fAGE TWO "
Maroon And Gold
Edited and printed by students of Elon
College. Published bl-weekly during the
college year under the auspices of the
Board of Publication.
Entered as second class matter at the
Post Office at Elon College, N. C. under
the Act of March 8, 1879. Delivered by
mail, $1.50 the college year, 50c the
quarter.
EDITORIAL BOARD
James Waggoner Editor-in-Chief
Ann Stoddard AssisUnt 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
BUSINESS 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. MAY 5, 1955
Ji:ST TWENTY WORDS
If you were suddenly told that your
vocabulary was to be slashed and limit-
fd to twenty words, just what words
would you choose to keep for your daily
u^ge?
Such was the question asked during a
recent experiment conducted through the
Ctneral psychology lab at Winthrop Col
lege. the women's college of the state of
South Carolina, and reports are that the
experiment created much interest.
We are not suggesting that such an
experiment be conducted here, but it is
quite worthwhile and interesting food for
Individual thought. Those conducting the
experiment at Winthrop are said to have
found the results quite varied and inter
esting.
A large group of people representing
a crosvsection of population, was asked
1o submit the twenty words they would
keep in their speaking and recognition
vocabulary, remembering that they would
tiipposedly be unable to speak, read or
understand any word beyond the twenty
hey chose.
Naturally, no two lists submitted coin
cided exactly, and you might guess for
a long time before arriving at the word
V hich was found most frequently on the
lists. The Number One word was "dan-
£er," a commentary perhaps upon the real
or Imagined perils of modern existence in
this day or speedy travel and atomic wel
fare.
Then followed the person's own name
who submitted the list. Other words in
order of frequency were poison, men or
women (depending upon the sex of the
person who li.sted the words), name of home
lowns, inflammable, off, on, hot, exit, fire,
slow, caution, employer's name, cafe, po
lice and warning.
Again It is Interesting to note how many
of these words bear connection with the
word "danger, " and one must conclude that
he present personal and International ten
sions have indeed made an impression on
the American people.
For men who drive cars, however, the
word stop was listed most frequently,
and other words substituted quite often in
the master list were "caution, speed limit,
detour and one-way." This list can readily
bt associated with fear or danger.
It quite Inconceivable that the list of
most frequently listed words does not in
clude the word food'’ nor any related
words, and it seems quite unbelievable
that the word "love*’ has no place on the
master list. However, a brief recheck shows
that there are no words Included that ex
press the fmer emotions or ideals, nor is
there any word relating to religion and
worship.
Perhaps we are living in a more des
perate age than we think, and possibilities
of annihilation may be making a greater
impression than we had thought upon the
minds of people, for self-preservation ap-
pars to be the prime consideration of
most of the people submitting lisU.
Gi anting that the supposition that our
yorabularles could be thus cut is imposs
ible. it might be worthwhile to make out
a list of your own when you have time to
•It down and really think the matter over.
MAROON AND GOLD
SS6I ‘'tepsaupav
jottings
from here
and there
By JAMES V>’.AGGONER
Each year at this time a booklet is pub
lished by the Travelers Insurance Com
panies of Hartford, Connecticut in the
Interest of street and highway .safety, in
cluding fau's, figures and illustrations.
This year the booklet is called "Misguid
ed Missiles,’ and some of its contents,
although noi very plea.iant reading, needs
to be brought before our minds.
Several weeks ago we devoted this col
umn to accidents in general, having no
specific phase such as our topic today. It
l5 our hope that this information will pre
sent to you the true picture of misguided
missiles on the highways and that each
lesson will be meaningful to all.
A moderate decrease was seen in the
nation's automobile accident toll in 1954,
when traffic deaths totaled 35,500 com
pared with 38,500 in 1953. It was the first
year since 1949 to see a decrease in the
death toll.
Speed Worst Mistake
Excessive speed was the most dangerous
driving mistake again in 1954, killing 12,-
380 persons. The 1953 total was 13,870.
The injury total resulting from excessive
speed remained about the same as the
preceding year—659,000.
Drivers under 25 years of age were in
volved in more than 24 per cent of 1954’s
fatal accidents although they constituted
only about 14 per cent of the total of all
drivers.
The pedestrian record reflected improve
ment for the fourth consecutive year. Pe
destrian deaths were reduced to 7.700 in
1954 compared with 8,600 in 1953. Cross
ing between intersections, "jay walking,”
remains the chief cause of pedestrian
deaths and injuries.
Seventy-eight per cent of the vehicles
Involved in fatal accidents were traveling
straight ahead, and the booklet reveals
tliat three out of four auto accidents hap
pened to passenger cars in clear weather
on dry roads.
Weekend Problem
Practically all of us look forward to
Friday because to most of us it means
that another weekend has arrived. The
weekend is a time for pleasure and relax
ation. There that tenni« game we had plan
ned, a picnic with the family, and perhaps
a golf game with our next door neighbor.
Its the time for going to church, fixing
tilings around the house, cleaning out the
attic, and watching television.
The weekends are all of those things—
except on the highways. In 1954, 13,980
persons were killed and 678.000 were in
jured in weekend accidents, according to
■figures compiled and released by The
Travelers Insurance Companies. Thirty-
nine per cent of the deaths and 35 per
cent of the injuries were recorded on Sat
urdays and Sundays in 1954.
No one knows how many traffic acci
dents are caused by drinkng drivers, but
everyone knows it is a major problem.
For example, walk in to your traffic
courts any day and you will find them
crowded with persons who were involved
in serious accidents as a result of drink
ing. Everyone needs to know that even
one drink before driving is too many. We
saw an advertisement the other day which
'aid: "If You Drive — Don't Drink — If
You Drink — Don't Drive. ’ This sounds
like very simple advice, but it makes a
great deal of sense.
It's A Grim Picture
•Ml these are grim statistics. The above
figures point out that accidents are heavy,
even though state and community author
ities have spent millions of dollars in an
effort to provide safer and better roads
and .saner driving.
Insurance companies and other privat"
firms are spending millions for safety edu
cation. State, county, local and parkway
police are constantly patrolling streets and
highway. More and better engineered thru-
ways are coming off the drawing boards,
it appears to us that almost everyone is
concerned with this needless slaughter
and its accompanying waste of human and
property values.
Almost everyone, that is. but the dri
vers.
Traffic regulations were set up as a
proper guide for the handling of traffic,
and need the cooperation of all drivers.
The problem starts and could ideally end
with the drivers. Who are the drivers?
Each one of us knows the answer to
that question. It is sincerely hoped that
by continually reminding drivers of safe
driving through newspaper messages, tele
vision. r«dio and literature that traffic ac
cidents will be reduced in the coming
years. It can be done. We arc the drivers,
and it is up to us to see that It will be
done!
CHKISTI.\N BASEBALL SQLAD OF 1919
One of the Elon baseball teams of the era just after World War 1 is pictured above the eombina-
t'on of 1919, which was coached by the late C. C. "Jack’ Johnsor;, husband of rs. ma -
son, the present Elon librarian. Those shown in the picture, left to right by rows. ^
FRONT ROW — Lonnie Sides, W. C. King and J. L. Martin. SECOND ROW — Lane At
F. Murphy. Johr.ny Johnson and Wade Marietta. BACK ROW Coach C. C. Johnson, en,
Jimmy Simpson, Alf Brown and Hort Doughton. .
IJinler W alker Ainl Hendriokson ...
Elon Added To Her Baseball Glories
By JAMES WAGGONER
The coming of Coach Douglas
C. "Peahead " Walker to Elon in
the fall of 1927 signalized the be
ginning of a golden era in Elon
College baseball history, for the
inimitable "Peahead" in nine sea
sons up to 1936 chalked 106 wins
against 45 losses and won six suc
cessive titles in the "Little Six"
and North State Conference races.
The Elon team which had won
14 and lost 4 in 1927 gained even
more steam in its first full season
under Coach Walker in 1928, when
the Christians compiled a record
of 17 wins and one loss. Three big
hitters and two ace pitchers from
the 1927 team formed a nucleus
for Walker's great '28 combina
tion. Earl Sims, H. Chrutchfield
and Paul Braxton were the big
hitters ana Arthur Fowler and
Vernon "Lefty" Briggs were the
pitching stars back from the '27
squad.
Elon wound up the 1928 base
ball year with the best record in
her history up to that time, los
ing only one game of 18 played,
the lone defeat being a 1-0 set-
t
back at the hands o: the Deacons
of Wake Forest. Not only was
this the best record made by an
Elon athletic team to date, it was
SECOND CHAPTER
This is the second chapter of
tile Elon baseball story, one
which tells of the honors gained
by the Fighting Christians dur
ing the halcyon years before
World War II, a period that saw
the .Maroon and Gold colors
wave high in all major sports
tor many years. Included is the
account of Elon's greatest sin
gle-season record of 20 wins and
1 defeat in 1941.
."ilso a record that Coach W^alker
could be proud of for his first
year as coach of the team. "Red "
Smith led the team in hitting with
1 brilliant .441 batting average,
while Earl Sims and Howard
Briggs tied for second place as
they banged the horsehide at a
397 clip. It is interesting to note
that in only one game did "Elon
make less than six scores, and one
game against Winston-Salem saw
Elon men cross the plate twenty-
six times. The Fighting Christians
averaged 11 runs per game, while
holding their opponents to three
per game. Captain Arthur Fowler
pitched his best game against Er-
ikine. with a brilliant one-hitter.
Victories over Penn State, the
University of Richmond, V.M.I.
and Davidson highlighted the year
for the Maroon and Gold squad
Champions In 1930
The seasons of 1929 and 1930
brought to the Elon campus iden
tical records of 10 wins and 7
Josses for the two-year period,
"Lefty" Briggs captained the
squad of '29, which saw Elon de
feating Wake Forest 13 to 5, while
the Christians split with Wake
Forest the following year. The
1930 season also saw Eloj bring
home the conference title in "Lit
tle Six" competition, the first of
fix straight crowns.
The 1931 baseball season was I
also a very successful one for the
Elon nine. The team, handicapped
at first by lack of experienced
pitchers, settled down to finish the
season with a record of eight wins
and five losses. Norman Waters
bore the heaviest part of the
mound duty, pitching seven of the
thirieen scheduled games. Of
these he won six and lost only
cne. Other winning pitchers were
Latham and Mann. Zeb Harring
ton who captained the 1931 “Lit
tle Six " conference winners played
with the St. Louis Cardinals after
leaving Elon.
(Continued on Page 4)
The Qiiidiiuiie
By GARY THOMPSON
Suggestion to the Athletic de
partment: We think it would be
a wise idea to place a billboard
in front of the gymnasium con
taining a current schedule of
Elon's athletic events . . . Sammy
Nelson, an Elon grad of last year,
IS now an associate pastor at
South Norfolk's Christian Church.
He plans to enter graduate school
in autumn . . . Horst Mevius is
one of the most promising track-
■.ters that I've seen on this cam
pus or any campus in many a
moon. However, he needs top
flight competition to push him on
the oval . . . Richard "Satch "
Bradham visited the Tidewater
area of Virginia last weekend as
a guest of Jim Reneau ... If on
a torrid summer day you see two
cr three femmes sneaking across
campus with long coats on—don’t
be surprised. They are just head
ing to a new resort called Lila's
Reach. Proof of this is the var
ious sun tints on the girls kissers
. Tom Targett, distinguished
Elon student, slated to enter the
Harvard Seminary this Septem
ber. He will continue his studies
in the realm of philosophy
Understand that the Colonnades
cannot obtain sufficient financial
aid for an ideal publication. It
seems that this year's edition will
be published on second rate type
and paper. This is not as surpris
ing as it seems . . . Much has been
written about this before but 1
will add my two cents. Why is it
no one stays on campus week
ends? That is a very easy ques
tion to answer. There is nothing
of interest going on to keep a stu
dent here. Oh well, it stands to
reason the school saves money
when the dorm people do not
eat or sleep on campus during
the week ends . . . Whit Bradham
and Square Edmonds are washing
cars these days. If your vehicle
needs a soap job see those two
young gentlemen. Their fee is 75c
per auto ... A salute to the new-
'y chosen cheerleaders. They are
the Biggerstaff brothers, Bert
Jcnes, Jane Everett, Bess Carson
and Dot Keck. Am glad to see
that we have some masculinity
among the yellers . .
Scribings
Grad Bill Blackstone's wife, nee'
Jean Tew, is now touring Korea
as an entertainer for our armed
forces stationed there . . . Bob
Phelps to enroll in the Chicago
Theological Seminary at the finale
of this quarter ... At last re
ports, the Phantom has disappear
ed .. . Don't miss the pix, "Black
board Jungle", if you want to se*
two full hours of entertainment.
I might add that it will be espe
cially interesting for all you
teachers-to-be ... It seems that
your comrade and mine just can't
keep his name out of print. Jerry
Moize bumped his intelligent head
/the other week. When asked by
a fan of his as to the cause of
the gash on his noggin, he art
fully replide, "‘I was trying to
democratize a group of Repub
licans. ' . . . Politics, always poli
tics . . . Sorry to hear of the re
cent death of Lonnie “Trink”
Campbell’s mother.
Varsity Varieties
From the Yale Record; "‘Son,
after four years at college you're
nothing but a loafer and a nui
sance. I can't think of one good
thing it's done.”
The son was silent for a mom
ent. then suddenly his eyes
brightened.
Well, he said, ‘it’s cured ma
of bragging about me.”
« * •
From the Texas Ranger: “Going
with girfs keeps you young,” ^ '
“How’s that?”
"I started going with them when
was a freshman, and I'm still
a freshman.”
• • •
From the 'irale Record: If all
the students who sleep in class
were placed end to end they would
be much more comfortable.
• • •
The particular training, which
always leads you to hate what you
ought to hate and to love what
you ought to love, in my view
Curley's
campus
chatter
By CHARLIE OATES
Here's a salute to all of Elon's military-
minded students, past and present, for
we have some of both varieties, some who
already have the military service behind
them and some who are just now getting
■their service off through reserve and nat
ional guard units.
One hears inquiries from students of
larger colleges sometimes whether Elon
has an ROTC program, and one sees a
frown from them sometimes when they
are told that we do not have such a pro
gram, but we believe that there is as much
military spirit of loyalty among Elon stu
dents as will be found in any similar
group today.
However, being reminded of such in
quiries, this commentator decided to do a
bit of checking on the real status ot nat
ional loyalty and military connections
among the boys on the Elon campus, and
it ignites a feeling of pride when one
learns how many of the boys have already
done their stint with Uncle Sam or are now
doing their bit through one organization
or another.
Let's just take a look at the present sit
uation. Investigation reveals that there are
now enrolled at Elon more than 250 vete
rans of the Korean conflict and that there
are still 20 or more students enrolled who
served their country in World War II.
This total is not nearly so high as the
peak GI enrollment that was reached here
at Elon in the two or three years imme
diately after World War II came to a close,
although we are informed that the totai
enrollment of all students this year is the
largest in the history of the college.
We are told that in the peak GI years
of the late l940's Elon suffered from over
crowded classrooms, but that was in the
days before the evening classes relieved
to a certain extent the crowded day-time
classes. Many of our present veteran stu
dents are attending the evening classes.
A check on figures for recent years
discloses that there were 199 GI students
■on campus in 1951, 138 veterans in 1952,
143 GI’s in 1954 and almost 300 of the
former servicemen this year.
There were quite a few former Elon
students who returned to the campus for
this Spring Quarter after having interrupt
ed their college careers for a tour of duty
with the various armed services. Without
attempting to list all such returnees, we
might mention Tim Holt, Charlie Cassell,
Don Graf and Elbert Peters. There are
others, but they are some whose names
come to mind because of their partici
pation in students activities such as sports.
Many of our recent graduates reported
to Uncle Sam immediately after they re
ceived diplomas and degrees and are now
doing their stint with “red-blooded" Amer
ican loyalty. More than a few of the 1955
graduates will also answer the call during
the coming months, for the spirit of nat
ional service is an ingrown characteristic
of our American youth. It has been present
since early days, and it's here to stay.
We know, too, that many Elon students
who have dropped out at the close of any
certain Quarter within recent years have
gone into service. Particularly is this true
of the many who fail to return for the
Fall Quarter each year. When one is missed
at the opening of school, one quite fre
quently finds that he has either volun
teered or received a draft call during the
summer mpnths.
There were a number, in particular, who
dropped out and enlisted just prior to the
deadline that was announced for termi
nation of GI benefits. They were the ones
who enlisted in time to profit by educa
tional help at the conclusion of their ser
vice.
Quite a few of the present students arc
already listed in either the reserve or
National Guard status. Among those who
are currently in the reserve , of one branch
01 the other of armed service are Fur
man Moseley, new student body president,
Jerry Creech, Joe Morris, Bobby Robert
son, Bob Blanchard. Chris Peterson, John
ny Dyer Jerry Shropshire and others.
A goodly number of students are meoir
hers of the National Guard and were called
upon to participate in the recent nation
wide National Guard alert test, during
which they were called to the armory un-
er the plan used to determine how quick-
y and efficiently the Guard could be mob-
1 ized. Officials termed the test a com
plete success.
Some of the Elon students who are in
- ational Guard units are Grover Baitlle.
eslie Johnston, Lawrence Lane, Eugene
arrell, Whitney Bradham, Richard Brad-
am Vincent Mariani, Alex Winston, Tyler
>g t, Dickie Routh, Thomas Woodward.
• unmy Kincaid and Gerald Sherrill. There
are probably othets.