MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, March 28
195*
Mdroon And Gold
Entered as 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.
Edited and printed by students of Elon
College. Published bi-weekly during the
college year under the auspices of the
Board of Publication.
editorial board
Gary Thompson • Editor-in-Chiel
Ann Stoddard Assistant Editor
Charlie Oates Feature Editor
Gary Thompson Feature Editor
Neil Johnson Art Editor
Reuben Askew . - Staff Photographer
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
business BOARD
Jack Lindley Business Manager
Ann Stoddard .... Circulation Manager
Carl E. Owen Printing Advisor
Worden Updyke Press Operatoi
SPORTS STAFF
Bill Walker Sports Editor
REPORTERS
Judith Clark John McGowan
Walter Edmonds Dot Perkins
Glenn Garrett Girleta Vestal
Sylvia Grady Louis Wilkins
George Hall Yvonne Winstead
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28. 1956
SILENCE IS REQUESTED
After the hustle and bustle of a new
quarter, it is always hard to get things
running in their accustomed groove and
functioning as they should. The most con
spicuous example of what may be uninten
tional misunderstanding this spring quar-
ner Is the unnecessary noise in the library.
This habitual noise which prevails in the
library may be entirely unintentional; but,
nevertheless, the library is not supposed to
be used for conversational purposes. If
you must carry on a conversation, take it
cutside in the colonnades, or even better
to Senior Oak.
We realize that, with as many students
using the library as there are this year,
some noise is unavoidable; but as it is now
the library sounds as if it were being used
for a social hall. (We realize too that' the
floor is not of particularly noise-absor
bent quality. If we will expend a little
more energy and lift up our heels when we
walk in the library, those students study
ing won't have every word they read punc
tuated with clicking heels.)
Of course those who wish to be seen
every time they come in the library may
be expected to make a lot of noise, but
they might at least confine their efforts
at attracting attention to somewhere out
side the library.
A college is a cooperative enterprise re
quiring the cooperation of all of us. It is
to our own advantage to try to keep the
library a'place in which we may study
without too much distraction. G.B.T.
HIGH SCHOOL STUFF
What could be more juvenile or "High
Schoolish" than college students, who are
supposedly grown up. who deface the no
tices placed on the bulletin board in Ala
mance Hall and the MEN'S BEST ROOM
in the Student Union with their weak at
tempts at humor.
The bulletin board is the only way that
students can be given daily notice of things
that must be announced, and since it has
•B serious, definite purpose, students should
not use it to demonstrate their wit. And
BS for the MEN S REST ROOM; no Kil-
roy has yet won the Pulitzer Prize! If
you have to be funny, send examples of
>our humor to Mother. She may appre
ciate it, because you are her darling
G.B T
PLAYING WITH FIRE
It is spring and in a short while, student
elections will be the main topic of conver
sation. What will these conversations be
like this time? Will they be perfectly legi
timate ones? Will the relative merits of
the nominees or candidates be discussed
and looked upon with a fine degree of scru
tiny. or will they be in the less desired
form? If they are the candidate's merits
wiU not be discussed, only his political
backing.
April 9 is the date set for the nomina
tion of our new student government offi
cers. What will that day be like? Will
the student body take it seriously, or will
H be a day of jokes?
Student elections deserve as much ser
ious thought as any other part of a col
lege student's life, so. let us not slip up
and treat them lightly. G.B.T.
Sounding
By LARRY BARNES
FACULTY MEMBER HAS HAD VARIED EXPERIENCES
It is late. 1 see a dim light shining from
the Maroon and Gold office on the way
back from Nick's Emporium. Entering the
bi-weekly's aged portals, I see that dis
penser of yellow journalism with his pin
shaped head stuck in a copy of Dan Web
ster’s dictionary.
•■What's up. Boom ' I ask.
■‘My column's due in the morning and
I can't find out how to spell this wor ... oh
—here it is . . • CAT . . . Eureka, 1 did
spell it correctly after all. "
"Have a coke?"
"No thanks. I'm driving. Been sick. I've
got things to do and eggs to lay. Got your
column in yet? "
"Just getting ready to put it in the
box. Here it is."
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NOTHING VENTURED . . .
The raising of educational and training
allowances for veterans attending college
under the G. I. Bill is still pending before
Congress. It is not too late to write your
Representative or Senator. As you (vete
rans) may well know, the present bill is
wholly inadequate and does not cover the
necessary expense needed to pursue a col
lege or university education. With the high
cost of attending college, in addition to
the zooming prices of every day living, it
would be justifiable if Congress would
pass the bills elevating the present educa
tional allowances.
Recently I wrote a petition to Senator
Sam J. Ervin, J’r. (He is the Democratic
Senator from North Carolina.) In it I gave
him the various views why I thought the
impending bills should be passed. Last
week I received a letter from him. It read—
Dear Friends,
This is to acknowledge receipt of your
letter of March 16, expressing your inter
est in legislation increasing educational
and training allowances for veterans at
tending college under the G. I. Bill.
1 am glad to have the benefit of your
views, and although I am not a member
of the Committee on Education and Lal>or
who is handling this legislation in the
Senate, I assure you I shall give each of
the bills full consideration when they are
repotred to the Senate for action.
With all kind wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
Sam J. Ervin, Jr.
A word to the wise should be sufficient
—if you are really desirous and interested,
show it by scribing a letter to your Con
gressman. After all, a strong America is
an educated America. Get those letters
in the mail today! It is up to you.
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A JOB WELL DONE . . .
Capably headed by President Furman
Moseley and fellow traveller, Jerry Moize,
the Student Government has done an ex
traordinary job this school year. During
its tenure of office, many fine things have
been accomplished. It is next to impossible
to denote all that has been done, but let
me refresh your memory. They have start
ed student book service in a commendable
manner: they have increased school spirit
to its highest echelon in recent years; and
they set up loud speakers on the campus
while our basketballers were in Kansas
City in order that the students could hear
the broadcast via the radio. These are but
a few of the services the Student Govern
ment have instituted. These people have
devoted much of their time to the improve
ment of Elon.
The time is drawing nigh for the present
office-holders to depart. Soon another gov
ernmental chapter will be etched into the
annals of Elon history. April 9th not only
is the date that we return from the Easter
holidays but also the day for nominations
of prospective stddent body officers. Dur
ing the holidays we should carefully con
sider and ponder over the nomination of
worthy candidates.
After these candidates are nominated, it
is up to us to put into office our choice.
At Our recent May Court elections not
more than 30 per cent of the student body
participated in casting ballots. (Even this
estimate is padded somewhat). This shows
that many of us are indifferent to campus
politics. Most of this group is simply in
different to all events at Elon. Maybe these
people feel like their single vote won't
sway the tfde. Better still, they probably
don t care who holds the various offices
at Elon. just so long as it doesn't inter
fere with them individually. Yet a great
many of this vast majority are the very
first to raise criticism and air their gripes
about -matters not suiting them. In many
cases one will find his student officers only
as good as his student body. Without com
plete cooperation, can we expect more?
Mrs Darthea Tunnicliffe. who joined the faculty of the Elon English Department last year,
brought with her a varied experience as a teacher of English. He - parents, ur. and Mrs^James M.
Hess, spent more than 30 years doing missionary work in India, a d Mrs, Tunnicliffe began her
own teaching career at the Lady Doak College in that faraway land, Mrs, Tunnicliffe, pictured above,
tells in this issue of the Maroon and Gold of her experiences while teaching in India,
Once Upon A Time In Far India ...
Elon Teacher Helped Found College
By MRS. D.ARTHEA TUNNICLIFFE
In the past years I have become
so accustomed to reading fairy
tales that I feel everything I write
can properly begin only with the
words “Once upon a time
But having once started in ap
proved fashion, I find that it is
possible to continue in any vein
that I please.
Some years before coming to
Elon I was teaching for a while
under the auspiccs of the Ameri
can Board at Lady Doak College
for Girls in Madhurai. South
India. This experience was fraught
with excitement and hard work,
for the college was new. and 1
arrived as the foundations were
being dug for one of the two build
ings we expected to have the first
year.
Scarcely two weeks after my ar
rival, an incident of interest took
place in connection with the sec
ond building. The Hindu con
tractor had refused for sometime
to start the building, but very
early one morning he arrived at
our quarters and announced that
the day was auspicious to break
ground, demanding that the cere
mony take place before noon
Everyone rushed feverishly, ar
ranging for some sort of program.
This involved dashing to various
homes—telephones are almost non
existent there — to invite those
people interested in the new col-
Ige and those officials who should
be invited.
New Building Started
EDITOR’S NOTE
The story of the beginning of
a new college for girls in India
and the experiences of a faculty
member in such a college on the
far side of the world is told in
interesting manner in this ar
ticle, which Mrs. Darthea Tun-
nicUffe so kindly consented to
do for the Maroon and Gold.
■Mrs. Tunnicliffe, who is now a
member of the English faculty
here at Elon College and is well
qualified to compare the col
lege methods here and in India.
She has also promised another
article, which will tell of others
of h“r interesting experiences
;ng hall, common rooms, library
and faculty. All such colleges
■nake up the universitiy, which
makes out examinations and
awards degrees. The University of
•Vladras is composed of various col
leges located in towns and cities
throughout Madras Province.
College Is Inspected
After signifying to the univers
ity that we were ready for in
spection. we waited with some
trepidation the arrival of the in
specting commission. When it
came, they inspected the com
pleted installations, inquired into
future plans and finally gave us
recognition. The recognition was
tentative, to be sure, and there
not the least of which were re
quirements for a more stable fi-
Finally. with everyone slightly nancial backing and a request to
^.eathless, the ground-breaking i commence more buildings as soon
ceremonies began at 11 o'clock, I a.^ possible, a certa'in number to
and the contractor then ordered be completed within two years
his men to start work at once. Nevertheless, Lady Doak College
Our second building was at last was acknowledged as an accredited
begun. This building was to be a member of the University, how-
dormitory, one of six planned,
while the other was for offices,
with the faculty dining room and
sitting room on the ground floor
and sleeping quarters above. The
latter building had also to house
the laboratories and the library
that first year. Other classrooms
were in three large sheds, roofed
with palmyra leaves, their sides
partially open to allow circulation
of air. The large.st shed doubled
for chapel and examination hall.
Having built thus far and having
got together a reasonable working .'Vly job was that of librarian
Ithrarv wVii/th u/oe ^-i_- •  . .
library, which was one of my jobs,
we applied to the University of
Madras for permission to become
part of it.
The University of Madras is sim
ilar to the universities of England
in make-up, but there is one big
difference. The English universi
ties like Oxford, Cambridge, Lon
don and Edinburgh are composed
of colleges located in the same
town. One may belong to Magda
len College or to Christ Church
or to Balliol, each college having
iL« own dormitories, chapel, din-
ever tentative that recognition
might be.
Except for me. tne entire faculty
was made up of charming Indian
women, all of them Christians
Our Principal, or President as we
say in America, was a brilliant
chemistry profes.sor. as was also
the head of the Chmestry Depart
ment. The head of the Zoology
Department was a lovely young
woman, full of original ideas and
a great help in the money-raising
campaigns that we inaugurated.
. . , , vice-
orincipal and head of the English
Department.
All of us had a full schedule
for not only were we preparing
our class work, assigning dormi
tory rooms, arranging for busses
to pick up the city girts and bring
them to the college, but at the
.^ame time we were starting sev
eral projects which we hoped
would bring .
we
m necessary funds
for future buildings, scholarships
endowments and better facilities
generally for all things pertaining
to the college.
We were cfetermined to make
the college a permanent part of
the Univrsity. and in all these
plans none was active or better
eqlipped to organize the cam
paigns than the Bursar of Lady
Doak College. During the year
we gave benefit performances,
held fairs, fetes and parties, and
visited people we knew who might
make a worthy contribution. In
this manner we managed to erect
our main hall.
Classes And Examinations
To turn to the scholastic side
of Lady Doak College, there again
the University had a hand. It set
the requirements and scope of the
courses studied. All of the col
leges belonging to the University
of Mdras use the same textbooks,
for the University assigns them
through the Board of Studies.
The individual colleges give
their own examinations at the end
of the first and third years, these
years being known as the Junior
Intermediate (our Freshman year)
and the Junior B.A. (our Junior
year). The student passing the
“Junior Inter” examinations goes
ton to the Senior Intermediate
class (our Sophomore year), and
at the end of that year the stu
dent must take the University
"Senior Khter" examinations.
Should the student fail this Uni
versity "Inter" examination, then
he or she cannot continue work
in any of the colleges making up
the University of Madras. A pass,
however, means that the student
mey continue to the Junior B.A
class and then to the Senior B.A
class (our Senior year), after which
the University again gives degree
examinations, this time the “Fi
nals." On passing these examina
tions, the student is awarded the
University degree.
Language Is English
Except for studies in the ver
nacular (in Madras Province the
language is Tamil) and in Hindu
(now a government requirement),
all classes were and still are
taught in English, for Enghsh yet
remains the lingua franca of In
dia. The actual difference between
a college here and a college in
India is very slight, due largely to
the fact that English is the me
dium of instruction in all univer
sities throughout India.
My English classes were ex
tremely interesting; it was a plea
sure to teach them. The girls were
attentive, eager, and most appre
ciative. They worked hard and
well. By the time that they were
ready for their degree their pro
ficiency in and command of Eng-
was almost qual to that of
anyone whose native tongue Is
English.
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quidnunc
By GARY THO.MPSON
When I was but a Freshman
I heard a Senior say,
"Give dimes away and dollars
But not your time away;
Give anything you must, dear;
Just keep your leisure free.'’
But I was just a Freshman
No use to talk to me!
At last I am a Senior
And that fatal hour is nigh
When the hours I’ve wasted
Now do make me sigh;
And much I have to rue now;
There's much that I must rue.
Yes, now I am a Senior,
And all he said was true.
Professor Melvin Wooten has added a
bright plume to his already many-feathered
cap. Recently he has formed a radio show
from a group of Elon College students.
These programs come on every Sunday al-
eernoon at 4:30 o'clock over radio station
WBBB. Listen in sometime . . , Belated
congrats to Miss Nelms, music profette,
on her late engagement , . . Jack Cole haj
accepted a scholarship to the University
of South Carolina's graduate school. This
humble scribe understands that other
Elonites are in' the same category. Pass
along these names and ye ole 'Nunc would
make note of it . . . Bunny days begiu
the 30th of this month. Don’t forget to re
turn . . . Spring is here (?) and spring
banquets are soon to be held. The Sigma
Phi Betas will hold their annual feed at
the O. Henry Hotel come the 12th of .May
. . . Hail to Queen Carolyn and King Fur
man on ttieir Day of May elections . . . Two
Christian 'Villains (ahem—I mean) Villians
a week or so ago made an exodus to Ran-
dolph-Macon College. The K. A. and
P. E. frat. houses were very cordial
their treatment. Right, Pitts . . . Achotn-
Ko! . . . Don’t sweat it, Shirley Presnell!
I won’t say that you are the newly-elected
vice-prexie of Tau Zeta Phi . . . S. C.
having a great year, keep up the good
work.
♦ * » * *
MAY DAY’S ACOMIN’ AND THE GOOSE
IS GETTIN' FAT,
PLEASE PUT A PENNY IN FURMAN'S
HAT.
On May 4th (Friday nite), preceding the
May Day festivities, the Elon students will
stage the first talent show of its type. The
program will consist of non-social and i.
cial groups producing talent to win a grand
prize of $25. The second and third prizes
will be $15 and $10. Judges will be chosen
by the Student Government. Let's have
100 per cent attendance. Who knows? You
may find a home here at Elon providing
you try.
THIS IMPERFECT WORLD
I feel it is high time that this newspaper
reprimanded students for walking on the
grass.
They do not realize what they do.
The question is, can we have a beautiful
campus without having beautiful grass?
I say no!
That brings i^p another basic issue — It
has been brought to my attention that the
holes in the doughnuts in the Student
Union and at the Grill are far too large.
What does this imply?
It means, simply speaking, the holes
should be smaller.
Students are not getting their money's
worth.
They are getting hungry.
A few other ills must be disclosed—
Studeny? everywhere on this campus
are not kind enough to other students.
We are not nice enough to the .stray
dogs who come to our campus. How about
a Stray Dog Committee?
Etc.
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Out to lunch — Back in two weeks.
FROM HERE AND THERE
"Young man,” said the angry father
from the head of the stairs, “Didn't I hear
the clock strike four when you brought ray
daughter home?”
'■You did," admitted the boy. "It was
going to strike eleven, but I grabbed it
and held the gong so it’s striking wouldn t
disturb you.”
■Ajid ^he father muttered, “Dawgone!
Why didnt’ I think of that one in my day?"
So many airplane hostesses are marry
ing miUionaires these days that the air
lines are thinking of changing their titles
to "Airesses.”
Upon reading the statement that tie
average man lives 30 years longer today
than he did in 1800, one might well ob
serve that he has to in order to get liis
taxes paid.