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Friday, October 21, 1966
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MAROON AND GOLD
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OCTOBER IS TIME FOR ENJOYMENT IN CAROLINA
October is bright blue weather. It is coolness and color and nature’s wild
beauty running riot over the Carolina hills and valleys.
October is the soft, mellow gold of the harvest moon, the thump and
rattle of falling acorns and hickory nuts in the woods. It is the scurrying of
nut-hunting squirrels through crackling leaves and the sudden thunder of
flushed quail coveys out of the browning meadows.
October is the frost of death, the mark of the ruthless and the cruel, upon
the face of the aging year. Yet in this ugliness appears the unmistakable
image of beauty, as even in death the spirit of new life is born.
Who has ever known a Carolina October without having felt captivated,
bewitched, by her beauty and her mysterious charm? Who has ever known
her in her happiest mood without somehow feeling that all false, unreal
things are dead, and all things true and wonderful have been born again?
—SELECTED
Elon Players
Present B.’
On Nov. 5th
By BOB MODEL
The Elon Flayers, operating this
year under a new director, will pre
sent Archibald McLeish’s controversial
play, entitled “J.B.,” the first week in
November as their first offering of
the new campus dramatic season.
Prof. Ed Pilkington, newly arrived
to fill the post of speech professor and
dramatic direction, will direct the pro
duction. He replaces Prof. Sandy
Moffett, who is on a year’s leave of
absence for graduate work at the
University of Florida.
The McLeish play, asks the funda
mental question, “Is God Just?” It will
feature veteran Elon Players in the
leading roles, with Wayne Seymour
playing the role of God, Ben Bayol
appearing as Satan, Dale Ward in the
role of J.B. and Sharon Hepburn as
Sarah. Prof. Lloyd Young, newcomer
to the English faculty, will play the
role of the Second Messenger.
Emily Anderson, Elon senior from
Asheville, will serve as assistant to
Professor Pilkington in this opening
production and for other Player shows
through the 1966-67 term. Ted O-
Brecht, another veteran of the Player
theatre, will be stage manager for this
initial production.
Professor Pilkington, who takes over
the dramatics reins at Elon with this
show, is a native of North Carolina,
but he graduated at Ithaca College in
New York and spent two years in
service. He had a period of experience
in New York in off-Broadway shows
and has spent several summers at
“The Lost Colony” in North Carolina,
where he was a friend of the
Moffetts.
SENATORIAL CHAOS!
Other Newcomers To Elon Faculty Group
By DON KING
In my first article on “Whose
S.G.A. Is It?” one of my primary
concerns was the Student Senate.
Since the legislative body has just
commenced to function this year, it
seems appropriate to turn our atten
tion to it first.
To better understand its purpose, we
should be familiar with the composi
tion of our Student Senate. It is made
up of a Speaker, the Vice-President of
the S.G.A. and thirty-two senators,
eight from each class. These eight
senators from each class are composed
of the three class officers and five
senators elected by members of the
classes.
Since I am a senator, I had the
opportunity and the duty of attending
the first Senate meeting of the new
year, and the way in which this meet
ing was conducted is truly a disgrace
to the integrity of any legislative body.
The speaker was unfamiliar with par
liamentary procedure, and the meeting
was conducted in complete chaos. He
showed no initiative on his part to
familiarize himself with Sturgess’ par
liamentary procedure, but this seems
to be the pattern of previous years.
Also present at this meeting was the
president of the Student Government
Association, C. V. May. Mr. May
commented on various constitutional
amendments which were introduced
into the Senate. He spoke in generali
ties as far as why these amendments
should be passed, stating that the con
stitution would not be approved by
the faculty and the board of trustees
if we did not pass these amendments.
He further stated that “they” had
told him that “they” would not ap
prove the constitution. Only after sev
eral senators had asked Mr. May who
“they” were did he mention the per
sons in the administration. At this
time, several of the senators complain
ed that they felt legislation was trying
4dditional newcomers to the Elon
College faculty this year, including
'our in the English department and
one in physical education are pictured
here. The newcomers shown in this
issue include Prof. Ray R. Bowie,
Prof. Philip L. Owens and Prof. Lloyd
G. Young, all teaching English; Prof.
Edward L. Pilkington, who is teaching
and directing dramatics; and Miss
Marian Fortune, who is teaching wo
men’s physical education and directing
the women’s sports program. There
are still other newcomers to the fac
ulty ranks who will be introduced with
pictures in a later issue of the Maroon
and Gold.
PROF. RAY R. BOWIE
English
PROF. PHILIP L. OWENS
English
to be “ramrodded” through the Senate.
It should be pointed out here that
we need to cooperate with the adminis
tration, but the Senate should pass
legislation for the benefit of the Stu
dent Body and then justify the actions
to the administration.
The discussion was heated on sev
eral of the amendments, but during
the discussion one senator stated,
“This is the first year in the Senate for
several of us, and all we can do is to
sit back and listen.” This attitude has
no place in the Student Senate.
Each senator accepts the responsi
bility of preparing himself for dis
cussion on legislation presented in the
Senate. He can only do this if all the
legislative material is made available
to him before it is to come up for
discussion and vote. All legislation
should be presented well enough in
advance of the time it is to come up,
so that it can be submitted to the
appropriate committee for considera
tion. Then each senator can and
should study all proposed legislation
conscientiously.
These are several things which oc
curred in the Senate. If each senator
will take an active part in the Senate
activities and demand an equal and
fair chance to represent the Student
Body, then the Student Senate could
strengthen itself and thus become a
powerful organization for the better
ment of the Student Body.
But the Student Body itself must
also take an active interest and part in
the Senate. To all students, it is
pointed out that you should attend
Senate meetings and familiarize your
selves with its operations. Then you
can feel confident that the Senate is
passing legislation for your benefit. In
this way only can you individual stu
dents participate actively in the Stu
dent Government Association and as
sure yourself that the S.G.A. is work
ing for you.
ADVOCATUS DIABOLI
PROF. EDWARD PILKINGTON
Dramatics
MISS MARIAN FORTUNE
Physical Education
TROF. LLOYD G. YOUNG
English
By THOMAS PEARSE
The following classification is not
meant to be learned as such. Exami
nation of it gives an overall picture of
the tremendous diversity of Elon. Be
yond that it will serve for reference
and orientation when mention of some
particular group is made.
In pursuit of this gratifying experi
ence, we will digress from the highest
to the lowest forms of animal in the
Kingdom of Students. There are seven
Philus, six of which will be mentioned
by name and seventh which bears
special attention. They are, from the
highest to the lowest, the Curious
Cuss, the Intense Idealist (Freshmen),
the Crafty Creatures (indicative of fe
males), the Callow Cut-Up, the Lone
some Loafer and the Social Snob.
The Seventh Phyla is a unique mu
tation of the Social Snob. It is of the
Class Greekus Finkae. The Class
Finkae may in turn be broken down
into the order of Frateritus Rho.
Again the Frateritus Rho is made up
of five families. Kappa, Mu, Pie, Phi
and Tau.
In order that the individual may
fully appreciate these creatures, he or
she must study them in an environ
mental relationship. Unique in this re
lationship are two now almost extinct
families, the Phi and the Tau. The
Tau is easily distinguished on Monday
mornings by its bloodshot eyes. Indica
tive of this rare form of eye trouble is
lack of sleep from living in the squal
or of its domicile. At certain times
during the day, about 10 o’clock in the
morning, it may be seen standing in
the north comer of Mooney or peek
ing from behind a door surveying the
female of the species, for it is rather
a timid creature.
The Phi, on the other hand, is a
bellicose animal, and yet it is harder to
observe than the timid Tau, for it is a
nocturnal creature and is only seen at
the local watering hole, Staley’s or
Richies’. But if an individual is at
either of these holes between 8 and
11 o’clock at night, the Phi can be
seen quenching its academic thirst.
A rather rare creature is the Pie.
It may be seen during rush, capturing
slaves. The Pie has a strange nomen
clature and is easily recognized by
such. It has an appendage which pro
trudes from the front of its chest. Up
on pulling the appendage, for this is
how it speaks, the Pie emits a high-
pitched shriek. Some observers attest
to the fact that the Pie has shown
some semblance of intellectual bear
ing.
The Mu is rather a banal social
creature. Yet it has the highest intel
lectual bearing of the five families. It
has been known to stay up many
nights conceiving ways in which it cm
painlessly extract money from its
fellow families. Probably the strangest
of its characteristics is its ability to
leave its young in many farflung
places.
Kappa has one outstanding feature
and may be identified by such. It has
a small red kerchief rising from its
right rear pocket. The kerchief servM
no useful purpose other than recogni
tion. Once a year, during migration to
lower Snook Nook, New Guinea,
millions of these kerchiefs can be
seen, although they are rarely seen on
the campus. Communication is quite
hard, if not impossible, but if observed
long enough, the Kappa may utter a
string of cogent words—Whaja do
las night?