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MAROON AND GOLC
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1947
Maroon and Gold
Edited and printed by students of Elon College.
Published bi-weekly during the college year, jnder
the auspices of the Board of Publication.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Of
fice at Elon College, N. C., under the act of March
8, 1879. Delivered by mail, $1.50 the college year,
$.50 the quarter.
Editor ! - John Watson
Business Manager D. B. Harrell
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Feature Editor Betty Hill
Sports Editor Eddie Mulford
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“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an
unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” JAMES 4-8.
“Controversy equalizes fools and wise
men in the same way,—and the fools know
it.” OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
“Don’t have any more secrets than you
can keep yourself.” JO&H BILLINGS.
“What we are afraid to speak before men,
we should be afraid to think before God.” THE
NEW ENGLAND PRIMER
“Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse;
E’er fancy you consult, consult your purse.’
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
ELON HAS IMPROVED
As the current school year drawfe to a close, we
draw too—^^on a piping sigh of relief. There are times
when one feels that further efforts are in vain. The
editor feels that way now. He yearns rfor the open
road and anticipates a long trip via free rail as soon
as school is out. The trip should remind him of the
futility of his scheme of things and induce him to re
turn to his studies with a will.
But when we look at the past nine months we are
able' to see where Elon has improved. Admission to
the Southern Association added much to our pres
tige. The winning of the basketball tournament made
us ail proud of Alma Mater. On several other occa
sions during the year we have felt a tinge of pride. Of
course we have been mortified too.
Rumor has it that “ground will be broken” some
time during the commencement exercises, for the new
gymnasium. What we are anxious to learn is, to what
extent the soil is to be disturbed? We are hoping
that the building will actually be started at that time.
A new gymnasium and a new powerhouse would make
possible the revision of our back yard into a fitting
front yard for the college, and we think the removal
of that coal pile from in front of Alamance would en
able a lot more people to recognize us for what we
are.
Elections satisfied the majority and w-e are glad!
All of the new officers seem to be the kind we want.
The only thing we have fallen down on so far is the
installation of telephones. Honest, we thought we
■would have them in Alamance at least, by this time.
But, then, I suppose we have to expect that kind of
carrying out campaign speeches. We heard once about
that promised “chicken in every pot” . . . but he was
a Republican (the campaigner, not the chicken), and
we didn’t get enthusiastic.
Now that the Liberal Party has installed “the best
men in office” ... we think it appropriate that they
should remove those ragged, old campaign streamers
from the front of Alamance and over the colonnades.
Characteristic of the American people is that qual
ity which allows them to disregard any kind of pre-
"ventive measures and to stave off preparations for the
inevitable until the anticipated becomes the actuality.
And get away with it! Exams commence within the
next four days, and some of us have an entire quarter
of studying to do in those ninety-six hours. Can we
do it? Of course we can; this is no different from any
other quarter!
When we return to the campus next Fall, there
will be vacancies wherever we look. They will be hard
to fill; for, among the seniors who are citeating them,
are some exceptional ones who will not be easily re
placed. We wish them all the best of everything.
Goodbye friends, and good luck!
LITTLE UN3
LITTLE
W'’
All these months since Little Wup began column
writing she has thought of what she^ would say as a
farewell and how happy she would be to say it, but
now that the day is here nothing seems fitting. Ev
erything begins okay but ends like the conversation of
a departing guest who drawls his go6dbye and then
steps into a closet.
This column never pleased anybody anyway unless
maybe my mother (who never understood it) and
Calvin “Publicity Hound” Miilam (who loved the free
ads), though it should have pleased many because
everybody knew how to write it.
To our successors, Betty Hill and “Teddy Bear”
Parker, we should like to say what the girl said to the
guy who kept putting his hand farther down the back
of her strapless evening dress: “Keep it up!”; to John
“The New” Watson and A1 “The Old” Burlingame we
v/ant to say thanks, and to many authors of joke books
we want you to know that this column should really
begin and end with quotation marks.
We would like to say some famous last words but
it seems that none are forthcoming and the only good
farewell we can think of is the one used by a negro
preacher in a small southern church with a particular
ly wayward congregation. After many months of futile
attempts to convert his sheep, the old parson finally
accepted a call to another church and he finished his
farewell sermon with these words: “Dear brothers and
sisters, I can’t think of words to eJcpress my thoughts
at this time, but I ask yo’, piease, as I walks out o’
here fo’ the las’ time, note the mistle toe pinned to
the bottom of my coat tail.”
(^Wwlhm SDuqmtA
In tossing out bouquets, and we are rather selfish
with them, it seems fitting that we bestow this week’s
upon our graduating ex-staff members. Leaving us
this year are three well known and well liked young
ladies: Miss Mary Baxley Coxe, Miss Dale Hensley,
and Miss Verdalee Gray Norris.
Miss Mary Coxe, who for the past two years has
been connected with the Maroon and Gold, is from
Wagram, N. C., and during the current year rendered
invaluable service as the assistant business manager
For her charming little smile alone, we give Miss Coxe
a bunch of daffodils and for her service to the school
and to the M&G we give her an acre of roses.
To Miss Dale Hensley we say goodbye and thanks
‘for the good column. It has been a pleasure seeing
you around. For the efforts you expended toward
being nice and giving everyone a friendly salutation
We present you with many gardenias and hope you will
always wear one in your hair.
The “Little Wun,” as you have probably seen, says
“goodbye” in this issue. We .have enjoyed reading
“Little Bits” and for the pleasure derived therefrom
we are profoundly grateful. Miss Norris hias the
ability to write as she talks and we like the way she
talks. For versatility, ,\vit, and pleasing personality
we dole out a bunch i)f. farnations, and for a farewell a
wreath of .lilacs.
The roses on the tennis-court, wall, usually bloom
in a bank of beauty that is breath-taking, long about
coniin'^cement time. We'll ask you to choose your
own when they’re out. Or—to do a better thing, to let
them stay on the vine to fulfill nature’s purpose in the
creation of their beauty and fragrance.
Nowhere in the world do roses and wisteria grow
more profusely than in Carolina. The Maroon and
Gold, generous as ever, makes its last bow this yepr
and tosses the whole realm of natural beauty to all
those who know how to appreciate, and to protect it.
That, we hope, means all of us. This time, then,
we give the bouquet to ourselves.
SNIP
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— "tile keyhole accourft
OT campus everrts....
Another school year is almost over and with it
comes relief, for a while at least, from the rigors of
gossip hunting. Believe it or not, the task of gather
ing the latest news around campus is a hard one . . .
Contrary to what some authorities maintain about peo
ple liking to talk about themselves, it seems that Elon’s
students, for the most part, are reluctant to say
anything about themelves or about their neighbors.
When we ask anyone what they did on the week-end
visit or some excursion they may have taken, they re
fuse to divulge . . . Could they have done anything
that bad? hmmm . . . Even our roorrt-mate has become
reluctant to express an opinion for fear it will hit the
front page. Such are the tribulations of an erstwhile
gossip reporter.
Overheard two men talking the other day. It
seemed they had been stationed in Iceland during the
last war. and one was trying to out-boast the other;
“It was so cold where we were, that the candle froze
and we couldn’t blow it out.” The retort courteous,
“That’s nothing! Where we were the words came out in
ice cubes and we had to fry them to learn what we
were saying.”
Speaking of a last request (which we aren’t), Hilda
Roberts confided the other day that she wished her
name wo\ild appear in the paper before she graduated.
Here it is Hilda . . . Satisfied?
Scenes ’rff the week: Frances Gravitt and Mary
Hope Smith leaning but of the window trying to hear
that car horn blow . . . Janice Frazier’s left nylon sail
ing down Haw River . . . “Kittycar” Bolwell’s new pa
jamas . . . Ruth Bain looking like a million dollars at
the student dance . . . Ditto numerous others. The
mythical man seen wandering through West dorm halls
in the wee hours of the morn. Was he mythical?
How did he get in? Mary Lou Silva singing “Connecti
cut is the place for me,” as she breathlessly waits for
Donald’s letters.
The inside dope: Ann Griffin’s brother took twelve
couples over to Greensboro’s “Battleground” for a Sun
day afternoon picnic. It was a great success, we hear
. . ditto the choir picnic on the same afternoon. John
Williams spent last weekend at Virgilina Beach . . .
The autumn carnival to distant places gains mo
mentum -with each week. Tom Fulghum will enter
the Grady School of Journalism at the University of
Georgia, Pat Patterson and A1 Gravette to the Uni
versity of Richmond. Julian Forlines has hopes of
going to Congress.
Summer vacation is only a few days away . . . big
plans for gala times brewing all over . . . Weddings,
house-parties, beSch-parties, and some brave souls will
spend an exciting summer in school. See you in three
months. In the meantime be smooth, be svelt, be
seen, and you too may make Snip and Snoop.
(Ed Note: God forbid!”
Posd'A ^obumn
GREEN SPRING
Green the Spring’s sweet
Fields and hills,
Greener still the com;
But the greenest thing
For man to see—
A green-eyed-woman’s scorn.
The earth breaks forth
As damsels step
Arrayed in new attire;
Then man must stop.
And oft must turn.
All nature to admire.
However, friend, you must not turn,
As oft as you may like.
For that is when you need shall leam
How two green eyes may strike.
So leave me fr^e.
And let ma play
In Spring-time, all alone;
Rather this, than suffer from
A green-eyed woman’s scorn.
—^Anonymous.
CoUsujs diumoji Science In The News
Politician: “A renegade is a man who leaves our
party and goes to the other one.”
Young hopeful: “Well then, what is a man who
leaves his party and comes to ours?”
Politisian: “A convert, my boy.”
* * * * +
After a difference of opinion with the judge, the
lawyer turned his back on the court.
“Are you trying to show your contempt for the
court?” the judge demanded.
“No indeed,” was the attorney’s reply. “I’m try
ing to conceal it.”
*****
“Sweetheart,” murmured the old-fashioned youth,
“may I kiss your hand?”
“O. K., if that’s your idea of yum-yum,” yawned
the coed. “But don’t scorch your schnozzola on my
cigarette.”
*****
Scottish football yell: “Get that quarter-back!”
*****
Mama: “I see that a woman has been awarded
$2,000 for the loss of a thumb. I didn’t think ai thumb
was as valuable as that.”
, Papa: “Perhaps it was the one she kept her hus
band under.”
By BILL STAFFORD
In New York, one epidemic of smallpox has cost
approximately one million dollars. The million dol
lar case was brought into the city from abroad. Many
persons were exposed to the germs before their exist-
ance in the area was known. The reason for the high
cost however was the executive preventive measures
taken to stop spread of the disease. HaK a million or
more persons have beeh vaccinated.
Penicillin is helping the lame to walk again—that
is, if their lameness was caused by chronic germ in
fection of the bone. When a bone operation is planned,
penicillin is given to the patient several days before
the operation; then all infected bone is removed and
penicillin is administered again and treatment repeated
until the bones are healed.
Green plants still monopolize the secret of using
sunlight to change carbon-dioxide and water into food;
but scientists are now utilizing compounds to turn pe
troleum into synthetic rubber.
If a new jet tenderizing process invented by V.
L. Tichy of Cleveland, Ohio, comes into general use,
we will not have to worry about tough meats. Mr.
Tichy’s process takes advantage of a long-known fact
that a needle-fine jet of liquid at a very high pressure
will penetrate flesh to a considerable depth. This
process will make tough meat tender.
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By George Parker
With the advent of tropical weather, all the Elon-
ites, except a few younger, more exuberant souls,
have acquired the inevitable lassitude. To the utter
delight of our professors, we struggle into classes at
ijfljbrvals from five to twenty minutes after the sum
mons, yawn, and do our utmost to fight off sleep. After
learning approximately nothing, we rush with all the
speed of an injured snail to the nearest comfortable
spot and either fall asleep immediately or stare blind
ly into space. The only expending of energy seen late
ly is that of the veteran as he turns away from his
empty mailbox and curses violently with much wailing
and gnashing of teeth;
The past weekend had all the earmarks of a minor
aepression. More toffee and doughnuts were con
sumed than milkshakes and hamburgers and those who
had funds suddenly became bosom buddies of those
who had not. We have reached, in these few barren
days, the conclusion that money is a very convenient
thing to have.
Our social season is in full swing and the question,
of the day is: “Have you got a tux?”' Splurging has
become common practice, the florist does a flourishing;
t}'ade, and "He that steals my purse steals trash—”
(The Bard). Ah, well, can we censure the . free-spend-
fei'S? it is this sage’s philosophy that money is made'
to be spent and you can take it witl^ you. (Editor’s
Note:—"How true!”)
The green pastures of the Bull Durhapi were in-'
vaded by the Sigma Phi’s last week-end. I’ve beert ,
told that a few stayed over expecting good jobs when,
they start rebuilding the Washington Duke Hotel.
From all reports, a huge time was had by all and Miss
Norris, parodying Miss Stein, quotes; “An orchid, is
an orchid is an orchid ...”
And the May Day show, a delightful spectacle,
thanks to the genius and perseverance of Miss Whick-
ei, was stolen oy the loo"k of unconcern and disdain
for things worldly on the faces of the Queen’s train-
carriers. Your correspondent woilld probably have
disrupted the proceedings by howling with glee had
he not choked on his oversized fist.
This is the last issue of the Maroon and Gold for
the school year ending the twenty-fourth day of May,
Nineteen Hundred and Forty-seven. Just think, you,
unenlightened people—it will be nearly four long;
months before you may again read this column. I
am so sorry for you.
As we again close the creaking door, your host
emits a fiendish marrow-chilling cackle and utters one
ghoulsh word as you blanch with horror . . . “Exam
inations! Heh! Heh Heh!”
CAMPUS ARBORS
The Maroon and Gold staff, eagle eye on every
thing, thinks that it may have observed something that
others have missed. Ted Parker daily (or nightly)
bumps his noggin on the most Western of the campus
arbors.
As a matter of fact, major repairs on all the cam
pus arbors are in order. When London Bridge was
falling down, we didn’t feel the need to come up with
an editorial. But when Parker bumps his noggin, we
move for action for the good of Elon democracy
and for campus beauty.