SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 19-15
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
What
By EMERSON WHATLEY
These are a few and outstanding ex-
liiiples of what has gone on during
the entire year. At no time has the
Elon squad been without a cheering
section. At some of the schools it was
mighty small, but at one nearby
school there were more “Christians”
the clieering section than there
’■■'ere “QMakers.” So long as this con
tinues, even if we lose a number of
games the Elon Fighting Christians
vill have had a successful season.
WITH THE ARMED FORC
ALLEN WENTZ ON THE WAV1ES
Q ^945
USS St. Mary’s APA 126
San Francisco, Calif,
care Fleet Post Office
Dear Gene:
Well how is everything with you
and yours, right now? I am just this
side of somewhere, just past nowhere
in other words, jn the Pacific Ocean,
ELON SFTRIT ... In spile of a
basetkball team that has lost a large
per cent of its games to older and
more experienced opposition in some
cases—and in otlieis to teams that
they should have defeated—the in
terest of the student body has never
slackened and the spirit with whicii
the season begun is still in evidence.
When five boys, none of Vv'hom are on
the squad, travel almost four liundred
miles to see the Maroon and Gold
cagers play, tliere is something there
that makes one proud to be a part
of Elon College. When a blind boy
starts out hitch-hiking, just to be
there to hear wliat is going on and to
lend his voice in “So Here’s to Dear
Old Elon,” there is something there
besides the desire to see a mere ball
?ame. Some people would call it
sheer nonsense when 15 boys climb
on the back of a pickup truck and
ride in the open air through some of
the coldest kind of weather to see a
basketball game. Others might say
Ddine rumor has it that Catawba I T am getting along just fine and am
and Appalachian will bring out a 1945 j having no trouble as yet.
gridiron edition. This is almost a j _ The first couple of days out I was
certainty v/ith Catawba, since they I a little seasick but I seem to have
had a crackerjack 944 outfit and i gotten over it pretty quick,
it seems pretty sure that the Moun- j pi-gtty soon we will cross the Equa-
taineers will be out among the pigskin I tor and according to the traditions
artists when outumn rolls around. If | of the United States Navy all men
only Elon ... ' ^^ho are going over for the first tjme.
Rushing the season items. Fred j including officers, must be initiated
Chandler, Danny Banks, Bob Foust) into the “Ancient Order of the Deep.”
and Jack Stone out in front of North I Some freshmen at college may think
throwing a baseball around. Gene | that their punishment is tough: they
Poe fixing up his fire-escape balcony | should see one of these. It is just
in order to take sun baths. The next short of murder on all sides, but we
day it snowed.
Most irhproved basketball team.
The Fresiiman intramural outfit.
After losing most of their opening
games, tiie boys have bounced back
and in their last two starts have hand
ed a licking to both the Day Students
and the Upperclassmen.
Voices heard on the sidelines. Sev
eral people have been heard to voice
the opinion that they would like to
see either Margaret Rawls or Erma
all have a good time, and, also, it goes
to prove that the officers aren’t too
bad after all.
I am looking forward to another
copy of the MAROON AND GOLD as
I certainly enjoyed the last copy I
got, I see things have changed since
I left. The writeup about the basket
ball trim is good too.
Boy I sure will be glad when we
get to some land somewhere because
I sure am tired of looking at nothing
but water and blue sky. It’s boring
Cannady stacked up against the Pan- unless you have lots of work to do to
ther Girl, Nancy-oh-so-great-Isen-
hour. It would be rather interesting
at that. But it /. strictly against con
ference rules wliich, by some sleight-
that it was the Elon Spirit that ev- of-hand, have not been invoked to
everyone knows and talks about but date during 1945.
Girls Sports
By EDNA REITZEL
—E. Reitzel says,
“HELP YOUR
KEEPING WELL.”
COUNTRY BY
It is true that some of you girls may
become nurses, teachers, social work
ers, WAACS or WAVES, or specialists
in other fields. But for most of us,
as we look for ways to help in win
ning the war, the most important
thing is to keep phyiscally fit.
To be at the peak of efficiency and
flexible hands; strength in arms and
hacks; we must build up resistance to
disease, maintain self-confidence and
independence.
In addition to these factors, we
must prove to our fellow students
that we are honest, trustworthy, co
operative and skillful. And we must
make friends always.
keep you plenty busy all day.
Maybe this wasn’t such a newsy let
ter but there’s not much I could let
you know, so I’ll sign off now.
Sincerely,
Walter Allen Wentz, Jr.
Miss Jean Scott
Nurses Aid
care General Hospital
Camp Butner, N. C.
Cpl. Donald C. Iseley
Hq. Btry, 355 F. A. Bn.
APO 76
care PM
New York, N. Y.
Corporal Iseley was in Luxembourg,
and sent a letter to Dr, French with
regards to “take it easy.”
A LETTER FROM WALTER
FONVILLE
press. Judging from the copies I
have read, you people are doing an
excellent job around Elon. Since
you are, it does the “lonely heart”
boys, around the world, good to know
the spirit of our dear ol’ Elon re
mains high and secure. With this in
mind, I wish you the very best and
shall look forward to each and every
copy of the Maroon and Gold.
I enjoyed visiting with Jimmy
Pritchett and Clyde Foushee while
they were here and shall contact Bob
Wingard in the near future.
Give my regards to all.
Very Sincerely,
Wally Fonville
1944.45 Basketball Co-Captains
Lt. Wm. P, Nash of Elon College
was recently home on furlough. He
has been stationed with the weather
reconnaissance squadron. Turner
Field, Albany, Ga, Lt, Nash has the
double assignment of a weathtr oV
ficer and flying meterologi^t; he has
completed training as a B-17 pilot,
and has now been ordered to learn to
fly the P-38. Lt. Nash was en route
to join the Weather Reconnaissance
Squadron, Will Rogers Field, Okla
homa City. Okla.
WAYNE TAYLOR
FRED REGISTER
(Taylor has recently left for the Air 'orps)
ELON—GUILFORD
Capt. L. E. Whitley, High Point,
class of ’40, of the amy air forces,
was recently married to Ensign Dor
othy Lucille Main, navy nurse, in
Hawaii. Ens. Main was the first navy
nurse in this at*ea to take the orange-
olossom trail under the new regula
tion permitting officers of the nurse's
corps to marry and still stay in the
service.
Sgt, Walter Fonville, president of
the Elon student body in 1939, re
in physical education you can prove j cently wrote an interesting letter to
your good qualities, and can« gain j the MAROON AND GOLD. Below
friends who will “stick by” you all' is printed the letter as received:
through life. Statistics show that, in
physical strength, the average woman
IS about 57 per cent as strong as man,
lier endurance about 63 per cent as
great: she can lift a load about half
as heavy and pull one that is two-
thirds as large. Elon women, of
course, always excel the rest of the
nation. But since Elon men also
excel, we presume that the ratio
Atlanta, Georgia
February 9, 1945
Editor:
Maroon and Gold.
Dear Miss McCants:
I read with delight your—our—3
LT. C. E. BRYAN SENDS REPORT
OF PROBABLE LOSS OF
KEITH HARRIS
In a recent letter to Dean Bowden
after sending regards to many of the
older faculty members, Lt. C. E. Bry
an included the fbllpwing informa
tion concerning Keith Harris, Elon
alumnus and pilot in the Pacific com
bat area, who was reported missing
some time since:
“We have two boys here in my
squadron who were with Keith. One
of them, Lt. Paul Locke of Greens
boro, said that if he ever got home on
leave, he was going to^^^stop by Elon
and tell you all about Keith. He
said he was flying in column about
two planes behind Keith when ack-
ack knocked Keith’s right wing off as
tiiey were bombing Rabaul, and that
it didn’t seem t\at there could have
»jeen a chance for Keith.” ■
We know that that action at Rabaul
was one of the most daring of many
dangerous Pacific missions, and that
it was absolutely essential to naval
success at the time. It put many Jap
ships out of action when our navy
was hard pressed early in the war.
Lt. Bryan was expecting orders.
On Wednesday night, February 7.
the Elon cagers journeyed to Guil
ford and were defeated at the hands
of the Quakers 50 to 35. It was the
second loss in a row for the Chris
tians who had recently bounced back
from the North State cellar to lick a
scrappy Atlantic Christian team.
“Mule” Chandler got hot for the
Christians and tossed in 12 points
before Coach “Peanut” Doak’s boys
could find a way to stop him, Fred
Register got 8 markers for Elon,
3 of them coming in the last 10
.Tiinutes. Harvey Rawls, who went in
vith the second squad, showed his
heels to Farlowe, tall Guilford cen
ter, as he took re-bound after re
bound off the backboard.
HEY
The Gang*s All Here
Elon Soda Shop
HIGH POINT—ELON
In one of the best games of the
eason, played February 3 in High
Point, the Panters defeated the Elon
Christians 43 to 34. The game was
never a runaway, and at the half
i:;|h Point led only by a two point
margin. In the beginning of the
last period however, Sheek, star for-
aid toi.sed in three quick baskets
and the Maroon and Gold boys could
;t overcome the lead.
Wayne Taylor led the scoring for
Elon with a total of 11 points. Bob
Foust was good for 8 points, and Bill
McEntire accounted for eight mark
ers. Chandler and Register did some
excellent floorwork for the Elon team.
Sheek and Hix led the Panther scor
ing with eleven and eight points re
spectively. Sullivan also tossed in 8
points and did outstanding floor work
for Coach Virgil Yow’s quint.
WELCOME ELON STUDENTS!
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Burlington, N. C.
Neal Wright
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BURLINGTON, N. C.
February 45 issue of M and G. You . and he said A. D. Cobb was at El
will notice I place, “our” above—;Why.?
You ask. As an Elonite of ’39, I feel
should hold here as it should the ^ remained at Elon
world over.
At any rate, a few hours of recrea
tion does re-create one—it makes the
even though I left and have not re
turned but twice in lo! these five
years—or is it six.
Perhaps you are wondering who I
ready for any war work that needs to . sky look brighter. Look forward,
be done we should understand how | lads and lassies, to those classes m am and how I happen to get the
to work’in a team to stand up under physical education. Help your coun-j M and G. To clarify , matters-1^ .us
lone hours of effort We need strong, try by keeping healthy. • j thank- my fraternity brother, Lt. jay-
^ i gee James Pritchett. However, he
ELON FSS I gave the address a Uttle bit on the
2ND GAME
ELON—FSS
1ST GAME
In the next-to-the-last home game
the Flying Safety Squadron of Win
incorrect side, so here is the correct
a return
13, in Winston-Salem, the Flying
Safety Squadron again came from be-
Now that that is corrected you may
be trying to visualize who I am and
even going so far as worrying your
ston-Salem pulled a pair of tricks handed the Elon Christians , aome so lar as
out of the bag -in the last couple of | ^ ^he army i j^ead. Don't do that, for I am
minutes and defeated the local cageis ^ 20 to 5 lead at the end | p^ly one of the many problem chil-
36 to 31. Elon led until th- last mm- , ^^e first quarter, and then the all-J „£ uncle Sam. Should, however,
utes of play, and then witi onia j fi'eshman Elon outfit staged a come-| yQ^ desire to know who I was around
and Rutnoski hittir-g the bucket from jgd 25 to 24 at the half. I Elon, I refer you to the Phipsicli of
all angles the Flying Safety boys | Quig]^ buckets by Conrad and Gibbs ’39
pulled ahead and could not be over- gafg^y outfit in the lead at Qf paramount interest to me is the
taken by the less experienced boys m ^jgginning of the third period and presentation of “Out of the Frying
Maroon and Gold. j ,^g boys, hampered by the loss Pan.” How well I remember its hi-
Owen, Register and Banks led the ; . fred Register, could never larity from the many hours of re-
Elon scoring getting 8, 7, and 6 points g^tch them. hearsal and performance on the west
in that order. The thrill of the eve
ning came when “Hobie” Rawls broke
Bob Foust and Wallace Owen each coast, better known as the land of
tossed in 15 points for Elon and Bill, sunshine—and rain—California. I
between two Flying Safety men, stole McEntire tossed in 6 points before he j wish it were possible to attend the
the ball, streaked ^own the court and
made a lay-up shot good for the Chris
tians.
Conrad, rangy center, led the scor
was removed from the game for ex- ] performance tonight but ypu realize
Rawls sat , our dear Uncle does not think the
cessive personal fouls.
this one out. j way you or I do. In that I cannot
Conrad led the Flying Safety scor- attend “Out of the Frying Pan” I
in^ for^Fiying^Safety with 13 points; ; ing with 16 points and Rutnoski tossed ' shall attend “Life with Father” l\3re
and Rutnoswki, who holds the Purple | in 11 markers. Leonard, a surprise in Atlanta.
Heart) followed close behind w'ith starter, got four field goals in the ] I have long wanted to read the
12 markers Gibbs, a veteran of two first half but was held to one foul M and G since leaving Elon, but did
years overseas, (but no relation to throw in the last half for a total of 9 not ask for it because Australia and
Leon) was easily the best deefnsive points. Gibbs again played a good the now legendary Guadacanal is
man on the court. floor game for the Air Corps outfit. , quite a distance from the printing
Centro, Cal. Lt. Bryan hopes that
he may get a chance to re-visit cam
pus soon.
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Phone 777
Burlington, N. C.
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