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Maroon and Gold
Published By and For StudenU of Elon College
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Victory Club Formed To Join
StudBnt Efforts Toworcts Defense
has seeped throuj?h the
walls ®f the Maroon and Crold of
fice, of a formation of a V for
Victory Olub on the Elon campus
Pledging their utmost cooperation
to our nsrtions war effort, reprc-
sentati,vc8 of the Afaroon and Gold
Staff, Panvio and Dr. Johnson’s
Literary Societies laid the basic
plans for vwJiat they hoped to be
one of 'the most extensive organi
zations within the student body.
From the numerous members ol
these organ-izittions attending the
first meeting, a committee of nine
was selected to formulate plans for
the mapping out and continuance
of a campaign which would enlist
the aid of^llie entire student body
on the side ®f our government in
this present conflict. The purpose
■ i)f this club is to coordinate all
defense efforts on the part of any
of the student body into one chan
nel. Ij«adkig into this one tremen
dous ifort would be the
■ difffs-eifit things that campus
groups plan to do in defenae work
or aiding in any way.
So far the ptrogram haa been
divided into several parts which
include conservation (waste pa-
iper, currenjt, tinfoil, scrap metal,
water, etc.) ; Girls Division (knit
ting, firs»t -aid w.t)ckj sending box
es to Klon ser«ice va»tr} ; Boys Di-
■yision (voluntary military train
ing, fon*iktion of groups of air
raid wardens and -fire fighters, aa
well as first aid work. Plans in
cluded whereby the students'will
be 'Tirgod io buy defense bonds and
•Contrfbirte the Red Cross.
The organization is flexible and
subject changing ideas and
needs. Complete plans have not
been mapped out as yet but the
members of the committee are con-
tecting sources of needed infor
mation, and it isjhoped to present
the plan in a concrete form to the
student i>0dy soon.
Members of the committee .who
are ^>lamung the program are:
MiiaoJe »Uelle irye, Mar]'orie
HuntcTj iudy Holoman, Lillian
Dyer,'Ivena ; Black, Tom Smythe, ]
Bob Sellers, Elliot Schmidt, Ivan
Olis and Jio.y 'Mansfield.
First Aid Class Helps
Defense Effort
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I>uring this time of national
emergency the work of first aid
workers has become all important
to our country’s welfare, and we
here at Elon may well be glad that
those in authority had forseen the
possibilities of just such an event
and were spreadinr the teachings
of first aid before the Saps (s’cuse
ns) Japs attacked us.
We have planned space in sevt'-
ral issues for a writeup of the
first aid work on the campus and
for reasons beyond our immediate
control these articles never ap
peared May we take this way of
expressing our sincere regret to
Miss Wells and members of her
class for our neglect in this man
ner.
The First Aid class meets each
Monday and Wednesday night in
the Faculty Parlor of West doc:
mitory, from 10 tojl o’clock. Tho
class is conducted by Ruby Jane
Wells who is a trained nurse. She
is assisted by Ruth Dyer. All
juniors and seniors are required
to take this course before graduat
ing. Semester grades will be giv-
op~ but no semester hours or qua
lity pointe are awarded. There are
25 girls in the cla.'is who are pre
paring themselves for any nation
al emergency which may arise.
The members of the class have
been studying treatment for in
fections, brj^n bones, and those
suffering from poisonous gases.
Unit To Be Organized On £Ln Campus
BOB SELLERS IS
HEAD MENS GROUP
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At the regular Wednesday night
meeting of the Dr. Johnson’s Lit
erary Society on January 7, new
officers were elected and sworn in.
Replacing the very capable
Charles Jones Sr. as president was
Bob Sellers. Elliot Schmidt re
lieved Garrett Cooke of his duties
as vice-president and Ivan Olis
was relieved of his office of treas
urer and became secretary. Philip
Gearing was elected to hold tho
purse strings on the treasury.
Jimmie Elder was chosen to bo
parliamentarian and Dr. Fletcher
Collins was re-elected sponsor.
Plans for interesting programs
for the coming semester are being
drawn up, and an increase in
membership attendance is expect
ed
Plans are also under way for a
joint meeting with their sister so
ciety, the Panvio sooh.
NEW COURSES
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Among the courses offerred this
s.ymester are: Photc^aphy, War
Kconomy, Military Science, Nu
trition, Interpreters’ Course, First
Aid, Commercial Course.
I RETURN OF JESSE
! JAMES IMMINENT
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You history majors are going
to be floored by the next sentence.
Jesse James lives on in spite ol
the fact that he was supposed to
have died long ago from a chronic
case of lead poisoning. It isn’t
exactly the same Jesse James, but
nevertheless his sentiments are
the same. He operates in a much
more subtle fashion. The Student
Store is his scene of operations
and he doesn’t use a gun any more.
He sends announcements of his
expected visit and sure enough he
arrives on schedule with a sack of
filthy lucre to tempt the suckers.
Spreading a banner with the name
of his sponsor on it, he is now
ready to separate you from the
books which you have come to
love so dearly in the past semes
ter. (sob!) Now the cat is out of
the bag. You know now that a
maft is going to come here to buy
(some call it steal) used books.
The date is January 19; the place
is the Student Store.
Cooperation Of All Male Students
Necessary To Make It Success
Student Servey
Hi-yo Siver! (And you’ll be
lucky if you get any) Jesse James
rides again!
New Kitchen Epuip,
ment Secured
Elon Boys Adding Their Part
To Help Government Meet
National Crises
EXAMS? EXAMS! GO AWAY
COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY!
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January twentieth marks the
end of the first semester and con
sequently the -end of the first exa-
minatiaiis. ■Some.atud.tnts will pro
bably seem rather gloomy with the
fact that "tlie examinations thay
have 1«*iked forward .to for such a
Iong4iine^£ over.
There .wall ^e no regular sche-
■dulod .,fi«amrnations, but instead
they wHl Jjp JitJd all next week
.and tliel^Iuftflay a^d Tuesday be
fore the twentieth.
Some*48»if**tudents have already
begun to . prepare but the great
raaj^«a^ twill wftit -until the last
week at. least, thisn the “Midnight
oil” .will, bo consumed by the car
load.
Quito: a'few of the students have
term, papers^o write and they are
either pra-iaing the professor or
•conjpiflining about the origin .and
presontation^ of subject material.
. ,ext we^-'k will find chaos and
confusion among the students .who
are-i))t sure of tltemsolves wh k'
some Othef%will be as calm as Jo'“
“Duadpan” Louis Students f'
have ijspapcd lie professors
mester will be corralled
iilaughtered.
The food preparation depart
ment has received improvement
and modern equipment during the
holidays.
The new equipment consists of
two Edison Electric Roasting
Ovens, a steam pressure cooker
which enable,s our vegetables to b
cooked and retain as much of their
food values as possible. There is
also a jacketed ste^m kettle which
holds forty gallons to be used for
preparing soup i.^nd other food.s.
The inside walls pf the kitchcn
have been paintexl.
When the .persons who operate
them become accustomed to their
use .there is sure to be a marked
improvement in the preparation of
our food, iimkiiig the operation
much more efficient with,le^ time
in prtiparation necessary, keeping
our-food more, healthy and whole-
PANVIO ,LITERARY
SOCIETY HAS ELECTION
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At the Wednesday night meet
ing 6f the Panvio Literary So
ciety, Minnie Belle Frye was elec
ted president to succeed Marjorio
Hunter. I’he oath was adminis
tered by the retiring president to
the incoming president and the
following officers were .elected;
Lillian Dyer to succeed Nora
Summey; (Jora Lib Worsley to
succeed Rachel ('rowell.
The new pj-e.sident is an 'out
standing member of the Junior
Class.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
I pledge allegiancc to the flag
of the United States of America,
iul.to the republic • for which it
..■,T (ls, one nation indivisible with
•'i. rty anil justice for all.
Randolph Field, Texas, Dec. 29
—Graduating its ninth and last
class of Aviation Cadets for 1941
on December 12, Randolph Field
eomplete.8 its second year as pace
setter for the greatest expansion
in Air Corps history.
This class, 254 student pilots,
represents 37 states and Canada;
135 colleger and universities.
Among them is one Elon College
man.
He is Claude H. Lawrence of
Mt. Airy.
Ending the primary phase of
their thirty-week course on Octo
ber 1, these men had completed
ten we§ks of intensive flying
training at civilian operated ele
mentary schools where they mas
tered the fundamentals of flying
in rugged, low powered airplanes.
Sitxy-five hours aloft were logged
in this type of ^raft.
Moving on to Randolph Field,
the transition to th^ Air Corps’
speedy, 450 horsepowered basic
trainer was made and 70 addition
al hours were listed in their log
books.
Night flying,, aefial acrobatics,
cross country, instrji*9.ent and for
mation flyinc*—^all were included
in this secondary,- ten-week pe
riod. Ground school jsufiiejcts-^ni-
dio cixle, w'eather, engine mainte
nance and military‘law have ad
ded to their skill as future officer-
pilots.
The “We^ Point 6f the Air”
has been tlie rallying point for the
realization of the Air, Fore/*’
sche^lule that calls’' for 30,000
trained military jiiloW eich year.
Its 550 officers and 3500 enlist
ed mechanics have been the nu
cleus for what is. nowt |the Gulf
Coast Air Corps Training Center
that ofxirates 31 flying training
schools from its headquarters at
Randolph Field. > , i
Forty - five hundred Aviation
Cadets receive their basic flying
training at the’famed Air Corps
school annual'y. New classes are
as.signed every five weeks and as
they riiK)rt, the unner class trans
fers to advanced or specialized
schools.
During the thirty-week train
ing period, Aviation Cadets are
paid $75 monthly, plus food,
clothing, quarters, medical and
dental care. After completing the
course, pay jumps to $205 plus
quarters, or $245 if quarters art
not provided.
Albert J. Progar, 22, son of
Joseph W. Progar, of 318 Ross-
Ivn Ave., Springdale, Penna., was
amon^ cadets who .received their
silver wings and commissions as
second lieutenants, U. S. Army
Air Corps, ,on Dec. 12, 1941, dur
ing graduation exercises at the air
corps advanced flying school at
Barksdale Field, lyOuisiana.
Lieutenant I’rogar was appoint
ed aviation cadet in the army air
corps on April 28, 1941. He rcr
ceived his primary school flight
training at Darr Aero Tech., Inc.,
Albany, Gex>rgia, and his basic
flying at Georgia Aero Tech., Au-
sTista, Georgia, before arriving at
Bar^dale Field for his advanced
(raining on Sept. 30, 1941. He
has bH;n assigned to active duty
with, the U. S. Army Air Corps.
Before -coming into the army
air corps. Lieutenant Progar at
tended Elon College, Elon Ool-
leTe, N. C,,.from 1938 to'1940,
where he was member of the
vai^ity football and baseball
teams.
l^ontgomery, Ala., Dec. 29—
Avjation Cadet Glenwood Colbert
Ford of 4332. King street, Ports
mouth, Va., began advanced train
ing as a bombardier Saturday
(Dec. 27) at the Air Corps Acs-
vanoed Flying School at Albu
querque, New Mexico.
(Jadet Ford, a trainee shipfitter’
before he enterf^d the Arm-y, had
been at tho Air Corps Replae^ment
Training Center at Maxwell
Field, Ala. since September 17.
T.Jpon completion of his training,
he will be awarded a commission
as a Second lieutenant in the army
air Forces.
He participated in numerous
anorts in college and hin'h school.
He is the son of Mr and Mrs. J.
W. Ford
Austin, Texas, Jan. 10—Before
Pearl Harbor, many Student
Opinion Surveys of Airerica polls
had indicated collegians, although
sympathetic with the British ard
the Russians, were unmoved by
any call to join the embattled
Europeans, Even more than the
average American adult, Btudents
had failed to mobilize their spirit
But the chang,’ that has come
about since the IT. S. went to war
is staggering. New surveys com
pleted since hostilities in the Pa
cific began, register the enormous
effect the Japanese attpck has had
on the undergraduate mind. These
results leave no doubt that college
students—long criticized for their
reacetime isolationist leanings —
have immediatelv united and are
ready for the personal sacrificca
war will demand:
1. Most college men would have
preferred to have the draft age
lowered to 18—affecting most of
them personally — than have it
raised to 45, Congress last month
made men 20 to 44 subiect to mil
itary service.
2. Nearly nine in every ten are
willing to give some of their time
daily on local defense committees.
3. Almost as manv men not in
the armed forces drafted for non-
military duty.
4. More than three-fourths of
the co-v/^'S approve of drafting wo
men for non-military tasks.
Here are the questions asked,
and the j)ercentage.a received in
this survey covering every section
of the ITnited States, with stu
dents of all tyj)C8 proportionately
renresented:
“If the armed forces need more
would you rather have the
draft age for military service lo
wered to 18 or raised to 45 ?”
All Men W
T-ower to 18 43 50 28
Raise to 45 43 34 58
T^o both 11 14 6
Do neither 2 1 4
Undecided 2 1 4
“Would you give several hours
of your time daily if you wera
•askod to- work on a local defense
committee ?”
Very willing 47
Mildly willing 27
Perhaps, but not sure . . . ... 15
No ... 9
Undecided 2
“Would you approve or disap
prove of the rrovernment drafting
men not subiect to serve in . the
armed forces to do non-^military
defense work in their communi
ties ?” •• • . .
A'^nrove g4
Disapprove 12
Undecided 4
“Would you approve or disap
prove of the government drafting
women to do non-military defense
work in their communities?”
All Men W
Approve 70 0fl 78
Disapprove ....... 25 29 17
Undecided 5 ' 5 5
GONE BUT not FORGOTTEN
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T’.'^rliaps you have missed some
familiar fa«« around the campus
since our return from the Holi
days. Among tho.se who did not
return are Jim Ferris, who is now
Tfith the Nsval Air Corps in At
lanta; Bill Wyatt, v^ho is with tlic
National Broadcasting System iti
New York City; Frances Creef,
who has secured a fob in her home
town, Norfolk; Jolea Holt, who
was married December 20 to Mar
vin Yount: Helen Dillard and
Sadie Whitley.
Two yeara atndents from
Elon CoUefte preoented a plan at
I the North Carolina Youth Con-
I gress at tke Sute Capitol which
j called for Toluntary Military
j training in all colle)^ in this state
j not haTiB^ an RO.T.C. nnit. Thin
plan waa UBanimouBly paused by
j both houses aad will be put into
I effect im the mear future on the
Ulon oampua. Oi> December I,*],
} 941 the youB^ men of Elon vot-
(d their time and effmrts one hun-
dr^ pCT cent toward the realiza
tion of this prof(ram and since that
time it kas (gained momentum
through Administrative channals
and student activities. It is hop
ed ^at members of the American
L(*cion of Burlinxton will be
availabta to aid in the actual pro
motion of the plan on the field.
Dr. L. E. Smith is working in
doee operation with a faculty
committee toward accomplishment
of these ends.
The yoonji: men will be organiz
ed itito small group* or squads in
the be^nninj^ and later into largn
platoons. They will meet tho dis
cipline whick they may expect
^*hen they become aotively engM^
od in basic trainini' in the Nation^*
armed forces. From time to time
the schedule of drilling!; will be in
terrupted for lectures by comp«\
fent authorities on such subjfx^
as first aid, how, juid^.w^.''^ and
where to salute the flag, sanita-
!ion, how to distinguish the ^ank
of officers and enlisted m«n,' and
■)ther subjects of a military na
ture. It is contended that through
such traiminj; our young men will
'’eel at home durinjr their actual
basic traimnfc in whatever branch
of the service they choose, and that
th^y will be outstanding in their
•'ariouB fields of activity due to
their having kad these advantages
here at Elon, Doubtless through
fJieir knowle^ of the«». funda
mentals they will gain early pro
motions in rank.
It shoidd be noted that this ef
fort requires cooperation of a one
hundred per eent calibre in order
to orf^iniso a successful unit and
therefoie every student who
"ishes to lend kis services should
do so with a feeling of self-sacri
fice and eonsoiousnese of duty and
loyalty toward tkis purpose which
is to serve our oountry with minr^,
rniTht, and courage as beet we are
able in her koor of great need.
More To Practice
Blackout Than Meets
Eye
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Bl^-outl Whoops! Now in
the time for all good men and
eala to have a party. Just think of
the implications of thiri little af
fair.
Just frar ^ sake of argument
(and it wo|ld vpiUy bo dumb to
waste timft in a manner), let
us suppose tkat we are on a date
and the black-out signal sounda
while we are .riding arotind,, Ac
cording to law^e must pull over
to the curb and fura off our lights.
’Nough said on that phas-.
Perhaps it may be a parlor date,
and you are diacuasin^ the war
•hen the signial sounds. When tlm
lights go out some people got scar
ed, and we are told that there is
nothing like arms around one to
quiet ones fears. (Our only fear
i.-i that there wcm’t be any arms
lound to quiet our trembling!)
\iii’t gopna study war no more I