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CLARION
DECEMBER 9, 1950
Gaither’s, Jones, Bookstore;
THREE CHEERS!
There is, it seems, always a time for a grumble, a
grouch, or a gripe. But this is not it! Now, in the season
of brotherly love, we issue three cheers for services ren
dered to us by Gaither’s, the college bookstore, and Jones’
news stand.
Needless to say, the CLARION has been struggling in
the red since the year “one.” This problem is one that the
staff set out to remedy early this year. We’re nearing ac
complishment! The one way that we deemed a sure-fire
means was to operate the dormant concession stand at the
home football games. It worked!
But it wouldn’t have!
It wouldn’t have, had it not been for the cooperation
of the three named businesses—in selling foods to us at
cost—and, again, we echo our thanks to them—to Gaith-
6r’s, bookstore, and Jones’—for their ready cooperation.
Things wouldn’t be complete without thanking the
student body for the fine support they offered. Too, the
Athletic Association was kind in letting us use the stand.
We need continued help in our endeavor to keep the
CLARION bankbook stable.
THE CLARION STAFF,
W. Ray Cain, Jr., Business Manager.
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Your Feet Are Too Heavy;
ONLY FAIRIES CAN WALK ON GRASS
In the constitutional meetings many objections were
voiced against the penalty for walking on the grass. Some
said that it sounded babyish and that any college student
should not have to be penalized for such a trivial thing.
Others expressed the opinion that if a general request
were issued that the students not walk on the grass, they
certainly would not do it.
Such a request was issued, and the penalty was taken
out of the demerit system. Regardless of this the students
and faculty continue to walk on the grass; and that path
by West Hall grows wider and wider.
EXCHANGETTE COLUMN
Editorial Comments
SILENCE IS GOLDEN
Although the pro’Jierb is old
and greatly unheeded these days,
“Silence is golden”! How much
can be accomplished in a peaceful
atmosphere?
If all of us were quiet all the
time, it certainly would be a dull
world, but here on our campus,
we have completely dismissed the
word “quiet” from our thoughts
and vocabulary.
When a telephone rings, there
are at least a dozen others gath
ered around it besides the person
who is talking, and each is anxi
ous to send a message to the party
at the other end of the line; as a
result, the chatter grows louder
and louder until each one is shout
ing in order that he might be
heard above everyone else. To add
to the cjoinfusion, “Zana, Zana,
Zana” is blaring forth from the
shack loud enough to be heard all
over the campus, and down the
hall a radio is twanging its “corny
commercials.” On the second floor,
a heightened conversation meets—
one person is on the third floor,
one on the first; after various at
tempts they finally understand
one another, but by that time the
whole dormitory has assembled
the bits into a choice piece of
gossip!
—THE INDIAN
Newberry College,
Food gone up; ain’t got no heat.
Here I set with two cold feet
Wish they’d pave that Barrack path.
The dern bell’s early; I’m late for math.
Havin’ fun—I don’t know how!
Food is good—eat like a cow!
Don’t hear nothin’ but fuss and strife.
Ma said that was college life.
Hate to write that English theme.
May just as well sit here and dream.
Huh. I would if I wuz bold . . .
Can’t, ’cause I’m so doggoned cold.
Guess I oughta get on the ball
Get to class at old West Hall. . .
Written “Hurriedly”
TOM FRESHMAN . .
AROUND THE CAMPUS WITH
BONNIE HAWKINS
Well, it won’t be long now be
fore all of us are going home for
the holidays, leaving our Joes and
Sals here on the campus, and tak
ing up there where we left off
last September. They say that
“absence makes the heart grow
fonder,” but you can’t tell us that
old story unless, of course, you
add that last phrase of that pro
verb which goes, “of somebody
else.” We’ll all spend a happy va
cation with the “ones we left be
hind” and then about January
fourth, come back to the general
routine here on the campus. Now
that’s really a double life for ya!
We know another old saying
v/hich goes like this: “‘Two’s a
company and three’s a crowd.”
Now if there’s any truth in this
statement we’ll betcha we know
several couples on the campus who
were pushed for room about the
time of the Thanksgiving dance!
We thought you might be in
terested in a little bit of broaden
ing news to take home with you in
this issue of your superb paper
(had to get that plug in; that’s
v/hat we’re hired for!) and ponder
over it as a source of entertain
ment while you’re taking that long
bus trip home. Well, even if it is
a short trip, this article won’t be
that long. You’ll be able to read
it before you get out of the city
limits—that is, of course, if you
don’t try to make any sense out of
it.
Our student body president and
Alice Leggett were attractive as
well as efficient hosts at the
Thanksgiving dance. This is more
or less a new campus couple.
There was a birthday party in
the rec hall the other night for
Clarence Blythe and Carol Carter,
and everything was as pretty as
a picture. And that cake, it was a
beauty all done up in pink and
white icing. Here’s a belated but
sincere “Happy Birthday” wish for
both of you.
One of our steadiest couples on
the campus known to all as “Pea
nut” and “Max.” The air moving
above their heads is quiet once
again, but don’t breathe too deep.
This might not last until the pa
per comes out. It must be true
love or something of that nature,
because, if you’ve ever noticed,
they always manage to get things
patched up after their violent
quarrels.
Now, if you don’t believe that
some people on this campus are
accomodating, just take a gander
at the sudden two-somes which
have sprung up so that we would
have something with which to fill
up this space. Recently we’ve
seen the following couples to
gether: Carol Carter and Mark
Shuford, Nancy Medford and Tom
Roberts, Barbara Hall and Jim Dil
lard, Earl Seckinger and Norma
June Merritt, and Dottie Gay Rock-
wood and John Randall.
That telephone in Taylor Hall
is a busy little instrument these
days. We’re just surprised that
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STAFF
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Editor-in-Chief Jean Parrish
Associate Editors Reid Gilbert, Tom Neal
Feature Editor Bonnie Hawkins
Feature Writers Joyce Brand, Carolyn Collins,
Dot Dellinger, Ben Steele, Helen Hayes
Reporters Dot Wallace, Worth Wilkerson,
Pat Carter, Joan Williams, Joan Gamble
Sports Editor John Randall
Sports Writer Harold Tolbert, Mary Grace Nance
Artist Wilburn Harrison
Business Manager W. Ray Cain, Jr.
Associate Manager Martha Bishop
Business Staff Caroline King, Lawson Bingham,
Barbara Hall, Clinton Tutterow, Betty
Shepherd, Tommy Caldwell
Secretarial Staff Bettie Huff, Jean Arledge,
Geraldine Barrier, Mary Alice Hollifield
Faculty Advisor Philip Kennedy