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MAROON AND GOLD
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1946
Day Student
Sketch'Eook
What could be nicer than to take
a long walk, just kicking through the
leaves with no worry on your mind
when there’s such beautiful weather?
(Hope it isn’t raining or cold by the
time this is printed!) Maybe that
should impress Richard Hogan, be
cause he informed me that he’s a wo
man hater, 1 wonder if he were ac
tually sincere though.
Jack Snyder not only shows abili
ty to play the drums, but he shows
mighty good taste when it comes to
getting a date, too. Betty Hill looked
very good at the Halloween Carni
val. Jack (as if she doesn't always).
Betty is a special student at Elon this
quarter; her specialty, voice. Maybe
you didn’t know her name, but surely
you’ve seen her and wondered who
the lovely girl was. (Well, boys, aren’t
.you gonna thank me for telling you?)
We have a new “Comer” to the Day
Students. When “Wifie” came up
when an apartment was available)
Claude left South dorm for a Veter
ans “mansion.” That’s his reason for
being happy these days!
I have heard from a very reliable
source that George Cross will “walk
down the aisle” about November 28
with a girl from Burlington. This will
mean less competition in a certain
field, huh, boys?
Have you noticed what a nice cou
ple Don Kernodle and Betty baker
make? If you haven’t, you just haven’t
seen them!
Cooperation that you get from peo
ple like Wallace Owen, Tom Hoffman,
Kathy Young, Hilda Neese, and Max
Neese is what gives one the desire
to try to do t'hings.
Emery Gilliam is still doing the
same ole thing: dating Doris Clapp.
They, “Sil” Blalock, Jean West, Don
and Betty, were among the Elonites
attending the Duke-Georgia Tech
game. (Pardon, please, but I’ve just
getta add that I saw it too, and was
kinda glad to see Duke beat—well,
don’t throw such big rocks, but I said
it and I’m glad)!
Talking about football, I think we
should give the orchids for this week
to Dick Staten. The Elon High school
football team won 33-0 over Robbins
last Saturday night. Dick is coaching
this team.
One of the little students whom
Lois Casey is practice teaching said,
“Mrs. Casey is a good teacher; she’s
smart, but she really means what she
sa5's.” (Husband Stewart thinks she
means it, too.)
Why is Wendell Isley always late
getting out of a certain class? Csuld
it be that certain part of the Navy is
still with him?
Jake Thompson says when he gets
a car he is going to take the “fatal
step.” Has the OPA lifted the ceiling
on marriage licenses, too?
Don’t stay up too late studying for
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What a time!”, he
MOUTHFUL AIRPLANE DESIGNER, Claude P. Smith, of Greensboro, an
aeronautical engineering student at E on College, discusses technical prob
lems of airplane building with Profe ssor A. L. Hook, head of the college
department of physics and electroni cs, in the student’s workshop at Reids-
ville. Beside Smith is Salmson engine he will install in racing biplane
which he now has under construction. (Staff Photo7.
This Guy Believes In
Making His Own Planes
By ALEX SCHIFFELBIAN
From "Flying Fortress” to “Flying
Midget” was the transition made by ,
Lieutenant Claude P. Smith, of 853
Waugh street, Greensboro, when he
left the Army Air Corps for the role
of civilian.
Claude, a student at Elon majoring.
in aeronautical engineering, spends I
his mornings in the classroom and his
afternoons constructing a recopy of a I
cut-down Laird supersolution speed i
airplane in his workshop at the Fal-!
con Airways in Reidsville. |
An airplane mechanic before the;
war, and an Air Corps pilot during !
the war, he owns that he %as been \
interested in flying ever since he 1
learned the meaning of the word. I
“Now that I’m studying aeronau
tical engineering,” he said in a re
cent interview, “I’ve decided to build
an airplane myself.”
The plane he is building is a single
place biplane which will be powered
by a nine cylinder Salmson Super
Special engine developing 90 horse
power. The engine, of French de
sign, will give his plate a speed of
about 185 miles per hour. The frame
work of the craft will be or lightweight
airplane tubing with metal sjipport
spars. It will be faired out with
wood stripping and covered with
Grade “A” heavy fabric. When com
pleted the plane will be twelve f^et
four inches long, and will have an
upper wing span of sixteen feet and
a lower span of fourteen. It will
weigh 650 pounds, and materials will
cost about $500. Claude plans to
test-hop the plane himself, and, if
everything turns out as he hopes, he
will use it for show work, acrobatics,
and air racing.
The plane will be equipped with
altimeter, compass, air speed indi
cator, bank and turn indicator, and
tachometer. The radial engine will
have a fixed wooden propellor, and
the craft will have a landing and
take-off speed of approximately fifty-
five miles per hour. The lower wing
will have full aileron control, and
flight will be controlled with stick
and rudder. Included in the equip
ment will be a tractor landing gear
and a steerable tail wheel.
Claude Smith began this project
last summer and expects to have the
airplane ready for flight by the sum
mer of 1947. Before starting construc
tion of the plane, he had to check
Ills blue i\rints and then make a
model for experimental purposes. The
two major problems now confronting
him are those of materials and of
determining the size and strength
of the guy wires. Professor A. L.
Hook, head of department of physics
.1 electronics at Elon College, is
assisting the youthful airplane build
er.
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Annie Elizabeth Apple; Here we
have the perfect example of a nice,
friendly, attractive, well-dressed sen
ior (wearing clothes that bring out
V..OH! from the wolf meat on cam
pus) from Elon College, N. C. “Right
now I live in the home economics de-
parment,” says this blonde with big
blue eyes. “Lib” Is majoring in busi
ness administration, and has a di
ploma in art.
The things she likes best of all are
— her soronTy sisters; her fraternity
brothers; Carolina; the Irishman from
New YorTt; music that “jives” by
Dean Hudson; dancing; “Star Dust”
and “Green Eyes”; a black Buick con
vertible on rainy nights; the colors
red, white and blue; and neatness in
everything.
“My only dislike is onions,” she
states emphatically.
After graduation "Lib” is going to
enter the School of Costume Design
at Trophogen, New York. She is
going to be a career girl for four
years, and then she is donning her
“hunting” costume.
“Lib” is a member of the Beta
Omicron Beta, Sorority; Pi Gamma
Mu; S. C. A.; Day Student Organiza
tion; and served as vice-president of
the Panvio Literary Society her Jun
ior year.
—“Oo, LA, LA!
says.
This fall Bill returned to Elon’s
campus to continue work as a history
major. In addition to all his other
activities he has found time to take
an active part in the doings of the
Sigma Phi and “E” Men’s Club, in
addition to lending Coach Perry a
welcome hand at coaching the pres
ent football team.
A new athletic plant at Elon is
one of his desires. Incidentally, Bill’s
pet dislike is losing football games.
This he does his best to prevent by
teaching the fellows his winning
methods of previous years.
In the future we expect to hear
great things from Paolantonio in the
coaching field, the type of work he
hopes to be doing. With his winning
ways and personality, he’s practically
a cinch to succeed in whatever he
undertakes. Best of luck to Bill
Paolantonio as he graduates at the
end of the present quarter.
STUDENT RECITAL
WEDNESDAY EVENING
A student music recital will be pre
sented in Whitley auditoriuni on Wed
nesday evening, November 20, at 8
o'clock.
COMPLIMENTS OF
ELON SODA
SHOP
ELON DRY CLEANERS
Annual creative writing campaign
at Elon is already underway. Mrs. E.
C. Johnson and Miss Nancy Keen have
been named advisers to our literary
magazine, THE COLONNADES. Ed
itors are to be appointed by the Pub
lications Committee. Start your work
now and get it in as early as pos
sible.
Poems, short stories, essays, and
sketches will be considered for print
ing in April. Submit your work to
any mernber of the English staff, or
to the editors when their appoint
ment shall have been announced.
Material selected will also be
judged for excellence and the best
sent to the Arts Forum competition
held at W. C. U. N. C. Greensboro,
in the spring.
Writers interested in the State One-
Act Play cornpetition held each ^ear
at Chapel Hill should see Mr. Mc
Clure. Manuscripts for this award
must be ready by December 15, but
a play may be started now for the
1947 campaign if it can not be com
pleted in time for this season.
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Meet William J. Paolantonio! For
color and excitement Bill’s career is
hard to beat. This dark, curly-hair-
ed six-footer has certainly packed a
lot of life in the past twenty-plus
years.
Those of you who don’t already
know Bill should grab a fleeting look
as he rushes down to the high school
each morning for his practice teach
ing. You’ll see this strapping fellow
usually sporting a nifty sweater with
a big block “E” very much in evi
dence. Should he seem to be in a
hurry, please forgive him; when you
hear his story you won’t blame him at
all! Back home in Ardmore, Pa.,
Bill has the dream of every young
man’s future waiting for him. HM’
name is Agnes and she became Mrs.
Paolantonio only seven months ago!
From the way Bill talks she really
did a good job of catching her man
The first mention of a ispecial like
and right away her name is sounded
with that special bit of pride reserved
only for a real he-man in love. (Bill
won’t like this bit of writing!)
T'was the fall of '38 when Bill first
entered EHn and embarked upon his
colorful career. In 1940 he climaxed
tliree years on the varsity football
squad by making the All-North State
conference team at the guard posi
tion. That was in competition with
some of the best teams the confer
ence has ever produced. In ’41 Bill
decided to play for pay* so signed
with the Charlotte Clippers, but con
tinued his school work at Elon.
Then began nearly four years in
the service of Uncle Sam’s Army. He
ended up in the Medical Corps, hav
ing served in Wales, England, and
just about the entire continent of
Europe. The highlights of his ser
vice days were those passes to Paris
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