Pace Two
MAROON AND GOLD
March 18, 1925
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JAKE BLAKE
SAYS:
We knowed it wus
‘‘Doodle-de-doo” he wus
whisllin cause John sed
so.
AN APPEAL
Next \veel the present staff oi
Maroon and Gold will get out its
last issue before turning the paper
over to the newly elected staff.
T he staff wants to turn the paper
o\er to its successors in good
shape financially. In order to do
this we need some help from our
friends. W'e are appealing to the
Alumni to help us at this time.
We have not called on you this
year and would not do so now if
It were liot for our critical con
dition. I'his year the college has
not paid the staff for the papers
sent to the Alumni and we have
been doing this at our own ex
pense. W e would be glad to dp
this aUvays if we could get along
financiaily but it seems that we
can not. This year has been hard
on adxertising and our source ot
financing the paper has been lim
ited. '1 here ha\ e Been other
handicaps during this year thal
have kept up from making Maroon
and tiold what \ve would like to
see it. However, we have done
our best. We hope that you have
enjoyed keeping up with the ac
tivities of your Alma Mater
through our columns. We have
enjoyed hearing from our .\luinni
friends and regret that more 01
them have not responded to ou
appeal for news from them.
\\'e want the -\lumni to leei
that the paper is here to scr\c
them in every way possible. It
is yours as well as ours.
\\'e are sending out a circular
letter tn our .\lumni friends cx-
plainjng our plight and we hope
that this letter will be given con
sideration. We need the support
of the Alumni and are willing to
ser\ e them in any way that they
may see fit to direct. Can we
count on YOU to help us?
OUR MOVIE PROJECT
How much do we appreciate the
eft'ort that is being made to gi\e
Elon students and the citizens ot
the community good picture
shows here on our campus.^ Judg
ing from last Saturday night we
do not appreciate them very
much. There was a splendid pic
ture show that would have cost a
theatre more than a hundred dol
lars to show. This picture was
secured by the college at a very
small sum. Hut in si>ite ot this
fact the collection received Satur
day night was too small to take
care Ilf this amount.
\ow the question is do we want
more shows? If we do are we
willing to at least pay for the pic
ture, that is, what it cost to secure
a showing here? .As has been an
nounced the amount received
above the expense of getting the
picture will be given to the V.
W. and Y. M. to pay for furnish
ing their rooms in the Christian
Education building. Only the
very best pictures will be shown
It is possible to secure pictures to
show here that one would ha\ e ‘t(
pay at least fifty cents to see in
some of the movie houses in oui'
cities. This is possible because
we are not allowed to charge an
admission. The Religious Activi
ties Organization is backing this
project and is planning to make
each show interesting and helpful
aside from the picture. H'here will
be something to entertain and u])-
lift between each reel. Good or
der will be observed at these
shows and everything connected
with it will he carried on in such
a way that will not bring reflec
tion on the Organization or the
college it is trying to serve. If
each student will just come ])re
pared to make a silver oft'ering at
the door as he enters this will
take care of all costs and will help
these two worthy organizations
to furnish their rooms in such a
way that they may be a real ser
vice to the students and the young
people of the community. Let u^
co-operate in this matter and
make it worth while.
“SOM STU”
ijy
Som Stude
^♦"♦1 >”♦!>: >1
It seevns tli;it tlie whole story was
not told last week, fonceniiii^ tlie lit
tle water battle. Of course it was an
oversight on our part, but the Student
Senate’s version of tlie ease sliould have
been given nt the same time the stu
dent’s version was j>iven. Of course
this has been remedied now and every
one who took part in it has been drag
ged over the conls—and l)ur]it. It was
very unfortunate that these unlucky
youths should liave to pay so dearly for
such n little fun. Yet this is what
makes the wheels go round nnd whnt
keeps the coffers of the Student Senate
jfilled.
—S—
While we are on the subject, it does
se*m funny that nenily .‘ill of the woe
begone culprits decided to work their
fines off instead of paying, isn’t it?
Still we suppo-se thnt is a little cheaper.
Various jobs have been suggested for
the boys who thus want to save two
and a half, but the best we liave heard
of is that proposed by some student of
nature, wiio has been anxio'usly watch
ing th*^ ground in which grass seed
have been planted. He suggested thal
nil of tliose wouId-])e workers get a
■uirsing I'jotlle and ]troceed to nurse
some of those seed that really do seem
a liit reluctant to’ exjiose their gree”
twigs to our new campus.
_0—
It seems that curreiit opinion had for
so)noti-iue been d('bnting the possibility
of ‘‘Shoj’ty” Smith having superseded
Pussyfoot” Jr., as champion eater
So we firid that • ‘ I’ussyfo’ot ’ ’ moved
[own to the clul). and the carnival is in
;irogress, anl we soon ex]iect to he able
i'o publish the results—if tlu' club lasts
that long.
—:\[—
We have heard th.at the fellows hatl
quite n merry time jticking on Prof.
Cott(-'n the otlier night at the Junior-
Senior lianquet. Now that was a
hnme because it is not very likely that
all of them take French, and how is t’ne
rofes.^or to re-taliate.
—S—
jOIoti h' gi'tting to be modern in every
en.«e of tlie word. We had thouglit
that pi'Ogress would sto]> with th^ com
ilction of t)ie new l)uildings, but it
eems that we are going steadily on.
I'irf^t it Avas side-walks, then driveways,
and now it is moving ])ictures: real
honest to go'odness Douglas McLeai'.
])i(‘tures. This is all \’ery well, but
what we want to know is where it
will stop. Some have suggestetl that it
will only be a short while until we
have social hour every day, hot water
twenty-four hours a day, light servi;-c
■ill night, and if necessary a lot more
suggestions couhl be scared up from tin'
student body wliich might well be jiut
into the jirogram of progress, wili.
wliich we are suri'oanded.
—T—
Xot many of us have been out re
cently to see the }>r(/gress which we fee]
sure the base ball scpiad is making, but
we are all looki)»g forward, witli ex
pectant hearts to tlie lay of our first
game. Not only that but we all ha\;'
a belief that all will be well witli tlu*
team this season. At any rate we know
thal our record will not be nearly as
bad as it was last year.
—U—
We understand tiiat some more stu
dents are being trained for the next
01ympi(‘, cross country walk. Wp have
not been able to get hold of the details
of this training process, but we fee:
sure that these lads are experiencina
gieat deal of pleasure from this work
and we trust that they will be success
ful in their search for walking honors,
—BY—
Alas, why have stiidents stopped at-
tendijig chapel as regularly as thev
did heretofore? Why that is easy; you
l)a\e to climb a flight of stairs and
there are no miiblle seats.
~S.S—
THE SCRAP PILE
Please do not read this article. You
never know what you are going tu road
until you have tinished it. You are
not supposed to know. You may not
believe what you read here but that
doesn't make any difference. Just don’t
believe it. We won't argue about it.
It is like putting your hand in a grab
bag. if you don’t grab theTu all you
have to put them back.
A few tlays ago I read iu/the collegc
paper wliere some student wanted the
college professors to stand an examina
tion. I usetl to be a college ‘‘fessor’
so [ guess 1- ought to take a chance at
that exam. When 1 used to give our
questions 1 always gave out ten c.jues
tions. I never cared how long it took
to answer them or how hard they were.
I see you have beeji a little easy on us
“Profs” as you asked us only sever,
questions. Well, 1 'II take a shut ai
them and you can send the grades hom.
to the folks and maybe T'll get ther-.
by the time they do as 1 am on a fisJi-
jng trip no*w.
(1) Do you take students’ outside
activities into consideration when grad
ing. Ans. 1 should say I do. A stu
dent should do everything he can on
the outside so there won’t be so muci:
to do on the inside. For every ride beai
to nearby towns he should be excused
from his class absences at the rate of
one for each ride. A student that can't
stay oil the outside tw'o thirds of his
time should not be allowed to gra,duat-.
(2) Do y«u believe in final exaniin;;-
tionsf Ans. Xo, not a-tall. Becausc
the Profs seldom ever read them. They
never show what a student knows as
)ie forgets about all he ever knew just
before going on the exaju. and the rest
is scared out of him.
(.3) What mark of progress in tl.e
college, outsi'.le the construction of th*.‘
new buildings, has been the most sig-
niticent in tlie past five years? Aus.
Social nours have been extended and
many new pri>'ileges given the boys
and girls. Y"ou can even sit by your
girl at tlie table now, pass notes, social
ize all day on holidays, spend a nickel
in the college store and talk the rest of
the hour. It’s wonderful there now.
(4) Do you endorse college social
clubs. Ans. I used to but I don’t now
When social hours were so scarce and
thin a social club then meant something
but now they are too inuch out of date
They are too slow. The airjjlane has
dis])lac?d them. 1 would suggest a fly
ijig party every now aiul then for a
change.
(o) Do you co-operate with the stu
dents to the best of your ability*/ Ans.
Always. A student should have liis
way as he kno'ws how hard it is to
learn and the teacher doesn’t. In so
cial life a student’s love affairs should
come first and if there is any time letL
—well the teacher should co-operate by
telling him what he was supposed to
iiave learned as he surely didn’t mean
to neglect any of his studies. They all
mean well.
(6) Do yon realize that a student
has fou- or five other courses besides
yoursV Ans. I never thought of that.
1 can imagine other professors have
never thouglit so much about this
either. You know every teacher thinks
his subject is everything and he can't
just see why you should be taking other
subjects anyway. Certainly students
should have more consideration here.
(7) What, in your opinion, is the
most outstanding cause of flunking^
.Ans. Too much loafing ou the part of
the tea-jlier. Xo student can loarn from,
a slow lazy teacher. Any student ought
to be able to pass his subjects without
even cracking a book if he ha.>
riglit kind of teacher.
The Linguist
He could speak French and Spanish
He was up in Dutch and Danish,
He had Englished the Fpanish-
Ads of Hindu Higher Brows;
Witli Rumanian or Kussian,
With a Pole or with a Prussian,
He could carry a discussiou
Till tlie coming of the cows.
But alas! ho was floored, as he had tO'
own.
By the girl who answers the telepliono:
‘ ‘ Thennmberischangedtoblbblb,' ’ sav?
she,
‘ ‘ Blbblbsevenninesixfivctwothree! ‘ ’
When it came to Portuguese he
Was both voluble and easy,
His Bulgarian was breezy,
And his Serbian a cinch;
He had never hit the mat in
All his wrestling with the Latin
And his Volapuk seemed satin
When he spoke it at a pinch.
But he had not mastered the tongue un
known—
The tongue that talks per the telephone;
Thenumberisblbbl b, ’ ’ says she.
Thelineisbusysixninetythree! ’’
—Trowbridge Lamed.
Everything comes out all right—i:i
the movies.
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