are from the
junior class. Last year only three
juniors were named, and they
completed graduatien require
ments early and are not in school
this year. For that reason, there
ire no repeaters. The selections
this year were by a joint commit
tee of faculty and students. Those
honored, listed in alphabetical or
der and with a brief sketch of ac
tivities, are as follows;
DEANNA BRAXTON, a senior
from Elon College, has served as
both member and vice-president
of the Pan-HeUenic CouncU, has
been a member of the Elon Choir,
the Homecoming Committee, the
Dance Committee, has been a
Homecoming sjKjnsor and active
in women’s sports. A Basiness Ed
ucation major, she is a member
of Delta Upsllon Kappa.
BARBARA DAY, a senior from
South Boston, Va., has been a
member of the Elon Choir, the
Board of Elections, and the Wom-
en s Dormitory Council. She has
,been a member and majorette for
the Elon Band and played a lead
ing role in the Player production
of “Pajama Game.” She is a
mathematics major.
C. G. HALL, a senior from
LeaksvUVe, is president ot the
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Student Council and a member of
the Pan Hellenic Council this year.
He has played both varsity base
ball and basketball for three years
Vacation Begins
Saturday Noon
The 1960 Christmas vacation
for Eton Collace will get under
way at noon Saturday, accord
ing to an announcement from
the dean’s office, and the entire
campus is a*iow with the Yule-
tide spirit and excitement.
The Yule season holidays will
continue for more than two
weeks, with classes to resume
on regular schedule at 8 o’clock
on Tuesday mominc. January
3rd. The vacation period will
thus include sixteen days.
Tlie exodus of students and
faculty will begin promptly at
nooa Saturday, since there is no
chapel oa Saturdays, and class-
eii will end br the nooa hour.
and is a member of the "E” Men f
Club. A major in mathematics aud
pre-engineering, be is a member
of lota Tau Kappa.
PHYLLIS HOPKINS, a Junior
from ReidsvlUe, has been a mem
ber of the Honor Council two
years, was Homecoming Queen
this year, is a varsity cheerleader
as co-chief of the group, was Sig
ma Mu Sigma Swaetheart lart
year and is a member of the Stu
dent Christian Association. A bus
iness education major, she is a
member of Tau Zeta Phi and Beta
Chi Epsilon.
JANETTE INGE, a senior from
Elon College, is a varsity cheer
leader and is secretary of the
group, has participated in May
Day programs, has served as of
fice secretary, has taken part in
women’s sports and iias l>een a
member of the Day Student Or
ganization and the Freshman Or
ientation Committee. A major in
English and French, she is a mem
ber of Tau Zeta Phi.
DICK MORE, a junior from Sun-
bury. Pa., has served on the Or
ientation Committee two years and
has twice been a dormitory counc
ilor. He is a member of the Phys
ical Education Majors’ Club, Ixas
been a meml>er of both the var
sity football and track squads and
been active in intramiral spoiti.
A P. E. major, he is a member of
Sigma Mu Sigma.
DAVID PLASTER, a senior from
Bassett. Va., is president of the
senior class, has served as a mem
her of the Student Senate, has
been a member of the varsity
track team and active in intra
mural sports. A major in business
admiilstratlon and economics, he
is a member of Kappa Psi Nu
KENNETH PRICE, a senior
from Danville, Va., is a member
land vice-president of the Chem
istry Club and is a member ot
the Lyceum Committee. A chem
istry major, he is a member of
Kappa Psl Nu.
DOUGLAS SCOTT, a senior
from Durham, has been a member
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Larp^e Crowd
Hears Choir
In ‘Messiah’ '
A near capacity audience gath
ered In Whitley Auditorium on
Sunday afternoon, December 4th,
to hear the Elon Choir In its
twenty-eighth annual presentation
of Handel’s "Messiah.” and the
listeners were awed as always by
the stirring rendition of the Christ
mas oratorio.
No disturbing sounds were In
evidence in the auditorium from
the beginning to the end. for ev
eryone seemed to listen with rapt
attention to the sweeping recita
tives. the arias and the choruses
wiiich liave made “The Messiah”
a favorite with music lovers ail
over the world since Handel com
posed it in 1741.
The solo parts were well done
by a quartet of guest artists, who
joined with the mem>>ers of the
Elon Choir in preesnting the Han
del masterpiece. The women solo
ists were Peggy Sue Russell, so
prano, of Greensl>oro, who is a
soloist at the First Presbyterian
Church in the Gate City; and
France* Wilson, contralto, ot
Reidsville, who studied with Es
telle Liebling in New York and
has sng with some of the nation's
finest musical groups, '
’The male soloists were Paul Ber
ry, tenor, of Greensboro, who is a
product of the famed Westminster
Choir College in Princeton, N. J.,
where he appeared as soloist with
the Westminster Choir; and Neil
Jennings, bass, of Greensboro, wlio
studied in Germany and is a solo
ist at both the Presbyterian
Church of the Covenant and the
Temple Emaouel In the Gate Cltr.