North Carolina Newspapers

PAr.E TWO MAROON AND GOLD Friday, March 2, 1962 Maroon Ami Cold Edited and printed fcy rtud«nt» of Elon CoUege.. HubUihed bl-weekly during thp vollegc years under tbc auspices of the Board of Publicatioo. Entered as second cla»« matter al the f'oit Office at Klon CoUege, N C., under the Aet of March 8, 1879. DeUvered by mall. *150 the college year 50c the quarter. EDITOKIAl. Don Terrell UorU Falrcloth Nancy Johnsop Diivld Marahbum Leenai^ Rjddit .. Berta Faye Johnson H Held James WuRRoner Luther N Byrd TECH NICAl 8TAJ F F N '1 Unirtypr ‘[i.'ator Carl Owens Linotype Operator Dick Men- Hre^i- Operator RfJ»OKTERS BOARDI Editor-ln-Chiel Aasiatant Editor . Assiitant Editor Sports Edit*r Intramural iylilor Girls Sporti Alumni Editor Alumni Editor Faculty Advison Gerald Allen Howard F^die Clark .Nan(> Clark ilurl ClemfDtt I’atrlria Crewa Marvin Crowder Dixie Gladion Rex Hardy Jsie Harper Mary Anne Hepner Kim Irvin Ted Lea Wayne Mahanei W. E Judy Maneu Deiuse Martin Bobby McKinnon Roland Miller Jack .Muuie Bill Morningstar Jerry Okborne Nancy Rountree Tommy Sparkmaa Becky Stephenson Gene Stokes Denyse Theodore Kathryn Thomas Soany Wilburn Williams FRIDAY. MARCH 2, 1962 TRIBIJTE TO A VISION The Founder's Day festivities, which will bring one of the nation's outstanding lead ers to the Eton College campus aa a guest speaker next Thursday, will be a tribute to one of the fme church-related collegeE of North Carolina and the nation, but the to theprogram serves most of all as a tri bute to the vision that gleamnd brightly in the hearts of those men and women who were responsible for founding the college in the first place The program Is not a tribute to one man or woman, or even to one small group af men and women Instead, it is a tribute to a large group of Chri!i(ian leadars and to the vi lion which they had so many years ago of the need for Christian higher edu cation for young people of North Carolina and the Southland It wi'J be point^'d out next Thursday that Hlon College, under the present name, dates from March 11. 1889, the dale when the North Carolina General Assembly granted to the Southern Convention of the Christian Churali a charter for the Institution that U'ars tht Elon name today, but the vision that brought forth Elon College dates far beyond that date. After the Rev. James O'Kelly and a group of dissenters from Wwleyan Meth odism formed the ChrLitian Church in 1794. they were quick to realize that the Church must have Hs own school for the training of leaders, and within a few years after that date there were several small schools in operation which were clonely related to the Christian denomination. As eariy as 1792 Daniel Turrentine con ducted a school near Graham, which grew *ito the Providence Christian Church, and It was at that church In later years that final plans for Elon Ctfllege were laid, so Turrentine must definitely be ranked as one of Elon's founders: but there were later schools, too, w'hich were closely af filiated with the Christian Church and which were part of the vlsJoo that became Elon College. Among those who operated other early church-affiliated .schools were Elder Daniel Wilson Kerr, and the Rev John R Holt, both in North Carolina, along with the ^v William B Wellons. the Rev Daniel A Long and the Rev William S Long ■H of whom operated schools in Virginia ^e Long brothers later taught at Graham IlWtitute. fore-runner of Elon College, and all of these men had the vision of a future college. The vision of these men reached fruition en the Southern ConvenUon of the Christ ian Church. in special session at Graham n S'P'ember, 1888, adopted the re.soluUon to frtablish a college; and that resolution resulted the foUowing spri.* i„ the grant of the charter which maae Elon a reality upon lu present site The Founder's Day program honors these men and others like them, but primarily It pays tribute to the Wslon that led them mnd their suc cessors who bulh the modem and outstand- W Institution which U Elon CoUege today A Craw All* dm you Bear abo«| the cuy who had ^ unlucky all hU tlf» But things «UMed-wl>e. tht, ^ u, gr,ve they the chatter box By DORIS FAIRCLOTH Seems like the days at old Elon are get- tmg shorter and shorter Before we know it. May Day will have passed and exams will l)e fast pressing upon us once again. There Just don't seem to l>e enough hours in the day to take care of all the little nec essary tasks as well at taking a few hours cff (or leisure activiti* that are so con ducive to ijood health and the well-being oi the individual. * * 0 * * Remember tl»e song "Those Wedding Belk Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine ". Well, if.s happening! June isn't too lar away either. , • * • * * Brother Don strays away quite often from the home base, but when he's around he's 3ot both ears and both eyes wide open— JO be careful and don't let him catch you m "the corner." • • • • • The remainder of this "Chatter Box" is dedicated to those of you who do not presently hold a membership in a sorority or fraternity and who have been attending rush parties this week. Since this chatter box is in no position to give advice on fraternities, it is directed mainly to the girls who are interested io joining a soro rity. The purpose (it the sorority and fratern ity rush parties is to give the organizations the opportunity of getting to know you iwhile at the same time you are afforded the opportunity t» become better acquainted voth th« members of the organizations whos^ parties you attend. For this reason, particularly because the school has enlarg- >d to such a degree that it is next to im possible to know afl of the sorority or fra ternity members, you would be well-advised to plan to attend all of the parties to which you are invited. The traditional belief of most of the org- ganizations is that if you are interested in an organization you will attend its first party, or. If you cannot attend, that you will inform a member of that organization of your inability to do so. But if you are able, you definitely should attend all the parties to which you have been invited. It i£ diffi cult to form a true impression of a specific organization until you have actually taken part in one of iK actiities. Perhaps some of you are unfamiliar with the true nature and purpose of these org- Wzations, so let’s maiie an attempt to look beneath the surface of them. Some of the following statements you may wish to ac cept as opinion, for since there is no ma terial for the writer to fall back upon, she must employ her own knowledge of an ex perience with the organizations. And since this experience has been mainly with sor^ orities, the following will be directed tow ard sororities. althoHigh many of the points may hold true for fraternities as well. A sorority is an organization in which a group of girls of similar interests, siniilar standards, and similar goals hold member ship and attempt eacn semester to main tain these qualiUes through their choice of eligible girls whom they wish to enlist as members. The purpose of a sorority is to bind together these members into a true sisterhood in the activities which they un dertake together and in their lives for the years in which they take an active part in tht* sorority. When you become a member of a sor ority. you are a member at all times. Your actions, good or bad, serve as a reflection upon your sorority, as do the activiUes of your .sorority a.s a whole reflect upon you as an Individual. The members of the sor- ority cho^e you as a member by extend- ng a bid to you, after which the choice i» left up to you as to which, if any, bid you wish to accept. In choosing you as a member, the sorority 01 ite Ideals. In accepting its initation, you accept Uie responisbUlty of fulfillijig the -^ronty's expectations of you as a mTml^er Campus Fire Recalled By Pictures Casual Ccnunpnts A man's wife may not be the one wo- nnl ^he's the only who made him prove it* • • • « , Bank accounts, like toothepaste are easy to take out. but^ h^d^to put back T rj3MP The observance of Founder’s Day on the Eton ca.npus next week is usually an occasion for re calling the beginnings and the c .nstant progress of the college, but it is well sometimes to recall ing the beginnings and the constant progress of the college, but it is well sometimes to recall some of the tragic moments and cruel blows that Elon College has suffered through the years, blows which have served to make every:ne more appreciative of the progressive .;pirit that has kept the institution growing. The two pictures abovf and below recall jus^ such a blow, for they are two view.s from different angles of the back side of West Dormitory, taken in the winter of 1942 after fire had destroyed the old dining hall that once stood where present Virginia Hall stands. The pictures show the gapping holes left in the north wall of West Dorm and some of the debris that remained after the "clean-up’ of the fire damage was well underway. These pictures are presented to the pres- ^ ent generation of Elonites through the courtesy and interest of H. Reid, of Norfolk, Va., whose in terest in Elon has not decreased since his student days. QuiU At Will % NANCY SMITH if You begl„ to ,e*I you, ,g, •1“* that the beautiful blonoe w.-g ^ way Is giving your aoo tke once over. I sit here wringing myself out through the roller of my type writer and listening to the cric kets out yonder hollering as half drowned from the bounti ful flow of raindrops with which we have been blessed for a num ber of days now. Raindrops lead lead my thoughts to the sky and thence outward into space. The recent space triumph scored for the United States by Astronaut John H,. Glenn, Jr. whirls questions into the orbit of imagination in the mind, ques tions as to what life will be like in the future. And, too. what will future campuses and the life of the select group called college students be like? Through the years the pulse of college life in the UnHed Stat es has adjured itself to the heartbeat of social change An article in AtlanUc Monthly about the college days of Thomas Jef ferson described the brick bar racks of WiUiam and Mary as quite goid enough for young gen- leanen who kept dogs and guns t*>eu- rooms and considered it the chiaf end of studenU to frus trate the object for which they were sent to the insitution. Jef ferson kept a horse or two at the Williamsburg. The author of the article (written in 1872) expres sed tlie opinion that ••riding on horseback should be part of every college course.” Conflicts and events have had effects on the attitudes and at tendance of those in college. For instance, during the postwar years in tlie United States vet- crarts poured into the colleges. In 1946, 60 percent of the be ginning students were eterans. During this period, according to an article in N. Y. Times Mag azine in 1947. there was a change in the outlook of studen|s. Though the campus sUlI remain ed somewhat cloistered from Jr. everyay life, students were not afraid to express their own opin- the names tagged to such out casts in an article in a 1955 is sue of Holiday. The unwanted was called a “wonky” at Har- ard, a "weeny” at Yale, an ayool at Princeton, and a "batatengo’ in the Congo. The author also gives this example of the Ivy Ideal, J. Fitzroy Gambit: roommate—It’s for yo«, Gambit. A woman She’s in tears. gambit—How annoying. i told her not to bother me. (takes receiver) Hello. MRS. O'REILLY-You owe me twenty-five dollars. gambit—Of course I love again. ions. A tone of seriousness pre- you, dear. Now stop crying m ... 'S'lC'T demoeralic foUowing World War cramming moro than just a few V I. a lew II and forms of social snobbery Were subdued. Pranks just naturally seem to be associated *1th the collegiate set particularly with the "Ivy ^agueis”, famed for their "humpty-dumpty riof and such The Ideal ivy leagtjer of the fif- . , — juol a lew students into enclosures (tele- sportscars) Fort"®r ^^‘^“'•sions to sunny Fort Lauderdale, and. most re cently loosening the spinal col- urnn by '•twisting.” Can you picture the space uni mld- li ^s, a calm, collected fellow; considered football a matter of Planet and that the« U . in- a voice from the corner Ky DON TEREELI- From Fort Lauderdale, Florida, I hav« word that the bustling resort city on the lower Atlantic coast, the spring home of he world champion New York Yankees, is making ready for the 1962 on slaught of America’s fun-loving college stu dents in March and April. It seems that this year, public-minded citizens are zealously working witli city officials to offer vacationing undergrad uates a varied, but still swinging, recrea tion and entertainment program. Even the Mantle-Maris Yankees wiU assist by play ing fifteen exhibition games in the new Lauderdale baseball stadium between March 10 and April 7. With a few exceptions, all other day and jiiglit activities will center on Fort Lauder dale’s well groomed beach. A single special area east of Bahia Mar yachting center will be the focal point for live music and dancing under the supervision of the fire department. The chaotic pedestrian and vehicular traffic congestion encountered by previous visitors, wiU be lessoned by the concentra tion of activity in an area several blocks removed from the intersection of Atlantic and Las Olas boulevards. The city’s recreation department will construct a large stage-bandstand, which during the day will be utilized for bathing beauty contests and other forms of enter tainment, including the popular twist and limbe. Competitive events will include beach basketball, volley ball, ocean swimming, and a game, ••mailman carry,” which is quite a mystery to me. The recreation de partment will also add other activities as requested. ^ On arrival, students will be greeted at •'Hello Booths,” possibly controlled by some of those bathing beauties, which will be stationed at three beach locations. Here, hospitality passes (sounding better all the time), will be issued »nd housing informa tion distributed. Here also bulletin boards win be maintained for lost and found in- formation, together with schedules of daUy and special events. These hospitality passes, issued on the presentation of coUege identification or current registration cards, wiU entitle stu dents to admittance to all of the recreation and entertainment events. A nominal and seemingly fair fee of fifteen cents will be charged for the passes, joining the students this pring will be the presidents and deans of «colleges. I wonder they will be renewing their college blasts of the past, or are they there for a psy chological and soclalogical study. This Iml.'ni"*' to the fuh. «io.: of'StoZ' ““ pr3uct'n?‘'rH“‘"'®^® hospitality is the between h ® closer relationship Of inS%r" dents int/th young social-minded stu- ing houJ ® A clear- rwident, T Wished to register this type lov?a ‘hose who atrenou^n fo^tun- hour, anf 11 ^ expected imnr ° just how much the that t^^e 7n Atamagf 'cryone wh. L disadvantage, I think to rssir"" ^ fe and death but pretended not to get overly excited about it and pretended not to get overly ex ceed about and thus knew only one cheer with mostly rah rah’s stead of hanging one’s coat ud on a rack (or throwing it over a chair-whafs the dif.) the inir ly have to crawl out of a breath- ^~ugh,nrt. Each generation testead'oT'b^a^r^**^ coins its own word,s describing ^^shion creation desiim those Who aren’t -with it". A ‘^“vel beyond the^"J, ^ 1951 Harvard graduate ,continued on l-.g, ti'irty bucks M " yours for about year^„rfeame Last sprine i ^"'l sound, ■mass of college '^■hng along in the when off jn ^“'1 sweatshirts, hut familiar object'’"Ift ^ ® "'hat it was t i- 1 figured out S®i‘h. and'th. was Cleve too in those?ew2* ^o^en dation for the tn. There were aid American novel, from the colleee representatives interesting '^ere also lot small gigg]i„„ ' "‘^‘^s stored away in you Sst'a ^y«g to talk eveno^ 1“ “■"e, but even so ^own this here niap^ • ’ ‘I*® ‘ruth that ^ pjace IS One •"ost swinging Jumping and I just phere, and besid'T**^® ^ ‘’^“is- a small seat • ’ bellow needs down there. ° *omeone's transportation Two ^•tecoPhed SoCs" TW T'”*" ca«-t. “•* '^ant to. and they