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Before 1 write the story part
of this. I’d best tell you I don’t;
1rink
Strongest brew I’ve ever tang
led with is Pepsi-and-peanuts.
That confession out of the way,
%ve plunge into the business of
the column.
That concerns one night I jump
ed out (cold sober) on the rafter
of old North Dormitory. This fea
ture of the tired old brick gym
nasium. living quarters and in
general nest of mischief was sev
eral flights above a basketball
court way down below.
As I recall this particular mls-1
adventure, I consider myseU either
better than the Flying Zacchinis,
who at least have sense enough
to put a net under themselves af
ter being fired from the circus
cannon or I was marvelously stu
pid. Had I slipped, I expect I
would have made an impression
on Elon, but onlyabout six feet
under’s worth.
I was on that rafter, believe
me, simply to sign my name in
big black, bold drawing ink let
ters—right in the middle where
only cobwebs, roaches and idiot
would be want to venture.
Well. 1 was a kid.
Already you’re figuring that old
H. is cranking up some lund of
sermon.
Not exactly.
We all do sophomoric stunts at
one time or another. In addition
to climbing out on that rafter, a
devilish maneuver that would
«tamp me as the old fearless fel
low, 1 probably just wanted to
be remembered. 1 knew no one
, would be goofy enough to go out
there and paint over my name.
Some of you may he leaving
Klon pretty soon. You may be big
wheels, now. You may have cod-
ducted some admirable campaigns
under Senior Oak. You might er*n
have made a good grade or two
at some time during your under
graduate career.
You may think I’m still daft,
but the next sentence could b«
right smart important for you;
The world is a lot different from
Elon.
Pack up your memories, realize
you”re rather .‘^mall after all Snd
make your mark on the world.
Yeah, and make a better one
than I made at Elon.
iVo Teams Tied
ill Softball Loop
The Sicma Phi Bela and Sig
ma Mo Sijma softball teams,
after finishinc in a tie for the
championship at the close of the
regular intramural season, will
battle in a post-season play-off
for the 1959 campus softball
crown, according to Coach Jack
Sanford, who guides the Elon
intramural sports program.
Winding up a fine year in cam
pus sports. Coach Sanford had
six teams in action during a
five-neeks softball campaign.
The two top teams finished with
Identical 7-3 records, while lota
Tau Kappa finished third with
a 6-4 mark. Smith Hail posted
a 5-4 record for fourth, trailed {
by the Hawks with 3-6 and Kap
pa Psi No with 1-9 figures in
the win-loes colamna.
CONFERENCE GOLF CHAMPS
Humphrey Leads
SC A IS ext Year
I
Jimmy Humphrey, of Southern
Pines, will lead the activities of
the Student Christian Association
during the coming year, having
been elected president of the
«roup at the annual election held
recently.
Other officers named at the
same time were Phyllis Hopkins,
of Reidsville, vice-president; Mar
jorie Marshman, of Audenreid,
Pa., secretary; and Jimmy Ros
ser, of Sanford, treasurer. Wayne
Gardner, of Suffolk, Va., was
■named chairman of the World Or
der Commission for the group.
The Christian poli squat!, which won both team and individual
honors in the North State Conference, is pictured above. Shown
left to right are Coach Robert Benson, Buddy Briggs, Freddie
Lloyd, Eddie Hughes. Jimmie Fogleman and Manager John Clay
ton. Freddie Lloyd, who paced th,e club, was individual North State
champion.
Final Ball Game
Guilford Cancels
’The Elon College baseball sea
son came to an unexpected
close when the Guilford Quakers
requested the cancellation of the
final Elon-Guilford game, which
: had been set for the Quaker
field on May 15th as the final
! contest of the year for both
teams.
This cancellation meant that
the Elon season came to a close
with the previous battle at
East Carolina, in which the Pi
rates defeated the Christians to
clinch the Conference title.
Coach Jack Sanford’s nine,
which finshed second after win
ning two straight loop crowns,
finished with an 11-4 mark in
Conference play and a 20-7
record for overall competition.
CHRISTIAN TENNIS SQUAD
Watchtower
(Continued from Page Two)
will relieve a lot of pressure
and tension in many cases and
will give the student a chance
to let one lecture "sink-in” be
fore having another “crammed
in” on top of it. And under the
semester system, we’ll only have
to go through exams and regis
tration twice a year.
We have seen more and bet
ter Religious Emphasis pro
grams on our campus. We have
seen the beginning of construc
tion on the beautiful new Elon
College Community Church
building, which will be complet
ed and ready for use in the late
summer or early fall.
In our two years here we have
come to know and love Elon.
We have seen the constant im
provements and all the time we
lealize that Elon is fast becom
ing a school which we can well
tie prouder and prouder of hav
ing attended.
Records Fall As Indians
Win Track Championship
Cnrvalerni h All-Round Suir
(Continued From Page Tlife#^
Carcaterra failed to win a ba«-
ketball berth in his freshman sea-
•on, but he was a letter-winner a*
B sophomore in 1956-S7 and has
been a regular during the past
two years. During the past sea
son he led the Elon squad in scor
ing and led the North State Con
ference in rebounding with an
average of better than 14 re
bounds per game. Many felt it an
Injustice when he failed to make
the All-Conference cage squad at
the close of the past season.
His three-year statistical record
Seasoo
AB
M
Aft.
1956
55
10
.182
19.')7
08
26
.368
1958
95
34
.358
1959
101
29
.287
TOTAL
319
98
.307
Carcaterra
has another
year of
basketball «
ligibility,
but
it has
for field goals, free
throws
and
total points
follews:
8ea««n
FG
FC.
TP
1956-57
22
11
55
1957-58
58
37
163
1058-59
107
75
279
TOTAL ..
187
123 .
497
The big boy also gained a reg
ular outfield post in ills first sea
son of baseball in 1956 and has
held a starting position ever since,
having won AD-Conference and
All-State honorr as both a sopho
more and junior. The honor teams
have not been picked for the 1959
diamond season, but he was cer
tainly among the outstanding base
ball players in the Conference in
his senior season. The records
show that, in spite of a poor bat
ting mark as a freshman, he has
baited better than .300 for the
entire four year*.
Tlie Carcaterra batting statls-
v ; games during the four!
El .1! ;):is follow:
been doubtful whether the Long
Island boy will return to Elon to
play that final season of the cage
sport, for he was drafted for pro
football at the close of the 1958
grid season, and there have been
rumors that he may accept the
offer. If so, then it appears logi
cal to say that" Elon’s greatest
athlete of all time is hanging up
his togs for the last time this
.spring.
Sports Awards
Six North State Conference rec
ords were smashed as the Cataw
ba Indians ran off with the cham
pionship in the annual Conference
track meet at High Point on May
9th, scoring 72 1-2 points to top
the field. The Elon cinder men
finished sixth after placing either
first or second eight times in the
past nine years.
The Indians scored four firsts
and tied for a fifth top spot as
they out-pointed the second-place
East Carolina Pirates, who scored
61 1-2 points. The Pirates gar
nered five first places, but they
could not match the Indians in
team balance. Others in the. scor
ing column were High Point with
34 1-2, Lenoir Rhyne with 19. At
lantic Christian with 18. Elon with
17 1-2 and Guilford with 1 point.
Four of the new records came
in the running events. Mickey
Dean, of High Point, and Roby
Deese, of Catawba, tied for first
and set a new mark of 2 minutes
2 seconds in the half-mile; Jim
Parks, of Catawba, set new marks
of 4 minutes 36.4 seconds for the
mile and 10 minutes 13.8 seconds
for the two-mile; and the Catawba
relay team, composed of Jerry
Rossides, Wayne Faulk. Ray Kerr
and Dave Nabinger, set a new
mark of 3 minutes 33.2 seconds
in the mile relay.
Other new Conference marks
were in the high jump and pole
vault. Jack Short, of High Point,
leaped 6 feet 1-4 inch to set a
new mark In the high jump; and
Dennis O'Brien, of East Carolina,
bettered his own old mark in the
pole vault with a leap of 11 feet
6 inches.
The summary:
100 YARD DASH: 1. Daly
(ACC), 2. Speight (ECO. 3. Na
binger (Catawba), 4. Weddington
(Catawba). 5. Wimberly (ACC).
TIME: 10.3 seconds.
220 YARD DASH: 1. Daly
(ACC), 2. Weddington (Catawba),
3. Nabinger (Catawba), 4. Speight
(ECO, 5. Wimberly (ACC). TIME:
23.4 seconds.
440 YARD DASH: 1. Faulk (Ca
tawba), 2. Kerr (Catawba), 3. Ros
sides (Catawba), 4. Edwards
(ECO, 5. Rucks (ECO. TIME:
52.9 secs.
880 YARD RUN: 1. Tie between
Dean (HP) and Deese (Catawba),
3. Morse (ECO, 4. Finger (Ca
tawba), 5. Surratt (HP). TIME:
2 minutes, 2 seconds. (NEW REC
ORD).
MILE RUN: 1. Parks (Catawba)
2. Morse (ECO, 3. DeVictor (Ca
tawba), 4. Bowman (LR), 5. Rich
HIGH JUMP: 1. Short (HP), 2.
Tie between Burke (Elon) and
Skidmore 'HP), 5. Tie between
Surratt (HP) and Sapiro (Cataw
ba). HEIGHT: 6 feet 1-4 inch
(NEW RECORD.
BROAD JUMP: 1. Speight
(ECO, 2. Curry (ECO, Short (HP)
4. Moretz (LR), 5. Atkinson (ECO
DISTANCE: 20 feet, 9 1-2 inch
es.
POLE VAULT: 1. O’Brien
(ECO. 2. Tie between Nunn (ECO
and Bush (Catawba), 4. Short
(HP), 5. Carmines (Elon). HEIGHT
—11 feet, 6 inches. 'NEW REC
ORD).
SHOT: 1. Hiolmes (ECO, 2.
Bush (Catawba), 3. Sanders (LR)
4. Pfierman (Catawba). 5. More
(Elon). DISTANCE: 42 feet, 11 1-2
inches.
DISCUS: 1. Sander (LR), 2.
Bush (Catawia), 3. Holmes (ECO,
4. Gray (ACC), 5. Knouse (ECO.
DISTANCE: 126 feel, 7 inches.
JAVELILN: 1. Julian (LR), 2
Phares (ACC), 3. Curry (ECO,
4 Bush (Catawba). 5. Winner (Ca-
ytawba).niSTANCE: 175 feet, 4
inches.
MILE RELAY: 1. Catawba (Ros
sides, Faulk, Kerr, Nabinger), 2.
High Point, 3. Elon, 4. Lenoir
Rhyne, 5. East Carolina. TIME: 3
minutes, 33.2 esconds. (NEW REC
ORD).
Student Artist
Receives Prizes
John Fox, of Burlington, Elon
art major and student of Miss Lila
iNevraian, received two first awards
at the Alamance County Art Fes
tival Banquet at the Alamance
Country Club on May 15th, one
for an ink “Composition in Black
and White” and the other for a
crayon “Study of a Head.’’
Fox has also recently painted
a tapestry of Del Sartis’ "Madon
na of the Angels,” which was pre
sented to the Union Ridge Con
gregational Christian Church as
a memorial to his grand-parents.
He did the scenery for the recital
of the June Faulconer School of
the Dance, and he plans to be an
interior decorator.
Class Officers
(Continued Krom Page One)
(Continued from Page Three)
Thirteen track letter winners^ (Catawba). TIME: 4 minutes, 36.4
were Maurice Brosky, Eddie
Burke, Hank Carmines, Ronnie
Droze, Carl Fuller, Larry Gregg,
Steve Guthrie, Frank Harrell, BiU
Libby, John Moore, Dick More,
Alf Plaster and Gail Stuckey.
Five tennis lettermen were
James Bennett, John Lowther,
Steve Mauldin. Gene Rhodes and
Dave Runnels. Four golf letter
men were Buddy Briggs, Jimmy
Fogleman, Eddie Hughes and Fred
die Lloyd, the foursome which
won the North State Conference
ch,impionship in the annual tour-
I naxneot at Greensboro.
.seconds. (NEW RECORD).
TWO-MILE RUN: 1 Parks (Ca
tawba), 2. DeVictor (Catawba), 3.
Vert (HP), 4. Plaster (Elon), 5.
Harding (Guilford). TIME: 10 min
utes. 13.8 seconds. (NEEW REC-
(3RD).
120 HIGH HURDLES: 1. Cur
ry (ECC>, 2 Burke (Elon), 3. Hack
ney (HP), 4. Holmes lECO, 5.
Gregg (Elon). TIME: 16 seconds.
220 LOW HURDLES: 1. Curry
(ECO, 2. Hackney (HP), 3. Atkin
son (ECC),4. Gregg (Elon), 5. Mar
tin (Catawba). TIME: 25.9 mc-
onds.
I SOPHOMORE CLASS — Donald
I Rankin, Mary Ann Hepner, Doris
iFaircloth. Jo McAdams and Jack
Newman.
The 1958-59 Student Legislature
held itts final meeting on Wed
nesday night, May 13th, and the
new Studen* Senate organized on
the same date.
Linwood Hurd, president of the
Student Government, announced
this week members of the Dance
Committee, Orientation Commit
tee and the Board of Elections.
The Dance Committee includes
John Williams, chairman, Zac
Walker, Steve Mauldin, Henry
Tutt. Rosanna Gant. Richard Whit
tenton, Winnie Watson, Margie
Marshman, Jane Owens, Tommy
Elmore, Millie Fletcher; Carolyn
Hester; Walter Bass, Ed Boette,
Barbara Day. Richard Sisson and
Pat Jones.
The Orientation Committee in
cludes Margie Marshman, Donald
Rankin, Maurice Brosky. Edward
Wilson. Kenneth Rogers, Jimmy
Humphrey, Bobby Lawson, Sandra
Neighbors, Doris Paircloth, Phyllis
Hopkins, Marion Glasgow, Katie
Langley, Janet Pugh, Frances
Kittrell, Martha Brittle, Janet
Inge, Helen Wright, Jo MsAdams,
Pal Jones, Tommy Sears, Richie
More, Jack Newman, Tommy Cald
well. Millie Fletcher and Robert
King,
The Board of Elections includes
Bobby Lawson, chairman, Donald
Rankin, Gordon Yancey, Mary
Ann Hepner, Betsy Carden, Wynn
Riley and Bill Hurdles. The Week
end Entertainment Committee and
the Freshman Board of Control
(are yet to be nam»)d.
Graduations
(Continued from Page Two)
glib tongue is to their profession
soon separate *h® eloquent from
the merely ambitious.
Certain Eskimos follow a some
what similar pattern. Like their
South Pacific counterparts, they
have tittle use for what America
considers formal education. Sur-
viva lis a more important sub
ject. The boy who feels ready to
prove his abiUty is taken far from
home, provided with some rudi
mentary tools and that queer one-
seat canoe called a kayak. His
job, too, is to find his way home.
He must literally paddle his way
to a diploma.
As diverse as graduation cere
monies are around the world, they
all have one thing in common
the graduate receives gifts. These
may vary from the small plot of
land an Australian aborigine gets
upon having proved his prowess
0 the gleaming autos or other
gifts to American graduates, but
they are all rewards for having
mastered the knowledge each cul
ture considers important.
The Elon tennis team, which closed out an oiherwise hard-luck
season with three straight victories over Pfeiffer and High Point
is picture above. Shown left to rtight, players are as follows
KNEELING — Jim Bennett and John Lowther. STANDING — Bud
Burgess, Dave Runnels, Gene Rhodes and Steve Mauldin.
Defense Act Loan Fund
Available For Students
Possibility of financial aid for
Elon students and prospective stu
dents loomed this week, following
the announcement from W. E. But
ler. Jr.. college business mana
ger, that Elon may have more than
$10,000 available for loans under
the student loan program of the
National Defense Act of 19.')8.
Although the exact amount is
not known at this time, the busi
ness manager stated that the aid
will probably be available for this
summer and for the coming 1959-
60 term. He stated that students
interested may cntact either the
dean of students or the business of
fice for information concerning
applications for loans.
Under terms of the National De
fense .Act. student' may borrow
up to $1,000 per year, with no re-
'ft' menf or interest accruing un
til one year after the student has
graduated or left college. The bor
rower's obligation to repay can
cels in event of his death or per
manent and total disability.
There is also a provision that
up to 50 per cent of a loan may
be cancelled if the borrower be
comes a full-time teacher in the
public school? such cancellation to
be at the rate of 10 per cent per
year up to five years of teaching.
Player Review
(Continued From Page On»i
Others who performed meir bit
roles well were Marjorie Marsb-
man, as Rebecca Gibbs; A1 Von-
Doenhoff, as Sam Craig: Tom Kel
ly, as Constable Warren; Victor
Hoffman, as Prof. Willard: Rob
ert Benson, Jr., as Joe CroweU;
David Apple, as Si Crowell; Joe
Fowler, as Wally Webb; Martha
Brittle, an Lady in the Box: Mn
Clarence Carson, as Woman in tlie
Audience; Bobby Bennett and
Johnny Meadows, as Bas«ball
Players; and Millie Fletcher, as
Women in the Grave.
The production staff included
Chris Fayle as stage manager;
.Tommy Elmore and Peggy Roacb,
in charge of lighting: Sylvia Sims,
publicity; and members of *he
Elon Players, as the stage cre».
A special tribute is due to Prof.
M. E. Wooton, who chose his cast
well and then trained with hi!
usual thoroughness, producing a
show of which everyone at Elon
College can well be proud
Sports Shots
(Continued from Page Three)
has unfortunately been able to
field only one good tennis team
In the past ten years (that wa'
the 1950 season), did manage to
win the final three matches on
the Christian schedule. Jim Ben
nett, the Number One man, has
played consistently weU this year
but he ran into exceedingly stiff
competition in all dual meets.
The sports scene, on the whole,
may not look much brighter than
for this year just ending, for loss
es from this year have been heavy
on some squads. The football team,
hardest hit of all, would have to
profit by Weaker opposition to
better Its 1958 record. The bas
ketball team should be strength
ened by added experience and
new players from Kentucky. The
baseball team will be doing itself
justice if it performs as well as
this year’s crew, for it also loses
valuable men. The golf team should
suffer from graduation, and the
tennis and track teams ar^ never
a certainty a year ahead.
While this picture may appear
pessimistic, we may be in for
some pleasant surprises. This year
has not been a banner one in
fiports, we can only hope for great
er prosperity afield in the future'
Let s hope that future will be in
the next twelve months.
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