MAUOON AND GOLD
SATURDAY, MATiriT 7, 1942'
yVlaroon and Gold
Edited and printed at Elon College by stu
dents of Journalism. Published bl-weekly dur
ing the collcc; year.
—EDITORIAL STAFF—
Roy Mansfield
Marjorie Hunter Mana^rin« Editor
Judy Ilolcwnan . Co-Editor
—BUSINESS STAFF—
Bob Sellers Business :Manai^>r
Jimmie Elder Circula'ion Kditor
Dr. Fletcher Collins Faculty Advisor
—NEWS EDITORS—
Lucy Atwatw laeley
H. M. Austin -Tune Murphy
toward Oullirfeth -lohn Pollard
(^ick Danaron James Pritchett
Jimmy Elder , Bob Sellers
Harold Garber ’ Mary Frances Stame/
Forrest Hall Terrell
Erwin Harris Troxkr
W. L. Hobson ' Charlie Walters
Judy Holoman Richard Weldon
ifarcella Rawis
—PRODUCTION STAFF—
Roy Mansfield Manager
I'hilip C,e'Rri4s''»; ^.Wstant
David Offman Assistant
Allen Colenda Linotj-pe Op^rator
John PoUard ... • . • t^aff Photographer
Enter^ as ^nd class matter Novem^r
10, 1936 at the postoffice at Elon Collece, N. C.,
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Looks At The Books
LOCAL POLITICS
Now is an appropriate time for us fo look
at our own political aituatitjn and make evalu.i-
tions of it. Perhaps the most important aspect of
a democratic government is the right to vote, and
the, officers we elect determine and reflect our jwl-
icics'. For tMi« reason, we should closely examine
the qdalitiee of die. prospective officers and choo«o
the persons with the-greater abilities, disregarding
popularity and fratemal tiee, in an iffort to make
oor jrtnirnt gov«'mmiPnt as effective as p^9ible.
Remember Elon in a democracy, the same as
your country. The right to vote is on« privileg,.
that is shanid equally by every student oyi the
campus. From the highest senior to the lowest
freshman—ffom dorm students to day hops—boys
^irls— all. ar*; equal when they start to vote.
Don’t ignore this privilege—don’t think that your
Tote is riot important—many elections at Elon :n
the* paM hate been decided by one vote. Last
y«ir alon^ three offices were decided by one vote.
It shOTld be the desire of e%-ery student, who
wishes to m»ke Elon a better place to live, to kwp
the politi.s on the campus fn?e from ans quality
of in-Mucerity or dishoiK^y. The strai-bt .shoot
er luuanr hits his mark, while the one who shoots
crooked iliisses most of the time.
Each of us is a power on this campus and it
is up to Urt to think and ujJe this power. Tl'.ert> is
no other way to get things done. ^ e mu.n gi;t the
best Aau cf.vt»xl in order for the best wan to work
for u?i. .^U we can do is do our part, bur in doing
that wo are putting democracy to work.
Before we mark our ballots at (he polls
Tuesday, let’s take time to really think over this
student eleHion. It is much easier to think be
fore we vote th*a to suffer an entire year \Vitli
incompetent student leaders.
The victors in the finals next Tuesday will
be rcprrsTitative8 of Elon Colb'ge both on and off
the camptis. Wliat thev say. how thev act—in
fact, their'every move—will reflect on ii' an a stu
dent bo45'.
Be not led astrav bv any clique's cunning
coen'ion. Be unbiased, unprejudiml, and place
our vote where you think it will do mo;-t good.
And, above all, let’s all vote.
The Maroon and Gold has no favorite." in the
rl«nii>iis and wishe^t only to stimulate .sTio«d
thought at the poll*. The past shows tJiat it i.s
fet a .-imal! group to take advantage of
an. indif;‘er-nt attitude to have their choicoa
elect«i
And we thought it was Spring until we look
ed'out our windows and there were tiny HI’ snow
drops falling and didn’t we feel silly ? Well, in
any event, it seems that plenty of young men’s
fancies have turned to what a woman’s been think
ing about all year, and our gossip column marches
on.
Have you notic-ed that Georgio seems tO be
down for the count of t^ n and that Becky is not
far behind ?
Fifteen rahs for I )raft-Dodger Clayton. He’s
here to stay a while, and more than one person on
the campus is happy over the situation.
* She’s a cute girl, Albright, and don’t say
that we didn’t Warren ya’.
W’^onder if Hurl and Elsie are really serious ?
From all appearanc^^s . . . well?
And speaking of Elsies, who is the boss in the
Phillipe-Boone affair
What’s this, a budding romance? Twin
(Evelyn) and Tuxedo Jones sho’ did look swanky
at the party t’other night.
And when it started, they were botL in love
widi two someone elses, but now there is no one
hut the two of ’em. What about it, Molly and
Whitje?
Where was lil’ Mac the other night when
Chuck took Cuddles to the party?
Soqieone wants to know if Johnny Zeissner
is playing hard-to-get or if he is already in love,
.lohnny, could you spare a lil’ information?
Who is the certain girl who says, “My heart
belongs to him, Nothing matters anymore”. Just
which Him is a question, but she’s a Senior girl.
Many persons are wondering who the editor
of the Try-Weekly is. (They really try to get it
out weekly.) Why not try investigating Oak
J^odge thoroughly ?
Congratulations to Wiggie who is movipg in
to the United States at last: from Washington to
Philly.
Ask Aikin about two young ladies from the
same city, Marion and Stell.
Aik Barrier about her newest namesake.
Congratulations to the basketball team for a
hard ’fRught year and for the excellent work thai
they have done in spite of nximerous handicaps.
Kell and Pope seem to know how to get in the
movies free, or is it a system ? Anyway, share
and share alike, girb; others would like to know
your tf'chiyque.
Whici girl does Irvin Somer* go with ? Any
way, one of thwn ct‘rrainly has liia attention.
Joe Tomanoifk is yelling that he was framed
bocaur^ he was tJected to the May Court, but I
don’t tliink he iS too jarred.
WLy is it that we don’t see Hazel and Chuck
to^tfi^'r so much lately ? Could it be that there
is ^ i^et'mejit between the two; if bo we wonder
what uie agreement is and why ?
To whom will Chick bequeath his lady loves
at Duke and W. C. now that he has to go to the
army?
Wonder huw Lt. Joe Toinanchek is making
out on his latest case. His sleutJiing so far is go^
eneugh to make Dick Tracy blush and bow his
head. And speaking of said person. The follow
ing lett>r wu8 v,Titten by a girl from A. C. College
ind found later. “Look at number 25; isn’t he
hanSsome?” But when No 25 fouled out of the
gamt^ and wad seen in street clothes, the girl
thought he was even better looking. C’mon ’n tell
us about it, Joe.
Theme songs of the week:
'■ "Tom Smvthe: -Everything Happens To Me.”
Jeanne Cannon: “Someone’s Rocking my
Dream Boat.,,
Phil (Itjarins: “I’ve Ck)t It Bad And That Ain’t
Good’’.
Gloria Barfield: “Sombody Else Is Taking
My Plac-e.” (But she does not mean it.)
What Elon boy wouldn’t give his right arm to
know the secrrt ot John Pollard’s success?
As the time for banquets approaches, we see
' he worried lx^ on so many of the girls’ faces
and hear them ask. “X^Tio am I going to take to
my banquet.” It s mighty “tuff girls, they re
in the armv now.’’ But this is just to give a hint
to. the boys, and if they will all put on their bwt
manners and most pleasing personalities, then who
knows but what th.ev might be honored by an in
vitation from their S.
Is it true that Kent Dennan likes red-heada
from Portsmouth ?
Where do'S Fon‘St Hall spend tie period
between ten Ui ten thirty every day ? He says that
he is studying but surely not with Ruth along.
It has bt*«‘n heaid rhat Sal Festa is looking
for an air-i>id shelter just big enough for two.
WHun one sjops and thinks of it, that is not such
a bad idea aftt*r all.
■ 'Jhis L- Station S-N-I-P Signing off till next
time. I^or further infcirmation don’t read your
local'newspapt-r. liead this column next week.
My boy friend is planning to marry this
month. He confided in me, “I know that I can
support the girl on my salary but what am I go
ing to live on ?”
* * *■
When the decorator suggested finishin^f tie
walls in wine, he said, “Don’t use wine; the walls
are plastered now.”
* * *
When the tramp at the back door told rOe
that he hadn’t tasted food in three days, Henty
Baid, “Oh it still tastes the same”, and closed the
door.
* * *
A simple explanation of the exemption- of
married men from conscription: Their wives had
their numbeirs long ago.
* * *
The lad.y next door gets discouraged eVUfry
time she wants to try a new recipe. They sdl
start, “Take a clean dish-”.
* ♦ *
Question: What time is it ?
Ansvyer: To three-thirty o’cock, it’s a quarter-
after.
* * *
She: What’s the date?
He; I don’t know I
She: Well, would it trouble you too much ta
look and see on that paper that you are reading ?
He: That wouldn’t help: this is yesterday’s’
paper.
If there is anything worse
Than a waffle that is cold
Or mashed potatoes
Three days old, >
It’s suddenly meeting
A fat old hen .
That .you loved in high school
In nineteen ten.
W. P. Farbstein
♦ * *
Grace: I didn’t accept Bob the first time that
he proposed.
Mabel: No, dearie, you weren’t there.
* « «
The doctor smiled as he entered the room.
“You look much better today.”
“Yes, I followed the instructions on the bot
tle of medicine that you gave me.”
“What were they” ?
“Keep the bottle tightly corked.”
* * *
Mechanics Prof.: Name a great time-saver.
Student: Love at first sight
* * *
Froeh: I can’t stay in class today.
Prof: Wliy ?
Frosh: I don’t feel well.
Prof: Where don’t you feel well ?
Froah: In class.
* ♦ *
Prof :• What kept you out of class yesterday
—acute indigestion ?
Co-ed: No, a cute engineer.
* ■» * I .
“Jack makes me tired.”
“It’s your own fault, dear. You should stop
running after him.”
* * ■»
“Could you lend me five bucks?”
“I never lend money. It only breaks up
friendships.”
“But after all, we never were really good
friends, ya’ know.
There are numerous drawbacks to living up*
to a d'eadliue for a- newspaper. The poor old copy
writer is always in the middle of next week'Wicept^
when he is' two weeks late. But the worst of'it is
tiat'he never seems to catth up to where he should
be or at least hopes to be. TEis week we f^Fwe
have a chance'to'start over. This feeling has no
logical basts, but we f«l it anrywa.y. For tiie oc
casion we are picking on' some books we think
should be read more in these times, for they da
much to explain the plight our world is in.
iMade Asia by John Gunther; WhiFe Mr,
Gunther ha's written another book since this one
carrie ouf, this still is the best'of the scrice. In.ic
he d!»cribes the continent of mystery, giving all
the facts the average Western readef wants to-
Imow about Asia. Here are events, perisonalities;,
and forccs which' are changing th^ face of Asiai
toda.y. Here is the background' of history witlwuA;
which current Happenings cannot- be understood.
Hitler’gf K A!po«tle8' by Oswald Duch. Ta
aiost of us the might; of- tJSe’ Third Eeich^ is per
sonified in Hitler. This conception is- of course--
naive. Hitler alone could never have made Ger
many what she is today. This is a book aBosrt ther.
men who worked with him: such men as Goeria*^^
Goebbels, and Hess. Tb.ia book shouid ai»efr sm-
eyes tO new facts that will give us a broader con
cept of German power.
Beriin- DiafV by William L. Shirei*. Mr,
Shijer is a cfose tfbservec and" a ifeporter who
has the faculty of being on the spot whew anything
important happens. He saw t^ whole 0^ (fee war
f^'om Berlin and on the Western Rwat, from the
opening of hosfilifieff t» the end of 1940; This
book tells what he saw. It ie a simple, day-to-dav
record of events as they happeaed btefone. his eyes.
The Storm Breaks by Fredrick T. BircbalF.
This book is a panorama of Europe and the forces-
which wrecked its peace, told by a maij who won
the Pulitzer Pfize for journalism in This
book covers its subject well and with fairness.
REELING ALONG
Looking For Trouble by Virginia> €«r«le»
tells of the war starting in Spain, 1936 down^ to
tlio crucial present. Miss Cowles went abroad as
an unknown journalist to report the war in Spain.
Latef sB« became a correspondent for The- Sunday
Times in London and proceeded to move frwn
front to front as the -war swept ovw Europe. Be
cause it is a unique personal history and because
it is good reporting this book is worth reading.
These are .fust a few ei (fS€- Boo&»^ritten
about the times we live in. Some of these-^jooka
are better than others, but all of them add- to '-di^^
picture of the world as it is today. They help us
undcrstAad j«#t why and how the world got in the
fix it’s in. ?v3me of tke events may be ©verdone
but as a whole the spirit of the times is shown in.
all of them.
Those Treacherous Japs
This week-end at the Elon Mories an excep
tionally fine movie is showing, “The Howards of
Virginia”. Cary Grant and - Martha Scott have
the leading roles. Cary Grant is a backwoodsman
who defies all the traditions of the aristocratic
families-of early Virginia, marries a girl from one
of these families, Martha Scott, and goes back to
the backwoods to live. He becomes a successful
farmer and later is involved with the struggle for
independanc^. In this part of the picture a gra
phic picture is given of the events leading up to
and including the Revolutionary War.
Next week “Meet John Doe” has been ordered
but final word has not been received as to its re
lease.
In case you are interested here is the results
of the student poll that -was taken tlie other day to
pick the ten pictures you wanted most. In order
of their popularity they are: How Green Was My
Valley, One Foot In Heaven, Citizen Kane,
Smiling Thru, Honky Tonk, Yank In The R. A.
F., Bride Came C O. D., Meet John Doe, Ap
pointment For IjOve, with Moon Over Miami and
They Met In Bombay tied for tenth place. The^
pictures as far as possible will be shown thi.s
spring, but will not be shown in order of their
popularity, the date of release determining that.
(Editor’s Note: The following poem has just
been received fey The Maroon and Gold office. It
was written by an Elon graAiate of last May,
John Henry Pearce, who is now working in a Sou
thern defense industry. We share his sentiments,
and hope you will.)
The Japs with treacherous hearts did leap
Upon our backs ae i*e did sleep.
Our planes were caught upon the ground
Our pilots in their beds were found.
Our shi|>B were idle in the bay, „
Our sailors nestled in the hay. '
The Admiral had just k^gun to snore
When Ja)i>anese planes begun to roar.
The boni}>9 were falling all around*
Our pianos caught useless on the grouiMf.
The pilots stood all in a fltttter,
But not one foot could touch a rudder.
Every man was quite amazed.
To see their ships as they were razed
By fire, from dirty Japs who crept’
Upon our men as they had slept.
For yeari we’ve worked and built this bai-e;
To ^ard against this filthy race.
All it tcKik was one good slumber.
For those . . . Japs to get our njunbet.
They’ve had their fun and slipped away,
So n(jw we're going to have our say.
P'rank Knox, the h^s of man and fleet,
Stepped in and woke them from their sleep.
We’ve bad our rest, and now we’re steady:
To show those Japs that w^ ar» reaiiy.
We slept, but now we have a treat
For thori‘ . . . Japs who broke our sleep.