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maroon and gold
Monday, April 5, 1948
Maroon and
Gold
human? • 1 • I
About the position; the salary is T|.||A1|
small, but not negligible in so far as
tlie Icnowledge to be gained is con
cerned. One will learn much from
the experience and, too. one gains
I innumerable contacts by meeting
those who come around to complain
In addition to knowledge of a journ-
Edited and printed by students of j alistic nature, there is much to be
Elon College. learned about mechanics. You see. the
machinery provides ample opportun-
Entered as second class matter at ^ machinist to ply his trade ol
the Post Offire at Elon College N. c., hia'«mering, pharmg., and screwing,
under the act of March 8 1879. De- Honestly, the job isn t too bad. You
livered by mail, $1.50 the College! get a whole page to
year, $50 the quarter.
and T'ainf
Travesfy Necessarily So
By Ted Parker
By Jackie Gaskins
After a big Easter vacation (week-
I end, that is) on Elon campus, peace
yearbook and have spmething to ’ go
1 "in that space by your name at the end
I of the year.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor - in - Chief John Watson
Managing Editor .... Hal McDiarmid
Sports Editor Ed Mulford
Assistant Sports Editor.. Rocco Sileo |
Fraternities Lewis Lawrence
Society Editor Allene Stallings
Day Student Editor Max Storey become a neglected spot with deplor
able living conditions evident Ic^
BUSINESS BOARD before one has arrived at the scene
. -r, , During the winter months the road?
Business Manager Evelyn Moore practically impassable al
1 over, and in places they were utterly
Tritely, perhaps, we begin this week
in hoping that all had a most delight- • , . . . . ,,,, .
^ j t *1, and quiet again reign supreme. What
ful Easter and that the traditional ! ^ ° , *u-
, is there that could disturb this peace-
bunny laid manv eggs upon you. Some , ,
„ ■ j *1, ful reign but a little noise and excite-
few of us remained on the site during , . , , * .
, , ,. ... , „ ment? There is always plenty of the
the past festivities, and a number of L. . .
us even had the unmitigated gall to ^^st but none of the ^tter^ Affairs
sneak shamefacedly into church for j ‘his could lejid to^an un^
the first time in twelve months. How
er the chance to indulge in gross
aziness without interruption was wel-
omed by all.
In the grill for our evening posset.
On Vets’ Hoiisirg
The veterans’ bousing project ha?
Circulation Manager ....MarthaVeazey
Now that summer is in the offing
one is able to visualize a better road
Photographer Ed Moss
wTv!"w®^K7hvstem, but the open sewage lines
Womblel^^ noticeable to two of the senses
would suggest that summertime will
bring a host of flies and mosquitoes
Jackie Gaskins 1 carry the germs of the village to
['every household. This is the largest
COLUMNISTS
Ted Parker
REPORTFaiS
Ed Nash, Phil Gearing, Meir Gabbay
John Gilliam, Evelyn McNeil
Hits or Errors?
of the faults. Should an acute case ol
some physical ailment arise, there i
only one telephone in the village, and
should the occupants of the apartmeni
wherein the phone is located be out
for the evening, there would be no
[ phone available to the 66 families
The veterans living in the vill-iet
are not trying to get the impossible
neither are they after what they do
Elon Students, faculty, and fans I not deserve or something which ha:
vere the propagators of ill feeling be- not been promised them. Rumor ha;
tween this school and our North State it that some Tsrovision has been made
basketball rivals this past season. The to take care of their discomforts, but
c.uestion is whether or not this agita-1 it sems that some of the work has beer
tion will be carried over to our base- niisdircted. The cinders hauled froir
ball and tennis opponents. the power house to fill in the holes in
During the entire basketball season village roads have been dumped
've booed and jeered at the opposing almost entirely in one spot leading
players and coaches, to say nothing to a section benefitting a minimum
of the officials calling the game. At of apartments. This is not a desirable
one time, it was necessary for the cap- situation.
tain of the Maroon and Gold to call
lor quiet while a visitor completed
his foul shooting. For the most part
The prospect of labor to remedy
the curable sore spots is not too bad
since several of the married vets have
the teams we played had the right to openly expressed their willingness to
label us the worst sportsmen in the assist in any project aimed at the im
life. Oh, well, there are only a few
of us that are balanced anyhow; so
it doesn’t make much difference.
The outward appearance of the cam
pus Easter weekend would have led
. noticed “Hink” Ward rearranging many people to believe that not a
he haberdashery of Floyd Boyce. Tell- creature was stirring within these an-
ng Floyd that he would show him tique walls. That is a wrong assumP-
low a real jitterbug dresses,. “Hink” «on, and just to prove that some of
hipped Floyd’s bright yellow tie the students were amusing themsel-
rom around his neck and passed it ves quite fully. I’ve found a few scraps
through the belt loops in place of of gossip hither and yon which Id
he belt which he had previously re-jlil^e to relay to you.
moved. Having tied the cravat around That beautiful red and white ve-
lovd’s middle, he proceeded to loop hide, which some refer to as a car,
he belt around his neck and tie a|"'a® the source of amusement -or
Windsor knot in it. Having accomp-1 ^®tty Benton. Doris Cannon. Ida Mae
ished his rearrangements, “Hink,”Intone, Jackie Royals, and Jeanne Pit-
being somewhat an exhibitionist jnian. It seems that three of our most
loudly called everyone’s attention tel Prominent gentlemen gave these ga s
his handiwork, while his victim I ^ thrill by taking them on an excur-
squirmed in embarrassment. N^on Saturday. It must have been a
If you have been temporarily blind trip, for all the girls were re-
tor the past few days, now is the time turned in a living condition. Oh. you
to call your attention to Delmar want to know who these fine gentle-
P.rown’s blushing nose. Truly a joyl™®n were? Well, they were none
to behold, it strikes the eye with the 1 other than Jack Burch, John Taj or,
impact imparted by a lone red rosel^^d Floyd Boyce. Take a bow, oys
on a sheet of white satin. Asked why jthat was a compliment I just pai
he didn't wear a hat while in the sun ^ collect later,
he avowed that he did, but it was I Many of the gals on camn”
insufficient. We have noticed that I ^
lately he has been wearing a baseball iPi’etty bouquets of posies. Just ^
cap with an extra long bill to match many who were appropna e y
the extraordinary length of his snout I garlanded for the Easter parade '\ere.
What a beak! Blanche Coghill, whose source of such
Engrossed in conversation with the I ® pretty white orchid must have been
astute Lewis Lawrence, we happened ^®lton Harper; Helen Gunter, whose
to mention, in passing, a little known I “one and only,” Delmos, played Ea»-
but extremely witty comic strip now I ter bunny; and, naturally, Jean Abel,
to be sen in some of the weekly jour-1 and if you don t know who gave the
rials. It recounts the adventures of a flowers to her, I ain’t going to tell j a.
?roup of subtly hilarious Mexicans, Seems that the boys weren t as broke
conference.
Another season of sports has arri
ved, and we have the opportunity to
redeem ourselves somewhat, and show
that w’e are capable of being as true
sportsmen as the next student body
Let us provide encouragement to our
team rather than discouragement to
our guests. The op*portunity is here.
Will we repeat an error, or will we
make a clean hit?
—Robert Wooldridge
Editorial Notice
The editor would urge someone to
spply for the editorship of this publi
cation as soon as possiible. The time
is nigh when the voting takes place,
and as yet there are no applications.
It is dioturbing, to say the least, since
the job has lost its allure to one who
provement of the community as a
whole.
Spanish Club
Adopts New
Constitution
•At the meeting of the Spanish Club,
Tuesday, March 30, the members pres
ent adopted the new constitution
which had been drawn up. A special
committee under the chairmanship of
Edna Falwell, was responsible for the
drafting of the document. It is felt
that the work of the club will be more
effective under this constitution.
Mrs. W. W. Sloan and Miss Frances
Muldrow are sponsors of the club this
has been too long with it to derive year.
further pleasure therefrom, or to J “Venezuela Moves Ahead,” a sound
make worthwhile contribution there
to. Won’t you aspiring young journ
alists come to the rescue of a brothei
film in color, will be presented by the
club tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at
6:30. The public i§ invited,
composed of a very fat “Uncle Gordo”
“Pepe," and a number of others,
along with their assorted animals,
among which are “Dog” and "Peeg.”
who have the power of making-them
selves understood to the reader. We
described one episode we had seen in
the comics which had to do with the
cooking of “beans weeth cheese,” the
burying of same for the purposes of
security, and the robbing thereof by
“Dog” and “Peeg,” with assorted dia
logue. For some obscure ,reason
Lewis, with his perverted sense of
humor, found this extremely hilar
ious and laughed uproariously for
some time while we looked on in
'^maz^ment. Henceforth, we shall take
all of our shaggy dog stories to Lewis-
-how can we go wrong?
Note to the girls:
Hear ye! Hear ye! By the authority
vested herein by the Grand Gizmo,
w’e do hereby 'proclaim that Charles
Stanley Hollander is on the loose
again. This is to give fair warning to
all interested. Set your snares, my
lovlies, he’s fair game.
We welcomed back to the campus
last weekend two of our outstanding coming elections such as we had on
alumni, Craig Wigington and Joe campus last year. Phil, happiest when
Tomanchek. They seemd loath to in hot debate, was looking forward to
leave, for we saw much of them dur- much verbal combat this year, but it
*ng the week. Happy leave to you, seems that leadership is lacking in
lads. Make these visits more often, establishing another faction in cam-
Well, Lacy, how’s TRICKS? i pus politics.
Phil Gearing is bemoaning the ab-1 “Do you think I spoke of COUUtry
sence of a Liberal party in the forth- matters?”-Hanilet;
as the gals thought they were.
There’s a little bit of infprmation
we’d like to get from Virginia Rebeck.
We all know that Virginia is a 'Won
derful state (that's a plug for Virginia)
but what did you find there that took
you home on Thursday and on Mon
day still had not let you return? Come
on, Virginia, give wdth the answers.
At some time during our stay at
Elon, we have all probably brought
something back with us, but Helen
King has topped us all by bringing
her little sister back. Like to welcome
you to Elon, Lynda, and hope you
have a very pleasant visit. We also
have a big sister—little sister relation
ship in Ladies’ Hall. Joan Pla is visit
ing Jinny this W'eek. Havn't had any
family feuds as yet, either. All goes to
prove that sisters can live together
(for a short time) w'ithout fussing.
It seems that Hazel Britt and John
Henley have gotten Halloween and
Easter a little confused. They were
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