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MAROON AND GOLD
Maroon And Gold
Entered as second class matter at the
Past OfOce at EI»n College. N. C., under
the Act «f March 8. 1879. DeUverei by
f.n $1.50 the college year, 50c the
qaarter.
EBITORIAL BOAED
Deris Faircloth Mitor-ln-Chief
Don Terren Assistant Bditor
Edwin Boelte Assistant Editor
John DalCin Sports Editor
David Marshburm .... Intramural Sperts
Judy Burke Girls Sports
H. Reid - Alumni Editor
James Waggoner Alumni Editor
Luther N. Byrd FaauUy Adviser
technical staff
Carl E Owen Linotype Operator
Louis Jones Unotype Operator
Grant Hall Preae Operator
BEPORTERS
the
chatter
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By
DORIS FAIRCLOTH
Highlights Of Basketball.. .
EWs Ten Best Cage Seasons Named
By JAMES WAGGOKER
Basketball, which is considered
the greatest of all spectator sports,
has had a long and glorious his
tory on the Elon CoUege campus,
for Elon students began playing
the game on a more or less in-
forman basis soon after 1900, and
the game has attracted much in
terest among the students since
it became a major sport in 1912.
Horton Callahan
Barbara Day
Nancy Ellington
Mark Foster
Wayne Gardner
Botert Garrison
Ralph Gilbert
William Graves
C. G. HaU
Thomas Harris
Charles Hawks
Barry Hodge
Jackie Holmes
James Holmes
S. J. Irvin
Sandra James
Bobby Johnston
John Koenig
John Ling
Howard Little
William Long
Harry Murray
Jerry Nance
Bob Overton
David Plaster
James Rosser
Judith Samuels
Don Szydlik
Gary Teague
Wilson Teal,
Aubrey Utz
Don Whitaker
Dean Yates
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1961
VANDAUSM
Vandalism has always been found from
time to time on the EHon campus, but with
in recent weeks it has reared its ugly head
more and more frequently, with some party
or parties unknown inflicting damages to
college property which appear entirely in
excusable.
The vandals in past years have more or
Less flreiuemtly damaged doors, broken
out windows and perhaps wrecked heating
equipment or others materials hich had
been placed for the service of the students
and faculty, but two examples which ap
pear utterly senseless and needless have
occurred within recent days.
Someone tore loose and destroyed the
rain gauge which had been placed by the
science edpartment in the grassed center
of the faculty parking lot just north of
Alamance BufMing, and other person or
persons tore loose and removed the Ijronze
memorial plague which had been placed
In the corridor of Smith Hall.
•In each case, the vandals could have
had absolutely no use for the articles which
were removed from their customary places,
so the damages inflicted can only be
branded as completely malicious in nature,
and malicious vandals have no place in the
Elon student body.
The science department and the college
administration has offered $25 cash re
wards for the apprehension of the persons
who committed these acts of vandalism,
and surely every right-thinking Elon stu
dent would like to see the gulHy parties
discovered and dealt with in proper man
ner.
LENTEN OBSERVANCE
At this season of the year, it is well to
think of the Lenten observance and its
meaning, and the United Church Herald,
in a recent issue, published an interesting
and informative comment on the origin and
observance of this pre-Easter period. A
portion of that cdmment is presented be
low;
Although the season of Lent, which Be-'
igan February 15, is an increasingly mean
ingful and creative period, bringing to full
climax the Christian year, there was a
time not long ago when its observance by
non-Episcopal and non-Lutheran Protest
ants was not only a novelty but even a
cause for suspicion. What is its meaning?
There are many interpretations. Gregory
the Great, who decreed that Lent be forty
days not counting Sundays, had this to
say on one Ash Wednesday in the sixth
century;
"From this day unto the joys of Paschal
solemnity we, who through the past year
bave lived too much for ourselves, should
mortify oursel>es to our Creator during
the tenth of the year through abstinence.
When, most dear brethren, as ye are bid
by the law to offer the enth of your sub
stance, so offer him also the tenth of
your days." Christians have spent this
"tithe of the year" in many different ways.
“By using these days for deeping the de
votional life,” states the CC Book of
Worship, "the faithful Christian Is better
prepared to enter into the sufferings of
Christ, which are recalled during Holy
Week, and into the joyous triumph of
Saater.'*
1 Fighting Christians have engaged
themselves in slightly over one
thousand games, and it would be
nearly impossible to pick out ten
magic moments among all the in
tercoUegiate games involving the
Maroon and Gold basketballers
However, it is possible to name
the top ten basketball seasons, sea
sons in which high honors came
to the Fighting Christians, seasons
when the Maroon and Gold colors
waved high in the winter sport.
1914 State ChampioBs
The Elon basketball team of
1S14 competed on equal terms with
the best in the state and the South,
and the Fighting Christian squad
of 1914 won the state champion
ship. That 1914 team defeated
every team in the state, including
Carolina, Trinity (Duke), Wake
Forest, A & M (State), Guilford
Congratulations to our new May Que^
and King and to members of their court,
perhaps this year's May Day weekend wiu
invite more enthusiastic participation than
last year’s, sin?e the hard-working, thoug
somewhat thankless, 1960-61 student gov
ernment officers gi. | During the past half century the
ance the budget so that fmances wui ai J
low for well-planned and interesting activ
ities for the weekend.
The Midwinter’s Dance, now definitely
set for the night of March 4th, is to be
semiformal and vrill be held in McEwen
from 8;00 to 12:00 o’clock. Those who at
tended the Homecoming Dance this past
fall saw how successful such an event can
be with a good attendance, good planning,
and the right atmosphere. It is hoped that
the Midwinter’s Dance will be made a
successful one by the participation of the
majority of the student body.
* • • »
What is wrong with the Elon College stu
dents? If we were all a scatter-brained
bunch of teenagers with no need to use
our brains for anything except cramming,
the attitudes and actions of the majority
of Elon students could be well understood.
When we first came to college, we were
expecting to atuin many of the character
istics of adults from our environment here,
bccause we had always felt that college
students were young adults. But now, as
was stand in the cafeteria line and ob
serve the line-breakers, the food-throwcrs,
and the wild bunch of animals making a
mad dash for the "seconds” table to grab
a handful of apples or whatever, we De
gin to wonder about the theory of man
having derived from the ape.
It’s also a UtUe disheartening to try
to sit through a campus movie on Friday
night, especially when the plot is a love
story, and listen to the mocking sighs and
snickers of male students. Uninhibited 12-
year-olds would feel at home with such
a group.
The above displays of immaturity are
equaled by those of many students in re
gard to the Honor System, which, we are
reminded, is a system that was chosen by
our own student body several years ago
Some of the actions of students toward the
honor system are to outrageous to be men
tioned in writing, but it would be suf
ficient to remember that if the majority of
students feel that the average Elon stu
dent is too immature to be responsible
for his own hsnor, they may at any time
rid themselves of thic system and return
to the system employed by most of the high
schools and grammar schools.
It’s surprising to see, every now and
then, in the food-throwers and movie mock
ers some traces of human elements. It is
also amazing to realize that these people
with definite tendencies toward savagery
are very well thought of by those who
know them well as individuals. Perhaps it
is because when they are apart from the
rest of their tribe, they conduct themselves
ideally as ladies or gentlemen. Their group
action most probably comes from tile same
source as that of the lynch mob.
The majority of students on the campus
seem to draw fearfully way from any
conversation or event that would put their
culture or their intellectuality to a test.
Those few students who dare to talk about
any subject which would have a definite
effect upon the world now or in the future,
it has been said, are merely laughed at
or placed in a certain category outside of
the "accepted” student. There seems to
be a general opinion that one can’t be
athletic or popular with one’s fellow stu
dents if he or she discusses anything of
worldly importance or attends any func
tion on or off the campus that would
broaden his intellectual life. This atti
tude should have been left behind in the
seventh grade.
Many of the male students have had
the opportunity of visiting the modern New
Dorm parlor, in which one is not forced to
rest himself in an easy chair, but may
have his choice of sitting on the rugless.
hard floor or in a hardback chair, if one
happens to be available in the dorm.
They say if you are unhappy about a
situation, you should count your blessings
—then your troubles will fade away. So
let’s count our blessings. New Dormers;
When the parlor IS supplied with furni
ture, it iwU be completely new, for a new
building just wouldn't do with old furni
ture. We may have been graduated several
years before its furnishing is completed,
but it will be nice for our children, whom
we will naturally send to Elon. to have new
chairs to sit in, though by then the dorm
itory will be old. And new furniture just
wouldn’t do in an old dormitory .
and Atlantic Christian. CapUin J.
'Dummy” Newman, C. C.
‘Jack” Johnson, Samuel B. Mc
Cauley, R. T. "Shine” Bradford
and "Boomp” Morretta were
among yie members of that squad,
and Bob Etoak was their ocach.
1915 - State Champs Again
Elon’s Fighting Christians con
tinued to rank high in 1915, and
again they merited the state
championship. That 1915 team
posted victories over every team
in the state at least once and
downed Trinity (Duke) and A & M
(State) twice each. One of the vic
tories over Trinity was the first
defeat handed the Durham basket-
eers on their home court in four
years. That squad also posted the
best single-game defensive mark
when it defeated Guilford 32-5
William C. "Mollie” Morgan was
the team* captain, and other start
ers included Samuel B, McCauley.
“Shine” Bradford, George Moore-
field and "Mug” Massey.
1921 - TiUe Clafanants
The 1921 season must rank
among the best years, for Elon
0)llege refused to concede the
state championship to the Univers
ity af North Carolina, on the
grounds that the Tar Heels failed
to play every team in the state
TThe Christians did play
every
team in the state, winning seven
and losing four. They wo“ ‘wo
from GuiUord. two fr"*" ’
they split with Wake
and Davidson, members of the
“Hie Five” and lost a single con-
tesf to CaH.Una. Frank B Cor-
boy coached the squad whi(* in
cluded several Elon immortSlB*
among them Captain Joe Newman,
McGhee Fix (later an All-Stater),
Mark McAdams, L. J. "Hap’
Perry, E. S. “Johnny” Johnson,
B. B. Johnson and “Jerry” Mc
Cauley.
1932 - First North State Champs
Elon’s basketball squad of 1932
won the first of Elon’s seven North
State 0>nferenee championships.
Led by Roy Rollins and ctt)tain
Dick Caddell the Christians posted
a 7-1 mark in the Conference, the
lone defeat at the hand of the
Quakers of Guilford. The season
included a northern trip against
Lynchburg, Bridgewater, St. Johns,
American University and Ran
dolph Macon. Besides that trip
Elon won 14 out of 16 games sched
uled in the state, the outstanding
game being an o»er-time victory
over Davidson. Rollins was named
to one of the All-State first teams,
and he was considered the best
center in the state. No all-confer
ence team as named
a voice
from the
corner
By
DON TBKBELl.
Before too long, Spring will be here.
With it comes greenery and some warmth,
but wbat’5 nwre important, Spring Vaca-
“TiZ- rr I have a feeling that dear ole
This yea- - ,eppesfnte(i QQ beach
T ^ Hal ' vacatjpo!
at Fort Lauderdale, brewed.
Some of the interest which “Where
is a result of the recent mo •
the Boys Are,” but most of the ,
stems from the fact that it’s where
girls are.
A few slam-bang, anything goes, advent-
ure-seeking pals of mine plan the trip
this year. The? plan to take with them
twelve cans of pork and beans, hardtack
biscuits, bathing suits, Elon sweat shirts,
and fraternity pins, not to mention the re
maining equipment essential to one young
slam-bang anythlng-goes, adventure-seek-
ing youth’s jolly good rip-snorting time.
As a matter of fact. I’m looking for a ride.
Gentlemen prefer blondes, but I’U settle
for her convertible.
The planned operations of this horde of
young gallants is hilarious. All seventy-
three of them plan to embark in caravan
style from ye ole college. After driving
the entire way, minus food or drink (I
didn’t really mean it); they will arrive at
the historical fort. But do they all parade
up to a hotel for reservations? Get serious?
They hide and send one representative,
la single, ivy-clad, soft-spoken _,gent, into
the fine establishment to order his own
lodging. The proprietor, really taken by
this certainly well-meaning lad, forks over
the nicest room at the minimum charge,
because no excitement could ever come
from this fell*w. Ha! Low and behold,
when our solitary visitor whistles and starts
up the hotel steps, he is followed by
seventy-two sleeping bags over shoulders
of seventy-two you-know-whats. Once the
room has been assumed, the sleeping bags
are taged and stagged against the wall
for future reference. Our sweet young fel
lows, disguised as lambs of prey, amble
onto the beach only to be the victims of
she-wolves. The horror of it all.
The sleeping bags, by the way. were
only gimmicks to put dear mom. back
home, at ease. These guys never sleep.
They save all their class cuts until after
they return, when they sleep for one solid
week. After this trip, boy, they need solid
sleep.
There are telephone booths to drag onto
the beach for pack parties, traffic to be
directed in the cutest of costme, Volks-
■wagons to place in hotel lobbies, policemen
to be hung in efflgy, and all sort of neat
little tricks to learn.
Anyone really interested in going should
see Pete Smith. Pete is elading the cara
van. I hear he alerady has packed his
camel. Happy hunting, Pete!
Aside from vacation. Spring brings some-
thmg else to the campus. Spring, said Ten
nyson, is that time of year when a young
man’s fancy turns Rghtly to thoughts of
ove^ If a yoimg Elon man's fancy has
toed to anyhing else. I'm sure there are
few aware of the fact. The girls who have
watched Jimmy Holmes operate during the
inter have seen nothing yet. His eyes get
greener with the leaves.
On the lawn in front of West Dorm will
*>e seen many couples lazily strolling along
. pulling grass blades and ex-
cnanging amorous glances. It’ll be quite
a surpri^ to see how the couples pair off
tor constant companionship.
over^Tirtp*®". come
Lawrence.
h t. gotten warmer, he
thi .1 * general alarm to
concerning this fact.
^ Playmate on his wall which is
^ ® ‘o
effects CharUe
His scalp tmgles.
^ ®“y°“e interested in
'Will nv® ^ a°l I’e
111 fix you up. And all the time I thought
I Tn "'1’° was renowned.
Bill n .^''eryone has now heard abont
lead sblfs in"!h
secure now B?ii " '
March'^4?h*^Th rescheduled for
and I’ve heard fj^^® semi-formal,
the contracted
this area l>and is one of the best in
'The Players next show scheduled is
est«i ” Those who are int«r-
Professor'I?ay LT
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page, so I suppose I’U sign off for now.
See ya later!
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Scribendi
By ED BOELTE
Only thirty-five days to go
BIG NAME BANDS? Many
wonder why we can't have all
big name bands and a concert
by a well-known group for each
of our dances. There is a simple
answer to those questions. We
simply do not ha^e the finances
to have such programs. Take a
look at the financial statement
as prepared by the Secretary-
Treasurer of the Student Body.
You can see for yourself that our
limited budget can only be
stretched so far. Any big name
band will cost $1,500 or more.
Then add the expenses of decor
ating and the many other ex
penses that you do not think of
until you are trying to have a
successful dance and you wUl
find that a big dance in the gyifr-
nasium would cost approximate
ly $2,000.
Many then would want a con
cert to go along with it. Say the
Four Freshmen? Add another
$1,500. Now you have $3,500.
That is close to half of the
amount of student body fees col
lected during the entire year.
Now let's add up several good
movies like "The Giant,” “Cat
on a Hot Tin Roof” and others.
It is easy to get twenty-five
movies costing between $500 and
$1,600. Then figure in the Liber
al Arts Forum and others, and
the treasury is empty!
You must also remember that
the present Student Government
Asociation started off in debt.
We had to borrow money last
summer to get the Student Gov
ernment Association out of del>t.
This debt, by the way, has been
paid off!! If we had a budget of
$123,000, like the Student Gov
ernment of the University of
North Carolina, then we could
broaden out a little more!
The Student Government has
duties other than the above
mentioned. ’There is the matter
of correspondence to and from
individuals, high schols, junior
colleges and other colleges and
universities all over the United
States. As a matter of fact, we
write to institutions all over the
world.
There is also the matter of
special requests to and from the
Stdent Government Association.
There are many conferences and
meetings ranging from local to
nation-wide. All of this involves
time, interest, ability, and
money. I personally handled
well over 50 letters and special
requests to and from other insti
tutions the first semester this
year. This excludes campus com
munications and notes.
There are also many commit
tees, most of which need and re
quire financial aid. So when you
see that our Student Government
Association is not free of compli
cations.
I believe that most of the dis
satisfaction' comes from separ
ate individuals. I can remember
very distinctly last year indi
vidual persons screaming for a
big Mid-Winter Dance. Do you
remember last year’s Mid-
Winter’s? We had a BIG ONE!
Big name band and all. As a
matter of fact $1500 worth of
band. I don’t think the music
sounded any better or was any
more danceable than many
small bands costing less than
$500. Do you also not remember
the May Dance? We had less
than $125 left for the May
Dance. A shame—but the truth!
Not enough to buy decorations
for the gym. Then hat was the
story? "I want a big name band
for the ay Dance.” the same
people as before straining their
vocal chords to shreds!
This year it is the same story.
Some of the same people are
yelling the same song about the
same event at the same time.
Just a circle! I would be that if
we could afford several big-name
bands the "screamers” would
be yelling, "too much of our
money for big name bands.”
It is a never ending cycle.
You can’t please everyone. That
is One of the problems of any
government. You can not please
the entirety of the masses at
any one time. You can try! That
is hat the Dance Committee is
trying to do. So make suggest
ions to the people on the Dance
Committee, for they are there
to serve you.
By the way, the Dance Ckim-
mlttee is talking in terms of a
big name band for the May
Dance. There has been some
conversation from the Enter
tainment Committee that they
might try to get the Four Fresh
men back again for the big May
Weekend. Plan now!*I know this
will make more people happy
than sad. So the sad ones will
just have to string along.
I have again tried to explain
one of our problems as we face
k. I hope that you have been
in some way enlightened or that
you now better understand the
problem.
The student of the week? It
was an easy choice this time.
I just saw him strolling from
under the oaks just about an
hour ago. And naturally with
him—one from among the fairer
sex! The hero of all the girls and
a man to be admired among the
men. He is one who has contrib
uted a great deal to this campus,
not only with his dashing per
sonality and charm, but with
his know how in the field of aca
demics, and he had been a tre
mendous asset to the football
team for the past three years.
Not only a believer in good
sportsmanship and fair play, he
is also a practicer of the same,
a student admired by the faculty
and respected by the students.
The tip of the hat this time goes
to Charlie Rayburn.
Charlie, a senior and a math
major is from Norfolk, Virginia.
A star on the footbal Iteam and
an officer in the "E” Men’s Club.
Chariie received the “Sports
manship Award” in fdotball this
year. He has been a dorm coun
selor in Carolina Hall all year
and recently became a member
of the Student Government En
tertainment Committee. Charlie
is one of those among us who
will go a long way.
* • *
Rush week is again upon us!
Now is the time for all good men
and women to start looking over
the various frats and sororities
and thinking in terms of which
group they would like to call
brothers or sisters.
The college fraternities and
sororities are a part of the Amer
ican college and uniaersity life.
They have been in existance
since the time of Thomas Jeffer
son and at the rate they are
growing they will continue and
will become more a part of the
campus. Today there are more
than two and one-half million
Greek letter members and over
500 chapters in 400 colleges and
universities.
The typical German fraternity
(Verbindung) is something quite
different from the American
counterpart. Members have the
time-honored habit of siping at
each other’s faces Zoro-like with
flashing swords. “Actually, how
ever, dueling is les a part of
student life than is hazing in
America.”
"In 1954 there were about
6,000 bound volumes in the li
brary of fraternity literature,
based upon the William R. Baird
collection of boks relating to col-
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