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MAROON AND GOLD
FRIDAY. MAY 10, 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-
don 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
Reid Alumni Editor
Luther N. 'syrd 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
(Finale: Poco Adagio)
By DAVID JOHNSON Elon should be proud of.
In this last review, I We may be small, but
would like to say a great we’re growing. I hope our
deal about the two most musicians will go on to
important musical events bigger and better operas
of this semester: Elon’s next year....Wagner any-
production of “Madame one?
Butterfly” and the harp- Well, it is almost time
sichord recital by Igor for this critic to put a-
Kipnis. However, space way his typewriter and be-
limitations keep me from come just another con-
writing at length about the certgoer. I don’t know how
opera, and this newspa- entertaining or instruc-
per’s deadline (April 29, five these little reviews
in this case) prevents me have been for all of you,
from writing anything a- but I’ve certainly enjoyed
bout the Kipnis concert. writing them. You may
Of course, Mr.Kipnis’re— think I have been too kind
putation as an artist or unkind to certain art-
speaks for itself, and I ists this year, and my
am confident that he will only comment is that I
favor his audience with a have tried to be as hon-
fine performance. est and perceptive as my
To say that I was pleas- limited knowledge will al-
antly surprised by low. Being the Maroon and
Elon’s first attempt at Gold’s, first (and possibly
grand opera would be last) music/drama critic
the understatement of the has been a unique exper-
year -- I was floored. ience, and I am grate-
It was not too long ago, ful to a number of people
remember, that our including Prof. Walter
music department had no Westafer, Prof. Luther
higher aspirations than Byrd, Dwight Davis,
“Li’l Abner.” Producing Charles Ives, my mother,
an opera is no easy task, and others, who assisted
as Mr. Rudolf Bing of and encouraged me in this
the Met (no, not the base- endeavor. If any of you
ball team) would certain- wish to apply for this job,
ly tell you. The princi- I suggest that you first
pals, Linda Durham and consult the May issue of
Jack Gotten, not only sang High Fi^jity for the arti-
very well but also acted cle “How to Be a Music
more convincingly than Critic,” then play it by
many professional sing- ear. Good night and good
ers I have seen. The sup- luck.
porting roles were han- —t";;
died with spirit, especial- y ^/>!L 7 
ly Miss Nelda Shaw’s Su- 15^/ f/11
zuki, and pianist Gene ~ i w
Featherstone’s accom-
paniments capably took
the place of a pit orches-
tra. There may be some
question about using a “About the only redeeminj^
clumsy English transla- feature of failure is freedom
tion instead of the origi- from taxation and envy.”
nal libretto, since Ital- —m A 'rii 4'ti a AT7
ian is such a beautiful- m A I tl A 1 1A[SS
ly mclodic language; but (Continued from Page 1)
1 believe our music de- The Mathatianshaveal-
partment was justified in so had the privilege of
trying to avert the chronic having a dinner meeting
complaint of operagoers: with a Swedish speaker,
they cannot understand who was sponsored on his
what’s happening onstage. visit to the United States
Not everything “click- by the American Field
ed;” there were the anti- Service,
cipated loose ends, etc., Another outstandingex-
but, on the whole, this perience of the Matha-
was a production which tians during the spring
FRATGROUP
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North Carolina colleges,
located at Belmont Abbey,
High Point, Lenoir Rhyne,
N.C. State and Western
Carolina. Colonies or
prospective chapters are
located at East Carolina
and Wilmington College.
The formal installation
activities, held on the
Elon campus from Fri
day, April 26th through
Sunday, April 28th, were
under the direction of
Lenwood Cochran, of
Greenville, S.C., who is
the national vice-presi-
dent of Tau Kappa Epsi
lon. He was assisted in
the installation programs
by a delegation of mem
bers from the Iota Chi
Chapter at Lenoir Rhyne
College.
First event on the week
end program was a series
of individual tests for lo
cal members concerning
Tau Kappa Epsilon and its
program, which were ad
ministered at the chapter
house near the campus
on Friday night. The in
stallation banquet was
held at Huey’s Steak
House on Saturday night,
following induction cere
monies held on Saturday
afternoon. Another chap
ter induction was held
on the Elon campus on
Sunday.
The officers of the
Lambda Mu Chapter in
clude George Hughes, of
Wilmington, Del., presi
dent; Ed Baker, of Syra
cuse, N.Y., vice-presi
dent; Leon Tew, of Vir
ginia Beach, Va., secre
tary; Royall Spence, of
Greensboro, treasurer;
and Robert Jones, of
Memphis, Tenn. pledge
master.
Other student mem
bers who were installed
in the national group in
cluded Noel Allen, Bur
lington; Conway Bayliss,
Graham; Louis Blom,
Staten Island, N.Y.; Don
nie Bowers, Asheboro;
Bon Brown, Jacksonville,
Fla.; Bob Bulla, Ashe
boro; Howard Eaton,
Cary; Bob Fathauer, Rox-
boro;
Steve King, Durham;
Larry Mabe, Star; Mike
Magruder, Washington,D.
C.; John Michaels, Dur
ham; Steve Nicolay,Vir
ginia Beach, Va.; George
Old, Virginia Beach, Va.;
Jim Parr, Suffolk, Va.;
Don Parkenton, Chesa
peake, Va.; Ned Poole,
Bluefield, West Va.;Ho-
ward Rogers, Durham;
Benny Saunders, Ashe
boro; Jerry Schumm,
West Palm Beach, Fla.,
Bob Sutherland, Litch
field, Conn.; Doug Thom
as, Asheboro; Jerry
Webb, Asheboro; Jim
White, Wytheville, Va.;
Mike Wilson, Burlington;
and Dice Wylie, Mount
Holly, N. J.
was a visit to the John
Um stead Hospital at Bur
ner early in the semes
ter, a visit which proved
to be a very rewarding
occasion.
The 1967-68 year will
be concluded with a pic
nic and installation of of
ficers, and at that time
(according to tradition)
the outgoing president will
have the privilege of a dip
in a nearby lake.
A Song
By KEN HOLLINGSWORTH
This volume of theMa-
roon and Gold will soon
have completed all its
numbers. There are many
songs the “Song of Elon”
would like to have sung
but one can put only so
many notes in a measure.
We feel we should have
used a column to point
out the need for the ad
ministration to establish
a civil defense program.
Especially since the num
ber of boarding students
will jump to 1,000 next
year. Civil defense is
something we prefer to
put off, like making a will
and paying taxes.
Perhaps we should have
rebuked the senate for
dissolving the men’sIDC.
Surely next year’s 700
plus men residents should
have some organization
to lobby before the pow
ers that be. While it
may be true that the IDC
met only once—and that
was for the picture in the
annual, the senate acted
very irresponsibly by
passing the bill without
taking a plebiscite or ev
en consulting the officers
of the present IDC. The
senate only encouraged
the continuance of the
apathy which exists this
year by disposing of the
machinery which would
provide a channel for bet
ter dialogue between the
administration and men
residents.
Another campus prob
lem which we have want
ed to review is the grow
th in enrollment. We ser
iously doubt that a swell
ing registration is a sign
of progress, a fallacy en
tertained by many col
leges. We concede that
if some departments were
enlarged, a larger selec
tion of courses could be
offered. Yet we sav that
the departments should be
prepared through in
creased facilities and
staff before additional
students are admitted and
not after.
In case we have been
too general permit us to
use personal examples.
In the school year 1964-
65 the department of Eng
lish listed 22 credit cour
ses in the catalog. The
present catalog lists 20
courses, and the enroll
ment has increased by
several hundred since
then.
In most junior-senior
courses of English, his
tory, and political sci
ence, there has been a
crowding of classes which
is very frustrating to ma
jors in these fields. The
addition of faculty mem
bers has not appeared to
have kept pace with the
growth in enrollment.
Classroom building has
not kept pace with the
increased enrollment.
Several classes are hav
ing to meet in faculty of
fices this year. Next
year’s 300 additional stu
dents should make class
room assignments very
interesting. It is true that
a new classroom - admin
istration building will be
stuck in front of the Duke
building, but we wonder if
it will not be too little,
several years too late?
It seems to us that
there is no excuse for a
private school to submit
to the overcrowded condi
tions we have at Elon,
A public school may have
to make room for every
one, but Elon should at
tempt to take only as
many persons as they have
facilities.
Perhaps the above
paragraphs seem harsh,
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Dr. Robert Grady Blake
will join the Elon College
faculty for the coming
1968-69 term as William
S. Long Professor of
English and will also
serve as chairman of the
CHAIRMAN
Blake To Head Elon
English Department
English Department.
A native of Charlotte,
Dr. Blake is a graduate
of Harvard and has also
studied at Johns Hopkins
University and Duke Uni
versity, having received
both the M.A. and Ph.D.
degrees from Duke.
He has taught at Stet
son University in Flori
da and at Morris Harvey
College in West Virgin
ia, having served as
chairman of the English
Department at Morris
Harvey for the past three
years.
Dr. Blake holds mem
bership in Phi Beta
pa. Sigma Tau Delta, A-
merican Association ot
University Professors,
Modern Language Asso
ciation and the Associa
tion of Departments oi
English. His research in
terest is in periodical
criticism of poetry in the
later Nineteenth Century.
DR. ROBERT G. BLAKE
English Chairman