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Maroon and Gold
Thursday, May 14, 1970
Editorials
Expressing Thanks
By A] ^inK
Another academic year is quickly drawing to a close.
This is the last edition of the Maroon and Gold for the
1969-70 academic year, and at this time the Editors
and Staff of the Maroon and Gold would like to express
our sincere thanks to the many readers who gave us
their support during the year. We received many
fine letters and comments which certainly inspired
us to go on. And we especially appreciate the critical
comments and suggestions which helped us to mold
the type of paper wanted by the readers. The Maroon
and Gold, we hope, has gotten on its feet and shaken
some of the dust off its pages, but the job is not com
plete. It is only with your continued support that the
Maroon and Gold will take further strides forward,
and truly be a newspaper which will fulfill the needs of
the College community.
We would like to give special thanks to our advisor.
Miss Marilyn Spencer, who initiated many of the new
ideas and guided the Editors and Staff.
Again, we appreciate your interest
Adm.^ Time Limited
By Larry Sage
In looking back over the past year, what more can
be said than has already been said about the events
that have happened. Only summations or questions
as to what the results of these past events will have
in the coming year would be allowed.
There i s hope for Elon despite the blunders, re
pressiveness and conservativeness of the Admin
istration. Their time is limited. Definitely the fight
should not be given up but continued. It may mean set
backs but eventually 'and not too far in the future,
Elon will come to terms with time and progress.
Hopeful as this may sound, the prospect of how
change will be obtained is not as bright, for if the Ad
ministration continues its present policies, then the
peaceful and orderly demonstrations will erupt into
what has become common on many other college
campuses - riots.
It’s time for Elon, as it always has been and is even
more significant now, to look upon its rules and regu
lations and revise them. It’s time to allow more indi
vidual freedom and stop acting like an over-dominant
parent.
It’s time for students to become more actively in
volved in what’s going on around them. Opportunities
will be opening up soon for students to work on various
faculty committees -- small steps to even greater
responsibilities if only the students take the initiative.
Apathetic and disinterested students are in a way
responsible for a conservative administration. The
Administration is responsible for a spiritless campus
because of their attitude. Hopefully both the students
and the Administration will lend a helping hand to
gether and develop Elon into what it should be - a
good college.
Where Was Elon?
By Roger Oliver
President Nixon’s recent decisions and statements on
the questions of Cambodia- Vietnam, the draft, youth,
and campus activities has raised considerable contro
versy.
Naturally, each citizen mast have faith in the Pres
ident, but it must never be blind faith. The citizen
must stand up, as an individual, and express his views,
for or against, such actions. This is the foundation of
government “by the People.”
Washington cannot stand by for long when the people
want change. However, the wants of the people must be
expressed, by the people. The expression is worth
less if spoken at the dinner table or the local tavern.
It must be expressed to those who represent us.
In all this controversy, where stood Elon? Did the
apathetic “monster” that engulfs this campus most of
the year, suddenly die? Unfortunately, no. When other
college presidents were expressing opinion, was
Elon’s? When other Student Governments took a stand
did Elon’s? When other students stood up peacefully
and expressed their views, wrote letters to their repre
sentatives, did Elon’s?
On which side you stand is not as important as taking
that stand and expressing it. A nation ruled by one
man’s “silent majority” is no democracy. Those who
choose to remain silent forfeit their right to rule.
Stand up and say something.
Dress Code Is Revised
Letters
Letters to the Editor
should be sent to box
3118. Letters are edit-
d for spelling, gram-
ar, libel, and length.^
-cttcrs must be signed
Coming Events
May 18 - Reading Day
Mav 19 -22 Exams
May 23 - Alumni Day
Mav 24- Baccalaureate
and Commencement
In April the Student
Senate passed a resolu
tion urging the admin
istration to revise the
dress standards so that
students would be per
mitted to wear slacks or
Bermuda shorts to class
es, cafeterias, library,
and administrative of
fices. President Loy pre
sented the resolution to
President Danieley, and
together they named a
committee of students
and administrators to
discuss the resolution.
Singers’ Concert
On Sunday, May 17, at
4:00 p.m., in Whitley au
ditorium, the Elon Mad
rigal Singers will pre
sent a concert of vocal
music from the Renais
sance, Baroque and Ro
mantic periods. In case
you have not heard of the
group, it is a new orpn-
ization of music majors,
and this will be their de
but. The organization of
the mixed octet and the
concept of the program
originated with the stu
dents themselves ad a re
sult of studying early
music in Music 311-312,
The History of Musical
Styles. MaurineGminder,
part-time music profes
sor, is musical director
for the ensemble.
Included in the Renais
sance numbers are latin
motets by DeaPrez.Byrd
and Lassus; madrigals
and chansons by Jan-
nequin, Monteverdi, Mor-
ley and others. A featur
ed Baroque work will
be Heinrich Schutz’s 1619
setting of Psalm 133 -
“Behold, how good and
how pleasant it is for
brothers to dwell together
in unity....” This compo
sition will be sung in the
original German, and ac
companiment includes
flute, violin, ’cello, and
harpsichord. To close the
program several of
Brahms’ love - waltzes
with piano duet accom
paniment have been chos
en (from Op. 52 and Op.
65).
The members of the vo
cal ensemble are: Jenny
Austin and Joyce Ford,
sopranos; Joan Cockman
and Betsy Hager, alto;
John Park and Floyd Hin-
shaw, tenor; and Bruce
Johnson and Jim Fogle,
bass. Accompaniments
will be played by the fol
lowing instrumentalists;
Steve Harper, violin,
Mickey Ray, ’cello, Susan
Pell, flute and piano,Mar-
garet Clayton, harpsi
chord and piano.
Everyone is cordially
invited to attend,
ing classrooms, the 11-
I i^rbbn''l
&
Gold
The committee studied
the resolution and re
commended its approval.
Presidents Danieley and
Loy accepted the recom -
mendation of the commit
tee and requested that the
following statement be
sent to all concerned:
Students are expected
to be concerned with their
appearance at all times
and thus should dress
suitably and in good taste
especially for programs
on campus. Students may
wear slacks or Bermuda
shorts (not short shorts,
gym shorts or similar at
tire) on campus, includ-
Woodstock’ R eview
By Phil Larrabee
•:iPublished weekly by the :■
^students of Elon College
$Co-editors; Larry Sage :•
S A1 Zinki;
•i'Advisor; Miss Marilyn|:
Spencer:;
My first impression af
ter seeing the preview
showing of Warner Bros,
new release, “Wood-
stock” at the Janus Thea
tre in Greensboro was —
Wow! Fantastic! But then
I sat down and asked my
self exactly what Direct
or Mike Wadleigh and
producer Bob Maurice
had to do to put together
this mind-blowing, ear-
splitting, extremely hu
morous three-hour docu
mentary of what is now
legend. Well, he already
had his script, a cast of
thousands (400,000 to be
exact), the best profes-
fesional rock musicians
in the business and an
ensemble of very talent
ed, young photographers
and sound men. All that
was left was for Wadleigh
and his assistants to take
some film footage make
numerous interviews and
edit it together into a
ready made movie spec
tacular. After consid
ering the movie in the
light of these facts, my
reaction, — Wow- Fan
tastic!
By clever, imaginative
use of new and profound
ly sophisticated editing
equipment, called Kell
ers, which allow as many
as six views of the
same subject to be seen
at once, dramatic and re
vealing personal inter
views, and filmed cha
racter studies of the
“Woodstock populus, ”
the irrate townspeople,
and the awe-struck mu
sicians, Wadleigh made
the viewers feel as if
they had actually been
there. The film was not
something to merely
watch, it was something
to become involved in - to
participate in emotional
ly, and to identify with.
If this was the purpose
of the film, as it would
seem, the movie can be
called a success.
The movie was a docu
mentary which related the
happenings of the “Wood-
stock Music and Art
Fair” held at Bethel,N.Y.
brary, administrative of
fices, the dining halls,
and the Student Center.
Appropriate footwear
must be worn in all aca
demic buildings, the li-
brary, and the dining
halls.
These changes in the
standards are effective
immediately. It is believ
ed that students realize
that it would be unwise
to abuse the privileges
granted in these modifi
cations of the dress
standards. The effect of
these modifications will
be reviewed toward the
end of the spring semes
ter. 1971.
Aug. 15, 16 and 17. It
began with a couple of
interviews with some
townspeople displaying
on one side an apprehen
sive air and on the
other a feeling that the
festival would be good for
the town financially. The
rolling hillside which
would be the home of
nearly half a million peo
ple for three days was
shown in all its natural
splendor. A few inter
views followed with the
organizers or promoters
of the festival. The main
purpose of this was to
bring out the irony be
tween what the promot
ers expected of the fes
tival and what actually
took place. The construc
tion of the stage and the
readying of the grounds
was shown in rather too
much detail. This some
what slow beginning was
helped along by some
good background music
featuring Crosby, Stills,
good background music
featuring Crosby, Stills,
and Nash, Canned Heat
and others.
At a steady pace the
momentum builds as
young people begin to ar
rive by the thousands.
Soon the promoters were
confronted with the fact
that they were going to
have too many people to
handle. So, it was de
cided that all admission
fees would be dropped
and the fields belonging
to farmer Max Yasgur
were thrown open to
anyone who wanted to
brave the traffic jams to
get there. From this point
on “Woodstock” became
an expression of the
youth. The promoters,
resigned to the fact that
they would lose two or
three million dollars,
were depicted as being
overcome with happiness
that so many people could
get together, be them
selves, and “communi
cate.”
The performances of
the 13 groups and indi
vidual musicians were
worked in with great ef
fectiveness. The styles
of music were varied
considerably and one
would have to pick out his
favorite from the type of
music he dug. But there
were exceptional per
formances by Crosby,
Stills and Nash, Sly and
the Family Stone, Sha-
Na-Na, and The Who. I
really don’t mean to woof
on anyone’s favorite, but
the bummers were turn*
ed in by Joe Cocker and
Ten Years After.
You can't expec
everything in a movie tna
is three hours and 1
minutes long to be ai
good, and it wasn’t. Wad-
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