North Carolina Newspapers

PAOB TWO MAROON AND GOLD SATURDAY, FEBRUARY M, IMS I Akirbon and Gold Edited and printed at Eloa Colleg* hf ttiidcnts ol journalism. Published bl*weekly durin| the coltefe -EDITORIAL STAFF— Id WaUa nary Denson Laey Hagood . rimmle Elder . . . Co-Editor . . S^orta Editor Managing Editor —BUSINESS STAFF— lohn Pollard . . . Itmml# Elder . . , aurlM B. McClur* . ButlneM Muagcr ClrcuUtlon U«ii*f«r . . Faeuttjr Adviior L—NEWS EDITORS— hel Crowell Fay* Thomu ^omy Darden Vic- Zodda blen Meaalek EUiabeUi Holland ~ —PRODUCTION STAFF— ir. A. K. Roblnaon Unotyp* Operator [ohn Pollard Staff Photofrapher Bolwcd aa Mcoad claM matter November 10, KM K the roetottlee at Elon College, N. C., under the act l{ Ceafreaa March t, 1ST8. Illlllllfl FM MATMM4 •* rttOOMI AflWnMf MIVM'; ■& ^ ae -. t ««-« — ^ .-1— 4tP Wl—w AVI. NCWVOHH. N.V. A I Would Not Be A SUvc; So I Would Not Be A Matter" (Below If a reprint from the Saturday Evening Port, af pt V j supposed to have been coined by a penon In the preaence of the UlMpeu of Abraham found In the Uneoln MwpriM In Wuhlng- KaD' The word* depict ao forcefu^lia Ideala of the American way of life that we thoa^ltt them worthy of further publication.) ••Aa I would not be a alave, io I would not be a Barter.- —A Lincoln. ■ There are time* theae daya when I muat come h*rc l to atand In the ahadow of the man Lincoln. ^ aejrch In the replica of hla kindly face — and In bU strong, homely body for aomethlng of and the honor and the vlalon that were hla. And always when I come to this place where ^ have raised a ahrine to hla memory —I find peace. And In hU Immortal words — now near a century old — t promise to all mankind for daya ^^^to come. “As I would not be a alavW’ . . and I ponder his words . . . •• In giving freedom tit the staves, we In- «it« freedom to the free, honorable alike In «« w* lltf Wid what we preserve ”... and I know that this nan saw as I murt see — beyon*»he aelflsh borders of i nation That In the grandeur of Ms soul — he vl»>“"«o « world unshackled ... all men aet free. And willed ts us the torch he carried high — lert In the end we, [too. become alavet. j And thus I see my mtaslon and my taak. Ij.lf fi^- domU not for ua alone Not seUUhly for America. Tta Uaht that I.lncoln saw cannot bum for the few who tn free. In the ugly shadow of anguished mllllona enstaved. ... ■•So I would not be a master" . . . and I ^ mllllona of men . . . young men whose dreama like mine were of life and all It holds . . . bom free men In a ■' nation conceived In liberty and dedicated to the proposlUon that all men are created equal. I aee them In blaihig skies and on ftamlng waters In Jungle fo* holes and deaert dugouU —daring to risk the Infinite sweetness of life —that there shall be no master*. That the dlcUtes of God and the dig nity of man ahall In the end prevail. . . . “ It Ij for ua the living . . . That thla nation under God ahall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, and for the ] people ahall not perish from the earth." And so In the shadow of thU man who saw of freedom for all men —I rededlcate myself to the fight for freedom. For I would be neither a stave ... nor a master. Snip and Snoop Well, how-d'ye-da, ladles and gentlamen? Agiia jwur favorite T) eoluon change* handa, la the middle cf th* year, and what the resulta wUl be, no one. toait of all me. knows. But Snip and Snoop murt go on. u gosalp marches on. Of course, this column, as usual, depends upon you, so whatever you make It. don’t blame ua. But how about creating some nice. Juicy gosalp, ao we wont have to tax our brains so much to get enough to nil thla column, and ao It will be Interesting to read? In the part we have bad no complaints aa to the quantity or quality of goaelp, beeauae everyone haa been so-o-o nice and cooperaUve that we could Just ramble on and on, getting nowhere fart. However, we are continuing under advene condltlona. Due to cir cumstances far, and I do mean far, beyond our control, gossip Is folng to be twice aa hard to make, and twice as hard to find. Tes, you guessed It: Uncle Bam stepped Into Elon and acooped out a targe portion of our eligible goasip matertal, without due regard aa to what would happen to this column, or mort of all. to our hearts. But what Is to be. Is for none of us to decide, so we will all have tn grin, and find our gossip where we can. Elon Jurt wouldn't be Eton without a Maroon and Gold, and a Maroon and Gold Just wouldn't be a Maroon and Gold without Snip and Snoop. So, we're counting on all you good people to try doubly bard to continue to fill your shoes, and the mlaslng ones; to creale enough gossip to make everybody happy (?)■ One of the most heartfelt occurrences — perhsps the grcjtrAone — csme when the call to arms came to our gri^V .of boys here — the splitting up of couptas that had p^aHlrslly become Institutions on the csmpus. These couples had done all their share for Snip and Snoop, and their absence will create a snag In our columnj^ '' “ tl a* ^JiiSSSiSSSSSn^ Mary Alice Critcher and ffney Hooper I Jean Cooper and Lewta Nance. Carl Allen and Helen BmilT Josephine McClenny I Jimmv Roberts snd Edna Rumtay. Jtf and Haiel Truitt. ^ complete; if any .1. please don't feel slighted; these were prob- lart-couples we saw on the campus, and could gjij ' t'call the other* right off hand n» but not forgotten." are these girls' mottoes: ' however, we. of the student body, want you girls to^ know that we miss the boys' preaencas also. But 1ST member, girls. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder.': pn smiling. Le{tW the campus to keep things going we r they are quite capabta of It!) are such couf Kl Roberts and Vlc Zodda. 'Amerith Nichols snd Bones Bradsher. t'iMrca ■.■ji.-.cey and Bemie Aakln. >.t'>»>^9ctam1't and Ruth Koonti. jafc Wllt.u and Walena Smith. Vitt Boyd and Bobby Johaaton. Gene Poe and Alice Miller. Tony FeeU and Hazel Walker. Kualce Holt and Ray Kem. And. girla and boya. Ilfyou do not discover your name among the above listed. It Is not our fault, because all we can do la look around for gossip — we cannot create It By the time you read this, other couples may have teamed up, so we'll be on the lookout. If, in the mean time, this does not happen, we'll be greatly disap pointed. 'cause we've Just got to have something to write about — and you're why we write this column, and you’re what's In this column — whoops! seems to me we’re going In circles, or something, but maybe yo'J get the Idea. We hope so, anyway. So until next laaue — xeep ’em goaalping! A Scnior'i Swan Song Tte moft Important clan on our campus tnd^y ti the Senior elaaa. What the future hold^ for them, no one knows, but we are all proud of fh - i f • * ‘ ig this high mileatone in education. We were curious ai to how these scmiI >. \w>u>’> fed toward leaving Klon. and Elon itself so we conceived the idea of having one of them put hin swan song down on paper for ua. to be published tn this column. BORROWED Looks At The Books [ We have been told to go lota of places in our time, to we are getting uaed to It. The only troubta la that evefy time we are told to go anywhere, it wakes us ! up Our Editor Just told ua to go some place, so here I we are. It’s warm here in the Ubrary iUclu. but not I warm enough. We do feel at home, though. Now to [ find a book to read. j WeU, now we have It. Since we hate war. It* Utle f just struck us in the eye. It’s caUed ** The rr^le** •r Lasttag Peace.” It U by Herbert Hoover and Hugh I Gibson, and no matter what else there Is to say It. 1 It is a book that la written for us today. For while we } are now concentrating on the winning of the war, ^ ] yond our IneriUble victory must lie the building of a * peace that will last for all time. This book Is a new f approach to the problem. The authors are convinced I that post'War problemr wlH be Insuperable unless we i begin to plan now; that otherwise we shall merely run [ the danger of sowing new seed#‘of hate and more war; ) that unless the next peace be made durable, this war [ will have been fought In vain. This book builds up exact inclusions as to the foundations essential for UsUnt peace. It presents the alternative plans fbr preaerling that peace; and, 1 finally, outlines the methods by which peacemaking I should be conducted. j There is no doubt but that tM book did wake us * up to aome things, but it took tired ^ again and want to aleep. Befor«wc turn in. however, 1 we are going to read another chbut in “Anthony Ad- terae." It’s aome book, and Anthony sure geU around, j We wlah that Scarlett O'Hara girl was in it, though, ; lor thoae two would sure n*ake some couple. Fantasy Elon la the place to study. With the help of lover, friend, and buddy. The gang here never seems to play, They only want to make an "A." On the college ground there Is no noise. Made by the teachers, girta. or boys. It's quiet in the dormitories, For all are studying glories. Girls have no time to fix their curls. And boys — they waste no time on girls. They don't spend time in Idle talk Or walking double down a walk. At Elon. so the saying goes. We don’t like dsnces, we don't like shows. 1 say this to the world to know, I always spesk the truth Just so. I say It with no lies or buts — The campus squirrels shout back " Nuts! " Jsmes Elder. Wit and witticisms seem to come In hsndy every moment of every day. And laughter, or ’• Jurt grins,” orp nirp thing" to "pp annmd thp psmpii" So, relax and grin awhile with ua as we drift through foggy (?) clouds of poems, stuff, and what-have-you. PHYSICS STUDENT’S VERSION OF PSALM II REELING ALONG This week brings a rar* treat to the Elon screeii^ This treat la the showing o^walt Disney's " Fantasia, If you love music, this Is Ashow you can't afford to mlaa, for In " Fantaaia " for the flrrt Ume pictures are used to accompany music. Leopeid Stokowski provides the music; Mr. Disney the pictures. The program reads like the usual symphony pro gram —eight numbers — Bach, Tschaikowsky, Dukas, Stravlnaky. Beethoven, Ponchlelli. Mouaorgsky, and Schubert. Program notes are furaiahed by Deema Tay lor. The music is superbly recorded on a new system called ■' Fantaaeund." " Fantaaound ’’ tricka your ear Into beUevlng that the aound moves with the object that makes It. Thla muale mixed with Disney's art makes a product that In parU U truly beautlfuL At all times It Is worth seeing. All in all. we'd say it Is a performance that you cant afford to mlas. Next week's show ta not set as yet, but It is hoped that we get " Holiday Inn," atarrlng Bing Crosby. Jurt turning the clock back to January 183ft. when 1 made my first appearance at Elon. It seems ns only >esterday that I started In this Institution of higher learning. The people 1 have met and my acquaintances are slowly leaving, which seems to bring sadness to one's heart. It was peace time, and with boys from vsrious SUtes In the same group. It was Jurt like one happy family. We would argue and gripe about many things, but that was only to keep the place alive with noise During my freshman year I roomed at the Carlton House — we had boys of every nationality, and people called us the League of Nations. But every one of these iMys has left, leaving me back to continue what we were striving for In school. I have seen boys come and go In four years of col lege. some leaving the next day after arrival and some remaining all four years. The gloomiest dsys began with conscription; the three boys who started school with me were drafted Then war was declsred In IMl and many more of my friends were called to arms. We used to get out on the hardest and dirtiest prsc- tice Held every day and tight for the glory of Elon The man who was our father and guided us hss left us also, which haa msde the plsce change conitidprsbly. His nsme Is Horsce Hendrickson, now playing fsihcr to other boys at Penn. University. Now 1 must say that " those dsys are gone forever " I am on the last Up at Elon. These four years hsve been the greatest In my life. One doesn't think he is profiting In school until he Is really to leave. Then as he gstes bsck In dresms of yesterdsy. he sees everything he hss done, and how It Jus helped his growth In knowledge snd experience Ine goes down the list of people who have Uught through the years —esch person has more than gone out of his wsy Just to help him In s better wsy of living, so he will be sble to meet the whole world fsce ^o face without blinking his eyes with sstonlshment. Jlon Is very fortunste In hsving men like Professor lok. Professor Bamey. Dr, Bowden. Dr French, and 'a few others. The time Is coming to close, snd It mskes me rem- [nloce about what Elon haa meant to me. Elon may be smsll In qusntlty. but It exceeds Its greatest height In qusllty People gripe about being In Elon. but when they leave, some time In the future, they always come back to once again tread on Its ever- living campua. 1 Uave thla place May 24. and It will be a day filled with both Joy and ssdness. There will be ssdness In leaving Elon. and Joy that 1 have been able to main tain Nie standard of Ekm for four years. Yes, It will be hard not to come back to Elon every year, but one has to face these things In life. I am headed for the Navy upon my completion of Elon —one can rest assured that I will hold Its standards high »:•!!: In the service of my country. All of one's old friends a.e irone. but new ones keep Uklng their place, so my morale u VrM high, I will never say. " Good-bye. Elon." but always. “ I'll br eeln’ you. gang." Journalistic Writing By B*Im Margarat Mtaaick According to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the function of the newspaper Is " to commu nicate to the human race what lu members do. feel, snd think. " The late Willard Bleyer. Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin, held that the preas should communicate accurately, explain InUlligently. and " guide public opinion." William Allen White, the distinguished editor of the " Emporta Gaiette." hopes thst " the press will fol low the widening social sense of the people." but Is not sure that It does this now. Finally. ' Editor and Publisher." the suthorltstive organ of the American press, declares edltorlslly thst the cltlien •’ hss a right to look ’ to his newspsper for '■ Information and guidance," In other words, this pub lication admlU that the press haa a moral function to perform If the "guidance" Is to be In the right direction. The American press is free. There is no censor. No government official has a right to tell a newspaper what to print or what to auppress. There Is no specisl l«g‘*‘ iation governing the minutest detslls of printing and publishing, as there Is In other countries The press Is not the obligatory mouthpiece of any faction or dic tator It Is not subject to the regulatory machinery of the StaU or against lU will, amenable to exigencies of powerful politicians. There exists no governmental control of sny kind, and for more than a century none has even been contemplsted In our vi^gorous democ racy. In short, the American press Is the freest In the world. Insofar as political control Is concerned. The new Journalism will enlist the services of the highert type of editor and reporter. They inurt be mCT staunch In the conviction of their hest Interesta of the community and Imbued with the Tde. of «elng deeply and of writing accurately. They n>urt see to It thrt " no one's chsracter shall no Inrtltutlon'a standing be dlacredlted. no vested right be Jeopardised, snd no man's or woman s motives im- pugned.** The call Is loud for men of conscience, heart, and brain. The American newspaper needa new blood to meet the exacUona of a progreaslv* civiltaatlon. Thta la the power that staadfly levies on the community for recrulta to man Ita guna. rtoke Ita fumacM. to act as lta‘ plcketa and outpoaU. The future la big with opportunity. I have a physics teacher, I shall not pass. She maketh me to show my ignorance Before the whole clast. She giveth me more than I can learn. She lowereth my grades. Yea. though I walk through the valley of knowledge T do not learn. She flreth questions at me In the presence of my cUsimates Shes anointeth my head with problems. My brain runneth over. Surely atoms and molecules Shall follow me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell In the physics lab forever. ^The above Is dedicated to the striving Physics cUsi bless their poor souls!) • * • THE SIX AGES OF WOMAN Safety pins. Hair pins. Fraternity pins. Diamond pins, C'lothes pins. Rolling pins. (Dedicated to any female who bothers to read this — and to the hen-pcckcd males, who shall find more truth than poetry In It!) A rOF.M 4?) Love has me in a whirl; I don't know where I'm at My heart is overflowing. But my pocketbook is flat. AND —HOW TIME FLIF.S —(OB HOW T1MB8 CHANGE) May. 1941 — Look, there goes a soldier. October. 1942 — Ivook. there go some more soldiers. April. 1943 —Look, there’s a boy. July. 194.*) — Look, there's a soldier September. 1943—> Look, there’s a civilian. * » » Hope you enjoyed our little “ Borrowed ’* collection that we gathered from here and yon Just for your amusement. And may the memory of them brini a gleam of sunshine to you. as you struggle through the dark moments ahead. • « • Are You Kiddin’? — Trees are Kenerally regarded as good for shade. U seem^ they've seen some pretty shady things around here. too. » * • — Then there was the moron who wouldn't listen to a Joke about oil 'cause It wasn't refined. • » « — Laundry ad; We do not tear your clothes on ma chinery. We do it by hand. « » « — Did you hear of the girl whose face was her for tune and it ran into a nice figure’ Or of the girl whose focc was like an hour glass —she made every minute count? « • « Joiiii. “ I'm knee-deep In love with you.“ “ Wuzzy”: All right; I'll put you on my wading list.” # « * Dean; *' Who broke the chair in the Reception Hall? ” Girl: “ It Just collapsed all of a sudden, but neither of us was hurt." « « ■» Bernie — “ Come on, take a bath and get cleaned up. I’ll get you a date.'* Pritchard: “Yeah, and then suppose you don't get me the date? ** » « • And as the sweet young co-ed said as she raised her coke In a toast. " Here's to the pictures on my dresser. May they never meet ’ * • • And — that's all. folks!! What The Future May Hold In the near future an Army Air Forces Training Detachment will swoop down on the Elon campus and very nearly take over a place that we have known as exemplifying the essence of quietness and serenity. Already we have been shuttled from one dormitory to another in making way for the establishment of such a center. We shall suffer further Inconveniences; in fact, we have just begun to suffer. Dining-hall facilities may not he up to par. and classroom space may not be as adequate as It has been in the past. All of which adds up to one thing — sacrifice on the port of Elon studenta. And let It not be said that we did not do our bit. Our cooperation can be of Invalu able aid In putting acroas this program which the col lege authorities have shouldered as Elon's contribution to the war effort. And Just one thing further. The Impression that wo make as a college will be lasting and widespread. Through the hundreds of army enlistees passing along the halls of Alamance. Elon will build a reputation which will either be a credit or a slam to the Institution throughout the country. Let's make this Impression a creditable one. For Victory Buy UNITED miES DEFENSE BONDS* STAMPS •"V FENSE JM' V