SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1944
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
Well, it feels like spring is here at
last. The birds are singing, the bells
are ringing, the flowers are spring
ing, the bees are stinging, and it’s
raining like hell. Yep, it’s spring all
right if that last thing got by the
proofreaders. Oh, well, lackaday,
quoth the raven “Nevermore”
Boy. I’m really rambling. (My num
■ber is up anyway, so why worry?).
LON
CHOES
BY BACIL H. STEED
USMC (?) USNR (?)
all the male scholars.
' The skill and poise that Miss Ann
Strader employs to nab a man . . .
Win
£LON Alev
in the Service
I reallv don’t feel up to writing
snorts this week, but you know how
the ETiTTOR feels if this portion of
print fails to appear. You know it is
so prettv out today that it almost
looks like those pretty pictures in the
Elon Bulletin (well almost like them).
I don’t know how that silly cut of
a football player got at the top of this
column. Just don’t pay any attention
to him.
NAVIATION NOTES:
“Do angels have wings, mother?”
“Yes, dear.”
“Can they fly?”
“Yes, dear.’
“Then when is the nurse going to
fly? I heard Daddy call her Angel
yesterday.”
“Tomorrow, dear.”
Rodney Southerland of the swank
new-dorm (Clubhouse) reports that
the hangman was the first man in
history to work on the swing shift.
(Reporter’s note: Maybe that was be
cause he knew the ropes.)
EYETUM:
It really has done my old heart
good to see the new members in DR.
JOHNSON’S LITERARY SOCIETY
Tunning around the camps hither and
yon—at the command of an old mem
ber. Ah. yes, bear this in mind fel
lows, when you take in new members;
that is if the draft board doesn’t take
There was the man who would have
left the hospital sooner but he took
a turn for the nurse.
Well, fans (it should be singular;
fan), this is Steedie’s last issue. I want
to take this chance to wish all you little
students the best of everything in
your following school year. Let’s try
to keep up the standards of Elon Col-
i lege and I’ll see you after I win the
WAR. See you in Japan.
Here are some more of the address
es of the Elon lads who are now In
the service. You look forward to the
mail each day—and so do they, per
haps even more. Won’t you write to
them and let them in on the latest
happenings at Elon, news and most
especially gossip? Here’s where you’ll
find them located:
Walter A. Wentz, Jr.
Co. 3522 Bks. 312 L
U. S. Naval Training Station
Bainbridge, Maryland
Pfc. James H. Parker, Jr. (USMC)
=!er. Sqdn. 61 MAG 61
’^'•d MAW (FMF)
Cherry Point, N. C.
ROOM RESERVATIONS
SHOULD BE MADE
any room not taken at that time for
the school year 1944-45.
Beginning with April 17, new stu
dents will be assigned to rooms as
fees are paid. From all indications,
Elon College will have more applica
tions for entrance this year than pre
viously. Keep this in mind. Students
planning to return should pay their
reservation fees at once.
In old Ireland, when a man is talent
ed as a neighbor, and can turn a gra
cious compliment, they say he has
“kissed the blamey-stone.” Generally
no opprobrium attaches to the state
ment, and rightly so. Courteous and
gentle conduct is always gracious with
out being fulsome. Kiss the blarney-
stone yourself, will you and tell the
editors how they resemble Super-Suds.
Music Notes
TO GIVE VOICE RECITAL
Miss Margaret H. Whittington, so
prano, professor of voice at Elon Col-
locfo win give a recital Thursday eve-
in Whitley Memorial Auditorium
30. Miss Whittington holds mu-
legrees from Metedith College
i University of Michigan, and has
ei- on the Elon College faculty since
n,ember.
ss Whittington will be accompa
nied by Mrs. Li}a Le Van Loadwick on
the piano.
The program will be as follows:
Xa Violette Scarlatti
She Never Told Her Love Haydn
IJecitative—Giuns"> alfin il momento
Aria—Deh vieni. i.on tardar .. Mozart
(Le nozze di Figaro)
Recitative and Aria—Ah. fors’e lui
Verdi
(La Traviata)
La Mariage fles RoSes Franck
Beau Soir Debussy
La Chanson de I’Alouette Lalo
Waldeinsamkeit Reger
Morgen Strauss
Standchen Strauss
By a Lonely Forest Pathway ...Griffes
When I Bring to You Colour’d Toys
Carpenter
A Memory Ganz
■The Little Foreigner Scott
Prof. Irving D. Bartley gave an in
formal organ recital Thursday after
noon. March 16, in Whitley Memorial
Auditorium. His program was as fol
lows:
Grand Chorus—Dubois.
Adagio from First Sonata—Men
delssohn.
Allegro from Concerto in G—Bach.
Morning—Irving D. Bartley.
A.llegro from First Symphony—Ma-
quaire.
A Cloister Scene—A. T. Mason.
Intermezzo—Callaerts.
Toccata in D minor—Gordon B
Nevin.
Prof. Irving D. Bartley will give an
organ recital at the Front Street Meth
odist church in Burlington Sunday aft
ernoon in connection with a program
of the Burlington Music Club entitled
“Great Choirs.” Several selections
will also be presented by the Front
Street Methodist church choir under
the direction of Miss Alyse Smith,
organist.
Neal Wright
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Bookstore
Students living on the campus and
planing to return to Elon next year
are urged to reserve their room as
early as possible. The college offici
als need to know the number of old
students returning in order that they
will have some idea of the number of
freshmen to accept'.
According to reports from the Of
fice of Field Secretary, prospects for
freshmen are far better than a year
ago. The dormitories for the girls
have been crowded this year and some
were unable to get rooms at the begin
ning of school. The rooming condi
tion will be more crowded next year.
The following regulations will be ob
served concerning the reservation of
rooms.
Students now living in the dormi
tories will be permitted to reserve
rooms for the school year 1944-45 ac
cording to the schedule below. You
may reserve your room by paying the
reservation fee of $5.00 into the Of
fice of the Business Manager.
March 13 to March 25, 1944, any
Elon student moy reserve the room
he or she occupies at the present
time.
March 27 to April 1, 1944, any
member of the junior class may re
serve any room not taken at that time
for the school year 1944-45.
April 3 to April 8, 1944, any mem
ber of the sophomore class may re
serve any room not taken at that time
for the school year 1944-45.
April 10 to April 15. 1944, any mem
ber of the freshman class may reserve
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BEN WHEELEY, Prop.
Colonel Junius Edgar West, Lieutenant Governor
Of Virginia, Is Lauded By The Christian Sun
The March 9 issue of the CHRISTIAN SUN con
tains a sincere appreciation of Colonel Junius West and
his work for the church, the state, and our college. In
order that the present generation of Elon students may
become better acquainted with the character and
achievements of the man, we are reprinting a number of
the statements from the SUN:
I appreciate very much the opportunity given me
to join with others in paying tribute to the public ser
vice of Colonel J. E. West.
I was associated with Colonel West in the Senate
of Virginia for many years and then as Lieutenant
Governor, and I had an opportunity to observe at first
hand the great contributions that he made to the wel
fare and progress of Virginia. He was an indefatig
able worker and had a grasp of public matters such
as few men of my acquaintance possessed^
He was fearless in the performance of his public
responsibilities, and it can be very truly said of him
that his labors in the public service of Virgina were out
standing. He and his friends can always take great
satisfaction in the fact that what he accomplished for
Virginia will give him a merit of distinction of which
he can well be proud.
HARRY F. BYRD.
U. S. Congress.
Colonel J. E. West of Suffolk is one of the great
citizens of Tidewater Virginia who has participated in
every phase of civic life looking to the betterment of
the State and the community in which he has lived; and
through his efforts, both in private and political life,
the people of Virginia have been enriched and encour
aged.
I am so glad that THE CHRISTIAN SUN plans a
special issue in honor of Colonel West. I know his
resipation from the Mission Board of the Southern
Christian church was a matter of necessity, otherwise he
would have carried on in the fine spirit which has
actuated him in this great work over almost half a cen
tury.
COLGATE W. DARDEN, JR.
Governor of Virginia.
Tradition and the records of the Church connect
Colonel J. E. West of Suffolk, Virginia, with the earliest
beginning of Elon College. In fact, it was he who
challenged the Church to build a college to train its own
ministers and young people.
It was he who advocated the raising of an endow
ment for the security and support of the college.
When Elon College was in sore financial straits from
1894 to 1905. Colonel West gave of his money, his
time, his ability, and his enthusiasm for a united effort
to clear the college of its debts and make it safe for
the Church and the nation. When the “Men and Mil
lions” movement began, while always intensely inter
ested in Missions and other r/.uses of the Church, he
never failed to speak in the interest of the college. In
the “Standardization Drive”—an effort to raise funds
to make Elon a standard colege—lie was one of the
most enthusiastic workers and certainly one of the most
generous givers. He joined with others of his local
church, his city and the denomination in donating $5,000
each to the college. The total amount raised in cash
and pledges in this drive was $360,000.
When the main building of the college was destroyed
by fire. January 18, 1923, Colonel West, together with
others, took the field to help raise money for the re
building of the college, and gave to President Harper
his undivided support for a “bigger and better” Elon.
On Conference and Convention occasions he has
presented Elon College as our church institution and
challenged the church to arise and support it as it
should be supported. His only daughter. Mrs. Mar
garet West Frazier, is a graduate of Elon. Though not
a member of the original Board of Trustees, he has
served as a trustee of the college for nearly fifty years.
Throughout its history he has consistently supported it
by his means, his consecrated ability and his faithful
patronage.
In addition to these references to Elon College
and Colonel West’s efforts in its behalf. I would like
to pay a tribute to Colonel West as a Christian layman
a layman in our church. There may be others in
the councils of the church who differ with him in
belief and plan, but all will acknowledge his sincerity,
consecration and faithfulness to the high Interests of the
church. Few laymen among us have worked hardet,
given more according to ability, or been more devoted
or more faithful tg the principles and causes of the
Christian Church than was Colonel West.
On this memorable occasion I hall him as one of
our finest laymen and congratulate the chuJph for
being the recipient of his love and labors for so many
fruitful years.
L. E. SMITH.
President of Elon College.