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haboon and gold Wednesday, September 26, 195, ’Mflroofi Ar/d Geld Edited and printed by students of Elon College. Published bi-weekly during the cellege year under the auspices «f the Board of Publication. editorial board I^rry Bames Editor-irv-Chief Chuck Oakley Assistant Editor liouis Campbell Staff Artist Norman Riddle Staff Artist Eddie Robbins . SUff Photographer James Waggoner Aiumoi Editor Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor BUSINESS BOARD Carl E. Owen Printing Advisor Robert Somers Pres* Operator SPORTS STAFF Walter Edmonds Co-Sports Editor Bill Walker Co-Sports Editor rfj*orters Dorothy Apple David Fry Jack Crockett C'enn Garrett Ed Davidson Joseph Ryals Bill Drummond James Sanderson Joycc Barbour Sue Wallers Yvonne Winstead INTERIOR VIEW OF NE-W McEWEN DINING HALL WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBEH 2C, 1956 ASPECTS OF A SMALL C:OLLEGE The small college for the last ten years, Instead of dying as predicted by many, has undergone a remarkable renaissance. A decade ago it was surmised that the modesty of the small college, far from implying mediocrity, more often represents 8 pattern of Ufe which produces a high order of excellence. Txlay this assump tion is fact. The Reader's Digest published an interesting article on the small colleges In a recent issue. It is quoted freely below. A careful research project conducted by Professors Robert H. Knapp and H. B. Goodrich of Wesleyan University shows, for instance that “Small iiberal-arts col leges are far and away the most produc tive sources of future scientists. Of the first 50 in.stituUons in America, judged by the scientific eminence of their graduates, 39 arc small privately supported colleges”. There is Uke evidence that the small IndejM'ndent college—out of all proportion to the number of its students or its ma terial resources—produces eminence in the economic life of our nation. A recent study of 33,500 business executives shows that 88 percent are college graduates, and of that number 71 percent come from gener ally small liberal-arts schools.” Lynn White Jr., president of Mills Col lege has said "there is every reason to be lieve small colleges give intellectual birth to at least as high a proportion of them as natural scientists.” Adequate foundation for this is found in a survey made by the editor of "Who’s Who in America,” which showed that “small schools, in relation to ' their enrollment, contributed the highest percentage of those who merit rating in that catalogue of distinction.” Just what is in the scheme of small- eollege life that produces such results and holds such promise for our future? First, In the small college a person is a name and not just a number. It is the rare student who is not soon on terms of friendship with at least one professor. Elon is a good example of this. Here a profes sor doesn’t just appear before liis class— perhaps a class so large he is forced to speak into a microphone—unroll his lec ture, deliver it. roll it up again and dis appear into the academic unknown. A pro- fts.sor at a small school does more than offer brief, routine help on the selection of courses at the beginning of a term. He becomes, on a year long basis, the students guide and counselor on many matters. One piofesor has said, “Our aim is to make the difference between the hand-tooled and the machine-made product.” Second, the promise to the pattern of Rmall-college bfe and to the great advan tage of the student is this — Every student has the opportunity to find and engage in those activities which will develop his max imum capacities. "In a -Student body of many thousands . an indivdual is often lost in the anonymous m.iss. His role in the university’s extra curricular activities is not that of partici pant but of spectator. In the small college, on the other hand almost every student is a participant jn one activity or another. Here, as one student said, everybody has a chance to be somebody.” ■ The third and most important advan tage of the small ,':chool is its concern, deep ly instrusted in religion, for character de velopment. It if quite true that in many large universities there are strong reli gion.'! courses, active religious programs, and beautiful places of wor.ship. But' in these institutions the va.st majority are reached only occasionally by the.se influ ences. In a small college this character- developing influence is pervasive, where It Is shared by all the students nnd ‘pro moted not only by professors of Bible and religion but quite as much by men in chem istry, biology and psychology. Our small colleges are still far from out of the woods financially. Many of them Sounding Off By LARRY BARNES The leaves are rapidly transforming to their annual autumnal hues. FoolbaU is in the air. Classes have begun with the usual moaning and groaning. The new creatures known as freshmen aie slowly integrating themselves into the student lK>dy. Music again fills the summer-empty confines of the Student Union with the weird strains of “Hound Dog” and Hon- key Tonk.” The new dorms are jammed with eager, smiling faces (many new, some old), and sounds of laughter ring in the halls. "Chief” is as stem and aloof in the McEwen Dining Hall as he was iu the old eatery. Here, once again, the presses have been oiled, and the Maroon and Gold of fice has been swept clear of dust and everything is in order, so here goes , . . WITH THE GRADS OF YESTERYEAR ITK’s Jim Calhoun is teaching school at Great Bridge, Va., and assisting the coaching department. Jim was wed mid summer . . . Peggy and Chuck ^ichaux were down last weekend to greet the pig- skinners on their return from down Ala- bammy way. They now reside in Altavista, Va., where Chuck is employed by Bur- Mills . . . Margaret Johnston- spent the summer months in New Jerse^'. She is planning to work at a church in Connec ticut this winter . . . ’54 grads Joe and Louise Parker had a recent addition to* the family last month . . . Clyde Boswell married the former Betty Sue Diffy last Sunday . . . Jerry and Nannette Smyre now attending Columbia University School of Music in New York. They visited Elon's sod last week . . . Furman Moseley re ported to be in Uncle Sam’s Marine Corps, Ditto: Bob Robertson . , . Wonder what that fabulous Greek, Nick Theos, is doing these days . . . Probably sashaying around i as usual . . . f;HIT-CHAT That human proboscis Bucky Fleming had his big day the first part of last week. It seems that he was in command of freshman initiation. Understand he had so much fun that he is going to flunk his courses so he can return next year as a soph and initiate some more . , . Thar she blows! I’ll bet Wayne Taylor received a tidy sum for his performance in John Huston's sea spectacular "Moby Dick” , . . Yes everything is back to nor mal as Square Edmonds if puffing his usual brand of weeds. OP’s . , , Last ytar’sl Martxui and Gold editOMn-cJiief Gary "Boom Boom” Thompson and Peg gy Harrison were married during the summer . . , The Student Christian Asso ciation’s prexiette, Sylvia Smith, toured Europe during her vacation . . . Profes sor West of Elon faculty attended UNC on a scholarship for summer session . . . Japan's gift to Elon femininity, Joe Morita, working at the library in Burlington. . . The band now practicing in the old din ing hall ... At the present time school npirit appears to be running high. Some of the upper classmen could stand a few les^ sons from the frosh . , . The Christians entertain the blubeards from East Caro lina as next home foe on the gridiron. Let’s break out the old blunderbuss and ihow them that It is not antique . . . The Maroon and Gold will move into last yeai's gourmet station soon . . . Another note of normalcy on Elo'n's campus. P. D. Watts is back until the end of the quarter. He graduates in November . . . Dance chair men Janet Crabtree and Bobby Orr al ready formulating plans for Homecoming . Ashburn Kirby is picking up laundry on campus. He'll pick up Mondays and Fridays. You don't have to go to him lie will come to you , ON THE SERIOUS SIDE The staff of the Maroon and Gold would like to welcome aboard two brand spank ing new scribes. They are Chuck Oakley . and Walt “Square” Edmonds. Chuck will handle his “Under the Oaks” on page 2 while the talented cube-headed one will report to you of doings in the sports whirl. We feel sure that you students will en joy their laborings in the realm of jour nalism. That about covers the available space for now in this column for the intial issue. 'Well be writing at you again in about two weeks. ‘ I UI. i.. ninitJi. c-oiiefcc preiident. is pictuied above with Frances Knight, center, oi SaL- ford, and Kanc> Anne Perry, of Siler City, as they join in an inspection of the spacious McEwen Memorial Dining Hall, which wa placed into full u,‘;e on the Elon College campus this fall. The structure, standing near the west gate to the college campus, is a memorial honoring the lale James H. McEwen. for many years an i’lrUrtrial and civic leader iu the Burlington area. Elon Students Occupy New Buildings Marking completion of the greatest forward step for Elon College in nearly three decades, the Elon students and faculty moved this year into three beau tiful new buildings which were ccrnpleLed last spring and fur nished and made ready for occu pancy during the past summer. The new buildings, which went into lull use as the college began its sixty-seventh annual session, nclude the stately McEwen Mem- oiJ^I Liiriing Hall, which also in cludes facilities for campus social events; Virginia Hall, new dormi tory for girls; and Carolina Hall new dorm'.to.’i for boys. Tncuc th;ee buildings had been in the planning stage for several years, and formal ground-breaking ceiemcnies for them were a fea ture of Elon’s annual commence ment program in 1955. They were built last year, with the new din ing hall and the girls’ dormitory put into partial use at the 1956 commencement in May. The boys’ dormitory was completed in June. Tradilinnal Style Built and furnished at a cost of well over three-quarters of a mil lion dollars, the three Elon build ings were con.structed by the King- Hunter Construction Company. All are in a tradition;.! archiiectura; style, designed to fit well with the Americ.^n colonial style which characteri;;es Elim’s other campu- buildings. The Ii'.fEv.en Memorial Din;nj Hill, which v/as bui't and deJi- cated as a t.'ibute tc the l::te Jamc: H. McEwen, long-'ime industrial and civic leader in Burlington lands near the western entrance :o the Elon campus. Its main en- rance, v.'hich fronts toward the center of the campus, is adorned y a colonnaded porch iiiid gal lery. The first floor of the dining hall accommodates as many as 500 stu- 'ents at a time and also includes d smaller dining room for facul- :y and visitors. It also embraces . crmpletely modern kitchen and atrving cuarters. On the seconc lioor of the structure is a huge banquet room and social hall, also I large enough to accommodate 500 ! persons at a time. This hall may be j utilized later for additional stu dent dining space if expansion of ‘he college enrollment should cre ate Euc.h a need. I New Girls Derm I The Virginia Hall, which furn- '-shes housing accommodations for L^O girls, is a three-story structure. ' ^(mplitely fii e-proof in every de- ; ■ it! interior is decorated in re.stful pastel colors, as many as two pastel shades in each room. The first floor includes a suite [for either the dean of girls or a house mother, and on the second floor is a large parlor and lounge for use of the girls. There is a .cmi-privEle bath for each two- room suUe. £nd both the second 3Pd third floors have additional community baths, A complete 'sundry for use of the girls is 'npaled on the fi_>-st floor, equipped Aith both washers and diyers. T.>'e r.ew girls' dormitoi-y is con nected by corridors with West Dor- j;tr»ry, largest of the older dorms t.»:e campus. We.st Doimitory is now being completely renovated with new floor plans, and new plumbing and heating facilities and wui coincide in many details with the newer J/iiginia Hail. So cial and reception rooms tor the use of the girls and their fiiends will be located on the first floor of West Dormitory. The renova tion work is to be completed later this fall. New Boys Dorm The Carolina Hall, new resi dence house for boys, is the larg est on the campus, furnishing ac commodations for 126 boys and a dormitory faculty counsellor. Like the gills’ dormitory, Carolina Hall is decorated throughout in pastel colors. The boys bath facilities are found in group baths on each floor There are also laundry facilities on each floor for use cl the boys, and there is a lounge or recep tion room at the nortliein entrance on the first floor. Each room in both girls’ and boys’ dormitories includes a large double closet, equipped with slid ing doors, and each room has been furrjshed with the modern dormi tory furnituer. The tops of all desks and tables is finished with formica or similar material. Up- hclsfery of furniture in the loung es is of the latest style plastic in appropriate colors. Already plans are underway for attractive lar;dscapirg about each of the. new tMildings, designed to make the Elon campus into one of the most modern and attractive to be found in the state and .sec- lion. INSIDE ONE OF ROOMS IN NEW GIRLS’ DORMITORY operated last year in the red. Many must have additional grounds, buildings and fac ilities. The prospects are vastly imprcve.l as more and more Americans recognize what the small colleges contribute, and how essential it is the strength of Amer ica. The small college, with its concern not only for scholars of excellence but lor persons of excellence is one of this country’s best hopes. LEB. An interior view of one of the rooms in Virginia Hall. Elori's n -w cjric- , above. Shown is June Driver. Elon sophomore from Durham, as «he views room with its completely modern furnishing. Each room in the di'rmifn h *-’^t®i''or cf her and roomy double closet with sliding doors. The rooms are finis ledii-T t ^ b.nth under the oaks With CHUCK OAKLEY Hi Everyone! There are many new tilings at Elon this year—new faces, new buijj. ings, and "UNDER THE OAKS” with Oak- ley. Since many cf you are new, and I'sj new at this, here is a chance for us to get acquainted with the “New Loot" Elon. ■ .-1'T - • With the creation of this “Npw Look,’ ■,ve settle ourselves in a new atmospbere— one that offers us more modem conven- iences of campiis Kf«. In welcoming all of the new studenu, T’d like to say what a swell group of new- comers we have! Your friendliness acd courtesy have already become a part oi the Elon tradition. This columnist wishes you the best in everything that college life has to offer during your stay at Elon. Several committees have got -andeniaj to help make this year highly successful. A special effort is being made by the Dance Committee to get a name band here. With your support, we can do it If Eastern Carolina can do it, why can't we? What do you think? The Committee is headed by Janet Crabtree. I’m sure she v’ill welcome any suggestions that yea may have. A Veterans’ Club is in the process ol being organized. A committee has appointed to draw up a Constitution. This will be an organization for the benefit ol all veterans. Watch for the date of Uie next meeting. With your co-operation, can be one of the largest organizations campus. Look out. North State Conference! The FIGHTING CHRISTIANS of Elon are \ic- tory-hungry as they start the season wiLh a big bang! It looks as if Sid Varney, who piloted the Christian squad to runner-up honors in the North State Conference duN ing the 1954 season, has himself a mu. ner for 1856. Let’s all turn out for the games give our wholehearted support. So far the school spirit has increased tremendously over last year. Let’s keep it up. The cheerleaders deserve a gre’it deal icf praise for the fine job they’r doing. Congratulations' to Prof. Stowers for the great work in building a new band! It sounds terrific and is indeed something we will be proud to show off this yeai at the football games. A wise selectioji was made by June Driver in selecting the majorettes, although they may de tract much attention from the band! The Elon Players started the season with the Pulitzer Prize winner, "Harvey.” If last year is any indication of what they will offer this year, we can look forward to a succesful year of plays. “The Rain maker” started its rehearsal Monday. a;id will be followed bjte"All My Sons. " .VJ students are cordially invited to try O’Jt for all plays. The Student Christian Associatio.n having good participation this year. 11 ■ an organization open for everyone inter ested in Christian leadership. They meei the Parish House each Sunday even ing at 7 p. m. for fun. entertainment, and worship. The Language Departments have a val uable laboratory room on the seiond floor of Alamance—open from 1:30 to 4:30 p. m- every day. This is to enable the stu dents to hear and speak more the foreign language than is possible in the regular classes. • * » * • Stumped for the cause of a blaze tliey 'put out in a tree. Bloomington, Illinois firemen finally listed in their log, ‘"Squir rel smoking in bed.” ...» * » • Visitors to the New Mexico fair at Al buquerque were handed postcards askiig for improvement suggestions. One sugges tion received "was. "Put diapers on tlis pigeons.” The old grad showed up on the campus on Homecoming Day. “Dean.” he said grandly, "I’m a millionaire now and want ‘o do something fine for the dear old college. I’d like to make a gift that sort of mirror my college career. Tell Dean, what subjects did I excel in?" ‘"Well, frankly, Elmo,” the Dean Softly. "You u^d to Sleep through all wy classes.” ' , ' That’s it!” pried Elmo, "Splendid . tuilcl a dormitory.’,.,' .iP If you’re a -wise *uy full of jokes. ■ Laugb, but' Share 'them' UNDER IW ■"
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