PACn F**R
MAROON AND COLD
REID THIS/
Elon Quintet
Victor Over
Quaker Five
Moving out to an early lead ano
gtaving off a brilliant last-half ral
ly by Guilford, the Elon Christia;i-
turned back the Quaker cagers 71
to 64 here on Monday night in a
, . . c- , North State Conference battle
1 ” iiiai The victory evened the Elon stand
It is a sociolcgical truism that * . .
when a society i;- suppressed long
enough, it is given to making a
devil of a rebellion.
ings at 1-1 in loop games.
Marsh Oakley, 6-2 freshman for
ward from Leaksville, pushed the
Christians out front in the first
minute i-f the «ame, and then he
Thij sort of thing protluccs Ihp
stuff of which palriolt are made. , i r. i i r^.\
61U1I "mi- ^ we joined by Eddie Burke and GU
You may have heard of some cf / . ■' . u . i-i
■' ^ ,,, . . WatU in a drive that shot Elon to
is-* advantage after six n,in
utes of play. The fine Christian
play continued throughout the first
half at they grabbed a 20-point
'76; John Mosby, '61: Robin HooJ
1190, and Leopold Malcolm Smith.
'48.
We shall confine our treatise to
ELON COLLEGE RADIO CLUB IN ACTIVE CAMPUS GROUP
. , edge on a 38-18 half-time score,
the latter. You can pick up t^he,
loose ends on those other boys^^^^^ additionar]
in your favorite history course^ ^ 53^29 advantage
Leopold Malcolm Smith, in 1944,1 live-minute mark of the
v^as sixteen years old. He Christians
also an Elon sophomore Despite |
this, he was still a pretty good Tighlman and
^ Don Lineberry began hitting to
He was a very good man whenj
It came to catching the ladies
fancy. One, in p.irticular, was a
student councilman's girl.
Comes now the social suppres
sion.
The student councilman knew
he couldn’t match Leopolds wit.
Leopold was too bright. Too
bright. Too bright. Too bright.
Aha! Idea!
Pretty soon, Ihe student council
man headed a drive to install
edge wa« barely 53-54 at the fif
teen-minute mark.
The rival squads matched buc
ket for bucket in the closing mom
ents as the count went to 69-04
with barely seconds left on the
clock. Oakley drove for a lay-up
in the last seconds to push the
Elon advantage to the final 71-64
count.
Captain Gil Watts, who was
Cage Squad
Turns Back
Indian Crew
early moments, the Fighting
Christian cagers rolled through the
.'irst half and then coasted home
,0 an 83-70 victory over the Pem-
oroke State baskekteers here Wed
nesday night.
With Eddie Burke as the pace-
ietter in the opening minutes, the
.vhite-jerseyed Elon tossers were
away by a 23-8 count at the ten-
minute mark of the first half, and
Bill Palkavics joined Burke in
leading the Christians^ to a 42-18
intermission lead.
As the second half got under
way, little C. G. Hall was driv
ing brilliantly as they stretched
the margin to 29 points at 59-30
in the first six minutes, but Coach
Doc Mathis used reserves and
freshmen freely in the late por-
Wednesday, January 14
1959
Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Danieley ’>eld
"open house” for the faculty and
■ I students of Elon College on Thurs-
tion of the game as the vi^siting' December 18th, as a pre-W
Indian outfit moved up to shorten' -
High Point Tilt
On Monday ]\ite
One of the highlights of the
Elon home cage season come
next Monday night. JanujJ
19th, when he high-flying HigK
Point Panthers will invade Alum"
ni Memorial Gymnasium r
The invading Panthers at ths
writing boasted eight wins in
nine starts against college teams
and were undefeated in the Con
ference, so Ceach Doc Matlis’
boys wUl be setting all guns tot
an upset in this Monday night
battle.
^Open House’
For Faculty
And Students
J. R. “Dick” Whittenton, of Swampscott, Mass., president of the Elon College Radio Club, is
pictured above with part of the e ;uipment that is in operation in the club room on the third floor
of Mooney Building. Other officers of the club, which now has about fifteen members and which
will welcome additional membership, include Herb Taylor, vice-president, of Charlotte; Dave Hud-
•son, secretary-treasurer, of Norfo k, Va. Prof. Fred Keisling is faculty sponsor for the group, and
Dr. Paul Cheek and Field Secretary Samuel T. Webster are other active faculty members.
Candid Comments
twenty-four floodlighU on campus, I
a move designed to slow down I
Leopolil's shady dealings with thei
councilman's girl in the vicinity
both teams in the attack with 20
of Senior Oak. The campus II-
lujiination plan even pulled ad-j
points, but he received able aid
from Marsh Oakley with 19 and
I Eddie Burke and Tony Carcaterra
ministration support because it
was pointed out to Dr. Leon Smith
:hat coeds (blush) were (for
shame) actually holding hands in
front of We.st Dormitory!
Well, if that student council
man wanted eo much light. Patriot
Leopold reasoned, he'd get i‘*
The torch of holding-hands-free-
dcm wasn't out yet. Not by a long
night.
It was on a Sunday morning
the tyrannical councilman met his
match. It was the day a visiting
group of sweet young things and
some ministers were parading by I
the counciLman’s just-above-the-j
gym room in North Dorm.
Meanwhile, back at the council
man's front door, Leopold was
doing a curious thing. He tied a
rope jaee Dr. Smith’s clothesline)
from the door knob t« the rail
ing OB the balcony over the bas-
I with 12 points each. Tighlman had
14 to pace the Quakers.
The line-tps:
By JAMES ELDER
In the last issue of the Maroon of unique iuterest to all 9(udents. way possible and in attending
and Gold, there was an argument The magazine will be sent all over dances ard other social activities
presented in opposition to the new’-1 the United States to colleges and in the process,
ly-organized Liberal Arts Forum universities and will unquestion- In the column, "Candid Com-
and appropriation of funds to the' ably help to elevate the prestige ments,” appearing in the last is-
Forum. One does not mind en- of the college,
lightened controversy, provided, of 1 It might be noted that our cri-
course, that the real issues of the,tics were not present when the
bill are not distorted into half-j bill establishing the Forum was
truths. The student body deserves i passed and are apparently not
to be informed on the real facts, jwell-infornied on the hill, since
The bill establishing a Liberal i their criticisms hinge only on the
Arts Forum was passed unani- first part.
Pos. Elon (71) Guilford (64)jmously in the Strjdent Legislature] Our critics ask if it is the duty
p Burke 12 Tighlman 141 after much preparation. The bill of the Student Legislature to bring
p Oakley 19 _ Key 6'provides for a three-point pro-;noted speakers to the campus. We
C Carcaterra 12 .. Lancaster 4'gram. The first part proposes to believe it is. After investigating
Q Watts 20 Clark 7! bring to the campus outstanding this type of program in other col-
Q Palkovics 5 Liiveberry 11 [speakers and lecturers represent-1 leges, we find that many of the
Half-time: Elon 38, Cuilford 18. j ing all departments of ths college. | most successful programs are pro-
Elon subs Wall 2, Hall, John-,The Forum committee of five fac- duets of student efforts.
the Elon spread.
Jim Cooke, a slender Pembroke
forward, exhibited an eagle eye
in that final half as the visitors
;utscored Elon by 52 to 41 after
the break. Cooke topped all scor
ers on both teams with 25 points,
hitting 22 of them in the last half.
The Christians, led by Eddie
Burke’s 15 points, had four boys
hitting double figures. Bill Palko-
vies counted 14, C. G. Hall 11
and Tony Carcaterra 10 points.
Charlie Ticlcle ranked behind
Cooke for the Indians.
The line-ups;
Pos.—Elon (83) Pembroke (70)
F—Burke 15 Cooke 25
F—Oaklkey 8 Smith 9
Schwartz 7
Cardonna 4
Tickle 12
Elon 42
18. ,
sue of the Maroon and Gold, one
of our critics states; . . the
administration has already insti-1 q Carcaterra 10
tuted a similar program at no cost'g jjall 11
to the students.” The Lyceum ser-lQ watts 8
ies is a concert series, not a lee- Half-time
ture series. It is a cultural pro
gram rather than an academic
one.
In this same article it is men
tioned that this program ". . . will
benefit only a small minority. "
Such a statement is absurd! The | *’
Forum is so expansive it will be j
able to benefit every student in |
every department. We may, in
I iday future, entertaining for the
1 students in the afternoon and for
the faculty that night.
At the student open house in
the afternoon Ronnie Bergman,
president of the student govern
ment, greeted the guests at the
door and presented them to Dr,
and Mrs. Danifeley.
The student guests were greet
ed at Ihe tables by Prof, John
Graves and Miss Janet Inge and
were given their plates by Miis
Jean Ley. Those pouring pinch
and coffee were Mrs. W. D. Flor-
ance and Mrs. O. A. Norwood.
Greeting the guests in the parlor
\» ere Prof. Roy Epperson and Miss
Nancy Stephenson, and good-byci
were said to Linwood Hurd and
Kay Hughes, vice-president and
secretary of the student govern-
son. Guilford subs — Burwell 13, juity members and five students] In almost all colleges investi-
I would select the speakers from I gated, we find that there is in
recommendations by the^ student]evidence a philosophical, literary
body. ' or debating society, a lecture ser-
The second part was concerned'ies or an International Relations
with offering students wishing to j Club. At Elon College there are
perform recitals or give art show-1 none of these. We feel that if the
ings, readings or similar projects,!Liberal Arts Forum were correct-
The first open forum debate, I which were not otherwise spon- ly administered, it would stimu-
to be presented under the auspices I sored by one of the college de- late the interest of the student
of the newly organized Elon Col-j partments, a chance to accomplish body.
lege Liberal Arts Forum, will be this. | Our critics accuse us of not hav- this notion to be false; the pri-
held on Wednesday night, January] xhe last sectio* says that the ing the interest of the majority.jmary duty of any representative
Shrine 4, Young 4, Haworth 2.
Fornm Pro"ram
Set January 21
ment. 'TVIusic was by Prof. Clydt
Pembroke McCants.
At the faculty open house that
Elon subs — Wright 6, Palko-1 night Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Strateh
vies 14, Collins 5, Wall 2, Dag-1 greeted the guests at the door and
gett. Oliver, Cook, Myers. Pem
broke subs — Hatchell 6, Pugh
4, Locklear 1.
DID YOU KNOW
presented them to Dr. and Mrs.
Danieley. They were greeted >l
the tables by Mrs. Roland Long
est and were given plates by Mrs
Oma U. Johnson and Mrs. Pearl
S. McDonald.
Punch and coffee were pourei
by Mrs. Samuel T. Webster, Jr.
Mrs. Clarence Carson, Mrs. Gi)
That two of Elon’s student “safe
turn, ask our critics, most of whom | drivers of the month” for the fall
are dance mongers, just what of , , ,
1 .• u f. .u • •* t .. term have recently been given traf-
lasting benefit the majority of the I . , .
student body will get from having I them for speed- bert Latham and Mrs. Luther N
"big name” bands frequent our ing and the other for running a ® gues s were gree c ic
, i ^ . the parlor by Prof. and Mrs. Jeo-
'"°™inings Berry, Jr. Good-byes wei.
Finally, our cntic suggests that authority than one of isajd to Prof. and Mrs. M. E. Woiv
our Student Legislature is not hold- • |
ing to its mam purpose, that of'
representing the majority wishes |
of the Student Body. We believe i
21st, at 7:30 o'clock. The program I poj-um shall arrange and conduct
ketball court. Leopold emptied a j is expected to be presented in the 1 open and formal debates with par-
oan of lighter fluid just before the. Society Hall on the third floor of j tiQjpation by students and faculty
door sill. He ignited a country 1 the Alamance Building. I members. This would replace the
match. He pickcd up a trash can
holding it at shoulder level. By
this lime, the lighter fluid was
carrying on like Mrs. O'Leary's
little cowshed.
Dr. Clarence Carson, member of
the EIoh College history faculty,
will present a paper at that time
on "John Dewey and The Con
ception of Democracy,” with dis-
"Flre.” cried Leopold, punctuat-jcussion and questions by his hear
ing his alarm by dropping the !ers after the paper is concluded,
trash #an. "Something just fell ■ The program was announced by
and I don t Hiink the door wlH James Elder, of the Arts Forum
open.”
Which was, as you know, no
lie.
"Jump,” Leopold continued.
Thtf Councilman, rousing from j
a pre-Sunday school nap, hopped |
through his window and off the!
fire escape. I
You can imagine the council-1
man’s chagrin of landing in his
undershortt in the midst of the
guest (oeds and goodly pastors.
One might say he was caught
unawares.
committee, who stated that all
students are invited and that phil
osophy, education and history ma
jors arc particularly urged to be
present.
EAST CAROLINA
(Continued From Page Three)
void left by the lack of philoso
phical or literary societies on the
campus.
An extension of the forum pro
gram will l)e the publishing of a
literary magazine which wiU be
This is not true, but, even if it' government should be to provide
were, we at least hare faith in first for the needs of its consti-
the intelligence of the student body
in supporting a program of aca
demic interest. This apparently
cannot be said of our critics, who
seem to consider the Elon students
as some lesser intellectual species,
a species whose only interests are
in getting a diploma in the easiest
tuency, not its wishes.
Our Student Legislature must al
ways keep in mind that everything
it does should help increase the
prestige of Elon College and there
by increase the importance our
our diplomas. Without question,
we feel that the program of the
Liberal Arts Forum does this.
Intramural Basketball Games
(Continued From Page Three)
Carolina 42, Soutli 39
I Making it three close battles
18 points to lead the South Dorm
cagers to a 48-45 vrin over the
Looney Tunes, who showed Joe
DelGais and J. B. Vaughn as tap
in succession on the sams day, 17 ^nd 15 points.
ihe Caroliaa Hall outfit edged
South Dorm 42 to 39. Gary Hen
son and Wyatt were top scorers
for the Carolina quint, while Goz-
SPORTS SHOTS
(Continued From Page Three)
was Tony Caacatcrra, a great
three-sport star — top coach was
C—Carcaterra 3 Plaster 13'
G—Watts 9 . Adams 26
G—Palkovics 2 - Riddiek 13
Jack Sanford, for his guidance of Half-time — East Carolina 31.
the baseballers — top sports event
Ing 13 counters during the battle.
tr. . . J ^ oq'jack led the Southerners.
Hie invaders made good on 28
of 58 fltxtr attempts, while Elen
could hit only 17 of 53 tries.
The line iips;
PoK—Elon (44)
F—Oakley 8
F—Burke 20 ..
Fast Can. (70)
Nichols 3
Curry 13
and honor was Gil Watts being
selected as an All-American In
baseball.
Our crystal ball tells us that
19.‘>8 will be a better year in in
tercollegiate athletics at Elon Col
lege, not a tHinner year maybe,
but on the whole and especially
In basket baD tlie prospects are
l>righter.
Elon 24.
Elon subs—Wall 2. Hall, Wright
Myers, Jahnson. Collins. East Car
olina subs — Lewis 2, Smith,
Bowes. Hall, Simp£on.
Dee Atkinson, who completed
his Elon basketball service ift 1957.
holds the Elon carcer scoring rec
ord with a total of 1,839 points in
129 games in four full seasons.
The line-ups;
CAROLINA HALL: Wyatt 13,
Stephens 1, Tuck 2, Knapp 4, Mies-
ner 4, Hensoo 18, Burgess.
SOUTH DORM; Can«pp 9. Wal
ker 2, Gozjack 12, Driver 8, Par-
ietti 6, White 2, Mock, Wilkinson.
Sifma Phi 41, Sterna Mn 33
Whitey Austin and Nick DiSi-
bjot led the Sigma Phi Beta boys
to a 41 to 33 victory over the
Sigraa Mu Sigma tossers, who
were led by Bill Oliver.
The line-ups:
SIGMA PHI: DeSibio 11, Li-
chok 5, Austin 15. Carmines 3,
Parker 6, DiPerna 1, Dodge, Bu-
jaa.
SIGMA MU: OUver 15, Boswell
7, Bergman 2, West 2, McCauley
7, Puller, Moore, Howell, Willtias,
Boyer, King.
SobUi 48, Looaey Tnaes 45
The line-ups;
SOUTH DORM; Walker 2, Goz
jack 19, Canupp 5, Ijbby 2, Par-
ietti 18, Wilkinson 2, White, Driver^
Mock.
L(X)NEY TUNES; DcK3ais 17,
Vaughn 15, Brosky 3, Edmonds
2, Maidon 8, Pulliam, Grove.
Sloth 53, Smitli Hall 40
The Sloths used only five men
in defeating Smith Hall 53 to 40.
Graham topped the Sloths with
21 points, while Jones and Os
borne topped Smith Hall.
The line-ups:
SLOTHS: Overton 13, Toms 2,
Markosky 13, Graham 21, Mc-
Cutcheon 4.
SMITH HALL; Foster 9, Jones
10, Munick 5, Ford 6, Osborne
10, Droze, Newman, Riddle.
The Elon College football squad
of last year, which won six games
without a defeat or tie, is the
only undefeated and untied team
Gozjack and Parietti hit 19 and 1 in {Uod'e gridlroE bistorjr.
JOHNNIE BOLT
(Continued from _Page Two)
Actors Pay Tribute
Even the co-stars paid their tri
bute to him for his fine perform-'
ance, far when Ed Begley and
Miriam Hopkins, the other stars,
came forth, Begley shook Bolt's
hand, and Miss Hopkins kissed his>
cheek. They then joined the for
mer Elon Player in taking the ]
next two curtain calls.
Backstage after tjhe perform- ■
ance, the proad mother and bro-'
ther joined with Johnnie as he!
received further congratulations.,
The director of the play himself,’
for an unusual thing, was in the
audience to observe Bolt and to
compliment hira.
There were those in New York,
in writing of the play and of John
nie Bolt's performance, who de
clared that he appeared well eo
the way to a successful acting ca
reer after getting 1 the "big break” |
of appearing as leading man ini
the Thomas Wolfe masterpiece,
and it may be that the Elon Play
ers may hear much more in the
future of this young star who got
much of his earlier experience
while a member of Elon’s student
dramatic grouty.
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W A C
RaiaAvis
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In fact, you rhight even call him an
odd ball. After all, 58 million times
» day somebody, somewhere, enjoys
Coca-Cola. All these people j
just can’t be wrong! ^
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