SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 1947 MAROON atld GOLD
Maroon and Gold
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EDITORIAL BOARD
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Managing Editor Hal McDiarmid
Sports Editor Ed Mulford
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Drama and Music Critic Ed Moss
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Society Editor Allene Stallings
Day Student Editor Max Storey
Librarian Worth Womble
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GOSSIP
Meandering about the campus is a splendid way to
get in on the “know”. During one’s treks, however, he
should be very miniful of the pitfalls of society and
v/atchful lest he become involved in an unprofitable
incident. There are many ways to become ensnared in
the unpleasantries of college life.
. Gossipcan, and often does, determine the esteem
in which a student is held on the campus. Gossip is a
good means of transmitting the latest news; it is a good
institution and should be preserved for the good of a
free people, but it can also be the cause of much agony.
Oftentimes a rumor without any authenticity whatso
ever will be passed along anci enlarged upon until some
innocent person becomes a scapegoat. Instances are on
record to show that such libel has caused students to
drop out of schools and return to their homes in dis-
£1 ace. This is not to infer that all gossip is libel, but,
that idle conversations should be handled carefully
and the emphasis placed on the right syllable.
Envy has a tremendous place in our lives. Few have
attained maturity without having experienced a smat
tering of jealously. It is a potent adjective in course of
Oi amary conversation, it is abie to turn favorable
criticism into a biting piece of slander.
Evxaggeration has it’s charm; it frequently is the
Jiiakihg ol a dull narrative into a rather fast moving
story, vmen a reputation is concerned caution should
be employed rather than exaggeration. The tongue has
been our great weakness in the past. We could, if so
tuiii our coiiveisaiion to good advantage by
niui.i.iiiUig the deriogatoiy and exaggerating the good.
.\fter all, why should we iiarm anyone? Even though
v,e tell the truth without any personal feeling what-
sof v. i, if it haims another, how does it profit us? In
no way aiia, too, it niay prove extremely embarras-
o, —a ;.aouiu me right party recieve the information
there is the possibility of mayhem.
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’^>10 "’arron a.'^d Gri,i ,;ssentiaHy a student publi
cation. Because it belongs to you it is your privilege
to criticize any materi.Mi or opinions published therein.
Please feel free to write a letter to the editor, who will
include the letter in conjunction with an answer in
this column. Should the author desire to have his let
ter printed anonymously, he must so state, but no letter
leceived unsigned will receive consideration. The edi
tor, being but a humble soul, will not feel in any way
obligated to explain policies employed by the adminis
tration, nor does he wax pedantic enough to promise
an aiiiwer to every question. However, an effort will
be made.
BY AMY CAMPBELL
Howdy chilluns! Are you ready for some more back
fence chitchat? We really shouldn't tell you a thing,
because you are keeping most of youf more startling
actiT.ties secret. Just what are you doing? Don't tell
me that you are too busy studying to get into trouble
methinks that your professors and hall proctors know-
better.
Two great big pink balloons to Coach Causey aHd
Claude Comer. They were iniated into the Noble Order
of Fatherhood last month and we hear that the infants
are the most wondeiful ever born. Guess who told us
that!
At first we thought that Helen Hayes was at Elon,
but we SGon foUiici out that it was Helen King trying
out for the Elon Radio Players. Just wait until you bear
that gal speak.
Helen Hayes may not be at Elon, but we have been
invaded. The most horrible fiend imaginable has hit
our lively i;ampus. Chuck Lentz, puleese, in the in
terests of humanity, throw away that cigar!
Are yeu bothered by little children or mice? If so, why
not cousult Elon’s Pied Piper, Jane Dougherty? She
and her Shepherd s Pipe make such wonderful music
together
Will some kind soul please .enlighten “Gihny” Pla
and Gwen Newton as to the round trip fare to New
York? One round trip on that night train will cure
any and ail homesickness. TaKe it irom one wiio knows.
Amos and Andy have nothing n one, James Mob
ley. Genilemen, be seatea: yassuni!
It happens every year and this is no exception. Three
of Ladies Hall’s freshmen decided to take up smoking
Mildred Sharpe looked nonchalant, Louise Mansineld
loolted very unhappy, ana Uachel iieaclium expressed
the feeing of them all when sne gasped,“l don t think
I'll take it up as a habit.” For your information their
faces have finally lost that green nue.
Conversation overheard in a Spanish Class;
Mrs. Sloan; Senir Newton, which part would you like
to play in Spanish play that we are
going to give?
“Fig” Newton: 1 will take the part of Siesta.
BobDy Hams of the Fighting Christians looks right
good with that “44” on liis oacK and petite Mary Brown
on his arm. 'S'ou can certainly pick your numbers. Rob-
fci'L.
We of the outside world are wondering how the
footuali team liKes its trainii.g lauie. xou ''Uacneior
lioi'S' go rigijx 0£i eauiig our VVheaties and show the
world that Elon has what it takes. We’re behind you
all the way.
“Jan” Frazier is going to graduate if its the last
thing she does. She nas gone as tar as to get a job tor
Dean Bowaen. No douDt Carolyn Thompson and Jean
Meredith help her to make office woik fun. Just for
laugns, stop in me oftice some afternoon and watcn
the trio trying to find the “v” on the typewruer witn
the blanked-out keys. Never a dull moment.
Did you all have a big time at the dance last week
end? A tremendous thank-you to Sigma Phi’s and the
Delta U’s for playing host and hostess.
We leave you now, but please don’t be too good or
there won’t be any more column. You can tell us any
and everthing that is going on, because, even if we
Ijrint it, it ain’t necessarily so.
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AN OBLIGATION
The party held in the gymnasium Saturday night,
was a success. There will be many more we hope, and
soon! It is the desire of all social organizations on
campus, to contribute the entertainment of the student
body as a whole. We sincerly hope that they wiH be
able to carry on work of this kind, but without the
aid of the student body it can not be accomplished.
There is the element of expence whioh is largely footed
by the organizations sponsoring the entertainment,
but the student activity fees assist in the purchase of
such equipment as records, flowers, card tables, ect.,
which are used at all social functions. If you have not
discharged your obligation in this direction please
do so at your earliest convenience.
jw qBod
BY BETTY HILL
CONNIE CONSIDERS LONG SKIRTS:
Not long ago a member of the opposite sex approac
hed us and said maliciously,“More women than men
prefer short skirts.” Then he slunk away to ob
serve the length of all the skirts in sight and to feast
his eyes on the dimples on various knees.
Now, methinks,this highly controversal subject is
occupying the minds of otherwise sane people too much
it benefits society little, except of course, that the ladies
of the notorious bridge table clique cas wear out their
grievances in bitter tirades pro anu con.
Must women conform to the, standards established
by the fashion leaders and designers? Certainly not;
The individual makes her own fashion rules if she is
v.ise. It is very doubtful that her best friend will
snub her if her skirt measures sixteen inches from the
ground instead of the regulation fourteen inches, it
is doubtful, also, that her favorite man will, in the
same circumstance, say cooley and scornfully, “Pardon
me, Susie, but your legs are showing,”
GENERAL OPINIONS
A lot of women : “If you have beautiful legs,
why hide them?”
More women: “Why do we have to do what
Paris fashion leaders tell us to do?”
They don’t but they haven’t realized it yet.
The minority of women don’t say anything. They
depend largely on charm, not legs. They ignore the
'A hole situation or view it objectively — there are some
women who can view things objectively and wear
v'hat they like, usually something extremely becoming
and tasteful.
We have seen the most amusing pictures of various
vvomen peering into closets crowded with short skirts.
Close to tears, we are told, these slaves to fashion
sigh and start to throw things through the windows
Nuts!!
However, there is something to be said for the leg
supporters (no pun intended) versus “charm” sup
porters. A woman can be charming at sixty, but not
Elwa,vs leggy,. But, regardless of arguments, riotous
discussion and so on, it is safe to assume, we think,
that nearly every woman will wear short skirts or long
according to the views of the man, or men, in her life,
CONNIE CONTEMNS:
“Kingsblood Royal” by Sinclair Lewis.
Remembering “Dodsworth”, “Arrowsmith”, ‘Main
Street” and others, it is difficult to censure Sinclair
Lewis for the writing of “Kingsblood Royal”. Mr,
Lewis, probably under pressure from the Nobel Prize
committee and the NAACP, wrote a book dealing with
the most frequently discussed of current issues - the
race problem.
He has delivered a very fallacious sermon and called
it a novel. It is painfully obvious from beginning to
end that he knows very little about non-caucasians.
But, then, who knows? Maybe the Tuskegee Institute
will award him an honorary doctorate.
CONNIE CONFERS:
Honors to Samuel Shellabarger for “The Prince of
Foxes”. It combines adventure, love, intrigue, and
glamor most entertainingly.
The finely woven mystery, “The Pattern”, by Mig-
non Eberhart,
The wonderful, wonderful humor in “My Life and
Hard Times”, by Thorne Smith,
If you prefer to read about love, look into almost
any book. The majority, we are told, usually prefer
Kathleen Winsor,
DEAR DIARY:
We went to Chapel Hill for the game Saturday, but
we were glad to get back to security and sane people.
Life sometimes isn’t so lonely,
O
CORN (not liquid either)
Student: Dr, Sloan, about how long to you want the
thesis to be?
Dr Sloan: Well, about like a womens dress
Student: How long is that,* Sir?
Dr. Sloan: As long as necessaiy, but short enough to
be iBteresting.
tudJ'i mtd tiavsAhf
BY T. PARKER
Now that the quest for knowledge has started in
earnest, it seems that you have, every one, settled down
to your books to study diligently every spare moment,
Tibis is evideait from the lack of material to be found
hereabouts for this sort of column. Either the mass
I, Q, has risen or the professors are bearing down as
•ever before. Now, why don’t you come out of your
I'ftle hermitages and do something either stupid
enough or brilliant enough that you might be include#
in this most sought after cofwrnn.
School sciirit seems to be almost non-existent he>"e
at Elon. At the Davidsen game, who attended to sit
on the Elon side made almost as much noise as a
slightly wounded mouse. We realize that not everyone
is able to attend the gatnes away from home, but those
who could do so should at least band together, and
howl as loudly as possible. We hope you have not,
merely because you have reached college age, come to
believe you are too sophisticated to raise your voice
for the glory of Alma Mater. This would, indeed, be
a sorry state of affairs.
“Mink” Ward bounced into a soda shop the other day
carrying a small envelope containing some medicinal
siiiv. ,,..a a tri-ig.U'; d_^>*^asyr. Approaching pne of the
booths, he extracted the tongue depressor as suavely as
an eighteenth-century gallant drawing his rapier. He
shoved the salve-covered piece of wood within an inch
bi i: .11 taylor fa.aa in iiis best bedside manner,
implored John to say “Ah!” John, taken quite aback,
nearly tore out of the back of the booth w'ith his head,
while ”Hink” strolled casually away, chuckling fiend
ishly,
V*^e usually make it a rule not to tear apart the same
people in these lines for two issues in a row, but this
inioiinauon is a oit too goua to Keep, ...liiam .--ays we
should see to it that more people read the Maroon and
Gold.' He says he has already found more than fifty
gi!-is thai did noi lead this column last issue, thereby
not finding out that he is, indeed, Elon’s most attractive
ii
We would like to get acquainted with the character
who, durii'ig the tresnman Initiation, was seen in the
center of Alamarue building, polishing the star with a
toothbrush and a cake of soap. It was right after
supper, and there was quite a crowd circling iiim, mak
ing snide comments. Instead of “blowing his top.” as
would one of less plleimatic nature, he merely kept to
his scrubbing, looking up at the hecklers occasionallly
with a bland stare.. That’s the kind of sportsmanship
W'e like.
iiie weather last week sneaked in a low blow, catch
ing us with out topcoats and raincoats down. There
was a mad rush for town made by some, only to realize
upon arrival that the day was Wednesday when all the
shops close. Some returned to Elon wetter than ever;
some decided to go to Greensboro, and returnee! i.i.-
wettest. Coffee was consumed in huge quanities and
many “E” men took the oportunity to wear their Var
sity sweaters.
We were approached by a few disgruntled souls con
cerning some comments made in this space two weeks
ago. It was intimated that our columnist took a par
tisan veiw on some of the rather trivial issues of the day.
We beJieve, however, that yours truly is one of the very
few hereabouts who has a mind of his own. And fur
ther, be it known that the views expressed herein are
necessarily those of the writer and definitely not those
of any organization or other individual. If you do not
like any comment, or are insulted by an.vthing said
herein, come to visit us at our leisure, and we will talk
it over with a ctip of coffee—if you have the price of
two cups. If you become bL'Jigerent, we shall refer you
to the editor and flee.
We have but one more comment to make;one which
is also accredited to Lewis Carrell—
“All mimsy were the borogoves.
And the mome raths outgrabbe,”
* DO -NOT PRINT +
Dear John: Here, in good time, is my copy. Though
I find it rather inferior to m.y usual work, due, of course
to the limited time of composition, it is, nevertheless
superior to anthing of the type ever composed by any
other person, living or dead.
Thine,
T, PARKER
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THE SIMPLE THINGS ,
Too often we’re blind to simple things;
We’rs busy gaining our earthly goal; '
Their message beyond our clouded eyes
■Vibrates a cord to our inner soul—
The starched white curtains, frilly and gay.
At windows bright and clear; '
The cricket’s call when daylight fades, ,
To bring the peace of nightfall near,
A robin perched on a window sill—
He’s gay though his song’s the same; ^
A frog’s dull croak in a distant pond, t
The pure white glow of a candle’s flame
The simple things are the finer things '
From earth to God's own Heaven above, „
The lesson they give, a noble one;
Creations of God must live by love!
—MABLE LASSITER