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MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, February 24, iii-
Maroon And Gold
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Curt Welli"ine
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A^jwciate Ediior
Ed.'ti'r
Alt Edi'/'r
Slifl Photographtr
Faculty AdvlK r
Bl'SINESS BOARIJ
Jack Lindley . . Business; Manager
Bill Burke Circulation .Manager
Carl i; Ov en Printing Adviser
Dougia-. K(lward» Press Optralijr
SFOKTS SiAtr
Gar>- Siarn . Sports Editor
Mike Rauseo . A«st. Sport.i Kditiir
Ciirlton LanRston Intramural Sporls
HIPORTFRS
Winfred Bray
Stanley Bunch
Doris Chn-iiioii
Herman Johr.son
Ann Kearns
Thoma* Madren
Sammy Nelson
. Charlie Oates
Bill Simmon.s
Wayne Vc-stall
WEDNESIMY. KKBKCARY 24. 1954
WHAT PRKT. HONtSTV?
This is one c-ditorial 1 ccrtainly hate to
write. I'm .sorry the occafcion ever arose
that it needed to be written.
Did you know that recently two March
of D.ii es c'jntaineis from the dining hall
and ';ie book store were stolen? There Is
a possibility that the thief is a non-
Ktudcnt, but the chances are greater that
It is a student who is the guilty one.
We have on our campus several students
who make light of inte>;rity and honesty.
I recently heard five boys discussing a
Sunday afternoon's activity. They had been
tu a movie in Burlington. Four of them
w,liked in the theater, each saying that
the last man had his ticket. He did. his
own. They hastened inside and found only
twenty people, because It was still early.
Fc^ur teen-age boys are fairly recognizable
In a group of twenty-four; so the manager
went straight to them when he heard
vhat had happened. He asked Ihe fellows
for their ticket stubs. They exploded in
indignant ancer They had dropped their
ticket stub";! Why didn't he ask the other
tolks for their ticket stubs'.' For some
reason the young girl selling tickets did
not identify them when they were brought
I efore her. So the boys saw the movie
lor nothini; "This is really fun. If we get
causilit, we pay. If we don t get caught,
wc Kot omething for nothing. Let's go
to C;ib-onville and try it tonight.' This
was not dishonesty to them; this was just
fun
In the dining hall there is quite a bit
 f fiHMl swipini' I realize that some of the
MuCents fi-el that they don't Ket their
moneys wmth and that taking extras arc
part 111 th»- >;ame. We could argue all day
abcut that; so let skip it for now. Never-
Ihfle's. the habit of .'Cuotiiig along with
extra milk under one arm every chance
one Kcts is not the best way to build
character
This hi.s come a long way from the theft
rf the March of Dimes monej I'm not
ROini; to -..y more, except I m regretful
tiuit We iiavc in our n-;idsl someone who
Is ,sf) fllthv !..« that he .•oulc si,.a| m)ncv
from «ut ;; ;i ■.•.ciiihy c ••u.si HHADV
IXAM TIMi:
A stranKe atmosphere perv.ules the cam
pus duiiii4 t;ii.,f days jus! '..ii.n exains.
There is a iriiihtened  \pri ■ ion in the
eyts of man> students as they I . v
students who have done little studying
throughout the quarter and who suddenly
are confronted with the necessity of ac-
rumulating a quarltrs knowledge in a
ft'W (lays.
There aro maiiv ways and plans to study
tor exams, but Kule On. mit-ht be
a^ Don 1 get panicky ' devise a system.
Study for a few hours, then take a break
■nd go study some more. You'll find you
can absorb more if vou'll n • i ,,n,.c. ,,,
V hile.
Some .-tud.'nl. may prefer to study in
tin-ir r-i 1 hl! :on ’•. -ind a stack of
ho..k~ „,u! vith a Bus. ' ,:gn on the
duOi. C«i;.i:rs -.k quiet in the library, par-
tiiularty Wi,en there i.s no,-e In the dorms.
Rteic students . minfily do not have to
h«re and m.iny . ^ them are found
tidying in V.
practice piantw
Otif tiiggestian to all
net wish ar need ft
least krrp i.iiiet so othei.s can prepare for
TMm* - -CI.il’PKD
ALWAYS A (it)OD BOY”
Thi! article is being written with the fact
in mind ...at one of our ■ :iief duties in
life i: to look forward. Our golden :■.■■■■
in the future. While this is true, our
column of lo-lay call*- us to deal with the
past—a look backw ard. In the past men
have b .-en praised for certain qual.iies
character, although many of them were
ruthl ■ - me n in history.
The fact need not be concealed that
thi.i^ article condone> no part of commun
ism, iin, or praise ol Joseph Stalin, yet it
is plain to see that some characteristics
vhich he possessed are profitable for us
to consider.
When we contemplate the early boyhood
of Joseph ■Vit-?arionovitch Dzhugashvili,
'his real namei we find that his father
was a drunken cobbler, while his mother,
a devout woman, wanted him to be a
priest. She said, ‘‘He was always a good
boy. I never had to punish him. He worked
hard, was always reading and talking, and
trying to understand everything."
Determined that one day she would see
her boy in the priesthood, she entered
him in the Tiflis Theological School. This
did not work, however, as he was expelled
two years later for heading a secret Marx
ist cell in the seminary.
He acquired his name after escaping
his fifth from prison and continuing his
clandestine activities. Thus he signed his
pamphlets, underground newspapers with
tie name ".Stalin"- meaning in Russian
; man of steal '.
' A bantam in size, with a body built like
I a "football coach's dream of a tackle," his
i crowning glory is a straggling mustache
I and ominous chin. He possessed the in-
i herent dramatic sense so essential to dem-
I agogues, to dictators like Mussolini and
! Hitler.
Since his reign of power he had largely
; wiped out illiteracy, striven to indust-
I rialize Russia, and "through his leader
ship, his country has bent back its German
' invaders."
The determined dictator has succeded in
every ruthless drive. It had been said
that "by I9.‘>2. his word was virtual law
for more than 800,000.000 people, a sway
the like of which no man before had ever
known, and still driving relentlessly on,
I toward the aim of ruling tha entire world.
; It is possible that only death could halt
I him."
, Death advanced! Yet it is a tact patent
to anyone who has observed Russian lead-
I ers such as .Malenkov, Molotov, and Beria
that none of these men were going into
oinethinii blindly. Those leaders had been
waiting for the very second of Stalins
death to fill the Prime .Ministers place.
Hut what then? Do not misunderstand
the motive. Few people will dispute that
•St.ilin was possessed of unu.siial character
ti.iit' that cave him his high and power
ful position. He had prestige and great
qualities of leadership. He had a wide
knowlodgc of literature. " He once told a
deputation of Bolshevik writers that their
work \.;,s rubbish and had no basis in
Itilture. Read Shakespeare. Goethe and
: the other classics, as I do, he told them."
■ He too liked good music and read widely,
l et us bear in mind that good qualities,
no matter who might possess them arc at
tainable by us, if we but cultivate them.
Fath reader can profit by the attributes
of Joseph Stalin, choosing the good in
him and realizing that he stopped at noth
ing in an effort to attain his goal. He was
industrious, sielf-denying. courageous, en
thusiastic, and dissatisfied with nothing
'e^-s than the best. He had visions, hope
of the futuie, and plans of achievement
■m'l .success for himself.
'“.-V aim high and take nothing less
than the best. Read good books. Strive to
lesrn to appreciate good music. Seek for
great qualities of leadership, and thus pro
fit from this "man vf s'cel, " striving to
be indusfr...if-^enying, courageous,
enthuf-tic. ^.:jy we too have visions,
hope nf !' e :'iit:Te. ,-ind plans rf thieve-
H'cnt ..r.i for OUF'^elveS.
W hat Is An Average American
WORTH HEADING
What is an average American?
Such a question is well worth
considering, although some
people deny tiiat there is such
a thing. HTiether there be or
not, the accompanying article
is well worth reading, since Dr.
James T. Cleland, at least points
out many characteristics of a
person who might well be
termed ‘‘.Mr. Average Ameri
can."
Dr. Cleland, who is minister
for Duke University, used the
topic in an address delivered
before the -North Carolina Press
•Association on January 29th.
and the article on this page is
made up of excerpts from that
address before the state's news
men. He, in turn, based his ad
dress upon a portion of a new-
book he is soon to have pub
lished.
I want to do something that is
not only rash, but probably im-
po^5ible. 1 want to feel the pulse
of Ameiica and tell you what I
agnose from it. That is, I want
to share witlr you . ome thinking I;
•ave been doing about the Ameri-
■?an scene.
Let us look at the average'
American.
Now the minute 1 jay that, you |
the heresy involved. It turns!
an the legitimatL question '"If.
here an average American’' ;
I admit the validity ot the criti-1
Usm. My knowledge ot the U.S.A
s limited . . .
Nevertheless, _ there must le-
omething which distinguishes an i
American from the Frenchman or
the Spaniard, or a Scot besides |
language.
And that I must know jis a;
preacher. Why? Because in my i
theory ot preaching I insist, until;
my students are weary, that a ser-;
-non to be a sermon must have twoj
.joints of reference: ,
1. The first Is the Christian brother or a democratic
Aorld-view, as it is found in the! quite sure
lible, in the creeds, in the hymns . j^ould live, but it
,nd prayers of the church and inl^^ouldn t be in his neighborhood,
he lives of the saints. guesses it may be all right for
2. The second is the human S't'jsome folks to be Roman Catholics,
jation, as is found in the congre-'i,^j
:ation in front ot the pulpit, liv-| ^e is a sentimentalist. He
ng in North Carolina in the 20th!^.g„j3 j^e minister to speak on be-
Century. j half of race cooperation, and bet-
Which is more important? For ,i^^ relations between capital and
helnaking of a good sermon, l-oth j^bor, and higher ethical standards
ire equally important. Either by government, provided it is all
Itself does not produce a legiti
mate sermon.
Now what kind of persons is
he congregation composed? There
ire men and women; adults an 1
children; members of the protes-
sioas, the business world, t^e
working class; school teachers and
pupils; housewives and retired
folk.
Composite Christian
But let me lump them all to
gether, and try to picture for you
Ecclesiastical Man." as the econ
omists have created tor their pur
poses "Economic Man. " Let us
look at the composite Christian.
There he is, then.j* man of tour
primary interests.
He is bound up in his family to
whom he wishes to give the best
he can. He probably spoils his fam
ily: he may even intend to. One
such father confessed to me:
"What's the use of being \ father
if you can't spoil your children? "
Again, he is vitally interested in
his job, which gives him the where
withal to maintain his home. He
it
done in generalizations with no
.specific application, . .
He doesn't really know very
much about Christianity, beyond
a bed time prayer, the simpler
Bible stories, and a few key verses.
Ot course he doesn t know much
about anything outside ills home
and his business and the income
tax returns.
If you were to quiz him on
American history, the Revolution
would be a compilation of tea and
Valley Forge and the Star Span
gled Banner. The Civil War would
be a concatenation of "John
Brown’s Body " and ""Uncle Tom's
Cabin," General Grants Whiskey,
the Gettysburg Address, "March-
Through Georgia, ” and his grand
father’s sword. He is not so much
wrong as limitedly accurate , , .
Yet, having said all that, we
must admit that even if it is sub
stantially true, it is too general
T . ^ w ociitra, Wii
Let us try again. Let us feel this against us.
i- a religious sensitivity left
is found n such a prayer as "Lead
us into the truth, come whence
it may. cost what it will.” . . •
2. There is a second aspect to
the general neighborliness of
America. I have never known any
where else such a‘ country of
■ joiners.’’ Read the activities go
ing on in any small Word of this
World, and that is the town as
listed in its \.eekly newspaper;
it is a potpourri of group activi
ties. ... I dscovered—almost to
my horror—the other day that
the First Presbyterian Church of
I Hollywood has 6,400 members and
325 different societies to which
a member may belong. Thou hast
made my Father’s house a varie
gated and perpetual jamboree. .
The unwillingness to be alone
over here terrifies me. If, by mis
chance. one is left in solitariness
on goes the radio or television.
While the cult of the juke box
may be a sign of neighborliness, I
jm in agreement with the plea for
a silent record so that occasionally
ane may bjjy three minutes-of si
lence. . .
Again to quote Frederick Lewis
Allen—a most quotable man—“If
we as a people do not obey the
first and great commandment as
numerously and fervently as we
used to, at least we have been do
ing fairly well with the second.”
He is right. . .
3. There is a third aspect of this
Word.from the World which in
fluences the members in our
charges. . . This an underlying un
easiness of mind respecting the
meaning of life and the outcome
of their individual exstences.
It is partly caused by memory.
The remembrance of the Great
Depression of the early thirties
makes one wonder if the present
economic prosperity can last and
if it does not, what then?
It is partly caused by the threat
of war, irritated by the seemingly
long stalemate in Korea and the
dread of the atomic and hydrogen
bombs.
It is due in some measure to
the fact of responsibility on a scale
that even Americans are not used
to. To be one of two world powers
with the democratic segment look
ing to us for leadership, when we
neither want it nor are ready for
it, means that w'e stand apprehen
sively at the plate, in a real World
Series, with two strikes called
man’s pulse. Let us find what it
tells us about his sentiments and for
opinions, about the ideas that de
-- — -t lijc lucas iiiai ae-
knows that an American job is a termine his thought and action
And beneath and behind and he
re all these worries is the cer^
^ promise of death. The farther
■,'ood one in point ot hours and about the dritroT'Am'erkar ^way by medical sci
wages. It m^ay not last; that is a in the middle of the Twentieth becomes, yet
worry. But he shakes his head at Centurv. ' there beckoning.
No wonder man says, Whew'
Let’s skip it. Eat. drink and be
worry. But he shakes his head at Century,
the Bibrical idea that work may I Three Traits
*'*'Thir!!iri, 1 u- ' significant traits
Thirdly, he loves his country. No,in his make-up which I must re-
woriden It may be that I as a nat-; member as I prepare to preach
uralized citizen know better how: each Sunday
sutefare th.Pragmatic assur-
|States are than one who was born ance. This cotmtry seems to be
tnto it. I come from a good coun • • -
merry, for tomorrow* if were
lucky, we may still eat, drink and
be merry. Let's forget death. ’
But he cannot. His father comes
down with cancer; his son is killed
: remarkably sure of itself To nut it ■u' accident, and his young
| lr.y. but I appreciate what a crudely, but emphatically this Ik™
; Promised Land ” America is. If: country is booming . tL wa '
s'“s 'r.T„r
' /vinenca must trip to California in 1950 At
iarceo“r,ry - point on the journt
I I ,h- , , , i staggered by the achieve-
Vnn? ® his ments of American man -s
.contacts. He has an esprit de corps' The American can evidently do^ if "ot here
about his fellow workers, about; anything he has a mind to do- something. When he be-
„,..u it just take because of a
I sound digestion or a good business
■^aga of America is a sue- ' ^ satisfactory home life,
torv lhai ic .—1 int'J"! "'rites an artjcle
I " hich scares him anew ...
There Is, even where we would
I He is pervaded with a sen.-.e of
futility, of transcience, of personal
insignilicance. He longs for a real
sense of security, he wants to know
that he counts for something and
i>is civic club and lodge, about it is
the athletic teams, college and longer
professional, which he backs. The
, It may be true that General Mo-, cess story that is reckoned
‘no?t^ 'k*"' -National Bank is monetary wealth . . "The al
not the Kingdom of God; that Ro-’ mighty dollar " is hardiv i ■ we wouin
t‘hrbTlo\"ed'^ "O'-"’ What anxiety.
' rMh ' uZ"'is Ih'^ - I said, impossible for
of the people Brhe oP'ate quantity of almighty dollars, suf-iT accurate evaluation
i-hat ^imost everyone to haveH-J-
Knows that he spends of God—just withoni ni,v,
Kest and Time and the sports unnecessary '
columnist. But he subscribes tol What is "the reason for this? I
I -I..hi tl e dm of
: tiic-' !i y-iu do
turi; :. ur-^!f—at
QI’OTABLE QI’OTFS in CRITICISM !
" I'l cver-> work regird tro .,-jtli-jr"*- end." i
.... ,
Ciitici«m. as it W.1S first instituted by j
Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judg- I
>‘.veil.—Johnson.
MO football game being brLd-i he mh Snr"^''
icast. he will at least keen / Century, and to their
: hile hi, wife li.t.:.ns to the opera T^L 'l-he""'^ economic descend-
|>n Saturdav aftpmr,,ns ;ti Wii ft • h i, u scientific approach"
Think. Emotlonany '
Sunday.
But, having felt his pulse, I
now I must take into consider
ation these three attitudes; a prag-
mayc assurance, a general nelgh-
borlines^ and an ultimate anxiety.
this were a sermon instead
of a speech, I would have to go
a step further. No one has any
right, in the pulpit, merely to
diagnose; he must offer a remedy.
But this is not a pulpit, and I
■-'m not endeavoring to convert or
; confirm you. As members of the
He thinks cmotion.tlly aboutjtury has not made it lasv* suggest that these trait s
community problems He is con-I.’, -Ii?i,.n of revelation to keep Us'-T
cemed about the Negro as a | respectability, far less its infl .' i
•jrother-in-law rather than as a ential positon. Even where there matte "th *>etter leave the
bullets
in the
bull's-eye
By TOM TAKGETT
Uncle Sara was in keeping with the
Valentine spirit , , , Joe Smith and Chuck
Michaux received greetings . . . Charlie
Philips has been accepted by U.N.C. Medi
cal School for the fall semester . , . The
Phi Psi Cli to be released on or about
May 15th . . . Bozo Riddle appointed parlia
mentarian of the Student Legislature. .
The call is out for new members for the
track and tennis teams . . . How about
planning for the track team earlier this
year . . . Let’s cop some of those North
State titles . . . After reading the results ot
a recent election, Wright Williamson has
announced he is in a new business . ,
Prof. West is working on a new novel . .
‘‘Pawn”. . . American Chemical Students
are planning to fix-up a lounge in the
Chemistry Dept, on the third floor of the
science building . . . Also, they recently
attended a regional meeting at A&T Col
lege. . . Choir celebrated Valentine’s Day
with a party . . . They are in the midst
of their preparations for the Northern
tour . . . The Stork,has been quite busy
visiting the folks at Vets Apartments . . .
Stac^ Johnson poppa of baby , . . Don Pack
ard daddy of a baby girl . . . And Mike
Rauseo is batting 1.000 with his third baby
girl . . . The nurse reports a drop of ill
ness on campus since the new cut system
is in effect . . . Alpha Pi Deltas redecor
ating their fraternity room.
* * * * *
It was with great regret that we read of
Dr. Boone’s death last week-end ... He
had certainly served Elon well as the
chairman of the Board of Trustees . . . .\re
you interested in having an exciting sum
mer? . . . Jobs are open for parts in the
great production, ‘‘Common Glory” . . . See
V/right Williamson for details and appli
cations . . . Betty Jean Chilton has de
signed the cover for the Choir’s tour pro
gram ... A great job ... A disc dockey
show is in the works for the May Day
program ... It will take place on the
campus ... A quote from a recent lec
ture by a prof . . . ‘‘I’m going to be a dis
appointed angel if I don’t get to see
Hosea . . . and shake hands with Amos " . . .
The power house has a new automatic
stoker which brings the coal from out
side the building to the mouth of the
furnace . . .
Afternoon Walk
Across the tracks and on the right there's
a white house—now vacant. I recall a prim
white sign—for it’s no longer there—an
nouncing the office of Jack Neese, M.D.
He—whose life was dedicated to suffer
ing humanity—served his country in the
Korean War, served the sons and daufc'.i-
ters of Elon, and served the folks of the
community. To me. Jack's spirit was that
of a "big brother” to the boys of Kappa
Psi Nu. They like others will miss him.
The dry oak leaves are now swirling
about the untrodden steps "of the empty
white house. But see, they're uncovering
the jonquils, which herald the spring!
* ♦ * ♦ ♦
Jim Mallory appointed head baseball
coach at ECC . . . Elon’s football team
to scrimmage Presbyterian this Friday . . .
A Lenoir Rhyne student wrote to the
Editor of the L.R. school paper, "Wouldn’t
it help us all if they (Profs) made some
effort to get to know the students?” . . -
Why not come to Elon?
* * * * *
Little cuts from classes,
Little slips marked “late”
Makes a student wonder
If he'll graduate.
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At the University of Houston, the dorm
itory council issued the following regu
lations to govern necking on campus:
‘‘1. Area outside of 'D' and ‘E’ dorm re
ception rooMis approved for good
night kisses only.
‘‘2. Cullen Boulevard, side of D' dornit
recommended.
“3. Cars in dorm parking lot only if
we can see heads showing over the
car seat.
‘‘4. All other areas are taboo. Dont go
about wrecking the necking by using
the taboo area.'’
This problem seems to be a nation wide
crisis on campu.-^es, for at Northwestern.
University there is the following ruling": ,
Students may extend an affectionate good
night kiss at dormitory doors—but only
so long as the couple keeps all four feet
on the ground.