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MAROON AND GOLD
February g,
fl^aroon and ®oltJ
Member of tlie North Carolina Colle
giate Press Association
Published Weekly by the Students of
ELON COLLEGE
Entered at the Post-Office at Elon Col
lege, N. C., as second-class matter.
Two Dollars Per College Year
Lloyd J. Bray Editor
Sion M. Lynara Managing Editor
R. H. Gunn Business Manager
P. D. Rudd Ass’t Business Manager
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Herbert Scholz Editor for Alumni
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Advertising Rates Upon Request
THIS WEEK S POEM
By Sion M. Lynam
WINDS OF THE SOUTH
Speak to me softly, wiiuls of the South,
Tell me a tale fron that land;
Whisper a story ol: love-softeneil eyes,
Moonlig-lit, and oce;ui-l)cat sand.
Croon me to sleep, warm winds of the
South,
Sing me a lullaby sweet,—
One you have oauglit as you’ve wan
dered along
Over the field and the street.
Kiss down uiy ^'yelids, winds of the
Soutli,
Whisper the love-words you know,
H eard in the moonlight on yesterday ^s
eve.
Fresh from the heart's overflow'.
Promise me, whispering winds of the
South,
Promise me summer again.
Smooth out the wrinkles which winter
has left,
Love from ?ny heart all the pain.
Sweet is your message, winds of the
South,
Laden with story and song,
Promising spring with its moonlight
anil hope;
Winds of the Soutli, linger long.
GOVERNOR MORRISON’S
APPEAL
Elon feels grateful for the
splendid support that it is receiv
ing frohi the officials of the state.
Recently E. C. Brooks, Superin
tendent of Public Instruction,
very kindly pledged his support
to the college in its hour of need
and encouraged the people of the
state to do likewise. Governor
Cameron Morrison has shown his.
appreciation of the institution in
a liberal way also by appealing
to the state for its support.
With the pressure of official
duties that is being brought to
bear upon the Governor at the
present time it is admirable that
he should turn aside for a time to
offer his sympathy and aid to
Elon.
It is difficult to express in even
a small way our appreciation of
Governor Morrison's and Doctor
Brooks’s sympathy pnd inteiest.
The most effecti\e way to express
it, it seems, is to continue the
good record the college has estab
lished and continue to lend the
aid of the institution to the educa-
timal development of the yot^g
men and young women of tLe
state.
“THE SCHOOLMASTER”
The journalistic world has giv
en sanction to the entrance into
its realm of a newly-created sheet.
“The Schoolmaster'’ is the offi
cial publication of the.Schoolmas
ters Club of Alamance County.
The paper is published bi-weekly.
The purpose of the Schoolmas
ters Club is 10 pl-Tce the paper in
the homes of all citizens of Ala
mance and seek to stimulj.te
among these citizens a greater in
terest in the educational work of
the countv.
This journal which has so re
cently r»ade its debut in journal
istic society promises to be a large
factor in moulding the opinion
of Alamance County for greater
educational facilities.
The art form and art content
of the paper are worthy of com
mendation. The technical make
up of the paper is especially at
tractive. The two most promi
nent factors that will probably go
to make thet paper famous are
that Ralph S. Rainey is editor and
that the printers are the Burling
ton Printing Company.
Mr, Rainey before being gradu
ated from Elon was editor of Ma
roon and Gold, He served ad
mirably in this capacity and is
again displaying his ability in
journalism by his appearance in
the columns of The Schoolmaster,
No paper can be successful
withput a careful and painstaking
|)rinter. This The Schoolmaster
has found in the Burlington Print
ing Company, This company is
rapidly becoming the outstanding
college printing establishment of
the state. Thej* are now print
ing upwards of a dozen vari
ous publications and are continu
ally receiving new contracts.
PROFESSOR JACKSON
Professor Jackson of the North
Carolina College for Women is
an outstanding figure in the study
of the race problem (as we term
it in the South').
In speaking at Elon Sunday
night, Professor Jackson present
ed one of the most eloquent, un
biased, and common-sense argu
ments for the' advancement of the
negro race that could be delivered
from a platform. Professor Jack
son made clear that he was not
representing the negro, but that
he was concerned with what
might happen to the Anglo-.Sax-
ons if they were to remain in the
rut for the sole purpose of hold
ing the negro there.
Professor Jackson has a rich
store of knowledge of the negro
problem which he has secured
first-hand: and it is to men of his
type that the country must look
for the clearing up of the vision
of the public t(i the extent that
they can get an intelligent view
of the situation and begin the up
lift of the negrp race,' Not for
their benefit alone, but for our
own welfare also.
T
THE MASTER
He likes his work ; !us hoart is i-eaily
in it.
It is a privih^se and not a woe.
TIf> yets sonu' pleasure out of every
.minute.
And so fh(» minutes \ery swiftly jro.
It matters not to him what hour is
stvikinj;.
lie calmlv lets the old clock tick away;
1I(‘ woi-ks Ix'canse his work is to his
likinfj.
And not because the whistle ends the
day.
He reckons not the time and the endeavor
He must iu\est to do his labor well:
lie puts-his mind and sjjirit in it ever.
With this o’ershadowing pur})ose—to
excel.
'ilie ”'oal toward which lie struj^jjles is
I>erfection,
And to himself his best he always asks,
Forever striving; in the riylit direction.
Such men are always masters of their
tasks.
—('Jurrncc /J. I'fi/nn.
Modern Turkish girls no longer live
sefduiled lives. They are woi’king in
offices, some as bank clerks, some as
bookkeepers. Many are studying medi
cine and electrical engineering and oth
ers are going in for agriculture. All
are ])reparing for careers of usefulness.
The “charshaf’’ or veil has been modi
fied to a mere scarf, extremely charnr-
ing and attractive in its simplicity.
A l.^-year-old Ogden^ Utah, school
boy has trained a wild cat to follow
him to school eacli day.
CLASS! ATTEN-SHUN!
Dear Billy;
In preparing ourself to teach if need
be w’e attends practice school, and T
have made so good at it that the other
day they turned me loose -with a sure
enuff class w’hat had junyurs and sen-
yurs in it and here is how I took the
blue ribbon:
Class! Atten-sbun!
‘ ‘ We -will now' have the reading of
the roll call. Any man w'hat answers
in two voices for his friends will be
licked after class.”
Then ■ we had the roll call without
casualties. The class I was teaching
was American boys and girls studying
English and I took them into litrature.
“Who wrote Canterbury tales?”
This was the answers, “Simon I)e
Montfort, Walt Mason, Charles Mar
tel.’’ I puts it to the general vote
and Mark Twain got it.
Xext cpiestion, “Who is the autlior
of the Complete Angler?” and they an
swers Iwe Walton. “Wrong” says T.
“w’here do you get your ignorance?
Ike Walton wrote about fishing and the
(’oniplete Anglej was written by Sir
Fzeac Newton, because it is a work on
Math and Geometry.’’’ They couldn't
get by that cause it is logic.
“Who writes this weaks poem?"
They yells “Signem Lynem.” “Here,’’
says T with jueanness in my voice, wdien
you apeak of an alive man say '‘!Mis-
ter.Dont open no remarks with no
first name. Besides we was all wrong
cause there wasn’t no ]>oeni that weak.
Every class has two or more Aint-W'e-
its what bothers instructors. One of
them says, “Professor, does you always
speak good English?” I says yes, ex
cept w'hen I is dow'u at the sea ports
and then I speaks Portugeese.” That
liked, to killed him, cause the class
laffed at him and he had to laugh too
at himself.
One of the pretty girls says, “Mr.
Smith, please recite us some Shake-
speer. ” She was pretty, so I quoted
from Twelf Night wdiere Diago takes
the 13th chair at the banquet in Du-
quesne Castle. You recalls the 13th
chair was between ]\Ir. and Mrs. Mac
beth and as Diago sat down Mrs. Mac
picked up the butter knife and this
scares Diago hysteric and he mutters;
“Twixt man and wife so set 1 down.
That rays of sunshine as the moon ap
pears
May see naught of Diago the fair,
Tn Flanders Pields! Ho Ivanhoe, bring
me the hatchet! ”
(Voices wdthont; “Go way from here,
Jacob Blake! ’ ’)
That armi'ci to tooth ’tw’ixt murders too
May I enjoy victuals trimmed with
wine
My Falcon Frets on Woolwortli heights,
With -eye i-ast in the northern ocean
where,
With stately tread, the Armada
Brings Dick of England, Coar de Lion,
Back from Priamg sunkist caves.
Where Cleo Pat lures Jiggs the Deb-
air
With corn beef hoof sans cabbage.
Ah, calm the wife of Mac drops table
ware
Which across our juggler vein will
sweep
Eventually—wiiy not now?’^
Then the whistle blowed.
Sinserely,
DUMBELL SMITH.
1923
A HOT GAME
The same opened. Molasses at tie
base. Smalli)()x was catching. Cigar waa
in the box. Jloni was idaying second
base, ('orn was in the field and Apple’
was umpire, when Ax came to the bat
he choi)]ied and let Brick walk and Saw.
dust filled the bases. Song made a
hit and Twenty made a score.
Foot of ;-'round kicked and said Apple
was' rotten. Balloon started to piteh'
and went straifislit up. Cherry tried it,
but was a wild one. When Spider
caujrht the fly the crowd cheered. Old
Ice ('ream kept cool as the gaine* went
on 'till he was hit by a pitched ball and
then you should have heard Ice Cream
(’abbaye had a .yood head a’nd kept quiet
Old Grass covered lots of ground with
luck. Organ refused to play, so Bread
loafed and put him out. In the fifth
inning Wind began to i)low about what
he could do. Hammer began to knock
then Trees began to leave. Knife was put
out for cutting first J>ase. There was lot
of betting on the game, but when Giass
fell the.v \\-ent broke, but Soap cleaned up,
They all kicked when Lights were put
out. 'I'he way they roasted 1‘eanuts wa?
a frigiit. Balloon went up iu the air
when Bags began to root. Scoi’e was
1 to 0 when A])])h' told Fiddle to take
first base. Oats was shocked. Song
made another hit and 'Prombone made
a slide and was put mt. ,Meat was at
the plate. 1'he score was 1 to 0 and the
game was o\-er.—//oirard Crimen.
DAY-LONG DISSIMILARITY
('olort'd (‘Quple stood f>uce a.irain he-
for‘ th(‘ jirobation ofhc'r.
“Now this." the otiicer said to both,
■‘seei)}s ,to me to b(* a cas»‘ where there is
nothing \'ery much the matter except
that your tastes are different. You, Sam,
are much older than your wife. It is a
case of May married to December.’’ j
A slight pause, and then Eva. the wife,
was hea)-d to remark in a tired voice: ;
*'I—1 really doan’ know what you |
means b.v yer saying May is married to
I>eceml)cr. If yer goin' to talk that way.
it seems to me to be a case of Labor Day
married i» de Day of Kest/'—^rcry
Itoth/s.
“E”
hat is the '1C on your sweater for”?
'riie (juestion led to thought.
And I thouglit of the price we })ay.
For things that can’t be bought.
#
This “i-r* was not had for asking,
\o pull helped put it there.
“F's** to many eyes look the same.
But costs do not compai’e.
Some have bc(‘n won for a lady.
She willed ir just that way.
And a ladj’s will is a deadly pull.
On the one within her sway.
My ‘'K'* came out of the turmoil.
' Out of the aching crash of the line,
As their goal-posts rept away from us.
rhe bulk of the .shame was mine.
Thus not for the love of a lady.
Or glory that might come to me.
Xo. I stood the gaff and learned to laugh,
That I miglit be worthy of the “E.’*
KADA.
FOR SALE—Two slightly used New
Year’s resolutions. 1923 model. Rea
son for selling, lack of time to use
them. Terms to suit freslimen. Sec
Editor of Simmon Seeds.
BADDA BEEZINESS
Dees one h'etle social hour.
She has too much da pullin power.
She bi’eaks da i)ur.se and twist da neck,
An pull da green hearts by da peck.
I dou like an In^re »x*s why.
Dees f'elin what can nu\ke you sigh,
Dees theeng 'love'* she don run right.
She niake you mad. she make you fight.
All day she pulla your mind away.
Like games da crazee i>eoples play.
Da W4*ary man he can no rest.
Weeth dreams a junijnn thru his chest.
Down in Mexeeco me hear.
Dey i»nll da boy cou^ by d,a ear.
Dey keels and lea\^>s heem in da dust.
Like girls what try my heart to bust.
I'll fight da man an lick da cow,
Bur bout dees otlu‘r matter now.
Me shake like rowboat on da sea.
\\ hen dees h.lon girls, dey smile at me.
Tony Tr('epo.
SI S II
JAKE BLAKE
SAYS:
Night hy night in every
fight, I is gittin’ mo’
rougher an’ tougher.
I HOW ARE YOU EDUCATED?
A [’niversity of (’hicago professor
says you are educated in the be.st sense
of the word if yon can say “Yes” to
these questions:
Has youi* ed\ication given you sym-
)>athy with all good causes and made you
es])ouse them?
lias it made you a bi*other to the
weak?
ILn-e you learned how to make friends
and keep them?
Do you know how to Ik* a friend
yourself?
C’an you look an honest man or pure
woman in the eye?
Do you see anything to love in a little
child?
Will a lonely dog follow' you in the
street ?
Can you be high-minded and happy j,
in life's mean('st drudgeries?
Do you think \Aasliing dishes ,
hoeing corn just as compatible with
high thinking as piano playing or golf? r
Are you good for anything yourself? |
Can you be hai>py alone?
('an yon look out on rhe world aud f
see anythiny: but »h)llars and cents?
Can you look into a mud puddle and \
see a clear sky? |
(’an you see anything in a mud jniddle 1
but mud? / ,!
Can you look into tlu> sky at night |
and see beyond the stars?—The CnUege
Said Peckingill, “I’ll make a still.
And work I won’t.”
He made did and tilf»d the swill.
And work again he don’t.
—Johns Hopkins Black and Blue Jay.
He—Is Joe ve^y simple? "
She—Simple! Ho thinks necking is
a new' kind of >c{>rf.—Brown Jug.
“There nevei was a privilege that
didn 't carry with it some responsibili
ties. Y’^ou’re a >'heat if you accept one
and neglect the other.”
It doesn’t pay to be crooked—look
at the corkscrews out of a job.—Chi
cago Phoenix.
It is now possible for aircraft to
cross the Sahark Desert safely by
rneans of a buried cable through which
an electric current flows. The current
influences delicate apparatus on the
plane or airship so that the pilot is able
to tell liis exact XJ®sition at a glance.
Preferred the Installment Plan
Bell (protestingly)—Don’t do that!
Jack—Dearest, don’t you crave affec
tion?
“Yes, but why treat me like a cafe
teria and help yourself?”—Pitt Pan
ther.
“John,” said the teacher, “if ^oal
is selling at $14 a ton and you pay
the dealer $65, how many tons will
he send you?’'
“A little over three tons, nia’m.’’
“Why, John, that is not right.
“No, ma’am, T know' it ain’t rigM,
but they all do it.”—Exchange.
“Warden,” said the criminal who
was ticketed to the gallows, “I
some exercise.”
“Just w’hat kind of exercise do
w’ant?’’ askel the warden.
“I’d like to skip the rope,” he
'ned.—Brooklyn Eagle.