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Maroon And Gold
Edited and printed by student* of Elon
College Publiihed bi-wcekly during the
college year under the auspices of the
Board of Publication.
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KDITOKIAI- boakd
Jamei Waggoner Editor-in-Chief
Ann Stoddard Assistant Kditor
Charlie Oates Feature Editor
Judith Chadwick Music Editor
Neil John.son ■ Art Kditor
Reuben Askew Staff Photographer
Luther N Byrd Faculty Advisor
business BOAKI)
Jack Lindley . Business Manager
Bill Burke Circulation Manager
Carl E. Owen Printing Advisor
Worden Updyke I’ress Operator
• SPORTS STAFF
Joel Bailey Sports Editor
rkportf.rs
Lonnie Campbell William Irederick
Doris Chrismon Margaret Stafford
Anita Cleapor Gary Thompson
Sylvia Eaton Winston
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1955
INTERFERENCE
Someone has said, "Don't let your
studies interfere with college life." Most
of us are inclined to laugh at such a state-
m ni wi hout pausing to admit the sound
ness of It, providing it is coupled with the
sound advice, "Do not allow college life
to Interfere with your studies."
Many times one may talk with a college
graduate without being aware of the fact.
Cases of this sort are attributable some
times o Isolation on the part of the student
Some people with degrees have graduated
from the best institutions in the country
and are able to do all types of paper work,
but they are unable to converse with a
person of much less academic training.
A student may finish the required work
for his degree with no grade below an "A"
and yet be lacking a well-rounded educa
tion, because of the fact that he remained
too much within the narrow confines of
his room or away from the enlightening
•'Bull sessions” that are conducted nightly
in all dormitories.
In such discussions one Is able to ab
sorb the views of his fellow students and
weigh them against his own. Ah, ,me! How
much we learn from our fellow students;
but we doubt our classmates, and by doubt
ing them we will not be content until we
have checked with an authority and elimi
nated the doubt.—Clipped.
1
FIGHT POI.IO!
In the January 11th issue of LOOK mag
azine's special issue called "1 Predict for
1955," an interesting article was written
or. the subject, "1 Predict the Beginning
of the End of POLIO. "
This article should be a "must" for
everyone's reading list, especially at this
timely season when polio drives are pre
valent.
It was stated that millions of persons
will receive polio vaccine as a gift from
the National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
Dimes, quarters and dollars will aid in
the purchasing of this new polio vaccine,
which is said to banish, for millions of
parents, the panicky fear of a disease that
has plagued mankind since Biblical days.
We must do our part in wiping out this
dread disease. Those of us who are able to
give can readily have a part In helping to
further research, In buying sufficient vac
cine. and eradicating this once known
uncontrollable disease.
Containers have been placed In various
parts of the campus buildings under the
direction of Dr. Paul Cheek, who Is lead
ing the campaign here at Elon. We will
also find containers in the gymnasium exits,
and during the basketball games various
groups win collect money in an effort to
erect an effective barrier that will bar the
widespread polio epidemics in the future.
Let ui do our part, for each of us might
benefit from this great advancement.
—WAGGONER
jottings
from here
and there
By JAMES WAGGONER
According to a recent survey, the six
*wet*tt*st phrast"-. in the English language
are; 1 love you. Dinner is served. All is for
given. Sleep til noon. Keep the change.
Mere s that five. The saddest' Buy me one,
Out of gas. Dues not paid. Insufficient
fund.s. External use only.
♦ • ♦ * *
John Ruskin. the English author, once
said; ' Education does not mean teaching
people what they do not know; it means
teaching them to behave as they do not
behave. It is painful, continual, and diffi
cult work to be done by kindness, by
watching, by warning, by precept, and by
prai.'ie. but above all. by example.
« » » » •
A distinguished visitor, upon paying a
visit to the late George Bernard Shaw,
expressed surprise that the famous author
had no flowers in display at his home. "I
thought. " declared the visitor, "that you
were exceedingly fond of flowers.
"1 am very fond of flowers,"’ answered
Shaw abruptly. ""l"m very fond of children,
too. But 1 don't cut their heads off and
stick them in pots all over the house."’
• * • •
NEW YEAR VOW
Every hour and every minute has a
New Year's Day tucked in it. And each
single one of these is packed with possi
bilities—possibilities of pleasure, of shar-
ng some friend some treasure; of making
a "Good Morning" cheery, making a good
one from a dreary; of shutting tight the
lips to hide a bit of gossip safe inside,
instead of letting it get out to roam and
maybe do more harm than you would like
it to.
Let us take a little vow, since it is the
New Year now, to be more kind, more
brave, more gay this year, and make each
single day that comes a model New Year’s
Day. — Sun Dial.
*****
The smiling, confident young man en
tered a New York bank and stepped up
to the manager’s desk. "Good day, sir," he
announced. "Has your bank any need of
a highly intelligent, college trained man?"
Just what kind of a position are you
seeking?"" asked the manager.
"Well,” mused the young man ‘I want
something in the executive line. A vice
presidency, for example."’
The manager put down his pencil. " I’m
really sorry,” he said, sarcastically, "but
ve already have 12 vice presidents."
The young man waved a hand. "'Oh,
that's all right," he said, Tm not super
stitious." — Coronet.
*****
A freshman English book tells this one;
Frequently, in an absent-minded way, a
well-known professor of English literature
came precariously close to falling off the
platform from which he lectured, often
teetering and balancing on the very edge
as he lost himself in the enthusiasm of his
rhetoric. The long-awaited day, however,
finally arrived—the professor slipped. De
spite his efforts he lost his balance and
fell heavily to the floor. With mixture of
concern and amusement of the class, not
knowing what his reaction would be,
watched him pick himself up and brush
the dust from his clothes. They weren't
kept in suspense for long. The professor,
with typical presence of mind, mounted
the platfrm unperturbed, turned to the
students, and said, "Gentlemen, this Is
the first occasion on which I have ever de
scended to the level of my class.
I AM RESOLVED
To be so busy, brave, and true, that I
will have no time to fuss, fight, or worry.
To be belter to my neighbors, and help
them to be better to me.
To have something good to say, or noth
ing about my fellow men.
To think, plan, and talk health, happi
ness. and prosperity.
To think best thoughts, to do best
deeds, and expect best results.
To see and emphasize the good in every
one.
To see and point out the bright side
of each situation.
To l>e guided by "What's the good?”
rather than “What's the harm?”
To forgive, even if I can’t forget, every
injustice.
To keep so busy building up that I will
have no time for tearing down.
To think, speak, and act so as to promote
peace, security, and good will.—Home Life.
MAROON AND GOLD
l-llESS (;AI.1.ERV ,\S ELON'S new gym was opened
Wednesday, January
I .'o5
Newspapers and radio stations weie well represented when Elon opened her
Memorial Gymnasium five years ago. The fir.t game in the new gym ™ ,
January 14, 1950, .with the Catawba Itdians furnishmg the opposition. The above P^^^ure sho s
iortion of the press gallery and . small sector of the large crowd that viewed game. On y thing
to mar the occasion was the fact that the Catawba cagers won the game bv a 66 to 57 count.
With liehirth Of hiteresl . ..
Sports Expanded After World War
I
By JAMES WAGGONER
The close of World War 1 was
the signal for a rebirth of interest
in the Physical Education and
■Athletic Program at Elon College
Coach Frank B. Corboy took
over as coach in the fall of 1920.
succeeding the late C. C. Johnson,
v.’ho had guided the Elon sports
program for a number of years
Miss Ruth Hawk directed physical |
culture for the young ladies, ano I
Elby S. Johnson was the gym-j
nasium director at that time. I
At this particular period, it was
the aim of the college to encour
age participation in athletics by
all students rather than by the
few, for it was believed that in
wellrregulated athletics was found
I he most effective physical train
ing. No athletic fee was required,
and all could participate in football,
basketball, baseball, track and
tennis. However, these sports
could not take the place of the
legular gymnasium class work.
Participants were required to
make a grade of 70 on their class
work throughout the year, and
V'hen a student went below this
minimum he was classified in
eligible. It will be of interest to
note that all athletic goods used
jy the students were sold at the
bookstore for cash only. The pro
fits went to support inter-col
legiate athletics.
,4ims of Department
The main purpose of the Depart
ment of Physical Culture was to
develop not only the muscles, but
the culture of the entire organism
A familiar quote at that time was.
'Man is mind incorporated in a
body, and as the life and activities
of mind are in a large measure
dependent upon bodily conditions,
it is the duty of all men and
women, but especially of students,
to keep the body in the highest
state of health and vigor."
The catalogues of the 1920’s
stated that the department was to
place emphasis on performing var
ious functions, *£uch as giving the
■student instruction in personal
iiygiene, determining the indi
vidual lieeds by means of an exam
ination and directing exercises to
his needs; to promote health and
develop vigor and vitality and to
develop muscle control, physical
-trength and Judgement; to or
ganize play and to provide health
ful recreative activities for leisure
periods and the habit of regulai
exercise.
Four years of physical culture
were required for all students.
The physical culture courses for
men were stated in the first in-
-tallment of this article. The phys
ical culture course for women
was designed to correct any wrong
habits acquired by the body and
to serve as a means of relaxation
and recreation.
SECOND CHAP I EK
This is the second install
ment of an article, which re
views the storj' of p^iysical edu
cation and sports at Elon Col
lege. This continued portion of
the story reveals a new interest
in physical activities after World
War I. It tells of the various
coaches and physical education
leaders who b'ufilt Lip Eloi^’s
present excellent system.
B W. Everette appeared on the
campus in the tall of 1922 to work
Gymnasium Director, while
Miss Ka(hleen Belcher directed
the women. Coach Corboy con
tinued as coach, holding the posi
tion until the spring of 1926
Other Staff Members
Other members of the Physical
Training staff during the Corboy
period, were Miss Delores Holt
Morrow, physical training for
women, 1923-24; John E. Smith, as
sistant director of physical train
ing for men. 1923-24; Miss Mary
E. Scully, physical training for
women. 1924-26; F. K. Thomas, r
sistant director of physical train
ing for men, 1924-25; and A. K.
Moore, director of physical train
ing for men, 1925-27.
A combined coaching staff took
aver for the 1926-27 school year,
including A. R, Van Cleave, W. M.
lay, D. O. Sanders. F. S. Sites, and
H. R Richardson. Miss Helen Brett
directed the physical training for
the women.
According to the 1927 catalogue.
Flon College became a member of
the North Carolina Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference in that year
and "Peahead" Walker, now coach
ing in the Canadian Professional
Football League, came to the Elon
campus as coach in the fall of
1927. beginning a successful era
in Maroon and Gold athletic his
tory which extended to the spring
if 1937.
Classes in physical training
lealt with personal hygiene and
sanitation, care of the body. diet,
ohysical efficiency . in athletics
raining for athletic contests and
body building. An accurate record
was kept of each student’s daily
standing in class work, and a writ
ten examination was required.
During this 10-year Walker re
gime many changes were made in
the physical training directors foi
30th men and women. Included ir
his period for the women were
•Miss Emily Johnston, 1927-28
Miss Jeanette Stout, 1928-30; Miss
.feannette Niederlander and Hiltor
Jones, 1930-31; Miss Virginia S
Fitzhugh and Miss Martha Ander
son, 1932-33; Miss Floyd Childs,
1933-37; and Mrs. G. P Cobb
1935-37.
Members of the mens’ staff dur
ing this 10-year period were Troj
1; Walter C. Latham, 1931-33
Coach "Peahead ” Walker, and
Reagan, 1927-29; J. C. Gresham
1929-30; E. Frank Johnson, 1930-
Coach Ellis Fysal, 1933-37. Fysal
had charge of an intramural
sports program.
Conference Formed
The season of 1930-31 saw the
North State Intercollegiate Ath-j
letic Association come into the
limelight. A leader in the forma
tion of this conference was Prof
A. L. Hook, still a faculty member
at Elon. The 1937 season marked
the end of the "Peahead” Walker
egime in athletics at Elon Col-
lege.
It was stated at this time that
the physical training work foi
young men was condusive to a
well-rounded and healthful col
lege life. Each young woman was
required to have three hours of
physical training each week. One
hour was spent in games, such
as basketball, soccer and volley
ball. One hour was spent in rhyth
mic dancing, and the third houi
was spent in hiking, tennis, or an>
other form of exercise the student
desired.
During this period a credit
system was in effect for the young
women, by which each young
woman received points for each
phase of athletics in which she
was engaged in, and when a girl
had a total of 250 points to her
credit, she was awarded a letter
by the department.
Dr. George L. Carrington, who
is presently a well-known surgeon
in Burlington, came to Elon in
the fall of 1934. Dr. Carringtor
taught Health and Hygiene foi
eleven years until the spring ol
1944.
Hendrickson Regime
In the fall of 1937 Horace
"Horse" Hendrickson, began his
successsful five-year stay as coach
and athletic director. Mrs. Hen
drickson came a year later and
they both stayed in the Physical
Education Department until the
spring of 1942. when intercolleg
iate athletics were discontinued
it Elon for the duration of the
war. Until this action was taken
the college was an active member
of the North State Intercollegiate
Athletic Association and had re-
presentive teams in football,
basketball, baseball, and tennis.
A broad program of intramural
athletics was conducted during
this period with the objective of
providing one or more activities
in which each student was inter
ested. Similar programs were con
ducted for both boys and girls.
For boys the program included
touch-football, soccer, basketball,
volleyball, tennis, shuffleboard,
softball, track and field, and
horseshoes.
(Continued on Page Four)
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By CHARLIE OATES
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
Get column in on time
Keep trap closed more of the time
Turn classwork in on time
Get to class on time
Get out of class on time.
♦ » * ♦ »
Here we are entering the I'i
with little thought of the man
fortunes that 1954 left us lieforn i
her exit. Although we are at a 1
ambitious looking-ahead, we feel tl .
should give credit to the year tl,
moved on to make way for a nev,
of ambitions, dreams and expectatio
Our pleasant memories of last yc.
highly successful football season
perienced and Elon’s win over a tea;
had boasted “never beaten by Elon
•us proud of the team and college a
We should be equally as proud ol
record enrollment for the "54-"55 : r
The dramatic department and the
department showed evidence of inc.,
effort and talent through the plays
recitals presented in Whitley Aud.ti
As we advance into the new yor .
let us all make a resolution to g^' .
team and school more support th„ ,
before.
*****
Through the observant eyes and
our Carlton House corresponden
Thompson, ,we learn that . . . d...
holidays, some of the students wn . ,
into all sorts of entanglements
Morris gave Helen Craven a diani ' 1
Tuesday night, January 4th .. . Pai
received a diamond from Henry Fl\ i
Frank Jackson and Julia Faye Sm .
married December 31st ... as of la
Frank had not returned to classc
Chicken " Umberger and Albert Calt
married nurses during the Christm:: '
tion . . . Harvey J. Smith and his '"n.
the former J^an Benfield, both
are former Elon students, have a
boy . . . Don Graf, varsity footbal.
of two years ago, was back on cam"us
week and plans to return to S(
soon as he gets his discharge fro;.. .
Sam's armed forces ... Be sure '
by and see the artistic drawings c:
Perry, Barbara Carden, (3b> II'
Ruth Williams and Evelyn Frill*
Smith gave Barbara Hughe* a dU'i >
fore Christmas . . . Both stTe foni’. ■
students . . . Chuck Maynard, var .:
star, presented Annie May Wrigh'
mond as a New Year’s present.
* • * *
CLIPPED
When 1 asked my girl to marry ni - le
said.
“Go to Father.”
She knew that I knew that hei i ' e
was dead;
She knew that I knew what a I
had led;
She knew that I knew what s!i ■
when she said,
“Go to Father.”
*****
ALSO clipp::d
There is just as much horse '
ever, but it seems like the horses h
*****
A man with a wonderful voca! In' ’
one who can describe a shapely ' '
out using his hands.
*****
Too many parents are not on ’• ’■
terms with their children.
*****
Anybody can cut prices, but i. •
brains to make a better article.
*****
The absent-minded profoMOr Iro""
to the door of his garage, looii ‘
blinked, and then leap»(J b*cV in ® '
car and drove at breakneck spee 1 i *1’'
police station. “Sergeant!!” he ?■ T’"-'*'
“my car"s been stolen.”
*****
In his “Where I Was Bom and
author David L. Cohn quotes this
ful sermon that he heard delive.' '
the pulpit of a tiny Negro churcl,
sissippi;
“Education is like a sucker on
You sho can"t git no water widou ‘ ^
like de polish on a shoe. You can S ^
thing you want wid education. "C *
pose Henry Ford was settin’ in hi: roon-
In come his wife. "Henry,’ she say.
down to us last slice of meat an ds
in de bar’l is gitten low.’ Do d.i\ 'v'
him? Naw. dat don’t concern him at fl*-
What do hedo; He reach for his ca
an’ write out a check. Dat’s wb"‘ '" ■*
tion is.”