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SUCH IS LOVE
These boys with two or three girls really have a hard time
of it. The girls have a worse time, tho. If you don't think so, ask
Geraldine Kelly. Her life was blissful, filled with romance until one
sad day she looked in Sil Carouso’s box at the postoffice. Sil Carouso
1 of course, is Geraldine’s true love. In the box was a card. Geraldine
DON BORN EDITOR curious, so she opened the box. The card had a girl's picture
i . iRJORlE HUNTER CO-EDITOR message on the back said “Dearest Sil, I’ll be waiting
i Saturday night in the reception hall with open arms.” Geraldine’s
bitter—her Sil and another woman! In reproachful si
^ock Malloy Sports Editor, card-Sil just looked sheepish
Seymour Goldblum Assistant , _j;_. tt-,i __j
Moses Crutchfield - Assistant
NEWS EDITORS —
Earl Bell
Joe Blanks
Garland Causey
Boyd Clapp
Bill Claytor
Morris Collier
Mary Lee Dameron
Dent Dennan
Jack Foushee
Estelle Freeland
Roger Inman
Harvey Huffstetler
B.ll Hilliard
Hub Laws
Roberta Martin
Bill O’Connor
Albert McDuffie
Charlie Parker
Doug Pamplin
Margaret Pennington
Shirley Powell
Bev Rogers
Preston Towns
Isadore Kravitz
— BUSINESS STAFF —
Business Manager
Mary Mendenhall Exchange and Circulalion Manager
— PRODUCTION STAFF —
Roy ManiliPld Manager
A. D. Cobb AssislanJ
Ui-. '■;etcher Collins Facully Advise
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heart was bitter—her Sil and another woman!
Came Sat
urday night; Geraldine sat in Ladies Hall and mourned tiie fickle
ness of men. And Sil—well we wonder if he enjoyed his date?
MIXUP
A fraternity banquet will do surprising things sometimes. A
certain young man, well known on the Elon campus, was acting
strangely, to say the least, a few week-ends ago. Our hero is known
never to touch a drop. He just won’t drink, and he has few othei
bad habits either. A model student no less, but a banquet is dif
ferent, so the young man decided to try a few small ones. THE\
had a radical effect, and soon he was decidedly under the influence.
The climax came when two strange out of town girls named Lib and
Dot came up to him and had to be introduced. Our hero rose tc
the occasion and said in ringing tones, “Folks, this is Lib Armfield
and Dot McGougan.” They told him about it later on, and he’s still
blushing.
A long standing question of the year has been. Why doesn’t
Elon have radio programs on the air as they hlave in the past? The
question was given quite a good deal of thought during the first par,,
of thiS year, and after due consideration it was concluded that Elon
would be better off the air if they could not produce programs that
held the vast general interest of the public. The programs of last
year are not to be criticized for their merit, in fact they are to be
commended on their high cultural level. The radio station has since
roinlcd out that the average radio listener does not reach the par
sel by this type of program. Therefore, the radio industry has
asked the colleges of America to produce a wider variety of programs
that will depict college life. The educational program of yesterday
lacked flare and snowmanship, but the educational program of today
must have every bit as much showmanship as the modern commer
cial.
In a college as small as Elon the two main outlets for radio
showmanship are the dramatics department and the music depart
ment. As we all know both departments are now carrying a load
well beyond normal and we can not expect these departments to take
on the additional load of radio work.
SOME GAME
Tennis at Elon is on the upward swing. For the past week
or so an exhibition match has been played every evening after din
ner on tlje courts on the west side of Ladies Hall or is it ladies hall.
The two opponents no, not Budge and Tilden, but the local sociahtes
Billy Siddell and Clyde McKenzie. Yes, the third and inseparable
member of the now famous trio of Elon College is right in the mid
dle of the battle. However, Mary, who seems to have a hard time
making up her mind about a lot of things, has the same difficulty
m her tennis matches but it is not her fault in this for Clyde and
Billy are the one that decide who she is to play with and they gel
into some nice heated arguments about the issue. The funny pari
ot it is that neither of them want her for a tennis partner for she
someiirnes misses completely and this is not the object. The gallery
lor these matches exceeds greatly the galleries for the Elon varsity
matches. There are laughs and thrills for all who come out, nov
only by the tennis but by some of the expressions uttered by Billy
and Clyde.
Hobbies Of Senior Girls
Evelyn Holmes — instructing all she can in one short span of
the Elon girls to become better life.
athletes. ' Virginia Walker — getting fa-
Doe Edwards — raveling out miliar with the peculiarities of
the tangles made in her brain by childhood.
worrying over the Phipsicli. j Bess Gilliam — getting thor-
Gladys Wright — reading .better oughly domestic.
Homes and Gardens and collect- Shirley Powell — trying to get
ing recipes. used to being an old maid school
Mary Walker — collecting Mex- teacher,
lean articles. ' Virginia Crawford — learning^
Margaret Pennington — writ- how to be a model housekeeper,
ing her daily letter to — some- Fern Fitzgerald — rolling those
body. big, brown orbs.
Lucile Somers — maintaining Irene Hook — chewing gum.
a constant ratio of boy friends. | Lib Newton — borrowing her
Estelle Freeland — Getting in roommate’s brother.
“bul'Tsessions.” I Winifred Barney — figuring out
Helen Pace — eating spinach to an easy way to carry all her
make her stout and strong. books to and from college.
Christine Eaves — giving prac- Dot Cole — philosophizing and
tical advice to anyone in general, pondering.
Helen Boone — proving that Roberta Martin — deciding
practice makes even more per- which boy to date when,
feet. j Frances Cochrane — providing
Joy Quackenbush — setting the the theory that the “longest” way
style on glamorous hair-do’s. home is the best.
Inez Triplett — rationalizing I Margaret Nash — providing en-
(to sweep or not to sweep the, tertainment for those in the
room). ! library who have time on their
Camille Kivette — finding out hands.
SNIPS
Our May King is back in circulation again, and Maude doesn’i
seem to mind so much . . . John “Thank You” Fowlkes was really
aced by Burgess the other night at the dinner table. His face turned
as red as the Russian Army . . . Ferris is having a hard time making
up his mind these days. Maybe it’s because he no longer has anj
roommates to help him. , . . Why for all these black looks between
Truitt and Wingard? Of course, we don't have any idea! ... Is thi;
a romance that the boys are trying to involve Pud and Goldie in? . .
Letters To The Editor
Bug Combativitis L^pper Council held a secret meet-
Dear Editor, ing and, in behalf of the 168
Now that it is spring our fancies Day Students, elected officers for
still turn to romance, flowers, next year. I am sorry that you
baseball, and hay fever. But at did not have time to consult me
night up in the dormitory the regarding the announcements
girls’ thoughts are preoccupied rnade concerning the Day Student
v/ith an entirely different matter ^ nieetmg. If you had done so, I
—insects. When you see them: would have been very glad to
Uhe girls) dragging around day l"‘3ve told you of the following
after day with their eyes half ^ (1) It was an-
ciosed and their manner deject- nounced in Monday Chapel that
ed, you pronounce it spring fever;
but we call it something else—
liug combativitis.
We are absolutely helpless.
Everyone realizes that the weath
er is too warm to keep the shades
down; but if you raise them, the
there would be a Day Student
meeting on Tuesday of that week.
(2) At the preceding Day Student
nieeixng, to which all Day Stu
dents were invited to attend, it
was announced that the purpose
of tae next meeting would be for
LIBRARY NEWS
The Elon Library is used for so many purposes that we often
wonder where it gets its name. After breakfast we drop in lo read
the paper, after lunch we drop in to see who is going to Burlington
and who is going to be around. After dinner we just drop in, ano
if we see no one particularly interesting, we drop out again. Inci-
msects swarm through the win-i*-^® election of next year s offic-
dow in mobs. They hit you inlers. (.3) Ihat a notice was post-
the face, get in your hair, and j bulletin board, west
uireaten lo lift you up out, Alamance hall, slating the
Li-ioug-i tlie window. Wno can' t^^ne and purpose of the
dentally, we sometimes go to the library to study, and if that is our
1 he opportunities that radio publicity offers Elon is well be- purpose, we can study, and it’s a good place for that purpose. Thos^
yond the average scope of imagination. It has been pointed out by who have tried to concentrate their attention on facts rather than
tiie of the radio executives of the South, that with the small expen- on individuals find that a lot can be accomplished in a sliort while
dUure of $500, Elon could have state wide coverage, that within one tue library. After all, there are nice tables to work on, it is com-
year would cost the commercial advertiser well over $10,000. This fortable there, the lighting is good, there are good reference books
publicity value is not to be over looked. Already the technical ser- on the shelves, and if is conveniently located (perhaps too convenient
V ces of a nearby station have been offered gratis to further the de- times.)
vclopment of Educational value in radio. Elon will not only derive j But there is another reason why we go to the library and it is
returns from an extensive radio project of this kind but will also be to find a good book to read, perhaps one of the newer best sellers,
giving a service to the people of the state that is so much needed, and Lets drop in and see what the “newer book shelf’ looks like. Gee,
l^ai IS the development of true American culture. The field is new but aren t there a lot of books to choose from? “Who Walk Alone,
and at present the only other school of the state that has been active ^ ttiat’s an interesting title, let see what it’s like. This book is bj
a'ong those lines has been the University of North Carolina. Now is Perry Burgess and was one of the inree books that won a Nationa.
the time for Elon to act while the field is open, soon many other col- Book award for the year 1940. Glancing through it we notice that
leges will be actively promoting educational radio under the new. it isn’t a novel but a true account of a man who contracted leprosy
piLduction requirements of showmanship. , while serving as a soldier in the Philippines. Ned Langford was his
Ihe equipment expenditure is low but the amount of work is name and he was an ordinary mid-western boy with an ordinary
high. Such a project will require some one person to act as coord.na- family and ordinary but great ambition. Somehow he decided to go
tor of the music and dramatics departments. Students will have to ^ to the Philippines to serve as a soldier. One night while there he
be keenly interested in the project, for it is students that will make ] accidentally stopped at a home of lepers. It wasn’t until years later
cr break an educational show. The programs must be light in sub-; that he learned that he himself had become a leper. *
stance and yet they must have character and good taste, since the
mouve of the programs is to bring out the true American culture.
BEYOND THE WALL
Since spring is here some of
you may get spring fever and
lose your appetites. If that does
happen just drr Carl Martin for
some very appetizing food. He is
a prospective leading chef. His
latest achievement is steak gravy
vv'ithout the steak—(it’s really
different. If someone didn’t know
the difference they would swear
i was paste.
It appears that Joy is going to
have a banquet of her own. She
has met three “cute” boys and
has given each an invitation to
the Pi Kappa Tau banquet. Now
she can’t decide as to which two
!hp will have to leave off.
Old Father Time is still creep
ing along—He caught up with
Ruth McPherson once more on
April 19.
Hazel and Den, Margaret Wal
ker and Jake visited the End’-s.-
averns in Virginia last Sunday,
.’hey should have gotten John
A^alker to drive them in that
.-’lymouth, as he is having quite
i bit of trouble getting enough
mileage on it to get that governor
off.
Quite a few of the Day Students
have entered the ping-pong tour
nament, and they are expected to
make quite a showing for them
selves. This is the only form of
ntramural sports that we take
any part in, but we would like to
see the Day Students enter a teo.i.
in each intramural sport ni...
year. It is too late for basketbal.
or softball, but there is no . .
ivhy v. e couldn t have a crati^
team in either of the,"? sports.
Why don't you all get busy and
do something so thai we can
write about it?
After his dis
covery he was sent into lifelong exile on a distant tropical island,
away from home and friends and th^ girl he loved. He tells his own
story of how he found out the meaning of the places on his arms,
how he distroyed his own identity and went to the leper colony, and
how he came to terms with himself and built a new life. There’s a
task for some good men and women in caring for lepers, and if you
don’t believe it read Ned Langford’s story.
REELING ALONG
Typhoon
On May 16 and 17 Bing Crosby
picture will be shown featuring
Dorothy “Sarong” Lamour in
what will prove to be something
similar to Hurricane. For you
lovers of the sea and the breeze,
(and Dottle Lamour) this is the
picture for you.
Remember The Night
May 9 and 10 immediately af-
^cr choir practice and a Mickey
Mouse comcr’y, Robert Taylor
and wifee Barbara Stanwyck co-
star on this night of nights for
memories. E'.udents, don’t forget
to REMEMBER THE NIGHT and
REMEMBER TO BRING A PIL
LOW. (It makes it easier to re
member.)
On May 3 and 4 another stormy
Road To Singapore
and facetious as ever Bob Hop^
will be hitting the road a piecc
to Singapore, from a picture ol
the same name. Strangely enough
these boys meet Dorothy Lamoui
on this same road and nothing
short of a riot commences. Thi;
picture guarantees one song fron
Bob Hope. Dorothy will just b;
Bing Crosby and one joke from
there.
^oncenaale, no matter how ur
gent the lesson? Nor is that all.
After you get in bed they buzz
up against the wall, crawl all
over your bed, bite you, and keep
you in a rigid state of anxiety
until you finally drop asleep ex
hausted. Even if your room is
fortunate enough to escape their
presence you are kept awake
most of the night by other
screaming, banging, swatting, ter
rified individuals who are victims
of insect phobia. Those who
have screens are blessed. It is
impossible, however, for the un-
tire student body to move down
on first floor of West or of Ladies
Hall.
A complaint has been made
about this situation, but was met
with the statement that if one
or two individuals were given
■screens evjery raom in every
dormitory would have to nave
them; that they would cost ap
proximately $1.00 a piece and
that the school did not have $500
for this; and moreover that the
students would kick them out
and next year it would have to
be done all over again. Mean
while we suffer. We get up in
the morning with our eyes swol
len and red from lack of sleep
and our dispositions irritable for
the same reason. It is too late for
those who are going to graduate,
but those who are geing to be
here next year would appreciate
relief from these spring and fall
nuisances. Can anyone offer a
suggestion?
Bug Hater
Orar !^dit?r,
I leel it my duty in behalf of
Jie niany Day Sludents that have
voiced their resentment of your
uay tstudent meeting.
lOur cQiioriai implied that ihe
oil.Leis eiecied d.d not meet the
^ypioval 01 uie 150 Jims, Janes
aim doiina, WHO weie not present
at Uie eiccLiOii. I am. sorry that
-iii.be uay atuacius, v>!.o you
v.cie nut Jjieastd wiln tue
uuLcauie, ailiiOUg,u i uo iiol i^iiow
v.iiaL ,>oUi opiiiicn up^n
oiii^i:. 1 i*ave iitaid oi no gruniD-
.-iig on iiitir pan, weie aoi pres-
ciu ac inis meeung. 1 am aisa
ooiiy mat iiiey nave not attenu-
me Ot/ier inee tings t.iat vve
nave neia ana tan..n an inteieii.
in uur auiivities.
me nunioer of Day ...t.dents
piestni, at iiiis eieclion „uoui
uie same, il not more, tiian the
otiier inree Day biudent '^ijctions
of past years mat 1 have c..>..nd-
ed. This election was cairicu out
in exactly the same manntr as
tiiOse 01 pait years.
1 deeply appreciate your inter
est in our election and, n i.ie
election had been carried ou. .^n
the manner wmch you tiio..„-.t
it was, you wouid have ha^i -
iicieni grounds to write sucn i..i
ediionai, but 1 leel as thougn yoa
snouid have had more prool of
.rour statements otl.er tnan the
opmion of a day student, who has
not had enougn interest in our
organization to attend a single
meeting in the three years that
he has attended this college.
I am very sorry that there was
the misunderstanding on your
part. I am sorry that you have
made the impression upon the
campus Students that the Day
Stiidents had an irregular elec
tion. It is my desire that you
help me present the true facts to
the Campus Students in the hope
' that they will change their opin-
of our election and of our
recent editorial concerning the ion
Day Student s election to answer i organization so formed from your
that editorial and to inform you editorial,
that it implied certain things
which are untrue. ;
The editorial implied that an
Sincerely,
Wallace Kerncdle,
President of Day Students..