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Elon Player
MAROON " GOLD
Dedicated to the best Interests of Elon College and
its students and faculty, the Maroon and Gold is pub
lished weekly during the college year with the excep
tion of holiday and examination periods at Elon College,
N.C. (Zip Code 27244), publication being in coopera
tion with the Journalism department.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Don Brown Co-Editor
Paul Bleiberg Co-Editor
James Payne Associate Editor
Ken Hollingsworth Associate Editor
Eddie Osborne Sports Editor
Joe Lee Sports Editor
H. Reid Alumni Editor
REPORTORIAL STAFF
Claes Alexanderson, Peggy Beale, Percy Benton,
Nancy Boone, Charles Boroody, Barbara Bugg, Bobby
Bulla, Tom Campion, Sandy Carrington, Janice Car
ter, Cathy Collins, Monty Duncan, Pete DeVault, Robert
Halstead, Keith Handy, Holly Hollingsworth, Barbara
Ippollto, Gary Jordan, Lloyd Kanipe, Jim Lunsford,
Glenda Lutterloh, Jim McClure, Lynn Michael, Robert
Monacelli, Richard Moon, Donald Morrison, J.W. Pace,
Jeannette Robinette, Rosalind Shoffner, Larry Small,
Ike Steele, Malcolm Sullivan, Ronnie Tugwell, Bill
Turner, Charlie VanLear, Tom Ward, Claire Webb,
Rebecca Whitaker, Bob Williams.
Welcome To Elon!
Friday, October 6, 1967
So What’s
New?
By PAUL BLEIBERG
The Maroon and Gold
staff, while stating its
editorial and news poli
cies last week, was some
what lacking in the true
spirit of hospitality,and
there was no special ex
pression of welcome to
the many newcomers who
are at Elon this year.
We do feel, however,
that all of you newcom
ers, whether you be mem
bers of the faculty,mem
bers of the freshman
class or just simply new
comers at some other
academic rank, will find
the oak-shaded and brick-
walled campus of Elon to
be a friendly place to live
and work.
There are many of
those who have been here
in previous years who
may be so engaged in the
rush of early-autumn du
ties that they may neglect
to say that magic word
of “Welcome,” but this
is to assure you^the new-
COMER
DR. CAROLYN ZINN
Dr. Carolyn Zinn, who
joined the faculty of the
Elon College history and
social science depart
ment as an assistant pro
fessor this fall, is a na
tive of Maryland and a
graduate of the Univer
sity of West Virginia.She
also holds the master’s
and doctor’s degrees
from West Virginia and
has taught at that insti
tution.
comers, that they meant
to say it.
As the months and the
years go by, and you your
selves become deeply in
volved in campus life and
duties, pass on that same
smile of welcome you
have received this autumn
of 1967.
This was a portion of
a conversation overheard
at the concession during
half-time of the Elon-
Guilford:
“Hello there, what are
you doing here?”
“1 came over to see
Guilford beat Elon.”
“You going to school
there this year?”
“Yeah, it’s a real good
school.”
Even though the Guil
ford fan may have gone
away disappointed (and
surprised?) over the out
come of the game, the
pride that was evident in
the statement that Guil
ford is a good school left
no doubt that his convic
tion could be shaken by
the loss of a football
game.
It seems to this writer
that we at Elon have tend
ed to let our basic pride
in our school fluctuate in
proportion to the win-loss
record accum ulated by the
football squad. Most ob
servers have commented
that “school spirit” di
minished during the years
of Elon s losing seasons.
This year may well be a
successful football year.
As a consequence school
spirit should improve
However, if the football
season does not go the
way we would like, we
Group Sets
Workshop
The Elon Players, stu
dent dramatic group on
the Elon College campus,
will hold a theatre work
shop in the college’s
Mooney Chapel Theatre
on Saturday of this week
for the high schools of
the surrounding area.The
workshop is set from 2
until 4 o clock.
This was announced by
Prof. Edward Pilkington,
faculty director of the
Elon College dramatics
program, who stated that
the workshop will feature
set design and construc
tion and proper make
up procedures.
He also stated that the
Elon Players will parti
cipate in a Carolina Dra
matics Association work
shop at Chapel Hill on
Tuesday, October 31st.
The Elon Players will
present “Styles of Act
ing” in that workshop
program.
Army Audit
Team Coming
Officials of the U. S.
Army Audit will be on
the Elon campus on
Thursday, October 11th,
to interview students in
terested in accounting
work with the organiza
tion. Those interested
may contact Prof. Alfred
Hassell to arrange ap
pointments with the group.
Elonites still have a heck
of a lot to be proud of.
Any time anyone steps
on a playing field or per
forms on stage in the
name of Elon, it only
makes sense that we
should support them be
cause they represent us—
you and me. Criticism
is deserved only when a
person is not doing his
best. Even the pro ath
lete may not complete
a pass now and then, or
a singer miss a note,
or a stage performer drop
a line. Why should we
expect more of someone
else than we do of our
own self?
Our basic pride in Elon
should not disappear just
because we have a lousy
season in some sport.
Elonites have other areas
to which they can point
with pride.
To name a few:
For the person who
really wants a liberal arts
education, Elon students
can cite the Liberal Arts
rorum which is supported
by them through the S. G
A.
The S. G. A. should
be a source of pride for
Elonites. The structure
provided by the constitu
tion is one which allows
participation by a large
number of students and
offers strong representa-
So what’s new? ..To
the freshman, the whole
concept of college life is
new. The so-called free
dom he now has with his
time to do with as he
pleases. Will he use it
wisely or waste it away?
The freshman’s environ
ment is new. He will meet
new friends, he will have
to put up with professors
he really doesn’t care
for, and above all he will
have to learn to eat the
Slater food.
As for the aging upper
classman, what is new
for him? He knows what
he is coming back to. He
has already experienced
the way of college life
and also the wayof Elon’s
life. To him, to see a
building in the making is
new for he knows that the
professors are the same
and the food can not get
any better. Something
else which is new for
the upperclassman is the
different ways he sees
Elon growing. Every time
he returns from summer
vacation he encounters
detours, long trenches,
deep holes, and let us not
forget the mud.
Let us now turn to the
physical aspect of Elon.
When completed, Ala
mance and Mooney build
ings will be just like new'.
Anyone who has had a
class in the old 300 Ala
mance and has one in that
room this semester can
now see enough to take
notes, (if he so desires).
All the lighting Is mod
ern and this greatly im
proves classroom condi
tions. It also helps to keep
the student awake during
those dreaded boring lec
tures he comes across
every “now and then”.
Let us hope that there
will be better chairs in
tion for the student.
Several courses offer
ed by Elon are somewhat
unique and practical,e. g.
Parliamentary Proced
ure and the Socioloorv
Seminar.
The dramatics depart
ment has been winner of
numerous awards in re
cent years. There is a
good possibility they may
be accepted to go to
France this year.
The Elon Singers and
Players will present the
second annual opera pro
duction in February. Last
year s “Die Fleder-
maus” was the first full
opera produced by the
Singers and Players. Few
schools in the state can
boast of a full scale opera
production admission
free.
The newly renovated
classrooms can bo a
source of pride for Elon
students. Now almost ev
ery classroom will pre
sent a pleasant atmos
phere conducive to study
and learning.
some of the rooms espe
cially for the person who
has a seventy-five minute
class. I have experienced
this, believe me, for I
have two of those mon
sters in succession.
Those chairs, if and when
they come, will be great
ly appreciated.
Something has also
been added to the student
union. They have put in
speakers and are piping
in music throughout the
building to the discretion
of the host or hostess.
This is very nice and adds
a great deal of “class,”
but wouldn’t it be nice
if instead of music they
piped in air? (aircondi-
tioned air that is)
After chapel on Fri
day, September 22nd, I
was told that Dr. Rey
nolds spoke to the juniors
and seniors on the im
portance of attendance
and how he was going to
try to have them more
interesting this year than
in the past. I hope he
succeeds.
In any case, I was al
ways under the impres
sion that chapel was
meant to broaden the
minds of the students and
in some respect, help
them along spiritually.
But because I was late
two minutes by the chap
el checker’s watch I was
not allowed to enter and
gain from that particular
day’s chapel message.
(Isn’t that a kick in the
head?)
I have never heard of
a House of Worship turn
ing away anyone for being
late and 1 feel that I lost
something for everyone
knows how good chapel is.
So for the person who
doesn’t want to lose twen
ty to thirty minutes of
pure knowledge be on time
to chapel.
The list of Elon’s bet
ter side can become ex
tensive, This is not to
say that Elonites have
nothing to com plain about.
Yet frequently we go to
the extreme of allowing
our complaining to kill
any and all sense of pride
we have in ourselves and
in Elon. When we reach
this point, it is time for
us to ask, “What are we
doing at Elon?”
Elon Football
Elon 28, Guilford 21.
Elon 13, Appalachian 34
(Remaining Games)
Oct. 7—Presbyterian, (A)
Oct. 14—Carson-Newman
( a;
Oct. 21—Catawba (A)
Oct. 28—West Carolina (H)
Nov. 4—Newberry, (A)
Nov. 11—Lenoir Rhyne (A)
Nov. 18—Frederick (H)
A Song
Of Elon
By KEN HOLLINGSWORTH