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MAKUON AND GOLD
Tuesday, May 25, 1966
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KDITOKIAL IMJAKII
Mike Wyngarden Editor-in-Chief
Kichard Hutchens AaMstant Mitor
William Bradham Assistant Editor
Tom Jeffery Dramatics Editor
Jiick DrVito Sports J>litor
Carole I’opowski >irl Sports
(I Held Alumni Editor
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Martha Broda
James Brower
Eileen Cobb
John Crook
Fiufier Crooks
Ted Crutchfield
Leon Dickerson
Ferrfl Edmondson
Kenneth Faw
Daniel Fuller
Ronald George
James Uraham
Daphne Hilliard
Judith Millers
Ray
Denni. Howie
Howard Johnson
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Charles Kenvodle
Donald King
William Macey
William Moore
Philip Pagliarulo
Elaine Phelps
David Potter
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Stanley Switzer
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TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1966
••THIRTY’
The time has come again when the Ma
roon and Gold editor and staff writes the
numerals "30" for another annual volume
of the campus newspaper- -for the symbol
“30" is newspaper language for "the end”
of a story or an era. In this case, as in other
years, it means that another year and an
other volume of the paper takes its place on
the shelf of Elon College history.
It has been a good year for the college,
and the staff of the Maroon and Gold has
had the pleasure of recording many fine
accomplishments on the part of both th»
college Itself and of members of the fac
ulty and students.
It has been with a real pleasure that we
have recorded such fine accomplishments,
but it will be a mighty fine feeling when
the final page of this final issue rolls from
the press and we know that there looms
ahead a three-months period when there’ll
be no last minute scurrying about for notes
on the happenings of campus life.
There's a bit of sadness, too, in seeing
the year's tasks come to an end, for it
means that for some of the final days on
the Elon campus loom just ahead. Many of
the students will graduate, others will not
return to Elon for another year, and all
will be missed.
The reports are that a number of the
Elon faculty will not be back, that they
will move on to other scenes for another
year, and it Is with a real sease of regret
that we hear this. To each and every one
of them we express appreciation for a task
well done and the wish for full success in
their efforts elsewhere.
So now, with much pride and mingled
sadness, we write this final word of the
1965-68 college year and close out Volume
Forty-Six of the old Maroon and Gold by
writing "30" in this final sentence.
FRIENDS
If nobody smiled, and nobody cared and
Nobody helped us along,
If every moment looked after itself and
Good things always went to the strong.
If nobody thought just a little about you
and Nobody cared about me.
And we stood all alone, in the battle of
life, What a dreary old world this
would be. . . , j
Life Is sweet, just because of the friends
we have made
And the things which in common we share.
We want to live on. not because of our
selves.
But because of the people who care.
It is doing and giving for somebody el^,
On which all life's splendor depends.
And the joy of this world, when you've
summed it all up.
Is found in the making of friends
—Anonymous
KIssin' Kin
Two friends met on the street one after
noon and the first commented: "So your
girl friend jilted you when you told her
about your rich uncle?"
"Yes, now she's my aunt."
THERE IS always a bright side. A severe
winter intetwifies the pleasure we get out
o kioking forward to spring
a few
blasts
and bravos
l‘T
.MIKK HV\»;AKI)K.\
Finis
I suspect that it is appropriate for the
I'Oiior ot thi.'. paper to write in the last
1! iuc niLLshy exhaltalions about his Alma
Mater He supposed to pontificate like
Dirksen, stirring the emotion and or the
anger of his reader — gyrating all over the
place in an effort to make his exit the
most cheerful and benevolent. 1 must apol
ogize to the reader, because I am sorry to
say that when it comes to this sort of
business 1 am a weak sister indeed.
This leaves us with one alternative —
we can recapitulate the things mentioned
in till.', column this year and perhaps
otfer an explanation of the motivation
hind Ihe columns.
In the columns this year we have touched
on nidiiy situations and on a few people.
We have inentioaed a few things which
nave touciied on the heretical; but, on the
other iiaiid. we have attempted to hand
out as many "Bravos" as we have "Blasts."
TliLs has been accomplished, because there
have been just as many columns "Bravo-
111^" as there have been "Blasting."
but. of course, no one seems to re
member the 'Bravos;" at least this seens
to be true among the students. Time and
u^uin, after a new issue of the Maroon
and Gold was circulated, many students
would come to me and say, "Atta boy,
Wyngarden, you are really blasting the
administration and other people, and I
hope you keep up the good work."
Other people have reacted in a different
manner. One man in particular (and it is
not Dr. Danieley) reacts this way: "Wyn-
garden, you have a way of saying things
that really makes people mad. And every
thing you say is wrong, because you don't
know what is really going on. Besides
that, you knew before you came here what
Elon was like, and if you don't like it. why
don't you get out. If you really liked Elon.
you wouldn't say what you do. After all.
Elon gave you the privilege of coming
here."
This is the type of mentality that spurred
me to write what I did. I may strike you
odd. but 1 really like Elon. I am getting
my degree from here, and I am proud of
it. and when 1 return home and talk with
niy friends who have received B.A.'s and
■M A.'s from such institutions as U.C.L.A.,
Michigan and Harvard, I will feel no em
barrassment when I say that I received
my B. A. in history from Elon.
This seems paradoxical to some people:
However, you can be proud of this and
like very much this college, while main
taining a vicious criticism on such matters
as athletic policy and the like. Answer: I
like Elon. but I don't like the athletic
policy. I like Elon. but I think something
is wrong when eleven members of the
faculty leave for greener pastures. I like
Elon. and I think that, as editor of the
campus newspaper, I would be a full-
fledged hypocrite if I did not write and
print what I believe.
Now, this makes me sound like a Johnny-
do-gooder — a smark aleck Yankee who
came south to straighten things out. Well,
1 am not trying to straighten things out;
I just happen to think that if the status
quo is not orderly enough, then something
should be SAID about it. Whether or not
something should be DONE about it is a
matter that does not concern me as an
editor, although it may affect me as a
student. That is something different.
Enough said.
The line that separates rationalization
from explanation is a thin one indeed. It
is especially hard to blast when you con
sider yourself a thorough-going optimist.
But it is even harder to blast when you
tinker with a philosophy of man that says
leave man alone. You say that because you
think men are good, rational and clever,
man when left alone will work out every
thing for the better. Enough said.
Elon will go its merry way with or with
out me. Finis!
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W ALLS ()l TWO m:\\ IU ILI)I\(;S KlSi: rapidly
Construction work has been moving ahead rapidly on two new buildings on the Elon College
campus, as proven by the accompanying pictures of the new men's dormitory (pictured above) and the
new student center (pictured below). The new m’n's dormitory is rising rapidly at the southeast
corner of Elon's walled campus, and the student ce iter is being built on the oval immediately south
of the Alamance Building and near the main sou h entrance of the campus. Both buildings are sched
uled for completion during the early fall.
9
I
A Sleeveless Errand
By WILLIAM BRADIIA.M
Wisps «f Wisdom
Fear may slow down our thinking pro
cesses. but it sure speeds up our footwork.
# • • • •
II you want to leave your footprints in
the sands of time, wear your work shoes.
• • • • •
Some folks who live it up discover they
have a lot to live down.
• • • • •
To get to the top, go to the bottom of
things.
« • • • •
Always listen to the opinions of others.
It probably won't do you any good, but it
will them.
• • • • •
You can always tell a well informed man
—his views are the same as yours.
• • • • •
Father — The parent who gets his daugh
ter off his hands and then has to get his
son-ln-Iaw on his feet.
This editor leaves this column
with mixed emotions. Yes. this is
the last bit of scribbling you’ll
have to put up with every other
week. In a way. I am as elated
as you are: It’s hard to find a
.subject and write about it, es
pecially on Tuesday night, know
ing Ihe column must be in on
Wednesday morning. Yet. the writ-
in;j of thij column has allowed me
to release niy own inner tensions,
grievances, appraisals and con
gratulations.
So, how does one end his last
column? Dots he end with a joy-
: jl iio c or iin omi.noii'-- one? Should
it be a warning', for instance to
rising students and graduating
seniors; should it be a reappraisal
of the Elon professional staff or
administration; should it be on
the attitude here on our campus?
What can I say? All of these sub
jects I have already discussed; so
orgive me if I just ramble.
I began my first column in Sep
tember with an appraisal of the
SGA. I talked last night with
ierry Cameron. He stated how nice
t was to be free now. with his
luties as president no longer both-
.;nj him. He. I think, along with
Oileen Cobb and the other SGA
j’licials, deserves a short rest.;
hey have handled the Student;
i crnment quite ably this past
.. in my years here at Elon. i
c er witnessed a better ad-j
■.!io'\ A-1.0. as a side noie.
I must mention how successful the
another job well done by the Elon
SGA. Congratulations!
I would like to give a semi
congratulations to Slater Food
Service. They have begun their
fight against ‘ptomaine,’’ but let
us realize that the fight is not yet
won. Keep trying!
Another congratulations to Rod
ney Barfield and the Liberal Arts
Forum. Their "week” was a noble
attempt, carried out beautifully.
This editor hopes that next year’s
Fo; um can live up to the fine per
formance given by this year’s
group. An important facet of stu
dent life has been initiated. It
mii;t nol fail after such a brilliant
beginning.
There are many other points I
L-ould bring up. the administration,
Spring Weekend was. It was ju>t itimtlnuel
Jludenls Honored Awards Event
(Cnntiniied From Patf Onr) I
Schetroma. of Natalie. Pa., as the
student showing the most improve
ment in organ.
The Jerry Dalton Strader
Awards, given each year in mem
ory of the late Jerry D. Strader,
for many years a leader in re
ligious. educational and civic af
fairs in Burlington, were present
ed by Prof. John Graves to Mary
Coolidge. of Amston. (3onn., for
outstanding work in Christian edu
cation. and to Tom Warner, of
Cincinnati. Ohio, for fine work in
the campus dramatics program.
The Somers Prize Essay Award
?iven each year by Chaplain and
Mrs. Lester I. Somers, of the U.
S. Navy, was presented by Dr.
Ferris E. Reynolds to Donald C.
Massey, of Norwich. Conn.. for
his outstanding essay in the field
of religion and philosophy.
The Student Achievement Award
in the fieid of business and eco
nomics. made possible through the
Wall Street Journal, was given by
Mrs. Jeanne F. Williams to Alton
Skinner, of Durham. Skinner was
also the recipient of the Pi Gam
ma Mu Scholarship Award, given
by the Elon chapter of the honor
ary social science group, for out
standing work in history and social
science. This award was presented
by Robert C. Baxter.
The Dudley Ray Watson Award,
given in memory of the late Prof.
Dudley Ray Watson, of the Elon
Prof. James Toney to Berwyn Law-
business faculty, was presented by
ence. of Timmonsville, S. C. This
iward is sponsored by the new
Elon chapter of the Society for
.Advancement of Management,
which also presented its new char
ter to President Danieley for pre
servation along with other Elon,
charters. '
In addition to these special
awards, recognition was also given
by Elon departmental chairmen to
several Elon seniors who have*
already been awarded scholar
ships. fellowships or grants for
graduate study. Billy Dee Bailey,
of Graham, has received an as-
sistantship at the University of
South Carolina in chemistry, and
Denny Wagoner, of Elon College,
has received a similar grant in
chemistry at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Al
ton Skinner, of Durham, has a
fellowship in economics at N. C.
State University in Raleigh. Ter
rence Tickle, of Gibsonville, has a
grant in history at the University
of North Carolina in Chapel Hill;
and Tom Jeffrey, of Bethesda, Md.,
has a grant in dramatics at the
University of Miami.
glorious
feast
By
RltlURD HITCHENS
Because this is my last column to be
written for the Maroon and Gold and be
cause the tone and nature of all the pre
vious "Glorious Feasts” have been of a
rather critical type, this final essay is
one of praise. One of praise for those on
this campus who have the inte. ■ jt of the
college in their minds and who exerted,
in one way or another, a significantly
favorable impression on thi editor.
Let it be known, however, that this
article is not to mollify or to in any way
remove the barb from any previous state
ments. The feelings expressed in the past
in this column are still enthusiastically
supported, and the only way to remove
the barb from them is to apply a little
medicated correction, not the voodoo cure
of rationalization.
The first word of praise goes out to a
professor who is no longer a resident at
Elon. This man is one Jon Wendt, whom
some may remember as a part-time in
structor in history. It is rare to find an in
structor in a freshman history course with
such enthusiasm for his subject.
More than once has it been said that
when Wendt lectured on Bismark the stu
dent felt as if he were face to face with
the “Iron Duke” himself! This was an
instructor who refused to be tied or to tie his
classes to convention, and who left the
text on the bookshelf when preparing his
lectures. To quote a peer, "Bravo”!
Secondly, a tribute is paid to a full pro
fessor on this campus who embodies a
favorite idea of this editor. The sciiolar
in mind is Dr. W. W. Sloan. Here is a
man who is vitally interested in the world
around him, one who lives life to the
fullest, who. though having very definite
opinions of his own. "allows for diversity.”
Next a vote of appreciation should go
out to Oscar Fowler, the new manager of
the book store. It is amazing what a
little concern for the convenience of the
students will do for a previously intoler
able situation. Elon now has a book store
that is to deal in used books, carries a
reasonable supply of scholarly paperbacks,
and stays open during the lunch hour in
order that the students might more easily
take advantage of its facilities.
While in the process of lauding the ed
itor's favorite persons, on the campus,
there is another who cannot be overlooked.
Everyone knows or is familiar with “Dot”,
the long-suffering manager of the snack
bar. Perhaps no one on the campus is
forced to smile day after day while stu
dents blithely throw their food at each
other, or make quaint little wisecracks, or
spill a strawberry milkshake on the fresh
ly cleaned counter-top. It must be ad
mitted that a great deal of patience and
understanding is required by one in her
position.
It would certainly be next to impossible
to forget to mention one on this campus
who, if he doesn’t at least make the stu
dents think, he does make them work.
Dr. Reynolds, of course. Very few pro
fessors from any school display such in
terest in the student’s obtaining of know
ledge and yet, at the same time and with
out appearing the least bit pedantic, pursues
the substance of his chosen field with
energy and scholarship.
The last note of praise has been saved
for an institution on this campus rather
than an individual. The institution is made
of people, of course, but they work as
a unit for the most part and they work
through this unit to improve the condi
tions and the status of Elon (College The
reader may call the editor prejudiced, but
if he stops and considers he will have to
admit that no other such institution has
accomplished the same results in as short
a time.
The reference is to the history depart-
n ent. as you may have guessed. No one
csn deny that the most prestigious person
on the facHlty is today and was last year
the chairman of the department. Enthusi-
, ni for the subject matter, tolerance of
opinions, ability in the field, and a certain
sympathetic rapport with the students and
with reality are qualities that are unsur
passed by perhaps many other depart-
menis in many other colleges.
Education Pays
An office machine broke down and after
all the geniuses on the staff had tried
to fix it, an expert was called in. He
turned the machine on, listened to it for
a few minutes, turned one screw a half
turn, and the machine was repaired.
At the end of the month, the company
received a bill for $160. The office man
ager hit the ceiling and wrote for an
itemized statement. In his letter, he ex
plained exactly what the expert had done.
In a few days, he received an itemized,
statement that read: "For turning me
screw: 16c; for knowing how far to ftjrn
screw: $159.84.”