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MAROON AND 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
Paul Bleiberg Co-c-ditor
James Payne ..Co-Editor
Ken Hollingsworth Associate Editor
Russell Schetroma Associate Editor
David Johnson Entertainment Editor
Eddie Osborne Sports Editor
Bob Williams Sports Editor
H Reid Alumni Editor
Luther N.”Byrd Faculty Advisor
REPORTORIAL STAFF
Richard Adams, Claes Alexanderson, Nancy Boone,
Sam Boroody, Judy Caines, Tom Campion, Sandy
Carrington, Stanley Cocke, Larry Collins, Shannon
Doolittle, Monty Duncan, Wanda Edwards, Walter
Gose, Timothy Green, Keith Handy, William Her
bert , Eleanor Hill, Holly Hollingsworth, Vickie Hor
ner, Linda Jordan, Lloyd Kanipe, Richard Lee, Jim
my Lunsford, Kay McCauley, Jim McClure, Don
Martin, Lynn Michael, John Michaels, Robert Mona-
celli, Richard Moon, William Motz, Carl Mulholland,
Aleda Pope, Jeannette Robinette, Beth Rountree,
Wayne Smart, Sandra Wrenn^
MAROON ANO GOLD
MARCH 29.1968
Dr. Scott Retiring
From College Post
Dr. William T. Scott,
Sr., veteran minister of
the United Church of
Christ, who has served as
director of church rela
tions for Elon College
since September 1963,
will retire from his posi
tion with the college this
weekend, with his retire
ment becoming effective
on Sunday, March 31st.
A native of Ramseur
and a graduate of Elon
College, Dr. Scott went
on from Elon to graduate
from the Yale University
Divinity School and also
did advanced studies at
Columbia University and
the Union Theological
Seminary in New York.
He received the hono
rary degree of Doctor
of Divinity from Pied
mont College in Dema-
rest, Ga., and later was
granted the honorary
Doctor of Laws degree
by Elon College.
He served pastorates
on churches in North
Carolina, Ohio and Vir
ginia and served for seven
years as superintendent
of the Florida and Geor
gia Conferences and of the
Southeast District of the
Board of Home Missions
for the Congregational
Christian Churches, hav
ing headquarters in Jack
sonville. Fla.
He later served from
l'M6 until 1960 as super
intendent of the Southern
Convention of Congrega
tional Christian Churches,
holding that post when the
Congregational Christian
Churches joined with the
Evangelical and Reform
ed Church to form the
present United Church of
Christ.
Dr. Scott came from a
pastorate at Chuckatuck,
Va., to become director
of church relations for
hlon in 1963 and has since
worked toward improve
ment of relations between
the churches and the col
lege.
During the same period
he has been working on a
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Retires
■&, -9 •• I?
DR. W. T. SCOTT
Elon Players
Win Honors
At Festival
The Elon Players had a
triumphal trip to Catawba
College for the annual dis
trict dramatic festival,
held there on March 15th
and 16th by the Carolina
Dramatics Association,
for the Players earned
both group and individual
honors.
The Elon Player pre
sentation of Samuel Beck-
et’s ‘‘Waiting for Godot,”
offered under the direc
tion of Prof. Edward Pil-
kington, won a “Distin
guished” rating and will
advance to the annual
statewide dram atics fes -
tival to be held at Chapel
Hill next Friday and Sat
urday, April 5th and 6th.
In addition to the high
rating won by this play,
there was also an indivi
dual honor for Jim Gil
lespie, of Taftville,Conn.,
who was named as ‘‘Best
Actor” in the play. Gil
lespie played the role of
Estragon, one of two hobo
characters who held lead
ing parts in the Becket
play.
Other honors came to
the Elon Player group
when two one-act plays
were given “Excellent”
ratings in the district con
tests at Catawba College.
They were the two short
plays of “Rough Draft,”
directed by Jay Wilkin
son, and ‘‘No Why,” which
was given under the di
rection of Nancy Boone.
In addition to Jim Gil
lespie, other Elon stu
dents who will represent
the college in the state
festival at Chapel Hill
next week in presentation
of “Waiting For Godot”
are Bill Bradshaw, of
Taftville, Conn.; Paul
Bleiberg, of Wilmington,
Del.; Gordy Payne, of Do
ver, N.J.; and Sam Ro
berson, of Burlington.
A
Beneath
The Oaks
BY
RUSSELL SCHETROMA
Located on the first
floor of Long Student Cen
ter is a suite of rooms
approached with fear and
trembling by many Elon
students. From the out
side there seems to be
no difference between this
suite and any other rooms
opening onto the main
hall. The door is the same
as all the others—except
for a small off-white tag
which reads: “Student
Health Service,Hours...”
These rooms have been
provided so that Elon stu
dents would be assured of
having medical help
whenever it is needed. A
staff of two doctors and
a nurse has been provid
ed. With such a well equip
ped facility as this one
might wonder how anyone
could develop the almost
complete lack of confi
dence in the school’s
Health Service found a-
mong many students.
Tales of mistaken diag
nosis and improper treat
ment have become so
rampant among students
recently that some have
begun to refer jokeingly
to the Health Service of
fice as the laboratory for
Genocide 211!
This is a very unheal
thy situation whether the
student claims of mal
treatment be false or
true. If false, this fact
must be brought to light
so that their spread will
be stopped. ‘How can one
expect even the world’s
greatest physician to
really help someone who
is terrified that his ap
pendix will be removed
when his only problem is
a sore throat?) If the
stories be true, this too
must be brought to light
so that the proper Ad
ministrative authorities
can take action to im
prove the situation im-
Why
Is It?
By JAMES PAYNE
Why is it that the U-
nited States has not won
the war in Vietnam ?Right
now this question is on
the minds of many Amer
ican citizens and espe
cially of us male col
lege seniors who will
probably soon receive a
free ticket to this small
Asian country?
The I'nited States has
been fighting in Vietnam
almost as long as we
were fighting in World
War II. In World War II
the United States com
pletely defeated two pow
erful enemies, but after
more than three years of
jungle fighting in the small
half-country of North
Vietnam, victory does not
seem to be in sight. Ihe
United States now has
more than 500,000 troops
stationed in Vietnam,but
when newscastors depict
the battles and bombing
raids occurring there,
none talk of victory.
After two years of con
tinuous bombing, why
hasn’t this country been
able to destroy North
Vietnam? Congressman
Gerald Ford seems to
believe that the Johnson
Administration has hin
dered the air war by li
miting the targets that
the American pilots can
bomb. Ford’s charts
on “Strategic Targets in
North Vietnam” showed
that only about 32% of
the strategic targets in
North Vietnam have ever
been hit by a bomb. I he
Pentagon did not dispute
any of Congressman
Ford’s figures.
Senator Stuart Syming
ton read to the Senate a
number of statements
made to him by American
pilots in Vietnam conclud
ing thattheAmericin air
men are given instruc
tions, numbering seven
pages, which designate
what can and cannot be
bombed in North Viet
nam.
General John P. Mc
Connell, Chief of Staff
of the linited States Air-
Force stated in a Detroit
speech last year that
the war in Vietnam could
he won “vitually over
night” if rhe President
would permit the Air
I'orce to do so. (non
nuclear weapons). “Kvcn
Admiral Roy L. Johnson,
as C.ommander and Chief
of the I 'nited States Pa
cific Fleet, said that
the Seventh Fleet could do
the job in a day or two
if rhe Navy were given
the orders to blockade the
port of Haiphong.” Yet,
no orders have been giv
en.
The Soviet Minister of
merchant marine boasted
in June of 1967 that more
than 30 Soviet ships trad
ed each day with Nor±
Vietnam. Yet, the Navy
is not allowed to stop
this constant flow of war
supplies.
On September 1,1967,
the Senate Preparedness
Investigating Subcommit
tee urged that the Pres
ident should issue orders
to blockade the port of
Haiphong and to strike
“all meaningful targets
with military signifi
cance”. It seems no im
mediate action if any has
ever been taken as of yet.
The old saying “Never
change horses in the mid
dle of a stream”, depicts
the political i)rofit that
war has sometimes
brought to the admini-
stratit)n in power at that
time. In reference to the
reverses the administra
tion suffered in the elec
tion of I9C)6 and the pre
sent “End rhe War” at-
iitude of the American
public, it seems there is
no way Johnson can reap
a profit from a prolonga
tion and continuation of
the war.
The first law of a poli
tician is to obtain rc-
election, yet the war con
tinues and all appease
ments to Hanoi and Mos
cow for peace have ap
parently completely fail
ed. Yet Johnson seems
to refuse to use any of the
solutions pointed out hy
his advisors to end the
war. Why?? Is the pre
sent administration a-
fraid of the nuclear
strength of Russia?
***ln two weeks, a look
at the above question **
mediately.
To help find the truth
about what is going on in
this rather distasteful
situation, a bill has been
prepared for submission
to the Student Senate ask
ing for a full Senate in
vestigation. The commit
tee conducting this inves
tigation would hopefully
get to the bottom of things
and from their findings
be able to suggest solu
tions to whatever prob
lems they find.
This year’s Senate has
been extremely active and
has passed many bills re
quiring polls to be taken
of student opinion so that
the S.(;.A. could base its
future plans upon the ex
pressed desire of the stu
dent body, students arc
urged to communicate
their thoughts on this vital
issue to their Senators in
order that the Senate may
act on this bill in accord
ance with the opinion of
the majority of the stu
dents.
If the bill be passed,
it is also suggested tnai
any students who have cx
perienced the claimed
maltreatment at the ha
of the Health Serv cc
make their stories avau
able to the committee s
that its work will be ba.
on first hand information,
not gossip.