Pa-ge Two.
MAROON AND GOLD
November 4. 1932.
iHarofln ani
PUB1.18HED
BY THE STUDENTS OF BLON COLLEOe
Entered at the Poat-Offica at Elen College, N. 0., as Stecond-Class Mattar.
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R. H. Abernethy, '33
J- T. Chappell, ’3-1
Thomas Arthur, '33
Carl Key, '33
Ramsey Swain, ’34
Marguerite Harris, ’34
Martha Anderson, '34
Katie Pierce, '33
Nellie White, '33
P. 0- Perkins, '34
Prof, J. W. Barney
R.
Brad. Holland
Doc. LeKites,
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief
Business Manager
- Asst. Managing Editor
Exchange Editor
Co*^Ed Editor
Joke Editor
Faculty Advisor
L. Arniacost, ’33, Reporting Editor
'34 Robert Kimball, '34
'35 Charles Holmes, '36
Bnrbarn Cliase, '33
Mazie Joyce, '34
Elizabeth Bdriiev, '3
Margaret Bailey, ’34
Jimmey Rising, ’33
Roxie Simpson, ’3-3
MAROON AND GOLD AND YOU
There can be nothing more pleasing to the editor and staff of
a paper than to add to its constituency new reader?—not merely
new reaiers. but enthusiastic supporters.
The one thing to be emphasized at this time is (he fact that
Maroon and Gold is each student's paper; not the ])aper of the
staff, not the paper of the faculty, not the paper of the class upon
which falls the responsibility of selecting the staff, but it is the
paper of every inflividual student of F>Ion College. It is the of
ficial mouth-piece of the student l)od>-. Ft you fail to read Maroon
and Gold each week, you are failing to supiiort a pari of your own
self. You are a student at Elon and the College publications are
for you—it is about you—it is a part of you.
Maroon and Gold is not the only ofiicial organ of the student
body, but also endeavors to act as the mouth-piece of the Alumni.
Every effort is being made to make the paper as attractive to the
Alumni as to the students.
We renew our appeal to the Alumni and former students of
the College to lend their co-operation and help in the one cause
for which we are striving—a bigger and better ELON. A sub
scription to Maroon and Gold is one wa)- of doing this, because it
is the foremost purpose of the staff to have the Maroon and Gold
serve as a means of elevating Elon's standard, so that she may
share with her Alumni, the increased prestige gained.
Co-ed Editor.
STILL RICH
One bright, sunny day in October ig2g thirty billion dollars
went whistling out of Wall Street; and ever since that time the
world has been writhing in pain from the most acute case of economic
indigestion of its history. It is not the writer’s intention to reveal
the cause in these few lines; may we merely hint in passing that
perhaps the reason why the world is rubbing its stomach today
maj- be found in the content of the high-pressure-selling sandwiches
which were swallowed whole during the era of “prosperity” prior
to 1929.
It is our purpose, howe\er, to give some evidence tending to
the conclusion that, in spite of the present depression, we are still
rich. We are not rich in wealth, it is true. Everybody's pocket
book ha.« gone on a diet, and many are seriously undernourished;
A THING OF Beauty ’ " /
Often it has been said by our athletes on their return to Elon
that they go to schools larger, and' better equipped, but to none
that has as beautiful campus as Elon. Some great sage has said,
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” If this be true our lovely
campus is a “joy forever.” The writer is proud to welcome his
friends and acquaintances to the Elon campus. Often he strolls
around the campus as the day fades in the West, and tries in his
small way to enjoy the beauty of “our campus.”
Students, stop often for a few moments and think how fortunate
we are to have “a thing of beauty” in our midst. Visit other college
campuses and compare them with ours. Then say to yourself “I
appreciate the opportunities Elon has offered me."
LOYALTY
Tn his neat and sometimes wise little
volume “Wbat Ig Truth,” Gabriel
Wells Bays that the greatest thing in
the world is loyalty. At once arouses
Hie devil of doubt to ask “Loyalty to
what?” Sancho Panzo was loyal to his
master and Don Qiiijote was loyal to
his delusion of grandeur atul yet both
Avere fools. Obviously, the object of
loyalty, if loyalty is to be worth n-liile,
must rise above folly, niu.it have in it
elements of gramleur as well as saori-
fice. And yet tlie grandeur can be
humble enough, liite tlie blessed loyalty
f>f a mongrel cur to hia trauip master.
Loyalties! What a langle they makel
Our jirolilems of the day are a hash ot
loyalties. Galsworthy slateil the situa
tion drjimntirally in Ids {day nf tiint
nauu', in wliioh the Jc>w was loyal to
Ills r;ire; various high brel Knjriishmeii
loyal to their dais; the villian loyal to
Ills obligation to a disrnnled mistress;
liif* wifi- loyal to him; and the lawyi-r
loynl to his profi^ssion. But even in
this taugle of loyalties, two of tin-
major loyalties are lacking—loyalty to
the State and loyalty to religious be
lief.
John Brown was disloyal to the Union
and made war against it for the sake
of abolition. Tct his soul goes march
ing on, and every little while a new
monument is unveiled to one who ini-
jiressed his age. Robert E. Lee was
loyal to his 8tate and disloyal to tlic
Union in the momentous decision of
his life, but today Lis memory is cher
ished by the entire nation. Such are
the nuanees of loyally in politics great
and small.
In our rlay the most cnuipi'llin*; loy
alty is nationalism. The sovereign
state not only exiK'Ct*! loyalty but de
mands and enforces it by law and polii-e
|>owcr in pence, by edict and bftyonr-t
in war. The historic clash of loyalties
is as reel now as wh‘n .Tesus saiil,
“Render therefore unto Caesar the
things which are Caesar’s; and unto
God the things that are God's.”
The family, the clan, the tribe, the
small sfiite, the large state, the con
federation, through nil these stages man
has shifted his primary loyalty froiti
encouraged these loyalties. They kept
the boys from going stale. And
civilians, likewise, would go stale and
stupid without their competing loyal
ties.
And why shouldn’t we, as students
here in college, feel this same loyalty
to our school as the soldiers of the A,
E. F. felt to their armyl At every
game that our football team enters into
we should be there playing the game
with them. If they are willing to give
their all for the glory of our college,
surely »ve should be loyal enough to
SHjiport them. To every orgiinizntion
that wc belr)ng, we should feel that we
arc a part of it and through interest
and lore foi that «;^ftnizatiou be loyal.
One dirtionnry d."-es loyalty as
faithfulness to plighted or duly.
Another defines it as fidelity to cer
tain things or persons. Vcf the.'® in
your definition nnd mitio of sch..')l
loyalty, the loyally thn( is a greiit'
privilege and the duty of every stu'b-nl
ia our college. While we are lien-, nnd
even after we leave, sh.-ill we not I.
loyal to (he training r'-ceived here ti-
honor our college who gave its best to
preimre us for lives of usefulness, th**
monuments to honor and glorify her
must be built by the lives of her stu
dents who are loyal to her traditions
and to all that are n i>art of it, or
have ever been. Is it not n glorious
way for their lives to live on and on,
nnd through them to let this institution
increase in usefulness auil honor as the
years go byt If we are loyal to God,
we can not fail to be loyal to all others
and the things that represent the best
in our nation. W'ithout loyalty we are
failures; with it %ve possess a bridge
that Carrie'S us to success and honor,
LIFE
Kempus Gessip
Man comes into this world without
his consent and leaves it against his
will. During his stay on earth his tinii-
is spent in one continuous round of
contraries and misunderstandings. In
his infancy ho is an angel; in his boy
hood he is a de^il; in his manhood h>'
is everything from a lizard jn up; in
his duties he is a darn fool; if he
raises a family lie is a chump; if he
Well, well, well,—it seems that a new
vogue in exaggerated ash-treys, with
handles on them, has come to be the
thing in one of the dorms here at dear
old Elon. They can be used for any
thing from a wash basin to a drinking
cup. Just ask the person who owns
one.
If any one has a dessert he doesn’t
know what to do with, just hand it
over to Bill Cooper and be will take
care of it for you. Whipped creajn
with garlic is his specialty.
And now a bit of poetry for
the foir Co-cds,— nh, sweet young
thillgS-
Just like girls
Full of fun.
Can't keep their fellows.
Aiiil wonder how come,
I’retty and funny,
Skinny anl fat,
Always a talking.
Where ever they're at.
No niJitter their iige
Bobbed hnir or curls.
They think they're all angids,
Just lik- girls.
Lddies anil nil those under obliga
tions, on Saturday nite, OcIoIkt 2jth,
ti. ' wiirM's woial and mnst (i?>(ouiidiiig
fr«iii nppriireil on Ihe ciiiupUM of
.Make-/.-I>nte 'ollege, I’ardou me, was
it Elon? Well, anyhow tlii-i Imlf-in.m,
l)ii1f-womau was none olher than the
fiimous John 'vaitie Pearce. Can you
imagine it my dear readers, she's one
thing |>art of the time, and he’s some
thing else the rest of the time. Figure
it out for yourself.
It has been rumored thul before com
ing to Elon, the nimble siu.^cr in our
college (piartet, brother Lloyd J linson,
finished at Muscle Shoals and graduat?'^
in free hand drawing and echo umking.
Kamous last linos: Stroigiiten up.
Here comes the Dean.
11 seems as if I’rof, bteere is a bit
ahead of time. He was seen taking his
usual Saturday niti- bath bist Tuesday
nite in front of the girls’ dorm.
NOVEMBER
The burst of bud nnd gloom has tied
And every weed is stark and dry,
.A eloth of gold jinw decks the bed
Where soon pale Autumn's corps must
lie.