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Vol. II, No. 12
Elon College, North Carolina
May 13.1976
N.C. Dance Theatre performs tonight in gym
by Fred Caudle
Tonight the North Carolina
Dance Theatre will perform in
Alumni Memorial Gynmasium.
The 8:00 P.M. performance will
be the last presentation of this
year sponsored by the Liberal
Arts Forum,
The North Carolina Dance
Theatre is a professional troupe
whose company is affiliated
with the North Carolina School
of the Arts. The dancers are on
an Arts Council tour that is
made possible, in part, by a
grant from the North Carolina
Arts Council and the National
Endowment for the Arts.
"These dancers are truly
professionals,” said LAF
chairman Leslie Carter, "and
we anticipate that the three
numbers they will perform here
will be well received."
Works to be presented will
include interpretive dances
which are based on a theme or
story. The titles of these three
presentations are: "Reflections,”
"The Grey Goose of Silence,”
and "Virginia Sampler,” in
celebration of the Bicentennial.
"Reflections” was
choreographed by Job Sanders
and is a bright, stylish and
elegant ballet which takes place
in a cafe atmosphere. The work
has been described as a dancer’s
ballet because of the technical
difficulty involved in executing
the intricate steps.
The mjrthical town of Silence,
somewhere in the Appalachian
mountains, is the setting for
'The Grey Goose of Silence.” It
is a story of love and change in
an atmosphere of indifference
and brutality, and was
commissioned under a grant
from the National Endowment
of the Arts.
The company’s salute to
America’s Bicentennial,
"Virginia Sampler,” features a
visit to a Virginia town by a
"beloved General.” It depicts
the anticipation of the people of
the town and their individual
and group reaction toward the
visitor.
Students who attended their
performance last year will
remember the brilliant talents
that unfolded before their eyes.
For those who have never
seen the North Carolina Damce
Theatre, the Liberal Arts
Forum invites you to what
promises to be one of the best
productions offered here this
year.
College program credit will
be given and the public is also
invited free of charge.
Leadership conference
attracts Elon interest
by Kay Raskin
On April 24, Captain Lorene
Moore, Commanding Officer of
the Naval Officer Training
Corps, UNC-CH, addressed the
Honor Society Leadership
Conference of Elon and five
faculty and administration
members giving a presentation
that usually costs $2800.
Captain Moore has a doctorate
in behavioral science and
usually charges $175.00 a
person for lectures on
leadership.
Students and the
organizations they represented
were as follows: Sam Stevens
for Student Union Board and
APO; Sam Moore for SGA; Gary
Spitler for SAM and the
Pendulum; LuAnne Winfree for
SGA; Don McLaughlin for the
Leadership Honor Society and
athletics; Gynn Crawford and
Yvonne Vyres for the Black
Cultural Society; Cathy Phelps
for the Liberal Arts Forum;
Ajah Gbakima for the
International Club; Mark Given
for Public Affairs and the
Lyceum; and Kay Raskin for
the Pendulum. The five faculty
and administration members
were: Mrs. Emma Lewis, Prof.
Jeanne Williams, Prof. Janie
Council, Dean William Long,
and Bill Sharpe.
Captain Moore spent most of
the morning describing the
leadership square, and he tested
students to see which quadrant
of the square would best
represent them: high
relationship, low task; high
task, high relationship; high
relationship, low task; or low
task, low relationship. Later,
the students formed a group and
the faculty emd administration
another group, and each drew
symbols to represent the other.
Symbols drawn by students to
represent faculty and
administration included the
dollar sign, books, a heart, and a
wall. Symbols drawn by faculty
and administration to represent
the students included a wall, a
car and suitcase, a "C,” a can,
and a smiling face.
The last part of the meeting
consisted of making suggestions
for Elon College and applying
what was learned in the
previous hours. Suggestions
concerned parking, the budget,
entertainment, and
communication.
Captain Moore suggested
that the leadership square be
put into practice: begin task
oriented or say "do this,” move
quickly to saying "we shall do
this,” then to relationship
oriented saying '1 think...,”
and then to section four of the
square which Captain Moore
described as "sort of
Ying-Yang.”
Captain Moore dropped out of
high school to join the Navy
when he was 17. Since then, he
has attended many colleges
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Holshouser to address graduates
North Carolina Governor
James E. Holshouser, will
deliver the commencement
address to Elon's 375
graduating seniors.
Holshouser, a native of
Watauga County, was elected as
North Carolina’s first
Republican governor in this
country in 1972 after having
served four terms in the North
Carolina House of
Representatives. He has never
lost an election for public office
amd has been a political and/or
legislative leader in his party
since the mid-sixties.
The North Carolina governor
is a graduate of Davidson
College and the University of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill
School of Law. As governor he
has served on the boards of
many educational, civic, and
cultural organizations. He is
chairman of the Southern
Growth Policies Board, a
member of the Advisory
Committee to the President
Ford campaign committee, and
is coordinator of Southern State
for the President Ford
campaign.
The featured commencement
speaker will also be awarded an
honorary degree. Also honored
with degrees will be State
Senator Ralph Henderson Scott
and Ronald Schilke, brass
instrument clinician and
manufacturer.
Senator Scott, to be awarded a
Doctor of Laws degree with
Holshouser, is a native of Haw
River and a graduate of North
Carolina State University. He
is a leader in the dairy industry
as well as in the legislative
branch of North Carolina state
government. He served for
many years as president of
Melville Dairy and has been
president of numerous dairy
and food associations.
Scott has served 11 terms as
Alamance County’s
representative in the State
Senate and has served as
chairman of every standing
committee of the upper chamber
with the exception of one. At
present he is vice-chairman of
the rules committee, chairman
of the council of developmental
disabilities, a commissioner on
the education commission of the
state, and chairman of the
advisory budget committee.
Schilke, who will receive the
Doctor of Humane Letters
degree, has served as head
clinician of the National Brass
Clinic at Elon College for the
last 12 years. He made his first
important contribution to the
manufacturing field in 1927
when, after many years of study
and experimentation, he began
making custom mouthpieces for
brass instruments.
A native of Green Bay, Wise.,
Schilke has held teaching
positions at Northwestern,
DePaul, and Roosevelt
Universities. His long musical
career included 27 years with
the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, founding the
Chicago Symphony Brass
Ensemble, and serving as head
clinician of the trumpet
department of the University of
Michigan’s annual clinic,
clinician for the Brass Players
of Australia and for the
Government of Canada.
Graduation ceremonies will
be held in Alumni Memorial
Gymnasium May 23 beginning
with the faculty-senior
procession at 10:30 a.m. The
event will be open to the
general public and all
interested persons are invited to
attend.
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The Student Union Board is now providing free
entertainment at "the back door” in Harper Center.
(Photo by Dave Shuford)