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SATURDAY, APBIL SI, 1946
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Personalities
HORNER
Thomas IVlailand Horner, Religion
and English major: 5 feet and 10 1-2
Inches long, weight 146 (this includes
the lock of brown hair that hangs
over the right eye). Eyes are bll
or green—ccpvenient in matching tie
and socks. Always wearing a smile
he may be found behind a typewrit
er, working on the News Bureau each
afternoon at 2:00. New Bern is the
home town. But, it all started back
in Fayetteville. North Carolina on
February 7, 1927. j
Tommy is fond of all kinds of ani- '
mals, “especially horses and dogs '
and people.” He adds Colonial homes,'
real Southern fried chicken, sea food, I
Oates county (advertising again); Elon'
Duke University (really), FOR WHOM i
THE BELL TOLLS. THE RAZOR’S '
EDGE, Joan Fontaine—and last but
not least, his family.
He simply hates beetles, two faced
people—and snakes.
His strongest conviction is freedom
of the will, and he will sit up all
night arguing with anyone who be
lieves in fatalistic predestination.
After graduating in May this year
at the tender age of 19. Tom is going,
to the Duke Divinity School, next
fall, to realize his ambition to become '
a Methodist minister. Added note; i
some day he’d like to write!
You will be seeing more of Horner'
now, sincfe someone pulled him out!
from between one of the printed!
pages in the M&G office, to tail him '
that he had completed a successful
year as Editor of the M&G. This year
Tom is serving as associate editor of
the COLONNADES, editorial assistant
of the PHIPSICLI, treasurer of the
Senior class, president of the Sunday!
school class, and a senior cabinet
member of S. C. A. Also, he was
elected to ‘Who’s Who."
An active participant in campus ac
tivities, he is a member of D. J. L.
S., Pi Gamma Mu, national honorary
social science fraternity, Elon Play
ers, Ministerial Association, and Ger
man club.
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGSFIV8 .
E>ay Student
Sketch'Eook
No, this isn’t a girls’ column, but
when one thinks of the Easter Parade,
girls with their funny looking hats and
new clothes usually come to mind, so
just to let you know what some of
the girls had to answer to the ques
tion, “What did you do for Easter?”
here goes:
Betty Jane Murray: I dated my
man! (Smile, Smile!)
Helen Kingsland: Oh. I had a won
derful time except for a few minutes.
I can’t quote anything she told me,
but she had quite a mix-up—there
were more men than she had time
to date.
Ruth McPherson: I had two dates,
both beginning at 10:00 p. m.
June Faulconer: Nothing, went to
church, came home—have done noth
ing since.
Leola Chandler: Went swimming
in a country creek and my teeth chat
tered like ■! Doris Blackwell
The Veterans'
Viewpoint
By BILL WILLIAMS
Legislative 6-Point Battle for Veterans
On In Congress
ENTERTAINMENT
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By EDDIE MULFORD
LT. JOHN POLLAKD OW LEAVE
FROM GERMANT
SIMPSON
Simple a 5’ 3”, 118 pound (she
wishes) drape shape seen flitting to
and from the practice house ... a
day student senior home ec major
with reasons ... a geni with a needle,
she can transform brother Bill’s suits
into enviable outCita . . »
blonde” hair goes up into braids in
“clamp and dammy” weather . . .
frequently brings a grjipefruit and
spoon when she spends the night on
campus . . . although riot a \ianist.
she labors unceasingly to learn “Night
and Day” to accompany a bangED-up
crooner . . . either inherited or ac
quired a sharp line of gab from her
insurance selling pop . . . has a keen
sense of humor and is quick with the
Mtort.
Gobbles pimento cheese sandwich
es by the umpteens with cafe noir
. . . just adores cute little hats, dress
clothes, yellow socks and sweaters,
new shade of Tabu lipstick, fresh
summer frocks, and swimming . . .
also prefers cars with mufflers, win
dow panes, and four wheels.
Serves as a member of the House
hold Arts Club, and is a member of
the Spanish Club, Pi Gamma Mu,
Education Club, S. C. A., and T%u
Zeta Phi sorority . . . graduates at
the end of summer school and plans
to attend W. C. next year to get
more larnin’ either in the food or
clothing field.
Make some man a good wife cause
she can cook, too. Applicants please
see Mary Lib.
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went with me; we’re going to the
beach this week-end or next week
end; think we’ll freeze; when does
the time come to begin going to the
beach?
Lib Braddy: Huh? What did I do?
I did the least I’ve done in I don’t
know when; caught up on all that
sleep I’ve been missing, and as a re
sult, I felt wonderful yesterday. It
was the first week-end in ages that
I haven’t had a date, but I’ll need
that sleep next week-end. I’m going
to Durham.
lorma Jean Edwards; Went to
Winston-Salem; had a wonderful time.
Virginia Boyd: Stayed home, cared
for my sister’s one week old baby.
Blanche Truitt: Went to see Mary
Lou.
Lib Apple: Had a big time!
Elaine Pace: Nothing—unusual
just the same old thing, but I had a
good time. My boy friend came home,
but DON’T PUT THAT DOWN!
Charlotte Wilson: Nothing, I had a
red suit, but I didn’t wear it.
Lucy Truitt; Nothing. What did
you do? (Nothing—exciting).
Faye Rickard: Dated Jack; went
to the Moravian service Sunday;
Went fishing Monday; had a wonder
ful time. (I envy you!).
Erlene Ginger: Had a date (she
must be ashamed of him, she wouldn’t
even tell me his name) and went to
Durham.
Well, so much for the female angle
lor one aajr. i uxun v 5>- >• ■ ^^
“dope” from the male view point
for today; maybe they’re modest; but
1 do know that Leon didn’t do much
of anything, but he had a good time
(he must have, he wasn’t able to make
it to school yesterday); and of course,
Emery went to see Doris, but that’s
not just something that happens on
a special week-end. it’s “The Same
Old Story;” it appears that Eloise and
Bill Jobe are about to get in that
same “mental condition.”
Did ya’ see Jack Story? When I
saw him, he didn’t look like the same
guy that he did before he left—
Jean wasn’t along' It was good to
see him again though, but he really
does look much more natural to me
when Jean is along.
Do you want to hear home good
boasting? See Harold Walton about
the “Burlington Bees”; he thinks that
they’re good!
It’s “Eleven sixty P.M.” and that’s
time for me to go to bed even if
“I’m a Big Girl Now” (That was espec
ially for you, Frank—bay-window and
all).
See ya”
DALE.
A legislativ,e battle that will give
the veteran a break over all others on
five vital sectors on the home front
is moving steadily forward in Wash
ington under American Legion drive
and with every prospect of total vic
tory soon.
These sectors include housing sur
plus property, pension increase, life j
insurance, and terminal leave for en
listed men. In addition, the Amer
ican Legion’s seevnth major legisla
tive matter, universal training, is
gaining strength day by day.
“A House World War Veterans Sub-
commitee is now drafting an insur
ance bill which will give the World
War II veterans the same breaks as
the World War I men. There is every
possibility that the new act will be
passed in the*'next two weeks.” said
John Thomas Taylor, national direct
or of legislation.
On Housing
In ^le housing sector, Taylor told
the Senate Banking and Currency
Committee that veterans must be
given a clear and definite priority
over all others in housing. Ha point
ed out that President Truman had
just signed the Mead Bill appropri
ating 250 million dollars for housing,
especially for veterans, as demanded
m the American Legion mandate.
Terminal Leave For G. I/s
As to terminal leave for enlisted
men. Rep. Dwight L. Rogers of Florida
has just announced that he has ob
tained 127 pf the necessary 218 signa
tures to take the terminal leave bill
out of the hands of the Military Af
fairs Committee and bring it directly
to the floor of the house in spite of
Budget Bureau opposition.
Universal military training, said
Taylor, has been delayed temporarily
by need of the extension of the Selec
tive Service Act, but as soon as se
lective service has been disposed of
a military affairs subcommittee will
start drafting a bill.
Just one pitch prevented the Elon
Vets softball team from making a
clean sweep of its two games last
high-calibre competition,
last inning was walloped for a dou
ble, scoring the winning run and
giving the Sydn^ Knitters of Graham
a thrilling 8-7 victory. Dave Mc-
Clenny hurled, and Joe Golombek was
behind the mask. Bob Harris and A1
Burlingame led Elon’s attack with
three hits apiece.
The second game, against the
gaudily-informed Bur-Mil outfit of
Greensboro, was just as exciting as
the Vets pounded out a 14-11 triumph
in a real old-fashioned slugfest. Ed
die Mulford led at bat with four hits
in five trips. Left-handed Charlie
Hollander pitched, and Ace Harrell
caught.
The Vets have entered the Alamance
County Softball league, which will
swing into action on May 9. Games
will be played on Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons throughout most
of the summer.
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Burlington, N. C.
Jack Rank, the well known “one
man theater,” presented his Tersion
of “The Taming of the Shrew” on
April 15 to an enthusiastic Elon au
dience. All the different ^ parts In
this comedy of Shakespeare’s were
played by Rank. He left the. stage
speaking lines of one character, al
most immediately re-entered by an
other door, and, betwea exit and re-
entrance, changed costumes, make-up,
and assumed the mannerisms^ voice,
and character of the next person in
the play.
The thing that amazed the audi
ence most was Rank’s interpretation
of the two daughter’s parts, with their
entirely different characters. This,
plus the thirty-five costume changes,
was the highlight of the presentation.
This column (as a record review)
was discontinued because the author
saw a lack of interest in music from
the jazz musicians’ viewpoint. Now it
returns because so many newcomers
to Elon have mentioned that music
ally Elon is a little on thfc coijiy side.
Some like it sweet and some like it
hot, but we here at Elon don’t get a
chance to know what’s good in sweet
or hot, because the music stores in
Burlington don’t have the majority of
the new records and the juke boxes
in the district suffer from a monop
oly of Decca records, works by a com
pany which has few good bands un
der contract. The column returns not
only as notice for you of new records
but also as announcer of all the news
in the entertainment world. “Down
beat” and “Metronome,” the nation’s
foremost popular music magazines,
can’t be found around Elon. so this
column will pass on the news to you.
Your opinions are w^ted too. The
writer aims to be a critic, but he wants
to know your thoughts also.
A big event was held the other
night at Carnegie Hall, when Igor
Stravinsky’s lastest work was
presented. Title was “Ebony Con
certo and Ballet Suite.” Who played
it? Woody Herman! Folks around
thisaway don’t hear much of Woody
these days, but in the country as a
whole the Herman Herd is the num
ber one topic when it comes to mu
sic. His new record of “Wildroot”
should be a big seller. Other new
hits we recommend: Stan Kenton on
“Artistry Jumps,” and the most beau
tiful rendition of a ballad in years,
Boyd Raeburn’s ‘I’ll Remember April.’
Newest band sensation is Randy
Brooks, currently setting the music
world afire. He plays the sweetest
or the hottest with terrific arrange
ments. His “Thunder Rock” is decid
edly different
In the movie world everyone must
know by now how Perry Como steals
the show in “Doll Face”—the man
can sing! L atest instrumental sensa
tion is Bennj, Goodman’s new trom
bonist, Lou McGarrity. Bands signed
to do new pictures are Les Bfown,
Jimmy Dorsey, and Duke Ellington.
And if it’s a good book you want, we
6grapiy’“Ti# iBe-syuiPa^fiyi-
the new comedies—Danny Kaye in
“The Kid From Brooklyn.”
Finally ... listen in to Wally Mac
on WBBB in “Respectfully Yours.”
The lad’s an Elon student, he’s g#od,
and he’ll play anything you want.
Lt. John L. Pollard, of 603 Fifth
Ave.. Greensboro (Phone 6468—tsk!
tsk! John), is home on 45 days leave.
An ace photographer of the Eighth
' Air Force Bomber Command, form
erly stationed in England, Lt. Pollard
has recently been at Furth, near!
Nurnberg.
He will be remembered as one of
the best columnists the Maroon and
Gold ever had, and as year book edi
tor in ’43, as well as for his work as
campus photographer. His army horse
shoe took him to and fro very luckily:
to a coupl? of Florida ca.mps (resorts);
to Yale University, where he acquired
his commission; to the Will Rogers
part of Oklahoma; and to Denver,
Colorado (where he reputedly once-
upon-a-time fell in love). He was in
other places of better or worse report
at various times before going over
seas. But the golden horseshoe, or
Lady Luck, always brought him back
to Elon about every three months.
So far as we know, he holds the rec
ord for leaves via ORD and Fort Bragg
to Elon. '
John left Germany March 20, flew
to Paris, departed the gay citee at 1
p. m., rode via a train that stalled
three hours at one grade, backed"
up and tried it again and again, got
to Le Havre at 2 a. m.,a nd met eleven
days delay there before getting a ship.
[ He told us this with a sober face;
at Le Havre he saw a colonel lassoing
rats. The rats were veterans—choosy
—and the colonel was baiting them
with candy bars. The rodents pre
ferred “O. Henry’s.”
On courier duty via another brok
en-down train, and part way by truck,
he went from Germany to Marseilles
to Istrestes, once the great Nazi air
port supplying Rommel in Africa.
John says it is one of the few places
in the world where you can stand up
to your knees in mud and still get
sand in your eye.
Lt. Pollards expects to visit campus
frequently between now and May 28,
when his leave ends. He will return
to Germany for six months under his
present orders.
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