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•T'tVE'i HENDERSON Senior Attendant JOHN GOZJACK Senior Escort KARBARA BURNETT Maid-Of-Honor Roval j (k)iirt For El oil’s Day Pageant DEWEY ANDREW Royal Escort DUANE POWELI, Senior Attendant D’O.MIS THOMPSON Senior Escort MAROON AND GOLD /OLUME 43 ELON COLLEGE, N. C. FRH)AV, MAY 3, I9fi3 NUMBER 1> s !U rn,en Play I'HEY WILL «EK;N OVER MAY DAY OIJSERVANCEn',.,1 Sin.s Ban,! LYNN RYALS Junior Escort The Letiermcn, :: t'onall- :: ' -IS musical group, wili app--j; '•oncert in Whili.-r An ”; • ! ;r.i li 8 oVIocii (oni^lit, 0); ;>iii : t' V ilivities « hit.'i iviU fcnt’,r.’ r ’Uiitial May Day wcekeiid on tli;- Elon College campus. The famous catcriainnie;it >is feature a ciimbiiiation uf ' ” smooth melody pnd rhythmic invention which has resulted in a number of hit records, and their concert tonight promises to be a | top feature. The group first drew attention ""0 ith it-; '.vaxi-i? of “Their ■ i re Full of Spring.” and - '■ e since recorded such ; ■ ’ r ..iiTrihprs as “The W y look Tonight’’ and “Thai's [)e^ire.’’ Appearance of the " . i«r the Elon Alay Day was ssured early last fall. ELEANOR SAIITH The Queen The royal pair which will ruh‘ over the annual Elon College ]May Day weekend is pictured here, with Queen Eleanor Smith, senior ^irl from Winston-Salem, shown at the left and with King Jerrv Drake, senior boy from Green Ixiro, pictured at the right. The •May Day rulers, each of whom has been active In many phases of campus life during their student days at p;ion. were chosen to lend the festive May Day observance in a special election held earlier in the year. The May Day honor represents a climactic tribute '- Queen Eleanor and King Jerry, .'•c!i of whom were among Elon ’•epresentatives in c o 11 e g i a t • ■ 'I'tho’s Who” this year. JKKK\ I)Il\KK The King At l)aiic‘ O'f.-in- n I.- (I- top - ■‘I ‘S uf 'Il‘ ;*':i ;{,n !iin» the cUmarlic fratnr" th'- mnual Alay Day wee''c?i- -v ' he the May Day Dann , t(, b' ’ in Alumni Memorial Cymnasir fr' V. 8 ;:nl‘ 12 o* I ,k trniarrir-' ni;: -.t Music for the dance will bi‘ by I -d Sii’is and His Orcl'eslr . w!ii( h pl iys out of No'v Yor't ( it% ; >1' ill in licnticms poi it to one the mosl successful dance eieii . stagefi on the campi>s in reee,> years. Wally Sawyer and his danr • committee have been worki.i long and hard on the decoratin !■. w.hich will use a colonnaded pl'ni- tation home as its central featiir.v with the whole designed to pr*i- vi:!e both a colorful and beaufiri. s.'lling for a wonderful eveni” JOYt K Ho\v;:i 1, Junior Attendant May Day Event W^ill Be Held Xornorrow Carolina Terceiiteiiary Furnishes Theme For I’a^eant GAIL HKTTEL Junior Attendant HOWARD ANDREW Sophomore Escort u.' ii-.c’f.-/i earl i . ''•’rolina will M jt, - review 1 1 j-'lon College stages i' ; annual D'v pagcp.nt in Me- 'rial Gyiimasium a' :) o’clock to ,;-n)w afternoon, wilh the page- i designed as both tribute to n's May Day rulers and enter- ;iment for visitors to the campus. The pageant itself, with the Caro- nu Charter Tercentenary as its : me, will present the gracious I ’r.'ition life of the coastal plain, ■ Indians with whom early set- ■I's sometimes fought, the sturdy Jermans who populated much of Carolina Piedmont, the thrifty :otch Highlanders who settled the )e Fear Valley, the daring pion- 3rs who moved westward across ':e Blue Ridge and even the Pi- >tes who infested the Carolina «st, •'h.‘ May Day program, to be ■sented under the direction of .Jeanne Griffin, dirctor of wom- physical education for the col- ', will be only tlie main event ■ the festive May Day weekend, for 'iorrow night will bring the an- ' '1 May Day dance on the hugej ' 'Inr.in' .\T'.m )i i il Gymni' ium, an,! i: co ic ,rt is .so! for lo night. Ruling as May Qiusn o'.'or both the May Day pageant in the after noon and the big dance tomorrow night will be Eleanor Smith, of \Vinston-Salem, and paired with her is May King will be Jerry Drake, of Greensboro. Chief attendants for the royal pair will be Barbara Burnett, of Danville, Va., as maid-of-honor, and Dewey Andrew, of Snow Camp, as her royal escort. They were all' chosen by vote of the students in a will be Bonnie McEvoy and Jai! Loy, both of Burlington, escorted liy Judson Bryant, of Virginia Beach, \'a,, and Howard Andrew, of Snow Camp Attendants representing the fresh man class will be Patricia Dean, of 'Burlington, and Jeanne Fiorito, of Greensboro, escorted by Sonny Pru ette, of Roanoke Rapids, and Ronald riobertson, of Burlington. The youngest members of the May Court in the roles of flower bearer and crown bearer will be little Jane Uanieley, daughter of President and ' Mrs J. E. Danieley, and Eddie H special election held earlier The .senior attendants for the May j,sell, so nof Prof. and Mrs. Alfred Queen and her royal consort will be Hassell, both being, of course, from Duane Powell, of Smithfield, Va.,!Elon College. and Mclver Henderson, of Columbia, i. C,, escorted by Demus Thomp son, of Burlington, and John Goz- jack, of Tamaqua, Pa. The attendants from the junior The pageant, to be presented after I he May Queen and her escort ap- •jL'ars on the scene, will feature Molly Wilkins, of Burlington, as court jester, along with a series of class will be Gail Hettel, of Hamp-, colorful dances which have he", ton Va., and Joyce Howell, of Suf- ilanned by Lea Mitchell, of Burling- folk, Va.. escorted by Hugh O'Hara, of Falls Church, Va., and Lynn Ry- Is, of Durham. Representing the sophomore class in the royal court, the attendants ton, who is serving for the firs! time as choreographer for the May :)ay event. Bernard McPherson, of Burling- J-V^E LOY Scphomore Attendant Mini :R0NALD ROBERTSON Freshman Escort JEANNE FIORITO Freshman AttendaAt SPECIAL FOR MAY DAY This issue of the Maroon and Gold is dedicated to the annual F;lon College .May Day, with the entire front page given over to the big spring weekend observ ance. Other stories, which would ordinarily have been found on the front page, have been necessarily pushed to the back pag" of the paper to make room for the story and pictures on the -May Queen and her court, along with informa tion concerning the annual May Day pageant which has been pre pared for the entertainment of the •May Court and May Day guests. Special attention is called to the wreck pictures on Page Two, which in themselves form a sort of pictorial reminder to all that It pays to be careful and staj safe. • I. IJVS '(I- no c. .at, .1 ,ian j'aul1-:i. 0. , i’.uri-i ,,, •Mrs. ;:tiff;ri in th ' lir clio'i of ihi aiograni. Bolh th'.' Rlon College iioh-, (iirecteu by Prof. Charles .'Siam, and the Emanons of Elon, land group directed by Prof, Jack White, will appear in the mu- ic..! program which has been co ordinated wilh the pageant. Corona tion of the May Queen will be by VVally Sawyer, newly-elected presi- d,?nt of the Elon Student Govren- nif-nt Association. i'ho danccs for the pageant bring •olorful memories of various racial and national groups in early ,\oriH Carolina, beginning with the "EarK 'olonist- and the Minu"'i,'’ which .'.-■alls the .iignified and gracious iantr liiin d^.y^. In this dance wili I )C'jr '^ila B.'Jdu'in, C’i.nnio ^;r , ^v Lynda Canady, Marie Cl irk. !' ; Claxton, Becky Crutchfield, '.'i Fogleman, Judy Hillers. Carol, ii Keaton, Donna Layman, Alice Mitchell and Diane Teuton. The Indian wars, which plagued North Carolina less than they did some of the states, will be recalled ' a.’ iJuicc Of Tile "i'u.‘'i"iror caturing a group that inil.',' atevi Augustine, Eileen Cobh. Ja" Farmer. Amanda Guyton, Ann K ■ ")dle. Barbara I,ee, Gcrri Murrav Mickey Murray, Sandra Nagy, Jut! Rice, Donna Sedwick, Sharon Smith Ellen Teed, Deetz Welch, Beti Wilkinson, Pat Wooten and Diana ■ Wyrick, When the German group-: mo into the Piedmont they hroir 'i their own folkways from the Moth'T Country, and one of the best-lovi-.i was the polka, a dance which v,i!' be prc':ntcd in the pageant l.> Lydia Parker and Mike Little, The Scotch Highlanders, vl: '■ame in great numbers to sell I ■h( Ca|)c P'ear Valley, also hrDi'y' I'lyir “Highland Flin” which will be presented by .I:..r Hailey, .leanne Brown, Gayle C . j 're, il.achel Dodson, Kay Ur:*> ■ 'Betty Hill, Pam Hitchings, [!■ ' , Hoffman, Sue Humphrey, S , ■ McClellan, Joan Michael. 'l.;r: ■ I Noble, Bonnie Rutledge. J '_ i Smith, Margaret Weatherly a.. 1 Julie Weeks. I (Continued On Page Four) 111 (Wl O’HARA Junior Escort ! yi" BONNIE .McEVOY .Sophomore Attendant SONNY PRUETTE Freshman Escort PATRICIA DEAN Freshman Attendant JUD.SON BRYANT .Sophomore Escort
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