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MAROON AND G©LD
Friday, April 1
19«0
Maroon And Gold
Edited and printed by itudents of Bob
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EDITORIAL BOABD
Bobby Lawso« Bditor-in-Chief
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John DalCin Sports Editor
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FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1960
CHALLENGE OF THE ’SIXTIES
Everyone has heard much in recent
months of what America and Americans
may expect in the decade of the Sixties,
of the opportunities lying ahead and of
the changes that may be expected. One ot
America's political leaders has just come
forth with a statement of the challenge
which the coming years pose for the na
tion and its people. His statement, wiiich
seems worthy of thought, follows:
In this time of world crisis, what Amer
ica needs to meet the Russian challenge is
not only scientists, technicians and arms
but strong citizenship and strong leader
ship.
But where is this leadership to come
from?
Most Americans are not concerned about
the education of politicians. Indeed, mo
thers may still want their sons to grow up
to be President, but according to a Galliyi
poll of some years ago, some 73 per cent
to not want them to become politicians in
the process.
Politics has become one of our most neg
lected, abused and Ignored professions.
But those who look with disdain and dis
favor upon the possibilities of a poUtieal
career should remember that our nation’s
first great politicians were traditioually
our ablest, most talented and most respeci-
6d leaders.
This Is why every young person should,
regardless of his chosen occupation, con
sider eoterting the field of poUUcs at some
time in his life. He has ideas to offer in
the political arena which can be applied
to the critical problems of our society.
And these problems grow and becomc
more complex daUy while a divided world
uneasily watches its own breakup.
A population explosion both in the Unit
ed States and in other areas of the world
!'• '••'iges disaster if not met decisively and
quickly.
In this country of wealth and plenty, 15
million families live in substandard hous
ing and millions of workers have no pro
tection against substandard wages. Our
older cities are decaying at the core, and
we are witnessing a new phenomenon in
suburban slums. School faclUUes are in
adequate for the millions of children cla
moring for an educaUon. Older Americans
watch their social security payments eaten
away by inflation. The farmer sees surplus
piled on surplus, and the lowest farm in
come since World War II.
A world which knows prosperity also
knows dire poverty. In areas where this is
particularly true, the countries are striving
desperately to get ahead of their popula
tion increases.
The cry for a better Ufe for aU men also
Is heard in the struggle for freedom and
independence. The principles of self-deter
mination are stlU being cont«rted in some
parts of the globe.
What all this means is that the chal
lenges of fhe ’60’s must be met by clear
forceful thinking and purpose.
We ask from you not the sneers of the
cynics or the despah- of the falnt-hearte4
but rather enlightenment and vidoo. Youri
will soon be the voices heard In our legls-
itive chambers. Try to bring to them in-
«Uect, undersUndlng md determination.
Brass Taeks
If you don’t want your children to hear
what you’re saying, pretend you’re talking
to them.
on
campus
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BOBBT LAWSON
On The Diamond Since 1900 . . .
Elon Has Been Real Baseball Power
Spring has sprung! Officially spring ar
rived at Elon on March 20 (Sunday), but
as far as I am concerned this official spring
is only for the birds, because it stiU felt
pretty much like winter around these parU
nhcn it arrived. Just think, where else but
Elon could you have snow in the spring.
From the looks of the birds, especially the
robins, they know that it's still winter and
they somehow got their wires crossed about
when. how. why, and where to fly south.
Now Elon can lay claim to another oddity
of nature—robins in the snow.
Spring is the time when a young man’s
thoughts turn to baseball and girls, and
the girls' minds center more strongely
than ever on the thought she has had the
whole year, “How to catch that certain
man,”
‘‘Pajama Game”
The Elon Players presented last night
-Pajama Game,” the rollicking musical
romp. They will also present it tonight
and tomorrow night, and 1 would say that
this is the funniest and most amusing
musical or play that the Players have pre
sented since I have been at Elon.
Jane Morgan and Charles Lynam play
the leading rolls, and I mean leading rolls.
They are backed by a group of the most
outstanding actresses and actors and sing
ers and dancers to be found on any cam
pus.
Take a tip from me and go to see “Pa
jama Game.” You'll be glad you did.
Beds In Carolina
What happened to our beds in Caro
lina? We were told the first of the school
year that we would have better beds just
as soon as the company which sold the
college the beds made a settlement. We
still need better beds in Carolina.
May Dance???
The big question around campus now
is where are we going to get the money
to have a May Day dance? After paying
the Four Freshman, the Student Govern
ment had about $22 in the bank. Of course
there are some students who haven’t paid
their student body fee. Will this be enough
to have a decent dance?
You heard that old saying, “money just
flies.” Well this Is certainly true with the
student government’s money.
ParkiBg Tickets
Better watch where and bow you park
your car from now to the end of school,
because the Student Govemmeot Associa
tion needs every dollar that they can get
its bands on now. You must be parked in
the proper lots and in the proper spaces
or you just might get a ticket.
Four Freshmen
Everyone enjoyed the fabulous Four
Freshmen last week as they played to a
sell-out crowd. They were great. I would
like to see more groups like this come to
Elon.
There was only one thing wrong that I
am aware of, and that is the public ad
dress system. It was almost impossible
to hear in certain sections of the auditor
ium. Quite a few visitors from other cam
puses were dissappointed in the sound sys
tem. But all in aD, it was the most.
Aprfl Fool’s Day
Today is April Fool’s Day, the day of
tricks and pranks. April Fool’s Day is a
holiday that began long ago and no one
is quite sure why we celebrate it
Listed below are some of the pos.sible
"Maroon and Gold” headlines for April
Fool’s Day:
Beer Srfd In The Student Union . . . Un
limited Cuts In All Classes . . . Everyone
Passes Psychology 21 . . . Choir Goes On
Southern Tour . . . Dug-Out Listed As Num
ber One Night Spot . . . Student Govern
ment Receives One Million Dollars . . .
Louie Armstrong's Band To Play For May
Dance . . . Tests Are Abolished At Elon.
Electloas
"What a poor officer he made this year!”
Have you been guilty of making this
statement before? If so, stop and think
just a minute. Did you vote during the
elections at Elon last spring. If not, what
right have you to voice your criticisms
about the person in office.
If anyone neglects his or her right to
vote, the Student Government Association
will not be of the highest calibre next year.
It Is the duty of every Elon student to go
to the polls and vote for the person of
his choice. It takes about two minutes of
your Sme during election day to vote, and
there is no power like the power of the
ballot
By JAMES WAGGONEK
Baseball, which has long been
tagged “The Great American
Game,” is the oldest of the var
sity sports at Elon CoUege, for
Elon students have been throwing
the horsehide sphere and wield
ing the wiUow wands since the
birth of the coUege Itself.
In the earliest years oi the col
lege, the games seem to have been
more or less a student pastime-,
perhaps of tne “choose-up” var
iety. but Elon has been playin]
baseball on a varsity basis for
.viore than half a century.
From the earliest records here
Trom the records of other schools
and from the memories of long
time Elon fans it appears that
Elon played her first intercol-|
legiate baseball in 1900, meeting
iuch teams as Bingham Military
Academy, Guilford, Catawba and
Davidson,
The late W, E, Lowe, retired
railroad man, who had long fol
lowed the fortunes of Elon teams
in baseba'il and all sports, was
,’reatly interested in the introduc
tion of baseball as an Elon sport,
and in an interview with him
just prior to his death, he recaUed
that he had umpired the first
game in intercollegiate baseball
history at Elon,
Bingham First Opponent
He also recalled that the first
game was with Bingham and was
played on a hastily constructed
diamond in a cornfield, which was
near the western edge of the cam
pii.s. The opposition seems to have
been too experienced for Elon that
first season, and one wag is said
to have remarked, “We have met
the enemy, we are their’n.”
Dr. L. E. Smith, former Elon
president, who was a student here
from 1906 to 1910 remembered
Elon playing in fro«t of West
Dorm for home games, and that
the Easter Monday games were
played at the old Harden Park
in East Burlington. He also re
caUed that Louis Hobbs, who had
already gained fame playing for
Guilford, was “imported” to play
EDITOR’S NOTE
This Is the first chapter of
the Elon baseball story, one of
a series of research articles that
teUs of Fighting Christian dia
mond fortunes dnring more than
half a centnry. The story reach
es back to the opening of the
century and records many high
lights of Elon play in the years
that are gone, bringing back
memories of stars who set the
Maroon and Gold on a high pin
nacle in the great spring sport.
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Tor Elon in some games during
the later years of this period.
However, records and memories
are rather vague during these
early years of the turn of the cen
tury, and as early as 1908 Elon
?.s not lifted among the teams
hich were in c'^mpetition for the
tate championship. A listing of
the teams competing included
3uilford, Trinity (Duke), Wake
Forest, Carolina, Davidson and
A & M (State). The Christians
were playing some of these squads
but evidently did not participate
in competition for the state cham
pionship.
Again in 1909 scores were dif
ficult to find, the only score avail
able being a close 6 to 5 loss at
the hands of the Tar Heels of
Carolina, But in 1910 records were
a bit more complete, along with
the first full list of Maroon and
Gold basebailers. Members of that
1910 team were Bunn Hearn, la
ter a major league star and in
recent yeajqs the head coach at
the University of North CaroUna;
W. W. Elder, now a retired navy
officer and chaplain, who is re
membered in his coUege days as
“Buddy” Elder; Joe Farmer, Joe
Pointer, June Kernodle, Joe Fo-
gleman, Sam Foushee. Tate HiU,
Ross Walker and George Garri
son.
Of the records found for that
Christian nine Elon posted victor
ies over the Greensboro locals,
Delaware College, Guilford and
Richmond, while Carolina, GuU-
ford Aid Oak Ridge handed Elon
losses. The foUowing year the
Elon outfit turned in a neat 2-hit
ter against the Bulldogs of Atlan
tic CbrisUan CoUege, but suffered
defeats from Oak Ridge and Wake
Forest, the only known scores.
The Elon nine of 1912 seems to
have had a strong combination,
for one of its games was a 5 to
3 win over Carolina. Eighteen
games were scheduled that yeai-
but only nine scores have been
found, a:r,(!ng them being victor
ies over Carolir.-i, Catawba, East
ern Collego; and Lenoir, with loss
es at the hands of Tri iity, ACC,
Oak Ridg6, Catr.wba and a semi
pro clu>', Tlie >iorth Carolina Col
lege Baseball Asociation came in
to existence that season.
Professional Coach
Roi>ert S, Doak, a former Guil
ford star, came to Elon in 1913
as the first professional coach and
put out the firct bonafide student
team. In previous years men like
“Reddy ■ Ro.ve and Bunn Hearn
had been playing coaches. Prof.
A. L. Hook, then a student of Elon,
was manager of the 1913 team,
and R. S. Thompson was captain.
The old files of the Greensboro
Daily News had write-ups of seve
ral games in 1913. The Elon team
that year was acknoweldged by
the sports writers to be “one of
the best in the state.” Ameng
Elon’s games were two victories
over Woffird, single wins over
Layfayette CoUege, Eastern Col
lege and Weaverville CoUege, with
losses to Guilford, Davidson, Fur
man. Trinity, Wake Forest and
the Charlotte league club. One of
the highUghts that season was the
Elon-GuUford game, in which Hol
lis Atkinson struck out 15 Quakers.
The baseball season of 1914
came to a close with an epic bat
tle with Guilford, in which HolUs
Atkinson, the Elon mound ace
dropped a pitcher’s duel to Ernie
Shore, the Guilford pitcher who
later pitched one of the few per
fect no-hit games in major league
history.
(Continupo on Page Four)
The Chatter Box
By DORIS FAIRCLOTH
Spring has finaUy sprung! The
snow at last is gone, and the
trees and grass are beginning
to show signs of greenness here
and there. Let’s hope that we
won’t’ be having any more of
that “Yankee weather”.
There aren’t many more
weeks tiU May 1st, and I’ve
heard that we have a very good
chance of maneuvering a May
Day dance on a budget of about
$25. Well, that wiU keep the
juke box going for several hours!
The “Four BYeshmen” con
cert went over very weU with
the Elon College folks and oth
ers who were present, but de
spite the fact that the auditor
ium was rather weU fiUed, the
Student Body treasury ended up
in the hole once again. It seems
that the Entertainment Commit
tee took some big chances that
didn't pay. But as far as the
audience was concerned, it was
an extremely successful night.
Those who failed to attend may
never again receive the oppor
tunity to witness such a great
showing for such a ridiculously
low price.
There is one campus prohlcm
that I have never read about
nor heard discussed by any
group since I have been enrolled
at Elon, though it is a problem
of which I am sure everyone
is aware.
The problem to which I am
referring is the «ae brought
about by the sororities and fra
ternities on the Elon campus;
or perhaps I should say the pro
blem brought about by the mem
bers of the sororities and fra
ternities. ’Though it is a very
deUcate subject, I feel that the
fact of the disharmony among
these societies should be brought
into the open and aired out.
It is a little difficult to de
scribe the iU feelings that are
shared by some of these socie
ties toward the other societies,
since it is hard to find a basis
for these iU feelings. A person
generaUy goes into a sorority
or fraternity because the peo
ple in that sorority or fraternity
are the kiknd of people that he
feels he would most enjoy be-
mg with at social functions and
to whom he feels that he could
be closest
Going by this reasoning, one
could hardly attribute those
hard feelings to jealousy. And
with the view in mind that there
is no one “best” sorority or
fratenuty, for each one has its
stronger and its weaker points,
there could be no feeling of
superiority by any member of
a sorority or fraternity. True,
one should take pride in his so
cial organization, but this pride
should not cause him to feel that
his is the only good one on cam
pus and to feel that his roster
of friends should include only
those who belong to his own
organization.
There seems to be more harsh
feelings among the fratemiUes
than sororities. But I’m quite
sure that this can be attributed
to the fact that the girls are a
Uttle more subtle about voicing
their opinkms about the other
.•tororities. While the boys dis
play their animosity in words,
the girls usually get the idea
across by their coolnes toward
members of other sororities.
Such as this is, perhaps, the
reason that sororities and fra-
tenrities are objected to In many
coUeges. If one must select his
friends according to the social
organizaUen he belongs and to
the exclusion of everyone else,
I can very weU see the wisdom
behind tliese objections.
It seems that there are usually
just a few members in every
organization who enjoy sUnging
mud on the others. Perhaps ac
tions such as these are notivftt-
ed by a feeling of inadequacy
toward ooe’s own social organ
ization. These members may not
realize that their actions reflect
on their own fraternity or sor
ority and often lower their or
ganization in the eyes of unin
volved onlookers. An organiza
tion that is up to par does not
have to be defended or built up
by tearing all others dowti.
In my opinion, the compari
son of one social organization
to another is ridiculous. Natur-
aUy it is much easier to find
fault with another fraternity or
sorority than to judge one’s own
criUcally. Though aU of the
social organizations are based
generaUy on the same principles,
each sorority and fraternity has
its own set purpose and goal.
Each one foUows its own stan
dards. It is not, or shouldn’t be,
competing with the others in
any way. And, as was stated
before, every sorority or frater-
inty outranks each of the others
in some way.
There can be no possible solu
tion for this problem until we
are wUling to accept that there
is a problem and that something
should be done about it. Sorori
ties and fraternities add a great
deal to colelge life, and I'm sure
that Elon would suffer quite a
bit if they were lost, but it
would be a much better place
if these organizations were on
a more harmonious level.
'twixt
and-
between
By
JIMMT ELDER
The Jteepers of the treasiuy in the Stu
dent Government must be in a dilemma
right now, because considerably less money
was coUected from Student Government
fees than was anticipated, and because
there has been a careless scrutiny of funds
to the executive committees by officials,
the treasury has been greatly depleted.
There had been a feeling, at least a
hope, however vague it might be, that
the Four Fieshmtm concert might provide
some margin of profit. The Entertainment
Committee, ably headed by Dennis Rossi,
did a fine job of promoting and publicizing
the concert, but the anticipated income
from the program was not realized.
From the first the main purpose in bring
ing the noted quartet to Elon was to maite
money, along with providing another ex
pensive diversion for the Student Body.
WhUe the concert was apparently enjoyed
by all, if the enthusiastic response is any
indication, it was a failure financially.
At the time of this writing, it has been
reported that just over $900 was collected
from ticket sales. The cost of the concert
was $1,200; hence, it was another losing
effort for a treasury that can ill afford it.
ActuaUy a financial success was doomed
from the first. The reason was because
of the belated decision, at Student Body
President Linwood Hurd’s insistence, to
use Whitley Auditorium rather than Alum
ni Memorial Gymnasium for the concert.,
The change was prompted by the diffi
culty in correcting the acoustics in the
4,600-seat gymnasium, and while Chairman
Rossi was opposed to the change, last-min
ute persuasion won the day.
There are a number of reasons why the
■ change should not have been made. Here
are some of them:
(1) Advertisements and tickets announc
ed the concert would be held in the gym
nasium. The pubUc was not informed as
to the change, and it is a bad advertising
policy to develop from such changes.
(2) There are no obstructions to vision
in the gymnasium, such as exist in the
auditorium.
(3) The sound system in Whitley, as
W-as later proved during the concert itself,
is hardly better than in the gymnasium.
(4) There was no chance of seeing a
profit in the auditorium.
(5) With a limited number of seats in
the auditorium, there should have been
« limited number of tickets. This is the
most important point If the people who
had bought tickets in advance from out
of town, or even in this area, had come
expecting to find a seat easily in the gym
nasium and found instead that the audi
torium was already fUIed, it would have
created an unfavorable situation.
(6) As it was, many people had to stand
or were seated very uncomfortably,
(7) The decision to use the auditorium
came just one and one-half days before
the concert.
(8) If there had been a decision from
the first to use the aaditorium, there would
have been no objection except the price
of the tickets. As it was, the price was
much too low.
Fortunately, many of the situations
mentioned above did not develop. This is
not to say that they could not have though,
It would not have been out of the ques
tion to have several himdred people out
side, waiting for a seat, who had come
thinking that they would have no diffi
culty obtaining a seat in the spacioui
gymnasium, /
From aU reports, everyone seemed to en
joy the concert as weU as any they had
ever seen or heard before, despite the
inadequate sound and poor seats.
Henceforth, however, whoever is spon-
Mring this type of concert should act de
liberately and cautiously before making
such decision. It is true that the Student
Body may have enjoyed the concert more
in Whitley Auditorium, but when a college
concert is opened to the public, there is
tnore than just the Student Body to con
sider.
And, wUl there be a May Day?
Wiapi of Wisdom
An athletic fellow Is one who hire* *
small boy to mow his lawn so he can play
golf and get a Uttle exercise.
* * • • •
If Patrick Heniy thought taxation without
representation was bad, he should see it
with representation.
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Words—The most powerful drugs Icfldwn
to mankind.
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■Arehitects cover their mistakes with ivy,
Joctors with sod, and brides with mayon-
naise.