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Z00^'.5&.l Paironi la Maroon and Cold Advertisers Complete Coremucily and Campus Coveraga Published Bv and For Students of .Elon CoIIeoa VOLLMS XIV Z 530 ELOr* CQLL.iiu£. N. C. &A1UHDAY. JANUARY 27. 1940 NUMBER NINE Second Period Of Eion Golden Anniversary To Be Observed 3rd Faculty and Student Commit tees for Discussion of Topics on dates as follows: “The State School as Related lo the Independent or Church- Related School" — Monday, Feb ruary 12. 1940, 10:30 to 11:30 Seniors Meet.ng in Society Hall, floor. Alamance Building. Dr. Collins Charles Rawls Frances Bean Curtis Jones Juniors -’Meeting in Prof. Barney’s class room, 1st. floor. Alamance Bldg. Prof. Pratt f Mary Claytor Sam Rankin Ildward Potter Sophomores Meeting in Lecture Room. 2nd floor. Alamance Building. Prof. Beecher and Miss Muse Don Schlitter Cliaries Donato Boyd Clapp Freshmen. Section 2 Meeting in Little Chapel Pi*of. Stewart Waiter Mallard Helen Schwob Emory Sellars Freshmen. Section 1 Meeting in Main Auditorium Prof. Edwards and Prof. Moore George Bullard Steve Castuia Ernestine Johnson “The Independent Endowed Col lege” — ChaiTcellor O. C. Carmi chael of Vanderbilt. Tuesday, February 13. 1940. 10:30 to 11:30. Seniors Meeting in Society Hall Dean Messick Wesley Holland Violet Hoffman Mai'y Lou Hayes Juniors Meeting in Prof. Barney’s class room. ^ Prof. Dickinson Moses Crutchfield Howard Brown Silvio Caruso DR. L. E. SMITH FIRE THE CHURCH-RELATED COLLEGE j By President L. E. SmUh , Elon College is this year cele- ' brating the fiftieth anniversary of its founding. In September Found ers Day was inaugurated and ob served. The Hon. Clyde R. Hoey. Governor of North Carolina, wa? the principal speaker. On this day the original faculty was hon ored with special exercises in the chapel. At the noon hour, an elrr tree was planted on the campus as a memorial to the original fa culty. The second period of celebra tion will be February 11 to 13. The topic for this period of ■ le- bration is “The Church Sch.' .1”. The church school wiU be pre I sented in contrast to and a complement of the state and the' privately endowed colleges. Speak ers of wide reputation in th-? field of religion and education will appear on the program. Last Wednesday night about 11:45 p. m. the boys in the North Dormitory were roused in their sleep with the cry of fire in the building. The alarm was sounded by Joel O'Day, who discovered the fire as he was leaving Bill Handy's room on the third floor after a bull session was in pro gress. His first warning was to those in the room, the group in cluded Ed Sauer, Biil Handy, Sam Rankin. Charlie Blue and L. V. Clark, Tom Higgins and Don Born. This group ran for the fire ejctinguishers and to the va rious rooms to arouse the sleep ing occupants. The source of tlie fire was.the gymn that hangg on the wail and which was flam ing as high as the balcony which sunxHinds the gymn. The fire was soon under control as the blazing matt was turn from the wall and dragged to the outside. The fire extinguishers were played upon the burning wall by Ed Sauer, Joel Day and Henry Capillary. la the meantime Fire Chief Vickers was notified and appeared after the fire was ejctinguished. He inspectedT the inner walls to see if there was any possibility* of recurrence and posted the night watchman, Mr. Bassett, to -watch for the remainder of the night. Bits of paper and an. exploded fire-cracker were found when the mat was tom from the wail. This lead to the belief that a package of fire-crackers that had been shot off in the gym twenty minutes before the discovery of the fire was the cause. The damage was slight but the administration is continuing the investigation to clear up the matter. It Might Have Been The nauseating smell of smoke broug-ht with it stark terror that turned mens insides and kindled man’s primary urge of self-preser- vation which transformed friend and foe alike into primitive ani mals, struiggling. clawing, fight- j to live: Seconds passed and the air became filled with shocite and cries which mingled with the ever increasing roar of the insati able inferno. FIRE PREVENTIONS In a few brief seconds the bal cony was enveloped in flames. The tottering balcony and the ter rified screams of those trapped in thefr small cell-like. room&_blend^ ed in a sickening splintering crash in to the gaping maw below. The flames licked hungrily out ward destroying in its wake both staircases, ma.king normal exit im possible to those in the doomed building. With minds crazed by the knowledge of the inevitable death awaiting them, torch-like bodies hurtled through space in desperate escape only to strike the ground beneath and lie motion less. The burning building illumin ated the scene, baring the des perate but futile attempts to com bat the blaze. Adequate precau tions might have prevented such a tragedy. After studying the fire situation in North Dormitory the Maroon and Gold Staff wishes to make the following recommendations to the administration. Realizing the dan gerous conditions which exist the staff feels that drastic steps should be taken immediately. I. Make it a shipping offense to shoot fire crackers inside any college building. Foolish pranks which cause fire hazards should slao bring immediate suspension Z. Ropes should be furnished es£±L student for descending from his. window 3- A committee of students should be appointed by the facul ty Uf ase the fire extihgu^shers, and help in other ways durinsi emergeiEacy periods. 4. Several thirty minute periods should be set aside each month for fire drilia These fire drills would be compolsory. 5. Fire escapes of some kind should be erected in the near fu ture. 6. Sam* kind of fire alarm should he installed. This alarm should never be used except case of fire. BULLETIN We are late be- New Yorker Suffers Appendix Inflamation William Sullivan. freshmaji from Greenlawn. N. Y., was tak en ill suddenly last week and was admitted to A’amance GeneraL Hospital where an examination re vealed an advanced inflam.ation of the appendix. An operation was necessary. The staff joins the student body ravisf* r>F cnn'url’" wish to Bill for Wduac LllC snow I a speedy and complete recovery, Sportsmanship Trophy and closed roads. ■ and hopes he’ll be back with us 1 Don’t Read This It Is A Secret You have heard.' no doubt, all sorts of wild rumors; stories have been circulating about the campus for weeks, nay months. “When is it going to be?”, “Who's' play ing for it?”. “What kind of d^o- ration will you have?” These and other queries have bothered the school since the announcement was first made. Announcement of What? Why announcement of the Freshman-Sophomore Recep tion. of course, THE affair of the year. This article is written in an honest attempt to clear up all doubts remaining in your ahem — minds. The reception will definitely occur on the night of .P^bruary s^ond. unless the ■ ’aa;fe is changed, and w’ill take place at the Gym, unless it bums down. That much we know, we hope. As for the rest, time and the facts alone will tell. The decoration motif will be ah—but that would be telling, wouldn’t it? Let it suffice to say that the decorations will be colos sal, magnificent, superb, and may be, who knows, even mediocre. Nothing like it has even been seen before, unless you W’ent to any of the other parties. The music will be rendered, in the true sense of the word, by Louie Hubbard and his Hep Cats Personal direction and exclusive oookings by “Jitter” Willard and Pat” O’Goldblum). That is, un less they flunk out, heaven for bid. The music will be decidedly novel; the band has guaranteed to play in tune, and together — for a change. The refreshments will be — we • hope. A kings feast could scarce ly be compared to it — if you ra not too particular. And if yo.i are, don’t come. Novelty will bo the keynote of the evening — a.s a matter of fact, it will be novel if it comes off at all. There is, however, one fly in the ointment, one flaw in this verit able social Paradise. We ain’t got enough dough. “Ain't it awful?”
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