SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1941
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE nVE
OAK LODGE DORM SWEEPINGS
'*Jk- .!
Pictured above is a group
-boys in Oak Lodge, nee Deah
Messick’s old house, nee Hub-
. band’s hovel, nee—but why go
• on? Newest addition to Elon’s
dromitones, it stands alone in
majestic splendor. It gazes regal
ly, condescendingly at its small
er, but more illustrious neigh
bor, the Carlton House. Presid-
of walls to become married. Hub
is the proctor of the Lodge, long
may he reign! Howard is the
boy from New Bern, and Bill is
known to all as manager of sports
at Elon.
Upstairs we find the jitterbugs,
lovers, and Archer and Fagan,
who defy description. A. D. Cobb
sits in peace and solitude in
Eighty^Six Students Make Honor Roll
Holmes New President
Of Panvio Society
The Panvio Literary Society
met recently for the purpose of
electing officers. The meeting was
in charge of the retiring presi
dent, Whitie Dobbs, and nomina
tions were made from the floor.
Evelyn Holmes, who has serve i
in the capacity of vice-president,
was chosen to lead the club this
semester, while Frances Cochran
succeeded her as vice-president.
Esther Ruth Kelly was elected
to replace Marjorie Copeland as
secretary, and Magenta Round
tree was elected to replace Mar
garet Felton as treasurer. Mar-
Meditations of a Co-ed | CHESTERFIELD’S
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Tis wonderful to be happy
In a thousand different ways.
’Tis fun to go to college.
Those happy carefree days.
’Tis hard to study all the books
To learn a thing or two.
But ’tis fun to rock that bram
of yours
To think up things to do.
’Tis great to think that you’re in
love,
Even though you may not be.
’Tis fun to say “I’ll get him yet;
Just you wait and see”.
“Tobaccoland, U. S. A.” —
probably the most complete pic-
ture-story of tobacco farming and
cigarette manufacture ever pub
lished — is offered free to the
public by Liggett & Myers To
bacco Company in its new Ches
terfield Cigarette campaign.
SENIORS LEAD
WITH THIRTY-SIX
The Registrar's office has an
nounced the honor roll for the
first semester of the 1940-1941
school year. Eighty-six students
made an average of “B” or more,
which is an increase of six over
the honor roll list given at the
middle of the past semester. The
The new 42-page, 14 inch book . *1. . j •
I Seniors took the lead in the race.
they having increased their num-
illustrates the growing, curing and
’Tis nice to meet new people
That you may call your friends.
. . , ’Tis fun to accept invitations
jorie Hunter was again chosen as ^hat each new person extends,
reporter for the club. |
The new president was in ’Tis grand to go to the movies
charge of the remainder of the i And pretend that you’re the star,
meeting, and some plans wero' ’Tis fun to ride in the moonlight
made for the activities of the In a ramble-shack, worn out car.
club this semester.
!-
Commercial Club Has
Interesting" Meeting
Tis tiresome to roll up your hair
I at night
j Just to look cute the next day,
'But ’tis real good fun to anticipate
The compliments that he’ll pay.
-ed over by Hub Laws, it has set Room 6 dreaming of “Jeanne
out to make for itself a name With the Light Brown Hair.”
both feared and respectad on Frankly, who can blame him?
the campus. It is the home of Room 7 is the stronghold of the Talks by two of the members,
“One-Two” Perry, of ’“Whitie” Hepcats, with Alfred Peebles, Vivian Overton and Cora Wors- Tig terrible waiting for bidnight,
Collier, of “Ace” Fagan, but — his radio and his now recovered; ley, featured the meeting of the praying you’ll get a bid.
let’s discuss its inhabitants in a mumps. Alf’s radio and records Commercial club January 29 in gyt fuj, to hear all the jokes
logical and orderly fashion. Ireally keep the ioint jumpin’, i the Commercial department room. that are told
In room 1 we find Richard much to Hub’s dismay, who justi Miss Overton spoke on “The with expression like “um-m. Kid”.
Weldon. Dick is alpne now that “kain’t understand it.” j Stenographer of the Gay Eigh-
t^is exnToommate, Grissom, de- , Morris “Whitie” — “just call ties,” pointing out the many Yes, ’tis fun to be in college
.serted the ranks to join the army me lover” — Collier and Dick changes which have come about it's all quite plain to see.
of day students. Room 2 claims “MeToo” Weatherly live in since then, including dress. Mis? gut ’tis more fun than any thing
Harold ‘One-Two” Perry, and Room 8. Dick is the pipe smok- Worsley presented a history of gise
Ernest Brickhouse for its own. ing Model T driver, who is such shorthand and called attention to j.jgt being a fool like Me!
—By Judy Holloman
Perry is well known to all as the a familiar sight in the Recep- the fact that it is not a new metn-
Jv^o. 1 or is it No. 2 or No. 3 man tion Hall. “Whitie” on the other od of writing,
on Rdberta Martin’s exV.;nsive hand, prefers to work in quieter Attention of members of the
list. Einest is a quiet, reserved, surroundings, such as the Don club was called to the financial
and studious lad who makes a Millers house, or in Greensboro, situation during the business
good partner for the efferescent We skip lightly over Room 9 meeting. Mary Ruth McDade,
Perry. for a moment and enter Room 10 Dot Chapman, Russell Campbell,
Down the hall we find Jimmy Here we find Roscoe Gilmer, who Magenta Rountree and Vivian
Day, and Joel Scott, who live in like Dick Weldon, was deserted Overton were appointed to col-
P.oom 3. Not too much is known by hfs roommate Otis, who also lect dues to finance a page in the
of Jimmy, but he seems to be joined the Day Students. Back Phipsicli. A rule adopting a ten' consists of: Jesse Meredith, Finne-' ed to call for it at the pow'
well liked at the Lodge. Joel is we go to Room 9, whose AaJls cents fine for every unexcused Iv Thompson, Paul Secrest, and house. It will be delivered t
tiie small, black haired lad from gaze sadly, but fondly dov%n o.i absence also was passed. O. H. Ross. the girls dormitory.
Detroit, not to be confused witn Ivan i agan and Bui Arciier.
C. A. TO SPONSOR
SQUARE PARTY
The Freshman S. C. A. cabinet
will give a square party in Gym
nasium, February 15. The string
processing of tobacco, as well as . - , ^
^ j ber of honor rollers from twenty-
scenes from the typical life of the . .
Ifour to thirty-six, while thj
Southern tobacco country, with
over 100 large photographs andi
FreshmEin class
dropped from
, twenty-seven to nineteen. The
drawings and mteresting story l, , ,
,1 two other classes were very near
captions. It is already in use byLi,„
, . - the same as they were in the
colleges and libraries m manyl
^ •' middle of the term, with tlie
parts of the country, and the' j • ,
Juniors dropping from fifteen to
public offer has been made as a , , j .
, fourteen, and the Sophomores
result of this great demand. ] increasing from fourteen to
Copies of the book will be sent seventeen,
to individuals or groups on re-! Seinor honors were given to
quest of Liggett & Myers Tobacco Winifred Barney, Joseph Y.
Company, 630 Fifth Avenue, New Ernest
Brickhouse, Howard Grier Brown,
York, N. Y.
Laundry Changes
Hands
Taking care of the dry clean
ing and laundry has been drop
ped, by the college, due to finan
cial reasons, and has been turn
ed over to two private students
as was done previous to last fall
These two students are Earl Tay
lor and Julius Lee Clayton.
The dry cleaning and laundr-
will be taken up every Tuesda
night between 9 and 11 o’cloc'
Silvio W. Caruso, Albert V. Co
ble, Mary Frances Cochrane,
Robert Eugene Cox, Christine
Dalton Eaves, Dorothy Elizabeth
Edwards, Frederick W. Foushee,
Clayton Fulcher, Dwight L. Gen
try, Bess Gilliam, Cephas Hook,
Jessie Irene Hook, Allen A. Ise-
ley, George W. Kemodle, Ro
berta Pearle Martin, Harold E.
Maxwell, John Allen May, Oscar
Daulton Moore, Elizabeth L.
Newton, Helen Elizabeth Pace.
Charles W. Parker, Jr., Margaret
Teague Pennington, Shirley M.
Powell, James D. Rumley, Paul
J. Secrest, John B. Walker, Mary
L. Walker, Nannie Virgjiia Wai-
in the men’s dormitory, and tli
girls will leave their laundry or ner, and Gladys Wright
the north porch' of West as here
tofore, sometime before 5 o'cloc
Tuesday afternoon.
The laundry will be retume
band will be there, the band Friday and the boys are reques
I
J
'led Tayor. These boys really Both excellent basketball play
click; they get along as natural- ers, Ivan, known to his friends
ly as bacon and eggs, pork and as “Ace” and Bill — just knowni
beans, or Sunday night and sack to his friends — are the roughs i
Junches. of the house. However, with the! F^/^Tl^TCr CDET’S
Room 4, now called the Bridal advent o{. Spring, Hub hopes that
suite, houses Hub Laws, Howard these young men’s minds will
Culbreth, and Bill Claytor. It turn to graver fields, leaving the
formerly was the home of Bill Lodge quiet, peaceful, and un-
Reid, who deserted its dingy gray disturbed.
Looking At The Air Corps With A Flying Cadet
IMPRESSIONS
SOUTH OF THE BORDER TO THE
CARLTON HOUSE
Here’s a first hand look at the
Army Air Corp. Since many ot
our boys have joined the army,
and in view of the fact that there
are many who expect to follow
suit, and thereby secure a com
mission in the Air Corp wc
thought it worthwhile to pass thi:
Donato we refer you to Millicent interesting and informative letter
You can have your little gray Britton, and Norma Lowman in on to you. The letter is address-
home in the west, but for us, the Greensboro takes good care of the ed to “Pete” Utsey, and is from
Carlton House is best. “Donato’s Showfety situation. j a friend who, graduating from
To room five we go, and there I high school, studied for and pass-
we find that peer of lovers, that,ed the required mental examina-
Romeo of Romeo’s, that Cassanova tion, which all must take who
of the College, THE ONE, the have not passed two years of col-
only “Peewee” Inman. No need lege work, in addition to a stif
telling you where Peewee can physical examination,
usually be found, but Lila Budd: Love Field
is always there. There, too, you-| ‘ Dallas, Texas
’11 usually find “Foxy” Wolfe,'Dear Pete,
Dump,” as it is affectionately
termed by the inmate, is a two
story affair containing nine rooms
and fourteen inhabitants. Tho’
south of the border, the campus
wall, it holds an enviable p.osition
in Elon life. They are particular
ly proud of their glistening array
of cars, ranging from Magnotto’s
Fo.”d to Burns' Buick.
Charley Donato and Coach
Brunansky act as very efficient
proctors. Brunansky lives alone
in room one. In room two we
find Joe Jones, who also rooms
aione, and spends lots of time in
hiS room when not escorting “One-
Two ’ Perry’s girl. In room three
faithful friend and roommate. | There isn’t very much of an
“Foxy”, by the way was carrying | interesting nature happening out
the torch for a girl he met at; here, unless, of course, you could
Junior*: Tennala Abner, Worth
D. Coble, Howard C. Culbreth,
Hazel White Dobbs, Margaret
Edythe Felton, Frederick K. Gil
liam, Angie Henry, Elizabeth Ma-
ble Hoyt, Jewell E. Kerns, Sid
ney A. Krukin, Ruth F. Martin,
Marvin W. Phillips, Lila Budd
Stephens, Claude Kenneth Uti,
Charles M. Walters, and Elmer C.
Williams.
Sophomores: Bernard Ask n,
us ever know from one day to of ten. Rena Black, George Bullard, Hel-
the next when he will be sent up Dodos (there aren’t supposed to en Clodfelter, Marjorie Copeland,
for his elimination ride. I men- be any more) were birds without James Darden, James Wytche El-
tion this fact merely to rout any wings. Not so now. A flying Lovell Hall, Margaret
false hope and wishful thinking cadet is a “Dodo” until he passes Hauser, William E. Jesson,
fellows might harbor on entering on to an upperclassman. Upper- W. Johnston, Marcella L.
the air corps. In a word, Pete, classmen (the group five weeks ®3wls, Ada M. Shook, and Mae
many of those who appear best ahead) make life milerable for Thornton.
fall by the wayside. They lack underclassmen, and, is an unoffi- Freshman: Miller Basnight, Ed-
what our Commander calls “prop- cial regime which has value in ward Butler, Jeanne Cannon,
er coordination” or “unfailing air teaching newcomers to take oi- Dorothy F. C^le, Verona A. Dan-
judgment”. He doesn’t believe ders, explain that flying cadets Martha E. Duke, Irving
there is any such thing as in- address each other formally as Gertz, W. Keith Harris, Charlotte
lerent flying ability. “mister”; that underclassmen Husted, Virginia D. Jeffreys.
.Cadets come from small towns, move at double time out of bar- Vallie Johnson, Mary Louise
farms and cities. Included in our racks, and must stand at attention Little, Betty L. Lynch, Coiby S.
"^lass are sch.ool teachers, athletic before upperclassmen and officers. Morgan, I^3wis A. Nance, Wal-
'oaches, insurance salesmen, col- Likewise, theirs is the pleasant liam D. Rippy, Elliott Schmidt,
lege students, radio announcers,, duty of seeing that our hair is Helen L. Shoffner, Ross Lee
newspapermen, bookkeepers, ,sta- shprt within 12 hours af- Smith, and William P. Zipperer.
tisticians; one is National A. A. U. j ter arrival.
wrestling champion, another is aj The Army Air Corps im)>resses
son of the Goveror of Missouri, upon us unmistakably that “play
and yet another was a second boys” and “glamour” boys hav“ The Sun Queen, who reigned
string all-american football play- no place here. And truly have over the New Year’s festivals . n
er. So you can see that all :ny; they spoken. It’s no course for the Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas,
fellow “misters” (we always ad-1 a fellow who wants something was contributed by the Randolph
dress each other as “mister”) are: soft. He plunges into Mathema-j Macon Woman’s College in
mixing accents and colloquialisms| tics (which include Physics, Trig-| L.'ncl'.burg. Virg nia.
from all walks of life, as well a; , onometry, Geometry, etc.). Me-' n doesn’t pay to let the “Love
from every section of the country- | teorology. Maps (so he can read gug- j,ite you at the University
All of them, as I, have ofie ->ur-1 them at a glance). Airplane Oregon — at least, not if you’re
Structure and Maintenance, En-
mission at Kelley Field. ■ gine Theory and laboratory.
We fly PT 18 ships, which .-ire | Theory of Flight, Navigation, and
trainer ships with 220 horse pow-1 Military Hygiene. We spend half
Exchange News
Carolina Beach this summer, but class this “business” as interest-
that seems to have gone the way' ing. However, since it appears
of all summer romances. ' that you’re keenly interested in
Upstairs, in regal splendor and what goes on. I’ll try to expla-n
solitude we have John “Muscles” briefly some of the “whats, hows, pose in mind: wings and a com
Hall'. Quiet, conservative and and wherefores”,
we find Francis Bohensky and good boy, he takes a good natur-i To begin with I might say that
Jack Russell, two freshmen foot- ed beating from his hallmates, — everyone who receives an ap-
ball players and believe me,' the awe inspiring crew of Burns, pointment as fiying cadet .’S notier motors, flying soijiething like a day in ground school; the other
two heart breakers if we have Abernethy, Magnotta and Beemon. certain that he will be “pushed” 100 miles per hour at cruising half is spent in an airplane.
€ver laid eyes on one. These boys These four lads rule the roost through the various schools such; speed. They are blue bodied. | We are allowed a dollar a day
fet around quite a bit — usually upstairs and really have quite as Randolph and Kelley Fields, golden-winged planes v/ith the for meals, in addition to our regu-
with feminine company. some time doing it. Travelers, Much to the contrary, for appro- words “U. S. Army’’ inscribed in tar salary of $75. a month, so
Down the hall we find .Donato, and athletes all, these four lads ximately 50 per cent “washout” la^^.ep letters. They are small, rela-- you can see that we eat very -weii.
Palantonlo, Showfety and Glenn, really get around, in either of in primary training for one 7x2a- tively speaking, but ■ somewhat Even at mealtime, the principal
'Iriese boys have earned the title the two cars owned by this com- son or another. For example, larger than cubs; fabric covered, topic of conversation is flying. I
of "Three Foreigners and a White bine. there were 80 fellows who came with engines of m.';nor power, but think, Pete, that if you were to
T.Ian”, Charley and “Birdeggs” be- That’s the rooster of inhabi- in with me here at Love .F'^ld if we ran learn to fiv them as live out here at Love Field with
ing Waptalians, Showfety Assy- tants of the Carlton House. If three weeks ago. At this writing the army wants them f^orwn th^ flying cadets, yoli wouid dis-
rlan while poor, little Lody is we’ve forgotten anyone we’re there are less than 70. (which, bv the way, is only one cover that his mind very rarely,
sole' Amercan. Incidentally, sofry. But even if you were fot- As time goes on more and more way, and that is “procision”) we, if ever, wanders from the flyin
“Birdeggs” and Lody are co- gotten, feiiows, you stiil have the of our fallow students will be can look ahead with a fflesm :'n line. I guess it just gets in your
coaches of that terrific basketball honor of being in the Carlton weedrd Out and sent honrve. Thus our eye to swift metal ships, ?n- blood.
team the “Carlton House Killers”. House, and that means something, far I've managed to wade the 'irdir-^ g'opt bor^bers and Fly-
For further information about doesn/t.it — or dots ft? “axe,” so to speak, but none of ing Fortresses with their crews
YourSj
C; L. I.Tosely
a Sigma Chi. Whenever a mem
ber plants his pin, he is locked
in an o.d fashioned stocks near
the center of the campus. Vhe
victim is released after the girl
kisses him before the whole
student body.
A recent visitor on the W. C.
campus made the statement: “T
didn’t know this was a co-«d ir-
stitiiticn.” Poor fellow, he .for
got it was Saturday night.
The' Boston College Bos.tonii,ns
have nothing on the William .Td
Mary Virginians, the Virginia
Football State Champions. They
rot a free trip South during the
Christmas holidays, but not 'o
Dtay ball; they tanned on ■'.h'!
beaches and looked over the
pretty Southern belles.