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sa/vitooN and gold
May 14, I9jj
Maroon And Gold
Entered Us second oiass matter at the
Post Office at Elon College, N. C., under
the Act of March 8, 1879. Delivered by
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quarter.
College. Published bi-weekly during the
college year ondsr the auspices of the
Board of PuUication.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Walter Edmonds Edltor-in-Ghief
Dick Lashley AssistajU Editor
Ann Joyce Aasistant Editor
H. Reid Alumni Editor
Pete Curtis Staff Photographer
I.^ther N. Byrd .... Faoilty Advisor
BUSINESS BOARD
Phillip Sexton Printing Advisor
David Horn Press Operator
REPORTERS
Robert Bennett William Mullins
Tony Carcaterra William Reece
Janies Fogleman Gene Rhodes
John Frost Ronald Scott
Carl Fuller ... Darrell Shue
Virgil Howell Elizabeth Updyke
Edward Hughes Earl Vickers
Fred Lloyd Ted Webster
Robert Lowe Edward Wilkes
Wade Montgomery Lafayette Wilkins
THUURSDAY, MAY 14, 1959
FOR USE OR DECORATION
John Keats wrote, "A thing ~i beauty
lb a joy forever.” At the moment be penned
these words, he must have envisioned a
place very similar to the Elon campus in
springtime: because, in reality, our cam
pus is "a thing of beauty.” Everywhere
trees and flowers have l>een resurrected by
the warmth of the wonderful sunshine.
The spacious lawns appear to have been
rccarpoted in a lovely blanket of green.
Across our campus, hundreds of dollars
worth of cement has been poured out in
the most conspicuous sort of places. This
cement was played there to form a nice,
neat place on which to walk. Yet, it is
surprising how multitudinous is that num
ber of students and faculty who fail alto
gether to see these walkways and take
the llb^y of cutting comers anywhere
they choose.
It appears as though many of us, re
membering those words from the Bible,
fear that ^hese broad walkways can lead
nowhere save to destruction; and, realiriag
thiji. we are determined to follow a straight
and narrow path wherever we choose to
*0.
Like Keats, Jet u-s truat that our cam
pus’s "loveliness" can increase; that It
may "never pass into nothingness ”—EX
CHANGE.
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SHOULDER SHRUG
Be caMial. That short sentence could
quite well be the by-word of the American
college student today. He worries about
what kind of job he’ll get when he grad
uates: he worries about making the re
quired "C’’ average; be worries about
himself. But let the subject of the nation
Or world or life in general come up he
can’t do anything about it; so he doesn’t
bother to thin too much about that.
Let other people come to him with a
problem-well, it’s not hi* conoern. All
too often he commits himself to neither
prinaplef or people, awl in many cases
he beUeves in w^hing hut gating himsetf
through a decently comfortable Ufe. F*r
^ ® ot the
«fcouki«^.
Historically, the coUege student has been
the leader of his nation. 1b Hungary the
students fought. Russia the ,0^
generation is the center 0/ attention But
n Hungary and Russia there appears an
' fiht generation
helpless uncertainty toward the important
^ngs causes many American stuOema to
turn their attention to their own imme-
ate sltuaUon, accepting the social „»d
^UUcaJ status quo without apparent con-
«udents of today seem to avoid com
mitting themselves too far. Too many Jurt
aid” ** coUegiat.,
above all—be casual.—SELECTED.
WiRp* of Wisdoa
The world's best after^iinner speech:
'•Waiter, give me both check*.*’
• • • • •
A gosaip is somebody who takes a dead
neeret and puts life inf« h.
* ♦ » • ♦
If Patrick Henry thought taiatio* wHh-
)ut representation was bad he abould Me
it wKh representation.
» » • ♦ •
A .tmall town 1? where a fellow iritli a
black eye (ioemt have to exptain bow b*
got it. Everybody knows.
around
with
square
hy
SQUARE EDMONDS
Just occasionally your editor and others
who seek to enlighten their readers, will
receive a contribution which merits full
consideration and which deserves to be
placed in the limeli it, and your columnist
rejoices that for this issue such a contri
bution has been received.
In presenting the following "write-up”
of one of the truly outstanding members
of the Elon faculty, thig writer takes plea
sure in presenting a contribution which
was written and submitted by an Elon
student, who is an admirer of that faculty
member.
An Evening Sl>eDt With
A Great Man
Night after night a balding man,
whose gait has been slowed by his
many years of service to others, deter
minedly climbs the stairs to the second
floor of ' Alamance Hall. His short,
steady .steps finally take him across
the hall to the room where he teaches.
His students, who may be takeng Ger
man, philosophy, or some other sub-
. ject, (for his curriculum is varied), be
gin to filter in. His greetings to the
individual members are varied, always
corresponding to the nature of the stu
dent. Frequently, these greetings are
mildly sarcastic, but always with warm
intent, designed to goad this or that
student into greaiter determination or
effort.
He is thoroughly schooled in his sub
jects. Through his many years of teach
ing he kiiuws precisely how to "lead
the student i to the water”. I think,
however, his greatness lies in the sub
tle way he causes every man to think
of Hie processes of his everyday living
and arrive at some sound conclusions.
He produces meaningful tests to whiob
each student’s faith, philosophy and
general outlook on life can be put.
He openly condemns falselj lived lives.
Vet, through all his thought-provoking
words, he, in some way, manages to
speak in terms so simple that even
the ignorant can understand and at
the same time produce hmiUess "fod
der” for the brains of his most bril
liant and nKWt enlightened students.
At nine forty-five he dismisses his
class, and most of his students hur
riedly start for home. S«me will soon
forget what they have just heard, to
some others it will possibly linger a
little longer, but still others, probably
the minority, will take to heart what
this great man has said. And perhaps,
from his minority wiU come other great
men. and the efforts of Dr. William M.
Brown will not have been in vain.
To The Unfortnnatea
In providing space for this worthwile
contribution, this oft-times sardonic col
umnist is quite glad to let some of those
poor unfortunates antong the srtudent body,
those who are only paying their debts to
nature, have a brief rest. After all, those
unfortunates have only two more weeks
of this school year remaining, and we may
present their obituaries in tl>e ‘’thirty ’
(that’s journalese for "farewell’’) jasufe of
this publication. It is a tme plmaurc to
dedicate this particular column to a mem
ber of the Elon faculty who is so deserv
ing.
FAETURED IN ANNUAL MAY DAY PAGEANT
TOO LITTLE TOO LATE
It's now obvious that student loan funds
in the National Defense Education Act
come nowhere near meeting naUonal edu
cational needs. Tlus was pointed up sharp
ly this month as $6 million was parceled
out to 1,227 colleges for student loans. Of
these. 265 colleges received lest than $1,000
and 105 got less than J500. One state
teachers coUege in Massachusetts got only
$51, hardly enough to pay for the paper
work iDvrfved Many college heads were
disappointed; some were downright men;
—CLIPPED.
CHEERF81, THOUGHTS
Propaganda is baloney disguised as food
for thought.
* * • • *
Some people are like blotter*. They soak
it all in, but get It all backwards.
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Little Miss MuTfet decided to rough ft
In a cabin quite oW and medieifal.
A rounder espied her and plied her with
cider.
And now she's the forest’s prime erll.
» * » * •
When you feel dog-tired at night, ft may
be because you growled all day
* • • * *
A diamond is jult a hunk of cMl that
.stuck to its job.
. 1:
■Hir*
Adelaide Goodman, of Rurlinp ion, left, and Carol Adams, of Turbeville, Va.. right, were featured
solo performer^ in the annual Elon Colleee May Day pageant, which was staged on the colleges
norlii campus on Saturday afternoon, May 2nd. Adelaide Goodman, appearing in a Carman Mi
randa role had one o£ the top ^lo dances of the pageant; whil^ C'^rol Adams, as jester in the
royal court, proved a papular performer throughout the program.
Seen From I'lie
West Wak'litower
Bv -ANN JOYCE
In 01: ,uir_is du/ing tne past
month' V/e ba'c touched on a
great iv - ti jccts concerning
n^any phases cl campus life. At
Uiis |;o;:,{ it 'r.curs to us that
we have lalher neglected any
(iiscuss'.-.r .if .'-n imporiant and
uniqu' 1^ -li'i '..‘•sicip West
V/atchtowei. Tt is a wonderful,
amazing I'eciic, indescribable
life for ti'osc vbo choufc to find
these things in it
In oui dormitory are more
than 100 girls. They represent
many states, home towns, and
religions, ’fhry come from great
ly varied environments. But these
things never seem important af
ter the first day together in the
dcrmitoi'y. Amazingly fast, this
group of individuals becomes
one, big, con.wnial family. One
does not grt krnow every girl
in the dormitory well, but there
is a mu’u.il respoft between all
tbr pirls. e\‘cryane havi'.ig in
common the fact that we have
chosen to attend crillege and that
v;e have chosen Elon as C>UR
college.
Downstairs v.'e have tv.’O "mo-
l.heis’’ '."ho con.stantly exhibit
unlimi',o;’ r.'.*' n:;e and under-
•stjiniMiig. I! is very rea.SKurirsg
to I s to realivc that we have
a "rrnther" to cm.sult, whether
our time u! rj;v(i s)iou)d be n.on
O! tiiree o’clock in th~ moming..
!>1 t.hc gi:i- in oui hip
hotel ve know well. Whatever
arisen, there ir. always sivmeoue
to shall in every siliiatiw.
There are always at least two
or three moi-e around who have
weight problem^. This food-lov
ing group -'is.'y.'mbleg each even
ing for a session of exercises
which are not aimed as extra-
cerdit work for physical educa
tion classes. There are some
sci le-; upon which several of us
n r'a'.ly. i'ot.;is wivh plea
sure or otherwase any changes.
Here are confessors to whom
one m.-jy admit any gluttonous
;;ctiO)is which may have occured
during the day. Here is a group
hich can understand when
s .-.leoi.e i^-uys k dress which is
rc-.ih t 0 fmail with the rea-
t.iiat: "I'll only have to
I.: a- p;i:ndK, a;id it will fit
Al'd if you really
V. o.r:| to ’.i:-t, there is always at
lta:-t one in this group who will
sii;re yriir gr.ipefruit and let-
Just about «very day one
iieani of certain iovc problems
find Eituati-..'?*s vvliii-ij can ouly
' Conti.'ued on rape Four)
Math Teacher Is Honored On R
Mrs. Richard M. Haff, who re
tires from the Elon College fac-
uMy this year after twelve years
of service in the mathematics de
partment, was honored last Wed
nesday night. May 6th, at a din
ner given by the mathematics fac
ulty in the banquet hall of Mc-
Ewen Memorial Dining Hall.
Prof. A. L. Hook, chairman of
the mathematics department, pre
sided over the gathering, which
was attended by more than seven
ty-five Elon faculty members and
students. Special guests for the
occasion were Dr. and Mrs. J. K.
Danieley and Dr. and Mrs. Leon
E. Smith.
Speakers on the program in-
clnded Dr. L E. Smith, Dr. J. E.
Danieley, Prof A. L. Hook and
Mis* Sylvia Sims, an Elon stu
dent from Winston-Salem, who is
a mathematics major. All spoke of
Mrs. Haff's excellence a* a teach
er and of her keen personal in
terest and gtiidancc given all at
her students.
As a token of the e«teem in
whfch Mrs. Haff is held by facul
ty and students alike, she was
presented with a branched, silver
candelabra wrth crysl^U center
piece as a gift from those present
for the dinneT.
Mrs. Haff, who holds both the
A. B. and M. A. degrees from
Cornell University, reside* la B«r-
hnifton with her husband, I>r!
MRS. H.^\FF KEi'.EIVES GIFT
i-etir-.s fro.li the Elon College fac-
^ McEwen
A L H r presented by Prof.
A. L Htxifc ,0 behalf of the mcmbcrk of the Elo.^ faculty and stt>-
Riehard M. Haff. who Is a pr,v j7., wh7 i«-^irn:^r
hav,^'^ ^ «olop at Elon. They. reeearcii tor the DuPont Compaay
ha., one sou. I>r, Richard Haff.ji. TVilmington, .Del.
here
and
there
By
DICK LASHLEY
Guess whafs just around the comcr
Yep, you’re one hundr.d percent “ker
re-t”-EXAMS! For sorr.c of us, exams
wjj mean the end of another school year
for others a prolude to um:ner
and for some ot us (Seniors) the end of
our school years at dear ole Elon. This
shoiUd give you a brief h.nt as to what
the theme of Here 'n Tiiore is going t»
be for thU edition of the Maroon and Goltf
Reminiscing.
Many changes have taken place on our
Elon campus during the pns! four years'
Changes which have aU bt?n for the bet
ter. We have received a new president anj
a new dean, new instpuci.-rs have come
on the scene, new buUdi;,gs have been
built, old buildings have been torn down
or burnt down, some remodelUng has been
done, and the school hjs experienced the
largest enroUment in its history. Ne„
friends have been made which has" led
to the formaUon of lastin,; friendships
And last, but by no means lea.^t. knowledge
has been gained, at least tt:t idministra-
tion hopes so, and come exam time we
students are going to hope s.,, too.
Now, let’s break down some of the afore-
menUoned happisiungs on our campus, not
chronologically, just break them dwn.
(Take that anyway you choose.) No, let's
be serious about this. Okay ' Okay!
For many years, just how many Here
’n There doesn’t know, Elon prospered ua-
der the able guidance of Dr. Leon Smith
Upon his retirement in 1957, a native son
of the college took over, our own Dr. J.
E. Danieley. Dr. Danieley h.- taken the
responsibilities of his office as President
of the collegc in full stride, just as lie took
the responsibilities of his studies in his
student days and teaching and duties as
dean of the college in his instructing days.
The respect that students at Elon had for
him prior to his appointment as president
has grown even deeper since his appoint
ment. His friendly smile and undci-standing
has already endeared him to tiie student
body. ’The student body and Elon alumni
look forward with great hope and antici
pation to the continued advancement of
the college under his guidance.
When Dr.,Danieley took over tiie helm,
we also received a new "second in com
mand”, Dr. H. H. Cunningham, the new
dean of the coUege. A better ma.i couldn't
have been chosen, because Dr. Cunning
ham is truly interested In the welfare of
the students and the coUege. His door is
always open to the students, and he is
always ready to Hsten to their problems
and give them gnidance In an; v.Hy he
can. No matter how many compla;;it,s and
problems from the student body comc be
fore him in the course of his duties, he
stiU stands ready to listen, guide, ar.d aid
^em to the best of his ability and to their
better interest.
The coUege campus itself has becc beau
tified and improved by the addition of t»o
new boys’ dorm*, a new girls’ dorm, and
» new dining hall. The destruction of old
North Donn recently has also Improved
the appearance of the coUege. All thesj
are evidenjes of the rapid adv..:xe-
raent Elon is making toward becoming a
oigger and better college.
The administcation has also secured insre
Mst^ctors to Increase its academic stao-
ar s. Another aid to the betterment of
e academic standards is the require
ment for students to maintain a "C” aver
age if they expect to remain in schoo!.
And, too, the enroUment of Elon Is iti-
freasmg every year. This is truly an en
couraging factor. If Her« ’n There may
ruake a predicUon, it would like to pretfrt
^at Elon will be equal in size to Wake
orest College in the coming years.
Here 'n There knows that all of th.se
mgs are already weU known facts among
e s^dent body, but it thought it would
nice to kinds refresh your memories
about them.
a close aiis hit
o rterary endeavor, and say adieu uofil
next issue.
SNIFFINGS
The safest way to double your money
IS to fold it over and put it back in y«ur
pocket,
Vou don't have to fool a lot of the people
—just toss them a hint and they'U fool
themselves.
• • * » •
Ahusky young man had Just married t
pretty little tti- g. Before going into the
noneymoon lodging, the bride looked uj.
*1 ^ and Mid, "Lefg make peopk tkmi
we’ve been married a loag time.**
Pine,” said fh* young man. "Do fO«
* yon can carry both suitcMes?"