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Congratulation To Eton’s Cagers On A Great Record MAROON AND GOLD And I^et's Keep That Winning Pace I'ntll Si'ason's F'nd ■VOLUME 44 ELON COLLEGE, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1964 Nl’MBER C Elon Band Heard With Praise In Annual Concert Tluee Named As Members Of Alpha Psi By CAROL TRAGESER Three new cast members have been selected to join the Elon chap-' ter of Alpha Psi Omego, national honorary dramatics fraternity. Re cently recognized for the honor were. A1 Baer, Peggy Dodson and Franli Kich, who were chosen on the basis of meritorious participation in Elon [ Player productions, based on a I point-award system, and for their j active interest in campus dramatic activities. . A1 Baer, a junior from West; Springfield, Mas., began his work j with the Elon Players as a fresh-; man when he took a major role i in "Noah”. The same year he play- i ed the lead in “A Farewell Supper," i a one-act performance, and last i y; year he had a major part in “The Imaginary Invalid.” Baer also worked with lighting for “The Bad Seed," has contributed to back stage work in other productions and has been an active member of the Elon Players. A senior from Liberty, N. C., Peggy Dodson made her Elon stage debut in 1962 when she appeared in the one-act play, “The Happy Journey to Camden and Trenton.” Last year she held supporting roles in "The Imaginary Invalid’ MARCHING BAND CHANGES INTO CONCEKT (;K()UI» FOR PROCiRAM i Large Audience Attends Annual Winter Prowani An appreciative audience greetedl CLARINETS: Mike Griffiu, Bur- the Elon C'ollege Concert Band when lington; Nancy Daniel, Henderson; It presented its second annuaPBob Gregory, Norfolk, Va.; Helen i-V brought him the aw.;rd. Rich was n cast member of "Othello" in 1960 and of "The Bad Seed" in ]j*63. He played a major role in this year’s De3th of Salesman." He also has had extensive experience with Jie Burlington Studio Fliyers, ap pearing two years ago with them m a Carolina Drama Festival award-winning play. He is a mem ber of the Elon Players. When these three actors are and I formally initiated into .-Vlpha Psi "The Bad Seed,” and recently she Omega at the beginning of the sec- played a minor role in “Death of ond semester, they will become A Salesman.” Miss Dodson was a, t ^art of a national society invoW- member of several make-up crews 'ng over .'J.'jO colleges 't the United and is presently vice-president of States and Canadv. The organiza- the Elon Players. , '.ion was e;trjblished to serve as an The Elon College marching band, which added so much to the Fighting itself into a „ - - - crowd enjoyment at Christian football games, appeared in a completely different role when it transformed concert group on the stage of the Whitley Auditorium on Friday night, January 10th. The occasion was the second annual winter concert of the Elon music il group. The first annual concert proved highly popular exactly one year earlier, and Piof. Jack 0. White and his tuneful outfit again received high plaudits for the program given last week. An "Eppie” winner for Best Ac tor of 1962-63, Frank Rich, of Bur lington, is the third new member. His performance last year as the lead In “The Imaginary Invalid” 'ororary ?-'c:ety and a reward to h:)se students doing a high stand- rd of work In drama and to pro- :de a wide fellowship for those (Continued On Page Four) Space Program Subject For Talks Bv Rothrock Student Affairs Group Will Seek Improvement For Campus Parking By MELVIN SHREVES Calling the United States space program a great national effort in which gains and benefits may not he immediately discernible, Addi son M. Rothrock, eminent scientist and leader in the National Aero nautics and Space Administration,! Md Elon hearers last week that faith in the future is needed to justify the tremendous costs of space exploration. The guest speaker, who is as sociate director for plans and pro gram evaluation for NASA, spoke twice on the f^lon College campus W’ednesday, .January 8th. He first addressed Elon sMints a-.d a chapel conv'di'ation in morning and then spoke to a' small audience at a public meefi'iij' H'W Whitley Auditorium that' Pa!? Rothrock, who illustrated ® talks with .■slides pro-1 screen, de- - VISITS ELON Jectefl upon the "'her tool large space program as ao- in man’s quest for kn5w!-| ADDISON' ,Vf. rothrock uiii’vpr environment and t.h’j*^' s ' his hearers ‘^ese siblp /' have made it pos 0 .^nd scientific instruments «3rth’i t factor of the C'c-v , ‘he vi- 0) the moon and other plan- ‘hs involved in u-..estigaiorts are designed to an- questions. Kothrock declared thaf, ad ditional knowjedgi;, it can Jt ® :ied so astronauts fian mik. ’ moon flight betweer; sun ^ thus avoiding human etposur^ it The Student Affairs Committee is exoected to do quite a lot of re- iearch next month on at least one of the topics brought up at its meeting last Thursday. Bob Gwaltney, co-chairman of the committee, presented to the committee a resolution from the Student Senate requesting that SAC look into the problem of motor ve hicle parking and operation on the :ampus. ■ The Senate sent the resolution last month after its judicial com- Tiitfee had worked on a four-page “^et of propo.'ed rules and regula tions regarding the operation of motor vehicles on campus. After ':."dipg out that it was out of order for the Senate to make these rules! the proposed set was sent to SAC; with the resolution. The Student Government Associa- •ion is expected to push for revi- 'lon of the parking rules, and for centralization of the motor vehicle ieoartment as such. SGA began working on the prob lem this fall after it became evi- ient through a great increase of oiced complaints about several as- Tects of the parking problem. Ac- -ordlng to officials in SGA, the ’reatest number of complains comes from the commuter students who ^re not allowed to park their auto- "lobiles on campus. Other comolaints come from dorm ‘adents about the lack of organiza tion in the newly paved parking ".reas. This problem is expected to be solved with the arrival of good •veather when parking spaces can b» marked off on the pavement with paint. Other business brought up before the SAC members included two pe titions from two student groups on campus. Wally SawTer, president of the Student Government Associa tion oresented one in behalf of the For Books Sale Is PlaniKMl SGA Treasurer Luke O’Hara an nounced this week that the Used Book Exchange would begin oper ation for the second semester on January 28 for those students who wished to buy or sell used text books to be used on campus next semester. O’Hara reported that the Stu dent Government Office, located on the second floor of the Carlton Library Building, started accept ing books for sale this Monday, but would not start selling them iiiHl ^fter the examination period “We will Hly be able to sell books that are t« bo used during the Spring semester, and we shouldn’t have any trouble Sell- in» them.” O’Hara reported. ator pipes in the dorms. They stated in the petition that it dis turbed their sleeping and .stiidyin® haWts. A proposal made by Bob Gwalt ney that SAC consfder riossible changes in the annua/ May Day activities, and make recommenda-l tions on it at the next meeting on i February 6. Several members ack- j nowledged the lack of irrtere.st' shown in the present set-up and agreed that possible changes should; be looked into. In order to bring' forth as many aspects as possible, committee members will be asking manv stu dents their views on the matter, nnd these views are expected to be given careful consideration. “Any TPrson involved with the college is invited to express his ideas to stated Gwaltney. “and we hope ‘bat they will do so.” I Moiiiilaiiieers Are Siibjet For Wellman I’he almost legendary folkways md characters of the North Caro- ."na mountain people furni.shed the interesting subject for Prof. Manley Wade Wellman when he spoke in an Elon chapel convocation on Tuesday morning, January 7th. He is a part-tim? ins‘'"'Ctor of rrr>- ritive Writing at Elon. ' " After declaring that “there is a .ino indivic!u^litv about these peo ple,” Profes.sor Wellman told of his iong Interest In the people of the '.■;i3hl'’nds "id cf his many associa- t|or. ,.::h Ihem and participation in thoir “all-round-sings” and other folk gatherings. Wellman (laclired that he was nartirularl'- insi;!'’''* by th» folk music of th- I'' whonn he '■new during visits fo M?dison '^owntv. snr'etimes cillnd “King- idom of M.^disin” or “'^loodv Madi- j ;on.” He sanT two of his favorite I 'elk .so'igs which he had learned moiTnt.'’ins. T[b pointed out that the mountain ’ool* .nre becoming more “mod- due to present-day conveni- Hut he also exoressed the I’’me that they will not go all the i"''v in becoming like everyone else. winter concert In Whitley Auditori um last Friday night, January lOth, and ihe group was accorded high praise for Its program, which In cluded a variety of musical selec tions. The concert was again presented under the direction of Prof. .lack 0. White, who joined the Elon College music faculty a year ago l.i.st fall and has since Injectt'd new life Into Ihe collcgr's band music activities. Professor White cho.se a v>ried group of selections for last w- I;'.s program, pre.senting descriptive ov ertures, concert marches and a number of modern compositions for ■ mcert bands. All were presented with skill and proved highly en- 'oyable to the music lovers who leard them. The program included “The Home Town Boy.” a march by II. L. Kin;j: "Au Pays Lorrain,” a descriptive iverture by Balay; “St. Francis of \s.sis.si,” by Moehlmann; and “Riv er Jordan,” a fantasy on Negro spirituals, by Whitney. The program which was divided by an intermission, al.so included “Rr assPagentry," a march by Ost- ling; “Tango Americano.” by Man- ■ini: “Pa.stel For Band,” by Whit ney: and “The Blue And The "rray,” a Civil War suits by Griind- man. The membership of the Klon ^and. which did a fine job as a marching unit la.st fall as well as nre.senting a fine concert program l i.st week, includes the Allowing students In the various Instrumental ■ections: FLUTES: Gwen Hancock. Fair fax, Va.: Jewelle Ba.ss, South Bos ton. Va.: and Candy Hopewell, Portsmouth, Va. Yoho, Durham: Jo Harvey, Lexing ton: Judy Paige. Riverside, N. J.; Anne Stegall, Hender.son: Nancy Rogers. Oxford: Susie James, Bur lington: ;ind Gary Kriel, Baltimore, Md. BASS CLARINET: Tom Ba.ss, Pittsburgh, Pa. ALTO CLARINET: Marvin CVw-n- ing, Clarksville, Va. OBOE: Linda .lohnston, Fairfax, Va. BAS.S(X)N: Glenda Phillips, Bur- Iln'Mon ALTO .SAXAPIIONE: Graeme Shull, Charlotte: and Mary Cool- Idge, Hebron, Conn. TENOR SAXAPIIONE: David Hosmer, Worcester, Ma.ss. BARITONE SA.XAPIIONE: Charles Michaud, Hayward, Calif. CORNET: Garth Hut.son, Whit- selt: Al Garrison, Smithfield, Va.; Alex Oliver, Suffolk, Va.: Don King, Elon College: and .lerry Dillard! Cary. FRENCH HORN: Nancy Morgan, Elon College: and Sherion Brldge- man, St. Pouls. TItOMBONE: Harold Bodenham- Winston-Salem: and Bill Car- ruth, Elon College. TUBA; Terry Sink, Win.ston- Salem; and Larry Murphy, Reids- ville. PERCUSSION: Agnes French, Henderson: Rddie Harris, Cary; Bill Lomax, Rockville, Md., Tom MILspaw, Bridgevllle, Del.; Mills Seacker, Suffolk, Va.; and Barney Tysor, Burlington. MAJORETTES: Barbara Rix, Wln.ston-Salem: and Vickie Hard- ster, Aberdeen. SPEAKS HERE Two Elon Men Receive Grants For Research ^ommunicatii "‘^'cated (hat ions and observation, he he foresaw "■oblpmo ■'•'■'^saw no m^ior in establishing almost in- worldwide com.mun- p:' ‘{^'•"''gh the stationing '•onn spacecraft in syn- /^onous orbits. "f two areas of n in the Aoppllo moon-flight mentioning solar flares -r -ommuter students. It contained 105 dangerous radiation. As fo/ a flig. signatures. to Mars, he said special shieldini^ petition requested the nos- from the intense radiation of “suHfj ^hilitv of obtaining a room for use spots” would be necessary. jk. commuter students as a lounge studv and relaxation while on us. It was brought up by the cain^K *tee that SAC had already comnlii •>nded to Dr. J. Earl Dani- r°commv jdent of the college, that “lev, prei a commuter student nians for -] be considered in any lounge shouK made by the college, future plans . 'tition, drf.wn up and The .second pt 'shmen dorm men, iffned bv 88 frt . made by radi- He further said that it is diffi cult to predict when specific ac complishments will be attained in ^ I space efforts, since man is doing things he has never done before. Howe\er, he termed the chances of a flight to the moon and lunar exploration as “quite good.” He said that NASA is hopeful of at taining the national goaf by 1970 hat fiitnrB putting an Americair as the I'lture space probes andffirst man on the moon Eloii Professor .\tleiids Meetiiic Dr. Konstantlnas Avizonis, mem ber of the Elon College history fac ulty, attended the 78th annual meet ing of the American Historical As sociation, which was held in Phila delphia for three days from De cember 28th through 30th. The meeting attracted a record-break ing 4,000 registered members of the' nationwide group for the annual jatherin", which featured manv stimulating papers od historical subjects. MANLY WADE WEI.LMAN (Pictures On Page 4) ( Dr. Paul H. Cheek and Prof. Roy Epperson, two veteran members of the Elon College chemistry faculty, have just been awarded cash re- .search grants in chemistry by the Piedmont University Center of North Carolina, a cooperative or- •’anizatlon of sixteen of the .state’s colleges In the Piedmont area. The Piedmont University Center ■•vas established by the colleges to further their all-round educational orogram, with encouragement and support of research projects as a major facet of its work. The re search program has just gotten ^p.d^rway this year, and the two •jrnnts to the EJon men are among ^ first to be given. The grants from the Piedmont "nlversity Center for research are matched in each case by the col lege in which the faculty member woiks. All grants are made through cimmlttee on faculty research, xhlcii includes members from va- "■ious member institutions. The grant to Dr. Cheek is for ■vork on a project entitled “Syn- ^he=is of Some Aromatic Fhioro ’^omoounds,” while the grant to Ji’’rofpssion Epperson is for work ;:"n “The Svnthesis of Anhydrous iMalides of Molvbdenum IV) and iTung.sten fTV),” ‘I 'I'he sixteen colleges which make ; " ‘he Piedmont Universitv Cf-nter. '■■ted in alphabetical order. Tryouts Set For Phtyer Productions Open try-outs for two forthcom ing Elon Player productions will be held the last week In January at M(H)ney Chapel Theater. The first tryout will be held on Wednesday, January 2*.>th. at 7 o’clock, and finals are scheduled for Thursday. .January 30th, at both 2 and 7 o’clock. Ca.sts will be selected at that time by Prof. Sandy Moffett, head of the Elon College drama department and director of the two plays to be given. The plays are Sonesco’s “The Bald Soprano" and P. W. Turner’s “Christ In The Concrete City.” There are parts for twelve per sons, including .seven men and five women, and all members of the campus community who are in terested in helping with the pro ductions are urged to attend the tryout sessions. Professor Moffett has .said that the scheduled “tour show” to Pfeif fer College will be taken from are | these productions. He said that ^"Imont Abbey. Bennett. Davidson. I ^lon. Greensboro, Guilford, High Point, Johnson C. Smith, Lenoir ■’hyne, Llving.stone, North Caro line A. and T., Pfeiffer, Salem, Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State. protested ihe noia there is also a possibility that one of the plays will be taken to Chapel Hill for the annual Carolina Drama Festival. The plays will be pre sented on the Elon .stage on Fri day, March 6th, and Saturday, .March 7th.