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MAROON AND GOLD
Monday, May 20
Mdroon And Gold
Entered as second class matter at the
Post Office at Elon College, N. C. nnder
the Act of March 8, 1879. Deliverad by
mail Jl.SB the collcge year. 50c the
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
Larry Barneo
Chuck Oakley
John Biggerstaff
l/ouis Campbell
Norman Riddle
Kddie Robttins
James Waggoner
Luther N. Byrd
. Ediinr-m-Chief
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Staff Artist
Staff Artist
Staff Photographer
Alumoi Editor
Faculty Advisor
PUSIKESS BOARD
James Biggerstaff Business Mgr.
John Avila - Circulation Mgr.
Carl E. Owen Printing Advisor
Worden Updyke Press Operator
SPORTS STAFF
Walter Edmonds Co-Spori.s Editor
Bill Walker Co-Sports Editor
REPORTERS
Joyce Barbour
Richard Bradsher
Patricia Chrisnion
(lene Duncan
I^slie Johnston
Kd Jura tic
Kenneth Langley
Virgil Martin
Jack McKH‘
Shigemu Morita
Bobby Orr
Ray Scott
Joe Smith
Shirley Sorrell
Paige Stout
James Taylor
James Umbepger
Sue Walters
MONDAY, MAY 20,1957
CLARIFYING DANCE FACTS
Quite frequently, college annualc are
the biggest liars io the world. This is
usually DO fault of the editors. Picturafe
must be taken on schedule, and tbere is
no other way of getting around it.
This years’ Phi Psi Cli hasn’t made its
annual appearance yet, but one glance
at the Dance Committee section will set
jour tummy churning. A picture will ap
pear in the 1957 publication showing a
group of smiling faces in a group shot
of the so-called “committee..’
Take a real close look at the picture.
Some of these people came the night for
their picture to be made and haven’t
contributed one iota since. That was their
contribution to the yoar’s social events.
Students, now and in the coming years,
will thumb through the Phi Psi Cli, see
the photograph, and swear all of those
plotured worked very hard in decorating
the gymnasium for the various dances.
This editorial is being written to coun
teract that thought.
In the years past, most of the decorat
ing has been handled by a few on cam
pus. Many of those are graduating this
quarter, and if the May Day extravaganza
was any indication, then dependable help
ers must be chosen to assist next yeai.
It would be wise to try and root out the
"photograph mongers." Those students
will gladly be there if someone is snap
ping pictures, but when there is work to
be done, those very same people make
themselves scarce.
There is nothing more sickening than
to see students EmUing in an annual pic
ture of some organization (such as this
year’s Dance Committee) when you and
they know no effort was put forth to ac
complish their ends. Scan some of the
other organizations, and you will find the
same story.— LEB.
r 1984?
In 1949 George Orwell wrote a ■ovel
entitled ■'1984”. This book deals with life
In England in the year 1984. It tells of a
bleak existence where everyone is watched
over by ruler named Big Brother. Peo
ple had no privacy. Even to think was
dangerous and punishable by death
On page 4 of that book is a couple of
sentences which reminds one of what hap
pened last week. That page 4 says, “. . .In
the far distance a helicopter skimmed down
between the roofs, hovered for an instant
like a blue-bottle, and darted away again
with a curving flight. It was the Police
Patrol, snooping into people’s win
dows ...”
The incident that I refer to is the search
ing of a student's room without his or her
permission. Much student criticism was
heard when rooms were search last week for
missing athletic equipment. Whether the
search was fruitful or no is of no eoo-
cem as the principle violates a person’s
privacy. Many of those roonti that were
entered are occupied by students who do
not even take physical education. Rarely
do they ever visit the gymnasium un
less there is a basketball contert being
played They have Do neW tar gym slwrts,
socks, etc.
It may be true that naany articles have
been stolen from the gymnasium during
he school year, but that does not neces
sitate a thorough search of every Indlrl-
tlual’s room and belongings. Maybe Hve
Sounding
OW
By LARRY BARNES
“To all of whom this work may appeal
we lay before you the result of our own
labors, hoping at the same time that you
will enjoy the perusal thereof as much
or even more than we have its prepara-
tiiifi.’’
The above started my very first column
with the Maroon and Gold in November
of 1955. It is a very applicable one with
which to begin my final endeavor. Time
has flown the coop with the rapidity of a
jet.
It has been great fun attempting to
fence iiiteUectually, and linquistically with
the eminent Chuck Klein Oakley. It has
been a pleasure trying to record events
on campus the past two years.
Now, it is time to soon depart foi ' U»e
moving fingei having write, moves on.”
Yes, the moving finger has just about writ^
ten off atiother school year. In a week
or two the student body will dispense to
a multitude of places up and down the
Eastern seaboard. But life continues, and
there is still this deadline to be met.
Don’t You Believe H
Hampden-Sydney’s gift to the Elon cam
pus, Harry Cook, reports that he has
gained 10 pounds since ma^culatiDg here.
This is not surprising, for he has been
eating the best of culinary achievements.
That is, until recently when he was drop
ped like a hot potato and cut from the
squad of goiAinetc . . . Winston-Salem’s
Gwynn Hupfer is the possessor of a long
face these dayfc It seems his idol. Herb
Score, has been put out of action by a hit
ball. What’s the Score, Hup! . . . Retta
Goodwin slated to wed this summer . . .
Nick DiSibio seen hanging around Caro
lina Hall often in the past week or so.
One of my leg-men tells me he’s lookiag
for a hand-out . . . Jerry Moize slated to
THEY LEAD STLi/ENT CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION PROGRAM
The officers who will direct t le Student Christian Association activities were installed in spe-
cTal ceremonies at 11 o’clock wo ship on Sunday morning, May 1 !!h. The officers are pictured, left
to right above: FRONT ROW — Joyce Myers, of Philadelphia, Pa., vice president; Louis Wilkins,
of Lenaing, Va., president; an' Mary Lou Booth, of Hampton, Va., seceretary and publicity
chairman. SECOND ROW — Ji-nmy Humphreys, of Southern Pines, treasurer; Mary Ann Hart
well, of Branstabie, Mass., chairman of World Order Commission; Patricia Coghill, of Henderson,
chairman of Campus Affairs Commission; Ann Bass, of South Boston, Va., pianist; and William
Joyner, of Franklin Va., chair nan of Religious Life Commission. Tommy Griffin, of Smithfield,
Va,, assistant pianist, was not present for the photo.
Dropped Dnrin» War Yearn ...
Track Was Revived At Elon In 1950
By JAMES WAGGONER
The Elon track team of 1927
gained even more steam in the
cinder sport, with the Fighting
Christians claiming a "Little Six”
Conference Utle. It was in the
fall of this year that “Hardrock'’
Simpson turned pro when he raced
enter Tulane University’s law school come horse from Burlington to Kin-
September . . . Sigma Mu Sigma recently
contributed an American flag to the col
lege. More organizations could benefit
from the precedents they have set . . . Joe
Morita (who loves to see his name in
print) states the Nell O’Connell is the
ston and won by some 25 miles.
Arthur Moore was the head men-'
tor of the tracksters that year.
I Although records were not avail
able for the years 1928 and 1929, |
' the Elon trackmen were partici- i
FINAL CHAPTER
This is the final chapter in
the story of track and field
sports at Elon, telling of the
lapse which occurred just be-
for and during World War 11
and of the revival of interest
since 1950. Outstanding stars
who have contnbuted to the
cinder sport in recent years are
listed as the story is told down
to last spring. This 1957 team
has written its own story, fin-
pating in meets with other col- j ishing second in the Conference.
on the near forgotten minor sport,
claiming that Elon had a wealth
of track material but no track
team. One letter in particular at
tracted this writer, and from it
is quoted; ''Last year (1930-40) an
Elonite went alone to the North
State Conference Track Meet and
made quite a showing of himself
His record ... I recall was two
first places and a second in an
other. Another example is brought
to mind when you think back and
remember that we had the New
England decathlon champion on
the Elon campus last year, and
if the war had not intervened
he was a sure bet to make the
Gu&sie Moran of Elon’s tennis courts
Sam Brady is by far one of the greatest |
philosophical orators of our time. Just I ® “ u-, v ■ , . Olympic”
ask anyone in Professor Bryson’s Philo- broadened while other members included Ray [ ;
sophy 31 class Director of Athletics Dickens, Edwin Gunti, John Lowry! ^he avid track fan went on to
k ^ learning, holding meets against and Jack Stokes, along with some
Jack Sanford has done an outstanding 'Guilford, Hampden Sidney, ^ry twenty others.
JO with the baseballers. He took a group 'and Henry, Bridgewater and High Although Elon still did not have
of freshmen and molded them into a fine I Point. In years gone by the Chri£-'a practice field, weights or finan-
horsehide unit .'. . Rumors have it that i^ans had only met schools in cial backing, she claimed another
Wayne Taylor to star in a new movie con-j •'Little Six” title in 1931, under °
soon. It
enUtled "The Man Who
ference and state meet foes.
I the direction of Coach Simpson.
r'™™ 1 I “Hardrock” Simpson took over The records were not available.
Came to Dinner and Stayed and Stayed, las eoach in the fall of 1930 and'but Paul Brawley was the cap-
etc. ... I thought he was next appearing produced a team which claimed |tain of that team and Gus Wom-
in "The Mob” . . . None of my columas
could pass by without the inclusion of
Walt Edmonds. It just wouldn’t seem right
if he didn’t make the page . . . Look for
his "Around With Square” in next fall’s
editions of the Maroon and Gold. He’ll
be writing at you . . . Have you noticed
seme of the Lucky Strike ads in coUege
newspapers?
This just about winds up the column
^second in the "Little Six” confer-,ble was a member. Other names
ence. Outstanding during that were not listed.
I year was Paul Brawley, high| with the interest in the thir-
w'ho set a'
I scorer for the year, wno set a ties centered on the three major
^new record in the low hurdles at Imports, there was very litUe en-
ithe North Stale Conference Meet, j thusiasm in any of the minor Edmiston each chalked a pair
He also placed second in the sports except tennis. Coaches! victories, whUe other indivi
say that it was a "crime’’ to waste
such material as that, thus re
sulting in Coach Hendrickson
promising that if enough inter
est remained on the campus that
by May he would enter a team
in the conference meet, with
Coach Brunansky at the helm.
However, World War II inter
vened, and track was dismissed
at Elon College until 1950, when
Ihe FiifiUng Christians copped
second in the loop meet. Len
Greenwood led the cion scoring
with 13 points, Jim Elkins and
dual stars included Larry Gai
ther, Lefty Taylor, Dave Moridy
Bob Lewis. Elon scored
and
high hurdles and third in the;‘ Peahead” Walker and “Horse”
100-yard dash. Rollins tied for'Hendrickson were enjoying excep-
first place in the high jump forltional records in football, ba&ket-
another new lecord. The Fieht- k,ii v, n ■
. ~ . . riBUL ball and baseball, winning the
for good. I would like to take this oppor-
* petition on ,^Beveral occasions, thus -tk r-- u ■
Captain of that 1930 team was centering their attention on these! ^ Fighting Christians copped
Ed McPherson. Carl Key, now a'fields of activity. i® conference title in the cinder
tunity to express the gratfying pleasure
I ve had in being a part of this news
paper. It has been an experience for
me that I shall treasure and I certainly
hope to benefit by it. I shall never forget
the many nights I’ve spent in the Maroon
and Gold office attempting to bang out
a column, reading proofs, or just plain
gabbing with Worden Updyke as he xan
the papers off the press. Most of the cre
dit for the newspaper should go to Mr.
Byrd, for if he wasn’t arouAd, there would
be no paper. He checks the typ,e plans the
layouts, supervises and corrects the col
umns. Phil Sexton, the linotype operator,
is another person who is directly respon
sible for the Maroon and Gold. All in
all, it add up to a task that was well
worth every minute of it.
Meanwhile, the moving finger haring
writ, move* on.
eight first places and tied for
another, but still trailed Guilford
58 to 56 in the fifteen events.
minister, is said to have thrown During pre-war daj^ students
the javeBn fartherist in the state,'were continualiy vrititg artielesl Continu«d oo Page FoffD
cause stems from the fact that too many
pwple issue this equipment.-'Why not ^e
or appoint someone to issue thic very sanoe
equipment and be responsible for it?
This editorial docs not contend that the
entering of a person's room is as bad as
the occurreMes in "1984,” but you ito
doubt have heard that old bromide. "Give
a person an inch and he’ll take a mile.”
—LEB
On The Camp us
By JOHN BIGGERSTAFF
demonstration of foreign foods, and heard what Home Ec clubs
F,specially good was the Austrian were doing at other colleges
cake and the wienersnitzels, which among them being East Carolina’
you will be happy to know is Ger- Salem, Campbell, G. C., Western
man for breaded veal cutlets. Carolina and others. Hearing these
. T.. gsve an in- reports inspired the Elon eirls
Here It is! It s the final issue tcresting talk on Indian dress at to plan bigger and better things
of the Martin and Gold for this one meeting, bringing with her for they declare that they "wui
year, and that means that its some of her beautiful Indian sa- not let ECTC or any other school
aL.o the final tour for your col- risans giving an Indian fashion get ahead of Elon”
umnist On The Campus.” show.
We are visiting this time with The club also had a part when and * challenge
th« girls of the Home Economics Elon was host to nearly eight and thp i
it®!’ giru for the plans for nLt ’faU throug^^Se
under
the oaks
With
CHUCK OAKLEY
Spring is sprung,
The grass is riz
Under the oaks
Where the garbage is.
Leave it alone.
And it will grow.
Only you lovers
Can make this so.
Well, the situation was a little sad j
the Maroon and Gold office as Ole
Press had his last chance to sound oa.
Speaking of SOUNDING OFF, L--
Barnes has sounded off for the last ti®
so you have one down and one to ^
All kidding aside, Larry has done Exccai.
ingly well behind the pen for the pij
two years, and I am sure his cokimmri
be missed by many. Larry will not
remembered for his fine pen-wit, but ilo
for his fine performance as president j
the student hody . . . As for myseif,
have enjoyed writing for you tliis Tea
or should I say I have enjoyed Witi^
about you? I truthfully hope that I tuj,
not offended anyone, for it has all b?9
in fun. I would like to thank Artliur Phti
very active year under the direc- District FHA rally here on the sendine of
(tion of Mrs. Mary Butler. All the campus, and in April Mrs Butler club mpmh» ^
giris say it has be..n an interest- and two of the .L
ing and prx>fitable year. I. ^irls attended the summer. A tea or open house be-
Among the oufctanding features ® meeting ing planned for all freshmen for
were several interesUng programs McDonald College. orientation week, and plans &re
by members of the faculty. Prof. At that meeting the Elon dele- also in the making for other in-
John Westmoreland gave a tasty gates Ustened to other deleeates teresting program.
Turner Winston and Woodrow Brown
giving me so much fine material to inite
about. If it had not been for their capen
and what they call living it up, I woul
have been caught short on numerous «
casions. This columnist wishes each
you a very pleasant summer and will
looking forward to seeing you in Septea-
ber.
Summer Forecast
Jerry Moize, the grand dragon of a n-
cently formed KKK in Gibsonville
Square Edmonds, beach-bum, still sponj.
ing the usual . . . Wayne Taylor sittin
at home every Friday evening
the price of two theatre tickets is
much for his billfold . . . He’s tying tin
knot June 2nd .. . Mystery boy, Jim Taf
lor, is sleeping behind locked doors, eva
on hot summer nights . . . Faye Weavei
will spend the summer in CaUfomia
answer a 20-minute phone call made last
week . . . Louann Lambeth taking dailj
sun baths . . . Between tobacco rows
Charlie Oates will be spending a hot dayi
“searching” . . . Marianne McEvoy will
still be trying to think of something to
do . . . While time is wasting . ..
Wood still giving Bob Bennett a hard
time . . . Evelyn Fritts has a season ticket
to Portsmouth by Greyhound . . . Janet
Crabtree will live it up . . . Need more
be said? . . . Anita Brothers will covet
the water front in her "Catty’’ and euess
who 11 be with her . . . JoAnn Atkins
raiding the refrigerator as usual . . . Nick
DiSibio walking the streets in New York,
looking for a job . . . Marie Stone spend
ing her spare time writing letters to Elk-
ton, Va. . . . Joe Morita taking in the
New York night spots with three diff^^
ent dates . . . Sonny Martin getting ad
justed to married life . . . Shirley Womack
settles down with a box of Baby Ruths,
ten cent size . . . Jim (Dandy) Tatum
spending all his time making money (or
Wanda . . Curley Long making fr^
quent trips to Elon' . . . Lester Brewer
will be driving a truck as usual . . . Ev
eryone has iiummer plans in mind, even
those who are staying here.
Chock’s Cbnckles
The gals will soon be up to their necks
in swimmisg pools . . . Especially the skin
ny ones . . . There's only one thing wrong
with those curvy Italian actresses . . .
Most of them are in Italy ... A receat
bridgegroom wrote to one of his credi
tors: "Sorry this bill has gone unpaid
s6 longi^ I’ve been on my honeymoon and
■will pay you a? soon as get back on my
feet.” . . . There is a new anatomy course
by Braille . . . You just feel your »'jy
through ... A tongue-tied old maid:
time, no he!” .... A realty agent got a
phone call from a young man-about-to«n-
What kind of place do you want," lit
asked. “Ah, just a klnall apartment, bil
enough to lay my hjt and a few friends."
■ . . Only a boy who has been raised on
the farm can know bow much fun it is
to chase a chick into the bam.
you . . . come September!
A family submitted the foIlo«ing
Reader’s Digest: As our 17-year-o]d !x>y
started out in the family car for a Satu.'-
t*ay night date, I gave him the u;ual c.'.!!"
tion about the danger^' of week-end traf
fic. "Don’t worry, Mom,” he said reM"
suringly,' ‘‘we'll park.”
Teacher — "If you had seven appi®
and I asked you for two, bow mar.v wmIO
you have left?”
Johnny — ‘Seven.’*