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HiGE TWO MAROON AND GOLD Toesday, M»y Je_ ijj, Maroon And Gold Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Klon College, N. C., under the Act oi March 8, 1879. Delivered by mail. SI.50 tiie college year, 5»c the quarter. College. Published bi-weekly during the college year under the auspices of the Boar* of Publication. EDITORIAJ. BOARD Walter Edmonds EdItor-in-Chief Dick Lashley Assistant Editor Ann Joyce .... Assistant Editor H. Rdd Alunmi EdltOT Pete Curtis Staff Photographer Luther N. Byrd .... Faculty Advisor BUSINESS BOARD Phillip Sexton Printing Advisor David Horn Press Operator REPORTERS Robert Bennett .. Tony Carcaterra James Fogleman . John Frost Carl Fuller Virgil Howell Edward Hughes Fred Uoyd Robert Lowe Wade Montgomery Williani Mullins William Reece Gene Rhodes Ronald ScoH Darrell Shue . Elizabeth UpdAe Earl Vickers Ted Webster -. EUiward Wilkes Lafayette Wilkins TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1958 STUDENT SENATE The amendment of the student constitu tion. which was approved by student ballot on Monday, May 10th, certainly bean> all tthe earmarks of a tremendous improve- inent, one which should create added in terest in campus government and which should give the student body full service from all of its most capable leaders. The major effect appears in the change of the old Student Legislature into the new Student Senate and in the methods of elect ing members of the representative lx)dy. Under the old system the aim was for geo graphical representation, with members elected in the sprfnp from the various dormitories and fc«m the day studants. However, there were often changes of resi dence between spring and fall, or during the year, and hence the representation was not always geographical Under the old system there was often cleavage between the campus and day Btudem members in the Student Legisla ture, and quite often the representatives of the various dormitories and the day atudentts were chosen in open meetings by a show of hands or by acclamation. Be cause of such hasty choice.s It failed in many cases to seat the most capable oifi- cers. It was also difficult to hold elections on each floor of the dormitories, and by choos ing only one from each floor, there was Uttle chance for political activity. The re cent senatorial election, held under the new system did not aroOse much political interest. The new Senate will have only 32 mem bers, a slight reduction from the old mem bership of the Student L,egislature, and this may result in a more workable nun>- ber. It will also make all class officei'S member.» of the Senate, which will give them added responsibility in representing and speaking for their class In the past class officers have had little responsibilty. Furthermore, the fact that the regular class elections will be held with the gen eral campus balloting each spring, with the Senate election coming a week later, there will be a chance for candidates de feated for a class office to file and run for the Senate This will assure th* campu* of the service of its best governmental talent. around with square by SQVARE EDMONDS Struck doTim by a cranky appendix and the surgeoirs knife, Ye Editor an^ writer of this column has been in Durham for the past ten days undergoing and recup erating from major surgery, so it became necessary for someone to “jjhost write this fTnal column and literary swan song of bis editorial year. Contacted by way of long disUnce tele phone. Square expressed regrets that he could not be on the job to say his own farewell to his many friends (??>, such ,as Joe Lewis ana Arthur Pitts, since it meant those and other readers of his un der the oaks would escape the last of the sardonic stabs of wit which have enlivened the column in the past. There was more than one of Square's "friends,” who volunteered to "guest write” his final column, but in some cases a gleam of avenging anticipation in their eyes, convinced Marooa and Gold author ities that it might be more seemly for someone to "ghost write” FOR Square rathei than for someone to "Guest Write” TO him. This seemed especially so in view of the fact that the colunvnist is stepping down the aisle, a la Mendelssohn, come May 30th. ♦ • ♦ • • Square stated over telephone that be hoped to bt back on the campus this week and that he was still hoping to complete requirement* foi graduation in spite of the balky appendix. To him in facing that problem and to other seniors who are soon to go out in the world, it seems well to offer a little poem by Berton Braley, which shows the value of determination in tack ling any task or problem The Braley poem, based upon an old Chinese proverb, shows Just what self- confidence and deternunatlon c«n mean. The people of Cathay say it in a short and pathy phrase, “Can Do.” The little poem follows: In the land of Cathay there’s a phrase that they say When a difficult job is in view; Just a Chinese refrain that is simple and plain; "Can Dol” Two words said iB pidgm, but they're the religloa Of those indispensabk few Whom naught can defeat as they blithely repeat "Can Do'” "Can Do!" It makes the incredible true. It works the unworkable, moves the immutable. Unearths the hidden, unsci'ewe the inscrutable. Does all the jobs it’s impossible to! "Can Do!" A promise and prophecy too, The slogan of workers all over the chart, Who go on and finish the jobs that they start! That’s not a bad mottto for life itself, so it’s hardly necessary to even wish luck In life to any senior who will fare forth from the Elon campus, secure in the be lief that he or she "Can Do." CONGRATITLA’TIONS SENIORS Congratulations to the class of ’59. Cri- lege days will soon be over for you, and you will be making your bid for w«rk in the various fields of your choice. Yours has been the privilege of receiving an edu cation Some of you wlU step into positions with the closing of the school year, while others of you will continue immediately your education endeavors in graduate school. The class of ’59 can well be proud of lt*elf for outstanding achievements during the past years and each member should cttTy on in the same spirit. And so to the clai of 1958, the staff of the Maroon and Gold extends best wishes to each graduate for a successful future. WISPS OF WISDOIM Road maps tell a motorist everything he wants to know except how to fald them again. » * • * • Fear may slow down our thinking prs- crsses, but it sure speeds up our footwork. • • * • * Another reason you can’t take it with you — it goes befare you do. “THIRTY” For the thirty-eighth time a Maroon and Gold editor writes "30”—that is the news paper lingo for "the end’*—closing out an- lother series of fifteen issues of the ol' campus newspaper, and another year of Elon’s campus news will take its place on our reference shelf. It will be a good feeling when we see this final issue roll from the press and know that there is at leaat three months ahead without the hurrying and scorrying hither and yon, pencil and note pad In hand, searching fot the latest happenings in the realm of campus life. It win be nice, too, to know that no longer must we bum the midnight power, sometimes into the wee small hours of the morning, and yet it is with somewhat a tmge of sadness that we will view the final issue of the 19S8-59 rolling forth. With all the work, there has been a great deal of pleasure, and we would not for any thing have missed the opportunity that has been oars. Fate has dealt with us In kindly manner in providing many and varied things as a subject for *ur literary efforts, and it has been our good fortune to tell of many fine acoompHKhm^ifis by Elon students and faculty members and to record more than one progresive step for our col lege. Yes, it is with pride and plea^tire, and with a sense of something accomplished, that we write "30** on this year*s work and thus close out another volume of the MarsoB and Gold. STARRED IN ROMANTIC ROLES OF PLAYER SHOW (Story On Page One) Among the truly ootstanding stars of the recent Elen Player presentation of Thorton Wilder's "Our Town” were Ro sanna Gant, of BorUngton, and Dan Por ter, of Fayetteville, who are pictured rifht in costumes for their romantic roles In the great Broadway play. Ro sanna Gant, who recently received the “Eppie” for the best leading role of the year in Player shows, came throngh with another really great performance as Emily Webb, and the andience lived with her through school days, the early teens, awakening love and marriage, suffered with her through death and through her snbsequent return from the grave in spirit form for a visit to “her town.” Dan Porter, making a belated start in cam- pns dramatics, delivered a fine perfor mance as George Gibbs, the boy next door, who suddenly realized his love and desire for a home and family. The cou ple were unnsoally convincing in the famed drug store scene of “Our Town,” hi which young lore comes to a sudden awakening. There were many comments from the andience that it appeared a shame that the Fayetteville boy had wait ed so long to try his ti&nd as an actor on the Elon College stage, and the opin ion was also expressed that, if the pres entation of **Onr Town** had been given prior to the annual dramatic awards ban quet, he might have shared in the an nual awards for excellence. §8 Graduations Are Varied Around World This June, as parents of Elon seniors applaud their favorite graduate, a proud Bantu tribes man in Africa will lae painting his! He will smear the happy lad’s face with certain designs that sig nify the family to which he be longs; a few more dabs will por tray the animal held sacred by the boy’s clan; and, if the lad has learned his work well, addi tional blobs of home-made paint will announce his chosen profes- —warrior, hunter, craftsman priest. A young researcher who uncov ered these oddities In a recent study, found graduations around the world fascinating. For exam ple, on the other side of the world, equally far from books and class rooms—but not examinations—^the eyes of a few chosen Melanesian boys will sparkle as bones are inserted t hrough their noses— symbols pf their having reached the estate of manhood, with its privileges -and responsibilities. Some young men on nearby is lands mu*it endure much more. Having spent their youth accom- paning their elders on hunting ex peditions, they must pa.ss one of the most rigorous tests ever de vised for a student. Accompanied by two adult men from his family each youth is es corted into the wilderness or to some mountain top Jar from bis village. All he has are the clothes on his back and a knife—no food or tools. His kinsmen search him for contraband, then leave him without a word. His mission: survive lor one week and find his way back home. He must prove himself capable of tracking down and killing game, making a lean-to of whatever mar terials he can find, reading the stars and avoid getting killed. Sometimes, the boy doesn’t make it—and his family is deeply shamed. But when, on the seventh day, a successful candidate stum bles into the village, dirty, ex hausted and shivering—what a celebration! The clan throws the biggest party of its existence. The hero can do no wrong for the fol lowing week. He may kiss any girl he wishes, drop in for supper any- iwhere, drink himself senseless— anything he wants. For he has re turned: he is a man. If the reader thinks that's tough, consider the boys who aspire to native priesthood. In order to qual ify as a .shaman or medicine man, they undergo the same lest as their less anftitious brother, but are forbidden to eat. For a solid week, all they may have is water. And though they are unguarded, they obey—for they firmly believe that the full-fledged shamans can tell whether or not they have had food. This enforced hunger speU has a purpose. Sometime during these seven foodless days, the young man must’ have a "vision.” He .mujt be visited by a god who teUs him be is shaman material. When he returns to the village, he re lates his “vision ” to the shaman, who decide whether he is truly among the chosen. Most of the candidates have the "vision” (hunger-induced haUuci- nations are comnon., bu! few pos sess the eloquence la describe :t effectively. And the medicine men, who know he* importa.it a (Continued on Page Four) Seen From The West Watch tower By ANN JOYCE to It is with a feeling of sadness that we realize that this is to be our last column in the Ma roon and Gold and that the next two weeks will be our-last at Elon College. Two years ago we came Elon to embark upon our col lege career. We knew not a sin gle person on campus and we had seen the actual campus only one time before. We soon learned that we were not the only one on campus with a new position in life. We were fortunate in having the oppor tunity of attending the inaugu ration of Dr. J. Earl Danieley. We have noted with pleasure a great many fine improvements on campus since we first came. We consider the campus to be actually much more beautiful now than just two years ago. Landscaping and parking lot im provements have been largely responsible for this. Also adding new beauty to our campus has been the doing-away-with of his torical North Dorm. We will remember long how she looked and the colorful stories which seeped from behind her walls. But. we must admit that her ab sence makes the campus more impressive to visitors and out siders. We have seen the installation of modem lighting in'many of the classroom buildings. We have seen longer and better li brary hours established. We have seen vast improvements in the dramatics department facil ities in Mooney Chapel. We fore see great changes in the condi tion of the Student Union Build ing. We .have seen two serious fires on campus and have wit nessed a bomb "scare.” We have seen the establi«h- ment of an Arts Forum which has helped greaUy to improve the cultural and intellectual side of our campus life, and to give us better opportunities for a well-rounded education. There has been tremendous improvement in weekend enter tainment for students. There is seldom a weekend now when there isn’t a play, a movie, ath letic events, a dance, or some thing on campus to help students occupy their free time. We fore see even further advancements in this aspect. We believe it is highly com mendable that so much has been done and is being done to im prove the scholastic sUndards of our school. Elon is fast be coming a college in which one must have more than "pull” to stay in school and off proba tion. One of the sad situations to us has been the lack of school spirit. We are encouraged by recent displays of spirit, how ever, and we hope to see grad ual but sure improvement. We are very proud of the way in which students received the May Day activities, the band concert and Prof. Fred Sahlmann’s re cent recital. Perhaps no change has been made which has caused more concern or cniticism than that of the switch to semester system which is planned for next year. We have heard every possible reason in the book for not ini tiating the semester system, but we can’t remember having heard a single person present the sys tem’s virtues. Personally, we think we may see several advantages. It seems that with the semester , system, students will have a better chance to maintain a ‘‘C” aver age because of the increased number of courses which they will be carrying. Under this sys tem, if a student falls down even in two subjects, he wiU have three more to help pull up his overall average. We also believe that having classes in each course only every other day (Continued on Page Four) here and there By DICK LASHLEY In this grand finale of Here n’ Tber yours truly would like to devote the It tire column to two individuals who have been of untold help to me as a student and as a person during my student days here at dear ole’ Elon—br. James Ho«eU and Professor Luther Byrd. What does one say to appropriately ex press personal gratitude to people who have really helped him without becomine too sentimental? To merely say “Thanks” is not enough, but someUmes to say more is too much. Maybe in the course of this column, the right words of thanks wiU fall into place. Someone once said that the use of good grammar is a true asset to any man or woman if he or she hopes to create a good impression on those they meet and to have the self-confidence that is necessary to express oneself adequately in today's world. As most of us know, good grammar isn't a biological characteristic of Homo Sa piens, In fact, speech itseU isn’t a biolo gical obaracteristic either. It. like gram mar, must be learned. While our culture and infantile environment teaches us speech, it quite often doesn’t teach us the correct grammar that goes with the lan guage. This must be taught us by a com petent grammarian, and I have yet to find one better than our own Dr. James HoweU Dr. HoweU’s patience must truly be tried by the fumbUng of students as they sometimes wreck the King’s English How ever, you never know it. As long as tie student shows evidence of trying to learn. Dr. Howell patiently coaches him into cor rect English patterns, until one day he suddenly finds himself speaking as he should. Too often, after some mastering of grammar has been obtained, the stu dent forgets the efforts of the professor who has led him into these correct chan nels of grammatical art. Recently, in interviews I have faced, yours truly has really appreciated the aid given me by Dr. HoweU, This aid per tains not only to the use of correct gram mar, but also to the aids to good and in telligent conversation obtained in his lit erature classes. Also we must mention his patient counseUing as to what subjects to take and his reminders concerning tests, etc. There are many more things we could mention in connection vrith the help giv«n me and other students by Dr. HoweU, but space doesn’t permit it. So, we say thank you, Dr. James Howell, for everything. Though Professor Luther Byrd’s field is journalism, his help to me has included many things outside that field. Before go ing into his personal help to yours truly, let us mention some of his aids to the campus in general. A trail of cigar smoke mark£ the rapid path of one of the busiest men on the cam pus, as Prof. Byrd rushes hither and thither, getting bits of news, reminding the col umnists to have their columns in on time, doing public relations work, teaching class, covering baU games and special events on ^e campus, listening to complaints, see ing that pictures are made, and getting news items to the Dally-Times News and other papers. I get tired just writing about his aotivities. Now, let's get back to his h«lp to yours truly. As you sit in Prof. Byrd’s journalism class and listen to his lectures, you receive a world of wisdom to be applied not only to the exact field of journalism, but to other fields as well. You hear him stress correctness, patience, curiosity, honesty, clearness, the use of proper ethics and oiber attributes. To me these things have really begun to lake on meaning, a mean- ^g to be applied not only to journalism, but also to my personal life and to my work in the cempany with which I am W> tie affiliated after graduation. Also of great help to me in building my own self-confidence was confidence placed in me by Prof. Byrd. Somehow, you just can t let a guy like that down. Professor Byrd, may Here n’ There give you its sincere thanks for helping this writer to maybe be a better person. Now. the time has come to close this, the last column of Here n’ There, Yours truly has considered it a privilege to have been a spokesman of the printed word for the student body. Good luck to you grads, 'and a happy vacation to the rest of you students who will be coming back to again next year. Now W€ put the old writin’ machine away and bid you all a fond adieu.
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