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Mar(K>n And Gold
Entered as second class matter at the
Post Office at Elon College, N. C„ under
the Act of March 8, 1879. Delivered by
Hiail. $1.50 t^e college year, 50c the
quarter.
Edited and printsd by i*udcnte of Elon
College. Published bi-weekly during the
colle,ie year under the auspiccs of the
Board of Publication.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Walter Edmonds Editor-in-Chief
Dick Lashley Assistant Editor
H. Reid Alumni Editor
Robert Danials . .. Staff Photographer
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
BL'SINESS BOARD
James BiRgerstaff .. . Business Manager
Phillip Sexton Printing Advisor
David Horn Press Operator
REPORTERS
Douglas Albert Marvin King
Rosalie Beal Robert Jones
James Bennett Thomas Lirerman
Woodrow Brown Tommy McDonald
Herbert Creason Joyce Myers
Lois Foor . John Phillips
Bob Hultman Elizabetli Shoffner
Eddie Hughes Nancy Stephenson
Richard Ingram Ray Thomas
William Jackson Shirley Walker
Ann Joyce W. E. Wllliami
THURSDAY,OCTOBER 16, 1958
DIDN'T VOU VOTE?
More than half the freshmen and at
least three-fourths of the upper-classmen
apparently failed to read—certainly they
failed to accept—the "challenge” wnich
was printed on the front page of the last
issue of the Maroon and Gold.
That challenge, which appeared as a
■■‘guest editorial” from one of the student
leaders on the campus, was issued to the
entire student body, challenging the stu-
lents to take a real interest and a real
part in their student government and cam
pus affairs.
One of the methods of participation
which was urged was to vote in the cam
pus elections, and that part of the chal
lenge was disregarded to a discouraging
extent in tw’o elections which were held
within the past ten days. The failure of
the students to accept the challenge was
clearly revealed in the report of the scanty
number of ballots cast in the elections last
week.
The freshman class voted on two dif
ferent days last week for their class of
ficers, with barely 48 per cent of the first-
year students voting in the primary bal
loting on Tuesday and hardly more than
.45 per cent voting in the freshman finals
on Wednesday. The figures mean simply
that more than half the freshmen were
just not interested enough to stop in the
Rotunda and drop in a ballot.
The figures for the primary balloting for
the Elon Homecoming Queen were even
more discouraging, for the chairman of
the Student Election Board revealed last
Thursday niHht that only 27 per cent of
the student body bothered to cast votes.
The figures were not at that time available
Xor the Homecoming finals last Friday,
but they were probably no better.
There’s still a "Challenge” out, and thas
far too many have failed to accept it!
PROBATION
A question that is the subject of much
controversial discussion among the stu-
dents at Elon this fall is the function of
the new "C” average rulj. It seems to
nierJrt tn« rollowing statement, which
should clarify its method of operation.
With the abolishment of the ”oId nine
hour rule,” students will be expected to
maintam a -C” average for academic re
quirements. This rule applies to all stu-
dednts under the 1958 calender year. Stu-
term will have their recordsd reviewed
Such Academic Standing.
fh« either warn or place
these students on academic probation.
Students on academic probation will hp
T',';",, “ o
m their first probationary quarter or
. cu„„,.„v, .v,„g "“'c-
ored by the Comn,w7
Jng ^ Committee on Academic Stand-
probation, conUnued on probati.n, and re
moved from prcbaUon._WME.
MAROON AND GOLD
^ursday, October le,
around
with
square
by
SQU.\KE EDMONDS
What a hybrid person I am. Anyway I
turs I find myself a “heel” in some, peo
ple’s cool, limped orbs, even though I tra
vel in an exclusive set here at Elon; but
I really don’t care. What’s their opinion
against millions. They don't pay jny way
through college. Why their opinion and
five cents won’t even buy me a Coke these
days. I try to expose the clowns, and also
fallacies and pass some minute recogni
tion to the deserving.
Out of sheer curiosity I wonder whore
goes, or should I say who gets, the profits
from those "beanies” the freshmen wear?
It goes somewhere: so if anyone knows,
please soothe this curiosity of mine, and
in turn it might eliminate a bit of contro
versy.
NOTE TO UPPERCLASSMEN: The col
lege handbook states all freshmen should
keep off the grass. I wonder if that ex
cludes all sophomores, juniors, and sen
iors? Your guess is as good as mine, but
to be tactful and to aid in the general well
being of the administration, please KEEP
off:
GENTLE HINT: If it’s not too late to
remind a few of you "Sleepy-Heads ’, we
only have five class absencees this quar-
tter. Remember now, only five, and it
might be well to keep close count of those
mornings in the sack.
HARRY HALFBACK: Two attributes,
which can severely harm a football team
are inexperience and personel injury. The
latter ha* taken its toll among the Fight
ing Christians. When a team employs only
a little over a dozen men in a football
game, the coaches and the fans cross their
fingers and hope for the best, but when
the opposite happens we know then how
morbid the picture becomes. A crippled,
but a fighting group of Christian football
ers journeyed to Boone two weeks ago to
receive their first conference loss since
1956. Outmanned, but far from being out-
plalyed, the Christians seek vainly to put
their best foot forward in the remaining
schedule . .
BID WEEK: Greek letter chapters were
bolstered last weekend. Parties and "Bid
Night ’ were held by the respective groups
and the occasion was a successful one,
considering all the elements, such as hand
shaking, singing, and (Oh. yes!) "back
stabbing” .
INTRAMURALS: Coach Sanford has de
vised a well rounded program per usual
Currently tag football is the craze, .nd
with the coming of the seasons, basket
ball and softball await their annual sea-
sons . . .
“Leech'-iok. the Carolina
pack rat," is requested by the oc
cupants of room 203 to please return all
>es and hair tonic. Hey, Don, how are you
ixed for socks and underwear?? "Woody”
Brown, feeling younger and looking old-
approaching this twenty-
inth Christmas. Never mind me. Brown
this IS our last time around
TINY BITS: What is the explanation
the ‘ Of Sylvia Sims to
the classic campus of U. N. C.? j
B. Vaughan and Joey DelGais have finallv
College’s "Walking T. V. GuXs’’"^
risen. It took one whole year to find out
there are Yankee fans in existen e Vhi
Just theTfV°fi"k"
to the local theatre Sool;
' ‘ '“'re
are no napkins in the dining hall at var-
Tha, oM ■ Patience.
That old, yellow, shaggy dog will pacs
along from time to time
TURNING POINT: A college student is
one who enters his Alma Mater as a fresh
man dressed in green and emerges as a
semor dressed in black. The intermediate
process of decay is known as college edu-
cation . . . Gotta Go. G«, Go . . .
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS FOR FRESHMAN CLASS
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The five officers who will guide the affairs of the Elon College freshman class this year were
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named last week in two days of balloting by members of the Class of 1962. The newly chosen offi
cers, pictured left to right above, are as follows: FRONT ROW — Penny Fuqua, of Elon College, sec-
retary-treasurer; and Walter “Pete” Curtis, of Durham, president. BACK ROW — Tommy Sears,
of McLeansville, vice-president; William Daggett, of Mount Kisko, N. Y., class representative to the
Student Legislature; and Jack Newman, of Burlington, class representative on the Honor Council.
Started Barely Decade Ago . . .
Homecomings At Elon Are Colorful
started on the Elon campus
barely a decade ago, the annual
! Homecoming Day observances have
always been colorful events, with
both the old grads and the stu
dents participating each autumn
in the pageantry of a gala week
end which offers a ball, a parade
and a ball game as outstanding
features.
There may have been Home
coming Days in earlier years, but
the first Homecoming observance
after World War II was staged in
1949, when Becky Garrison, of
Burlington, reigned as queen, with
Mildred Sharpe and Maxine Aber
crombie, both of Burlington, as
her maids-of-honor. Elon defeat
ing as queen was Nancy Vaughn
of Hopewell, Va., with Reita Dur
ham, of Burlington, attending her
as maid-of-honor, and once more
the Christian football squad con
tributed a victory, that time over
Appalachian by a 20 to 6 count.
The 1952 Homecoming pagean
try presented Rachel Matthews, of
Portsmouth. Va., as queen, with
Helen Nott, of Graham, as maid-
of-honor. That year, for the only
time in Elon’s Homecoming an
nals. there was a football defeat
to mar the occasion, wjth the East
Carolina Pirates toppling the
Christians 25 to 9.
RulAig as queen of the 1953
Homecoming was Virginia Jerne
ed High Point 21 to 6 in the foot- gan, of Godwin, with Yvonne Buff,
ball game that concluded the fes- of Burlington, as her maid-of-
honor; and the Christians regain
ed their winning ways by downing
Western Carolina 13 to 7 in the
Homecoming grid battle.
The 1954 Homecoming obser
vance starred Arlene Stafford, of
Burlington, as queen, attended by
Peggy McKee, of Rougemont, as
her maid-of-honor. A resounding
tivitics.
The 1950 Homecoming present
ed Christine Toumaras, of Burl
ington as queen, attended by Mar
tha Ellen Johnson, of Graham,
as maid-of-honor, and Elon's grid-
ders made it a succes-sful event
by defeating Catawba 26 to 12.
Ruling over the 1951 Homecom-
36 to 12 win over the Catawba
grid squad closed the successful
observance.
It was Barbara Carden, of Burl
ington, as queen and Ann Dula,
of Durham, as maid-of-honor for
the 1955 Homecoming festivities;
and again Western Carolina was
Elon's victim as the Christians
posted a 19 to 6 grid victory.
Reigning as queen over the 1956
Homecoming event was Evelyn
Fritts, of Lexington, with Mar
garet Patillo. of Burlington, at
tending her as maid-of-honor; and
there was plenty of excJtement as
Elon counted in the last seconds
to defeat Catawba 14 to 13 in
the annual Homecoming grid
game.
Last year it was Cleve Gayle,
of Virginia Beach. Va., as queen
nd Pat Chrismon, of Reidsville.
as maid-of-honor for one of the
most colorful events of the series,
an observance which was pro
claimed a complete success in spite
of the fact that the scheduled
Elon-Western Carolina grid battle
w'as cancelled due to a flu out
break on the Catamount campus.
Deft Definitions
METEOROLOGIST: A man who can
® ‘ell whether.
THROW RUG: A small rug that usually
throws anyone who steps on It.
CONSCIENCE: The sUII small voice that
makes you feel smaller.
DIP^MAT: a man who can coivince
" fur coa:.
PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP: The interval
between the introduction and the first kiss.
♦ ♦ ♦ * *
Point Of View
If a man makes a stupid mistake, men
say: “What a fool that man Is."
If a woman makes a stupid mistake,
men say: "What lools women arc!”
W ith Eight Prog^rams Set ...
College Sponsors New Lyceum Series
Announcement has been madeipartment of Columbia University. Purple Hearts,
of the Elon College Lyceum Ser-lHe has appeared in concert, ora-! The Trio Concentante appears
les, a new arts program being con-Horio, radio and television per-i February 9, featuring Claude
ducted by Elon College which will formances, has had many opera | Franke, pianist; Werner Torkan-
roles with Chautauqua Opera As- owsky, violinist; and Ray Schweit-
sociation and Broadway produc
tions.
The second program in the Ly
ceum Series will be on Novem
ber 3, with Raymond C. Boese, ; ' • ■“
. organist, as guest artist. Boese I authority on Mozart, having
October 20 and continuing through has performed extensively on the i ^ "Orientation for
April 2«. This series, he said, has "’est Coast and in the Midwest. l"*®rpreting Mozart’s Piano Sona
been arranged through the arts has studied at University of
program of the Association of Redlands and Harvard University-,
Ame/ican Colleges. and later in Europe with the Bel
gian composer Flor Peeters and
feature joint participation by stu
dents of the college and the gen
eral public.
Dr. J. Earl Danieley, president,
announced the beginning of this
program, and said the series will
consist of eight events, beginning
zer. cellist. All are renowned solo
ists, having experience in concert
work in Europe and America.
Thomas Richne'r, pijanist, ap
pears March 4. He is an establish-
Headed by a committee of fac
ulty members, the series will bring
to the college campus leaders in
the various arts, and the general
public may purchase tickets to
these events.
A ticket for all eight of the
events, covering the entire sea-1 .u. nc ,s at
son, will be only $5. and there wilM the University of Wy
be 350 *t omint? TT~i ix-- ^ .
tos.
On March 17, Evelyn Eaton, au-
thor-lecturer, will appear and lec;
- - cm I"eative writing. This poet
with Jean Langlais, organist ofP^'l novelist is at present visit-
St. Clothilde, Paris. He has taught professor of creative writing
extensively and in 1957-58 studie.d M** Sweetbriar College,
as a Fulbright Scholar in Ger-I ^^he April 9 program features
"lany- I Earle Spicer, ballad singer, who
Theodore Ullman. pianist, ap-with many
pears on November 18. He is an [ symphony orchestras, and
lor three years was guest soloist
be 350 available. Sale of these
tickets is underway and continue
through October 18. They are pur
chased by calling the college.
This ticket sale will lead to the
first program in the series on Oc
tober 20 featuring Gordon Gaines,
baritone. Gaines is a member of
the music faculty at Washburn
University of Topeka, a graduate
of the Juilliard School of Music
and a graduate of the Music De-
oming. New York University, Col
umbia University, Shrivenham in
England, The Sorbonne, Newark
with the Donald Voorhees Orches
tra on NBC radio
The Lyceum Series concludes
iNcwarK —ociies concludes
University, Conservatoire de Paris I'^P"* ^0 with Williaim Muir, sculp-
and Juilliard School of Music. He
has appeared on every continent
in the world and in every state
in the union. Also, he has taught
extensively and is winner of a
score of competitive awards. In
addition, he is a military veteran
with 11 decorations, including two
tor. and Emily Muir, painter, as
guests. Both have studied exten
sively in their chos*n fields and!
have had their works exhibited on
many occasions. William Muir is
trustee of Haystack Mountain
School of Crafts, and his wife is
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here
and
there
By
DICK LASHLEY
As the second edition of the “m 1
and Gold” rolls off tie press, thin«?J
at dear 'ole Elon are beginning to ,
down to normal. Upperclassmen have -^3
ally gotten all their books, Hornet-. j
plans have been made, dancts pla^.l
fraternity and sorority bids are out %
first tests have been taken-and
or flunked, freshmen are feeling morel
home and at ease, and we're already ijj
ing forward to Thanksgiving vacation
New Community Church
In the preceding column of yours in,
I mentioned the improvements here
the campus, both present and propg;;jJ
However, in the haste of trying to fjij ,J
column for the first edition of the pjp^
I failed to mention a very important j*
ition that is soon to be seen in our L.
College community—the new Elon C-il.
lege Community Church. Conslruclioj stiJ
ed in September, and from the gliiip^
■we have had of the architect's Lwinji
it should be a very impressive slrucitJ
when completed sometime in Septcr.iJ
of 1959, if work goes as scli«Md.
Five companies are contr«e«* for
construction work. They incWe: A jl
Hewitt, general construction worii; Nicbiil
Plumbing Company, instaUati«« of ptaJ
ing fixtures; Atlantic Enjineering Ceil
fany, installation of the hejtiig jnd il
condition; and Sink Electric Service, deij
trical work.
According to Rev. W. J. Andes, colkJ
chaplain and pastor of the Elon ColkJ
Community Church, the cost of the nel
church will be approximately $155,341,fll
Hev. Andes further stated that all coasil
butions would be appreciatedd, and tliJ
it is hoped that the students will con'rj
bute, accordiijg to their means, to
building fund for the new church, ..
the church will be used by the college!
worship services and special progranJ
Continued use of the present Parrish 11,tJ
lor youth meetings, socials, and sim
events is planned.
Success Or Failure
It looks as if the “beanie plan” mayS
hanging on the rerge of success or failm
Our student government realizes that w
majority of the freshmen think the ideJ
of wearing beanies is silly and childitli,
and evidently the upperclassmen think i,
too. Maybe, if the stude'nt body is brouji!
up-to-date as to why the beanie progua
■was instigated, we might be more spp:^
ciative of it and cooperate with th« p>:
more readily.
Last year at the meeting of the
State ConferencB Student GovernmeDt As
sociation here on our campus, the qiei-
tion was brought up as to how we couli
improve the school spirit on all our ait
puses. It was the general consensus o(
all present that one reason for the lad
of school spirit was the absence of tra
dition on this campus and other cau
puses in the Conference.
So. the delegates began trying to devisi
some means of installing tradition on our
campuses and thus increasing school spirit
The beanie idea seemed to be the Ihinj
and shortly thereafter our student legisla
ture adopted the bill for the wearing ol
beanies by the freshmen along with pro
posed freshmeu rules, all of which an
printed in our student handbook for tail
year.
No one expected a miracle of havini
•he campus running over with school spirit
overnight. It was the idea of all coiicemal
with the installation of the new freshnm
program that it would take about iJirrt
years for the desired results to take d-
feet, as all good plans usually talce a lit"
lie time to develop. Our student govern
ment felt that the freshmen this year vtould
iook forward to seeing the same program
performed on the freshman class of 1®®’
60. and so on down the line, until it would
really become *8 real tradition here on tic
campus.
However, as has been often stated
fore, any student activity or plan is 0“*?
as good as we. the students, make it. 1^®
up to ue. If we want Elon to have school
spirit and tradition, let's back up
student government in its rulings and pla''-*'
Look Pretty. Please!
The photographer for the Delmai' Prin^'
ing Company, the producers of our ai*"
out
nual “The Phi Psi Cli,” has come
and
gone, and quite a number of us ditto t S'*
cur “beauty struck. ’ However, don I
pair, because if enough of us who
get our annual picture taken desire
do so. there’s still hope we can,
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