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PAGE TWO IMaroan and Gold SATURDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1940 Maroon and Gold I’diU'd and Printed at Elon College by students of Journalism I'i.iblih::.cd bi-Wv-ekly during the coilege year. I;ON BORN EDITO?. l.ARJORiE HUN'IER CO-EDITOR Voci; Mailoy Sports EdiiOv t'tyr.iuui (joMDium Assis an; r.^o.'ta crutcni.eld Assistant — NEWS EDITORS — Joe Blanks Roger Inman boyd Clapp Robena Martin L.ii Ciaytor Albert McDuffit ;':ur/ C'laytor Bill O'Connor ■ orris Coil .•i Douglas Fampiil n I'aty Lee Dam»ron Charlie Parker ! "I r^’opon, r.’arparet Pennin^icr, L'lrdie Dixon Joy Quackenbusl. L ■ ,le Fieeland Bob Selie;t I 2'vev Huff';t(tler RTary Frances Stame; I.;b Arn field Hub Lawe land Causey Bev Rogers SNIP and SNOOP WHAT CHRISTMAS REALLY IS I’ ", .f-IiJliard - Business Manage; IacIvu Holrrcs Exchange and Circulation Manager — PRODUCTION STAFF — Koy ManitiflfJ Manager /, D. Cfbb Assisian; I aiold Winters Assistant Jo;.n Pollard Staff Pholographei Ui. Fletcher Collins Faculty Advisor Entorcd as second class matter November 10, 1936 at the post off^ice at Eion College, N. C.. under the act of Congress March 3, 1879. MPMCWNTftD NATIONAL ADVSHTIStMS »T National Advertising Scrvice, Inc. ColUge Pmi/is/xrs Representative 420 Maoiwoh Ave. New York. N. Y C*MC**0 • boCtON • LOS AJMflLW • SAM FKAdOtCe WHAT DOES DEMOCRACY MEAN TO YOU? Last v.'Cfl^ found the Education 47 class discu.'is’ng and tryin" to f'lid the answer to a question which every student should stop and t!^n'i al'out. The question was ‘‘H6w can v.'e make 'Elon a more fi ’iiocra'.ic campus?” We haye been made to think about demo- c- rcy and its; workings as a form of government for a nation due to the throat from the totalitarian countries. But do we ever stop to think thaf democracy is an every day cvi'ry group principle which ?an be liVcd and practiced everj'where rather than just thought of as tn ideal fnrm of government for a nat'on. This problem, democratizing Elon, brought but many intercst- r op nions anc;! comparisons. And naturally it' brought its amount f ' rip( s as any question like this wall. But disregarding those, it rrtilntcd many students to think about a thing which too many of I '-- fkn’t know we hgve except at election time and v/hcn ?omeone is Lo’n^ tried by the Student Senate. We mean the form of student I viyrrnment which wc have. Is this the most workable and best type f.-ir our cnmpus? Do we think it the be.st just becati.se it is called ■'sfiid'. nt” government and that name makes it tl'.e best for ti e .vtud. n's. Have we ever tried to find anything better? Has anyone I wr compared its effectiveness with other forms? Maybe m.ore ci morintic forms. Have we ever considered whether or not it has li'it it.s usefulness? Perhaps it woiked well ten years ago but don’t nic.«t things change over a period of years and often bccome out- ji'od; d. We realize that student government isn't a faddish thing which should be changed every sea.son, but it is something whic'n '■’iou!d serve the needs of the group it is practiced bj'. It should be f!. .xible rnough to be the answer to a changing campus and chstnging s-'.^id'.Tit body. Is our present system of student government the ans wer to this? And if it isn’t why haven't we done something about it? I cmocraoy, to work at its b est, must be practiced by intelligent, t' inking per.sons. And for us to be intelligent and considerate in all cur judpments after college, we must begin thinking now. In the rr.njijrity of ca.ses, we either accept or reject on the spur of the mo- n^cnl without thinking through and questioning all possibilities. Drawing from tha book “Educational Freedom and Demo- cra.''v” pi'blished by the John Dewey Society, we find, “In a demo- f .'I'ic social order, the schools have a distinctive obligation to pro- V do for the continuous examination of traditional beliefs and prac- iH't s on the ground that ‘time m.akes ancient good uncouth’.” This is v> lint we should aH be doing, constantly examining the old and ac- ccpted to find if it is still good. If it isn’t, we should be ready to cLanee it rather than clinging to a worn-out system because we 'r'Evcn’t the initiative to try something new. If college teaches us no'hing ei.se, it should teach us to think and as thinking individuals fetk the best for ourselves and for the group we live with. Why rouldn't we start practicing this today? If our student government is not answering our needs, it should be changed. The time for just s'hrugging our shoulders and acquiescing is over. Either make the j.resent system work or find a system that will work. JUST IMAGINE Elon College twenty years from now" — a freshman girl ar:ives on the campus for the frst time. As she enters AVest gate she sees a stately dormitory (known as '-'ew West). Going over the campus she is well impressed 'ey the beau tiful scenery and build ngs. Fic.«- sie Freshman js “tickled p'nk” over the Elon gymnasium, which is considered the best in the South. Now com.es registration day . . . Securing her card she approaches Dean Roger Inman and arranged her schedule for the year. After waiting in line an hour she is pushed into the business office where Mr. Charlie Parker an xiously awaits a student who can pay in full — he gets fooled aga’n. Flo.ssie soon learns her teach ers. For English she has a lovelv old white-haired gentleman, Mr. Causey; for m.athematics, Mr, Pot ter, slightly old but still youn' in some wgys: for psychology she has a petite lady, Miss Martin (known to us as Roberta) Wonder why she never married? for French Flossie terms him as the “man with the soothing voice”—: Mr. Jack Wilkinson. An older studept tells FIbss'e that the campus now has fen moref lights installed. Flossie js well pleased when she thinks of how many evenings she can .spend studying out-of-doors with a good lighting system. ' Generally speaking, Flossie i-s well pleased with Elon. her only objection being — too many boys on the campys (imairine th'it) YES, HE ACTUALLY SAID IT. There was a litt'^e boy trvin ■ to sell' an Elon College student some Christmas seals. The stu dent wished to know what kind of seals; so he said, “What kind of seals are they — tuberculosis seals?” The little boy replied, “Yeah, but I think they should call them threeberculosis seals, ’cause there are three people on them.’’ SNIPS Betty’s had a tough week, ex plaining to everyone on the cam pus that “Dopey’’ didn't give her the black eye. Some people still, don’t believe her . . . Adomitis seen's ■ to 'have a technique that the other boys haven’t acquired, so far as dating a number of girls is concerned, Kis roomies' real ly envy him . . . For a funny sight you sliould have seen the four lone girls at the volleyball game a f>,’.v nights ago. Nope their names are not to be reveal ed . . Congrats to the S. C, A. Club for a swell square party. Even Judy enjoyed it. despite her sprained ankle . . . Whal's Lila Budd runn'ng around s’ngin. “The One O'clock Jump ’ for? ! ! ! ALWAYS THAT OTHER GIRL Im.agijie the surprise of a cer tain browneyed Junior girl on campus v/hen her boy- friend's “other girl” casually arrived on the campus one Sunday. Of course Miss X,, the off-cam pus girl, d;dn't know who her dashing hero went with on a pus but she had suspicions of his doing so. Miss X. was introduced to tht Junior girl and being much im pressed, decided to pay her £. visit during the afternoon. Can you picture the embarras sing situation of the two girls, one very bewildered — the other determined to find out whether oi not the boy was being true to her? Can you picture the local girl's face when Miss X. suddenly burst forth with “Who does he date on campus?” The inevitable reply followed, “Nobody”. Well, you can guess the rest! Anyway, the sighs which escap ed from the lips of the cai;:'. couple sounded strangely like ones of relief. And if you ask the boy now w^hy he doesn’t yisit Appalachian more often, he'll answer. “Just CAUSED.’’ HOLIDAY CONFUSION . On the day before ‘ Thanksgiv ing, Prof. Hook announced that he would give an exam on the following Tuesday.' ■ ' Now this Yankee was anxious Lo ir.ake a good grade . . . around twelve p. m, triday night he leal- ly bCfean to burn the midnight oil. At five-thirty the light of dawn began to cieep slowly in:o his room. Figuring he had stud ed enough for the night or should we say rporn'ng, he jum.ped into bed for a few minutes of shut- cye. , , Up in time, to eat with a head full of aeronautics, he cam.c to breakfast all smiles. Muc}i to his dismay, he was- t9ld that the day ’.vas Saturday ... A Thanksgiv ing holiday at Elon certainly can make the days hurry by. If you don!t believe me, just ask Pro- gar. You've been looking forward to Christmas for weeks. Every time you’ve been tired, or hungry, or discouraged, you’ve thought, 'When I get home it sure will be swell.’’ Then you go home, and at first everything is wonderful. Plenty of good fooj, the old gang back again, no classes to go to. But seen something seems to go wrong. Maybe you're w-orking and don't have time for loafing or a ;:ood time. You’re rushed and hurried and dead tired by the time ; ou get home at night. You think, “Holiday huh — some holiday i’rn having!” Or maybe you just stay around the house and eat and sleep nd see your friends. But that isn’t so perfect either. The family as its faults and they seem different after you’ve been away to ihool.. Your kid sister is bratty, and your mother is still too oid- ashioned. Your high-school pals have changed too — you feel al most like a stranger. You kind of miss the kids at school. Things ren t very interesting, it isn’t as nice as you thought it would be. ou wonder, “What's the point of Christmas anyway? It’s so silly. Toothing but gabbing around and eating too much and getting presents. One day you're shopping and you see a tired mother with her little girl before a counter of dolls. The baby stares wide-eyed at a oig expensive doll, “Oh, Mommy, I wish I could have that!” Later Ihe wom.an comes back to buy the doll, and there's a glow' on her face. You smile too because she looks so happy. Leaving the store- you give the Salvation Army lass some money, and your smile grows bigger. On Christmas morning the kid sister is delighted with the s.weater you gave her. Mom’s beaming at you too because she got her favorite perfume. At church you listen to the choir and a warm f eeling spreads inside you. Suddenly you know that this is Chr' = mas. Not food and getting presents, but the joy of giving and a ii iendly handclasp, and sacrifi'cing a little so you can m.ake somebody else happy. All because years ago someone called Christ said, “Love thy neighbor as thy self.’’ You decide Christmas is pretty nice after all. LIBRARY NEWS iNQUiRING REPORKR OPEN FORUM Dear Editor; I think the student body would appreciate Dean Messick's coop eration ill securing a better way of sending home the cuts of a s;udent has on a class. A person is ailow'td three ex cused cuts on each class. When a report is sent home concerning the number of cuts a person has, the excused and the unexcused cuts are put together. This leads the parents to believe the student has the number of unexcused cuts that are specified on the report, w herei s: thr-:■ excused cuts should be taVon oTf for each class. I siiiifec&t that when a reports is sent home the excused cuts be deducted from the unexcused and this number be put on the report. If this method is unsatisfactory the report could be divided into two groups; the excused cuts on a class could be put under one group and the unexcused cuts could be put under another group. This would show the parenis the exact number of cuts ttie student has on a class. The students would appreciate the Dean sending the students a letter concerning the number ol cuts they have before this tmn.- ber is sent iiori.e. 'i is s.»p- posed to be done, but this has been overlcjokcd many tir.'rs. this year. I am sure the students will appreciate any adjustments that are made on the matters mention ed above. i yours truly, Boyd Clapp ’ ' Question; What are you goin;; to do for Christmas? Bill Palanlonio:.. Go home to Pennsylvania, I guess. May drop in to see Bob Dicker; hc-’a prom ised to fix me up with a couple of cute girls. Peg Galloway: I’m going home where I don't have to come in at 7;30 every night and where I can forget all my troubles — especial ly that dogfish. Bill O'Connor: I’ll go home for awhile, then I ’spec I'll drop over Portsmouth way. Ediih Thomason: Go home, of course. Work? Not if I can help it! 'Virginia Coone: Well, I want to work, but my momma say.s I can’t work, so I guess I won’t work, most hardly. Rose Whitfield: Oh, I don’t know — Sleep, I guess, and go shopping in Durham with my folks. Helen Yarborough: Sit at home and wish I could be with Sal.. Roberta Hamrick: I'm going to have a big time and spend every minute I can with Mack. He’s that boy in the picture over there on the dresser, Cora Worsley: I'm going to eat, and eat, and eat some more. Eu’a Mae Monroe: Everything! Hey, wait! What is tiiis ioi Gracc Bradshaw: Go home, go to a few dances. Maude’s com ing down the last week, and \.'- have lots of things planned. Maude Taylor: Dance till ;riy feet drop off, eat a lot, and sleep some. Gloria Barfield: Wait for Santa Claus. Mary Frances Stamey: I’m goin" to look forward to coming back to school. Jack Foushee: Well I guess I will continue to jerk sodas in the drug store in Burlington. I will have plenty of practice after working at the Book Store so far this year. Claude Lawrencc: Well, I am going to work in Greensboro or Mount Airy during the holidays. John Pollard: I plan to go on a tour with Jimmy Hamrick and the Collegiates. At present, the plans call for a tour of some of the Southeastern States. If I don’t do that I shall either work in Greensboro or catch up on My Much Needed Sleep. Douglas Moss: Coach says I had better study during the holi days. However, I think I will eat, sleep, and have a good time. Ae^op may have had his fables but he doesn’t have a thing on. James Thurber. Mr, Thurber has just published a book call'-d “Fables For Our Modern Times”—a very humorous hook indeed. The i following stories give typical examples of his fables found in this book; The Courtship Of Arthur and A1 Once upon a time there was a young beaver named A1 and an older beaver named Arthur. They were both in love with a pretty j little female. She looked with disfavor upon the young beaver be cause he had never done a gnaw of work in his life, for he preferred ' to eat. sleep, and play Now I'll Chase You with the girls. The older beaver had never done anything but work from the time he got his : first teeth. The female married Arthur, the older beaver, one day at lunch hour—he could never get away from v.?ork any other tim.e. Now ^ ur worked so hard supporting his wife and children that he wore his teeth down to the gum line. He soon died without ever having a ''acation in his life. The young beaver continued to eat, sleep, and Ppider-In-The-Parlor with the girls. He never got anywhere, ! u'r h'i h.’d r> long life and Wonderful time. It is better to have loafed and lost than never to c-ve 'oaied at all. The Little Girl and the Wolf ! One afternoon a big wolf waited in a dark forest for a little girl to come along carrying a basket of food to her grandmother. Finally a little girl did come along and she was carrying food. “Are you carrying that basket to your grandmother?” asked the wolf. The little girl .said yes and went on her way. When the little girl opened the door of her grandmother’s i house she saw that there was somebody in bed with a nightcap and ! nightgown on. She had approached no nearer than twenty-five feel I from the bed when she saw that it was not her grandmother but the [ wolf, for even in a nightcap a wolf does not look any more like your ' grandmother than the Metro-Goldwyn lion looks like Calvin Coolidge.. f^o the little girl took an automatic out of her basket and .";hot the i wolf dead. MORAL; It is not so easy to fool little girls nov.'adays as it used to be. ODDS AND ENDS EXCHANGE NEWS BOYS’ DORM GRADES GIRLS DORM GRADES Club House A- West Dormitory, second floor—B Oak Lodge r. C plus East B West Dormitory, third floor — B- North B Ladies Hall, first floor — A Carlton House B Ladies Hall, second floor — A- South B College Cottage — A. At last, the, long-dreamed-of Elon College Stadium has mater ialized. Here’s w'ondering if it will be destroyed by fire durin ; the only year in which insurance is carried. It’s an old tradition at Elon that anything with fiie insurance just incidentally burns. “My Hearts In The Highlands” proved to be a prize w'inner in any man’s league, on last Tues day and Wednesday nights. If you didn’t see it, ask those who did. Howard Brown, Jack May, and Dwight Gentry w'ere splendid in the leading roles and were wonderfully aided by the support ing cast and director. Radio station WPTF in Raleigh is completing plans to operate at its increased 50,000-w-atts power for the approaching New Year. The new transmitter plant, locat ed on U. S. Highway No, 1 near Cary, will approximately double the station’s present coverage area. WISDOM OF THE WEEK — If everybody knew what everybody said about everybody, everybody would be mad at everybody and we would scon have a hell on earth ahead of schedule . . . Ad vice is like castor oil — easy enough to give but dreadfully hard to take. News comes from William & Mary College in Williamsburg, 'Va. that the National Labor Re lations Board was in receipt of a violent complaint last week, from the barbers of Williamsbur" It seems that several students of a small college, meaning, Thf>- University of Richmond, about forty miles northwest of Williams burg took it upon themselves toi administer free haircuts to nine teen W & M students, thus doing the local tonsorial artists out of some $7,60, It so happened that a large group of the local stu dents, pleasure bent, invaded the camipus of the University of Rich- mony. Finding tlje grounds ap parently unguarded, they relaxed' their caution, and consequently soon found themselves- caught in the spider s web. Taken to the Richmond dormitories, the boys were given the ’oencfit of free haircuts, the economic advantage of which was more than offset by' their lack of beauty. Maybe the University of Richmond students hadn’t heard that Indians are sup posed to do the scalping business when these William and Mary boys visited the Richmond cam pus with the”intention of kidnap- ning some of the Richmond boys, but mstead, got scalped them-
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