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MAROON AND GOLD
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949
Maroon and Gold
Edited and printed by students of Elon
College. Published bi-weekly during the
college year, under the, auspices of the
Board of Publication.
Entered as second class matter at the
Post Office at Elon College, N. C., under
the act of March 8, 1879. Delivered by
mail, $1.50 the college year, $.75 the
semester.
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Campus Editor Jackie Gaskins
Sports Editor Rocco Sileo
Assistant Sports Editor ... George Stanley
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A peddler was traveling along a rural
road one day looking for refuge from the
of tKo noon ou». Aa He roundod a bend
in the road, he spied a dwelling shaded by
large trees which would provide an*ideal
place for refreshment, provided the owner
would extend his hospitality.
He was about to swipg open the gate
when his eyes fell upon an unusual scene.
There in the yard stood two figures engaged
in a contest of wills. Onfe, a donkey, was
braced adamantly against the efforts of the
other, a farmer, to lead him to home ulti
mate destination. As the peddler watched,
the farmer alternately coaxed, entreated,
cajoled, and reviled the beast.
Hoping to be of some asistance, the ped-
ler hailed the farmer and a^ed him what
was wrong with his donkey.
“Do not dignify this miserable beast by
calling him a donkey,” snapped the farmer.
“He is an ass, a veritable jackass.”
Then the farmer went on to say that his
water supply had dwindled, and that he was
using the donkey to replenish it by bring
ing water from a spring.
“This stupid beast simply refuses to fin
ish the trip to the water tank.”
Being a reasonable man, the peddler
asked if the burden of the water wasn t too
much for the beast. Upon learning that the
donkey had carried heavier loads on other
occasions, he suggested that perhaps the
animal wasn’t keen on labor from which he
would receive no benefit.
Thereupon the farmer stated that the
donkey’s own water trough was filled from
the tank that needed the water the beast
■was carrying.
“There is no reasonable objection that
this obstinate creature can have to filling
that tank,” stated the farmer.
“Then I am forced to agree with you,” re
turned the peddler. “This beast Is an ass, a
veritable jackass. You have my sympathies
in having to contend with such an animal.
It is indeed sad to behold a creature that
will not make its contribution to a cause
that will result in its ultimate benefit.”
The Student Body Fund is the resevoir
from which many troughs are filled. Have
you made your remittance? —B. W.
al's alley
By AL GODWIN
Had the pleasure of conducting our first
interview with a celebrity the other night.
The person interviewed was Hume Cronyn,
star of stage and screen.
A few notes we took might interest you.
His appearance at Elon was made just two
weeks after he received the script. It was
his second appearance in the role of “Ham
let.” He is a writer and director. Wrote the
original screen play for “The Rope.” Wife,
Jessica Tandy, now playing lead in “A
Streetcar Named Desire” in N. Y. Daugh
ter, Susan, also on the stage in N. Y. Has
played roles in films, “Brute Force," “Life
boat,” “The Postman Always Rings Twice.”
Seemed to be very enthusiastic about play
ing “Hamlet.” Says that he had wanted
to try the role for a long while. Was nomi
nated to represent Canada in the 1932
Olympics as a boxer. A very congenial and
cooperative person.
Congratulations to the students who went
to the aid of the families living in the
Atkinson house. You are to be commended
for your efforts in saving the personal be
longings of the families.
Maybe the plan now being tried at Brown
U. should be tried in all schools. It seems
that there was too much nervous tension
built up within the undergraduates during
the midyear examinations. They have
called in movie cartoon characters to help
out with the situation. A noontime series
of comic cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny
and other well-known cartoon personalities
has been scheduled in an effort to dissipate
the tension.
Good luck Catawba! We hope that your
efforts to create a better spirit of sports
manship in and among colleges of the North
State Conference are very successful. There
are to be delegates from each school in the
conference at the Catawba meeting to be
held March 19.
It is our belief that the physical educa
tion instructors and the staffs of the col
lege papers could aid the sportsmanship
movements a great deal. The instructors
could work with the cheerleaders (who have
the spirit and morale of the entire student
bodies in their hands at all sports events)
and help them stage stunts during the game
and at half-time. The college papers can
help build morale by featuring the star
players of the visiting team so that the stu
dents will have some particular person
of the visiting team in mind and can watch
that person. The football programs in the
conference are not complete enough and do
not give enough information about the visit
ing team to create too much interest. We
feel sure that everyone at the Elon-Catawba
and the Elon-Lenoir Rhyne games approved
and appreciated the appearance of the bands
from these two visiting schools. The crowd
also showed their approval of our “Fight
ing Christian” at the Catawba game. What
could be better for spirit than the stunt that
was cooked up in the middle of the playing
field by Bill Hopkins and the Indians from
Catawba? The reports were excellent. That
is the kind of stunts that all the schools in
this conference need. There is only one
catch to the suggestion about stunts at the
games. They will not work without the full
cooperation of the student bodies. When the
cheerleaders and instructors need help in
staging these stunts, the students will have
to work with them. If there are tumblers
on the campus they wiU have to give their
services. The cheerleaders are elected each
year by the student body. It is up to the
students to back them.
After all the bickering about nothing to
do on the campus, a chance was given the
student body to do something about it, and
what happens? Shame on you! There will
be one more effort to have a dance on this
campus, and if enough of us don’t contrib
ute our part of the expenses, we shouldn’t
ever have anything.
truth and travesty
By TED PARKER
“Now entertain conjecture of a time...”
when those who strive agafiist great odds
have triumphed o’er adversity. Such a time
is in the offing, occasioned by the many
forthcoming changes in this our school, not
to mention those which have already taken
place.
There are, of course, changes for the
worse as well as the better, and it is hard
to tell from where one stands just which
overshadows the other. We need not list
these changes of either sort, for each of
us knows them well. Let credit fall where
credit is due, for the one and for the
other.
Here now, we seem to have been unable to
cast off the editorial habit, but it is best
we do. This neck, which has already been
scarred by the headsman’s axe, is far from
ready to kneel at the block again.
However, before passing into a lighter
vein, we must mention the fact that our
fair campus has developed for itself a verit
able rash of sneaking informers. While
walking about the campus, one can almost
visualize trees and walls sprouting with
the eyes and ears of these Quislings who
are ready at a moments notice to emit
screams of foul play. For Shame! What
could be more disgustingly filthy than a
creature who may smile flatteringly at you
and in the next instance revile your good
name to those who wield power. Bootlicking
is not condoned among men.
Our own radio artists have been having
quite a time with their latest play. Twice
they were ready to go on the air; tense,
expectant, but at the time supposedly
scheduled they were ignored by the radio
station in Burlington because of a misun
derstanding. The most disgruntled of the
cast was the sound effects man, who was
twice frustrated in breaking three light
bulbs to effect the sounds of a pistol duel.
The beard-growing has brought about
some of the strangest faces we have ever
seen hearabouts. Some of these beards are
two-toned, having black interspersed with
brown. One beard even has a splotch of gray
amongst the red. However, the most in
significant of the lot is that of Charles S.
Hollander. This non-existent tie-duster is
very nearly beyond description. At the
extreme point of Charles’ chin are to be
found approximately ten whiskers of di
verse length, each spaced about one-six
teenth of an inch apart. Hardly worth the
effort, eh Charles?
And there was one lad who stuck a
cigarette in a pencil-sharpener and, turning
the crank, remarked to a nearby friend,
“Cutting down on my smoking.”
That which is to us most surprising to
date is the sudden quieting of our once
verbally versatile headwaiter, Fred Hoff
man. It was once the main attraction at
mealtimes to hear him say grace and give
the announcements in his flowery style.
Life is not the same for us now that he
does not break the monotony with his
speeches. Possibly the explanation is to be
found in the walking he does these eve
nings. ’Tis nearly a mile.
The last frontier has been conquered.
Downtown Elon now possesses concrete
curbings.
Hearken; Is that the soughing of the wind
we hear on such a lovely spirng day? But,
no, it is only Abu Hasan preparing for his
journey again. Delmar!
Touring Plhyers PerformMurch 3;
Will Stage Hit ^TheCdrnls(^ree ’
For the second time this month,
Broadway talent will be seen
across th^ footlights of Whitley
Auditorium when the Touring
Players, Inc., of New York, pre
sent Emlyn Williams’ noted play
“The Corn Is Green” March 23
as the sixth attraction of the cur
rent Lyceum Series.
“The Corn Is Green” provided
Ethel Barrymore with her most
recent starring stage role. Miss
Barrymore played Miss Moffat,
the great-hearted teacher, in the
475-performance run the produc-
jtion en.ioyed on Broadway. En
thusiastic in her comments on the
play. Miss Barrymore s. ‘It is
a play that likes you.’
Emlyn Williams’ play teJls the
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PHIUP ABBOTT
Phillip Abbott, who will play the
juvenile lead in THE CORN IS
GREEN, has received m'uch
praise for his Broadway appear
ance last year in HARV’EST OF
YEARS. He has appeared as ,5uest
star in repertory cc.mpanies on
both coasts.
PAUL MEIJARD
Paul Menard will play the role
of the fatuous village squire who
nearly wrecks the plan of Miss
Moffet,’ the great-hearted school
teacher who is endeavoring’ to
bring to the surface the latent tal
ents of the rough, backward Mor
gan Evans.
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JANELLE GREGG
Janelle Gregg of the Touring Players’ company is shown above aj
she appears in the role of Bessie W atty, the cockney trollop, who al
most ruins the fortunes of the hero of “The Com Is Green.” ’
o-
story of a teacher in a \
ing village who senses i
tialities of a rough,
but talented young min
face of narrow-mlndec
local custom, she endeav
couarge his latent tale.
Margaret Campbell i play-
the role of the school l .ler in
ithe performance he. Miss
Campbell has most rei , ap
peared on Broadway ii ae hit
comedy “Harvey,” an yas a
member of the road co y of
“Life With Father.”
The part of the you .niner
will be taken by Philli bott,
one of Broauway’s most •a.,eci
juvenile leads. Abbott .ived
much praise last year . nis;
work in “Harvest of Y>,u. . ’ He
has been featured on _veral
radio shows including 'Hus Is
Hollywood,” “The Famil ’ Thea
tre,” and “Star Radio Shows.”
Receiving 'critical and public
acclaim since its first perform
ance, “The Corn Is Green” Is
one of the few shows to have
been enthusiastically received in
both London and "New York. In
additioii''to its lengthy Broadway
run, the play has seen 665 per
formances on the road. It is a stir
ring, deeply human, richly hum
orous drama which critics every
where have acclaimed.
The Welch playwrlght-actor,
Emlyn Williams, has written his
play from first-hand material.
The story recreates an actual epi
sode from his life. Williams at
tained fame through the efforts
of just such a woman as Miss
Moffat in “The Corn Is Green”.
At the age of 42, Williams has
seen about 20 of his plays pro
duced.
Last year the Touring Players
scored a hit before an Elon audi
ence with their fine performance
of G. B. Shaw’s "Pygmalion.”
in appreciation...
W?e want to take this means of
thanking students and others who
helped remove our possessions
from the apartment building when
it burned last Friday. We feel very
grateful for your quick and effic
ient work. We also want to thank
those who offeyed us a place in
thier homes until we could get set
tled again in an apartment of our
own, and to those who moved the
furniture into Vet’s Apartments.
And to those neighbors who came
in and helped us get straight in our
‘new home’ better known as Bill
Anderson’s Apartment, and to Bill,
who vacated the apartment so that
we might use it, we are indeed
grateful.
—Dr. and Mrs. James Howell
Thanks to the unselfishness and
courage of students and faculty
members who helped us last Fri
day, most of our personal belong
ings were saved from the fire at
Atkinson House.
We wish to extend our deepest
appreciation to all those who
helped at the fire and to those who
have shown concern for our wel
fare during the past week. T»
paraphrase the famous remark of
Winston Churchill, perhaps never
in history of human conflagrations
have so few owed so much to so
many.
—Marjorie and Jim Lewis
YIPPEE!! GLAD THIS AIN’T ELON!
As anxious as we were to save
furniture from the ill-fated At
kinson House, we were aware, by
10:45 last Friday morning, that the
friendship of those who saved our
things was vastly more important
to us than the possessions they
were sAving.
We sincerely hope that we can
show our respect for the students
who worked so unselfishly during
the fire and pSl in such long hours
over the weekend, seeing that we
were installed comfortably in our
new quarters.
—Stella and Hoyle Bruton