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Page Two MAROON AND GOLD March 26 1924 flj^aroon and Putlished Weekly by the Students of Elon College . Member of the North Carolina Colle giate Press Association Entered at the Post-Office at Elon Col lege, N. C., as second-class matter. Two Dollars Per College Year Sion M. Lynam Editor W. B. Terrell Managing Editor W. C. Elder Business Manager W. J. Apple AssH Business Mgr. J. N. Denton .... Advertising Manager J. O. Atkinson, Jr. .. Ass’t Adv. Mgr. J. H. Dollar Circulation Manager E. E. Snotherly. .Ass’t Cfrculation Mgr. Kate Strader .. Ass’t Circulation Mgr. Sallie Mae Oliver AssH Cir. Mgr. F. A. Rawles Publicity Editor C. W, Hook .... Editor for the Alumni Advertising Rates Upon Bequest JAKE BLAKE SAYS: Ma gal would make a hit in de sponsor sec tion ob de Annual. THIS WEEK’S POEM By Sion M. Lynam IF THE SUN GOES DOWN If ever the sun goes down, If ever the siiadows come, And wrap the town in a sable gown, Then I’ll go liome, jro home. If ever the sun goes clown Heyond the purple hill, And through jjrison bars shine God's own stars, ril mend my will, my will. If ever the sun goes down Ijike a c3'clops to his sleep, I'll welcome the mist, and the old, old tryst I’ve made I’ll ke«‘p. I'll keep. If ever the sun goes down, If ever I feel night’s breath. I’ll battle with fears and scorn the years, And go to my death, my death. A PERSONAL EDITORIAL Ever since my connection with Elon I have been closely linked up with Maroon and Gold. Qn my part at least the relation has been a pleasant one. I have tried to give it my best, and as I pass from the position as its Editor, and cease my relation to it, the readers who have followed it these four years may judge. As I passed from the place of honor bestowed by my fellows I felt that I wanted to break the conventions of present-day edi torial writing and write person ally. It was once good form, and in its going, I am not too sure that American newspapers did not lose something of value. Fol lowing the impulse of my heart I am writing personally. The paper has made a large place in my heart, for it I have a tenderness that I do not feel for any other organization or institu tion on Elon’s campus. I have watched it grow from a tiny lit tle sheet with three hundred cir culation and a constant deficit in to a larger sheet, of almost two thousand circulation, and with a fairly sound financial basis. This growth has not been due to my elTorts, but I love to think that maybe I had some little part in it. It will be a joy to me all the com ing years to have stood at its head. I have desired no other place of my fellows. They gave me the thing I wanted most, and therewith I have been content. There have been many times when the road has been rough and steep, but the joy of working for the thing which I have loved has made it easy to toil harder and to give more. It has cost sacri fice. Everything costs sacrifice, and to learn how to sacrifice is to learn life’s greatest lesson. I be lieve that Maroon and Gold has taught me this. There have been times w'hen I have had oppon ents—when the students have dis agreed and have spoken their mind, when the faculty and the trustees have disagreed and have spoken their mind. These ex pressions of opinion have not al ways been pleasing to me, but they have' helped me. What I have done, pleasing or displeas ing, has been done always for the best interest of the college and of the paper. I may have been in the wrong,—in some instances I now know that I was wrong; but then and there I could do but the best I knew, and I did it. As the new staff accepts the re sponsibility placed upon them by the students, I want to ask for them the loyal support and the kindly tolerance of all our read ers, students, alumni, and others. You have given me support and loyalty, but not so much as I hope that you will give to them. There are dark days ahead for them, and they will need what sunshine you can give. When anything which they do displeases you, say so frankly and tell why, but don't forget that when any thing pleases )^ou, say so just as frankly ; they will need that so much. I have asked for them some of the things which I have never had in a large measure, but I know the need of them. I believe in Maroon and Gold. I believe in the men and women who are to take it from my hands, and with your support it can be and will be the best college paper in the South. It may not be the largest, but size does not ahvays signify quality. We have striven for the best written news items possible, for pure English, and for an er rorless paper. We have not suc ceeded in this respect. There is much to do, but we are striving to pass on to them with the paper our aims and ideals, the aims and ideals which have guided those who founded the paper and who have stood before me in the place of honor. There are some, things which ought to be, and which must ulti mately come. I would not be fair to those who are to follow me if I did not mention them, some of them at least. Every member of the alumni should subscribe for and read the paper. The alumni should send in items and nevv's articles for the column which is allotted them. The college should put Maroon and Gold in its blanket fee as a part of matriculation. This is done for athletics, and I believe that a paper should have the same support that is given athletics. We have not had it. The college. I think, is due the paper that much. It would make it easier. The college should grant credit for w'ork on the paper. It retains a privilege of criticism, and I know, having come now to the end of my work, that it has been worth more to me than any course I have taken, any two I can say, I feel that the staff should re ceive college credit for work done, but not promiscuously. The plan will need much thought and a careful arranging. During the past year I have written for the editorial column alone be tween 20,000 and 25.000 words. In w'hat course has any one done so much? My reading as editor has of necessity been much and varied, more than I have done in any course I have taken, I believe for these reasons college credit for work should be carefully considered by those in authority. With a feeling of pleasure and of sadness, with an intimate knowledge of its past and a thrill of hope for its future, I turn over the paper which has become so dear to me to my successor. In concluding this final message of mine I bid those who have been readers of mine, those who have been loyal to me, and to all fare well. I SIMMON SEEDS .. \ classy girl, Is Kmmy Lee, It appears to me, She has a knee. In the spring a young man’s fancy makes a goddess of a winter worn chicken. Tie was sitting close beside her, And he asked her for a kiss, As he counted eighty-seven, He was sorry he’d started this. CASTLES IN SPAIN Their tiirrers pierce the sunny blue, They climb the crags; my castles do. Richer am I than king of old, My coffers groan with war won gold. Many men heetl quick my call. When 1 rnise my voice through high arched hall. The hooded falcon on my hand, Knows me as ruler of the land. Castle and grange and meadow green, A fairer land was never seen, With ladies di'essed in evei*y hue, And knights to love and guard them too. Much time I spend in Sunny Spain, Amidst my fair well earned gain. Kut now my treasures flit aw’ay, Prof. says “He’s still,asleep today.” K A D A. .—.f I . . I 1 Listen, Billy | ..—.4 Elon Yet 1024. Dear Itilly: Well, old don Kiyoti, much watei- has /lowed into the milk cans since last I held correspondence with thee. The civilizing of one Dumbell Smith goes on in spite of Gov. scandal and to Old KWeu iK'longs the credit—to me the debit. A move is on foot as you see by M & G (Maroon an’ Gold) to nmke the litrary .sosighities public and you canst whisper it abroad in the streets of Askelon that I'm an orficer. I presides at the dooi* during meetings and won't let no bums nor IWW's in. Beside of all this I am allowed in the hall during the week and can sweep it up. The bilding progi-am goes on through my soft moore year and one can scai*st tell whether he is at 42d and Broadway or in Kllen until he feels the gentle mud clinging to his insteps. To s])eak of me personally. I have two more years of the terror of flunkin and then I may take a job on the fakulty and settle down on one of Mr. Benjamin Kverett’s lots. He is a local financier, Billy, and I wisht you knew him for he is rich with kale. You must of read of my basketbawl activities in the X. Y, World or the policeman’s gazette. I looked after the boys’ sweaters and never lost a one (1) all season. ‘Hoj>e springs infernal in the heman chest' an’ I will go out for baseball this year (pitcher or catcher). I’m tired of just helping coach ’em. 'rhe girls here are as pretty as ever i)ut no startlin improvements have been made this season in eylashes or rouge and science will get his death blow if ho can't keep girls looking young at twenty. 1 likes one of the j>irls better than all thf* rest but she is uppity an’ you know Imw I am. liilly. i>roiid as a hog on i skating a mile for a camel. I canst de cide yet whether it is a case or a casua!(\ P.ut if its wedding old patoot you'll Lo the b«‘st man here and there will be chockolate cake and lots of it. You car.'t kiss (he bride—one time. In the months which has been tore from the calender the idea struck me big tliat I was to be a singer and I coul.l IielD it along by taking lessons wliidi tlie.v have liere as per catalog. But what I'm wanting to ask you was it fair for them to charge me for a hole month of these musics when I don’t take but tw'o lessons. No as I’at Ileni'y said, "it aint. It Aint, IT AINT." I was good but the teacher was jealous K and said if I didn’t stop taking lessons it would of ruined her tecknick and meb- be her ear drums. So I stopped to save her and then got overcharged for it. The annual (FiSighKli) ought to be tlie mouses muff for I have rote the most I>art of it. Boy, it’s full of subjects and and material. Snappy too. Boy howdy yes. Mr. liud. the big boss, says I am the executrix of the Englishman's language. Wasn't that a compliment, Billy? It's £«nny, too, I don’t know no English. 'I'liis is to be some book inflexables leather and is good to look at and under the ateteenth amendment you can also spank the baby with it. Sincerely yours, DCJIBELL SMITH. Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself has s.iid, As he stubbed his toe against the bod, !x?—!x!x—?‘x:x!—xx! We always laugh at teacher’s jokes, No matter what they be; Not because they’re funny jokes, But ’cause it’s policy. SENIOE GIRLS ARE GIVEN AN ENJOYABLE SUEPRigj. (Continued from Page One) ■John Marshall (Freda Dimmick and Lo\i Heritage), Mr. and Mrs. Roger Clarlt (Nannie Aldridge and Arline Lindsay) Mr. and Mrs. George Washington (Maty Hall Stryker and Florence Moseley) Mr. and Mrs. James Monroe (Essie Gotten and Kntli Uogers), Mr. and Mrs Miles Staudish (Alice Barrett and Mar garet Bnllentine), Mr. and Mrs. Alex ander Hamilton (Della Gotten and Mabel Wright), Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson (Madge Moflitt and Emii Grawford), Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Henry (Marjorie Burton and Adelia Jones) Mr. and Mrs. William Penn (Mary Gra ham Lawrence and Lyde Bingham), Mr and Mrs. John Adams (Alice Weber and Elizabeth McCollum), Mi-, and Mrs Daniel Boone (Orabelle Pace and Ola King Cowing). Mr. .and Mrs. John Jay (Opal Ilowell and Lillie Ilorne), Mr. and ilrs. John Alden (Mabel Cheek and Lillie Pace), Captain and Mrs. John Smith (Isabella Cannon and Rose Fulgluim), Sir and Lady Walter Raleigh (Ethel Hill and Lois Hartman), Ben jamin Franklin (Clark Tuck). Sad and True Concerning high school football teams: Too oft it comes to pass The man who’s half-back in the field Is way back in his class. Vanstory variety at home! Thirty-five years of growing goodness! And now in our new home! Looks like the Jefferson Standard Building was built for our particular purpose. Of course the be.st store in town mu.st be in the best building in the south. Everything newer, bigger and better. Society Brand and Steinbloch in clothing. Berg, Stetson and Crofut-Knapp among the hats. Manhattan and other fine brands in shirts, ’u’shirts and fixin’s. A new shoe de partment. Our welcome to “Come in!” is also big ger and better. Now open and waiting to welcome you. iaO£€(B '-(giSSilP C. H. McHimigmx, Pfies. & MCR. JEFFERSON STANDARD BUILDING
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