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PAGE TWO maroon and gold Wednesday, May 19, 1948 Maroon and Gold Edited and printed by students of Elon College. Entered as second class matter at the Post Offire at Elon College N. C.. under the act of March 8 1879. E>e livered by mail, $1.50 the college year, 50 cents the quarter. EDITORIAL BOARD Managing Editor .... Hal McDiarmid Sports Editor Rocco Sileo Ass’t Sports Editor .... George Stanley Fraternities Lewis Lawrence Society Editor Allene Stallings Day Student Editor Max Storey BUSINESS BOARD Business Manager Evelyn Moore Circulation Manager ....MarthaVeazey Adviser r. l Dunlap Photographer Ed Moss Printer Jennings Berry Pressman Worth Womble COLUMNISTS Ted Parker Jackie Gaskins REPORTBJlS Ed Nash, Phil Gearing, Meir Gabbay John Gilliam, Evelyn McNeil Campus Citizenship It might well be said that the act ions of a student in college are a fut uristic mirror which prophetically re flects the coming years when that person has adjusted himself in a community and to community life. If the student has progressed in worthy interests while at college in always seizing opportunities to better campus life for all and beginning the practice of good citizenship, he is, for the most part, forming patterns that will carry throughout his life. The college offers better than any other situation a formative period for creating the fuller life. Nevertheless, many pass through four years of high er learning without adding to or part icipating in activities which might add to their growth or to the betterment of the school. Participation in student government and voting is not the least of these. In an issue of the Maroon and Gold of 1937, a plea was made in an edi torial for more interest in student government. What we might be ex periencing today in the lack of this interest: therefore, it is nothing new, but rather a continuance of that sit uation which has existed not only here but in other schools. This regret fully carries over into local and nat ional government. We should never utter one word of dissent or of disap proval if we had no part in electing the discussed candidate for the office or took no personal interest in the affairs of local and national govern ment. Last week, a local newspaper asked a representative group of the city’s population questions concerning their precincts. Each person was asked if he knew the meeting iplace and date of the next precinct meeting, if he knew the name of the precinct chair man and if expected to attend the next precinct meeting. You probably enow the answers and final results. )nly 33 percent had ever attended a precinct meeting, 20 percent knew the late of the next meeting, and 18 per- ent of the entire group were all that 'ould name the precinct chairmen Vmple information had been made ivailable to the citizens about the 'ate of the precinct meetings thi? nonth. Here in the precinct are thr lUclei of democracy for the voice o^ -he people is transmitted through loc- il and national levels in selectinr delegates for conventions which will nominate a candidate for the presi- 1ency. They also serve in other ini- ■oortant capacities. When a persor "Joes not participate in government he is making it easier for the “pro fessional politician” to work for self- •nterests. Giving attention to the functions of government will in turr oroduce a better government and more capable politicians. While you are at Elon, make you^^ contribution to student government Rnd activities which deserve your ottention. You will surely take with with you in later years the habits being formed today. Every voice and every individual’s ability is needed 50 that we may begin to have a great er semblance of democracy in action on the campus. What does your fut uristic mirror show? —Baxter Twiddy Letters to the Edstor Dear Editor: Evidenced in the final dance of the school year was the fact that a large number of the students failed to at tend. If we attempt to analyze why only a few students made their ap pearance, we could find the primary reason in the student handbook Contained therin are the following statements: "... and no person who is not enrolled as a student in the College, other than the wife or hus band of an enrolled veteran, shall be permitted to dance on the caimpus.” In other words, no alumni, futurp students, or guests of current stu dents are allowed to participate in the dances. Surely if the students cannot invite a boy or girl to the campus on the few week-ends wher dances are held, dating a preferred guest, they will not be inclined to at tend the campus dances. Instead, they will carry out their dancing at places which are not as conducive to the bet ter moral and social atrno.onhe''«* that of Elon. The above rule has been set down by the Board of Trustees. The Board is meeting on this campus on May 24th and the ruling could be easily changed—provided that a represen tative of the Student Body appeared before them. The Board members are interested in the viewpoints of the students. If they fail to agree with the students, their reasons should be log ical and should be shared with the student body. How about it, Mr. Edwards and Mr. Kernodle? You are the acting presi dent and future president of the Stu dent Body. Why not request a hear ing before the Board and attempt to have this ruling changed? The time could not be more opportune. Thank you, Robert Wooldridge ^ainting Is Avocation Of Mary Walker MARY WALKER By Mable Lassiter To some people, painting means combining colors or contrasting lines, but for Miss Mary Walker, Director of Religious Education at Elon Col lege Community Church, it holds deeper truths in its sense of value- Miss Walker, whose home is in Brown Summit, N. C., inherits her ^'ilfnt from a family gifted with paint- Mia and sketching. “I really don't remember when J first began my childish scrawling,” she said softly, her eyes smiling, “but 1 do know that I’ve always wanted to oaint!” It was not until a few years later, when she was enrolled at Elon Col lege, that her desire to paint brought recognition. As a student of Miss Lila Newman, in 1941. the young artist won two first place honors with her °ntries in a state-wide art exhibit. In the watercolor division her portrait of a Japanese friend was featured, while her winning charcoal sketch portrayed a colored boy with his typ ical racial characteristics in every line. With portraits her special field in art. Miss Walker had an intense de sire to represent the character and strength of people she met, and under her touch, the canvas became alive with color and movement, strength and drama. Because she has been able to equallv master color and power of conception, her execution of num erous paintings makes truth live through the reality of her subjects Alaska beckoned to Miss Walker after graduation, and from 194? through the spring of 1947, she taught in junior high school at Ketch ikan, which she declares is a wonder ful place to live in a moderate cli mate. “My desire to go there was kindled when I was teaching American geog raphy in grammar school. I was sure they never told the true beauty of Alaska—so I wanted to see for my self!” COURSES LISTED FOR SUMMER TERMS (Continued from page one) faculty include Miss Lila Newman, Prof. Paul Reddish, Mrs. Bessie Wall- droff, Prof. George Johnson, Dr.Stuart Deskins, Dr. James Howell, Prof. J.W. Barney, Mrs. Pearl McDonald, Dr. R. M. Haff, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Sloan, Prof. Albert Coble, Dr. Ferris Reynolds, Dr. D_ J. Bowden, Prof. J. L. Pierce, and Miss Lucy Neblett, on leave from Meredith College. Campus news will be presented through the “Elon Chanticleer,’’ a mimeographed newspaper, which is is sued weekly throughout the two> ses sions. Although no organized athletics are sponsored, students have the oppor tunity to participate in outdoor sports, including softball, tennis, horseshoes, shuffle board and bow'ling. ITiie out door bowling alleys, recently con structed, have proven very popular, tournaments may be organized in any or all of the above sports. "E” MEN ELECT OFFICERS The “E” Men's Club met on Thurs day May 6 for the purpose of electing officers for next year. Claude Manzi was elected to succeed Fred Hoffman as president. The other offices filled were Vice President, John Zurlis; Treasurer, Luther Reese; Secretary, George Stanley; Sergeant-at-Arms lerry J3omenick. An artist is never really separated from his work; so when Mary Walker flew from Seattle to Alaska, tucked in her belongings was her art equip ment. Up until this time, she had done only portraits and a little china painting, but so impressive in its pict uresque beauty was the Alaskan land scape that she felt an urge to record the scenes on caftvas. Those months in Ketchikan with such cooperative people were wond erful for the young adventurer, and countless inspirational scenes pre sented themselves before her. She caught the passing moods of harmon ious arrangement in the wild beauty and gave them a touch of tone and quality. Since then, her brush has giv en birth to scenes of surprising ability with expressions suited to its pur pose. The public drinks the still beauty of Miss Walker's mastered art, which she undertook to satisfy a longing in her heart. The study of painting a- v/akened in her an understanding for good art enriching the individual life- an aippreciation for the play of light and shadow in a woodland scene, the colors of frenzied waves of a sea scape sketch, the strong character in a human face. Choosing a wide range of subjects, Mary Walker has witness ed her talent’s interpretation of things close at hand as well as the v/ild, rare beauty of distant landscape. Her favorite picture is “Mud-Bight,” which shows an Alaskan community house with towering totem poles ar ranged by the artistic carving of nat ive Indians. And her advice to the student just realizing an ambition is simple—“If you are sure you possess a talent, do something about it by cultivating and training it into something useful and beautiful. Personal ambitions mean more to the individual than all good wishes of his friends!”
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