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Maroon And Gold
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EDITOKIAL BOAKO
Walter Edmonds Editor-in-Chief
Dick Lashley Assistant Editor
II. Reid Alumni Editor
Robert Danials Staff Photographer
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
Bl'SIXESS BOARD
James BiKgerstaff . .. Business Manager
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REFOHtTERA
Douglas Albert Marvin King
Rosalie Beal .. Robert Jones
James Bennett - Thomas Liverman
Woodrow Brown Tommy .McDonald
Herbert Creason Joyce Myers
Lois Poor _ John Phillips
Bob Ilullmsn Elizabeth Shoffnor
Eddie Hughes Nancy Stcphenso*
Richard Ingram Ray Thomas
William Jackson Shirley W’alker
Ann Joyce W. E. Williams
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1958
THLNKING OF SAFETY
There's nothing that brings the idea of
safety on the highways closer home than
for the grim tragedy of a highway accident
to strike into our own midst and to mow
down one or more of those who are known
and dear to us.
Such being the case, the thought of safe
ty was surely thrust into the forefront of
all our minds last week when twice with
in Ihe spaae of twenty-four hours the Elon
campus was struck by accidental injuries
on the highway.
The serious hurts sustained by Mrs. Mar
jorie Hereford and Mac Payne last week
and the less serious hurts suffered by
Payne’s companion should certainly serve
to make each and all of us more careful
than ever as we ride to and from school
Or go about our daily tasks.
ilAROON AND GOLD
Thursday, ect^ber 16,
1958
OUR NEEDS TODAY
We live in a nation that was founded by
men who lived and fought hard lives. It
Is by the suffering and toil of past genera-
tioD.‘ that we are able to enjoy the luxury
and the true opulence we live in today. It
was their kind who first forged their way
through these majestic mountains we are
in today. It was their kind whcT had to
"icramble for their education, when there
was any Xormal instruction available.
Yet, do we as modern Americans have
any of ihe original American spirit left
within us? Ease of living is something that
we have grown lo accept as a part of the
American life, but do we not let soft living
come In also? Are we a nation of peopU
■who must have our literature digested for
us. browse through pictorial magazines,
listen to senseless mu.sic and practically
Ignore the greater classics of literature?
If the general public of America is to
undergo a change in its tastes, that have
reached an appallingly low level, they must
have capable leaders to guide them. We,
yes we, the students of American colleges,
must be those leaders. We soon will be the
»ctual leaders of our great nation, though
small our individual tasks may be, and we
must in our role as students today make
Ourselves inte capable leaders.
It is well to consider that old, introspec-
Uve question, What would the world be
like if everyone were like me?" Surely we
all cannot be leaders at all times. It is the
versatile, well-adjusted and mature person
that is most in demand by today’s society.
As previously slated, it is the individual
that is the most important element of the
nation in its enUrey. As individuals it is
our personal efficiency, or how well we
do our own tasks, that will bp ^ determin-
,ing factor the efficiency of the unit or
nation, -T "j -. t Mtt~'
^ Thus We come o ethics, or a set of moral
Values. As students at Elon we arc in an
atmosphere conducive to the fostering of
one’s set of Christian ethics. As a holder
of such do not neglect to be a user of such.
This is the force, that of Christian beliefs
and ethics, that should direct the lives and
activities of us as citizens of our great
nation.*
Thus we may say that as leaders of te-
morrow we must be cultured, thinking, re
sponsible individuals of ChrisUan beliefs in
order to live lives useful in the fullest
sense.—CLIPPED.
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The Male Animal
To the young man at the perfume coun
ter the clerk purred: “Now here’s one
called ‘Perhaps.’ It's $35 ao ounce.”
“Thirty-five dollars!" exclaimed the
young man. "For $35 I don’t warU Per
haps.' I want ‘Sure.’ ”
around
with
square
by
SQSARE EDMONDS
Like the old saying goes, “Chicken one
year, feathers the next.’’ This stateirent,
with its somewhat ironical twist, doo; not
by any means signify that I awake in ihe
mornini? with a damp pillow or that £ m
yelling “wait till next year.”
I'm certainly not the one to call the
shots around here. As a matter of fact,
lellow students, 1 cannot think of any one
person who is entitled to do so; but 1 do
feel that something must be done to the
spirit situation around the campus. Noth
ing drastic like arm twisting or name call
ing, but just a little mental persuasion
which should be applied to those who com
pose the Elon student body.
It's phooey with that sportsmanship code.
I'm a poor loser, and I guess 1 will always
be one. and anyone who says that he or
she is not is either a fool or a liar. There's
no such thing as being “greater in defeat
than in victory," and the one who gave ut
terance to that so-called gem of wisdom
js probably resting in Dix Hill or some
similar place, but win, lose or draw, let's
be heard by all.
m * m * 0
Now that one big dance has passed in
to the oblivion of the past, we find that
we have only two big ones left, the annual
spring dance and the May Day dance
The Homecoming Ball was nice when com
pared with other festivities, but it lacked
the big personality which it has shown for
so very long. You know what I mean, that
"Mr. Big" er "Miss Big.” To break it down
to a clear premise, how very nice it would
have been to have a personality like Billy
May, Woody Herman or Les Brown. Shucks!
Everyone knows that they’re expensive,
but one only gets what he pays for these
ciays.
I know that some will laugh at this
thought, but it doesn’t prevent a few of
us less sensible creeps from enjoying a
phase of wistful thinking. In brief sum
mation, I know some "wall flower” will
say, "What do you expect for five dollars
per head?" Well, before he or she says a
word, I don t want to hear all that jazz.
1 want the best. Why go second class when
for a few dollars more we can go first
t-lxss? I know I haven’t reached that con
dition yet. Heaven forbid!
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Watch where you park your "short,”
for the Elon police force Ls in action. It
, seems people are always thinking of new
ways to make money, and here’s a tip to
those behind the scenes. Let’s take that
parking fine money and asphalt those park
ing lots. I'm not hollering for myself, for
I'm contributing to the "kitty” at any cost.
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REVIEW AND PREVIEW—The Elon Col
lege production of the musical "Annie Get
Vour Gun " is a sure shot smash . . . Later
this quarter the Elon Players will present
•‘■rhe Heiress," with said presentation
scheduled for weekends just before and
just after Thanksgiving vacation.
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BLAH — Tom Brewer, former Elon base-
baller, now pitching with the Boston Red
Sox, attended the Elon-Presbyterian con
test . . . Ditto for Nick Theos, whn is now
coaching in Charleston. S. C. . . . Anyone
who wants their ears lowered can see "To-
'n' .. “Barber of Christian-
ville. It s just 50c per noggin . . , J b
Vaughn, who is currently living in a drea.n
world of western mpvies and levis, had
better watch his “name calling, ’ for I
hold the pen. Ditto for his roomie, who
resemble.s the only live kola in captivity
• . . ‘ Boo" Pitts is the only football man
ager in existence who finds himself to be
older than the head coach
KIND THOUGHTS—I wish a very speedy
recovery (o Dean Hereford, and I tnow
tliat I express the feelings of the student
body and faculty, all of whom ware shocked
at news of her injury jn a recent auto
mobile accldcnt here at Elon. It was bare
ly one day later when Mac Payne Was
also seriously hurt in another accident,
and again I know that I sp«ak the senti
ments of all in saying that I wish him a
Speedy recovery
OUR TOWN — Not too long ago a Bur
lington motorist called to a member of the
police force. “Come here, officer. I’ve just
T- ustudent,” to
which the policeman replied, “Sorry, if*
Sunday. You can't collcct the bounty today
(Editor's Note): Don't split your sides
laughing at that one. It's not that funny.
It just happens to be what journalists call
"space filler” .
FINIS — It seems that I can’t find a
thing to complain about in thU thrill-packed
issue, not even the weather. This Indian
summer is just a little bit of alright. Oh,
well! We’ll have weather, whether or not.
NATIONAL JAYCEE PRESIDENT IS SPEAKER AT ELON
Bob Cox, former University of North Carolina athlete who is now national president of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce of the United States, is pictured at the right above with local edu
cational and civic leaders after speaking at chapel exercises at Elon College Monday, October 20th.
Shown with Cox left to right arc Dr. J. E. Danieley, Elon College president; Robert Leonetti,
president of the Burlington Junior Chamber of Commerce, and Ronnie Bergman, president of the
student government here at Elon.
As Guest Speaker In Chapel
Cox Urg es Interest In Public Affairs
Stressing the fact that America
is only as strong outside as it is
on the mside, Bob Cox, national
president of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce, urged Elon students
to awaken themselves and to keep
a strong and active interest in
what is happening in the United
States and in the world today.
The former University of North
Carolina athlete whose home is
Sn Chapel Hill, declared that his
own eyes had been opened to many
of the conditions that appear to
thceaten America today as a re
sult" of his travels throughout the
country and in foreign countries
since he wa's elected to the nat
ional Jay-Cee presidency during
the past summer.
The. speaker was introduced at
the student chapel in Whitley Au
ditorium on Monday morning, Oc
tober 20{h, by Dr. J. E. Danieley.
Elon president, who was friend of
Cox when both were in graduate
school at the University.
Cox recalled his own football
d.iys at Chapel Hill when he spoke
of the “skhined noses'’ of some of
the Elon football players who were
among his hearers and when he
extended special greeting to Coach
Sid Varney, Elon grid mentor who
was a teammate of Cox on Caro
lina’s teams of the famed "Jus
tice Era.”
He then recounted some of his
experiences in visits to many states
of the union and to Hawaii and
Canada since becoming the Jay-
Cee leader, and cited certain
alarming tendencies which he had
recognized, among them apparent
ly increasing "string-pulling” in
American politics and government
and the increasing violence which
besets the nation in corftroversial
matters and in current labor af
fairs.
Declaring that he never fails to
question people he meets concern
ing their opinions of American
problems, he expressed alarm at
the seeming apathy and indiffer
ence of so many Americans in re
gard to current happenings.
While urging his student hear
ers to "have an opinion” and to
have the courage to express those
opinions, Cox also urged his au
dience' to maintain a spirit of
tolerance, to be willing to grant
to others their rights to divergent
Opinions and to ‘ be willing to com
promise” in order to reach a log
ical and workable solution to both
local and national problems.
Seen From The
West Watchtower
By ANN JOYCE
We suspect that the average
Elon College student has been
quite busy during the past two
or three weeks. A number of
students were kept busy by rush
parties. Seldom were the nights
when either a wiener roast, ice
cream party, Japanese supper,
or brother-sister party wasn't
planned by some campas so
cial group. Then came bid week
end with the traditional all-night
parties which followed the Elon-
East Carolina football game.
Fraternities called at the girl’s
dorms during the evening!?) to
serenade their sisters, and they
returned the next morning to
e.‘:cort the ladies to church , . .
And than there were those who
found the following days rather
filled by initiation stunts 1 . . .
With the fraternity and sorority
initiations behind, everyone
pitched into the building of
floats, decorating of cars, and
decorating the gymnasium in
preparation for homecoming.
And speaking of homecoming
weekend, wasn’t it fonderful?
Certainly all those persons who
had a part in decorating floats
and convertibles and the gym,
deserve' a great deal of pray^-
Ao usial, our football team made
a fine showing ... We can’t
remember having seen a love
lier group of dresses than we
saw at the home'X)ming dance.
Especially noticeable to us was
fne obvious trend back to floor-
length gowns. And several cour
ageous Elon girls appeared at
homecoming activi ^ ?s in the
trapeze and balloon styled fash
ions . . . Certainly deserving of
a great deal of the credit for
the success of homecoming
weekend was the cast of An
nie Get Your Gun." We extend
our sincere sympathy to those
persons who were unable to see
the outstanding performancB of
the cast under the direction of
Prof. M. E. Wooten. We are
concerned especially for those
persons who didn’t see the play
by choice and who therefore did
not realize what they missed. We
fear that these same persons are
the ones who pass by the op
portunity to attend similar func
tions on campus regularly. By
amending one such perform
ance, we believe that they would
become convinced that they have
really been missing something
worthwhile. Here we might men
tion especially those boys who
sit in the dorms on the night
pf formal dances. It might be
well for them to remember that
things are considered by em
ployers other than his!' *^>imi£-
try marks. To b? successful in
the world, one needs to be suc
cessful and at ease socially. At
tending campus social func
tions certainly is one of the bet
ter ways to build one’s person
ality, we believe ... It would
seem quite a coincidence and
quite unusual to us that one
sorority on campus furnished
eleven members of the home
coming court, including the
queen and maid of honor. Con
gratulations, Tau Zeta Phi . . .
While we are discussing worth
while places to g«, we would
also like to urge any student
who has never attended a meet
ing of the Student Legislature
to do so at their first oppor
tunity. We remember that the
first time we attended a meet
ing of the group we were shock
ed to witness the dignified, ser
ious, conscientious manner in
which the legislative body of the
college conducts its buffneas.
Too often many of us are prone
to complain about the supposed
"misuse” of student body fees
and similar gripes, but how
many of us attend meetings,
talk regularly to our dormitory
representatives, or in any way
r.hafciocver show our interest in
the conduct of stMdent body bus
iness? Cert^iinly any student
would profit by sitting in on
just one meeting of the legis
lature . . . Speaking of the Stu
dent Legislature, we understand
that certain student tactions are
enthusiastically encouraging the
adoption of a bill to establish
a one-way stair system in Ala
mance Building. Now we can
see some advantages of such
a system, but we are skeptical
of the system as a whole. We
doubt that it would be possible
to force students to use the
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here
and
there
By
DICK LASIILEY
By the time the M'aroon and Gold press
I oils with this line of gossip. Homecoming
weekend will be all over. The alumni win
have returned to their homes, the faculty
and administration will be breathing easier
and we students will have settled 'oack to
our regular routine «f studying, cutting
classes, drinking coilee at Garrison s, and
still counting th« days until Thankigivmg
vacation, ^ ^ , ,1
It would be nice to make Some predit
tions here about the results of the Home
coming game between our "ChrisUais'
and Catawba, but it would be rather sense-
less to do so, since the result* will already
be known by the time you are peiusin>
the Maroon and Gold again. °
YVooarow Wilson Scholarships
Here’s a bit of news that should be par
ticularly interesting t« the more scholar-
ly of our numbers. Professor, Fredson Bow
ers, of the University of Virginia, met
with members of our faculty and student
body last Thursday morning at 10 o’clock
in the President’s office to discuss the
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foun
dation for graduate students.
Professor Bowers stated that college
teaching, with already increased salaries
and with more increases expected soon,
is expected to become more attractive. U
line with this expectation, the primary
purpose of the fellowship program is to
advance graduate students to a doctorate
in their field in the hope that they will
want to enter college teaching.
The fellowship receives $5,000,000 a year
from the Ford Foundation and sponsors
1,000 scholarships each year, picking tlie
best students in American universities and
colleges for graduate work.
The program is designed to send the
selected graduate students to the school
of their choice for one year. The fellow
ship gives the students $2,000 a year to
lassist in their work. It is hoped the aca
demic work of the student will be good
enough to warrant the graduate school
lie is attending to present him with a fel
lowship program of its own to enable the
student to complete the second year of
work, Professor Bowers stated.
Professor Bowers explained several
things with which students should concern
themselves if th«y wish to be eligible for
fellowship aid. He said every student
■should take a graduate record examina
tion, because even though fellowships don't
require it, most graduate schools do. Also
mentioned were the foreign language re
quirements. Most graduate schools prefer
a reading knowledge of German and
French. If the field of endeavor is science,
Russian is readily acceptable. Some de
partments of History and English will ac
cept Latin, and some schools will accept
Spanish.
According to Professor Bowers, the fac
ulties of colleges are to blame for lack of
encouragement for their students to be
come college teachers. He said faculty
members should try to spot students who
will be interested in graduate work early
in their college life, and then help that
student to shape his study program in such
a manner as to enable him to be accept
able for a fellowship program.
Student State Legislature
Jimmy Elder and Linw'ond Hurd recent
ly attended the Interim Council of ths
North Carolina Student Legislature at the
University of North Carolina, in Chapel
Hill, for a planning session concerning the
proposed Sfsdent Legislative Assembl.v in
Kaleigh, December 11th, 12th and 13th.
Elon will have seven delegates present
when the Legislature convenes, five in the
House and two in the Senate. Each dele
gate will make up a bill or bills and mail
them to the convention at Meredith Col
lege in Raleigh where they will be held
until time for the assembly. Any students
on our campus who are interested in con
tributing to the bills should see a mem
ber of the student government associa
tion.
For once, gossip isn’t exhausted but the
alloted space for this bit of.literary ex
pulsion is. However, before 1 bid you adieu,
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I would like to make brief mention of what
I consider one of the most informative and
interesting chapel speakers we have ever
had in the person of Bob Cox, national
president of the Junior Chamber of Com-
oierce. I don’t know who was responsible
for getting him to come to our campus, t'lrf-
to whoinever the credit belongs, I say
done.'” Keep up the good work.
have more like him. - ^
Wfth that final outburst, 1 cfjse the lid
on my portable writin’ machine until time
arrives to venture forth again to greater
journalistic efforts. Boy, what a line.'