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Personalities
MAROON AND GOLD,
SATUHDAY, MARCH 22, 19«
Mention just the name of ELIZA
BETH CURTIS BENTON, and im
mediately one thinks of "Betty”,
Delta Upsilon Kappa sorority, Jack
Burch, and “Girls’ Sports.” Burch’s
“comrade-in-arms” is tall, 'string-
beanish,” and brown haired, claims
tlie rat exterminating championship
of West Dorm (does it with a red
mousetrap), and professes to be a
good driver if you don’t believe it,
observe the dents in Jack’s car). She
not only acts as managing editor and
columnist for "Maroon and Gold,” but
also serves on Phipsicli staff, is a
member of Delta Psi Omega dra
matic fraternity, and last year was
president of the sophomore class,
treasurer of the Council, secretary of
Elon Players, and a member of the
Diet Control board.
NEWSPATTER
By
“PAT" PATTERSON
Professor Barney Hails
Return Of Basic Methods
Disc
Spotlisfht On The Near East
As has been so often the case dur
ing the course of civilization the
spotlight of history turns again on
Greece and Turkey. Both countries
are in dire need of immediate aid if
they are to avoid a prolonged period
of political chaos and general eco
nomic disorder.
Realizing the acuteness of the sit
uation, President Truman, speaking
before a joint session of Congress
last week, asked for prompt action
in securing extensive loans, as well
as supplies and trained ^technicians,
Betty rooms with Verdalee Norris' for the two countries.
(all remarks censored), loves hair- Many diverse ’reactions came
raising mystery stories, was bom in i quickly to the presidential plan.
North Carolina, lives in Virginia, has ] Some observers applauded the speech
been to California, and claims fame j as one of the most important of the
by having spent one day in Mexico, i current administration, and branded
Her outstanding characteristic is her j it humanitarian in nature. They
perpetually flustered air.
* * • ♦
Speak of the Devil and one of his
imps appears. VERDALEE “I want
a sweetheart, not a buddy, so I won't
be playing touch football the rest of
my life! ’ NORRIS is the red-headed,
doll-sized package of personality and
pulchritude who vehemently denies
having red hair, but who can't deny
that her sparkling, sometimes scorch
ing, wit is usually the center of a
large gathering of males. The per
petrator of “Little L^n's Little Bits,”
caippus gossip column, Vert has been
on "Maroon and Gold ’ staff for three
years, last year edited ‘Colonnades,’’
is a “Who s Who in Colleges and Uni
versities. ’ and was queen of Home
coming last fall.
She has been known variously as
“Boodle Baby, ’ "Vertabrate. ’ and
“Cuddle Bait, ’ and loves limericks
about ladies from St. Paul. Vert is a
Deita Upsilon Kappa sorority girl,
has been a Junior representative and
maid of honor on the May Court,
serves on the Student Faculty Com
mittee, Pac-Hel Council, and too
many other things to mention. She's
bound to become famous in the field
of journalism; someday will probab
ly have a swank apartment crowded
with coffee, coffee-pots, and coffee-
cups, and books by Thomas_Wolfe;
will become convinced that having
been bom on an army post (Fort
Bragg) is not detrimental; and will
be not everybody’s girl friend, but
just one guy’s.
Characteristic? That
laugh.
were quick to add that the plan was
designed to relieve human suffering
and therefore deserved approval.
On the other hand, many were
thinking of the long range implica
tions of the Sction. They could fore
see direct military aid with the pos
Eibility of more lost American lives—
hence, the threat of another war.
They interpreted such a plan as going
beyond the United Nations charter
in regard to interference in the in
ternal affairs of smaller nations.
They felt that the problem should
be turned over to the United Na
tions, thus strengthening and con
fronting it with a supreme test at the
same time.
The basic factor seemed to be the
time element. Would we allow peo
ple to die while debating went on,
or. to paraphrase a Biblical quotation
“when our brother asked a fish would
we give him a stone”?
Professor John Willis Barney, of
the Elon College English staff, who
has had fifty years experience in the
field, said today that he is gratified
to see a return to basic metJTods in
the teaching of English, and particu-'
larly to see Uie trend toward discip-|
Unary drill in freshman courses. He
has been twenty-two years on the
faculty at Elon, and has \tfatched the
wheel go full circle, so to speak, in
educational experiments. He believes
that some few new methods have
been developed, but that, in the
main, we have gone back to funda
mentals which were being used long
ago.
Professor Barney sees novelties in
education as having had a vogue from
1920 until Pearl Harbor—but a sharp
ancient Greece, and that its modern
variations are useful—but noting also
that, to date, only drill and discipline
have been succssful in giving stu
dents the help needed in the mastery
of spelling.
Naming Hai*vard as one of the ma
jor universities that has recently re
turned, after some years of experi
ment to a greater emphasis upon drill
in the teaching of composition and
grammar, Mr. Barney observed that
there is very little that is essentially
new in methods, and that the mere
act of labelling something as “Pro
gressive” will not make it a success
in our schools.
The Elon professor is, nevertheless,
no rejector of what proves to be
good. He says, “Prominent in the
leaching of grammar in American
schools from about 1890 to 1915 was a
graphic method to which we have
now wisely returned—the use of the
diagram. Visual aids to education
are not new, but they are “progres
sive’ in the best sense of the term.
Diagramming is an excellent graphic
device; it shows, quickly and clearly
to the student, the logical relations
of the parts of a sentence.”
It is his opinion that this device
was important in giving to statesmen
and professional men of the nine
teenth centur>’ an unusually fine
command of English.
When questioned about the pres-
' ent college generation. Professor
Barney said, 'Students of today com
pare favorably with those of past
years. In many ways they are more
proficient, have more interests, and
a better grasp of the world in general,
particular in the sciences. They
;!&' e proved themselves to be versa- ;
PROFESSOR J. W. BARNTEY
MILLARD WALKER
WINS COMPETITION
FOR COMPOSERS
Day Student
Sketch^Bcmk
By POLLY QUALLS
(Guest Columnist For Dale)
Another quarter and in the midst
of all the confusion 1 was asked to
write up the day students’ column
this time. It’s a pleasure, and I
hope the news that I have so “ruf-
fly” dug up will be of interest to a^l.
Ginger sounds spicy and that is
exactly it, too. The Old Sad Sack,
Wally Mack, didn’t seem sad at all
during the spring holidays because a
cute little Connecticut Yankee, call
ed Ginger, spent the holidays wdth
him! Nice!
I do not believe this school has a
bug-a-bug for engagements. On
Tuesday, the eleventh of March,
Railph Cates gave Kappy another
ring; this time third finger, left
hand. Dale Hensley, the ‘‘Hi U” gal,
pulled a sneakie . . . all of a sudden
she was wearing a beautiful diamond
and a new glow. Bill was responsible
for both. Here’s the best to both
of you.
Carolina is taking away three of
our boys this quarter: Warren Wilson,
Norman Self,' and Andrew ' Cornish.
Our loss, Carolina’s gain. Good
luck, fellows! We’ll miss you.
I was surprised to see Aggie
Vaughn back this quarter and so was
Danny. It looks godd to see you two
in the Grill, and welcome back,
Aggie.
We heard Edith Sharpe almost lost
interest in school when Dave started
for Eastern Carolina Teachers Col
lege. Don’t worry; he’s back at Elon.
We’d like to extend our welcome
to Wallace Burke and jitterbug Glenn
Heath,, of Burlington. Take it from
me, girls, Glenn has a smooth way
of dancing and a fine personality.
Since I’m E. C.’s little sister I might
add that he’s back this quarter.
Millard C. Walker, voice in^lrdctor
or in the Music Department at Elon
College, was the winner of the first
place aw'ard in the North Carolina
Composers’ Contest, professional di
vision, sponsored by the North Caro
lina Federation of Music Clubs with
headquarters at Chapel Hill.
Mr. W’alker placed first with his
setting of Psalm 130, “Out of the
nanny-goat Deep, ” for unaccompanied male
chorus; second in the orchestral class
for largo; and he received third
place with his “Song of Life” for
medium voige and piano.
The North Carolina Composers
Contest is held for the purpose of
developing and encouraging the
works of native composers. The con
test is open to all resident of the
state and to those born in North
Carolina but now resident elsewhere.
The chairman for the contest was
Austin C, Lovelace of Greensboro,
organist and choirmaster of the First
Presbyterian Church. There were
two classes in the competition, ama
teur and professional. The judge
for the professional division was Dr.
T. Tertius Noble, of New York, fam
ous composer and formerly the or
ganist at St. Thomas Church in New
York City,
Mr. Walker completed his under
graduate work at Bard College of
Columbia University; he has a Mast
er’s degree in music from Columbia
and has studied privately in New
York City. The Boston Music com
pany has published several of Mr.
Walker's chcyal compositions.
Coming to Elon after his separa
tion from the service, Mr. Walker has
been the instructor in voice during
the present acadetnic year. His
home is in Stamford, Conn, While
He was in the army, he served with
the Special Service unit at Fort
Bragg, N. C., and overseas with the
headquarters of the Sixth Army in
the Southwest Pacific for 27 months.
reaction toward the older and strong
er methods of the early "Americans
coming back at once under the pres
sure of the war. “We began to see
then, ' he says, "that a sterner and
more disciplined system of instruc
tion was essential.”
An advocate of correctness in
English usage, and always thorough
in the classroom, Mr. Barney is
frankly pleased that the nation has
been awakened by the recent test
ing of educational methods. He be
lieves that much was formerly la
beled as “Progressive" did lyjt, in
point of fact, confer any blessings
on the student.
“All good education may always
be expected to be progressive,” said
he, pointing out that the “project
method” of teaching was known in
tile and capable of standing on their | ^^
own feet.’’
His own interests are wide. He
was a member of Elon's first foot
ball team. His favorite sports today
are football—and golf. He has made
an extensive study of literature and
grammar, and is an authority on
both.
Among students at Elon, Professor
Barney has been known for many
years for his thoroughness and atten
tion to detail. Apple-poUshers find
him difficult, but no earnest scholar
lacks for encouragement and atten
tion in his classes.
His varied career has included the
coaching of footbaU, high school
principalships in Pennsylvania and
Michigan, and graduate study at Co
lumbia, the University of Virginia,
and the University of Wisconsin. He
became, a member of Elon’s facult:?
in 1924.
Spring! Ah, the very thought- of
it makes us glad to be alive! Usually
it means the end of our long im
prisonment by winter, and the re
turn of the birds, bees, flowers—and
lovesick swains. Twenty years from
now, if you asked the girls from
East what spring means to them,
they would instantly breathe: “Dia
monds!” All of us think something
special in connection with the sea
son, maybe not diamonds (heaven
forbid!), but picnics? hayrides? late
snow? Shakespeare- daffodils?
Anyway, here ar* some answers we
got to the question “What does
spring mean to you?”
Mary Schuster: ““Bo-y-i-n-g!”
Mrs. Johnson: “I begin to think
about the hot summer and how I can
arrange to get up the mountains.”
Dave McClenny: “It brings out the
gold in a certain redhead’s hair.”
Edith Sharpe; “Ah! time for play
ing tennis . . . Shoe! Hubba!”
Patsy Wrenn: “New leaves, new
grass,, new flowers, new life . . ■
everything is summed up in just one
word ‘New’.”
“Mo ’: Spring makes me want to
sleep not less than 24 hours a day!”
Claude Comer: “Love! (It makes
the world go round!)”
Mr. Reynolds: “Snow . . . marbles
, . . trout fishing . . . baseball—and
foolish, foolish young people.”
Betty Baker: “Spring would be a
dreary season—were there nothing
but spring.”
Lou Savini: “I always get bolder
in the spring.”
Joe Golombek: “Spring? It’s a
change of weather.”
Jeanne Meredith: “No rest for Sen
ior Oak, with correspondingly lower
grades.”
Eileen Lynch: “Who cares about
’ Summer’s my season!”
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By JENNINGS BERRY
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CONTESTS TO BE
HELD HERE iN MAY
The Elon College Players will spon
sor a reading contest for high school
girls and a speech contest for boys,
with finals to be held at the college
on May 19, it was announced today
by Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith, director
of dramatics. Each school in Ala
mance county will hold an elimina
tion contest, preferably a week be
fore the final; readings and speeches
are not to exceed twelve minute?.
The winners, one boy and one girl,
will compete in the finals which will
be held on the Elon College campus.
When the Spanish club met Tues
day evening, March 11, Miss Frances
Muldrow. instructor of Spanish in
the college, the club s sponsor, led
in the discussion of Costa Rica. This
was the first in a series of discus
sions on Latin American countries by
the members of the club. During
the discussion Miss Muldrow pointed
out that Costa Rica had more schools
than she had soldiers, the result be
ing that only a surprisingly small
percent of her population is illiter
ate. That this small country, with
only 500 soldiers, declared war on
Japan even before the United States
did after the Pearl Harbor attack,
was also considered significant.
Following the program, the foliow-
On Thursday, April 3, at 7:30 the
Elon College Choir will present in
Whitley Auditorium an oratorio of
Theodore Dubois’ “Seven Last Words
of Christ. ’ The soolists will be
Clarence Southern, baritone, of Bur
lington: Millard Walker, tenor, of
the Music faculty; and Dorothy
Shepherd, soprano, of Durham, stu
dent majoring in voice in the music
department.
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Mr. Fletcher Moore, head of the
Music department, will be judge in a
high school music contest on Friday,
March 21, at Eastern Carolina Teach
ers College. The district from which
competing students are drawn com-
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, X ^ -J i prises sixteen counties in the eastern
ing officers were elected: President:. g^^^e.
Jean West; vice-president: Jimmy j ^
Boone; treasurer: Rocco Donato; sec- Sunday, March 16. from 2 to
retary: Verona Daniels.
Because of many conflicts with
other extra-curricular activities, the
club has had difficulty in. getting
organized, but under the leadership
of these capable officers, and with
the "assistance of the club’s sponsor.
Miss Muldrow, it is the purpose of
the club to lend its influence to the
life of its members. Any student
taking Spanish is eligible for mem
bership in the qlub, and it is hoped
that the students will take advantage
of this opportunity.
Judges for this contest ■will be com
posed of faculty members.
Medals and loving cups will be pre
sented to the representatives of the
winning schools; the cups wiU be ro
tated among the schools, and each
year they will be left in the keeping
of the schools. The Elon Players
will also invite the winners as their
guests at the annual players banquet.
2:30 the Elon Choir and organ pre
sented the fifteenth consecutive pro
gram in the radio series presented
in Whitley Auditorium and broad
cast over station WBBB.
The Music department extends an
invitation to aU students interested
in choral wojk, to join in the work
of the choir.
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