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MAROON AND GOLD
Ffiday, March 16.1968
MAROON and gold
Dedicated to the best Interests of Elon College and
its students and faculty, the Maroon and Gold Is pub-
lished weekly during the college year with the excep
tion of holiday and examination periods at Elon College,
N.C. (Zip Code 27244), publication being in coopera-
lion with the journalism departmsnt.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Paul Bleiberg Co-Editor
James Payne ..Co-Editor
Ken Hollingsworth Associate Editor
Russell Schetroma Associate Editor
David Johnson Entertainment Editor
Eddie Osborne .....Sports Editor
Bob Williams Sports Editor
H. Reid Alumni Editor
Luther N.' Byrd Faculty Advisor
REPORTORIAL STAFF
Richard Adams, Claes Alexanderson, Nancy Boone,
Sam Boroody, Judy Caines, Tom Campion, Sandy
Carrington, Stanley Cocke, Larry Collins, Shannon
Doolittle, Monty Duncan, Wanda Edwards, Walter
Gose, Timothy Green, Keith Handy, William Her
bert , Eleanor Hill, Holly Hollingsworth, Vickie Hor
ner, Linda Jordan, Lloyd Kanipe, Richard Lee, Jim
my Lunsford, Kay McCauley, Jim McClure, Don
Martin, Lynn Michael, John Michaels, Robert Mona-
celli, Richard Moon, William Motz, Carl Mulholland,
Aleda Pope, Jeannette Robinette, Beth Rountree,
Wayne Smart, Sandra Wrenn.
ARTS AND FLOWERS
(A Review)
By DAVID JOHNSON
Why
Is It?
By JAMES PAYNE
This campus was re
cently the scene of two
notable cultural events:
the staging of Samuel
Beckett’s play "Waiting
for Godot” and the re
cital by Ray DeVoll, ten
or. Both proved to be
highly enjoyable—in dif
ferent ways, of course.
Beckett’s play, an early
contribution to the “Thea
ter of the Absurd,” is
rightly labelled a tragi
comedy, for it explores a
wide range of emotions.
The plot (if it can be
called that) is elemen
tary, but the characters
are extremely complex,
and the theme is so well
hidden as to become
largely a matter of per
sonal interpretation. Yet,
despite (or perhaps be
cause of) its ambiguities
and unanswered ques
tions, “Godot” is an im
portant play— a great
play—which brilliantly
depicts modern man in a
dilemma. One may ridi
cule or despise the play,
but only the most shallow
individual can fail to be
affected by it in some
way.
Therefore, the Elon
Players and Prof. EdPil-
kington are to be con
gratulated for attempting
‘Godot” and bringing it
off very well. Jim Gilles
pie was quite effective in
the role of Estragon, and
Bill Bradshaw brought an
unusual amount of depth
to his characterization of
Vladimir. Gordie Payne
as Lucky was more of a
presence than anything
else, as Beckert intend
ed; but in his one ex
tended monologue he gave
a virtuoso performance.
One has come to expect
almost anything from
Paul Bleiberg, so I was
not too surprised when he
“stole the show” as Poz-
zo, at least in act one.
His characterization and
timing were near-per
fect, making the most out
of the fact that Pozzo
has many of the best
lines in the play. Sam Ro
berson was cast as the
biggest “boy” I ever saw
in my life, but, then,this
is the Theater of the Ab
surd, isn’t it?
Following each perfor
mance of the play there
was a brief discussion
period very capably and
intelligently conducted by
Prof. Pilkington. I will not
repeat what was said at
any of these sessions,
since those who attended
certainly learned as much
as I did, and those who
didn’t probably couldn’t
care less. Let me say
only that these discus
sion periods were a fine
idea; indeed, for this play
they were a necessity.
Appearing in Whitley
last month was Mr. Ray
DeVoll, featured singer
with the New York Pro
Musica and other estab
lished organizations, ac
companied by James Quil-
lian at the piano. The re
cital began with three
songs by Vaughan-Will-
iams, including the very
beautiful “Silent Noon,”
and two pieces by another
modern British com
poser, Roger Quilter, a-
bout whom I must confess
complete ignorance. De
Voll was in good voice for
these songs, but his in
terpretations were much
too restrained. However,
he partially redeemed
himself with his next se
lections—four songs by
Schubart—and he suc
ceeded admirably in Ra
vel’s “Five Popilar
Greek Melodies.” One
may expect to find Schu
bert’s name on a program
such as this (where would
any singer be without
him?), but Ravel’s con
tributions to the vocal
literature may surprise
some people who thought
he never composed any
thing but “Bolero.”
DeVoll’s partiality to
French music, as sug
gested by the Ravel
works, was just as ob
vious in the tenor’s next
selections, five songs bv
Faure. The enunciation
and phrasing in these
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Antique Event
Now Underway
Tremendous crowds
have packed the Elon A-
lumni Memorial Gym
nasium this week as the
annual Antique Furniture
Fair got underway on
Wednesday under the
sponsorship of the Ala-
mance-Caswell Medical
Auxiliary.
The Antique Show be
gan on Wednesday of this
week and will continue
through today, with pro
ceeds from the annual e-
vent providing a number
of scholarships for pro
spective doctors, nurses
and medical technicians.
Previous shows have
drawn as many as 16,000
persons and provided as
much as $5,000 in schol
arship funds.
Cheddar cheese is
named for the village of
Cheddar in England where
it originated.
LEGISLATURE
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pated in its deliberations.
Beginning in 1937 when
the group adopted a reso
lution urging FDR to run
for a third term, the State
Student Legislature has
frequently discussed and
voted on controversial is
sues. It is now the old
est continuing collegiate
body of its type in the
United States.
These 1968 sessions
were held in the Hotel
Sir Walter at Raleigh and
in the Raleigh Memorial
Auditorium. In some for
mer years the meetings
were held in the old capi
tal building, but use of
that structure by the
group was restricted
some years ago in re
lation to certain contro
versial issues.
Elon dormitory stu
dents, like most college
students everywhere,
have one common way of
passing their spare
time—complaining about
the food service they re
ceive. For a great while
it seemed as though
“complaint” was the far
thest stage things would
reach, but the Student
Senate recently acted un
animously to pass a bill
to change all that. On
Monday, March 18, dor
mitory students will be
given a S.G.A. sponsored
opportunity to vote whe
ther they wish to continue
under the present “pay
by semester” plan or
shift to a “pay by the
meal” plan (this new plan
could be coupled with an
alternate “pay by semes
ter” plan for those who
do not wish to use the
new system.)
Why is it that there
are always a few people
who fail to respect the
property of others and
likewise take very little
if any pride in those im
provements made for
them?
Here I am referring to
(I hope!) only a very small
minority of Elon students
who seem (by the results
of their actions) to take
absolutely NO pride what
soever in the physical im
provement of their col
lege. Last summer a con
siderable amount of
money was put forth by
the college to renovate the
classrooms in Alamance
Building. To look at it
now you would never know
that this renovation took
place such a short time
ago.
First of all, as Mr. X
walks up the staircase to
the second floor, he gets
a small glimpse of what
lies behind the two doors
ahead of him. As he takes
the last few steps toward
the doors, he notices the
abundance of smudge
marks and chipped paint
all along the recently
painted walls. As he rea
ches to pull open the door,
he seesnotonly the smud
ges and chipped spots but
also the dented wood on
the bottom of the door
where someone had kick
ed the door.
As he walks down the
hall the same evidence
of thoughtlessness is pre
valent all around him.
As he glances into one of
the classrooms he can
see similar evidence and
Information given by
Mr. Horton (Director of
our dining hall) and var
ious persons in the S.G.
A. shows that the new plan
has certain apparent ad
vantages:
1. Each item would be
sold individually, and
therefore students would
not have to pay for any
item which does not suit
their individual tastes.
2. Students would not
have to pay for meals
which they do not eat.
3. Students would not
have to pay for meals
which they do not receive,
because the dining hall
has run short of supplies
( a frequent occurance for
those who like the conti
nental breakfast offered
between 8:00 and 9:00
Monday through Saturday.
4. There would be a
wider selection of foods
offered, because there
m aybe even a few new
desks without arms or
with formica tops miss
ing. Taking a closer look
(and if he is in the room
I am thinking of) he may
even see some “child
ish’ ’ carvings on the desk
tops and on the back of
one chair the authentic sig
nature in broad letters
of an up right Elon stu
dent (sort of brings back
memories of Jr. high
school doesn’t it?)
As he reaches the end
of the hallway, he decides
to visit the chapel. Here,
on a given day, he might
see empty coke bottles
on the floor surrounded
by food wrappers. As he
wades through the trash,
our friend notices the
large Bible under the
beautiful glass window.
As he turns to his favo
rite passage in Psalms,he
becomes aware of the fact
that three of the pages
have been “ripped” out.
Feeling very “gloom”,he
turns to the window and
notices a statue of St.
Francis of Asissi with its
head broken off. As our
anonymous visitor
starts to sit down to take
all of this in, he quickly
jumps up to prevent the
“shoe-dirt” on the cush
ioned chair from soiling
his trousers. As he turns
to leave the chapel, he
notices the absence of a
reading lamp along the
window ledge, and later
not to his surprise now,
finds out that it had been
permanently borrowed by
an unknown person. With
an abundance of opinions
running through his mind,
Mr. X returns to the first
floor of the building.
Who is Mr. X? Oh! It
could be anyone. It could
be a hopeful freshman
just visiting the campus
for the first time, or it
could be a parent of one
of the enrolled students.
It might even be a mem
ber of the Elon Board of
Trustees or maybe even
the President of the Col
lege.
With this in mind, it s
no wonder the admini-
strative-student rela
tionship is felt, by some
students, to be lakcing.
What would be your opin"
ion of this entire situa
tion if you were on me
administrative stair
Would you “go out on a
limb” for the students.
would probably be three
different entrees offered
each meal ( a high priced
item, a moderately priced
item, and a lower priced
item.)
5. Services would pos
sibly be improved, be*
cause the dining hall
operators would HAVE to
please the students or
the students would eat at
one of the many other
places within walking dis
tance of the campus which
offer tasty food.
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Beneath
The Oaks
BY
RUSSELL SCHETROMA