PAGE TWO MAROON AND GOLD Wednesday, January -0^ And Gold Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Elon College, N. C. onder the Act of March 8. 1879. Deliverad bf mail. $1 SO the college year, 50c the quarter. Edited and printed by student.'^ of Elon College. Published bi-weekly during the college year under the auspices of the Board of Publication. . editorial board Larry Barnes,’ Kditor-m-Chif Chuck Oakley Assistant Editor John Biggerstaff Assistant Editor Louis Campbell Staff artist Norman Riddle Staff Artist Eddie Robbins . - Staff I’hotogra^rfier James Waggoner Alumni Editor Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor Pl’SINESS BOARD James Biggerstaff Business Mgr. John Avila Circulation Mgr. Carl E. Owen — Printing Advisor Robert Somers Vpess Operator SPOKTS STAFF Walter Edmonds Co-Sports Editor Bill Walker •ii-Sports Editor reporters Dorothy Apple Jack McKte Joyce Barbour Shigemi Morita Ed Davidspn Bobby Sharpe Bill Drummond James Taylor Ciene Duncan Sue Walters Tommy King Shirley Womack WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30, 1957 SPORTSMANSHIP Sportsmnship is normally considered the character that is revealed at athletic con tests, but it may also occur in normal cvery-day activititts. At the present mom ent, this editorial is aimed primarily at athletic contests. It is not trying to single out any particular individual or thing. It Is aimed at all the individuals composing our student body. Many believe that there is no better way of judging a person than by playing a game with him. The poor sport lacks both manners and character. Good sportsman ship demands fair play, strict observance of the rules, the acceptance of victory with out crowing and the taking of defeat gra ciously. It is poor sportsmanship to make many excuses for the loss of a game, to r(*tle members of the opposing teams with jil>es and cat calls, to put the blame on the officials, to put the blame of defeat on any one participant and like things. In a contest or game a person should work for the benefit of the team rather than for himself. He shows true sports manship by gentlemanly conduct both on and off the playing fiefd. This not only is true of the individual player but of the individuals who compose a student body such as the one we have here at Elon. The college athlete usually learns that “playing the game” is more than just win ning. It means representing his college ,in every way. We, as Elon's student ambas sadors, should take meticulous care when ever we go on the road for a game. It is very important to the individual and his school that he leave a favorable imptes- sion in the eyes and minds of those at opposing institutions. This is the way that we are judged, and we should be prepared to rise to the occasion. Probably not too many of Elonites realize that every year a trophy is awarded to the college in the North State Conference which displays the best sportsmanship via the acts of its student body. It is called the John D. Messick Sportsmanship Award. Tournament time it fast approaching us, »nd when we go to Lexington let us try to show sportsman-ihip in our eveiy action. Good, clean sportsmanship is worth a lot. Let us try to show it in everything we do—LEB. ON BEAl’TIFICATION It is good to sec the bull-dozers and workmen in action on the northeast sec tion of the campus and to read the an nouncement elsewhere in the Maroon and Gold that landscaping and beautification of the Elon campus is really underway. Ttoo long certain corners of the campus have bee neye-soret to both home-lolks and vis itors. However, the beautification of the cam pus brings added responsibility to us who live here through much of the year, for It behooves us to keep a cleaner campus than has quite often been the case in the past. Twould b« a pity to spoil the effects of the new grass and shrubberj’. when it ^rows. by unsightly rubbish, €uch as papers •nd Boft-drink t>ottlci. Sounding Off By LARRY BARNES Dorm Life It i!s that time once acaln! Time has crept upon me so very fast this week. The deadline is one day in the past and, as tisual. this mind of mine is temporarily exhausted. Sitting alone at my desk ni Carolina Hall, I hear the faint clink nl \.eighkK being lilted across the hall fol lowed by grunts and groans. The physical culturalists are back at it again. Nowadays one can't take a shower with out acquiring a steam bath in tho process. I walked into the showw room last week and there was Len Groce doing set-up^ with four showers going full blast. The rcom was drenched with low-flying steam clouds. What some people will do in their quest to lose avoirdupois! Meanwhile, back at the column, the old thinking machine is beginning to shake out of its lethargy. Subject matter begins to seep into my mind as I am aroused out of my thoughts by a faint rapping a: the door. I open it and in walks my favorite copy, Walt “Square’ Edmond?. "What do you want from me and how much will it cost?” I asked him before he has a chance to utter a syllable. "Nothing, just thought you'd like some p*)peroni.” 1 quickly nodded "yes”, because even in this modern age wonders never cease. Hi& offering me something did shake me somewhat. After I’d regained my com posure, Walt re-entered my humble abode, pepperoni and all. We proceed to devour the Italian delicacy. A scant minute passes, and out of the mute silence of the room tic humbly asks, “Let me borrow your sweater as I have a date tonight.” Immediately he grabs his pepperoni and makes a mad rush for the door. He beats a sho? chasing him by a fraction of an inch. Later on. I hear ‘ Square ' enter an other room with his pepperoni in his search for a sweater. Again there is a swift rush for the exitj as the rndefatiqable Ed monds beats another object. This time it is a boot pursuing his head. It is quiet once more, and the very quiet ness of the room mystifies me. I know that it is not usually this death-like. Sud denly I realize that my roomie, “BooBoo” is not around. Settling back into deep con centration, another knock on my door is heard. The portal is parted, and Chuck Oakley, followed by two mean looking body guards, walks briskly in. I glance casually at the two bodyguards and discovery that it is only one—Wayne Taylor. Oakley blurts forth. ' They're after me! They're after me!” A wild hystrical look IS etched across his features. “What—you mean those girls from two cities over are looking for you again?” “No, I don’t mean them. It's all those people here on campus whom I've been writing about.” Oakley proceeds to pull out his comb and smooths down somewhat his heavily pomaded hair. With his curly locks now back iu order and the sweat oU his furrowed brow, he asks, “C-C-Can you help me?” I think seriously for a moment. "Maybe you could gel Harold "Toughy” Long to help you. Understand he's a pretty good boxer. At least, that’s what he said. " By now there is. an angry crowd milling outside my locked door chanting “WE WANT OAKLEY! WE WANT OAKLEY! ’ Panic grips his body as h« searches for some place to hide. “What to do . . . where can I go?” Oakley blubbers. "Leave by the window. You can make it OK. This is only the second floor.” I suggest to him. He and his bodyguard take my advice. I hear them hit the ground safely. Then come cries of recognition. "There's Oakley. Let 6 catck him! ’ A mild scuffle ensues, and Oakley is caught. Evfdently part of the crowd thought he would leave by the window and fofled the plan. 1 can hear Oakley yelling for mercy in the far distance as I turn out the lights to go to bed. I decided to wait and write the col umn some other time after all the excite ment. P. S.: I learned the next morning that Oakley was buried under the oaks. How fitting. Ei ON STLDENT ORCHESTRA OF EARI.Y ’TWENTIES One ol t.tly slud.nl. orcl.«lr.. aC Hon College. elOKly .lliW -M !»• “Jj™ yesrs is pictured above. It is an orchestra which was active on the campus m 1923, and niembers pictured left to right are Mildred Kirkland, (now Mrs. M. Z. Rhodes), B. W. Everett, Gordon F Holland, M. J. W. Wliite. Jr., M. Z. Rhode;, who was director, and Julia Braxton (later Mrs.-S. C. Deskins). F A. Rawles, also a member of the orchestra, was not present for the picture. Except In Darkest Depression ... Elon Band Has Been Active Group By JAMES WAGGONER Interest in band or orchestra nii»ic continued high among Elon students throughout the 1920’s, but the depression curtailed many stu dent activities in the early 1930's. However, both band and orchestra rebounded from the blows of the depression by 1935 and continued with high interest imtil World War )I, when the war-time emergency puce more curtailed many extra curricular programs. During the 1924 school term Miss Lydia A. Berkley directed the band, with Ernest Snotherly as a stuednt assistant. The president of thal band was W. T. “Bill” Scotl, now tne Superintendent of the Southern Convention Congrega tional Church. Other officers were W. W. Woody, vice president; J. N. Denton, secretary; and W. A. Lindley, treasurer; while members included J. T. Rogers, R. L. Hill, M. G. Wicker, W. S. Weathers, F. A. Rawls, Garland Crews, C. E. Sides and C. G. Foushee. It was in this year that Elon had a unique orchestra known as the Two More Orchestra, the only one of its kind found in all the research. In the orchestra group were O. O. Johnson, president, and M. G. Wicker, secretary and treasurer. Johnson played the Ha waiian guitar, while Wicker play ed the American guitar and the tenor banjo. Others were C. G. Foushee, American guitar; C. E. Sides, American guitar and vio lin; and G. P. Crymes, ukelele. guitar, and piano. A quartet was also listed wtih this group, includ ing C. P. Crymes, first tenor; O. O. Johnson, second tencr; C. E. SECOND CHAPTER This is the second installment in the story of the Elon College band, picking up its history in the early 1920’s and continuing past the beginning of World War II. Again the writer was able to contact two of the band directors for this period, having interview ed both Mark Z. Rhodes and El bert F. Rhodes, brothers who re side in Burlington. The band was frequently accompanied or augmented by a student orches tra in those early years, and one of the early orchestras is pic tured above. One of the Elon Marching bands of the early 1940’s is pictured on Page 4 as it maneuvered on the field at the Elon ball park. ♦ ♦ ♦ Sides, baritone; and M. G, Wicker, bass. Although records are difficult to find for this period the Elon band of 1925 seems to have functioned as usual with at least a student director. John Newman Denton di rected this band, and the only oth er names found in research were William “Bill” lerrell and Ernest E. Snotherly. There was also an orchestra during this year, but names were not available. The old PhiPsiCli of 1925 did not picture a band group, but pic tured in one of its pages was the college orchestra. The members of that orchestra were G. P. Crymes, piano; S. M. Smith, cor net; M. A. McLeod, Jr., violin; E. E. Kipka, violin; T. R. Ruston, drums; A. B. Johnson, saxaphone; J. L. Meore, clarinet; and L. F. Johnson, Jr., violin. For the year 1927 no records were available, but in 1928 Elbert F. Rhodes, brother to Mark Z. Rhodes, directed the band. Rhodes was a graduate of Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in the play ing of viSin and band instruments. He also directed the 1929 group and recalled that during both years the band played at the athletic contests, at a few chapel programs and during the commencement program. Although no records were avail able from 1930 thru 1934, students of those days recalled that during these depression days many of the school activities were discontinued, partially due to the fact that at times the enrollment was down to ninety students and also due to the financial status of both the college and its studests in that dire financial crisis. The first evidence of another band was found in 1935, with Lan- don Walker directing the Maroon and Gold musical ’group. Other members included Margaret Joyce Worth Cloinger, Raymond Can non, Harold Hilbern, Luke Query Bill Loy, Alfred Nelson, James White, William Andes (now pas tor of the Elon Community Church), Bill Horton, Gradon White, Alex Lineberger, Eugene Lankford and Oliver Cook. No band was pictured in the 1936 annual, but a 'snapshot of a small group appeared on one of the pages, indicating the fact there was band music on the Elon cam- (Continued on Page Four) 1 On The Camp US By JOHN BIGGERSTAFF "On the Campus” presents an informal chat with Professor Wil liam Goodrum, member of the Ger man Department, on the college's re.^ponsibility to the student. He began hy saying that the col lege, in the true meaning of the word, is a society of scholars, con sisting of teachers and students. Both are dedicated to the eternal search for the Truth. The college does not exist necessarily for so ciety, but is founded mainly to arouse a creative imagination. This creative imagination must there fore serve to criticize society con structively. A church institution must be able to criticize the Church and the State, and a stale institution mast criticize the State as well as the Church. Sccond, the college is not found ed primarily for the purpose of teaching skills. It is mainly for the goal of self-discovery as a Spirit ual Being with social responsibil ity. A college education is not to acquire knowledge to make biggsr salaries, but it is dedicated to the development of the individual who has a contribution to make to hu manity. In order to achieve the above goal, the college must be a tree society where faculty and students can discuss openly and without fear, widely differing and conflict ing views. Any college which en deavors to enforce any degma on its faculty or students completely misses its reason for being and ■becomes a sort of nefarious Mis sionary Society, Above all. the col lege administratlOB, faculty and students must respect the privacy, verily the sacredness of the in dividual. Many thanks to Professor Good- rum for the interest he showed in presenting his views. In the next edition you, the stu dents, will be represented express ing your views, so until then be thinking—is the college offering me the full trust I put into it? CAMPUS HUMOR: “Dick” Lashley, day student and radio an nouncer in Leaksville, was about to cut on the microphone to iden tify the statiOB, and while in the control room the staff salesman aided his indigestian with a dose of Bromo-Seltzer. As “Dick” said, ‘■This is staUon , the sales man responding to the drug, sounded with a B-UUURP, So com munity radios sounded thus, "This it station B-UUURP, a good morn ing and may all troubles today be, small, B-UUURP. So goes radio, j CAMPUS THOUGHT: "To act is easy; to think is hard.”—Goethe. ! under thQ oaks ' With CHUCK OAKLEY Hi Everyone! Once agaia it’s time for.^’oftj%;i;i^ scribble off the latest happeningr and veal to the public the things thjey’rV ask ing for. As I dip my pen in ink I take : quick glan«e over my left shoulder to see )£ my body guard has been knoc’r^ed off. No soenjr than I begun to wriij when someone applied a favorite line of Edgar Allen Poe . . . “There came a rapping at my door ...” A crash, a thud, and a groan followed. Then a deep silence pre vailed. My body guard no longer existed. There were three things left for me to do . . . Call for another body guard, call the insuHpnse *cpmpa“y. ahead witii my column and live dangerously . . , seek ing adventure, I, of course, chose the lat ter. This And That Elon's Grace Kelly (Laura Little) re ceived what is termed as a Girl's Besl Friend . . . Since she is a piani^t, siie will be accompanist for the “Four Sparkles." Since a certain girl at Carolina jot strict-campused, maybe a certain plump gentleman by the initial.s of A. P. can spend his spa-oe time picking up hints from Groce’s weight-reducing formulas. Woodrow Brown, in my opinion, should be in night school, so everybody wouldn't be mistaking him for the father of the gang he runs around with. Dot Perkins switches from Winstons to Tampa Nuggets. Dottie Neal can't decide which gives her the biggest thrill ... a ride in a Tliun- derbird or the driver . . . maybe the ab sence of a tooth will help her decide. If Fats Domino’s “Blue Monday" can be classified as mood music, its sales should do fine at Elon . . . Am I right, Turner? Students in a certain English class drew up a petition to put a stop to the constant tapping of girls’ slippers. It was suggested that a collection be taken up to get her two rubber heels or break both of her legs. Although June (Driver) Thompson has been back over three weeks, when some one questions her about her honeymoon, all she manages to get out is a deep sigii followed by an exhalation to match that of an ocean breeze. It Could Happen To You In the last issue of the Maroon and Gold, the ten top stories of 1956 were listed. I like to close my eyes, relax, and picture the ten top stories of 1957. Read tliese with the thought in mind that any one of them could happen to you. 1. Reidsville Girl Strangled to Death When Pop Beads Failed to Pop. Lovey Dudley held for Murder! 2. Curley Long’s Car Smashed by Train while En Route to 'Visit His Fiancee . . • another fifty feet and he would have made it. 3. Two High Point Girls Hit by Water Bags while Chasing two Freshmen around Carolina Hall. 4. Betsy Watson Suspended for Two W’^eeks for Singing Repeatedly aloud in class, ‘‘A Girl Can’t Help It.” 5. North Dorm Collapses ... No One Hurt . . . Warned Beforehand By President Kopko. » 6. South Dorm Riot Among Students at Its Re-Opening. . . Students Fighting lor Rooms. 7. Chief Horrell Crushed to Death as Dining Hall Doors Give Way to Hungry Mob. It’s Reported That He Was On His Way to Check Chow Cards. 8. Larry Barnes Crucified in Front of The Maroon and Gold Office . . . Residents of Second Floor, Carolina Hall Held For Questioning. 9. Janet Crabtree Missing as Hurrican* Sweeps Florida Coast. According to her companion, Joyce Perry, she had a w ay ticket to Cuba on a Banana Boat. Jos** Returned to Elon A Week Early After Hav-^ ing Been Hit by a Coconut While SW- Bathing. 10. Marge Putman, Local Frosh. 2*^ Jane Davis, Old Enough to Know Betwr. got what Elvis Presley would term as •‘Too Much”, and “On My Word Of Honor", thej were "Playing For Keeps”, but "One ® A Million” gets caught, and were they “Paralyzed?”!!! I’m leaving tonight for Siberia .... j

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