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PAGE TWO MAROON AND GOLD Wednesday, May 6, 195J Maroon And Gold Edited iDd printed by »tulEnU of Elon College. Published bi-weekly during the toUege year under Vhe auspice* of the j Board of Publication. ' Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Elon College. K. C.. under the Act of March 8. 1879. DiUvered by mall, *150 the college year, 50c the quarter. editoriai. board Mi^tt Ci'rrln Lypn Cashlon Rhodes Melton Cooper Walker . Edltor-Tn-Chlef Associate Editor . Assistant Editor Music Editor . Art Editor Heubcn Askew Staff I’hotographer Luther N. Byrd . Faculty Advisor Bl'SINESS BOARD Jamof Rhodes Business Manager Joe Brankley Circulation Manager Carl E. Owen Printing Advisor Lynn Cashion Press Operator SPORTS SiakF Gary Sears Sports Editor Mike Rauseo . Asst. Sports Editor Don Merrimon Sports Assistant REPORTERS Darwin Bailey I.uther Bames Konnie Black Doris Chrismon David Crowle Ann Harris Ervin Durham Curtis Ann Kearns Alfred Male Sammy Nelson Caroll Reid Richard Smith Jesse Taylor Charlie Swlcegood Wclborne WEDNESDAY, MAV 6, 1953 A DATE WITH DESTINY These year* arc hard years in our war- torn world. And the years which lie ahead will not be easy either We arc now in the midst of a bloody war In Korea which sfcms to be far from finished. The H-Bomb is being perfected in order that we will be able to kill thousands more than our now almost obsolete A-Bomb can kill. It seems that the emphasis is on kill and hate. We are spending bflllons on war arma ments. We are spending millions training young men to kill. And still the largest killer of Americans Is disease, and how much are we spending to combat cancer and heart disease? It seems that we have a false value and that we are emphasiz ing the wrong things. We are, indeed, in a precarious posi tion. If we don't prepare for war, Russia will flood Into our civilization and that wluld be the end of things as we now know them. If we do arm. we arc only going to balance things, and this could go on for years. What is the solution? No one seems to know. Only time will tell about that. Those of us who arc In collcge today don t remember a single hour during our lifetimes when there was not talk of war if not real war itself. Many of our own classmates have seen military service in either World War II or the Korean War. And now we, the class of 1953, are pre paring to graduate We must realize that after graduation we have a date — a date with destiny. The future of our lives, of our nation, and of our world are now thrust upon our shoulders. They have really been there all along, but now we come to our senses and realize it. The big (juestion is: Have we been pre pared to meet the challenge? The campus problems have seemed big to most of us during the past four years, and rightly so. But as we move on out into reality let us so move that those here at Elon and those who will come after us will be proud to be the part of Elon which we once were. Today we have the greatest challenges since 1776. We must carve a world out of a wilderness of war, hat, greed. Our world needs men and women of real con viction. There is no place for the sala- mander type. We have seen the awful hand of secu- larism all about us, and we know that this alone is one of the fights we must not Ignore. The greatest problems today are not with Russia but with ourselves. re we going to take the easy way out and become defeated before we even start. Are we going to compromise with ourselves? The answer must be NO We n^ust stand firm. We must stand and let the Winds of life blow and not budge even one inch. * What Elon has meant lo us. We will never forget her and the dream which is hers That dream has now bccome a part of tis. And to those whom we leave behind may the world find peace so that when you graduate you will enter into a peace ful world which we must all help patch up Yes, we have a date with destiny. We pray that we have been prepared to meet the test. — CURRIN bullets in the bull's-eye By TOM TARGETT JOTTINGS: Prof.-. Cunningliam. ieley and Hess to head up the SCA pro gram next year . . . David Starr to con tinue studies at USC as assistant in Chem. Lab. . . . Laurels for the outstanding stu dent recital of year go to James Clyburn. who is auditioning for the Julliard School of Music . . . Red Cross is in urgent need for blood donors . . . Good fraternity and sorority project . . . Prof. Westmoreland and Jerry Smyre to study music in France this summer. . . High Finances; $6 bor rowed from SCA Loan Fund this year. . Spec "Quarterback” Male to wed this June. Sweeping constitutional changes in the making . . . Needs watching . . . For Your Convenience: A pcncil sharpener in the Student Government office . . . Dean Stadler engagement to Bob Coleman, of Burlingto.n announced . . . Something fishy going on at the College Pond . . SCA on the move to the basement of Mooney. , . miracles of Miracles: The clocks are working on the campus . . . However, one prof threatens to cover face of clock in his room with a sign reading: "Time will pass. Will You?” . . . Professional painters to paint SU . . . Also Alamance Hall . . . John Truitt and Matt Currin to attend Princeton Seminary next fall . . . Thought il was International Night at the Player’s Show, "Hasty Heart” , . , The dialects v/ere excellent . . . B. 0. B. dressed up the I.T.K. frat room with curtains . . , Messick Sportsmanship Trophy won by Guilford . . . Spanish Club climaxed Clean- Up Day with a picnic at Rockingham Lake, at which time Jimmy Dalton took an unpremeditated swim . . . Frank Tingley, '52, back on campus for « day . . . Johnny Bolt, wearing Army uniform, was in wreck enroute to Player rehearsal . . . after regaining conscious ness was accused of being AWOL by a by stander . . . Bertie Lewis to continue studies at University of South Carolina. . . . We had fine meals on Clean-Up Day. . . . The boys in the chow hall made over 400 sandwiches for the picnic . . . Ministerial Association working on fellow- ship-chapel room in basement of Mooney. Predictions; That Pres. Stoffel will ap point co-chairmen for Freshman Orienta tion Committee . . . Doing so, he'll break a precedent . . . Also Phil Mann will be nominated for Speaker Pro-Tem ol Stu dent Legislature . . . Did you see the dwarfs in the May Day pageant ^ . . . The ' fhorties” were all over 6 feet 2 inches tall . . . Open House in Home Ec Depart ment really was doing things in a big way . . Charlie Atkins tying the knot at the end of the month . . . Many Elon boys packing their duds for Platoon Lead ers’ School this July at Qunntico ... A sign near the school house read: "Drive Slowly — Don't Kill The Children. ” To which a student aded this: "Wait Until The Teacher Comes By.” . And now a quote from UNC TAU HEEL nn "Guidin' Bizness," by Walt Ernst What us students needs is somebody to take us over in the corner soon's we comes here our fir.st year and tell us all ’bout the subjects we can git.. Some kinda sys tem so’s we could look at the whole dang set-up and git advised as to what’s best. Sorta like the discussions we usta git into back home at the general store — with our feet propped up on the wood stove and all. "The only advisin’ I got my first two >ears here wuz five minutes each quarter with some man up in South Buildin’ and had to wait t>lumb near a hour to git that' Then he never told me nuthin.” Why, I flunked freshman math two times ’fore I finally found out I coulda taken that there language the Romans usta talk and git the same credit. I’m purty good at that foreign talk too, even though 1 don’t git this here American way. '•Course once you gits around to your third year here and gits into what you’re gona major in, you sometimes git a little down-ta-earth advisin’ — but then it’s too a e. And half the time you ain’t learning «hat you started out to learn anyways Jest yesterday I wuz talking to Ernie Hawfield. Krnie first come to the Univer- his sixth year now, and he's takin’ a over load this quarter: Commerce 31, Geogra- 2s edw"'’. -l Phys. ed. 5. Ernie's hopin’ to g,t his de gree in meteorology in March. Now you know „,t boy ain’t been guided rijh,' fe«or T" '^‘>0 pro- fes.sors learning us students here. Why not adNisin to do. Instead of just a few like they s got now’ That way each one would ave bout ten of us students to guide and could take time to guide em right,” STUDENTS BUILDING STAGE SETS FOR PLAYS ' There’s a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes before the Elon Players present one 0 their Plays A bit of such activity is shown in the above picture, which portrays a couple of the student workers busy with the construction of the stage set for "The Hasty Heart, most recent of t e student dramatic productions. Graham Heath is the lad with the saw, cuttmg into a bamboo pole, while Cooper Walker wields a b ush as he slings paint on one of the pieces of stage sceneiy^ Buildiiig Of Stage Sets Is Real Art For Members Of Eioii Player Group "Now where can we find some real bamboo poles?” That was the question that mem bers of the Elen Players were ask ing each other a few days before last week’s presentation of "The Hasty Heart," comedy-drama that 'lad its setting in a bamboo hut in the heart of Burma, and the 'luestion was typical of Player gatherings just before the presen tation of all their plays. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith and her student workers, including both the actors and those who work behind the scenes, have long been known on the campus for the real istic character of their stage scen ery and properties, and there’s never a play given that doesn’t call for something that’s hard to arrange. They even had a live nig cn the stage in the presen- ation of "January Thaw” last fall. Real Bamboo Is Found Finding the bamboo poles here n the temperate climate of Ala mance County was a task that might stump most people, but it failed to stop the young craftsmen ,vho were building the Players’ most recent stage set, so an in quiry was started by Graham Heath, of Elk Park, and Cooper A'alker, of Elon College, who have Produced the stage scenery for his year’s shows. They discovered that H, L. Tate. I Burlington printer, who resides ■t the Turrentine place on the '^id Country Club Road, had for cmetime been raising bamboo as 1 hobbv, using it as a profitable ideline in supplying fishing poles or the fishing enthusiasts of Bur- ington and vicinily, A visit to Tate's home produced n ample supply of the tropic tniilding material, and the real problem was solved for another set. Of course there had been an other question of how to support the thatched roof, but Mrs. Smith herself solved that when she re quested W. E. Butler, Jr., college business manager, to secure tor her some green mesh bags from 1 government surplus depot. Construction Moves Ahead The construction was still ahead, but that was not too big a prob lem for Heath and Walker, who had collaborated on the beautiful sets that featured the Player pro ductions of "January Thaw” in N'ovember and "The Double Door” in February. They did, however, keep their bamboo supply secure- b' hidden and a deep secret from he faculty and student anglers, else the slender poles might have found themselves yanking fish out* of the college’s Kyker Lake Hammers, saws and paint brush es began flying in the dexterous hand of the student stage carpen ters, and in less time th.in it takes to draw a curtain a bamboo hut was in the making. The finished product, which was seen by cam- ous play-goers last Thursday and Friday nights, was hailed by many a® the best set of stage scenery in the history of the Elon Players. Other Beautiful Sets There were others, however, V'ho recalled a number of earlier sets that stood out in their mem ories for beauty and authenticity, tor the Players have built some truly beautiful interior scenes. some of them representing luxur ious mansions, other portraying the simple rooms of a sturdy farm house. Among the luxurious interiors have been the set for “Arsenic and Old Lace,” presented some years ago against a background of the Victorian Age; or the living room of the old Van Bret family man sion in New York, which formed the setting for “The Double Door’ this year. True artistry was revealed too in the creation of tfee interior of s Mennonite farm house in Penn sylvania, which gave realism to the presentation of "Papa Is All last spring; and clever brush work was necessary to create the knottj boards of a Connecticut farm house for “January Thaw” last fall. Greek Sets Recalled Still other Player fans like to recall the beauty of the Greek sets that featured the presentation of "Antigone” three years ago and of "Medea”, which was presented last spring, or the realism of the ship s salon that was the scene oi Outward Bound" two years ago. But argument and reminiscence might go on forever, and still there would be no complete agree ment as to which of all the Elor Player sets was the best. The only agreement lies in the fact thai all of them have been beautiful and all of them have helped make the Player productions successful A Line 0’ Type Or Two -By PATSY MELTON" BOX OF CHOCOLATES R. Armour The thick are soft. The square are chewy The thin are crisp, The round are gooey. The rough are nuts. The smooth are creams. The tin-foil wrapped Are rum supremes. At least I think That I am right But am not sure Until I bite. * ♦ • COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS T. Talman When I m ill, I’m very ill And very much aware Of each and every germ and pill And minute of despair. Yet, when with health I glow and swell, I know I'm fine but still When I am well, I'm not as well As ill when I am ill. ♦ ♦ ♦ OH, MY ACHING VOID G. S. Galbraith The fact that I can’t take it with me Is something I do not mind. What grieves me is this; It appears that I’ll miss The chance to leave any behind' ♦ * ♦ FOOT-IN-MOUTH DISEASE D. S. Ilalacy, Jr. Let ’s hear no more self- criticism From those who think up chitchat deft, Gay repartee and witticism After all the guests have left. Take a tip from one old smarty Wiser far, though saddened. Who spouts bright sayings at a party. And later wishes that he hadn’t. * * ♦ EPITAPH Here lies the body of John P. Hill He had a mouth that no one could fill. Stranger, tread lightly over the sod. For, if he yawns, you're gone, by • . . heck! the moving finger ^ writes By MATT CUEEIS OUR COLLEGE DAYS ARE CLOSIKG Our college days are closing now;, The years have swifty flown; I like to stop and think somehow Of friends whom I have known. The books have meant a world to me. And all that learning lends; But more than books can ever be Is friendship of true friends. In college halls, on campus green. In classroom, everywhere, I find that they have always beerj The fairest of the fair, .r I cannot mention everyone Whom I hold in memory. But now that college days are done, I love them tenderly. But here’s to those who all along Have kept my Jheart in tune; And often filled my life with song. At morning, night, and noon! -***** GRADUATES You’ve come at last, ho! everyone. Scholastic tests and lessons done; With friendships made of bonds of steel. And dreams of life becoming real. Who knows but that today you start On roads that lead you far apart; Across the world to do your share, Across the lands in faith and prayer. ) Where’er you go, what’er you be, A record make for all to see; j A record fine and clean and true. For all our faith and hope in you. Y'ou’ll find a world that needs your hanil. Needs youth like you in every land; Courageous youth for a time like this. When the weary fall, and the world’s amiss. Y’ou have a date with destiny. Yours is to help the world to free; As you go forth to do your task, May joy of service be all you ask. ♦ * ♦ * * The above two poems were both written by Dr. John Truitt, our favorite poet, who could best express in poem what your editor wanted to say in this, our next- to4he-last issue of the 1952-1953 editicB of the Maroon and Gold. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ We have just elected and inaugurated our new student government officers for the coming year. They are a good group, and all indications point to a successful year. Those of us who graduate this year give them pur best wishes for much suc cess and happiness in serving those whom they represent. Student government has gone a iotti way since the Class of 1953 entered Bt® back in 1949, but she still has a Ion?, long way to go before it can be tiuly successful and effective. We have seen it grow from a dream into a working orgai ization. There have been mistakes. There have been failures. But as a whole we have seen what is needed and where- K is most evident that it takes a real lead^ to make student government work. I sure we have just that for next year. Those of us who leave Elon this ye® leave with the prayer that those who comE after us will realize the great dream that is and has been Elon. Elon has a purpose and she stands tall and straight — ■her students back her up. When we walk through her halls we hear the echo of the past and we see the dream of future. ^ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ It seems almost impossible that foi' many of us our college days are just about over. Elon has ben more than good to us all, and we will most surely miss tie' o d halls of ivy.” It seems quite sad to I’eahze that in only a few short days nu”)' of us will never meet again. The paths of this life will lead us to many parts and our visits to the campus will be hinitfJ and we will never all be together here » one group again. So let these last ie*' "aye be joyous. So until the next and •nal Issue — be seeing you.
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