SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1947
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PAGE THREE
Personalities
COMER
“The studenis just don’t seem to
be quite as sociable now as they were
before the war,” said Claude wist
fully. as he remembered his days at
Elon before Hitler started the mess
so many Elon boys had to help clean
up. “They don’t get a kick out of
the things they used to."
Claude, whose full name is Claude
V. Comer (to find out what the mid
dle initial stands for, ask any of the
guys who knew him here in the good
old days), was thinking in particular
of the fine times he used to have,
singing in the nightly barber shop
quartets over in the men’s dorm. Of
course, Claude himself can’t spend
as much time now “out with the
boys” as he might like—his wife,
India, has something to say about
that, even though Claude maintains
positively that he at least “shares”
the pants in the family.
This five-foot-eight, two-hundred-
pound native of Reidsville, N. C.,
whose friendly grey eyes are half
hidden by “John L. Lewis” eyebrows,
is majoring in English and is bor
dering on the verge of his senior
year at Elon. He first set foot be
neath th9 colonnades in 1938, at
tended school till ’39, then worked
for two years. In 1941 he was back
at his books, but the following year
found himself answering bugle calls
in the army.
Claude’s four years in uniform in
cluded his life’s greatest disappoint
ment and greatest happiness—he
washed out of Air Corps Cadet
school after fifteen months of train
ing, and married the girl of his
dreams. A radio mechanic, with an
eventual rank of corporal, Claude
was separated from his bride for six
months because of his army career;
on V-J Day he was in Pearl Harbor,
headed for Guam. About marriage,
Claude says, “It’s made me happier
than anything else. Nothing like it
if you get the right one.” He got
the right one, a Kernersville girl he
knew long before the war.
Claude, a pitcher on the 1942 var
sity baseball team, returned to Elon
after his discharge last year, wants
to teach and coach at some high
school following graduation. He
goes for sports all the way, and was
outstanding in the recent intramural
football league, scoring several touch
downs for his ITK fraternity broth
ers. He likes to dabble in plastics
and electrical work, loves to eat any
Day Student
Sketch'Book
What a dull picture a black key
board and an empty mind make!
Visualize that and you will have an
exact likeness of me. There isn’t
much to tell, but you won’t'have to
twist my arm for me to tell you all
I know (about other people).
Say, Danny, when are you going to
make another trip to Virginia? Do
you really like it there?
And, girls! have you noticed that
new four-wheeled personality that
Gene has? He sometimes has trouble
with the cigarette lighter though.
“Education is a wonderful thing; no
college should be without it.”
Has anyone seen Jackie Pierce
lately? He is what you see moving
around under that hat.
Have you met Bud Troxler’s “girl,'
Estelle? If you haven’t you should,
eh, Mack?
Congrats, Burns! Oh, haven’t you
heard? He’s the proud “Pop” of a
li’l boy. Ralph Edwards seems to
think his son the best of all since
he has that “set” of teeth.
Doris Glosson seems to be rather
peeved with Carl—he won’t marry
her until she finishes school. Dorii,
didn’t you know anything worth hav
ing is worth waiting for? (So I’ve
heard.)
What has happened to Jimmy
Hines? Does he think that he is some
kind of a Casanova? Or could I
have been mistaken when I saw you
at oh, well, we won’t mention
where, will we, Amy?
Cornish says he wants to “get
even” with me for some of the
things that I’ve said about him. So,
if he’s willing, he can give out in
the next issue with all the gossip he
hears about. He should be able to
do a better job than I.
Anyway, in the meantime, I'll be
thinking of everybody!
DALE,
Newspatter
anu eiecuicdi wui.w, luvco cently Of the need to “hammer out
thing sweet, and doesnt mm w en American foreien oolicv
his wife tells him he’s getting fat.
When asked for a final statement
for posterity, Claude Comer revealed
his own simple philosophy: “Try
to treat everybody as you would like
to be treated yourself.” Posterity
would do well to adopt the same atti
tude.
Writings, Art Appear On
Walls Of Mooney Chapel
By WALTER McCULLOCK
“Public names appear in public
places.”
That time-worn bit of truth has
been proved again, this time at Elon
College. Up in Mooney Chapel, the
place where the Elon Players hold
practice, the inspired scribblings
that decorate the backstage walls in
clude many names known to Elon
students of the present generation
and some known to the world out
side. Who started the practice of be-
hind-the-scenes art we’ll never dis
cover; but whoever did has provided
an outlet for the expression of many
an inflated ego and one for the self-
realization of countless frustrated
actors and artists.
Let’s take a look at this “hand
writing on the wall”:
’40-’41
Keany Utt and wife, June Henr/
“OtheUo”
Keony—Othello
J une—Desdemona
Kenny Utt. in the role of villain,
is now on Broadway contributing to
the success of the smash hit “Car
ousel.” His wife has done bits in the
movies.
Bob “Lou” Truitt
(Browneyes)
There is no date or name of a play
for Bob, just the nicknames. Bob
Truitt at present is an instructor in
aeronautics at State College in Ra
leigh and has written and had pub
lished a book concerning aeronautics.
Jack Sunburn as the cop, and “Mac”
in
“Out of the Fryingg Pan”
February 8-9, 1945
We understand from unofficial re
ports that Jack is still pursuing min
istry in his own state of Connecticut.
We don’t know who “Mac” is.
The unforgettable figure of Miller
Basnight, current lead in “Night
Must Fall,” appears quite frequently
on the wall of Mooney Chapel, too.
“Ye Ole Basnight” is now appear
ing as Flagstaff in Shakespeare's
“Prince Henry IV, ’41-’42.”
And some other public names
came to light along with the “Bas
night Handle.”
“Sweet Genevieve”
'43
Denson, Basnight, Darden,
Liverman, Truitt, D’Antonio
“Sweet Genevieve,” written by
Elon’s Jimmy Darden, received a ci
tation from Chapel Hill.
Some other names that you will
remember are also written on the
wall:
“Dramatics”
'44-’45
Lem Allen
Gene Poe
Joe Franks
Tom Horner
Tom Horner is now at Duke Uni
versity, and Gene Poe is going to Di
vinity School in Senator Claghorn’s
beloved South.
Class ^46
H. Reid, Shakespeare's protege,
passed up a contract in Hollywood
(Disney’s stand-in for Donald Duck)
to play in “Out of the Frying Pan.’'
Reid is a promising young cartoon
ist now at William and Mary.
TWELVE ELON STUDENTS
ENROLLED AT DUKE
Twelve recent Elon students are
enrolled in some of the various grad
uate and professional schools of
Duke University this year.
They are: School of Medicine—
Willliam Rippy ’43 and Dwight Ker-
nodle ’44; School of Law—Forrest C.
Hall ’46; Divinity School—Weldon
Madren ’42, Mark Andes ’44, Shannon
Morgan ’44, Earl Farrell ’45, and
Tom Homer ’46; School of Nursing
—Ermine Davis and Helen Scott;
School of Laboratory Technicians—
Inez Johnson; and School of Engin
eering—Leon Gibbs.
GOOD HEALTH TO BE
EMPHASIZED FEB. 2-8
February 2-8 is Good Health Week
in North Carolina. Good health is
one of this, or any. State’s greatest
needs. Facts published by North
Carolina Good Health Association.
Inc., show that the Tar Heel State
ranks forty-second among the states
in hospital beds per thousand popu
lation, and runs far behind many
states in good health statistics.
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F. Carter
Radio, impresario, announcer, pro
ducer, script writer, director and wa
ter boy, March ’44.
Seems that F. Carter did just about
everything in the book.
COLE
Here at Elon ’most everybody knows
everybody else, but to the new stu
dents and those old students who
would like to know their compan
ions better, we present Hazel Cole,
a senior from Bisco, N. C.
A tall, blue-eyed, sandy-haired girl
Hazel's every movement seems to
cmphasizV the quality of her person
ality. Her warm friendliness, some
times shrouded by a calm reserve,
her thoughtfulness, understanding,
and a good sense of humor all com
pel strangers to like her at first
meeting.
During her four years at Elon,
Hazel has been the recipient of
many honors. Listed among hei
achievements is her membership in
Pi Gamma Mu and in the Beta Omi-
ci’on Beta Sorority. Last year she
was elected president of the French
club and this year is head of the
Education Club. Hazel is a mem
ber of the Student Council and was
selected for the 1947 “Who s Who
Among Students in American Col
leges and Universities.” She was
recently named circulation manager
of the MAROON AND GOLD.
Hazel says she received her great
est inspiration from her father, who
impressed her at an early age with
the importance of an education. A
French and English major, she waits
tables while she learns, and plans to
teach after her graduation this spring.
“My greatest aspiration is to travel
someday through Europe, especially
ill France,” she declares.
Hazel’s favorite pastimes are lis
tening to good music, playing the
piano and taking part in all sports,
especially basketball, at which she is
an exceptional player. Her dislikes
are conceited people and rainy days
at Elon.
By
“PAT” PATTERSON
Needed: One Hammer .
U. S. foreign policy, heretofore
quite indefinite, is on the brink of
exceptional progress—that is, if the
words of GOP Senator Vandenberg
from the Wolverine State mean any
thing. He spoke at Cleveland re-
a
permanent American foreign policy.
Perhaps our new Secretary of
State, General George C. Marshall,
who is noted for superb sense of
strategy and logistics, will be defi
nitely instrumental in mapping out
such a course of action.
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. . . And A Boost For Vets
Of special interest to veterans at
college are numerous congressional
proposals to increase subsistence al
lowances unc^er the G. I. Bill. With
costs of living still high and a pro
posed national budget of approxi
mately 38 billion dollars, an increase
would seem in order. Maybe a let
ter to your congressman can help.
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The Coal Facts
The Lewis coal case, once more in
the limelight, has added more to the
alleged “increased prestige” of our
victorious President Truman. At least
the nation is warm again.
♦ * *
Labor Lost
Just what the new Republican
eightieth Congress will do concern
Frances Pegram passed up a con
tract with Metro-Goldwyn-Hender-
son, N. C. Pictures to accept the lead
ing romantic role (sigh) in the afore
mentioned production by the much
greater Elon players in ’45.
’46
“Mr. and Mrs. North”
starrlnff
Jean West,
tolerating
A1 Burlingame
witb
Basnight, wbo had a “walk on” part
and
Marie MacDonald
(the body)
co-starred with
Warren Johnsoa
(the corpse)
That brings us up to modem times
and time to finish this nonsense.
Oh, yes! Kilroyjwas in Mooney
Chapel, too!
—While Rome Burned
By JACK RUSSELL
Some of the present students en
rolled at Elon during the school
year of 1941-1942 will remember the
January morning that the dining hall
burned down. There are only a few
such students here now; but those
who are newcomers will also be in
terested in the events of that memor
able night, which turned out to be
more of a party than a fire.
The loss to the school was heavy
and a sad happening, but with our
sympathies for the school there is
also an expression of the same for
the unlucky people who were unable
to witness the spectacle.
Elon’s dining hall was a part of
the girls’ dormitory, and that’s where
the fun began. With the boys from
all ends of the campus answering
the wailing siren which indicated the
' fire, and the shrieks and screams of
did the firemen receive any water.
At last the fire was extinguished,
all the misplaced girls were prop
erly sheltered, and the men began
to trek back to their dormitories
What a sight io see the pajama-clad
army anything but their original col
or, witti mud and water and black
soot from head to toe.
Imagine their surprise in encount
ering a fellow student, Joe Whit
taker by name, who had just arisen
from his bed to go to breakfast, and
who, upon seeing the incoming fel
lows, asked, “Where have you guys
been, to a fire?”
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the frightened girls, one found him
self believing it ‘was a nightmare.
When, on finally rerlizing what was
actually taking place, he took a
ing labor-management legislation is glance around the campus, the scene '
still speculation. As for the individ
ual states, however, Virginia took the
lead when its General Assembly re
cently outlawed the "closed shop" in
intra-state industry.
BOARD WANTS APPLICATIONS
FOR EDITORSHIPS
The Publications Board requests
students interested in filing appUca-
tions as candidates for editor of the
COLONNADES (spring issue) or the
MAROON AND GOLD (for next year)
to see Mrs. G. A. Johnson, Miss
Keen, or Mr. McClure.
Candidates should, preferably, be
seniors who have had the course in
journalism and who have been mem
bers of the staff of one of. the col
lege publications. No one is, how
ever, debarred from filing candidacy
if his last quarter’s grades are satis
factory.
Candidates must be approved by
the Board of Publications before be
ing voted on by the student body.
made him stop and laugh.
Boys in pajamas and slippers were
blissfully carrying frightened girls
from the dormitory, while other fel
lows were trying to salvage the girls’
personal effects by throwing them out
the windows.
The sight of watching dainty
feminine apparel come floating down
like small parachutes was something
to behold. Among the articles thrown
out were scores of love letters.
These were quickly pounced upon
by the boys: consequently, few secrets
were kept by any West Dormitory
girls, and a dozen embarrassing situ
ations arose at the men’s evening drug
store sessions.
While all this was taking place, the
firemen were having their little act
too. The fire equipment of the school
was old and, when attached, Was
found to be full of holes. When fire
companies of surrounding towns av-
rived and their hoses were attached,
it was found that the pressure was
not strong enough. Not until the
pump engine was brought into action
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