SATURDAY. REFmnnt It. IMI
MAROON AND GOLD
rAQB THUB
What's What
By EMERSOS WHATLEY
W« pradlct. That the Tlgtrt wUl
trin tbt pvnnant In tht American
l4*jue. That the Cub* will ditto In
tbt National. Tkat Duke will upaet
Kivy. That Army will have the best
football team on record. And that
"Doc" Newton will demand a refund
when he aeea the Elon baaketball team
M the hardwood.
It may be a bit early to itart talk-
ill football with the teafou itUl
three monthi off. but the abicnce of
football on the Elon campua and the
pneence of uveral new facet among
Ike student body, we decided that it
■ifht be a good time to warn tke op-1
foiltlon of things to come. Among |
the nevj faces, we can find several j
that look like basketball players. i
“Pep ' Watkins, the little 7S Inch | Wayne was co-captaIn of last year’l
guy that came to Elon from Duke rdltlon of the Maroon and Gold bas-
via Riverside Academy, looks a.i if keteen.
ibe n»lght be able to sink a fair per-1 i d„n't know a dam thing to write,
oentage of his shots. Of course, now, Somebody looks over my shoulder
»e have a few boys like Perry Ayscue. I „nd keeps telling me that Duke It
Don Kemodle. Kd Mulford, Al Bur-1 pUying South Carolina next Satur-
llngame. Ronny Cafes. Dick York, day They aUo tell me that I should
Uny Msctauli-y, Bill Thompson, and ' underline South Carolina. Sounds
Piul Price, We iliiost forgot Fred nke a Joke to me. Who ever heard
Register. He was our 1944-45 cap-
tala. Then we itill have Bob Foust
here. Some of the opposition last
year decided that he was a pretty
fslr ball player. Allen Whatley
will handle all bets. For further In
formation look at that silly article on
the editorial page
nf a football team from South Caro
lina.
Well we knew It wouldn't last long.
Don Miller stayed otf the campus for
almost two weeks. Looks like he
Just can t leave the place.
Next time I'll take back all those
predictions.
With Our G.I. 'luinni
LBTTEB FBOM COACH PinCB
Now that It la over, I am glad that I
was able to participate hut I thank
God that we escap^ uninjured and
that the Cseless slaughter and dc*
struction Is over.
From the other side of the world
I send my best wishes for the col
lege and each member of the faculty
and student body
Sincerely yours.
J. L. PIEHCE,
Lieutenant. U.S N.R.
S*pt«mb*r t. IMS
U. S S. L Cl (M) -4M
r, P, O.
San FranAaco, Cal.
Dear Friend*:
I regret very much that I cannot
be with you tor the beilnnlng of this
school year, but hop* that It will
b« poMU)l* next Septcmbar, Since
I am unable to tell you my experl-
aocea am writing the tollowinc brief
summary.
Following the initial invaalon of
Okinawa we participated in six ad-
Itlonal bombardments and Invaaioni
In the «rea. The next aaaault after Tuskegce Army Air Field, Ala —
the April tat Invulon of the Western, fjp,, Lieutenant Charles R Harden.
Beaches was the assault on Tsugken was commissioned from the
Jima, a »mall Island guarding the en-! Aviation Cadet Corps at Freeman
trance to Nagagsuki Wan (now call- pipjj Soymour. Ind . was recently
ed Buckner Bayl on the Eastern side p,„„ioted to his prerenl rank at the
of the Island. This was perhaps our TuskoKoe Army Air Field. The new-
most dangerous operation, since we p,.,,nioted officer formerly attend-
had several shells to fall within a college. He is the son of
THESTER HARDEN RECEIVES
PROMOTION
CAPTAIN JACK NEESE MEDICAL
OFFICER ASSIGNRD TO CAEB
FOR JAP STAFF ON LUZON
Mr and Mrs Thomas R Harden of
■THINK” 8PIVEV WOl'NDED
It was mighty nice to see W’ayne After all this is the next year **'''« 'Vo,.,”:, heivliv 'T
fr, *r II s v: rrs::...';-.
the lnformat.on of the freshmen, years, I ,, v„.. .viti r.m.mh.r ihsi i,.
Girls Sports
By BETTT BENTON
lew yards of othe ship and to "whli"
over the mast. As toon at thli l*l*nd North CaroUna
Vi as taken K gave us an anchorat{e
suitable to serve the fleet. Thli op
eration took only a few days since it
uas a small island. 1
The next operation, which was much
e larger and perhaps the most Interest-1 p^., Herbert C “Chink*’ Spivey
Th*t**l8'**a!l but*^on^ initial invasion April v^ounded tn the shoulder during
I Isli, was that of the small island of German brealf-throu(*h into Bel-
Ho has sorv»
France and
air ^trip. You will remember that cormany Pvt. Spivey*!^ home is in
; it was on this island that Ernie P^le Portsmouth. Va. His present address
!vas killed. I had seen him on the
previous day aboard the flag ship. pvt. Herbert C Spivey. Jr.. 33641817
,The taking of this island gave us 4Ht)(h Amb Co.. Motor
jour third major air field. One tifius- Canip Bowie. Texas
|ing incident occurred while we were
'bombarding the beach for thit in-1 ^avis
vasion—a cow came slowly down to Ll.TTER FROM GEORGE DAVIS*
the water’s edge and-stood for quite . _
►omo time with utter disregard for
Captain Jack Neet\ formeily o(
Reidsville and Elon College ia one of
the youngest army surgeons In the
Pacinc. In a recent letter he reports
the following from Manila
This past month has been a great
one for all of us. We were ao hap
py and proud when the surrender
came that we went to the Chapel and
thanked a meroiful God for sparing
further bloodshed. It all had an
even deeper meaning for me when
I learned that I was to be in the
task force that was to hit the beaches
of Japan.
• • *
I am now physician for the Jap
anese general staff on Luzon. I have
about forty gene#als and admirals
to take care of 1 treat them all like
kids and they love it. Yamashita.
"the tiger of Malaya." is in the group.
These men are better than the class
of Japanese I have usually had to
Ireat—the average P-W’s. Altogeth
er. there is an enormous amount of
clinical material available.
• * •
The next ten years siiould show
the groatosl educational advancc our
country has seen I hope the re-
turninK veterans will take advantage
of the G. I Bill. It should be a help
to all colleKes.
With best wishes.
Sinceerly.
JACK NEESE
7 Sept., 1&45
Manila.
rmt SEN10B8 DO
PRACnCB TIACimiO
Under the direction of Dr. TImo
Dalton and Dr. Deaklns of the Depot*
ment of Education, five of tho cot*
lege seniors are obfervlag In tiM
Elon High School preparatory to tlMlr
practicc teaching, ^me are work*
ing for North Carolina certificatM;
this calU for sixty hours of practice
teaching, and others are planning to
teach in Virginia, a state which re
quires 120’^urt of practice teaeh*
ing and observing in a particular
field.
Those observing are Elizabeth Hoi*
land, first grade: Elizabeth Parker*
home economics: Margaret Rawls, bU
ology: Hilda Malone, biology; and
Betty Bob Stone, home economics.
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Phytical Education clatses started
lait week The wamen't program
will include military drill, calisthenics,
volleyball, bowling, tennis, table ten
nis, badminton, and ihuffleboard.
All dormitory ttudenti are requir
ed to have two year* of Physical
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U to make the program at much as, Jppo.mon putting the troops camp Cooke, CaUf.
possible the program of the itudenU, j,|,ore but more oppoiltion waa en-
The Intramural Councils will form' cou„i,red as they croaaed the laluid.
competlUve group* (nund the dorm- j ,j^ut Utfee week* tupport-
Itories, claste*, day studenU. c«c, I ^,1* xiperatlon, -•
Each competitive group will select .j.|,, fourth, operatibn waa about a
a manager to »er»e for either one i*ter Ahen we helped to Uke
season or the entire year. He (or island of Iheya which is north
she) will be expected to organize and Shlma and Okinawa and waa
enter teams from each group In the closeat we got to Japan proper. Aa
leagues, tournament*, etc., and thi* ^ the bombardment was
person *hould be a leader who will necessary tince Hie enemy had
see that your group U always repre* from the Island. We
sented. Leaders will be expected to *bout a week In and around
keep up the Interest of the group and i,i,nd In support of the epera-
notify It of the time, place, etc,, of returned to the main
contests I anchorage off Okinawa,
The all Intramural program will get | bombardment was ptr-
underway next week with the men important and was
pal ^.ipating In touch Jootball. vol- ^ sui/!)rl*e. The marinet had
Education for graduation unleM they leyball. tennis and bowling. The i ^Hvanced to the northern edge of
•- ... . . . .. ...lai —••aIIauKaII ' . . • -IA.. al.^ />lrt.
have a medical excuse from a repu
able phy*lclan. Clasae* meet on Tues
day and Thuraday tor the girl*.
The *ervice cour*es In Physical Ed
ucation are planned so that each stu
dent will not only receive the Fhy*lcal
and Educational benefits, but will also
ktm and develop akllls in activities
of a phy*lcal nature which may he
of recreational value after college.
The Intramural Council* for ,men
and women will be formed thi* week,
and will aerve as advlaory groups for
the director and his staff. The njem-
bers of these councils will be made
up of representatives from all class
es, dormitories, and the day student
Dear Coach;
How are you making out now tha
school ha* ttarted again. Sure wirh
I could bt retumlac thi* fall, but I'm
afraid It will be next September b«>
fort- 1 don civilian clothes again. It
really was swell seeing you and wal.'i-
Ing around the campus again iDav s
was here during the summer).
Hope you find some good jnaterlal
in vour Freshman boys this year.
While I think of It I would appreciate
it if you would give ray address to
the edior of the M. Sc G. for the
mailing llist. I really have enjoyed
those past Issues although they did
make me homesick.
1 haven’t been here long enough
to tell you much about the camp.
We are only 150 miles from Los An
geles and Hollywood so I guess I'll
spend my passes there. Write when
unts this year.
Sincerely,
GEORGE.
women will participate In volleyball, the principal city In the Okl-
tennis, and bowling, Inawa area, and were balng held up
An Individual and group scoring received orders late one
plan will l» uted «* ^ night to prepare for F. S. (Fire Sup-
trophies will be made to Individual to rende*voui at a certain ^
and group winnen. | _oint before day break. At flr*t we *■
The program wUI be planned and | t,,oug(,t It wa* to take Kume, an-
conducted with the as*ls»anca of you i uland. but before dawn we went
and your representative*, therefore. I harbor of Naha and began
your lntere*t and desire* *hould be | f„^ bombardment* dur-
made known In order that the pro-1 .jhe bombardments were
gram may be at near what you want jy^^tly affective as the Marines
as possible. Remember, the pro- be sent back the next
grm is YOURS! I since we had expended all of
Margaret Rawls and Jane Whitlock , ,n,rounltlon and there wa* no
will be Coach Adcox' student j „ore available at that time In the
area w* did not return. It wa* for
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JOE GOLEMBEK RETURNS TO
CLON COLLEGE AFTER FIVk
lEAtS IN THE ARMY
Joe Golembek, of Portsmouth. Vir
ginia, former Elon football star and
Golden Glove* champion, has recent
ly returned to the campus under the
I. Bill of RighU. Rated by many
»• the beat player ever to don the
Elon moleakiu be waa given honor
able diacharge as a ataff aergeant
after five years of service In the Pa
cific area,
Golembek was at Pearl Harbor
when the Japa atnick. He I* re
ported to have eacaped the initial
attack in which many of his com
pany were wiped out, by reason of
Ms being on a condititlonlng run at
U>e time, Joe aerved with the 24th
Divialon lo Um South Pacific, Cei^-
tral Pacific, and AaUtlc Pacific cam
paign*.
embek made All- Conference rating
during hi* *econd year at Elon, alao
placed on the All-Southern, and won
honorable mention on the Little All-
American team.
In basketball, he waa reported to
be one of the beat defensive play
ers ever to wear the Maroon and Gold,
He should brighten the chances of
the 1945-46 squad.
By winning his way Into the Madi
son Square Garden flnaU of the Gold
en Gloves Boxing Tournament, Ser
geant Golembek ahowed himself to
be one of the nation's top amateur
heavyweights In 183#. We welcome
him back, and hope that as Eloni
athlrtlc program retuma to normal
we may again see him on tlie grid
iron and the hardwood coorU.
CapUIn Paul Plyboo, who wa* aI*o
in Hawaii when the Jap air fleet came
over, and who alao a«rved in the
South Pacific, aaya that he remember*
aeeing a heavyweight fight In Hono
lulu In which our Joe hung a hajf'
He waa hampered by Injuriea Iji lulu m wnicn our - •-
■u, fir*t year at Elon. but made th. ^ hThi en^.h of
All-Conference team, Previoualy Iw
W been on the championaltip bw
KiMiol team which gave Portamouth
*> meh latar-Mctlonal tame. Gol-
the war*, and that he will hare to
have good reaaon before he goea b»«
to thrawtng iMtter in th* ring again
thi* operation the commanding offic
er* were recommended for the broni
ftar.
The last operation lasted for two
days during which time we made four
iKimbardment runt. The surviving
Japs had b^n pushed into a small
»rea on the'extreme southern end
of the island of Okinawa by the last
of June. They ordered ua to lie-off
beach on the southern Up and bomb
ard the area as our troop* advanced.
At the end of the two days our troops
hrd taken the rest of the Island and
ii was declared secured except for a
small pockeU In aeveral place* which
were *oon eliminated. Vhis ended the
struggle for the control of Okinawa
and adjacent Ulands.
The periods between tke operations
and after the ialand was secured were
spent In convoy duty, anti-aircraft
patrol, eto During the enUre opera
tion we have been to practically all
area* In the ImmedUte vicinity of
Okinawa. j j ,
Since the Japa have surrendered. 1
suppoae I am permitted to tell you
that before we left the We*t Coa*t
we were converted into an L£l (M)
with the (M) indicating Mortar aup-
hn*b«*n • ntthar trylog e»p«ri-
ence but at Urn* rallier latwMtlDg.
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