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PAGE TWO Maroon And Gold Edited and printed by students of Elon College.. Published bl-weeUy during the college years under the auspices of the Board of Publication. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Elon College, N. C., under the Act of March 8, 1879. Delivered by mail, $1.50 the college year, 50c the quarter. EDITORIAL BOARD Bobby Lawson Editor-in-Cliief Jimmy Elder Assistant EWtor Doris Fairckith Assistant Editor H. Reid — Alumni Editor George Best Staff Photographer Luther N. .Byrd Faculty Advisor TECHNICAL STAFF Phillip Sexton Printing Advisor Carl Owen Printing Advisor Bobby Bennett Press Operator REPORTERS /Immy Jones Lafayette Wilidns Michael Duncan Roger Suddith Carolyn French Sam White Keith Dennis Darrell Moser James DiPerna Rex Moser Robert Dnim Kenneth Rogers Oliver Gilliam Richard Whittenton Cecil Wrtght FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1959 THE WILL TO WIN There is a saying that "the team thtt won't be beaten can't be beaten,” which is just another way of saying that determi nation wins out. That saying can be applied Iv Other activities in life, both to individ uals and to groups, just as well as to ath letic.s The fall semester here at Elon is almost half gone, and many students have already given up on some of their courses, with the result that their names will be included on failure and probation lists at the end of the term. In many cases, if those stud ents had enough of the will to win ou' scholastically, they might still salvage those courses. The "Guilfordian," student news paper at Guilford College, recently had an editorial on this same idea which is well worth reading. That editorial follows: When the first permanent settlers came to America, they brought with them a cer tain, unseen SOMETHING — the same SOMETHING that stayed with them through battles with Indians, struggling for survival In a strange wilderness, and the building of their homes and churches. It was made from the characters of the peo pie that brought it to the New World with them. This SOMETHING stood, taU and towering, behind the bearded farmers as they blasted the British redcoats into ob livion in the American Revolution; it sat ■at the table in silent pride when Thomas Jefferson drew up the Declaration oi In dependence; and it laughted loudly enough for the whole world to hear it the day the Ub«rty Bell was rung. This SOMETHING can be called by var ious names—bravery, courage, determiiui- tion, or simply the win to win. This will to win—coupled with God's help—was the sole thing that carried our forefathers through the perilous pioneer days and the wars that were part of them. They longed for independence in a country whet^ „ one lived in terror and where all had equal freedom to thihk and to worship. Their longing made them seek to build this New World into something really great, and their will to win made them do it. All this is history—it happened a long time ago. But these settlers (ought, not at much for their own rights, as for ours. They wanted a free ttaUon, (or their childrea, •aJ for their children's children. And now we have It. We have the (reedom that they wanted for ua. We have the newspaipen, the democratic govemmsnt. the powerful military forces, tne modern household ▼enlenees, and {he respect of the rest of the worid as « free and mighty nation. But where Is that determined will to win the one that carried our ancestors on corerea wagons through the cold Rocky Mountalas? Did this, too, die with the and buggy, and the spinning wheel? Dw progress and the huge electronic “braina" of modem times push it back Into history along with the butter chum •■d the stagecoach? If thU is true, the country and lu people ■wlU suffer. Let us see if we cannot try to regain thU wlU—to keep It alive and working. Each individual needs to put a *oot forward to help hinuell and his cowitry. Since we hare the opportuniUes for good education and (airly easy suc- **«. we should have the wiU to use them to the ^t advantage. Let us remember that It Is our country—and that it U be cause tie wHI to win was «trong enongh to stand up tor liberty. A pert Vas«ar Jtinior, emerging from ■ conference with the renowned old professor of dram* and literature, remarked ruefully to a roommate, ‘That old boy may b« etgl>ty, but he’s still in there pinching.' MAROON AND GOLD on campus By BOBBY LAWSON Thanksgiving holidays are just around the comer, and of course vacation days are always welcome at ol' Elon. Students -will head in all directions for days of tun and leisure. Some will journey North, while others will enjoy the deeper South. What ever your plans are, I am sure that every one will be glad to get away from the boolis. » * * » * Dining Hall That did it! My last column really put the fire under some. I’m sorry if I offended so many of the virtuous souls about Elon, but yoru can't l>e a twenty-four karat '“phony" forever. I feel that most of you agree with me that something had to be done about the line breaking. For the first few days it was almost a pleasure to wait in line at the dining hall, because there was no rushing or Une-brealdng. But of course that was under supervision of a faculty member, and the very day that there was no supervision people began breaking line again. Does this mean that we are like a group of first graders in that we need someone over us at all times. We are considered young men and women; so let's start acting like them. Besides it doesn’t look very nice to visitors and gives them the wrong Impression of our campus. ***** Fads Fads come and go, often without leaving any notable impressions on the generation that gives them birth. These passing fancies usually expire into nonexistence leaving tttle effect other than a slight dent in the pocketbook. Not so with leotards! They are still around, and the effects are more notice able than just a pocketbook dent. I say do away with leotards because they don’t do anything for a girl except emphasize the slimness or heaviness of her legs. And those girls with the pretty legs shouldn’t want to cover them up. I predict that if the hula hoop hadn't passed so fast that we would have a health ier and better-looking crop of girls. Their figures would have been improved—waist lines would be smaler. And, as hula hoops circled the necks, arms, waist, hips and legs of every red blooded American girl, the very fiber of her physical being would have been better. I also agree that there are some that don't need changing. So fads come and go without arousing the Interest of us so-cafled more serious- minded inhabitants of the college cam pus, but. I say. "away with leotards!” * * * * * Honor Sjattm - There are, o f coarse, numerous prob lems of campus-wide Interest. One of the problems on our campus Is the honor sys tem. Do we, the students, understand the honor system? Do we even want an honor system at Elon? Am I Uving up to the honor code? For the past several weeks, there has been much discussion on the Elon College campus about the problem of cheating oa the part of the studesU. The cheating that has been discussed is not merely the copy, in* o( test papers, or cheating on the test but covers many other aipecU of dishoneat work. 11^“*.** *“ ^ ®*“«r? It is not a problem that concerns only the onW fh concerns meriU serious conslder.Uon fix.m both th. faculty and the students. However whUe the problem of cheating Involves both the faculty and studenU, the students should give it much more conslderaUon than It 1« now i«celTiiic. « nrow ^ Individual student’s Cheating harms both the student who «vea though you do not cheat, you are a«ert^ by the student who does. L you golag to do nothing while «,meone cheats Looking Backward At. Greek Letter Origins On Elon Campus The Greek-letter fraternities and sororities at Elon CoUege date I back almost four decades to the period just after World War I. when a group of students peti tioned for permission to form soc ial clubs as a means of improving the social life of Elon students. The Elon College catalogue for the 1919-1920 term carried a rec ord of the action of the trustees in granting such permission, and that first act of the college trustees carried many of the pi-ovisions that govern the social organiza tions today. The catalogue of that day stated that 'for the promotion of brother hood and good felolwship and the cultivation of social life, the B*ard of Trustees has provided for the voluntary organization of social clubs among the students, with the consent of the faculty and under faculty supervision.” The trustees further provided that there should be not more than four such clubs for each sex, reserved to the faculty the right to disband the groups, that meet ings should be held monthly (not weekly as they are today), and that there should be some type of award to the group which main tained the highest standard of scholarship and campus activity. Meeting Rooms At that time there were no spec ial club rooms, all meetings being held in the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. rooms. The Y.M.C.A. rooms were then located on the first floor of old North Dormitory, the building which was torn down last year, wthile the Y.W.C. srroup held its meetings on the third floor of West Dormitory. The meetings of the social clubs were later held on the upper floors of the Old Alamance Building, which was destroyed by fire in 1923. The individual clubs rooms were not provided until the new plant was built, when rooms were allotted to each group on the first floor of the Mooney Building. These early regulations also pro vided for the maximum Initiation fees, yearly dues and additional asessments. The maximum cost of a pin was first set at $10. but ten years later the lltUe "Red Book” had advanced the maximum al lowance for a pin to $12.50, per haps in recognition of the advanc ing costs of that day. EDITOR’S NOTE With the annual fall Bid Night ceremonies just past, It Is quite fitting that present-day Elon students should know something of the history and background of Greek-letter fraternities and sororities on the campus. The story of the founding and growth of the eighth social groups for bojrs and girls is told here. * ♦ ♦ Provision was made that any club, to remain active, must keep a minimum of nine members, and when membership fell below that level the club was placed on inac tive status. The first recognition of the various clubs by name was in the colege catalogue of 1923-24 when six groups were listed. The clubs named at that time included Sigma Phi Beta, Kappa Psi Nu and Iota Tau Kappa were listed for boys and Delta Upsilon Kappa, Tau Zeta Phi and Beta Omicron Beta were listed for girls. Several of the clubs have been placed on the inactive list a num.- ber of times during the ensuing Service in Liberia; L. B. Ezzell, later a professor at the University of Texas; and K. R. McCal- man, later a school superintend ent at Nyack, N.Y.; and Dr. J. B. Newman, now a Burlington dent ist. Others of the first list for Kappa Psi Nu included J. W. Fix. L. M. Cannon, W. M. Garrison, I. O. Hauser, F. H. Hunter, L. I. Ingle, O. C Johnson, W. D. Lambeth, J. E. McCauley, W. E. Moon, H. L. Scott, H. G. Self, C. L. Walter and E. C. White. Other Kappa Psi Nus of the early years included George D. Colclough, now secretary of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce; J. M. McAdams, now a contractor in Elon College; W. T. Scott, now superintendent of the Southern Convention of Congregational Christian Churches; and C. W. Gordon, prominent Burlington manufacturer. First Girls Clubs Two of the girls’ clubs made their appearance in the Phi Psi Cli in 1921. One of these was Beta Omicron Beta, and its initial list included Della Cotton, now Mrs. W. T. Scott, of Elon College; Mar garet Youmans, later prominent Karei xoumaus, laicr uiuuiiurui years because of the minimum'• xt ... iiuuiuiuiii religious work in Rye, N. Y.; memhpr.«:nin romiiromont membership requirement. First Publicity The first notice of the new clubs appeared in Phi Psi Cli, the Elon yearbook, in the 1920 edition. At that time Sigma Phi Beta, said to have dated back to 1918 in iU or ganization, was written up in the annual, and the first list of its members included L. J. Perry, now director of high school ath letics in North Carolina; William G. Stoner, now a prominent sport ing goods dealer in Greenslx>ro; and F. K. Garvey, now a physician in Winston-Salem. Others of the Initial group in Sigma Phi Beta were E. E. Se- christ. O. T. Robertson. S. R. Mof- fit. J. W. Simpson. E. G. Purcell, G. R. Reavls. H. E. White, C. P.’ McNally. E. S. Johnson. T. G. Henderson. David Miller. O. H. Henderson. W. D. Henderson, w! R. Thomas. C. M. MiUey. W. F. Godwin. H. W. Johnson and B. B. Johnson. The Kappa Psi Nu group made its first appearance In Phi Psi CU in 1921. although its organization U set for 1920. Included in the first list were C. M. Cannon, later with the United States Foreign and Isabella Walton, later Mrs C. M. Cannon. Others of the Beta Omicron Beta’s first list were Pearl Reynolds, Sarah Carter. Mary Miller. Eunice Rich. Victoria Adams and Kate Wheeler. The Delta Upsilon Kappa group also appeared first in the 1921 issue of Phi Psi Cli. although its organization date was probably a couple of years earlier. The first list for the Delta U's included Jennie Gunter, Margaret Corbitt, Florine Farmer, Mary Nell Hol land, Jennie Fulghum, Delores Morrow, Hazel Rosemood, Essie Mae Truitt and Esther Farmer, Another early Delta U memlier was Miss Lila Newman, who teaches art on the Elon faculty The next club to make its ap pearance on the pages of Phi Psi Cli was Tau Zeta Phi. Included in that first list were Minnie Edge, now Mrs. M. W. Hook, of Elon Col lege, Lucy Austin, Nannie Ald ridge, Marjorie Bruton, Nonnle Bailey, Annie Bell Cardwell, Lu ciUe Cardwell and Mamie Moore Other early members were Fannie Glenn Elder, Annie Lee Floyd, (Contloaed oa Pa^ Four) Friday, November 13 The Chatter Box By DORIS FAIRCLOTH 'twixt and between By JIMMY ELDER you? • • • • * BI4 Nickt thftor Thev w on campus. Shin l -ctivity Within the Pan-HeUenlc Council. There 7"e »o~rity and fraternity meetings, nuh- parties, dancing and a sleepless week- «d. But everyone ei^oyed it, especiaU, wOo were giving th. iniUaUon. They teU of a Ud who took so loc( to get through Hanrard that he had Ivy grow- Ing up his left leg. He met hi* (ate when he feU out of a speeding airliner. HU last words were, “Gad, I gue„ that waaa't tb. washroom after aJl!" I’ve often wondered how many studenta at Elon CoU«ga ever give any tliought to or re alize the meaning of the Honor System that we have here. There seem to be few, although thii U something that should be of direct concern to all of us. The Honor System is a privi lege that has been granted to the StudenU apparently because the students wanted and (eJt the need for this system, and in my opinion. It U fuUiUiag it* duty only when it makes the studenU stronger and more reUable peo ple. This system is provided for those of us who have a sense of right for ourselvea and for others and feel that we can put this sense of right to use by proving ourselves worthy of trust. It U not for those of us who feel that the tru»t instilled In us Is some thing to override as much a* possible and to teach us how to get through life In the easiest possible way. We are aU aware that the trust pUced la as has been at some time, and may still b«, misused, but there are few o( US who are wlUing to do any thing about the sltuaUon. Though it seems that many people are unaWare o( H, we do have an Honor CouncU here at Elon. The AincUon of this lUaor CouncU U to try aU caae* brought before them concerning violations of the Honor System or the Campus Code. As is stated in the Handbook, under the Honor System you are on your honor not to cheat, steal, or lie; and It you see an other student doing so, you are on your honor to report him to the Honor CouncU.” "Under the Campus Code you are bound on your responsibUity as a genUe- man (lady) to conduct yourself as such at aU times, and further to see to it, insofar as possible, that your feUow studenU do Ukewise.” Many complaints have been Isued toward Uie Honor CouncU. T*>ey. as any earth-made organ- l*aUon. are not infaUable. but their hands are tied if they ire not given the chance to function and to fulfUl Uieir duties as represenUUves of the Student Body. Mlany people condemn the Honor CouncU for the sup posed mistakes that they have made In dealing with the cases of previous years, but if they who condemn knew Oie enUre situation in each of toe eases Md of what iBformation the Honor CouncU bad to deal with they might be a UtUe less quick to criticize. When we come into Elon Col- lefe. we enter under the rules U»ted in the handbook, and we •re expected to foUow these niles. I( we dlslUce or disagree with the rules, we should fUid anoUier coUege whose rule* at« more fitted to our natures. If we come into Elon with no in tentions of following the rules and seeing that they are In- forced, there is no use what ever in having them. Of course, any member of our Honor CouncU is expected to maintain iU good name, and if he fs not doing so or has no in- tenUons of doing so. the best thing for aU concerned would be for him to remove himself from this posiOon. The Honor System here at Elon is the foun dation of the Student Body, and when it falters, the Student Body falls down with it. Since the Honor CouncU mem bers are elected as upstanding trustworthy, and fair, they are' looked to as some of the best »mong the Student Body. If we can't have Uiis type of studeirt In the position of Uje aU-import- “t Honor CouncU, bow can we expect ^ other students to stand by it or to live by iU rules? We cannot put any blame on the Honor CouncU as to the Justifi cation of their actions untU we have given them a chance to ^ncUon when the need arises. There are undoubtedly many of us who have run into violations of the Honor System, and we have turned away inai it cause of fear. Sometimes we may restrain ourselves from turning soi^ (CoatlnMd oa Pagi Ftmti Last weekend the regional meetin, ^ the National Student Association was at Duke University, and Elon College w represented by four student delegates fr^ the legislative, executive, judicial journalistic branches of the student T ernment. The meeting, which was a workshop student activities and interests, not 0! canipus but national and intematioii produced tentative plans for the Carolina Student Assembly to be held the state capitol buUding in Raleigh in Z near future. ' Both the NSA and the North Carolin. Student Legislature have been SS in a certain amount of notoriety reEarHi„. their extremely liberal racial vie4 J despite the criticisms that have been n^ sented against these organizations Z some quarters, it has been beneficial I Elon CoUege, particularly to participating students, to attend these meetings ♦ * * ♦ * A third such student associaUoi to whirl, the Elon College Student GovemiflJ longs is the North State Student Govem. ment Association, which will convene he» on December 5th and 6th. Plans on the part of the Student Senate and the student executive officers have been very W materialize. It is the responsibiUty of ^th to act as the functioning organisn in preparing for the meeting of the ten or more member schools here at Elon, If preparations for the meeting are in. adequate, it will reflect on the whole school. ■The time has come for the memben of the Student Senate to absolve themselves of the apathy which has been running ram- pant in the group. * ♦ ♦ * ♦ The very active dance committee is mai. mg plans for a big Christmas dance this year. This dance, which will be in addition to the annual three seasonal dances (though there were only two last year) is being planned for both upsUirs and do»> stairs at MsEwen Dining HaU. The upstairs wUl be used for dancing only, with the band being located there. The Southerners, a local outfit. wiU probably play for th* event and should be very good for the oc casion. Among the tentative plans discussed by the dance committee chairman, John Wil liams, is a Christmas motif, carried out through a big Christmas tree and splatter- ings of Christmas greenery. Eggnog will be served to brighten the festive occasion. There is only one drawback to the planj to date, that being that the dance wiU be lomaL This columnist is highly In favor of formal mid-winter and May Day dancei, when Uie gymnasium wiU be used and when a reasonably weU-known band will be performing, but such is not the case for the Christmas dance as planned. It is doubtful whether many students wiU want to rent tuxedos to dance to a load band in McEwen Dining Hall, especially Just before Christmas when everyone vriil be needing more money. NOTE: Cort for renting a wlhter tuxedo exceeds $9 in coid cash. Howevelr, John WUUams and his com- nUttee deseiVe plaudits for planning tliii extra dance. • • • • • ^®K*’*^ulatlons are also in order to D*n- ®1» Rossi and the entertainment committet, who headed the committee on arranje- menu for the performance by the BiUtt Russe de Monte Carlo on November 2nd. Dennis, ably assisted by A1 Capuano. spent J^g hours planning and advertljing. Though the baUet was not a flnanciil cess, the reacUon of the audience wai t*i- dence that the performance was a succe« in eveiy other way. Approximately 525 persons attended the hallet performance, a smaU crowd and is even smaUer response from the Elon Col lege student body, for only 79 student tickeU were sold. TOe venture netted a loo of about $40 to the sponsors. The fact that the suflent body did not support the Ballet Russe in large numbers wUl definitely hurt the chances of obUin- fng the Four Freshmen for a concert. Th* Student Government budget cannot accoB- odate an expense as great as the Four F’reshmen the way appropriations are set Bow. uitial capital is needed to bring any more concert groups tere. Ray Conlff *sked for $5,000, and the Four Freshmen ask for about one-third that figure. U*" doubtedly, a igroup like the Four i'reshinen would attract a lar^ erowd and pay Student Government rabatantUUy.