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MAROON AND GOLD
Saturday, October 16 , 1937
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Entered as .second class matter
November 10. 1936, at the post-
office at Elon College, N. a, under
act of March 3, 187‘J.
Love vs. Elon Students
URN
Are you amunn the great mul
titude of stricken humanity?
What do we mean by that crack?
To the bfys, sim-ply that group of
Elonite-f who w>alk arcund w^ith a
dazed look in their eyes, a de
pressed expression on their faces,
and perhaps a fifty-cent piece in
their pockets—except when they
are with that Certain Someone.
To the girls? Ah, why mention
that? 'We all know about it any
way.
So you’re not among that bunch,
huh? Please excuse us for say
ing so, but w'e kinda, you know,
think you’re kidding. If you are
telling the truth, we would like to
be the first to congratulate you.
They say love can do wonder
ful things. For example, make a
sweet softie out of a brute, or a
q-uiet little mouse out of a jabber-
jabber. We’re not exactly say
ing we’ve seen that happen at
Klon. Maybe «e had better take
that baik, ’cau.se we all know a
certain reil-headed guy up here
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO
HAVE ADDED TO OR SUB
TRACTED FROM FUTURE
ISSUES OF THE MAROON
AND (;OLD?
NELIy I.OY, Senior; I>;tst year,
the Marcon and Geld hud a
column devoted to “Peri'.nalities
un the Campui”. At the top ot
the column was the peisun’s pic-
tuie, tullowed by a peiional in
terview. I think it advisable for
the interest of the readeis to
continue this practice throughout
the enduing year.
Another thing 1 miss is the
jcke column.
MARGARB:T EARP, junior: We
like our Maicon and Gold. Wc
inow that advertisements are
t sential to support the “finn”
but we just don’t like too many
advertisements. Couldn’t our
brainy editors discover a way?
(I don’t mean that sarcastically!)
BEN LILIEN, Senior: 1 would
like to see the paper made up
better than it has been in the
last two issues. By that I mean
belter headlines for all the aiti-
cles. The appearance of a news
paper is half its success. More
time sho’uld be spent on the set
up or make-up of the paper. It
is true that the Journalism
cla>>, which is green at its work,
is doing a fine job with its arti
cles and I wish them continued
-uccess. If one member of the
class would only do make-up
and head wlriting I persoKally
believe a good outlined paper
would be the result. Here’s to a
future good-looking, newsy Ma
roon and Gold.
HENRY CAPILLARY, Soph: I
wish the future issues of the Ma
roon and Gold will have in it
more joke.'? about the students and
faculty without making them too
vituperative.
FRANCES BEAiN, Soph: I
think that if the Maroon and
Gold had a better “Snip and
Snoop”, more sports, and more
TPw new.i it would be better ap-
,1‘iiatet! ilpei’auae the news i-(
I when it oomes out, and we
but little inspiraticn; to some a
gieat le;il; to others, none at all.
Alieady it haj been ino’ti.ed
tliat more and moie students
leave that la.'t-minute leview un
til the Chapel period. Eyes are
f| cussed not upon the -peaker
bi'.t upon an intricate j.attern of
pencil figures known as short-
han l. The physic;.! ear grasps an
occa;ional wcul; the mental ear
listen ■. to the coming French pro
nunciation. The sp'jakei cannot
"guze into tlie fates cf eager
youth,” becuuie the faces of Elon
College yotlth, eager or ctheiwise,
uie tuined the other way.
Is it entirely the fault of the
students? Tliey are not sympa
thetic with the rule that they
must attend chapel three times :i
week. They see only that th>;
Cullege is mere intereijted in
having them in their appointed
oats at a specified time, than in
Hiving them inspiration and en-
ligbtenTnaat ia the weekly re
ligious service;. They do not or
will not deiive any benefit from
lectures which they have heard
over and over, the only variation
being in the identity of the lec
turer.
Library News
who is always right except when ‘ things,
that sweet-ialking brunette kinda
rubs hir lily-white hands on his
heaid and tell.s him he’s wrong.
'rhen he just melts away. Ain’t,
love grand?
Then there’s anriher red-readed
felluw who would, as he puts it,
be the happiest guy in the world
if he could get one kiss from th»-
lady fair. W'e’re hitting red-head.s
pretty hard, but after all, we’v
got to whoop up the old paper
Red is cli'.^e to maroon, a. in Ma- j
roon and Gold. I
Yes. Iiive is something we can |
talk about j)n into the night, anri;
never get anywhiTe. No doubt, I
we would be a lot better ' ff if w (
would do as our profs tell us and j
talk ab':ut our nt*xt day’s assign-j
ment. Don’t get us wring. We’re I
not trying to get rid r{ |„ve at
Elon, becau.se, well, we feel as
you do. But to those fickle Greek
gods, we say, fluffie-duff.
Elon College students realize
that theirs is a church school,
founded upon the highest of
Chrjst'an principles. They appre
ciate the fact that the College is
to a large extent supported by
the Christian Church. However,
they fail to see the connection be
tween this an.d their having to
listen to a prepared speech in
which they have no part, anri
which they have already heard
many times.
Monday Chapel appeals to those
who attend the College, because it
is conducted by students for stu
dents. They are sympathetic with
those who stand upon the stage,
and they feel that they are one
with the leaders. If Wednesday
and Friday Chapel must be com
pulsory, why cannot these ser
vices be conducted to some ex
tent by students? It may be an
excellent opportunity for our Min
isterial students to gain experi
ence and practice in their chosen
field, A program of band music,
such as tlie one presented by the
Hurlin^ton High School band last
vear, might be introduced. Short
KUGEXK MALBON, Junior: I m ral but interesting plays might
ink the M roon and Gold would :>e presented. Simple musical
m ie interesting of it had a piQjri-anis consisting of solos by
We knowledge pursuers who
aie in any way connected with a
small college in the South or Mid
dle West should resent and at
tempt tO' defend ourselves after
leading John R. Tunis’ article in
October’s Scribner’s entitled “Sai
ling Scholarship Short”. I, for
ne, ieel that we need to grasp
our own Field Secretary tJ our
manly bosoms and fight de.ifer-
ately.
Ml. Tunis admits that there
aien’t enough clients to go around.
The latest government statistic^
g:ve the number of degree-grant
ing universities in this country
at about 1000, and the numlier
,f sUulents enr(dled as sliglitly
over 1,000,000. That gives each
institution an average of 1,000
■tudents. (I also wonder where
our other 500 can be.) Any col
lege preddent could rub his
gcatee complacently over ^uch en-
Iolinient if all w'eie fair in this
ma.ttcr of higher education, but
it isn’t. New Yoik University has
31,000; Columbia has 30,000; Cali
fornia 23,000; Ohio State 15,000
which explains our missing 500
and those ot everyone else. In
Mr. Tunis’ own words:
"Moist of these colleges which
go out ;'o brazenly for clients are
located in the South and Middle
West, but nearly every state has
one or two. Some aie so small
thtjy, aie Jtnt'w'n only to their
pies'dent and to God. On the
iher hand, others are colleges
recognized throughout the coun
try as institutions of high stand
ards which teem to be tossing
away these standards in feverish
pursuit of the customer. So keen
is the competition for students
now-adays that some American
colleges have a far better jiales
force than teaching staff.”
Mr. Tunis is so bold as to give
an example of a Field Agent ac
tually kidnapping three freshmen
and transporting them to his in
stitution, where they were offer
ed greater inducements and im
mediately signed up. I have fail
ed to notice any scars on the car-
/casses of the freshman from be
ing dragged by force into the
four walls of this institution. So
far, it has been only mild threats
against the well being of our
field agent from a few homesick
rats.
Continuing to complain, Mr.
Tunis says that literature con
cerning the college reads like an
advertisement of an expensive
country club. We challenge any
present or past student to show
us one thing on the campus tlu/.
was misrepresented to him. I’hi-
haps the pictures of the tennis
couit- were taken before ‘Jii''
I grass grew so high, but the courts
kem -SN\p-:J-SNOOp-y
THE QUESTION IS
Piaises be to the football squad!
Some day, th ugh, and with ail
lue respect, we’d like to find out
if the glory is actually worth all
*lie injuries. Seems like a game,
lost or won, is forgotten quickly,
while a boy that’i been hurt
doesn’t f i'get so soon. Anyway,
we trust the boys can still wear
the same ol’ hats when the sea
son’s over.
Trivia: Spare the details,
Scales . . . Gue-'S you have t.; be
in Ossipee to be an attraction to
Elonites. See (1) a lion-like sing
er, and (2) a lamb-like football
player . . . It’s funny now, Pitt
man, but will it be funny tomor
row? . . . Cheer up, pledges, the
worst is yet to come . . . What do
you read in the papers. Rusty? . . .
Hey, Parker! What do you think
you are, Samson? . . . Wonder
what a certain four in fTorth
would do if ice-water hadn’t
invented . . . Orchids to an Ar
kansas traveller . . . Get that
Pointer boy to tell you of his
bumming escapades . . . This
column is convinced that .some
thing must flbe done about the lack
of ‘ suitable material”. Either
Buggs and Peggy must come hRck
to Elen, or Spring, with its fanci
ful turnings, must be moved up a
few month?. This open-and-
above-boardedness is fine for the
College, but it gives Snip and
Snoop a headache!
I
As A Knave Sees It
I
The bull session? in Ladies’
Hall are rare with the blood ooz
ing. The entire campus trembles,
in fact, the institution is un
steady for isev^ral days after^
wards. The crackling babblers
Left-overs: It’s awful to have
the tastes of a Byron and tha
conscience of a MiRon . . . The
word freedom is profaned around
here . . . It’s gor’d to see Sue
Galloway tripping around the
have some trouble living with i campus again . . . Youth is three-
themselves for several days fol
lowing an all-night session.
A freshman waved his hand
madly in midair on class the other
day and demanded to be told just
what was laughing gas. Dr.
Brannok peered in surprise over
his glasses and then asked in
disgust, “What do you call these
jokes I have been telling?”
The night life on the campus
has become memories. The up
perclassmen sit in groups and nod
their heads in a futile manner.
fourths ego and one-fourth plain
common everyday conceit ... I
agree with Dr. Dickinson that it
is going to be a great year . . .
Why can’t we have some up-to-
date books in the library? . . .
Louis the duck really has some
thing in his personality shoes . . .
size ten and a half, I think . . .
I’m going to get up courage yet
to say “boo” to Coach “Horse”,
just wait . . . Oh, joy we all w'ill
soon be dead.
ALUMNI NEWS
(Continued * - |
Mr. and Mrs. Webb Newsome,
(nee Miss Jessie Cobb) were in
Greensboro for the Davis-Elkins
game. They are now making
their home in Elkin, N. C., where
Mr. 'Newsome is teaching in the
high school.
Prof. W. F. Warren, ’10, drove
from Durham to see the Elonites
defeat Davis-Elkins Saturday
night. Prof. Warren is head of
the Durham school system at tne
present time.
SOCIETY NEWS
Miss Claire Thomas was the
guest of Miss Mary Pritchett of
Altamahaw last week-end.
Misses Annetta Smith, Doris
Gordon, and Mary Walker spent
the week end at their homes in
Brown Summitt.
Misses Helen Scales and Nell
Loy spent Saturday in Burling
ton.
Miss Mary Claytor s-ent the
week end with her parents in
,ger and better gossip column.
.\!:n DEAVER
I editorials.
i '. .\dd l>its o’ wit. Add club
I' vv-, subtractions I
, are still there if anyone is .-=11/-
■SLudents of the Mu.-ic Department 1 fgj-ipj, from the lack of a few
Junior: Add would produce the desired effect! sets of tennis. (We can always
•Add campus ,,f ^ (juiet, thoughtful period in send Rusty out to fix them up
the midst cf the confusion of' Just say the word.) 1
classes and study. '
■ O'Kelly impressed them more in
The students of P^lon College the cataligue than it now drie.--i
jare willing to cooperate, and want afrer beinir nn campus thirty-one'
I to enjoy chapel periods. How- dating nights.
; ever, it is their wish that Wed- You freshmen who were drag-
i nesday and Friday Chapel be en- ged in by your ears, are you
' dowed with more benefit and less ■ sorry? I have noticed that the
redom. out-going trains are emptj'.
Old (Jrads, attention! Hillsboro
in your dollar for this year's
subscription to the .Maroon and Miss Catheiine James spent the
Gold. Mail all sub-cr:pti n ' week end with Dr. and Mrs.
fees in care cf the paper. Elon Hetcher Collins of Burlington.
College. ^
MibS Virginia Conyes spent the
Name _ . week end with Miss Pearl P-ari-
of Greensboro.
Address . . '
ALUMNI NEWS
Woodrow Piland, ’:37, is teach
ing in the Richfield High schuol.:
In addition to his teacning, .ijj-.
I'i.aad is c. aching basketball anU 1
baseball. I
This dc]-: r} ■ ent is dcvo'ted |
to the refle-t'i'n of student;
opinion on the Elon campus.; William Beatty, a student here, ^ freshman here this year
In each issue we hope to print | ]927-’29. is now District Manager
a contribution from some mem-1 for the Connecticut Life Insur-
Send the Editors
Your Contributions
The editor.s of .Maroon and
Gold urge everyone who has
some news or opinions or jokes
to leave them at the office of
the paper in the Science Build
ing. .lokeK and humorou.s news
of campu.s characters are parti
cularly desired. Support YOI R
newspaper.
her if the student body. If|ance Company, with office in
order to encourage free expres-j carried
s!,.n of opini.n on controver- | j Class of ’28.-
sial or “delicate” subjects, the |
name of the contributor is with- I»^beock. 18, is now
held unless he rr vhe specifies i''ead of the Department of Eng-
lherwise. If you disaa;ree University of South
w ith the point of view of anv j BabcJck taught
contributor, whv don't vou rise ■'’everal years before g -
up and sav so in writing? Aft-' University of South
Carolina.
William Van Simpson, ’18, i.-
now District ilanager for the Nat-
I Pr'if. M, A. McLeod, Jr., is now i
; head of the English Department
, of the High School at Le.ioir, -N'.
Lester Reg\ster, ’:31, was a vlsi-
tor over the week-end. Mr. Regis- w. W. Kimball, ’26, is now wi^>.
the Imperial Tobacco Com ;anji '
at Wilson, X. C. Mr. Kimball e.\-
er all. this is an Open Forum.
On Attending Chapel
T,i attend church is at once a
onefit and a bore. To s'me stu-
'eiits. church and chapel give
i nal Life Iisurance Compan.v'.
with office in Greensboro. Mr.
Simpson was with the Metropoli-
tr-n Life Insurance Company be
fore going with the National a
few days ag\ W'illiam Van, III.
Mills and is located in Greens
):iro. He has been with this com
pany since 1935.
Many of the Elon Alumni re
turned for the Davis-Elkins game.
Rudy Wilser, ’:!7, is now I.3ca -,
ed in Salisbury where he is work-'
ing for the Commercial Credit'
company.
Mr. Clyde Rudd, '37, is now with
the Chatham Woolen Mills, Elkir,
N. C.
James Edwards, ’37, is teach
ing and coaching at Thomasbi
High School, Charlotte, N. C.!
James has a sister here in school:
this .year, Alma Edwards. !
pects to enter the tobacco' busi
ness as a life work, and those who
know him predict a prosperous
and successful carter for “W”.
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