MOB TWO MAROON AND GOLD ■ATmOMT MNOABV H, UU Maroon and Gold WlUtd tad printed A Baa CoUtft kr ol PubUiM durtny th« eelltf* CE5T LA GUERRE —editorial staff— U Wttts Editor -—■- Bdw Mmnhit Editor Jady Holonun 0»-Edltor Mary Dtmon AaoeUte Editor —BUSI5ESS STAFF— John PolUrd Bialnen Muafcr Jlmmlc Elder CIreuUUan Manager Ckarlat R. McClure FacmKy Adrtaar —NE\«3 EDITORS— Rachel Crowell Ivan OIUs JCM Meredith Faye Thoaui Jimmy Daiden Kent Dennan Earl FctcII Mary Deane Brown Edna Rumley’ Vlr«lnla Oaktey Vctor Eedda —PHODIOTION STAFF— John Pollard SUff Photofrapher Entered a* tecom clast matter November 10. I>38 at the poctoftlce at Eon College. N. C., ander the act ol Confrest March 3,1879. MPMiWTWMa ikmrnmmmmt •* -j • - ■ - »- - IWDOMI iOWIMli^ dare*i BB* 4«0 Moawii Avw. MW T0tm M.T. Your vUltlM •dltor bM begua to find hU tUvvr thrtads among th« foU. Ht U begbwlng to approoch Um day wbm thall wtfgUhly obmrrt that be it a mar1>1e*top among th« oaken altan of academic »anc> tlty; and that ha amcUi faintly of heUotropa and the muatlncat of the ancient tomet with which he hat, for* aooth and of dire necetaity. been ao long ataociated. U haa been a pleasure to watch your verve, to hear you tinging and cooing. A bit noataigic, of courte. For It reminds me of the dear dead days beyond recall, and of a few pranks which. 1 must confess. I dare not in my present poaiUon bring to light. Yet as I bear this violet to the guillotine of the editor't chair where Old Ed Watts wields scissors and blue pencil. I summon enough of the spirit of my own lost youth to dare a quarrel. It's a difference of opin* ion that makes horse races, isn't it? Day by day I take my portly front piaixa up the steps of Alamance and rest me In a chair before a desk and a class. And the claas is fuU of you. And when you fail In recitation and 1 iofuire the reason, you tell me it s the war. The words are boin specious and spurious. It's you. and you ought to be Jolly well ashamed to let yourself down and In stupid self-de- ception and hypocrisy say *il’s the war.” The war is a total war. You are pait of the nation at war. Uncle Sam has you here for a purpose, and asks you to double and triple your effort to get yourself ready to be of service to the nation. Don't blame anything but your- aalf for poor atManhl^. TiMrt waa Mirtr a graatar iaetntlee to do your work wU. Xt*s the war. Sure. And dont twist the toglc of the meaning the words. It la war. And hare aa wall aa alaawhara. worh eounta. You prepare to aarre the nation. Faint hearts and laiineas kill no Japa. Today’s math will help to navi gate planes and ahipa and plot the angle of gunnery to morrow! Today’s knowledge gain, of whatever kind, makes tomorrow’s man. This is the center of the world. You can start from here and go anywhere. Travel Is an educator, and history is traveling in Time. Travel to the 103rd Olympiad, B. C. It is June. Qie sacred month. The athletes have given the oath to Zeus that they have trained ten months; the great event of the Olympic Races of old Greece is about to be run. The giant horse-shoe hill* side of the ancient stadium Is filled with people for whom the worship of Wisdom and Beauty and Strength has long been a custom. The herald announces: **The twenty-four stadl* race. One of the golden eagles of the victory pillar will fall for every stadia nin. He who first touchea the pillar after the falling of the last eagle, him will I crown victor.” Twenty-four times around the track was a great test of courage and sUmina. and the days of training counted. Can you see them? An even doten. the pick of the nation, lithe and beautiful their bodies as they bent eagerly forwa>^. toes clinging to the starting grooves in the rock—waiting the signal—over two thou sand years ago? And Dwnlseas won. Damiscus of Messina, eighteen yaua old. He had tralaad tm Matha. aOnd fmt; aad the long eflart of tralnbig gart him power and hla straining flagei^tlpa tOMgbod the plUar flr^ It*s groat to be young, to pUy tha gam o« tha field and o«; a»d condition wins, wins sfiKy tlase. Upon the glory of the past today misat build. From the example of the pa^ the philoaophor takea trtarire. The cynk aeaa Time as a grty.haard loon. The wlae man finds In him the andeiit warriar and the high priest of Wisdom. You are young and your blood tings high. That ta as it should be. but dont acorn time and the lore of the ancients. "Wiadom crlea out in the streeU and no man regards her" says Bullard. She waits patiently in the books the long years have prepared for you. You pay tuition to Time. Study hourt and yeart of college are hard bought. Use them well. Time stoops to gian*t dure. In thia magnificent universe he was yesterday too, all our yesterdays, that have lighted fools the way to dusty death. 1 quote Swinburne and Shakespeare In garbled fashion, trust ing to the little minority of scholars in these marble halls to give ear. For Time is today also, noble or tawdry, as we make It: and he is the tomorrow and tomorrow and tomoimw, in baling pace moving to the la»t syllable •f the t»-be-recorded years. Shall we say. "Unhand me, grey>t>eard loon,” and think with Ponce de Leon I# find Immortality on earth? Or ride forever in vain Uk* Don ^Ixote, tilting at wind-mllls? Or shtU we- grow up and eome down to earth, see things as they are and Time a treasure to be found, not like fairy gold at tha rainbow's end. but like love and laughter ant lift* itself, here In this present moment and its task? Sn/p and Snoop Elon just can’t be bat. can it? And even though we bd the grandest times ever at home, ft’e are all glad to be back and withlhe gang a«ain. So now that all the -ellos" and ‘Did you have a good tims” are over, we can settle down one more to our fesks. And with it. if course, come le choice bits of ossip that just n't be overlooked. Hooper, what hav« ye to sa> .for lourself? It is alwjrs Hooper ftns lilartha Ann these dys And that broad «iile with hich ^ildred T greets etr>one is a re sult of that elegant saiklor that now iidorns her Ihird f>mT. left hanH Have you noticed those two \ady- killers. "Honey Ca*=^' auJ ■ Pret»:.os Senter”? Giiuy isn’t sayin. Joe. Tom to e” imy more. Coid it be a miaun- ierstanding? Dr. Bowden say “Some people jet enough enjoymnt out of Sociol ogy. but others brin their own enter tainment.' Was bealking about you. Kem? Orchids to the Cuncil for the ex cellent start they ave made under the ne^^ President Onions to the girU who complai about the new ^ Idea of closed stud With the coop eration of every student it could work wonders in bnging up the scho lastic average. Something to na; The way Hazel Roberts visits theZodda Shoppe all the time It is nice to hae so many of the day students livii{ on the campus sow. The war. aler all. has its as sets And because th Journalism class has been so libera with its contribu tions this week, aen I specks this will be all till we leet again. So till next edition . . Be seeing ya'. U. s. Army Announcement Poet's Corner TAK Talk? I'm full of it: I'esterday— Or Tomorrow— Happiness Or pain for borrot Dreams? I n a connoiueur Some things lost. Some things gaitd; Dust doesn’t ofte follow rain. broken Stuff? Tve a mind full / it: Mt tone pain, at aorrow; Had Today And wiahod Tomfrow. fords? ^ full of them: ^rt&ge(5 curtains ^ my tiiinUog, Nc^ puUad jBd dmt ghFo-~n Inkling. ■iT l^jMUotat tm Mten WAAC Dr«hM«B AMt Oirtcter .v-Jl WAAC t ahttiry Teefctides I WAAC FAY SCALE Ll Ibiw l»m MnW( tmt j nau) I mjT I I I i«»«r TtMh^MCnd, T«cWciH.MCnJa h.Lmim TtiWdi^MCndi AaiiKtiT.liiaM nmWiMt TmL Iwmat TMUdM^MCMd, •IMM I IMJ* II4J* nm T«Wdia,«kCnd, MM TtitililniaCiadl litChM WUMcartaln. «LN I Yo« Ar^kn icoret of job* in the WAAC for alert eoUeite «ronirn , .. jobt vital to the war ... jobt that «|in train you for intereatinf new carem in the p^'.war world. And here it fcood newt indeed —y»u may enroll now in the fatt-giowing WAAC and be placed on inactive duty until the tchool year rndt. Then yon will be rabject to call for daK with thit tplendid wonien’t corpt and be lanached upon an adventure tuch at no preriout |)ea(erttioo bat known. New hori^oat, , . new placet and people . . . interettinib p^artieal experience with good pay . . . and, abave all, a opportunity to help yonr countty by doing etaentid military work for the U. S, Afmy that freet a toldier for combat duty. Thete are among many reatont why thoo. landt of Anfericaa wosmb are mpoading to tha Army't need. Y»n will receive valuable training which may fit you for many of the new careen which are opening to iworaen, and full Army pay while doing to, .4nd by joining now yon will have excellent chanret for quick advancement for, at the WAAC |rxpanda, many more officeri are needed. Every member—regardlct. of race, color or creed hat equal opportunity and it encour aged to compete for telection to Officer Candidate ^ool. If qualified, you may obtain a commiiaion in 12 weekt afur beginning batic training, G« to your WAAC Faculty Adviter for farther information oo the litt of openinga, pay, and inquire at any U, S, Army Recruiting and Induction .Station. U* s. 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