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SPORTS STAFF
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RFPGRTF.RS
Doris C'hrisinon Charlie Oates
Douglcs Kdward* . Woody Stoflel
Sherrill Hall Joann fucker
Wayne Vestal
TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1954
THEN AND NOW
Looking backward over the 1953-54 col
lege year, we can see very readily that
Elon College has had another successful
year. Our enrollment, for the first time
ii: Elon's history, has been on the increase
each quarter, and plans are rapidly taking
shape for long-needed additions of new
dormitories and a dining hall.
The students organizations, too, have
been succesiful. The Elon Choir has once
mori' provided us with a teries of fine
musical programs, with the outstanding
Choir achievements being the teventh an
nual northern tour, the Yulctido presenta
tion of "The Messiah," and the annual
Easter renrfiticn of 'The Seven Last
Words." The Elon Players, too, have main
tained a high degree of excellence in their
I'eKormances.
The Christian athletic fortunes, while
not at their hinhest peak during the
year, have at the same time been such
that the students and the alumni coulu
be proud of the Maroon and Gold teams,
rnd the Elon baseball squad siave the year
J jjY and fitting climax with a brilliant
recorj*’®* ended with the defeat of Lenoir
Rhyne I championship series and
the annex'*®" ® fourth North
^’tale Confe.’"^' ® ’‘x-yt’ar period.
Many indi"i‘'“‘*' have won hon-
‘ rs during th curricular and
• xtra-currici Among the
■•■cholastic 1°'’°'''^ ^>' students
was the s^j.rehead Scholarship and several
other /.•lo"'sfiip3 and aivards, which will
® number of Elunites to continue
ihelr education at the graduate level. To
tk CSC who have won such honors, we ex
tend congratulations.
\Vc n* the .Maroon and Gold staff look
back »uh some pride upon our own
vork this year, a >ear which has seen
the campus newspaper !-ndeavor at all
times to give a.-i full coveiage as possible
to campus events. We realize that there
has been criticism at times, most of it
justified, but no job is achieved without
fault: and errors.
Headers have at times differed with
opinions expres.sed in the editorial columns,
but it declines neces.^;.j-> ever so often to
remind the readers that the opinions ex-
pre^^d in ji^ned editorials and columns are
alw.'.ys thf opii;ion of the individual writrr
and not ni tessfniiy the opinion of all or
an.v of the rest of the staff.
With thi« ismie the Maroon and Gold
concludes it', thirty-third year *f service
to Eion ^ (.impus. .Many lessons iiave been
learned in the pre\ious fourteen issues
this year, and it hi*hoove?( us to take
space In this fifteenth and final issue to
thank vnu all for -.our kindness and under
standini; (. on.sU n. live . ,;t. ;sm :• :,iw;.ys
velromed
And now, :or thn>. vac.t^.n mi.nths,
the :.|,;n iT.s, will !;t. ^tilled, with type-
vijliii silenced and staff members awalt-
ini; uilh anticipation the time in S.'. terr* i
(r hen wi* shall once mure br atJc to I
beiim wru ris; and printing v,.,! .i-,-- ,, oi
aboul ih.-se ^ .
'*'11111 ihi.t lime i!)ll-; .iri.snd we .^:„ill
insrt it new typpwntr.r r.ij -n .'p. n
our iH-niils ;iml :.Mr : on;^
more (hurninj! the .;i • ,:hv- .^-:k i„
an effiirt t j rec.in) the ri.iv.s (or
another ^n up i^f tMnn ,sti,,.^jj‘i.
And n> -Jri 'Tiini\ • Jjr the IP53-34
Maroon .md f:';)d Ti-.iyiv' ;; jt1-
jstic j^ii^'on f'lr The - ind t" tach
cf our leaders we w,-h 41 pleasant and pro
fitable summer vacation. A sate journey
to you, one and all. a,*nd may we «ee many
familiar (.tci-.s when. 'Klon opens her doors
li' September for,ihc new 1954-55 coflege
year—WAGGONER
jottings
from here
end there
By JA'IES WAGGONER
OPPORTIMTY I'.NLIMITED
' huiih.il, Ei:.enhowcr, Sulzoerger, Ein
stein, Fleming, Graham, Schweitzer, Hem
ingway, and Stravinsky ha .e left C ' ir im-
pie 3 on in the fiild; of public af-
!r.iis, military affairs, journalism, science,
heiillh, evani,t)iiun, tducalion, anu
liie line iiiiS. i.\ery gi'C,ii person, it mat
ters not A riat the realm may be, slumbers
ki you in the sense that you possess secrets
of their succe'-s and utiii/e many of their
attainments. You have the priviledge of
profitinif by their experiences and suc-
ueifiQi] iou may add a brighter pearl to
their stung cf pearls.
HtMOKS, this is the best hour of your
life. God has given you this good hour
with its great opportunity. Rise! Climb!
There is always room at the top of the
highest mountain, and ynu have the same
opportunity to scale the mountain top.
No mountain peak is so high that you
may not follow these greats.
Uonald Robinson spent two years in re
search and writing on the book entitled
"The 100 Most Important People in the
World Today." In this book, he has sought
to include men and women who have been
making our history and who are likely
to make more of it. These people are of
all nationalities and occupations, and they
have had the greatest impact upon our
civilization in the last 15 years (from 1937
through 1951). Many of them will have
i'reat impact in the next ten years.
In the introduction he relates, "It seems
to me that the biggest, the most talented
and heroic figure now alive is Kinston
Churchill. The greatest genius? I'd say Al
bert Einstein. The “good-est’? Albert
Schweitzer. The bravest? To me, it is the
blind Egyptian scholar, writer, and small-d
democrat, Taha Hussein. The man with the
keenest insight into his times? Bertrand
Russell. The most inspiring? Arturo Tos
canini. The shrewdest? Joseph Stalin. The
most sinister? Lavrenti P. Beria, head of
the Ru:3ian secret police. The biggest
mountebank? T. D. Lysenko. The most
tragic? The warped, misled little scientist,
Klaus Fuchs."
"An analysis of the lives of the 100
produce-, some interesting statistics. Their
rverage age at the end of the 1951 was
60 years and nine months. The youngest
were 32-year-old Eva Peron and 34-year-
old Henry Ford II. The oldest was John
Dewey at 92, with 84-year-old Bernard
Baruch next. There were two people in
their 30's, 15 in their 40’s, 25 in their 50's,
35 in their 60's, 20 in their 70s, two in
their 80 s, and one in his 90s. Just 2(i
came from poverty-stricken families. SEV-
CNTY-SIX of the 100 ATTENDED COL
LEGE. Sixty had to struggle to get where
they are. Two achieved a real measure
of success before they were 20. Thirty
made their first big success in their 20's,
!!6 in their 30's, 23 in their 40’s and nine in
their 50's."
l.ach and every fact should inspire each
of us to be ‘up and doing.’ Truly Carlyle
say.s; "Blessed is he who has found his
work." Lincoln says: "If we never try,
we ihall never succeed."
In looking ahead let us listen to the
following poem by an unknown author,
and see how much each of us will have
been prepared.
"There's going to be a vacancy above you
later on.
Seme day you 11 find your Manager or
Superintendent gone.
Are you growing big enough, when this
shall be the case.
To quit the job you're doing now and step
into his place?
;:)morrow's not so far away, nor is the
goal you seek:
fociai you shi.uld be training for the
.. wori^ou'll do next week.
■| .he bi^’.-r jol) is j»ist ahead, each day
r rv cfKinfit": brings,
Sj»pose that job were vacant now, could
y'iu take charge of things?
It s not enough to know enough to hold
your place today,
II not f ;;ouKh to do enough to scarcely
earn your pay;
. jine day liiere II be a racancy with
.^• nior task.; to do.
" '■ !y for the place if it is
you?"
In I nd uhat uill be your answer to
!'e .)ii ing quritions? "What have
>ou created- -what did you .r^ive the world
I t it never before p-‘«seE9.:d- v. th what
" eas hiVf you fertilized advancement—
WHAT ENTHIJ.MASMS HAVE YOU
AlUn'.sED—what have you done to make
us hope harder or strive farther—what
i:eod of inspiration have you planted
what fight have yov fought for the com-
mon goxl? '
I
T«esady, May 25, I95J
HON. MILL.S E. GODH15
DR. AARON N. !MECKEL
REV. EIIWARO E. .MARTZ
TO RECEIV HONORARY DEGREES
Three outstanding men from the
fields of law and theology will re
ceive honorary degrees from Elon
College at the forthcoming 1954
ommencemeut, according to an
innouiicement just made by Dr.
.ei.n E. Smith, Elon College
11 c sident.
HON. MILLS E. GODWIN, JR.,
left), of Suffolk, Va., has been
■hosen from the field of law. An
lutstanding Virginia attorney and
1 member of the Virginia State
Senate, he is a member of Elon's
Joard of Trustees and has been
ictive in the service of the col-
ege. Long a leader in Old Domin-
on civic and political affairs, he
s past national chairman of the
Puritan Clubs and was this year’s
late chairman of Virginia s Jack-
>on Day Dinner.
::R. .ARON N. MECKEL cen-
:-r), p;-'i.r of the First Co«g:e-
gatiorial Church of St. Petersburg,
Va., is a native of Minnesota and
is one of five minister sons of a
minister. He has been eminently
successful in the Congregational
ministry and was named recently
as one of the denomination s six
outstanding pastors in America.
He has held pastorates in Minne
sota, Massachusetts and Florida,
and in his present pastorate he
minister's to people from through
out the United States. He has ser
ved on numerous denominational
committees, is the author of re
ligious books and articles and con
ducts a regular religious radio
program. Dr. Meckel is well known
pt Elon, where he has appeared as
a speaker upon several occasions. '
REV. EDWARD E. MARTZ
fright), pastor of the Smithfield
Congregational Church in Pitts
burgh, Pa., is comparatively younj
in years and yet a veteran ir,
Christian service. A native 0!
Pennsylvania, he received his col
lege and theological training
Duke University, where he com
pleted his theological training in
1942. He was a student pastor dur
;ing his college years, later servec
and received a merit award as a
chaplain during the World War II
and has held successful pastoratet
at Oskaloosa, lov.a. and at Pitts-
^burg. Pa. He has also had wide
experience as a teacher and lec
turer on religious subjects and is
the author of numerous articles
and of one book, entitled “An
i Adequate Religion.”
No Backbone? Better Watfh Out!
By JA.MES WAGGONER
Do you have a backbone?
If you -don’t, you'd better stay
clear of Prof. Paul Reddish and
his invertebrate hunters, for he
and members of his class in in
vertebrate zoology recently went
■ill the way to the coast to search
for living animals without back
bones.
The real purpose of the trip wa;
to study, first-hand, the living
forms of invertebrates which had
previously been studied in clas.--
Just how these hunters knew
where to look, we den t know, but
we are told that they knew the
areas and locations that had pre
viously yielded significant finds,
and sharp eyes gave them clues for
the peculiar shapes and colors of
premising animals.
The colors of theso inverte
brates in their natural habitat
were of particular interest to the
tudents, since the colors are said
to fade and appearaTiees changt
when specimans are preserved.
Invertebrate hunting must be
like other hdniing or fishing
jaunt One never knows what the
uck will be, and just in case they
lad no luck, the paity took along
few invertebrates of the civilized
variety in the form of hot dogs—
anyone knows that variety of dog^
las no backbone.
The hot dogs came in quite
handy, too, as the hunters visited
iarker's Island, Salter’s Path and
listoric B'ort Macon, three inter-
■sting places that gave the stud
ents different locations for their
search, for the invertebrate hunt-
rs paused at intervals to roast
-cme of the hot dogs over camp
fires.
At Fort Macon even the ghosts of
-hose Confederate soldiers, who
vere once beseiged and hungry
-here, hovered over the camp fire
ind sniffed hungrily at the aroma
f the invertebrate dogs (hot var
iety) which rose into the air. How-
ver, the ghosts themselves steer
ed clear of the hunters, for I am
old that ghosts also have no back
bones.
But what of the luck of the
chase? Prof. Reddish informs u
that upon returning to the cam
us the class had enough speci
mans to set up a salt-water
aquarium in which the students
may observe life activities of six
or eight different types of crabs,
along with sea anemones, sea wal
nuts, sea urchins, star fish, sea
cucumbers, sea feathers, certain
marine worms and a variety of
small crustaceans, all of which you
readers may become acquainted
with by registering for inverte
brate zoology.
The group which gathered these
invertebrates included Prof. and
Mrs. Paul S. Reddish, Mr. and
Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
■Moore, Elizabeth Deford, Edith
McCauley, Ida Jackson, Peggy
Blakeley, Bob Vernon, and Bill
Batts.
These and other student zoo
logists tell me that research dur
ing the past generation on hund-
•eds of thousands of animals has
given some amazing statistics,
vhich reveal that only about five
)er cent of the animal kingdom
lave internal bones, all of which
eft 95 per cent to guarantee that
he ir.vertebrate hunters would
'ave luck in their quest.
ELON EXPEDITION SEEKS SCIENTIIIC SPECDIENS
The cancUd
nf ^peii'nrr
Iry anJ Ida
his specime-. ir. a jar- and top
water after tpoin-.cns. Lower let
tr.m renter shows Bob Vernon
his "better half" with some
•n .ihovr- were caught durrne thp
■ ;r •- .-nte zor!„Ey class. Upper left is sho'^r Vd^h^M seashore in quest
in ni iiiei t of relaxation; top center is Dav iitri McCauley. P,g„y Biake-
a jar- and top :■ shown i^:). B ,1 I • '*5' Fleeing one i f
Prof. Reddish out in the
n a tride one of the old“clnno^^'anH ‘heir ca
of iie weapons used m the ’■.'arrh f ic Bill Mooi
“le s. arch for invertebr.ntP«
re and
bullets
In the
bull's-eye
By TOM TARGETT
Congratulations to Dick Newman on win-
ning the second prize for his research
paper at the American Chemistry meet
at ECC . . . Popular opinion has it hat
Judy Ingram’s senior recital was the
best of the year . . . The campus softball
team, after losing to the faculty 7-5
deemed itself two weeks ago by defeating
Elon High 8-6 .. . Laverne Brady s last
editorial aroused more comment than any
other during the school year ... The golt
team won,a second place trophy in the
N. S. Golt Tournament . . . It'll be the
first in the new trophy case . . . Highlights
of the Commencement exercises will be
the Players’ production of “As You Like
It” and the choir’s singing of Faure’s
“Requiem” . . . Going to Yellowstone
National Park this summer to work are-
Bob and Roger Phelps, Judy Chadwick and
Meryle Mauldin . . . Congratulations to
Fat Chandler on being elected as presi
dent of the M.A. . . . Alice Cole to enter
Airline Hostess School this summer
Phil Mann has received a $1300 assistant-
ship at Clemson in chemistry . . . Good
work . . . “Smut” Jones, ’51, to teach at
High Point College next year . . . The
besketball team is planning to play four
Florida teams next year . . . Peggy Blakely
to teach in the High Point City Schools
next year . . . The microscopes in the
biology lab have been renovated . . . Here
are the fellows who are going to spend
six idle weeks working for the Marines
at Quantico this «ummer . . . Glenn Beal,
Bobby Robinson, Ronnie Smith, Richard
Cook, Joe Morris and Furman Mosely . . .
Prof. and Mrs. Hess to travel to England
this summer, after which they will return
to California to retire . . . Last but not
least congratulations to all those graduat
ing this May and next August . . . Best of
luck.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Dear Lum,
I’ve been a plantin corn h’yar of late.
Don't s'pose I best plant much more'n 1
need. That there Yankee up in Washington
changed the price on plowed under corn.
Guess, I’ll jest stop when I git enuf for
eatin’ and the likker needs.
Here of late, I writ a few lines to the
congressman askin’ when we could plant
too much corn agin. Seems that the con
gressman got himself plumb hog-tied in
some sort of committee roocus. Appears
how one of his buddies from the dairy
country got himself messed up with some
of the dad-gummed U-nited States .\rmy.
I rekon that them army fellows had enuf
experience with jackasses to know you
can't treat them civil-like.
Been a-plannin to writ and tell brother
Dulles about my mule, Molly. Well, she’s
gitten more like a woman—stubboner and
I stubonner. I've been beaten’ her an’ threat
ening her an’ temptin’ her but she won't
budge. That there mule has a mind of her
own. Gitten so I don’t know what ta do.
Guess, I ask the gov’ment for an a-tonic
bomb. When she sees that, it’ll do the
trick. Reckon she’ll budge if I set one
off under her. That oughta end the trouble
here on the farm.
Your Great Uncle,
Ned
* ♦ ♦ ♦
WHEN I GET TIME
When I get time—
1 know what I shall do:
III cut the leaves of all my books
And read them threugh and through.
When I get t:me
111 write seme letters then
That I have owed for weeks and weeks
To many, many men.
V/hen I get time
111 p^ those calls I owe,
I Viill those bills, those countless bills,
I w’ill not be so slow.
When I get time
I'll regulate my life
In such a way that I may get
-Acquainted with ray wife.
When I get time jW~
Oh glorious dream of bliss
A month, a year, ten years from now
But I can’t finish this
I ve no more time.
—Thoms L. Masson