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PERMIT No. 1
VOLUME 50
Elon College, N. C,
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Thursday, April 30, 1970
NUMBER 30
LA. Forum Brings Speakers
Dr, Carlos Baker
Noted British Director
Lectures on Art, Drama
By LARRY SAGE
James Roose-Evans,
a noted stage director of
England, spoke on the
concept of “Spaces With
in” Thursday night as a
part of the Liberal Arts
Symposium week.
He gave examples of
this new art in the areas
of drama which are re
presented by the Ameri
can modern dance, “a
most Important contribu
tion to drama,” stated
Roose-Evans.
The speaker went on to
state that in and through
sculpture, events, hap
penings have further
'blurred the distinction
between life and art,”
Roose - Evans pointed
out that there will be a
lessening of profession
al art, that professional
and amateur will cease
to be relevant, and that
people will work with the
environment.
“ Within each person,”
he remarked, “is the form
of self-expression, some
creative impulse within
all of us. It can cross
our frontiers, excede our
limitations and fulfill
ourselves,” he continued.
Other ideas expressed
by Roose - Evans were
points revealing the ten
dency of the present wrld
to control the external
world and forget the in
ternal world. Science is
a tool of the Western
mind,” he said, “but the
East has taught us ano
ther understanding
throusth life.”
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Dr. Hardison
Lectures On
Humanities
On Tuesday, April 21,
Dr. O. B, Hardison, the
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Dr. Baker
Biographerof
Hemingway
By BECKY CARTER
^ Dr. Carlos Baker, the
official biographer of Er
nest Hemingway, spoke
last Wednesday night in
McEwen Dining Hall on
“Hemingway and Imagi
nation.”
Dr. Baker described
the manner in which Hem
ingway got many of his i-
deas for short stories
from his personal experi
ences and the experiences
of others. Baker feels that
Hemingway’s talent was
in being able to recog
nize the outline and sub
stance in things he over
heard and in being able
to spot a good story a-
mong many.
Scene from HAMLET which will be presented April
30, May 1 and 2 in Whitley Auditorium. Curtain
time is 8:15 P.M.
Dr. Baker, besides be
ing Hemingway’s bio
grapher, is a specialist
in both English romatic
literature and in modern
fiction and verse. A grad
uate of Dartmouth Coll
ege where he has also
been honored with the
Litt. D. degree. Dr, Bak
er took the A.Am at Har
vard and was awarded the
Ph.D. at Princeton, He
has taught at Prince
ton for over 20 years and
now serves as the Wood
row Wilson Professor of
Literature.
Among his publications
are SHELLEY’S MAJOR
POETRY, HEMINGWAY,
THE WRITER AS ART
IST, and ERNEST HEM
INGWAY: A LIFE STORY.
See photo page 4
Author of ’Flim-Flam Man...’
To Speak Here
Pilkington
Final Play
By LARRY SAGE
“I certainly have en
joyed my four years
here”, responded Ed Pil
kington, professor of
drama and speech, “I
think that the students
I’ve worked with in class
and in the plays have been
of high quality.”
Prof. Pilkington, better
known as Ed, will be ter
minating his teaching ca
reer at Elon this sum
mer.
HAMLET, which will be
presented April 30, May
1 and 2, will be the last
play he will direct at E-
lon, the final one out of
many outstanding ones he
has done over the past
four years.
He came to Elon in
the fall of ’66 to take over
for Prof. Sandy Mof
fett, who was on a two-
Directs
Here
By AL ZINK
The English Depart
ment will sponsor a
lecture by Dr. Guy Owen
author of the well known
novel, THE BALLAD OF
fHE FLIM-FLAM MAN
4, at 7 p.m. Second
'’loor McEwen.
Dr. Owen taught Eng
lish at Elon College for
one year, and is present
ly a member of the De
partment of English at
orth Carolina State Uni-
''ersity where his spe-
ciallty is the teaching of
creative writing.
Dr, Owen is a poet and
essayist as well as a
^velist. Over 60 of his
Wms have been pub-
ished in the past ten
/®ars, and have appeared
in such magazines and
papers as, SATURDAY
REVIEW, POETRY, NEW
YORK TIMES, and THE
NEW YORK HERALD
TRIBUNE.
He has published two
novels, SEASON OF
FEAR, and THE BALLAD
OF THE FLIM-FLAM
MAN, and is presently
working to complete a
third, JOURNEY FOR
JOEDEL. Dr, Owen says
about his third novel, ...
It goes against the
stream of Southern
gothic, the grotesque and
violence bit, to stress
human affection and love.
The novel is not melo
dramatic; there is sin,
but not the usual cliche
of hot Dixie sex with per-
version behind every door
and under every bush. The
real violence is the psy
chological violence done
to my main characters by
a community of bigots.
Dr. Owen concludes by
saying, “Perhaps this
will sound pretentious but
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year leave of absence.
During that year he di
rected such plays as J.B.,
MISS JULIE, THE MAN
WHO WOULDN’T GO TO
HEAVEN, and the first
opera performed at Elon
- Dei Fleidermaus. With
MISS JULIE and HEAVEN
he won awards at both the
district and state drama
festivals.
During his second year
at Elon he directed ARMA
AND THE MAN, WAITING
FOR GODOT, which won
the highest drama awards
at both district and state
festivals, and MADAME
BUTTERFLY. Last year
he directed THE ODD
COUPLE and in the fall
of this year he did OH
DAD, POOR DAD.
Pilkington received his
6, F. A. from Ithica Coll
ege in New York and will
receive his M, F. A.from
U. N, C. at Greensboro
in June.
Pilkington received his
B. F, A. fromJthicaColl
ege in New York and will
receive his M. F, A,from
U. N. C. at Greensboro
in June,
Pilkington feels that
drama as a major field
of study at Elon or a small
school has little chance
since money problems
cause other programs to
come first. However, he
said, “The quality should
continue to improve under
good leadership,”
Pilkington worked sev
eral years as an actor
in New York City and at
the Lost Colony in Man-
teo, N, C, He played the
part of Father Martin
during the ’58, ’60, ’61,
and ’63 seasons. He also
worked as a light and
scene designer and stage
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