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MAROON AND GOLD
Friday, May 3, 1963
Muroon And Gold
Entered as lecond cUn aattfr at the
Po«t Offlee at EU»« College, N. C.. under
Ike Act of Marck 8, 18T9. DeliTered by
nail, $1.50 per college year, 75 centi U*e
aem eater.
EDITOBIAL BOARD
Don Terrell
Melvin Shreve*
Hinson MlkeH
David Marsbbum
Sallte McDuffie
H Reid
Luthvr N Byrd
Edito»-tn-Chlef
AuUtant Editor
Aislstant Editor
Sporti Editor
Girls Sports
Alumni Editor
Faculty Advisor
TECHNICAL STAFF
P. Ji Thompson Linotype Operator
Kenneth Harper . Press Operator
REPORTERS
John Allen . John Mions
Huward Andrew James Moore
Joyce Badgett John Nickols
Joe Ik-rdosh Barry Opell
Jerry Byrd . Bill Piscatelli
James Dailpy . .. Frank Rich
Arthur Davis .. Jerry Rowe
Ronald Denhart . Eleanor Smith
Jerry Drake Frank Spoer
Janet Faulkner Richard Thompson
Shirley Foskett . .. . Allen Tyndall
Sally Gershengoren Terry Vining
Danny Hall Aileen Webster
Cameron Little . William Whittenton
Eugene Mattingly DarUl Winfrey
FUIDAY, MAY 3, 1963
STtDENT AID PLAN
Hio possibility of financial aid for nf-dy
itudcnt.i in privately-operated colleges looms
as an important legislative bill in the North
Carolina General Assembly, for both hou.ses
of the Tar Heel legislature have been con
sidering a proposal that the state grant fi
nancial aid to help students pay their tuition
at the college level
The proposal, which was introduced in
^i»irate bills in both the Senate and House
rr-“ntly. would allow the state to grant as
much to individual students who
attend church-related or other privately-en
dowed colli-u- s, and such a plan would mean
much to both the individual students and the
various rhiirch colleges.
The plan would provide for direct state
:^rant.s to the individual students rather than
to th- colleges them.selves. In that phase
of the pliin, the grants wwild n semble the
!il aid given to Korean War veterans by the
fidoral Kosernment, for the Kiirean GI pay-
nis'nt.s were alio p;iid directly to the individu
als. The original (Jl Bill, which o()erated
after World War II, provided the federal
paymcnt.s to the institutions.
•aII is not plain sailing for the state grant
j>lan, for there has been some opposition in
the legislature and from private individuals,
who charge that it violates the American
principle of .seperation of church and state.
Those siipiwrting the plan, however, point
out that there is no direct subsidy to the
church colleges, since the grants go to indi
vidual students.
The propo.sal is part of a major plan for
improved higher education in the slate, an
other facet of the higher education program
enlling for the ojwning of a number of new
community colleges in various parts of the
state If the individual grants bi-come law,
then it will remove the necessity for o[X‘ning
new colleges in communities which already
have church-related or private 'nstitut o:;s.
It is pointed out that there is no necessity
for a state-o|)erated community college in
the areas which are already served adequate
ly and well by institutions such as Klon,
Pfeiffer, Catawba, Lenoir Khyne, High Point
and Atlantic Chri.stian, for the s nte will
surely find it le.ss expensive to aid -students
attending those colleges rather than to set
up additional educational in.stitutions i:i com
petition with the church colleges.
The chairman of the State Board of Higher
Education, speaking in Raleigh last week
in behalf of the student aid plan, declared
that "there are two compelling reasons for
pa.uing the bill," and he cited those reasons
as follows:
1. It will mean that all of the higher educa
tion facilities of North Carolina can be put
to their maximum use.
2. It will help perpetuate a balanced edu
cational system, consisting of public colleges,
accountable to the state, and private colleges
that are not accountable to the state.
"Only such a system can prevent the
adoption of a system of uniformity," he said.
"The purpose of higher education is to make
people different so that they will be capable
of independent thinking."
Potated Phrases
Opportunity knocks on the door but
once. Trouble is more persistent.
• • • • *
Question of the day Is: Will a guided
missile do more harm than a misguided
miss'll'’
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Here’s to love—the only fire against
whleh there is no insurance.
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shades
of
e/on
By
HINSON MIKELL
TTiose of you who attended "A Book for
Burning" on April 23 no doubt enjoyed hear
ing different viewpoints on the censorship
and banning of books in this country. This
program wa; presented by Dr. Muldrow, Mr.
Epperson, and Mr. Reed, Elon faculty mem-
bCTs alluded to as "The Triad". 1 was sur
prised, incidentally at the use of this term
in preference to "trio", which ordinarily re
fers to a group of three people; “triad" is
usually a musical term used in reference
to the three basic notes in a chord; the
word it also used in chemistry.
This program included readings from D.
11. Lawrence, author of "Lady Chatterly's
Lover" and Henry Miller, author of "The
Tropic of Cancer." An essay by Lawrence
brought out the fact that acceptance or re
jection of practically anything written is
determined by the reaction of the masses.
Thi.- fact may not always coincide with view
points held by educated and more broad
minded people but whether or not it is just,
such i.- the situation. People in general are
driven by a predominant and, in some cases,
overwhelming force—sex. Particularly inter
esting is that this force is suppressed to such
an extent that society thinks of sex as being
unwholesome and not fit as printable sub
ject matter. Perhaps this is due to the
manner in which .sex is handled in paper-
back.*! notoriously known as "best sellers”.
'I use the word "notorious" simply because
this literature in a.ssiiming the phras*; "be.st
.seller" is stealing a phra.se which is much
more aptly u.sed in reference to the Bible
and other worthy literature.) In many cases,
these books are not worth the time it would
take to read them and they last a relatively
short time.
Then again, perhaps the suppression of
sex is due to a guilt complex on the part
of some people who find the subject embar
rassing due to their own unwholesome ex
periences. It .seems to me, however, that
there is no excuse for the ban of books
simply becauso they be written from a real
istic or naturalistic (xiint of view. Such ban
ning from public school^ often fails tho.se
whose purpose it is to justify protective anxi
eties over their children. If today’s young
people, who live in an accelerated world,
are not given the opportunity to be well-
informed through exposure to realities, they
will certainly be disillusioned in later years.
I do not advocate exposing a ten-year-old
girl to "Lady Chatterly's Lover" only because
I do not .see how she could benefit from the
situations presented in this particular bX)k:
most ten-year-old girls are not ready to read
such a book, although they more than likely
arc familiar with the four-letter vocabuUiry
employed 'which some adults consider
shocking'. It should He understood, however,
that Lawrence is to an extent justified for
the way he writes. He is a man who lives
on a highly .sensuous plane and to him the
u.se of four-letter words and other forms of
"pornography" comes quite naturally. In
"Lady Chatterly's Lover," Lawrence is de-
.scribing sexual experience as he has known
it; why therefore is his book bad? Actually,
i! is cn'y its sh;illowness that makes it not
;i "good ' book.
Presently, our society is tending to hold
out on young people. The result is obviou;
enough. When someone is told not to read a
book because of its being morally unsuitable,
chances are he'll go out of his way to find
out what the book has to say. Whenever you
are told not to indulge something and there
is not a pretty good reason why, a challenge
presents it.self. We of this generation who
prefer to think for ourselves are preoccupied
with our own interests — which in many
cases concern or involve .sex. A book ban
imposed upon young adults and especially
upon college students can only cause unpleas
ant results, it seems to me. In many cases,
rebellion will present itself — why shouldn’t
we be allowed to judge for ourselves whether
or not a book "measures up"?
I believe that if our insatiable curiousity
about books dealing with sex were satisfied,
the noVelty of sex in print would diminish.
A more open treatment of sex in general
would cause less unnatural embarrassment
and promote better understanding with our
parents and teachers. It is my idealistic the
ory that, in addition, another important
change would occur. If sex were no longer a
thing of secrecy and dark comers it would
be deprived of Its power to challenge and
possess. Young people would find their over
whelming preoccupation with sex displaced
by concrete goals and the genuine desire to
learn Fit literary works, whether or not they
dealt with sex, would be read; art and music
would be looked up to and better understood,
by aU the people; and, the world situation
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a voice
from the
corner
don tereell
How Two Elon Students Were Injured
Perhaps the headline with these pictuixs might better have read “IT CAN HA^'^EN
HERE . . . .\ND DID," just as a reminder to each and all what can happen to an auto-
rnobile and its occupants in the space of a few unguarded seconds. However, the line of
big black type which leads this item also fits quite well, for the picture of the smashed
car abo've and the smashed bridge below do show in graphic style how two Elon College
students were injured. The car is the one in which Tom Breese, senior from Johnson
City, N. Y., and Bill Milligan, junior from Ocoan Grove, N, J., were critically hurt in a
'crash that occurred in Burlington in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 20th.
The two were enroute to Burlington on Wp.?t Front Street and were apparently rttempt-
ing to make a left turn into East Willowb.ook Drive when the car went out of control,
jumped a curb and went across the yard o''a heme there to strike the end of th" hnd^j'^.
The ends of heavy boards of the bridge pen the windshield of the car ar.(* pinned
the occupants into their seats.
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A View From Tl:e Oak
By MELVIN SHREVES
' S-, if *r«
The Stu-i'-nl Gd'ernm-i.
A£SOC'.!t!&n has gone :i lone wi;
this year under the le idcrship of
three outstanding and dedicated of
ficers, including James Buie, Lynn
Ryals and Eleanor Smith.
Jim Buie has inaugurated many
new ideas in student government
this year with the help of an in
creased $13,500 budget. The "Free
Bus" system of transportation to
athletic events has met with great
approval and was a tremendous
boost to school spirit.
There are many programs that
came to the front under the Buie
administration, and they were justly
rewarded weekend before last when
the North State Student Government
Association presented Buie and
Elon’s Student Government the
"Outstanding Student Government”
award for the year 1063.
B'jie has been a very dedicated
president, ancj the programs iniated
under his administration will be
I ’Wijh £lop for many years to come.
Jim has done a thanUess job, but
the job be has done will be remem-
1 ;(T :iv v-ar.s.
C' course, ."'s Buie says, one man
■'•mU not .nnd did not do the job
'one. He has been assisted by tWB
.'rd workers in the persons of
Lynn Ryals and Eleanor Smith. As
. ice-president, Ryals’ main responsi
bility was the running of the Stu
dent Senate, and he has done an
outstanding job. More than fifty
pieces of legislation have passed
through the Senate, many of them
sparked by Ryals’ determination to
make the Senate a working body.
Ryals was the author of several
amendments to the Student Consti
tution. One of the amendments calls
for the separation of the office of
secretary-treasurer. He has been a
member of the Student Senate for
three years, and th “Senator from
Durham" will be missed very much
next year.
Eleanor Smith has probably had
more outside activities than any
previous secretary-treasurer that
the Student Government has had.
She has been editor of the year
book, a cheerleader and. holds an
academic average of three or bet-
'.?r out of a possible /our points.
Even though she has been bur
dened dowil with outside activities,
she has gotten the job done. At the
■oresent tim-> she is practice teach
ing and waiting for the yearbook's
;-eturn frc:r. th- publishers.
This year'j administration is prob
ably the best on which Hon's oaks
have ever dropped their leaves, and
the officers who directed the suc
cessful administration deserve a lot
of credit for the job that they have
done.
Outstanding Student Government
As w mentioned before, the
Elon SG \ won the NSSGA award
as the "Outstanding Student Gov
ernment, with the award coming
right on our own campus during
the spring meeting of the statewide
body.
The award was based on a writ
ten progress report, an SGA dis
play and participation in the con
ference itself. President Buie gave
an oral report to the association of
ficers on Saturday and then ac
cepted the award on Sunday in be-
half of the entire student body.
Elon also came to the front in
the election of statewide officers
when Bill Whittenton was elected to
the office of president of the North-
State Student Government Associa.
tion for the coming, yeer.
Overall, it was a grand weekend
for Elon's Student Government, ,
Last week, three college faculty members.
Dr. Muldrow, Professor B^pperson, and Pro
fessor Ileed, developed, out of their own
initiative and time contribution, a panel dis-
cussion concerning censorship and contro-
\ersial literature. To the participating stu
dents, this was one of the most enjoyable
and enlightening forums of the calendar year.
Some of the works which were discussed
were “Lady Chatterly’s Lover," “Tropic of
Cancer,” Tropic of Capricorn, ’ “Lisistrata,’’
"The Catcher in the Rye,” “The Hundred
! Dollar Misunderstanding,” and an entire se
ries of topical paperbacks, insignificant in
dividually, but significant in their bulk.
This forum was certainly something a bit
unusual here and certainly informative.
Many times have I spoken from “the comer"
in favor of this type interest by the faculty.
This program was certainly a brilliant suc
cess judging from the comments made by
the many students who attended.
Following the discussion, a question and
answer session was held, during which local
controversial censorship topics were men
tioned. Of aisse, the Phi Psi Cli and the
Elon College library received the major at
tention.
I would like to sincerely thank these three
faculty members for their outward show of
interest in the cultivation of intellectual
curiousity outside of the general classroom
v^'ork. This is the type thing we need more
of here. One thing 1 believe would create a
significant amount of student interest would
be a series of lectures based on explaining
the general themes and ideas conveyed in
some of the works we refer to as the “Great
Books." 1 hope “The Triad” will continue
to function and add a new section to our
academic program.
One of the most prominent speakers we
ever sponsored here, popular American hum
orist, Harry Golden, spoke in Whitley Audit
orium on Monday evening. The riotuously
comical lecturer completely entertained his
audience and it was a splendid thing to
hear this man. In the last few years, Mr.
; Golden's name has repeatedly appeared in
the headlines of the nation’s newspapers for
I his comments on desegregation and especi
ally his biographical research on Carl Sand
berg, America's unnamed poet laureate. Both
; Mr. Golden and Mr. Sandberg are residents
! of North Carolina. The entire college family
' owes a great deal of thanks to Sy Hall, the
chairman of the Liberal Arts Forum, for
making this highlight possible.
Sy has also been asked to head the re
cently formed Student Public Relations Bu-
I reau which vrill be responsible for having
the activities of students publicized in their
hometown newspapers. This is an organiza
tion within our framework which we have
needed for quite some time.
The long hours of preparation for the
NSSGA conclave paid off with a huge suc
cess on April 20th and 21st, when over fifty
students from ten of North Carolina’s small
colleges met here for the annual spring
meeting.
This association was established fourteen
years ago for the purpose of bringing sim
ilar colleges together for the exchange of
information and for mutual benefits. At the
recent meeting, a constitution was finally
accepted which will form a strong basis for
operation.
Comments from the visiting delegates were
surprisingly favorable towards our little uni
versity and apparently Elon fares well with
other conference colleges in the fields of
hospitality, facilities, and beauty. Elon also
came out on top with the award for the
Most outstanding Student Government” as
a result of active participation by many
students and effective leadership this year.
We complain and criticize, but this honor
should at least prove that the SGA at Elon
has risen to heights of superiority as judged
by these other schools.
Elon took another lead with the election
of Bill Whittenton as president of NSSGA
for the next year.
The bulk of this conclave’s success was
certainly due to the outstanding effort of
the Host Committee, led by Carol TVageser-
Congratulations to the recently elected*
chief officers of the Student Government As
sociation, Wally Sawyer, Melvin Shreves (my
colleague in crime), Luke O’Hara, and Judy
Hudson. Congratulations are also in order for
t e new senators who were chosen in an
e ection held last Wednesday.
I would like to take this opportunity to
express the gratitude and appreciation of
tpe ^ntire student body for the devoted and'.
.outsUnding job done by this year’s SGAf
executive staff and workess. This has truly
been one of the better years in mter-rela-
tions and jcbmmunications between the vari-
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