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AAAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, March 21, 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. Delivered by
mail, $1.50 the college ye^r, 50c the
qwrter.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Edward Engles ..., Editor-In-Chief
Robert Wright Associate Editor
Justyn Carter Music Editor
J. B. Pickard Feature Editor
Walter 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
Neil 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, MARCH 21, 1951
VOTE “YES” FOR COMMON SENSE
With the coming of spring, there are
several things that students must be pre
pared for. One is the balmy, misty-
moisty air, which tends to turn young
peoples’ fancies to thoughts of love, and
the other is the election of student gov
ernment officials to their very imprtant
positions for the next school year.
As balmy weather and young love is
not the sort of thing one expects to find
In an editorial, we will concentrate on
the student government picture.
After just a few short years of student
government, the student body of Elon
College has already begun to take for
granted all the things they struggled so
hard to get in the begining. Last year s
elections, with few exceptions, showed
quite conclusively that the students were
not taking their government too serious
ly.
As far as elections themselves go, last
year’s elections were excellent. Plenty
of spirit, debate on the parto f candidates
was heard on the campus frequently. A
livejry campaign, with student interest
running high, was the result. That was
as it should have been.
But very few people take the important
issues into consideration when they vote.
First and foremost, a candidate should
be selected on his capability, his depen
dability, and his capacity to serve the best
interests of the student body.
This was not the case last year, again
with few exceptions, the most notable
being the election of Bob Wright for pres
ident. But for Bob and a few others
like him, student government would have
dropped into the chasm it was teetering
over all year long. Student legislature,
composed of people who were elected
apparently for no other reason than that
they happened to be nominated, was a
pathetic farce, and nobody knows that
better than the few members of the Stu
dent Legislature who put forth a sincere
effort to do the jobs they were selected
for.
Lonelness was the watchword at prac
tically all of the legislative asemblles.
Not one assembly all year long had 100
per cent attendance, and at most assem
blies there were not enough members
present even to make up a quorum. It
was probably a good thing for the recal
citrant members that a quorum could not
be formed, for it almost certainly would
have been used to impeach the greater
part of the membership.
That sorto f thing is deadly to free gov
ernment, and history has shown over and
ever again that when people get careless
about their freedom, there is always some
body or something around that will take
it away from them.
Those who remember what student life
at Elon College was like before the pres-
the
yankee peddler
By BOB WRIGHT
It would seem that it would be more
constructive to demonstrate Democracy
in the world’s trouble spots, thereby de
priving Communism of fertile ground,
than letting the Reds get in and then
shooting them out. It would be a darn
sight cheaper, too. No new ideas are
needed to remedy the world situation.
There are plenty of old ones around that
never have been tried.
About the education requirements of
today one salty character was heard to
remark, “They spend so much time teach-
in’ ’em how to teach they don’t get
around to teachin’ ’em anything TO
teach.”
The calendar tells us that spring starts
today. The winter has been pretty nice;
we just hope that spring won’t be as hard
to take as it was last year. At any rate,
we’re not putting our topcoat in moth
balls.
After reading the “Who’s Who” an
nouncements, one campus Joe stated that
if they ever put out a “What’s What” he’d
be the first to be nominated.
♦ ♦ ♦
Just a reminder. Nominations for the
spring General Election will be coming
up soon. Start thinking about it now.
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Judging from the number of tanned
faces in evidence after the holidays, there
must have been a mass exodus from Elon
to Florida.
Standing behind a fellow in the chow
line the other day: ‘Gimme the rice—
ooh, Sylvana!”
This is the last time the peddler’s pack
will be opened. We’ve enjoyed trying to
tap out a column of type for your perusal,
but our luck ran out to the extent of em
barking on a career of gainful employ
ment.
The peddler is now on the staff of
WFNS, and will not have the time to dis
pense this string of bon mots for M&G
readers. (Before the editor adds his bit,
we’ll admit that some of them were not
so bon.) We’ll hang our harp on the
weeping willow tree, and bid thee, kind
friends, adieu.
ent government came into being are very
few at this time, but if you would learn
the value of self government, find one
of them and ask him about it. Perhaps
he will be able to convince you of what
a great loss we would sustain in losing
our student government.
And don’t take the fatalistic attitude
that there is nothing that you, one person,
can do about it, when the government is
in the hands of the student , officials.
Don't ever forget; it is your vote that puts
them there. Make sure you don’t waste
■ that vote, because with it you are buying
a way of life that cannot be purchased
with any other medium of exchange.
IT COULD HAPPEN HERE
According to a recent issue of the Daily
Tar Heel, of U.N.C., there is something
amiss with the Honor System over there.
Seems that teachers sit in on exams, and
there have been students who actually
boasted about cheating on tests. It would
be nice to be able to say that it can’t hap
pen here, but anyone can see that it can,
and, in a small degree, is happening.
WhaWt the worriers forget, however, is
that the Honor System exists in spite cf
liars, thieves and cheats, not because of
them. The real danger lies, not in the
presence of violators of the Honor Sys
tem, but in that students with honor and
integrity may become hardened to dis
honesty in others if they allow themselves
to be exposed to it too long. As long as
a menace is recognized as such, it is
neither too dangerous or too late to do
•something aboi;l it, but when people
turn their backs to it, they soon feel the
point cf the dagger between the shoulder-
blades.
In the foreground of the picture is Bob Harned smiling happily at an experiment that seems to be
working out to his satisfaction. The other students are, clockwise from Bob, Ben Stephenson,
Murray Holland and Ted Hackney. These students are all working on different experiments with
varying degrees of success.
Gadgets, Gizmos And Gears
By J.B. PICKARD
There are at present about
forty students enrolled in the
chemistry department, and the
editor of your M. and G. sent me
up to find out just what there is
on the third floor of the Science
Building that would serve to keep
this many students occupied.
This, then, is an honest and as
nearly accurate report as my un
scientific mind can produce.
There are more than twelve
courses in chemistry offered here
at Elon at present. These are
broken down into four classifica
tions. There are three courses
=“ach offered under the headings
of general chemistry, qualitative
analysis, organic chemistry and
quantitative analysis. These
twelve courses, along with others
that are offered according to de
mand, make up the curriculum of
this department.
As could be expected, a majority
of the students in these courses
are chen’istry majors. These,
along with the pre-med, pre-dent
al and a few home economics
majcrs, ccnsUtute the student en-
ollment in this department.
There are also a few pre-engineer
ing students, who are now taking
one of those “offered on demand”
courses, a course in sewage dis
posal. This should give some in
terested parj'es some idea of the
variety of courses that are of
fered.
The department also makes
full use of its resources by mak
ing a course in Chemistry of the
Body available for there pre-med
students who wish to take it.
Now to get around to some of
the sights that were spread before
my eye.» as I, walked around this
third floor sanctum sanctorum of
scientists. There were compli
cated charts, models of compli
cated mbleciles. a still (for the
distillation of oil of cloves at the
time of my visit), and your guess
i? as good as mine about seme of
the other ingenious gadgets, giz
mos and gears.
Then let us move into the stock
room, a little cubby-hcle, which
contained all the chemical com-
oonents from ammonium to zinc.
I found Dr. Cheek and a pair of
his cohorts in the process of tak-
ng inventory. It seems that even
he c'lemist'y department doesn’t
know ‘'or sure j'asi wiiat thii plare
contains. It is here t.hat the var
ious chemicals rest in peace i nli!
=om.e over-ambitious young chem
ist decides that he would like to
fmell up the atmosphere. It i?
a source of never-enclir-g amcze-
ment to me why no.che.xist evei
concocts anything that smells
anything other than horrible.
There must be some sort of an
eleventh commandment for chem
ists that reads something like
this—“And thou shalt on every
oportunity pollute the atmos
phere froBi lab to high heaven
A’ith thy foul concoctions.”
There are other features in this
department which some students
may find of interest. There are,
for instance, about three boys for
every girl (this is merely a ratio,
not a promise) in the department.
Some of my female readers may
be like one of the students who
'■'aid to the registrar, ‘I dont care
who teaches the course, how many
boys are there in it?”
There is also a student assistant
program, with the more advanced
students acting as lab assistants
for the elementary classes in
their departments. This can be
of great help to the newer stu-
■'en's. due to the fact that these
young assistants can still recall
the difficulties they experienced
I >u V they ”’ere cvprcome.
' =uch problems still fresh
in mind, the youthful instructors
may be of great value to the nov
ices.
As the students progress into
the deeper subjects, they ar
sometimes led off on a tangent
that is only distantly related to
the subject. These students are
encouraged to continue with their
research and follow it through as
far as they please. There are
many examples of this extra-cur-
ricular activity displayed around
the department. The charts
mentioned above were made by a
stvdent, and, while I could not
comprehend the ciiemical signifi
cance of these charts, I could ad
mire fie profe'-siona! grade o.'
|v,'crk thrit v.ss diipIayeJ.
F. r prcspertive schoo'
teacher, there is a material and
methods course that will prove of
great benefit. This is another of
those “offered on demana” courses
that has been quite popular. This
!course concerns the future teach-
[ ers and offers particular ideas
and methods of presenting the
j subject to the average high school
’ student.
In one of the pictures that ac
company this story, the reader
may notice Ted Hackney at work
on wnat he hopes is the correct
procedure for preparing idoben-
zene. From the odors that were
arising from his apparatus, one
would think that either Mr. Hack
ney had missed his goal complete
ly or else that he was after some
thing that no one else would want
under any circumstances.
In the foreground of the same
picture is Bob Harned (who is one
I of those student instructors we
! mentioned earlier), busily engaged
in using an organic solvent to ex-
I tract from cloves that little home
I toothache remedy, oil of cloves.
The poor boy will probably fail
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Pai.1 Cheek is shown assisting
stock rocm. The students are, Dwight Apple and Frank Ward,
chemicals and apparatus needed for countless experiments.
a pair of his students in takin g an inventory of the Chemistry
This supply room contains all
of
cabbages
and kings
By ED ENGLES
Now that the bleary eyes ?re beginiiiflg
to clear up a bit. and all the eager ifu-
dents are beginning to rest up from tlieir'
vacations, the rustle of leaves, being,
turned over anew is almct: thundejous.-
The local coffee shops are p/actically batTit
at night . . . everybody is e^wier studying,
resting, or picking up the strings where
they left them at the end of ihe winter
quarter. However, by the_ time this goes
to press, the usual change will already
have obtained, and a trend toward coffee
and juke-box will have become apparent
once again. »« j ■
♦ * *
Do not ask for whom the bell tolls; it
tolls for the yankee peddler, whose last
literary production appears on this page.
Say goodbye to the most popular feature
of the Maroon and Gold (always except
ing the editorials, of course) with this is
sue. Thanks a lot for everything, Bob.
+ ♦ ♦
The huge contingent of self-selected
missionaries who made the pilgrimage to
Florida over the holidays should get a
vote of thanks from the board of, direc
tors for the quantity, if not the quality,
of thfe publicity they spread over the Sun
shine State. Seems as though everybody
and his brother went to Florida this
time, and did their unconscious best to
put Elon on the map. The way Is now
paved for an all-out invasion of the deep
southland next winter.
* ♦ ♦
What with the discordant concerto of
modern life rising to a. crashing and ca-
caphonif crescendo at a rather breathtak
ing tempo, American advertising, always
ready in a pinch, lends a reedy note of
enchantment to the musical maelstrom
with
I DREAMED I WAS A TOREADOR IN
MY MAIDEN-FORM BRA
The dreamer, stunningly portrayed in
violet red, with misty features and head
thrown back ecstatically, faces the con
spicuously absent bull with upper gar
ment thrown open and waving in the
breeze, ostensibly to form a toreador’s
cape, but really serving to expose, neatly
encased in a glittering Maiden-Form Bra,
a set of belligerently poised, flamboyant
cectorais, with which she apparently in-
lends to administer the estocada while the
bull is still in a state of shock-induced
trauma, which serves him right for not
being gentleman enough to look the other
way.
It’s a pretty good ad, I suppose, as far
as ads go, but it lacks a certain punch, a
certain endearing quality that will make
women past the age of 12 leap out of bed
in the morning and run downtown to buy
a gross of Maiden-form Bras. To the
Maiden-form people I hereby offer, free
of charge, the following s'ure-fire catch
lines:
I dreamed I was run over in my Maiden-
form Bra (that one ought to knock ’em
dead); I dreamed my husband left me
in my Maiden-form Bra (that should have
the men buying them too); I dreamed I
found a stick of Dentyne in my Maiden-
form Bra (appeal to the younger set);
I dreamed I was sent up lor arson in my
Maiden-form Bra (strong «un moll ap
peal); and last but not least. 1 dreamed
I was lost in my Maiden-form Bra (for
girls under 3 years old).
But don’t get the idea that Maiden-
form has cornered the ridiculous ad mar
ket. Amoco gas has come out with
LET ’EM SHOUT! The COLD lac:
remains that your best buy is AMOCO!
For a while I despaired of anyone
outdoing that one, but then my powerful
faith in the capabilities of advertising
men bloomed fiercely within me again,
and I now am joyously awaiting the In
evitable topper.
Not to be outdone, Eveready'flashlight,
is loudly proclaiming the ^lerits of theii-
new square flashlight. Just FEEL the-
difference ’ the ads drool, intimating that
regardless of what kind of a beam it may
throw, a square flashlight is the only
frashlight for you. And I suppose I’ll
have to get one. How horrible it would
be if the neighbors would blow a fuse
and wish to borrow my flashUght. Whar
could 1 say in reply to the cold looks ®i'
disdain on their faces as they experienced
the loathsome and inefficient feel of m\
old fashioned round flashlight? '
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