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MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, April 19, 1950
Maroon and Gold
Edited and printed by students of EIod
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, $.50 the
quarter.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Bob Wright Editor-In-Chief
William Sinclair Managing Editor
Edward Engles Feature Editor
Walter Graham Staff Pholographer
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
SPORTS STAFF
Rocco Sileo Sports Editor
George Stanley .... Assistant Sports Editor
Joe Spivey Assistant Sports Editor
George Seay Boys’ Sports
Jean Pittman Girls’ Sports
Joe Bryson Boys’ Sports
Freddie Williamson Staff Cartoonist
Alvin Pate Staff Cartoonist
BUSINESS BOARD
Evelyn M. Graham Business Manager
Wynona Womack .... Circulation Manager
B. G. Frick Printer
Ja^'k Steele Press Man
REPORTERS
Jennings Bert^
Jane Boone
Waldd Dickens
Hal Foster
Robert Jones
Harry Keeton
James Merritt
Maynard Miles
Baxter Twiddy
Bill Williams
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1950
A CHARGE TO KEEP
Congratulations are in order to those
students who have just been chosen by the
ballots of their fellows to guide the desti
nies of the student government on the
Elon campus for the coming months, but
along with the congratulations goes an ad
monition that the new officers consider
the responsibility that is theirs.
Student government and the honor sys
tem was instituted on the campus just one
year ago, based upon the confidence of the
students that they could conduct their own
government and the final acquiescence ;of
the faculty and administration in the new
plan that placed the students on their
honor.
The past year has been, in some ways, a
testing time for the new idea, and the
idea has stood the test admirably, with
members of the various governing bodies
carrying out their duties in conscientious
manner.
Those officers who placed student gov
ernment and the honor system upon a
working basis this past year have not been
without criticism, much of it unjustified,
since it arose from disgruntled groups, not
yet accustomed to the workings of the
honor system.
There were those who criticized when
penalties, even to the extend of suspen
sion from school, were invoked against
them or their friends, but all must admit
that no law or rule can be effective unless
it can be enforced to the fullest, and pen
alties are necessary to insure enforcement.
It must be realized that the testing time
is not over. In fact, the second year may
be even more crucial in the life of student
government than the first has been. The
officers who took over a year ago em
barked upon their duties with a hopeful
and enthusiastic student support. The
•ones who enter upon their duties this year
must face a certain division of opinion, due
to the disgruntled few who have criticized
punishments meted out.
However, these new officers must real
ize the fact that there can be no compro
mise with honor. Their oath binds them
V) enforce the student constitution to the
letter, and neither friendship nor other
41es should ever Interveiw to prevent due
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yankee peddler
By BOB WRIGHT
Headline; “China Nut Imports Delayed
By Cooley.” They must be afraid that
some Red nuts would come in with the
peanuts.
♦ * *
Then there was the hep teen-ager who
queried concerning the gals of yesteryear,
“If they were so innocent, how did they
know when to blush?”
* * *
A frugal college Joe who has switched
to “king-size” cigarettes made this pro
found statement: “It only goes to show
that longer cigarettes are longer.”
* ♦ ♦
“If you think the editor sometimes
makes a mistake in what he gives you to
read, you ought to see the mass of stuff
from which he saves you.”—Karl A. Bick-
el, former U.P. president.
♦ ♦ *
Then there was the big city boy who
remarked about the census and the people
of Elon: “They’re more to be pited than
censured.”
♦ ♦ *
It would be understandable if State De
partment parents use Sen. McCarthy in
stead of the bogie man to threaten their
children.
* * *
Vacations are easy to plan: The boss
tells you when, and the wife teUs you
where.
* * *
Most of the time spring isn’t a season,
it’s a condition, but this year it seems to
be non-existant.
* + *
The Players appreciated the larger-than-
usual opening night audience, and wish
to say “thanks” for all the nice things that
were said about “Antigone.”
* * *
According to some students there is
only one thing that is more disappointing
than an empty post office box, and that is
a letter from home which contains only
news and best wishes.
and proper execution of the honor code.
They must hew to the line and let the
chips fall where they will if the student
government is to continue to grow and
gain strength.
Individual students, too, have an obli
gation to fulfill. They must realize that
the honor code is the underlying principle
of the system, and they should know that
when the honor code collapses their stu
dent government is impossible. For that
reason no student should expect or ask
special favors of any member of the gov
ernmental bodies, regardless* of ties in
volved. Such will wreck the system and
mean the end of student control in the not
too distant future.
On the other hand, if the officers and
the students realize the situation and con
tinue to operate their government as it has
operated through its first year, then there
is no reason why the system should not
prosper. Each should repeat to himself
or herself at this time the reminder, "A
chargeto keep I have,” and should keep
that charge faithfully and fully and with
out fear or favor.
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around
BILL SINCLAIR
The Greek tragedy “Antigone” really
made a hit with the play-goers of Elon
and vicinity. Praises were heard from
most of the audience and the players re
ceived several curtain calls. The lighting
was judged to be the best of the year.
‘Petes’ to Robert Wright and Rosamond
Bromley for their acting as Creon and
Antigone. Edward Engles was in top
shape for the Chorus. To the other mem
bers of the cast, too numerous to be
named individually, the play-goers extend
a hearty congratualtions for a job well
done.
A passing remark: The Tguring Players
captivated their audience with the show
ing og “Caesar and Cleopatra” which was
held on April 3.
* ♦ *
Thursday, May 4, will find the Debate
Club traveling to Appalachian College for
a debate on Nationalization of Basic In
dustries. The college has extended an in
vitation to dinner and quarters for the
night. Sounds good.
Recently an article appeared in this col
umn concerning dogs in the Veterans’
Apartments. I wish to state again that I
am not against dogs, but I do desire some
peace and quiet while I live in the project.
Not only is this my sentiment but also it
is that of many others. The problem has
been taken to the Dean, the Mayor, the
Management, and the Sheriff. It seems
that the dogs in question do not belong to
men living in the project. They belong to
farmers and other families around the
project. Two dogs have definitely been
identified as belonging to people outside
the project. A law was passed last sum
mer that all dogs would be locked up at
night; that is when the dogs do their dam
age. This law has never been enforced! A
meeting will be called by the Mayor for
some date in the near future. All men
living in the project are urged to attend
as this meeting will be held to determine
what action should and will be taken on
this situation. As a member of the Vet
eran Apartments it should be the duty of
every man to be present. Let’s do some
thing about this!
Dean Bowden spoke on April 12 on the
subject: Attitude of Unconcern Toward
the Student Government. That would be
a good debate topic. Should We Have
Student Government or Should We NOT
Have Student Government? How about
that, debaters? '
* * *
Have you ever visited the Christian Or
phanage here in Elon? If not, you should
make it a point to do so. When you arrive
at the orphanage, you will be met by genial
Dr. John Truitt. He will point out the dif-
feient parts of the place and introduce you
to some of the children. It was my privi
lege to visit over there a few Sundays ago,
and I have never spent a more enjoyable
Sunday afternoon. Have you ever won
dered where you can find the most beauti
ful view of Elon College? If so, go to the
big white dormitory on the orphanage
campus and look over the fields toward the
college. The scene is too beautiful for me
to attempt to describe here; all I can do is
suggest that you make the visit and find
out for yourself.
There are 76 boys and girls in the orph
anage. On a sunny afternoon they can be
seen playing ball, running about the
campus, or playing merrily. One may well
suppose that the orphanage would be a
place of gloom, but the opposite is true.
Perhaps the children over there have de
veloped the right philosophy of life. Per
haps we would be much better off if we
could accept fate as these children do, and
look for the cheery side of life. The
Master said, “Suffer the little children to
come unto me and forbid them not for of
such is the kingdom.”
* * *
Two skimkg went to church and sat in
their own pew. Gagh! Leave you with
that one.
CLASSROOM SCENE IN COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT
*
Commercial Department Grotving
By EDWARD ENGLES
In what has come to be called
an unstable world, a world in
which anything can happen and
usually does, there are still a few
things that one can be sure of.
Aside from the old saying about
death and taxes, we know that as
long as there are two people left
on earth, one of them will have
something the other wants, and,
to effect a trade, they must do
business with each other. Because
tliis is one of the most important
facets of human relationship, a
study of business and business
methods will always be a profit
able venture for anyone.
All this undoubtedly explains
why the Department of Business
Administration has the highest
number of graduates of any de
partment of the school. Classes,
as a rule, are filled to overflow
ing.
The department, headed by Dr.
G. A. H. Johnson, who is on leave
this year while studying at NYU,
has Mrs. Johnson as its acting
head. Until Prof. Johnson returns
in June to pick up the “white
man’s burden” again, his wife
will continue to manage the many
affairs of the department capably
and efficiently, as she has done in
the past.
Prof. and Mrs. Johnson have
been here four years. Newcomers
to the fold, Mr. A.C. Spangler and
Mrs. James C. Hodgetts joined
the Elon Faculty in the Depart
ment of Business Administration*
last fall. Professor Spangler
I comes from Ohio; Mr. and Mrs.
[Hodgetts come from nearby Ken
tucky.
Composed of two divisions, the
department features first a four-
year course in Business Adminis
tration which leads to a Bachelor’s
Degree. The other course offer
ed, which is equally popular, if
not more so, is a one-year cleri
cal course leading to a certificate.
This certificate course, although
it belongs to the department, is
separately handled and has an en
rollment of thirty-five students.
Out of the thirty-five, twenty-five
expect to acquire the certificate,
while the others are taking the
course for the numerous personal
benefits it affords.
Any student planning to take
up a business course will be hap
py to hear that the department,
with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson acting
as counsellors, runs an unofficial
placement bureau for the placing
of graduates. This “placement
bureau,” which many students
have profited by, has proven so
sucessful that industries within a
’radius of two hundred miles of
Elon frequently consult Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson for the purpose of
hiring Elon students.
Thus far, the industrial men
have been quite pleased with stu
dents from Elon, as their demand
for employees would indicate.
Last year, for example, in the
placing of clerical people in
neighboring industries, better
than seventy-five per cent of the
graduates were placed. This is
a good record, and it speaks well
for the school and the Depart
ment of Business Administration,
not to mention the students
themselves, whos6 excellent train
ing and good work keeps them in
demand.
And the opportunities open to
one well trained in Business Ad
ministration are numerous, so
much so that they cannot be more
than touched upon here; but fol
lowing are a few of the goals
which some of Mrs. Johnson’s stu
dents intend to reach:
[ Billy Middlestadt, a married
veteran with one child, is inter
ested in doing personnel work for
some United States firm in South
America. If such work is not im-
I mediately available, he intends to
bide his time and do a little ac
counting work until something
opens up. In preparation for a
position in Latin America, Mid
dlestadt is studying Spanish.
Colen Hodgson, who looks for
ward to an interesting sea-going
life, fishing, shrimping, trawling
on the east coast, or perhaps he
will write advertising copy for
' some man’s magazine, such as
, TRUE, or FIELD AND STREAM.
Colen, a freshman, hails from
j Statesville.
I Edward Burkhead has narrowed
his field of interest down to the
Narcotics Division of the U. S.
Government, with public rela
tions work in industry as a sec
ond choice. Burkhead, who
comes from Asheboro, is a marri
ed vet with one cliild, and is in
his senior year.
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Elon Visitor Has Had Interesting Career . ..
Dr. Arthur Edward Roberts, in
ternationally known youth worker
and Boy Scout leader, who will
appear here at Elon as a speaker
next Tuesday, April 25th, has had
a varied and highly interesting ca
reer, a career which has enabled
him to be of service to young peo
ple of more than thirty nations
in five of the six continents.
His interest in the problems of
youth stemmed not from books,
coming rathet from the prob
lems which he himself faced in
his boyhood. He knew first-hand
the problems of child labor and
the need for some organized op
portunity for recreation and guid
ance for boys.
Born in Plymouth, Pa., in 1886,
he became a child laborer in the
anthracite coal mines between
the ages of eleven and fourteen
years and a night worker in a silk
mill at the age of fourteen. The
quality of his work, even at that
early age, is attested by the fact
that he became a foreman at the
age of seventeen in a small factory
that employed boys as workers.
When the Boy Scouts of Ameri
ca was organized in 1910, he rec
ognized in the new organization
something that he had long sought
so he joined in that year and has
been a member ever since, much
of the time as an outstanding
leader in Scout work on both a lo
cal and national basis.
Progressing to Eagle Scout
rank, he was chosen in 1013 by
DR. ARTHUR E. ROBERTS
the Redpath Chatauqua to intro
duce Scouting over its circuit of
several states. About the same
time he was a student at George
William College, School of Civics
and Philanthropy, and the Univer
sity of Chicago, and during his
student days he served as a part-
tipie volunteer worker with the
Juvenile Court of Chicago in
youth work.
He was chosen by the Chicago
District Golf Association in 1914
to make a study of its 7,000 cad
dies, and from that study came •
graded and classified plan for cad-
die», which was recommended to
all member clubs of the United
States Golf Association. For that
study he was awarded a gold
medal.
He entered Scouting profes
sionally in 1918 in the post of Na
tional Field Scout Commissioner,
but after a few months he secured
a leave of absence to serve over
seas in World War I. However, he
returned to Scout work after the
war, and in 1919 he acepted the
position as Scout Executive for
the Cincinnati Area Council, a
post he has held ever since. Un
der his guidance the Cincinnati
Scout work has been expanded
until it now embraces about 14,000
Scouts and Scout leaders.
His success in Ciftcinnati
brought him national and world
wide recognition and invitations
to participate in many s#dies of
youth problems. This work has
carried abroad seven times, into
most of the principal nations and
into every continent except Aus
tralia. I
Included in his many projec'ts
have been a survey of the older
boy situation in America and the
problem of profitable use of va
cation time, a special study of the-
Cub and Rover program in Eng
land in 1924, a survey of youtlk
activities in Japan, China, Egypt,
Palestine and Syria in 1930, a trip
to Central and South American
nations in 1934, a visit to Italy^
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