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Wednesday, April 16, jjjjj :\I A R o O > AND GOLD PAGE TWO Maroon And Gold Edited and prinUd by itudenU of Elon College. PubUshed bl-weekly during the college year under the auspleei of the Board of Publication. Entered as second class matter at tne Post Office at Elon College, N. C., under the Act of March 8, 1879. Dilivered by mall. *1-50 the collegc year, 50c the quarter. EIHTOUIAI. BOAKD Lynn Ca.hion . Klitor-in-Chie( Matt Currin Associate Editor Edward Engle. Associate E.Jitor j B. Pickard - Poalu'-® Cooper Wallcer Art E^litor Happ'e Wilson Dramatics Editor William Burke S'-iff Photographer I.uther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor Bl'SINESS BOARD Matt Currin Buainesi Manager Roger B. Wilson Circulation Manager B. G Frick Printing Advisor Lynn Cashion Pres* Operator SHORTS STAFF Joe Spivey . Spo^s Editor George Etheridge Sports Assistant Sophia White Sport* Assistant REPORTERS Rosamond Bromley Hick I-vine Jimmie Cole Gerald Massingill Reita Durham Larry Nightlinger Joe Durso I'a^e Painter Oscar Holland Bill Renn E. 'I-. John.son Charles Russell Mary Jo Johnson Wenonah Taylor Joan Wickman WEDNESDAY, APRIL Hi. 1952 1^ cash on the spot By LYNN CASHION „lsy doctor uelaxes moment at his desk FACE THE FACTS Ill-will and ill-feci;-ngs have evolved over Chnpel in the past few months, es- pcci.illy pertaining to the conduct of the students. No doubt that the prevailing question 1b that of student conduct, and it has been all the year long. However, another t|uestion arises when one ponders over the chapel situation Are the stu- dcntt themselves solely to blame? There have been times in chapel that the speaker could not be heard over the thoughtless whisperings of the students, and too, there have been times that the Ftudrntb could not hear t^’ wliispcrmgj of the speakers. However, a loud speaker Is not the answer to the problem; It is much deeper than that. A good speaker will always maintain the attention of his audience. Apparently, that is the excuse many students give in defen'c of their conduct, but even that does not excuse the student body from the Ftandpoint of manners. Bills have even been proposed in the Student Legislature of a mandatory na ture regarding the chapel problem. One of these bill.*^ would have required that the .students not carry their books into chapel. On the other side, those students who are studying in chapel are at least quiet, and to take their books frcm them could make things only worse. Chapel monitors were suggested, but anyone of college age should be able to conduct themselves properly and would certainly resent a guardian Most people will agree that when you try to force some one to do something, chances are that they will do Just the opposite. Much thought has been given to the problem by the Student Government, the administration, and even some of the stu dents themselves Many solutions have been offered. Some of which were tried and failed, but there must be an answer that will solve the chapel problem. Many think that the answer was found In the chapel program of last Wednesday, when the service con>iisted mostly of duets and solos, accompanied by the choir. That chapel period seemed to be cne of relax ation and meditation for the mind for some, and for others, a period of musical enjoyment. It may be that it was onl> the change from the usual services that held the attention of the students, but. on the other hand, the students seem to really enjoy and appreciate the musical programs of the choir. If that be the case, all the belter, for we won’t have to leave the campus to find the answer to the problem In the way of good chapel services of a religious nature that will attain the appreciation and at tention of all those corcorned. Diversi fied chapel programs cert.iinly merit a try, but even they \*ill not remove the pending problem without consideration from everyone.—L. C. ,1. but ih; .= Ibe busy quarter of the V. There is ?o much to do and so little t;, . to do it in. This quarter might veiy , .11 i,e called the "Society quarter, for r in thi- quarter that for one time .n U . ar thc?e i. really a lot of .oca me on the campus. With the quarter well underway, there is still come the Junior-Senior Dinner, May Day Exercises, the Senior Dance, Commence ment Exercises, and by no means he ,maIl(Ht attraction, the Spring Formal. The most extravagant campin function in several years i? scheduled for this rcming -.veekend . . the Spring Formal. The Student LegisiatTire has appropri ated money to make this a truly gala oc casion, and the Dance Commitee has plan ned decorations for the Alumni Memor.ol Gymnasium that will draw envious eyes from night clubs throughout this part of the state. The well known Jimmy Perkins Orchestra will provide the rhythm for the springtime highlight, and everyone i, looking forward to a big evening that will end with refreshments in West Dor mitory. Of course, the dan*e being formal brings complaints from many of the campus cour tiers . . . "It costs too much,” and "I can’t afford it ... I don’t have a tux,” are expressions well known on the Elon campus. The Student Legislature, look ing into this apparently pressing eco nomic problem, has passed legislation re questing that flowers not be given by es corts for this year’s Spring Formal. This means (and I am happy to hear it) that for the boys to attend the dance, they will only have to Ijave a tux and a date, the latter being the most important. This request of the Legislature is not to dis criminate against the campus belles, but it is purely an attempt to save the campus beaux money and to cncourage the same to come to flie dance. The reason the Legislature took such an Interest in this economic proh;eiii for many of us is because they still well re member the Spring Formal of last year. Then too, the Dance Committee slaved to give a big dance—the Perkins Orchestra was engaged, the gym decorated, and af ter much perspiration and burning of the '•Ibow grease, the big night came, One four lettered word will describe the Spring Formal of last year . . . “FLOP." An estimated eleven (II) couples attended that dance. Bright skies are ahead for this year's dance however. We have not really had a big campus dance all year long, and many of the students are anxious to cut the rug at this one. This anxiety was (iemonstrated in the Book Store the other night when the music department pro vided a dance orchestra from Burlington for the students. That dance was a big success, and many of the more social- minded campus caperers have expressed desires for more weekend get-togethers of that n.^ure. There is no reason why we couldn’t have a little more activity and .'Oci;il life here en weekends. The Spring Formal is one of the main expenses of the Student Body. It is an event that draws from the Student Body fees that we all pay each quarter. When we don't attend these campus activities, we are throwing our own money down the drain. So, when you stop to think about it, there Is an economic reason that we should attend the Spring Formal. Where s that Scotch blood? (“Scotch" is not re ferring to the well-known beverage of the upper classes!) So. when this Saturday rolls around, let’s »ll grab a partner and promenade over to the Club A.M.G. (A.M.G. stands for Alumni Memorial Gymansium, and not Amalgamated Music Goers), and join to gether in having one big blow out. By the way, if anyone has an extra tux, or even a plain dinner jacket. I would great ly appreciate borrowing it for this coming weekend. Ill be sure to take good care of it . . . I don’t engage in the “Iluckle- Buck.” N..-, Of n"LT.'o,': shown above in a moment of relaxation at his aesk. ..uch mjmei.to doctor who stays as busy as does this Elon practitioner. A Doctor’s Work Is Never Done.. • By MATT CURRIN Dr. Jack Neese, the son of a CongregationU Christian minis ter, may be described as a brilii- ant surgeon, the author of two books, a candidate for his LLB degree this spring, at one time the youngest M. D. in the Pacific Theater during World War II, gen eral practitioner and phiiosophei. To add to these accomplishments he is a Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners, a Fellow of the International Col lege of Surgeons, and a Fellow of the American College of Sur geons, which are the highest hon ors obtainable in the medical pro fession. Dr. Neese graduated from Duke University Medical School at the early age of twenty-one; he had gone straight through school with out a break, summer and winter. He felt that his real interest lay in the field of surgery, and with this in mind he continued study ing in this particular field. While still at Duke he published his first book, "An Introduction To Med ical Sciences for Medical Record Librarians.” In 1941 he went into the coal mining regions of West Virginia to obtain data and study condi tions for another book. He lived with the coal miners and went deep into the bowels of the earth to find out how they lived and under what conditions they labor ed and died. The fruits of this intense study have culminated in a new book, “The Young Medico,” which is coming off the piesses this spring. Jack Neese grew up in Reids- ville and after graduating frcm the Reidsville High School, he entered Elon College. Due to pressing financial conditions he finished Elon in three years. He ,vent to school winter and sum- Tier without a break. Then to Duke. During World War II he was jailed into service and at the Jose of the v/ar, he headed the t.tal'x of doctors who were in :;harge of the health of the Japan ese General Staff while the prison ers were awaiting trial. After being discharged, he went into private practice with his uncle in Monroe, where he was a iurgeon in the local hospital and earned a reputation as one of the most brilliant surgeons in that ,ection of the state. The outbreak of hostilities in -vorea in 1950 ended his career as a private citizen, and once again he found himself in the ser vice of his country. He was sent immediately to Korea. Dr. Neese asserts that it was in Korea that he made his great decision not to return to his prac tice in Monroe as a surgeon. He began to feel that he could better j serve the general public and the jcomon man in a small town as a country doctor. He was tired of I the routine of the hospital, and , he was tired of punching a clock. He felt that he was a machine, land he wanted to be human again. I As soon as he was discharged, he came to Elon College and set up temporary offices in the old post office building which had been remodeled. He remained in this structure for a short while during which time he made prep arations to open a general clinic jfor the townspeople. A large two-story house beside his temporary headquarters j seemed to be the ideal place. He bought it, and soon the transfor mation began. Dr. Neese has in vested over $.35,000 in equipment r.lone for his new clinic. The building has a large ent rance hall which serves as the re ception room. To the left of the reception room is a spacious wait ing room. This room is furnished like a living room in a private home, which is particularly attrac tive for children because it is such a direct contrast with the conventional hard-seated, uncom- ortable, and smelly doctor’s of fice. The clinic is more lilje a private home than a hospital, but yet it is as modern as any clinic can be, and it has the highest rat ing that Blue Cross can give. In a large closet off the waiting room Dr. Neese has a refrigerat or in which he keeps bottled drinks and candy for the patients in order to make their stay more pleasant. He has a large, thick carpeted private office, a modern X-ray room with the latest machines for treatments, an operating room for minor operations (he takes his pa tients to the Burlington hospital for major operations), a modern lab, and a large storage room. Upstairs he has several bed rooms for the patients, even though he does not like to keep patients over night. If their con dition necessitates hospitalization, he takes them to the Burlington hospital where he is on the staff Pi the new Alamance County hos pital. Since there is no drug store in Elon, Dr. Neese is compelled to ••ceep a complete supply of drugs ;nd medicines on hand at all times in his clinic. Dr. Neese maintains the opinion ..hat children had rather come to a doctor’s office in a home rather than one in a business building, and he tries to have the Clinic as appeahng as possible. In the (Continued on Page Four) the moving finger writes By MATT CURRIN I'm not exactly sure what the medic^ term for it is, but I have certainly got ^ ' and from what I can tell most everybo(ij| s else at Elon has it too. What am j] f talking about? Why, spring fever. i| 1' course! These warm and balmy sprinj ^ days are too conducive to slumber a:, ^ laziness, and I’m just simply too lazj-; j worry v,'ith writing a column anyway, ’ t: If you will permit me. I'm just goiij| *■ to ramble. You know after each issue the “Maroon and Gold’ somebody ahvr" (- comments on the mistakes in it. ji Reader's Digest” runs a page in just aborf " every issue on mistakes which have a]>j peared in newspapers during the pa^ ^ month. In Journalism class we lead; t, pretty good passage the other day, and; L would like to pass it on to you. When a doctor makes a mistake, he ® ies it. J, When a garage man makes a mistah| f he adds it on your bill. I When a carpenter makes a mistake if ® just what he expected. ^ ■When a lawyer makes a mistake it waBTy just what he wanted, because he has*'h chance to try the case all over again. When a judge makes a mistake it 's ® comes the law of the land. ^ When a preacher makes a mistake e j boby knows it. 1 But when an editor makes a mistake- t the trouble starts, ' —Tid Bits (Londoii) “ WAITIISG FOR A PATIENT! WHO’S INEXT? In another and more characteristic nose Dr vr "iiniMiiiMiinmiiiiniiiagM tion table^ in his well-appointed clinic, ready and waiting f^rth* ‘'’e examina- cated within a stone’s throw of the Elon campus ' - «« clinio “ surgical equipment. is equipped with t^rmTst m^dV'"'*^’ e most modern in medical and * ♦ * + Passing Comment: Well, Well, Well, Harry Truman deciiiei not to run (remember we predicted ti" in the “Moving Finger” some time ag*i and I can’t help but feel that our campa.? in the “M. & G.” had much to do his decision, don’t you agree? I gun HST had more sense than we gave Iij credit for. Now let’s get serious for a minute, think that the Elon Choir, their excelld student soloists, and Professors Modi and Westmoreland deserve a great deals credit for their wonderful interpretatii^ of that inspiring Easter Cantata, Seven Last Words of Christ.” This recent performance was crowning triumph, and they have ne'^ done better. i ♦ + + + + When I was over in Dr. Jack Neest| office the other day working up the wj terial for this week’s feature story, >■ showed me a poem which he had frs-' on his desk. I thought that te poem » well worth passing on: ‘‘When crew and captain understand each other to the core. It takes a gale and more than a gale to put their ship ashore; For the one will do what the olW commands, although they are chilled to - bone. And both together can live thro''^ weather that neither can face alone. —KiplinJ ♦ + + ♦ Professor — “Y'ou in the back of room, 'nhai was the dale of the signioS' the Magna Carta?” “I dunno." "You don’t, eh? Well, let's try s® thing else. Who was Bonny Charley?”’ “I dunno.” j "Well, then, can you tell me what '*1 Tennis Court Oath was?” “I dunno.” “You don^! I assigned this stuff • Friday. What were you doing last “Drinking beer with some friends. "You were! What audacity to there and tell me a thing like that! L do you ever expect to pass this “Wal, I don't, mister. Ye see. come in to fix the radiator.”
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