PAGK TWO
MAROON AND GOLD
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1941
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VOL XVI
NO. 3
SUCCESS
Klon students have acconiplisbed the greatest
task ever undertaken by an Klon stndcnt Ixidy.
They have onw- again proven theniat^Ives w«rthy
to br caFIeI students of Klon College. TTmmgli-
out the fifty-me years existence of this college it
bas always enrolled .students who were ever at
tempting to carry on the banner of young man
hood and of young womanhood an their leader*
bad seen fit to teach them the way it should he
done.
rrigh ideals anl high morals have always
been an insei>erable part of the make-up of the
K’Fon ftu{ent. That student has always risen up
in times of emergency, rea(iy to face, an{ ci>nfuer
any ohetarle. Once ayrain, as always in tl»c past,
tbe Klon students have won.
S«'veral weeks ago at a meeting of a few of
Elon’s stueInt leaders, it was decided to raise
?I,000 which would be pre.sented to Dr. Smith,
pri'sident of the college, to be applied toward the
remaininc indebteInesa of Klon. A STUDENT'S
ALL OK NOTiriNG CLUTi
was formed to carry
out this desire. Committees were chosen, from
wch dormitory and from the Day students, by
Kenneth ITtt, executive chairman of the organiza
tion. The plan of solicitation was somewhat simi
lar to that useI by the coll«?ye. Spwial pedge
cards were issu-d to each student pledging to fhe
rampaign. We are very happy to announce toiay
that this goal of $1,000 has been reached. Tlie
work of the club goes on however, for there* is still
mf rt*maining goal. Tliat is to include everyone
in the list of contributors.
We who are students are proud of Elon. We
are proud of its administration, its faculty, and
its eqtiipment, but most of all we are pmud of its
aliimni. This is where the real test wmes. If an
institution can select from many different homes,
a large n?tmber of students and in a period of
fonr years, tnm out from its doors a group of well
balanceyf. inteligent mindeI, Christian young men
and women that are able to go out into the worbl
and make a place for themselves among the lead-
m of their profession, carrying with them the
imprint of thoir ooIl^e training, then that insti
tution deserves to be plaw'd in a catagorv by it
self, surpassed onlv by the institutions of the
churcJi and of the home. Klon is such an institu
tion. Its alunini gives proof to that statement.
Many are the men and women who are le-aders of
their professions today, who are graduates of
Elon. Klon College has an alumni of which it
can be proud, and an alumni of which the students
am proud.
Wr have had several comments from on the
campns and fnnn off the campus about this cam
paign. fine freshman came up to us and inquiml
about the club. “I love Elon,” he said, “and I
want to do what I can to help her. I can’t give
much, but what I do give will be from the bottom
of mv heart.” One mother, out of this state, wrote
ber son and toW him that she thought it was a
wonderful thing that we were attempting to do
and added that she wished that she were able to
contribute herself. Students from other colleges
bave expressed their desire to participate.
itb a spirit sncfa as this behind the cam-
to raise the $105,000 mnd w^ith the cooperfl-
tio... of the alumni and the friends of the college,
♦bert- can be no doubt but tbat we shall succeed.
SNIP AND SNOOP
So you think that the old snoopers have bet'n
letting you down this year? Well, maybe we have
—you can’t do 19 things at ona;, at least we can’t.
I)tu now on we’ll take 15 minutes out of our
busy Tuesdays and raise such a cloud of dust that
you’ll Ix; sorry you ever mentioned the subject,
lake a deep breath and here we go, for better or
for worst:
Lightbourne swears that he can’t make any
time but he’s developing a Befty-Iate-than-never
TK)licy . . . just for consolation . . . Our only evi
dent- that John Pollard is alive is “Jolts and
Jars”. I'hat’s all right. Junior, we like to sleep,
t(X) . . . Cotild it Ix! that Mike Kozakewich is
playing “heart to get” '( Just ask Carolyn Foushee
. . . Oh, how those high sclux)l girls go for foot
ball henxw. For further information, see Donato,
Daher and Hoone . . . Wliat portion of the stu-
(I(*nt section dcicided that their yell.s wouldn’t help
at the game tother night? Now is that the right
snirit? . . Mr. Po|Hilarity Towns gets all the
breaks. Tx> had his heart lies ih Moneun* and
can’t lie at ones “Heck and call!” . . . It’s been
re|xirtel that Helen Yarborough is (piite fond of
Pud (now, Sal, d(m’t get all bet up). For further
information a.sk Helen! ... It has been said
that cf)miK!tition helps a lot. But Ladies Hall is
getting more than their share lately and they don’t
like it.
Things we miss; Jim Ferris whistling “I
Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair.”
The old dinner gong ringing at 7:30 to call in the
girls Cor do we?). Lankford, the photographer,
w-ith all his gags. Plays like the one Goldbum,
Ivni.'rin. IIerl>ert, and Co. gave last Spring. All
the Hull Sessions, cause we’re always tiying to
get the paper out!
Court of Human Appeals; Elsie Boone hop
ing that she never secs another piece of poisen iw
. - . Wiggie wanting a good meal . . . and all
the lx)ys hoping to avoid the draft.
One of us (no, you’ll have to keep on guess
ing) went in the lxx)k store and asked Joe Stevens
if he had any Snip and Snoop. After Joe had
carefully looked throug.h the stock he replied: “I
am sorry but we are just fresh out.”
Well, maybe we didn’t raise wieh a cloud, but
just the same wo got a little bit of dust in our
eyes. Anyway, that’s all we know now. Our time
is just like Spivey’s famous tfuotation tbat will
undowbtedly go down in history: “Some ’av got
it; some ain’t got it. I ain’t!”
ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
This issue of the Maroon and Gold is detli-
catel to the alumni and other friends of Elon
College. The staff sincerely hopes that it will be
enjovel by all that read it.
Numerous changes have taken place in all
phases of campus Iffe within the vran»
Dramatics have been improvixl,. new clubs have
b-en organized, the Stiident Christian Assaciatiim
ha? risen to a new height, the library is more com
plete in e)uipment. and improvements have Ix-en
made in the buildings. These ar-* only a few
changes, but they are vitally important ones. It
is to l>e ho|>ed that still more imprtwments will
take place in the future and that FJlon Colege will
In' known not onlv as one of the best .sTtiall cof'eges
in the South”, but as the l>est small college in
America.
However it isn’t the pre-iont srtuderf body and
the improvements that have b>en made that ir.ake
Klon CoIifMre. It is the fact that we have such ji
fine group of alumni and frierids. And it is be
cause we are so proud of all of you that we are
dedicating this issue to you. We sincerely hope
that yau are proud of us and the way that we
carry on life at Elon College. We are sure that
every member of the student Ixxly is trying to live
up to the ideals set up for us in this half-cenfnry
old institution. Your approval is our aim.
JUST BOUNCING ALONG INQUIRING REPORTER
From Behind That Mulberry Bush
After this clamoring from persons who were
objects of our afflictions, participants in our ve
getable parades of Orchids & Onions, we have been
chased out from behind our Mulberry bush. Rc'-
gardless of what that song may predict, our com
ing out is no sign that we love you.
To Explain Our Bouncings
Have you ever been to a chropractor ? Have
you ever taken part in the activities of Ed Robin
son’s, or Claude Comer’s gasoline sponsored vehi
cles ? Anv of these ex]jeriences would give you un
derstanding to how we developed a “bouncing
complex” after bouncing over a total of 700 miles
to and form the airport last semester in that cy
nical, misanthropic, percolating model T Foi-d of
ours.
In this column we hope to casually bounce
over the campus ‘spot-lights and shadows’, with
out any particular pre-intention of stepping on
the toes of any deans or “treeolc^ists” who may
be in such paths. Several interested groups' are
willing to offer Oreihds to the able patriot who
can add to our “silver foil” defense measure, a
crusade to save eectrieity for defense use, by
‘blackouting’ those campsu spotlights. Are not
those spot lights already engaged in defense work
on the campus ?
Praying For Elon Spirit
On their knees, and with crying howls, in
"'bat first appears to be a ceremony to the gods,
Elons Cheerleaders are found practicing nights in
the Alamance builidng. For this they are given a
second bouquet of Orchids. They are sincerely
trying to increase school spirit in the student
Ixxly. To a remarkable degree they have been
able to attain this, but real quantities of quality
spirit must be reaped from within the student
body itself. Seels must be planted by the students
individually in order to harvest a massive student
spirit.
Plowing through pockets to find something
to plant in the Student All or Nothing Fund has
resultel in a real growth in student spirit. Aftei-
taking this opportunity to sacrifice to give to a
greater Elon, these students developed within
themselves new binds of realization, love and ap
preciation of what was now more “their” school,
Elon College.
The more we give to our college through our
active, uns!lfi.sh, and continued participation iu
her academic ,social, and extra-curricula activi
ties, the more strong and healthy our student
spirit will become.
ALUMNI NOTES
Joe (’ani.«o, ‘38 is sj>ending his fonrtb year
year at Tarboro, N. C. as ooach and teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ix>ngest (nee Frances
Co!hranc) arc both teaching at Wahmt Covf, N.
Miss Doris Gordon, secretarv in the Alumni
Office for two years, is at the present time con-
nectel with the National Bank. Burlington, N.
C. The ninth member of her family, Chtis Ix^,
matriculatel at Elon this fall.
Bill Maness, ’38. is finishing his course with
the IT. S. Navah Air Statoin, Jacksonville, Fla.
Ann Nenman, a former student, is now lo
cated in the Burlington Mills Office in Bnrlin«-
ton, N. a
Galloway Walker, ’39, and Jesse Harrington,
’3fl, are with the Commercial Credit Company in
Fayettevilel, N. C.
Frances liean is teaching school at Rockwell.
N. C.
M. L. Patrick, ’24, of High Point, was a re
cent visitor on the campus. Pat is principal of
the Cloverdale School in High Point, but finds
time to visit his Alma Mater from time to time.
Mrs. Luther A. Ligon, ’25 (nee Sallie Mae
Oliver) is beginning her seventeenth year as high
school teacher in the Oxford Orphanage, Oxford,
N. C.
fl’s A Fighlinq War
It is not, who throws the first Onion, but
who throws the last Orchid, this is our contribu
tion to the U. S. foreign policy.
Onions to the Elon Sheriff who got a tag for
breaking parking regulations through the cour
tesy of the Student Government.
Orchids are deserving to the Burlington mer
chants who are doing their best to help Elon and
her studeiits. They advertise in our publications
and supply week-end jobs for many an Elon boy.
Onions to who ever that was, who after being
mola8.sei and feathered, used first floor showers
in East to shed their poultry characteristics.
Orchids to thc^ who are ambitious enough
to work towards establishing a program to pro
vide more consistant and well balanced meals in
the dining hall.
Onions, to those sponsoring a petition de
manding the dietiticians resignation or a student
food-strike, without first asking the administra
tions cooperation in the matter. Caloused from
past dining-hall griping, the administration is no
doubt slow to see the lackings in the present
menu, but that does not mean that they will not
help correct the dining hall deficiencies, when
they are brought to their attention.
That Awful Truth, “Moider n Stuff’’
That rumor about the horrible murder on
the campus, that we previewed last time, has un
covered as far as the “tale” but not as to authen-
ticv. The “tale” belongs to Carmichel, the pup
who nominated himself as campus mascot last
year and got every stduent vote on the campus.
According to this rumor, Carmichel, was left to
batchelor for himself this past summer, with no
student convoys to protect him. At any rate ac
cording to Carimchel’s tale, be was the object of a
deal between the cook and the butcher during
Bummer school. Now please don’t misinterpret us.
The source from which this rumor was foundetl
would not state whether the butcher took our Car
michel for business intentions, thats for you to
munch over.
To really find out why the Elon students
cooperated so well in the recent caiiipiiigii, the
following question was asked several students bv
the ]\laroon and Gold. “What speeifie reason mo
tivated vou to make vour contribution to The Stu
dents’ All Or Nothing Campaign ?”
Lib Holland—Elon has great potentialities
so why not clear the debt so she can realize them ?
Ruby Wri;>jit—The debt is the onlv thing
that keeps Elon from heading the list of small
southern colleges so why let this be a stuinblino--
block ?
Carolvn jrcClenny—I think that it’s the
most wotrhy cause that Elon students have sup
ported since I have been here.
Margaret Carroll—I wanted to do mv part
in helping Elon.
Cora Worsley—Because I love Elon and I
want to help get her out of debt. Also, I want('(l
to help to show Dr. Smith how we appi-rxnated his
faithfulness in trying to frive the students greater
opportunities.
Ollie Fallin—^Because I see the need for new
^uipment and I know we won’t get it till Elou
is free of debt.
Grace Goode—I like to be in the true school
spirit that we are showing. I think we are doing
something we will always be proud of.
Charles Walters—Elon means more to me
than any small contribution I can make.
Howard Culbreth—For the betterment of the
ocllege. I’d like to see it really go places.
Tom Smyth—I believe that its only right
that any student of Elon to be interested in the
school to have improvements within the college
which may bo had by reducing the debt. I feel it,
a privilege to contribute.
Siddel I’d like to see Elon get ahead
and if the alumni sees how the student’s help they
should also chip in.
_ Kent Dennan—I feel it’s the least I aen do to
lom the student spirit of cooperation and we as
students shall receive the direct benefit.
Agnes Walker I think if we show the stu
dents are willing- to help, the alumni aivd friends
will come through.
REELING ALONG
•11 w^kend at the Elon Movies
will be Arizona , starring Jean Arthur with Wil-
Warren William, and Porter Hall.
J his IS a western picture based on the Saturday
r/Vening^l ost s serial and novel by C’larence Bu(j-
injjton Kelland. The plot is of the usual westei'n
type but the cast gives it enough polish to be cn-
.loyed by all, there are enough thrills, spills, and
romance to make the picture one of great enjoy
ment. •
The following week-end “The Great Lie”
is showing
at the Elon Movies. These two actors are enough
to as.yire you of seeing a good show, and with the
aid of Mary Astor you can expect even more
In this picture there is the well known tri
angle, with Brent in love with both women and fi
nally before the show is over he is married to both
ot them, not at one time however. One of the niai-
riages IS anmiled, but a baby complicates matters;
until Bette Davis s understanding and real love
helps to carify things and give the picture a Iwp-
py eiidiii/r.
CLIPPED
Tie kissed her in. ,the garden;
The moon was shining bright.
She was a marble statue—
He was a Httle ti/iht.
f-~Comell 'Widow.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I wonder—would dandelions
Look ni^ce on you.
■—The Collegian.
LIBRARY NEWS
New additions to Elon’s 26674 books are
plentyful so it is hard for us to take one out of
the pile and say here is a good book, and harder
>et to say you 11 like it and know you will.
For this reason after browsing aorund tho
hselves awhile we are picking on “The Best Short
Stories, 1941” edited by Edward J. O’Brien
Ihese stories are so varied in their themes that at
least one IS bound to please even the most exact
reader. All are the best work of the vanguard of
American writers and the book as a whole is a
laithful reflection of contemporary literary move
ments.
* ■^*11^*’*^ stories themselves they are diffei-
ent lelling any one of them will not let the rea.l-
er know anything about the rest except of their
quality, and quality is one thing we can promise
you for such writers are representetl as, Stephen
Vinsent eBrnet, Lrshine Caldwell, William
-faulkner, and William Saroyan.
OPEN FORUM
Dear Alumni;
1 ^ deserve it buf
please don t leave us in the dark. We like to he^i-
from you and know what you’re doing and yet
your silence is like the silence of a concentration
camp. \\on t you please break this awful stillness
and not leave us in the dark any longer.
We’re not compaining, mind you—but we’rw
wondering and thinking about vou We try tx>
keep you informed as to what we’re doing so'why
not at least let us know how you feel aljout us and
at the same time let us know how you are.
Come on now and thaw out the ice before
this winter comes. Break down and give us 'a
orosiK*
Your Alma Mater