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MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, January 11, 1950
. laroon and Gold
Zc’.ited and printed by students of Elon
Ccl’.sge. Published bi-weekly during the
t eje year under the auspices of the Board
;"’ublication.
i.tered as second class matter at the
t Office at Elon College, N. C., under
Act of March 8, 1879. Delivered by
I, $1.50 the college year, $.50 the
I ■ -ter.
EDITORIAL BOARD
I ; ) Wright Editor-In-Chief
■ illam Sinclair Managing Editor
. l-.er Graham Staff Photographer
ner N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
SPORTS STAFF
K jco Sileo Sports Editor
1. orge Stanley .... Assistant Sports Editor
i Spivey Assistant Sports Editor
.an Pittman Girls’ Sports
. rf Bryson Boys’ Sports
; eddie Williamson Staff Cartoonist
. Ivin Pate Staff Cartoonist
• eorge Seay Boys’ Sports
BUSINESS BOARD
elyn M. Graham Business Manager
ynona Womack .... Circulation Manager
L . G. Frick Printer
J ack Tavormina Make-Up Man
^jck Steele - Press Man
REPORTERS
JennLigs Berry Robert Jones
Jane Boone Maynard Miles
Waldd Dickens Bill Williams
Hal Foster Freddie Williamson
WEWDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1950
- 1950
We are now beginning the second half
me most signilicant century in the
\.orld’s history. It is the most significant
^entury, because it is our century. Wheth-
tr it will be a good century or not hangs
..‘i the balance.
It is unfoi’tunate that the ills of the
world cannot be cured with a hpyodermic
i.eedle as are many of the ills of mankind,
l.ecause the world is not unlike a sick man
in a crisis.
There is every possibility that new
strength can be transfused into the veins
of the world by those who are now pre
paring for life in scholastic surroundings,
xf these people carry with them an aware
ness of their responsibilities and a desire
to live a vital life, their entrance into the
world's life stream will not go unnoticed.
We were not here when this century
began. Many of us will not be here when
it ends. We are here now, however, and
we should make our presence felt.
THREAT OF COMMUNISM
Did you know there is on our campus
today an agent attempting to work in be
half of the Soviet Government? This
agent is not in the form of a man or wo
man, but in the form of a slick paper mag
azine called the “USSR Information Bul
letin.” This magazine comes to our li
brary twice monthly from the Russian
Embassy in Washington, D. C. It has
been banned from the libraries of at least
two colleges in this country, and time will
only tell how many more it will be thrown
out of. Naturally the primary purpose of
this propaganda organ is to paint a rosy
picture of the USSR, and all it stands
for. The current issue commemorates the
70th birthday anniversary of J. V. Stalin,
and out of ten articles in the magazine,
guess who is the subject of nine of them
—that’s right, Stalin.
Any time you feel the need of a good
laugh turn to the third article which goes
under the amusing heading of “Struggle
for Peace is Keystone of Soviet Foreign
Policy.” I’m afraid the Commies would
have a hard time convincing the poor,
tattered Chinese Nationalist soldiers of
that statement.
Since the other colleges have seen fit
to outlaw this magazine from their camp
uses the question arises, should we?
When we read the first copy of the
magazine to come to our attention this
fall, our immediate reaction was one of
being mad—yes, of being good and mad.
After reading on and seeing so many—let
us say exaggerations we decided that it
would help the cause of Democracy more
for college students to be exposed to this
magazine. We feel this is the broadmind
ed attitude to take in the matter. Inci
dentally, have YOU had a peek behind
the. Iron Curtain lately?
—W, L. W.
the
yankee peddler
By BOB WRIGHT
Newly arrived is 1950.
We certainly hope it will be a nifty.
♦ * * ,
Another new year. We again have a
fresh start, and a chance to make the
same mistakes all over again.
* ♦ ♦
Several hundred people missed the op
ening performance of “Kind Lady.” We
concede that “A Streetcar Named Desire”
in G’boro, a basketball game on campus,
and a “girlie” show in Burlington were
stiff competition.
* * «
Probably the weatherman was so fed up
with hearing “Winter Wonderland” dur
ing December that he decided to give us
“June In January” for a change of pace.
# * *
Harry says give ’em Formosa,
But others are hollering “No suh!”
* * *
Some of the solons were rather intaxi-
cated by the President’s State of the Union
address.
♦ ♦ ♦
We read that the Southern Railroad is
dropping some of its trains from service.
It is to be hoped that some of the trains
to be dropped are those that pass South
Dorm.
browsing
around
with
BILL SINCLAIR
We are settled down to some good work
for the new year. One particularly no
ticeable change was the spirit of rever
ence in chapel on Wednesday. The talk
ing was practically nil, the entrance was
quieter, and the going out was not as dis
turbing. Perhaps Burke was thinking
us when he said, “A spirit of cabal, in
trigue, and proselytism pervaded all their
thoughts, words, and actions.”
« « «
Have you seen the latest attraction?
It is the wonderful, useful, reference
book in the library. The name? WHO
KNOWS—AND WHAT? This is a very
good refei'ence book and should be of par
ticular interest to a person who is doing
research or prfeparing a thesis.
4:
The library has recently received a col
lection of books from the Public Library
of Bristol, Connecticut. These books were
donated by the librarian because of her
interest in Dr. and Mrs. Avizonis. In
cluded in the collection are several sets
of classical, works, a guide to speaking
Spanish, and reference books.
♦
Joe Spivey has a look of contentment
on his face. Could it be because of the
birth of a baby daughter? The baby was
born at 11:55 on December 24, 1949. It
was almost a Christmas baby, which would
have been and was a good present. He
has named the baby Carol Ann. Where
are the cigars, Joe?
* «
Professor S.: “Gentlemen! Gentlemen!
Order!”
Voice from rear: “Make mine beer!”
Personnel manager interviewing appli
cant: “How long did you work in the
other place?”
“Sixty-five years.”
“How old are you?”
“I’m forty years old.”
“How could you work sixty-five years
when you are only forty years old?”
“Overtime.”
* • •
WATCH FOR THE BIG ANNOUNCE
MENT IN THE NEXT ISSUE. SAME COL
UMN.
According to The Burlington Daily
Times-News the Shallow Ford Church
Road from NC 87 to Elon College City
Limit has been chosen for hardsurfacing
unler the $200,000,000 road bond pro
gram.
IRA CUTRELL
ART FOWLER
JIM HALEY
Gallery Of Who^s TFfio’
The ten Elon College students chosen for a place in the new
edition of collegiate “WTio’s Who” have had varied and interesting
careers on the Elon campus. Individual sketches of the ten stu
dents are given below, aleng with pictures of each of those hon
ored. /
CLAUDE MANZI
■V
ART MIZELL
Ira Glenn Cutrell, a native of
Fairfield, is married to the for
mer Miss Jessie Ree Roughtie,
v/ho is a former Elon student.
After two and one-half years in
the Army Air Forces, during
which he saw service in the Pa
cific Theatre and was awarded
the Distinguished Service Cross
and the Air Medal whith an Oak
Leaf Cluster, Ira was discharged
in December, 1945, and came to
Elon in March, 1946. While at
Elon he has made an excellent
record in his Business Adminis
tration course and is now a mem
ber of the Student Legislature
and edito|:-in-cH(ief of the Phi
Psi Cli. He is a member of Iota
Tau Kappa fraternity.
Arthur Fowler, who hails from
Erwin, is the only junior on the
list. He has been very active in
student life, having played var
sity baseball duing his rfeshman
and sophomore years, served as
president of the sophomore class
and attended the North Carolina
Student Legislature that year and
served as a member of the Stu
dent government on the campus
this year. He is a member of
Kappt Psi Nu fraternity.
James Russell Hailey, who came
to Elon from Leaksville, is a seu-
ipr with a major in Religion, and
he has been active in almost all
phases of student activity. The
excellence of his service is shown
by his choice for the second time
for “Who's Who.” Besides being
president of Pi Gamma Mu and
the Ministerial Association, he is
chairman of the Honor Council,
and secretary of the Elon College
Masonic Club, and an active
member of Kappa Psi Nu frater
nity. In addition to these activi
ties on the campus, he serves as
pastor of two cnurches, one m
Mebane and the other near Chap
el Hill, and he has still found time
to make the Dean’s List every
quarter since entering college in
the fall of 1947. He was in the
Army Air Forces for twenty-seven
months.
Claude Anthony Manzi, of Up
per Darby, Pa., graduated from
Uadnor High School. An Army
veteran, he spent thirty-six
month in service, participating in
the Normandy, Northern France
and Rhineland campaigns, during
which he was awarded three
Bronze Star Medals, the Invasion
Arrowhead and the Croix de
Guerre. As a student at Elon, he
has served on the Student Coun
cil, as a member of the Student
Senate and as president of the
“E” Men’s Club, in kddition to
the honors won in football. Play
ing brilliant football, he was co
captain in his sophomore year and
was named to the All-Conference
team and as Elon’s Most Valuable
Player that same season. Recently
he was chosen on Elon’s All-
Time team. Manzi is a member
of Sigma Phi Beta fraternity and
also of Pi Gamma Mu honorary
fraternity.
Arthur Lewis Mizell, who hails
from Windsor, received his high
school training there, playing high
school basketball and baseball.
He 'entered the Navy in June,
1943, and saw six months service
as a deep-sea diver and nineteen
months overseas in the South At
lantic and Mediterranean. Enter
ing Elon in January, 1947, he has
won numerous honors. During
this, his senior year, he Is serving
as vice-president of Alpha Pi
Delta Fraternity, vice-president
of the student body, speaker of
the student legislature, represen
tative of Elon to the North Caro
lina Student Legislature, and
speaker pro-tem of the North
Carolina Student House. He rep
resented Elon at the National Stu
dent Congress last August. He
■ was also a leader in the Day
Student’s Organization, parlia
mentarian of the Pre-Legal Socie
ty and winner of the Monroe
Award of $50 in his junior year.
Richard Huffman Painter, a na
tive of Luray, Va., won numerous
honors at Luray High before
coming to Elon, having played
baseball, served as president of
the Beta Club, president of the
Luray student body, class officer
and salutatorian of his class. En
tering Elon in 1946, he has been
on the Intramural Council four
years and is now president of the
group, has belonged to the Span
ish Club four years and is now
president, is now a member of the
Pan-Hellenic Council, a member
of the Band and is president of
the Senior Class. He belongs to
Alpha Pi Delta fraternity and
served as secretary-treasurer last
year.
Luther Vance Reece, Jr., of
Draper, is a double major student
in Social Sciences and English.
He has made an excellent record
throughout his college career,
having played football from 1947
through 1949, served as treasurer
of the “E” Men’s Club and treas
urer of the Senior Class. He has
also been very active in intramur
al sports of all kinds.
George Thomas Stanley, of
Greensboro, Route 6, received his
high school training at McLeans-
ville, where he was active in stu
dent government. A Navy veter
an, he spent two years in service,
most of the time in the Pacific
Theatre. At Elon he has been
manager of the baseball team, sec
retary of the “E” Men's Club, as
sistant sports editor of the Ma
roon and Gold. He has also
served three years on the Intra
mural Council, the last two years
as secretary. He was a member
of the Student Congress during
his junior year and is now serv
ing as secretary of the Inter-Dor
mitory Council. He is a member
of Sigma Phi Beta fraternity.
Baxter Twiddy, of Norfolk, Va.,
is a second-year repeater on
“Who’s Who.” Coming to Elon
from Maury High School, he en
tered Elon after serving with the
Army Engineers in the European
Theatre. While at Elon he has
been a member of the Freshman
S. C. A., and as vice-president of
the Men’s Council and vice-presi
dent of the Elon Singers last
year. He was a member of the
German Club during 1947-48,
proctor of North Dormitory for
two years and has been student
announcer on the Elon radio pro
gram for three years. He is a
ministerial student and plans to
do advance work at Yale.
Harold Gene “Freddie” Wil
liamson, of Burlington, attended
Burlington High School, where
he was a member of the Hi-Y and
a cheerleader. He enlisted in
the Army Specialized Training
Program in 1944 and attended the
University of Mississippi for one
year transferring to the Air
Corps Cadets and reporting for
active duty at Keesler Field in
1945. He transferred to the Med
icos when Cadet School closed
and served fourteen months as a
medical technician at Smyrna
Army Air Base. Entering Elon
as a sophomore in September,
1947, he was vice-president of
the Science Club and a chemistry
lab instructor as a junior, and
this year he is president of the
Science Club, a member of the
Student Legislature, member of
the Day Students’ Organization,
a chemistry lab instructor, a mem
ber of the Maroon and Gold staff,
and has represented Elon at the
North Carolina Student Legisla
ture in Raleigh and at the district
meeting of the National Student
Association in Chapel Hill
RICHARD PAINTER
LUTHER REECE
GEORGE STANLEY
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BAXTER TWIDDY
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FREDDIE WILLIAMSON