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MAROON AND GOLD
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1942
Maroon and Gold
Edited and printed at Elen College by students of
Jeurnalism. Published bi-weekly during the college
year.
—EDITOEIAL STAFF—
Ed Watts Editor
Jimmie Elder Managing Editor
Judy Holoman Co-Editor
Mary Denson Associate Editor
Charles Mann Sports Eklitor
Elroy Hooper Assistant Sports Editor
—BUSINESS STAFF—
John Pollard Business Manager
Jimmie Elder Circulation Manager
Charles R. McClure Faculty Advisor
—NEWS EDITORS—
Rachel Crowell Harry Merrow
Jimmy Darden Goldie Morris
Mary Denson Ivan Ollis
Charles Mann Faye Thomas
Jesse Meredith
—PRODUCTION STAFF—
Allen Colenda Manager
Bob Lee Assistant
John Pollard Staff Photographer
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Build crs Of A New World
SNIP AND SNOOP
Latest Washington figures show that college en
rollment for the current school year has fallen off near
ly fifteen per cent in co-educational schools and at
least twenty-five per cent in schools for men. The ex
planation, of course, is the war, which has exploited
the college manpower resources throughout the count-
ly
We do not condemn the National Selective Service
System in the least for its action along this line; in
fact, we would Suggest that it go even further and dig
deeper into the college student reserve if necessary,
but we would demand a specific policy on the Selec
tive Service status of college men.
There has been no clear-cut statement as yet to
what courses shall be the basis for deferment. Then,
too, how far along should a student be before he is
considered for deferment, if at all? And what about
the eighteen and nineteen year-olds if the age limit is
lowered?
Some of these questions have been partially an
swered, but on the whole the answers have been in
adequate and confusing.
In regard to courses, any study in which the sub
ject matter correlates army technical courses, or
where training in physics, chemistry, engineering, and
medicine is properly executed and intensified, we be
lieve that provision should be made for deferment. Of
those mentioned, only chemistry and medicine could
be considered at Elon.
Concerning deferment for advanced standing, it
is our opinion that no student should be deferred un
til he has at least reached his junior year, and at this
time be in good scholastic standing.
It is evident now that we will see in the immediate
future a showdown on the status of eighteen and nine
teen year-olds. When this matter is cleared up, we
may expect a more uniform policy on other draft prob
lems.
Selective Service officials should see the serious
ness of the situation and the position of the average
college student. We know not what to expect nor what
to plan for, resulting in haphazard preparation for the
future and lack of morale so essential to our fullest de
velopment. ,
FIFTH COLUMN
Perhaps you have heard these exact words recent
ly. Maybe you heard the address given at a nearby
college this spring, and termed in these very six words.
It’s a thought—or perhaps a challenge. More explicit
ly, ifs adventure! Challenge! Initiative!. Bravery! Sa
crifice! We are singled out to do a job, even though
we have no experience and are only trying and hoping
to complete our college studies. Builders of a so-
called new world, who will endure, are not to be found
among the intellectual giants, nor among the military
heroes of a great nation, nor among the idealists of a
religious creed. These builders will be found only
among the men and women whose training and educa
tion will have developed in them vision, conviction,
courage, and "abundant life”.
College training? For what? For adulthpod?
You should analyze this to the point where you deter
mine that you are training yourself in order to teach
others. Never say yeu're planning to teach a modei^
language or perhaps mathematics. Instead say you're
planning to teach men and women, boys and girls.
That’s education—helping people to increase their un
derstanding rather than to increase their knowledge.
Builders of our new world must be dreamers of worm
while dreams and see visions that will gnP them po
werfully.
Three hundred and twenty-two years ago the pil
grims planned to build a new world and they chose
the hardfst course. Their hardships, their sufferings,
their severe sacrifices bear silent testimony to their
unconquerable spirit and indomitable courage.
Perhaps the issues today are somewhat different.
However, the basic ideals and principles are the same.
Builders of a new world will bear the same testimony
•8 did the Pilgrims of old—testimony to spirit and
courage. ,
WHO’S WHO
The waging of tongues and the like again bring
you Snip and Snoop and time marches on. And as for
wholesome gossip, well folks, here tis and if you are
among the gossipped about, don't worry, ten years
from now, you'll never know the difference.
Virginia, we hear that you had the nicest time
visiting Sarah Lou in Chapel Hill.
We wonder If Bud Brown ever found that drink of
water that he was looking for at the picnic.
T'was nice seeing so many ex-Elonites back on the
campus for Bid Night.
What is all this that we hear about senior girls
dating freshman boys? Perhaps Minnie Belle could
tell us about it . . . Anyway, he is cute, Minnie Belle.
Gee, kids, take a peek at Hazel Truitt's sparkler
. . . yep, from Isley, too.
Running in the finals: Chase of the month: Arthur
“Yank" Dickson in swift pursuit of Mary Elizabeth Tur
ner.
Ask Paige 'bout his cute girl friend who came and
visited him this week-end.
Non-fraternity and non-sorority members snould
be thanked for cooperating and helping with the acti
vities during the pkst week-end.
Bouquets to the girls being faithful to boys in the
service. We hear that the girls are hoping for fur
loughs though . . . what say, Crowell?
Seems as if Ike just "took over" without much ado.
Who says that there is no such thing as love at first
sight. And if you don't believe me, just ask them.
Be careful with your heart, Joe Tom . . . but isn't
she cute?
Why doesn't Faye fess up and tell who her S. P. is?
Has anyone noticed the gleam in Louie’s eye after
week-ends? Could it come from the fact that he spends
his week-ends near Reidsville? What about it, Agresta?
Hey, Jack, let us in on this Coplin vs. Barber feud.
What’s cooking?
Carlyle, who tried to bump you off and who got
the worst end of the bargain?
How’s the romance progressing these days, Buster?
We hear that your theme song is “Holt Tight”.
Ask Kern whether veal comes from the male or
the female sheep. He'll answer, “Female, of course”,
I betcha.
Have you noticed tha^^Mr. Askin has been sporting
around lately? What aboot it Mildred?
Frank, you are a terrible heart-breaker! You be
careful how you treat these sweet lil' freshmen ... re
member, you are a man of the world.
Was Pudsie going around in circles this week-end
with two of his heart-throbs on campus.
Oh, gollee, that deadline! If you will just have
patience, we will tell all next week and if you didn't
make the column this week, hold on to your hats and
we will try to get around to vou sooner or later. Adios,
Senoritas and Senors, may the coming week be full of
thrills and surprises for you. Bye, now!
Dear Mr. Editor:
From all over the state, from all over the nation
we have been subjected to desperate pleas by our mili
tary as well as our civilian leaders for our participation
in the current scrap drive in progress. And yet to date
we sit with our hands folded taking no steps to gather
what available scrap material that we have to offer.
A thorough appraisal of the situation however con
vinces us that we are doing right. All this stuff we
read in the papers about scrap being needed is nothing
but propaganda. We are the greatest producer in the
world of these needed metals and you can't sell us the
idea that we need what little scrap can be gathered
from our junk piles.
Of course there is a war going on, but that's thou
sands of miles away from us. It’ll never reach here
like it did England. Somebody will stop the Nazis and
the Japs before that. What do we care how many Rus
sians and British get killed. We could win thi§ war
better without them anyway.
Sure, some Americans got knocked off at Pearl
Harbor and some since then have gone down the ways,
but we knew but a couple of them. Somebody's
always getting killed anyway. You know how careless
some people are. That's just hard luck.
Yea, there’s a little scrap lying ground here, but
it has never been in the way and we haven’t bothered
to move it. It takes a lot of effort to get all that junk
up just for nothing. All we could find around here
wouldn’t amount to a hill of beans anyway.
We're college students too, aren't we doing enough
to continue in school and finish our education so we
can help rebuild the world after the war? We've got
too much else to do to bother collecting scrap, and be
sides most of us arc soon going into the service any
way. Let them that want the scrap collected look out
for that and let us worry about continuing the educa
tional system.
I wonder what Joe Hopkins or Millard Piberg
would think of such reasoning. I wonder what their
parents would think of it. If the now famous Aviator
Kelly could voice his opinion what would he say. I
think he would tell us that if we don't hurry up and
get the "mostest there firstest” we won't have any
educational system to worry about. I wonder what
the northern mother who lost her only four sons with
in twenty-four hours would say, and I know what Hit
ler and Hirohito would say, "so glad, you help us keep
bombs away by keeping the scrap piles away, thank
you.
Nice going fellow students . . . keep up the good
work . . . Your favorite fifth columnist.
REELING ALONG
Looks At The Books
We, the Staff of the “Maroon and Gold”, do here
by dedicate this column to the well-deserving leaders
of the respective clubs and classes of Elon College, in
order to better acquaint the student body with them,
and their not-often-sung merits.
Shhhh! There's Luvene! She might give you a
call-down! That, my friends, is often heard coming
from some girl of Elon College while in the act of com
mitting some crime (!??). And why? Because she has
hove into sight of a small, dark-haired unassuming
young girl—Luvene Holmes, to be more specific, the
President of the Student Council.
Born October 20, 1922, in Franklinton, N. C., Lu
vene “grew up” and after completing high school en
rolled in Elon College in 1939. Among the offices
held by this young lady while at Elon are included;
Secretary of the Senior Class, a member of the Dra
matic Club (3), S. C. A. Cabinet, Choir, Secretary of
the Literary Society in her Sophomore year, elected a
May Court Attendant last year. Student Service Or
ganization, a member of the Tau Zeta Phi Sorority, and
the most important of all. President of the Student
Council this year.
Luvene expects to receive her degree in Home
Economics and after graduating from Elon, plans io
teach Home Economics or get into Home Demonstra
tion work of some kind.
We all know that quite a lot of responsibility rests
on the shoulders of Luvene. Sometimes her job is not
a pleasant one; sometimes to us she may seem a little
strict; but, have we ever asked ourselves the question
—why? The answer is quite evident; would Luvene
have been appointed to such a high office if she could
not go by the rules and standards of Elon, personally,
and in the case of others? Would Elon's morale and
reputation as a Christian institution be as high if it
were not for loyal, conscientious representatives as
Luvene? No, the job of Luvene is not all one of honor;
it means hard work. It means enforcing rules and see
ing that they are carried out. It means, above all, an
outlook of fairness in everything and all cases that will
arise.
No, not half enough credit is expressed to Luvene
for her fulfillment of all the qualifications of the Pre
sident of the Student Council, for everything she has
done and is doing. But in the minds and hearts of
everyone, both faculty and students, is unspoken gra
titude to her. And, may we, the whole of Elon, take
this chance to say to her—Luvene, we think you're
swell!
There is a time for all things, it is said. In fact
it was said to us so now we must get to work and really
look at some books. Last time we just beat around the
bush and got nowhere in a hurry. This time we are
going to try to prove to you daters that Elon does have
in some new books that you will like. These books are
so new that our friend Herbert, the book worm, hasn't
even had a bit of them as yet. We hope to interest you
in them before he takes over. Here are two to begin
on.
"Tap Roots” by James Street is the story of the
Dibneys who ruled southern Mississippi in the period
immediately preceeding the Civil War. Strong, greedy
and with raw matter-of-fact courage, they jeered at
fate and dared tlie impossible. Some died in battle,
others on the gallows, and only a few lived to see the
tiny spark they kindled blaze into a fire for freedom.
It is a vigorous tale of swashbuckling, lusty men who
lived and died violently, and women who lived for the
hour, knowing that the next would bring disaster.
“The Sun in Capricorn” by Hamilton Basso is the
story of two people very much in love, and how their
path crossed that man who wanted to run the earth.
The scene is in Louisiana and the time is some ten
years ago, but to all intents it might as well be today.
It is a beautiful story no matter how you look at it and
we hope you do look at it.
There are many other new books in right now that
you will like. We just want to get you started on them.
We know that both of these books are on the South
but we are reading “Goije With The Wind" and are
getting warmed up to the subject. We are now at the
place where things are really getting hot; Atlanta is
on fire. We can’t wait to get to the end to hear what
Rett Butler has to say. As we said last time, that
O'Hara gal is some number, ain’t she. Now to get some
sleep. j
Joy Of The Editor
INQUIRING REPORTER
. ——-
When your reporter asked some of the students
how they thought social life on campus during week
ends could be improved, the answers were many and
varied, sincere and humorous. Well, here they are
straight from the interviewees.
Fred Gray—As far as I’m concerned, the week
ends are nearly perfect. However, I would like to see
the dances held on Friday night instead of Saturday,
Liza Boyd—I think we should be permitted to date
until 10:30 o’clock on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
nights.
Nancy Fowlkes—In my opinion campus life would
be a great deal happier on week-ends if the boys would
just stay here instead of visiting W. C. and G. C. so fre
quently.
Roy Mansfield—I suggest the appointment of an
active social committee with a few radical ideas. The
greatly increased tension and strain on individuals
must be released in some way. Enough power should
be granted this committee to act accordingly.
Gene Poe—If more activities were provided for
Sunday afternoons, a larger number of students would
remain here to participate.
Martha McDaniel—It would help the social life
immensely to have some of the intra-mural games
played on Saturday afternoons.
Lennings Howard—We should have some form of
entertainment all people can and will participate in
rather than so many dances.
Virginia Jeffreys—Why a^k me? I’m happy.
Ivan Ollis—With the facilities Elon has, I think
we are managing our social life well. The S.C.A. is
doing ^ts part towards providing some form of enter
tainment each week-end.
Mary Ellen McCants—Why don’t the men around
here be men instead of mice? I’m not bashful, why
should they be?
Many of the upperclassmen seemed to think the
week-ends are much more enjoyable than last year.
So with a few more activities to pass the time away
everyone will be happy.
Getting out this paper is no picnic.
If we print jokes, people say we are silly.
If we don’t, people say we are to serious.
If we stick close to the desk all day.
We ought to be out getting news.
If we go out and try to hustle
We ought to be on the job at the desk.
If we don’t print contributions.
We don’t appreciate genius;
And if we print them the paper is filled with junk.
If we make a change in the other fellow's write-up,
We are too critical;
If we don't, we're asleep.
If we clip things from another paper.
We are too lazy to write them ourselves.
If we don’t we're stuck on our own stuff.
Now like as not some guy will say
We swiped this from another paper—
We did!
TYPICAL BY-WORDS
Please go wake up Kent, Ike. (Dr. French)
How are you—as if I cared!? (John Pollard)
When the fish start frying—Savoy! (Paige)
Have you seen Bobby? (Liza)
Are you kiddin'? (Elon Student Body)
Well, 'scuse me! (Jod^ Tom Stevens)
Put your name on the list before going up, please.
(Dean Boyd>
Zing-Zing! (Pee-Wee)
Watch that High-School stuff! (Ike)
Silly! (Ellen Barrier)
Help! Liza! (Bobby)
Crazy! (Eunice Holt)
What did you say you were majoring in—Eng
lish? (Lib Holland)
We’ll pay you two cents a pound. (Dr. Smith)
How 'boot that? (Bernie Askin)
Things you’ll Never See At Elon
This week-end the Elon screen gives us “The Man
Who Came to Dinner", with Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan
and Monty Woolley. This hilarious comedy is the story
of a world famous critic who comes to dinner at a well-
to-do mid-western home during Christmas time and
hurts himself so he must stay. What he doesn't do in
that home can’t be told. It is said that this is a take
off on the critic Alexander Woollcott and when he read
the play he was ready to sue. Any way its worth the
effort of going just to see Bette Davis and Ann Sheri
dan at each others throats. Bring your dates.
Next week that well known pair of Judy Garland
and Mickey Rooney visit us in “Babes on Broadway”.
This is no great story but then with Mr. Rooney at the
wheel who wants a story? The songs and the laughs
are what count and there are plenty of both. There are
also a few tears for you who like them. In other words
this show has everything, so be there.
Absolute quietness in the library.
John Pollard not in everything that goes on at
Elon.
Virginia Jeffreys with someone other than a Kappa
Psi.
Anthony Joseph Festa, talking about someone
other than himself.
Professor Barney without his Reader's Digest.
Merritt Foushee getting up for breakfast.
Dr. French not laughing at his own jokes.
A swing band in Whitley Auditorium since the var
sity show.
Judy without Burnsie.
Liza not being teased about her drawl.
Spivey with his mouth shut.
The whole, or even half of the student body at
Morning Watch.
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