fAGE TWO
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Mttfoon And Gold
Entered ts tecond class matter »t the
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1956
MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, January 25
1953
WlUT GRADY SAID
Adverting to the article in Harper's
Magazine by Editor Thomas R. Waring
of Charleston on "The Southern Case
Against Desegregation,” we note the fol
lowing quotation from Henry W. Grady,
Atlanta editor and newspaperman, who
s-aid in 1888—
■'Neither provincialism nor sectionalism
holds the South together but something
deeper than these and essential to our
system. The problem is how to carry with
in her body politic two separate races,
ind nearly equal in numbers. (Since Gia-
dy spokes, the Whites in the South have
come to outnumber the Negroes four to
one, but the proportions vary greatly by
rrighborhoodsl. She must carry these rac-
e> in peace—for discord means ruin. She
must carry them separately—for assimila-
tion means debasement. She must carry
them to the end, for in human probability
she will never be quit of either."
The Waring article seems to have had
a profound effect in the North, Comment
ing on the quotation from Henry Grady,
the editor of the Christian Science Moni
tor iBostoni says, “The Supreme Court has
•aid that in t'he public schools the law
cannot enforce separation by race , . .
But to solve the problem posed by Henry
Grady back in 1888 will take growth in
the stature of both races, and all the
Christian love and patience a praying peo
ple can muster.” GBT.
PLANNING AHEAD
(Guest Editorial)
I appreciate this opportunity to review
some items in the Student Legislature's
ptogram for the coming months. First and
quite possibly foremost is the long-await
ed Spring Formal. From the general trend
rf discussion among the members of the
Student Government one may inter that
this dance will undoubtedly be the most
grandiose formal of any in the memory of
in any student now on the campus. Ini
tial plans are already being laid tor this
elaborate affair.
Another important item is the Clean-Up
Day or Campus Beautification Program
which is still being considered by the Leg
islature and is subject to the approval of ,
^he Administralion and Faculty. Should
Ihis program be carried out (sometime in
the late Spring) one may be sure that it
will at least equal the one which was so
well planned and carried forth some four
years ago. In my opinion, it would be most
beneficial for the school to make thiii an
annual affair.
Also, the Legislature may look into the
possibility of promoting the erection of
additional water fountains on the campus,
fixtures which will be sorely needed dur
ing the last hot humid days of Spring
Quarter.
These along with a possible investiga
tion of the need for additional tennis
courts and other recreational facilities
constitute some of the plans of the Legis
lature. ^ERRY DEE MOIZE.
the
quidnunc
By GARY THOMPSON
Broken Le^ Fails To Stop Actress
Let me stay in the arms of Morpheus;
l^t me keep his sweet repose.
Let me revel here in this luxury.
Let me shy from weal and woe.
Let me—aw nutz, lemme sleep!
—Hank Carmines.
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Disn’ Dats
The Sophomore Class is planning a Sock-
Hop in the near future. Let's get ’em mend
ed and trip the light fantastic . . . The
sororities had a "Big Four " meeting re
cently. Discussing the plan for not pres
surizing potential candidates . . . Bid
Night slated for the 11th of February . . .
. . . P. D. Watts, Elon's Will Rogers, was
lecently awaiting the roll call in class. The
professor read off the various names and
was answered by "heres" and "presents '.
When Watts' name was called he promptly
answered eagerly, "Therel" . . . Joyce Per
ry and Carolyn Abernathy sojourned over
to Greensboro last week to attend a Wom
an's Athletic Association Conference . . .
That Golden Greek, Nick Theos, is going
to become a June Groom . . . Sylvia Nuc-
kles, nee Eaton and a la.st year's grad, re
cently gave birth to a baby girl . . . Re
minder — Tea is still being served in the
Alamance Parlor from 3;30 to 4 ... '51
Mike Moffo seen recently in Portsmouth,
■Va. He sends greetings to all his former
colleagues , . . In chapel someone Is always
calling for a tland for our various athle
tic teams. How's about giving those peo
ple a hand that are always giving a hand?
Make sense? . . . O.K. Peg!?l
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The Quidnunc in Dreamland with
President Furman Moseley
I was so exhausted after making all
three of my classes yesterday morning
that I went over to the Carlton House and
sacked in. And, as I slept, I dreamed what
only a reporter can dream
Ifl my sleep, I was interviewing student
body President Furman Moseley, and Pres
ident Moseley,, smiling hke the friendly
fellow he is, answered every qustion fully
and frankly. Unfortunately, it was only a
dream. Anyway, the interview ran some
thing like this.
Question — President Mosely, just what
is your greatest problem right now as
student chief executive?
Answer — Well, 1 guess it's my girls. I
never know who to date these days. And
with this spring dance problem hanging
over me, I don't have much time to really
think about girls either.
Q. About this spring dance. President
Moseley. What sort of ideas do you have
in mind?
A. Frankly, I haven't the slightest idea.
I talked to "Comrade" (V-President Moize)
and he told me that I'd better be careful
on this thing, or I might make some of
the fraternity boys mad at me, because
they want only the best. You know how
they are. Well anyway. Comrade told me
the best thing to do would be to appoint
p committee. So I did.
Q. Yes, I heard about the Committee.
What answer did they suggest for your
biggest problems?
A. None at all.
Q. None at all? 1 thought I read about
their suggestions in the Maroon and Gold.
A. Oh, you're talking about the spring
dance. 1 was talking about my BIGGEST
problem—who to date. And the committee
didn't even discuis it with me. But, you
know, I met the cutest little BOB the other
night and she . . .
Q. President Moseley, now about this
plan to enable girls to stay out to 1 o'clock
iin Saturday nights?
A. Saturday nights? Girls? Oh, yes. I'm
dating >he cutest little girl from Ladies'
Hall for the E.C.C. game. I am a little
short of cash, so I'm going down and ask
"Doc " at the Gym what to do.
Q. Please! President Moseley, what about
this plan?
A. Oh, Comrade, will you please write
•ne a statement for the Quidnunc? I've
got a date in about an hour and must get
home and shave.
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JVST NOTES
Did you know that North Dorm was the
firsf co-ed 'gym in the South? . . . Would
It be possible to have the classroom clocks
-et. . . . Elon still suffering from Suit-
caseitis Snapshots still needed for the
i Psi Cli . . , What happened to our
ReUgious Emphasis Week? . . . Cheerlead
ers a^ really peppy this year. Keep it up
_ Has Coach Mafhis another champion-
cage equad? The Quidnunc feels so,
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“See you later. Alligator.**
It’s n old adage among stage
folk that "the show must go on."
and not even a broken leg has
halted preparations for the Elon
Player production of Lillian Heil
man's "The Little Foxes," which
if to be presented in Mooney Cha
pel for five nights, beginning next
Tuesday, January 31st
When Margaret Sharpe, Elon
College junior from Bear Creek,
who is a veteran member of Elon's
student dramatic group, suffered
a broken leg in a home accident
during Christmas holidays, it was
feared that the presentation of
the play would have to be post
poned or a substitution made in
the cast.
The fears were groundless, how
ever, for Margaret has lived up to
the finest traditions of the acting
clan and, with a fine disregard for
the discomforts of a broken leg,
has refused to give up her role
in "The Little Foxes." She has
attended every rehearsal while
hobbling about with a cast on her
right leg.
She is pictured at the right,
with the cast thrust very coyly
from beneath one of the lengthy
"Turn-of-the-Century " dresses she
will wear in her role of Regina
Giddens, member of the unscrup
ulous Hubbard family, about
whose activities the plot of the
Heilman masterpiece revolves. The
Bear Creek girl has one of the
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Margaret Sharpe
From Across The World .. .
Youthful Student Comes To Campus
By LARRY BARNES
Let me introduce you to the
youngest student on the Elon cam
pus. He is none other than Doug
las Albert, a foreign student from
the land of Pakistan. You have
probably seen Douglas in the
classrooms, around the Student
Union, or down at one of the
Grills. He is very proud of his
native country, and to really know
Douglas we should learn some
thing about the country from
which he came.
Pakistan is one of the newest
countries in the world. It is only
eight years old The land of Doug
las’ birth came about through the
idea of a ./great Muslim poet. Dr.
M. Iqbal, and through the fruits
cf the work of Mohammed AU
Jinnah, a great Muslim leader,
pushed for Pakistan's indepen
dence in the Congress of India,
and Pakistan was separated from
India in August Of 1947, chiefly
through the efforts of these two
great men.
At that time, Pakistan was left
entirely without industries. In the
beginning, mostly agriculturalists
were to be found in the 'country,
(^ven now. agriculture is still the
main occupation. There are a few
cloth mills, tanneries and other
min'jr factorie.s, but there are
still no steel mills in the entire
nation. It is hoped that very soon
Pakistan will have sufficient in-
rlustries to supply the needs of
its people.
This young nation is divided in
to two parts. East and West Pa
kistan. The total population is
roughly 78,000,000 people, of
which Christians number one and
one-half million. It has an area of
about 377.000 square miles. It is
rAKLSTANI YOUTH IS ELON STUDENT
Snapped in an informal pose, D ,uglas Albert is pictured above at
"chow lime " in the College Din ng Hall. The Pakistani native has
quickly accustomed himself to American’ foods as well as American
customs since arriving on the El m campus last September. A na
tive of Lahore, Pakistan, young A bert has very quickly won for
himself a big place in Eton’s cam us life, and he already bolds of-
fice in more than one student or inization.
interesting to note that West Pa
kistan has an area about three
times as large as East Pakistan,
but the population of the eastern
division is larger than that of the
western section
East Pakistan is separated by
more than 1100 miles from West
Pakistan, and between these two
divisions Ues part of India. The
•■astern portion of the young na
tion grows a lot of jute and tea,
but unfortunately the jute factor
ies are in India. Pakistan’s west
ern section is mainly an agricul
tural area, where the soil is ex
tremely fertile for producing
corn, wheat, sugar cane, cotton
and other crops.
Poverty is found all over the
land, with virtually all the people
extremely poor. Many of them
cannot read and write, and sta
tistics r’eveal that hardly one per
cent of the total village popula
tion is literate. Most of the vil
lagers live in houses consisting of
one room, and in that room they
live, sleep, cook and keep their
animals.
Life is miserable, and the peo
ple are in constant (Tanger from
the snakes, which can easily live
in the walls and roofs of their
mud houses. Many of the natives
die from the bites of these ser
pens.
Pakistan is constantly bewilder
ed by many problems, and unem
ployment rates high on the Pakis
tani list of woes. Schools, colleges
end hospitals are very few and
inr Ijetween. The average income
of the Pakistani people is rough
ly about $20 to $25 per month, so
the average wage-earner cannot
afford to educate his children and
1‘annot raise the standard of the
children sufficiently for them to
oe employed in the better places.
Education is not compulsory for
anyone All those who can afford
it attend the schools, while the
less fortunate stay at home. The
unfortunates are resigned to lives
of pure physical labor, without
the faintest hopes of bettering
themselves or their families. The
people feel that if the problem of
poverty and unemployment is not
-emoved from their couuntry, then
Communism is sure to catch root
Many of the Christians are in
even worse condition, for very
few of them can be employed in
government positions, and they
extremely poor. Our friend, Al
bert, says that education in a
Christian school or college is much
cheaper than in a non-Christian
institution. Such is a brief and
by no means complete picture of
Douglas Albert's homeland. Let
uc now discover him!
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Sounding
Off
By LARRY BARNES
I ambled into the Student Government
Office the other day and was immediate
ly corralled by student-body vice-presi-
dent, Jerry "Moize. (In case you didn't know,
he is better recognized as just plain "Com
rade.”) He sat behind the large desk shuff-
ling papers as if they were the most pre
cious documents in the world.
When I approached, he greeted me with
the normal "Howdy Comrade! Would you
be interested in joining the Patriots of
North Carolina?” I told him that I did not
know the organization’s purpose and aim,
with which he went into the extensive
process of telling me that it stood for
segregation. Jerry mumbled something
about the South rising again and saving
your Confederate Money. That was all
right, but when he started yelling "Dixie"
into my ears at the top of his lungs, I
proceeded to quiet him down.
I evaded the issue arising from his ques-
ition, since that was not the reason I had
paid him a visit, so "Comrade" sank back
in a leisurely manner in his plush swivel-
chair and lit his Sherlock-Holmes-style
pipe. He crossed his serpentine legs, puffed
experimentally once or twice on his meer
schaum and was ready to converse (just
so long as the topic of discussion was
politics). My interview was primarily con
cerned with a proposed "student book ser
vice” which is coming before the Student
Legislature, and I received the facts from
him in this way.
The Student Legislature has long recog
nized the need for a satisfactory system
of selling second-hand books on the Elon
campus. There is a great demand for them,
and this demand is much in evidence at
the beginning of each school quarter. This
system has been brought to the Legisla
ture’s attention chiefly because of the ex
tremely high prices of new volumes. It
intends in no way to compete with the
college’s book store. This plan is brought
forth sinxply to give the students some
semblance of a choice in their purchases
of collegiate textbooks.
Here is an extraction of Moize's tenta
tive proposal. “Any student desiring to
sell a used book would give his name, ad
dress (campus address if he resides on the
campus), the name of book, name and
number of course, and the price desired
to an official of officials designated by the
Student Government. A list embodying the
above information would be compiled,
mimeographed and distributed among
members of the student body. The stu
dents would then make privately theff
own contacts and business transactions,
b«t the chief problem of finding out who
has what book to sell for what price would
be solved. It would be desirable to con
tinue this plan through Summer School.”
Certainly the plan appears to be praise
worthy, but only time and experience will
tell whether it is justifiable. Of course,
it would have to be approved by the col
lege administration.
When Eiuebeards Turn Grey
When East Carolina thumped us recent
ly on the hardwoods, it was one of Elon's
bitterest basketball drubbings of recent
years. At the time the Christians were
riding high on the crest of a seven-game
winning streak. There is no need to fur
ther recall "that happening ” down in the
Pirate's Cove. We all know too well just
what occurred.
Let each and every one of us draw a
big circle on the calendar around the
lltlj of February. It is preferable that a
red crayon be used, for it will make a
more indelible print on our minds each
time we look at the calendar. That is the
date that the Buccaneers from East Caro
lina pay us a return visit.
We turned our cheeks to them one time,
End they slapped it rudely. They will not
be so fortunate as to slap our other cheelc
or) this up-coming occasion. The time is
now to set the stage raentall.y, and it would
be nice if Elon could be represented by
a 100 per cent attendance at the fray. H
a student body is fiercely proud of its
school and its athletic teams, you will
more than likely lind it hard to beat.
We should have the band in the stand*
to help with some extra liveliness. With
the approval of the proper authoritie.s it
may be po.ssible that some of the fraterni
ties and sororities could place a few no
ticeable banners about the gymnasium.
Let us make them as gloomy and as heck
ling for the Pirates as possible. Throw
in six majorettes at half-time for spice.
If we can follow the fire whipped up
by our cheerleaders, there is no worry
about our .spirit and enthusiasm. The Pif"
ates will surely bring a large number ol
their students with them, for East Caro
lina's school spirit is well known. Can ws
compete? Let us show them that we cafl-