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WednMday. March 24, 1954 ^Afll TWO maroon and gold Maroon And Gold Eot«ed u MCODd claie matter »t the Port Office »t Elon College, N C., under the Act of M»rcb 8. 1879 Delivered by maU, $150 the «*)Uege year, 50c the quarter. Edited ktid prtnted by »tudent* of Elon CoUege PuJJlabed biweekly during the eoUegt under the auspice* of the B«ard of Fubllcation. EDITORIAL BOARD Ijveme Brady Jamei WajUicner Co-Editors Tom Targett . Aiaoclate EUiU.r Curt Welbome . A«iociaU EUHor Cooper Walker Ait Mitor Reuben Askew Staff Photographer Luther N Byrd - Kacjity Advjtor Bl'SIN'ESS BOARD Jack Lmdley Busineta Manager Bill Burke .. • Circulation Manager Carl E Owen Prinliog Advi«or Douglas Edwards Pre»» Operator SPORTS STAFF Mike Rauseo Sports Editor Carlton Langbton .. . Intramural Sporw RLPORTBRS Dorii Chrikmon Charlie Oat** Dougla* Edwards Woody Stoffel Sherrill Hall Joann Tucker Wayne Vestal WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1654 SEE THE BASEBALL OPENER We don't have to wait for the fir^t robin to know that spring is approaching, and we don't have to hear the song, 'Take Me Out to tbe Ball Came' , to reali:ee that the baseball season is soon to begin. One of the largest and mo^t enthusi astic ba&eball crowds in recent years should hr on hand at Elon's ball park next Wed nesday to see the Eastern Division Champ ion Christians take on Wake Forest m an orpening-day game at which Elon College hope!) to set an attendance record and win a ball game. The opening home engagement will st-e Coach Doc Mathi»' men battling to keep up their excellent diamond record. Mathis ia coachmg the team for the first time thiK season. Elon's baseball uiuad chalked up a rec ord of 17 wins in 22 starts during last year's regular season, and they won the Fa-itern Division crown. We can't guarantee triple plays, diamond magic, and no hitters, but we won't say that any of these are impossible. Take the World Series game played in Cleve land on Sunday, Oct, 10, 1920, in the Cleve- land-Brocklyn fifth game of the 1920 ser- ii'b Who would have ever thought that Bill Wambsgansi' unassisted triple play would have taken place. Here is how Wambsganss performed feats of diamond magic that recorded in the American League record books the only triple play . ver witnessed in world seriet play. Cleveland had scored four runs in the first inning and tlnee in tne fourth, Kiv.ng the IniHant a 7 to 0 lead. Brooklyn came to oat in the fifth going for the big inning. Kilduff was the first Brook lyn hitter and he singled. Miller, the seccnd baseman, singled to right and Kil- lufl moved .‘»aiely into second. Alen on first and second, none out. The Dodger fan' were roaring. The next hitter wa.s p.tcher Clarence Mitcheil. He was con sidered a very good left-handed hitter; in fact, he was to good that he was often used as a pinch-hitter. He stepped up to the plate, dug hus cleat" inio the rich cla^ anil yut -.el lor the pitch from Bagby. Mitchell hit the ball extremely hard and it has been .said ■■that if the oall had been six inches highei it would have «ono to the bleacher fence f(.i .. loubie or a triple. It just so hap pened. bov.t'Ver, to be lov. enough for Wsm i_. Cleveland'- ■ cond baseman, to r^ach by a desperate le^p into the air. It .S further tiaimrd ihnt had Wjmbsganss n;t caught ;>:e 'aajl no oni' would have thoiir*it ch.-^iny ;iini '*iih an error- it w- tt It ■ ni> a drive out he held on to the 'lall ' "V.-anr ..jiiss turned to throw to Sewell, Inci.sn. s.lortu,.;,. K.lduff, Brooklyn ba^e- runnf, ,,ff -econd and Miller, off flr^!. bi . . .1 ni.,v. (l ,.-'.h the crack of the bit. . lu- 1 w;.., (■;,-> • ,i VS a.'Tir)sganss to run I ver to second and retire Kilduff. Mil ler was «i. f.azed by tne sudden execution of play ,hat h.e ju,t sl.>pped on the line ne*r i?r„nd. He 'WiD.r. could have pre vented Hambv^a.n.., „ cumpleting the play unassisted if he had started back to first « Juii .;ecd. bm Uu* m making up hu> mind and Wambsganss had ple’ity c 1 nine to ru.'h up and put the ball on i7im fv: the third putoiit " i miracle u:.-. rformed. iiieinin^ lhai ;>nytning can n;tppen in a ball i:uch mij;hl happen here next Wed- n«a;iay. w?i's nr suport tc nur team by aiJcndins f%er> xame po.ssible. See ,vcu si ’.tip ha-.’jall cip.'ncr'—Waggoner jottings from here and there By JAMES WAGGONER “I NEVER GET ANGBY AT BAD B.ALLPLAi'ERS; I JT5T G*T angry AT GOOD BALL PLAYERS THAT DON’T PLAY GOOD B ALL.” It was Bucky Harris, manager of the Washington Senators, who said, "I never get angry at bad baUplayers; I just get tngry at good ballpayers that don't play good ball. ’ Certainly we mu!t admit that he has touched on a truth that is con stantly before u». Let us consider in our column today some of the outstanding examples of the above quotation. The immortal Christy Mathewson of the Giant* is an excellent example of baseball. Matty bad won 20 ballgames in the year 1901 and from 1903 10 1915 won successive victory total; of 30, 34 31 22 24. 37, 25, 27, 26, 23, 25, and 24 games’respectively. Christy Mathewson was a good ballplayer and he constantly played good ball. It has been said that Jim Thorpe is possibly the greatest all-round athlete in American sports history. A look at his records shows that Thorpe -was a star in football, track, and baseball. In football be was a fast, crashing ball carrier and a bruising Uckler, winning All-America honors in 1911 and 1912. The year 1912 set a reord exceeded only once in modem football as he scored 198 points • In track he was outstanding in running, hurdling, high jumping, pole vaulting, and V eight lifting. The powerful, agile young aborigine from Oklahoma set a point total ip the 1912 Olympics, never before ap proached and destined to stand for at least 20 years. In baseball the big Indian walloped the ball around .350 in International League and American Association play. In two j^ames with New York he hit .333, and in 60 games with Boston he had a .327 aver age When Glenn S. (Pop) Warner heard of Thorpe’s death he said. "I've never had or Feen an athlete to compare with Jim Thorpe. It was a wonderful privilege for me to have been his coach in football and in track." Some has said, "Boxing is at least as old as history," however, we don't have to go back to ancient Bagdad to illustrate great ring battles or great ring ‘ punchers. The year Jack Dempsey fought Johnny Sundenberg they fought for ten rounds, continually knocking each other down, Dempsey says there were well over a dozen knockdowns, yet neither man stayed down till the fatal ten was counted. "I'd get up and knock J( imny down,"’ Dempsey says. "Then he’d get up and knock me down. One after another; 1 couldn t even count 'em. But 1 was hungry then. I hadn t eaten lately. More than once in that fight 1 wanted to stay down. But 1 didn t. ' Dempsey won by decision, and it was that unyielding determination and courage that proved to be the decisive markers of that champion. These arc just three or four phases of -'poits play and good ballplaying, yet they give good examples of our consistant ball players. Only the great, highway of con sistency paves the way to success. The continued pursuit of an aim or an cnltr- pii:'«‘, whether it be sports or not, is the tcmerslone on which great feats may rest. The chapel speaker last Friday brought 1. good example of con»istancy when he t elated the touching story of Lou Gehrig. Lou's record of 2,130 successive games ».-!s an indication of continuous, unrelent ing effort in which he became so absorbed that nothing could turn awry, or divert his well diiccted energy. To aply these It-isons to ?ach of our llvi vie must not (^nly make them appli cable to our physical, but to our mental, I .hi, and spiritual phases of life. May we endeavor to attain qualities similar to tno^e of the examples above and determine that if we possess those qualities of good .'■tudenti, that we are going to do all that IS po!:sible to fulfill the task* of good students, v \nd if we lack those qualitie.s of good .Indents we will attempt to attain tno^i; attribute- liiaf will m.nke u; progres. lather tlian relrogrts,. We are i.nable to imagint Christy .Malhews. ii, Jim Thorpe, Jack Dempsey, or l-ou (;ehrig without -nthusiafm. ccui.iige. and determination for a I’reat game. With enthusiasm, courage, and determination ■ nv task tan bo acromplshcd with good results The plus qualities can make pos sible succtss and satisfaction in .-iports, -chnol, home, church, and buiiness Whal ( in we do? Never letreat: ambitious! .’''trive for success and take it! ELON N S CUPOLA IS .4 LIGHT SHINING nvTO THE NIGHT The Elon College cupola, which caps the highest point of Alam nee ® darkness of night as spot-Iights play tipon its gleaming white columns, ^3;^ as a literal symbol of Elon’s light of Christian education shlmng in a world that is often dark by the "isms ” that beset people of this modern day. Like Travel? Better Learn To Sing! towards the church in the twi- and heavy make-up. light, carrying the "caskets,’’ with! Tuesday found us in the lovely loe Morris leading the procession | little town of Cornwall, Conn.. *ith his eyes fixed on the ground where Bill Scott, brother of Lois ■nd his hsnds folded under his'and son of our Dr. William T. .hin 'Scott, is minister. It was Bill who Cypress Chapel. Va„ which is'poim^d out to members of the he home of Phil Mann, Gene Har- congregation that, even though the ell and Dalton Parker, was the "“""’er following the offermg was .econd stop. The mothers in these concerned with Jesus and the nomes gave us a good send-off money-changers they mu.t not r»m there with a big breaklast cf offense. .ome grown ham. sausage and: I" Lynn, Mass., my home for the night was the most pleasant That was Sunday morning, Uarch 7th. and that day the choir nade fast trips to Hunderdale 'hur'-h. just outside of Franklin, Va.. to Rosemont Church in South Norfolk, '\^a., and then back to Suffolk. Va.. for the night pro-i gram. Several students and alumni heard the programs that day,! among them Ashburn Kirby, Janej i'atterson. Tommy Matthews (still 1 unattached). Earl Todd. Fred By LA VERNE BRADY Do you like to travel, meet peoiple or go to Radio" City Musit Hall for a show? If you do, you should know that he only requisite for doing all this is to be able to sing, and the Elon Choir and Prof. John West moreland will take care of the rest. Perhaps I should have said that "the only requisite is to like to sing, ” because anyone hearing me sing will probably wonder how 1 made the grade. However, 1 did. ind a wonderful ttur with the ^hoir wa‘- the re^ult. Before the seventh annual noith ern tour of the Elon Choir began, there was much activity in the Music Department, with Prof. Westmoreland dashing off letters, checking on last-minute details, having rehearsals for the basses; and the girls going to the seam stress to have their dresses fitted. Still another group worked un til late at night on two huge signs for the bus and awakened to find ;ne of the signs which read "Elon Colle Choir.’’ all of which meant ihat it had to be spliced and the g’ and e’ added; Miss Walker ■lelping each group in evei’y way possible: and Gene Harrell and I^^lie Johnson constructing two hirge boxes for the dresses artd uxedos, boxes which were soon quite appropriately named "the ■askets." The first evening away from 'nome, which was at the very be- ’inning of spring holidays, there va. a performance in Burlingttn. fry to picture-th fei!..-v.s comint Parker, Anna Howell, Janet Park- ;r, Ann Rawls and Charles John- .son. MorKlay morning found us leaded for New 'V’ork City, and hat evening saw seme of the sing ers going to the Metropolitan Opera and others going to Radio Ctty. The one who had not been to New York before were awed by the fast-moving neon signs, the yellow cabs streaking by, the sky- 1 have ever visited. The man and his wife were seventy years old and yet were as young in spirit as any of us. Thier relationship to each ether and to the church and community is a living example of what is right. They are still courteous to each other, still ob viously in love with each other, and are outstanding leaders in tbe church and go out of their way to do little things for the handicapped people in the city. Judith Chadwick was only four miles from home when we arrived in Bradford, Mass. Grace Bozarth was born in that vicinity, and seme friends of the family gave a tea for her. After the concert Roger Gibbs showed some slides of Elon and of campus life. The choir then did some informal sing ing ia the parlor of the church, with Judy Ingram doing a marvel ous job on one of the arias she crapcrs and the many people. \t the same time those of us whol*'®^ prepared for an audition at had been there before were tryingMetropolitan Opera the next te look bcred but were reallv star-,*^^^’ ing at the extravagant window' O" Friday we we:0 at Nonvich. displays and at all the women in Dr. Edward W. W. fur coats with their bleached hair' . ^Conn.. iContinued on Page Four) Critics W rite Praises Of Elon Choir (EDITOR’S NOTE — Music critics who heard the Elon Choir sine durine its seventh annual northern tour were most kind in their comments. A critic who heard the program in the National Cathedral at Washing ton remarked that “North Caro lina could be proud of the Elon Choir.” and others were as laudatory. An excellent renew was that appearing in the Nor wich (Conn.) Bulletin, which is reprinted belovt.) A large Norwich audience was jrivileged once again to attend a .irogram of sacred choral music iresented Fritlay evening at the 'nited Congregational Church by he famous Lion College Choir of ■iorth Carclina. The iinpression made by the :hoir'9 first appearance here erved at. a direct incentive in at- racting music - lovers from ■hroughout the pii.n. who thrilled 'o an entirely 1 ifferent type pro gram of sacred music from that which was presented last season. The program left little to bej desired and served to acquaint I many with selections seldom pre sented. The Choir’s performance was stellar and served to deeper, the impression made by the grcur on its previous visit. John Westmoreland’s capable direction was noted by many ol the mupical profession present tc be flawless. This fact was ac knowledged primarily due to the ease and exactness with which the group accorded to his every move The unique character of the program presented this season bj the Choir was undoubtedly de^ .rived from the selections. Psalm; 65, t2 aild 124 by Goudimel. the iFrcnch composer, the texts o; which were direct English transla tions from the 16th Century Bible. This season is the first time that the English translations wen employed and lent a note o: origi nality to the concert. The first part of the prcgrair, included porUons of two cantatas by Bach. "Thou Shepherd Bounti ful. Hear Us’' and "Christ Lav In Death's Dark Prist,n.’’ T-t ' tw ) selecUons, tf.getiier with thoM entitled "Jesus And The Traders’ by Kodaly and "Elegy ” by Mil haud, were probably the most impressive in their renditions b; ;he Elon singers. The surpassing beauty and di a- matic power of the Bach cantatas and the sombreness ef the latter iwo, which were . unaccompanied erved to present in a most unique -nanner two entirely different types of choral singing. Exceptionally well presented «ere the Vaughan Williams se lections, “Ccme Holy Spirit ” and The Hundredth Psalm,’’ the dox- ology of which is familiar but A-hiuh was expressed in a -manner arely heard so dynamic, was the hoir’s unison singing of these praises to the Triune God. A change in the printed pro ram was noted in the selection which was to have Been sung b;, Vliss Judith Ingram, for which eiry Smyre, tenor, substUute and offered "If with All Youi leart from Mendelssohn's “Eli iah.’’ Although the local audience had r.ticipated hearing Miss Ingram •t will pleased to learn that he- absence was due to her havin; r -n requested for an audition with the Metropolitan Opera Com pahy in New York on Friday even ing. bullets in the bull's-eye By TOM TARGrETT To all the new students on campus . , , Welcome . . . Judy Ingram while on tour with the choir had an interview and audi tion with a representative of the Met ia New York . Discussed requirements for singers in opera . . . Congratulations go to Charlie Phillijw for winning the $1,500 Morehead Scholarship at UNC. . . He’e entering their School- of Medicine this fall ... A movie worth seeing coming to Burlington. . . Stalag 17 . . , York Bran- nock received a $1,350 fellowship in Chem istry at Duke . . . His duties begin this summer . , . Choir members all agree that the tour was wonderful . . , but a little tiring . . . Dr. and Mrs. Hess, Dr, Cunningham, conducted a seminar in the organization of government in Washing ton with some Elon students during the holidays . . . Plans for the big May Day weekend well underway . . , Be sure to see the new Player show, “Pygmaylion," ... It was great to see the pictures of Elon basketball players in Life . . . Field Secretary’s office has new coat of paint . . . Let’s go and support the ball team . , . Bob Phelps represented Elon at a South ern "X^ICA conference in Atlanta, Ga. . . Jean Benfield and Harvey Smith have an nounced their marriage . . . Some 25c pocket books worth reading . . . ‘ My Six Convicts”, "Discovery” ... It happened during the holidays , . . Chuck Michaux engaged to Peggy IVTiller . , . The SC.A was stimulated by some new thoughts for action by the regional secretary when she was on campus last week , , . Lib Ward and Ben Stevens were married on March 14th, , . . Ceremony at Shady Grove Baptist Church, . . * ♦ » » » It’s good to see Lou Knott back on campus again . , . Gil Brittle really grew during the holidays ... So much in fact, that he had to cut the toes out of his shoes . . . But the way, he is the head waiter in the dining .hall this quarter . . , Alumnus Johnny Bolt did a terrific job in the designing of the cover for the latest issue of the Alumni News . . . .^iso, in the new issue the format has been changed to three columns . . . Those wed ding bells are beginning to toll once again . . . Jean Tew" to wed Bill Blackstone on March 27th in Durham . . . Louise Bemis to wed Joe Parker on April 2nd . . . Soupy Sears, Holland Taylor, Marvin Moss, and Dwight Dillon spent their holidays sunning at Daytona-Beach, Fla. , . The one act play, "Abraham and Issac” is to be presented in 'chapel April 2nd . . , The sororities are to present the dancing for the May Day ceremonies , , , A, H, Patter son to enter Naval Officer’s Training School in August . , , Wake Forest students have just organized a new political party . . . Party is called IDGAD, which means, I Don’t Give A Dern , , . Joe Smith now stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C. , . . Elon men stationed at Camp Gordon, Ga., are Lynn Cashion, Fred Burmeister, Frank Waff, Mike Moffo, Dee Atkinson . . . Jack Kenn^ly left school at the end of last ouarter . . . Would it be possible to get a picture of our new track team in next year’s Phi Psi Cli? . . , The intramural softball team to get the season underway soon , . , Ann Bunch and Dwight Dillon are teaming up to present one-act play for May Day under the direction of Prof. Cox , . , Prof. West to appear on radio show in Danville in the near future , . • The choir last week presented to John W'estmoreland a figurine of himself . • • The work of art is on display in his studio. * * ♦ * + Some advice to the girls: “By the time you S'wear you're his. Shivering and sighing , And he vows his ipassion is Infinite, undying— Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying.” —"Enough Rope”, by Dorothy Parker. 4 * * * * This poem by Ogden Nash certainly doesn’t reflect the state of mind of any of Elon’s prof , . . I give you now Professor Twist, A conscientious scientist. Trustees exclaimed, "He never bungles! And sent him off to distant jungles. Camped on a tropic riverside, One day he missed his loving bride. She had, the guide informed him later, Been eaten by an alligator. Professor Twist could not but smile. "You mean,” he said, "a crocodile."
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