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DN AND GOLD
Friday, 0jtober 14
Maroon And Gold
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Bail. $1.90 the collage year, SOc the
quarter.
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Doris Faircloth Editor-in-Chief
Don Terrell Assistant Editor
Ann Vickea* Assistant Editor
John DalCin Sports Editor
David Marshbum .... Intramural Sports
Judy Burke Girls Sports
H. Reid - Alumni B:ditor
James Waggoner Alumni Editor
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Adviser
TECHNICAL STAFF
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Grant Hall Press Operator
REPORTERS
Linda Butler !_ Howard LJttle
Bob Collins — William Long
William Corde* Tony Markosky
Wayne Gardner Jerry Nance
Ralph Gilbert Robert Payne
Thomas Harris Kenneth Smith
Jackie Holmes John Simpson
S. J. Irvin Gary Teague
John Koenig Esther Walker
William Libby Dean Yates
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1960
WHATT NO BAND!
It is a sad reflection upon tbe spirit and
Interest of the Elon College student body
— and in particular upon the student mu-
•icians — on the campus that there was
no marching band to represent Elon in the
half-time activities at the Elon-East Caro
lina football game last Saturday night.
Not in many years has such a condition
existed, and an inquiry with Prof. Patrick
Johnson, of the Elon music department,
revealed that there were just no Elon hom-
tooters and drum-beaters who were willing
to devote a bit of their time to representing
the Elon student body in the field of band
music.
It was not surprisiDg that the Elon band
was not ready for the first home football
game with Apprentice School, for that
game was played within two days after the
college began regular class schedules for
the 1960-61 term, but it is a reflection —
and definitely not a good reflection — upon
the Elon student body that there were not
students who were interested enough to
come out and play and march for the sec
ond game of the year.
By definite contrast, the East Carolina
band was present after a one hundred fifty
fine and beautiful show on the field at half-
mile trip on a rainy day and gave a very
Ume last Saturday night; and there was
more than one inquiry from the crowd as
to why Elon did not have a band on the
field.
The college has the instruments and a
fine looking set of band uniforms, for they
have been used in previous years, but Prof.
Johnson stated that continued effort on his
part had failed to solicit much interest in
band on the Elon campus. In fact, he stated
that all of his efforts failed to produce
more than twenty Sion students willing to
parUcipate, and that is definitely not
enough to offer any form of marching show
on the field.
It is true that in order to field a band,
the students.'and the director would have
to spend qtnte a bit of Ume in preparaOon.
but aU the effort would be well expended
Mmott every high school in North Carolina
as a band, but there’s no one willing to
^ their own horn for Elon and for the
Fighting Christian footbaUers
PICK YOUR CANDIDATE
Each and every student on the Elon
*ampus has a chance to pick hU or her
man for up-coming naUonal, presidential
elecUon, for the Student Government Is al
ready getting into acUon with a mock cam-
P*lgn on the campus which wiu brin* the
af r,*', *' prominence
a* the local level.
The Student Government is to be con
gratulated for Uking the effort to increase
udent inttrest in national poUUcs. but the
w.th no bittemes between partUans of the
rival presidenUal candidates. Such bitter
ness has someUmes occurred when mock
Mmpaigns were sUged In schools and col-
NaturaUy. In , student body as large as
Of
^dents Who are old enough to cast booa-
fide votes in the national elecUon on the
th'i! perhaps
this campus campaign will do much to en-
««»*irage them to do their full duty as ciU-
«e». by going to the polls and casting bal-
>»ts for either Nixon or Keuedy and their
the
chatter
box
By
DORIS FAIRCLOTH
The Freshman Class has done it again!
A vigorous campaign has been in process
for the past two weks, as is made appar
ent by the numerous posters scattered over
the campus.
This enthusiasm siiown by the undetclass-
men used to amaze me. but thanits be that
it seems to be fast becoming a tradition
carried out by each incoming Freshman
class. The newcomers would be undoubt^
edly shocked If they could be taken back
into the past, two years ago to bt exact,
when lack of enthusiasm and feeling of
responsibility endangered the school of los
ing its student government. For two consec-
Of I liys And Years Long Gone..
When Elon Football Was Beginning
By JAMES WAGGONER
Over the past half century,
hundred.' of events have been re
corded in the annals of Elon Col
lege, and none have attracted
greater attention than the exploits
of Elon’s gridiron warriors who
have carried the colors of the
college into pigskin competition
with other institutions of learning.
There is no better starting point
for a recounting of Elon College
football than that 1909 season,
when football made its first ap
pearance at Elon on a competitive
basis. The memories of students of
that era indicate that the young
men of Elon may have been boot
ing the pigskin and playing foot
ball on an informal basis prior to
® ^ « I ball on an mformal basis prior to
uUve years, the Student Body President
autumn of 1909
rvAf'fiiiCA nrk rtllA (
took office without election, because no one
had the initiative to run against him.
Student government was on its last leg
this past spring before it was rejuvenated
by an enthusiastic and strenuous campaign
for all student government offices. Thert
is left no doubt that those students in of
fice now are the chosen representatives of
the student body. And there is no doubt in
this student's mind that our student body
will not be in debt at the end of the year,
as it was last year. Many thanks to students
who care enough about their school to put
in a lot of elbow grease to keep it in tip
top shape.
• * • • *
Homecoming Day, wlhch is one of the
biggest events of the Elon year, is schedul
ed for October 22nd. We expect a great
Ho.Tiecoming this year, with many floats
and campus displays. It is hoped that ev
ery organization will submit at least one
display and one float for the parade.
We are quite proud of our Homecoming
Queen, Phyllis Hopkins, and of our Maid-
of-Honor, Carol Adams. These two came
out on top in a campus election in which six
igirls were running. It was a hard choice
0 make, because all the girls running had
all the qualifications of a queen. But the
majority chose, and none can deny that
it was a good, sound choice.
• • • • •
Elon’s football team Is still in there fights
ing. Something of which we need to be re
minded is that our team needs supporters
even more when the' chips are down for
them. We are supposed to be yelling to
«ive them inspiration, not sitting back and
waiting for them to make a touchdown so
that they may inspire us.
One of the most deplorable situations
found in a school is the one in which we
run across a 'professor who judges us by
how weU we can prove we like and ap
preciate him. And, there are a few teach
ers left in the vrorld who grade us accord
ingly, the effect being that if we have a
■smooth tongue and can turn our facial out^
growths brown at wlU, we wiU pass the
course with Hying colors. Thank heaven
we have no such professors nor any stu
dents who would take advantage of such
one. _ .
• • * • • ' * • '
“Gripe, gripe, gripe!” That’s becoming a
favorite expression for many of us in ref
erence to some of our fellow students Or
perhaps we’ve heard it a few Umes from
others in reference to ourselves. Whatever
may be the case, there are too many op-
portunities for the usage of this term
‘‘You've made your bed. now Ue in it.”
Thu is » cruel but true cUche. If you’re un-
problem lies within yourself, so the quick-
Telf.’n'^i “*riPeiUes” U
*elf-analysis foUowed by action toward im
provement.
If you have gripeitls. don’t spread the di-
sease and make inno«^ bystanders suffer
good look — if you like what you see quit
griping so that everyone else can see’ and
share your fortune; If you disapprove of the
g“?t'lf ‘t- Life can be
great if you let It be.
• • • • •
Once again. Homecoming Day is not far
.way, so you folks had betted drS^
J^ur dancing shoes. A tip to the boys-
2,st"toroindSra
big shinf^r * Pr*P«raion for these
Pointed Phrase*
w*ys be his favonte dish.
Strive always to be like , good watch-
o^n face, busy hands, pure gold, well reg-
ulated, fuD rf good works.
was the first time that an Elon
team took the field against out
side competition.
Dr. Leon E. Smith, who was
Elon’s president for more than
twenty-five years, was a member
of that first Elon football squad,
and he recalls that among the
members of the starting team in
that first season were M. W. Mc
Pherson and Russell Campbell,
ends; Joe Pointer and Joe P
Farmer, tackles; Grady Foushee
and Sipe Fleming, guards; Ben Joe
Earp, center; W. W. ‘‘Bill” Elder
and Henry Fleming, halfbacks; J
W. Barney, fullback; and “Red''
Rowe, quarterback and coach. The
late C. C. Fonville, a former Bur
lington business man was man
ager of that first team. Henry
Fleming, also an Alamance County
native, was captain of that team
The late Prof. J. W. Barney, s
driving fullback on that initial
squad, who had for many years
been a member of the Elon fac
ulty, once related that the first
game was played on the present
lawn in front of West Dormitory
and to the south of the new Me
Ewen Memorial Dining Hall. Elon
lost her opener to Greensboro High
School, 60 to 0, and the Christians
were defeated by a 12-5 score by
the Bingham Military Academy at
Mebane, but Elon won the third
contest from the Reidsville Sem
inary, 22 to 5, with “Red” Rowe
directing traffic at quarterback
and with Barney scoring one of
the touchdowns.
The Christians also won the next
two games, 6 to 0 from the Dur
ham YMCA and 16 to 11 from
the Bingham Military Academy.
These two games were played at
Harden Park in Burlington, which
CHAPTER ONE
\
No colieee U North Carolina
has a more complete set of its
football records than does Elon,
and tiiis fact is due to long years
of research by Jimmy Waggon
er, former Maroon and Gold ed
itor, now one of two alomni
contribnton to the paper. His
efforts have brought to ligbt
the scores of every football
game played by Elon since the
gpori was Introduced in 1909.
and few If any of tl>e atate’s
colleges can say as much. This
is the first chapter of a new
and Bp-to-date story of Fight
ing Christian Football.
• • •
wa located in the vicinity of the
present Calvary Baptist Church
land was more commonly known
the old Burlington Fair
met and defeated the Lexington
Athletic Association 12 to 6 at
Comer Field, which is now the
Elon baseball park Lynciiburg Col
lege won over the Elon eleven 21
to 6, and Guilford College edged
the Christians 7 to 0.
Among the members of that 1919
team were Captain L. M. Cannon,
Dick Odom, Wade Marlette, Bill
Stoner, Bill Pennington, Harvey
White, L. H. Fogleman, Lonnie
Sides, W. H. Livesay, Grady
Brown, Park, Crockett, Gather
and Reavis, along with stars men
tioned earlier.
Coach C. C. Johnson left Elon
at this time to do graduate work
at Yale and later to coach at the
University of Colorado until his
career was cut short by death.
Corboy Regime Begins
Frank B. Corbo;.' assumed the
coaching reins for the 1920 sea
son, and he directed the team to
three victories in its scheduled
Grounds. Touchdowns counted|seven games. The Christians won
only five points at that time
over the Lexington Athletic As-
Football came to an abrupt end- sociation 6 to 0, Ch.-ipel Hill Higb
ing at Elon College during that
1909 season, not only due to the
fact that the game had been tag
ged "brutal” but also because the
faculty members felt that the
fiquad members were missing too
many classes. The final Cufltest
against the Bingham Military
Academy was played against the
wishes of the faculty, a fact which
resulted in the gridiron sport being
completely abolished at Elon for
the following ten years. That 1909
season, however, had Ignited a
spark of interest which was to
flare again iino tiame. a spark
which has since given Elon a long
and successful football history.
Football ReTlval of 1919
After the close of World War I,
football made a comeback at Elon
College. The revival of football
had been one of the fondest dreams
of Elon athletes for a number of
years, and the revival of football
with a varsity squad and full
equipment set the stage for some
great moments, for some happy
events and some sad ones.
On the football scene in 1919
arrived some of Elon’s all-time
great performers, including such
players as L. J. “Hap” Perry, E.
S. "Johnnie” Johnson and John
E. Smith. Coached by the late C.
C. "Jack” Johnson, husband of
Mrs. Oma U. Johnson, who was
one game and lost two.
At the start of the year, Elon
33 to 0 and Atlantic Christian 13
to 0, while losing to Furman 33
to 0, Wake Forest 27 to 0, Trin
ity (Duke) 13 to 6 isnd Guilford
7 to 3.
"Hap” Perry, Wade Marlete, B.
B. Johnson, Dick Odom, Harvey
White, Fred Garvey, Joe Newman,
L. M. Cannon, George Underwood,
Bill Stoner, "Johnnie” Johnson,
John E. Smith and Hal Clark were
among the starters on that first
Corboy-coached eleven.
By far the outstanding event of
the 1921 season was the game with
Trinity College (now Duke). The
Fighting Christians journeyed to
Durham with sheer determination
to give Trinity a real battle, al
though sports writer* all over the
state had anticipated a 60 to 0
victory for Trinity. When the game
was over, however, one newspaper
told its story, saying '“Elon upset
all dope here this afternoon and
drew Trinity out to a scoreless
tie. L. J. Perry, in the Elon back-
tield, was Elon’s right-hand man
Star of the team that seasor
and one of the great players of
all time at Elon College was "Hap"
Perry, the quarterback, who di
rected the team and led in scor
ing. He was a very fine passer and
was sensational in an open field
There were other great players
that year, including Gordon Kirk-
. . jcai, iiiuiuamg uoraon R.irK-
Elon librarian for many years, the
Fighting Christians that year won Adams
(Continued on Pago Kour)
From The Watchtower
By ANN VICKERS
Organizations with financial
worries should note that up to
$55 can be won for homecoming
floats and campus displays. (I
wonder if they let individuals in
on this??)
There is real excitement in the
air regarding homecoming. The
Student Senate has appropriated
funds for the purchase of badges
to be given to all students at no
cost. Be sure to get your badge
and to display it prominently
prior to and at the homecoming
game.
We urge all organizations to
participate in making this Elon's
best homecoming. Campus dis
plays and lovely floats contrib
ute so very much to the excite
ment of the weekend. We all
feel proud when we see a parade
with many attractive units hon
oring our queen and represent
ing our school.
Upperclassmen noticed that
the homecoming election was
conducted diffenently from pre
vious elections. All elections this
year will be held in the same
manner. Each student's activity
card will be stamped with the
correct date. Then the student
wiU receive his ballot This
method win save time and aToid
much confusion. Same of m
wondered why the front entrance
of Alamance Building was block
ed off .during elections. We un
derstand that the Board of Elec
tions blocked the entrance to as
sure voters of a more private
place in which to mark ballots.
Our Student Government lead
ers have promised even more
improvements by the next elec
tion.
Some interesting movies have
been selected by the Entertain
ment Committee for this year.
They include “Compulsion,”
“Rally Round The Flag,
Long, Hot Summer.” and other
well-known movies. These free
movies will be shown every Fri
day evening at 7:30 for students
dance committee does an ini
portant job on campus. Could
you be of more help?
The Student Government As
sociation plans to place a juke
box in the Student Union soon.
President Ed Boelte is attempt
ing to work out a plan whereby
it will cost only five cents per
play to operate the juke box.
Rules concerning the time and
volume of the juke box will be
announced. Violations of these
rules could result in the juke
box being removed from the
'The Union permanently.
With the new juke box and
the improved Snack Shop, v.e
think we need more tables and
„ -- — — chairs In the Union for student
unless some other Important How about It, Student Affairs
event has been scheduled. The Committee?
movie program has been very
successful in the past.
Although the Liberal Arts For
um has not been too active in
years past, the Forum commit
tee plans to present many in
teresting programs for Elon
students and faculty this year.
Also, students can look forward
to the Lyceum Series. We ex- °r®- we believe.
The lack of interest shown by
many of our Student Senators
is pathetic. Senators should
watch for noUces of called meet
ings and should always be pres
ent for regular meetings second
and fourth Wednesdays of each
month. Some legislation is need
ed to deal with negligent senat-
tend our regrets to those who
pass up the valuable Forum and
Lyceum Series programs.
Credit is due the Dance Com
mittee, headed by George Mosh
er. The group, with the able
assistance of a good many stud
ents, has done a fine job of pre
paring for Homeconung. The
Speaking of office holders, arc
you planning to vote next month
if you are 21 or over? Some of
us still have not completely made
up our minds concerning Mi
Kennedy or Mr. Nixon. Have you
seriously considered this que.s-
tion? If not, you may bt
(CraUoued m Page Four'
a voice
from the
corner
By
DON TERRELI.
It seems as if the Freshman campaign
Is off to a good start this year. I was quite
surprised at the number of candidates for
the different offices, and new names jp.
peared each day last week. The etisuin»
primary balloting and final elections mean
plenty of work for the victors in the year's
first political activity. It was good to see
the interest, and here’s hoping the iatei^t
continues when the work starts.
*****
Well, for the more socially minded schol-
ars of the college who received bids iajt
week, one of the most enjoyable and looked-
forward to events in their happy lives be
gan on Monday, when “Hell Week " got la.
derway. This is that lively time when big
brother and big sister find out just how
much little rushee wants to be a member
With much anxiety, the pledges eagerly
join in the fun? To those new pledges, I
would like to congratulate you on deciding
to be active in fraternity and sorority Be
As a member of a fraternity, it is hard for
me to describe the fellowship or the value
of brotherhood received through participj.
:ion. It has added a great deal to my out
look and my enjoyment in college, aod I'm
sure it will do the same for you.
It is the duty of every student of this
college to keep up with the actions and
decisions made by your Student Senate.
The Senate is the governing body, elected
by you to act and decide for you on almost
every issue concerning students. This year
the Senate is under very able administra
tion, and has already been actively discus
sing bills which concern each of us. Fol.
lowing the meetings, which are by-weekly,
the secretary posts a copy of the
on the bulletin board in the Alamance ro
tunda, In order to be well informed about
student government and its actions, read
these notes regularly.
• • • • •
Speaking of politics, it won't be long 'till
its time to elect a president of the United
States, and If your age allows your activitjr,
and whether you’re a southern Republican
or a northern Democrat, get out and vote.
This wiU be the first time for some of us,
although John DalCin tells me he rememb
ers voting for Dewey. Some evidence of
interest has been shown among students,
but hardly enough. There has been rumor
of the formaUon of “Students For ? Clubs”
oil campus, and certainly it is a good idea.
• • * • *
The Lyceum Series under the sponsor
ship of the Fine Arts Department has plan
ned some fine programs for this year. The
series brings guest arUsts for performances
and noted speakers for lectures for the en
joyment of the students. Last year some
outstanding programs were sponsored wi;li
only little attendance by students. The ma
jor support came from people living in
own. The Fine Arts Department goes all
out to bring intellectual programs to us
and we should go all out in support of
toem. How about it?
How about a key ysstem for Elon? In
nios. schools of reasonable size, honor keys
^e worn by deserving students. Here at
on, keys could be awarded for the Iwo
honor societies plus St.dent Senate, Honor
ouncil. Student Council, and to students
honors. Keys are available
for those named to the Who's Who in Amer
ican Universities and Colleges, which is
e o the highest honors to be won by a
Mllege student. This system would add i
o honor and presUge to the honors,
and the keys would add a collegiate look
* * * * *
Well, hush voice. See ya in two weeks!
Daffynltions
Rock and Roll Music: Earitation.
♦ ♦ ♦ * *
Taxpayer; A person who doesn’t have
emment* exam to work for the gov-
♦ ♦ * * *
interest paid on trouble long
before the principal becomes due.
*****
Middle age is when a man must keep
as a fiddle, or look like a bass vioL
*****
Ported PhraJics
usually due to three
.. . uauaiiy aue
gs- Women, money and both.
o.^ than ,
than to pass the car ahead.
*****
ou can t stumble on anything sitting
down; you must be up and going.