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Maroon And Gold
Entered as seeond class matter at the
Post Office at Elon College, N. C., under
the Act of March 8, 1879. Delivered by
mail. $1.50 t^e college year, 30c the
cjuarter,
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
Walter Edmonds Editor-in-Chief
Dick Lashley Assistant Editor
Reid Alumni Editor
Robert Danials ... Staff Photographer
Luther N. Byrd .... Faculty Advisor
business board
James Biggerstaff ... Business Manager
Phillip Sexton Printing Advisor
David Horn Press Operator
REPORTERS
Douglas Albert Marvin King
Rosalie Beal Robert Jonps
James Bennett Thomas Liverman
Woodrow Brown Tommy McDonald
Herbert Creason Joyce Myers
Lois Foor John Phillips
Bob Hultman Elizabeth Shoffner
Eddie Hughes Nancy Stephenson
Kichard Ingram Ray Thomas
William Jackson Shirley Walker
Ann Joyce W. E. Williams
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1958
“THIRTY”
The name of Ed Engles will mean noth
ing to the present generation of Elon Col
lege students, but there are many of the
Elon faculty who remember the big sandy-
haired boy who moved his brilliant and
sometimes cynical way across the Elon
scene in the early 1950’s, and the news of
his sudden death on September 10th in
Louisville. Ky., came as a distinct shock
to all who knew him in his student days.
He was never one to court campus pop
ularity, but there are those still here wko
will tell you that Ed Engles was the near
est thing to a genius that they ever knew,
for he could and did do so many things
well. From the day when he literally
knocked the top out of the score columns
on his freshman placement tests until he
left Elon just one quarter away from his
graduation, he was a leader in every ac
tivity that he undertook.
As editor and columnist for the Maroon
and Gold, his writings wer? read with in
terest—not always with approval—by both
faculty and students. Twice he brought
honor .ind credit toElon and the Maroon
and Gold when his column was chosen as
the best piece of writing done by a col
lege student in all North Carolina colleges
during the then currerrt college year.
As editor of The Colonnades, he was
also talented enough to operate the lino
type and to publish as well as to edit the
campus literary magazine: and his perform
ances with the Elon Players in many stu
dent dramatic productions drew rave no
tices from even the professional critics. In
fact, there are those who saw him in the
leading role of "The Man Who Came To
Dinner” who will tell you that they re
member him instead of the renowned Mon-
tey Woolley when the name of that play
is mentioned.
He had a whirl at the professional stage
after leaving Elon, but he was a newsman
at heart and became a radio and television
newscaster in several mid-western cities.
That was his job when he died of a heart
attack in Louisville, Ky., and he would
have appreciated it had he known that
a friend would write ‘‘Thirty’’ for him.
"Thirty” Is newspaper symbol tor “The
End.”
MAROON AND GOLD
Thursday, October 2,
195S
around
with
square
After Thirty Years ...
Old Friends Meet On Elon Campus
NEWS POLICY
From time to time it is necessary to re
view the news policy of the Maroon and
Gold, and that policy is geared to the idea
and fact that the Elon College campus
newspaper is a semi-monthly publication,
and it is not competing with daily news
papers or even with weekly papers in the
matter of “spot” news.
Daily newspapers consider events old
■when they are two days in the past, but
■weekly newspapers count anything news
which may have occurred within the week.
By the same token, the Maroon and Gold
must accept as news all events that tran
spire within the fortnightly period between
issues.
The Maroon and Gold, as the official
organ of Elon College, has an obligation
to campus posterity as well as to the pres
ent generation of students, an obligation
0 record events that transpire on the cam
pus and within the student body and fac-
ilKy. That oijllBaUon is ffCt sitered by the
fact that the event may have occurred ten
days or two weeks in the past and may
have already appeared in the daily news
papers of the area.
This idea is applicable, in particular, to
athletic events, dramatic presentations and
other campus activities, all of which must
by
SQUARE EDMONDS
1 am engrossed with much enthusiasm
aa I begin this writing for the Maroon and
Gold, but having placed my fifth calen
der in place, I find myself completely
lost Icr words. 1 think 1 will take a quick,
refreshing shower to freshen my thoughts,
but on the second thought there probably
b not any hot water.
I could be reminiscent and mention a
few names from yesteryear, but that might
bore the new crop of freshmen, but who
cares? I will at any cost. The criticizing
word from yours truly's wretched pen is
literally a form of opium which soothes
my brain. Some good is done and maybe
a little harm, but we’re such on big hap
py family I know no real harm is done.
I wish the administration and the whole
student body a prosperous and eventful
year in the classic shades of Elon.
All treshmen should understand that a
thousand mile trip begins here at Elon
College, and each step should be taken
■wisely towards the achievement of their
college degree. That degree is the key to
so many doors in the forthcoming future.
Whetther you are chosen BMOC or BWOC
or maintain membership in Sigma Freud,
just remember you are only a small part
of all that goes to make up dear ole
Elon.
HARRY HALFBACK: Oh well, Elon's
Fighting Christians opened the 1958 foot
ball season the same way they closed the
successful 1957 slate, that being in the
fashion of winning. We must tip the ole
chapeau to Coach Sid Varney and the
1958 squad and wish them the ultimate in
success. If the opponents in the North
State Conference are not subject to asia
tic flu or stomach trouble this year, the
Christians have the opportunity to inflict
their own sickness, the sickness of "de
feat.”
WANTED: Ice water coolers on the sec
ond and third floors of Carolina Hall.
Smith Hall has one on every level, and
Carolina Hall can’t be that outdated.
Pretty please'.!!
WHO SAID THAT: Famous quotes
through the years have been many, but
what caused them to say it and what were
they doing at the time? Quote, ’‘On your
mark, get set, go.” The latter was ex
pressed by Jim Short as he led Maidon,
Faust, and the rest of the horde towards
West Dorm for the perennial ‘rat ’ race
to secure favor with the young co-eds. . .
cuff STUFF: Larry Bulla and Joe
Teague signed pro contracts during the
good ole summertime . . . When it comes
to sports, E.C.T.C. just can’t cope with
the Fightjn’ Christians. But when the
Labors of Love are involved they hold
their own. Righto, Vince??? It would be
worthwhile for Art Pitts to hold confer
ence with Tommy Lewis and Gordon Yan
cey. You can’t find jt in Profile bread,
”Boo” . . . Zac Walker, there's still a
chance even though she’s only sweet six
teen. "Jerry Lee The Deportee” did the
same thing. We won’t laugh, just snicker
. . . Bob Stauffenberg and Tony DeMatteo
have gone to Quantico, Va., for a hitch
in the “Jar-Heads” . . . The A.B.C.’s are
being taught by Roger Mcmillian and Don
DeSarro in Virginia. Ditto for Joe Smith,
now coaching in the Ole Dominion . . .
NUPTIALS: Ben Cubbage, Bob Kopko,
Bob Stauffenberg, Ed Davidson and Laura
Little said their respective I do’s’ in the
past months . . .
JUST JUNK: Jerry Loy, former presi
dent of the student body is now attend
ing Wake Forest Law School . . . Bob
Willet, Greensboro’s boy wonder has trans
ferred to N. C. State . . . Leigh Wills
currently stationed in New England for
3-year hitch in the Navy . . .
PARTING SHOT: I'm looking forward
in the futurs months to a successful year
for you and dme. I'll be writing at you
again in two weeks.
be recorded for the benefit of those wha
may in the future seek to find a rccord of
events at Elon College for use in telling the
history of the college.
Such a policy explains why in this ini
tial issue of the Maroon and Gold for the
1958-59 college year there are stories o^
events that took place in the early sum
mer or during the remainder of the sum
mer vacation. After all. such eventts as
the participation of the Elon College base
ball team in the national tournament in
Texas in early June should be recorded
in the campus newspaper, and no other is
sue of Maroon and Gold has appeared since
that participation took place. The entire
Maroon and Gold news policy is explained
by the statement that any event which oc
curred since the last previous issue of the
paper is considered newsworthy.
Bridging thirty-one years in time |
and halfway around the world
distance, two men who were
choolboy friends in Holland were
eunited here on the Elon cam
pus when each accompanied his
son here to become Elon students ^
he college opened its 195&-59
term.
The chance meeting and reun
ion of the old friends, one of those
one-in-a-million miracles took place
hen one of the fathers overheard
the other father and son convers
ing in Dutch through a third-floor
window of one of the Elon dormi-
ories.
As Henk Van Helden, of Wash
ington, D. C., and his parents ar
rived on the campus, Henk ana
his father conversed in Dutch as
they stood beside their car in the
parking lot at Smith Hall.
On the third floor of Smith Hall.
Robert Van Der Linden, of Aru
ba, Dutch West Indies, was getting
ettled in his room with the aid
sf his parents. Hr. Van Der Lin
den happened to be at the win
dow and heard the conversation
in D«tch below.
He was glad to learn that there
would be another student on the
campus who could speak Dutch,
as he could be of aid to his son
while Robert was gaining a better
use of English.
Mr. Van Der Linden went down
to the parking lot and introduced
himself to Mr. Van Helden. The
two men then soon realized that
they had been close friends while
attending school in Bloemendaal,
near Amsterdam, 31 years ago
The former schoolmates then
had a pleasant time in talking
over old times, and the Van Der
Lindens made plans for visiting
the Van Heldens in Washington
while on their return trip to the
I Dutch West Indies if time permit
ted.
Henk and Robert now nave be
come good friends, and Henk is
aiding Robert when he has lang
uage difficulties.
Mr. Van Helden and Mr. Van
Der Linden lost contact with each
other immediately after they fin
ished their schooling.
I Mr. Van Der Linden left Hoi-
ODD INCIDEiNT LEADS TO FRIENDSHIP
here
and
there
Henk Van Helden, of Washington, D. C., left, and Robert Van
Der Linden, of Aruba, Dutch West Indies, right, are freshman
friends here at E16n College as a result of conversation in Dutch
which brought a reunion for the fathers of the two students after
thirty-one years. The fathers had been school mates in Holland
in their boyhood days.
donesia for two years, Switzerland
for two years and then to the
Dutch West Indies, where he now
is the manager of a Dutch steam-
hip company.
Mr. Van Helden remained in Hol
land, living In various parts of
that country until moving to Wash
ington, D. C., four years ago. He
is a civil engineer with the World
Bank and travels throughout the
world in investigating projects on
which the bank receives applica
tions for loans.
In view of his extensive travels,
it isn’t unusual for Mr. Van Hel
den to encounter former acquain
tances he hasn't seen for many
land at that time, going to In.- years. Recently he met a man m
Tokyo, Japan, with whom he had
played soccer about 25 years ago.
An unusual aspect of this meet^
ing is that the other man now
lives in New Zealand and just hap
pened to be vi.siting in Tokyo at
that time.
Hen'K is now almost thoroughly
Americanized after four years in
this country and speaks English
with only a slight tyace of an ac
cent. He was born at Dordrecht,
near Rotterdam, and lived in Hol
land until coming to the United
States. He is planning to take lib
eral arts courses until deciding on
a major.
(Continued on Page Four>
New Members Are Added To Elon
Faculty As 1958-59 Session Begins
There were eight additions to
the Elon College faculty for a
new 1958-59 term, the majority
of them replacements for faculty
members who left at the close of
ithe past year. In announcing the
new appointments prior to the
opening of the term. President J.
E. Danieley also announced new
duties for several who were on
the faculty last year.^
Dr. Robert Benson, who was
freshman advisor and counsellor
last year, was appointed to the
newly created post of dean of stu
dents; while Prof. J. C. Colley
who was dean of men for the past
several years, was allowed at his
request to resume his full-time
teaching duties in the department
of education. Prof. Alfred Hassell
assumed his new duties as regi.s
trar of the college in the early
summer. The new additions to the
faculty include the following:
Mrs. W. D. Florance, well knows
Burlington churrch and civic lead
er, accepted a position as dormi
tory counsellor for women stu
dents. Mrs. Florance, who is a na
tive of Raleigh, was educated at
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege, where she prepared for
teaching duties. She has resided
in Burlington tor a number of
years and was very active in a
number of women's organizations
and in church work. She is known
throughout the state for her work
with the United Daughters of the
Confededracy.
Prof. Gene P. Johnson, a na
tive of Wilkesboro, N. C., but more
recently a resident of St. Augus
tine, Fla., is a new member oi
the Elon music faculty, serving
as assistant professor of piano anc
music theory. He is a graduate o!
Florida State University at Talla-
(Pictures on Page One)
hassee, Fla., where he received
the A.B. degree in 1955 and the
Master's degree in music in 1958.
He had professional experience
with a number of musical instru
ments, , both with Florida State
University groups and with the
S'ate Symphony of Florida, the
Jacksonville Symphony and the
Mobile Symphony orchestras. He
was also a band director in the
Florida public schools for one
year.
Prof. James F. Latham, who is
a prominent attorney and indus
trialist in Burlington, accepted
new duties this year as a faculty
lecturer in business law. A na
tive of Greenville, S. C., Prof.
as a soloist with the Elon College
Choir. Following his Elon gradu
ation he did graduate work at
New York University, from which
he holds the Master’s degree. He
alsp had one year of advanced
study in voice at Heidelberg Uni
versity in Gerrmany. His profes
sional experience includes a tour
early last year with the Grass
Roots Opera Company.
Prof. Theodore E. Perkins, now
of Greensboro, although a na
tive of Goldsboro, is a new mem
ber of the staff of the Elon Col
lege Library, He is a graduate
of Western Carolina College and
also holds the B.D. degree from
Duke Divinity School Master of
Latham was educated at Duke! Education and Bachelor of Li-
University, where he received both brary Science degrees from the
the A.B. and LL.B. degrees, be
ing admitted to both the North
Carolina and South Carolina bars
and to practice in the federal
courts in 1942. He had four years
of military service during World
\\ ar II and after the war served
as a United States attorney and
district judge for the War Crimes
Trials in Germany. He also served
for sometime as enforcement di
rector for the Office of Price Sta
bilization in Raleigh, but he has
practiced law in Burlington since
1952, being associated with a num
ber of Burlington business firms.
He is also active in legal and pol
itical circles in the state.
Prof. Charles Lynam, another
University of North Carolina. He
is an ordained minister of the
Friends Church and has long been
active in affairs of that denomi
nation. He taught for thirteen
years in North Carolina public
schools prior to accepting the
Elon post.
Prof. Jesse C. Sowell, who is
a native of Chesterfield, S. C.,
and his wife, Mrs. Kittye Oliver
Sowell, are both new additions to
the faculty of the Elon mathema
tics department. Prof. Sowell, who
is a graduate of Carson-Newman
had graduate study at the Uni-
College, Jefferson City, Tenn.,
versity of South Carolina, where
he served as an instructor in
music Ithe mathematics department. Mrs.
• acuity, came to his new post af-: Sowell, a native of Reidsville is
a graduate of Flora McDonald Col-
ate of pfo r ^ gradu- ersity of South Carolina this year.
1952 and df While at the University she served
K ® undergrad- as a graduate assistant in mathe-
uate days he gained wide acclaim matics.
By
DICK LASHLEY
After a summer of comparitive qui»t.
ness, college and uniyersity campuses all
over the nation are once again booming
with scholastic and social activity. Elon
is no exception. This ’’hunk” of terra
firma is really- booming—with the largest
enrollment in its history. Everywhere you
look you see new faces and also something
else that is new—beanies!
Yours truly was trying almost in vain
to figure out an appropriate term to use
for the freshmen in reference to their
beanies, when one of the freshmen solved
the problem for me. It’s ‘‘On with the
Beanie - Greeny!” And with that remark
may this reporter say “Welcome Frosh!"
The large enrollment at our “Dear Ole’
Alma Mammy” should be a pretty good
indication of what the future holds for
her and other colleges and universities in
the state and nation . . . the need for more
and more space and facilities to handle
the ever increasing number of young men
and women who will be seeking a higher
education.
In line with this need the trusttees of
our own Elon have already started aa
expansion program on the campus. Dur
ing the past two years we have seen con
struction completed on two modern men's
dormitories, a new dining hall and ball
room and a new women’s dormilory and
the remodelling of another. Even the old
dining hall, where former students used
to get their beans, has been turned into
a men’s dorm, where the men students
now rest and digest their beans.
Another rumor is floating around the
campus that bespeaks of further improve
ments—these in the classrooms. This re
porter understands that Dr. Danieley h
taken steps to have new fluorescent lights
installed in the classroom of Alamance.
The aforementioned campus improve
ments makes us aware of futrher improve
ments that are needed on the campus-
improvements we feel the trustees are
thoroughly avvare of and will accomplish
as soon as possible. They are;
More academic buildings to handle the
increasing number of students.
Water fountains in the halls of the aca
demic buildings. At present there is only
one water fountain in the academic area,
though the dorms have fountains on every
floor and the dining hall has one in its
lobby. Most high schools today have foun
tains, some even refrigerated, on each
floor.
It would be nice if our student union
could Ije partitioned in such a manner to
enable those who go thei’e to relax can
do so, those who want to dance can (Jo
so, and so those who want to play ping-
pong can do so.
True the dorms have very nice recep
tion rooms, but it would be nice to have
a lounge in the union for our parents and
other guests—especially during our Foun
der’s Day, Homecoming and May Day cel
ebrations, wehn extra large crowds are
present on our campus.
With the improvements already complet
ed and the improvements that are sure to
come in the future, we can certainly look
for a bigger and better Elon College in
the years ahead.
As most of the upper classmen know.
We had a rather rough time in obtaining
proper stuednt government participation
last year. This lack of proper interest came
close to causing us to lose our student
government. However, toward the close ot
the school year, and through the efforts
of a few hard working members of the
government among which were our past
president, Jerry Loy, our present presi
dent, Ronnie Bergman, and our presei^
vice-president, Lynwood Hurd, interest be
gan to pick up and our self-govermnen^
was preserved.
This year activities have already start
ed in your student government. The iegiS"
lature met Wednesday night and your stu
dent council has already met.
May I remind you that student govern
ment is a privilege granted us by th«
faculty and trustees of the college. It
also a privilege that can be taken a" ay
from us as easily as it was given to us.
Whether we have a student govemniei''
or not depends on each student on
campus, as only you can preserve it,
student govrenment is also only as
as you make it. You are urged to
else your rights by voting and aCiWy
supporting student government activiieSi
so that we might haye a better and strong
er goverenment this year and in the yoars
to come.
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