PAG* TWO
Maroon And Gold
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FRIDAY. MAY 5, 1961
MAROON AND GOLD
Friday, May 5, 1961
SOME THOUGHTS FOR SPEEDERS
With the coming of warmer weather and
the caU of the open road echoing ever
louder in all of our ears, it is quite appro
priate to take time for a few thoughts con
cerning driving habits and dangers, for
such thoughts may mean lives saved.
There may be more weekend trips as
tile spring term nears an end, and cer
tainly the summer vacation will bring many
added miles of driving to the beaches and
other pleasure spots, so interest in safety
for all demands that we think on the fol
low comment, which was written by a te«;i-
ager and clipped from an exchange publi
cation:
Psychologists tell us that the reason so
many young people drive cars wildly and
act aggressively behind the wheel, is be
cause they are trying to be accepted as
mature people. They take out their Inner
aggressions on an Inanimate object like a
car, because it can't fight back. At
least they think it can’t fight back.
This gross lack of security and feeling
of inadequacy he possesses usually is a
driving compulMon to “show the world how
well he can drive.” Of course almost every
body, including himself, knows that reck
less driving is a sign of not thinidng or of
not being able to think. Yet, even when
he is literally scared to death, he will go
ahead and drive like a maniac in order to
prove to himself that he is capable.
Many false concepts arise to our young
people through motion pictures and tele
vision. If it were possible to trace the origin
of Uie idea that speeding in an auto is mas
culine, it would probably stem from the
attitude created by one of the above media.
For instance, the hero of a motion picture
speeds his car in hot pursuit of a criminal,
thus a concept is born. The young man,
projecting himself into the part of the hero!
then is inclined to take literally the false
Illusion of speed shown on the screen, and
act accordingly.
But the whole idea goes even further
than this. When he is caught speeding, all
of a sudden he is the center of attention.
Certainly he wasn’t noticed untU he was
caught. This in turn adds to his “hero com
plex." for now he realizes that he is noticed.
Again he makes a mistake in interpreting
the attention he is getting. For really he is
getting pretty much the same attention as
a monkey in a cage at the zoo and he may
think he is being considered a hero, and
as a result, he may later repeat his per
formance for the sake of more attention.
The problem arises in the fact that the
young naan can seldom translate the reac
tion of the public to his juvenile driving.
Often he actually gets a backward impres
sion, contributing to the slow process of
curing tivis insane desire to "show off."
Adults, that is many adults, have known
for years that people who can really drive
* car, never speed. Only the incompetent
irivers do this. A really good driver knows
bat he is a good driver, and is satisfied
mowing it is not necessary to prove to
every Tom. Dick, and Hurjr, thft ka It
competent. Only the doubtful have to prove
to thmselves and others that they can drive.
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DORIS FAIRCLQTH
It seems like Old Man Weather has for
gotten all about Spring this year and has
jumped suddenly from an irritating cold,
wet, and prolonged winter into an extreme
ly warm but beautiful and refreshing' sum-
imer. Flowers are blooming, the once naked
trees have been clothed with healthy green
leaves, and the grass has grown into a
soft blanket for use by any and all stu
dious nature-lovets. Other types of lovers
have begun to take advantage of the shade
of the great Senior Oak.
The beginning of summer is probably
the prettiest and most invigorating time
of the year. But strangely enough, it is
also the time when it seems that one’s
temper is shortest, one’s emotional sensi-
tivlfy is greatest, and one’s existence seems
least worthwhile. Perhaps it’s because one
realizes that the great attractions of the
school year—that all-important and much-
anticipated banquet, that weekend party
with the one you’d never dared hope to
date, and the big weekends on the cam
pus—are all over, and there’s nothing left
to look forward to except the frustrations
of exam time and the hopes of better luck
next semester.
But, chin up. friends, if you’re one of
these frustrated individuals. Remember
that things may get worse, and when they're
at their worst, they can’t get anything but
better. One should appreciate his misery,
for it makes him realize just how won
derful it is not to be miserable.
It is apparent that in many cases, one's
misery is caused by a feeling of self-in
adequacy and a desire to be anything but
what he is. The character traits of this
girl or that boy seem much more ethical,
accepted, or desirable than one’s own, and
there is a tremendous urge to change one
self completely and to cast off all thos«
icky ideals, ideas, and actions that make
one what he is, for at this stage one can
see nothing estimable in his being. It was
for such a miserable Elon individual that
the following verse was written by a sym
pathetic and wise Mend.
It has been said, “To thine own self be
true”
If to myself I canst not be true, then
what am I?
In trying*to do as others may do, I be
come no longer myself.
God gave the world only one me—one
you;
Neither I can be you, nor you I.
For in so trying to be, the greatest gift
you have.
Is lost—the gift of just being you.
Perhaps Shakespeare put the idea into
more flowery words, but this is typical of
the better side of Elon—simple and to the
point, but profound, sincere, and ever-
meanlngful. Sometimes the greatest phil
osophies of Ufe come not from the great
intellect who has the world on a string,
but from the mild, simple, happy man who
sit.c in the background and smiles bene
volently. Perhaps his mildness and sim
plicity are both results and causes of his
wisdom and his satisfaction with life as
it is.
• • • * *
Gossip, gossip, gossip' There are some
people whose greatest joy in life comes from
keeping file on all the local dirt she “over
hears” and from seeking out individuals
who would just LOVE to hear aU about
it. To this chatter box, a gossijp is one
of the lowest forms of humanity, for this
person is worse than any type of murderer
—at least a killer puts his victim out of
his misery. The gossip, like a poisonous
spider, creeps softly and quietly upon her
prey, pounces on him, and drains the blood
from him slowly and painfully.
Elon is cursed with a few such "joy-
bringers.” It is no longer unusual to hear
along the grapevine about the sins of a
friend whom you knwo to be an upstand
ing individual, or to hear at the end of
the line from a friend who talked to a
friend who talked to a friend who said
that you had done such-and-so on a night
that actually you were fast asleep and
confident of being safe from the outside
world, when all the while this first "friend”
was viciously conniving against you and
your good name. The pitiful factor of
this situation is that the first “friend”
displays to your face all the qualities of
a sincere, honest, and selflessly concerned
human.
It’s a shame that a gossip has so little
to add to the world that she feels she
can live happily only by sapping the
strength from the reputations of others.
Someday she’s gonna get caught picking
on someone just as venomous as she, and
that day will no doubt be one of sadistic
rejoicing by her many former victims.
DINLNG HALL IS PART OF MODERN ERA EXPANSION
One of the more impressive of the buildings added to tke Elon campus during the building boom
of the 1950’s was the McEwen Memorial Dining HaU, which was opened for use in 1956, along wit
Virginia Hall for girls and Carolina Hall for boys. Since that time the Elon expansion program has
brought the addition of Smith H U tor r.-vs and this ys:ir p rti: 1 completion of a second new dor
mitory for girls. The McEwen Memorial Dining Hall, in additidn to furnishing completely modern
dining facilities, also provides a siscious ~nd beautiful banquet hall and ball room
With Fine Cooperation ...
Elon Boasts Progress In Modern Era
The ten years after Dr. Leon E.
imith assumed the presidency of
Elon College in 1931 saw courage
ous cooperation on the part of
Caculty, alumni and friends of the
college under Dr. Smith's leader
ship, and by January 28. 1942, the
coUege was able to settle its debts,
and the stage was set for a great
expansion program following World
War II. During the war years many
of the male students were away
at war, but an Air Force contin
gent trained on the campus as
part of the war effort, and after
1946 the great G. I. Educational
program set the stage for a great
increase in enrollment.
The old dining haU at the rear
of West Dorm was burned during
the War, but it was replaced by
a temporary wooden structure ac
quired from the government. A
group of government surplus
buildings were acquired and erect
ed as student apartments, form
ing a small village for veterans
and their families, and a new pow
er plant was erected as the first
ma.1or building project after World
War II. This was followed in 1949
by the building of beautiful Alum
ni Memorial Gymnasium at a cost
of more than a quarter of a mil
lion dollars. Also erected during
this period were a group of facul
ty homes and apartments.
This post-war building program
* * *
CHAPTER FOUR
This is the fourth installment
of a brief history of Elon Col
lege, telling of the growth of
the recovery of the coUege from
its near-bankruptcy in the de
pression years and of its tre
mendous growth during the years
since World War II.
• * *
was made possible by a great Two
and One-Half Million DoUar Cam
paign launched in 1946 and pushed
to completion by 1956. In connec
tion with this campaign came the
most recent building program,
election of three new dormitories
and a new dining hall within the
years from 1954 until 1956.
Four New Buildin«;s
In 1954 the college obtained a
government loan for $675,000 which
made possible the building of Vir
ginia Hall for. girls, Carolina HaU
for boys and the beautiful Mc
Ewen Memorial Dining Hall, the
latter becoming possible through
a generous gift from the family
of the late James H. McEwen. AU
three of these buildings were com
pleted and were occupied in Sep
tember of 1956.
Late in 1956 an additional loan
was negotiated, and construction
was begun on the new Smith Hall,
a second dormitcry for boys, which
was completed rapidly and
occupied for the first time in Jan
uary of 1958. Total costs o^ the
three new dormitories and the din
ing hall were well over a milhon
dollars, indicative of the great
post war progress for Elon Col
lege.
But Elon’s physical expansion
and improvement was not ended,
and only last summer the need
for added dormitory space was
seen as the number of campus
students increased, and workmen
were put to work at that time re
moving the historic Ladies’ Hall
on the northwest corner of the
campus to make room for a new
residence haU for girls. ^
Construction of New Dorm, which
is yet to be given a permanent
name, began in mid-summer and
was pushed in an effort to make
the first floor ready for use as
quickly as possible. That first floor
was occupied before Christmas
and plans are to complete the up
per floors of the structure as soon
as possible.
New President In 1957
Dr. L. E. Smith retired from
the presidency of Elon in June
1957, and the Board of Trustees
named Dr. James E. Danieley,
member of the college’s chemis-
trN’ faculty since 1946, who had
for three years been dean of the
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a voice
from the
corner
By
DON TEBBBLI.
First this week, I would like to offer
my sincere thanks to aU those who gave
their support in my behalf during the
recent student government elections. To
all those who urged me to seek office,
and to aU those who so diligently worked,
paving the way for me, I am deeply in
debted. I would also Uke to take this,
opportunity to thank my opponent for the’
stimulating campaign. It showed evidence
of a great deal of hard work. I only hope
that the new administration can be a con
tributing spoke in Elon student govern
ment’s wheel of progress.
While on the subject of student govern
ment, I would like to commend Mr. Boelte’s
fine sketch on the subject in his last col
umn, o those of you who missed the ar
ticle, I whole-heartedly recommend it to
you. My congratulations to you President
Boelte. Your experience has rewarded you
with some fine student government phil
osophy.
Recently, Carol Trageser, Lynn Ryals,
Gerald Allen, and myself were fortunate
enough to be representatives for Elon at
the North State Student Government As
sociation meeting at Boone, N. C. There
we attended student workshops conducted
by the participating colleges. Mr. Allen
conducted a workshop for Elon having
I to do with Student-Faculty Relations. Miss
Trageser, Mr. Ryals, and myself attended
other seminars conducted by other col
leges. Our Student Body president, Cliff
Hardy, who is vice-president of the North
State group was also in attendance.
It seems as if again next year, we wiU
be faced with a good sized freshman fac
ulty, as several faculty and administrative
personnel have announced their intention
of leaving the college after this term. This
year’s “freshman faculty” proved highly
favorable in most cases. I know the Eng
lish department addition have been very
weU accepted by the students within the
department. I hope that maybe in the near
future that there wiU be interest enough
to organize an English Major’s Guild here
at Elon.
* ♦ * ♦
Congratulations to those two good lookin’
Tau Zeta gals, Sandy Neighbors and Jane
Morgan for their success in the “Miss
Burlirfgton” pageant. We were pulling for
you all the way, and I guess it paid off.
♦ ♦ * ♦ *
I hear that Ed Boelte, our retiring pres
ident, has been in great demand at the
big NAACP social events. Tell us about
the party Ed! Was it fun? . . . “Bang, bang,”
Pete, “Bang, bang!” . . . i heard teU
that Grayson Mattingly was recently over
heard preaching a revival in the heart of
Burlington. What was the big disagree
ment, Matt? Didn’t that fellow believe
you. . . Munick and Mangrum bring
ack extremely comical tales from Myrtle
Beach. “Sure, sure. Get off my back, I’U
go tomorrow” ... Pete Smith is the only
guy I know who has at least a $30 per
Scribendi
By ED BOELTE
week phone bill,
or are all those charges
Interestingly enough not too
many new faces will be seen in
the new Student Government
Association administration. Even
though Cliff Hardy stepped into
the office of President with no
competition, it does not indi
cate a lack of spirit. Rather,
the prevailing idea seems to be
that this came about by unani
mous consent of the student body
that Cliff is the best man for
the job.
Cliff, together with Don Ter
rell, will make a good team for
the top two positions next year.
Don has shown a great interest
in Elon and it’s student govern
ment during his stay on this
campus. AUen Tyndall should
receive many compliments for
his spirited campaign and In
terest in student government.
Once again a girl wiU fUl the
position of Secretary-Treasurer
of the Student Body! Eleanor
Smith will do a good job! A
spirit of cooperation and wiU-
ingness to work together must
be the word of the day for the
top positjons in the Studeni
Government Association. The
potential is there—all students
wiU be looking forward to the
turning of that potential into
a great reaUty next year!
Don Rankin's individuality,
experience, abiUty, and all
around know-how should be used
in the Senate again next year.
You can’t afford to lose such
a valuable man.
The writer wishes to aU the
officers and students a year of
progress, learning, prod^nction,
and success.
* ♦ * ♦
Although vague notions of
“democracy at work” are com
monly held, many of us in stu
dent government are—for the
first time—faced with the nec
essity of productive administra
tion and successful human rela
tions. These prerequisites are
mandatory not only for getting
the job done on the campus
but also for adequate training
for assuming leadership in the
greater society.
Woodrow Wilson vividly iUus-
trates the proper workings of the
democratic process as foUows:
“Democracy is not merely a
matter of programs, it is a mat
ter of sympathy and insight . . .
It is a matter of seeing not from
your eyes out, but f^om the eyes
of other men in. Getting the
vision that is in the back of the
other man’s head is the thing,
getting the hope that is the uni
versal hope; getting that impulse
that is the common human im
pulse, forward.”
The qualities of a leader have ■
been listed as intelligence, ini
tiative, sensitivity and insight,
ability to command respect,
awareness of need for self-de-
velopement, coursage. resource
fulness, unselfishness, tactful
ness, conscientiousness, and pa
tience. It is quite obvious that
all of these characteristics can
not be instilled in a person
through a brief leadership train
ing program, but certain of these
qualities can be cultivated and
better utilized where effective
leadership is needed.
There are coUeges which, rec
ognizing the need for accelerated
development of leadership, have
added leadership courses to the
curriculum—in some cases for
credit and others for “record”.
This would be a wonderful area
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reversed? It must be a lonely life . . . Phyl
opkins has the unchaUenged title of "Most
hotographed Girl on the Elon Campus”,
u we must admit, she’s quite a subject
; • . Roland MiUer is trying to develop
into another Hardrock Simpson. Ahnost
every day, I see him
jogging along the
about
something down that n>ad that we don’t?
1 ole Rog Bed-
wearing his frat pin, but
and R^gf"" Congrats, Jan
Jnr, Kentucky they’ve
“Lft^ Jug Irvin’s little brother
Big Martin’s” brother . . . Carol Trag-
“"disputed honor
fnv F mispelled more than
any Elon student. Tragessor, Tragesor,
confirmlt^h'^^^*-^ would probably be more
™i‘y Carol What's-Her-Name
udson Bryant and Diz Diaz should
get together and compare notes on the
'Sisters they dated at West Palm Beach,
This should be quite a conversation . . .
It sure was nice seeing so many alumni
faces around campus a few weeks back
when Kappa Psi had the big banquet.
Wayne Taylor hasn’t lost any weight. Dan
Porter brings news of his little thunder
bolt son. Beats up all the kids in the neigh
borhood. Lane Kidd is stiU on the make.
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I would Uke to dedicate this section of.
the column to m'y favorite reader, Mr,
James F. T,at’iam, LL.B. for his uimfer-
standing intellectuality in interpreting niw
somnambulism of the author. Thank you
very much Mr. Latham