rAGE TWO
Maroon And Gold
Edited and printed by ttudenti of Elon
College. Published bl-weekJy during the
college year under the auspicet of the
Board of Publication.
Entered at second class matter at the
Post Office at Elon College, N C. under
the Act of March 8. 1879. Delivered by
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quarter.
EDITORIAL BOARD
James Waggoner Editor-in-Chief
Ann Stoddard Assistant Editor
Charlie Oates Feature Editor
Gary Thompson Feature Editor
Judith Chadwick Music Editor
Neil Johnson Art Editor
Reuben Askew . .. Staff Photographer
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
RVSIN'ESS BOARD
Jack Lindley Business Manager
Carl E. Owen Printing Advisor
Worden Updyke . Press Operator
SPORTS STAFF
Joel Bailey Sports Editor
REPORTERS
Lonnie Campbell Tom Hewitt
Doris Chrismon Chuck Maynard
Anita Cleapor Jack Simpson
Glenn Garrett Tom Targett
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1955
THEY STAY AWAY
■'They stay away by the hundreds."
The above quotation is an apt description
of the Elon College students on the oc
casion of almost any and all campus enter-
tiiinment events, including athletics, dra
matics, music «nd lectures, and it is a sad
commentary upon the attitude of present-
c'ay college students here at Elon and else
where.
It is a sad commentary, whether the
condition stems from lack of interest or
lack of time. If it is lack of interest, then
lit is even more sad than if due to lack
of time, for it would Indicate that present-
day college youth has grown too worldly-
wise to appreciate such wholsome things
as sports, plays, music and lectures.
Recent research in the history of a
number of Elon student activities reveals
(l.at there was a time on the Elon campus
when the Eton student body gave whole
hearted support to the extra-curricular
programs. There was even enthusiasm for
the competition involved In an inter-society
debate, but those days seem to have gone
with the wind.
One has only to go out to the Elon ball
park on any given day when the Fighting
Christians arc playing a game to realize
the sad state to which the Elon spirit has
fallen. With the finest college baseball
team In North Carolina wearing the Ma
roon and Gold colors this year, there is
only a handful of students who will take
the .short walk out to the park.
The same thing may be said of the
very excellenl stage plays prc.sented by the
Elon Players, for the student actors quite
often spend weeks in practice and then
have to play to a practically empty audi
torium. a fact which exists in spite of the
fact that there is no cost attached to stud-
*-nt admission. Student activity tickets are
good for both the dramatic and athletic
events.
The forthcoming .series of .student music
recitals, which will climax a full year of
work for many music students, will be
attended largely by relatives and friends
»>f the ycmng musicians and by music
niajors who are required by departmental
orders to be present, and not even de
partmental orders could get most of the
students out to hear a lecture or a de
bate. In fact, one hears that the last time
Elon participated in an intercollegiate de
bate, It was almost Impossible to get
tnough persons to attend to serve as
Judges.
Of course, many students will argue that
they lack the time to attend such student
activities as have been li.sted above, and
many day-students will argue that they
have no way of transportation to attend
»uch extra-curricular events In the after
noon and evening The fact remains, how
ever, that those .same students always find
the time and transportation to ^.xnend
shows, auto races and other events that
have far less cultural and aesthetic value.
Now on- hears some of those students
sa.v, "But I like those things." That’s ex-
actl.v the point. It is a sad commentary
upon Elon students and pre.sent-day college
education that there is no more taste for
the more worthwhile things of life.
CONTRIBUTED
MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, April 20,
1955
jottings
from here
and there
By JA.MES WAGGONER
HOW TO WRITE MORE EFFECTIVELY
Most articles writlen on topics pertinent
to our title tend to be pretty dull and un
imaginative. However, in one of our four-
year colleges an informal meeting in one
of the EffecUve Writing Classes was held
to benefit those interested in improving
their hand at writing.
The class was fortunate in having two
speakers as its guests. The first speaker,
who is an outstanding writer of sermons
and an author of several books, suggested
some very interesting rules. In outline
form are some of the suggestions given by
the first speaker.
I. Suggestions regarding writing or
speaking.
A. Use little words.
B. Use short paragraphs.
C. Use a simple arrangement of words.
II. Essentials for effective writing.
A. Develop and use the imagination.
1. Children and great speakers have
imagination.
2. Thinking enables you to apply it.
B. Live.
1. Have experiences.
2. Listen.
3. Know people.
4. Love people.
5. "Have a heart."
C. Know the rules.
1. Grammar.
2. Composition technique.
D. Read much.
1. Do not day-dream while reading.
2. Read many books and magazines.
3. Underscore.
4. Summarize.
The next speaker, a southern represent-
?tive of the New York Times, spoke mainly
on the writing of newspaper articles. Hav
ing been a newspaper correspondent for
more than twenty years, the speaker gave
excellent information on how to be ac
curate and more effective in newspaper
writing, and he stressed five important
factors.
1. Read newspapers—study their style
and approach.
2. Read a good text. He suggested “Head
lines and Deadlines." by Garst and
Burnstein.
3. Read everything to find the stlyes.
fads, and fashions of the day.
4. Search for words.
5. Look for a "cute" or unusual angle.
• Not night and day, ,but twilight.)
?^ach speaker urged observatton, wide
reading, and the u.se of simple, exact
words. .As to the es.sentials, there are those
#ho observe and those who don’t. This
need for good obsei-vation Is further em
phasized by the very fact that the best of
men of the centuries have held concern
for it.
And now we are brought on to our sec
ond essential—that of wide reading. It was
Goethe who said; "Never let a day pass
without looking at some perfect art, hear
ing some great piece of music and READ
ING, in part, some great book” Even'
Emerson exclaimed, "Give me a book, good
health and a day in June and 1 will make
the pomp of kings absurd and ridiculous."
And pursuing the .subject the use of
simple, exact words, which can be a help
to all who attempt to write is the final
essential magnified m our column today.
Prof. J. C. Colley calls the over-use of
words—Verbalism. This can be applied
to both the speaking and writinR, An ac
quaintance with a book called Roget’s
Thesaurus will help you to express your
self. yet we do not mean discredit the
study for a good vocabulary.
The final matter as to more effective
writing is that of tying the three essentials
together. A good observor. a wide reader,
nnd a user of simple, exact words are
three definite essentials for every good
writer, and this will make writing readable.
So may we all, in the measure open to
us. attempt to be effective in our writings.
CHRISTIAN BASEBALLERS OF 1910 VINTAGE
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Pictured from a by-gone era is the Elon College baseball team of 1910, whose coach and star player
was Bunn Hearn, later a fine professional performer ana in recent years the head baseball coach of
the Uriversity of North Carolina. The manager, pictured at the left, was C. C. Fonville, later a Bur
lington business leader. The players, left to right, as bes^ present Elon residents could identify them,
were George Garrison. Bunn Hearn. Joe Fogleman, Joe Farmer, Tate Hill, Joe Pointer, June Ker-
nodle, Titus Rand, W. W. “B'uddy"Elder and Ross Walker. The youthful bat boy was Clarence Spoon,
who later became a doctor in Burlington. Fonville. Spoon and Ranc* (and perliaps others) are now
deceased.
On The Diamond Since 1900
Elon Has Been Real Baseball Power
By JAMES WAGGONER
Baseball, which has long been
tagged "The Great American
Game," is the oldest of the varsity
sports at Elon College, for Elon
students have been throwing the
horsehide sphere and wielding the
willow wands since the birth of
the college itself.
In the earliest years of the col-
ege, the games seem to have been
more or less a student pastime,
perhaps of the “choose-up” vari
ety, but Elon has been playing
baseball on a varsity basis for
more than half a century.
From the earliest records here,
from the records of other schools
and from the memories of long
time Elon fans it appears that
Elon played her first intercollegi
ate baseball in 1900, meeting such
teams as Bingham Military Acad
emy, Guilford, Catawba and David
son.
W. E. Lowe, retired railroad
man, who has long followed the
fortunes of Elon teams in baseball
and all sports, was greatly inter
ested in the introduction of base
ball as an Elon sport, and he
recalls that he umpired the first
game of intercollegiate baseball
in Elon history.
Bingham First Opponent
He recalls too that the first
game was with Bingham and was
played on a hastily constructed
FIRST CHAPTER
This is the first chapter of the
I Elon baseball story, one of a ser
ies of research articles that tells
of Fighting Christian diamond
fortunes during more than half
a century. The story reaches
back to the opening of the cen
tury and records many high
lights of Elon play in the years
that are gone, bringing back
memories of stars who set the
Maroon and Gold on a high pin
nacle in the great spring sport.
diamond in a cornfield, which
was near the western edge of the
campus. The opposition seems to
have been too experienced for
Elon that first season, and one
wag is said to have remarked.
We have met the enemy, and we
jre their'n."
Dr. L. E. Smith, who was a stud
ent here from 1906 until 1910 re
membered Elon playing in front
■)f West Dorm for home games,
and that the Easter Monday class
ics with Oak Ridge were the out-
•tanding games each year. The
Easter Monday games were
played at the old Harden Park in
East Burlington. He also recalls
that Louis Hobbs, who had already
?ained fame playing for Guilford,
■ as "imported ” to play for Elon in
some games during the later years
of this period.
Members of the 1910 team were
Bunn Hearn, later a major league
star and in recent years the head
coach at the University of North
Carolina: W. W. Elder, now a re
tired navy officer and chaplain,
who is remembered from his col
lege days as "Buddy” Elder; Joe
Farmer, Joe Pointer, June Ker-
nodle, Joe Fogleman, Sam
Foushee, Tate Hill, Ross Walker,
and George Garrison.
Hearn Was Colorful
Bunn Hearn, who is known
throughout the Southeast as one
of the most colorful figures and
best story-tellers in the realm of
sports, went on from the Elon
campus to play on far-flung fields
all over the world. It was at the
height of Hearn's playing career
that he was on a barn-storming
tour of England with a group of
pro stars.
It is told that the King of Eng
land came out to one game, and the
royal presence attracted a huge
crowd. Hearn, ready to take the
mound for the game, is said to
have looked up at the crowd and
remarked in his slow southern
drawl, "Jus* look! There's forty
thousand people come out to see
the king, and the king come out
to see or Bunny."
(Continued on Page Four)
The Qiiidiiiiiic
By GARY THOMPSON
We flip our lid to the new stud
ent body officers. Leave us not for
get your promises . . . Memo to
the Business Office: How about
more adequate lighting facilities
for our future thespian produc
tions: . . . Wright Williamson, win
ter quarter graduate, now a truant
officer in Norfolk, Virginia. He
plans to enter grad school this
fall . . . Saw Gary "Soup ’ Sears,
Elon alumnus, over the Easter
week-end. He is now desking it at
the Ford Motor Co. in Richmond.
Virginia . . . Dean Clark, Hartford’s
Dean of Religious Education, was
on campus last week. The dean
spoke to students interested in re
ligious education . . . Elon’s horse-
hiders are presently the hottest
ball club in the state . . . Rumors
have it that Jane Luce and Larry
Dofflemeyer will wed in May
The stork has recently arrived for
the John Platts in the form of a
baby .son . . . Iota Tau Kappa’s an
nual spring banquet will be held
May 2Ist at the Plantation.
Some Quickies
Chapel speakers this year are a
slight improvement over last years’
orators ... a beaucoup of forget-
me-nots to the "boys of pigskin"
for presenting President L. . Smith
he football used in last years’ con
quest of Davidson. This writer
deems it very apropo . . . Warm
weather is now snuggled around
us . . . That means the beaches
will soon be in full swing. Have
you gotten your water wings?
Dr. W. W. Sloan has sold his epic,
God Marches On to the MacMil-
lian Publishing Company
Spring footbatl started last week.
Many highschoolers and ex-G.I.’s
reported seeking a place on the
squad. According to hear-say the
team is working on precision drills
for the fall opener against Missis
sippi Southern ... If one is poor
at spelling it helps a lot if your
handwriting is terrible too . . ,
Elon’s racketeers off to a slow
start in their tennis campaign. At
present Richard Cooke is leading
the Christian court men . . Here’s
hoping the May Day festivities will
come to a successful conclusion
by a well attended dance. I might
add that tables for the event
should be a pre-requisite . . .
From the recent cinemas in Bur
lington. it would pay Hollywood
to quit shooting so many flicks
?nd seek more actors .
Afterthoughts
Seniors should note: A file on
fellowships and scholarships is
available in the dean’s office
Bad news for music lovers—the
nickel juke box will be a thing of
the past January 1st. All new
jooks demand a dime ... In the
1944 Elon Colonnades you can
read these words:
THE LAST HOUR
You reached
From where we sat /
And pulled a vine
That clung tightly
To a moss-green rock
Stripping it to the roots
I cried.
Cried with pain
Unbearable,
The grim words of me,
Wio is misunderstood.
While you wrapped the vine
Idly around your arm.
—Bill Meacham
• » *
Ladson Cubbage is rather liked
these days. It seems that some un
known person has been raiding
his room. Could it be the Phantom
Elon T - Taylor,
Elon chunkmg star a few years
ago has recently signed a baseball
contract with the Pirates. He
stands a good chance of being as-
s.gnedtoBur-Gra...Weidersehen^
Curley's
campus
chatter
By CHARLIE OATES
HOMEWARD BOUND
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The evening
train rolls slowly out of the nation's capi-
ital, and you can hide your excitement no
tetter than any other college student
could on leaving Washington and home-
V'ard bound. As the train speeds soutti-
ward, you try to free yourself of the lonely
feeling you have and find a comfortable
position. It seems that you are com
pletely alone, now that the crowd you spent
the weekend with is no longer around.
You have been gone only a few days,
but it seems as though it would take weeks
to squeeze in all the events that occurred
during your visit. Things really happen
in the city by the Potomac.
Now that you are out of the city, you
sit back and watch the big trees flick by,
the green hillsides of northern Virginia
sprawled out on either side of you and the
smokey blue mountains in the distance.
This scenic beauty helps you to relax and
to feel at ease. You keep thinking that
this is the first time in three days that
you have been alone to relax for any
length of time, and it really feels wonder
ful in spite of the fact that you will be
going back to classes the next morning.
You picture in your mind the many
places you visited while in Washington.
The places you went and the sights you
saw and the sounds you heard all merge
to form one huge picture in your imagi
nation. You recapture the sight of the
Capitol dome, the Washington monument,
the museum, the zoo, Glen Echo Park,
ithe Potomac River, and the masses of
people hurrying to and from the railroad
station. You think of sleeping, but you find
it difficult to do.
After the conductor takes your ticket,
and your ears to the occasional chatter of
and your eyes to the occasional chatter of
other college students who are also aboard
the southbound train, and somehow your
thoughts wander back to the Elon cam
pus, pushing out, to some extent, the events
you were part of while in Washington.
You begin figuring on the outcome of
the elections that have been held on the
campus and think of the great amount of
work that you will have to do back at
school, for this is the week of mid-quarter
exams. Noting that the spring term is
half gone, you wonder if you will have
itlme to finish all the work that lies ahead
of you. You also w^eigh along with these
Itasks the amount of social activities that
will distract the student mind during the
remaining part of the quarter.
You keep telling yourself that you will
be glad to get back into the swing of col
lege life, even thought it will be a distinct
contrast from the weekend behind you.
Suddenly you realize that it will be en
joyable to hit the campus again and to
see the familiar faces about you.
Again you think how much fun you
have had and then consign the trip to the
past, at the same time looking at your
watch and calculating just when you will
reach the familiar destination at home.
Glancing up and down the schedule,
which you extract from your pocket, you
figure how long it has taken to cover the
first part of the journey. Familiar names
are flashing by as you pass through the
cities nearer home.
Finally, the train flashes over the Dan
River and through Danville, and you think
its not much further. There’ll be Reidsville
and then Greensboro, and by this time
you have figured out that you should roll
into the familiar Gate City station at least
five minutes ahead of schedule. The con
ductor verifies your figures as he passes
through the car, and then you figure it’s
scarcely half an hour longer until the
familiar scenes of Elon will be seen.
You are amost tempted to try riding the
train on to Elon, but a quick glance at
your schedule discloses that there would
quite a wait, and a second thought con
vinces you that ’twould be far quicker and
more convenient to ride the bus.
And so by Trailways you wind up the
final stage of the homeward Journey. You
glance out from the front window of the
bus and see the aviation blinkers on the
WBBB radio tower, which blink downward
almost over the Elon campus. At last you
see the college wall and know that behind
are all the familiar things that have
become a part of you.
Then you look up into the night sky and
you see the lighted cupola that looms oiit
of the darkness over Alamance Hall, aruC
somehow it looks just as good to you as-:
had the bright dome of the capitoI' or
the towering shaft of the Washington mon
ument. That 8 o’clock class may not be
so pleasant in the morning, but it’s reallx
nice to be back.