Friday, March 18, 196j
PAC.E TWO
MAROON AND GOLP
Maroon And Gold
Edited »nd printed by iludent* of Elon
CoUege.. PubUihed bl-weckly during the
tollege ytmrt under the »u»plcei of the
Board of PubllcaUon.
Entered •• lecond cUm matter at the
I'ott Office at Klon College. N. C.. under
the Act «f March 8. 1879. DeUvered by
mall. *190 the college year 50c the
quarter.
EDITOBIAL BOARDI
Don Terrell Edltor-ln-Ct>ief
Dorla Kaircloth AaaUtant Editor
Nancy Johnwip - AaaUtant Editor
David Marshbum Sporta Editor
Leonard Riddle . Intramural Editor
Berta Faye Johnaon .. Girla Sports
H Reid - Alumal Editor
James Waggoner Alunni Editor
Luther N Byrd Faculty Advlso*
TECHNICAI. STAJT
P N Thompaoii Linotype Operator
Carl Owens Linotype Operator
Dick More Press Operator
Rfa*ORTERS
Gerald Allen Judy .Mancss
Howard BriKgs Denise Marlin
Eddie Clark Bobby McKinnon
Nancy Clark Roland Miller
Hurl Clemint* Jack M»ore
Patricia Crewa Bill Morningstar
Marvin Crowder Jerry Osborne
Dixie Gladson Nancy Rountre*’
Rex Hardy Tommy Sparkmaa
Jane Harper Becky Stephen.son
Mary Anne Hepner Gene Stokes
Kira Irvm IX'nyse Theodore
Ted l>ea Kathryn Thomas
Wayne Mahanee Sonny Wilhum
W E WiUlams
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1962
NATU»NWII»E ATTENTION
The name of Elon College attracted aa-
tionwide allentlon in connection with the
Founder's Day observance, which was held
on Thursday. March 8lh, in commemora
tion of the xeventy-tlird anniversary of the
fuunding of the Congregational Christian
colleRe
Of course, it was not the first time that
the name of I'^n has been the subject of
nationwide publicity, for there have been
other events that have been publicized on
a national basis, several of them having
been the result of athletic achievements
such as the winning of All-American hon
ors nr outjftanding individual plays.
However, no event nor achievement in
Elon College history has ever had such ex
tensive coverage as did the 19G2 Founders
Day observance, which brought Vice-Pres
ident Lyndon B. Johnson to the campus
as the featured speaker
For that reason, if for no other, tbe Foun
der? Day program wa.'- well worth all of
the time and effort it required to stage it,
and Pre.sident Danicley and other college
officials are 'till extending appreciatian to
th*' newt--arrying aKfucies of television,
radio and newspapers for the fine coopcr-
alioQ which was accorded on all sides.
No less than ten North Carolina televis
ion stations were represented and covered
the visit of the vice-President to the Elon
campus. Th' WUNC-TV at the University
of North Carolina televiM’d the entire pro
gram in a live telecast, which beamed it into
achools and honu:. throughout the state,
first time th:it such a live telecast had orig
inated on Ihs EIoq Campus.
Nine other North Carolina television sta
tions. .'pread all the way from Washington
in the east to Asheville in tht* wesst, were
represented by camera units and prepared
video tapes for use in TV news programs
in the afternoon and at night. The Univer
sity of North Carolina station al-so repeated
Its complete program that night for those
who could not view it in the mornine hours.
The two Burlington radio station' . WBBB
and WBAG. had full equipment on hand
and put tile entire Founder’^ Day program
on the air waves. The two local stations
made the broadcast available to other radio
stations all over North Carolina, and sev
eral other stations either channeled the
program direct or taped portions of it for
later news programs
The newspapiTs of the state were equally
cooperative along with the .;tate offices
of the Associated I>ress and United Press
International. Both news services sent staff
writers, ani approximately fifteen news-
pfipers covered the event with staff writers
or photographer* or both. Among the news
papers tending staff writers was the New
York Times
The crowd which gathered on the campus
for the occasion was beyond question the
largest ever seen on Eton's campus, but the
cooperative effort of television, radio and
pres* brought Elon College to the attention
many thousands of other* all over
North Carolina and in farflung parts of the
United States
the
chatter
box
By
DORIS FAIRCLOTII
Foto Features From Founders Day
One at her feet, one at her throat! —
words of wisdom from one who knows. How
about it, SmUey? Sorry, but a promise is
a promise.
■'Where have all tlic flowers gone?”—
and all the sunshine, and all the warm
weather—underneath all that lovely, wrt
cold mess of potential snow balls, that's
wherel ,
They say that if you ignore somethinfi
lon« enough, it will go away. Wonder if
that's why we haven't had any heat in the
dorms lately, and if so. wonder how long
this iioioring process is going to take be
fore the cold weather goes away.
• • » * »
Founder's Day. 1962—a day that will be
recorded in the golden pages )f Elon Col
lege history. Lyndon Baines Johnson, our
honorable Vice-President, presented to the
trustees, alunini. students, and faculty of
Elon College a very impressive speech,
and one which was extremely compUmnt-
ary to our state.
Those who missed the speeches and cere
monies this year threw away an opportun
ity that they may never again have Also,
the choir’s singing was nothing less than
superb. From this writer's point of view,
it was the best, most interesting, and most
memorable Founder’s Day that Elon Col
lege has ever had.
*****
Congratulations to all the brave, upstand
ing individuals on the campus, who sur
vived the sorority or fraternity initiations
this week. Just remember: It hurts right
now, but two weeks from now you’ll look
back and laugh—well, smile, anyhow!
*****
It seems that malicious rumors have been
circulating through the freshman dormi
tories concerning the initiations of two of
the sororities on the campus. These rumors
contain the belief that parts of their ini
tiations are rather vile, degrading, and in
jurious to the initiates.
No one seems to know the source of
these rumors, but they apparently had their
derivation in some low-minded person or
group of persons, and any individual on
the campus who has had contact with mem
bers of these sororities should have the
common sense to realize that these rumors
are ridiculous and completely without
foundation. The majority of the .sororities
members instill in their ^ororities high stan
dards. particularly morally Vid morale-
wise. and such practices as are asserted by
the rumor-mongers are far from typical
of high standards, nor are they conducive
to the maintenance of high morals and mo
rale in these pledging the sororities.
Some freshmen apparently seem to fee^
that college .students have much lower stan
dards than they themselves or the friends
they left back home to accept such rumors
as truths. Perhaps the college student is
more broadminded, for he has had the
time and the experience to learn to think
for himself and the freedom to make his
own decisions. But broadmindedness and
Immortality are two entirely different as
pects of life. 1 believe that sororities
RAISE the standards and the sense of moral
obligation in the individual rather than low
ering or distorting them.
Since the natures of sorority and fratern
ity initiations are known only to tlie mem-
^rs of the particular organizations, and
since no sorority member in her right mind
would spread tales that would lower the
opinion of her sorority, these rumors no
douht were dispersed by some person or
^rsons ouUide of these two sororities.
Therefore, they would know little or noth
ing about these sororiy iniUations except
wha their vristed minds could Invent
HAIL, WEATHER MAN*
C^e of the great factors in the success
of the Elon College Founder's Day program
^ March 8th was Uie bright sunshine and
the balmy spring temperatures which pre
vailed, and It was indeed kind fate that
s^dwiched sucli a beautiful day between
“'f 'campus
before and after.
The Maroon and Gold offers the face
tious. but quite Umely, suggesUon that per-
i«rMl^" ^'-College trustees and
the bestowal of an
^m^ary degree on Mr Weather Man at
~mmencement Ume. perhaps an honorary
D S D. for Doctor of Sunny Days.
GLOOM CRASERS
An Ideal husband Is what every woman
thjnks the other woman has.
* • • • •
A family man is one who has replaced
the currency in his wallet with snapshots.
EL0NJOJXE6E
W»blu)«i in
Key figures in the gigantic Founder’s Day observance on the Elon campus are pictured above as
they marched past the historical marker that tells the story of th ■ Elon College origin and progress.
Pictured in the procession that marched into the Alumni Memorial Gymnasium for the convocation
on Thursday, March 8th. are (left to right) Governor Terry Sanford, Vice-President Lyndon B. John
son and Elon’s own President J. E. Danieley. The three pictured above were only a small part of the
group of prominent persons who were present for the college’s seventy-third anniversary, lor there
were also two United States Senators, one congressman and a host of lesser officials of the state and
nation in attendance at the Founder’s Day program
Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson chose buttermilk as a beverage at the Founder s D-v I nn.h .
m McEwen Memorial Dining Hall on Thursday. March 8th. BiU PiscatelU, of Wellsvillf“N v Td
Demus Thompson, of Burlington Elon students who served at the lnnrhJ„ ’ "
t^y gave the ..-president his choice. PiscatelU Tpi^red re^rUrrr’.W^uM ™
* pleasure of servingTe Lt!eZk"t^la7*thrdilin» Thompson had the
' dent's look of surprise at such a special service President J E Danip|pv^''**rt'^ vice-presi-
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writt^ for the New Vork Times by Marjorie Hunter, herself an Elon gradVate'^ld"' forTeT‘
member of the Maroon and Gold Her storv toM . lormer staff
administrative officers as part of a naUonwide P™motio„"lf ■irrersL'^sroflirTltirtr"''’'
a voice
from the
corner
By
don TEKRKLl.
Back when I was in college (I attended
one ol those excessively intellectual insti
tutions of higher derivatives set a jolly bit
back into the haze of a minute southern
hamlet), I was closely acquainted wiUi a
fellow named Astro Magnus. Now mind
you, Astro was some sort of a fine exam
ple of what most everyone in visions as a
true-blue comrade. Why, my buddy Astro
often gave me his last squirt of tooth
paste, and you believe it or not, when
he did, he did it smiling that kinda smile
that would let you know that he was smil
ing because he felt real good down deep
inside. You know what I mean.
When he came to college, he brought with
him the finest in Ivy League toggery. He
had two real pretty pairs of charcoal cord
uroy nickers, and some nice knee-length
aigyle socks to go along. He was just about
the tuffest looking thing of the men's (yeah,
they had ’em separated) side of the campus.
The fellows thought ole A^tro was a cool
and swjnging swinger, and the ladies, who
persisted in tickling him 'neath the chin,
thought he was downright out.
He was a real studious sort of chap. He
stayed in the room quite a bit, naturally
taking off occasionally to fraternize with
the college co-eds. He read at night with
out failure. Most of the books he read were
supposed to be important. One was by Hom
er somebody. The only one he had which
really grabbed me was a thin, paperback
edition of Max Schuintan’s "Barefoot Boy
with Cheek,” although I must admit that
I received chuckles from “My Brother
Was an Only Child,” “Tropic of Cancer,”
"Never Trust & Naked Bus Driver”, and
a poem entitled “Howl”.
There was only one real small, insigni
ficant, and null disadvantageous situation
surrounding the entire “dolce vita” of my
crony. He was only five feet and some
small four-odd inches high (with Atlas
heels). During the week this burden wasn’t
too difficult to bear, but on Sundays, As
tro lived a hectic, tormented, and frustrat
ed life. We all know how they all see just
how taU and skinny they can look, well
how tall and skinny they can look, well
that’s just how they looked then too.
'Lil Astro would hide on some Sundays,
either in the elevator shaft in Mooney
Building or down in one of the uncovered
manholes around ,the campus lawn (look
around, they’re stUl here). If he became
real, real hungry, he would converge upon
McEwen in meek spirits and sporting a
blushing, self-conscious composure. Look
ing far up into the faces of those girls
with whom he had confidently, charmingly,
and sometimes cunningly conversed during
the less significant days of the week, he
now became dwarfed by their towering
stature. His suave line of sugar was watered
down to a rather incoherent murmur.
Have you ever been bird hunting, and
watched the hunter plant a wellrplanned,
boot upon the posterior of a delinquent re
triever? Did you ever carefully examine
the woeful and abashed : mask which for
some short while scoots across his guilty
little face? That’s just what my strife-torn
pal looked like on Suhdays. It was truly
the most unhappy time of the week. I
tried to get him to stay home and shoot
pool and play ping-pong with me, but he
v;as feared of the future.
I heard tell not too awfully long ago that
Astro had reached that momentous point
of ultimate success and happiness in lif®-
He had landed a job as a hygiene teacher
at a nudist colony, and became the blush
ing henpecked husband of a circus midget.
They were extremely happy for a while,
but law and behold, tragedy struck poor ole
Astro. She grew! When she became five
feet and three inches tall, a combination
of this problem and the frustration of a
his job rendered him with a nervous break
down. While he was breaking down, she
was moving out, and can you believe it,
she moved with the tall thin man with
the same circus, I really don’t believe she
would have gone if it had not been for the
fact that this here tall thin man also
owned tfife circus. But the worstest hing
of aU that happened was that the tall thi»
man fired Astro. This I didn’t think was
quite cricket. You see. Astro fed the ele
phants and tigers after school (those dayi
•when he finaUy came home). •
The days that followed were those of pligl>t
for Astro. Astro knew naught how to alie''"
iate his frustrating decreptitude. He sank
to a low ebb. , • .
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