SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1945
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE FOUR
Youth Steps Out
BY GENE “I’M NOW 21” POE
Well, dear friends, the time has
come when we must part. It’s not the
first time that we have felt the urge
to write such a line, either. Last
year about this time I thought I was
leaving for the army until Hershey
changed his mind. But, back to busi
ness: this, I am told, is commonly
known as a swan song; that is to say,
it’s the last time “Youth Steps Out”
will appear in the Old M. & G. as
by me.
Perhaps we might tell you how the
column happened to get started. The
beginning was long before I ever en
tered Elon. It was back in my high
school days. I was writing local scan
dal for the village newspaper. My
early efforts created about as much
scandal as they re«orded. They sent
WITH THE ARMED FORCES
Chink Spivey has succeeded in
transferring to a combat unit. His
temporary address will be
Pvt Herbert C. Spivey, Jr.
33641817
L F R C APO 129 care PM
New York, N. Y.
The following are notes taken from
a letter from Fred Gray. We are
corry that up until now we have not
had his address, -but we hope that
this will leach him.
“Everything here is under control.
I haven’t been touched yet and mean
to stay that way. We liberated about
500 Americans last week. I looked
for Jimmie and George in vain. The
me to court (of law) twice, and once men were mighty glad to see us. Ev-
to the jail steps, though not quite ' ery village we take has a certain per-
all the way in. 1 was rusticated from centage of forced slave labor. French,
school for a week, and a good woman Polish and Russian are the predomin-
tried to sue me—until it came out that j ant nationalities. They really love
I was a minor. But the state depart- | America. One big Russian tried to
ment of education stepped in where kiss me . . .
youth had been stepping out, and 1 j Last evening I had my first chance
was not allowed to do any more writ- to go to church in seven months. It
ing for a year.
Under Ed Watts as editor here, the
column was reborn, and it rattled and
shook th^ press for a year under
Paye Thomas, and this eiids the third
one under Mary Ellen McCants.
I recall John “Jolted and Jarred”
Pollard’s report to the campus about
things nobody knew. I’m saving some
of those until it seems certain that
I’ll be out of reach of the backfire.
But here’s a coupla (?) jokes:
Campus
Personality
You have surely noticed by her
modest, sweet smile one of the out
standing seniors this year—Fran
Hayes.
Fran comes from Norlina, North
Carolina, where on October 22, 1924,
she was left in this world (a tiny tot).
She graduated from Norlina High i
School and came to Elon in the fall
of 1941. She wiU receive her A. B.
degree in Science this spring. Fran
has been a loyal member of the Pi
Kappa Tau feorority for three years
of her college life and this year has
been a member of the Pan-Hellenic
Council, and Student Council, work
ing for the Dean of Women as hostess
and dean’s assistant. She was elect
ed by the student body as a member
was an Easter service. First time I
ever checked my rifle at the door of
a church.
Geographically speaking, Germany
is a beautiful country, but the people | irecToTal Committee:
are in a rut—really primitive in ways.
There is little resistance now, except Fran’s “likes” outweigh her “dis-
for a few snipers. I am an artillery j likes” because she seems to like
forward observer—call for fire and
watch the, krauts fly to pieces. Grue
some, but it has to be. We have made
up for Jimmie and George several
Dr. Bowden: “I hear you boys in! hundred fold: in the Bulge, at Co-
North get up bright and early.”
Foust: “No sir. Just early.”
Then there’s the one about the mu
sician who was trying to make up his
mind whether to marry a woman who
was beautiful but dumb, or to wed
logne, and Remagen we gave them a
fit. We have come so far I don’t
know where we are located. Study
hard and write often.”
Fred’s address:
Pfc. Frederick C. Gray 14190155
R. E. Johnston SM 3/c
A.T.B. Communication Department
Little Creek, Virginia
a hag who had a very beautiful voice. ^ Cannon Co. 395 Infantry
He decided on the latter, and the j APO 449 care P M
morning after they were married took New York, N. Y.
one look at his bride, poked her in |
the ribs and said: “For goodness
sakes, woman, sing!” /
I’ll wake up tonight and think of
several things I should have said.
Farewell speeches are the hardest to
make So I end with this: Thanks for
having put up with me for three years, Stephen E. Walker
Best of luck to the staff. I say a fine ^ g 14190348
job has been done by those retiring, g^o T. D. Bn.
if you count me out, include me out ^pQ Postmaster
—as Goldwyn would say. Borrow the j gjjjj Francisco, California
words from journalistic lingo, “So
ends my last thirty.”
about everything. She is partial to
nature and quiet country life. She
enjoys cooking and sewing. Although
she tries hard she can’t seem to like
onions. When it comes to music—
well—“Always” and “Together” will
take first place in Fran’s heart.
Best of luck, Fran, wherever you
go.
Day Student
Sketch^Booi4
Bill Clapp told me that if I said
anything about him in this column
I was going to linu myself in “Science
In The News” next issue. Oh well.
I’ve always wanted to be a “celebrity”
anyway. Bill is getting to be quite
a “campus Romeo”; why it was only
this week that he was in such a hurry
to get over to East that he entirely
forgot that the Science Building was
in his way. The result was that love
ly bump he’s been sporting on his
cranium for the last day or so. You
like me don’t you, BiU?
We’uns are going to have a party
come Saturday night! Everybody is
invited and it promises to be lots of
fun, so be there won’t you? I’ll be
looking for you.
W. A. Culwell has hurt his back
according to information received by
Iris Boland. Now don’t tell me you
don’t know who Culwell is! In case
none of you dear readers has ob
served the beauties of spring here on
campus just see Iris: I’ll bet she tells
me a hundred times a day how beau
tiful everything is. If I didn’t know
better I might think she was in love
—with the campus.
This being my last column for the
paper I suppose I should write a
“Swan-Song,” but at best I could only
write an “Ugly Duckling-Song.” It
has been fun writing for and about
you; you’re such grand people I
coultfn’t help but enjoy every minute
that I’ve been plugging away at this
old typewriter. It hasn’t always been
so easy to find enough gossip to fill
up \he space alloted me, but some
how or other I usually managed to—
even if it were three or four days late.
I'm gonna miss you next year, but
you can bet that I’ll be thinking
about you. Be good to the new col
umnist and give her something to
write about. It’s all yours, Kathy—for
better or worse!
See ya’
NELL.
Music Notes
Proressor Irving D. Bartley wa>
'iidge for the piano events at the
Competitive Festival of the Piedmont
district held Saturday in Greensboro.
Approximately 50 young people
participated in the voice and piano
competitions, representmg junior mu-
‘ic clubs from Greensboro, Winston-
Salem, High Point, Burlington, and
Lexington. Jean Bradley of Greens
boro won first place in the voice di
vision and Jeannene Durham c|f Win}-1
ston-Salem first place in the piano
division. Each of these winners will
compete in the state finals Saturday
at Winston-Salem.
John Westmoreland will act as
junior counselor of the Piedmont dis
trict for the coming year, succeeding
Miss Nell Clapp of Greensboro who
has held the office for several years
PLEASE KEEP US INFORM
ED ABOUT THE CURRENT
ADDRESSES OF OUR MEN
AND WOMEN IN SERVICE.
Socially
Speaking
Robert Johnson SM 3/c is home on
a ten-day leave. It is nice to see him
on campus long enough to say more
than “Hi, Bobby” and “Bye, Bobby.”
Theo Strum, Flo Chandler, Doris 1
Chandler, Mary Warren, Frances;
Hayes, Frances Gunter, Hilda Malone, |
and Betty Bob Stone spent last week- '
end at the home of Dorothy Foltz in
Luray, Virginia. They must have had
an exciting time from the tales they
have been telling since their return.
We ought not let Easter pass into
oblivion without mentioning the or
chid that Lucille Morgan received
from Wayne Taylor. It really was
beautiful, Lucy.
Aberdeen seems to have been a pop
ular place with Elon girls this past
week-end. Nita Gowens and Ruth Ev-
erette visited Marie Garner at her
home there, and Dot WilUams spent
her time with Shirley Sinclair.
Now that the weather is showing
signs of remaining spring-like for
more than a few days at a time, there
seems to be more parties on the so
cial calendar. Dr. Johnson’s Literary
Society started things off with a hay-
ride Saturday night, April 7th. The
Day Students have planned an inform
al party in the gym this Saturday
night, the 14th of April. The Delta
Upsilon Kappa Sorority are planning
a “get-together” at Heritage’s Cabin,
Saturday,. April 21st. Swimming and
eating are on the program.
Iris Boland and Nell Crenshaw
spent last week-end in Durham with
Peg Lightbourne, a former Elon stu
dent. /
Even to supposedly grown-up col
lege students, circuses seem to still
hold an attraction. Liza Boyd, Bobby
Johnson, Martha Ann McDaniel, Em
erson Whatley, and Helen Newsome
and Lem Allen all made the trip
from Elon to Greensboro to see the
Beatty Circus there.
Lt. C. E. Bryan U S N R
Box 22 Naval Air Station
Atlanta, Ga.
Announcement has been received
of the marriage of Miss Irma Wright-
enberry of Burlington to Lt. Curry Ed
ward Bryan on April 5.
Lt. Bryan and his bride expect to
be stationed at Miami. He reports
meeting Bill Maness; also that Jim
mie Pritchett is—or was—at Pearl
Harbor, and that A. D. Cobb is some
where in the Pacific.
An Air Service Command Base in
India: The Bronze Star Medal has
been awarded Staff Sergeant David
E. Turner, Jr., of 292 East Center
Avenue, Mooresville, North Carolina
for meritorious service in connec
tion with operations against the ene
my.
Staff Sergeant Turner acted as a
liaison supply director between this
organization and tactical units operat
ing in the forward areas or India
and Burma, giving personal attention
to frequent handling of emergency
requirements that were needed to
keep aircraft operational.
Colonel Douglas Johnston, com
mand officer of the Air Service Group
of which Turner is a member, pre
sented the Bronze Star Miedal at a
formal ceremony at a forward base in
the India-Burma Theater.
Staff Sergeant Turner, the husband
of the former Helen Corrigan, has
been in the armed forecs over two
years and has spent seventeen months
in the theater.
A student of Elon College in North
Carolina, the sergeant is president of
D. E. Turner & Company, Mooresville,
North Carolina.
Last week’s question to the boys
proved so interesting that we decided
to pop the same question to the girls
this time, so here goes . . .
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU
LOOK FOR IN A MAN?
NeU Crenshaw: “I just look for a
man as long as he’s not a dentist.
Marguerite Hudson: “His Manners.”
Theo Strum: “Just a man; I’m not
original.”
Nancy Warren; “Whether he’s good-
looking or not.”
Martha McDaniel: “Clothes, and
then if he likes sweet potatoes.”
Lib Johnson: “Neatness.”
Mary Coxe: “Tallness and cleaness.”
Eva Liverman: “His face, and then
I look him over from top to bottom.”
Helen Boone: “How he’s dressed.”
Loraine Waugh: “Carl White.”
Dot Williams: “A sailor named
‘Mac’.”
Shirley Sinclair: “Boots.”
Sara Harris: “A man who smokes
a pipe.”
Catherine Cooper: “Expression in
his eyes.”
Iris Bola'nd: “First to see if he’s
in the Air Corps, and then to see who
he is.”
Mary Ellen McCants: “AG^E! ! ! !
of Innocence.”
A student recital will be given Fri-1
day afternoon, April 27, at 4:45 in
Whitley Auditorium. The program
will include voice, piano and organ
selections.
KATHLEEN YOUNG TO
LEAD ELON PLAYERS
Campus Motion Pictures
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April 13-14: "MADE FOR EACH
OTHER,” with James Stewart, Carole
Lombard and Chaites Cobum.
April 20-21: “LADY IN THE
DARK”. Paramount comedy drama
in technicolor. Ginger Rogers, Ray
Milland, Jon Hall and a big cast of
stars show how Miss Rogers as editor
of a swanky magazine reacts ' to
psycho-analysis.
April 27-28: “GOING MY WAY.”
Paramount drama with music. Bing
Crosby, Rise Stevens and Barry Fitz
gerald star in the Academy winner.
Bing plays an athletic, fun-loving
young priest who pays off a church
debt and straightens out a twisted
romance.
May 4-5: “SONG OF THE OPEN
ROAD.” United Artists Musical.
Charlie McCarthy, ^dgar Bergen, and
W. C. Fields guarantee plenty of
fun. Talented Jane Powell makes her
screen debut.
Campus Bouquets
What could be more beaUtiful in
the spring than a bouquet of garden
flowers—snap-draggons, sweet peas,
roses, lilies, daffodils, and even a few
wild violets! These we shall tie all
together with a gay yellow ribbon
and present them with a hearty
“Thank You” to the man who’s fur
nished the pictures for the MIAROON
AND GOLD, Dr. Merton French. We
students really know how to appreci
ate the man who never lets a single
class go by without telling at least
one mighty good joke.
To Jack Morgan, that quiet guy
from Carthage, who is not afraid to
say what he thinks and enjoys a good
horse laugh more than the horse, we
give a heaping armful of Carolina dog
wood. Jack is the first student since
the one and only John Pollard roam
ed the campus to be ele(\ed to hold a
student body, student government,
and class office—and incidentally it
has not inflated his ego one mite.
To Theo Strum we give a hand
some bouquet of daisies for, after re
turning from the much-talked-about
Virginia trip, at 4 a. m., rising the
next morning and waking all the oth-
! ers who went on the trip to go to class
and then getting back in bed herself.
Smart girl, Theo.
To Iris Westbrook for that Dixie
smile and happy-go-lucky pace which
. makes everybody happy and Elon
famous we present one dozen beauti
ful April tulips with the wish that she
may not only go far in the field of
chemistry but that she may also go
far in the field.
And last, but not least, we would
give a special orchid to our own M. &
G. faculty advisor, Chad McClure, for
his untiring efforts in making the
MAROON AND GOLD one of the best
college papers in the state, and for
his patience with this slap-happy staff,
for his quick wit and sound judgment,
and for just being a “regular guy.”
MISS PATTIE LEE COGHILL
ADDRESSES MINISTERIAL
ASSOCIATION
Miss Pattie Lee Coghill, instructor
in Religious Education, addressed the
Ministerial Association on Monday
evening, April 2, on the subject,
“Christian Education Throughout the
World.” The subtopics she discussed
were Student Volunteer Movement,
religious activites on the college cam
pus, preparing for religious vocations,
mission work, and summer vacation
volunteer work.
The association discussed the prob
ability of another outdoor social some
time during the spring. It was decid
ed that officers of the group for next
year would be elected in the near fu
ture.
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Kathleen Young was selected presi
dent of the Elon Players for the en-1
suing year at a recent meeting of
that organization in the Little The
ater. Miss Young, who replaces Gene
Poe as president, will take office
for the last two meetings of this year.
Dale Hensley was elected vice presi
dent; Ruth Webster, s>;retary; and
Earl Danieley, treasurer.
Committees have been appointed
for the assistance in production of
"The Rock” and “Moor Born.”
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