PAGE FOUR
MAROON AND GOLD
SATURDAY, MARCH 17. 1945
[)ay Student
Skctch'Eook
LT. JIMMY DARDEN,
U. S. N. R., VISITS CAMPUS
Yep, it’s 1 again—little black book
and all. Before opening it to see
what choiey morsels of gossip I can
find, I’d like to say “Thanks a Mil
lion” to Lib Braddy and Earl Danielly
for the grand columns they wrote
for the last two issues. It was mighty
nice of you to help me out.
Haven’t consulted my proverbial
black book in ever so long, so I find
that it is brimful of information.
First there’s a notation of Ann Rader.
Does anyone know who sent her that
lovely corsage of red roses she was
wearing' a week or so ago? It must
be wonderful to have a man who
sends flowers for no Special reason.
It must be wonderful to have a man
And latest flash . . . Ann just
admitted that he’s pretty special and
that his name is Robert!
Dale Hensley is all aglow these
days, ’cause Bill’s home. In case
you’re wondering. Bill is that guy
with the liver wings you’ve seen Dale
with for the past couple of days.
Dottle, who was that cute soldier of
last Monday night? And by the way,
are there any more where he came
from?
We have quite a few new Day
Students this quarter. Lynn Reitzel
and Elinor Dare McPherson have de
cided they’d liek to see how the other
half lives for a change. Then there
are several other new faces, the own
ers of which I am eager to become
acquainted with. But, ’till then, wel
come to our sanctuary. I know you’re
going to like it!
In case you haven’t heard about it,
plans are under way for a big Day
Student—AU School party sometime
real soon. The date hasn t definite
ly been set, but we re counting on
loads of fun. Better be there!
We were quite pleasantly surprised
to see Joe Franks come strolUng into
the drug iThursdaJ moijiiing. We
had quiJe a nice chat about every
thing and everybody. You’re looking
swell, Joe; the infantry must agree
with you.
Bonnie makes about six trips to
the post office a day to see if there’s
a letter from "Shiek” and there usual
ly is. She tells me that he’s fine
and that he misses her (Imagine that?)
and Elon.
I also know a good one on Mr.
Danielly, but due to a few prevaiUng
factors, I won’t mention it here. Just
see me outside, though.
Vender if there’s anything else Iris
could lose. And you’d never guess
where she found her watch ... Of
all places, in the bed! Poor thing
gets right fatigued running around
with Iris all the time.
Gee. I must stop. Lab is calling
me and I mi^t obey its, command.
See ya’,
NELL.
CORRECTION BY
THE EDITOR
1 Lt. James F. Darden, Hall and
I York Sts., Suffolk. Va., class of ‘43.
and his wife, the former Virginia Jef-
I freys, ’44, of Burlington, were on cam
pus this week.
Jimmy has had seventeen months
continuous sea duty, mainly in the
Mediterranean, and is on leave await
ing reassignment. He has been jun
ior officer on an LST and has traveled
20,000 miles in tjte Mediterranean
area alone.
He made fifteen trips to the Anzio
beachhead and was on gunnery duty
just off shore when the initial inva
sion of Southern France sent General
Patch’s men on their swift march
through to Paris and the Rhine. A1
that time he wore out 2 gun barrels
With 80 craft in double line as the
army started its move tfc Sicily, he
saw Winston Churchill and that fa
mous cigar come down in a speed boat
to give a good luck send off to that
part of the invasion fleet.
Off Southern France an English
captain let go over nine hundred
heavy rockets at the beach. He was
supposed to range them over Jimmy’s
ship, which was operating just off
hore at about 8 a. m. Most of them
fell short, and the horseshoe must
have been trimmed with four-leaf
clovers, for no one was injured aboard
Darden s craft. But Jimmy is still
looking for one Englishman.
Oran, Bizerte, Tunis, Sicily, Sar
dinia, Corsica, Salerno, Naples, Civiti-
vechia, Leghorn, Marseilles, Nice,
Monte Carlo, and St. Raphael have
been points touched on this modern
Odjisey.
Of the many interesting tales we
got from an hour of old-time chatter
and a lunch with Jimjny, among the
best were the ones about his com
manding officer, Lt. McCahill of
Minneapolis, and the story of how
Darden got to Monte Carlo, which
was out of liDunds, and how his at
tempt to get a pass into the place
took him to front line armyj head
quarters, where a Colonel told him
and his buddies that that was no
place fotrthe Navy *t the moment, ^d
to get the so-and-so back to port.
They had their own French chauffeur,
whose old car would hardly wheeze
over the mountains, finally did just
that after once being stranded, car
stuck, on a mountain side just a
whoop from the Jerry front line.
This one is good, too. At Palermo,
Italian guides volunteered to show
the navy the famous cathedral where
the sunlight streaming into the nave
from a sky casement marks the month
'of the year by falling on one of
' twelve statues according to the sea
son. Jimmy’s guide said “Now this
FOIST statue—” Jimmy said, “Wait a
minute. Mean to tell me^ou’re from
Brooklyn?” The guide said "That’s
right, pardner. I was fifteen years in
Brooklyn. Got stranded here when
war began.”
Ernie Pyle reported a story about a
little Italian boy, good at walking
on his hands, who was taken on as a
mascot, and made trips from Naples
to Anzio as a crew favorite. The pay
off on that tale, Jimmy says, is that
the fellow was discovered to be a
midget, a paid German spy, and that
he was shot one morning. We mean
to get another story from Lt. Darden
when he gets back from that next
tour of duty, perhaps from the Pa
cific.
Campus
Personality
Bill Clapp, of Burlington, route 4,
is the pin-up boy for this week. We
regret that we do not have the picture
to go with the story, ladies, but take
a look at the man himself, and count
yourself lucky.
Bill is the quiet chap who is Dr.
Brannock’s efficient laboratory assist
ant in chemistry. He knows what
makes the molecules hop in solution,
and where they go to. That, we sus
pect, is more than this editor could
tell you.
But aside from being a personable
and brilliant scholar and chemist, Mr.
Clapp has been known to many as the
science editor of the Maroon and
Gold who turns a bit of humorous
verse for the poet’s corner while
keeping one eye on his lab and the
other on the campus coeds.
He has been vice president of his
class, and is candidate for the presi
dency of the seniors next year. Print
ing engraved letterheads and station
ery is one of the sidelines our friend
finds time for also. We have occa
sionally seen the li^entleman socializ
ing, but more often at the task ol
testing laboratory and science equip
ment, and beating an exam for an “A,”
Our kindest to you, Bill. Wear this
M. and G. bouqfjV in your lapel. No
sabe, senor? Well, stay modest then.
We like your natural manner best
anyhow.
EXCHANGE
It Couldn’t Happen Here
The address for Lt. L. D. Cobb,
given under Armed Forces column on
page three is now obsolete. He has
been shippd over seas from San Diego,
Cal. We regret the error, and hope
to print a correct new address in the
next issue.
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T/SGT. BREVITT HOOK
COMPLETES TWENTY-
FIVE MISSIONS
Margaret A. Bagg, Grad, returned
to Ohio State at the beginning of the
Jail Quarter to complete her senior
year in the College tif Arts and Sci
ences only to be greeted with “What
are you doing here? You’ve alieady
graduated!”
Miss Bagg, a major in English and
arts, was astonished when she learned
she had received fifteen hours of
credit for jiroficiency in French dur
ing her freshman year. Miss Bagg had
merely gone into the college office
to check her credits for graduation in
December, but discovered that offi
cially she had been graduated the
previous June, although she had never
applied for or received a diploma.
Miss Bagg, who had never given a
thought to entering ehe Graduate
School, decided to do so without ob
taining a diploma from the College of
Arts and Sciences. Having filled out
,ier Fall Quarter schedule and fee
card as “senior”. Miss Bagg was some
what bewildered by the unusual pro
cedure. Miss Bagg plans to enlist
in one of the women’s service corps
if ter receiving her master’s degree.—
^lairy Kohn in The Lantern.
According to a recent bulletin from
the War Department Headquarters,
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces,
T/Sgt. Brevitt Hook, 22, Capon
Bridge, W. Va., top turret gunner in
a I5th Air Force B-24 Liberator group
in Italy, recently flew his 25th cortbat
mission over enemy territory.
The target was the heavily defend
ed oil refineries at Vienna, Austria.
The loss of the Romanian oil fields
and of the synthetic oil plants i.i the
Silesian area has made Germany de
pendent upon her refineries in cen-
-ral and southern France ftr her
)etroleum products.
Hook enteil d the AAF on Jungr'3,
943, after the completion of his
unior year at Elon College. He was
j member of Kappa Psi Nu fraternity.
;iis parents, Mr. and Mrs. 'Marvin
Hook, live at the Capon Bridge ad-
Jress. /
We have information, however,
much later than the war department
news bulletin—to the effect that
Brevitt has already many more than
25 missions completed, and we hope
-o be seeing him here perhaps by mid
summer.
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
PLANS OUTDOOR SUPPER
Miss ^oghiil WiU Speak At
Next Meeting
The Ministerial Association is plan
ning an outdoor weiner roast to take
place at the Girl Scout cabin on Mon
day evening. Committees have been
appointed by the president. Bob
Graham, to make the arrangements.
Fred Register was the speaker at a
recent meeting, his topic being, “Our
Reasons for Accepting and Serving
Christ.” Two new members, Alyse
Gray and Hilda Neese, majors in re
ligion, have been welcomed into the
group.
Miss Pattie Lee Coghill, new in
structor in religious education is
scheduled to speak at the next regular
meeting.
Over The
Shoulder
GET OUT AND BUM!
Elon boys, who are renowned for
their ability to “hitch a ride,” were
probably the originators of thumb
ing, which, by the way, is a branch of
“bumming.” But the latest type of
‘ bumming” is characterized by the
weed bummers on campus. Since the
fiends can procure only one (if they’re
lucky) pack of fags per week, unless
one is fortunate enough to have a
congenial friend who doesn’t smoke,
this pack is exhausted in about tweny^
four hours, and the smoker must seek
consolation from others who are still
“in the weed.”
According to the physics counsel
the correct approach in bumming is
the same as for any other problem—
first observe, then gather your in
formation, make a hypothesis, then
draw a conclusion. Joe College must
seek out some fair damsel who has
grabbed a pack in the Wednesday
rush, but because of her one-per-day
dosage still possesses a few of the
precious weeds. Our hero must then
organize his advantages; I. Is she
the clinging vine type; if so, no soap?
2. Are there any favorable physical
features attached in case a case de
velops? 3. Is she the socially in
dependent type; if so, full speed
ahead?
If the victim is a male, the casual
“Got a ciy, bud?” is appropriate. Then
if this fails,/ roomate might have a
couple of forgotten members of the
ten-cent brand in an old coat pocket.
Take a look! Certain co-eds have in
vented the Likely substitute—rolling
your own with cigarette pSper and
Wheaties: However, the M. and G.
staff does not advise this. You can
always pass away the time by bum
ming from the hoarders until next
Wednesday when the goodly Colonel
releases a couple or more cartoons
for sale.
JOW TO COLOR
V SUNSET
Why is a sunset never green? Ac
cording to Norman F. Barnes, Gen
sral Electric research engineer and
color specialist, it might be green, or
even blue, if it weren’t for certain
wave characteristics of light.
Barnes, speaking before the Schen
ectady section, American Institute of
Electrical Engineers, at Union Col
lege, said that the appearance of a
sunset as well as the blue of the heav
ens, is due to the different wave
lengths of light and the effect on
them of dust, dirt, water droplets,
smoke and other small particles in
the air.
SunlfgHt, he said, is composed of
all colors, the primary ones being red,
green and blue. Furthermore, light
travels in waves, longest 6f which be
long to that light giving the color red,
shortest to that giving blue. Green
falls som place between the other
two. In traveling through the earth’s
atmosphere, light must pass through
a thick veil of foreign bodies, and
here the short-waved light, that which
gives blue, bounces off the particles
in the air.
Carried to an observer, this short-
waved light gives a blue appearance
to the sky. Farther eastward along
the curvature of the earth, however,
the remaining red waves and what is
left of the green, some of which may
be dissipated on the way, combine to
give an orange, or yellow, color to
the setting sun. If the earth could
be flooded with a deep red light,
then, Barnes said, an orange or yel
low sunset would look green in com
parison—G. E. Bulletin.
Neal WrigM
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W AR DEPARTMENT RELEASES
STORY OF G-E JET PLANE
Simplicity in design and operation
of the powerful G-E Turbo Jet en
gine developed and produced by Gen
eral Electric company for swift fight
er planes of the Army Air Forces
has el.rjinated many maintenance
problems and sharply reduced others, ^
it is reported by both AAF ground ]
crew men and G-E engineers.
Staff Sergeant Earl Kohler, a jet
crew chief at Wright Field, Air Tech
nical Service Command headquarters,
in Ohio, says that maintenancg of one
of the G-E Jets now being used by
the AAF propel propellerless Bell
P-59A planes requires “less than a
fifth” of the time and labor that
would be necessary' on a conventional
airplane motor.
The jet engine was described as be
ing so simple that “I can’t understand
It” by Sergeant Kohler in Air Force,
official AAF Journal.
“Air comes in front and goes i
through the compressors, mixes with)
kerosene in the combustion chambers^
and is ignited,” he said. “It blasts
out through the flame pipe, and that’s
all there is to it.”
The fact that the G-E Jet has only
approximately one-tenth as many
liuving parts as does the ordinary
reciprocating motor explains much of
the savings in maintenance.
“Most mechanics are surprised to
learn that there are only eleven bolts
holding the engine in place,” Ser
geant Kohler said. “And not very big
bolts at that. In that engine there
are but two main bearings and one
shafj.
“I can pull an engine with an in
experienced crew in thirty-five min
utes, and four men can pull both
engines and install new ones in a
day. Where we used to spend five
days doing a certain job on a con
ventional plane, we can do the same
thing for a jet in a day. Where
other mechanics would use twenty-
five wrenches for a certain type of
job, we generally use five.”
The jet engines also save time in
another way for the AAF ground
crews. The jet engine doesn’t have
to be warmed up. A minute after
the starter button has been pressed,
the pilot can take off. The ground
crew men also report that once a
flight is over the engine is cool
enough to be taken out by the time
they get the cowling off.
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