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EDITORIAL BOARD
Gary Thompson Editor-in-Chiel
Ann Stoddard AssisUnt Editor
Charlie Oates Feature Editor
Gary Thompson Feature Editor
Judith Chadwi(i Music Editor
Neil Johnson Art Editor
Reuben Askew . . Staff Photographer
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
BUSINESS BOARD
Jack Lindley Business Manager
Ann Stoddard ... Circulation Manager
Carl E. Owen Printing Advisor
Worden Updyke Press Operator
SPORTS STAFF
Bill Walker Sports Editor
REPORTERS
Whitney Bradham George Hall
Doris Chrismon John McGowan
Walter Edmonds Margaret Stafford
John Fuquay Girleta Vestal
Yvonne Winsted Dot Perkins
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1955
MAROON AND GOLD
Wednesday, December u
ORPHANAGE PARTY
In both the Old Testament and the New,
we are abjured from taking credit for our
liberality, and the man who does it for
credit is thereby stripped of all pretense to
virtue.
Maimontdes, one of the great Rabbis and
Jewish teachers of alt time said:
"There are eight degrees or steps in
the duty of charity. The first and lowest
degree is to give, but with reluctance.
"The second is to give cheerfully but
not proportionately to the distress of the
sufferer.
"The third is to RN'e cheerfully and
proportionately, but not until solicited.
"The fourth Is to give cheerfully, pro
portionately, and even unsolicited: but to
put it in the poor man's hand.
"The fifth is to give charity in such
a way that the distressed may receive the
bounty, and know their benefactor, with
out their being known to him.
"The sixth is to know the object of
cur bounty, but remain unknown to them.
"The seventh is to bestow charity in
such a way that the benefactor may not
know the relieved person, nor they the
name of their benefactors.
"Lastly, the eighth, and the most merito
rious of all. is to anticipate charity, by
preventing poverty; namely, to assist the
reduced fellow man. either by a consider
able gift, or a loan of money, or by teach
ing him a trade, or by putting him in
the way of business so that he may earn
a decent livelihood: and not be forced to
he dreadful alternative of holding out
his-hand for charity."
Of course, the eighth cannot apply in
the case of the Elon Orphanage. The guests
^ there are too young to work, so we and
our friends must look after and take care
of them.
As you know by now. TONIGHT IS THE
(>RPHANAGE CHRISTMAS PARTY. Do
vou have a gift for one of the children
tiat can be present in the Student this
evening? Did you give proportionately as
the I.,ord has blessed you or did you give
only the minimum that was asked? If it s
the latter — won't you reconsider and
increase your gift? Make this your best
Christmas yet, by giving to those who
need you the most. —GBT
HOLIDAYS ARE HAZARD DAYS
Turkeys are not the only creatures which
experience a drop in life expectancy dur
ing the holiday season, for the Christmas-
New Year holiday period is also the most
hazardous single period in the year for
Homo Sapians — that's us.
Last year, according to the National
Safely Council statisticians, 515 persons
were accidentally killed in two days at
Christmas time. Traffic accidents claimed
392 of these deaths: fire and miscellaneous
accidents caused the others. The New
Year's deaths swelled the number to 887
persons, all killed needlessly at what
should be the happiest time of the year for
tveryone
Year after year the accident toll hits a
peak in December. The holiday season
coincides with many winter traffic haz
ards. In many parts of the country streets
end highways are dangerously slippery.
Fog. rain. snow, sleet and fewer hours of
daylight reduce the visibility for both driv
ers and pedestrians.
Family get-togethers impel people to
drive long distances regardless of weather.
Shopping draws more people onto the
streets, and. of course, there is more
drinking than at any time of the year.
It is a season of gaiety to be sure, but
Caiety o be enjoyed only If you resolve
to protect yourself from accident and also
to "Be Your BrotTier's Keeper."—GBT.
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quidnunc
By GARY THOMPSON
THEY I.EAI) CLASS ACTIVITIES FOR ELON FRESHMEN
Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
Ye Ole Nunc wishes to welcome all of
you old students back at this birth of a
new quarter. 1 guess some have fallen by
the wayside, but such is life. This scribe
sincerely hopes for the best to you new
Elonites ... To the person or persons
who quite possibly could have been of
fended in my last article concerning the
dining hall, 1 APOLOGIZE, but I calls 'em
as I sees 'em! . . . Prof. Wooten is back at
it again. He and his capable Elon Play
ers are now in the process of producing
another play. It is The Little Foxes and is
tentatively scheduled for the 24-28 of Jan
uary. Hope the fruits of this labor are as
sweet as the last . . . Larry Dorton, ex
manager of the Bur-Gra Pirates a student
at Elo', where he is a pre-dental major.
. . . Christmas party for the orphans to
night in the Student Union. Let's all be
there and really help these kids to enjoy
the season of festivities . . . The Christian
basketeers are flame-hot on the hard
woods. Follow the Christians. . . Phess
John West is now in the process of creat
ing a new short story. . . The Choir's pres
entation of Handel's "Messiah" was en
joyed by all who saw and heard it. . .
Etonians Pat Chandler and Chuck May
nard will both be married come the end
of the Christmas holidays. . .
SNOOPINGS
How are things around and about the
nation's capital ex-Prof. Tom Fox? Could
you fix me up for a personal interview
with the President? . . . Sigma Phi re
cently rembrandted their fraternity room.
. . . Bob Dunlap, Christian grad of last
quarter, back visiting Alma Mammy last
week. Bob is to be a graduate student
at the University of North Carolina come
Jan. . . Senior pigskinners can be seen
sporting their new block "E" jackets. . .
This reporter recently attended the UNC—
Clemson basketball contest, but that is
Jmmaterial. The point that 1 am trying to
stress occurred during the frosh game.
The Tar Babies played a service team that
had a Negro as one of its star players.
The fray was one of the cleanest these
eyes have ever seen. I was greatly pleased
to note the way in which he was ac
cepted. Many would expect the South to
act as the governor of Georgia did re
cently in the Sugar Bowl-Georgia Tech
controversy. Thanx UNC . . . Friends of
1 T.K.'s Phil Carter are asking him what
he lost the other night while seeing a
flick at the Graham Theatre. . . Roomies
Jim Calhoon and Homer Hobgood so
journed to U.N.C. to take a Marine O.C.S.
exam last Wnesday. . . Welcomes are in
order for Mrs. Longest, who now heads
Our Commercial Dept. . . " Yogi" was asked
how come he was named William. In
his usual witty manner he replied. "'1 came
with the rest of the "Bills' at the first of
the month " . . . Jay Vee basketball drop
ped for the season due to lack of capable
players.
Christmas greetings to all my readers.
May the following message from "Faith
find Freedom. " be used as my message to
you at this season of the year.
Now when Jesus was born in Judea.
Herod the King was troubled.
■\nd when he had learned that the
Child
Was born under the star of Bethlehem.
He gathered together all the chief
priests and scribes and said.
Go and search diligently for the young
Child.
For Herod wanted to destroy Him.
But Joseph and Mary and the Child
departed into Egypt.
And the King was exceedingly wroth.
And sent forth and slew all the young
children that were in Bethlehem.
For Herod was sore afraid
that the people of Judea would worship
the Child,
And he was troubled, knowing there
Cannot be two kingdoms in one country.
Therefore he sought to slay his chiefest
rival.
As it was in the days of Herod the King,
it remains unto this time.
•Man seeking to rule his brothers
Wars against the Kingdom of God.
But in that season when our Saviour's
birth is celebrated, some say man s heart
can heai the spirit of benevolence singing
night long.
And then, they say. on that day when
ruled by God,
Man loses the lust to rule Iils brothers
and does not fear to love them.
So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
Guiding the activities of the E o.. College freshman class this year are the
tured above. President of the cl .ss is J. B. Vaughan, varsity footballer from
the center. With him are Bucky Fleming, the vice-president from South Norfolk, Va., and P
son( the secretary-treasurer from Elon College. Other freshman officials, w o were no
the picture, are Paul Hinshaw, of Randleman, class representative in the Student Legislature,
Joyce Myers, of Philadelphia, Pa., class represenative on the Honor Council.
Playiiij; Under Oriole (contract...
Elon Grad Does Well In Pro Ranks
By JOHN S. L VNCASTER
Assistant Public Relations Director
Baltimore Orioles Baseball Club
Only six short months ago,
Luther Conger was a student at
Elon College, studying for his de
gree and taking his regular pitch
ing turn on the baseball team.
Since then Conger spent the last
half of the baseball season in
Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada;
worked out in Baltimore's Mem
orial Stadium under the eyes of
Manager Paul Richards and Pitch
ing Coach Harry iThe Cat) Bre-
cheen; and is now in Barranquilia,
Colombia, South America, playing
winter baseball.
The six-foot, two-inch Conger, a
native of Statesville, North Caro
lina, first attracted the attention
of Oriole scout Red Norris last
April. He and Sherrill Hall formed
a powerful mound combine that
steadily mowed down the opposi
tion. By the end of the college
baseball season. Conger had won
five games. lost only one. He fin
ished his college baseball career
with 18 victories and only 5 de
feats.
EDITOR’S NOTE
The fine showing of Luther
Conger, former Elon baseball
star, is recounted in the accom
panying story, which is released
directly from the home offices
of the Baltimore Orioles. Conger
was signed off the Elon campus
last spring to an Oriole contract
and was assigned to the Thet
ford Mines team in the Pro
vincial League. He is pitching
winter ball in South America.
Norris approached both Conger
and Hail and the two agreed to
sign contracts with the Baltimore
I Orioles organization. Botli were
assigned to Thetford Mines of the
Class C Provincial League.
Both Conger and Hall had win
ning records with a club that fin
ished in the cellar. Conger fin
ished the campaign with a 10-9
; record. He appeared in 23 games
■for the "Mineurs". 19 as a starter.
He hurled 12 complete games and
195,5
his earned run average was a re
ppectable 4.16. H struck out 77
ip 159 innings.
Manager Barney Lutz suggested
that Conger stop by Memorial
Stadium on his way home and
work out. Since the Provincial
League season closed on Septem
ber 5. the Orioles season was still
in progress. Conger showed up
for a short work-out and put on
an impressive display before Man
ager Paul Richards, and Harry
Brecheen.
Meanwhile, plans were moving
ahead in the Orioles' offices to
staff a club in the Colombian
Baseball League over the winter.
Fred Hofmann, one of the Orioles’
chief scouts who was a former
catcher with the Yankees and Red
Sox, as well as a coach with the
St. Louis Browns, was selected to
manage the team.
Hofmann could take along only
three players from the Orioles and
he chose rookies Brooks Robinson.
Wayne Causey, and Bob Nelson. A
'Continued on Page Four)
Sounding Off
By LARRY BARNES
" To all to whom this work may
appeal we lay before you the re
sult of our own lal)ors. hoping at
the same time that you w'ill enjoy
the perusual thereof as much and
even more than we have its pre
paration."
This was the greeting in Elon
College's very first Phi Psi Cli.
so I deemed it an appropriate one
to start my very first column. 1
wish to thank the Maroon and
Gold and its staff for inviting me
to contribute. To you students 1
invite your criticisms and. of
course, your witticisms.
* * •
While scrounging around the
dMsity ardiives of Carlton
Memorial Library the other day,
I perchanced to come across some
seemingly ancient and medieval
college annuals. In those publica
tions many things of student inter
cst were to be found.
Out of sheer curiosity I looked
into the very first Phi Psi Cli
that was published under the aus
pices of Elon College. It was dated
1913. Glancing at the class officers
of the departing seniors, 1 saw that
its president was none other than
Professor Hook. Oma Utley was
the Sophomore class treasurer. We
know her today as Mrs. Oma U.
Johnson, one of the college librar
ians.
Perusuing still further into the
aged book, I ran across another
familiar name to most of our
present day students. On the facul
ty then was Professor Ned Bran-
nock. Professor Brannock retired
from the colonnaded halls of Elon
last spring.
Delving onwaro 1 realized why
cur yearly annual is called the
Phi Psi Cli. The first three letters
of each society name was woven
into Phi Psi Cli. In those days of
yore Elon was the possessor of
three literary societies. They were
the Philologian. Psiphelian, and
Clio Literary Societies. The Psi-
phelians were composed of women,
while the remaining two groups
were of men. The Literary Soci-
eUes were dissolved some years
later after the advent of fraterni
ties and sororities on the campus
Discarding the "13 annual, I
scanned the one put out in 1938 I
learned about Eton's athletic teams
of that era. In those days this in
stitution was the monarch of North
State Conference foes. The nick
name of the Fighting Christians
was not used so frequently at
that time and Eton’s athletic
squads went by the name of the
Cannonade or the Cannonaders.
The word “Cannonade" means “to
attack with heavy artillery," and
•that is exactly what the Elon
teams did in that era. During the
1938 season Elon pulled one of the
major upsets of the year. Behind
the deft running of Joe Caruso
and the rugged defensive play of
Archie Israel. Elon thumped the
Virginia Military Institute 13-6
The VMI Cadets were a football
powerhouse in those days. Here is
an excerpt from that annual con
cerning the contest. "It was a
great victory for the Cannonade,
W'hich probably gained them more
fame than has any yictory in the
history of the school.”
Eton's brilliance was not limited
solely to the gridiron at that time.
Wijh the exception of George
W'ashington University, the Christ
ians defeated Washington and Lee,
VMI, St. Johns, and LaSalle on
the hardwood. Its baseball and
tenriis teams were extraordinary
ones. They played on more than
ever) t«)rms with the Ijkes of
Miami, Cornell, Duke and Wake
Forest.
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By CHARLIE OATES
It being the season that it is, music
seems to have unusual significance at tiiis
time. In fact, music is probably a more
significant part oT the Yule season than
at any other time of the entire year.
Almost every place we go during the
Yule holidays seems to have come alive to
offer pleasing music, it suddenly dawns
upon us that just one day at this season
.without the traditional music that we have
come to expect would seem endless.
During the Christmas season song pub-
iishers and recording studios try almost
every idea that is ima^nable. They must
do this in order to push their music and
silly records, but in spite of this many ot
us are so truly fond and appreciative, d
the traditional Yule season music that a
great deal of their so-clled "promotional'
ideas are to no avail.
In order to get in the " public eye"
the publishers must come out with some
thing special. Therefore, they must offer
the public something so attractive that it
gets mt)re attention ithan other music.
There are even songs on record now that
are sung by dogs. It’s quite interesting to
listen to the harsh bark of s dog in tlie
rhythm of “Jingle Bells.”
When we sit around with the family at
home, or as we lie in bed and looli out
the window at the stars; as we look into
the shop windows or browze around inside
the shops; as we tread slowly to churci
service or march briskly through the late
evening wind; as we watch the loaded
baskets of shoppers or the hungry collec
tion pots of the Salvation rmy; happiness
and contentTtient and harmony within us
can come easily when we hear the churcli
chimes or a choir blend in a memorable
Christmas song.
And speaking of music reminds me oi
the tunes 1 heard and danced by at the
recent Wenoca dance in Greensboro, a
dance which was staged by and for em
ployees. of the Western Electric Company
and for their friends. There must have
been many friends present, for 1 saw quite
a number of our good Elon buddy-buddies
there, both students and graduates, and
all seemed to be having a wonderful time.
The music for the occasion was parti^
ularly good, I'urnished by Harold Gale and
his Orchestra, which is a Greensboro or
ganization. In fact the music sounded sim
ilar in styling to that of the late Glenn
Miller.
Gale has only about twelve men in his
band, but the styling is different and little
short of terrific. I kept wondering, as I
listened to the music, why we don't get
a realy good local band for some of oui
Elon dances instead of an ou.tit from
afar that few or none have heard about
It appears obvious tht if we could get
a welt known local band, we might find
it less expensive, which in turn could mean
a more successful dance and greater at
tendance. From various students 1 learned
that Gale’s band often plays for dances
at Woman's College, Greensboro College
and Guilford College.
♦ * * * *
It’s hats off here to our rip-roaring bas
ketball team, which has surely looked
great so far this season. With a crew
veteran stars on the court and with our
united support in the stands, it appear*
now that we should have one of our finest
cage seasons just ahead.
The football season was rugged and SP"
pears bleak in retrospect, so it is gratify
ing and truly heart-warming to look fot'
ward to a real bid for honors in Nortli
State basketball circles this winter. One
bright thought from the football seasoa
is to know that we outscored our tradi
tional rivals from Guilford.
During the year we are about to usher
in, some have been displeased, but I thiok
"twas Lincoln who said " You can pies*®
all of the people some of the time
and
some of the people all of the time,
you cannot please all of the peope all
the time.” However, if one feels that be
has gained even one friend, the thougl>
compensates fior many shortcomings-
now, “Merry Christmas!”
PERSONAL GREETINGS
The Editors and Staff would not win‘
this issue to go to press without a
and personal greeting to every reader
of the .Maroon and Gold. May this Christ
mas season be a blessed one as y®’*’’
thout^hts turn especially to the preci®***
gift of God’s son,—GBT,