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MAROON AND GOLD
Friday, March 1, 1962
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.MARCH 1. 1963
MOON TKII* AND MISKKY
Within the paft ten day. certain articles
in thi- daily m w>p,i..,TT huvt pin-
i-ilnted the questiun whether tht tremend-
e IS expenditurt - in efforts to place a man
■>n the moon are Justified while miUions
• f people In under-privileged natiumi die
Cl .starvation and diti‘ase! which science
CKUld conquer.
No less a personal t- than L Thant, sec-
retary-i.;i-neral ut the United Nations, de
claim >1 recently that science and technology
are on trial. Speaking at an International
ii-ntific ^atherinK at Cicneva, the United
Natk>ns secretary-general pointed out that
the advanced nations- of the world are ex
pending almost unlimited skilU and capit
al on enterprises totally remote from the
di'sperate needs of large blot.-, of humanity.
It was broutiht out at the Geneva gath
ering that there are parta of Nigeria where
t crybrtly has Aorms and malaria and
where half the children die before they
oecome adults, and other figuri’^ revealed
that the Kar Kast produces only an aver
age of 17 eg^, per person annually, com
pared with 3-III eggj per person per year in
the United States. It was pointed out, too,
that one-tenth of the world’s people dis-
pist*> of 60 per cent of the world's annual
Income, while a bare 10 per cent of the
world'^ Income is shared by 57 per cent
of the world population
When confronted with such brutal sta
tistics. the report declared that there was
evident a sense of shame among the inter
national delegates at Geneva that such
conditions could exist in a world in which
two of the great nations are spending
millions and billions of dollars and rubles
in a race to place the first man on the
moon. It Is when reading such a report
that One wonders just how many lives
would oe saved, if any, by a successful
lunar expedltio*.
The Geneva conference Itself was ar
ranged by the United Nations In an dttempt
to bring science back down to earth and
to challenge the world's scientists with the
world s real needs, and for that reason some
1.500 dr'legates have been assembled from
all ovei the world and arrangements have
been made for delivery of nearly 2,000
papers on agriculture, transport, technical
education and industrialization of the world
less developed nations.
While some authorities have pointed to
industrial development as the great need
in undeveloped portions of the world, oth
er* have called agricultural research and
improved growing technique* the greatest
need. One of th« papers read by the Gen
eva delegate* cited the fact that Japanese
agricultural "know-how" has produced 4,-
aoo kilogram* of rice per acre, while the
yield in underdeveloped Congo i* only 600
kilogram* per acre.
Even in discussing methods of combatting
misery and *ufferlng. it I* tragic to find
that there ha* been conflict evident be
tween the Cold War power*, between IVlarx-
ism and free enterprise, with proponent*
of each utterly unable to agree on meth
ods of procedure a* international politic*
intrude* Into what was proposed as a
scientific study.
Confronted wllh such figure* and *uch
fact* and faced squarely by the million
fold need in many part* of the world, U
Thant declared that iclence must be made
made to become and remain aware of iu
human origin and it* human de*tination
In other word*. |i would be worth while
to count the cort of a moon trip in tern.,
of human miierv
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A
shades
of
elon
By
HINSON MIKELL
EU>\ ffEIJ) ( ENTER OF STA(;E AT TOl HNAMENT
■-)n Sunday afternoon, February 17th,
under the direc-
Lynam r-idercd
r.fiventH^n
:'K»d
Con-
hovv
■■-Ion
ore
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t: - m -e
, ; p-l- -.r rhi- ’t
f" ' EP.'.h nii for !hc L .
of jhe U iunl Church of ;’hi : t. Thi ie an-
: ms ■ : Hachmaninoff and Bach ai-
,f. ar.d to ?lr.? for the Laymen’s
vention it a worthwhile proji ;?t. But
do the tudenl!- benefit from the
Col : iioir’’ How Mian-, udtnl
th It till- c-'ian nation ■ xist- oti. r
th(^-c who are members?
The membership of thi.^ choir hingef -i
fr . will ire rvquired to tomi fcr ,
rr Hions. There were a num'iji-. of volunteer .
: : : i-t ■;r;:":‘;,-r, many oi whom have
out. Why h.-' ' thi' - ptople ‘ ,io
. -iilently liki to -ing chosan not to be a
part ill thi» group during the -cond se-
m», i-rV
T!;: Klon College Choir if ippo d to be
in oul’=: for all tho;e on the campus who
-?nj'-; iir.'jing and can carry a tui.t reas
onably well. In reality, it is optn to all
students who ar willine tc dcvou thiec
hour, a week ifor one semester hour cre
dits to the never ending repetition of mus
ical line after line, anthem after anthem,
week after week, church conference after
conference.
Church music is fine but it is not enough.
Ill high school our glee club was an ama
teur :roup of boy£ and girls who liked to
sing, although they had not nearly the
possibilitie.:, of the Elon Choir. We did some
■sacred music, but our repertoire was pre
dominantly secular. It was a versatile pro
gram. and interest was held because of
this fact.
This element of enthusiasm is definitely
lacking in the Klon College Choir. Why?
■Maybe it’s because a steady diet of "church
music" is not supplying enough calories.
What We need is some "sugar."
The music of Kogers and Hammerstein,
in my opinion, is ’great’’ for a group of
young vocalists, some examples being ’’Get
ting To Know You", ’’No Other Love", "O
What A Beautiful Morning”. "June Is
Bustin’ Out All Over" and "Some En
chanted Evening’’. How about it students?
Why can’t we have some of this added to
our diet? Do you see any violation of school
philosophy or even sacrilege in these songs?
If so, I want to know why.
Richard Rogers, and many others like him,
obviously could not have written this type
of music without the help of some inspira
tional force. Is there any reason why this
inspiration could not have come from the
same source that made possible Handel’s
Messiah? Didn’t Rogers write to express
something that was greater than he? Per
haps he wrote to reveal divine inspiration;
it’s entirely possible.
What about Rock and Roll Music, fellow
classicists? Is it without virtue because
of the fact that It involves a basic form
of musical expression? Indeed not. Even
rock and roll can be in.spiring to those
who enjoy it, and they are in the majority
too. Who can say that a work of art is
ungodly if ii jg meaningful?
Fellow students. 1 have sung in the Elon
College Choir for ftie past two and one-
haif years and the nearest thing to non-
religious music performed has been a set
of folk songs by Brahms. Ifs about time
or a change. If this organization Is not
0^ like many other groups on campus
'of the students, but not by or for the stu
dents i something must be done to revive
•he old Interest in our campus singers
This ,s your organization and Its purpose
is to sati.-!fy your needs. To those of you
who dropped out of the choir last semester:
We miss you! To those of you who have
never heard of the Elon College Choir-
You’ve heard of it now. To those of you
who have good singing voices and are
walsting your talent. Why not do some
thing about It? This group could be a won
derful thing if it had the chance!
• • • •
On Friday, February 15th. a large group
of interested students met with Professor
F. J Butler for the purpose of reviving
the campus literary magazine. The Colon
nades. An extensive slate of officers, includ
ing poetry, fiction. ,nd non-fiction editors
was elected. Mis* Nancy Butler is editor-
in-chief. The magazine Is to come out some-
'•me fhl* spring Magna Cum Laude.
Professor Sahlmann- Your piano program
of February wa. performed wlto ex-
ecptjonal technique and musicaUty. We are
fortunate in tlaving you at Elon . . If any
one I* interested in procuring a 1954 model
Chevrolet. I have one for saJe~Box 1243.
Elon. A\j Reroir.
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I; ■ ' ’ ij‘u :e ;ire definitely front center and back^j'oun.l for the above oicliue. wliich was 1
snapp;-- -.;f .he annual Carolinas :ij,11 t.iUi n.:im;nt in Lexington last
'■‘■‘•'K.. 11 .. .. :;i .1 frcm Dcirh,;m, wao i ■•■r.r ■ a ”i'ojrn:imi.'nl Queen" during the big
meet. . .. >0 i. ,-.sc :. led by Janv . Poel. h!(..i - I'.ient Inmi Wilmington, Del. In the background
ian- ‘:*-e.'i m iii:;; Elon’-. jazz combo, the Emanon o'.:-.;;!. wiiicli lur.-.ished speci.,1 musical entertainment
I that night, oomc ot the musicians are hidden behind ;ht queen ; :ia her escort, but one may recognize Prof.
■ Jack White at the left behind the queen, and Jack Lani,iet;i, at the right behind her e.soort.
Loss Oi i^aiiie
It as Uefinitely An ^Elon
Although the Fighting Christian
cagers dropped a heart-breaker to
Lenoir Knyne on the basketball
tloor, it wai quite definitely an
p;ion night at the Carolinas Con
ference basketball tournament in
Lexington on Thursday night. Feo-
ruary 21st. for representatives of
Eion College took the center oi
the stage tiiai night in tin. realm
of spectator entertainmont.
Of course Elon was in the spot
light on each and every night of
the tournament as Susan Fergu
son. Elon sophomore from Durham
reigned througiiout the big cage
meet as "Tournament Queen”.
Queen Susan had tossed up the
first ball of the tournament at the
opening game began on Wednes
day niglit. and she continued to
have a post of honor throughout
the tournament.
However, there was an added
Elon flavor on Thursday night, for
members of the Elon facuUy and
student body were also in the cen
ter of the stage as they furnished
the special entertainment features
for tile tournament crowd on that
l^anicular night.
Trof. Charles Lynam, me.niber of
tlie Elon music faculty, who is a
jaiitone soloist ot wide acclaim.
■ opened the Thursday night pro
gram by singing "The Star Span
gled Banner." And his aecompani-
i.;t at that time was Mrs. Jean
nette Hassell, wife ot Prof. Alfred
Hassell, who heads up the college’s
student persionnel and guidance
In addition an Elon musical
combo from Elon’s concert band
furnished a rollicking and well-re
ceived program of music at the
half-time intermission of each
game and between the two games.
The combo played under the di
rection of Prof. Jack White, who
calls the group the Emanon Sex
tet—a name which may be recog
nized as No Name spel'ed back
wards.
In addition to Professoi White
himself, the Elon musiciaiis com-
1 posing tile group, were Mike Grif-
im. Pat Kelley and Jack L.iiiibeth,
I ot Burlington; Tom Brady, of Ral-
jcigh; and Turley Higgins, of Sum
mit, N. J.
The Elon ""Queen,’’ musicians
and basketball team also had plen
ty ot moral support as a large
group of Fighting Christian cage
tans packed the special Elon sec
tion in tile stands. In addition to
the fans who drove their own cars,
a large number made the jaunt'
to Lexington on the special buses
which were sent by the Student
Government.
The lone sour note of the night
was the fact that the Christian
cagers dropped a one-point decis
ion to Lenoir Rhyne in the closing
seconds of the game, but there
is consolation in the fact that the
game proved to be the best and
most bitterly fought of the entire
tournament
ffli
A View From The Oak
By MELVIN SHREVES
l.pglslature Becomes .\ctive
The Senate is finally acting on
some bills now that will be of last
ing benefit to the Student Govern
ment. Five bills were presented on
February 13 (see page 1) tliat re
flect qquite a bit of work, and sev
eral more are coming up soon.
Senator Ken Lumpkin, Chair-
'man of the Honor System Revis
ion Committee and former Chair
man of the Honor Council, will pre
sent a measure in the next week
or two that will completely change
Article II of the constitution.
Major changes in the Honor
Council set-up will include:
(1) A Jury System. The Jury
will be appinted by the president
and will serve for a term of one
year. This group, whose compos
ition has not completely been de
cided on. will decide on the guilt
or innocense of persons called be
fore the Honor Council.
I 2) Three judges instead of six.
. These judges will be appointed for
a year s term also. Their main
jobs will be to give the .sentence
to those persons found guilty by
the Jury and to maintain order.
They will also have jurisdlcUon
over interpretation of the Consti
tution.
(3) The offices of Prosecutor
and Defender. These offices will
be appointive and for terms of one
year. These two officers will ap-
I point their own assistants.
Lumpkin’s constitutional amend
ments will also call for other
changes in the over-all Judicial
system. For one thing, all appeals
will be the high court and the Stu
dent Council will rule only on min
or infractions of the campus rules.
Judges of the lower court will also
be appointive.
The Constitutional Revisions
Committee is now in full swdng
and plans to introduce several
amendments soon. The first will
call for the entering of a Pream
ble. It will be followed by mea
sures to make the office of sec-
retary-treasurer two separtie of
fices and to require more strict
requirements for the office of
treasurer such as a course in book
keeping or accounting.
The committee members are
now just going over the entire con
stitution making revisions as they
go. Later on they will present of
ficial measures in the Senate on
a few revisions at a Ume.
This new interest in the internal
structure of the Student Gvero-
ment by the Senate and the com
mittees within S. G. is something
half of the 192-1963 term. It is
hoped that this interest will con
tinue throughout this year and for
years to come.
Campus Parking Problem
Even though the enrollment this
semester is down compared to the
first semester, the problem of
finding a parking place on campus
is an ever-increasing one. Within
the walls, spaces become very
scarce during class hours and after
10 o’clock at night.
The students aren’t the only
ones who suffer from the lack of
parking space; faculty members
are also having trouble finding
space, especially during the mid-
morning hours.
Under the present regulation
for cars on campus, there is a
real need for more parking space.
Dr. Danieley reportedly has said
that the repaving of parking loU
has priority in the campus de
velopment field, but repaving may
not provide enough additional spac
es to accommodate all of the cars
on campus.
Perhaps a new rule should be
enacted, permitting only upper
classmen, and maybe second^e-
mester freshmen not on probation,
to have cars on campus. This
would certainly help the problem
of parking space and might pro
vide a stimulus to freshmen for
studying a little harder.
a voice
from the
corner
By
don TERRELL
Although fate dealt us and our basket
ball team a cruel blow and denied us vic
tory in the annual Carolinas Conference
basketball tournament at LexinKioii, 1 sin
cerely believe that, as a student group, wt
owe congratulations and thank.-; to eaci
member of this year’s team ior its enter
tainment, for ifs hard work, for its un
ceasing effort, and for tlie prestige and
respect it brought to our .school.
1 would like to personally liiank each
one, Dewey Andrew, Jesse Branson. Roland
Miller, Bill Morningstar, Howard Andrew,
Dfcwr Winfrey, Art Davis, Ron Denhardt,
Sonny Smith, and Danny Hall and Mac
Bowman, for making this contnbuiion tu
our school and to our student body. We are
all proud of what you have done for us.
As for Coach Miller, none of us can ever
express to you enough, tnanks for your
energy and talent in building for us a
great team.
I have noticed with a large amount of
interest the work being d;;ne, most likely
finished, by members of the annual staff.
They have reminded me of a hive of bees
in the businesslike fnanner in which they
also have been working for our benefit.
It was my privilege to work with them for
a couple of short hours during the closing
hours of their diligence. Their names are
too numerous to mention here, but to
Eleanor Smith and what seems to be an
other bee of insatiable work capacity,
Stanley Switzer, 1 offer my thanks for what
has potential to be our greatest issue of
the Phi Psi Cli.
One of our favorite people, the Marlboro
man, came by to talk to me the other day.
He wanted me to mention in my column
about up and coming pack saving contest,
so I thought I would. As you probably al
ready know from previous contests, the
valuable packs are those from Marlboro,
Parliament, Alpine and PhiUp Morris, The
packs from Pliilip Morris count double,
regardless if they are the regulars or
Commanders, The packs from the other
three 4 brands all count tne same.
This time, as a new gimmick, they are
offering an individual’s prize for those who
are unable to compete with the combined
efforts of fraternities and sororities. Both
prizes are nice ones, althougli I do believe
better awards could be given in return for
the interest we, as a college, have shown.
I don’t believe any college of this size,
though an effort of two combined groups,
has ever turned m a total of 60,000 packs.
This was done by Kappa Psi-Tau Zcta and
Sigma Phi-Delta Upsilon in the last con
test.
There was a great deal of real competi
tive spirit raised during that contest. It
resulted in a dead heat tie and won for
both groups, a nice television set for the
rooms. This time, the prize for group
competition is a portable television set. The
individual’s prize is a very nice portable
record player. It should be very interest
ing to see the outcome of this contest.
Thus far this year, I hav» made very
limited mention of the ‘Campus Crier,"
what some folks have tabbed a competitor
for the 'Maroon and Gold,’’ This should
not at all be construed as fact. The ’’Crier ’
is something that I feel is absolutely es
sential in a good student government or
ganization. This is the voice of the students
speaking out against what they feel is un
just and openly favoring what they feel is
just, regardless of the opinion of the gov
erning minority.
When the students feel that the adminis-
tral.on is reacting unfairly, I certainly be-
leve they should have fair opportunity to
protest the authoritaUve source. This is a
good thing to keep in the hands of the stu-
en s, with no administrative censorship.
er all, we are not here as raw material
or a manufactured product turned out by
our governors, we are Here to learn and
jna ure. They are only our guartUans and
nrf' something every
w and then to remind them of this.
etest blind conformity. It depresses
whiph” realize the degree to
f. conform here. I imagine I have
ten been referred to as a thom-in -the-side,
so vni conservative at an age
forty?
realizp ™ ^ frightening thing. 1
also youth and immaturity, but 1
conservat*^* ”on-conformity and anti-
turine integral part of the ma-
right to ^ not having the
staff of the°^^a process. The
fullest .nH I offer my
est endorsement and best wishe-
eeks but until then, I live it casual and
LTph?*’ Hefner’S "Play
boy Philosophy” Part lyi