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marcn o, Alumnus to present recital Fred Sahlmjinn, well known throughout this area as a pianist, will present a recital Tuesday evening, March 13, in Whitley Memorial Auditor ium. A native of Charleston, S.C., Dr. Sahlmann is profes sor of music at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La., where he teaches piano, music theory, organ and har psichord. and is a regular member of the McNeese Fac ulty Trio, A 1951 graduate of £lon College, he holds a master’s degree from Teach ers College, Columbia Uni versity, and the doctor of musical arts degree and per former’s certificate from the Eastman School of Music. His teachers have included Fletch er Moore at Elon, the late Jose Eschaniz, and Ludwig Czaczkes at the Academy of Music in Vienna, Austria, where he studied under a Fulbright grant. While a student at Elon, he appeared as piano soloist with the North Carolina Symphony more than 10 times in various cities across the state. Recent performances have included solo recitals throughout the state of Louisiana as well as in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and engagements as soloist with Roanoke, Va., Lake Charles, La., and Marshall, Texas, symphony orchestras. During the last two summers he has been a featured reci talist and orchestral soloist at the Shreveport (La.) summer music festival. Sahlmann’s apperance on the Elon campus on March 13 will be his sixth “return en gagement” since he left the Elon facuhy in 1%3 to teach in Louisiana. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. and will be open to the public free of charge. Spring weather brings car wash by Chris Jones During the last monththe area around Elon College has somehow survived much bad weather. Automobiles have possibly taken the brunt of the attack of heavy snow storms, so if you’re one of the many who have not got a chance to clean their cars up — here is your chance! Sigma Pi fraternity is hav ing a car wash this Saturday, March 10, at two locations in Burlington; at the North Carolina National Bank on Church Street and at the Bank of North Carolina across from Holly Hill Mall. The hours for the car wash are from 10 through 3 and the price is two dollars a car, according to Sigma Pi brothr Shea Teague. Hunt from p. 1 Frats plan Greek Week With Greek Week just over a month away, plans are now underway to make this year’s activities the most memorable ever. The week of April 9-12 will once again see Elon College fraternities and sororities competing in a variety of events, some of which are the boat race, the eating contest, and something new this year an “IQ Bowl.” According to Jack Locicero of Kappa Sigma, who, along with Cindy Harrington of Alpha Sigma Alpha is Greek Week co-chairman, Greek Week is “a time when mem bers of the fraternities and sororoties can relax in a spirit of friendly competition. It’s designed to be fun for every one — Greeks and non-Greek alike.” The IQ Bowl, according to Lociero, has been added this year “to stress the importance of academics in being a Greek. We realize there is more to being in a fraternity orsorority than the “fun and games” Greek Week implies, and want to put more em phasis on the academic side of fraternity/sorority Ufe,” he *^"?wo members of each of the 11 Greek organizations comprise the Greek Week committee. be what life is all about.” Governor Hunt was intro duced by Thad Eure, secretar of state and chairman of the board of trustees of the college. Members of the boa rd were in the procession of faculty and administrators who marched into the gym from brilliant sunshine. Robin Moser, president of SGA, welcomed everyone, and Dr. Fred Young, president of the college, paid a tribute to the founders. After Governor Hunt’s ad dress, he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by Vice President James A. Moncure and President Young. He also received a Fighting Christian pin as the “newest alumnus” of the college. Music was provided by the Elon College Choir, the brass choir, and the organ. Prof. James H. Glenn directed the choirs and Richard Apperson was at the gym’s new organ. nMtatfMSafelMHn Coffeehouse Musician to perform by Joy Hamilton Kirk Edwards is the fea tured performer for the 8 p.m. coffee house tomorrow at the Harper Center Lounge. Edwards is known for his combination of bluegrass, country rock, and blues se lections. A native of Poots- •dam, N.Y., he has been touring college campuses in the east for the past seven yers, while living out of a mobile home. He hasn’t stayed in any one place more than two months. Edwards says his life on the road is “getting better every year.” “I don’t pretend to have attained any kind of wisdom or enlightenment from my years on the road and my song certainly contain do heavy message. What 1 havt gained are a wealth of experi ences and a headful of mem ories. That’s where my music is,” Edwards says. He was introduced to music in the seventh grade, which is late for a performer. His firsl instrument was the guitar and he was actively involved in all sorts of musical ensembles from that point on. Edwards is a versatile musician and is quite accomplished in vocals and on the harmonica. The coffee house perfonn- ance should last about 90 minutes. Elon student submits proposal iirilaui “SiMy" WaUdu by Joy Hamilton Juliana “Sissy” Watkins has masterminded a plan to “make everyone more aware of the educational needs of exceptional children.” She has written a proposal and sent it to the federal government seeking money through the fund for the Im provement of Post-Secondary Education. (FIPSE) The bill has passed the first of two re views by the federal agency. The 20-year-old human services and social sciences major says, “I got the idea from teh SGA office and re viewed the proposal for a one-year grant. I touna out about the proposal in August of last year and was interested in my exceptionality class. The federal government has passed laws that exceptional children must be brought into the classroom, (mainstream ing). This proposal will im prove eduction for exception al children.” The proposed objectives of the program include a new one-semester internship pro gram for tutoring exceptional children and the purchase of a portable video-cassette sys tem, which will allow tutors to exjunine their performasce as well as observing pro®' sionals teach. Four three-daj workshops encompassing 1 counties and led by spw*" lists, will be set up at Elon to discuss the educational pro grams available for w*P' tional children. Finally, data center to coll^ i“'*‘ mation about exceptional chil dren will be established. If the grant passes, it wH be the first of its kind at B>« College. According to A® Ponder, mostly professio^ from prestigious colleges see* this sort of aid.
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