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Students, Boost Elon At Burlington Today! Parade Begins At 10 O’clock
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Published By and For Students of Elon College
NUMBER FOUR
ELON COLLEGE, N. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1939
Z 530
VOLUME XIV
SHIPBUILDERS WRECKED BY CHRISTIANS, 14
Parade To Inaugurate Elon^s
Golden Anniversary Campaign
Elon Burlington
Day To Be Staged
GUEST COLUMN
Elon College’s big parade is to
start this morning at 10:00 o’clock
in Burlington. The Burlington
Chamber of Commerce has desig
nated today as Elon College Day
in Alamance County. This cam
paign is an attempt to raise $50,-
000 in Alamance County, which
will be used to help pay off the
college’s debt.
The parade will be led by the
Elon College Band down the
main street of Burlington, and
will be followed by the faculty,
alumni and the various organiza
tions and clubs on the campus.
This will be a great day for, ^
Elon College, so everyone should j make us worth the pride and sa
be interested in this parade going j crifice of the home folks. We
over big. Its success will have, recognized then that we were be-
much to do with the outcome of coming an investment, that there
James H. Stewart
Are we two months early or
two months late for New Year’s
resolutions? Here the middle of
the term has caught us all again,
and there are so many do’s of
September 4 that have turned in
to meant-to-do’s. We were going
to study hard this term and like
our room-mates. We were going
to make our money count and
let some other fellow have a dis
appointing fling. We were going
to live well budgeted lives and get
enough sleep to face the new day
squarely. We were going to find
out why people go to college; not
tawdry h o m e-escapement but
the grown up curiosity that would
We Think It^s Tough
the campaign.
are both good and bad invest
ments, and we resolved to spend
DILLARD ANNOUNCES this year in such a way that its
end would fmd us one year ahead
COM.VlITTEE MEM.3ER0 year older.
The Burlington Chamber of There are those of you who have
■Commerce votes to make the col- done these things. You are to be
lege campaign to be conducted in congratulated. You have won
the county one of its major proj- more than this one-fourth share
ects for the year. The college of your reward. Although you
owes $134,000. The goal set by will have to work to go on with
Alamance County is $50,000 with your plans, it will be work made
the understanding that the col- easier by a proper start. And
lege administration shall under- jealously I admit you have seen
take and so pledge itself to raise the movies that were worth see
the remaining $84,000 outside of ing, you have been to the football
the county, that the college may gameS and dances worth going to,
be freed of its debts. Organiza- and you have taken part in enough
tion for the campaign has already school activities to become part of
been set up with officers as fol- the school. It was only the lesser
lows: 1 attractions you missed.
Mr. H. H. Dillard, General others of us have treated
Chairman; The Burlington Cham- those resolutions like white shoes,
ber of Commerce to serve as sec- goiled and thrust aside. Room in
spection. Sweep up this dump?
I'm living here; who else has a
right to care how it looks. Les
sons. lessons! Don’t »they expect
a fellow to have any fun? Re-
retary; Mr. R. W. Barnwell, Treas
urer; Mr. Jack Austin, Chairman
Publicity Committee; Dr. James
H. Lightbourne, Chairman Speak
ers Committee; Mr. Claud Som
ers, Chairman of Initial Gifts p^j-tg. thick tons of smelly pages
Committee. These, together with print. I’m not ruining
mmittee. These, together with print. I’m not ruining
Mr. Wilton Lane, President of the ^ gjuff. Dust the tlooT seems 10 u.
Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Clyde classrooms; who do they think I ^ the afternoon
y-' 3^^ AlfimflnCG M _i_ i _»_1 GflGrfiV 3110 llC C3
We think it’s tough—this life we’re having to live. We com
plain every day, to ourselves and others, to the hardships we have
to endure. Why, we have to get up at 6:30 in the morning to get
our breakfast! And what do we find but cinnamon toast—or even
worse, eggs! Oh, well, sinae we’re not so hungry, we’ll just eat toast
and butter, drink a cup of coffee and top it off with a glass of sweet
milk. Heck, it’s only a half hour before class time. This is one time
during the day to relax so we’ll have to make good use of it. In a
‘ Frat” room we grab the funnies or the sports and recline in a big
chair by the radio, which further helps to relieve our over-burdeneQ
mind with sweet melodies. The eight o’clock siren sounds and then
follows the ordeal of classes, lectures, chajtel and a meeting that we
vainly try to avoid but didn’t furnish a good enough alibi.* The
classes last a whole hour and it’s as plain as the nose on W. C. Fields
face that what we’re studying won’t be worth a hoot when we get out
of this human workhouse. Now just take Economics, why don't they
let the girls study that course? And those dry chapel lecturers try
ing to tell us the problems we are gonna face when we get out of
here. Can’t they let us rest a while? We’ll find out about those
things soon enough. As if we didn’t have enough to think of with all
the home work these tough professors shoot at us. We spend and
hour sometime just to get up one assignment. Just think, and hour.
And on one course, when we have four more to get up too. Of course
the work in the others is mostly class work but we have to concen
trate in those, and plenty too! Well, the morning drudgery is over
now and after dinner we’ll have to “slip away” to Burlington for a
rttle more relaxation. This business of over-working must be con
sidered A show will relieve the pent up feeling inside. The show
wasn’t so hot and I bet we’ll have to stand on the comer fifteen
minutes before some unselfish person will give us a ride. Nope, was
wrong but could have had better luck on cars. This one doesn t even
have a radio. A hot soap bath and clean clothes make us feel the
best we’ve felt all day. Now for supper, golly we’re hungry. Well
of all the alls. Liver! And just when we were good and hungry
Have to eat at the drug tonight. The nickelodian sounds good so we 11
lust hang around till they stop putting nickels in it. Holy smoke,
it’s 8:30 — better turn in early tonight, didn’t get the usual nap this
afternoon.
This is our tough life. And the real tragedy is that we con
wasn’t able to send them to school. They get up at 5:30 in the mom-
tougher than the one mentioned but not enough tougher to squawk
about. If you think this is tough, compare it with Plenty of boys
young and healthy just as you, who have to go to work in the mill to
Lip support their family. The only difference between them and
you is that their family had difficulty some the line and
wasn’t able to send them to school. They get us at 5:30 in the morn
ing, cook their breakfast, pack a lunch of one kind of
walk to a job in a stuffy, unhealthy buildmg that is a^rmg bedlam
of clapping grinding machinery. They work with a boss man keep
ing continual watch on them to see that they don’t slow
the time they are putting in. They become a part of the machine
the company has bought, doing that ^rt ^^ich the mventor was un
able to make it do. They have to keep up with it — knowing u
miLs they will be let out if they don’t. It makes no difference
r,‘e.«:;rrn' z rbS:/.ti
going back so he finds a comer where he t be f'sturbed^nd
Pittman Scores Twice As
Entire Team Performs Well
Golden Anniversary
PhiPsiCli Underway
The initial steps in the planning
of the 1940 PhipsicIi have gotten
underway after considerable de
lay. The staff has acquired the
services of the Pearsall Studios oi
Roanoke, Virginia who, during the
latter part of last week, made the
individual student portraits.
With the aid of Moses Crutch
field and the college's new Speed of EL.n
Graphic camera, all individual
and group pictures of the foot
ball team were taken at Comer
Field.
The theme throughout the new
PhipsicIi will relate to the pro
gress of Elon College during her
fifty years of existence, and a
section will be devoted entirely
to the history of the college over
the years.
The staff requests the utmost
cooperation of the students and
student organizations so that, on
this our fiftieth anniversary, we
may have the greatest annual ever
published at Elon.
PLAY OF LINEMEN IS OUT
STANDING AS BRYAN STARS
Males Moan As Day
BULLETIN
Sfttial to Maroon and Gold
Newport News, Va., Oct.
27 ' Gridiron warfare
between the Christians
and the Naval
Apprentice Shipbuilders
was resumed here tonight
when the Cannonade
gained an impressive
victory over the Seamen
by a score of 14 - 0.
Pittman scored both
touchdowns in second
period afcer Elen had
made two beautiful
drives deep in the enemy
territory.
Boone’s kicking was out-
standing while Saecker,
Of Disaster Approaches Bryan, Donato, Lea and
Palantonio lead the line
BOYS.
MHN
JOIN THE MINUTE
p.ay.
Gordon, President of Alamance
County Alumnr Association, and
Mr. V. R. Holt *
/Executive Committee. The cam- gygj-yone giving them all at once,
paign is to be conducted through ^ the night before,
the Initial Gifts Committee con- ^ the Dean will give me
sisting of approximately ^^^ty | excuse,
citizens of Burlington and the
am? Eight o’clock—what do they
sociation, and ^y having a class in the
constitute the of the night. Exams!
county and one hundred indivi-
dual committees of two each, re
presenting every section of Bur
lington and of Alamance County.
The Initial Gifts Committee
Papers to grade. Flunks,
flunks; and we’ve been over that
a dozen times. Wonder if I’d bet
ter curve these grades. New
lesson plans! They haven't learn-
The Initial Gitts uommni.cc the'old ones yet. Use them
were guests here for dinner another week. Eight o’clock —
7:00 o’clock, Tuesday nignt. what do they mean by having a
meal was'served by the Home ^^^^^ middle of the night.
S°nS o^fee'SamancrBuild® Yes, there is a swell band on
ing to around 50 guests.
Notice To Students
the radio. Hedy Lamarr is a
dream. I’m hungry now. Gimme
a cigarette. Where’s roomie?
Who’s down in the book store?
What’s going on at the drug? Bet
I can beat you a game of bridge.
We can get back early it's only a
Due to President Roosevelt's
announcement that Thanks^v- | miles down
n;.™: is" °a„. s.oo.h.™„.
ber 30, and the fact that Gov
ernor Hoey announced that the
date would, not be changed here
in North Carolina, many stu
dents here at Elon are won
dering exactly when Thanks
giving will be. The adminis
tration officially announces that
Turkey Day will be on Novem
ber 30. This is only a one-day
holiday, so don't check out for
the weekend. Cuts couiit
double on Wednesday and Fri- |
lay of that week.
as soil as a piiiww.
in the afternoon The “knock-off” whistle seems to
he°can't afL^M but abo^t one movie a week and .f^^3%^
Then pay day - rent gro^ries light and
furniture man, more coal to buy ineie
but he’ll get that pair of shoes next time sure.
V. bu. th.„ would
revolution, or some ° ^ „r spreading propaganda
sample ol . young mill h.nd to try to .how you ,ust
how tough a life you really are leading.
o, yo
of it so don’t blow aU of your chances.
Final preparations are being
made for the spectacular Sadie
Hawkins Day Celebration to be
held on this campus under the
auspices of the P. B. A., Ltd.
Sid Krukin and Bo McCotter,
co-presidents of the organization
declined when asked for press
statements, but admitted that the
celebration will be of gigantic
proportions. In event of rain,
the celebration will be held any
way, since rain can mar none of
the contestants' beauty.
Copies of the theme song “Sadie,
Sadie, Sadie Keep Your Hands
Off Me,” which has been offi
cially dedicated to Miss Maxine
Smith, have been distributed a
mong the eligible men of the cam-
pus. ,
Charles Rawls, Chief of the
Publishing House Bureau of In
vestigation, has reported that sev
eral campus belles hold daily
practice meets on the track field
in preparation for the great cele
bration. Catherine Lawson holds
the present record for the Hun
dred, her time being (unofficial)
a fraction more than 9V2- June
Fraternity and Sorority
Bids Given to Eligible
Elon Fraternities and Sororities
tendered bids to 27 men and
women at the conclusion of rush
week activities Saturday night,
October 14. There were 16 men
and 11 women who were pledg
ed to the four fraternities and
four Sororities.
New pledges who have gone '
.through the rites of initiation are
as follows:
Iota Tau Kappa, Ed Sauer, of
Bellevue, Pa., Kenneth Beamon,
of Portsmouth, Ohio, David Co
rey. of Jamesville; Holt Briggs,
'of Greensboror Bemie Daher, of
Bridgeport, Pa.; Wesley Holland,
of Trenton; and James Fritts of
Lexington.
Kappa Psi Nu: Nathan Cooper,
of Valdese; Catrl Jones, of Bolton;
and James Hamrick, of Boiling
Springs.
• Alpha Pi Delta: Glenn Ford, of
Portsmouth, Va.; Nelson Blue of
Carthage; James Rogers of Meb-
ane; James Coleman, of Johnson
MurDhv's recently acquired limp, City, Tenn.; Hubbard Laws of
Mr. Rawls also reports, is merely Hillsboro, and Jack Shoffner of
a sham to trick the unlucky man. Liberty.
Also by way of preparation, I Sigma Phi Beta did not take in
several Pub men have established any new pledges.
a penthouse, and are planning to
spend the day there hoping to
elude the pursuing gals. Other
The Sorority pledges are:
Beta Omicron Beta: Anita
Smith 6f Brown Summit; Frances
irongholds^are being established. Bean, of Spencer; Frances Coch
at various strategic points on the rane, of Ether; Edna Barrier, of
campus Officers of the P. B. A., | Spencer; Dorothy Chase of Free-
Ltd will be glad to quote rate mont; Elizabeth Armfield "
And a sweet smooth-run
ning auto. Sure I'll go; whai
team are they playing?
And so, no wonder I am sad.
But still there is a sun shining in
the sky. Warm winds prophesy
ing rain. Soon there will be a , , 1 1 tuo
moon and stars. Thin white On Saturday of last week
horseshoe with sparks a-flying. annual Sophomore-Freshman re
Or a pumpkin-colored pot of gold ^ ^gption was held in the gym. The
settled yonder on the hill. Crisp, jjgggj.3tjons were arranged in a
cold air with twigs snappmg ^n-j outstanding manner, with
derfoot. paper streamers seeming to
Soon a new day comes. Lets ,
make it good.
Annual Reception of Sophomore-Freshman
float overhead the length of the the ladies hair,
floor. The Sophomore class col
ors, red and white, were carried
throughout. As the guest enter
ed tokens were pinned on each
person, paper owls to the men s
lapels and crepe paper ribbons in
for occupation of above mention
ed lairs.
Further information regarding
t'he celebration will be posted
daily on the bulletin boards, and
copies of the song may be obtain
ed from the co-presidents. Any
dame wishing to participate in
the celebration can secure a copy
of the governing rules and regu
lations from the sponsor of the
P. B. A., Ltd., June Leath.
It is hoped that every student
will cooperate with the commit
tee in charge in order that the
Sadie Hawkins Day Celebration
will be a catching success.
Editor’s note; Anyone who de
sires half interest in a steel vault
for this day see me.
of
-arTsv'iie; Betty Hoyt, 01 Wal
pole, Mass.; and Alma Coneby, of
vVashington, D. C.
Delta Upsilon Kappa: Helen
Schwob, of Orlando, Fla.
Tau Zeta Phi: Jewel Kerns of
Ether.
Pi Kappa Tau: Louise Wilson
of Lemon Spring.
Chapel Speaker
Announced
Chapel programs for the week
of Nov. 8 have been turned over
to the Department of Education,
who has arranged to have two
veil known speakers in the field
;f Education address the student
ody.