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MAROON AND GOLD
Tuesday, December 15,1959
Maroon And Gold
Edited and printed by students of Klon
College.. Published bi-weekly 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 BOABD
Bobby Lawson Editor-In-Chief
Jimmy Elder Assistant Editor
Doris Faircloth Assistant Editor
H. Reid Alumni Editor
George Best Staff Photographer
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REPORTERS
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Oliver Gilliam Richard Wiiittenton
Cecil Wrigbt
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1959
CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS
Two constructive suggestions, one de
signed to speed student traffic through
Alamance Hall between clases and the
other aimed at improved parking facilities
on the campus, have just been received in
a student communication to the Maroon
and Gold.
The speed-up of student movement be
tween classes is suggested through intro
duction of a system of “one-way” move
ment up and down the stairs in Alamance
Mall, with one set of stairs used for ascend
ing and the other descending travel. The
improvement in parking would be accomp
lished through use of part of the area
south of the Mooney Building for com
muters. Quoted excerpts from the student
communication follows:
“The era of ‘one-way movement' has ar
rived, and perhaps the use of this inno
vation of the efficiency expert should be
extenided to our hallowed h,al^, mqre
specificaly to the steps rather than the
halls. I, therefore, humbly propose the
use of one-way steps in Alamance Hall
to speed up intra-school pedestrian traffic.
"Aside from the obvious advantage of
easing short tempers resulting from con-
Igestlon, many other benefits could be de
rived from this change. Students desiring
a cup of coffee or the like between classes
could conceivably make the trip to the
Student Union and back without fear of
being late, caught in the log-jam of the
maddening crowd.
This would result in increased revenue
or the Student Union, along with well-
lourished and contented students in the
classroom, and any enlightened educator
is aware that a well-nourished and con
tented student is a good student. I hope
that, keeping these advanages in mind,
serious consideration will be given to this
proposal by persons embodied with the
responsibility for such weighty matters.
"If I may be permitted to make a dual
suggestion, I would also point out that
there is a large area behind the Student
Union, adjacent to the oval, which is re
served for dormitory student parking, and
I feel thal it would take well-meaning
and conscientious members of the Park
ing Committee only a moment to observe
that these parking facities are not being
fuUy used by the dormitory studenU
Therefore, they might and should be al
located to a better use, perhaps parking
space for the commuting students.”
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations are in order to Prof. A. L
Hook upon his elecUon last week as presi
dent of the North State Conference for the
coming year, for the honor could not have
Kone to a more capable or more deservlne
person. He has rendered long and useful
wrvice to the cause of athleUcs among North
Carolina s smaller coUeges and wiU make
a very Hne leader for the conference actlv-
lues.
Prof. Hook has for many years been chair
man of the Elon CoUege faculty athleUc
^i^ttee. and he has also served the North
State Conference for a number of years as
Its commissioner, a posiUon in which he was
called upon to decide controversial matters
arisl^ between conference members. He
WiU give to the post of president the same
consclenUous attenUon that he has *ivea
to these other positions.
Pointed Phrases
Life—The everlasUng struggle to keep
the money coming in, and the teeth, hair
and vital organs from coming out
on
campus
By
BOBBT LAWSON
The prevailing attitude toward formal
dances sometimes prompts us to wonder
we ever bother to have them. We offer our
services to the dance chairman, we work
why we ever bother to have them. We offer
our services to the dance chairman, we
work hours on decorations, and then some
don’t even attend.
Even if we have a date, we often seek
some other form of entertainment. And as
for us who do attend, we realize, of course,
that the fashionable couples appears at the
dance no earlier than 9 o’clock and remains
no later than 10 o'clock. During this time
the decorations, the refreshments, the band,
and just the dance in general must be sub
jects of criticism. By 11 o’clock the dance
floor is practically deserted.
Why must we take such an attitude to
ward our formal dances? I realize that $5.50
is a lot of money to spend for a dance just
before Christmas, but it is not something
that happens every week-end. I think that if
most of the students had tried, they could
have found enough money to rent a tux.
Undoubtedly this problem is simply one
more example of student indifference. How
to improve the situation is difficult to fig
ure. but any solution will have to begin
with the individual. As each person strives
to take his place and his responsibility on
this campus, a spirit of unity will develop,
a spirit which has been lost but which must
be found.
Hats off to the Dance Committee for such
a perfect dance. The music was divine, and
the decorations were beautiful. Let s have
more of them.
• * • * *
Dubious Value Of Who’s Who
According to the catalogue, selection to
“Who’s Who in American Universities and
Colleges” is one of the highest honors that
may be awarded a student while in college.
The selection of students for this award is
based on character, leadership, scholastic
achievement, contribution to college life,
and future potential for success. Those se
lected for this honor essentially constitute
future leaders in society.
However, it should be obvious that any
selection made would not be 100 per cent
popular, no matter how well the selection
committee has endeavored to be fair in
its selection. Moreover, we now suspect that
even the Association which sponsors this
award realizes this situation.
A questionnaire addressed to all recipients
of this award specifically asked the recip
ient to state whether in his or her'opinion
al! those nominated for the award deserved
it. It appears that this honor has dubious
value, when even the Association infers the
imperfection of selection for the award of
Who s Who in American Universities and
Colleges.
Since the selection is limited on each
campus; it is obvious that there are those
here at Elon that should have been listed
but were not.
*****
School Spirit
School spirit was reaUy high at the Elon-
Wilham & Mary (Norfolk) game. Keep it
up! Let’s cheer our team to the champion-
snip this year.
• • * * •
Welcome Christmas
Welcome Christmas! Elon’s welcome mat
is spread for You, while millions await your
amval. As we take notice of the atmos-
phere on campus, it is quite evident to us
that the big event is just around the corner
Our ears have already become accunst-
omed to the novelty tunes and jingles we
hear during the Yuletide season. The sounds
are the same every year. Of course there Is
he exception of an occasional tune with
tlie touch of humor that momentarUy
catches our attenUon, In spite of this, we
wonder why we do not hear more of what
the truly great hoUday really stands for
Happiness, surprise and suspense-filled
moments of expectancy surround us in oS
*uny to do the things we are so eagerTo
finish before Christmas, With the other
things we ^ve to do, there is that Christ-
That ® to do early
^t was two or three months ago.
Yule spirit seeps into us in our classes
■and in our roomc m . classes
the rrill nnT «t
me gnll. on campus or in town It is in thp
S
days. Sniffy noses pressed against shon
Of sales clerks andtu
M blowing down the sidewalk
On behalf of the Maroon and Gold staff
I would like to wish to each of you a very
erry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Rearing Children—The biggest Jjelr-con-
ditiooing job ever undertaken.
1959.. WHO’S WHO AT ELON COLLEGE.. 1960
m
The twenty-one Elon College students who were selected for places in the 1959-60 edition of “Who's Who in American Colleges
and Universities” are picture above. Arranged in alphabetical order from left to right in each line, they are as follows: TOP
ROW—Mary Lou Booth, Hampton, Va,; Maurice Brosky, Punxsutawney, Pa.; Carol Earle, Burlington; James Elder, Burlington;
Thomas ElmOre, Burlington; Marion Glasgow, FrankUnville; and Faye Gordon, Suffolk, Va. MIDDLE ROW —Hannah Wise Griffin,
Windsor, Va.; Rel>ecca Hatch, Burlington; Kay Hughes, Elon College; James Humphrey, Southern Pines; Linwood Hurd, New
Britain Conn; Lane Kidd, Timberlake; and Katie Langley, Staley. BOTTOM ROW—Bobby Lawson, Fayetteville; Thomas Liver-
man, Burlington; Jean Loy, Elon College; Steve Mauldin, Winston-Salem; Wynn Riley, Columbia. S.C.; Kenneth Rogers, Sanford;
and Beverly Ward, Rockville, Con.
The Middle Period .. .
Of Plays And Playmaking At Elon
As interest mounted in student
dramatics at Elon College in the
late “Thirties”, the students em
barked upon the new enterprise of
writing plays; and records dis-
iclose that Elon's first bill of orig
inal plays, written, cast and di
rected by students in the college
course in Dramatic literature, was
presented March 22, 1938.
Plays given at that time were
■‘Bramble Bush,” by Margaret
Earp, and “Swap,” a mountain
comedy by Ford MUler. A month
later another original play, Gwen
Tilman’s ‘Six Guns,” was pre
sented, along with A. A. Milne’s
“The Man in the Bowler Hat.” A
final original play that year was
“Mill Village,” which was repeated
the following year and acclaimed
winner in the state contest at
Chapel HiU.
EDITOR’S NOTE
This continues the story of
student dramatics at Elon Col
lege, compiled from a study by
a former Maroon and Gold edit
or. It tells of the productions
on Elon's stage during the years
•between 1935 and 1950, the so-
called Middle Period of Elon
dramatics. The Modern Period
will be portaryed in the conclud
ing article of the series.
* * *
The Elon chapter of Delta Psi
Omega, a national dramatic fra
ternity, combined with the Dra
matic Club in January, 1939, to pre
sent MaxweU Anderson’s “Winter-
set,” The cast included Kenneth
Utt, now a TV star in New York.
Also produced that year was
Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About
Nothing.”
Published records were again
unavailable for 1939-40, but old
programs in the library reveal
that at least two plays were pre
sented. On December 14, 1939, the
Elon Players presented “Old 97,”
a play written by the students in
sophomore English. Directed by
Dr, Fletcher Collins, it was given
in Mooney Chapel, and it later
placed first in the state contest.
The Shakespeare class presented
“Romeo and Juliet” on December
11th and 12th that year.
More Original Plays
The following year the Elon
Players presented “Sophisticated
Freshman,” a play of college life,
written jointly by Gladys Wright,
Charles Parker and Robert Cox;
“Infernal Triangle,” a ballad play,
(CcntiBued on Page Four)
The Chatter Box
By DORIS FAIRCLOTH
(Appearing as a guest column
for Chatter Box in this issue is
a parody of Clement Moore’s
famous “Night Before Christ
mas,” taken from « colomo of
some years past by a former
Maroon and Gold editor.)
ELON SANTA CLAUS
’Twas the week before Christ
mas, and all ‘round Elo’.
The girls were all standing
’neath draped mistletoe.
Each wishing and hoping,
not for a toy.
They’d much rather have
a tall handsome boy.
But the boys on the campus
were paying no mind
To the mistletoe misses
things of that kind.
For each college lad knows that
a Yule season kiss
Can entangle a guy with a gift-
seeking miss.
If he’s caught with a maid 'Death
a mistle-toe spray.
He may live to regret it fore’er
and a day.
With the green overhead and a
gal ID bis paws,
> but
just
and
It’s a sure thing for him; he
must play Santa Claus.
“Did you say Santa Claus? Why
there’s no such a thing,”
Says the king of the campus..
who’s having his fling.
He forgets the great fun he has
Icnown when a boy.
When Saint Nicholas came with
his bag full of joy.
’Tis a miracle needed as proof
of the truth
Of the beautiful legend he knew
in his youth.
And a miracle ’twas hit the cam
pus that night.
As the fat little Saint gave the
students a fright
With a visit which showed that
beyond any doubt
Good or Santa still lives, knows
what he’s about.
That he travels la style, and
he’s quite in the mode.
When he steps on the starter
and hits the long road.
All was quiet on the campus
that bright winter night.
No li^ht in Virginia, and West
Dorm was locked tight.
AU the girls in their kerchiefs.
the boys in their caps.
Had just settled their brains
for some long needed naps.
And then over the campus was
heard such a noise,
It awakened them all, e’en the
the sleepiest boys.
All the windows flew open, and
heads hit the air.
And all were amazed to see
what was there.
It was Santa himself in a jet-
driven sleigh.
Not a reindeer in sight, they’d
have been in the way.
With a swish' and a swoop as
Saint Nick cut the power.
His new sleigh did a loop over
Alamance tower;
Then it came to a halt and a
landing he made
'Tween the O'KeUy Marker and
the East Colonnade.
Then ol Santa bounced out like
a round rubber ball
To greet all the students by first
name and all.
He presented a gift unto each of
the group.
Then he hopped in his sleigh
and was off with a swoop.
But not even the screech of his
jet-powered sleigh
Could o'er-sound his farewell as
Saint Nick soared away;
And they heard him exclaim as
he flew out of sight,
“Merry Christmas to all and to
all a good-night.”
'twixt
and
between
By
JIMMY ELDER
When the North State Student Goveni-
ment Asociation met at Elop ten days ago,
there was a decision to expand its mem
bership beyond the boundaries of the North
^tate Conference. The decision is welcomed
from this quarter as a good innovation.
When the NSSGA was first organized
a few years ago, it was intended to improve
the relations and to mediate differences be
tween its member schools, particularly at
athletic events. The association has grown
since those earlier years, when only six dele
gates showed up at one meeting at Elon,
There were approximately 35 delegates at
the last meeting, and for the first time it
was a weekend affair, not just a day-long
session.
The decision to expand meets a real need
in student government circles throughout
the state. The orily other such organization
of this character within North CaroUna is
the N. C. Student Legislative Assembly. That
organization, however, is not a workshop
for student government affairs. Instead, it
is an assembly to discuss and debate politics
at the state, national and international
level.
The member schools of the North State
Conference should assume some pride and
satisfaction in organizing an associatioo
which will allow discussion and solution of
problems in the respective student govern
ments of the member colleges.
Linwood Hurd and his host committee
should likewise take a bow for their efforts
in affording hospitality to the delegates at
tending the meeting. All of the delegates
seemed quite pleased with the meeting here,
which was all the more successful because
of the excellent cooperation of administra
tive officials, the athletic department and
many members of the Elon student body.
Some of you may recall a suggestion
made in this column in the first issue of
the Maroon and Gold this year, calling for
a permanent building fund in which the
students would pay a certain amount each
year, that sum to be matched dollar for
dollar by the administration. It is gratifying
to note thaf such a movement is underway
at the present ime.
The project would require each member
of the student body to pay $5 per year un
til the proposed building fund is completci-
Talk has it that the project proposed fe s*
$50,000 Alympic-sized swimming pool to
build adjacent to the gymnaihun. TIms'C
have also been inquiries into tbe possll^ty
(Continued on Page Four)