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MAROON AND GOLD
FRIDAY, APRILS,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
tion with the Journalism department.
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
Qose, Timothy Green, Keith Handy, William Her-
jbeJ't', 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.
OFFICERS
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Va., was unopposed for
secre:ary-treasurer of
the class.
Phil Larrabee, of Vir
ginia Beach, Va., was un
opposed for president of
the junior class; but can
didates for vice-presi
dent were Peter Flening,
Butler, N.J., Dave Har
rison, Norfolk, Va., and
“Dice” Wylie, Mount
Holly, N.J.; and those for
secretary - treasurer,
were Cindy Brinn, Vir
ginia Beach, Va., and
Margaret McClung,
Athens, c;a.
Don Allen, of Fayett
eville, and Lee Loy, of
Burlington, were running
for sophomore presi
dent; while Robert Lane,
Virginia Beach, Va.,
Sherri McGirt, Charlotte,
and Terry Rice, Arling
ton, Va., sought the vice-
president post. Pam Sau-
vain, of Richmond, was
unopposed for sophomore
secretary-treasurer.
ARTS AND FLOWERS
(A Review)
By DAVID JOHNSON
Trying to evaluate a
solo piano performance
presents enough difficul
ties, but when the re
viewer is faced with a
duo-piano team, he finds
himself literally in dou
ble trouble. Unless he
has stereophonic hearing
and super-sight, he can
not be as critically ob
jective as desirable. In
the case of Sara Bencini
and Troy Lee, duo-pian-
ists who appeared in a
Lyceum concert recently
I will concentrate on the
music itself.
Duo-pianism is not such
a rare bird (there is even
a book on the subject in
the Elon library), and its
repertory is hardly re
stricted. The selections
on this program were all
written intentionally for
two-piano teams by men
who knew the piano inti
mately and, in most
cases, were star per
formers themselves.
Rachmaninoff’s Suite
No. 2, Op. 17 , was com
posed in 190 1 along with
his famous Second Piano
C'.oncerto. Apparently all
of Rachmanioff’s inspira
tion went into the Con
certo, for the Suite, alas,
is merely a four-move
ment exercise in bore
dom. [iencini and Lee de
serve credit for making
it sound better than it
actually is, but their ef
forts were in vain. How
ever, it is interesting to
compare this work with
the next selection, two
movements from Bar-
tok’s Suite for I'wo Pia-
nosy Op. 4b. Although
composed only six years
after Rachmaninoff’s
Suite, the differences in
style arc immediately ob
vious; whereas Rach
maninoff remained in an
ultra - romantic rut
throughout his life, Bar-
tok quickly broke away
from the past and became
onf of the greatest mod
ern composers. The first
movement (Serenata)
shows traces of the nine
teenth century in the
lush chord structures,but
in the second movement
(allegro diabolico) a new
Bartok appears, using un
resolved dissonance and a
furious rhythm which as
sumes priority over any
melody. Admittedly, the
Suite lacks the emotional
depth of Bartok’s later
compositions, but it re
veals — even in 1907 —
his energetic spirit and
flair for virtuosity. Ben
cini and Lee emphasized
these aspects and gave
the work an exciting per
formance.
The concert continued
with Mozart’s Sonata in
D, K. 448, from the com
poser’s “Middle” period,
when his child-prodigy
days lay far behind and
the greatest achieve
ments were yet to come.
One Mozart authority,
Eric Blom, calls the
Sonata “an elegant and
endearing work, ’ which
is small praise from a
man who considers Mo
zart to be the greatest
composer of all time. Al
most any of Mozart’s
creations could be de
scribed as elegant or en
dearing, but this one has
little else to recommend
it. Technically, there is
nothing “wrong” with the
Sonata (Mozart being the
perfectionist that he was),
but I suspect it was one
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o
A Song
By KEN HOLLINGSWORTH
We apologize for car
rying the incorrect infor
mation on the 4-1-4 sys
tem, which will go into
effect this fall.
Fifteen semester hours
will NOT be the maxi
mum. Fifteen hours will
be the suggested course
load for upperclassmen
during the fall and spring
terms, as is the case
now. A person could take
18, 19, or 20 hours if
he wishes. Contrary to
popular belief, the new
4-1-4 will enable a stu
dent to pick up a few ex
tra hours because of the
one month winter term.
The course load for this
term will be 2-3 hours in
most cases.
It has not been de
termined as of this writ
ing whether the tuition for
the winter term will be
included in the fall or
spring tuition or whether
it will be separate.
i«t ♦ ♦
All administrative
sources we have contact
ed have assured us that
So What’s
New?
By PAUL BLEIBERG
There will be approx
imately three hundred
more students on the
campus next year. Does
one know what this
means: Flon is on the
move to becomminga real
fine, small. Southern col
lege. This week’s “So
What’s New” deals with
the future and will try
to be clairvoyant. Ima
gine next year if you pos
sibly can.
What in the world is
poor Mrs. Bryan going to
do? (Mrs. Bryan is our
pretty campus nurse).
Right now she is swamp
ed every day by students
with minor illnesses such
as colds, headaches, sore
throats, etc. How is
she going to handle an
other three hundred
sneezing and coughing
college students? This
is humanly imjx)ssible for
one person. She will need
help. But will she get it?
Let’s stay on the sub
ject of the infirmary here
at Klon. Maybe 1 worded
it wrong. I do not think
we can call that small
room in the Union an in
firmary. But, with three
hundred more people to
be here next year should
n’t we have one? Most
certainly! Whe n a per
son is sick around here
what happens? Let me
tell you.
Joey goes to the nurse
and says that he does not
feel well. She rapidly re
plies that that is too bad
and asks what is the mat
ter. After quibbling for
five or ten minutes and
the thermometer is tak
en out of his mouth, the
nurse exclaims, “You do
not feel well, do you?”
It turns out that little
Joey has a 102.4 temp
erature. The nurse gives
him some pills and tells
him to go back to the
dormitory and get some
sleep.
So, Joey goes back to
the peace and solitude of
his dormitory room to get
much rest and relaxation,
rhe next morning his
roommate wakes up with
a slight fever that he
caught from Joey. Now,
rhe two of them are sick!
This is a vicious cycle
which happens too fre
quently.
I'Ton needs some sort of
infirmary to eliminate
this. A person with a
high temperature should
not have to return to the
dorm for at leasi two rea
sons. 1-irst, the dormi
tory is no place to try
and get better from any
illness; and second, it is
too easy to spread the
sickness to others in the
dorm. 1 hope you agree
with me on this subject.
F.lon is in dire need of
an infirmary especially
with the increase for next
year. I hope the school
has something in mind.
tuition will not be raised
next year, assuming there
is no change in the food
plan. In spite of what
the administration says,
a reliable source has told
us that the minutes of the
Board of Trustees indi
cate that if tuition does
not go up this coming
year, it will definitely go
up the following year. Food
prices are expected to
go up either in the coming
year or the year after,
because of the rising min
imum wage.
******
THINKING OUT LOUD
It seems to us that the
administration should
keep the students better
informed as to changes
which are expected to be
made. Even if the admin
istration is not sure the
change will take place,
we feel it would be better
to warn the student body
of the possibility of a
change, than to wait until
the last minute and “sur
prise” us. It has grown
to the point where one
needs to subscribe to the
[Burlington paper to find
out what the administra
tion is doing. I'o us it
seems that the admini
stration has left them
selves and Flon in a very
unfavorable position
many times by assuming
the posture of an ostrich.
The numerous rumors
and misconceptions about
tuition, the 4-1-4system,
honor court cases—
to name a few—arc indi
cations of a very serious
communication gap be
tween administration and
students.
It is amazing how those
drawings in the Student
Center of the new build
ings make the campus
look as if it will be so
spacious when they are
completed. We can not
help wondering if the pic
tures are misleading on
purpose.
When the site for the
present Student Center
was announced many stu
dents were upset(and still
are for that matter) be
cause the space inside
the wall was being di
minished. Since then a
“much needed” library
and a hostof “muchneed
ed” parking lots have eat
en up the precious
grounds inside the wall.
Despite a 1966 assurance
that no mor e buildings
after the library would
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CANTATA
(Continued from page 1-
to right in the picture be
low, are as follows;
FIRST ROW: Cynthia
C’-latterbuck, Anne Vun-
cannon, Diane Clenden-
nin, Brenda Pritchard,
Diane Crouse, Anita Rich
and Patricia Pollack.
SECOND ROW; Nelda
Shaw, Ellen Barnes, Bar
bara Maness, Carolyn
(.Cameron, Marilyn Craw
ford, Anne Patterson and
Joan Riggan.
I'llIRD ROW; Janet Win
stead, Joan Wilson, Ka
thy llandrahan, Jennie
Huffman, Jennie Bar
rett, Sue Cross and Ka
thy Howell.
FOUR TH ROW: Kathy
Harper, June Bennett,
Joan Anderson, Margaret
Clayton, Margie Antal and
Cathy Mangum. .
FIF I H ROW; Olivia
C^hristian, Alex Richard
son, Nancy Thomas, Amy
Ingle, Susan Waymack ana
Jay Ogden.
SIXTH ROW; Ken Hol
lingsworth, Keith cole
Tommy Burgess, M*
Williams, Archie lay-
lor, George Cannon an
Jim Fogle. ,,,
SEVENTH ROW: bl-
wood Porshia, •;’tevc
Long, Jack Cotten, M jc
Callahan, Larry Holt ana
Danny Suther. „
members of the
Choir were not
when the above pictu
was taken.