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MAROON AND GOLD
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1SS4
Maroon And Gold
i:nt.red a iecond claM matter at the
Post Office at Elon c:ollege, N. C., under
the Act of March 8. 1879. Delivered by
mail. $1'0 the oollege yeai, 50c the
quarter.
Ed.t-;d and printed by student* of Elon
Colkj^c. Publithed bi-weekly during the
roll«-;:c year under the auspi ■>§ of the
Board cf Publication.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Laverne Urady Jamts Waggoner
Co-Editors
Tom Tarqett Asjoelate Ed'itcr
Curt Welborne . Aj -.= iiite Editcjr
Cooper Walker Art Editor
Keuben Askew Staff Photographer
Luther N. Bytd . Faculty Advisor
Bl'SINESS BOARD
Jack Lindley Business Manager
Bill Burke Circulation Manager
Carl E Owen Printing Advisor
Douglas f'.dward^ Pri ■ s Operator
SPORTS STAIF
Mike Rauseo Sports Editor
Carlton Langston Intramural Sports
KIPORTERS
Doris Chriimon Charlie Oates
Douglas Edwards Woody Stoffel
Sherrill Hall Joann Tucker
Wayne Vestal
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1954
Qt'ESTIONS FOR THOUGHT
What part did you play in Monday's
nominations’’ Did you come to chapel pre
pared to nominate a person who could do
the job or did you wait until you arrived
and then look around for someone who
would be elljjible’’ Or did >ou pla> tl'
fC'ji! par! ,-ir.d ni Tiinatf -«omi-unf to ste
how meay lauirht vou tuuld net? Are >i>u
mentally retarded'
It in a known lact that some organiza-
tinns cniouiaai’ tht-ir members to "stick
together ". Let us take a mythical group
of approximately fifty people. If the-.e
fifty all agree to support one person for
an elected office, and let's pretend it's the
lloncr Council, his chance' !i^r election
are strong. This is Rood if the person is
capable, earnest, and sincere; but, if he
is merely to be used as an Instrument for
the pruiet-iion of other memljcr> (,f his
group, then ins election cun be a terrible
thing. Ila.'i this ever happened at f;Ioii,'.’
If one group doe^ take privileges and
break* rule.'s that it »hould nut. the rest
of the etudent bucly will sun !y know ai. nit
It. Hespect for the law breakers turns to
contempt. The average student can leel
that he himself is dcmorali/cd utcause nt-
lails to take a stand agam.-t what he be-
lleves to be wrong. Have you a.i a student
ever felt this at Elon?
Is there anything the faculty and ad
ministration can do to help maintain good
government? The following questions are
directed toward the faculty for Its con
sideration. Have you ever scoffed at the
Honor Council requests and implied that
the Council Is impotent? Have you ever
shown prejudice for or against certain
students and raised and lowered grades
accordingly? Are you afraid to put a stop
to clasiroom cheating because of fear cf
losing popularity? Are you supposed to
be the spuiisor lyr a campus crgiinlz, 'ion.
but show little interest and leave the work
in the hands ol unprepared student.? Aie
you a staff member, with students workinti
tor you, wdo *ues away from work omo
or twice a day for foity-^ive minuie
lands ol peisunal business and who marl;-
down no lots of time? Or are you as con-
ceinpd the students that the campus
life run smoothly and that stud. iit ; . \ern-
ment be wonh-while? Aie ,ou a pers'jn
to whom .students can come for advice and
cnccuiawtinent to conti nue that which ].•,
right.' Ate uju a pei .un who could make
more money in another Job if you didn t
like to be near and to help student* quiti
so much?
This part of my questioning is directed
ti'waidi the administration. Have the ap
plications for new students been so ver;,
carefully screened that we are assured of
getting students with good character and
with the eapacity for make good grades?
Has there ever been reason to believe that
student requests, petiUons and amend
ments have been shelved.' Has anyone ever
said that Ule collei,e would take action to-
waid« the di^mi^syi of a student without
any Cr.unnl aitioii ' Iki >oii tinnk uth in
dividual on the campus should feel that
his ideas count for somethinR, or do you
think that the student opinion must be
submerKcd for the benefit of the over-all
pictuie year after year?
These que:>tions are pointed specifically
in the direction of the combined student-
faciilly-administratiiin groups, neither of
which ran act without vitally affecting the '
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jottings
from here
and there
By JA.MES \V.\GGONER
Recently the T.V. program "Omnibus"
took Americans into the home of the Newf
York Times, and gave a “play-by-play ’
description of how a copy of its paper
va£ made up and the essential processes
inat are to be found in one of our largest
metropolitan dailies. We found that the
New York Times was certainly an un
usual paper.
Today our column will deal with an
other phase of the New York Times. The
President of the United States, all high
officials of the American Government, the
Prime Minister of Britain, the Foreign
Minister of France, and Pope Pus Xll are
among the dignitaries tnat follow this
newspaper. Even in Moscow, the Politburo
of the Soviet Union receives daily sum
maries of its contents. Certainly this fact
demonstrates its prestige.
There must be a reason lor this journal-
if.tlc success. Perhaps the key is found
in the iollowing quotation. "It is the most
lesponsible, influential and newsfilled
newspaper in existence." Its present pub
lisher and president, Arthur Mays Sulz
berger, did not originate this high quality,
but he has definitely maintained it.
The birth of the Times goes back to
1851, when it was founded by Henry J.
Raymond. But this stodgy, mediocre news
paper was going head-over-heels in debt
until Adolph Och*;, a Chattanooga pub
lisher bought it in 1896 for $75,000.
Adolph Ochs is a name well known in
Chattanooga, for the Ochs Highway, Och’s
Temple (dedicated to Julian and Bertha
iJci . p.iri I Adolphi, 'Hhs Memorial
r;.k, Adoli'h's Mu.'i'um 'd' licated in 1940
i y ■CImer Davis, commentator), and the
■lid lime- Building now tiie Dome Build-
ini : .' if .ill familiar landmarks to Chatta-
ncogans.
Ochs established tor the New York Times
the principles of "fairness, impartiality and
complete presentation of facts." The slo
gan "All the news that's fit to print" was
Ochs' and these words still appear on every
topy of the Times. After Ochs’ death in
1935, Sulzberger became his successor, a
provision of the former editor's will.
^\iairying Iphegene Ochs in 1917 was
t»ie uig event that brought Sulzberger into
the limelight. In 1919, after release from
the service, he started working for the
Times. His fast and efficient learning
I .••med him the portion of vice-president
and a;sistant to Ochs, which he held till
Och s death.
Those of us who read the New York
rime« will surely agree that every copy
is both informative and interesting. The
-laff of t:ie Maroon and Gold wishes not
only to dedicate its publication to "fair-
nt^-., impartiality and complete presenta
tion of facts," but also, as Joseph Pulitzer
once said of his St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
it will always fight for progress and re-
lorm, never tolerate injustice or corrup-
■ ■n, alvkay.i fight demagogues of all parties,
never belong to any party, always oppose
privileged classes and public plunderers,
ne»er lack sympathy with the poor, al-
1 email! devoted to the public wel-
liire, never oe ;dti>fled with merely print
ing ui-ws, alv.ays be dra^ically independ
ent. never be afraid to attack wrong,
V, liether by predatory plutocracy or preda
tory poverty.
We want to continue to make our publi-
i .tion both inspiring and informative. Each
tjpy you receive is well-planned, prac-
tt al. and purposeful. This is your paper,
-lid it has served the Elon campus for
'nirty-three years.
Heing the unly student paper printed
111 North Carolina in its own print shop,
t ne can realize Just how much work it
takes to ijut an issue cut.
O'.'ier iii,!in our linotype operator, Carl
Dwen, ti:--Te no outside assistance. And
so, .IS tile sjng goes "From the reporter
ime ‘he story, from the story came the
I'.'rite, from the rewrite came the copy,
l-:;m the copy came the lead, from the
lead came the proof, from the proof came
t ie correction, from the correction came
the make-up, from the make-up came the
( nal plate, from th^ plate came the press,
r.::d from the press came the printed page
which is seen by the students.
other two. That is why 1 feel that this
tdltorial must be concerned with all three.
Not all the questions 1 have raised fit
persons or situations on this campus, but
each of you as an individual will know if
'h-‘ questi('i»- apply to you.
If it is possible to have an Elon in which
students, faculty and administration all
v.ork together in greater harmony, better
student government will be the result
—BRADY
Uceortliiig Life On PJoii's Campus
Phi Psi Cli First Appeai’ed In 1913’
By JAMES WAGGONER
Madren and Walter McCaw.
r. ( The Phi Psi Clis first editor
This 1. the story of our College
... f I ovpr the post cf
it And w6 have sousht for infor*^
j . t A * on eight different occasions, es-
mation and nave found it, there- \ , Hav«
. . • 1 n^fisllv durinc the war-time flays,
lore, we send lurth this article peciaiiy uuiuit,
annual, the Phi Psi Cli. Xhe his
tory of the Phi Psi Cli. from the
day the first annual was printed
until each respective year book
:u_' been placed in every students
shelf, i» both intricate and inter
esting. This history not only in
cludes age, but facts, figures,
names, and'statistics.
Before you read this article you
may ask: What is the ajtlior's in
tention? Permit me, dear reader,
to relate that the writer has found
something both interesing and in
formative, and he aaie not keep
it to himself, but will endeavor to
share with all. We are told that
the bee seeks for honey and finds
business manager that first year
was Alonzo Lohr Hook, who is
now Registrar, Chairman of the
Department of Mathematics, and
Professor of Physics here at Elon.
Elon’s president in that same year
was the late Dr. W. A. Harper.
Not every copy of the annual
has been found, for the yearbooks
for 1916, 1918, and 1919 are not
in the library. There were two
years in which the annual was not
published, namely the years 1932
and 1937. Other than these two
years, as far as we know, there
has been a publication each year.
The young ladies have taken
Chief
with the hope that it will bring
.some measure ct happiness to you
A'ho read.
Where our story really begins is
che-year 1913, when the first pub
lication went to press. At that
iime Elon had three erstwhile
literary societies": Philologian
i^iterary Society, for young men;
Psiphelian Literary Society, for
young ladies; and, Clio Literary
Society, for young men. Here the
lame Phi Psi Cli originated, com-
nemorating these three "literary
■•ocieties.”
Let's take a look at the annual's
present staff before we take a
■flash-back ’ into the past. The
.taff of the Phi Psi Cli is com
posed of eighteen students and one
'acuMy advisor. Roger Phelps is
lur Editor-in-Chief, who now hails
rom Fort Smith, Arkansas, al-
•though originally from India.
Reger was feature editor during
his junior year. He has managed
to get all the needed material to
the printers and engravers and
lell.s us that the annual will be
)Ut in May.
Terry Emerson is Associate Edi
tor; York Brannock, Business
Manager; Betty Thompson, Assist
ant Business Manager; Alice Cole
,'nd Dalton Parker, Copy Editors;
Gary Sears and Jack Garber,
oports Editors; Reuben Askew,
Staff Photographer; and Prof.
John Foster West, Faculty Advisor.
.--Ion Colege English Department,
las lectured widely in North Car-
ilina and is recognized as an out-
-taneling writer of poetry and
•cience fiction.
Other members of the staff in-
■lude Margaret Johnston, Martha
lane Lowe. Marie Weldon, Curtis
A'elborne. Lewis Gwin, Oleg Pan-
iff. Emma Lou Sockwell, Tommy
The men regained control in 1950
and have continued to manage the
post each year hence. One of the
most beautiful copies of the an
nual is the 1936 publication, which
*as edited by Rebecca Smith, now
Mrs. William F. Wild, of Michi
gan, who is the daughter of Presi
dent and Mrs. L. E. Smith.
Throughout the years each pub
lication has desired, through the
printed picture and printed page,
to present accurate records and
a true catalogue of events for each
school year at Elon College.
Think of the toil and labor in
the production of an annual. Con
sider how indestructible it is. Con
sider the human interest found
inside its covers. Each annual
lives its own life. And each book
proves to be a mighty force
through the years.
One doesn't know just how
much work there is in compiling
and editing an annual. Nearly an
entire year is needed to complete
all there is in putting out an cut
.standing year book.
When all the "blood, sweat, and
tear " have been offered, the Phi
Psi Cli is printed and bound at
Edwards and Broughton, of Ra
leigh; engraved at the Charlotte
Engraving Company, of Charlotte.
Photography this year is by Brum-
lield Studio, also of Charlotte.
It is interesting to see the var
ious themes, which have been
selected for each respective year.
.Many books are written in months
and forgotten in a season, but an
annual contains much which is
seldom forgotten.
Many good memories can be
recalled every time one looks
through an annual of his or her
school year. As the theme of last
year's annual 'Footprints on the
Sands of Time,"’ brings to us true
reality. Surely every time men
and women leave Elon's halls, he
or she leaves behind memories of
each year's work and play which
are recorded and printed in the
pages of the past and in the pages
of the publication.
On the other hand, here is a
typical school day at Elon as re
corded in the 1921 edition of the
Phi Psi Cli: Did you ever—
"Awake from a warm bed into
3 room with a cold radiator; no
hot water for a bath; hash for
breakfast, requested to remain
after chapel; caught going up the
wrong steps; get a zero grade on
English; dean refuses to mark off
absences; notified that the Presi
dent wants to see you; cabbage
and beans for dinner; Mrs. Lin
coln stops you in the hall; have
class meetings; biUs presented for
he annual; get a letter of expul
sion from the Library; your post-
office box is still empty (and rent
due); work in the Lab two hours
and then discover that the experi
ment must be done over; get a
notice that your room is reported
for tampering with the lights;
summoned to appear before the
student government; and head
crowned with a sack of water as
vou go out the door; old-age fish
fpr supper—Then a letter on the
six best—(censored)—and also a
big check from home? Say, did
you ever? Ain't it a grand and
glorious feeling?”
Another item from that 1921
Phi Psi Cli follows
Philologians Hate It;
Psiphelians Scorn It;
Clios Loathe It.
■What? The work on the 1921
Phi Psi Cli.”
In conclusion, we want to dedi
cate this articl^ In Memorium,
to six former editors, who have
died since the beginning of the
yearbook. These six are Charles
Titus Rand, Claude Marcus Can
non, Ira Otis Hauser, Edward
Carl White, Clarence Homer
Slaughter, and William Lester
Register.
■We believe that each copy of
thp Phi Psi Cli is a priceless
treasure. To the editors in the
past, present, and future, we say
hat’s off, having done their work,
they retire gracefully, leaving be
hind themselves this priceless
treasure. Their annuals can be
read in every season. When one
is alive to the happy spirit of col
lege, he can always read his or
her anual with deep enjoyment of
memories of yester-year.
(Continued On Page Four)
EDITORS OF PAST AND PRESENT
RE-
RE-
RF.-
now
Oak
Follouing is a complete list,
publication of the Phi Psi Cli
1913 — CHARLES TITUS
R.WD, who is deceased.
1914—MARVIN STANFORD
REVIXI., whose present address
is unknown.
1915 —ISAAC JAMES KEL-
I-I'M. whose latest address is in
Hampstead.
1916 — EDITOR NOT
CORDED.
1917—J. L.WMOND CRUMP
TON, w hose address is unknown.
1918 — EDITOR NOT
CORDED.
1919 — EDITOR NOT
CORDED.
1920—ROY J. MORTON,
in eninneerinK work in
Ridge. Tennessee.
1921 — CLAUDE MARCUS
C.ANNON, who died at his home
in High Point a few weeks ago.
1922 — IRA OTIS II.AUSER,
who wa.s a high school principal
at White Plains when he died
about 20 years ago.
1923 — EDWARD CARL
WHITE, who is now deceased.
1924—PAUL DALTON RUDD,
now a physician in Reidsville.
1925 — SHEFFIELD H.
ABELL, recently retired after
many years as Superintendent of
Schools in Yanceyville. Now in
merchantile business there.
1926 — GEORGE CHAPMAN
WHITE, later a post office clerk
in Waverly, Va.
1927 — HOWARD R. RICH-
at least as complete as possible, of the editors who have dirocted
through the four decades since its founding in 1913.
•ARDSON, later principal of
schools in .Alexandria, Virginia.
1928 —CL.ARENCE HOMER
SL.AUGIITER. who is deceased.
1929 — EDITOR NOT RE
CORDED.
1930 — DELOS ELDER, now
a hosiery manufacturer in Bur
lington.
1931 — WILLIAM LESTER
REGISTER, who is deceased.
1932 — NO. ANNU.AL PUB
LISHED.
1933—E. L. MOFFITT. JR.,
now is business m Cherryville.
(irandson of a former president
of Elon.
1934—FRANK ORVA PERK
INS, now in bu.siness at Fayette
ville.
. 1935 — BENJ.AMIN TIIO.MAS
HOLDEN II. teacher of account
ing at Duke University.
19.36—REBECCA SMITH, now
Mrs. William F. Wild, of Hunt
ington Woods. Michigan. .Mrs
Wild is the daughter of Presi
dent and Mrs. Leon E. Smith.
1937 — NO -ANNU.AL Pl’B-
LISHED.
1938 — HAROLD HILBURN,
present address unknown,
1939—FR.ANK X. DONOV.4N.
who is an attorney and Acting
Police Justice in Floral Park
N. V.
1940 — JUNE LEATH. now
Mrs. Charlton Ellerbe Huntley,
of Burlington.
1941—DOROTHY EDWARDS,
now Mrs. David Lee Spauld,ng,
of Raleigh.
1912—JUNE MURPHY, now
Mrs. William Looney, of Rocky
Mount.
1943—JOHN POLLARD, now
of Greensboro.
1944—VIRGINIA JEFFREYS,
now Mrs. James Fenton Darden,
of Suffolk, Va.
1945—ELIZA BBOYD, who is
cow teaching in Henderson.
1946 — EDWIN DANIEL,
whose present address is un
known.
1947 — MARY COXE, now
Mrs. George Bullock, of Dur-
ham.
1948 — DANIEL BRYANT
HARRELL, JR., whose present
address is Elon College.
1949 — JEANNE MEREDITH,
a public school music teacher
in Ramseur.
1950 —IRA CUTRELL, now
with Burlington Mills in Greens-
boro.
195X — WILLIA.M TOLLEY,
now at Hartford Seminary, Hart
ford, Conn.
1952—page PAINTER, now
at Hartford Seminary, Hart-
ford, Conn.
1953 —DAVID R. CROWLE,
now a Oberlin Seminary, Ober-
lin, Ohio.
1954—ROGER PHELPS, now
holding down the post of editor.
bullets
in the
bull's-eye
By TO.M TARGETT
Lib (Ward) and Ben Stevens now living
in the newly renovated Oak Lodge . . .
Shirley and George Chapmen are expect,-
ing a little chapstick . . . Believe It or \o(,
Elon made Ripley’s famed column many
years ago . . . Why? Because Elon was
the only town in the United States witli
twenty-six ministers and no churches . . .
Alice Cole has been appointed co-chair
man with Phil Mann for the Spring Formal
. The Players last show of the season
vrill be Bill Shakespeare’s, "As You Like
It ’ ... Be sure to hear the choir sing
the "Seven Last Words" ... In ray opinion
the best in sacred music that we have here
at Elon . . . Wright Williamson and Betsy
Watson were having a race the other day
. . . Seems Betsy was winning when Wright
fell down injuring his arm . . . Haven’t
been able to find out who won the race
. . . Mai Bennett at the Burlington track
meet last week tied^the state high school
record for the hurdles . . . Frank Waff was
on campus a few days before shipping out
for Hawaii . . . Player’s to present the
"Tell Tale Heart” for the Norfolk Alumni
meeting . . . Louise-Bemis and Joe Parker
were wed last Friday afternoon in Greens
boro . . . Nat Toms and Joe Widdiefield
to wed in June . . . Prof, Wayne Moore
to study in Europe next year . . . B.O.B.
was the first of the social groups on cam
pus to hold its annual banquet . . . The
Delta U’s are planning another of their
rummage sales ... A good-size crowd was
on hand for Miss Nelms’ recital . . . She
was at her best singing, "The Song of the
Bride” . . . The. Philosophy Club has re
cently painted its room . . . Morning de
votions tomorrow at seven in Whitley . . .
Mai Bennett has received his greeting
from Uncle Sam . . . Home Ec department
is painting its dining room . . . Prof. Boyd
is having classes in archery, fishing aM
other individual sports.
Spring is just around the corner. Th»
time of year when houses get new coata
of paint, women new hats, and men a
new line. (Fishing that is). Well, my
column is getting a new format. It is
to be divided into three parts; first, tlie
news bits; second, comments about things
on campus; third, humor by way of poems
or anecdotes. Hope you will enjoy it.
It is time tor the spring elections of
student ofiicers. One hopes that the new
student legislature ^11 contain some of
the old members. Many of the present
members have given unselfishly of their
time and energy to help solve the prob
lems of the student body. I believe tlie
crowning climax of the year for them will
be the May Day Weekend.
In reading the newspaper accounts of
Elon’s victory over Wake Forest, there
appeared in the lead column a startling
fact. A crowd of 1200 spectators watched
the ball game. Let's hope that we show’
some of the same type of school spirit that
folks from Baptist Hollow seem to have.
The May Day Weekend Committee has
been working hard and long. The plans
are all set. Each student will receive a
printed program for the week-end. Varied
entertainment is planned, beginning on
Friday, April 30th, followed by the May
Day pageant Saturday afternoon and cli
maxed by the Spring Formal on Saturday
night. This is an attempt to give Elon a
big week-end. But, it will need your par
ticipation to make it a suqpess!
THE DUCK
Behold the duck.
It does not cluck.
A cluck it lacks.
It quacks.
It is especially fond
Of a puddle or pond.
When it dines or sups.
It bottoms ups.
—Ogden Nash
# 3|C
INVENTORY
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Four be the things I am wiser to know;
Four be the things I’d been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. ^
Three be the things I shall never attam:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
Three be the things I shall have till I die;
Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.
—Dorothy Parker