Wednesday, Febniarj' 13, 1952
PAGZ TWO
Maroon and Gold .
edited and printed by »tudenti of Elon ,
College- PubUrtied bi-weekly during th* .
ccUeg# year under the »usplc*i of the
Board ol Publication.
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ONK HAPPY FAMILY
At the Lastern Carolina-tlon basketball
game trie oUicr r:iiht. sovcrsl hastern
Carolina sludtnls a^ktd how KIoii manag
ed to li.:\e >ufh good teams in every sporti
and the following ans'AtT was siiven by an
Klonilf
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npji il . nd
Wj!- n t'.c
rc ju>t one hdppy family.'
ro ilcubt, the best and only ans-
!.i^ Il is the itnsv^er lo lhat old
I chool spirit.
here stem*: at the pres-
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By MATT C^'KKIS
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beM it ha-; been for
i;en said about school
rouse the old flame
Many have written,
1 I I their tempers
i inilly. the anrv.er
.1 c'-'ai i luf -Nky. And
ir.g 1- Tie fact that the
■r. ^iriplf all thi- lime,
,, r, ‘ .-..I 1 our heads
at;. the v ail wiih c ir i.l-h-iluni; theor-
if!***?.
"C'lu .'ipiiy lariUy! "
1.11 ' '.h.'.K 11 .- ■ Ticnt through and
SCI- /.ist w!'.;, : U tl.i- answer. What did
tlii.t I ii.ft i.ran when he gave that
ans.. : I.t-l s go lo the foundation of
till- -i.iU'.nfnt and figure from there.
l .i-; i>f all. Elon is a *mall college in
Um If ^nd there ^iie everjoiie really
knu.vs each other. We live ana ta: to
gether, we all have the same troubles, and
we iuve a common Koal m view. That
goal of course Is to get an education.
T bere is more lo getting an education
than reading book^ and studying all the
time It is in our college days lhat we
lealiy build our character and learn 10
lue with others. There accompanies our
drily sc'ieflule of classes and studying a
ph»*e cf eciilege lhat will be le.'tR rcmem-
bcr«! and longed for when we get out into
the »orld. Thirty years from now we may
not remember half of what we learned
from books, but we will remember our
•■cDlltge life." That will slay with us
for«ver. tor II is in college life, the social
•Me of college, lhat we make our friends
and ihare in a fellowship that helps to
form our lives and outlook forevermore.
Whienev*r there is a social function, or
any evont for that matter, we all partici
pate and do what we can to make It fun
for all. That is the reason lhat we have
aiieh good teams, lor when they are out
there fistiiing. they are Iightirg to win
tut us. They know lhat they are a part
of i« and lhat we i.re a part of them. If
we let them rtown. we cannot blame them
for losing,
Of course, there Is str?fe on campu!
occasionaJly c\er di.'fcrent iaucs, but it
dors not des.tru> our faith m each other.
The little conflicts from time to time are
....■ '.le
v.,t it UKJ ve;y
,... .ng on tc my rei:!Ci‘>.
hi^ itily Lhi!-!:!rod, i c
;;r>. M.:n .‘-- i: U) ar
• n- L-.rccmint; hi? format;.' . ■ •-
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uunjS girl.' r. ; h..H ’-T-
fulie.i 'lunt .I.' Iht year- at ul- ir.otnti
kni t ; '' found in a !*“ttei .vhich ii;
Ma.'it ; :;.cd off to a scrivener nami-d
T-ai li ning: I have been toying .. ‘tli
the ‘.>a cf making you my child's god
lather. Bf fore doing this, I would Iii c
•,;i a notarized -t-j'-ment of your ;.‘-
sets.
1 il.iii't intend to repeat the unh,; .pj - x-
p,ririf li', ’ l»-lell my own pan :;':
in the lS;h ccrnury. M ti;at tr;;ie,
ws d.T I r.cle Julius in our f; i ; y. 1!;?
v,s live ''^1 one, hau a brc'.vn -pi-de
fce.i.il, tiiick glas-i- and a head ti.ppcd -.If
with a bald spot the size of a buckwheat
6ake. Now my moliier somehow got the
notion that Uncle Julius was very wealthy,
so she told my father iwho never did un
derstand my mother! that it would be a
brilliant piece of strategic llaltery to
il ake Uncle Julius my godfather.
Well, a- happens to all men, I was
born. And before I could say 'Gesun'aheit,'
I wa.s namtd Julius. At that very moment,
I'ncle Julius was in the backroom of a
ci>:ar store on Third Avenue, dealing
them off the bottom. When word reached
him that he had been named iny god
father he dropped everything, including
two aces he had up his sleeve for an emer
gency. and rushed over to our flat.
In a spcech so moist with emotion that
he was blinded by his own glasses, he
hinted that my future was irrevocable,
linked with his. At the conclusion of his
.speech, unable to see. he kissed my lather,
handed my mother a cigar and ran back
to the pinochle game. Two weeks later,
he moved into the house, paper suitcase
and all.
As time went by, my mother became
suspicious. She not only discovered that
I'ncle Julius was without funds but tliai
he owed my father S34. Since he was only
five feet one, my father volunteered to
throw him out. Mother said, ' Let's wait
a little longer. She had read of cases
where rich men live miserly lives, then
leave tremendous fortunes.
Well, L'ncle Julius remained with us
until I got married. By this time, he had
IJtr beet room in the house—and owed
my father $84.
•My mother finally admitted that Uncle
Julius had been a hideous mistake and
ordered my father lo give him the bum s
rush. But Uncle Julius had grown an inch
over the years, while my father had
shrunk proportionately. Father convinced
my mother that violence was not the so
lution lo the problem.
Lncle Julius solved everything by kick
ing ofl. Ili^ estate, when probated, con
sisted of a nine-ball he had stolen from
a poolroom, a box of liver pills and a cel
luloid dickey.
1 suppose 1 should be more sentimen
tal about the whole thing, but it was a
.‘f vrre shok to all of us. If 1 can help ii.
lhat sort ot thing is not going to happen
to my child.
'Veil. son. that's the story. If you are
interested, let me hear from you. And
remember, a financial statement will ex
pedite things considerably.
Yours, Groucho."
just family fusses, and when they are
over, we are closer together than ever.
And then, too, we are proud of each other,
for in working together we have .shared
in the accomplishments that have come
our way.
Elon is like an old family name, proud
and respected, a Utopia of fellowship, for
Elon prides herself in friendship. Yes,
we have found Elon to be the good Sa
maritan. entering our lives in our journey
through life, and in the short time she
is our hostess, giving a part ofo herself to
tis. which we shall carry forever. And
that is why we excel in whatever we at-
tmpt. f(j. we are all for one ana one
for all. Ye«, Klon is just cr.c ^.cppy laii-
'ly: -L. C.
MAROON A N D GOLD
High School Visitors At Elon
M ty.^rrr' V y? a i ■' ,-.:r m
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of >
cabbages
and kings
Bj ED ENGLES
ALIXANDER WILSOX HIGH, of Alamance
vie .‘■I n ^uilding that was namei for their native county.
MONTICELLO HIGH SCHO >L, of Guilford County, is hon'e to the above group of seniors,
who were caught by the roving photographer as they visited the Elon College Print Shop, the home
of the Maroon .And Gold. This school, located within eighteen mil's of Elon. is ixpresente;! on the
campus by a numoei of Elon stu .ents this year.
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Getting in to the M&G office about 1;0IJ
o'clock on this fine Saturday morning, i
see lying before me three typewrittea
pages entitled. "Cash On The Spot,” which
our good editor (Lynn Cashion) had thrown
together on the spur of the moment just
as it appeared that Engles had disappeared
from the face of the earth. Let me here
express my appreciation to him for tak
ing up my duties in such Marine Corps
Nick Of Time fashion, but the truth of
the matter is that I have just been sit
ting home in a rocking chair, broodin?.
for the past week, and now I am ready
to go once again. You lucky people won't
have to go through “Cash On The Spot
for another two weeks.
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This seems to have been a busy little!
week I've missed, too. Much political ac-i
tivity and all that sort of -thing; and even|
an issue of the underground press ap-i
peared, the first since Harry Farmer|
blasted the veterans and they blastel|
back.
Some time ago, a hurried legislature!
meeting was called, and a bill was pro-i
posed, which had as its ostensible intent
a change in the constitution which would
permit day students to run for the offict
of president of the student body.
When the news broke on the campus^
many thought that its proponent -.vas f
nagling his way into office. Feeling, bolh|
pro and con. has been running high ovej
the affair ever since.
The air was cleared, however, by a cli;
clamation before another legislature mee‘
ing, of any intent of running for any ot^
fice in our student government. So tlid
seems to take care of that ... or does ilJ
At any rate, by the time this reachK*
1 print, the bill will have been voted c
! by the students, and something, at leas'
will have been decided.
I BONLEr HIGH SCHOOL, of Chatham County, was point of origin for the above group of
1 .-. niois, who are watching and listening intently as Dr. Paul Check, of the Elon College Chemis
try Department, explains to them the process which was under ,ay in the exhibit. In this case
the experiment happened to be t le distillation of oil of wintergr -en. which proved more pleasing
in the olfactory tracts of the visitors than some of the aromas that normally float from the Chenv
' '-try lab.
HALTER WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, of Burlington, shown last was far f ,
.representation for ‘'High School Day." In fact Burlington sent th ■ largest deW r”"’
fittingly in view cf the large Burlington rep-csertation in th« c-i a^'egation of all. quite
Burlington visitors are shown viewing with peJeSrProf A ^ of the
trading water from thin air. Bill P]o.ckstone was student guide for Ihis*"'!-
*****
Oh, and while we're on the subjci
iwe're not, really, but we did mention tl
underground press a while back), let's !oi
into this underground press thing. Sincl
I ve been on the staff of the Maroon ar
Gold, the underground press has mao
three appearances, one- against me. oc
against Harry Farmer, and, finally, oni
against someone, who although unnamei
would probably find Matt Curin's shoe)
a good comfy fit.
Let’s overlook for the moment that
three of the issues were published soleb
to be against something and get to \vhi(
seems to me to be a more basic issue.
Whereas a worthy idea may now a::
then accidentally slip into the lines printe-
hy the underground press, it is rare. It
almost wholly made up of vituperalio:
abuse, or just childish name-calling.
At this point I must admit that 1 sucj
cumb to temptation at times and induli
in some of these things myself, but y>
will always see my name tacked onto anjj
thing I might write for publication, as y
will also see other names on all person
opinion given out in this paper.
There has never been an issue of
underground press with a signature on
which makes the rag, in my book, just:
cheap and nasty method for someone wit.':
out guts enough to say what he wants '
-“^ay in public to atack someone or somi
thing he does not like, however good "
bad his motives may be.
The underground press could be a goo^
healthy thing. I think it is, in the senil|
l^at it shows spirit, at least. And tli((
sheet although almost completely nesH
ive, as had some things to say at tim£'‘
that merit hearing. But without a sigml
ture, it reeks, it befouls the air. . 
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kiddies, writing the column bail
been fun, but duty and a couple of incoo-|
pletes from the fall quarter are calling,
and I must make haste. Let me say agai«|
that I’ve enjoyed it all. ... I hope yo«l
can say the same.
Well, happy day . . .
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