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Maroon And Gold
BUJited and printed by Uudcnts of Elon
College. Published bi-weekly during the
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Gary Thompson Editor-in-Chief
Ann Stoddard Assistant Editor
Charlie Oates Feature Editor
Gary Thompson Feature Editor
Judith Chadwick Music Editor
Neil Johnson Art Editor
Keuben Askew . .. Staff Photographer
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
Bt'SINESS BOARD
Jack Lindley Business Manager
Ann Stoddard . .. Circulation Manager
Carl E. Owen Printing Advisor
Worden Updyke Press Operator
SPORTS STAFF
Bill Walker Sports Editor
REPORTERS
Whitney Bradham George Hall
Doris Chrisnron John McGowan
Walter Edmonds Margaret Stafford
John Fuquay Girleta Vestal
Yvonne Winsted Hillary Motsinger
Emily Scott
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1955
MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, October 12,
MID-QL'ARTER EXA.MS
Although our school year is still young,
you find yourself already preparing for
the mid-quarter exams. Many suggest that
the best way to prepare for such examina-
itions, or for any examination, is to do your
daily assignments well. However, there are
many of us who can profit by a few hints
on preparation of such assignments. There
ds a book entitled "Successful Adjustment
sn College," which offers several excellent
suggestions as follows:
1. KNOW THE ASSIGNMENT — Write
down all daily assignments in a permanent
place in your notebook. Be sure you under
stand the assignment. Ask any questions
necessary to clear up what you are sup
posed to do.
2. PREPARE ASSIGNMENTS REGU
LARLY — Have a time and place in which
to study. At least a part of your work will
be reading or research papers, for which
you will need materials that must be ob
tained from library sources. If you put
off such work until the end of the term,
Ihe books or materials may not be avail
able. Others may have waited, too.
3. REVIEW DAILY AND WEEKLY —
If you review each day's lesson, it will tend
Wo clear up the things you do not under
stand and will provide a sounder basis for
moving ahead. The purpose for the week
ly review is to check the extent to which
you have mastered the week's work. Re
fresh your mem^.ry on materials with
which you have difficulty.
4 WHAT TO DO AFTER THE EXAM
INATION IS SET — If you have carried
rut previous suggestions, your notes are
well organized from dally reviews, but
when the examination is announced there
are certain steps that must be taken. Pay
close attention to the announcement, find
out what type of test will be given, be
fcure you know what materials are to be
covered, and work with other well-pre-
pared students after each of you has stud
ied independently for some time. On the
night before the examination you can make
a brief review, but it is not a good plan
•o work late. To be at your best for the
examination, a good night's sleep will be
needed. — GBT
THE TRl'l.Y EDUCATED MAN
In a recent address to the students of
the California Instifute of Technology,
Clarence B Randall spoke on "The Truly
Educated Man.” Here are some of the ex
cerpts from his discussion.
The "Occupational Disease," as men
• rain in the sciences, is that they never
ran get outside and above the subjects in
which they were trained. The educated
man must have flexibility of mind . . .
He must be able to deal, not only with
facts, but with ideas. He must deal with the
abstract as well as the concrete . . .
He must first of all know himself, and
beyond that he must understand how to
deal with groups. If he is to supervise
others, he must come to know that not
all problems may be solved by the mind,
because they are problems that stem from
emotions. We need to learn how to deal
with stress in human beings. . ,
The cultivation of the mind as such is
not education. It is putting the cultivated
mind at work in the modem world that
1; the final attribute of the educated man.
—OBT
the
quidnunc
By GARY THOMPSON
PLAYERS VIEW ‘CORPSE’ IN SHOW REHEARSAL
Here's that moving pen once again with
the datest doings on the campus ... Sis
Beckwith took a sojourn up to her home
town of .Morristown, N.J., last weekend.
She was the member of a wedding party
Shirley Pi'esnejl did nothing. Satisfied
Shill? . . . Luther Barnes and Hank Car
mines are having a food-eating contest
^hese days. These epic gourmet extrava
ganzas occur in the chow hall without be
ing scheduled. The consumption contests
are to see which of the two can eat the most
of Chief's delicacies. At this moment Car
mines is leading 1 to 0. . . Here’s a big,
big boost to the Elon Players, under the
able surveillance of Prof. Wooten. They
plan to present more than one play per
quarter and will hit the road. They plan to
straighten out the kinks at local high
schools before showing their works before
the home folks. We're all hoping and
looking for a very successful season from
the thespians- . . . Horst Mevius, last year’s
Elon track star, is back home in Lubeck,
Germany. Unslarid his "times ’ have been
excellent . . . We flap our brims to all of
Elon's night students. These people do not
receive the credit and honor they should.
Most of them work eight hours a day and
still have the initiative to attend classes
from 3 to 5 times per week.
Trivia
Barbara Carden selected to be the
Homecoming Queen for our day of alumni
lestivities, the 29th of October, when the
Christians will tangle with the Catamounts
of Western Carolina. Ann Dula was chosen
to be her Maid-of-Honor . . . Hear that
the Student Legislature is planning to pre
sent a few flicks at regular intervals in
Whitley Auditorium this year. Let's don’t
talk about it, folks, let's do it! . . . Thanks
for a very successful dance after the App
game. Hope they keep them going . . .
Hope that we can have tables for the
^Homecoming Dance, for it sure makes them
more enjoyable . . . Things will go "pid-
dily-paddily" soon "Bid night" is slated
for the 15th of this month, and all the
Greek-letter frats and soros have been
planning industriously for this date. Have
noticed that several well-worn paddles
have been brought out of the moth balls.
Ouch!.' . . . Paul Watts, three-letter athlete
here at Elon, injured his shoulder in the
App fray. You don’t find many who take
things like that as jokingly as P.D. does.
Hope it purls one and knits two O.K.
Frosh Fooleries
From West Dorm
Elon College
Just Any Date
Dear Folks:
I’m really sorry 1 haven't written. Ap
preciated Ihe self-addressed envelopes.
You can't imagine how busy I've been,
trying to make good first impressions in
cla.ss and swapping tales of summer ro
mances. Maybe I'll settle down by Decem
ber.
About the romances. You've never seen
so many diamonds. I'm editing a pamphlet
on • How to Get One by the Time You're a
Junior." I'm compiling methods and re
actions of a cross-section of the campus.
Maybe they II use it as a text or new course.
Just think how interesting the field trips
could be in such a course.
As for myself. 1 guess I'm just a has-
been. living only in the past. My "Buffalo
or Bust Fund has netted so far only 87
pennies, a bus token and two Cuban coins.
As of this week 1 need $18.33 more just to
get a one-way ticket. At this rate. 1 won't
see him again until I'm forty.
I have to write a short story for one
of my classes, and I'm really stumped. I
have a good one in mind, but I'm afraid
the teacher may have already read the
June *52 issue of Post.
Our room is pretty good this year Our
cold water runs all the Ume just like
an artesian well, but at least it’s a happy
sound. The bad thing is—we re missing a
-'creen. But we just toss a coin each night
to see whether we fight camel flies or
.'uffocate.
About my birthday. Why don’t you just
buy my roommate a sweater like the one
of hers that I lost? She’s fixing up her
ladio that I broke as her gift to me. I’ll
miss opening packages this year, but I do
hate having obligations.
Im having to work pretty hard In class
this year A lot of new teachers, and you
never know just what to expect from a
newcomer. I'm kinda feeling around just
now to see what approach I'll adopt.
Spect I'll close now Really. I will write
you again soon You do the same, and
gosh, books are expensive this year. May-
bo you can send me a little money?
Lovingly,
Nan
One of the comic moments in the Elon Player production of Out of irTalked into
tured above as Jane Davis, in the role of Muriel, practices at beang dead a ter ^^e
played the part of a corpse. Viewing the supposed remams a ove are r lohnston
fkneeling left); Jennie Keck, as Kate ^kneeling right); and left to nght standmg) ^
as Tony, Margaret Sharpe as Do‘tie, and Chuck Oakley as Norman. The picture was ^
the Players held rehearsals in Mooney Chapel for the Broadway comedy that is to be presented
early in November. '
Just Back From Austria^ Prof Says . . .
Vienna Is Today A City Of Dreams
By JOHN WESTMORELAND
On a Sunday afternoon in late
July, 1954, I arrived at Gmunden.
Austria. J had travelled over
night from Paris and had crossed
the border between Switzerland
and Austria about 8 o'clock in
the morning. Six hours later the
train arrived in Salzburg. The
University of Vienna summer
school is located just fifty miles
southeast of Salzburg, and during
the festival season many of the
students attend the performances.
During the summer school term,
I studied Austrian Art and Music
History, plus a course in the Ger
man language. There were many
American students for the sum
mer courses, so most of the lang
uage was English. The summer
school faculty was also very much
■like an American collegc faculty,
for they took part with the stud
ents in all the social activities of
the school.
At any rale my knowledge ot
the German language had im
proved when 1 arrived in Vienna
six weeks later, but 1 found that
one hears a great deal of English
spoken in Vienna. My first task
upon arriving there was to locate
a place to live, and I chose an
aprtment 30 minutes from the
center of town by street car. up in
the edge of the Vienna woods and
with a view of the»city and its
church steeples and the blue Dan
ube that always to me looked
gray.
Visit To Italy
1 still had two weeks to go be
fore reporting for the opening ses
sion for foreign students, and this
period 1 spent in Northern Italy at
a resort town where many Ger
mans go for their vacation. Here
1 learned more German, reviewed
for my exams and returned to
Vienna with a good sun-tan.
During the first two weeks un
der the Fulbright program, there
were more German classes and
many discussions of United Slates
foreign policy. Then one morning,
one by one, we students stood be
fore a group of teachers from our
host country and were asked
numerous Questions concerning
our major field, after which we
were assigned to classes, and the
school work began.
The lectures in a foreign lang
uage proved quite a problem. Myj
fellow students were taking notes!
in German shorthand, as mostj
German students do from the age,
of ten, and here was an American]
student trying to translate from I
German into English and takej
down as much as possible in just!
any way possible. 1
ConduotiHK The Chorm
Soon the day came when it was t
my lurn to conduct the chorus at I
EDITOR’S NOTE
Prof. John Westmoreland, who
euest-writes for the Maroon and
Gold this week, spent the past
vear in Vienna, doing advanced
work in music on a Fulbright
Scholarship. In the accompany
ing article he tells of his ex
perience and impressions, gained
while he was living in the ro
mantic city beside the blue Dan
ube. In his article he points to
the ways in which he found the
.\ustrian people and Austrian
life different from the people
and customs of his native .\mer-
ica.
the Academy. It was then that I
discovered that sHudents every
where have red blood and react
Ihe same under similar conditions.
This experience gave me confi-
df-nce in my work and helped me
a bit later in the year in con
ducting a concert at the Concert
House with a professional chorus
and orchestra.
As part of the program for a
.l^ulbright Student we were ex
pected to attend and enter into
discussion groups throughout
Austria. This gave me an oppor
tunity to travel, meet the people
and get acquainted with the cust
oms in different sections of the
country.
During the daily program there
\\ere visits to the classrooms, and
then in the evenings the United
States Information Service ar
ranged meetings with students
and teachers. .Much of my activity
v as within the Russian occupation
zone, and there I found the people
looking to the United SUtes more
than in any other part of Austria.
Christmas A Happy Time
Was I homesick at Christmas
time? No. For once in my life 1
saw real happiness at Christmas.
The presents that were exchanged
were not expensive, but the
thought behind them was from the
heart. There were so many people
there in Vienna who were happy
just to be alive.
Austria suffered greatly during
the war. Over seven years of oc
cupation by the Germans and ten
years of occupation by the Amer
icans, English. French and Rus
sians has left little for them ex
cept their meager belongings and
the hope for a free life once more
I was pleased to have witnessed
the day when the four powers met
with officials of the Austrian gov
ernment and signed the long-
awaited treaty. The gift of free
dom after seventeen years was
hailed not in the streets alone but
in the churches, where the people
had prayed for years.
person
The young students with whom
1 worked had never known any-
.thing but being a native of an oc
cupied land. However, with the
help of visiting Americans, the
press and Radio Free Europe, the
people havae been encouraged to
become interested in the United
States and its government. Their
hope and faith is pointed to a
closer relationship between them
and the people ot our country.
Classes Are Different
The Austrian class-room is very
different from the American class
room. In Austria there is a lecture
method with one final oral exam.
You attend class when you wish
and take the final exam before a
board which includes the teacher
of the course, plus several other
teachers in the department. The
exam on each course may be taken
before the course is over or one
year later. Only when you think
you are prepared do you make
tlie appointment for the exam.
During the class lectures the
teacher sits at a desk on an ele
vated platform. Should you desire
to ask a question, you would first
raise your hand and then stand
to ask the question. There is an
extremely impersonal and formal
relationship between the students
and the teacher. No one seems to
care whether you pass or fail. All
tudents spend endless hours in
the library.
There are no organizations for
student life. The students seldom
see each other outside of the
class-room. Most students live in
unheated rooms and study with
the window open. They are real
students of books, but they have
not learned the art of living as a
community group. Fear and mis
trust have helped to destroy the
community group activity in this
occupied country.
Home Life Important
The people live within them
selves or within their small family
circle. Home ife is very important
to them, and a family usually
.spends the evenings at home. If
'there is enough money, the stud
ent may attend a concert or the
ater. Most Austrians are lovers of
“rt, music and the theater. The
galleries are open free of charge,
and the students read and re-read
a play before going to a per
formance. Music is a part of every
one's life. Most Austrians take part
■n sports, with the sporting events
being between national teams and
enjoyed by everyone.
There is so much I could say
■nd yet there is not enough space
at this lime. There is, however
one final thought I would like to
leave with you. During the past
(Continued on Page Four)
person
By CHARLIE OATES
The following message comes from the
slender fingers of our comrade, Jerrj
Moize, who is the vice-president of Student
Government this year:
Dear Charlie,
Thanks for your request for a letter from
me. With little searching, I decided to
make a few observations on that topic so
frequently discussed where students con
gregate. That is the lack of those various
qualities, conditions, etcetera, which are
lumped under the all-inclusive and highly-
misunderstood term of "school spirit.”
This "esprit-de-college" will in my opin
ion develop appreciably this year. For
example, the Elon Colonnades will be pub
lished again this year after a two-year
sleep. There is also a chance of resurrect
ing the debating squad, which has in past
years so adequately defended Elon in dis
trict forensic tournments. More and better
dances will be held. These and other activi
ties contribute immensely to at least
part of what we call ‘‘school spirit.”
As for the current needs, one which is
closely connected with the expression of
school spirit and in making H evident to
those outside the school, we need a separ
ate cheering section for Elon students at
home football games. By the time this goes
to press, I hope that this need will have
been satisfied.
In Whitley Auditorium two motion
picture projectors and their accompany
ing equipment, valued at approximately
$2,000, are now Collecting dust. These could
be put to use as soon as there comes as
surance that enough students would at-
itend campus movies to pay for rental of
the films. Investigation of this matter by
the legislature is due soon.
Some of the legislators, elated at the
success of the last after-game dance at the
Student Union, are thinking of a bill which
would make such dances a continued
feature after the football season is over,
such dances to be held weekly or fort
nightly.
In conclusion, I would say as did Victor
Cousin, ‘‘On ne gouverne les hommes
c.u'en les servent,” — "One governs men
only by serving them."
Sincerely,
“Comrade” Jerry Moize,
V-P of Student Body and
President of Legislature
* ♦ ♦ ♦ *
My thanks to the "Comrade” for
■the letter. Some of my fellow students had
suggested it might be good to hear from
individuals such as The Moize. And now, if
I ease off on all mud-slinging, maybe the
M and G staff will allow another of my
manuscripts to escape.
Several guys and girlies have passed
pleasing comments concerning the sports
write-ups. Nice going. Walker! A Mister
Barnes here on the campus has been
wondering why we don't have national
frats at Elon. Speaking of frats, now is
the time for all good men, and good women
too. The fraternities and sororities will be
in the limelight for sure this weekend
with pledging ceremonies Saturday night
after the game.
It’ll be Newberry in that Saturday night
game, and who can offer any real excuse
for not seeing the battle. If you don't want
the team to let you down, then don't let
the team itself down. ’Twas a great crowd
at that last home game, thanks to the
Burlington Elks and their promotion. Its
nice to have some "Elon Boosters
around. We saw a lot of old Elon grads
around, and we hope they'll come back
for this Newberry tilt.
* • « • •
As P. D. Watts' favorite writer might
have summed it up, “ ‘Tis better to have
played and lost than never to have played
at all." Our friend Watts got a tough
break iu football, but he wins at many
things. A cute damsel in Greensboro was
asking this week about her knight in shin
ing armor. ’Twas P. D., of course.
If parking becomes any greater prob
lem than it is now, the entrance require
ment for Elon may change. Prospective
.'tudents might have to promise not to
drive their car in order to enter school
here. Bob Summerell, star of the Engliis*)
Department, has a swell-looking Plymouth.
He traded his Chevrolet when friends
began calling it a “pogo-stick.”
The campus, and the boys’ dorms in par'
ticular, looks much neater since Df*"
Colley has the fellows “on the ball.'
is also trying to supply a number of badly
needed miscellaneous items for the dorms,
^nd many of the boys are aware and ap
preciative of his help.
Adios, amigos. Any comment you thifll'
should be put in ink,' be sure to pass it
this way. See you at the big kick-off. Do)*®
'»'ith the Indian^' ^