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By Gene “Moronish” Poe
STOUGH SPEAKS TO
EDUCATION CLUB
The floor is now open for nomina
tions for the “Golden Moron” of Elon
We talked a few weeks ago about put
ting on a moron funeral but never got
around to picking out a suitable per
son for the position. Of course there
•was some talk about using Joyce
Smith, but it seems that she had such
close competition that no definite con
clusion was reached. Don’t any of
you good people get the idea that we
are a moron or even related to one,
but after all you have to put yourself
in a moron’s vlace to write about
them. (Editor’s Note: Not if you are
a born moron like some people we
know).
Have you ever noticed the heart-
touching smile that Eleanor Dare has?
It is simply indescribable, but one that
YOU never forget. What a shame it is
that Clarence Biddix doesn’t fill some
of our charming coed’s lonely hours
on the weekends. From the idle talk
that we hear around he has a goodly
number of admirers who would en
joy having him call on them.
Did you notice that sharp number
that Dot Holland dated last Sunday
night. He is a real “Hep Cat” from
Chapel Hill, and we do mean hep. He
not only had a very pleasing person
ality, but he could play some of the
meanest Boogie on a piano that we
ever hope to hear.
No doubt every person likes variety,
but we don’t think we have seen a
person who delights in it as much as
Bob Gaskins. He has a bigger variety
of girl friends (all of whom adore him)
than Van Camp has pork and beans or
Carter has liver pills. What a man!
Well, it finally happened. Bill
“Doc” Parnell surprised the entire
South Dormitory when he broke down
and asked a girl for a date. “Doc”
previously had done all his wooing off
campus but it seems that he finds it
very entertaining to date the local
girls.
The student body was favored with
a talk by a Jewish Rabbi last Wednes
day that set us all to debating. His
lecture dealt principally on the race
problem and how it might be solved.
Many of our students agreed whole
heartedly with him, but others felt
he was far from being right. We
can’t deny the fact that his statements
are true but so many of us are just
too oSuthern to accept them.
Many of our college boys were sur
prised at the greeting they received
when they attempted to speculate at
the last dance given by the Air Corps
It sewned very strange that the army
personal might permit certain male
friends to enter and then not allow
the boys here in the school to do the
same. After all the boys here in
school have consented wholehearted
ly .to have, the cadets at each socail
they have sponsored.
We hope Liz Boyd doesn’t take it to
hard about Bobby leaving. It is dif
ficult to face but after all Jessie will
be without Jabez and they can sit
down and help console each other.
Congrats to Basil Steed, and Iris
Westbrook. We think you make a fine
couple and it seems that you have
loads of fun together. What a pair;
never a dull moment. It must be
wonderful.
Ann Strader had a .very charming
visitor up last weekend. She must be
more than charming to get Anne to
breakfast. However a few changes
are necessary when entertaining is to
be done.
The photographer that was on cam
pus taking pictures for the annual got
quite a kick out of taking Lillian Per
kin’s picture. Everytime he would
say smile she would stick out her
tongue, and when he asked her to look
serious she broke out in laughter.
One of our more “HANDSOME”
cadets who goes by the name of
“Pickleneck” finds the local mascot
to be more fond of him than any of
the other cadets. We don’t know why
“G. I.” (the over grown pup serving
as moscot) took such a liking to him
unless “Pickleneck” took that old New
Jersey line that would win anybody’s
“It is generally conceded that the
most effective teaching in the high
school is done by the women teach
ers,” declared Mr. Stough, principal
of the Gibsonvill4 high school when
he spoke to members of the Educa
tion club Tuesday night, November
16. It is the general opinion that they
go to their classes better prepared.
He also told the group that it is
not the method used in the classroom
that is important, nor the process fol
lowed, but it is the teacher herself
that counts. A good teacher can use
any method and do well with it.
Mr. Stough stressed the point that
in these days of upheaval the school
has to make up where the home fails.
It is up to the teacher to see that the
students learn to love a better way of
life. Their biggest job is starting the
boys and girls right.
I The CTD> Slant
History In The Making^
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by A-S ED DAY
S. C. A.
The Student Christian Assosciation,
better known on the campus as S. C.
A., is an organization of the students
who wish to help direct a better re
ligious and social life through a grow
ing knowledge of God.
There is an opportunity for every
student to become a member of the
S. C. A., one week of the first quarter
of each school year is annually set
aside for the purpose of pledging new
members. During this time new mem
bers sign a pledge card and all mem
bers wear the Maroon and Gold S. C.
A. ribbons.
The S. C. A. has charge of the morn
ing watch programs, the vesper ser
vices and sponsors a chapel program
every other week.
The S. C. A. has both a Senior and
a Freshman Cabinet with each cab
inet having its own officers. The sen
ior cabinet has meeting on Thursday
nights at 9:00 o’clock, the Freshmen
cabinet, Thursday nights at 8:30
o’clock and they have a joint meet
ing once a month. Mrs. Whittington
is faculty advisor.
A revision of the Senior cabinet is
This week the commanding officer
of the 325th CTD, Captain DeWitt D.
Vickery, returned from the Greens
boro BTC 10, where he has been in
the hospital undergoing a tonsillec
tomy.
Last Saturday night, one more stu
dent of the detachment was crossed
off of thesingl e men’s list. The new
ly wed is William Markee, who. mar
ried Miss Rosalen Bay, a WAVE.
Captain DeWitt Vickery, Dr. L. E.
Smith and Dean J. D. Messick left
Elon Tuesday to attend a meeting of
commanding officers of College
Training Detachments and officials
of the colleges participating in the air
crew program. The meeting is being
held in Furman, South Carolina, and
will last for two or three days.
Mariy old and budding romances | y\jY,erican Government, Medival His-
will be severely bent or broken
Mrs. Harold Schultz is the history
instructor for civilian students this
quarter. Dr. Schultz, head of the his
tory department last year, has been
granted a leave of absence. Our
other history professor. Dr. Hirsch, is
devoting all his time to the Army Air
Corps students stationed here.
Mrs. Schultz received her A. B. de
gree from Macalester College in St.
Louis, Minnesota, and her M. A. from
the University of Minnesota, where
she taught freshman history. During
her two years of post graduate work
at Duke University, she served as a
substitute teacher in several classes.
She now has become a member of the
Elon faculty.
Freshmen history will be taught
next quarter, since only upper-class
courses were offered this session.
soon when the present E flight leaves
for Classification Center. Some of
these romances will be forgotten as
soon as the Aviation Students leave,
while others may last forever. When
new men arrive on the Elon campus,
tory, and Italian-American History
coui'ses now being given, have an
enrollment of about 31 students.
From the first time Elon College
opened its doors to students in Sep
tember, 1890, until the present day,
the history department has been one
branches. And, through these 53
years, numbers of young men and
women have chosen work in this
field as their life profession.
many of the former boy friends will | j^ost essential and influential
be completely forgotten. So goes
the old cycle.
The CTD dance last Friday night
proved more successfull than any pre
vious dance held by the detachment.
The college girls and the aviation stu
dents cooperated more at this dance
than usual. In fact, most of the time
practically all of the attendants were
Hanoinp So “Night Fighters,” it
Dr. Hirsch, amry history professor
now, states that the question of stu
dents often is, “Why do they have to
study history?” And the beginners
dancing So “Night Fighters,” it make such assumptions as these:
seems that you accomplished at least j “Why it s so dry and uninteresting,
one thing while you were here—a ; anyway who cares what happened a
od dance hundred years age?—that’s past and
There is a possibility that we will there’s nothing we can do about it.
lose our popular supply sergeant. I It’s the things happening today that
Staff Sergeant Kenneth “Geranimo” i we should be interested in—current
Doss It seems that Sgt. Doss has ap- events! Things that concern us dl-
plied for a transfer to the Paratroop- rectly; things we can grasp! Who
ers It is said that Sgt. Doss felt cares when the Revolutionary War
self-conscious
at the dance Friday , was fought, or how, or why? Who
when he saw the miniature paratroop- cares who the first president of the
to be made soon and any suggestions | floating down from the sky. We U. S. was, or when the Constitution
would be appreciated by its presi- in anything was framed and who signed it? Those
dent. Miss Charlotte Husted.
MUSIC NOTES
he goes into.
are things of the past and through the
Robert Elliott, violinist, and Charles ;
Granveille, pianist, were dinner guests
of Prof. and Mrs. Irving D. Bartley
Monday evening.
The new student officers have been years they have become dead and very
chosen to start their duties immedi- dry matter.”
ately. Many vacancies were left by j jjj. Hjrsch states further that
E flight, who held down a majori y o | jg made up of just such things;
Professor Irving D. Bartley attend
ed a meeting of the North Carolina
Chapter of the American Guild of Or
ganists Thursday afternoon held in
Chapel Hill. In the evening Mrs. J.
W. Barner and Professor Bartley at
tended an organ recital by E. Power
Biggs at the University of North Car
olina.
friendship; and handed it to him. No
hard feelings “Pickleneck,” we just
like to rib you.
Well, gang, as the “old scribe” said
a few weeks ago Brownie is holler
ing for type so it seems best that we
sign off for this issue. See ya soon.
the positions. The major is the same.
Major W. L. Mahon. The new adju
tant is R. E. Martin, who takes Logan
Campbell’s place. In supply captain’s
shoes will be Stough, to fill the shoes
vacated by A. J. Gaidrey. The squad
ron’s commanders will be M. McDan
iels in A, G. L. Miller for B. Squad
ron adjutants will be'Meloni of A.
and Walbert of B. The new first ser
geants will be Stark and G. E. Mack,
who will replace Donald Krafczik and
but that we must realize that history
isn’t dead or dry but something very
much alive; that it is the sum of all
the happenings and thoughts of men
before our time. Moreover the stu
dent must realize that history repre
sents a change of time and that every
thing becomes history sooner or later.
Today’s current events will be tomor
row’s history.
Last year's graduation class pro-
HEY
The Gang’s All Here
performing responsible duties. Bernie
Askins, U. S. Naval Reserve, Harvard
University: “Pud” D’antonio, teaching
in Pennsylvania; Helen Truitt, teach
ing at Farm Life, near Williamston,
N. C.; Betty Lynch, teaching at Na
thaniel Greene near Julian, N. C.; El
liott Schmidt, history professor at
Staunton Military Academy, Staun
ton, Virginia; and others whose ad
dresses we are unable to secure at the
present.
* * *
the immortal Paul Koontz, respective- duced several history majors, who are
ly. Flight lieutenants are Staub, Mey- | this year scattered over the country
er. Madden and Price. ' "
Attention! Here is an item which
is perhaos out of the scope - of this
column. However, here it goes. Avi-
tion student Pitts Duncan wishes to
announce to all the Elon girls that he
will be unable to give them a break
by dating them. I know this is a
terrible blow for you girls but maybe
you can stand the news with bended
heads and crying eyes. Cheer up,
girls.
You’ve heard of eager beavers, no
doubt. Well, the best example of
that to date is the new supply cap
tain, Stough. Just as soon as the
new officerc took over their posts,
I Stough rushed down to the Canteen
'and bought 1.20 worth of “diamonds ’
He was so eager that he failed to
realize that the diamonds are fur
nished free to them.
Well brae people, this about winds
up another CTD slant for another
week Also it will probably be the
last one by the present writer. So
long to all, and here’s hopmg you get
a good writer after I’ve gone.
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Have a “Coke”, says the returned soldier and his friendly gesture is
understood in Newport or New Zealand, at borne or in far-off
places. Around the world Coca-Cola stands for the pause that re
freshes, —has become the gesture of good will, saying Let’s befriends.
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