Some Of Acts Which Created Enthusiasm At Variety Show On Wliitley Auditorium Stage
(See Outlines Below)
^ong:ratulations
For A Very
Fine Variety Show
MAROON AND GOLD
A Full Support For
The FiKhtini;
C'hrisllan Caite Team
VOLUME 42
ELON COLLEGE. N. C.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1962
NUMBER 7
Veep Will Speak For Elon College Founders ’ Day
Newman Chosen Leader i at cami-us vakiety snow
For Elon Loyalty Drive
Dr. Joseph B. Newman, Burliag-
ton dentist, has just been named
chairrtian of the Elon College Loy
alty Fund program for the 1961-
62 college year and will direct an
appeal to Elon alumni for funds
to meet current needs of the col
lege.
The Loyalty Fund program is
now in its third year at Elon, and
college authorities report that the
response since it was launched has
been a pleasing one, with increas
ing gifts each year to the fund
that is designated to provide in
creased faculty salaries and ad
ditional scholarship aid for wor
thy students.
Prof. Robert Baxter, director
of development for the college, re
ports that contributions last year
showed a- fifty percent increase
oer those for the initial year of
the plan, and gifts so far this
year are far ahead of the figures
for the same period last year.
Dr. Newman, the new chairman
of the Loyalty Fund appeal, has
been closely associated with the
college from boyhood, for his fath
er, the late Dr. J. U. Newman,
was a member of the original Elon
College faculty and served as a
faculty member for fifty years.
The new Loyalty Fund chair
man graduated from Elon Col
lege with the Class of 1921 and
later received his dental training
at Emory University Dental School
in Atlanta. He has practiced den
tistry in Burlington continuously
since 1926.
In addition to his own and his
(Continued on Page Foun
FUND LEADER
Morgan Elected
May Day Ruler
Jane Morgan, senior erirl from
Greensboro, will reien as May
qneen over Eton’s annual May
Day festivities for 1961, having
been chosen for the royal honor
in a special election lield on
Wednesday of this week. Named
to reign with her as king of the
May Court is Dean Yates, sen
ior grid star fron Mayodaa.
Chief attendants for the royal
pair will be Harriett Hammond
senior girl from Balfour, who will
be Maid-of-Honor in U>e May
Court, escorted by Fred Shull,
senior boy from Burlington. They
were runners-up to the queea
and Idng in Wednesday’s ballot
ing.
Several of the May Court rep-
fepresentatives from the varions
nlasses were selected in the Wed
nesday election, bnt a run-off
election waa necessary for at
least two of the class representa-
Iflves. A full slate of class rep
resentatives will be announced
^ the next issue of the Maroon
and Gold.
(See Pictures Above*
Five of the acts which made the campus Variety Show a riot for the audience in Whitley Memor
ial Auditorium are pictured at the top of the page. The acts shown, left to right, include the following
11) Frankie Rich, vocalist, is seen with Pat R-elly and Tick Hanf.rd, his accompanists, (2) Mclver
Henderson and June Eans are shown in their hill-billy number. (3) The novelty shapes seen in the
chorus line center are "Honeybun" Harrison, James Pepe, Bobby West and Jerry Bolich. (4) Ann
Jenning, champion baton twirler, is shown in her act. (5) Laura Barnes, seated in the chair, is sho
wn in her monologue with listen-ers Judy Hudson and Gail Bond.
Lyndon Johnson (.'oniinff
To CanijHis On March 8
SPFAKS HERE
Enthusiastic Croivd Sees Variety
Slioiv For Student Union Project
DR. JOSEPH B. NEWMAN
Elon Student
To Be Guest
Of Symphony
(Picture on Page FotB")
Richard Apperson. Elon College
junior from Newport News, Va.,
.will appear as a guest organist
with the North Carolina Little Sym
phony when the popular musical
group appears in Whitley Audi
torium on the Elon campus on
Monday night, February 26th.
The invitation extended to Ap
person to play as a guest artist
with the North Carolina Symphony
comes as another in a series of
honors, which the Elon College
musician has won since he entered
the Congregational Christian in
stitution in tl»e autumn of 1959.
Last February the Newport
News boy was named as the top
college organist in North Carolina
■in a contest held under the aus
pices of Catawba College at Salis
bury. and he went on to Jackson
ville, Fla., to win first place in
organ in a southwide event held
in March under the sponsorship
of the National Federation of Mus
ic Clubs.
Also last spring Apperson was
one of two Elon College music ma
jors to be awarded Presser Foun
dation Scholarships for musical
study. These scholarships were
igiven by the Presser Foundation
in Philadelphia to encourage
young musicians who are prepar
ing for careers as teachers of mus
ic.
In addition to being invited to
play with the North Carolina Sym
phony, Apperson has been chosen
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By NANCY CLARK
High kicks and high notes, mix
ed with some low and in between,
furnished top entertainment for
an appreciative audience at the
campus Variety Show, which pre
sented campus talented in a true
variety of numbers on the stage of
Whitley Auditorium last Wednes
day night, February 7th.
The show, which was given for
the purpose of raising money for
Student Union Improvement Fund,
was successfully guided through
out by Roger Bednarik as moster
of ceremonies. Originally started
as a sorority function, the plans,
for the show had spread and drew,
support from all interested org
anizations.
The entertainment began witli j
a chorus line, composed of Janet
Faulkner, Wendy (3owall, Carol
Tragesor, Mclver Henderson, June
Evans and Gail Hettle, singing
“Hi, Neighbor!" It was a rousing
start tor a great evening.
Then came the Don Miller Com
bo, featuring Ham Harding, Joel
Lee. Pat Kelly and Clark Tutt,
which played two selections with
an added attraction of the twist
ing techniques of Lee and Hard
ing. Jane Morgan joined this group
for two additional numbers, and
such comments as “That’s tough”
could be heard from the crowd.
Jane captivated the entire aud
ience, as WOOS could be heard
from the boys and si^hs from the
girls, all with a touch of admira
tion and envy.
The audience was next trans-
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Ninety-Eight Students On Honor List
Ninety-eight Elon students have
been placed on the Dean’s list
as a reward for making honor
grades on their work for the re
cent fall semester. The list, com
piled in the office of Prof. W.
Jennings Berry, college registrar,
includes three who had no grade
less than “A” on any subject.
Ninety-five others averoged “B” or
better on all their work.
The three persons who topped
the honor list with no grade bbe-
low “A" on any course were Jo
Ann Braxton, Helen Rogers and
Helen Wright.
The others with “B” average or
better, listed in alphabetical ord
er were Nabil Abu-Aitah, Rich
ard Aaronson, Larry Allred, Sallie
Anderson, David Andes, Harrell
(Andrews, Richarl Apperson, Ed
ward Ausley,
Helen Baker, Martha Barnes,
Frances Bennett. Dianne Binkley,
Joan Blythe, Carl Bovender, Thom
as Brady, Jack Brammer, Carolyn
Brown, Peggy Burke, Sandra
Carter, Barbaros Celikkol, Lynda
Clark, Betty Coley, Joseph Cote,
Jerry Drake, Carolyn French,
William Graham, Kenneth Grav-
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Maroon And Gold Editor Is Delegate
To National Student News Conference
Don Terrell, Elon College jun
ior from Richmond, Va.,* who is
editor-in-chief of the Maroon and
Gold, Elon's campus newspaper,
attended a four-day conference of
student editors from all parts of
the country in New York City last
■weekend.
Terrell was one of approximate
ly 200 editors of college newspap
ers from across the country to re
ceive a Reader’s Digest scholar
ship to attend this fourth annual
Student Editors’ Conference on
International Affairs, which open
ed in New York on Thursday,
February 9th and continued
through niext Monday, February
12th.
The annual conference, co-spon-
sored by the United States Nation
al Student Association and ^e
Overseas Press Club, was desig
ned to fiA the need for greater
knowledge among college journal
ists concerning events occurrlrig
in trouble spots of the wojld. The
meeting was held at the Overseas
Press Club, with a general theme
[of “Reporting a World in Crises”.
Chief speaker for the four-day
I conference was R. Sargent Shriver,
.director ot the year-old Peace
Corps. The delegates were wel-
DON TERRELL
corned by Edward Garvey, presi
dent of the National Student As
sociation: John Luter, president
of the Overseas Press Club; and
Donald Emerson, National Stu
dent Association vice-president for
international affairs.
Seminars staffed by profes
sional working journalists, cover
ing foreign affairs and crisis areas
of the world, were held on Sat
urday morning, with group dis
cussions concerning North Africa,
Sub-Sahara Mrica, Latin America,
Europe, Russia, the Far East and
Peace and Disarmament.
The final two days of the stu
dent gathering were devoted to
campus clinics at which student
editors, discussed among themsel
ves the world situation in an at
tempt to arrive at some common
understanding our position of
Americans and their overseas
neighbors. 'There was also a spec
ial session on the United Nations
and this group’s major problem In
the Congo.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
Youn^
'y Tenor
In Concert
On Camims
Vice-President Lyndon B. John
son will be the featured speaker
! a( (Jic annual Elon College Found-
if. Day program, which is set for
I till.' campus of this Congregational
I Christian college on Thursday,
March 8.
This was revealed in an announ
cement by Dr. James Earl Dan-
leloy, Elon College president, fol
lowing his return from a Wash
ington visit during wliich the plans
for the vtice-pfresident’s appear-
aiKe at F^lon were confirmed.
The address by Mr. Johnson will
be delivered at a convocation to
be held in Elon's huge Aluomi
Memorial Gymnasium at 11 o’clock
on the morning of March 8, a gath
ering which will mark the seven
ty-third anniversary of the found
ing of Elon College, which open
ed its doors to students in the
autumn of 1890.
The Founders' Day observances
have not always been annual af
fairs at Elon, but programs have
been held almost annually in re-
ent years on the second Thursday
In March to commemorate the
granting of the Elon College chart
er by the North Carolina General
Assembly on March U, 1889, the
date from which the corporate
existence of the coUege dates.
The college was founded as a
coeducational and liberal arts in
stitution by the Christian Church,
but that denomination was merg
ed with the Congregational Church
in 1931, and since that time the
college has operated under the
auspices of the Southern Conven
tion of Congregational Christian
Churches, which is now affiliated
with the recently formed United
Church of Christ.
In announcing that Vice-Preal-
dent Johnson had accepted the
invitation to deliver the address
to
Walter Carringer, talented young
tenor, who has t>een hailed by
critics as “one of the finest young
artists to come along in years,
appeared in Whitley Auditorium
Tuesday night at this week '
The young singer, who is a native
of North Carolina, began his mus
ical career with USO shows wtille
serv ing in the arm*' during World
War II and later had a year at
Western Carolraa Teachers Col
lege before going on to New York
to begin serious musical study.
His decision to go to New York ... auuicoa
was triggered by two events that at Elon’s 1962 Founders’ Day ev-
happened during that year at West- ercises. President Danleley ex-
ern Carolina. First he won the pressed his pleasure and the pleas-
Federat^d Music Clubs’ student u'-e of the college’s trustees, fac-
award in state competition, and ulty. students and alumni that Mr.
then an elderly clergyman
friend of his fathers, wrote
young singer and sent him *16
from the minister’s small resourc
es to encourage him to go on into
musical work.
Carringer attended Columbia:
University, where he appeared in j
student programs and also audi
tioned for the famed Robei;t Shaw
Chorale, winning a spot as soloist
with the Chorale for appearances
at Carnegie Hall, Town Hall and
for radio and television numbers.
Leaving the Shaw Chorale in,
1953, Carringer started his ca-;
reer as an, independent concert
artits and since that time he has
been in great demand He made
iis first European appearance in
London in 1958 and made his New
Vork debut as a concert soloist In
1959, and has been hailed for his
voice technique, musicianship and
imaginative qualities.
a John.son will be Elon's guest oi»
that day.
Re;d Acldr;88e8
Biisi iiess Group
C. S, Reed, of Charlotte, vice-,
president and iiate connaltant
of Duke Power Company, was
guest speaker for the Elon Col
lege Business Chib at a meeting
the campus last Thnrsdiy
night, Februry 8th, which prov
ed of interest to business majon
among the Elon students.
The Duke Power offlclaL-
wWely known as a speaker on
bnslnes* subjects, used ‘•The Ex
panding Economy of the Caro-
Ilnas as hLs subject in his talk
to the local club. Prof. Dudley
Watson is faculty advisor for the
group while Bob McKlanon, of
Rurltngton, Is student president