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MAROON AND GOLD
Youth Steps Oat
By Gene “Handy Man” Poe
It’s us again. Hope you don’t mind.
We’ve just got a habit of showing up
in this particular space everytime the
boss says it’s time to go to press.
Speaking of the boss, she’s a honey
too. Never have seen a person that
could make you want to work as much
as she can. When she says do some
thing it seems that it is just like eat
ing cake to do it for her. Don’t tell
her this because we wouldn’t want her
to know just how we feel about her.
Have you ever known a man with
a finer personality than Dean Mes-
sick? In chapel last Wednesday he
really put some life into our song
service. Don’t know what we could
do without him.
Doctor Bowden caught us off guard
the other day. Right in the middle
of one of his lectures we started
reading a letter from home. Honest
Doctor, it was important or we would
not have done it.
The local cadets are really very
talented. The creative work that they
do in preparation for their dances is
to be admired and a compliment of
fered to everyone having a part in the
preparation. Johnny McCulloch is in
line for “Congrats” on the programs.
The music that he and his boys pro
duce is tops. Go to it, Johnny.
A-S G. E. Mack apparently seems
to be very upset since he was told that
one of our local co-eds was married
during the Thanksgiving holidays.
Don’t take it too seriously Mack..
It might be that she was only teasing
you. For further details we refer you
to page two. column three, of Air
Elon, December 4, 1943.
HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT
HAS GROWN SINCE BEING
STARTED IN FALL OF 1913
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1943
In the fall of 1913 Miss Bessie
Uiquhart, dean of women at that
time, organized the first Home Eco
nomics Department at Elon. The de
partment consisted of two courses on
the principles governing cookery
v/hich were taught in the basement of
North Dormitory to a class of about
12 pupils.
Miss Delaris Morrow, now Mrs. J.
H. Barnwell of Burlington, N. C.,
taught the first Home Economics
classes in the new Alamance building
in 1923. Since the opening of the de
partment several courses in sewing
ON BEING A SOLDIER
I
Howard Cates, pictured above will
be the bass soloist for Handel’s “Mes-
and dress-making had been added, as siah,” which is to be presented at
Elon College December 12. Mr. Cates
is director and soloist in the choir of
the First Baptist church of Bur
lington. He is also a member of the
student body and choir.
ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHER
MAKES RETAKES
Mr. Torrence, photographer for the
annual, was here Wednsday, Decem
ber 8, to make any retakes necessary
for the annual pictures. Those hav
ing their pictures are made will not be
given an opportunity to select the pic
ture they want put in the yearbook,
for it is necessary that he make the
finished picture for the engraver be
fore the students return from the
holidays.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
books and it is hoped that they will be
available to the students earlier than
in previous years. In spite of in
creased shortage of materials the an
nual will be the same size as the one
of last year.
Because of the increased cost of ma
terials the editor has asked that the
members of the student body each
pay a fee of one dollar in order to
help defray the costs of the annual.
A vote on the question is to be taken.
well as some new courses in cooking.
Our present Home Economics in
structor Miss Lida Muse, is now head
Qf the department, which has had
quarters on the third floor of Ala
mance building since 1924. Miss
Muse was graduated from the Uni
versity of Tennessee, received her
M. A. degree from Columbia Uni
versity and assumed her present du
ties at Elon in the fall of 1938. Since
that time there has been a 50 per
cent increase in the number of stu
dents enrolled in this department.
Miss Muse states that the House-;
hold Arts Club, which has been af
filiated with the American Home
Economics Association since the fall
of 1924, has been very active. The
members have bought an electric
Florine Braxton and Betty Sue ' mixer, table cloth and service plates.
Loyd were all smiles Wednesday ' Every year they have entertained the
morning when they received word freshmen and have done some social
that their prospective dates would be work, such as rolling bandages, cut-
on hand for the Panvio banquet. We’re ting-out flannel shirts, and making
glad for you girls. Hope you have a kits for armed forces,
swell time. 1
I There will be 6 Home Economics
We had a letter from Linwood graduates in the graduation class next
“Dagwood” Floyd a few days ago spring; Charlotte Husted, Lucille Bla-
stating that he hoped to visit our cam- lock, Luvena Kerns, Polly Whisnant,
pus in the near future ... It will be , Nell Breeze, and Sara Rice. Four of I Persons outside the student body
a pleasure to have him back with us.; these girls are doing their practice ■ annual will be $7.50.
. , . , , I teaching now at Gibsonville and Elon Students attending two quarters will
A friend of ours down m Panama j,jgh schools. have to pay the fee for the remain-
ran across a picture of Rachael Cro- ing quarter,
well in the paper and immediately
wrote to ask if we knew her. With
out a doubt he was thoroughly im
pressed, because he closed by saying
“I believe she could wink at the presi
dent and cause Congress to adjourn.”
Some power you have Rachael.
We know Joyce “Short Stuff” Smith
is happy over the fact that her sailof
friend. Bill Bailey, is coming up this
weekend. We don’t blame you Joyce,
he’s a swell guy.
We wonder where some of our Elon
boys were headed last Saturday night
when they started down the dirt road
to the left of the College Station
Could it have been that they made
this trip on their own accord, or was
it that they thought it might be the
easier thing to do in their case?
One of the cadets has suggested
that the married cadets and the mar
ried co-eds have a sheet posted listing
the names of all who are married tc
see which has the greater number
Not a bad idea either.
It seems that Shannon Morgan
Bob Gaskins. Don Miller, and severa
of our fellows are making their head
quarters at Oak Lodge. Nice going
fellows. We hope you keep the spirit
of the girls as high as you keep that
of the boys in South Dorm.
We’re going to miss Winfred
“Blonde” Ellington now that she is
no longer on campus, with us. It was
a lot of fun to hear her let out with
that “double cuss fussin” talk that
she was so talented at.
Dorothy Dix gives advice to the
lovelorn, and so I am taking the priv
ilege of giving advice to the SERVICE
borne. It will be a little while now
before any of you students will be
inducted into the army, navy, or ma
rines, an honor for which you can
well be grateful. It is a condition that
should cause you to be justly proud.
Ho"’Pver. iti s a greater honor to be
T citizen of the United States than to
be a soldier: and to be both citizen
and soldier provide for greater rejoic
ing.
When you are inducted, remember
that you are still a citizen, and as. a
citizen of a Democracy, you are to be
considerate and gentlemanly in every
way. Too often there are found those
who become officers who do not
have sufficient character to overcome
petty commissions, and so they lose j
courtesy and swagger, curse and strut j
as if they owned everything they sur
veyed. To be compatible with citi
zens seems to be beneath their dig-
ART DEPARTMENT IS
STRESSING EVERYDAY VALLES
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QiJUcUl/f(xu Buif, 'WvtU
WAR MNDS
Magic Eye 9
They don’t do things with mlrrori
In our Army or Navy. They simply
provide our men with the best In-
strumen.Ls possible, and teach our
fighi-tor= -‘'■.o* to do and when. L^e
->..m'oers, our artillery Are ,!s
devastating. Just a matter of gooi,'
eyes and good gun sights.
Caroline Pratt, a native of Winston-
salem, pictured above, will be the
soprano soloist in Handel’s “Messiah”
that is to be presented by the Elon
College Choir in Whitley Auditorium
December 12.
Miss Pratt will sing “Rejoice
Greatly” and “Come with Him.” She
has had special training under Miss
Dicie Howell.
nity..
Miss Lila Newman, head of the Fine
Arts Department, following one of
the more practical trends of the times
in collegiate educational circles, is
giving to her pupils a better under
standing of the useful additions art
may contribute to modern living.
Miss Newman says that whether one
desires to make a hobby of art. or
* to enter the field with a more serious
purpose, any development of talent is
certain to lead to practical as well as
to aesthetic values.
Color in art and architecture and
a stream-lining of homes and fur
nishings is the expectation for ths
world of tomorrow, and Elon art stu
dents are being given the ground-
'••ork in preparation for the cominr
day.
Miss Newman is the daughter of
one of the best-loved members of the
Flon faculty of earlier days, and so
."■he has long made her home in this:
community, and has contributed muck
to the development of the college..
Rhe is an Elon graduate and has:
studied extensively at both Columbia?
and Harvard Universities. Before*
the war it was her custom to take
students to the best art exhibits of
the Virginia-Carolina area, and some
times to more distant points. These
tours
will be resumed as soon as
Neither stripes, bars, nor stars give [ conditions permit. In the past, her
license to act in any way but that! pupils have won state and national
which fits a citizen of the United
States. Otherwise, that for which we
are fighting and making other sacri
fices would be in vain. Remember
tha it is Prussian and Japanese mili
tary bigotry which has inspired in
ternational aggression.
To assume, in the service of the
United States army, an attitude of
superiority toward the citizens of this
country or of other nations, is an act
in compatible with the ideals of our
nation. Regardless of your status, al
ways be Christian in principle; for,
recognition.
Miss Newman’s mother, Mrs. J. U.
Newman, was a pupil of Miss Berta
Moring, the first art instructor at
Elon. From Mrs. Newman we have
obtained part of the early history of
the department: In 1890, the art in
structor was one of a faculty of five;
the first class numbered ten; the stu
dio was open only one hour daily; but
the instructor had 2 or 3 beaux to
aid the romance in art at other times;’'
oil painting, crayons and pastels were
the only courses: it was some years
Maybe you can’t fight, but you can
“Back the Attack.”
Buy War Bonds.
Buying War Bonds Is just a mat
ter of common sense and pe-:;onal
I patriotism.
m the last analysis, the privates later when applied arts and china
make our army great and represent painting were added
most clearly the principles of de-1 T he average class used to be small
mocracy m action. Individual privil- ' When Miss Newman came in 1924
eg^ must be considered as national j there were only 2 pupils! but growth
I has been steady, and work in Applied
I r,., T T I—r Industrial Arts has been added.
Did you hear about the absent- One of the most interesting of the
minded private who wired his com- | present courses is in art methods for
w ^ extension to teachers. We now have an annual
s ■ W. O. L. I average of 100 students doing work
.. . , .7 7 ^ ~ , I in the various courses. Miss New-
thm.aL 1 ® f greeting and vigorous
thought a fool than to speak and re- character are daily an inspiration on
It’s good to have J. R. Norman back
in school again. We don’t knov
what his little wife has to say about
it, but you know J. R.—he’s going tc
have his way no matter what.
Our three blue notgs from Roxboro,
‘Small,” “Medium,” and “Large
were guests of honor at a delicious
dinner in Burlington last Tuesday
night. Nice having Janey Murphy
back with us again. Congrats to
Janey on the way she picks her boy
friends too. That little sailor is tops.
Well, gang, we have to be on our
way; but before we go, we want to
wish you each and everyone a very
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New
Year.
move all doubt.
the campus.
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