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Maroon and Gold
Thursday, May 7, 1970
Spring Activities
Started By Greeks
Pf, Lorson Prois6S ProtGstors
By Roger Oliver
With pledging and ini
tiation over, Elon Greeks
have turned to other
spring activities, such
as banquets, public ser
vice, and fund raising.
Iota Tau Kappa,with
the help of its sister so
rority, Beta Omicron
Beta, conducted a suc
cessful Blood Drive on
April 14. The fraters
have also been helping the
Elon College home by giv
ing parties and taking the
children out to various
functions. The fraternity
held its banquet on April
25.
Tau Kappa Epsilon is
resting following its Pub
lic Service Week-end.
This year the fraters
cleaned, painted and re
paired North Park in Bur
lington on the weekend of
May 1. The annual Red
Carnation Ball was held
on April 18 in Raleigh on
the 20th floor of the new
Holiday Inn. It was a great
success. A truck wash is
planned to raise money.
New president is Rodney
Miller.
TKE’s sisters. Pi Kap
pa Tau, held their banquet
April 25 in Winston-
Salem. As usual, it was
a tremendous affair. The
sisters are continuing to
serve as usherettes at
Lyceum and other pro
grams. Work in the va
rious offices of Ala
mance, is helping to build
the sorority's treasury.
De Dehart will serve as
president next year.
Walton Leads
Tennis Team
By Ernie Wilkinson
The Elon College ten
nis team is enjoying per
haps its best season in
the past ten years. Coach
Jerry Tolley attributes
much of the credit for
this to John Waltoi*.
John Walton is a sen
ior from Burlington,
North Carolina. He is the
captain of this year’s
team. This is the second
time in as many years
that he has assumed this
position. John hasbeenon
the tennis team at Elon
for all of his four years
here. For the past two
years he has assumed the
number one position and
is recognized throughout
the Carolinas Conference
as a very strong tennis
player.
Coach Tolley says that
John is having “a very
fine year” and he is be
coming stronger as the
season progresses.
Coach Tolley speaks
highly not only of John’s
playing ability, but of his
leadership abilities. John
has had a great two years
as captain of the team.
Coach Tolley gives a
great deal of credit for
his (Coach Tolley) know
ledge of tennis to John.
Tolley said, “1 was new
to the game and John help
ed me a great deal.”
As for honorary
Greeks, Alpha Psl Omega
tJledtces Bill Shaver, Bill
Swartz and A1 Watson
have been cleaning up the
Elon Campus as part of
their pledge project.
“Where are most of Florida’s
{antaslic floating islands?”
These floating islands, masses of
vegetation that actually move about
in the water, are located in Lake
Griffin Stale Park, three miles north
of Leesburgh, in one of the largest
lakes in central Florida.
“WhicK bird flies the farthest
round trip during its annual
migration?”
The long distance migration rec
ord probably belongs to the Arctic
tern, a sea bird which breeds within
8 degrees of the North Pole and
winters in the Antarctic regions at
the other extremity of the earth.
To do this, the tern must fly about
12,000 miles in each direction.
By Betty Anderson
Speaking before a
group of Elon College stu
dents and faculty mem
bers, Dr. Arthur Lar
son explored the subject
of "Protests, Extremism
and the Not-So-SilentMa
jority” Friday, April 24
in McEwen Dining Hall.
Dr. Larson, a one time
adviser to Presidents
Kennedy and Johnson, is
a true diplomat, scholar,
and statesman.
In his speech, he stat
ed that there is a defi
nite difference between
legitimate protestors and
the extrem ists such as the
Weathermen and the
Black Panthers.
According to Dr. Lar
son, most protest today
has stemmed from the
Vietnam War. Perhaps
not all protests are about
the war itself but the
fact that we got ourselves
into it. Dr. Larson seem
ed to feel that we should
not have gotten involved
in the first place and
that there is no legitimate
action that we can now
take to get out.
In 1964, the people of
the United States voted for
President Lyndon John
son who escalated the
war. The fact that we,
as -Americans, elected
him left us no other means
for protest except ille
gitimate channels.
According to Dr. Lar
son, Martin Luthur King
was successful in his
movement. The American
Negro has progressed
much in the past ten
years. Before 1963, the
extremists in our coun
try were on the “Right
side such as The John
Birch Society and the Min-
utemen. Now, however,
they are on the left wing.
Behind every act of
civil rights legislature
there has been an act of
violence such as the kill
ing of M. Evers and the
assault on Meredith. This
proves that violence
spurs adversaries to ac
tion. Each act of violence
on the extreme right
The Colonnades: In Review
By David Spicer
After a year’s absence
from Elon, the COLON
NADES was published re
cently, This magazine,
which is a student pub
lication, has in the past
achieved a reputation for
selecting only a small
group of student’s work.
This year, however, the
magazine swerved from
this course and repre
sented many students who
had not published before
(only four, as a mat
ter of fact, had been se
lected for COLONNADES
publication in the past).
It also offered a wide
variety of artistic gen
res: poetry, fiction, dra
ma, sketches, and photo
graphy. Although some of
the material in the Col
onnades was very medio
cre, the magazine con
tained many works which
testify to the fact that
many Elon students are
creative, thinking beings
instead of the blobs they
are stereotyped as. These
works also testified that
the COLONNADES should
be published every year.
Perhaps the greatest
fault in the magazine was
its editing. The magazine
received many works that
were rejected for reasons
not related to their value
as literary accomplish
ments. Instead of publish-
llshing poems that por
trayed life as it is to
day; 1. e. as brutal and
realistic, it printed sen
timental feelings ex
pressed in poetic feeling.
The main thing the edi
tors failed to recognize
was that poetry must be
concise and concrete in
order to be called poetry.
Just because a student
spurts out fourteen lines
in a poetic rather than
prose form, it does not
mean that those lines con
stitute a poem. The only
works that really could
as poems,
case, good
be classified
and in this
poems of considerable
literary value, were
“White Joy” and “Soul
at Peace’ by Barry
Simpson, “Summer Sha
dows” by Bonnie Dor
man, the untitled poem on
page 22 by Carl Reynolds,
‘With My Eyes” by John
E. Cheek, “Cyanlow” by
James B, Kelly, and “Sea
Change” by William C.
Ramsey. The remaining
poetry was not poetry at
all; it was just maudlin
feelings hurried out on
paper and forgotten about
after 15 minutes.
The remainder of the
COLONNADES, excepting
the drama, was superb.
The short stories for the
most part illustrated
craftsmanship by their
authors. Especially ex
cellent were “Thanks
giving on Fountain Plaza”
by Sue Smith and “God
Won’t Care” byNitaOnu-
frak. These two stories
showed considerable art
istry, skill, and talent on
the part of the authors.
The art work was ex
cellent. Combined with
the attractive layout, the
texture, and the color of
the paper, it contributed
to be artistically appeal
ing to one’s eyes.
instigated legislation
which defeated that
same side. In other
words, according to Dr.
Larson, violence defeats
its purpose.
Dr. Larson further
stated that the majority
of the people can not be
listened to. President
Nixon was elected by the
^‘Silent Majority” andhad
no backing from strong
minority groups such as
Negroes or Puerto Ric
ans. If he listens to his
electors, he will over
look the rights of minor
ity groups. However, the
minority has to have a
voice.
According to Dr. Lar
son, we need liberals in
the majority to sympa
thize with minority
groups. Without them,the
United States has real
problems. Legitimate
protest is useful and good
and the President must
listen to the protestors.
Extremists, however,are
defeating their purpose.
Texas Hoe-Down
“Ya’ll Come”
All Campus Texas din
ner, Tuesday, May 19,
1970
Longhorn Steaks will be
Char-Broiled outdoors-
Weather Permitting.
MENU
Red River or Cactus Juice
Charcoal Broiled Long
horn Steak with Cowboy
Cap
Baked Gold Nugget Pota-
toe withT umbleweed Sauce
Ranch-House Pinto Beans
Medley of Texas Vege-
t3.bl6S
Sierra Salad with Wilder
ness Dressing Or
Jamboree Fruit Salad
with Honey Nectar Dress-
Sour Dough Biscuit and
Cornpone with Wild Cur
rant Sauce
Rio Grande Pecan Cake or
Sweet Potatoe Pie
To be served at Mc
Ewen and Harden Dinini
Halls from 4:30 to 6:00PM
Earn Funds This Summer
Students, over 18 years
of age, can earn $600 per
Pop -Rock Splits
(Continued from page 2)
a person who is extreme
ly happy in his present
situation. If any one song
were to stand out from
the others, it would be
“Maybe I’m Amazed,” a
song which I believe will
rank with his classics of
“Hey Jude,’ ’ and “Yes
terday.”
In the past it has been,
in the majority of cases,
bad luck for a person to
break from a group and
try to make it on his own.
But, in the future, I be
lieve we will see more
of the big name groups
splintering or dissolving
and a major emphases
placed on the individual
artist and his indivi
dual work.
month this summer while
working for P.F. Collier,
Inc., the publishing and
distributing company for
Collier’s Encyclopedia.
In addition to the salary
the employment can lead
to scholarships, trips,
prizes and awards.
Students accepted for
the summer employment
will have the opportunity
to work in the location of
their choice in cities
throughout North and
South Carolina.
All students interested
in applying for this em
ployment should mail
promptly information
such as name, school ad
dress and phone number,
home address and phone,
and area preferred to:
Mr. James R. Kirkman,
Jr. District Manager,817
American Building, 201 S.
Tryon St., Charlotte, N.C.
28202;
COLOIMNADES