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MAROON AND GOLD
October :
,1)
fl^aroon anti (5olD
Publlslied Weekly by the Students of
Elon College
Members 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
H. Eichardson Editor
Henry Peel Managing Editor
C. E. Newman Business Manager
J. A. "Walker Ass’t. Bus. Manager
A. B. Foglemau Adv. Manager
D. W. Jones Ass’t Adv. Manager
E. W. Auman Circulation Manager
Paul Braxton Ass’t. Cir. Manager
Wiley Stout Ass’t Cir. Manager
S. D. Woody Ass’t Cir. Manager
Sallie K. Ingram.. .Ass’t Cir. Manager
W. J. Cotten Faculty Advisor
Advertising Kates Upon Reauest
It is said that the Freshmen
have designs on the tank, but our
view o£ the said tank leads us to
believe that the designs of the
next class up are much more in
evidence.
On to West Virginia, and know
ye by these presents, that there
will be a battle royal, win or lose.
Nothing particular hinges on the
outcome of the game, but let this
not detract an iota from the roar
ing send-off that the team de
serves.
Maroon and Golds joins hands
with a host of friends, in extend
ing to Professor Cotten and his
relatives, its heart-felt sympathy,
in the loss of his mother. No
tribute too high, no words too
strong, and no thoughts too
sublime could be ascribed to
mother. By the same token we
feel that words are inadequate to
express our sympathy so we needs
must leave unsaid what is on our
hearts, except that we hold, with
the world in general, the opinion
that the word mother is a symbol
of eternal life.
For some reason, unknown to
those concerned, the students,
who did not join either one of
the literary societies, have failed
to respond very well to the call
for subscriptions to the paper.
Now, if the paper is not worth
the two dollar fee, which is asked
for it, we are very sorry indeed.
On the other hand, though, we
would like to call your attention
to the fact that it is a publica
tion of the students and by the
students. If it is not worth the
price then it becomes your duty
to see to it that it becomes worth
the price. And while we are on
the subject let it be said that con
tributions are gladly accepted at
any time, from the students, or
from the faculty members. Here
you are presented with an oppor
tunity to develop a talent that
will hardly find any other medium
so good for the purpose. All con
tributions must be in Tuesday,
to be assured of getting in the
paper that week. Any article that
you may want published will be
handled anonymously or with
recognition.
But, to get back to the original
topic, we trust you to come across
with the subscription. You may
get a chance to see the papi;r
without paying the price, but are
you treating the paper and your
self fair? There is no possibility
of the paper ever making any
money, but there are debts which
must be paid off. and unless you
meet us half way there is very
little likelihood of their being paid
off.
A synonym is a word you use when
you can’t spell the other one.-*
COLLEGE LIFE IS DIF
FERENT NOW
What constitutes a college education
these latter das is a varied program
of studies, activities, and entertain-
menta. JOlucation formerly was a
siniple life of plain living and high
tJniiking. An unfriendly critic not so
long since declared that modern col
leges have reversed the process and
that higher education today is an op
portunity for high living and plain
thinking. The simplicity had passed
out of it he‘ insisted and an entangling
CG-mplexity had taken its place. This
critic had not visited Elon, it should
be added.
However, Elon is not the simple place
it was in the early 90’s w^hen some
T). D.'s, M. I).’s, Ph.D.’s, Lit.D.’s, and
L L. D.’s were studying Hebrew, Latin,
Greek ,and Mathematcs here. Nobody
studies Hebrew now^. You have to
force even ministerial students to study
Greek these days. Latin is almost
eliminated. Mathematics is held to be
only for certain persons a study of
any practical value. Modern languages,
the natural sciences, the social sciences,
and Biblical and Religious Education
are the subjects that are popular now’.
Thirty years ago college days were
looked upon as a preparation for life.
Now they are regarded as real life and
students expect everything that the big
world outside has to‘ offer they should
have provided for them while they are
in college. Some of them are even
irreverent to the point of saying that
l.he professors teach courses, but the
students educate themselves. I can’t
imagine oJie of those plodders after
Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Mathematics
of a generation ago' even having such
a thought. Certainly they would have
feared expulsion to have given expres
sion to it. The professor is not the
whole show by any means these days.
He is a cog in the wheel, but only
that.
Far more attenton is given in present
day colleges to athletics than is whole
some. The Alumni are largely to be
credited with this. They w'ant to see
their college win in the sports, and
there is no d.enying that this is the
cheapest advertsing a college can have.
The people at home too are to blame.
They go crazy over their tow^n or high
school teams. I have even known col
lege professors to lose their heads at
an athletic contest, and one recently
was found pounding a neighbor on his
back when his team had scored a point.
It is also related that he jumped twenty
feet and was aibout to kiss an old maid,
thinking she was his wife, that is if a
man can be credited with thinking un
der such moments of tense excite
ment.
But- there is one feature of the
modern college life that w'e can cer
tainly commend and that too without
qualification. It is the arranging for
the cultural life of the faculty and
students through high grade music.
Elon is proud of her efforts in this
direction. Her vesper services given
on each secoTid Sunday afternoon at
4:00 o’clock by Prof. Velie are being
recognized by music lovers as occasions
of real spiritual refreshment. And her
concert courses which usually include
four numbers introduce the college
community at a minimum of cost to the
very best in the musical world. This
year Kathryn Meisle, of the Chicago
Civic Opera, has given the initial con
cert. Helen Ware, Thurlow Lieuranee,
and Irene Williams are yet to come.
It is an education as well as an in
spiration to hear these great musicians.
A college must teach its students how
to use their leisure as well as how to
work. One of the tragedies of our
modern world is to find a man succeed
ing in his profession or trade and un
able to appreciate the cultural things
of the spirit. What will he do in
Heaven?
W. A. HARPER.
? SOM STU J
J BY
^ SOM STUDE ^
Well, gang, Duke beat us didn’t they?
We take the liberty of saying that, but
at the same time we feel sure that you
will agree with us that it is a debatable
question as to whether it was Duke or
circumstances that beat us. At any
rate we want it clearly understood that
Duke had a right merry time of it,
and w^e feel sure that the Blue Devils
had a taste of the medicine that their
name implies.
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While we are on the subject, we
would like to wonder if the Duke team
was ashamed to carry home the ball
that justly belonged to’ them, after the
game? It seems that both teams were
tired of seeing it and decided to leave
it on the field. So, the ball is still on
the Hill if the game is not.
—M—
Get your meal ticket renewed, or go
hungry.
—S—
Every organisation, it seems, must
have a mascot, before it is a full
fledged organization. Consequently we
find that tlie waiters at tlie dining hall
have banded themselves together, and
in order to make the organization com
plete they had adopted a mascot. Theii
mascot was a full grown man, and they
all looked up to him as a leader, espe
cially in the gentle art of hiding grub.
He Tvas their ideal, and under hia
tutelage the waiters were well on the
way to becoming adepts at the same
gentle art.
But alas, this idol w’as so’on to de
part down the long trail, from whence
no traveler has ever returned. He died
from the same thing at which he was
a past master, namely, the art of eat-
ing.
You will notice that we have re
frained from using this man’s name, as
we fear that it will provoke too much
additional sorrow among the waiters.
If, however, some students are curious
to know his identity, we refer you to
any one of the waiters.
—T—
And after the Blue Devils trails the
Bed Devils.
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We understand from the editor of
the Annual that he is gaining ground.
He failed to say what kind of ground
and, we are not prepared to discuss the
subject here, but w’e maintain that it
is a dark, if not Black subject.
—D—
A few of the girls still have their
hair trimmed short.
—E—
Duke University overwhelmed ‘'Lit
tle Elon” by the score of six to noth
ing.
the time I'VE LOST IN WOOING
The time I’ve lost in wooing,
fn watching and x^nsiJ^g
The light that lies
In wo'mau’s eyes,
Has been my heart’s undoing.
Though wisdom oft has sought me,
I scorned the lore she brought me:
My only books
Were woman’s looks,
And folly’s all they’ve taught me.
Her smile when beauty granted,
I hung with gaze enchanted,
Like him, the sprite,
Whom maids by night
Oft meet in gleu that’s haunted.
Like him, too, beauty won me,
But while her eyes were on me;
If once their ray
Was turned awvay.
Oh, winds could not outrun me.
And are those follies going?
And is my proud heart growing
Too cold or wise
For briUiant eyes-
Again to set it glownng?
No, vain, alas! th’ endeavor
From bonds so sweet to sever:
Poor wisdom’s chance
Against a glance
Is now as weak as ever.
notice
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(On the sideline at the Elon-Guilford
game):
Teddy McLeod—E wonder what El-
wood Parkerson is doing over yonder
sitting on that football.
Chubby Walker—Maybe he’s trying
to hatch a touchdown.
MRS. JANET B. KIRKLAND
IS HOSTESS TO NEVELES
Mrs. Janet Kirkland w^as hostess Tues
day evening to the Faculty Nevele Club
in the West Dormitory of the College.
A Cheery grate fire greeted the guests.
The reception room w'as decorated with
roses and chrysanthemums. Miss Sav
age being absent, Miss Fisher conduct
ed the meeting.
Mrs. S. A. Bennett gave some very
valuable current events. She also
wrote up in a very pleasing manner the
picnic trip to Summer’s Mill.
Next on the program w^as a very good
sketch of Mrs. Mary Rheinhart’s life
and some of her books by Mrs. L. D.
Martin.
Then followed a short social time, the
hostess serving several kinds of deli
cious fruits.
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man is one who tells the whole truth
about a second-hand car which he is
tiding to sell to a fellow he doesn’t
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