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MAROON AND GOLD
Friday, January 17, I9gj
Maroon And Gold
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Melvin Shreves
Sy HaU
William W'hittenton
Thomas Corbitt
Dect/ Welch
H, Keid
Luthi-r N. Byrd
Jack Lambeth
Kditor-ln-Chiif
. Assistant Kditor
Atnistaut Editor
. Sports Kditor
Girls Sport-.
. Alumni Editor
Faculty Advisiu
Staff Photographer
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Ho.vaid Andn w
Joe il'.'rdosh
Mac Uowman
Gordon Cox
Jamei hailey
Peggy Dodson
Hunter Dula
Shirley Foskett
Milton Grose
Cecil Gwaltney
Charles Harris
Marty Hogen.son
Patricia McAbee
George Woolen
Don ,\liUi '■
John .Minns
John Nichols
Hugh O'Hara
Wayne Pruitt
,Jerry Kowe
HerbL-rt jmer
Lamar Smith
Jerry Tillman
Carol Trageser
. Lee Vaughn
Terry Vining
Bobby V/ust
KKIDAY, JANUARY 17, I%4
A YKAK IN KKVIFH
The end of an old year and the coming of
a new one is always a signal for taking stock,
a tin»e to look backward and evaluate the
twelve months which have just ended and
to recall at least a few of the high spots
that have brought pleasure. II is a time, too.
when one must think back to njoments of
tragedy or sorrow.
The twelve months that were 1963 have
brought both joy and .sadness to the campus
community here at Elon College. There were
highlights of accomplishment, and there were
also moments of angui.sh arid sorrow. How
ever, all things considered, the year of 1963
was one of progress for the coO^.
It was during the year of 1963 that Elon
reached its Diamond Birthday, the date which
commemorated the seventy-fifth anniversary
of its founding, and formal plans were com
pleted to make this current 1963-64 college
term the period of Diamond Anniversary ob
servance. ’«)
The year of 1963 will long live In memories
of the RIon people as the year in which the
beautiful new presidential home at the north-
ea.st corner of the walled campus was plan
ned, built and occupied The ninns for the
new structure were announced In the sprinR
with cnnstnirtion begun at once, and tha
hom>' w.-i-; r“adv for occupancv by the presi
dential family by the beginning of the fall
term
The new homo, which has added much
to the beauty of the Klon cnm'ius. his al
ready proven to be of tr^m’n V''is w'lrth in
work with students, faculty, alumni and
friends of Klon College, and it has been the
scene within a scant few months of a num
ber of very enjoyable social gatherings for
those various groups.
An event of loss tangible presence than is
the new presidential home was the launch-
lns> of the new fund-raising campaign, de-
slnnpfl to nrnvide the financial resources that
will make Flon College ,in eier b-ltor insti
tution of higher learning The campaign,
which was launched In the autumn, is re^
ported to be off to a fine .st.irt and showing
prospects of complete success.
There were accomplishments record-d dur
ing 1963 by both individuals and groups
among the Elon people, one of the most not
able group accompli.shments being the great
effort by the Elon College football squad
which brought to the campus the first Confer-
•'ice football honors in more than a score
of years Along with this share in the grid
iron thie came the individual honors won by
E3on football stars
Other Elon students also won honors, some
of them at the campus level and .!ome of
them in election of state or national offices
and honors; and th«re were m**mb«rs of the
Elon fartiltv. too. who nained fin»* reooopi-
tions for their accompli.shments. A'l are to
be congratulated
Along with these pleasurable moments,
therp «,«re also moments of anxiety and tra-
Bedv A fire which stnick the student apart
ments m March proved fortunately to have
no deaths or iniuries, but two Elon .students
met death in tragic accidents during the sum
mer However, it is alwavs neces.^rv fn ac-
«■[) the bad with the good and, all things
considered, one must .say that 1963 was a
great year.
Shvt SatM
■ . It Is hard to realize today that this
country was founded partly to avoid taxa
tion.
a view
from
the oak
By
MELVIN SHREVES
T’:" a- :unl ' -ccnt of the term paper
. ; V I II: m ' arlton Library rose to a new
)>■ ik las! ar ,im'd the stacks there, and
s now I l;;: ■ 'd off to nothing as the exams
pbc ■ o! thf term paper.
:! iny tudent.s who packed their bags for
ih h‘ ^iiy. included among the toothbrush,
.:,cka, and underwear an average of two
|>or student, Including' those commuter
who didn't pack baus.
AccordiiiJ to I’rof. Cuy 1!. Lambert, a.s-
sDciute librarian at Carlton, the total circu
lation for the month of December and the
first six days of January was 334S, almost
,1. tin. ‘! e 'otal for the same period in
1!)57.
Actually books were checked out before
D 'oml)er for ii.se in term papers. I^mbeth
- - d that students began checking out books
i;^clfically for use in writing term papers
;is early ;t?. the last of October, almost as
soon a.s some of the profes.sors assigned
;hem
A lot of the "once-a-year researchers"
made u.se of their hometown libraries and
the libraries of their high school alma mater.
A cousin of mine who teaches on the Shore
-said that a group occupied most of her
school's library as soon as they got home,
but that an even largei group took over
the place after Christmas day.
The assistant librarian at our little one-
room public library said that this year's
crowd of college researchers was the largest
ever, as it was here at Carlton Library.
Carlton's total circulation compares quite
well with even the Library of Congress in
Washington when the total number of work
ing days and the number of volumes avail
able at each one is compared. The Library
of Congress reported that from December 14
until January 3, some 75,000 call slips for
book.s was turned in by college students do
ing research work. The peak day there was
on December 30 when 8171 slips were sub
mitted—a new one-day record for them.
Ordinary days for the people there run be
tween 2000 and 5000.
But let's get back to Carlton. For the first
seme.ster this year, up until January 6, a
total ol 12,058 general circulation books, re
serve books, and audio-visual aids were
checked out by the Carlton staff. For the
same period seven years ago, the total
reached only 5773. Quite a difference!
But why the difference? Prof. Theodore E.
Perkins, Carlton's librarian, attributes the
fact that more courses are being offered the
students by the College that require either
outside reading, term papers, or both. An
other thing that should be considered too is
that the enrollment has increa.sed steadily
since 1957,
"About 97' of the books called for here
are for re.search work." .said Perkins. Very
.seldom do you see a student who checks out
a book for recreational reading. Once in a
while a student will check out a book that
a profes,sor has mentioned in class, not as a
r«|uired book, but as one that might offer
more intensive background to the subject
at hand,”
Perkins added, "There are ju.st not enough
'udents at Elon who take the time to read
books for pleasure. Most of them claim they
are too busy, but once a student is in the
habit of reading good books, he finds the
time. I also believe that if the reading-for-
pleasure idea was pushed a little harder on
camtHis, we would have more recreational
readers.”
"I think that one way to increase plea.sure
reading at Elon wDuld be to offer more good
naoerback hooks for sale in the bookstore,
and I am sure that there are a multitude of
other ways." Perkins concluded.
When the new library is completed, pleas
ure reading will definitely have a better
chance on our campus. FVom what I can
understand, this new building will offer just
about everything that a good library can.
It will be a welcome addition indeed.
Of course the question remains as to what
will become of the Carlton building. Many
rumors are in circulation as to what will
take the place of the books, but the best
sounding one is one which I think should be
passed along.
Carlton Building might, and I emphasize
the word “might," become a Fine Arts
Building which could house art studios, the
music department, several seminar rooms,
and quite possibly a new theatre for perfor-
nnances by the EUon Players and guest lec
turers. 1 ^
I'm sure that the heads of the three de- ,
partments mentioned would agree that this
would be another welcomed addition. The
art department has been cramped up in these
two little rooms on the third floor of Ala
mance for quite a while, and with the in-
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HOLDIX; bk; spot i\ hear i s of people
Dr. A. L. Hook, who has played an outstanding role in Elon College life for more than half a century, is pic
tured above w-ith his "First Love," a very charming laJy who has shared his life and who shares with him a
very large and warm spot in the hearts of all Elon people of both past and present.
Hook Has 50 Years Of Faculty Duty
The year into which we have
just entered means more to some
people tlian it does to others. To
Dr. A. L, Hook, 1964 marks a half
century with his two greatest loves.
One is Mrs. Jessie Irene Dawson
Hook, whom he fondly calls his
"Business Manager," and the oth
er Is Elon College's teaching
In August of 1914. Dr. Iiook
married the former Miss Dawson
when he was fresh out of graduate
school at Elon College. And short
ly after that, in September, he
came to his Alma .Mater as a r.iem-
ber of the faculty in the math and
science departments.
Actually, Dr. Hook has been
associated with both of these loves
for more than fifty years. As a
freshman, he entered Elon in 1909.
straight out of Curry High School
In Winchester, Virginia. He re
ceived his bachelor's degree in
1913, and then his Master’s in the
following year. So that's fifty-five
years with Elon.
According to a poem entiilf'd
"The Courtship of Alonzo" ,vhich
appeared in the 1913 Phi PsiCli
without his knowledge, Dr. Hcok
has been associated with his “Bus
iness Manager" as long as he lias
with the college. The poem read:
When he got into town.
As he stepped to the ground
Miss Irene he saw
Out walking with "Pa”.
He at once sought her hand
As the fairest in the land.
The poem goes through th’ir
four year courtship from 1909 un
til the spring of 1913 when she dis
played "their " diamond ' ring. It
is quite evident that their lifty-
five years together, first in court
ship and then in marriage, iiave
been very happy years.
Every since he first attended
Elon as a student, Dr. Hook nas
had at least one finger in every
pie that he can reach, and he’s
cleaned every pie plate he’s
touched to the envy of everyone
who knows him.
As a student, he was president
of the Self-Government Boarr, a
fore-runner of our present-day Stu
dent Government Association,
both student manager and grad
uate manager of the major sports
and was business manager of the
college’s first PhiPsiCli,
The way in which he became
business manager is a good ex
ample of the type person Dr. Hcok
is. In 1913 the students wanted to
put out an annual like most of
the other colleges did. At the org
anizational meeting, he was elect
ed by his fellow students to be the
editor.
This was fine until it came lime
to elect a business manager. No
one wanted the job. So Dr. Hook
resigned his position as editor ar.d
accepted the job of business nan-
ager ... to the good fortu .e of
the Class of 1913.
As a teacher and administrator.
Dr. Hook has held many positions
at Elon. He taught math and
science from 1914-22, was dean
of the college for two diffe.'.'
terms, from 1922 to 35 and again
from 1956 to 57, has been profes
iContinued on I’,.
Syde Lines
By ST HALL
Now that lirja in g-jn^, it is time
to focus our attention on whnt kind
if a year 1!I64 will be like. The new
year arrived during an interval of
leace and pro.sperity.
Among the more important events
this year will be the pres'dential
election, the oponinq of the World’s
Fair in New York and increa.sed
space explorations.
The political machines are now in
full swing, with the race for the Re
publican nomination seeming at
present to be the most interesting.
The battling is already hot and
heavy among Goldwater. Rockefeller
and Nixon.
The Democrats, on the other hand,
have only one main problem, the
choice of a vice-president. Johnson,
who will definitely be the Number
One man is now backed up by an
aggregate of vice-presidential hope
fuls. Nam'S of the K-nne l- ■! -
have been mentioned for this posi
tion, with attention seemingly cent
ered about Shriver and Bobby. How
ever. if the vice-president has to
come from the Kennedy clan, then
my vote goes to Peter Lawford.
The year 1964 will be a period
of great leisure for Americans.
Lengthening of the vacation period
from two to four weeks is becom
ing more widespread. Many new va
cation areas will soon be added to
the thousands that now exist. More
Americans will now flock to the
beaches and mountains for rest and
enjoyment. Resort areas are now
doing business in winter as well
s summer, because winter sports
T-e becoming more and more pop
ular.
In 1964 the government will de
crease federal income taxes, re-
. suiting in more money for the con-
Jsumer to spend. The income of
Americans will reach about 500 bil-
lioH dollars. 25 billion dollars more
than last year. Because of this, the
highly elated business men are look-
■ng forward to a highly profitable
\ear. We are almost in the midst
of the best financial situation ever.
The rest of the world will also
eap dividends from our wealth.
'Millions of dollars will flow into
foreign countries because of their
tourist trade. The airline and steam
ship companies will provide larger,
faster and more luxurious modes of
ransportation.
More American families will own
‘wo cars, and three cars in one
iriveway will not be uncommon. Men
nd women will spend millions of
lollars for clothing and accessories.
\lready men spend almost as much
>n cologne as do women on their
iierfume. Women are looking for
ward to better and more expensive
clothing, as indicated by a 60 per
cent increase in fur importation.
Theaters, art museums and con
cert halls are reporting a great in
crease in their audiences. People
now have more tin^e to patronize
the arts, and they seem to be tak
ing advantage of it.
Recreational activities are on the
upswing. The American public is
drifting away from the boring spec
tator sports and is indulging in more
athletic activities of their own. The
golf population his doubled since
last year, and thousands of Amer
icans are now participating for the
first time in fishing, hunting, camp
ing, skiing and boating. The boat
ing population nearly doubles every
year. This can be attested to by the
Coast Guard, which is having great
difficulty controlling water safety.
Still there are millions of Ameri
cans who are content to stay at
home and read a good book or watch
television. The future is bright for
these people also. Since the read
ing capacity of the public has in
creased, publishers have been for
ced to manufacture good, cheap,
soft-covered reprints in place of the
more expensive hard-backed books.
This gives people the opportunity to
read more for less. Manufacturers
of television sets have stated that
I more color sets will be available in
, 1964 and that prices for them will
finally sink below the $500 mark.
Many more homes will have air-
conditioning, new electrical appli
ances and hi-fi sets. It will not be
uncommon to find wine at many
dinner tables and caviar in everv
pantry. Nearly one-third of homes
will have more than one phone, and
the average family can now join
a country club or have a small cab
in near the lake.
All in all. 1964 should be a boun
tiful year. We. as Americans have
a great deal to be thankful for. We
have the most democratic of all
■governmental systems and the high
■'st standard of living in the world.
Behind all of those material things,
we should never forget that it could
only happen in America.
what
about
this?
By
BILL WIIITTEXTON
This week finds me just a little bit unor
ganized, and ii may seem that I have al
lowed this fact to affect the organization of
my column, for instead of treating one sub
ject at length, I treat two subjects rather
equally, at least in regard to length.
I have a topic which will require the full
length of a coming column, but I preferred
to write this one first. There are a lot of
topics to cover only a limited amount o£
space to fill, so it is occasionally necessary
to combine some of the topics.
What About This?
Sometimes it seems just about impossible
to understand just what is going on. and
this is often the case with some of the
events happening in our governmental pol
icies. For example, look at what is going
on concerning the sale of wheat to Russia.
When the idea of selling wheat to Russia
was first mentiorjed, there were several
things that made the idea seem to be a
good one. For one thing, we have immense
stores of surplus wheat that we could well
afford to cease storing by selling in large
amounts to a cash customer. The plan for
the sale provided that Russia would pay for
these supplies with gold, a commodity that
we are notably in need of, and with cur
rencies immediately convertable to gold.
Then the changes began. It was decided
that payment would be by credit, and that
this credit would be guaranteed by U. S. tax
payers money. Somehow it also came about
that the prices would not be world prices
but lower ones.
Russia does not, apparently, have any cre
dit to draw upon for purchases such as
these. It it also a fact that Russia is notor
ious for not paying its bills to the U. N.
Vet we have sold badly needed food to
this country at prices well below world
prices and for credit that is just about
worthless.
This is ridiculous, for we cr.ulc! I’.ave re
quired them to pay cash for the wheat, and
at our prices. After all. they needed to buy
the wheat a lot more than we needed to
sell it. I am sure that we could have stored
the wheat a lot easier than they could have
eaten their gold.
What About This
Have you ever stopped to think about May?
I mean, have you ever really thought about
that spring weekend which our school and so
many other schools celebrate on or about
the beginning of May each year?
Well, I have been thinking about it, and
something about it just doesn't seem ri'*ht.
For instance, it seems rather odd that Elon
College, a Christian school in the United
States of America, should celebrate a holi
day that originated in a pagan or Druid hol
iday which had as its outstanding feature a
fertility rite that became the ancestor of
our Maypole dance.
This sense of wrongness is further com
plicated by the fact that this May Day holi
day is now best known as the most import
ant holiday of international communism. Now
I am not saying that the fact that we rec
ognize this holiday makes us, or any other
school, left wing, but it does seem a little
strange that we should make a large pro
duction of it.
Actually, the production made out of May
Day seems to me to be more open to crit
ical analysis than the less than respectable
origins of the celebration. While I must con
fess to never having participated in the plan
ning and production of one of these page
ants, I have been able to come to certain
conclusions concerning them from the posi
tion of attender and bystander.
It seems that an awful lot of time and
money must go into one of these affairs.
There are months of practicing for the dan
ces that are put on, and a lot of money is
spent on dresses by the girls in the Court.
Yet, after all of this time and expense, the
occasion seems to be rather poorly attended,
with those in attendance consisting primar
ily of the parents and dates of those putting
on the performance.
The dance, which should be the biggest
event of the weekend, is also characterized
by something less than all-out attendance.
This is probably a result of its rather formal
nature being incompatable with the warm and
relaxed atmosphere of Spring. *f
It IS really a little wasteful to put so much
preparation into an event which is so unen
thusiastically received, for apparently the
concert is the only part of the weekend that
receives the support and attendance of the
majority of the student body. I think that
t e study and possible modification of this
wwkend so as to bring it to the entire stu-
ent body would be a good project for our
Student Government to assume. I feel sure
that everyone would welcome
ment concerning this occasion.
an improve-