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MAROON AND gold
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N.C. (Zip Code 27244), publication being in coopera
tion with the Journalism department.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Don Brown
Paul Bleiberg Co-Editor
James Payne Associate Editor
Ken Hollingsworth Associate Editor
David Johnson Entertainment Editor
Eddie Osborne Sports Editor
Joe Lee Sports Editor
H. Reid Alumni Editor
REPORTORIAL STAFF
Claes Alexanderson, Peggy Beale, Percy Benton,
Nancy Boone, Charles Boroody, Barbara Bugg, Bobby
Bulla, Tom Campion, Sandy Carrington, Janice Car
ter, Cathy Collins, Monty Duncan, Pete DeVault, Robert
Halstead, Keith Handy, Holly Hollingsworth, Barbara
Ippolito, Gary Jordan, Lloyd Kanipe, Jim Lunsford,
Glenda Lutterloh, Jim McClure, Lynn Michael, Robert
Monacelll, Richard Moon, Donald Morrison, J.W. Pace,
Jeannette Robinette, Rosalind Shoffner, Larry Small,
Ike Steele, Malcolm Sullivan, Ronnie Tugwell, Bill
Turner, Charlie VanLear, Tom Ward, Claire Webb,
Rebecca Whitaker, Bob Williams.
ARTS AND FLOWERS
(A Review)
By DAVID JOHNSON to have emphasized Or-
For its second program iental material, but Part
the Lyceum series pre- Two was definitely uni-
sented Yass Hakoshima, versal in scope.
Japanese mime, who ap- Hakoshima opened^ the
peared in Whitley Audi- second half with an “II-
torium on Oct. 17, No lusion,” in which he
doubt it is only by coin- painted several pictures,
cidence that a mime picked a flower that kept
should follow on the heels wilting, walked in and out
of a ballet company, but of the sunlight (withsome
nonetheless this invites help from Thomas A. Edi-
interesting comparisons son) and concluded by
which anyone is welcome staring dreamily out of a
to make. Pantomime, of window. It was all so sim-
course, is a more per- pie and yet so much more
sonal, direct art with its than that—an experience
own mute language. A which cannot possibly be
good mime can make the described in mere words,
members of his audience The second feature—a
sympathize and even i- “Dream” — must have
dentify with him, though been created especially
they may not understand for Western audiences; at
all of his actions. Hako- least it reminded me of
shim a, I believe, was sue- some of Red Skelton’s
cessful in that endeavor. more inspired panto-
Because of a previous mimes. Here Hakoshima
engagement, I was unable climbed an endless flight
to see the first part of the of stairs, went to bed and
program. However, since dreamed the sort of things
the audience did not melt one would expect to find
away during intermission in a Gene Kelly musical,
(which has been known to it is only fair to state
happen), Hakoshima must that all interpretations
have given an impressive are my own and may dif-
perforniance. This por- fer considerably from
tion of the program seems yours—but that is the
NEWCOMERS TO ELON FACULTY
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NEW ENGLISH PROFESSORS AT ELON
Two new additions to the Elon College English
faculty for this 1967-68 term are shown above, i'hey
are Prof. Lamar Bland (left) and Professor Michael
Smith (right). Professor Bland is a native of Caroleen,
a graduate of Wake Forest and holder of the master’s
degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
HilL He has taught at Wake Forest. Professor Smith
is a native of Washington, D.C., a graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holder of
the master’s degree from UNC at Greensboro.
Elon Player
Show Opens
Next Week
The curtain rises on
another Elon College
stage season Friday, No
vember 10th, when theE-
lon Players present the
first of four showings of
George Bernard Shaw’s
great comedy of “Arms
And The Man,” a play
based on man’s part in
love and war.
The showing on Friday
night is set for 8:15 o’
clock Friday night in
Mooney Chapel Theatre,
with a repeat perform
ance set for Saturday of
next week, followed by two
other performances on
November 17th and 13th.
The action in the show
features Captain Blunts-
chli, a professional sol
dier more interested in
saving his own skin than
in being a hero, with Prof.
Lloyd Young giving a fine
performance. Also in a
featured role will be
Kathy Copeland, playing
the part of Raina Pet-
koff, of noble bearing and
thrilling voice, who is
also an inveterate liar.
Two other fine per
formances feature Ser
gius Saraoff, a fool in
practical situations, en
acted by Bill Bradshaw;
and Major Petkoff,com
mander of the Bulgarian
Army, who knows so lit
tle of military matters
that he cannot get his
troops home from the
war, enacted by Jim Gil
lespie.
Other actors who will
appear in the cast for
tMs initial show of the
season include Nancy
Boone, as Catherine;Daw
Leland, as Louka; David
Scott, as Mikola; and Neil
Henning, as a Russian
officer. Gordie Payne is
stage manager for the
production, with Carol A-
giano serving as his as
sistant stage manager.
Members of the Elon
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beauty of this art.
“Labyrinth” introduc
ed a more serious tone,
with the mime pathetical
ly trying to find his way
out of his prison and fin
ally yielding to fate. To
me this suggested modern
man trapped in his own
concrete jungle without
hope of salvation, but
there are probably better
(and less naturalistic) ex
planations. If this was
Hakoshima’s best per
formance of the evening,
then “Eagle’ was his
least successful one, be
cause he attempted to
portray a definite object
which the audience could
picture mentally before
hand. The last selection
was the enigmatic “Ec-
dysis,” which puzzled
many people who saw it.
According to Webster,
this term means the shed
ding of an outer layer,
which Hakoshima dra
matically interpreted.
The applause was noisy
and prolonged for this
unique artist with a rub
bery face and marvelous
co-ordination. In turn he
demonstrated that actions
can speak louder and
more eloquently than
words.
Friday, November 3, 1967
So What’s
New?
By PAUL BLEIBERG
Every week at the ioot-
ball games, if one does
n’t raid the hot dog stand,
he can see the band in
a dazzling half-time per
formance. But have you
ever considered what
work goes Into making
the performance click?
Unless you’ve been in a
band yourself, you prob
ably have no conception
of what amount of time
goes into the making of
a half-time show.
To begin with, mem
bers report to school sev
eral days earlier than the
rest of the students in
the fall. They then begin
to learn the music for
the oncoming year. After
this, comes the tedious
task of marching. Since
the last time any of them
have marched was in No
vember, it takes a while
to get used to it again.
This is one of the main
reasons the band reports
early.
During the football sea
son, the band meets at
least three days a week
to practice. This session
lasts for an hour, but
it usually runs over tivc
or ten minutes. More than
once, there have been Sat
urday afternoon prac
tices.
Then comes the game.
They play all during the
game, while others just
sit there and watch. If
it were not for the band,
the spirit of the crowd
would lessen. Even with
all this, the members are
dedicated or they would
n’t participate, because
band is for only one cred
it, Only one credit per
semester for all that
work. It seems ridicu
lous and should be at least
two.
Two weeks ago the band
made the trip to the Ca
tawba game, and what a
game it was. The game
lasted a little longer than
usual, which forced the
band to be late for din
ner by fifteen minutes,
so the cafeteria wasnoti-
Tied by phone that the
band would be a few min
utes late.
However, upon arriving
at the cafeteria, there was
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A Song
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Of Elon
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By KEN HOLLINGSWORTH
The time has come for
the Elon College honor
system to be seriously
revised. It is unfair for
the majority of the Elon
College students to be
continously subjected to
the tyranny of those who
intend to cheat their way
to a diploma. The cheat
ers not only lower the
quality points of the hon
est individual, affecting
his ability to land a job;
but also hurt the repu
tation of Elon College.
Reliance upon the stu
dents to singlehandedly
suppress cheating has not
worked. The majority of
students feel too much
the threat of their per
sonal safety (and it is a
very real threat) to risk
life, limb, and personal
property for the sake of
Justice.
Evidence of students’
awareness of the threat
was illustrated by the vote
on the present honor code
two years ago. Students
gave overwhelming sup
port to the dropping of
the phrase , nor
have I seen anyone else
doing so.”
The removal of that
phrase lifted most of the
burden of policing the
other fellow from the
shoulders of the student
However, at the same ref
erendum, students dem
onstrated fear of placing
the total burden of polic
ing on the shoulders of
the faculty and admini
stration. Very few voted
for the proctor system.
It is time the board of
trustees, the administra
tion, the faculty, and the
student body joined forces
to battle the hard core
of sponges and goof-offs.
All recent efforts to stop
these deadbeats have been
too puny and too disunited.
We appeal to the stu
dent senate and admini
stration and faculty to
enact now a combination
proctor-honor code sys
tem. The honor code
would be kept, making
each student responsible
for himself. The proctor
would assure fairness for
the honest student who is
the one cheated by the in
equalities in the present
honor system. The only
one hurt by having a proc
tor is the cheater. The
time has come for Elon
College classrooms to
cease to be sanctuaries
for those who contin
uously sneer at the honor
system.
It is high time those
in responsible positions
took action beyond that of
setting up a committee
and looking into the mat
ter. For the love of Elon,
you in high places, enact
an ethical proctor-honor
system NOW befor^fd®
too late. ^