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PAGE TWO Maroon And Gold Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Eioa College, N. C., under the Act of March 8, 1879. DeUvered by nail, $1-50 the college year, 50c the quarter. EDITORIAL BOARD Bobby Lawson Edltor-tn-Chief Jimmy Elder Assistant Editor Doris Falrcloth Assistant Edlter John DalCin Sperts Editor H. Reid — Alumni Editor Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor TECHJflCAL STAFF Phillip Sexton Printing Advisor Carl Owen Printing Advisor Bobby Bennett Press Operator REPORTERS Thomas Ayers . Jimmy Jones Dale Barnwell Pele Jones Dean Coleman Bill Libby James DiPema .... Steve Mauldin Tommy Elmore Kirii Moser Oliver Gilliam Rex Moser Marion Glasgow — .... Leroy Myers Harrison Harding Joseph Pulliam William Hassell James Short George Howey Joiin Simpson Malcolm Jaciison Zac Walker CecU Wright FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1960 A WORD OF THANKS Students and faculty members, in walk ing from the campus down to the Elon busi ness section, may have noticed In recent day^ the greatly improved appearance of the va cant lot between the post office and the re mainder of the business section. With the accumlated trash raked up and removed and with the grass newly mowed, the one-time eyesore of the section adjacent to the campus has taken on a completely new appearance, and It must surely be a pleasure to those who view the area. With this brief note, the Maroon and Gold wishes to extend the hearty appreciation of the college faculty and students to James Haynes, operator of the Haynes Furniture Store, who was the person responsible for the improvement of the lot adjoining his businesa. MAROON AND GOLD Friday, May 20 1 “THIRTY” The time has come again when the Ma roon and Gold editor and staff writes the numerals "30” for another annual valume of the campus newspaper—for the symbol “30” is newspaper language for “the end” of a story or an era. In this case, as in other years, it means that another year and an other volume of the paper takes its place on the shelf of Elon College history. It has been a good year for the college, and the staff of the Maroon and Grid has had the pleasure of recording many fine accomplishments on the part of both the col lege itself and of members of the faculty and students. It has been with a real pleasure that we have recorded such tine accomplishments, but it will be a mighty fine feeling when the final page of this final issue rolls from the press and we know that there looms ahead a three-months period when there’ll be no last minute scurrying about for notes on the happenings of campus Ufe. There’s a bit of sadness, too. in seeing the year’s tasks come to an end, for it means that for some of the final days on the Elon campus loom just ahead. Many of the stud ents will graduate, others will not return to Elon for another year, and all will be missed. The reports are that a number of the Elon faculty will not be back, that they will move on to other scenes for another year, and it is with a real sense of regret that we hear this. To each and every one of them we express appreciation for a task well done and the wish for full success in their efforts elsewhere. So now, with much pride and mingled sad ness, we write this final word of the 1959-60 college year and close out Volume Forty of the old Maroon and Gold by writing “30" /B this final sentence. FRIENDS If nobody smiled, and nobody cared and Nobody helped us along. If every moment looked after itself and Good things always went to the strong, If nobody thought Just a little about you and Nobody cared about me. And we stood all alone, ia the battte life. What a dreary old world thia would be. Life is sweet. Just because of the friends we have made And the things which In common we share. We want to live on, not because of our- telve«. But becaase cl the people wk« care. It is doing and ter aomcMjr elae. On which all life’s splendor depends, Uid the Joy of this world, whea y«a’Te summed It all up. Is found In the makia of friend*. —Aaanymotta on campus By BOBBY LAWSON Well, Elonitcs, the end of the year is here, and we can all go home and enjoy the summer months by throwing away our time without paying for It- I don’t luiow wliat the girls will be do ing this summer, but I imagine most of the boys will be flattering their draft boards hoping to return to Elon in the tall. At least we can point to one good grade this year . . . that grade being 1-A. Library Have you been in the library lately? Could you get in? How did you get out? Even the Bookstore is noticing a decline In business. Like practically everybody else on cam pus, I had a term paper assigned. Thhik- ing it would be beSt to take a few notes, I decided to trot over to the usually quiet, almost vacant library. Much to my sur prise the place was full, and everybody was working like beavers. I think every pro fessor on campus assigned term papers. Speaking of professors, we are surely losing some excellent teachers. Last I heard through the grapevine, we are going to lose fourteen. Spaoish Players The Elon Players now have competition. The Spanish Players. Last week in Mrs, Sloan’s Spanish class, we presented a short play. Every member in the class took part in the play. The Father of the Indians. I am sure if the Draaiatic Awards Com mittee had been present we would have walked off with top honors for the year. Congratulations Congratulations to our track team, golf team and the baseball nine for such an outstanding record. They have turned In outstanding accomplishments for Elon tliis year. Same Old Thing Well, like I said, the old year is almost over, and it wont be long before we’ll be forgetting grudges, wishing everybody a good summer, and smearing ink all over one another’s annuals. Then there will be the mad scramble to get home. So then, we get home and loaf for a week or so before the parents get used to us again. Then, one morning at breakfast, your father suggests that you go out and earn some money to see you through the next year of school, and immediately the wonderful summer is overcast by the drab aspect of a job. You manage to cling to your freedom for a week or two by pretending that jobs are scarce, always saying, “Gee, dad, I just can’t seem to find one.” Then he comes in one evening and announces proudly that he has talked to so-and-so and that he has agreed to take you on for the summer. You try to act enthusiastic about it, but you are really crossiog out ia your mtnH lall the parties and excursions you had plan ned for the future dates this summer. The summer drags on and on, and every day you find yourself considering the army more seriously. Finally, you resort to think ing about the good times you had at school last year, and you drop a line to one of your clufir friends. You see, you ha t been away iro. homt to- i 'jple of yed.-t r.uw and yoi have droppea out of c*rca a:ioii Tht peop’e who us^ ’ be yc . tiojccs f euJ.s are not Inter/sted Ui ih. same things that you are, and the ones who are still interested are married. Of -iojrse, it take a while for you to realize exacUy why you aren’t having as much fuu as you’d counted on, and by then the summer is almost over. FlnaUy, you quit your job awl gel ;eady to return to school. You sit around the tast few days Just waiting for the time to ge, and then you leave a day early, so that you can be with the fellas soon enough to (have some fun before the task of reais- tratlon. Yup!! That’s the way she goes! I koow, because I have been doing it for the past four years. If you don’t believe me, watch yourself go through this old cycle this summer. MAY QUEEN WITH MEMBERS OF HER COURT n ind I The Elon Collepe May Court of 1960 is pictured above after the coronation of Jean Loy as the 1 ,\Tay Queen Mis' Loy, who ruled over the festivities, is shown seated in the center of the plat- ' form. Those sLandi-ig left to right are William Faries, Faye Gordo i, 2: c 'V'.llnr, K~iy Hughes, Bob King, Katie L.''-v'-l:y. King Bob McLean. Winnie Ann Watson. Gotirdon Yarciy, Judy .Samuels and Eddie Burke. The small children center front, are Mark Gilliam, crown bearer, :,nd Kathy Sharpe, flower girl. Planning; H A / Land Summemer Tour . . . Sloan Has New Book On Bible Lands Dr. W. W. Slofn, professor of Bible at Elon Ccll'.ge. who is the '■uthor cf two vo'U nes about the 3ible, has just writltn a third book, a small volume entitled “Bible Lands and he Bible.” Much smaller than his earlier "A Survey of the Old Testament” and "A Survey of the New Testa ment,” both of which are college texts, Dr. Sloan’s new book is de signed to serve as a guide book for tourists in the Bible lands. In the volume Dr. Sloan has chosen 68 places in the Middle East which are connected in one way or another with the Bible, and he gives the history of the city and explains the Biblical refer ences to each community. Setting Jerusalem apart from the other points, he give; a complete his tory of that city in Bible times. The new work offers a complete Biblical guide to .Palestine and other sections of the Near East, including Jordan, Israel, Iraq. Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Itaiy. Designed pri marily for tourists, it is pointed out that the book includes much of interest to arm-chair travellers, Sunday school teachers and min isters. Dr. Sloan himself will conduct a tour of these lands this sunmier for the American Express Com pany, leaving New York by plane on June 13 on a trip which will include the Passion Play at Obe- rammergau, Rome, Athens, Cor inth, Thessalonica and Egypt. There will also be a motor tour of the Biblical centers, with visits “from Dan to BeershebE” The first Sloan work, “A Survey of the Old Testament,” is used as a text by more than 60 colleges and a third edition of his New Testament work has just been published. The 1960 edition of World Book Encyclopedia includes 14 of his articles about Old Testa ment people, and he has written portions of the International Sun day School Lessons for 1962. The Chatter Box By DORIS FAIRCLOTH Wisps of WtadOB Father—’The pareat who gets his danch- ter off hlj hands and then has to get his son-in-law on his feet. • • • • Some folks who Uvc It up discover they have a lot to live down. • • • • • To get to the top, go t« the botto« tt thiags. • • « ■ • Always listen to the opiaioas of others. It probably woa’t do you aay good, but U will them. , • • • • • You can always tell a well iafonned —his views are the same as yovrs. Well, fellow students, the fun’s over! This day starts us on our harsh journey through the cam pus-wide Slave - Driving Week The firing squad, consisting of the professors, is all lined up to hand out those little papers of last resort and to watch us fall in our respective orders, from A to F, as we aid one an other in sympathy and kind wishes. It’s going to be quite a struggle to keep our noses to the grindstone for a full week, especially for those of us who have been loafing around all semester and trying to ignore that twinge of conscience. Here’s hoping that my next-door nei^- bore will lay aside the casino cards until all other weak-willed persons and I can afford to yield to the call. The May Day festivities seem to have been fairly successful and most enjoyable to those present The May Court was quite a display of beauty, and the Physical Education Depart ment made a successful show ing with the girls participating In the various dances. Old Man Weather was kind enough to re member his manners until the afternoon ceremonies were com pleted. The May Day Dance, which was held In McEwen, was carried out quite well. That just goes to show what can be done on a tight budget! Although the Student Govern ment budget has been somewhat confused and misapplied thia year. I donX believe that any of us can complain greatly about the social activities on campus throughout the year. Maoy of us tend to place the entire blame of this misapplicatloa of funds on the top man of our Student Government System, the Presi dent. One person can do very little without the cooperation of other interested persons, and there has been apparently little .sincere cooperation and concern on the matter this year. For in- .stance, this year’s budget, which was planned by the President at the end of last year, was ap proved immediately and with out question or discussion by the Elon students’ representative body, the Senate. This was prob ably the mistake that led into the misuse of the Student Body funds, this error lying not with in the judgement of the Presi dent in making out the proposed budget but in the much too hastily made decision of the Senate to approve it. The new Senators in this year’s May 11th meeting, profiting from the mistake of the old Senate, started off on the right foot by sending the biU to the finance committee to be re viewed before considering the approval of the proposed budget. Perhaps it will follow that the Senate, the various committees, and the Student Body as a whole will take more concern and con sideration in Itneir plans ^r next year, and we will in effect have a greatly improved pro gram throughout the year. There was some question in the recent election as to the validity of the count of votes and perhaps as to the honesty of the committee in charge of counting these votes. Perhaps we need to be remiaded that all students at Elon College are bound by the Honor System. When honor placed in students whether they be in the ;^assrooni or In the position of vote-count ing. fails to be dependable, I am sure that we will aU agree that thia system Is no longer of use and should be Immediate ly done away with. The mem bers of the election committee are chosen by the President and approved by the Senate. Om who questions the integrity of this committee must also ques tion these latter-mentioned re presentatives of the Student Body. There was also another aspect of the elections that to me wai very distasteful, that aspect be ing the conflict between the fra ternities and sororities in re lation to the elections. When a student runs for an office, he should be running as a repre sentative of the entire Student Body, and not as a representa tive of his or her fraternal or ganization. The work that he intends to do as an officer should bear no favor toward his organ ization, but should lie thought of as beneficial to ths Student Body as a whole. When one mns for the sole intent of putting his organization in the limelight, he i.s laying the grounds for an in harmonious and corrupt student government. As school neafs its close, I would like once again to men tion the seniors who will soon be graduating, and take it upon the Chatter Box to wish the Class^ of 1960, on behalf of the remaining members of the Stud ent Body, the very best of luck in their future endeavors. I would like to thank all of you who have borne with me and the Chatter Box through out the year and those of you who have taken the time to give aid with your constructive criticisms. Also, many thanks to those on the staff for their kind endurance, which I am suit: they have exercised many times throughout the year. Though it may have at numerous occas ions tried the patience of the readers, writing for the Maroon and Gold has been an enjoyable experience for me. Tln^ ior tWs Chatter Box to close ooce aad lOr all. bid> din* fareweU and wishing all ot you an enjoyable and restful summer racatioa. be’ cen By JIM^r. ELDI.It CoUege students generally avoid semi- ment; theirs is a cynical attitude, w,„i j professio:. .or perhaps confessioii) o. .i.vi-,-. ness and sophistication. But for many colleg seniors p; , dnng to gradua.e, the essential emotional dement in all of then' ge.-..'-al!jr manifests ,.oeli in sentimtm anj reiamis. censes when commencement time approaches In retr,. they of.en rausc o.t. , i good timej, tne friends among studonu „n(i faculty m^.aoers that they liave made, and too often, 1 iear, the mistakes that nitjy n^.e been give.- .j in their ft.v yeais oi graduate Uuay. We sen.^.i at Elon have witnessed per haps the E vidtest transition in the school's history. Tne details of the transition are loo numeivjao and too well-known to de mand atle. Xion here. What we n.jsi re alize is even ai: we leave Llou, we wUl remai.. an essential part of the col lege’s growth. If the expansion of Elon re mains static, it will reflect not only on ou.- degrees but on our interest and support .as well. We have a duty and an obligation to ourselves as well as to future Elonites to lend assistance as colloge alumni. In looking back over the 1959-60 aca demic year as part of this transition, the most important action taken oy the col lege has been conducting of the institu tional seli-study program in an attempt to re-define the college objectives, nhai- ove rthe facets and objectives of the ex- tentive program prove to be, the ultimate objective of the college must be to provide superior instruction with superior facilities in order to produce superior students. An atmosphere must be created in which the individual student and faculty mem ber may pursue knowledge, truth, or what ever without being stifled or discouraged by too many restrictions. There is indeed a point where discipline ends and ippres- sion begins, Vue must have guidance with out discouragement. In achieving this ideal or ultimate ob jective, one of the main difficulties is in attracting the right kind of student. If my observations are not too biased, tliere seems to be two generally distince groups which have in the past been courted Into coming to Elon: (1) the person preparing Ito go into religious work, and (2) the ath lete. Neither pursuit has enough merit alone to admit a student; yet both groups have at times been admitted for that particubr reason alone and have even received p,e- ferenial treatment in some quarters. This should cease. Klon College should provide both a religious atmospriere anci auiietics, but religious consciousness does no^ come from a saintly and pious appearance; a reflective, thinking person is actually more conscious of the spiritual and is certainly more de&ireable, as a student than one who is purely sanctimonious. As tar as athletics is concerned, the arguments for competition ir; sports are actually unten able. Intra-coUegiate sports programs and physical education provide reSLUs equ.ny *as good without the expense. Partly because of the prevalence of these two groups, there is an excessive conformity at Elon which both repugnant and intellectually unhealthy. The conditioo must be corrected if academic e.-ti.ti.eiiCi.' Is ever to be satisfactorily achieved; othe^ Iwise, neither intellectual independence nor the creative imagination will ever b)€ as serted. If I have ever haa one criticism of Elon, it has been this. The total experience of attending Elon College has been wonderful though. For myself, I have become more foidly at- itached to the school the longer I have stayed here. This time now, however, ii close at hand when, in the beautiful Elon tradition, academic hoods for the bach elor a degree will be awarded to the Class of 1960. I would be remiss if I did not express niy gratitude to those members of tiie faculty, they know who they ai^, who have been so kind to me. I cannot thank them enough. I would also like to thank those of you who have commented on "Twixt and Between” this year. There have been quite ® few, certainly not aU flattering, but appreciated anyway. Well, we’re now between "twixt and be tween class tine and exam time. It won't be long now.—“shar.tih, shantih, fhanUh." Wisp* of Wis^daai ^ear may slow down our thinkin. pro cesses, but It sure speeds up our Race Track—A place where '(jlldowj «e«n people. • * • * • toolphnts in e san s of time, -i. ■; yuur work shoes.
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