North Carolina Newspapers

MAROON AND GOLD WedBesday, January 14^ jgjj PAGE TWO Maroon And Gold Editrd and printed by rtudenU of Bon CoUege. PubUshed W-w«,eUy during the college year under the ausplcei of the Board of Publication. Entered ai second clan matter at the Port Office at Elon College, M. C., under the Act of March 8. 1879. DfUrered by mall, $150 the collcge year, 50c the quarter. F.DITORIAL BOARD Matt Cuirln Lynn Cashion James Rhodes Patsy Melton Cooper Walker Reuben Ajskew Luther N. Byrd Editor In-CHiief As^oeiate Editor , A^^istant Editor Millie Editor Alt Editor Staff Photographer . Faculty Advisor BUSINESS BOARD Jamef Rhodes Business Manager Joe Drankley . Circulation Manager B. G. Erick Printing Advisor Lynn Cashion . Press Operator SPORTS STAFF Gary Sears . Sports Editor Mike Rauseo A«st. Sports Editor Don Merrimon Sportti Assistant REPORTERS Ronnie Bbck Doris Chrlsmon David Crowlc Ervin Durham Cletus Pcacock Carroll Reid Bill Rcnn Bobby Rogers John Roberts Lillian Trogdon Wendell Trogdon John Truitt WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 14, 1053 OF CHAPFX PRO;!tAMS Why can’t our chapel progiams be more Informative and inspirational? They seem tp have fallen into the same “rut" as they have In years past. True, it is an ex tremely arduous task to prepare a varied and interesting program, but I believe it can be done. For example, why not have outstanding speakers from varied fields, such as hum orists and news commentators along with the leligious speakers. The more variety there is to the program, the more interest ing they will be to the listeners, and that Is certainly what Is needed to solve the chapel committee’s problem cf getting more ctudents to come to chapel and to keep them coming. Of course, when the student body be haves as it often does, a peison cannot expect too much, it is a situation in which the actions of a few students brand the . whole student body as a group cf immature and childish people who have not matured Intellectually. Perhaps we cannot expect to have inter esting programs when the word gets around outside the campus of actions in chapel No visitor Is going to give his time and effort to a group of persons who do not appreciate him or what he has to say. I doubt if there Is a person In this Institution who would go anywhere as a guest speaker, knowing that his audience would tell him he was not welcome. Yet, that's the Impression that many of our guest speakers must get when they walk on the platform at chapel time. This behavior problem seemingly arises from re.sentment of the compulsory chapel rule, but the fact should be made clear to new students that chapel at Elon is com pulsory. and If any student does not wish to comply with that rule, then he or she •hould not plan to enter thU institution. When any person goes to any public place, he accepts the rules and regulations that are set up by ^he governing body at that place. Elon College is no exception. It Is a Christian college, chartered to render •ervice to people with Christian ideals, and those people, after* all, are the ones who support this school. It would be a nice gesture in every way If everyone would make a New Year’s res olution to glvf each speaker his or her complete attention, forgetting all this agi tation against the administration. It would mean Improved spirit and improve stu- dent-faculty relation, all of which would create a friendlier, and homier at- nwisphere on the emrtpns and would most certainly improve the attitude of many outsiders toward Elon. After all, the campus is home to a sizeable number of people, not Just an Institution of higher learning—Rhodes. cash on the spot By LYNN CASHION 1 tivst that everyone had a big Christ mas, that Santa visited the “Boys In East Dorm, " and that we all are back at dear cl’ Elon with our New Yeai’s resolutions. It’s a pity that we couldn’t have all been together to celebrate the New Year, but the boys of East Dorm celebrated before leaving for th holidays. In fact, they cel ebrated enough for the next two New Years. ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ Your columnist would like to call to your attention the fact that Vesper Services arc held in Whitley Chapel every Wed nesday evening from 6:15 to 7:00 o clock. The altar is appropriately decoiated lor the occasion each time, and there is organ music for a background for your medita tion. So far, there has been exceptionally good attendance, considering that the only publicity given the services has been one lonesome and very attractive poster, which tvas 14111^ ^ i place in the Rotunda each Wednesday, and only on Wednesdays. You can go to the services and leave when you must, at your own will. Since so many ctudents have shown their appreciation for these services, we felt that our Vesper Services should b given more publicity for the benefit of those students who have passed through the Rotunda without not icing the poster. ♦ * * ♦ + There is a so-called Beau Brummel ED- TORIAL, number two hundred twenty- four, on the Student Government office bulletin board which reads, “When you know you are doing your job perfectly . . . look for ways to improve it ... or some one else will." That brings to mind the need for your suggestions for a better Student Govern ment. No doubt that the old saying, two heads are better than one, is more than just a proverb. You surely have thought of things to do for the student body that would make for better life on the campus^ Your ideas are important and are needed by your student government officers. Whenever you strike upon a good idea, don’t throw it aside to be neglected. Bring it to the attention of your representatives in the government and thy will see what can be done. They will appreciate your advice and suggestions more than you realize. Put on those Thinking Caps! ♦ ♦ t ♦ » Did you know that we have an "Alma Mater" here at Elon? Well, we have! And It Is a \ery pretty song too. We haven’t sung it so far this year, but rumbling around the Music Department the other day, we ran across a copy. Were going to dig it out the first chance we get and teach it to you, if we can still sing it. You 11 really like it and enjoy singing it, for it is a very beautiful song. Twould make good singing for the ball game for the rest cf the year. ♦ • ♦ ♦ ♦ And speaking of ball games, Elon’s quintet is really something to watch. We have had some of the most exciting games in the history of the college this school >ear, and there are many more to come. Some of you freshmen probably didn't know that Elon’s basketball team went to the nationals last year in Kansas City after winning out in the NAIB tournament Yes ^Ir and that team is back doing even a ^tter job this year. There are a lot of home games left for the rest of the sea son, so check the schedules and ccme on out to the games. Don’t miss a game and above all, let the team know you are there by cheering. ♦ • ♦ ♦ ♦ fnri U Korea tutlon of higher learning next tiuarter. ♦ ♦ » ♦ * There’s a graduate of Elon who Is now i" «>e service of his country in Korea Many Of you knew and win remeXr Mac MaCracken for the wonderful per S vear • T Elon ml m r ‘he army His many fnehds will be glad to see year" Untifr' "Mac" would like to hear from his old cla.>.sfnates anH i" Ws* convenience, here 5th Signal Co., APO 86, C-O Postmaster, San Franciwo, Crfif. Looking Backward Ninety Years • • • © By MATT CCRRIN At the beginning of the New Year, when most of us arc looking toward the future, the Maroon and will be waited on at their resi dences if desired.” Even though the “Patriot” was cnly lour piinted sheets, the ma jority of the columns were con- Gold has been looking with with the War Between the ‘St at the past through the inedi- ■which was then in its sec- um of a 90-year-old newspaper, I xhere were rewards which Mrs. Pearl McDonald, for deserters from the the Elon College French Confederate army, one of them Kindly loaned to the newspaper taff. The paper is an Lssue of The Greensborough Patriot” for Thursday, June 19, 1872. Reading back into the past through the medium of the print ed page, we cannet help being amused at the great change in newspaper make-up and journa listic jargon. There were no head lines, other than small single-line titles, and the manner of headline stories was very difleient i:on riesent style. For instilnt^ this is how a death story was written at that time. “Died — In the city ol Vlemohis. Tenn.. on the 16lh of March, 1862, William J. Adams, son of George Adams, esq., in the twentieth year of age. His afflic tions were severe and protracted yet he bore them without a mur mur. He was a brave and patri otic sclilier, a kind and loving brother, and beloved by all who knew him. He left a fond father mother and sisters to mourn hi Joss, yet they will meet him where parting is no more.’ Now, we are not laughing at the death of Mr. Adams, but we do wish to call your attention to pe culiar expressions and phraseology u.sed. Another death story ends thus: “His only child, about two months old, preceded him to the spirit land only a few days. He .'eaves behind a widowed and af- dieted mother, a devoted wife and an only sister, besides many rela tives and friend.' to mourn his loss. I would say to his friends Mourn not as those who have no hope’.' The advertisements in t.hosc “pood or days" were jii.st as in teresting as the death stories. For example, there was an announce ment that “Professor F. B. Mau rice. Graduate in Letters and Laws ot the University of France, wish es to form classes for ladies and gentlemen, or giye privite lessons at the residence of the pupils How unusual that a Frenchman asked to come into the private icsidences of the ladies to teach However, the Frenchmen were not the only ones offering such atten tion, fof J. W. Hewlett and Son Dentists, announced that ‘‘ladies eading thus: I will pay a reward of Thi.ty Dollars each for the apprehension or deliveiy to me at Camp Man- gum, near Raleigh, N. C., of George Alexander, Richard H. (^irkman and Alfred Mendenhall, men who are deserters from my company. Signed, David Scott, Captain, 53 Reg.” The punishment for desertion was most severe, as witnessed an- jtlier story, which was entitled Sentenced to Be Shot, etc.” It ead: “The sentence was that each •Df them should have his head shaved, be branded on the thigh vith the letter D, and be drummed ut of camp. The third^prisoner, vhose name is John Squires, was found guiity of attempting to de sert to the enemy and sentenced to be shot to death in the usual ■nanner on Monday." There were also rewards offer- ?d for runaway slaves. One read n part that “George formerly jelonged to Mx. Sam Bethel, of Caswell County,, and is supposed 0 be in his former neighborhood. The above reward ($50 will be given if said negro is confined n jail so that 1 can get him again.” Among the items concerning the Confederacy and the Sivil War was a notice that “President Davis arrived in Raleigh on Sun day afternoon for a brief visit to Sis family. The President very properly, at this juncture, came without parade and with no her ald of his coming, but as an un ostentatious citizen in discharge of ordinary duties.” It was in teresting to note that Abraham -incoln was referred to only as “Lincoln,” while Jefferson Davis was honored with the title of MORE — MORE — MORE .. ’President” before his name There was also an item in the however, was shown by an ac count of the University commence ment of 1862, which stated that Twenty-four young gentlemen re ceived the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Chapel HiU last week. Of these only sixteen were pres ent to receive their Diplomas and Bibles. The rest were, where all the class will shortly be, sei-ving their country bravely and skill fully in the ranks of the Confed eracy.” The story also staled that there were only five of the fifty- seven Trustees of the University present at the commencement, and the graduating class there vvere only twenty-four of the orig inal one hundred twenty-five. Only one parent of a graduate was present, and not one lady camc to the CommencCmenV.” The program itself disclosed that the valedictorian and salutatorian de livered their addresses in Latin. Special recognition was given one young senior who “had been ab sent from only one recitation and from no other duty of the 5,000 recitations required in a four-year course at the Uni\'ersity.” The student orators were the main feature of the commence ment, and not even the Weather Man could l^jther them. The paper stated that “AKhough the nights were dark, the lightning was blinding, the thunder start ling, the rain in torrents, arfd the auditors few and far between, the competitors in declamation from the Freshman and Sophomore Classes stood to their posts and bore themselves bravely.” There were other colleges stili in operation in this area in 1862. but they were girls’ institutions. The old paper included advertise ments for Greensborough Female College (now Greensboro Col lege, High Point Female Semi nary and Jamestown Female Col lege, and it was interesting to see the courses in the curriculum ol these schools . Included were courses in Embroidery, Oriental Painting and the making of Flow ers, Wax Flowers, Feather Flow ers and Wax Fruit. Each of the advertisements list ed the costs of an education at paper on the fall of Memphis, an ^ these schools, with room ar- iccount cf the death of General board listed at $1.75 to $2.50 per Thomas J. ‘Stonewall” Jackson, which had occurred only a few veeks before. The Civil War caused most of the colleges in the South to close, ■JUt the University of North Car olina kept its doors open. The war’s effect on that institution. week. Each of the special coures had its own price, but it was in dicated that a student might take a full scholastic load with a total cost of slightly more than $100 for sessions of five months length, such cost including board and room. yfe A Line 0’ Type Or Two -By PATSY MELTON run over hv (hom t .. and a Ah, for the castles of Spain! And as we rode along the dark roadway, thoughts raced through my mind, bringing gay memor ies. sad memories, melancholy. 1 thought of you, and you you— and here and there tear fell for some lost moment, some forsaken opportunity. Be tween the tears, a smile for auios ‘lUB^sui lUBpunqe auios race with the moon. New Year’s Eve. Oh, lost! ♦ ♦ ♦ A Thought To Ponder (From A. Noonie Moose) The ash from a cigarette Flicks for a moment and dies— A brilliant, valiant, brave spark That flares for an instant and it’s dark— A star ;n forgotten skies. An infinity without regret. Such bravado to exist at all! Such conceit to glow and bum Mid darkened ashes in a batter ed urn Supported by a crumbling wall Standing and waiting its time to faU. Its brief hour to glow and bum Upon a planet, also bound To fall upon some lonely ground. * * * > immunized, any cause Have you noticed all the Bliv- iscs r-unning around? The place is being run over by them. I was talking to a friend the other day and he mentioned the fact that so many of the Blivises were coming down with a mys terious disease. He diagnosed it as skevels, but I totally disa gree. If it were skevels, the Grejols would be affected, and I haven't seen one that looked even slightly becw’zed. Of course there are so many Beow- zeman sticks these days that they are probably I don t think there’s for alarm. ♦ ♦ ♦ Ah, the music building is a wonderful place! You sit in a corner, quietly listening, and just as you become interested m Grieg’s 2nd Piano Concerto a soprano starts to peal, “1 thini^ can, La la la la." At the mo ment you start to think that per haps she can, the organ roars cn, and then a tenor starts on E luchevan le stelle." Two- thirds of the music majors evi dently practice yoga, if „ot how on earth do you account fo^ the powers of concentration that are evident in that hall. -Hello hfUo, and how are you?" ♦ * • If you’ve heard this oldy just turn on over to the sports p^gf cause I intend to relate that sad tale entitled “I Had E>ht cen Bottles,'- which I n' from some of my “P had cighleen bottles Whiskey in mrc^llarTnTwi told by my wife to empty the contents of each down tlie sink, or else ... I said I would and proceeded with the unpleasant task. I withdrew the cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down the sink with the exception of one glass which I drank. I extracted the cork from the second bottle and did likewise with it with the excep tion of one glass, which I drank. 1 then withdrew the cork from the third bottle and poured the whiskey down the sink which I drank. I pulled the cork from the fourth bottle down the sink and poured the bottle down the glass which I drank. I pulled the bottle from the cork of the -next and drank one sink of it and threw the rest down the felass. I pulled the sink out of the next glass and poured the cork down the bottle. Then I corked the sink with the glass bottled the drink and^ drank the eTnf . with one hand, counted the passes corks, bottles, and sinks ith the other which were 29 and as the house came by i coated them again, and finally had all the houses in one bot- der The -S. the moving finger writes By MATT CUERIN GOOD WORK, ALPHA PI t I want to take this space and opportun. ity to congratulate and thank Alpha Pi Delta fraternity particularly and also the students of the college for supporting the Christmas party for the Orphanage chil dren, held under the sponsorship and lead- ership of Alpha Pi. This, I think, is one ot the most wonderful undertakings ever sponsored on the Elon campus. I think Alpha Pi should be particularly commended since it was that organization that inaugurated this party which has new become an annual event, and also Ralph Edwards should again be given his dues for having conceived the idea in 1947. Even though other fraternities, sorori ties, organizations, individuals and groups participated in this undertaking, it took the leadership of the Alpha Pi boys to make it a success.' They took the respon- sibility of sponsoring the party again this year and making sure all things were in order. It was a gigantic task, and it wes v eil done. I'm sure that everyone was well reward ed for his work when on Wednesday night, December 17th, the party brought so nuc!i happiness to our young friends over at the Elon Orphanage. Dr. Truitt, who is “father” to the 81 children, might well be quoted here. 'No one stands so straight as he who stoops to help a child.” ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ In the last issue of the Maroon jiid Gold, which was the Christmas issue, oar associate editor, Jimmy Rhodes, wrote the editorial on "Commercial Christmas." Due to sonae slip his name was omitted at the end of the column, and I would like to give him credit. He did quite a swell job, and we have received quite a fe* excellent comments. Our thanks to Jimmy for those timely comments. ♦ + ♦ ♦ ♦ They tell me that an unofficial source reports from Washington that Harry Tru man has finally had to give up all hope of writing the book which he has said he would produce after he “retires ” from active duty. The reason is that General MacArthui, president of Remington-Rand, won’t let him have a typewriter. * ♦ + + * Did you know ... If you had .started cn January 1 in the year 1236 and spent ONE MILLION DOLLARS EVERY DAY of every year since that time, it wcaU still take you until May 8, 1953, to spend ar much money as the U. S. GovernMat has collected in taxes since World War II ended. Those of you who saw the recent movie “Washington Story” may remember the story retold here. I’m not exactly sm® I can re-write it as it was told, but here is the general idea: A Wise Man irom the East was wander ing across a fertile plain and upon seeinS a lonely shepherd he stopped. The Wise Man held up before the shepherd a of clear glass and asked, “What do see?” • The shepherd looked through the glass and replied, “I see the rich, gre®" valley, and in the distance a huge mouo' tain towering above us like a great * fee rich fields, and here and there are scattered houses. I see children at pW- I see magnificent trees and beautiful flowers. The sky is blue and there are a few fluffy clouds hinging lazily in the cool morning sky." * The Wise Man removied the clear glas and held before him a mirrow and asfee^ the sftepherd, “Now what do you see? ” The shepherd replied, “I see only self.” Then the Wise Man answered. “What a difference a UtUc silver makes.”