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Friday, April 13, 1952 PAGE TWO MAftOON AND GOLD Maroon Anti Gold Entcrad M Mcond cUii mitter »t th« Poit Office at Klon College. N. C., under the Aot ti M»rch 8. 1878. DeUvered by mall. »l 50 eoUe«e year SOc the quarter. EDITORIAL BOABDI Dor Terrell Editor-In-Chief Dorlt Faircloth AiaUtant Editor Nancy Johnior - - Aaaistant Editor David Marshburn Sport* Editor Leonard Riddle - . Intramurar'Editor Berta Faye Johnion .. Girla Sport* H Reid Alumni Editor Jamet Waggoner Alumni Editor Luther N Byrd Faculty Advison TECIIMCAJ. STAFF P N Thomiwon Linotype Operator Dick More Pre«s Operator RFJ>ORTERS Gerald Allen Judy Maueas Howard Briggs Denise Martin Eddie Clark Bobby McKinnon Nancy Clark Roland Miller Burl Clement! . Jack Mo^e Patricia Crewi Bill Morningstar Marvin Crowder Jerry Osborne Dixie Gladson Nancy Rountree Rex Hardy Tommy Sparkmaa Jane Harper Becky St«phenson Mary Anne Hepner Gene Stokes Kim Irvin Denyse Theodore Ted Lea . Kathryn Thomas Wayne Mahanei Sonny Wilburn W E. WUliams FRIDAY. APRIL 13. 1962 I:RR0RS CAN BE AMl'SING Somr prrors. can be tragic in their re- 3ull.i. but other errors can be the source o( much amusement, and the Reader’s Di fjest magazine has for many years fea tured some of those amusing errors from newspapers in a special column that is entitled "Your Slip Is Showing ” One of those amusing errors popped up in the most recent issue of the Maroon and Gold, when the usually reliable lino type machine interchanged an "1" for "d” In the statement that "chapel was held every morning” in former years at Elon College. Many newspaper readers arc quick to notice and even to criticize any errors in an Issue of the papers they read, but such critical readers may perhaps be more tol erant of mistakes if they realize that in every it?ue of the Maroon and Gold there are approximately 600.000 possibilities for error. LANGL'AGE SKILLS NEEDED Perhaps no part of the liberal arts cur riculum Is the cause of more groans and complaints among students than the re quired study of foreign languages, but American secondary schools and college students need to realize that in studying and mastering any foreign language they are helping to forge a powerful weapon for the United States in the Cold War. Broader knowledge of the languages of oth*r nations can do much to ijnprove international understanding, and this fact was brouKlu out by Justice William O. Douglas, of the United States Supreme Court. In a recent address. Justice Doug- la,«s is quoted below from the modem for eign languages newsletter for North Car olina; "To win the Cold War the United Slates imust institute a program of education which starts with the languages of the world and moves into the civilizations of j the world " "More than 50 per cent of our high schools teach no foreign languages what soever." he %aid. "whereas the Soviets are Instructing their students in 83 languages today." "I do*not mention these figures to praise the Russians I say this merely to show you the tremendous competition we are up against. The Soviets started out to con quer the world forty years ago. They know what they are doing." Unless we can cMnge their. social structure, we cannot hope to improve the lot of the common peasant We simply rich mtn richw.” ■This is not the way to win the cold war While the West has simply been pouring In monetary and mUitary aid to these countries, the Soviet Union has been send ing in people Russia starts getting her students ready for export when they are eight years old ’• "If you want an example of what they can do. look at Mongolia. The Russians transformed .Mongolia from an agricultural »o an mduatrial aociety in fifteen years ^y could do it. because they taught the Mongolian* in the Mongolian language Ev ery teacher, doctor, physicist, steel worker and others who went into Mongolia spoke the language and understood the Mongol- Un customs The United States should be able to do the same.” Justice Dougla.ss declared. In conaectlon with these words by the eminent Jurist, it is interesting to note which the ehatter box By DORIS FAIRCLOTH rilEY HAVE SOLO ROLES IN EASTER CANTATA] Congratulations to the Kappa Psi Nu fraternity for winning the Stereo in the iccent Marlboro contest. Its members are to i>e commended for their hard work as a group and for their coherence in regard to their standards of fair play throughout all obstacless. » • » • Food for thought; "If 1 had my choice of keeping comp any with an immoral person or with r, narrow-minded, sell-centered. and selfish person, there is no doubt in my mind that I would greatly prefer the former. Per haps the gates of heaven won’t swing wide open for the harlot, but I feel sure that even the gates of hell would shudder to their foundations at the prospect of being intered by the narrow-minded bigot. Even hell has Its nobility, and their is nothing noble about prejudice, particularly when it Is adhered to by one whose mental ca pacities are great enough to allow him to excel intellectually l>eyond the bounds of mediocrity. "The great poets are proof enough that humility is a necessary product of great ness. One who looks upon himself ^s some thing magnanimous could never be farth er from the truth, for if he were wonder- ously unique, his uniqueness in itself would suffice to yield him the attitude that he was blest by some Power so great that he in comparison would be but as a minute grain of sand In a vast desert. "No living man is good enough or wise enough to Judge another by his own stand ards. and if he appraises his own standards so highly that he feels himself capable of blessing or condemning others, he is placing a value on himself and his Judg ment that exceeds the bounds of humanity and lays claim to sainthood. And my biased opinion Is that if he were as good and as wise as he THINKS he is, he would not be in his present physical state of being.” This little essay, if we are completely honest with ourseKes, could trample the loes of many of us here at Elon, for its application would be suitable anywhere, in any community, school, or city. Although we might tend to disagree with its i^nplied seriousness of narrowmindedness and pre judice, we must admit that these very unbecoming qualities create a large prob lem because of their tendency to be min utely or greatly destructive in all fields of life. Think about It—openmindedly. » • * » In this writer’s opinion, the lecture in chapel on April 4 delivered by Dr. W. W. Sloan was one of the most impressive ones of the year. The thought behind the mes sage was very well expressed by Dr. Sloan and it brought to the immediate attention of its audience the dire necessity of en couraging students whose mental (Capa cities and abilities are great enough to qualify them for the attainment of a de gree in one of the professions to pursue an education in one of these fields. The knowledge that Rus.sia is gaining a stronghold on lesser developed countries because of the fact that the Communists nave more to offer these countries in help- in* them to help themselves should be enough to bring Americans to the realiza tion that something is lacking in our edu cational system This lack could be due merely to the fact that studenU ol above- average abilities are not sought out and encouraged to pursue a career in the pro fessions. Scientists, engineers, doctors nurses, and teachers are greatly needed and unless students can be given the de- ^re to exploit their capabilities to the fullest extent., our country as a whole will continue to suffer for the scarcity of professional men and women. of the world’s many languages are spoken by he greatest number of people. A group of linguists at George Washington Univer sity, working under an Natioal Defese d- ucatjon Act grant, have recently made a of numb Of number of users. Far out front i, Chinese, with 460 mil- ms .*o«li^h hold- mflli * with 250 ^Uon persos using it. banking third Is ^duaani, with I60 million r fourth is 130 million; and sixth is German with 100 miHion users. merman, T^e Japanese languages tops a second ^ miuiT^® with 80 miUion; tied for ninth is Ben.aU .nd Portuguese, b«h with 75 S' eleventh is French, wifh 65 mlUion; and twelfth Is Italian, with 55 mUUon users in the world today. JERRY SMYRE PATRICIA JONES WILLIAM GINN Featured soloists in the Elon Choir’s annual presentation of Dubois’ great cn Last Words." to be given in the Elon College Community Church on ^^day afternoon. two alumni singers who will be guests and four outstanding r Lr^rolleep (uooer here are Prof. Jerry Smyre, tenor, an Elon alumnus, who is now teaching at lefti; Patricia Jones, soprano, Elon senior from Suffolk. Va., (upper center): an ’,„nor trne. an'ther alumnus, who is now Elon’s admissions counsellor (upper rig , om n * h Elon junior‘from Raleigh (lower left); Constance Blake, soprano, Elon senior from We-t ■ Mass. tlower center); and Robert Gwaltney, baritone, Elon senior from Durham (lower rig TOM BRADY CONSTANCE BLAKE ROBERT GWALTNEY QuiU At Will By NANCY SMITH The written word passed from the pen of the average co-ed to the parents of the same are too often not sent every day week or year as promised so faith fully. The best intentions to scribble a few lines to mom are put off until exams are over, after rush week, as soon as Fawndingo coughs up the peach- skin stationary she borrowed 3 months ago. or when I make an "A" so I’ll have something to brag about . . . pretty soon, va cation time is near; what’s the use of straining the dearly be loved eye« of mom and pop when I can bore ’em to tears in per son in a week or two. Of course, they don’t expect a day-to-day diary to be kept in the first place, just a thoughtful line or two saying they are missed. Most people have to be in the mood to write; this mood may require a quiet place . . . which leaves out the dorm, the library, and Whitley Auditorium during chapel. If a noisy atmosphere gives you the urge to pour your heart out, don’t scream, just quickly grab paper and pencil, and spread the lead! You never can tell; by tellirvg -the home folks about your fears, your neuroses and paranoid tendencies may disappear and, as a result, you can git in the classroom like everybody else ... on the desk seat instead of under it. The form of the letter may go something like this: Dear folksies Now that I’m jist about grad- jated from this hear Elon Col lege USA, I thought maybe it would be kinda nice fer me to let you folks in on the dope about the place. Ever thing you heard is true. Elon offers op portunity ... for ALL kinds of things. Rules are many and are enforced. Yes. they are. Variety is served in the dining hall. Now thet statment ain’t ’xactly so; I’ve had all sorts of vittles over there, morning, noon, and nite, but nary a once have have I seen a dish called variety. The first day we pulled up in front of Alleymance (that’s whar us students git to sit and lissen in our spare time) I found out thet these hear tarheels don’t live up to there name. Why, they make me wear shoes ever day up hear, cause thet's what ever body does. It's not like Kumquat Springs, Floriifa; thare at home the only sole you ever hear much bout is the one that yer spose to save. The onlyest time 1 mem ber wearing leather at home was when all the neighbors got riled up about worms hooking our feet. Who ever heerd of such a thing. Our feets was so tough It’d take a heap 0’ hook ing to break through. So when you heer the name “tarheels” given to these slickers from N. Carolina, it ain't cause they go barefoot; it may be thet tarhe«l is short for tared (tired) heels, cause Ihey don’t move round nroch, less they have to. Pa. thet greenstuff thet the carpetbagger give to you weren’t xactly taken to here at school. Seems confederate money ain’t legal no more. They said it wasn’t legal tender, but any body nose thet money don’t have to be tender! S>lrite tho—I gave a fellar your formula for your palmetto juice and he give me some legal money fer it . . . it ain’t tender either. Course, the man weren’t smart like you. He got caught. He didn't hide his still in a wagon covered with palm leaves and moss so’s he could move it around the law. He kept ever body round hear happy for a while tho. Oh! I must tell you all bout a new dance that’s poplar at Elon; It’s called the "twist” and near ever body does it. It looks like Sis pulling weeds the time she couldn’t squat down after gittin' a spankin. The step’s is kinda like the swamp-itch stomp ’cept you don’t hollar in tune to the musick. Soon’s gradjuation is over 1 ’spect to become a sofisticated person. They say thet’s what a liberal arts diploma is ’spose to do to you. It’s such a funny look ing word, I’m not sure that I don’t want to stay jist like I be now. After all this talk about going out into the cold, crule world, I don’t think I’ll go. Reck on they’ll let me hold up here a while til I git up enough spunk to face the rat race, the old grind, and the dollar-down dollar-a-day ^ri-lfari? I cqjUd oorae home ’n help pa hunt and sjdn gators > for a living. With my education I can’t skin gators no better but I no more bout unloading em on folks after we skin em . . . you call thet busy ness. Thet’s what I majored in. If that barefoot mailman is gonna git this letter to you by summer. I’ll have to be afinish- ing up here; so bye ma, pa, and all the yotmgins. Your ever lovin’ offspring. i a voice from the corner ~ By DON TEBRKLP It seems as if Summer almost arrived, but suddenly changed her mind. This is almost typical of the fickle gal. Nature’s carpet and decorative art work are both, getting a bit greener, too. Won’t be long at all now before Lloyd’s will feel the blunt of the Elon onslaught. I sure hope someone from our little institution will go to Fort Lauderdale during Spring vacation. It seems now that nobody is interested since it became organized. That may well be a point for considerable study. I sup pose one of the most delightful experiences encountered by the fun-loving students was the complete disunity, lack of organization, confused and loud noise, and just plain ole mass chaos. They have probably enlarged the Elbow Room, and I know they have ruled legal everything that was temptingly illegal last year, and we would have to find new fun. No conflict, no fun. If any one is still interested in taking the trip to the southern vacationland, see Cleve Smith who is in desperate need of a thumb ing companion for the sojourn down there. The talk recently by Dr. Lawrence Thompson of Princeton University was a very informative and interesting one. Dr Thompson, a renowned authority on Ame^ ican literature, and especially Robert Frost, lectured somewhat intimately concerning Frost’s background and influence on the poet’s work. It sure would be nice to have at least one of these fine literary programs each year. The crowd was one of the larg est I have seen for that type program. On May 2nd, Nahum Sirotsky, U. S. correspondent for the “O Journal do Bra zil” in Rio de Janeiro, will be on campus to speak on Brazil and United States-Latin American relations. During his stay at the college, he will also speak to some of the political science and Spanish classes. I met Mr. Sirotsky in New York at the Student Eklitors’ Conference, and I pro posed a visit to our campus. He told me then he would enjoy seeing our “southern college.” He is a very interesting indivi dual who is extremely well informed of Brazil’s political, economical, and social problems. He has covered several of the important Americas conferences, and from this has gathered a great deal of informa tion concerning the relationship of the United States and the Latin American countries. His talk will be vei'y informal, and he looks forward to hearing questions from the North American students. I sin cerely hope that there will be many inter ested people here who wiU take time out to gather enough information concerning our neighbors to the south to ask questions of Mr. Sirotsky. You may feel free that your questions will receive absolute consid eration regardless of their direction. Mr Sirotsky is a very informal individual and his information may be more fluent to the assembled group if in the form of an swered questions. Keep the idea and the date. May 2nd, in mind. The new Summer School schedule is be ing passed around with mixed emotion. Several students have complained that they must go to other schools or take corres- pondence courses in order to graduate with their class because the courses they need are not being offered at Elon. It seems that there should be some sort of survey taken during the early Spring to find out from the students what they would like to have offered during the Summer months. If the necessary courses could possibly be offered here, less students would have to search elsewhere. Don t forget to vote in the coming elec tions. Vote for the major and minor of fices. I really shouldn’t say minor, be cause any job within the student govern- n^nt administration is a major position, ^ose who are planning to seek office in t e Honor Council, Student Council, or Senate can be assured that a great deal of effort, interest, and participation will e expected from you if you are elected fo the positions. I would definitely recom mend participation in student government to any student, I know I have benefitted my experience,«t^ceived in im Qw^B-aa^iS^sjsqjuation. big Marllwo co^^ is over and the big and beautiful sounds eminafe rom the Kappa Psi Nu room where the iret prize Stereo reigns. Second place P ze was a radio which obviously is to be divided between Iota Tau Kappa. Alpha Pi Delta, and Sigma Mu Sigma. The Tau Phi gals inkerited the earlier woo cord player from Kappa Psi as reward or their aid during the contest. In talking to the representative from the PhiUp Mor- (Coiitlosed o» P«ge Four)
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