yiCTORY
UNITED
•TATES
PEFKNSC
BONI>S
AND
STAMPS
Maroon and Gold
Published By and For Students of Elon College
\OLUME XVII
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STAMPS
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ELON COLLEGE, N. C„ SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1943
NUMBER EIGHT
Elon Approved By War Department As WAAC Center
Twenty-Five Superlatives Chosen Through Student Poll
M & G Staff Expresses Hope No| Board Of Trustees
Swelled Head Will Result Hold Mid-Year Meet
Hear ye! Hear ye! The final re
sults in the superlative contest held
IWonday, February 8, 1943, by the M.
and G. are now shown to the public—
and the outcome is very interesting
to see. We hope that they do not
hurt anyone’s feelings—or swell any
one’s head. These were decided by
the student body, and may we all rest
in peace!?
Below are the verdicts, placed in
numerical sequence after their own
particular “title,"
Most Populac
Boy—Bullard, Askins. and Joe Ste
vens.
Girl—Holoman, Boyd, and Jeffreys,
ninst Intellectual
Boy—Elder. Schmidt, and Bill
Johnston.
Girl—Whisnant. Rena Black, and
Little.
JVIost Talented
Boy—Basnight. Joe Stevens, and
Askins.
Girl—H. M. Messick, Holoman. and
Jeanne Hook.
Best “Roads Scholar”
Boy—Kern, and Hagood.
Girl—Maxine Smith, E. Holt, and
N. Crenshaw.
Biggest Cupid
Boy N. Snyder. Darden, and Ivan
Ollis.
Girl—Armfield. H. Wrenn. and Wa-
lena Smith.
Best Looking
Bov—Buster Butler.
Girl — Denson. Virginia Wheeler
Cutest Couple
“‘Pgcw6c*’ and “Bonnie i Gene Poc
and Alice Miller.
Most Outstanding
Boy—Bullard, Askins. and Watts. |
Girl—R. Crowell, Nancy Fowlkes.
Most Likely ro Succeed
Boy—Bullard. Bill Johnston. Watts.
Girl—Rawls, Rena Black, Amerith
Nichols.
Best Dressed
Boy—Sal Festa. Gene Poe, Ker-
nodle.
Girl—Jean Brower, Armfield. Den
son.
Biggest Flirt
Boy Riggs, Kern, Askins, and
Fred Gray
Girl—Rita Messick, Mary A. Crit-
cher. E. Holt.
Biggest Romeo and Juliet
Schmidt and Koontz: T. Festa and
H. Walker.
Most Athletic
Boy—A'skins. Hagood, Zodda.
Girl—Crowell, Rumley, Rawls.
Most Val'ie to School
Boy—Watts. Bill Johnston. Askins
Girl—A. Nichols, Crowell. Jeffreys
Sweetest
Boy—Link Howard. Joe Stevens.
Jahu McAdams.
Girl—Lucille Blalock, M. L. Can
non, Troxler.
Best Dancer
Boy—Strader, Joe Stevens, Chuck
Walker.
Girl—Holt. Rumley.
Best Personality
Bov—Joe Stevens. Senter. Genr
Poe.
Girl — Holoman. Rawls. Jeanp'
Hook.
"Wittiest
Boy—L Paige. Pollard. ,T K^^pr,
Girl—Eliza Boyd, Earp. H. Wrenn.
Craziest
Boy—Spivey. Paiee.
Girl—E. Day. E. Holt. P. Armfield
Biggest Loafer
Boy—Paige. Pollard. Kern.
Girl — Frances Fowlkes. Walens
Smith. E. Holt.
Big.^est “Apple-Polisher”
Boy—Kern. Huff. Schmidt.
Girl—Galloway. II. M. Messick
Frances Fov/lkes.
Biggest Heartbreaker
Boy—Hooper, Kern. Watts. |
Girl—Goldie Morris, McDaniels, E
Day.
Biggest “Big Shot”
Boy—Kern, Cheli, Darden.
Girl—Denson, Maxine Smith, Gal
loway.
Least Energetic
NEW AIR-RAID SIGNALS GO
INTO EFFECT WEDNESDAY
Starting 12:01 A. M., Wednesday,
February 17, air-raid signals will be
changed to those that the Government
lias selected.
When the blue light is given, the
signal will be a steady, even blast on
the college’s electric siren. When this
signal is sounded, the students should
black out their rooms and. if on the
campus, they should go to their rooms.
This signal is just a warning. There
is no need of running and shouting.
Keep yoi^r radios on for information
about the blackout.
When the red signal is given, the
signal will be a series of short blasts.
Go quietly to the library stacks, which
is our air-raid shelter. Do not waste
time, for this signal means that enemy
planes are in the immediate vicinity.
The red signal will be followed by
the blue signal, and the students will
be permitted to return to their rooms,
but the blackout will continue until
the white signal is given, which is
three short blasts. This indicates all
clear, and lights may go on. Students
will continue their normal work.
JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET
SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
Plans are well under way for the
annual Junior-Senior Banquet, whicn
is to be held in the college dining hall
next Saturday evening. An entertain
ing program has been planned, which
is certain to be up to par with such
%'njoyuble oc'ciwions as have - been
these events in the past.
The two classes are following the
precedent set last year by making the
affair a joint presentation. Instead
of having a Junior-Senior and a
Senior-Junior as is the custom, the
two classes are sponsoring the ban
quet jointly.
Election Primaries Run
Off Tuesday; Finals
Next Week
Twelve of the 28 members of the
Elon College Board of Trustees were
present at the annual midyear meet
ing held on the campus this week.
The group included a number of out
standing clergymen, business and pro
fessional men. and politicians from
throughout the State.
President Smith. Chairman of the
Board, was well pleased with attend
ance considering war exigencies.
Those present were Dr. Stanley
Harrell and Dr. J. H. Lightbourne.
pastors of the Congregational Chris
tian churches in Durham and Bur
lington. respectively: W. B. Truitt,
president of Truitt Manufacturing
Co.. Greensboro; W. J. Ballentrne.
merchant, of Fuquay Springs; Vitus
R. Holt, Kirk-Holt Hardware, Bur
lington; C. D. Johnston. Superintend
ent of the Christian Orphanage: Clyde
Gordon. Secretary and Treasurer of
Century Hosiery Mills. Burlington:
Dr. C. W. McPherson, Burlington: Dr.
H. Shelton Smith, Department of Re
ligion, Duke: Thad Eure, Secretary
of State. Raleigh: Kemo Johnson.
Fuquay Springs: and D. R. Fonville.
Secretary and Treasurer of the First
National Bank, Burlington.
P’ayers To Present
College Is One Of Six State
Shakespearean Scenes Institutions hcluded In Program
PLAY-DAY ACTIVITIES TO
REPLACE TRADITIONAL
MAY DAY CEREMONY
On Tuesday morning a total of 167
students went to the polls to cast their
ballots for student body, student gov
ernment. and class officers, as well as
for Play-Day king, queen, and attend
ants in the primaries of the general
election. Candidates were eliminated
to two in each case, and the finals
I will be run off next Tuesday.
Basnight and Senter were tops in
the race for the presidency of the
student body while Ridge and Schmidt
will be clashing for the Senate lead
ership. Eliza Boyd and Jeanne Hook
remain in the race for Treasurer of
the student body. Other candidates'
names, too numerous to mention, wiTT
appear on the ballots Tuesday.
As was expected by most of the old
heads in campus politics, not a great
deal of interest is being shown in this
year’s election, due to the uncertainty
of conditions in college life. In fact,
manv of the officers elected Tnesdav
will not be around to take the oath of
office in the spring.
The crowning of the King and the
Queen on the campus will highlight
the festivities of Play-Day here on
May 4 According to Dean Helen
Boyd, plans are as yet tentative, but
the event will be carried on as nearly
as possible in the traditional manner.
A committee will be appointed in the
near future to complete the plans
for the afternoon’s activities.
The Play-Day Court will be carried
out in a much simpler manner this
year. There will be no dances oer-
formed for the court, but instead
there will be a sports festival to which
the king and queen will go. At each
place where an event is scheduled, a
throne will be erected for ine royal
couple and their attendants,
j Coach Pierce, with the assistance
I of Rachel Crovell and both intra-
I mural councils, is planning the sports
program. At present plans include
such events as a track meet for boys
and girls, finals in softball intramural
league for boys and girls, finals in the
tennis tournament, and finals in intra
mural horseshoe contest for boys
There will also be demonstrations in
badminton, paddle tennis, archei'y
and volley ball.
On February 25. the College Play
ers will offer an adaptation of Henry
IV, Part I, The Elon Little Theatre
has necessitated a good many changes
in the staging, and no attempt has
been made to keep costume or setting
within the period, but the action will
be, as nearly as possible, as Shake
speare conceived it.
This chronicle history play is dated
of the early Fifteenth Century.
Shakespeare, as was his custom, took
^ome liberties with fact in dramatiz
ing it The comic underplot is largely
''ictional. Falstaff, the old rogue who
is the greatest of humorous creations,
belongs to the realm of fiction more
tiian to the world of fact; yet he is one
of the greatest dramatic characteriza
tions. and the picture of life itself.
His tragic end. as told by Dame Quick
ly in Henry V. is in keeping with real
ity: for his life, so great in possibility,
closes in remorse.
The Falstaff role will be interT-etod
by Miller Basnight. Difficult as it i'^
for an amateur to do. it is helieveH
that he will present a splendid char
acterization, and be ably supported by
the cast.
George Bullard makes a graceful
and light-hearted Prince of Wales
Darden an excellent Hotspur; Miss
Galloway is Hotspur’s wife, and equal
to the demands for a swift change
•"--0-1 in one of the host short scenes
■'tiss Tniitt as Poins.
Miss Browne as Dame Quickly. Mis^
Fowlkes as Francis, and Spivey as the
red-nosed Randolph, will be worth the
■'atching.
CAMPUS CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN *
CLIMAXED BY PICNIC
EDUC.\TION CLUR CONDUCTS
DISCUSSION ON HEALTH
Bov—Pnil3- d Fred Gray.
Girl—McDaniels.
Host I'1'^'v’'’ual
Boy—Pollard. Schmidt.
Girl—Fave Thomas. Koontz. Wa-
l-’na Smith.
Most Amhitious
Bov—Hagood. Kernodle. Watts.
Girl—Rena Black, H. M. Messick.
Edith McDade.
Cutest
Boy—R. Casey. D. B. Harrell, Ker
nodle.
Girl—Bonnie Davis, Eunice Holt
Holoman.
Well, there they are. folks, the
slams and flattery of ’43. So unti’
next year, when we will again cha?
lenge the opinion of our honest (?
student body — keep ’em thinking!
During its la^t meeting, which wa'^
held February 4. the education cUih
listened to Miss Ruth Moore, f'om
the State Department of Physical Edu
cation' Mr. Charl“s Snencer. Physical
Education Consultant from the State
Department of Health, and D». Henry
Jaycox. Coordinator of Health Proi-'ct.
who came from the General Education
Board. New York City, as they toH
of their trips into the local schools
to determine the health status of the
school children.
Since a large percentage of the na
tion’s doctors have turned their re
sources to the war effort, there has
arisen a need for caring for the petty
defects of the children which might
develop into serious illnesses. This
is the primary purpose of the survey
project which is being launched in
Alamance and surrounding counties.
Later a nutrition exnert will join
the doctor and nurse 'Viio Have already
been holding clinics and consultations
with school children and patrons.
I
' Some of the work is being done in
the classroom, some by itinerary
teaching, and some in adult classes. ‘
The group of consultants with Mr
\I. E. Yount. Alamance County Supt
of Education, and Mr. W. P. Saun
ders, Director of Public Instruction
in the county, conducted a panel dis
cussion “Health Coordination in Ala
mance County." After the panel,
Production of the nlay In
quarter was defeated by loss of part
of the original cast to the Army, and
t>y other factors beyond our control
The players have kept heart, how
ever. and will produce for Elon stu
dent body amusement and in spite of
Adolph Shicklgruber.
A small admission will be charged
The nublic is invited to this and to
other nrograms now under prepara
tion. A one-act play. The Ghost Plays
Cupid, by James Darden and the Elon
players, will be offered soon after the
Shakespeare play, providing the Army
and Navy do not exercise their prior
ity on some of the present east.
Co'tiimes for the cast are being
prepared with the voluntary assist
ance of Miss Muse and the Depart-
nipnt of Domestic Arts. Tills h^Ip
has been sincerely anoreciated. for
the costume wardrobe is in need of
i co'-'oide'-able attention. We wish to
I acknow ledge this courtesy — a kind-
I ness the more welcome to the player
because it has been so graciously ex
tended.
After being handicapped by unfav
orable weather for over a week, the
clean-up campaign got under way on
Tuesday. Feb. 9. Working implements
'• ere furnished by day students, town
neonle. and the college. Classes were
dismissed, giving every student an
i^'oo'tiunity to participate in the
event. The large group of students
'vas divided into grouns. Some raked |
leaves some carried tree branches
which had been strewn bv the storm [
and others picked up paper and swept |
sidewalks.
Bill Johnston. President of the stu-
"'ent body, was supported one hun-
"^hed percent by the students when
he outlined the clean-up campaign
’'I chapel of Wednesday. Feb. 3. Stu- I
dents from the different classes and
‘he various organizations proved to ,
*he President that thex were back '
of him by standing up and talking in I
vor of the campaign. I
Although it required a lot of work
0 clean the campus, the girls, as well
V. the boys, had a lot of fun. Realiz-
■ ’o the need of a clean-up day and
"ell aware of the fact that help is
"carce. everyone who participated felt
as though he had done something for
his Alma Mater.
Perhaps the greatest thrill of the
'ntire campaign came about 5:30. All
he students gathered on the east side I
f the camnus. where a huge bonfire }
• as built from the leaves.
limbs. As a rew-
Tbe War Department officially an
nounced from Washington last Satur
day that Elon College was among the
281 colleges and universities approved
for use by the Government in its war-
training program. Other North Caro
lina institutions included in the list
were Duke, N. C. State. David.son.
Presbyterian Junior College, and A.
and T. College in Greensboro.
’t i^ not known when the college
will be taken over or to what extent
its farili'ies will be utilized. In any
event, it is not expected that any
trainees will be sent here before the
end of the current school year. Also,
the college is making plans for full-
scale operation next year.
The War Department designated
the school as a training school for the
Wo(pan's Army Auxiliary Corps. So
far. Elon is the only school in the
State set aside for such purposes.
The investigation in which Elon
vas being considered as a WAAC
training center began on Monday. Jan
uary 28. when a committee working
out of Wilmington stayed on the cam-
which were available.
late were served t^ ,^ent
body.
Contributing factor to the need of
-^uch a clean-up campaign was the 1
torm of .January 29. Heavy ice froze !
on the trees, affecting practically I
"very tree on the camnus. Large |
'imbs were severed from trees and
fell to the ground. Many small twigs
also covered the campus.
Aside from most of the beautiful
''•ees on the campus being damaged,
lectric wires were also broken in
many places. For three days the cam-
us was without lights. The heat and
'■ater systems were also affected.
!VIr. Whitesell. chief electrician at
he power plant, is to be commended
"or the splendid work he rendered
iuring the emergency. At one time
10 stayed up 24 hours working; and
in other days he worked from 12 to
1 hTi-s until conditions were im-
nrovpd The students also showed a
■zrand spirit through the emergency.
ELON FXPECTS TO PLAY
HOST TO MEXICAN VISITORS
On Moprlav, from !2 ''0 to 1:00. p
"roiin of Graduate Students and
teachers from Mexico will vi^it th‘'
Elon campus and later inspect schools
in the surrounding communities.
at C'lapel Hill, this group
called an "Open Road ” educational
unit, is touring extensively in the
United States for the purpose of edu
cational survey.
They v ill meet the students infor
mally in Society Hall from 12:00 to
1:00. and the .students from the Span
ish classes, sponsored by .Miss Hoch-
ridge. will act as hosts. It offers a;i
excellent oppoilunitv for students to
improve their Spanish and to promote
Pan-American good \\ill.
The project is under the mutual di
rection of Mexican education and the
Carnegie Foundation.
LIQUID-AIR DEMONSTRA
TION GIVEN IN CHAPEL
ELON BOY IS DECORATED FOR
HEROISM IN COMBAT DUTY
First. Lt. Claude Lawrence, class of
1041. was recently awarded the Order
of the Purple Heart, the Silver Star,
ard two clusters, for outstanding
fighting in combat duty over North
Afri^uj Mo^jias just returned to this
(.■p'uijirii.tj. “ '"ig been wounded in
lines, after wh'"
;...'aculously piloted nis f lying
pLn.,ress back just within safe terri
tory.
Lawrence was stationed for a while
in England, where he participated in
■'’veral raids over western Europe.
He was tran.sferred to Africa during
the November Allied invasion of that
territory.
Claude is a native of Mount Airy,
and was a member of Alpha Pi Delta
fraternity. He is to be wedded soon
to a Greensboro girl.
Plans For Phi Psi Cli
Move Forward
lemhers of the club informally dis
cussed health problems in our com
munity. Miss Weaver and Miss Moore
made appointments with practice
teachers to demonstrate their work
in “screening” children for clinical
tribute to good health.
F'li' lit James, a famous scientist
and former instructor, pre.sented a
fic program on (he wonders
of )i''\jid air in chapel February 1.
He illustrated the practical uses of
lia"id air and demonstrated the pe
culiar qualities given various .sub
stances when subjected to its freezing
contact
Fiipio of the amazing exoerinients
'•■liie'i he gave included freezing of
mercury on the end of a handle and
using it as a hammei’ to drive nails;
the fieezing of pui-e alcohol- and the
boiling of liquid air when placed on
a c,’k’ of ice Even an ordi ’ary rub
ber t.TlI. ''hen thrown »o r'le floor.
bro!:e a light bulb after exnosu''e to
the extreme cold induced by liquid
air.
M’’ lames performed many brilliant
.ind thrilling demonstrations in com-
hustim. all being made po.ssible by
the fact that the nitrogen in liquid
air is more volatile than the other
gases contained in air. and evaporates
first, leaving almost pure oxygen as
a residue.
After demonstrations, Mr. James
gave a lecture on the everyday uses
and the future possibilities of liquid
It has just been disclosed that we
will have a Phi Psi Cii this year,
or a period of time the fate of the
nnual was the cause of con.siderable
peculation on the parts of the stu
dent body, the Phi Psi Oil staff, and
the administration. Some of the
more pertinent problems considered in
the decision of the Phi Psi Cli were
the 30 per cent cut in the metals
u.sed in engraving, a cut in use of
paper, the scarcity of photographic
.'■upplies, and a reduced college enroll-
rrert. Weighed against these was
the desire of the administration and
the Phi Psi Oil .staff to put out an
annual In spite of the difficulties in
volved because of the Importance of
the yearbook in recalling in later
years persons, things, and events
that have gone into the making of
one of the most memorable years in
the history of E3on. It was this last
reason plus the fact that many of
the students will be leaving soon for
the armed forces that made certain
Klon would again have a yearbook,
"firring unforeseen events.
Of par ic:lR:- interest to those who
c pect to t)e c^l'ed Into the service
"t the end of this quarter is the an-
ncunc- ment tliat arran!!ements are
b.'ing made wheieby they may re
ceive their ccoy of the Phi P i Cli
when it is releised in late April or
May. By paying in full thei;' annuii
fee they may t>e assured of having
an annual re.served for them or
mailed to them if they desire.
The details of the 1943 Phi Psi Cli
have not been released yet but It
has been ascertained that it will not
resemble any of the annuals published
here in the pa.st .several years and
that every effort is being made to
keep the quality of annual up to that
of previous Phi Psi Gil’s in view of
the wartime restrictions imposed on
•uch publications.