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The Christian Cagfrs May Be Dropping A Few MAROON AND GOLD Kut They Need Full Student Backing All The Way VOLI’M* « ELON COLLtG«:. N. C. FKIDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1964 M MBER 7 One-Time Elon Athletic Great Speaks At Grid Banquet Casts ISamed for Player Productions By CAROL TRAGESER Pour Elon students will make their campus stage debut, appear ing along with eight veteran Elon Plavers when the curtain goes up on the two-play forthcoming Player program early in March. The casts for P. W. Turners "Christ in the Concrete City” and Ionesco’s “The Bald Soprano” w'ere announced last w'eek by Prof, Sandy Moffett, head of the college drama department, w'ho will direct the two plays. Included in the casts for the two plays are newcomers Bev Powell a junior from Arlington, Va.; Val erie Spangler, a senior from Silver Springs, Md.; and Curtis Tetley, a junior from Falls Church, Va., all of whom will appear in the cast o' ‘■City.” Another newcomer, Betsy Payne, a sophomore from Arling ton, Va., will make her first ap pearance in “Soprano.” "Christ in the Concrete City” is an allegory on the story of the crucifixion in an attempt to make the story vital to everyday man. Professor Moffett described Ae ^he co play as “theatrical, as it mcludes, and possible convention — I PERRY POSES WITH COAUl TUCKER AM) TROPHY mm Conference Co-Chanipions Honored For Grid Feats SPEAKS HERE Lindsey J. “Hap” Perry, show, right above ^h h s hanas^onj^^^^^ Eton’s head football mentor, was the Thursday night January 16th. Coach Tucker is banquet room of McEwen Memorial Dming Ha the Fiehtin’e Christian grid squad that night .taw. Mdi.* _ chorus such as masks and a stage device of scenery. The remaining characters in the play, in addition to the newcomers, will be portrayed by Frank Rich, of Burlington; David Andes, of Elon College: and Hunter Dula, of Hills boro: all of whom have appeared in the Players’ most recent produc tion, Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” Several performers familiar to the Elon campus will portray roles in “The Bald Soprano.” They are June Biddle, of Burlington; A1 Baer, of Springfield, Mass.; Ken Scarbor ough, of Wilmington, Del.; and Laura Rich, of Burlington. Hunter Dula will also appear in this play and the set will be designed by Grayson Mattingly. “The Soprano” is an “anti-play” of the “Theater of the Absurd” and involves an evening spent with two married couples, showing a society living in a “world without rhyme or reason. Paul Robinson, of Fairfield, Conn. Will help Prof. Moffett with produc tion and direction for the program that is set for March 6th and 7th The plays will be open to the pub lie, with students admitted upon presentation of an SGA card. Political Science Students Get Into Practical Politics MSI'EI) The shades of John Dewey, the merican educator who believed in learning by doing, must have hov- red over the forty Elon students ■A'ho took Political Science 48 during he recent fall semester, for “learn- ng by doing” played a big part in he activities of that group. The students in the class, which entitled “Government in the 'Jnited States” and which was aught by Dr. H. H. Cunningham, jhairman of the Elon College de- jartment of history and social sci- ■nce, truly learned practical pol itics by practicing politics The members of the class, largely if junior and senior level, filled in 1 highly interesting questionaire at he beginning of the term in regard 0 their political interests, affilia- ons and activities. In the question- laire they were asked whether they were members of a political party, -hether they were registered voters and what part they had taken in Tolitical activity at various levels of participation. In the class itself, each of the heir home community, their hom state and in the nation Special fields of activity which ■vere suggested included attendance nt political lectures, reading of po litical articles in newspapers, book- ind magazines, the writing of lot era to newspapers or to publir ifficials and personal interview A-ith local, state or national polit ical leaders. .At the close of the term, eact student returned the questionnaire •;id reported on his or her reading, lettpr writing and other political activity during the term. A study o' he reports proves highly interest ing- Many of the students were too ■,oung to be registered voters, but T total of !5 students did reoort that they were registered in their home precinct. Several reported that they had taken an active part in party programs in their *’ome area. Practically all of them reported that they had read widely, with having read as many as five rUNNINOIlAM II H. some - ■ents was urged to get into pol- different magazines or five differ- was „ newspapers. Some had read many as seven Cunningham Recognition itics as an active participant at o^els which varied from campus Militics here at Elon to politics in Social Science Fraternity Adds Six New Members Dr. H. H. Cunnin’ham, chairman of th" Elon College history depart ment, has been given international recognition for his activities in the fi»M of histcrv ard social science w... c ’hted in tho nt-wlv i",i’'.!i'--h-d Dict'cna’-y of Internation- SUIIIC Iiavj . books on political 'i' 'ogro','. Six new members have just been inducted into the North Carolina Alpha Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, the national social science honorary society, which has long been active on the Elon College campus. The new members included one member of the Elon faculty and five students, all of them of junior or senior rank. The new member from the faculty is Mrs. John H. "Williams, of the Business Admini stration department. The student members are Harrell Andrews, of] ter. Prof. James Elder and Prof. John K. Patterson, all of the Elon faculty; and John Reed, student from Fairfax, Va. Immediately after the induction of the new members, an election of officers for this year was held^ Those named included Durwood Stokes, president: Harrell Andrews, vice-president: Glenna Smith, sec retary; and Dr. Konstantinas Avi- zonis. treasurer. The Elon chapter of the social science group was first organized Liberty, Rachel Garrard, of Bur lington: Glenna Smith, of Burling ton; Hugh Roberts, of Asheboro; and Durwood Stokes, of Graham. Active members of the fraternity prior to the initiation of the new group included Dr. H. H. Cunning ham, Dr. Konstantinas Avizonis, Gilbert Latham, Prof. Robert Bax- on the campus in 1929, and through more than three decades it has ac tively encouraged interest and ac tivity in the field of history and cial science. The program for the remainder of the current y^ wiU feature the fifth anual Pi Gamma Mu Lecture, to be presented on the campus in April. matters. Twenty-five of the fortv cUidents had written letters to pub lic officials, and several had writ- 'cn letters to various newspapers. \ number of the students had paid oersonal visits to either state or tocal political party officials in their home communities The letters to public officials in eluded inquiries addressed to no less than ten United States senator? or congressmen from North Caro lina or other states, and there were also letters to members of the North Carolina legislature. The letters all of them with answers from the officials, were on such varied top ics as presidential succession, com- Dulsory voting, wire-tapping, prayer in schools, immigration restrictions, restrictions on freedom of speech and the influence of lobbyists on the activities of Congress No less than twenty different magazines were among those which the students reported that they had read on political subjects. Most fre quently mentioned among the maga zines were “Time” and "News week,” but the list included many less well known but equally good publications- Tho new publicatinn. which h'ls just been issued by I.ondon niih- li.shing house, was edit-d by Geof frey Handley-Taylor. English nuthor. and it includes the names and bi ographical sketches for outstanding persons from all nations. The initial volume of the now series was dedicated to Princ Ran’er III of Monaco. The new series will serve as a comoan’on publication at th'? inte'-n-'tioT'l lo- el for the Dictionary of \m»ricin Ri ography in the I'nit-d Ptafoc nnr! •he D'Ctionarv of National Biogra phy in Englind. D’-. Cunningham, who has been a v'^mbc' of the Elon history faculty for fourteen years and who served as dean of the college for a number jf vears, gained acclaim some years ■lack for his “Doctors in Gray,” a fine study of Confederate meuical sen ice during the Civil War. In addition to the current listing in th? Dictionary of International Biography, the Elon professor is also listed in Who’s Who in Amer ica, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, the Directory of Amer One of Elon’s greatest athletes came back home to the campus on Thursday night, January 16th, when ..indsey J. • Hap’ Perry, now the lirector of the statewide high school sports program in North Carolina, was the featured speaker at the annual football banquet for the Fighting Christian gridders. The 1964 football banquet, which vas held in the banquet room of 'ae McEw'en Memorial Dining Hall, ;el',t special significance this year, ance it was to recognize the power- 'ul l‘)63 Elon grid squad that tied vith Catawba for the Carolinas Con- 'rcnce championship. Not in more than a score of ''>rs h,ad an Elon football squad nanaged to win or even tic for hv Conference championship, for last previous championship had im? to the Elon campus in 1941. The speaker of the evening was 'iroiluced by Dr. A. L. Hook, who •as already a veteran member of Elon facult) when “Hap” Perry me to the campus in 1919, just ft"r World War I, and “Professor” look told the banquet crowd some- hing of the achievements of Perry, who played three major sports for four years and won All-State hon ors in two of them. Trophy Awarded "^he outstanding feature of the rid awards banquet was the pre entation to Dr. J. E. Danieley, lion’s president, of the huge trophy for the co-championship of the 'arolinas Conference. The presenta ion was by H. C. “Joby” Hawn, of Vinston-Salem, who is the athletic ■nmmissioner of the conference. I'liore were also a number of spe- •i,al awards to players. Dr. J. E. Danieley presented to Villie Tart, of Dunn, who won All- \merican honors at halfback dur- ag the past season, the trophy for he most outstanding backfield man m the squad. In addition to his All- \merican honors in the NAIA, Tart vas also .Ml-Conference, All-Di.strict ind All-State and was chosen most aluable player in the district. Coach Jack Sanford, Elon’s di- ■octor of athletics, gave to Cameron Mttle, of Roanoke Rapids, the rophy as the most outstanding line- ■nan on the Elon squad. It was the second consec'itive year that Little 'lad won the award for outstanding line play. The honor as the most improved 'layer on the 196,3 grid squad went 0 Alex Burnette, a bulldozing soph omore fullback from Buffalo Junc- lon. Va., with the award being pre- ented by Prof. Jack O. White, di- -'Ctor of the Elon College march- ag band. Sportsmanship Trophy Dan Kelley, brilliant senior end, ■eceived the sportsnnanship trophy for the third consecutive year. The award was pre.sonted to the big boy from Darlington, S. C., by Prof John S. Graves, who is a member of the Elon religion faculty and chaplain for the college. The “SPARC" trophy, which goes I'ach year to the football player who liest exemplifies the combined spirits of Sacrifice, Pride, Aggres siveness, Re.spect and Courage, went to Joe Berdosh, senior tackle from Mahonoy City, Pa. This award wa.*^^ nres'.'iitcd by Coach Gary Mattocks. Other special awards incUidi. ■■ the anual "Whirlpool .\ward" th-' was t>r"sented hv Coach John’'' VVike to Rjbby I'errell, of Morri' ille, freshman tackle and place- kicking star: and the award of number of musical records, pr- vided by H. Reid. Elon (oll''!i liimnus from Newport News. Va which was given by W. B. Tern'l to Isaac Broadaway, sophomon guard, from Liberty. This awa’^ vas for the reserve who contribii ted most to the success of the Christian squad. Also a feature of the grid ban quet was the presentation by Miss Edith Brannock, faculty siwn.sor of the varsity cheerleaders, of an iward for outstanding work with the cheerleading squad to Miss Jane Loy, of Burlington, who is servin as chief cheerleader this year. Monogram Winners Elon monogram awards went tr 27 members of the Elon grid squad Eight seniors were given certificates and the traditional senior jackets. This senior group included John 'lozjack. of Tamaqua, Pa.; Dan Kelley, of Darlington, S. C.: Charlif^ Strigo, of Mebane; Joe Berdosh, of Mahanoy City, Pa.; Cameron Little, of Roanoke Rapids; Ronnie Bell, of Leaksville; Richard Thompson if Macon; and Willie Tart, of Dunn There were thirteen Elon gridders who won leters for the first time, all of whom were given their mon: ogram sweaters. This group in cluded Jerry Rowe, Asheboro: Pete Jarvis, Burlington: Randy Warren, Selma: Morris Thomas. Asheboro: Ferrell. Morrisville EVKE THAI) Eure Spvahs For Alumni Meet Here Thad Eure, who has been North Carolina’s Secretary of Slate for many years and who is now chair man of the Elon College board of trustees, was the featured spi-aker when the Alamance County and the Gibsonville chapters of the Elon College Alumni Association held a joint dinner meeting in McEwen Memorial Dining Hall at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday evening. Eure, who also s(X)ke at an F.lon alumni meeting held earlier this week in Suffolk, Va., has been a member of the Elon board of trust ee‘s since 1942, has been chairman of the trustee group since 1955, and he has rendered outstanding service to the college despite the fact that he is not personally an alumnus and graduate of the Congregational Christian in.stitution. He is a native of Gates County, N, C., and was educated in the public schools of that county and at the University of North Caro lina, from which he received both Bobby Ferrell, Morrisville; Joe j his academic and legal training. Dawson, Sanford: Larry Smith, Bur-u serving as mayor of the town lington; F^ Wheless. Asheboro: IHinton in Hertford County, N. C.. L. Robinson Lun^^ton; Fred | Stewart, Charlotte; Sonny Pruette. he was Roanoke Rapids; Alex Burnette nuffalo Junction, Va.; and Doug Amick, Burlington. Five others on the Christian I sions squad, all of them sophomores and juniors, had previously received their letters and sweaters. This group included Rex Harrison, Nor folk, Va.; Tommy Mitchell, Bur lington; Scott Crabtree, Durham; Clayton Johnson, Graham; and Gordon Cox, Winston-Salem Danieley And Hook Take Cruise On Navy Carrier Dr J. E. Danieley, Elon College president, and Dr. A. L. Hook, dean of the Elon faculty and long-time head of the college’s physics de- aartment, have been guests of the United States Navy this week on a brief inspection cruise in the Gulf of Mexico aboard one of the huge Vavy aircraft carriers. The two Elon men were members of a group of about forty civilians, including outstanding figures in edu cation, business, industry and the newspaper, radio and television areas, who were invited by the Navy to make the cruise that wa planned to give them a better un derstanding of the Navy s reserve George P. Koch, chief of Naval Air Reserve Training, who stated that 'hey would have an opportunity to witness the reserve training process and to see how the Navy is spending tax dollars in training naval avi ators. The admiral stated that the Navy felt that it could profit by seeking the experience, judgment and "know-how” of civilian leaders. Dr. Danieley and Dr. Hook, both af whom attended an Elon alumni meeting in Suffolk, Va., on Monday light, flew from Norfolk, Va., to Pensacola they boarded the U. S. S. 1,/exington, huge Navy flat top, on Wednesday morning for the cruise into the Gulf. They were to fly training program. Norfolk on Thursday and Southwest, the uireciory civilian group, all of them nieht or lean Scholars and the recently pub- from North Carolina and Virginia, return to t pu . lished North Carolina Lives. 'were invited by Rear Admu-alltoday. lina General Assembly and served as principal clerk of the House of Representatives through four ses- He was elected as North Carolina’s Secretary of State in 1936 and has held the post since that time. An active figure in the religious, educational and political life of his state, he has also been active in the American Legion, the Forty and Eight, the Kiwanis International and the Order of the Elks. He is rm?r state president of the North Carolina Elks Association. The Alamance County and Gib- sinville chapters of the FJon alumni organization have usually held sep arate meetings, but the two groups elected to combine their meetings this year when Elon College is ob serving its “Diamond Anniversary” year. The college received its charter from the North Carolina legislature on March 11, 1888. Officers for the Alamance County alumni chapter include Dr. George Bullard, of Mebane, president; R«v. WaLstein Snyder, of Elon College, vice-president; and Mrs. Ann F^ick- ett Gilliam, of Burlington, secretary. Officers of the Gibsonville alumni group include Wallace Owen, presi dent; Melvin Wyrick, vice-president; and Mrs. William A. Fryer, secre tary. All are resid>nts of Gibson ville.