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The Pendulum
Sept. 14,1978
Music calls children to lessons in piano at college
by Tim McDowell
Public Information Office
A five-ycar-old boy walks
into the college classroom,
carefully lays down his base
ball glove and shuffles over to
the grand piano. He pulls
himself up on the piano stool,
his untied tennis shoes dangl
ing inches off the floor. At
the nod of the professor, he
brushes the blond hair out of
his eyes and expertly begins a
Chopin prelude.
The scene has been re
peated hundreds of times over
the last several years at Elon
College, where children have
become as prevalent as Fris-
bees and Levi’s.
In the past, members of the
regular college music faculty
have accepted children for
private music lessons. As the
success of the program spread
and the demands on the
Student day
at First Baptist
Next Sunday will be Stu
dent Day at the First Baptist
Church in Elon College, ac
cording to the Rev. Mike
Wilburn, B.S.U. campus min
ister.
The special day begins at
10:45 a.m. at the church on
Lawrence Avenue. From the
college, students may walk
down East College Ave. to
Lawrence.
The worship service will be
followed by a picnic lunch,
sponsored by the Baptist Stu
dent Union and the First
Baptist Church.
Civinettes to
eat steak
The Civinettes won a steak
dinner last spring during
Johimy Graves Day. “Radar”
Mike Robinson won this
event for the Civinettes by
winning the hamburger eating
contest.
The dinner will be prepared
by ARA and will probably be
held in upstairs McEwen Din
ing Hall.
faculty members grew, fewer
private students were afforded
the opportunity of college
lessons. Beginning this fall,
however, the college is offer
ing a program specifically de
signed for “pre-college stu
dents.”
“Students in the prepara
tory program in piano will
range in age from elementary
to high school students,” says
Dr. Walter Westafer, chair
man of the department of
fine arts. “Some may be
pre-school age, depending on
the individual student’s ma
turity and his desire for piano
lessons.”
Elaine H. Bingenheimer
has joined the coliege staff as
director of the program.
“This is a very positive step
in revamping our music pro
gram for the pre-college stu
dent,” Dr. Westafer noted.
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“We have the facilities, the
fine instruments, a piano lab
oratory, and an auditorium
where the students can per
form. With Mrs. Bingenheim-
er’s credentials, Elon College
will have much more to offer
than simply piano lessons.”
Pupils in the program will
meet twice a week for a total
of one and one-half hours.
Their instruction will include
lessons in the piano laboratory
and private instruction. Pupils
will receive instruction in
music theory and basic musi
cianship.
“There is a need for fine
piano instruction from the
earliest level,” Dr. Westafer
noted. “A student is old
enough to begin piano lessons
when he asks to begin. I
personally was begging for
lessons when I was five years
old. It depends on the indi-
HolyLand
study-tour set
by Beverly Faison
This winter term will see a
college study tour in the Holy
Land. The tour will be Jan
uary 1-11, according to Dr.
Christopher White, academic
dean and tour leader.
Dr. White says that the
tour will include visits to
Israel, Jordan and Egypt,
meals and first class hotels.
The group will sail the Sea of
Galilee, climb inside great
pyramids and see King Tut’s
treasures in the Tgyptian Na
tional Museum in Cairo. Stu
dents taking the tour will be
able to receive three hours of
religion credit, he says.
Class needs students
A course in wilderness trav
el techniques is being offered
this fall for students interest
ed in learning how to relate to
wilderness enviroimients. The
course will be taught by
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Carolina Wilderness Institute.
Moulton Avery is the course
director.
The wilderness .travel tech
niques course combines 30
hours of classroom instruc
tion with two, two-day ex-
peaitions into the field. Field
experience consists of a wild
erness canoe trip through
remote gum and cypress
swamps on the North or
South Carolina coast, and a
cross-country back-packing
trip in the high country of the
Appalachian Mountains or
the Great Smokies.
The course is a few stu
dents short. All interested
students are urged to register
for the course before Mon
day, Sept. 18. A special
$85.00 fee is due upon regis
tration. The course carries
one semester hour of physical
education credit.
vidual student and his desire
to take piano lessons.”
Mrs. Bingenheimer received
her bachelor of music degree
from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. She
was graduated Summa Cum
Laude from Southern Metho
dist University, known for its
music program, with a master
of music degree in the teach-
mg of piano. At UNC-CH
she studied under Marvin
SAC-8 cont.
Mars HHl line, aided by
superior line backers Rod
White and Jimmy Simmons.
This experienced opposition
means that Bruce Morgan,
Randy Reid, Les Ellis, Chris
Worst and Donovan Brown,
the men in the trenches, will
•lave to be especially effective.
The Elon offense is ground
game oriented and often the
success of such is based upon
the “war in the trenches.”
The Christians on the other
side of the trench will also
have their hands full. Jim
Riddle, Randy Michaelson
and Jerry Cook along with
Blickenstalf, nationally,
known piemo instructor. She
was active in the university
chorus and women’s glee
club, a fraternity officer of
Kappa Kappa Gamma, and a
member of the Southern
Methodist University Choral
Union.
She has taught piano sev
eral years. She and her hus
band, Charles Bingenheimer
III, live in Burlington.
the rest of the defensive line
will have to contend with two
exceptional Mars-Hill running
backs James Miller and Roger
Cruell.
Miller gained 74 yards last
week leading the Lions to a
comeback victory oyer Liber
ty Baptist. Cruell is a con
sistent short yardage man in
third down situations.
This will be a crucial game
for the Christians, as it is
their first SAC-8 game. The
conference champ this year
may well be undefeated so it
is vital for Elon to get off on
a winning note.
ACT needs volunteers
The Arts Association of
Alamance County is looking
for volunteer directors for
their children’s drama group.
The Alamance Children’s
rheater (ACT).
It will be necessary for
these volunteers to have ex
perience in acting and a will
ingness to work with children,
aged 6 to 14. The Gallery
Players have consented to
provide assistance to ACT as
needed.
Last year under the direc
tion of Wendy Wilson and
Gary Cole, ACT performed
the Incredible Jungle Journey
of Fenda Maria by Jack
Stokes. This play was a mix
ture of mime, movement, im
provisation and audience par
ticipation and was enjoyed by
LAF cont.
the entire audience.
Contact Barbara Sharpe or
Alex Hutchins at the Arts
Center, 226-4495, if you are
interested.
Newsflash
WSOE will broadcast
Fighting Christian football,
baseball, and basketball.
The announcement came
Tuesday from WSOE offic
ials. According to station
sources, the first broadcast
will be Saturday as Elon
goes away to Mars Hill.
Geune time is 7:30 p.m.
The station will broadcast
both home and away
games, thanks to the sports
department.
College and has gained a
reputation for programs that
provoke thought and discus
sion. Its spring symposium
has brought many notable
people to the campus in the
past. Next spring, plans call
for two forum sessions, one
in February on the question,
“Is democracy still possible in
America?” and another in
mid-April on the future and
new trends in democracy.
Student Warren Bell is serv
ing as chairman of the Liberal
Arts Forum this year and is
assisted by senior members
Lisa Garriques, Paula Koury,
John Watts and John Sadler.
Students who are interest
ed in participating in the
Forum, helping with arrange
ments, speakers, publicity and
mutuaJ support of the liberal
arts should talk with Mr.
Bell or other students in the
Forum or with Dr. Sullivan,
the adviser. Mr. Bell is cur
rently living at the Ramada
Inn with students there, and
Dr. Sullivan can be reached at
his new office on third floor
Carlton.