MGE TWO
MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday. Octofcer 14. 1953
Maroon And Gold
Edited and printed by Btudents of Elon
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EDITOKIAl BOARD
Curt
TtUy Ml-111
Kl’utiin .'■■. I'-w
l.uthrr N
A- .'I-i.itc ivlilor
A'.MKirt'i- Ki.tor
M.r iC K'iitur
;\it Eclilcr
Staff Photographer
tiicjUy AiHlsor
BI’SINISS HOARD
Jack l.indlcy Business Manager
Bill Buike (’iicuUtii-n Manager
Carl K OvM'n I“i ■ ang Ad.isdr
Doucla.s K(I'a:.i ' i ^e Dpciator
SPORTS Si AI K
Cary Seai i - - .-polls hditor
Mike UauMO . .. A-Jt. Sports Plditor
Carlton Liin;', ton Intramural Sports
Rr:i*ORTEKS
Reuben Askew Staff Photographer
Luthei ISaines K(nnic McIntyre
riank Bond! Thomas Madren
Winfred Bray Don Pennington
Slanlry Bunch Louis Kangel
Doris Chi ismon Bill Simmons
Ann Kearns Arlene Stafford
Wayne Vestal
WKDNKSDAV. OCTOBER 14. 1953
"1 WANT TO KNOV/"
You may have received one of the 'I
Want To Know" sheets that have been
tiiculated in connection with the Religi-
iMM Kmphasis obsfi\ance scheduled Icr
H( xt »>eek. Th(.:»f responsible lor thii
thouRht-provoking questionnaire aie to be
commended. Especially is this commen
dation due the colleg* pastor, Rev. 11. P.
Bczarth. for his usual self-sacrificing toil
In promoting an active program for the
rpliltual well-being of all of us at Elun.
I It It our hope that cach gf us will
t;.Vc *,he fulUst «dvtnt£ig« vl Ibe oppor
tunity to attend the meit': : scheduled
and to participate in the “bull sessions"
that have been planned in connection with
the netvices. C'ertainly such t'lought-pro-
voking questions as tbe follD .'ing should
P'ove "Bciod meat” for many e':cellent get-
together*;
"What dte;. it matter wtial a person be-
lievei. il he behaves himself?''
"Does it do any good to pray?"
"If the Suprf-me Court rule^ iegregati„n
In the schools unconstitutional, what steps
should be taken to change the pattern
In he areas affeced?"
It is to be remember that no matter
what the ability and qualificaticns of the
discussion leaders, the succe; . or failure
^>f this endeavor depends directly on the
interest and participation ol all ol
students.—T.T.
STRIKE UP THE BAND
The mf'rnbcrs of the band de.=erve a
note of special thanks. They gathered in
hack of Alamance before the Appalachian
game to give the team a big send-olf. They
looked sharp, too, when they lined up
acrocS the field to greet the team with the
Alma Mater when the plajers charged on
the field, and for the first time in ftver;;l
years they put cn a half-time show.
Any program of this nature takes time
and hard work by each member of the
band They give cf their time unselfishly
«o that we a: spectators may get more into
the spirit ol the game.
Their school spirit was in evitlence, but
they roaliie their need for additional new
member*. Any of us who can tout a horn,
bent a drum, or tinkle cn a glockenspiel
should go out for the band—T.T.
IIOCIM
The situation ha- arisen that cur super
secret societies have resorted to “stealing
pledges from one another by telling half-
truths and make snide insinuations about
the initlaticns of their fellow frals and
sororities Why, these organizations haven't
even the spirit known as "Honor among
thieves"
From this type of activity, pledges will
think that frats and sororities aren't able
to get member* on their own merit. Or
perhaps they will think that the treasury
l.« so low that the groups will stoop to
any means in getting new members.
But a keener observation is that those
frats and sororities who blame others for
.•tealing . pledges are at fault. How would
suposedly secret initiations get out unless
their own members told others? The fault
Is not with he other fr»ts and sororities
hut with themselves. They are the product
of th#ir own making. T.T.
'A
VACATION
HIGHLIGHTS FROM YELLOWSTONE P^ATIONAL PARK
jottings
from here
and there
By JAM"S WAfiONFR
It- p-opie will deny that much has been
Slid of late about Ihi^ thine call' d Kdu-
.. t'f>n >ne ='• m--i ^ at lie
. .'nt $IO.O('’J .,n Idr ■■:n - i.rMiUC eilucation
i :.d onl Ki>t a quarter bac’;.
No on» would *-:'^e lb* ehai-
l( H. C. ,'i ■■ I Ui- - . ■ ■■ 'ili
coll. Ec h f'l ..-fi .;; to somethint; which re-
(luii- ■ fearful ami.unt of duu;h, i!. -^Idoni
M'lf-rai'inu and usuall; pi'..i" to be noth
ing le- than a four-year loaf.
Again we read the opinion of L. L. Hend-
len a! he ays, "An A. B. Dej’see from a
college today -imply means th.^t you know
the first two letter-, cf the alphabet. An
other has -said that Modern education has
greatly simplified the Thiee If — from
Hading, riling and rithmetic to rah. rah,
rah.
Our so-called Americanism treats the
subject lightly by "shuddering in dreiul be
cause we .spend two and one-hall billion
for education while cheerluly spending
two and one quarter billion f' r tobacco."
Now, do you observe what follows from
the above les; uns. We. as students, arc put
on the spot with the slander tossed to and
fro by those seemingly "in the know."
The problem that presents itself is a
challenge for us who call ourselves stu
dents. There in no other intelligible answer
than for us to strive for those qualities
that will give the critics constructive
rather than destructive avenues for criti
cism. Cerainly, more people fail because
they do not know the requirements for
being a good student than because they
do not adequately pos.sess the skills of
their chosen field.
Aristotle says, "The roots of education
are bitter, the fruits are sweet, ' and Emer
son adds that the sun of wisdom is that
the tibe it never lost that is de
voted to work. An old saying throws light
on the subject with this quotable quote—
"It's not the number of hours you put
in. if* >^hat you put in the hours that
counts,"
Two choices are involved concerning the
type cf student you can become. If you
want to belong to the class that is known
primarily for faithfulness in performance
of routine and promising security, then try
this and it will fit you ike a tailor-made
suit:
P--reparing all lessons, no bickering;
A—ttending all classes, no skipping;
S—leeping enough hours, no back-
aching;
S~tudying each moment, no time
wasting.
On the other hand, if you want to be
long in a class known for its carelessness
and lack of perseverence, with the attend
ant penalty for failure, then you will be
come familiar with the following five
"flunkies "
E—requent going out in the evening,
l^ittle wanderings in the glooming,
U—nder the hammock swinging,
N-eedless hikes to the country taking,
K—eep the teacher always scolding.
Thi..i is your decision, and the choice is
important. What happens to you the re-
h-nds*'’^ year is in your
Eac^h of us represents not only Elon Col-
cge but Education in general. Everywhe-e
‘«8ged by those
^no qualify themselves as crilics.
Therefore, for the sake tl Education, if
c«n h -Flunkies" class, you
c»n become a modern Frank Merriwell -
‘f the ninth with the bases loaded two
men out and trailing by three runs-a
pitch, a swinji, a mighty Home Run. Or you
can easily remain yourself—Ole' Casey
* ♦
edible ETHICS IN EDI CATION
™P°^'=nt part of
tJTeJs “.nT.Tr Sts^'TthV""*
also Play pretty fair'fooU '
~”cSe:St^’- -at
"ould anybody'^"now ^hat ^t^e''^”',,
"‘-re open for business."
e-liege'train'^ng g"ett"ing"r T “
tion. eciiing an educa-
"Many a youngster who gets out of 1
Ifgf will soon be wishin„ I
out Of it." "* more
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Just a few of the highlights of a summer vacation in Yellowstone National Park are shown in
the above snapshots, which were sathered from the collection taken by five Elon students w!io had
summer jobs in the famous park in Wyoming. SNAPSHOT NUMtER ONE might well be captioned
"Ready For The Road,” for that is exactly what it illustrates, v ith four of the five vacationers
all ready to roll. Ann Stoddard r:,■;^sed getting into this picture because she was manipuiating the
camera, which caught the likenes es of Roger Phelps, Meryle Mauldin, Bob Phelps fnd Doug Ei'-
wards. However, Ann monopolize:! SNAPSHOT NUMBER TWO, which caught her fraternizing with
a bear— a dead bear. SNAPSHOT .NUMBER THREE could be called "Trc'uble On The Road, * al
though it looks like Doug Edwards was having most of the trouble, with a bit of advise from his
fellow travellers as to the best way of fix;3ig a tire. SNAPSHOT NUMBER FOUR simply shows
some of the .scenic beauty of Yel'ov.stone, '.vhich greeted the eyes on every side. SNAPSHOT NUM
BER FIVE caught another of Ann Stoddard's animal friends, an inquisitive bear; but SNAPSHOT
NUMBER SIX caught Doug Edwards and Roger Phelps practicing a bit of "bear hug wrestling,” and
that white stuff the reader sees in the bac ;grcund was real snow, even though the picture was
taken in June. SNAPSHOT NUM'lER SE'ViiN may be taken as nothing more than a trademark of
■ielowstore Park itself, for it po trays the Old Faithful geyser, which has come to be almost syn
onymous with the name of 'Yello vstone.
‘Co Wesi’ ... To Yellowstone
“Go West, young man, go W'est!”
Such was the advice dished out
by Horace Greeley some eighty
years and more ago when "thar
,vas gold in them thar W’estern
hills." He didn't say anything
about young women going West,
but he'd probably include the
Aeaker sex too, if he were living
today.
He’ might as well, for the girls
would go anyway. At least that's
what a couple of Elon College
kirls did last summer, when Ann
Stoddard and Meryle Mauldin
were included in a group of five
Elon students who spent most of
their vacation seeking and find
ing fun and profit in beautiful
Yellowstone National Park.
It seems that Roger and Bob
I’helps had previously held va-
■r.tion jobs there, and they were
ti ing back again. It probably re
quired little persuasion to talk
Doug Edw.irds into going along,
and then t'le girls caught the yen
; .'r ' j’d a 'd wocly W'yoming.
The result was they found them
selves early in June some two
thousand and more miles from
jcld Elo’ ard with at least a tem
porary summer home in Wyoming,
where Uncle Sam promised bed
I and board and eighty bucks a
month for cleaning cabins, wait-
jing tables and playing host to the
thousands of "dudes'’ (that's
'Wycmese for tourist) that yearn
I for Yellowstone in summer time.
I Or was it summer time? That
I calendar said it was, but the Elon-
;ites were inclined to argue with
the calendar when they arrived to
!find plenty of snow and that the
fong-writer must have meant just
.the opposite when he wrote "June
in January.”
The nalives proved quite friend
ly, and seme of them proved all
too friendly for Ann Stoddard,
who glanced around to find a beai
looking over her shoulder onf
morning v.i^c.i the pushed he
linen cart up to a tourist cabin
and knocked for admittance.
Ann waited not to inquire of the
bear’s intentions. She took ofi
;round the cabin, and she avows
hat it must have been a sur
prised “dude'’ who opened hi‘
cabin door to find Brer Bruir
staring him in the face.
Later, just to prove that she ha:
not lost her nerve entirely, Anr
decided she'd try a real bear hug
but . . . just to play it safe . .
■he picked a dead bear for hei
fraternization venture.
Of course, all five saw Old Faith
ful, for no visit to Yellowstone
would be complete wilhcut that,
but not one found Old Faithful as
pretty as that $80 check at the
end of the month.
Coinniunisin Versus Religion
By OLEG P.WNOFF
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This inter-
O'tmR diseussinn of Communism
and Religion ie really first
hand data, for Oleg Panoff
knows whereof he speaks. He
came to Elon this fall from New
^ork City, after having much
of his earlier education in
Shanghai and the Phillipines.
Note that he opens by citing a
quoUtion from the Soviet Con-
stitutiOB.)
Freedom of religiou.s vorship
md freedom of anti-religious pro
paganda.’— Article 124, U.S.S.R
Constitution.
How much religious liberty is
there in Soviet Russia today? If
you mean freedom to teach one’s
faith and to express it ethically in
I meaningful social context, re
ligious freedom does not exist.
This "freedom,” like all the
other civil liberties* in a totali
tarian state. Is granted, not in
principle but under the condition
hat It will not be used against
the regime or party. It is an ag
gressive faith that rejects God and
calls upon Man to .stand alone, to
use his own resources, especially
technology and science, to create
his own heaven on earth. Further-
OLEG P.AXOFF
more. Communism has combined
With an intense Russian national-
:i?m and has become a demanding
religion, which will tolerate no
other gods before it.
Bolshevik pamphlet
tl rh"i7 *®^'hing of religion
to children before and during
school age in churches and othe?
ecclesiastical buildings, or in the
houses of private individuals, is
hereby forbidden ..." This de
cree created wide criticism from
different faiths and led to an ex-
teridi’d perse.fjtion against the
anti-revolutionary behavior of the
■.ergy. Many bishops and priests
V ere put to death, and Bibles and
religious books were confiscated
from schools and libraries. The
Athiest" and "Anti-Religion,'
both of them violently anti-reli
gious in character, began their
publication.
Then in 1943, after almost t
quarter of a century of effort to
exterminate the Church, it was
then safe to try to use the cowed
■nd shattered remainder as an in-
trument of national policy. By
Stalin's permit, a Patriarch was
elected. The Bible was bein.
printed for the first time since
the Revolution. At the same time
Athiest’ and Anti-Religion" had
fo suspend publication due to
.'Udden paper shortage, and the
.-ociety of the Militant Godless
was disbanded.
Since then the Soviet Union ha*
seen a gradual but strictly con
trolled religious revival, for Stalin
came to recognize that organized
religion, especially the Orthodox
Church (Russian), could be forged
(Continued on Page Four)
buHeis
sn the
bull's-eye
By TOM lARGETT
If you need a small loan see Pat Chand
ler, S.C.A. treasurer . . . Roger Phelps said
that only two-thirds of the students had
their pictures taken for the Phi Psi Cli...
Congraulation to “Ginney” Jernigsn 'or
winning the Homecoming Queen coniest
. . . Marvin Moss says he leans 'i-.varl
blondes, but the blondes push him away. .
Phil Mann and Gary Sears will need help
ers for decorating the gym for hcraeconi-
ing . . . Heard many favorable comments
OP tiie last issue’s story on Billy Kakes ,• .
Prof. Byrd wrote it and did a raasteri.l
job . . . Just think, breaking in line hasnt
been too flagrant this year. . In t‘.e
freshman orientation class the prcf. asked
a frosh girl what the higher things of life
were . . . came the prompt reply, tail,
handsome men ... A host of old gracs
and students were at the Appalachian
game . . . Frank Tingley, Lou Rochelii,
Arnold Duncan . . . Andy Morgan vas a
hero for the day when he killed two cop
perheads on Roger Gibbs front lawn .
The intra:nural program is reauy great
this year . . . Don't lorgtt to get oi.t and
suport your Uora s team . . . The tni
Cli would like to have snapshco .'ur t!ie
yearbook . . . Turn them over to RoS'r
1‘helps in East Dorm . . . W'ondei if
will take the prize again this year for tSe
best decorated dorm for Homecoming
Odds have it that it will be West . .. 30“^
forget to buy your tickets for the hon.e-
coming dance. ... A fraternity went l»
the expenss and bother of installing iigi'-^
for the cupola ... I wonder if they couliiat
be turned on every night? . . . Educatiun
club has a drive cn for new members .
Tneir first step is to sponsor Barbara Car
den in the Homecoming parade ... The
frosli really came through this year in their
initiation . . . It’s time now for the fra-S
to begin . . . Basketball team began their
w orkouts this week . . . The choir is v.orii-
ing on their presentation of the MESSUl
Judy Ingram took part in the talent shii*
sponsored by the Rec. Dept, of Burlington
. . . George Chapman spent a few
in the hospital . . . Prof. J. Sweat to
the first faculty recital . . . Selected mera-
bers of the choir to sing in the presenJ
tion of the Passion play . . . The squara
dance last Friday night was a fca-
fun for everyone . . . Curt Welburne is ^
proud papa of a new baby girl
. Phil
Mann went to a State Legislature meet
ing . . . Found out that Elon ha.sn't as
problems in the functioning of Stude-t
Legislature as other schools . . • Carolis*
receives $80,000 for student goveri
■jiriiett
■s $15
from their fees . . . Each student pays
a year as compared with $1.50 by
Elon student. , , If any students ai^ ^
terested in attending the Student Le8-'~
lature meeting in Raleigh he sure to
Phil Mann ... By the way, how is
treasury? . . . Remember to suppcrt
ligious Emphasis Week.