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MAROON AND GOLD
SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1942
Maroon and Gold
Edited and printed at Elon College by students of
Journalism. Published bi-weekly during the college
year. '
—EDITORIAL STAFF—
Ed Watts Editor
Jimmie Elder Managing Editor
Judy Holoman Co-Editor
—BUSINESS STAFF—
Bob Sellers Business Manager
Jimmie Elder Circulation Manager
Dr. Fletcher Collins Faculty Advisor
—NEWS EDITORS—
^ . Lucy Atwater 1^°** Iseley
H. M. Austin June Murphy
Howard Culbreth John Pollard
^^Hl^hick Damron James Pritchett
^^Jimmy Elder Marcella Rawls
Harold Garber Sellers
Forrest Hall Mary Frances Stamey
Erwin Harris Isaac Terrell
Judy Holoman Irvin Troxler
Charlie Walters Richard Weldon
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David Offman , Assistant
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fit the postoffice at Elon College, N. C., under the act
of Congress March 3, 1879.
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SENIOR SWAN SONG
Just think about it ... a coupla' more weeks and
no more classes. Then we can all take off our shoes
and go barefoot. We wonder just how many of the
guys and gals will return to their true loves and for
get the romantic heroes of the year at Elon. It’s a hor
rible thought!
We all know her name but do many of us know
that Louis Adair really is pretty keen over a pretty
young nurse from Durham.
Miss Ames, when looking longingly at the extra
bread at the table said to herself, "If I dood it, I get
told off by the head waiter; I dood it. Oh, Oh”.
How did Worth Coble come out with his two girls
the other night at the banquet in Burlington?
What girl sent Pud her picture to carry to the
army with him?
What happened to Marco when he went home
Easter. Could it have been that he broke up with his
girl.
What about the blossoming romance between
Catherine and Bryant?
How did Howard persuade Flo that he had only
the best of intentions on those Week-ends at W. C.
Is Marcella really married or is that just another
rumor? \
Is H. M. connected with Ladies Hall or is he just
playing protector for one of his Fraternity brothers?
Virginia Jeffries is always good for a snoop. This
week ask her how she liked Utt's recital. If she won’t
tell you, John Pollard will.
Have you heard that Dr. French’s dog went into
his office ’tother day singing, “Somebody Else is Tak
ing My Place”. The good Doctor says that he doesn’t
know which of his two babies is the most trouble.
What’s happened to Hank and Gloria. Did a third
party step in somewhere? And what has Ruby been
giving Bill so much heck about since one week-end
not too long ago when he took a short trip to Virginia?
Marcella surely was producing contagious smiles
last week when a certain Flying Cadet was around.
Lody really took over quick when Armstrong came
back—Wot’s this? An old flame never dies?
A certain day student will probably be broke for
the rest of the school year. Why—well his foot is just
a little too heavy and you know these state patrolmen
will slip around, and when they do, they clean your
pockets.
And that should be about enough of this stuff. Of
course, if you want some more, come back around next
year.
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Four years ago we came to Elon as freshmen.
These four years have been extremely short. Yet
when we think back over the years they have been
chuck-full of helpful experience and hard work.
Time iuis come to leave Elon and close another
" chapter of life. Surely there is a sentimental feeling
in our hearts as we say good-by, but still, if we hang
around we will not grow and make progress as Elon so
desires for us. It is one of these things that happen
in life. As Heraclitus said, things are in a constant
flux and the changes of life are natural and should be
taken as natural.
As we leave Elon we think first of all our friends
among the administration and faculty. Too, we leave
fellow students that we will run across in later life to
discuss the “good old college days.” Some we will
never see again. We do have the consolation, howevei,
that if we need^a friend's help later, somewhere in the
world we have them.
Then too as we leave Elon we depart realizing the
fact that Elon has contributed things to our lives that
money cannot buy. Tennyson once stated, I am a
part of all that I have met”.
As we go we go also realizing that we are to help
in every way '^e can to make these things that havt
been our privileges the privileges of those who fol
low us. Elon’s burdens of the future must be our bur
dens. Others fought to win our prize and sailed
through bloody seas. It was not an easy task for those
who have gone on before to maintain such a worthy in
stitution and neither should we expect it to lighten
any. Elon must live in a greater way than ever before.
We would not say this just because of a sentimental
feeling in our hearts, but because Elon is worthy. Elon
must not live just for the sake of Elon, but for the sake
of humanity.
We must live, and Elon must live that those who
follow us may also live as we have lived.
Reeling Along
The final picture of the present school year is
now being shown on the campus, and to make sure the
season is closed with a bang the picture chosen for tl!i.s
week is the number-one poll choice of the student
body, "How Green Was My Valley.” Starring in this
great production are Maureen O’Hara and Walter
Pidgeon.
Nothing more should be sajd. al^^
id Iff
s picture;
the large number of votes it receivedlif ljK|B||ul?rit'y
poll proves how popular It is with the svMi^tndy. It
is trtly one of the best pictures shown he^ this year.
In winding up this column for the year we would
in behalf of the student body like to express our ap
preciation to those who have worked hard to make our
week-ends so enjoyable this year. First to Professor
Hook, who has ordered the pictures and directed the
work throughout the year; then to those boys who have
Mcrificed so many of their week-ends that we might
enjoy ours; Joe Whitaker In the projection room; Bus
ter Butler and Garret Cook downstairs selling and col
lecting tickets. To this fine staff vre say "Thanka*’
with a capital T.
World Astounded By
Fionas Frog Project
Wanted: Boys who are not subject to the draft.
Apply at West Dorm.
Wanted by Velma Triplett: One special messen
ger fish to bring in letters from a certain Ensign who
has put out to sea—whereabouts unknown.
Wanted: More gas for the Elon Road Scholars.
Found: A batting eye just as the season is over.
The Baseball Team.
Wanted: New or slightly used knee-bracers for the
senior ministerial students who are speaking in Chapel.
Wanted: A black sheep. We need his skin. A cer
tain senior is graduating this year. See the administra
tion. j|
Wanted by many of the seniors: A few semester
hours (deducted for church and chapel cuts) returned
by the good fairy (somebody like Dean Messick).
Found: A fine way to bid adieu to Coach—an 11-0
victory over Lenoir-Rhyne.
Wanted: Somebody to write my three other term
papers. Charlie Walters.
Wanted: Cooperation of the Student Body to keep
our campus beautiful for commencement.
Lost: A drawer from the Bureau of Investigations.
Wanted: An electric razor that does not affect a
radio.
Wanted: One good Snip and Snoop. See Judy
Holoman.
Wanted: High arches. Contact Joel Scott.
Wanted; Some form of discipline at my table. See
Miss Ames.
Well, here we are about to look at the last book
we shall scan over in this space for some time. These
looks have been fun every week, and we hope we have
helped make at least one book your friend.
For this occasion we have chosen a new book. It’s
not even in our library as yet, but it will be, for it is a
life-giving book, the final statement of an American
who chose for his epitaph: "Life, not death, is the
great adventure”.
The title of the book is Sherwood Anderson’s
"Memoirs”. The genius of a real story teller and lover
of mankind is shown in this final work almost com
pleted at the time of his death. It is perhaps the jlo-
sest look we have had in our time into an artist’s con
sciousness.
In a sense Mr. Anderson spent his whole life
writing this book. The great body of his work shows
his understanding of the country that was part of his
very flesh and bone. In “Tar” and "A Story Teller’s
Story” he made direct attempts to write of his early
life. Yet only this last book holds the full bodied,
statement.' Now he is dead.
Mr. Anderson leaned out to life, asking only to re
cord it. His was a crossroad!; life. He knew great
names, and he knew nobodies just as well. It is right
that this book should be a tale of people, of the count
less personalities who changed his life. Here is a re
cord of those he met and why those meetings were im
portant. Yes, here is the life of a man who loved
people and this land of ours.
By Thomas Woodson
Well, here we are at the end of another school
year. For a very special few it has been a year of
hard work, noble accomplishments, and just rewards.
For many it has been a year of making new friends,
having a fine time and skimping by with the least pos
sible effort. Then there are those who cooperate
equally in working for and just plain working their
profs, and have generally come to be looked upon as
average students. Last is the group which we try not
to become a part of, those who flunk everything.
This article is dedicated to those who have labored
long and done much. It will attempt to review the
most outstanding feats of some of our departments
here at Eoln. First in line is Dean Messick and the
Education department.
Perhaps you have heard the classical statement—
Those who can, "do”. Those who can’t "do”, teach.
Those who can't teach, teach others how to teach. If
you have heard this remark please erase it from your
memory because the students of Education here at
Elon have proven that they can “do” as well as teach.
The following evidence should be ample proof.
At the suggestion of the Music department, a
group of educators and music students have experi
mented into the possibilities of the common Bull Frog's
voice.
The Music department found that the frog was
capable of singing (in full voice) a tone an octave be
low the lowest pitch ever produced by a human. This
in itself is most remarakble, but not nearly so remark
able as the Education department's development of
this. Their task was to teach the frog to utilize his
vocal apparatus in such a manner as*to produce sounds
equivalent to the sounds made by a human being. After
this had been accomplished by rote, the Education stu
dents took it upon themselves to teach the frog Eng
lish.
Having overcome the difficulties already brought
forth, the frog was sent back to the Music department
to be taught the finer points of singing and the simple
rudiments of music. By this time the frog was a well-
rounded musician except for one detail, his tone, and
here is the real problem.
In an effort to find why the frog produced a burpy
tone, the Education department took its case to the
Biology department for a study of the frog’s sound or
gans. Here it was found that due to the construction
of the frog’s throat, he could never sing like Caruso.
Naturally this was a blow to all those who had worked
so hard to educate the frog. But all was not lost; the
physics dep^tment was yet to t>e heard from.
The scholarly lads in this department had put their
heads together and found that since the extremely low
tones of the frog’s voice vibrate at such a slow rate it
would be possible to make a revolving disk plated
with sharp blades, (to turn at the speed of 987,654,358,-
596,300 revolutions per second) which would shave the
fuzz from the frog’s voice as he sings and at the same
time produce a perfect artificial vibrato. When com
pleted, this invention will revolutionize the music
world. Don’t be surprised if you see a new section ad
ded to the Don Cossack Choir in the next year. Just
imagine a Carnegie Hall concert with Below, Bellow,
Lowbe, and Lowbell, \he master musician frogs, sing
ing in their contra-contra-bass style, “Here’s To Dear
Old Elon".
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