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Illicit Hadacol Distillery Is Found On Campus April Fools Are The Biggest Fools Of All MAROON AND GOLD Any Resemblance To Truth Purely Accidental VOLUME 30 ELON COLLEGE, N. C., WEDNESI>AV, APRIL 4, 1951 NUMBER ELON ‘CAGE FIX’ TRIAL IS ENDED Huge Supply Of Bogus Hadacol Is Discovered In Elon Chemistry Lab After suffering the disgrace of being linked with a gigantic gambling syndicate and being found guilty of violating the N.C.A.A. “Insanity Code” ruling, not to mention the fact that Pure rood and Drug agents found no meat and 78 per cent cereal in the dining-hall hamburger in a surprise analysis last week, the students and faculty of Elon College had to brace themselves for a scandal of much more shocking nature today. The new shock came when agents of the federal government’s Alcoholic Tax Unit in Altamahaw- Ossipee revealed the discovery of a huge plant for the illegal distillation of Hadacol in Dr. Ned !Brannofcs chemistry l/ab. Dr. Brannock was immediately sum moned before the Girls’ Inter- Dormitory Council for an inquiry, which was convened in the social rooms of West Dormitory. Confronted with the all-inclu sive evidence and finding no holes in which to hide, the ami able professor denied at first any connection with the still. He gazed at the illegal apparatus with a look of ignorance, a sort of “woncter-how-it-got-here” expres sion on his face. Then, seeing the infeasibility of further denial, he burst forth in a booming voice, ^‘What has LeBlanc's Hadacol got that mine hasn’t got?” He got an immediate answer from one of the A.T.U. agents, “Less Hada col!’* Alcoholic Tax Unit Agent Sam Spado, in charge of the investi- jgation stated that he became sus picious after reading in a recent issue of the Maroon and Gold about all the gadgets, gizmoes and gears to be found in the Chemistry Department, but he de- (Continued on Page Four) Elon Profs Visit New Suh Base Last year Dr. Haff and Profes sor Reddish, in the interests of tlon College, attended the Inter national Scientific Symposium in Russia; year before last they went on an expedition to darkest Afri ca in search of pink dog fleas. However, this year, with funds for the purpose at a minimum, the pedogogic duo shed tears in their oeers and settled for a trip to the upper steppes of the Haw River Valley. Highlighting the trip will be an inspection of the new govern ment submarine base, which is located between Altamahaw-Os,- sipee and the town of Haw River. Dr. Haff received high govern ment honors in 1947 when he rec ommended the site for the base. He chose the site because of its strategic location and the navi gability of the tremendous Haw. When they return to the Elon campus in July, the eminent arch- iologists, astronomists, astrolo- gists, biologists, beer-can openers and pretzel-eaters will give a full report to the students and facul ty of the institution. JUDGE JOHNSON PRESIDES OVER GAMBLING TRIAL Judge G. A. H. Johnson, chief jurist of the Elon College Municipal Ccyrt and “the only law west of the Haw,” is shown above in typical judicial pose as he presided over the opening of the trial of the recent girls’ basketball “fix.” The trial opened in Society Hall, where the picture was taken, but it was later removed to Alumni Memorial Gymnasium, in order to care for the tremendous crowds that flocked to hear the evidence. New Elon Player Show Is Costly^ Extravaganza Press And Radio Broadcasts News Of Elon Scandal To Eager World The press and radio gallery in Elon’s Alumni Memorial Gymnas ium was packed to capacity last weekend as 253 scandal-monger- ing reporters and one brave radio announcer listened attentively to every word of the testimony in the trial of the greatest bribery pen the news of the great “fix” that was proven in the recent torrid campaign for the girls’ in tramural basketball title. The Alamance Gleaner and the Mebane Journal sent their entire staffs, and the Swepsonville Sen tinel and the Altamahaw-Ossipee case in the history of the col-|Times-Union each sent two ace lege. I news writers. Even the Russians Haudly a country in the word j were intej'ested, and Josevitch lacked a representative among the. Stalrnovitch was there to repre hardy newsmen who packed and i sent Pravda. jammed their way into the huge press box, all of them eager to The honor of coming further- est to cover the trial went to Nudnik McNudnik, who arrived late Sunday night by dogsled from Upper Lower Slobbovia to represent the Royal Slobbo-vian Press. The lone radio station repre sented was Burlington’s WBBB (“We Believe in Bigger Bets”), and that station pai'd dearly for its monopoly. The price was not revealed, but it was sufficient to pay off the debt on Alumni Me morial Gym and double the col lege endowment. NEWS HOUNDS FILL PRESS GALLERY AT TRIAL Ruling Of Local Judge A ppealed ToNuremhurg War Criinies Trihunal “You are forbidden forever to attend any more chapel pro grams at Elon College and must never make further use of read ing materials now filed within the sacred confines of the Elon College library.” Such were , the words of Judge G. A. H. Johnson, as he im posed sentence upon nine members of the Delta Upsilon Kappa girls’ basketball team, following their convictio-n of selling out the 1951 campus championship in girlsf intrsmural basketball, which Meals Will Be Served In Rooms Campus students arriving on the Elon College campus in Sep tember for the opening of the new 1951-52 .session will find a radical change in feeding ar rangements, according to an an nouncement issued last night from the officials of the college administration. The new plan, something com pletely new and one which will enable Elon to maintain its repu tation for modern ideas, calls for all meals to be served to students in their rooms. This will result in the complete abolition of the dining hall and will elimiliate the necessity for standing in line three times daily. Under the new plan, breakfast will be served to all students in bed, and those who decline to re main in the sack until al least 10:30 o’clock each morning will be refused their morning meal. The same plan calls for all eight and nine o’clock classes to be broadcast over bedside radios. was clinched recently by the classy lassies, from West Dor mitory. The same sentence was meted out to “Speck” Harper, manager of the college book store, and to Bob Wright, president of Elon College student body, but with the additional provision that they “lienceforth be denied the priv ilege of boarding at the college dining hall.” Harper was convicted as the “book-maker” and Wright as the “go-betwee#i” in arranging the gigantic ‘fix” in the recent, bitter ly-contested girls’ basketball race. Evidence was that Harper, work ing through Wright as his repre sentative, paid the Delta U cagers $3,000,000 and si.x coffee cards from the Campus Shop for ‘throw ing” the 1951 title games. All the defendants, acting through their attorneys, William R. Sinclair and Billy O. Mittel- stadt, filed appeals to the Nurem- burg War Crimes Tribunal. The United States Supreme Court has refused to rule in the case, declar ing that it has no jurisdiction (Continued on Page Four) The biggest extravaganza of the year, the Elon Players’ production of “You Can’t Taie It With You,” is slated to appear on Whitley stage for two big nights during ■the third week in April, offering a spectacle such as been here before. Mr. Kirby, who is counting on sending it there ahead of him; Gay, who tnmks she s already there: and Essie,’ who doesn t even know what it is. As the play is a musical, as has never well as a comedy and heavy i drama, the expense will be unus- The production, which is to be | ually heavy, and ticket prices will one of the largest, gayest and j be raised to $12.80, with a fifty costliest ever presented to Elon per cent addition for reserved , .. seats. One of the reasons for audiences, has as its theme the, . . ^the great expense is that Happie love affair of a Russian cafeteria, ^ worker who gets nabbed by the i Pallet dancer, will require two OGPU for serving American | hip-pockets fuU of nickels for bal- cheese sandwiches to minors and last, which amount will be raised who gets sent to Siberia. "While enroute to the barren "Wastes of Siberia, his train stops ■ at Omsk to take on peat, and he maTies his escape to America, where he ultimately becomes the country’s leading ballet instruc tor. Some of the characters In the play, excluding the Russian, are Grandpa, who beUeves that you can’t take it with you; Mr. Syca more, who wouldn't if he could; by the installation of slot .ma chines in Alamance Parlor. Most of the cost of the play, however, will be carried by the proceeds of the open-house cock tail party to be held in Society Hall before the play, as ‘Veil as by the beer and pretzel conces sion, which will operate during in termissions. The need for the money has caused the Players to rewrite the entire show, so that there will be nine intermissions. Pictured above is part of the press and radio delegation that gathered for the great Elon cag “fix” trial. Hidden behind the WBBB bike is “Big” Barnsmell, imported from the Dogpatcl. Skonk Works to handle the announcing for the trial. It was 'pointed cut that no one else could stand the stench of the bribery case, described as making Madison Square Garden smell like the roses of Picardy. College Officials Press For Liquor Referendum The administration and faculty I of the referendum, of Elon College, long proponents “In my opinion,” opinionated of a “wet campus,” announced | Dr. Ferris E. Reynolds, “the open- tentative plans to seek a refer endum on package liquor stores for the college in a meeting held in Whitley Auditorium last night. Interest in last night’s meeting was intense, for twice before, when a referendum seemed almost certain, the students had staged two riots and put on immense anti-rye demonstrations. In fact student opposition was so intense on the earlier occasions that the administration - faculty bloc was forced to withdraw its “wet” peti tions. Student opposition to the meas ure, however, has now dwindled to the point where it is almost non-existent. Attempting to woo Ihe student opposition where its ranks were thickest, the adminis- iration recently sent out lobby ists to C.T.I., Brightwood and The Sportsman. In the face of such ifforts much of the opposition las swung over to the Pro-Liqs. In last night’s meeting, an open Jorum affair, presided over by Dean D. J. Bowden, several of the administration - faculty elite expressed strong views io favor ing of a few package stores would be a boon to the college. The added revenue would enable the dining hall cooks to put meat in the hamburger.” “Yes, indeed!” indeeded Prof. G. A. H. Johnson, ‘ And, too, a professor’s throat gets mighty dry after lecturing to thick-headed students all morning . . . yes, mighty dry.” “As far as I'm concerned,” con cerned Professor Westmoreland, the choir director, “The song, ‘Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes,’ is a lot of poppycock. Why a fifth of Segram Sev ” “Mr. West, what are your views?” viewed Dr. Bowden, in terrupting Professor Westmore land in the midst of his thought. ‘As a matter of fact,” as-a-mat- ter-of-facted Mr. West, “I hadn’t given much thought to the sub ject. However, I do think some good, strong stimulation would do the students good. Why, up home, we have some corn so strong ifU make the hair fall out of a hair brush! Why, only last week ” (Continued on Page Four)
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