Wednesday, January 16, 1952
PAGE TWO
Maroon and Gold
Edited »nd printed by ftudenU of Elon
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editorial
Lynn Ca*hion
Matt Currin
FMward Kngles
J. B. rickard
Cooper Walker
Ilapple Wilkon
William Burke
Luther N. Byrd
Kili’cr-in-Chief
Associate Editor
Ass^frf'ijte F-'iitcr
Feature fcditor
Art tclitor
Dramatics Editor
Staff Photographer
Faculty Advi^ur
Bl'SIMiSS BOARD
Matt Currin BuMnes- Manager
Roger B Wilson Circulation Manager
B G Frick Printing Advisor
Idward Engles Press Operator
SPORTS STAFF
Joe Spivey . Sports Editor
George Etheridge Sports A^,istant
Sophia White Sports, AssisUnt
REPORTERS
Kvclyn Booth
Joe Brankley
Ronamond Bromley
Jimmie Cole
Nelvin Cooper
Hank DeSimone
Reita I>urham
Harry Farmer
Larry Gaither
Pat Gates
Mary Jo Johnson
Sue Ireland
Dick Levine
Rachel Matthews
Archie Morgan
Sarah Murr
Bob Niemyer
Bob Reece
Charleb Russell
Wenonah Taylor
Nancy Vaughan
Joan Wickman
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1952
THE BEST IN THE STATE?
The beginning of the New Year, by tra
dition, a time for the making of resolu
tion*, and it seems proper at this time
for the students, of Elon College lo resolve
that they will. Individually and collective
ly, Improve the Elon spirit.
School spirit is the backbone of all
schools, and, when one speaks of school
spirit, he is referring usually to student
.spirit. School spirit is that which breathes
life into the various activities on the
campus. What, for Instance, would a ball
game t>e like if there were no school
spirit? The answer would show up in
the poor morale of the team.
School spirit tends to draw the stu-
d«'nts to a central goal, that goal being
to make the school and the student body
a type of which the students and the ad
ministration can be proud. This is the
underlying basis for the alumni associa
tion of any college, and it serves as both
a check and support for the school ad
ministration and the scholastic standards.
However, we students are not meeting
(his ideal. Let us take this time to ex
amine our school spirit. Let us first
consider our support of the athletic pro
gram. Those of us who have attended any
home games lately have noticed that only
a very small percentage of the students
have been in attendance. Not hall the
campus students and practically none of
the day students have shown up.
Next, let us take a look at cheering. Or
ganized cheering appears practically dead!
Not once have all the cheerleaders ap
peared at a basketball game this season,
and that ■ why only an occasional cheer
comes from the students, and a mediocre
one at that. Those missing chccrs could
play a big part in keeping the scoreboard
unbalanced in Elon's favor. No doubt that
the roof of Alumni Memorial Gymnasium
would cave in if all the cheerleaders
showed up. and the walls themselves might
fall if that student section were filled.
The most hopeful outlook of our campus
organizations i. the student government.
This branch of student activities, especial
ly the legislature, has assumed an out
standing role on campus as compared to
that of last year. And yet. it has unlimit
ed possibilities in the future. The stu
dents should encourage their legislators
by attending the meetings.
Let's resolve here and now that each
of us will perform his, part in making
Eton Collece the home of the strongest
and most unified school spirit in the state
of North Carolina.—L. C.
M
aroon and gold
JUST LOOK AT THOSE FRIENDLY SMILES
the
moving finger
writes
By MATT CL'RRIN
the cl'RT.^in has fallen . . .
At 'he beginning of every year, we are
told ti it it will surely be the Year ol De-
t'- .n We were told that last year was
going to be the Year of Decision, and
, e h!ve ince learned that 1951 was real
ly no diflercnt liom the previous years.
However, in retrospect, we see that 19^>1
much like any other year sintc 1945
Soviet Russia still hasn t started the
■'Big \7ar.” Communism hasn't overtaken
the United States, strangely enough New
York hasn't been destroyed by the A-
Bomb, and America is still with us, and
the democrats and Republicans are MiH
cutting each other's throats.
Remember back in 1948 when everyone
from the Ea.st to West Coast told us they
were through with the Truman Adminis-
t.'-ation ... of course he didn't stand a
chance . . . they certainly were not go
ing lo vote for him . . . But THEY DID
and Harry was back with us for four
more ye.irs (or as long as he wanted).
However, the answer wa« that the good
American people just felt sorry for Har
ry—they felt at ease calling him Harry,
and that's one major reason why H. S. T.
has become one of our political giants. He
can appear superficially stupid and that s
what makes him so popular.
Now with the New Year only two weeks
old, we are reminded that this is the year
the Democrats and Republicans meet in
the smoke-filled hotel rooms to decide
who will please the American people bet
ter, not who will serve them better. This
is one weakness of our system of electing
the President. In looking over the lists of
our American Presidents we find that
many of the leaders who have served the
people better are the ones who were con
sidered to be the worst. This was because
they lacked appeal. They were not poli
ticians and actors.
Shakespeare once said that "all the
world's a stage.” Another act has ended,
the curtain has fallen, and in a short
while the curtain will rise on another act
. . . and could it have new actors? W'e
wonder.
Billy Graham said in Greensboro sever
al weeks ago that even a car needs a
change of oil occasionally. But I would
like to add that if inferior oil is added
the result may be worse than if the old
oil were left in, and it is now hard to feel
that any oil could be worse than our pres
ent worn out, dirty brand.
The Republicans are making the same
miserable mistake that they have made
continually for the past years. The three
leading Republicans who have announced
their desire to be nominated, Taft, Stassen
and Warren, are not favored by the ma
jority of the American people. Stassen,
the ex-govemor and now president of the
Univ. of Penn., is probably the best bet.
Warren is inexperienced in world affairs,
and Taft is not too popular, even though
his boosters claim he is gaining support
all over America. Stassen Is very capable,
he is experienced in world affairs, he is
a true leader. And what we need is a
leader. Truman will probably not run,
but rather will support Fred M. Vinson,
however, I hope Vinson remains in the
Supreme Court. Senator Estes Kefauver
nas let it be known that he would not
turn down the number one placc on the
ticket.
What all this amounts to is that we still
do not have a Man of the Hour in the
spotlight. As it looks now the only Man
of the Hour is Ike Eisenhower, and we need
him in Europe: but I ofien wonder if we
I tally don't need him more in Washington
where he could run the whole show in
stead of just one act. We need a leader,
and he is certainly a leader.
Yes, the curUin has fallen on another
year. Before intermission is over let us
not only change the set. but let us change
the actors as well.
Mrs. Judy Burns and Mrs. Ja kic Matlock, .ho.n J
duties in the field office, are eve reawi. 1 a s:r.ii)e ...J a «Oid of enco. -
in need of either the smile or encouragement.
Here^s To Judy And Jackie
By MATT CURRIN iv.ho need words of encouragement fhe leplied. 'Yes. I came, sa ,
, , advice 'I conquered.”
Now that Dorothy Dix is dead, , , 1 ' One reason Judy is so interested
her business might well be trans-, Botn Judy and Jackie are ^lum-: ^One^ea
while
Both Judy and Jackie are alum-:
ferred to the office of the Field ni of Elon College. Judys ^ ^ere
Secretary here at Elon College, first came to Elon as Judy Hole She was co-editor
lor Mrs. Judy Burns and Mi's. man, is a member of the Class of, - A’amnn and Gold vice-
Jackie Matlock, the field secretary!'43; Jackie, who first registered 0 / the Student Council
and office secreUry respectively, on the campus as Jackie Perry, rhpprleader and won a
act as purveyors of information was a student during 1941 and ^ ^ . American'
and general "helpers tor the;1942. Both imbibed a liberal sup- P'ace m Who s Who in Ame 1
ppedy 'ply of the Elon spirit during their,Colleges and Unnersities,
Because they are so ever ready student days, and it has stayed During the vtar years,
. . ■ . , « .1, f ivith thorn ; Warren was in the service, Judy
to listen to a tale of woe. the fea-,vMth idem. . ^ r ..
. , , , , , „ . „ ,17. v.as associate society editor of the
ture spotlight is found focused! Judy Burns is really Mrs. War- „ i, * t ,1 .
upon two of the best known ren Burns, and her husband is a; ai y ews, u u y
people on the Elon campus. It is member of the faculty of Burling- re urne o on
to their office that all sludenis, ton High School, where he teaches ® ^ ^ ^ recen
both freshmen and upperclassmen. Diversified Occupations a n d ^
report at the beginning of each coaches basketball. He is also a one-half years, dur-
school year, and during the course = graduate of Elon, and it was at ® secretary
of the year Judy and Jackie con- Elon that he and Judy first met. and more re
tinue to serve as counsellois. aci- incidentally, when Judy was asked Field Representative. e
of
cabbages
and kings
By ED ENGLES
Well, I see by the “New Yorker" tha"
Steinberg’s Restaurant at Broadway ana
82nd Street is serving gefulte fish with
jelled gravy.
Oh, man, now that I’m into it, let me I
pass on more of the information contained
in this little gem of a magazine.
Hettie Gray Baker has written, it seeni'
the only complete book cn Siamese cats'
For just $3.50 you can learn how to|
choose, raise, train, show, and live with]
a Siamese cat. 'Well, maybe Hettie is im
the know about these things, but if sliel
really wants to sell a book, I advise herl
to discover a method of wiping the smugj
look off the sooty face of one of the su-|
perior, little cruds after he has just po^
ished off a can of your imported Norv».|
gian sardines.
Leafing on, one encounters a color pho-|
tograph of a bottle of whiskey, two high-
baUs, and a cork, all sitting on a pol
ished table in front of a mallard duct|
It’s hard to say whether this is suppos;"
to be a duck of distinction, or whetho
the duck is there simply to arouse the
red blooded man’s sporting instinct r ’
cause him to run right down and buy i|
bottle of expensive hooch. From the ex
pression on the duck’s face, one cant b
sure if his head is naturally bright grec^
and he is embarrassed about it, or whetk
he has just tasted the whiskey. It is V'
lirst duck I ever saw that looks as thoug'
it is trying to explode.
•visors and friends fcr all students whether she met Warren at Elon,
(Continued on Page Four)
Who Said Drawing Is A ‘Crip Course’?
By J. B. PICK.ARD of the South Pacific (plug) to the
The short, slightly chubby, College (also
round-faced and yuthful appear-
plug
He no longer travels a
Instead he
not, and I repeat DOES NOT,
count as a required math of
science course. The only re
quirement for this delightful lit
tle course in scientific doodling
is plane geometry. The line forms
on the right, men.
Professor (a.ssistant) Sox also
has one other real gone course
that might make some of you stu
dents change your plans about
loafing around the beach all sum
mer. Each summer he offers a
course in surveying.
This is (and I quote) “a health
ful, interesting and invigorating
course.” The greater portion of
the course is outside, and severaV
tion for which he was working which deals largely with trifles are made of various types
started discharging its personnel! like isometric and orthographic The students gets
without any notice whatever. Tliis ’ projections. Before you give vent ^ with such interesting
was then the decline and fall ol to a spirited '‘Eureka.’’ let me in-compass, level,
Jason .‘^ox, Iroin liie i/iiie .^kic iorm you that this course does!
ing guy frequently seen on the f'^avenly course,
second floor of Alamance Build-
ing is a young super-salesman opposite.
named Jason L. Sox. To illustrate the type of course
The catalogue for this year list- mentioned above, peek into the
ed him as an assistant prolessor, classroom reserved for the stu-
but your alert reporter checked ^cnts of Engineering Drawing,
his party card and found that he a crip course (I have the
iwas once a traveling salesman in word of Mr. Sox himself on that
the high explosive line, with a point) that has as a rule only ten
I not so exclusive territory in the tc fifteen students enrolled per
Guam, Okinawa. Iwo and Honshu 'ioai'ter, the greater portion of
area. whom are math, physics or pre-
He lost this job in the early'engineering students,
part of 1946 when the organiza-1 This is a fundamental course.
iCcr.tinued on Page Four)
SCIEMIFIC ARTISTS IN WORKING MOOD
Professor Sox and a few of hi« t
(.Qurse. uocci'inp that i
makes up this
Near the front of the magazine, wlit
the ads cost more, a spooky looking cir.
ture, presumably female, poses in
center of the page, draped in a ftai • ,
red negligee, her hands hysterically clutfr
ing her flaming red hair, and with a fl?':;’
ing red, wispy stole around her neck, t ■
end of which trails off into a pasty whii
infinity, upper right hand corner. Thi
script, striking in its simplicity, saj
“Wear Kayser . . . you OWE it to you
AUDIENCE!” I think they presume
great deal. At the present I am her i
dience, and 1 don’t feel she owes me aaj
thing at all. Except perhaps an expianj
lion.
Obviously, here is a magazine that rise
to the level of every day’s most quie
need: wine that is “extravagantly good;'
champagne for christening ships and
like; $5,000.00 earrings (apiece, that isl
dinnerware displaying the Great Seal «
the Confederacy; any number of dand)
television sets, most of which go into rap
i tiires about the quality of reception thf
possess, none of which mention the qualit
of the programs being received; toy 'oaj
pipes for filling the home with liltin
melodies, guaranteed to splatter Daddy'
brains all over the ceiling; long hanals
squeegees, to j-emove Daddy's brains W
ceiling; and, finally, a sensational .ic'
perfume from Paris, named "Gigolo,|
which may help IVlama to replace Dadd.'j
solving, in the process, the messy prol)i'“'
of brains on the ceiling, for, imless I nii:'
my guess, “Gigolo” is not designed '■
attract brains.
A good item for someone without c:
imagination is the set of tray and lufe"
ball glasses, decorated with a bird in •
gilded cage. “Glasses are transluce"
white, flecked with gilt.’ That does i'.
Buster. Bitter experience has creat"
within me some nasty associations betvu ’
bird cages and flecks on the glasses. 1'^^
alraid I could never enjoy a drink
one of your glasses, even if the flecks
gilt.
But true love is not daunted by sui-i
petty unplijasant/iies. Little old
Yorker,’’ i love you just the same.
One important item the “New Yorliei
did not contain, in spite of its magnificeotl
scope, is the new play now in productiO"
be presented by the Elon Players (*l
the nights of January 30 and 31. Theaiw)
goers will go far and wait long
Ibey get to see a better play than Aldou*)
Huxley’s “The Gioconda Smile.'
your big blue eyes and shell-like ears wiii*|
open, kiddies . . . you’ll be hearing a I'*!
about “The Gioconda Smile,” not onlyl
before it goes on stage, but for a ioo^i
time after, it’s that good.