MAROON AND GOLD
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 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
Mary Denson Associate Editor
Charles Mann Sports Editor
—BUSINESS STAFF—
John PolUrd Business Manager
Jimmie Elder Circulation Manager
Charles R. McClure Faculty Advisor
—NEWS EDITOllS—
Rachel Crowell lv«n Ollis
Jimmy Darden Goldie Morris
Jesse Meredith F»ye Thomas
Perry Wheeless Kent Dennan
MUIer Basnight Fred Grey
—PRODUCTION STAFF—
AlVea Coienda . . . Manager
John Pollard Staff Photographer
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SNIP AND SNOOP Drastic Changes Made In
ROAD TO VICTORY
Httman xevolutiotts ■J'e of slow growth. Modem de
mocracy is the heir of the ages, of men dead for many
centuries. It began in the thoughts of Egyptian, He
braic, and Grecian philosophers, and burst into open
fire in the Magna Carta, when, for the first time,
the Rights of Man were boldly proclaimed. It pro
gressed through hundreds of years of darkness, op
pression, and misery, sometimes shining brightly,
sometimes almost disappearing in the murk of tyranny
and despair. It broke into a wider blaie in the Ameri
can and French Revolutions. But democracy is still in
the process of becoming. It may take many hundreds
of years longer before it has perfected itself, rid itself
of the old gros.sness and injustice which it inherited
from the Dart Ages.
But even in its present imperfections it is still the
noblest concept which man has ever dreamed and for
which multitudes have heroically died. In each cen
tury it must again engage in the ancient struggle
against the primordial forces of destrurj.ion and reac
tion. And each time that the battle is won the march
of ultimate democracy is hastened.
It is worth fighting for, this ultimate democracy,
though we ourselves may never see its perfection.
However, by the Grace of God and our own devotion
and strength, our childi^n will see it. They^ shall in
herit the treasure for which we have fought and died
if we have faith, if we realize that nothing is too
much to sacrifice for this inheritance. Work is not
too much. Courage and our lives are not too much.
For. if we hold back, in work, in courage, in life, we
.■ihall not bequeath democracy to our children. We
shall bequeath them only the bitter knowledge that
when we were tested we gave “too little, too late, and
that they have inherited from us only slavery and fear.
WHO’S WHO
And we’ve heard that the girl whispered, “Mother
is the necessity of invention" as she crawled in the
window at 3 o’clock in the morning. So if we invent
a few things to put in this week, don’t get jarred—it’s
just that everyone on campus is so good (or so careful)
that we just can’t find a thing to say:
But. gee, was Mildred Shook happy a few days
ago! Did you see the boy in uniform who seemed to
be the reason for her jovial manner?
And didya hear about Amerith Nichols permission
slip which read—‘’Destination, England”—T’was signed
too!
What’s a certain Junior boy going to do when he
finds out that his true love is neither "his love” nor
“Irue” anymore?
For a perfect interpretation of the sounds of the
pig family, call on Goldie Morris—►she s good!
Lib Holland was powerful happy t’other night.
Three good reasons. Lib!
There was plenty of excitement here when the
Marines played a "Ray Corrigan” on us. If you don t
believe it, ask Lillian Walker.
And didn’t it seem good to have the twins on aam-
pus again. Tliey were quite thrilled to hear that sis
ters were rooming in their old room. Yep, the Cannon
sisters!
The second floor of West was so quiet this past
week-end that no one could understand it. Finally, we
found out the reason—Bonnie had gone home.
Surely do miss Ruth McPherson’s bright chatter
around the campus. She has had to drop out for the
quarter because her voice, as you liight have noticed,
is raX .'
Mary, we sure did like your twin brother last week,
but doubt if Yank liked the idea very much.
It seems the freshmen boys can’t decide among
themselves just which one can make the best hit with
the Dean’s daughter! Helen, vpe wouldn’t expect you
to express your opinion.
Is it true that there is a compact between Austin
Brown and Ellen Barrier?
Wonder how Charlie Mann can keep a certain one
in Greensboro in the dark -when everything is so
bright at Elon.
Why didn’t we all sit during the singing in chapel
of the national anthem? Seems to be the custom of
the faculty.
Why so quiet these days, Johnny Z?
Wonder what effect the revival meetings will have
on the Darden-Jeffreys twosome.
By the looks of things Andy and Winifred have
patched up their differences. Looks like smooth sail
ing now.
The fact that Pee Wee has a broken arm doesn't
daunt Bonnie, for as she says, "After all, I still have
two arms.”
Mary Ellen now studies by candlelight. Says she,
“The Watts are much too overwhelming.”
Pollard, it must be the real stuff. We’ve noticed
that you even go to church now.
On what subject is Marjorie giving Martha Anne
advice?
Two peas in a ptd: Mildred Troxler and Virginia
Wheeler.
Harriett and Dagwood really look like the’ve got
the real thing. Good luck to ya’ both.
Well Folksies, (including Nancy and Frances) thi.s
is it! See you soon, if you don’t see me first, and may
there be more next time!
Administrative Policy
YouthAnswer
To Its Challenge
From The Editor’s Mail
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.
* * *
Wadesboro, North Carolina, on December 14, 1922,
made its worthy contribution to Elon in the person of
Edwin Watts. Congenial, cooperative, readily depend
ed on by friends and by the school organizations—a
truly outstanding representative of Elon.
After completing high school, Ed enrolled at his
present Alma Mater in 1939. Editor of the Maroon
and Gold, president of the Pan-Hellenic Council, presi
dent of the S. S. O., a member of the College Publica
tions Board, Sports Editor of PhiPsiCli, member of the
S. C. A. Senior Cabinet, a member of Kappa Psi Nu
fraternity, president of the Intramural Council, ano
ther elected member from Elon to the 1942-43 edition
of "Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges
to hold all these offices and honors prove the depend
ability his school and fellow students hold for him.
Ed expects to receive an A. B. degree in science
at the end of this year. He has enlisted in Class V-7,
.'^aval Reserve; however, if not in the services of our
armed forces after graduation, he will continue in his
chosen field.
Although holding many important offices on cam
pus, considering them all, Ed Is more known as editoi
of the "Maroon and Gold ” than any other. This office
calls for hard work, patience, and a rounded knowledge
of topics concerning all activities and groups on the
campus. Ed is well-suited for this job. This year our
school p />er is definitely one to be proud of and ranks
Among the highest in small colleges due to Ed’s time
less patience and energy.
This same success that he has had on th? paper
can be seen in everything Ed does, and takes part in.
Because of an unbounded willingness to work, every
office he has held has been one to further his merits
and qualifications—personally, academically, and be
neficially.
Both faculty and student body consider Ed to be
a friend of the highest caliber; ever helpful, always
considerate—placing Ed at the top among the traly
ideal students ever to enroll at Elon. So here's wish
ing luck and success for always to Ed Watts, one of the
best, ever! .
Students Praise Attitude Of
Dean Massage
Editors Note; The following is an excerpt from a
letter received this week from Phil Gearing, who last
year worked on the Production Staff of the Maroon
and Gold. Phil who was a member of Sigma Phi Beta
fraterijity, is now in the army, stationed at Denver.
Colorado. The Maroon and Gold will welcome and
gladly publish letters from and Elon alumni now in
the service.
Dear Ed:
ELON—That name makes me really homesick
every time I think of it. I ju.st received an issue of the
Maroon and Gold and there I was right back on the
campus again—enjoying a heated bull session—sitting
in Dr. French's class watching the questioning expres
sions as the .students begin to wonder what happened
to their beliefs—seeing the fershmen slowly transform
from high school kids into college men and women—
observing their realization that whether one be from
the North or South, all that really matters is being a
•■'■trpjpht” fellow—laughing at the sophomore boys as
they single out their pick of the cute freshmen girls
and then turn on their personality—sleeping through
classes as only Pollard and Dennan can—watching old
Tex Lisman drag along to class, late again—getting
'"banged” on that duck—hearing “Chink” Spivey moan
“I ain't got it”—watching that beautiful Carolina moon
come up as I amble up the walk hand in hand with my
one and only, wishing those artificial moons would
blow a fuse—going to the swell fraternity and class
dances—working on the paper hoping tlje press will
hold together ’till the issue is all printed—wondering
where “Honest John” gets his stuff for his so called
column—all these things flash through my mind as 1
dream of our little school down in Carolina and I have
something to pass on to you all:
There is a war goin^on. Hard days are ahead of
us. You are in school where you will have some of the
happiest days of your life. Make those days count.
Hit your studies hard—this army of today needs edu
cated men. Make your social contacts—go to the
dances—have your dates—have your good times now.
College days come to most of us but once—make the
most of them now and the only regret you’ll have is
that some day you’ll have to leave the best little col
lege in the South.
Sincerely
Pvt. Phil Gearing
3rd T. S. S.
_ 539 Bbs
Lowry Field
Denver, Colorado ,
"With his usual sympathetic attitude and under
standing of the student attitude and outlook, our dear
ly beloved Dean Massage announced this week the
plans for the next quarter in regard to class cuts, which
have heretofore been considered an abomination by the
administration, and the renovations that are to take
place this year in the college buildings.
In outlining the setup for next year. Dean Massage
stated to the Maroon and Gold reporter that no profes
sor would be permitted to attend classes more than
twice a week in a five quarter hour course, preferab
ly omitting those classes which come on Monday, for
the students may need Monday to recuperate from an
arduous week-end. The roll call is not to be made
more than once a week and then only the names of
those persons present are to be called. The roll call
is to be made at the beginning of the class period so
that any may leave who so desire after the prof has
begun his lecture. The door hinges and locks are to
be kept well oiled so that the prof and the sleeping
class will not be disturbed by the squeaking of the door
as the students gently and unobtrusively slip away.
Any professor who violates the above stated rules
will automatically consider himself no longer one of
the college's hired help. Dean Massage stated empha
tically, with a baleful look in his sparkling bule eyes
and a scowl on his cherubic face, that the administra
tion positively would not tolerate professors who in
terfered with the happiness and comfort of the stu
dents.
Heretofore one of the main reasons why students
have rebelled at going to class is because of the hard
and uncomfortable seats provided in the classrooms.
“The administration understands that they are a hard
proposition,” the dean said earnestly, “and so next
year the stews (he paused here and said very pjlitely,
“I beg your parden, I meant students,”) will find that
all of the classrooms have been equipped with upohl-
stered chairs with reclining backs. This is for the be
nefit of those who wish to stay on class in hopes of
hearing a new joke.” Here the dean became incensed
with wrath as he stormed, “If there is one thing we
will not tolerate it is a professor who tells old, point
less jokes that no one considers even amusing. When
they tell a joke it must be spicy and to the point so that
if there happens to be a football player on the class,
he will not have to tax his brain trying to figure it out.
Classes haven’t been made interesting enough and we
are striving diligently to raise the standards of the
school above what they have been in the past. By
making the classes more interesting is one way in
which we can accomplish our objective.” Drinks will
be served on class also. The dean intimated that he
didn’t mind if the boys had a little fun throwing the
bottles at the prof.
“The administration realizes now,” the dean said,
“that the students want a comfortable and entertain
ing resort where they “hole up” for the winter. Book
learning is only of secondary, or perhaps tertiary, im
portance and we feel that since they are giving us un
dreamed quantities of kale, (more than we know what
to do with in fact), we should give them what they
want. And in accordance with this we are remodel
ing the entire floor of the Alamance Building and put
ting in a night club,” he said, giving us a sly wink.
The dining hall is to be remodeled and extended
and a modern cafe and all-around classy eating joint
installed. The students will be able to get any kind of
meal they want with foreign and domestic foods. North
dormitory is to be remodeled and a billiard parlor put
in the basement. The vacant space in the center is to
be utilized by putting in flooring and a pool hall. The
roof is to be removed and the entire third floor turned
into a solarium by putting on a glass roof, A new gym
nasium is also to be built with two swimming pools
and the construction is scheduled to begin soon. It
is to be built in the large field north of the college
campus and will cover approximately fifteen acres. A
new seven story, ultra-modern-deluxe dormitory is to
be built on the east campus and run similar to a hotel.
This building will not be exclusive for men. The ac
comodations will include four and five room suites.
“This is going to be a real joint when we get
through with it,” the dean exclaimed with shining eyes.
It sounded almost too good to be true.
TYPICAL BY-WORDS
TYPICAL M & G
The Elon Student Legislators recently journeyed
to Raleigh for the sixth annual meeting of the North
Carolina Student’s Legislature. In the course of the
confab, the legislators went beyond the average su
perficial student thinking and propounded ideas and
theories that would make even our national political
big-wigs take notice.
Ideas were presented, torn apart, analyzed and re
built; a better cross section of what we, the students
of North State schools, are thinking, believing and
saying—could not be found than was voiced in the
chambers of our state’s governing bodies that after-
nodn, night and the following morning. Here was the
hearts’ blood of young America’s thoughts and ambi
tions for their state and nation.
Opinion was as varied as ideas. Here were pooled
the ideas and beliefs of young American minds . . .
Thinking by God! And by that very assumption of
thought, as individuals, beginning to assume some of
the duties that tomorrow and sooner we must assume.
This is the challenge ever flung at the youth of
the world; “Tomorrow is yours, what is your answer”?
We may know that the youth of the fifteen schools
that met under our Capitol Dome and sat in our lead
ers chairs those two days have fashioned the beginning
of that answer: Tomorrow is theirs. Ours, and our
answer must be to carry the torch of civilization a little
farther up the rocky slope of its climb from the savage
... as far as our pitiful limited vision will allow us . . .
fully aware at all times of the rocks and brush that
line the way underfoot, and always with our eyes on
the mountain top that reaches ever toward the sky and
the highest of mans’ ambitions. J
The Student Legislators did not voice their opin
ions as military experts or learned students of nation
al society, but they did express their opinions as col
lege students, who must today and tomorrow assume
more and more of the responsibilities of democracy
and society at large, responsibilities that are and will
be thrust upon us.
Perhaps in many cases vision was limited, but the
gathering showed that eyes were being opened, brains
had begun to work, ideas had begun to spread, and
that hope for the ultimate peace of the woyld still
burned in the hearts of many. All this in the midst of
war.
Next year when the Students’ Legislature again
convenes in Raleigh, there will doubtless be few boys
returning, for most of them will, by that time, be in
some active branc ohf the nation’s service. Yet we
may be confident that that is the way the majority
would have it. They have had their eyes opened to the
vision of America, and are content to take their ap
pointed place and fight for it, and as many do and will,
■ die for that vision.
THAT is AMERICA . . . the hearts' blood of her,
ever beginning anew with their lives, to bear the torch
a little farther up the hill and pass it on to their sons
and daughters.
That is the ambition of Youth. That is the ambi
tion of Man for Man. That must be our creed: To
bear the torch a little farther; to fan the flame a little
brighter; then pass it on to those who will follow us.
That, America, World, is youth's answer to your
challenge; that is our acceptance of our trust as a part
of a Nation. That is the future of America.
The Student Legislators returned to Elon, not
without honor and with a deep sense of gratification
for having learned all that they had learned, seen all
that they had seen, heard all that they had heard, and
felt for a moment the pulsebeat of the future of Ameri
ca.
Things you’ll Never See At Elon
Company, attack!—Mary Ellen McCants.
Oh! My Navy.—Rachael Earp.
I know your type.—Roy Mansfield.
Gotta’ take care of the kids—Dwight Kemodle.
What?—Mildred Troxler.
O. K., I’ll let you know^—Gene Poe.
Have you got any money, or clothes?—C. Mann.
When are we going to bury the Journalism claj^
—Ed Watts.
Virginia Wheeler not eating.
Freshman girls enjoying those Wednesday even
ing meetings.
Jeffreys without a smirk.
Rachael Earp not singing.
Kent Dennan without energy.
A neat newspaper at the drug at 4:30 p. m.
Wade Huffman not playing the juke box.
Florine Braxton witbout a word to say.
Helen Newsome without a voice.
Jean Cahoon without a smile.
Harriett Wrenn without a “Gold in ’er ’aid.”
Mrs. Johnson getting to breakfast on time.
Clyde McKenzie taking physical ed.
Lewis Nance with a tie on that anyone else would
REELING ALONG
I think that I shall never see
The M and G out before morn, at 3.
A M and G whose news will always wear.
And not have the student body in the staffs hair.
A M and G whose staff is not always pressed
For want of news and lack of talent so blest.
A staff that gets articles in on the allotted day.
And doesn’t have to worry about its effects and
pray.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God could do that for the M and G
This week “Two Yanks in Trinidad” visit us and'
that is some traveling. Brian Donlevy and Pat O'Brien
are the two yanks and they get around. Janet Blair
plays the part of the girl they would like to get around
with. These two may be two yanks in this picture but
in some ways they look like a couple of jerks to us.
All in all, Trinidad turns out to be a hot place. Bring,
your fans to this one. They can be put to use.
Next week brings to our screen one of the best
shows to come out of this war; “This Above All”, star
ing Tyrone Power and Joan Fontaine. This is a beau
tiful picture taken from a beautiful book and is well
worth seeing. We think we can say without overdoing
it too much that this is the finest picture to come to.
the Elon screen so far this year. Need we say more.