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Maroon And Gold
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editorial board
James Waggoner Editor-in-Chief
Ann Stoddard AssisUnt Editor
Charlie Oates - Feature Editor
Gary Thompson Feature Editor
Judith Chadwick Music Editor
Nell Johnson Art Editor
Reuben Askew . . Staff Photographer
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
BI’SINF.SS board
Jack Llndley Business Manager
Carl E. Owen Printing Advisor
Worden L’pdyke -Press Operator
SPORTS STAFF
Joel Bailey Sports Editor
REPORTERS
Lonnie Campbell Tom HewiU
Doris Chrismon Chuck Maynard
Anita Cleapor Jack Simpson
Glenn Garrett Tom Targett
' ONESDAY. APRIL 6, 1955
MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, April 6, 1955
EASTER COMETH
The coming of the Easter season brings
llo our minds thoughU of the resurrection.
Easter is a very different day. On this day
we are reminded of the glorious fact of the
resurrection. Failure to realize this fact ob
viously means a low level of Christian liv
ing.
The Apostle Paul says of Jesus Christ,
“Declared to be the Son of God with power
by the resurrection from the dead.”
The hymn writer has penned these words
about the mightiest miracle recorded in the
Bible:
"Death could not hold her prey,
Jesus my Saviour.
He tore the bars away.
Jesus my Lord.”
■•Up from the grave He arose.
In mighty triumph o’er His foes.
He arose a victor from the dark domain.
And he lives for ever with His saints to
reign.”
In honor of the occasion which is about
■to be observed, we urge recognition of this
fact which can lead to an abundant life in
Christ.—WAGGON ER
FOR THE GOOD OF AI.L
Two definite projects have been initiated
recently on the Elon campus, each designed
for the good of all concerned, one of them
a plan for the systematic seating of stud
ents in chapel and the other a new regula
tion to improve the system of parking cars
on the campus.
There are two very definite advantages
seen at once to the now plan of seating
students in chapel. In the first place it will
speed the checking of chapel attenhince to
have each class and each student seated in
a definite plaoe each day, and in the sec
ond place it speeds the clearing of the
building at the end of chapel services.
Crowded parking conditions have lung
been a problem for both students and fac-
, ulty members, and the new regulations
should solve the problem for both. Re
moval of all cars from around the shrub
bery north of Alamance will increase safe
ty, and provision of a parking space for
faculty and staff members will be a great
convenience.
There was noticeable improvement in the
parking for a few days, but more recently
there has been evidence of lack of observ
ance. with student cars in the restricted
places. Certainly, the parking plan, as well
as the new chapel seating, merits complete
cooperation of all.—WAGGONER
ODE TO THE TVPtMJRAPHICAL ERROR
The typographical error is
A slippery thing and sly;
You can hunt it till you’re dizzy.
But It somehow will get by.
’Till the paper is all printed
It is strange how still i( keeps;
It shrinks down in a comer,
And it never stirs or peeps.
That typographical error,
Is too small for human eyes,
~rill the ink Is on the paper.
When it grows to mountain size.
The editor stares with horror.
Then he grabs his hair and groans;
The copyreader drops his head
Upon his hands and moans.
The remainder of the issue
May be clean as clean Can be,
. But the typographical error
Is the only thing you see!
—CLIPPED
jottings
from here
and there
By JAMES WAGGONER
FrOfRE IT Ot’T FOR YOfRSELF
Someone has sent me a poem that has
possibly passed from hand to hand for
many moons. Its original author is un
known, yet what he has to say should be
read by everyone. The poem is entitled
"Figure It Out For Yourself” and it reads:
Figure it out for yourself:
You’ve all that the greatest have had;
Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes,
And a brain to use if you would be wise.
With this equipment they all began—
So start from the top and say, ”1 can. ”
Look them over, the wise and the great.
They take their food from a common
plate.
And similar knives and forks they use,
With similar laces they tie their shoes;
The world considers them brave and
smart.
But you’ve all they had when they made
their start.
You are the handicap you must face.
You are the one who must choose your
place.
You must say where you want to go.
How much you will study the truth to
know;
God has equipped you for life, but He
Lets you decide what you want to be.
Courage must come from the soul within
You must furnish the will to win.
So figure it out for yourself.
You were born with all that the great
have had;
With your equipment they all began.
Get hold of yourself and say, “1 can.”
• ♦ » • *
This unknown author has pointed a
great moral for us all. The important thing
in this day and time is the fact that we
have an opportunity to do everything we
\/ant with ease and comfort.
How many of our ancestors had the op
portunity of an education such as ours?
How many of our parents had the modern
conveniences that we have set before us?
A noted columnist has well said: "To
day's graduates are practically assured of
good jobs. The big corporations send repre
sentatives to the colleges and vie with one
another in trying to hire the most promis
ing. Starting salaries are fabulous as
compared with my youth. Since the corpor
ations can expand only as fast as they can
develop new executive talent, promotions
have to be faster, which means that the
chances for the bright and able were never
so good as now.”
Leo Bennett, who writes pertinent bits of
inspiration on practical, buoyant living,
has well said in his comments entitled
"One Step at a Time, ” "One of the chief
reasons why we accomplish little is that
we are so impatient to achieve results that
we forget the only possible manner in
which worthy attainments can accrue. We
try to leap into the middle of next year
or next month or next week, forgetting that
standing in the way is a little matter of
twenty-four hours in each day, seven days
in the week, four weeks in a month, and
twelve months in a year. Time goes by
rapidly enough without our trying to hasten
it.o flight.
■;We would think him crazy should a
carpenter offer to build a house instantan-
■eously—without sawing and fitting boards,
without driving nails, without going to
special pains to set up a firm foundation.
But in our own living, we attempt to throw
life together without plan or purpose, and
the only possible result we can have is a
hodgepodge. We can never build a house
of life without fitting the boards of char
acter, driving the nails of purpose, install
ing the windows of understanding, and put
ting in the floors of faith.
"One step is all we can take at a time.
We should stop occasionally to watch the
old clock, busily ticking on the wall. It
piles up the hours, days, months, years,
and centuries—but it does it all by paying
attention to the seconds and the minutes
as they come and go.
"If we try to swallow a whole pie at
one gulp, >ve shall choke: and if we at
tempt to live all of life in one instant, we
shall become nauseated with its intensity.
One step at a time is all we can take,
even though we have every thing and
more than those id the past.
DISCUSSING PLANS FOR OFFICE OBSERVATION TOUR
Prof. Thomas R. Fox, of the Department of Business Education, is pictured seated above « ^e .
cusses with leaders of Beta Chi Epsilon the plans for tomorrow’s visits ^
tn professional and business offices in Burlington. The girls, left to right, are
Reidsville; Jane Williamson, of Burlington: Jayne Jones, of Burlington: Mary Anne McVey, of Bur
lington; Judy Clark, of Durham: and Louise Hughes, of Greensboro.
Getliiijj Pre-Vue Of Jobs Ahead . . .
Comiiieri'ial Group Visits Burlington
By JAMES WAGGONER and every year it seeks to add laken on a tour of the building and
The students of Elon’s Depart- some new factor to make it then returned to the present secre
ment of Business Education will stronger and more efficient. Its
pay their annual visit of inspection increased patronage, coupled with
to professional and business offi-jthe demands made upon it for coi-
ces in Burlington tomorrow, a' lege-trained secretaries and com-
practice which is sponsored by:mercial teachers, has rendered it
Prof. Thomas R. Fox to enable the i deeply sensible of its obligations
future secretarial workers to get and repsonsibilities to the public,
an idea of what they will en-; On last Tuesday of this week
counter when they accept jobs at! (wo girls, a dorm student and a
the conclusion of their training. jc?ay student, went to Burlington
This pre-view of business condi- and located thirty-five different
tions is in keeping with the poli- j offices, each of them being in a
cies of Elon’s Business Education different field of business. In-
department, which has spared no 1 eluded were offices in medical,
effort to strengthen its courses, | legal, textile, insurance, radio and
enlarge its facilities and provide 1 mercantile establishments,
more commodious and comfortable j After they had arranged with
quarters. Each year some new fac-;the respective offices, they re-
tor is added to make the program
stronger and more efficient.
The department now offers both
one-year and two-year commercial
courses and a one-year clerical
course that is designed especially
for boys. There is also a four-
year course designed for students
who plan to teach business edu
cation in high schools, business
.•olleges and regular colleges.
The department looks eagerly
forward to greater achievements,
iturned to the college with a list
of those consenting to permit stud
ents to observe. Then each girl
was assigned an office of the type
in which she believed that she
would be most interested in work
ing.
Tomorrow each of the thirty-
five girls will go to Burlington for
all-day observation. As a rule the
empoyer will talk to the girl about
the type of business to be ob
served. If possibe the girl will be
tary whom she will observe.
The secretary will then outline
her various duties and activities
she will also expain the policies of
the company. Through observa
tion the student will learn the
responsibilities of the secretary
in the particular office.
The girls have been asked
observe the types of machines
used, the conditions of the
machines, and the physical layout
of the office. They will check on
the air conditioning, the lighting,
the general atmosphere and the
relationship between the secretary
and her employer. Besides these
they will check the typewriter to
see whether it is clean and well-
cared for. They will even check
the wastebasket to see if the paper
is being disposed of properly, tor
by the way. there is a proper way
to throw away paper.
The purposes of the day of ob
servation are to acquaint the stud
ents with the office procedure and
to help them to decide whether
or not they would ever want to
work in an office of that type.
(Continued on Page Four)
The Qiiidiiiiiic
By GARY THOMPSON
question. Are we still in grammar under the direction of Professor
school? Cox. It will be “The Imaginary
Via The Grape Vine Invalid. ” . . . Beta Chi Epsilon
Sylvia Eaton is engaged to be enjoying one of its best years.
"'^d on May 29th. Has anyone no- Having received coats and pins
It is getting so one^can t lay 3-carat rock she carries t^he girls of EXE presented the
one’s books on the hall racks in ’ ' ’ ^he best of the Student Union dances.
Mamance any longer. There have ‘he Frosh- These girls are now looking to a
oeen '^veral instances of books ‘heir
and other college paraphernalia f my pleasure to
being stolen. The situation is so ■ ■ ■ Clyde introduce the Rev. Gene Owens to
bad that it is hardly safe to leave ' ‘’“^y this morning
ones books in the various fratern- ‘-"^P^'^horean talents in T like this one
„ . .u . ■» ” stage production soon. Don’t
ity rooms. Suggest that if anyone ^ '•
u. u iT . .u ■ Mambo Man . . . Marion
1? caught he be given the maxi- , , *noii
Lorimer was the winner of the
mum penalty. To mv estimation ..... „ ^
... , ... , Miss Burlington’ contest This
there is nothing lower than a thief . ....
. . . Several years ago Professor ^ entered in
West submitted to the United * arolina extrav-
o. . XI I  . ■ aganza. Kathleen McDonald placed
States Navy a plan for a certain „ . _ Hiatea
# u 1 rr>i_ sccond Comment bv Jcrrv
type of submarine. The navy re- ^ v • tjerry
...... »• , , ^Comrade) Moize: - Hope Election
jected the idea as impractical. I . . . , ^ ^^'lei.non
read recently where the Russians , ^ ^ ^ a”** ^ "
adapted this tvpe of war vessell L Plans for a
„ , o . „ big May Day are underwav
. . . Professors Barney and Bran- ‘"“y . . .
nock are reported retiring at the amura so a will begin
end of this quarter. Mere words " k ‘ ® annual
, spring banquet will be held Mav
cannot express our feelings. Elon ,. "‘“V
■ ■ ■ Tau Zeta ' ^Pnl 29th is the date h»H . .
•et for the gathering of Delta Up- “rgent tele-
cently held their spring banquets ' r mo^eyThan^Lte"®
a. the Plantation Supper Club . . . f °ne frat membership . , thTs • BrufsL h T’’"'’
- - - A wishful thought: Square Ed- . “ruises hurt erased af-
will suffer their loss
Phi and Beta Omicron Beta re
I WONDER
I wonder, I wonder
If anyone knows
On a cloudy day
Where the sun goes.
I’ve been told it chooses
The queerest of places—
The hearts of good children—
And shines on their faces;
On their lips it lingers,
A loving smile.
In their eyes U dances
All the while.
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Culture For Everyone—A Scots-
The Virginia Barter Players’
presentation of 'Macbeth’*
;; ®™«ed analysis hut too
ettes
pack of cagar- flir; T
Deac Andy Griffith is a ~ other Scots-
“ .““’■’“J'r” I’'' top contemporary of TV’s Georep received the message im-
thing this writer can see on the ^^eorge mediately decided it was • BruTe
side of the new chapel arrange- c>st la Vi* raced a Ford. He
ments is that we have a quicker Another Elon Player presenU-
access to the exits. I ask you tbit tion to be held May 13ih and 14th
wrecked it, and Alice is hurt too.
In fact she’s dead,
lor now!
That’s it
Curley's
campus
chatter
By CHARLIE OATES
This is spring, and 'tis a season of fasci
nating characteristics, although it is one
icf laborious tasks. Social affairs, class pro
jects, work outlines and campus activities
are multiplied as we work through the
Spring Quarter and toward the annual
commencement period.
Observing our surroundings, we notice
that spring has finally won the batUe of
existence after its long struggle and taiten
over control from winter, and it brings
us a bit of spring fever.
The fresh spring atmosphere is inviting
and ideal for trips, baseball and other
outdoor sports, but let us not allow it
to lessen our attention to campus activities
or cause us to put less time on our aca
demic work. It is a period that involves
conflict within each of us as an individual,
for there are numerous decisions confront
ing us in the budgeting of our time to
social activities and studies.
It is all too easy to become practically
dormant during this spring season, with
its sleep-easy weather, but each of us must
remember that it is also the final session
of the college year. In considering this, it
is well to remember there is ample time
to exert the necessary effort to attain ttie
scholastic rating we have coveted.
J ♦ * ♦ * ♦
This is also the Easter season, and al
most twenty centuries after the great ev«nt
that brought the observance we can still
see the faith of a human race revived each
year. It is distinguishable in the Easter
pageants in both churches and schools and
the special Easter services that spring to
life all around us.
The Easter story, revived each year with
its account of the resurrection, is more fas
cinating and richer in meaning each time
it is heard or seen dramatized. Here on our
own campus religious activities will include
a special sunrise service next Sunday
morning as a significant follow-up to other
Holy Week programs.
Football, basketball and now baseball ...
the season got off to a flying and successful
start with our old rivals from Guilford . . .
Congrats to Tommie McDonald, who won
first place in the Horace Heidt talent show
. . . His vocalizing brought a loud round
of applause from the Woman's College
auditorium, in which he performed , . .
Thanks to Curtis Young for his contribu
tion to this column in the last issue . . .
Coach Mathis introduced a highly enter
taining speaker to the student body on
March 23rd in the person of “Bones” Mc
Kinney, the former basketball star who is
r.ow a minister . . . What did ha.ppen to the
Honor System? . . . Wonder what everyone
is saying about the new chapel seating ar
rangement? ... At least ‘twould clear the
building more quickly if there were a fire
. . . “Quidnunc” Thompson is engaged and
plans to make that fatal step this summer,
according to an announcement made to
a raft of people at the Plantation.
* * * * *
I offer you this story of -journalistic ex
perience which Bennett Cerf likes to tell.
Cerf recalls Gene Fowler’s classic account
of the execution of Ruth Snyder and Judd
Gray, which appeared originally in the
New York American and in hundreds of
other newspapers throughout the country,
including a small daily in a town in West
Texas which we shall call Dunnell. The
managing editor of that paper spread the
story over the front page. His staff con
sisted of one lone cub who was so im
pressed with Fowler’s story that he cut it
cut and put it in his scrapbook.
Several years passed, and a murder was
committed near Dunnell. The guilty man
v.as caught, and the cub reporter was as
signed to the case. The cub made the ac
quaintance of the murderer in his ceil and
V'On the murderer’s friendship to the ex*
ftent that, at the murder's request, the
youngster was assigned to cover the execu-
tion which occurred in a town which we
shall call Huntsville.
The night the execution story by the cub
writer came over the wire, the managing
editor read the first portion and said to
himself, “This sounds familiar.” Before h*
finished the yarn, he realized that the cub
had lifted bodily Gene Fowler's story of
the execution of Ruth Snyder and Judd
Gray and had substituted the name of the
Texas murderer.
Now *here’s where we fool you. Tiie
editor did not kill the story. He decided
'that nobody would remember Gene Fowl*
ers story, so he spread the cub's story all
over the paper. He was right. Nobody
remember Fowler’s story, and least of all
the owner of the paper, who arrived at
the office the next day,.,'read the young
reporter’s story and liked it so well that
he fired the managing editor and made
the cub managing editor in his plaee