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>I A R O ON AND GOLD
Wednesday, May 21, 1952
Maroon And Gold
Edited and printed by rtudenU of Eton
College. PubUshed bi-weekly during the
college year under the ausplcet of the
Board of Publication.
Entered as lecond clan matter at the
Post Office at Klon College, r.. C.. under
the Act of March 8, 1879. D.livered by
mall, $150 the collci'.e yf.". ■ ' ‘
quarter.
tlHrORIAi, BOAKD
K(litor-in-Chicf
Lynn C-ihiDn
Matt (,’urrin
Edward KinjU-
J. B. I’ickard
Cooper Walker
llapp'e Wili'in
William Buike
l.ulher N Byrd
Aijoclate Kililor
Associate F.'iitor
Feature Editor
Art Editor
Urami-if" FMitor
Staff I’hotuurapher
Faculty Advisor
business board
Matt Currin Businc.-i Manager
Roger H Wilson Circulation Manager
B. (;, Frick Printing Advisor
Lynn Cashion Press Operator
SPORTS STAFF
Joe Spivey Sports Editor
(leorRc KthcridKc Sports Assistant
Sophia White Sports Assistant
reporters
Rosamond Bromley Dick l-eviiie
Jimmie Cole
Kcita Durham
Joe Durso
Oscar Holland
E. L Johnson
Mary Jo Johnson
Gerald Mafsingill
Larry Nightlinge."
Pai?i' Painter
Bill Rcnn
Charles Russell
Wenonah Taylor
Joan Wickman
WKDNKSDAY, MAY 2B, 19r)2
•■THIRTY”
For the thirty-first time a Maroon and
Gold editor writes "SO”—the newspaper
lingo for “the end"—In closing out another
fifteen isues of the ol' Maroon and Gold,
and another year's news takes its placc
in history on our reference shelf.
It’s a good feeling when we run that last
paper off the press and know that we
can rest for at l?ast three months without
running hither-and-to, scribbling down
notations and sweating it out over the
t\pewriter. Our staff is tired . . . and
we feel that we have e.irned vacation.
We won no championship this year, but
we conosle ourselves with the belief that
we would have if we had had a chance,
end we are still completely out of humor
heeausc no meeting or contest was held
by the North Carolina Collegiate Press
AsHociation, thus robbing us of our chance
to win a fourth consecutive state cham
pionship At least. If we won no title, no
other paper did either
It has been a tradition that we attend
the collegiate press convention and enter
eur paper in the contest, and in three
years It has become almost traditional
that the Maroon and Gold win. It was
with regret that we saw the elected offi
cers of the collegiate press group fall
down on the job this year and cancel at
the last minute the arrangement.', for the
annual convention, which was supposed
to have been held at the University of
North Carolina.
However, this unfortunate development
has not lowered the standards of the
Maroon and Gold in the least, and we are
proud of this thlrty?first volume of the
paper which come* to an end with this
Issue It Is with pleasure and a sense of
nccomplishmcnt that we write "30" on
the year's work.
There is a very good possibility that
next year may brtng forth a new North
Slate Conference Press Association, sep
arate and apart from the statewide group,
for such a plan was approved at the re
cent meeting of the North State Student
Council And it is possible, too, that head
quarters of such a group might be here
at Klon. since Elon bo^tsts a complfte
newspaper plant that prints its own paper
on the campus.
If such should develop, then it will
mean a new field of competition and an
Opportunity lor future rrlitors and staffs
of the Maroon and Gold to win new honors.
So, until Volume 32. Number 1, rolls off
the prra». it's so long and we'll be seeing
you.—L. C.
cash
on the
spot
By LYNN CASIIION
The . -J of the year if here, and we can
„,i :!0 hom? and enjoy the summer month.
thio ving away our time without paying
lor it.
* • ♦ * *
I don't knov, what the girls will be doin«
thi. summer, but 1 imagine most of the
Lc.s will be flattering their draft boards,
.ini to return to Elon in the fall. At
1, 4 we can point to one good grade this
yi ar . . . that grade being 1-A.
♦ * ♦ ♦ •
For those of you who misr.ed the Elon
Flayer production of "Medea" last week, the
Players will repeat their performance in
Whitley on Saturday, May 24th. In my
opinion "Medea" is the best production of
rcccnt years, with Mrs. Smith giving one of
the finest performances seen on the Elon
Mage in portraying the title role. It will
he well worth your time and money to stay
over and see the show.
• • * * *
The different Student Government com
mittees are already at work, planni’ig a well_
rounded program of activities for next
year. The Entertainment Committee and
the SCA plan to work together on week
end entertainment, and Phil Mann and his
committee are planning a big time on
campus next year.
I am now suffering from waterbag-itis.
It is a rare disease that breaks out every
spring in a contagious sort of way, and
1 have had five attacks this year, three
of them acute. The Elon Medical Asso-
ciatinn, headed by Joe Durso, is making
p thorough research on the subject. The re
sult thus far is a decision that East Dor
mitory should be quarantined due to prev
alence of the disease.
The television set in West Dormitory
has really done wonders in the way of
something to do around here for those stu
dents who do not migrate. Let's try to
keep it in good shape, for it is only the
first step in building campus entertain
ment. The care of this set may deter
mine other equipment we get.
With permission of the new editor, I
hope to continue this column next year
and to take advantage of the space allot
ted to give a report on student govern
ment at least once a month. Perhaps
more students may be encouraged to take
part in activities.
With school closing, everyone is planning
his or her suihmer vacation, and I am not
to be left out. I have been looking for
an opportunity for relaxation with pay.
Ernie Gero has very kindly offered me
a job in New Jersey, working with the
garbage department ... $7 per day
and all I can eat. However. I think I
will run down to Key West and help
Harry move out.
And now, with space running short in
this column. I think I had better sign
off on this for this year. However, before
doing so, I would like to extend my ap
preciation to each and every one of you'
for the cooperation that you have shown
the Maroon and Gold and its staff mem
bers this year. It has been a pleasure to
serve you the past nine months, and we
look forward to another year. Any who
may be interested in working with us
should come by and join the staff.
So long! See you next year!
TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREES
REV. MARTIN L. GOSLIN
REV. DUANE N. VORE
Four eminent men in the field
,f theology and business will
reccive honorary degrees from
Elon College at the forthcoming
1952 commencement. Three of
the group are ministers, while
the fourth is a highly success
ful business man. The four W
be honored include Kev. Martin
Leland Goslin (upper left), pas
ter of the First Congregational
Church in Evanston. 111., who
has sened numerous churches
during his career and who has
been a successful author of re
ligious works and a professor of
Biblical Literature at the Boston
University School of Theology,
the Honorable Harry Louis Old
en (upper right), of Cincinnati.
Ohio, who has been eminently
sucessful in business and who
has been a leader in the civic
life of his city for many years;
Rev. Duane N. Vore (lower left),
pastor of the Congregational
Christian Church in Suffolk,
Va.. who has served numerous
churches with distinction since
his graduation from Elon Col
lege in 1940 and from Yale Di-
vinHy School in 1944; and Rev.
Wyatt Millard Stevens (lower
right), pastor of the Christian
Temple in Norfolk, Va„ who has
also rendered fine service in the
ministry since graduating at
Elon College in 1936 and from
the Yale Divinity School in
1943. He, like the Reverend
Vore. is recognized as one of
the outstanding leaders in the
Southern Convention of the
Congregational Christian Church
today.
HON. HARRY L. OLDEN
REV. W. MILLARD STEVENS
New Star Shines On Elon’s Stage...
By HOWARD WHITE
(Guest Critic)
A new star began shining on sibly its greatest achievement in Engles, as Jason, who betrayed her
the stage of Whitley Auditorium cultural and difficult drama,
last Wednesday night after being j "Medea” is by no means an en-
hidden behind the clouds of di- entertaining play, but not many
rection and supervision for sev-| Greek tragedies are entertaining
eral years, and the reflection of by modern standards. However,
that star will be remembered for jit is a play that commands con-
a long time by those who saw and tinued interest, and it demands
heard the final Elon Player show that the cast go beyond modern
The new star was Mrs. Elizabeth techniques to accomplish its goal, i lor, two youthful child actors, who
R. Smith, director cf the Elon | also provides the audience with appeared as children of Medea
and married the daughter of King
Crcon to get in line for more
power in the kingdom; and Lois
Walker, whp gave one of the most
satisfying supporting roles as
Medea’s nurse that has been seen
on the local stage in many years.
Peter Stewart and Leslie Tay-
Players, who removed herself
from back-stage and took the
leading role in "Medea,” a Greek
an educational background on the
theatre and its early history.
Nothing can be more tragic
tragedy by Euripides, which will 1 than a Greek tragedy, and Mrs.
be presented a second time on the j Smith in her role of Medea had
Whitley Auditorium stage on Sat to hate in the severest form to fill
urday evening. May 24th.
Handling the most difficult role
handled themselves well. The
two children were killed by Me
dea as part of the revenge plot,
which also resulted in the death of
King Creon and hi? daughter.
Smaller but significant speak
ing parts were handled by Joe
her role, at the same time hating
in a way that melodrama would ^Brankley as the tutor; Joan Wick-
.seen on the local stage in recent j be avoided. She did this with man, Ann Twiddy and Melva
years with her professional skiirease.
and understanding, Mrs. Smith Those providing excellent sup-:Robert Walker, as King Creon-
certainly inspired her cast to pos-|port for her story included Ed and Roger B. Wilson, as Aegeus’.
FIVE OF COOPER FAMILY TO GRADUATE TOGETHER
The 1952 graduation exercise
here at Elon College cn Monday Mav i. k
casion for the Cooper family, F ve members of this family which i:'ri
diplomas and degrees that day as an unusual feature of Elon's six '■'' ^‘‘aham, will receive
ing up the group will he Mrs. Elizabeth Scott Cooper, who re-ente-^ d Head-
nate along with her son and his wife and her daughter and college two years ago to grad-
the family graduation group shoun (left to right) in the above d ^
KOW-John Williford, Mrs. June Matkins Cooper, and SamueT C
Elizabeth Scott Cooper and her dangher, Mrs. Geneva Cooper WilZr^I'
the
moving finger
writes
By MATT CURRIN
CAN WE HAVE DICTATOR? YES!
Today America faces a grave question
Can the United States have a diets-1
tor? The answer is most certainly a bold]
YES! I
President Truman in his play for power
has at times seemed to place himself abovt
the Constitution, and a power-mad preii.,
dent with a pliable Congress could cer.
tainly become a dictator. Until 1933 the I
power of the Federal Government was!
strictly limited, with the forty-eight states
holding much of the power in their hanl
However, since the Supreme Court
1937 granted that the Federal Govern. I
ment could exercise powers over industry,!
agriculture and labor, the great reser\-oii|
of power has shifted to Washington.
The “U. S. News and World Report" I
stated last week that "a dictatorship fa I
the United States, nevertheless, can cone I
at some time in the future, when a power-[
hungry President is able to dominate a I
weak Congress, controlled by a majorityl
of his own party.”
Truman struck at the rights of citlzeiil
when he recently seized the private stetll
industry, thus violating rights guaranteedl
by the Constitution and the Bill of Rightil
He appears to have drawn a line betweenl
the protections that the Constitution givtl
to “life and liberty" and those that it 1
to “property.”
Prior to the New Deal, the Governmetfl
of the United States was held to lack ai-|
thority under the Constitution to regulj
industry, fix prices, force workers to joigl
unions, regulate agriculture, and Ml
production.
The ‘U. S. News” continues . . . '"nil
real opportunity for eventual dictatorslipl
in the United States is found in the stcaJ
ily increasing centralization of power ii|
W.'"shington.”
Government has already invaded privali|
industry, dictating wages and the price
that farmers must receive for their cropi
Businessmen and others go to W'ashin
ton for loans. "Yes, Washington is n«
the hub of the nation in government aal|
for business and industry as well
The “U. S. News” recalls that . . . “.^^1
raham Lincoln used the emergency of tl*l
Civil War to arrest an individual and ii'l
nored Chief Justice Roger Taney's deciij
ion that he had no power to do it.
Chief Justice confessed that the court lii|
no power to enforce the decision. ’ Tnr*
that one over.
In 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt confess
that “we have built up new instruments M
public power. In the hands of a peoplei|
government this power is wholesome 1
proper, but in the hands of political p?|
pets of an economic autocracy, such pownj
would provide shackles tor liberties ol t
people.”
THAT’S ALL FOR A WHILE
It seems impossible that another yeti
is over, Snother chapter written in ^1
Book of Life. For some this year W
been just the beginning of life at lilnlj
but for others it is the end of a fourye^i
journey. For all of us, it means that
are a little older, a little wiser, a
better prepared for the problems whit'
face us.
1 want to at this time express ms
preciation for what this year at Elon
meant to me.
At Elon, as in most places, great
are done in the siflall struggles of
Life itseif, misfortune, isolation, a'o
rnent, poverty, all are battlefields
have their heroes, obscure heroes
greater than some who become illustriou*
In ordinary affairs of life we are goveiin*!
nore than we believe by faith and analc85>l
lilel
Members of
follows: FRONT
Nothing in
rather than by reason,
>E really insignificant.
We are going to miss those who
ElDn this year who will not be bad
next year. May we all remember tli>l
we are a part of Elon and Elon a
of us forever. And now
The moving finger writes.
And having writ moves on." ^