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PAGE TWO MAROONANDGOLD Wednesday. February 28, 1951 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. Drlirered by mail, $1.50 the coUege ye^r, 50c the qiijrter. EDITORIAL BOARD Edward Engles Editor-In-Chief Robert Wright Associate Editor Justyn Carter Music Editor J. B. Pickard Feature Editor W'alter Graham Staff Photographer Luther N. Byrd, Faculty Advisor BUSINESS BOARD Matt Currin Business Manager Wynona Womack Circulation Manager B. G. Frick Printing Advisor Edward Engles Press Man SPORTS STAFF Joe Spivey Sports Editor George Etheridge Sports Assistant Charles Myers Sports Assistant Jean Pitman Sports Assistant ART STAFF Weil Johnson Roy Grant Tony Diamond Ceoper Walker REPORTERS Samuel Barker Virginia Pla Hazel Barker Donald Scott Jane Boone Mildred Sharpe Joe Deaton Robert Smithwick William Hunter James Snow Charles Norfleet Lester Squires Happie Wilson WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1951 WHAT IS THE BEST REASON? “Go, in the name of Jesus Christ.” This is a direct quotation taken from the end of a talk given to a small group of men about to embark on a mission a few years ago. Was it a mission of mercy? Of aid and assistance to someone in peril or in need? Was it to carry Christianity to the pagan, or enlightenment to the ignorant? Thousands upon thousands of people, if they could but speak today, would probably wryly agree that the latter comes closer to being true, for the words were spoken to the crew of the plane that was taking off from Tinian airfield to drop the first A-bomb on Hiroshima. 78,000 Japanese were killed by the bomb;_ thousands of others were, to say the least, somewhat enlightened. All in the name of Jesus Christ. Strangely enough, meteorological rec ords do not show that vomit poured down the heavens that day, bui then, the celes tial stomach must be considerably strong by dint of the numerous similar assaults it has sustained in the past. Through all the pages of history we find that men have sallied forth to war with the name of their god or gods on their lips. The Crusades—the Holy Wars the Inquisition— “for God and country”—the Kaiser, with his “mich und Gott”—every fool who is conned* into believing that he is doing God’s work by slaughtering his master’s encmieis. It is about time we started being a little more honest in our murderous dealings v.ith each other. It behooves us to call off all this old talk about knocking each * other’s brains out in the name of God. Of course, there seems to be no obvious solution to the problem presented by a species that is hell-bent on its own extinc tion, but perhaps a start could be made if we stopped hypnotizing ourselves, quit kidding ourselves. Why not kill in the name of the things that make us kill? Why not kill in the name of hate, fear, greed, stupidity? Why not admit that you want to kill someone because you want something that belongs to him, or because he wants something of yours? It is admittedly a silly reason to want to kill someone because you don't like bis accent, his coloring, or his gov ernment, but at least you would be killing with a reason then. Ah. but men tell themselves that it is not right to kill for such petty reasons. Man would rather be right than rational, therefore he perpetrates murder in the name of God, his father, the’reby making it right. And there are other high-sounding ex- cus-es for murder, which, paradoxically, can double as virtues when circumstances require. Count them off . . . liberty, free- the yankee peddler By BOB WRIGHT Interestingly enough, this may be the end of a different quarter, but everyone’s situation sbems to be the same as it was at this time in the fall quarter. About the most sought after thing on the campus last week was a ride to States ville. After watching Pryor of High Point mow down several hapless Catamounts in the first game of the tournament, a spectator was heard to remark, “Shucks, they oughta put blades on that boy and use him for abulldozer.” After the “fix” scandal a basketball player won’t be able to pull a five dollar bill out of his wallet without being stared at accusingly. ♦ ♦ ♦ To borrow a phrase from that idol of the airwaves from WFNS, v^e certainly got our “enjsys” outo f the Elon victory over Appalachian. * ♦ » With the last issue of the M&G a jour nalistic triumph was achieved. The cast of “Outward Bound” was able to read a review of the play before the first night curtains were pulled. How’s that for spot news? We understand that the underground press has made itself manifest again. This time its target was the Business curricu lum for the spring quarter. Apparently most of its readers were very sympathetic toward the message. * ♦ ♦ Oyes, oyes, the first court (to our knowl edge) in Elon College convened Saturday with Judge Roy Bean Johnson, the only law west of the Haw River, presiding. * ♦ * Many campus residents wondered how Elon absorbed that invasion of High School seniors without bursting at the seams. Headline: “Man To Give Blood On TV.’ Most men have to give blood to GET TV. ♦ ♦ ♦ Headline: “Nation Told That Profiteers Will Be Punished.’ It will never happen. There aren’t that many jails. ♦ ♦ ♦ We hear that Elon opens its baseball season against Springfield College, better known as Muscle Institute in its neck of the woods. At long last an Elon score might appear in the Peddler’s home town paper. * ♦ Hot off the grapevine: Rumor has it that the next Players’ production will be “You Can’t Take It With You.” This show i.s about the only three ring circus ever to be contained in three acts. You should live so long if you miss this one! dom. The American Way, Communistic Utopia, the' Master Race, the preservation of Democracy, or Socialism, or Commun ism, or Vishnuism, or whatever else we wish to preserve at any given time. Maybe if we got honest all of a .'udden —and if we could stand the subsequent shock—we might yet be able to do some thing to end war, but as long as we can say, without even a blush, “Go, in the name of Jesus Christ” to wipe out some one who just happens to be an obstacle between us and our goal, as long as we can pass the buck by making a sacred mission out of our greatest crimes, as long as we can rationalize and reconcile our guilt, as long as we lie to ourselves, we have no. hope for or right to a future that is anything but black. # Posing against a ba'’kerornri of their owp artistic crealion« e above photo shows Miss Lila Newman (left), popular Elon art teacher, wth several of her students. The students, reading left to right, are as follows; SEATED—Phyllis Tucker and Becky Garrison. STANDING—Tony Diamond, EJna Doris Huey and John Holton. Art Department Welcomes All... By J.B. PICKARD Elon’s Art Department has often been referred to as the most exclusive department on our campus. ‘Nothing,’ says the ins tructor, Miss Lila Newman, ‘could be further from the truth.’ She informed me that the art classes are the most informal and casual on the campus. The pupils discuss and criticize each others work, and in so doing, help themselves to solve their own problems. There is a friendly and plea sant atmosphere here that is un like the strained silence that pre vails in some of the more formal classes. The rooms of the art department are open to visitors at all times. Barely, we were in formed, does an hour pass without one or mere visito.rs dropping in to look around and watch the stu dents at work. It was pointed out to us that students are welcomed at any hour to observe the meth- )ds and the finished wor^ of the art department. A certificate may be obtained by a student in only three years, and a diploma requires but four years in this department. The department offers courses in wat er-color, oil, china painting and commercial art for any interested students. China painting is a very popu lar subject and there are, at pres ent, three students in the course. This course is not required of the art majors, although many of them enjoy taking it. There are many former students of the Elon \rt Department who have been very successful as professionals in this field. Elon 'had its seconri one-m r exhibit last week. This exhibit, by Edwin Daniel, was received jery favorably by the many stu- jents who were able to take ad- /antage of the showing. Consist- ng largely of water-colors, the show also had a few examples of ther media which gave ample proof of the versatility of Mr. Daniels. The earlier exhibit, by the late Wautel Selden of Chapel Hill, was also well received. The art department average six exhibitions each year. • Three of these are usually from the class and three from travelling exhibits. The local exhibits always draw large crowds and the average student is amazed to find that some of his fellow students are so talented. The one regret of the art de partment is that every student doe? not take at least one quarter of art. Most of the students would derive great pleasure from this course, and if perhap? they did not all progress to the point of having one man exhibits they would at least gain a greater ap preciation for the work of the other painters. A course of this type would also increase the en joyment one might obtain from visits to the gallerys and muse ums. Elon Gets Neiv Language Laboratory... With the advent of a new lan guage laboratory setup here at Elon College, a recorder and a small library of conversational ecords in various languages are low available to language stu dents. The equipment consists of a Sound Mirror” tape recorder md phonograph, several dozen records, in various languages, of conversation, literature and songs, with conversational charts .ind other supplementary material. ^Iso available is a record cutler (Presto disc cutter), sound film .orojectors, and film strip and lide projectors. Mrs. Pearl MacDonald of the French Department states the pur pose of the new language lab as follows: “For practice, speech I analysis, correction of pronuncia tion and diction by self critcism after comparison with recordings [made by natives of the language being studied, the speech of other students and professors.” Following the successful meth ods in operation at many large universities, the labs will consist of afternoon work under the sup ervision of the professor. Mrs. VlacDonald's labs will meet one afternoon each week, with special evening arrangements to be made jr day students and others who may have difficulty in attending the afternoon period, Mr. W, K, Ivie, of the Spanish Department, will hold his lab periods one evening each week, conducting a series of practical Spanish exercises based on select ed texts, Mr, Ivie, who has con ducted such classes before, points out the value of being able to hear one’s own voice. As soon as money is available, states Mr, Ivie, a complete Span ish record librar;. will be secured, which will be accessible to stu dents in conjunction with their regular class work. As a great many of his students are commut ing, he has not yet made definite (Continued on Page Four) Foreign language takes on a new fascination for the above group of Elon students as they join with Mrf'. Pearl McDonald, their French professor, in listening to re«u"dings of the foreign lan guage in their own voice. Seated beside the recording machine a e Jane Boone (left) and Janice Goodman. In the background, left to right, are Dick Levine, Sheffield Abels, Mrs, McDonald and Reita Durham. of cabbages and kings By ED ENGLES Well, the happy news of the year is that some of the local juvenile delinquents, (society’s name for small time hoodlums)' have been dealt with, unexpectedly and: delightfully, at the recent session of Elon College’s municipal court. Now perhaps' we will be able to have a cup of cdffee in peace, without worrying about having the air let out of our tires, the girls will be able to walk downtown without having to hsten to a lot of wise remarks, and the, air will be a lot cleaner in general. Happ\'' day! Recently I found, much to my surprise, that the stock of records in the library is available to anyone who wants to take them out and listen to them. Like manj' people, I thought that only the music stu dents had access to these records, but it ^eems that not only are they waiting there' for everyone’s use, but the librarians are all too eager to have students come in and take them out. Look ’em over . . . there are some for everyone’s taste. Once again the Elon Players have knocked themselves out to give Elon audi ences excellent entertainment, only to be greeted with practically empty houses botht nights during the showing of “Outwardi Bound.” This is hard to understand. Whjg^ is it that a bunch of people vidll not come to see good shows, at a ridiculously law price, right here on the canapus whare they are convenient to all? What’s wrong,? Is it the Players or the audiences? TbOEe who see the plays and are familiar with the high quality of the Players’ produc tions believe the fault lies in the audiences, but any helping suggestions will be appre ciated. ♦ * ♦ While strolling through the night downs near the post office recently, I chancect upon a small piece of paper fluttering along the ground. As I bent to pick it up, 1 noticed the retreating figure of an Elon professor. Thinking he had dropped it, I called to him, but he didn’t hear me;, so now, not knowing who he was, E produce here the poem that appeared on the scrap of paper, in the hope that he, may thereby recover his literary effort. ODE TO A RETREATING HAIRLINE Sad days are now upon me pressed, And I must ever whine, Because my scalp is quite unblessed By a permanent hairline. Oh no, it keeps recoiling back Like soldiers in retreat, Fast-fleeing from time’s search and’ sack. Towards a sad defeat, hen ho-man’s land shall lie between The veterans on age pension, Who grouped behind upon my spine;. Shall stage their last convention. And gaze across the gleaming dome,. With sad, nostalgic eyesj This place that was one time their home; Will come their mournful cries. While I shall look with eyes of care At that bedraggled host. And curse them for the few they are. And fleeing from their post. The paper was initialed at the bottom; with JFW. Who could it be? ♦ ♦ ♦ The Peddler took time out last Friday to celebrate his birthday. His quote 24th> unquote birthday. If he is 24 years olA then I am a toe dancer.
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