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EDITORIAL BOAKD
Walter PMmonds Editor-in-Chief
Dick Lashley Afcfaistant Editor
Ann Joyce Assistant Editor
H. Reid Alumni Editor
Robert Danials . . Staff Photographer
I,uther N. Byrd .... Faculty Advisor
BI SINESS BOAUI)
•lames Biggerstaff. Business Manager
Phillip Sexlon -- Printing Advisor
David Horn . . Pres-s Operator
keporteks
Tommy Andrews Thomas Liverman
William Brooks Robert Lx>we
Judy Burkholder Becky Matthews
Morris DeMatteo t>ick McCarthy
I.,»is Foor Tommy McDonald
Katrine Frye .. John McLauchlin
John Frost Wade Montgomery
Call FuUcr Marion Oakes
Gilbert Gates - John Phillips
Douglass Ilartsell Paul Radford
Arthur Ivey Bob Skinner
William Jackson — Leslie Starr
Lois Kidd .. Edmund Thompson
Donald Kimrey Elizabeth Updyke
Marvin King Patrick Winston
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29,1959
MAIOON AaT) gold
Thursday, January 29
CRYING NEEDS TODAY
Upon the editorial page of another of
North Carolina's college newspapers there
Qppear‘d some months ago a comment
upon the problems and crying needs of
American education today, problems and
needs which might well be consic'eied at
length by the readers of the Elon campus
world.
That commentator declared that "one of
the major dcficiences in American educa
tion at present is the emphasis upon life-
adjustment courses at the expense of many
vital courses in science, mathematics and
basic English. Many of these life-adjust-
ment courses fail to prepare the student
to face the rigorous and unsympathetic
competition of the post-graduate business
world, and such a failure leads to social
maladjustment and reveals that there is
no substitute for a well-rounded education
in basic courses.”
It was declared that “the humanities are
also vitally important, for in the world of
E'trife and tension each citizen should be
Instilled with a sensitiveness of the needs
of others and an appreciation of human
value.":. The United States cannot afford
to sacrifice her reverence for the human
element in her efforts to compete with and
surpass Russia’s technological advances.”
■'H she sacrifices this reverence, she will
have been conquered already by the Rus
sian doctrine. But, as one commentator
said, competitive coexistence may go on
for a long Lime; great values are at stake.
The educational problem is to produce
graduates with human sensitiveness as well
as with the abilities necessary to meet the
challenge of the world’s technologists.
Thus, the educational system becomes a
long-term investment, which will in large
part determine our position in the world
in years to come.
Tribute was paid to the teacher, at both
high school and college level, as the vital
Instrument of the educational system. And
the writer declared, ’’Far too little pres
tige and recognition are given to the teach
ers of tomorrow's citizens and leaders;
the teaching profession needs to be made
more attractive and more rewarding ma
terially. Salaries and prestige shoUld be
raised for the teachers in order to draw
PH many as possible of the best students
into the teaching profession.”
In this connection, it was pointed out
that "there is great need for consecrated
teachers who are alert to the eomplexfties
of the modem world and who are dedicat
ed to preparing each student to face and
overcome these complexities. But the teach
er is greatly limited by the large number
and variety of students who make up each
class and by thepresur e from both stu
dents and their parents to lighten the study
load.”
F^m this angle, it was pointed out that
parents can do much to determine the at
titude of heir children and that the influ
ence within the home has much to do with
instilling a determination in the mind of
the student a desire to study and to suc
ceed. to secure the best possible education
for future life.
Citing the importance of student atti
tude. it was said that "in the final analy
sis it is the attitude of the stuoent which
spells out hie or her ultimate success in
obtaining a balanced and useful education.
Many persons have successfully educated
Uiem«elve«; modern facitties of education
around
with
square
by
SQUARE EDMONDS
Seeking To Interest Youth ...
Recruitment Group IMeets At Elon
The pundit who said that eating his
words never gave him indigestion was
qui'te right, but it only gives the sweet
ta;ste of success. Several of my columns
prior to this ons have included a fervent
plea for more spirit in the student body.
Well, that piea was answered recently on
t.^ic occa.sion of Elon's stunning upset evr*r
the prefiou.sly undefeated High Point Pan
thers. ^
Now, 1 take the part of the eulogist and
pass out orchids to all of those who at
tended the game for a job well done. There
was a 100 per cent effort given by all, and
that effort in the stands drew a thrilling
response irom the boys on the floor as
they played spoiler for the High Point
record.
Personal reflectionj on the tensions of
the perennial “rat race’ around West Dorm
are few and far between, but the "Ancient
Age" face of Joe E. Lewis has been seen
around recently. Better watch it, Joe, you
can get twenty years for such a thing . . .
* » * » »
Well the GRE (Graduate Record Hbiam-
inations are completed, and the prover
bial grips of all exponents are loquacious
as usual. Of course, high recordings on
those tests stand about as much in the
realm of probability as the thought of
Dr. Howell writing a book of Rock and
Roll song, and I hardly think that likely . . .
Whatzit’s name is currently the Elon cam
pus's “motor moron.’’ I believe he’s from
Virgilina, Va. Oh welll Anyway, he's not
very popular, and I used this tid-bit only
as a space filler. I could have left it blank
and requested everyone to breathe on.
and if it turned yellow it would be wise
to brush their teeth, but that's space-filler
too.So. 1 say it is an example of the close
relation between tragedy and humor . . .
» * « * «
DEAR ALUMNUS: For some reason or
other, a few of us find ourselves getting
out and cutting our ties with the tradi
tion-soaked Elon campus. Actually, what
I’m referring to is that little chant we are
bound to receive from our Dear Mr. Ter
rell. Anyway, what I’m trying to say that
we want to get a bunch of seniors together
who will contribute to a special fund to
purchase for the Alumni Office a ten-foot-
square sign for placement over the office
door. "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
I get the most peculiar ideas sometimes.
* * « * *
LOOSE ENDS: Bob Stauffenberg has
recently signed a pro contract with the
Philadelphia Eagles for a reported $6,000
. . . Tony Carcaterra may also be headed
for professional football, for the lanky end
was drafted by the Chicago Bears when
the National League grid squad held their
annual name-choosing from the ranks of
the college stars . . . “Muggys" is sup
posedly employed as the new PBX opera
tor in Carolina Hall. Supposedly, I said
. . . W’ill night students acknowledge tbe
parking tickets given them since this new
regulation has been imposed? That ques
tion was asked of me, and I could offer
no satisfactory response. However, I would
guess that they'll have to follow suit and
do as the rest of the violators . . .
« ♦ • » »
PARTING SHOT: WeU, I’ve beaten my
self into submissive productiveness in time
for the deadline, though as a matter of
fact. I’m a little late with this offering.
Let me part from you. my dear readers,
with the little reminder for you all to
just hang in there until time for the next
issue and swing like Tom DooJey . . .
Seeking a means to interest ad
ditional young people in the min
istry and other full-time positions
in Christian service, twenty-seven
ministers and lay leaders from
churches in the Southern Conven
tion of Congregational Christian
Churches met in a day-long ses
sion on the Elon College campus
last week.
The assembled ministers and
lay leaders were members of the
Southern Convention’s Commission
on Recruitment for Full-Time
Christian Service, a group which
has been functioning for some time
n an effort to meet the current
sJiortage of both ministers and
other church personnel, such as
voung people's leaders and educa
ional secretaries.
Tbe all-day meeting got under
way at 10 o’clock in the office o:
Dr. J. E. Danieley, with Marlin
Garren. of Greensboro, president
}I tbe Southern Convention, pre
siding over the deliberations. The
invocation was by Dr. H. S. Hard-
sastle, of Chuckatuck, Va., who
has appeared frequently on the
Elon campus as a speaker.
The featured address of the
morning session was by Dr. Na
thaniel M. Guptill, of New Y’ork
City, who appeared as a repre
sentative of the General Council
of Congre.ga'tional Christian
Churches.
There were also brief talks by
a number of the committee mem
bers, including Rev. William T
Scott, Jr., of Durham, Dr. W. E
W'lssenuin. of Greensboro, Rev
Robert A. Knowles, of Elon Col
lege, and Dr. J. E. Danieley, of
Elon College. All of them spoke
of some phase of the call to Chris
tian service.
After a luncheon break, there
was an afternoon meeting which
featured a round-table discussion
on "Christian Recruitment," dur
ing which plans were laid for em
phasizing the needs and oppor
tunities in full-time church voca
tions, with plans for special em
phasis through the local churches
on guidihg young people into pro
fessional church work.
Among the activities planned was
a “Church Vocations Sunday” to
be observed in the various church
es during May, with each church
urged to pay specia lattention
toward the guidance of juniors and
seniors at the high school level,
!\lINiSTRIAL ASSOCIATION ON CAMPUS
CHEERFtX THOUGHTS
There was the story of the young man
who said to his girl: “1 betcha you wouldn't
marry me!”
The st«ry goes that she not only called
his bet but raised him five.
* * * * «
There is a student on this campus who
never takes a drink. You gotta hand it to
him.
• • • • »
A Hollywood producer received a story
entitled, “The Optimist." He railed his
staff together and said: “Gentlemen, this
title must be changed to something simpler.
We're intelligent and know what an opti-
most is. but bow many of those morons
who’ll see the picture will knovp he's an
eye doctor?”
serre only as aids in the growth of the stu
dent’s ment*l prowess and alertness.” E^ch
student should follow Tennyson’s advice:
To follow knowledge like a sinkiBs star.
Beyond the utmost bound of human
thought ’ —CONTRIBUTED.
Since the Ministerial Association stands like a candle lighting the
spiritual life of many of the Elon College students, it was fitting
that the members of the group should arrange themselves in the
form of a candle and its holder in the above picture. The members
of the ministerial group, reading left to right in each row of he
picture, are as follows: FRONT ROW — Faye Gordon. Suffolk, Va.,
.Marv Ann Hepner, Philadelphia, Pa.; Betsy Carden, Varina; Be>^
erly' Ward, Rockville, Conn and Ella Lively, Reidsville. SECOND
ROW — Douglas Albert, Lahore Pakistan; and Lois Foor, PhUa-
delphia Pa THIRD ROW — Kemeth Rogers. Sanford: and Mary
Ann Hartwell, West Barnstable, Miss. FOURTH ROW - Jimmy Ros
ser, Sanford; and Shelby Gunter. Moncure. FIFTH ROW — David
Horn. Philadelphia, Pa.; and Joyce Myers, Philadelphia, Pa.
SIXTH ROW — Wayne Gardner, Suffolk, Va.; and Martha Brittle,
Suffolk, Va. SEVENTH ROW — Larry Yack, Cambria Heights,
N. Y.; and Dorothy Hawks, Fancy Gap, Va. EIGHTH ROW Rex
Thomas, Sanford; and Robert Hultman, Kane, Va^^ ^
ment program will be an effort
to inform and interest additional
students here at Elon College and
at other institutions of higher edu
cation in this area in church ser
vice careers. The Commission on
Recruitment appointed Rev, Rob
ert Knowles and Martin Garren,
along with Rev. Clyde Fields, of
Asheboro, as an executive commit
tee to lead in the recruitment ef
forts.
urging them to at least be open-
minded in regard to a church vo
cation, although not necessarily
making a full commitment
A special Church Vocations
Conference for young people was
i set to be held at tlie Moonelon Con-
I ference Center during the week-
[end of April 17th-19th under the
I direction of Rev. John Lackey, of
j Winston-.Salem.
I Still another phase of the recruit-
Seen From The
West Watchtower
By ANN JOYCE
We note with pleasure the suc
cess of the first program of the
Elon College Liberal Arts For
um which was presented recent
ly in West Parlor. An enthus
iastic group was present for Dr.
Clarence Carson’s presentation
of a paper, "The Conception of
Dt'mocracy and John Dewey”.
Following tlie interesting presen
tation was a discussion period.
We feel that the Liberal Arts
Forum is filling a definite gap
in the xultural program of Elon
College. We understand that the
Forum committee has planned
a number of programs for the
future, and that programs (in
cluding formal and informal de
bates, and round-table discuE-
soius) will be presented approx
imately bi-monthly for the re
mainder of this school year.
We hope that an increasingly
large number of students and
faculty members will become in
terested in the Liberal Arts Pro
gram and will be watching the
bulletin boards for announce
ments concerning future pro
grams, for it appears that here
is a project which will help
the development of better stu-
dent-faculty relationships.
The forum committee, which
is made up of students and fac
ulty members, has done a great
deal of work on this series of
programs and has worsted out
some presentations which will
be not only of interest to stu
dents of philosophy, history, re
ligion and English, but to the
student body as a whole.
Naturally this excludes the
strong anti-intellectuals and ain-
ti-academic folk, but we believ!
it is well that the Student Leg
islature has shown its approval
of the forum program by its ap
propriation of $200 to its sup
port. We see possibilities of the
future expansion of the forum
programs. In fact, we believe
that the committee is entertain
ing the idea of inviting guest
speakers from other colleges in
the area.
Certainly not the least of the
accomplishments of the Liberal
Arts Forum Committee has been
the promotion of the new cam
pus literary magazine, and we
believe that the magazine will be
of great interest to all students,
especially those who are inter
ested in writing.
’Tho.«e persons who are inter
ested in submitting articles for
publication in the first edition
of the magazine should see the
magazine editor for further de
tails. "We understand that fac
ulty and student contributions to
the publication will be wel
comed.
The magazine will include es
says, research papers, potry,
short stories, book reviews, play
criticisms and sermons. The
magazine, which will replace
"The Colonnades", is being fi
nanced by the college adminis
tration. We bear.
It was wonderful to see the in
creased school spirit exhibited
at the Elon-High Point game
here recently. With such support
at every game, we suspect that
our team's winnings would pile
up.
It is impossible to say too
many nice things about the new
lighting system which is being
installed throughout the school,
for it is certainly a notable im
provement of our campus.
And now we want to l>orrow
a little story, which Dean Here
ford related to the dormitory
girls at a recent housemeeting.
We believe it would be advisable
for all of us t» think of it ser
iously.
The story: A certain woman
once spread a large number of
ugly, malicious falsehoods about
a priest. Presently the lady's
conscience began to bother her.
She went to the priest, begging
for his forgiveness and saying
that she wished to do penance
for htr sin. Tbe priest asked the
lady to rip open a feather pil
low in a windy field. When she
had done so, he asked her to
go out and collect the feathers
and return them to him. Hastily
the lady assured the priest that
this was quite an impossible
task. With a knowing look, the
priest replied: “Of course you
can’t collect these feathers
which have flown with the wind!
But you can return them just
as easily at you could right the
wrong which you have don« me.”
here
and
there
By
DICK LASHLEY
The game of "'Who Done It” still goes
on here at dear ole’ Elon, as invcstigstors
continue their search for th' villian what
set fire to the Mooney Chapal Theatre
This has certainly been i hush-hush in-
vestigation, because if tht men with the
“spy-glasses” have any ideas as to who
the culprit is, they certainly haven't indi.
cated it.
Bomb Scare
The night of the “big snow'” was an ex
citing one for the girls in Virginia Hall.
Along with the hectic searching for the
fire bug and such, all we needed here on
the campus was a bomb scare—and some
obliging soul provided thsrt via a telephone
call, and all the gals went slippin' and a
sliddin’ out of the dorm until the "alj
clear” was sounded assuring them that no
bomb was on the premises.
No one knows who did the foul deed
but who ever it was must have a rotten
sense of humor. It may have been some
character’s idea of a practical joke or it
could have been some joker with a few
kinks in the noggin’—whichever the case
may be, I think the clown should pay a
visit to his psychiatrist.
Graduate Record Exams
G. R. E.’s are behind us now. Nothing
left to do now but sweat out our score.
Here n Th«re would like to meet the gay
who thinks up all those interesting ques
tions, and see if he can answer them. Bet-
cha' he can’t. I couldn’t!
Bid Week
Once again, that festive week arrives on
the campus—"BID 'WEEK”. There’ll if
sorority and fraternity meetings, rushing,
parties, dancing, and a sleepless weekend.
But, that’s college life.
It’s always amusing to see the poor souls
who are undergoing initiation, especially
the girls. You know, hair in pigtails, clothes
on, wrong side out, sitting in the middle of
the student union singing songs during
class breaks, opening doors for the stu
dents, passing out candy to their "big s
ters”, singing their sorority songs in the
rotunda of Alamance.
Valentine Dance
Here 'n There has been hearing rumors
about a Valentine dance in McEwen Ball
Room this year. Sounds great to us! Just
one thing puzzles me, if the rumor is true,
and that is how in the world are we all
going to get into that small room to dance
The only, solution that Here n There can
find is to have dancing upstairs and down
stairs at the same time with the orchestra
sitting on the steps. Gee, it’ll be great inn
sliding up and down the banisters, going
from one level to the next.
Garrison’s Clearance
Garrison’s Grill is having a clearance
on hot dogs. Seems as if he might be over
stocked, though yours truly doesn’t see
how he could be. Any how, tliat’s what's
going on, as if you didn’t already knovi
it, but I’ve got to have something to fiil
up this space, so figured I might as well
use this bit of well-known news.
Stodent Government
All is quiet on the governmental level
as far as student government activities
are concerned. Llnwood and Elder are sU^
ping.
However, Here ’n There understands tbs!
the first Arts Forum lias been heltJ, wtti
our own Dr. Clarence Carson delivering
the address. According to Jimmy Eldw
the meeting was very informative and
pleasing, but attendance wasn’t so good
Maybe the reason was because most of
the interested students were hiding in tie
storm shelter and weathering the storm
that howled through the campus oa
evening of Wednesday, January 21st.
Student Union
Wonder when th«y're going to pot tip
the new equipment for the union? Yours
truly hag been inquiring here and there
trying to find out, but to no avail. Guess
I haven’t asked the right person yet, Iwli’
The fact remains that it seems as if our
dreams for a better and more attracU«
student union are about to materialize.
Time To Stop
Once again the gossip Is all 1®
■tired of pounding the ole wrrttin' machl**'
and space is all gone, so let’s stop for tliit
issue. Adieu! Adios! and Auf Weidersehe#!
Or as they say in France, "Goodbye until
next issue!”
TINY BITS
W'hat you don’t dare to print is precisely
what people want to read. . i
• • • • '
"Now, gentlemen,” said the presifwl rf
the Homely Baby Bottles Company, '**
have 50.000 of these feeding bottles i"
stock and we expect you salesmen to P‘
out 2nd creaie a demand.”