MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, May 17, 1950
Mnroon and Gold
Edit d 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, $.50 the
quarter.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Bob Wright Editor-In-Cliief
William Sinclair Managing Editor
Edward Engles Feature Editor
Walter Graham — Staff Photographer
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
SPORTS STAFF
Rocco Sileo Sports Editor
George Stanley .... Assistant Sports Editor
Joe Spivey Assistant Sports Bditox
George Seay Boys’ Sports
Jean Pittman , Girls’ Sports
Joe Bryson Boys’ Sports
Freddie Williamson Staff Cartoonist
Aivin Pate Staff Cartoonirt
BUSINESS BOARD
Evelyn M. Graham Business Manager
Wynona Womack Circulation Manager
B. G. Frick — Printer
Ja«;k Steele Press Man
REPORTERS
JennLngs Bertf
Jane Boone
Waldk Dickens
Hal FoJter
Robert Jones
Harry Keeton
James Merritt
Maynard Miles
Baxter Twiddy
Bill Williams
Wednesday, May 17, 1950
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With this issue of the Maroon and Gold
we write “30” to Volume 29 of the paper.
It is the earnest hope of the entire staff
that the efforts of this year have met with
your approval.
We are not laboring under the delusion
that our efforts during this past year have
resulted in a perfect paper. Any criticism
we have heard has been justified, and it
is to be hoped that another year and an
other editorial staff will bring into effect
some of the suggested changes.
As a Parthian shot we would like to
direct a few remarks to those students who
will be on this campus next year. If you
think the M&G has been too limited in its
coverage of campus news, bear in mind
that it has been produced by a small staff.
This paper offers a fine opportunity for
journalistic experience, but too few stu
dent have seen fit to avail themselves of
it. For the most part those who have
worked on the paper have been urged, not
selected. This should not be.
We realize that up to now there has
been little or no recognition given to those
who work on the Maroon & Gold. There
has been no motivation, no incentive,
nothing but hard work. The remark that
Elon College will pay you to use your
brawn but not your brain seems justified
in the light of this.
This year, however, an award has been
instituted for diligent service to the col
lege paper. Five students received the
Maroon and Gold key this week, and they
should wear it with as much pride as an
athlete wearing his varsity letter. They
have certainly earned it.
It is to be hoped that this key, which
will be a regular award, together with the
desire to take part i* a truly vital campus
activity will attract more students to an
active participation in collegiate journa
lism here.
For two successive years the Maroon
and Gold has taken honors in competition
with similar papers in this state. This is
ample testimony to the calibre of the ex
perience which awaits you in the college
Press Room. It is something that can't
be given to you or purchased at the Busi
ness Office.
When you return fo this campus next
2aU and start taking part in extra-curricu*
the
yankee peddler
By BOB WRIGHT
Brain Teaser
Four jolly men sat down to play
And played all night till break of day;
They played cash and not for fun,
With separate scores for every one.
But when they came to square accounts,
They all had made quite fair amounts;
Can you this paradox explain?
If no one lost, how all could gain?
(Answer at bottom of column.)
Add to Scotch jokes: There was a
Scotsman who protested against paying .70
for a bo«t ride on the Sea of Galilee. “But,”
stated his guide, “this is where Christ
walked on the water.”
“At these prices,” returned the Scot, “no
wonder He walked.”
Overheard in the corridors of Ala
mance: It was terrible! There I was
with a True-False test — and no coin to
flip.
♦ * *
We predict that the time is coming
when this area will be nothing but a deso
late plain. Whenever decorations are
needed for an event they seem to be pro
cured with an axe. Comes Christmas and
intrepid axe-wielders head for the woods.
Comes a reception and the axes are
sharpened again. Comes May Day and
once more the axes are put to use. It's a
wonder that Senior Oak manages to sur
vive. Real estate prices for the squirrels
are skyrocketing.
We wondered WHO was supposed to
use the new bench which was placed
directly iii frotn of West Dorm directly un
der the light. We have recently noted that
some muscular Lochinvar must have been
at work, because the bench has a new lo
cation. Vive I’amour!
With the Southern Railroad on strike
there should be a fertile field for an alarm
clock salesman at South Dorm. Tliat 7
a. m. train used to serve the purpose.
* * *
Number one on the campus hit parade
these last weeks will probably be “Goin’
Home.”
Note to those who will be attending
summer school: Leave your fly swatters
at home. Bring a baseball bat and a flak
gun for greater effectiveness.
* 0 *
Headline Hopping Greensboro Daily
News; “No Baby-Kissing For Governor; He
Milks Cows.” Perhaps he figures hell get
more pull that way.
* * *
“War Babes To Find Schools This Year."
If that includes some of the war babes we
knew, it’ll have to be post-graduate cours
es- ■ : V
* * *
“Wreck In Orange Kills Motorist.” Could
it have been a Florida orange being driven
in California. ^ i
Answer to Brain Teaser: They were mu
sicians in a dance orchestra, each of whom
received the same sum. — The Bell-Tel
News. Yak, yak.)
* * «
'V^th this last effort we close the ped
dler’s pack. Hope you’ve had a chuckle
or two out of it during the course of the
year. Adieu.
lar activities, please remember this ad
monition. One of the most pleasant and
most profitable ways you ean use your
free time is working on the Maroon and
Gold. We’ve enjoyed it!
browsing
around
BILL SINCLAIR
ALL MEMBERS OF CLASS LIVING AFTER FORTY YEARS
As this school year draws to a close, I
would like to extend my appreciation to
those who have glanced at this column.
Realizing what a bore this column has
been, I know a good many of you are glad
that this is my last column for the dear old
Maroon and Gold. Next year I hope you
will have a better columnist. The reason
I wiU not be with the paper next year is
that I will have to devote most of my
extra hours (if I have any) to debating.
* *
I wish to take this opportunity to wish
the seniors “God-speed” in their new tasks.
For four long years you have been toiling
for a diploma. Now your dream is being
realized. Some of you will be going to
graduate school; to you I wish the same
luck you had at Elon College and I laiow
that you will represent Elon well. Some
will be going intoi the school of life-long
experience; to you I would like to say,
“May your days be brighter and more
prosperous for your time spent in Elon.”
Some of you will be saying, “I do.” From
you and yours wiU come the Elonites of
the future years.
* * *
It has been a privilege to have Mr. Mor
gan on the campus for the past week. His
message were inspiring.
The Elon Debate Team has finished an
other year of debating. On the schedule
this year were Davidson College, High
Point College, Appalachian College, and
Wake Forest College. Davidson and Elon
debated on two occasions; High Point and
Elon had two debates, and Appalachian
and Wake Forest each met Elon one time.
Debaters for the year or part of the year
have been Ray Hayes, Bill Sinclair, Emmet
Nesbitt, Bill Mittlestadt, Matt Currin, and
Jennings Heim. Ray and Emmet were
with the team the first quarter and after
that the other four carried the ball for
Elon.
* * *
“School days. School days, good old
golden rule days.” That may well be the
theme song of Elon students, beginning
Tuesday, May 23rd. On that fateful day,
final examinations will begin. Good luck
fellows and gels!
* * *
“What’s the matter with Edmund
Spenser?”
“He’s all right!”
“Who’s all right?
"SPENSER — Spenser—Spenser—^He’s
all . . . Aw shuddup!”
Little cuts from classes.
Little slips marked late
Makes this student wonder
If he'll graduate!
Thanks T. T.
* * *
Here are a few dreams from people we
all know:
President Smith: to have his desk clear
of papers.
Dean Bowdenc to have long black hair.
Professor West: to be a ‘top-ten’ nov
elist
Dr. Sloan: to go around the world.
Professor Struhs: to go on the singing
stage , . . Grand Opera.
Dr. Howell: to produce a ‘hit’ play.
* ♦ *
DAFFYNITION: High heels— invented
by a girl who once got kissed on the fore
head.
* * *
“What are you doiag Jean?” inqtiired
a fond mother.
“I’m knitting, mother,” replied the sweet
young thing. “I heard Jennings say the
other day that he was afraid he’d have to
get a new muffler for his car, and I
thought rd surprise him.”
The Class of 1910 has set a mark which the Class of 1950 will hardlyequal, for every member
of the oldei; class is still living after forty years. The 1910 seniors, shown left to right above as they
appeared at hte time of graduation, are C. C. Fonville, Miss Nannie Emma Farmer, Alonzo C. Hall,
Mrs. Macie Virginia Famer Hall. John Willis Barney, Leon E. Smith, Mrs. Carrie Boyd Dees, Willi
am Frank Warren, Miss Nannie Baker Farmer, William W. Elder and A. Liggett Lincoln.
Elon Class Of 1910 Plans Reunion
Father Time has been kind in- also had rich and full careers,
deed to the Elon College gradu- and it will be indeed an interest-
ating class of 1910, and the class j ing occasion when the group gets
is planning to gather back on the! together and begins to compare
campus at commencement time for I experiences. The class roll in-
its fortieth anniversary reunion eluded seven young men and four
v/ith a 100 per cent attendance j young women at the time of grad-
and a record that perhaps no uation. Those class members,
other class in the history of the | with something of their records to
college can hope to equal. I date, were as follows:
That record hinges on thati JOHN WILLIS BARNEY, better
phrase “100 per cent attendance,”, present Elon students
for when the Class of 1910 says as Professor Barney, went on from
“100 per cent” it means just ex- Elon to study at the University of
actly that. There were eleven Virginia, University of Wisconsin
seniors who received diplomas | Columbia University. He
and degrees at that far-away com-j*®*'®'^ taught in public school in
mencement, and four decades later Pennsylvania and Michigan, but
each and everyone of those elvenj^^® been on the Elon faculty for
each and everyone of those eleven, years.
ord that very few classes can MISS CARRIE BOYD (now Mrs.
boast, even one or two years after
graduation.
This unusual class, which will
gather late this month to renew
W. R. Dees), resides now at Fre
mont, N. C., and is listed in alum
ni rolls as a “home maker.”
WILLIAM W. ELDER was an-
acquaintances and to reminisce other who entered the ministry
over college days long gone, has Md became the first Elon gradu-
two members at least who are ate to enter the Chaplain’s Corps
well known to the Elon students of the U. S. Navy. He retired af-
of today, for two members of the ter World War II and now lives in
present Elon College faculty were Concord, Ga.
members of that group. | MISS MACIE FARMER (now
It was President Smith’s own l^rs. Alonzo C. Hall) married one
class, and Prof. J. W. Barney, long Of her own, classmates and she
a familiar figure in the Elon “ow resides with her husband at
English Department, was also a 206 Tate Street, Greensboro,
member of the class. The other' MISS NANNIE BAKER FARM-
nine members of the class have ER also entered the teaching pro
fession in Virginia, and her pres
ent home is 221 North Cleveland
Street, Richmond, Va.
CLAUDE C. FONVILLE is now
a successful business man, being
engaged in the real estate and in
surance business in Burlington.
ALONZO C. HALL was the
other partner in an intra-class
I marriage, and he and his wife, the
former Miss Macie Farmer, live
in Greensboro, where he is a
member of the English faculty
at Woman’s College.
A LIGGETT LINCOLN, now
Dr. Lincoln, went on to the study
of medicine after graduation and
located in New York City, where
he is connected with Bellevue hos-
^ pital. He was physician to Pad
erewski, famous Polish musician,
i LEON E. SMITH, better known
to Elon students today as Dr.
Smith or President Smith, con
tinued his studies at Princeton
Theological Seminary and Prince
ton University and entered the
ministry of the Christian Church,
returning to Elon in 1931 as pres-
. idetn of his Alma Mater.
I W. FRANK WARREN, devoted
his life to teaching in North Car
olina schools, rising to become
superintendent of Durham’s city
I school system. He is now retired
' and lives at 609 Morehead Avenue
in Durham.
Meditations On Year Of Learning
By EDWARD ENGLES
Now that the school year Is
about to sigh and die, there is a
feeling of minor panic racing
through the population of Elon
College. The poor students are
becoming frantic for fear they
will have to spend another boring
summer while they eagerly await
the fall term.
For all students this is not true,
however. There are a great many
genuine scholars, disguised as av
erage students, who are looking
forward to a summer of contem
plation and meditation. They
will go forth with all the knowl
edge they have accumulated
throughout the school year and
turn it over and over in their
minds, eternally trying to improve
themselves so that they will be
better prepared to take up the
burden of next year’s schooling.
There are literally hundreds of
these students on the campus. Ev
eryone knows at least one. I know
several, but I just can’t think of
one just now, so I will not bore
you with a long list of their
names.
As for -myself, I have learned
things that will be of inestimable
value to me in future years. For
example. I have learned a lot
about Greek Mythology. Now
that I am aware of the import
ance of knowing about mytholo
gy, I live In constant wonder that
I was ever able to make a living
without knowing anything aboct
It. For example, I have worked
on fanxu without knowing that
Demetre was the goddess of the
harvest. Suppose some exacting
overseer oomt to me a* I was
laboring over a wormy potato i Why, I remember an incident
patch and asked me who was the that occurred just before came
goddess of the harvest? I would to college to be edified. I was up
never have been able to tell him, on a telephone pole, trying to un-
and undoubtedly I would have snarl some wires before the fore
gone down considerably in his es-|man saw me, when suddenly the
timation. i foreman called me down off the
(Now, however, should that-Pole- Full of ignorance, clam-
same farmer approach me and ask'^ered down and asked him what
the same question, I will be ready he wanted.
with a quick and scintillating re-| “What about Ecuador?” he
ply. Not only will I know that asked. “Tell me about Ecuador.'
Demetre's lack of favor is respon
sible for the worms on the potato
plants, but I can dazzle him with
‘Ecuador?” I chirped brightly,
“Who's he?”
Then he handed me a paper to
my knowledge of the fact that which turned out to be my
cereal is a word derived from the resignation. Having no other al-
goddess Ceres, who was also the temative, I came to college,
goddess of the harvest. You musti"'h®re I have learned all about
understand that there was really Ecuador. I can quote directly
only one goddess of the harvest,! textbook, for I have
but they were different. You ^ rnemorized it word for word. Tiiis
have to know about mythology to I reply, just as it is writ-
differentiate between the two dif- flawless Spanish in the
ferent goddesses of the harvest, I
Ceres and Demetre, who, although! “The Ecuador is one country
they obviously are not both the ®™all with one history large. Lit-
same, were yet both the same per- before of to arrive the Span
iards, King Inca, Huyana Capac,
abandons at his wife and son in
the Cuzco, (a place) enamors him
self of the daughter of the king
son.
Well.
And I have learned consider
able Spanish, too. Spanish cannot | - — m— >»
be too highly stressed in these j Quiot and with her has one son
modem times. In a Spanish called Atahualpa, which signifies
course under Mr. Ivey, one learns
all kinds of things, such as how to
operate a wire recorder, marriage
psychology, where he got his
glasses case, how to saddle a
‘the well loved.’ When the Iting
old becomes dead divides his ter
ritory vast among his two soosv.
Pronto there is one war civil be^-
tween the two sons, and the landl
*''' a - - - - - —J
horse, and oh, just all kinds of Incas follows divided
dandy little nuggets of informa-. disorganized when arrive the
tion. And for a really alert stu-[ under Fransisco Pia->
dent, there is even a bit of Span-
ish to be learned. All of this, you
must admit, is of prime import'
anM is anyoac't Uf*.
‘At last the Spaniards kill Ata
hualpa. The death of the Inca is
(Continued On Pay Four)