Here’s Wishing Merry
Chrtetmas
To Each And Everyone
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PERMIT No. 1
SLON C(n,LEGE, N. C.
FRTOAY, DECEMBER 10, 1965
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iil Present Musical Sliow
Two Nights; Opening Next Thursday
By TOM JEFFERY I
Song will fill Mooney Theatre on
the evenings of December 16th
and 17th when the Elon Players
present the musical, “The Fan-
tasticks.” The play, a cooperative
effort by lyricist Tom Jones and
composer Harvey Schmidt in 1959,
is now in its fifth successful year
as an off-Broadway production in
New York. Duriig the past sev
eral years it has been a popular
choice of a number of professional
and amateur companies around
the country, and the musical num
bers from the show now appear
on the albums of many well-
known vocalists.
The cast, now in rehearsal for
the pre-holiday opening, will place
new faces on the Elon stage in
major roles. Portraying the girl,
Luisa, in the romantic lead will
be Connie Theodore, a sophomore
from Bellmore, N. V. Opposite
her, as the boy. Matt, will be
Steve Myrick, who was trans-|
ferred to Elon this semester as a
junior from Florida State Uni
versity and who gained experi
ence in voice and acting as a
singing waiter at The Farmhouse
in Blowing Rock, this past sum
mer.
A third newcomer to the Play
ers is Ray Smith, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, who will be seen in the role
of Mortimer, an actor in the guise
of an Indian. Richard Weed, a
sophomore from Kendall Park,
N. J., playing the Mute, will
be seen for the first time in a
Player production.
The remainder of the cast will
be filled by Player veterans.
Wayne Seymour, a junior from
Sanford, will play El Gallo, the
narrator and part-time suave ab
iuctor of Luisa. Seymour is re
membered for his portrayal of
Emile in the successful produc
tion of the musical “South Pa
cific” last spring.
Playing the fathers of Matt and
Luisa will be Ben Bayol, of Alex
andria, Va., and Duly Winkler,
of Hannibal, Mo. Bayol won praise
last spring for his interpretation
of the part of Jerry in “The Zoo
Story” and again last month as
the naive paperboy in “A Street
car Named Desire”. Winkler was
first seen on the Elon stage as
Steve in “Streetcar.” Playing the
part of the frustrated old actor,
Henry, will be Bill Tyson, a fresh
man from Buzzards Bay, Mass..
in his second appearance in Play
er shows. Tyson was first seen as
the Mexican, Pablo, in “Street
car.”
The Fantastiks” offers a fresh
view into an old theme. The idea
of first love, followed by separa
tion, disillusionment, and finally
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Eight Students Listed
III College Wlio^s Wlw’
JERRY CAMERON
Eight Elon College students, all
of them outstanding in campus
;ife at the college and all of them
outstanding in academic accom
plishments, have just been named
'or a place in the new 196.5-6G edi-
ion of “Who’s Who In American
Colleges and Universities,” ac-
l.’ording to an announcement from
.he office of Prof. Fletcher Moore,
lean of the college. The eight stu
dents honored include three boys
and five girls, among them being
jcven seniors and one junior.
The “Who’s Who” honorees, all
pictured on this page, include
jerry Cameron, of Sanford: Gail
Campbell, of Ho-Ho-Kus, N. J.;
Scott Crabtree, of Durham: Ron
ald Hodkin-on, of Taftville, Conn.:
Sllen Huffines, of Elon College;
Ca.’-ol Keith, of Reidsville; Janet
Lamm, of Burlington; and Alice
Mitchell, of Kensington, Md. Hod-
i-i-TQon, who also was listed last
vc.’r, is the only repeater. A11 of
the group will be honored next
Wednesday afternoon when Dr.
and Mrs. J. E. Danieley are hosts
I at the annual Chri:;lmas reception
for students.
YuJe Holidays
Get Suirted
December 18
The annual rhri>!*inn' h''!’-
days for the students and fac
ulty of Elon College will get |
underway at 12 o’clock on Sat
urday, December IRth, accord
ing to an announcement from ttic :
office of Prof. Fletcher Moore,
dean of the college, and r'l-cady ;
more than a week in advance ;
the entire oak-dotted cani'ns i.
alive with anticipation of the
Yule joys.
Once more, just as was the
case last year, (he students and
faculty of Elon will profit
through rotation of the calendar,
a change which threw the op
ening of the holiday season both
last year and this on a week
end. With the holiday period
beginning on a weekend, there
will be two full weeks and a
third weekend that has been
stretched one additional day into
the next week.
The original plans for this
year called for the resuniption
of regular class schedules for
both day and night classes on
Monday, January 3rd, but the
administration has changed the
schedule so that classes will re
sume their schedules at 8
o’clock on Tuesday morning,
January '•th. This v.ill mean
that the Elon students will be
able to spend the entire New
Year’s weekend at home and
thus avoid the dangers of con
gested traffic during the festive
>’cekend
Elon Choir And Orchestra Conihined
For 33rd Annual ‘Messiah’ Program
There was something entirely
new when the Elon College Choir
presented its thirty-third annual
rendition of Handel’s “The Mes
siah” in Whitley Auditorium on
Sunday afternoon, December 5th
for the Elon College Community
Orchestra joined with the choir in
the annual pre - Christmas pro
gram.
The addition of the Elon or
chestra brought the annual pre
sentation of the Handel master
piece in line with the original in
tentions of the great composer,
for he wrote “The Messiah” for
combined presentation by both
choir and orchestra, and the or
chestral accompaniment added
much richness to the occasion.
The Elon College Community
Orchestra is now in its third sea- Moore as organ accompanist
son, having been founded in the Soloists for the Handel program
fall of 1963 through the joint ef- included Mary Anne Johnston, of
ords of Prof. Fletcher Moore,
ican of Elon College and chair-
man of the college’s music de-!f«f
>artment, and Dr. Malvin Artley, 1 “f L rAiwf
the Elon College music
who was at that time ,h ™
or Reynolds, concert mistress;
Steve Harper, Helen King, James
aty
now on
faculty, who was
working in the Burlington
Schools system.
The orchestra, which has been
heard with praise in concerts dur
ing the past two seasons, was
directed by Dr. Artley in the
Handel oratorio. Its music was
coordinated with the singing of
the Elon Choir and its four guest
soloists with the choir being di
rected by Prof. Wendell Bart-
holf and with Prof. Fletcher
McGaughey, Jody Perdue and
Clyde Simmons, in the Violin I
section; Jonnings Berry, Susan
Abemathey, Adele Catherwood,
R. P. Ellington, Donna Festa,
Caren Hobbs, Lynette Petree and
Woody Stone, in the Violin II sec
tion;
Kathy Bradlev Ph'’ip Allen and
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AUCE MITCHELI
JANET LAMM
CAROL KEITH
ELLEN HUFRNES
RONALD HODKINSON
SCOTT CRABTREE
GAIL CAMPBELL