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MAROON AND GOLD
Friday, November 15, 1963
Maroon And Gold
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Melvin Shreves - - Editor-in-Chief
Sy Hall -- Assi-.tant Editor
William Whittenton .. . As^istant Editor
Thomas Corbitt Sports Editor
DceU Welch Girls Sports
H. Reid . ■ Alumni Editor
I.u'i.'T N livrd F.II iilu Advisor
Jack Lambeth Staff Photographer
TECHNICAL STAFF
P. .S Thompson .. Linotype Operator
Carl Owenv Linotype Operator
Ki-nneth Harper Pres-, Operator
RF.l'OKTORIAI. STAFF
Howard Andrew Don Miller
Jo« Berdotfh John .Minns
Mac Buwman John Nichols
Gordon Cox .. Hugh O’Hara
Jumc-i Dailey . Wayne Pruitt
Po({gy Dodson Jerry Rowe
Hunter Dula .. . . Herbert Siner
Shirley Koskett Lamar Smith
Milton Grose Jrrry Tillman
Cecil Gwaltney Carol Trageser
Charles Harris .. . .. Lee Vaughn
Marty Hogenson Terry Vining
Patrlda McAbee Bobby West
George Wooten
FRIDAY. NO\ f;MBER 15, 1963
THANKMilVING AHF:AD
In M>mc ways it seems hard to realize that
Thanksgiving is just ahead, and the chang-
ing calend;ir does throw it further into the
future th;in was the case just a year ago
this time, [or the annual autumn holiday
(alls exactly six days later in .November
this year than in l'.n;2.
Thai changing calendar, with a switch that
occurs every six or ^ven years, has a def
inite c.'fctt upon Klon students and campus
activities One effect w.is upon the Maroon
and Gold itself, which is forced to extend
Thank.sgivmg greetings furlhi.‘r in advance
this year than was the ca.se last fall
The Thanksgiving issue rolled from the
pres.^ on Friday Ijefore Thanksgiving last
year, but this year it is an extra week
ahead of the long-looked for vacation per
iod. A quick glance at the calendar will
show that the holiday Jaunts home will
have already been made before another
two weeks Is gone.
Such being the case, the Maroon and Gold
ixtends the heartiest wi.shes to all for a
Happy TTiank.sgiving, but it also urges every
one to give a thought to the Thanksgiving
.season as meaning more than just a holiday
and a visit horn*-.
It may be well to recall George Washing-
on's first presidential proolamalion of
Thanksgiving, in which he said. "It is the
luty of all nations to acknowledge the pro-
.uk-nce of Almighty God. to obey his will,
to be grateful for his benefits and humbly
to implore his protection and favor '
Both hou.ses of Congress had. by joiiit
action, requested Wa.shington to - recommend
to the people of the United States a day of
public Thanksgiving and prayer, to be ob-
■served by acknowledging with grateful hearts
the many and signal favors of Almighty God.
especially by affording them an opportunity
peaceably to establish a form of government
for their safety and happiness"
And thus he recommended and assigned
tw final Thursday in November that year
"to be devoted hy the people of these States
to the .service of that great and Glorious Be
ing who is the heneficient author of ill that
good that was. that is and that will be . . .
I^d also that we may then unite in most
humbly offering our prayers and supplications
to the Great Lord and Ruler of Nations
and generally, to grant to all mankind such
a degrw of temporal prosperity as He alone
knows best ’*
Certainly, in this modem time, when so
r^ny in all parts of the world are denied the
blessings of liberty and prosperity, it is well
that the people of these United States take
time from their busy and often hurried and
harried lives to breath a few sincere words
of praw and thanksgiving for the life and
joys which have been accorded them
With swh a thought for the season just
a^ad the Maroon and Gold wishes that
^ blessings aowded to both students and
faculty may include that blessing of a safe
return to the campus when the approaching
holiday is ended
Wiapa •! Wtedoa '
Money talks aU right, but in these
days a dollar doesn’t bay* eoough cents
to say muob. . —
A pesalmist Is the type d person
who prays for rain but won’t buy an um
brella.
Mott men need two wxaneo In their
lives: a secretary to Uke things down and
a wife to pick things up.
a view
from
the oak
By
MELVIN SIIREVF-S
Till- 'i.iii Behind The .Mike
■ ,1 ' I N r idio program which i.s air
ed O'.-;r Burlington's radio station WBBB is
'''? c MU m.'in's efforts and dcterm-
> v !i ':i i say one man. I can’t truthfully
a.iv that just one person was responsible for
the -airin)! of this very successful program.
’’h ' idea started three years ago when
Tr.iee-Pr and Lynn Ryals attended a
NSSr;A Conference and learned that several
college' h;ifl succes.sful radio programs in
their home arca.s.
Thev f’.im'’ back to Klon with big ideas.
Th" CommnnKv Helations Committee spon
sored th;'m to speak before the Burlington
Rotary (lub. R>als told them about their
hotx?s for a radio program to inform the
pe'i;)!'’ nrnurd Elon of their little college.
•\l Ih' (if the Rotary program, "E isy"
,Ion''s of V'HHR told them that air time was
• -.V (■ ' ;■ ■ ; vl.i;..;,
N;mir;i!lv this boosted th" sjiirifs of in
,■ t ie'.’ n; nd' i sophnmores, but the enthus-
j.i'm Ilf 'he Student S"nate was poor and they
were unible to obtain financial support to
begin the program.
I-ast year, things liegan to pick up again
under the pushing and pulling of a new sopho
more class president, Fred Stephen.son.
One )( Two I’rojects
Stephenson was working on two major pro
jects last year for the Community Relations
Committee The first, a project to get identi
fication cards for the students, gave way to
the radio program by a stroke of luck. Thu
Senate thoucht that it could not finance both
programs, so the committc-e began working
on the program that would be less compli
cated. The I D. project proved to be the
more complicattKl. so wholehearted work be
gan on the radio idea.
On December 12 of last year, the Commun
ity Relations Committee presented to the Sen
ate a bill to provide $450 for the purchase of
a tape recorder and other equipment to get
the radio programs started. It took the Sen
ate over a month to approve the bill, but it
was finally passed in January.
Working alongside Stephenson on the pro
ject was a .senior who made the dream a
reality. When help was asked, Paul Robin
son worked tooth and nail to get what was
needed at the best possible price. He con
tacted electronics specialists at Western
Electric for advice and then wrote to numer-
(His electrical supply houses looking for the
right equipment for the job.
.\nd at the .same time, he was bumming,
borrowing, and almost stealing equipment
to get the .show ?oing without the Senate’s
finances. He did get several programs on the
air before the Senate acted, and it was the
succe.ss of these shows that probably swung
the Senate.
A New Year Starts
While other students were getting settled
for another year withip the academic walls
of Elon College, Paul Robinson was inter
viewing people, editing tapes, trying to con
vince the higher-ups that he needed a record
ing studio, and for more important, inform
ing the people of this area about the little
colleffe down the road.
And he is doing a good job of it too. When
'Indents .shop in Burlington they hear people
nnisi"" th» show.
'TK ■ Is Elon College" has been on Ine
■ every wpck .since the beginning of the
semester In short while it will be known
as the "Elon Forum” and Paul hopes that
like other college radio shows, it will be aired
throughout the state on other radio stations.
^ oil might think that this is another dream,
hut look at what happened to the previous
dream.
I II even bet (hat Dean Moore agrees to
let the Radio team have the old recording
recording room in the rear of Whitley in a
few weeks.
Sp-rifica(ions For A Man
Sometime during Work) War II while in
Italy, a lieutenant in the Army sat down and
wrote out for a younger cousin in the Navy
what he thought were the specifications for
a man. It went like this:
"To respect my country, my work, and
myself. To be honest and fair with my fel
low men as I expect them to be with me. To
be a loyal citizen of the United States. To
speak of it with praise and act always as a
trustworthy custodian of its good name. To
be a man whose name carries prestige with
it wherever it goes.
To base my expectations of a reward on a
solid foundation of service rendered. To be
willing to pay the price of success of honest
effort. To look upon my wort as an oppor-
tiini«y to be sej^ with jo/ aHfl *o be made
the raost of^ no as a painral drudgery to be
reJuctai^ly endured.
TV) remember that success lies within my
ownself and in my own brain, my own ambi
tion and my own courage and determination.
To expect difficuhies and force my way
through them. To turn hard experience into
capital for futare struggles.
(CoBttnBed Oa Par* Ftnr)
KLON HOMECOAISXC AT FOOIBALL GA3IE
Bonnie V*cEvoy. of Burlington, who ruled as Homeco -’ ;ig Queen ov,'r Elon s gala Homecoming festivities
the first weekend in November, ii pictured center ab
iiimial Elcn-Western Carolina football game. With her
acr.l of th;; Elon Student Government, who crowned
the royal escort for the queen.
diii’ing coron;!tion ceremonies at half-time of the
lir.’ lot; is Wally Sawyer, of Portsmouth, Va., pres-
i.iieen: and on the right is Lynn Ryals, of Durham,
Elon Lists Four All /JJierkaii Stars
As this 1963 football campaign
nears its end and as the time ap
proaches when the so-called ex
perts will be naming their All-
.\merican. All-State, All-Confer
ence and All-Everything teams, it
may be interesting to recall some
of the Elon gridiron greats of
years gone by, those Fighting
Christians who won recognition on
the All-Teams of the past.
Four of Elon's grid stars have
been accorded rank as All-Ameri
cans from the ranks of the small
er colleges by winning berths on
various Little All-American picks.
They are Arnold Melvin and Sai
Gero. a pair of gigantic tackles.
Tony Carcaterra. a great end; and
George Wooten, speedy quarter
back.
Melvin was placed on the Little
.411-American squad of the As.soc-
iated press in 1949, while Sal Gero
was thus honored by the Associat
ed Press in both 1950 and 1951.
Carcaterra won his Little All-
American rank on the Williamson
.selection in 19.58, and George
Wooten was chosen on the NAIA
Little All-American squaad of
1961.
Another of "Elon’s greatest stars
would almost certainly have won
: Little All-American honors if there
had been separate selections for
'the smaller colleges in his day,
for Jim "Jack Rabbit” Abbitt was
given honorable mention on an 11
'man All-American team which was
I named from all of the colleges and
! universities in America in 1937
Abbitt later went on to play oro
ball in the National loop.
Eight of the Elon stars were
named on recognized All-State
lections, according to best av’ "
able records, and it is poss'''’?
that others may have been so ho-
ored and the records not found
The ElOn All-Staters include Hap
Perry at halfback in 1922, Peie
Williams at fullback in 1929 and
1921, Jim Abbitt at halfback n
1935 and 1937, Joe Golombek at
fullback in 1938, Sal Gero at t
kle in 1950 and 1951, Ho.Tier Hob-
good at center in 1954, Bob Stauf-
fenberg at fullback in 1957 and
Tony Carcaterra at end in 1957
and 1958. Arnold Melvin never
made All-State, but he was named
All-Southern in 1948.
Fifty-five Elon gridders ha e
been chosen to the All-Conference
teams, some of them being thus
I'onored for three seasons, in
squads chosen from the Little S’
North State or Carollnas Coiifei-
ence. This is according to recoid.
(Continued on Page Fom
For many years we have been
told that Communism will grad
ually cease to exist, as our econ
omy and democratic government
will rise to stamp it out. How
ever, for the past fifteen years
ihe United States has seemingly
ueen slipping slowly down hill. Are
we losing the Cold War?
Since World War II the Com
munists have gained thousands of
miles of new territory. The Com
munists have turned millions of
people against our way of govern
ment, and they have converted
once free people into Commnnists
sympathizers. Are we Americans
.selling out our country? Were our
representatives sent to Washing
ton to do nothing but make con
cession after concession to the
Russians?
Less than one hundred miles off
the coast of Florida lies the Com
munist stronghold of the Western
Hemisphere. Five million Cubans
were betrayed by the country they
had always looked up to. The Cub
an people suffered unmercifully,
homes were confiscated, propertj
was stolen, and everything of value
waas pillaged. The Cubans wail
ed, the world waited, but we did
nothing.
This was the greatest of all
Communist acquisitions since their
movement began, and it showed
several things. Firstly, it showed
that the United States has a poor
and ineffective iatelligence system.
Castro was a known Communist
sympathizer for many years, yet he
received the United States sup
port during the Cuban Revolution.
Secondly, it proved that Ameri-
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By SY HALL
cans no longer thought freedom
was worth fighting for. We were
content to just sit back and offe:
idle threats to the Russians as
they conquered a once proud ro
public.
Thirdly, it showed the weakness
es and the fallacies of our foreign
defense pacts. How much do the
NATO and SEATO treaties mean
to other countries in the world
when we cannot defend an island
that lies a mere 90 miles off our
coast?
Fourthly, the fact that the Unit
ed States did not enforce the
Monroe Doctrine has rendered it
useless for all future purposes.
Recently our government ha >
entered into an era of so-called
■co-existence” with the Russians.
Friendship and good will waj
shown by both sides. We no long
er mentioned Cuba to the Rus
sians for fear that they might take
it the wrong way and destroy th;s
friendship which they have so grac
iously given us.
So it is that we’ll keep our eyes
off Cuba and try to forget that
ambarrassing situation if the Rus
sians will be so kind as to let ap
in South Viet Nam. In this way. our
present administration will be
able to return to the Whi»« Hou.>t
in 1964 on the platform of peace
and prosperity.
W'e are now in the process of
negotiating the sale of wheat to
Russia. Reports from behind the
Iron Curtain sUted that the Rus
sians are in the midst of a terrible
^mine. The people are discontent
ed; many farmers and peasants
are causing smaU uprisings
throughout the Soviet Union. This
is absolute proof that the Com
munist system does not work. Here
is a great advantage for demo
cracy, and we are not in position
to give it up, but all we are do
ing is to strengthen the Commun
ist movement by supplying wheat
to our enemy.
America is currently in the midst
of a terrible war. There are no bul
lets being fired, no bombs are be
ing dropped, but land is being con
quered, and people are losing
their freedom. The way in which
the Communists work can be ex
plained in one word—'Infiltra
tion.” The University of Havana
has been turned into an espionage
school. It is turning out hundreds
of well-trained Communist agents
that are being sent to South and
Central America.
How would you feel if you read
one morning that South and Cei
tral America had been taken o'
by the Communists? When it hap
pens, it will happen just that fast,
as one quick and perfectly *»i'.
timed overthrow of all South a'"'
Central American governments
What can we as Americans 1o
about it? For one thing, we shou’d
s'f'p making concessions to tr>e
Crmmunists. We should stop -3»-
cifying itie Russians. We should
recognize them as the enemy of the
United States and treat them as
such.
We caannot get rid of a verr"'
with food and protection. It muit
b® destroyed before it overniiis
the countryside. Communism >s a
vermin, and as such it must tie
gotten rid of and destroyed.
i
what
about
ihis?
By
BILL WHITTENTON
When a columnist waits until just at dead
line time and then conies down with an at
tack of disabling influenza, it becomes nec
essary for a pinch-hitter to step into the
scene. In many ca.ses, that pinch-hitter finds
the use of a pair of sharp scissors and clip
pings of interesting items the easiest way to
full the void.
Some truly interesting items appeared in
a rocent issue of The Appalachian, the cam
pus news sheet on Appalachian's mountain-
encircled campus. The items appeared in
what might be described as blank verse, for
certainly it included considerable blank space.
One series of thoughts were entitled “On
Man.” They follow in exactly the form thev
appeared—
The rose
knows
the touch
of clod
the feel
of sod
the breath
of God.
The rose
is
clod
and
sod
and
God
and
man.
* * * *
The same Mountaineer poet also offered a
number of lines, which were entitled
“Briefly.” .Again, those lines are presented
just as they appeared—
THE TOUCHED,
TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCE.
SAVAGELY
THE EMBRACED,
I.ONGING AND LIFE.
P.\SSI0NATELY
THEY STRUGGLED,
1'ARKNES.S AND LIFHT
QUIETLY
THEY PARTED,
MAN AND ETERNITY.
DARKNESS . . .
SILENCE . . .
PAIN . . .
STRUGGLE . . .
BIRTH
PAIN . . .
SILENCE . . .
DARKNESS
. . . MAN!
• * • * •
And again, that same poet, still speaking
briefly, offered thoughts of sea and sand
and moonlight and man’s place upon the stage
thus created. Those thoughts are presented
below—
FROTH UPON THE SEA
SHADOWS UPON THE SAND
RIPPLES UPON THE POND
FROZEN BREATH BY MOON
LIGHT
AS FROTH MARKS THE SEA
AS SHADOW MARKS THE
SAND
AS VANISHING RIPPLES
LEAVE THEIR TRACE
AND FROZEN BREATH HER
ETCHINGS
UPON THE NIGHT.
SO MAN STANDS
UPON HIS PEDESTAL OF
TIME
AND WRITES HIS NAME
UPON THE WIND
AND DIES
AND ETERNITY LAUGHS.
♦ ♦ » « »
Still another of the mountain poets mused
upon the subject of “A Leaf,” and certainly
such thoughts are proper in this season of
fallen leaves. That final selection is offered
here—
a leaf
falls
before
its division
from
the tree
is felt
a feeling
changes
before
*■- its presence
" ia the
. heart
is known
a gay sense
of security
is pierced
by a pure
golden
ache
for home