The date on thia pablication and the
day OB which It appears are not neo-
cessarUy the same. Any slmilaritr is
pureljr eoincidentaL
Maroon and Gold
Best wishes for ,a pleasant vacation.
....See you March 8.
Published By and F or Eton Students
TOLUMB U
ELON COLLEGE. N. C.
TUESDAY. FEBSUART ,24. IMS
Boom On
Fraternity Row
Hazing had been particularly rough
that Hell Week night. Next morning
at one University of Washington fra
ternity house, a dozen “pledges” all
overseas veerans—packed their bags
and walked out. Said a spokesman:
‘•No 18-year-oId kidis are going to
warm our bottoms." At Northwestern
University, a sophomore “active*^
ordered a pledge to light his cigarette
for him. The ipledge, an ex-major in
the Air Forces, gave the sophomore
and his brotheK heated and. specific
instructions about how they could
dispose of his pledge pin.
On campuses all over the U. S., it
had been like that ever since the war.
Some of the horseplay had gone out
of fraternity life; so had a lot of
comradeship. It was the veterans who
had made fraternities a different
place. Most of them had too much
on their minds—their grades, their
families, and their futures— to be
fraternity “brothers" in the prewar
sense.
Though chapiter houses were
crowded, many married brothers now
lived in Quonsets, trailers and board
inghouses off campus; they had little
time for the old casual touch-football
games on the lawn, or the beer and
bull sessions. Even at Western and
IKfldwesltem campuses, where fra-
emitles usually had been taken more
seriously that in the i;ast, actlvitie*
were not as active any more. Were
fraternities themselves on the de
cline? According to a survey of 17
big-time college campuses last week,
the answer was decidedly no.
BanUnc Wfartffases. -Fraternity
memberships, like university enroll-
meats «re at an all time high—in
most cases, nearly double prewar.
This fat income has put the fra
ternities in the black, many for the
first time in years. The heartening
aroma of burning mortgages drifts
up from Fraternity Rows all over
the nation. At the University o
California at Loa Angeles, the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon chapter was 13 years
ahead on Is mortgage payments. The
University of Southern California’s
Phi Kappa Psi had just dedicated a
new $ 120,000 house. University of
Michigan fraternities were over
flowing into nearby rooming-house
“annexes."
^ Reported one University of Denver
fraternity man: “It’s getting like
Uniop.Station. You can’t tell whether
tKe guy lounging in the living room
is an active, a pledge, a rushee, a
visitor or somebody who got into the
house by mistake.” Complained one
of 135 Sigma Nus at Northwestern:
“I’m pretty good at names, but it
took me a full three months to leam
everybody’s first name.”
Practical Hazing:. Hell Week had
been banned on some campuses—
notably at Indiana University, after
nine Theta Chis were jailed for
breaking into a grocery store on a
Hell Week scavenger hunt. At Tufts
College in Medford, Mass., which
first abolished and then restored
Hell Week, “practical hazing” (e. g.,
cleaning and polishing the houses)
had replaced such schoolboyish stunts
as measuring the Charles River
bridges with 13-inch codfish. Every
where paddling (also known as board
ing,” “hacking,” etc.) was about as
out-of-date as bell-bottom trousers.
Alumni returning to their old fra
ternity houses looked in vain for
the old trappings: the college pen
nants, no-parking signs, barefoot
Petty girls and dirty shirts that had
once adorned their rooms. The
social chairman on coed campuses no
longer had apoplexy if a pledge dated
a “barb” (non-sorority girl).
But nobody as taking any bets on
how long the subdued spirit would
last. Iready the veteran strain was
thinning out: 17-year-olds and the
old enthusiasm seemed to be on their
way back. At Stanford, when mem
bers of the Class of 1951 were rushed
recently, only 12 per cent proved to
Painting Exhidit
Attracts Many
Large numbers of students and
faculty members attended the ex
hibition od Jane Peterdon’s olj
paintings, which was held in Society
Hall last week. The exhibit was ar
ranged by Mias Lila Newman, Chair
man of the Art Department.
Among the most popular canvases
were “Canal, Venice”, ‘The Wagon
Yard, Brittany,” “Market, Tunis”, and
“A Street in Brusse, Turkey”.
Miss Peterson, a native of Elgin,
Illinois, is a Graduate of the art
department of Pratt Institute, Brook
lyn, N. Y., and studied in Europe
^*^ith Sorolla, Castellucho, and Andrea
1‘Hote. She is represented in per
manent exhibitions in the Brooklyn
Museum of Fine Arts, Girls’ Club of
Paris, Grand Rapids, Mich., and
several other places.
Miss Newman is arranging for an
exhibition of water colors by
Winifred Long in March.
NVMBES 8
Coach Mallory
EDUCATION:
The One
Best Way
Last week the first major cracks
appeared in the wall of Jim Crow
education: Deleware, one of 17
states with Jim Crow laws, announ
ced that it would admit Negro Stu
dents to the University of Deleware
to any course not offered by tbe
Deleware State CoUege for Negroes.
The trustees said they had taken
the hint from the U. S. Supreme
Court's recent decision in the Ada
Sip«el case (Ttn«, Jan. 19).
The University of MaryUnd,
which quietly admitted its first Negro
to the law school 13 years ago, and
has 23 Negro law students. Johns
Hopkins University at Baltimore, a
private school under no legal com
pulsion to admit Negroes, has also
admltteo “a few” Negroes into grad
uate work.
The University of Arkansas, which
recently refused to admit a Negro
law student, said that it would re
consider if he re-applied. He could
use the law library'and study under
the regular faculty—but in a separate
classroom^ Negro under-gradluates,
however, will still be refused.
Oklahoma, which had jerry-built a
law school for Negroes following the
Sipuel decision, again refused to
admit Ada Sipuel^ to the regular
University of Oklahoma law school.
But when seven more qualified
Negroes applied for Oklahoma grad
uate schools, a state regent urged
that Negro graduates be admited to
Oklahoma —just to save the state
money.
In Missouri, where a “separate but
equal” law school has had its longest
test, the powerful St. Louis Post
Dispatch pronounced it a “mistake.”
Said the P-D: it costs only $228 a
year to educate each white law
student at the University of Missouri.
But the state must pay $807 for each
law student in the separate school—
and the 44 Negroes still don’t get a
Negroes to University of Missouri
graduate schools, said the P-D, was
“the one best way” to correct an
“expensive error.”
pretzels.”
* Now Mrs. Warren Fisher, bride
of a graduate of Oklahoma’s Langston
University for Negroes.
The above article appeared in Time
Magazine, Feb. 9, 1948. Reprinted
through the courtesy of the publish
ers.
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A *
James Mallory
Is New Coach
BUKLINGTON MENTOK WILL
BEGIN DUTIES SOON
James B. Malloiy, coach at
Burlington High School for the past
three years, has been named to
the head coaching job at Elon, suc
ceeding Coach L. J. Perry, who
resigned December 27 t« *^ome
executive secretary of the North
Carolina High School Athletic As
sociation. after sfrwing two years
at Elon.
Dr. L. E. Smith made the an
nouncement on Feb. 10 after the
board of trustees had acted upon
the appointment.
^The announcement said Mallory
had been selected as head coach of
intercollegiate athletics at Elon and
that he would begin his duties as
soon as he could obtain his release
from the Burlington school system.
Mr. Mallory indicated that he
hoped to be able to assume his duties
shortly after the first of March,
probably about March 8, when the
new quarter begins.
JMr. Mallory has developed a fine
record at Burlington, his football
teams winning 15 games, losing only
five, and tieing one in two seasons.
During the last school year he
coached football and baseball, but
this season he took on basketball and
dropped baseball. Without baseball
to handle in the Spring, there is a
chance he will be able to get an
early release from Burlington and
report to Elon in time for the looal
baseball season.
Mr. Mallory is a native of Law-
renceville, Va., where he attended
high school before going to Fork
Union Military Academy at Fork
Union, Va., to prepare for the
University of North Carolina. He
entered Carolina in the fall of 1937,
and obtained a 3. A. degree in
physical education and health in
the Spring of 1942. He is nearing
completion of work toward a master’s
degree, which he expects to obtain
next summer.
be veterans. Said one fraternity
leader: “We’ll have to rebuild our
rushing strategy around hamburgers
and milk shakes, instead of beer and
The above article appeared in Time
Magazine, Feb. 9, 1948. Reprinted
through permission of the publish
ers.
A member of the 1937 freshman
football team, he played on the
varsity eleven under Coach Ray
Wolf in 1938 and 1939, but signed a
professional contract with the Wash
ington Senators inthe aummer of 1940
and lost his eligibility for further
college sports.
In baseball he started out at
Sanford of the old Bi-State League,
and went to Washington for two’
months, participating in 16 major
league games. Next season he played
at Charlotte, another Washington
farm, and in 1942 was with Burlington
for two months before quitting base
ball to take a post at Catawba
College as assistant in all major
sports^ and civilian instructor in the
Army Air Force.
When the AAF program was
terminated in 1944, he made another
start in baseball by signing with
Columbus, Ohio, of the St. Louis
Cardinal farm chain, after being de
clared a free agent. He started the
1945 seaaoQ with the Cardinal
was sent back to Columbus, and was
later purchased by the New York
Giants. He spent virtually the full
year with New York, playing in 77
games, before leaving near the end
otfthe season to become assistant
coach at Burlington High.
He was an outfielder and was
regarded as a good hitter, having
been selected on the semi-pro all-star
team of the tournament in which he
played in this state last year with
McCrary of Asheboro. He is now on
New York’s voluntarily retired list.
(Mlallory’s other coaching jobs, in
addition to his work at Catawba in
clude: one season with the Junior
Order at Lexington (high school), one
season as assistant to Jim Tatum as
coach of the freshman football team
at Carolina, and one season as
freshman baseball coach at Carolina.
He is 29 yearsold, and now claims
South Boston, Va., as his home, since
that is where his people are now
residing. He was married to the
former Miss Elizabeth Ann Hulin of
Lexington in 1942, and they live at
303 Tarpley Street, Burlington. In
view of the housing scarcity, he will
continue residing there, at least in
the immediate future.
College Kitchen
Gets Singed Admit Fifty
Social Clubs
The second fire of the decade oc-
cured in Elon College’s kitchen at
8:15 on Sunday night, February 8,
causing minor damages to the roof of
the building.
Students rooming in the nearby
East Dortoitory were the first to
detect the miniture holocaust and
take action. Some immediately crash
ed windows in Mooney to facilitate
their arrival to the roof through
them, while others called the Elon
College and Gibsonville and Burling
ton fire departments.
At the first sound of sirens the
student body turned out en masse to
watch the proceedings. However,
there was very little to witness as the
fire had been small enough when de
tected to be extinguished by the
handy fire extinguishers. Some a-
musement was available when the city
fire trucks arrived. The expert fire
men immediately opened one of the
doors, as only a well organiied fire
department can, and those who
stood near witnessed a pair of stu
dents drop a case of eggs and a few
slivers of ham and flee. Rumor has
it that the greatest damage was done
to the contents of the ice box.
The conduct of the student body in
this emergency was exemplary in that
they remained cool during the entire
operation. One student was extreme
ly cool. When the sirens began to
moan his roommate wondered aloud
what they could mean. He, looking
up from his studies replied that it was
the kitchen. When his roommate
asked how he knew, he answered
it was burning when he left it half
an hour before.
Breakfast was served on schedule
next morning.
New Members
E'lon’s eight Greek letter societies
concluded their week of torture on
Thursday, February 19, after having
admitted 52 new members. Initiation
committees utilized covenient snoW.
During what appeared to be th*
most miserable weather a pledge was
ever forced to be out in, not one was
heard to complain or seen to froWn
iVon the arraogements for their ini
tiation. The girls were not aitected
too mu(^, but the boys found the
twelveinches of snow a real handicap
in overcoming the imany obstacles
between thm and the completion of
their missions.
New members admitted to the
fraternities were as folowau
Alpha Pi DelU—Dallas Beery, Gar
rett Beamen, Bill Stafford, Fred
Yarborough, Ira Upchurch, Earl
Short, Mtirion Adams, and Jim
Mitchell.
Kappa Psi No—C. K. Siler, Lester
Foster, H. J. Carr, Sunny Shearin,
Eugene Johnson, Wendell Iseley and
BiU Wilkins.
Iota Tau Kappa— Billy Cook, Pedro
Godwin and Jack Wayland.
Sigma Phi Beta—Ted Parker, Jack
Hanel, Eddie DePaolo, George Stan
ley, Steve Walker, Dick York, Fred
Shoffner, and “Hoi-Toide” Daniels.
New members admitted to the four
isier sororities were:
PI Kappa Taa—Jackie Gaskins. Zeda
Grogan, Ann Darden, Dot Jones,
Dolly Foster, Doris Blackwell, Marlaa
Tickle, Marilla Edwards and Carolyn
Lqng.
Beta Omlcron Beta—Edna Falwell,
Martha Veasley, Dot Brinkley, Betty
Truit, Helen King, Mabel Long and
Lucy Everett.
Tan Zeta Phi—Tessie Zimmerman,
Bubara Haynes, Maxine Abervrom*
bie, Mary Elizabeth Lindley, Betty
Long and Elinor Doris Huey.
Delta UpaUMi Kappa—Jean Harris.
Evelyn McNeil, Laveme Russell and
Bettye Rudisil.
Elon Debaters
Meet With
Lenoir Rhyne
The Elon debate team inaugurated
its current season by holding a non
decision debate with Lenolr-Rhyne
here, Friday evening, February 6.
This meeting was a warm-up affair
for the South Atlantic Tournament
to be held at Lenoir-Rhyne, March
4, 5, 6. Prof. C. W. Paskins served
as critic. I
The suestion for debate this year
“Resolved: l^at a Federal World
Government Should Be Elstablished.”
Lenoir Rhyne’s affirmative team,
Stuart Kirby and Max Green, de
bated against James Widenhouse and
James Marshbum, Elon’s negative.
Then, changing sides on the issue,
Elon’s affirmative, Robert Woold
ridge and Baxter Twiddy, debated
with the Misses Eleanor Adolph and
Vdvian Poteat, Lenoir Rhyne’s
negative.
Interest in debating is keen at
Elon this winter because this is the Brussels sprouts, but they are suf-
first year that the college has had fgring from lack of foods essential to
war. Mr. Earl Danieley, the coach, | complete nourishment. He pointed
has hopes of the team’s making a thatas a result of this unbalanced
good showing in the tournament next British people lack the vi-
month. ! tality and energy necessary to build
Or. Clinchy Is
Chapel Speaker
“The British people are not loolung
for a handout; they desire comrade
ship with America.” Thus concluded
Dr. Russell J Clinchy in his chapel
talk Monday, Feb; 16. Dr. Clinchy is
pastor of the Center Congregational-
Christian Church of Hartford. Conn.,
and a member of the Elon College
Board of Trustees.
For his discussion of conditions
in Britain, Dr. Clinchy drew upon
his experiences in Scotland, where
he recently occupied a pulpit for six
months as exchange pastor. He stres
sed the fact that the British have a
sufficient quantity of bulky foods
such as potatoes, cabbages, and
CHAPEL HOUR CHANGED
TO TEN O’CLOCK
To facilitate obtaining speakers for
chapel, the time has been changed
from nine to ten o’clock. It is believed
that the later hour will be more att
ractive to speakers.
Nine -thirty classes now meet at
pine o’clock.
Just a pleasant reminder that class-
wili resume Monday March 8 at eight
o’clock. We'll be seeing you.
Mujuiiig-j, the wild and almost wild
horses of the prairies, are descend
ants of horses brought to America by
conquering Spaniards in the 16th cen
tury.
SC A Adopts
Constitution
For the first time in its history
the Student Christian Association of
Elon College has adopted a con
stitution. In many ways this new step
will add much to our organization, not
only this year but for the coming
years. In years before we have not
had a special need of a treasurer,
our new constitution makes this a
necessity. The members when adopt
ing the constitution appointed Todd
Ferneyhough as our treasurer for
the rest of the year.
Everyone is invited to attend our
meetings at any time and to help
us to enrich our lives also the atmos
phere of the college campus by this
I Student Christian organization.
up their country.
Dr. Clinchy praised the British
highly for their steadfast and deter
mined attitude in the face of over
whelming obstacles, not among the
least of these being the realization
that their country has lost world
leadership. He emphasized the spirit
of friendship which the British dis
play toward Americans. The speaker
showed how vital it is that America
I extend help to Great Britain as a
! defender of democracy in Europe.
j Ruth Baine and Evelyn McNeil were
awarded honors as the outstanding
players from Elon at a playday held
' at Lenoir Rhyne last Saturday. Elon
placed third in the competition with
Appalachian first and Lenoir Rhyne
I second. Eleven Elon girls attended.
Guilford and High Point also took
I part in the competition. ^