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Friday, April 30, 1948
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Edited and printed by students of
Elon College.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Managing Editor .... Hal McDiarmid
Sports Editor Rocco Sileo
Ass’t Sports Editor . .. George Stanley
Fraternities Lewis Lawrence
Society Editor Allene Stallings
Day Student Editor Max Storey
BUSINESS BOARD
Business Manager Evelyn Moore
Circulation Manager . ..MarthaVeazey
Adviser R. l. Dunlap
Photographer Ed Moss
Printer Jennings Berry
Pressman Worth Womble
COLUMNISTS
Ted Parker Jackie Gaskins
RGPORTKRS
Ed Nash, Phil Gearing, Meir Gabbay
John Gilliam, Evelyn McNeil
Our Campus
Is Larger
Than You Think
The other day we handed one of our
male reporters an assignment which
involved finding information about
nine students. We W'ere mucli sur
prised to discover that although these
nine people had been enrolled since
last September, our reporter knew
only three of them personally. He
knew two others by name and could
not recall having seen the remaining
four. Incidentally, the three whom he
did know are very attractive young
ladies, in fact, the only young ladies
in the group; so this miglit have
l^frtered into the situation.
We feel that our reporter’s limited
acjuaintance is typical of too many,
students. Their friendships are re
stricted to a few members of the fra
ternity, sorority, scholastic organi
zation, or informal group with whom
they are associated. The varied ac
tivities of campus life come to the in
dividual filtered through the impress
ions of this small group He is not
so much a member of the student body
as he is a member of a small group
which happens to be attending Elon
College. Anything or anyone who is
outside the interests of this group is
given little notice by the individual.
Note that this is not an editorial
against fraternities, sororities, or scho
lastic organizations (literary societies,
Spanish Club, IRC, eitc.). These or-
*:anizations are invaluable in that they
bring together people of kindred in
terests, which is of. great help to the
radeship, which is'of great help to the
individual. The person who does not
take part in some organized activity
outside the classroom is missing a
part of his college education.
There is a danger, however, that
once he becomes a member of a group,
the individual will center so much of
his interest in that group that he will
lose interest in the other students, and
■thfe student body thenj.becomes a loose
confederation of organizations which
happen to belong to the same college.
Many students are members of small
groups which are not digintied with
a formal name, but which are, never-
the less, closely organized units. Tht
incoming freshmen are at sea for a
while, but gradually they begin to
form friendships, until each freshman
finds himself looking at things through
the eyes of a few intimate friends.
There is a danger .that he will stop
here and lose interest in the other
students on whose toes he steps daily
in the first floor of the Alamance
Building. ,
The individual’s lack of interest ir
the “outside” students is not an indi
cation of snobbishness on his part. He
has become so accustomed to asso
ciating with a few friends (sometimes
;ven taking courses which they are
taking) that he loses a sense of com
radeship with those outside his circle.
What they do does not interest him
while the small details in the lives of
his intimate friends absorb his whole
attention.
What is wrong with this, you askr
One of the results of a college edu
cation should be a broadening of our
intellectual backgrounds by coming in
to contact with people who have in
teresting ideas (assuming that we also
have interesting ideas to offer them)
How can you exchange ideas if you
never come to know these people—if
you pass like ships in the night? Your
small circle of friends may be in
teresting, we admit, but before you
have spent four years in their company,
you will have exhausted their mental
depths and your relationship will long
since have degenerated to small talk.
Suppose ten years from now one
of your classmates achieves recog
nition as a writer, lawyer, or physician.
Won't you regret never having had
further conversation with him than.
“Pass the potatoes, please,” at the
table?
Elon College is not a large insti
tution. If we had several thousand
students, there might be some reason
for not knowing them all. One of the
advantages of the small college is the
opportunity to know personally most
It Says Ih
lere
By Ed Moss
Looking over the Ads
A source of occasional amusement
for me is to read the ads in the Sun
day edition of the tabloids. The gulli
bility of human beings is amazing.
There is evidently a sale for the
items so vividly described, else the
ads would not run from week to
week. Aftr glancing over the center
section of one well-known Metro
politan scandal sheet, I found bar
gains and opportunities never before
offered to the gentle reader (it says
here.) One can have a choice of
men’s SIMULATED diamond rings
for the amazingly low price of $4.65.
The “rubes” who believe such ads
probably don’t even read the word
‘simulated,” and if they did they
wouldn’t know what it meant. An
even greater bargain in jewelry of
fers the reader a “Sweethart” bridal
set. Both the engagement ring and
the wedding rings with genuine imi-
(Continued on page four)
of| the student body. Are we making
the most of this opportunity?
Vet News
By Paul C. Plybon
National Defense
Don't expect the new draft to pull
my men except a token number into
the armed forces before September
St, at the earliest. Despite the ap
parent confusion reported in the daily
newspapers, ■ the Corfflict' bet'^een the
Administration, individual members of
Congress, and the Armed Forces, is
serious only in so far as UMT is con
cerned.
Congress, ready to go on the draft
ind expanded armed forces, feels pub
lic sentiment favors both. They got a
real scare this week from .the testi
mony of Army Chief of Staff, Omar
N. Bradley, with impressive facts and
figures on Russian armed strength.
His straight-from-the-shoulder, mild-
mannered presentation of startling evi
dence without any dramatics or arti
ficial coloring, was the basis of this
scare. The draft bill will be passed
probably by May ISth. A 70 group
Air Force will be authorized as indi
cated by the top heavy House vote
on appropriatings Thursday. Congress
will “balance” armed forces across the
board, but UMT will not be voted.
(Continued on page foun
! Cam« Here
To Talk for Joe
By Tony Cockrell
Yep. Joe was a card, a pilot hot,
,\nd boy could he fly a plane.
When Joe flew by, the crowd would
cry.
We're in for a show again.
Ole Joe would rack that fighter up,
\nd roll it with a flip.
For the boys all knew whenever Jof
flew.
He’d always buzz the strip.
Yes he'd beat it up from end to end.
Each time before he'd land.
\nd we knew his story of shining
glory.
Toe, the Paddle-foot’s Superman.
Well Joe one day was in his plane,
\nd he wheeled and dealed hi-; ship:
We all could tell Joe’d raise all hell.
Today when he buzzed the strip.
He rolled it over at angels ten,
Heading down with full on power.
And he passed us by at two fe6t high
Doing 500 miles an hour.
Now ole Joe was a character through
and through,
.\nd he flew at an awful clip;
But he failed to see a big oak tree.
Today when he buzzed the strip.:
There were nuts and bolts and chunks
of tin, '
From here to Tim-buk-tu,
But the biggest chung in all that junk
Would fit in a G. I. shoe.
For the boys who crave to be like Joe,
We raised in large bold script;
A sign -that said, “one dow'n, one
dead."
Take care—He buzzed the strip.
Now you can have your loops and
tree-top rolls.
And Immelmans off the deck;
You can have the name acclaim tht
fame.
Of the stuntman’s full respect.
But as for me, ten years from now,
When I’m out on a picnic trip;
I’ll be in the know by recalling Joe,
And the day he btuzed the strip.
For No ijood Rea son
By Frank Orringer
—As the forthcoming presidential
elefction campaingn draws nearer, it is
encouraging to note that J. Wilmer
Humperdinkel's popularity is increas
ing. Inside dope is that he will swing
a majority vote in every state east of
Delaware, Virginia. North Carolina,
and Georgia.
.As you have no doubt heard, J.
Wilmer is the candidate of the Allied
Enghsh Teachers of America, who
propose to bring us lasting prosperity
and sound economy .through their
“rnelodic speech” program.
Their choice of Dr. Humperdinkel
was a fortunate and happy one. He
showed an early aptitude for correct
speed] habits. His first words uttered
at' the age of eleven months in speak
ing to his parents were, “You are my
father and mother, I presume.” (Dr.
Humperdinkel is a man of the highest
moral standards, although his oppo
nents have sought to undermine his
reputation by asserting that he was a
bottle baby.)
For his doctor's dissertation Hum
perdinkel made a study of the English
translation of Sophocles' plays. He
translated them back into Greek. In
fact. Dr. Humperdinkel has changed
our w’hole conception of Sophocles.
But to get oni with the “malodic
speech” program. Its advocates feel
that its general adoption will give life
a zest and sparkle which is missing in
this day of prosaic speech. Our daily
affairs will be carried on in verse
rather than mundane prose. In fact,
they plan to rewrite the entire Con
stitution in iambic pentameter.
The President’s address and all di
plomatic papers are to be -vv-ritten, in
Chaucerian English, This will not only
permit melody of expression but will
make it more difficult for other coun
tries to know just what we have in
mind. For example, a “State of the
Union’’ message to Congress might
begin:
[ “Now, lordinges, hearken, and I wol
I tellen yow
Of this nacioun all the condicioun.
And at Ruce wol I first beginne.”
All government correspondence will
be carried on in couplets. For in
stance, you might receive a beauti
fully engraved card from the President
some day reading:
“My sincere best wishes 1 send to
you.
Report to draft board number two.”
Imagine how melodic couplets will
take the sting out of the tax collection
blanks. At the top of your income
tax blank you might find the'fines:
“Read carefully, dear taxpayer, and
you will see
That when you’ve finished you'll
busted be.’ ’
(The use of the word “busted" is
an example of poetic license, and is
not to be encouraged. We know, of
course, that it should be “bursted.”)
Starting with government at its
highest levels, the program of melodic
speech will diffuse through state and
local government and in time invade
the classroom. Instead of a dull look
ing report card with an “F” scrawled
on it. the student will receive a neatly
typed sheet reading:
Don’t come forward to take a bow.
You really flunked this course—and
how!’’
The national committee right now is
working on an effective campaign slo
gan, to be written in trochaic tetra
meter. If you have any good ones in
mind, send them in.
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