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Here’s A Hearty Welcome To Elon*s Old Grads MAROON AND GOLD And A Red-Hot RecepHon For The Catamounts VOLUME 44 ELON college:. N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1963 number I Students Plan Annual Homecoming Observance Tomorrow Eloii Singers List Names Of Members The E!on Singers, student musical group on the Elon campus, has completed its organization for the 1963-64 college year, with forty- seven singers working under the direction of Prof. Wendell Bartholf, who joined the college music fac ulty this fall. The Singers appear regularly in campus assembly programs, and several times each year they pre sent special programs, traditional ones in past years having been “The Messiah" at Christmas time and an Easter cantata in the spring. Plan? are underway for a northern tour this winter, resuming a practice which was discontinued several years ago. The roster of the Elon Singers, announced by Professor Bartholf, includes David Andes, Elon College; Charles Bagnell, Eclipse, Va.; Mary Ann Barnes, Holland, Va.: Wayne Bean, Greensboro; Howard Blanch ard, Burlington: Harold Bodenham- er. Winston-Salem: Joyce Bristow, Durham: Allen Bush, Eclipse, Va.; John Donaghy, Arlington, Va.; John Flemming, ;!;hesapeake, Va.; Shirley Foskett, Virginia Beach, Va.: Oscar Fowler, Whaleyville, Va.: Agnes French, Henderson;; Barry Gaffney, Falls Church, Va.; Billy Garner, Burlington: Luther Gil liam, Dilwyn, Va.; Dixie Gladson, Conway, S. C.; Ann Gordon, Bur lington; Sammy Griffin, Burlington; Bobi Gwaltney, Durham; Margaret Hall, Lanett. Ala.; Edgar Harris, Cary; Rebecca Harward, Durham; Ralph Johnson, Bahama: Wayne Kanoy, Hampton, Va.; Linda Keck, Bur lington; Janet Lamm, Burlington; Carol Leffers, Durham; Ted Lind- ley, Graham: John Longest, Gra ham: James Marshall, Arlington, Va.; Hinson Mikell, Charleston, S. C.; Patricia Morgell, Clifton, N. J.; Ellen McCauley, Garden City, N. V.; Harriett Noble, Petersburg, Va.; Donna Pless, Winchester, Va.; Jane Pointer, Semora; Wayne Seymour, Gibson ville; 't-'ontmued on Pa£& Fouri F THESE WILL RULE OVER Pep Rally Aiul Talent Slunv First Pnmranis JANET FAULKNER JANE LOY SUSAN FERGUSON I One of the five girls pictured here will rule as Homecoming Queen for the Elon Homecoming observance of 1963. They were chosen from a larger group by ballot of the stu dents, and the final winner chosen in a second election. The winner Is to be announced during the Home coming observance. Those pictured here as finalists in the race for Homecoming royalty honors are Janet Faulkner, of FJlon College; Susan .Ferguson, of Durham; Kay Jeffreys, of Burlington; Jane Loy, of Burlington; and Bonnie McEvoy, of Burlington. In years gone by. the Homecoming Queen has been named in advance, but no one will know the identity of the royal ruler until the campus talent show to be held tonight. KAY JEFFREYS BONNIE McEVOY [ianro' .let T.1 iU The Sigma Phi Rpt ■ Fraternity has just named G«e:i Ilanrock, of Fairfax, Va., as its fraternity “Sweetheart" for 1953-64. She was presented witli a charm bracelet in recognition of the honor. Miss Hancock is a sopho more English major, a member of Delta L'psilon I.appa, a cheer leader and a mcm')cr of the band. She will represent Sigma Phi Beta in Homeconiiiig ;inJ other camt>us activities. King Chosen President Of Elon Frosh Group By MEL SHREVES The election spirit was in the air on the Elon College campus luring the past few weeks for three of the four academic classes. The Freshman class held their annual elections for class officers and senators. Five persons chose to run for the office of President. Don King being the final victor. His opponents were Charles Spears, John Mcks, Kent Crim and Jesse Weaver. Alfred i Teeny) Fogleman beat out four other freshmen for the position of Vice-President while Alenis iStocks' Yasinski was de clared victor in the run for secre- tary-treasurer. The primary election for these offices was on October 10. The fin als were held on the following Mon day, October 14. The Senatorial ticket saw eight names which included David Dowdy, Susie James, Sherry Lam, Nancy McNair, John Nicks, Wayne Smart, Jesse Weaver, and Sue Wilber. Com ing out victorious on the October 21 election day were Dowdy, Lam, ^ks. Smart, and Weaver. In special elections held in the Junior and Senior classes, Davis Williams beat out Loretta Burton and Ocie Murray for a senior seat in the Senate, while Junior Mike (Contiiued on Page Four) FROSH PIIEXY Wendt To Have Leading Role In Player’s Show don king Don King, of West Hollywood, Fh., a former resident of Burling- t'.n, is the president of the Elon jilage freshman class this year. T.!,' frosh leader, who was chosen in a recent election held on the cc.Tipus, is the nephew of Mrs. Jimes Foster, of Elon College, who was a member of the staff in the registrar’s office last year. By CAROL TRAGFSOR Prof. Jon R. Wendt, of the Elon College history department, will ap- oear in the lead role of the forth coming Elon Players' production of Arthur Miller’s “Death Of A Sales- Man”. His part is that of Willy Loman, a middle-aged traveling salesman whose life dreams, based on American ideals of “big suc cess", lead him to failure and de struction. This performance will be Pro fessor Wendt’s first on the Elon stage, but he formerly worked with the drama groups at r*rinceton and at the University of Delaware. He stated that the part of Willy Loman is a favorite theatrical character whom he has always wanted to portray. Supporting in the major female role is June Biddle, last year’s win ner of the Best Actress “Eppie”, who is cast as Willy’s loving and devoted wife, Linda. Mrs. Biddle is from Philadelphia. Pa. She worked three years with an amateur the ater group before coming to Elon, and this is her second year with the Players. She won the award last year for her part of the mother in .Anderson’s, “The Bad Seed”. In the major roles of Biff and Happy, Loman’s two sons, are Frank Rich, of Burlington; and David Andes of Elon College. Both have acted in previous Player produc tions, and Rich was given the Best Actor “Eppie” for his performance last year as Monsieur Arden in Mo-^ liere’s, “The Imaginary Invalid,” Rich has also done acting and di recting with the Burlington Studio Players. Several other veterans of the Elon stage are included in the cast of thirteen. They are Tyrone Row ell, Henderson, N. C.; Ken Scars- borough, Wilmington, Del.; Hunter Dula, Burlington, N. C.; Carol Tra- geser, Arnold, Md.; and Peggy Dod son, Liberty, N. C. I Newcomers to the Players ap-! EIoii Professor At Slavic IVfoel Dr. Konstantinas .\vizonis, pro fessor of history at Elon, repre sented the college at the second annual Southern Conf6|renoe on Slavic .Studies, which was held in -Atlanta under the joint sponsor ship of Emory University and the University of Georgia. The Elon professor, who has written a number of outstanding books and articles on the history and affairs of the Slavic nations in Europe, stated that the Atlanta meeting featured a program of un usual interest on relations between the United States and the Soviet bloc. pearing in “Salesman” are Ben Bayol, Arlington, Va.; Laura Rice, Burlington. N. C.; Richard Schmidt. Norwalk, Conn.: and Dixie Glrtd- son. Conway, S. C. The cast was chosen by the di rector, Prof. Sandy Moffett, head of the Elon College Drama Depart ment, as a result of open try-outs held two weeks ago. Professor Mof fett said he was pleased at the re sponse to the try-outs, and ho feels that the cast is a good one. The stage manager for the pro duction is Grayson Mattingly, of Washington, D. C. He is president of the campus honorary dramatics fraternity. Alpha Psi Omega, and has worked with the Elon Players for three years. .Mattingly will head the technical crew and has also designed the “expressionistic” scen ery for the play. “Salesman" has been in rehearsal for two weeks and will be presented in Mooney Theater on November 21, 22, and 23. The play will be an in-the-round production and is open to the public. Students will be ad mitted free with a Student Govern ment card. It’s Homecoming time at Elon again, and a gala weekend gets I inderway with two events on the campus tonight, one a huge i>ep rally complete with bon fire and the other a gigantic talent show, to be -taged in Whitley Auditorium. I The campus itself is agog with activity and last-minute preparations !for the 1963 Homecoming, which promises to be one of the biggest and best in a long line of such observances, an event which is expected to attract a great number of old grads back to the scene of I heir tudent days. Something new and unusual in the Friday night program will be the announcement at the talent show of the identity of the Elon Home coming Queen for U)63, .A student election narrowed an origin d field of candidates to five finalists, and a second campus vote cho-se t.hc final winner, who is to be announced at the talent .show. The five finalists, one of whom will rule over the Homecoming festivities, are pictured on this page. They include Janet Faulkner of Elon College: Susan Ferguson, of Durham; Kay Jeffreys, of Burling ton; Jane Loy, of Burlington: and Bonnie McEvoy, of Burlington. The full Homecoming Day pro gram will get underway tomorrow with judging in the morning of the dormitory and organizational deco rations on the campus. There has >een much interest in this phase of the Homecoming, with cash prizes of $25, $15 and $10 for the three top winners. The Elon Homecoming parade '.hrough the main business section i;f Burlington will get underway at '2:30 o’clock, featuring a total of ■ight bands along with marching inits and gaily decorated floats and .ars. Prizes of $25, $15 and $10 are Iso offered for the best floats in the parade. In addition to Eton’s own crack ’larching band, other bands to take lart include those from Walter Wil- !iams High, Southern High, Eastern ligh. Western High, Graham High and the two from Turrentine and Broad Street Junior Highs. The Williams High School Marching Boots will also take part. The Elon-Western Carolina loot- t)all game will be an outstanding ilomecoming attraction, with pre- entation of the Homecoming Queen and her court as a half-time feat ure. Special interest attaches to the fact that the Elon football team of iy4I, last Elon team to win a Con ference title, will be best guests. Immediately following the foot ball game, the returning Elon alum ni will be entertained at a coffee lour to be held in the banquet room of the McEwen Memorial Dining Hall. There will aLso be a special dinner for the Elon 1941 football cam and invited guests. Topping off the entire Homecom ing observance will be the annual .'lomecoming Ball, to be .staged in Sponsors Arc Listed For ffomrcominfy More than twenty campus groups 't Klon College have announced sponsors to represent them at the college’s annual Homecoming ob servance, which gets underway to night and continues throughout to morrow’s all-day program. Those named as sponsors, who will participate in the annual pa rade, halftime ceremonies at the Elon-We.stern Carolina grid game on Saturday afternoon and at the Elon' Homecoming dance on Saturday night, are listed below, with home town and the group they will repre sent: Linda Johnston. Fairfax. Va,, .Al oha Pi Delta: Helen Voho, Durham, Elon Band: Becky Crutchficld, Swepsonville, Beta Chi Epsilon: Marsha Varner, Reidsville, Baptist Union: Diane Loy, Burlington, Beta Omicron Beta; Marsha Leypoldt, Mclycan, Va., Business Club; Judy Page, Providence, R. I., Chemistry Club; Wanda Bennett, Burlington. Delta Upsilon Kappa; Linda Keck, Bur lington, Elon Choir; Laura Rice, Burlington, Elon Players: Marie Schilling, Roanoke, Va , Freshman Class: Brenda Kirschner, Wood- bridge, Conn., Ionian Society; Chip pie Moore, Richmond, Va., Iota Tau Kappa; Ann Sanders, Pageland, S. C., Junior Class; Karen Fischer, Arlington, Va., Kappa Psi Nu; Sally Maurer, Nor wich Conn., Ministerial A.ssociation; Gail Hettel, Hampton, Va., New Dorm; Carol Keith, Reidsville, Phys ical Education Majors: Jane Cheek A.sheboro, Senior Class: Judy Hud \lumni Memorial Gymnasium, withiS^o"’ •’'"'1 Sigma Mu Sigma music to be by the Eddie Allen Or-I^"'*'" Hancock, Fairfax, Va., Sigma ;che.stra, which features Sheryl Lea'^*’' Amherst as vocalist. I ^Continued On Page Four) Asian Scholar Sj>i*aks Here During \V eek Dr, Balkri.shna Govind Gokhale, a former member of the faculty at St. Xavier’s College in Bombay, India, who is recognized worldwide as an authority on .\sian international problems, spoke on the explosive situation in India, Laos and Viet Nam in a lecture in Mooney Chapel Theatre on the Elon College campus on Tuesday of this week. Interested persons vwre invited to hear Dr. Gokhale’s lecture, which climaxed a day-long visit to the Elon Campus. The visit, which was arranged by Dr. H. H. Cunningham, chairman of the Elon history de partment, was under the auspices of the Visiting Scholars Program of the Piedmont University Center of North Carolina. Dr. Gokhale 0|>ened his day’s visit at Elon when he s()oke to the Elon students at the regular chapel con vocation in Whitley Auditorium on Tue.sday morning, after which he met with Prof. James Toney's class on the economy of India. He was also interviewed for a program to appear on the college's student ra dio program, which is given o\er Station WBBB each Saturday after noon. The Asian educator was guest at a luncheon meeting held in Mc Ewen Memorial Dining Hall, during which he talked with selected stu dents and faculty members, and he attended a tea with students and faculty in West Dorm parlor and had dinner with invited guests prior to his lecture in Mooney Chapel Dr. Gokhale, who is at present di recting a program of Asian studies at Wake Forest and Winston-Salem Teachers College while serving as a professor of history at Wake Forest, taught at St. Xavier’s in Bombay for twelve years and later taught at Siddharth College, also located in Bombay. He came to America in 1954 for two years, during which he taught at Bowdoin and Oberlin Colleges, and he has also taught at the Uni versity of Washington in Seattle prior to coming to Winston Salem (Continued on Page- I'our) WILLIA.M K. TERREI.L I.OiVRY SINCLAIR L^-.iding figure.", iii arr.mgements for the annual Elon College Home coming program thi: weekend are Wiliiam B. Terrell, left, who 'S sec retary of the Elon College .Alumni Association, and I^iwry Sinclair, right, Elon student from Franklin, Va., who is chairman of the student Homecoming Committee. Both predict one of the most successful Home coming observances in Elon history, with a ho.st of Elon’s old grads expected to return for the occasion. Elon Seniors As Teachers Working student teaching is underway once mtire for Elon College seniors who arc majorint^ in education, and seven of the education majors have l)een assigned for practice teaching work in three Alamance County high schools. The students, all of whom are working for teacher certification along with their diplomas and de grees, will do their practice leach ing under the supervision and di rection of Dr. Arnold Strauch, who head.s the teacher education pro gram for the college. These seven Elon students now working in the Alamance County schools will teach some classes and will observe in others, working in each ca.se with experienced '.each- ers in the county school system. The practice teaching assignments con tinue until the middle of January. The Elon practice teachers in clude Janet Faulkner in English. Wanda Bennett in social studies, Geraldine Murray in business ed ucation and Linda Stratton in math, all at Graham High School. Others are Barry Hodge in phys ical education and James Griffin in English, both at Eiastern Ala mance High; and Bruce Olson in physical education at Western Ala mance High School.
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