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MAROON AND GOLD
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THE NEW YEAR
To each and every one of our friends and readers we wish a very
successful and Happy New Year. It is always interesting to begin
a new year because we can look back over the preceding year and
see our' successes and failures and profit by studying thm. At this
season all start anew'. It is like turning over to a new page. We
find it blank, and it is up' to us to write anything that we desire.
The three letters of the word new may be thought of as symbols
for other words. N may stand for NOW. If you are asked to do a
task, do it now. The longer you put off, the w’orse you will hate
to do it.
E may stand for ENTHUSIASM. We can be much more ef
ficient if we believe in w’hat we are doing and do not act half-hearted
ly but put all our efforts into the action.
W may stand for WORK. When all is said and done, what we
put into anything determines what we get out of it; therefore we
should all WORK ENTHUSIASTICALLY NOW.
—E C—
NAVAL OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM? ?
Secretary Wilbur has recently presented the largest peace-time
naval building program in the history of our country. Congress is
asked to “authorize” the building of seventy-one war vessels at a
cost of $725,000,000. Congress is only asked to “authorize” this
building program but naturally if it does it will be only a short time
until Congress will be asked to appropriate the money: and at that
juncture the taxpayers will be called on. It is said that the Wilbur
program has received the approval of President Coolidge. This is
especially interesting, since less than a year ago President Coolidge
defended the taxpayers against an enlarged naval program which
was not nearly so ambitious or costly as the present proposal. It was
only one year ago that President Coolidge said, “When it is con
sidered that no navy in the world, with one exception, approaches
ours and none surpasses it, it can not be said that our nation is neg
lecting its national defense.”
What new developments have arisen? Why should we begin
such an enormous war-time project in a time of peace? Besides the
United States there are only two great naval powers in the world,
Great Britain and Japan. At no other time have our relations been
more friendly with these powers than now^
From the standpoint of the economist it is questionable whether
such a large expenditure should be made for vessels. We must con
sider that this is a day of aviation, and the very ships that we build
may be obsolete before they are ready, for use.
In this time of peace, prosperity and friendliness, w'ouldn’t be
better to embark on a great educational rather than a naval program?
Let us consider for a moment what this proposed $725,000,000 would
mean if directed into educational channels. With this enormous
outlay of money we could erect 725 million-dollar institutions for
higher learning throughout the United States. This would add about
15 colleges to each of the 48 states. There would be ample equip
ment for every, one to attend college who desired to do so. This ap- .
propriation would make room for 300,000 students who are not in
college now.
Some would prefer to see an appropriation like this given to
high schools rather than colleges. This money would build 14,500
fifty thousand dollar high schools or 302 high schools for each state
in the L^nion. 1 hese schools could easily accommodate 5,800,000
students. Added to our present school system this w'ould make a
net work of schools that no country could hope to surpass
for many years to come. Wouldn’t this be worth far more to us as
a country and to the world than a naval building program such as
the one just proposed?
Oscar’s Greeting
Dear Studes: 1 am certainly tickled
to meet yon all again. Elon has surely
been a lonely, dreary, melancholy, sad,
dismal, gloomy, an«l fojsaken place dur
ing the holidays. Gosh. 1 got hungry
for gossip. \ow, go ahead and talk.
I’ll liear you even though you don’t
see me.
She Reads All The Latest Fiction
Zeb Harrington: (Visiting one of his
Moncure girls): I suppose you read
Shakespeare.
Sally Jones: Oh, yes, I read his stuff
a^ fast as it comes out.
Elevated Thoughts
Roland Smith: Dearest, I always
think of you—nlways.
Belle Wicker: You do think of the
most wonderful things.
Dogged If It Ain’t a Fact
Early to bed and early to rise—
You’ll never be one of them popular
guys.
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Nannie’s Liberal
Mary Wilson had just got pretty well
settled in her room the other night af
ter arriving' on the hill when some one
asked her to play the violin.
“I can’t.” she said, “because I have
bro'ken my bow.’’ Nannie Graiiani
volunteered instantly to go to; the con
servatory and bring her beau, saying.
•‘Bhodes ain’t broke.”
Tap On Wood
Mildred McPherson (looking in mir
ror): I wish my eyes were placed where
I could see the back of my neck.
Jewel Truitt: I have always won
dered if blockheads were satisfied.
Needed Teaching
Miss Savage: Mr. Lawrence, I’ll
teach you to- make love here in the
hall! !
Phalti (in his slow' leisuely way): 1
wish you would, Miss Savage; I’m not
making much progress.
A Poor Mind Eeader
“Grandpa” Thompson: I can read
your thoughts.
“Grandpa” Michael: Then what
makes you sit so far away?
By Heck
I was at Thompson’s wedding the other
night
At wdiich he sat sedately.
I asked him if he had kissed the bride,
jHe answered, “No, not lately.”
They Are Loquacious
Delos Elder: Generally speaking
girls are—
Alberta Roberts: Are what?
D. E.: Generally speaking girls are—
A. R.: Are what?
D. E.: Generally speaking.
A Rough Way
Says Birdie Rowland, "The way to-
a man’s heart may be through his stom
ach. but who wants to go through a
man’s stomach?”
A Dusty Road
Miss Stearns (on Psychology Class):
Why do blushes creep over girls’ faces?’
Cecil Cox: Because if they ran they
wooild stir ui? too much dust.
A Matter of Necessity
Allen Laxton: You’ve got nothing
to boast of—all the faculty members
take off their hats to me.
Susie Elder: You conceited ape!
You know' it’s a fib.
Laxton: It’s not; I’m a barber.
J. BEVERLY DE SHAZO, M. D.
Skin Specialist
Offices and Laboratory, Penney Build-
ing, Main Street
Wednesdays and Sundays by Appoint
ment
BURLINGTON, N. C.
America Discovered for $7200
Old records show that the cost of Columbus’ first
crcpedition to America amounted, in modern exchange,
to only $7200. To finance Columbus, Isabella,
Queen of Spain, offered to pawn her jewels. Today
word comes from Spain indicating that a twentieth
century importation from the new world is fast effect
ing a sufficient saving to ransom many royal jewels.
The Spanish Northern Railway reports that the
American equipment with which in 1924 the railroad
electrified a m.ountainous section of its lines from Ujo
toPajareshas accomplished the following economies:
1. A 55% saving in the cost of power.
2. A reduction of 40% in the number of engine miles for
the same traffic handled.
3. A saving of 73J^% in the cost of repairs and upkeep
for locomotives.
4. A saving of 63% in crew expenses.
5. A reduction of 31% in the cost of moving a ton-
kilometer of freight.
In every part of the world, electricity has replaced
less efficient methods and is saving sums far
greater than the ransom of a queen’s jewels. You
v/ill always find it an important advantage in your
work and in your home.
The substations, overhead
equipment for the complete
installation, and six of the
twelve locomotives for this
particularly difficult and
successful electrification
were furnished by the Gen
eral Electric Company. Gen
eral Electric quality has
attained universal recog
nition; the world over, you
will find the G-E monogram
on apparatus that is giving
outstanding service.
GEOTRAL ELECTMiC
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
SCHENECTADY,
NEW YORK