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DORIS FAIRCLOTH
Hope everyone bad a meet enjoyable and
profitable Easter vacation. With only a
lew ihort week, left before exams, the
i.me ha* come to buckle down and partake
with vigor of the fruits of knowledge—it s
much easier to digest a Mttle at the time.
Many of us get choked trying to swallow
too much the night before the day
decision
Veteran Elon Employee .. .
!Moriran I? Honored By Portrait
And)
of
Gerald Allen
Howard Urlggi
Eddie Clark
Nancy Clark
liurl Clement!
i'atricia Crew*
Marvin Crowder
Dixie GladiOD
Rex Hardy
Jane Harper
Mary Anne ll.pner
Kim Irvin
Ted Lea
Wayne Mahanes
Judy Maaesj
Denise Marlin
Bobby McKinnon
Roland Miller
Jack Mo«re
Bill Morningstar
Jerry Osborne
Nancy Rountree
Tommy Sparkman
Becky Stephenson
Gene Stokes
Denyse Theodore
Kathryn Thomas
Sonny Wilburn
W. E Williams
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1962
GRADUATES AND
GOVEVRNMENT
The part of young men and young women
who graduate from AmeriCM colleges this
year in the program of free government
Ja pointed out by Dwight D. Eisenhower,
former president of the United States. He
speak* to the 1962 graduates as follows:
."We must Insist that our educated young
men and young women—our future lead
en—wUlincly and Joyously play a pivotal
part tn the endlei* adventure of free gov
ernment. The vital issues of freedom or
regimentation, public or private control
of productive resources, a religiously in
spired or atheistic society, a healthy ec-
oaomy or a depression, peace or war, are
the Mibstance of political decisions which
Auerica'i young people must be ready to
participate in and to decide."
"Neglect by citizens of civic responsibil
ities will be a greater danger to a free
America than any foreign threat can ever
pose; but an enlightened, deticated people,
studiously and energetically performing
their political duties, will insure us of a
future of ever-rising standards of spiritual,
cultural and malerii^ strength.”
"These duties and these opportunities
must demand the dedicated attention of all
peoples and especially of all who have
so profoundly bencfitted from our vast ed
ucational system."
Don’t forget May Day! Tomorrow's the
big day. kids, if you're not already pre-
p;ired . lu'd belter get the stick.
* • * *
The (. halter Box wishe? to extend a be
lated congratulations to those elected to
. ■ . lu; mi' ll>b2-6;) .chool year. The
new slate of student body officers should
be well under way by now toward deriv
ing mean.s of realizing its dreams of a
stronger and better student government.
•Many of us will not be here next year to
oversee the progress that no doubt will be
made in student government, but our best
wishe.s gc to those who will remain, and
our hope.s are that upon the strong founda
tion laid by the previous two administra
tions will be built the most sturdy institu
tion of student government that has ever
been seen at Elon or at any other college.
WILDERNESS VAC ATION
With the college year coming to an end
and with almost everyone beginning to plan
his summer vacation period, the Header's
Digest comes up with the interesting sug
gestion that many of us wouiu do well to
consider In regard to a wildeme.ss vacation
thi- year.
The magazine invites Its reauei ^ to think
of spending twelve whole day.- or more
without seeing a newspaper o. aring a
radio, without hearing the tinkli' . ne tele
phone or the blare of an autojnobu.- horn,
without even the sight of a hii;.. ay or
road
It points out that more than 3,600 Amer
icans look advantage last year of the non
profit services offered by the American
Forestry Association, which organ,zes each
year many trips Into the wlldernes.s areas
of America, where one may travel afoot
or on horseback In some of the nation's
most rugged countr>-.
Not every student and every faculty
member who reads this may be interested
in such a rugiied vacation, but all might
enjoy reading the article In the May issue
of Readers’ Digest, In which writer Paul
Friggens telb of his experiences during a
12-day trip under Forestry Associatloo di
rection and leadership.
The Digest article, which Is titled "Five
Wonders of the Wilderness," will serve at
least to stir the imagination of readers who
may end up taking a more conventional va
cation nearer to the comforts of civiUtatibn
One th>ng sure, it will at least awaken
[j**, •^•der* to the fact that vacatlMi
not as lir tn the Kiture a* it has l>een.
WB ftCKLERS
) Nowadays Pop no sooner get* hi* daugh-
4er off hi* hanls than he has to get hi*
«on-ln-law aa kl* feet.
Those of us who are Seniors this year
have witnessed the tremendous changes
that have taken place at BUon during the
past four years. The present Freshman
class would hardly recognize It as the same
school, either in physical appearance, in
size according to the student body, or in
the general atmosphere of the caaajiw.
Four years ago little Ladies Hall stood
in the spot in which New Dorm now stands.
At one time this two-story brick building
was employed as a women's dormitory, but
in the last few years of its existence it
#as used as the office of the Southern Con
vention. It was torn down during the sum
mer of 1960, and soon afterward the New
Dorm was begun. Only last year was the
first floor of the New Dorm completed and
occupied by twenty-four upperclassmen
girls. The other two floors were completed
last summer and used for the first time this
year.
Those of us who were Freshmen in the
Fall of '58 can vaguely remember the de
lapidated Old North Dorm, for it too was
tom down that year. It is now replaced by
the parking lot facing the Science building.
Although some of the "oldsters" watched
Its destruction with a sense of nostalgic con
cern, its eradlcaition was definitely an as
set to the appearance of the campus.
Four years ago student government was
merely a term, a term little understood
and apparently holding little meaning for
the majority of the student body. It would
not be presumptuous to say that student
government in the true sense of the word
was non-existent at Elon College. When
one compares it with that of today can
Iruly classify as an active student govern
ment, it is fascinating to think of how
much can be built from practically nothing.
One need only to leaf through a '58-'59
Elon CoUege Handbook to detect the weak
nesses in student government at that time.
The constitution and rules of this body
given therein are insufficient, ambiguous,
and repMitlous. The pages of the Hand
book are evidence of the haphazardness of
the student government then and of the lack
adaisical attitudes of those students who
supposedly supported this institution.
These conditions were not improved upon
until the 1960-61 installation of officers. Fol
lowing a vigorous and enthusiastic cam
paign, Ed Boelte became president of the
Student Body, with two avid co-workers,
Cliff Hardy as vice-president and Bill Has
sell as Secretary-Treasurer.
Seldom did one enter the Student Gov
ernment office that he did not find all three
of this hard-working trio present and wUl-
ing to help In any problem pertaining to
student government. Not only did these
three spend a great deal of their lime and
energy In giving the weak and waiverlng
student a stronger foundation, but they in
stilled In many other students a desire to
participate acUvely in making their stu
dent government one In which they could
take pride And once this trio got the ball
rolling, enthusiastic Interest spread over
the campus tike wildfire
This year. Cliff Hardy. Don Terrtll. and
Eleanor Smith have taken over the Usk
and have beitun the project of building a
strong Institution upon a firm lomtOatim
The fact that stodenf Gm-emm*nt i» *r,w-
ing in power and tn fcterest to Kie Mudmts
proof enough «f these officer*- interest
(Otttimed r«iir)
Andrew Morgan, better known
to several generations of Elon Col-1
lege students as Andy Morgan,
one of the real old-timers around
the Elon campus, and fitting tri
bute to his more than thirty-five
years of service to the college will
be paid when his portriat is hung
in the lounge of the Mooney Relig
ious Education Building next week.
The portrait of Andy Morgan,
which is shown at the right, is one
which was done by Mrs. W. W. Sel-[
lars, of Burlington, wife of one of,
the Elon College board of trustees '
and it is entirely fitting that the
portrait won for Mrs. Sellers one 1
of the top awards in the annual
Alamance County arts festival last
week. The idea for the painting
came from Prof John S. Graves,
Elon's chapalin, who expressed his
own and the college's appreciation
to Mrs. Sellars for her work.
Andy Morgan, who is a familiar
sight to both students and faculty
he rides about the Elon campus
on his truck or atop the college's
mobile lawn mower, is now in hisi
thirty-seventh year of service to
Elon College, and thousands of
Elon students of years past will
hail with delight the news of An
dy's portrait being hung in a place
ot honor on the oak-dotted £Uon
campus.
Born and bred in Alamance
'County five miles north of Meb-
ane, Andy lived on a farm until
he was 21 years of age, and he
worked for three years in a cotton
mill at Glencoe before coming to
work at Elon College in 1926,
His first job at Elon was that of
cleaning the boys’ dormitories, a
job he held for one year, after
which he was given the dual re
sponsibility of operating the pow
er and heating plant in the winter
and keeping the campus clean dur
ing the summer. He continued
those jobs for many years, and he
still fills in occasionally on such
jobs while serving as chauffeur
for One of the college’s biggest
trucks.
Long years of service makes
Andy Morgan an authority on the
antics and habits of Elon students,
and some years ago he was asked
I*l(n KE K) HA.NO IN MOONEY
a voice
from the
1 corner
By
don terbblv
A portriat of Andrew Morgan, veteran of more than thirty-five
years of service at Elon College, has recently been painted by Mrs.
W. W. Sellars, of Burlington. The portrait, which was a prize-win
ner in the Alamance Arts Festival and which will be hung m Mooney
iLounge next w«ek, is pictured above. ^
to compare the students of recent
years with those of three decades
ago. At that time Andy answered,
“Students just ain't as rough as
they used to be. They used to play
awful tricks on me, such as ’lect-
rifying door knobs and putting
buckets of water over the doors.
-Man, they was rough.’’
Andy is one of the most devoted
fans and followers of Elon sports
teams, and he tells the story of a
former Elon football star who was
showing Andy the fundamentals
of the sfwrt. While demonstrating
to Andy the techniques of tackling
and blocking in the grid player’s
own dormitory room and while
using Andy himself as a tackling
dummy the gridster knocked Andy
down, broke a bed, smashed
watch and did about $60 worth of
damage, not including the cost of
the liniment which Andy had to
use to rub out his own bruises and
sore muscles.
Anfly also remembers well when
Halloween brought a shudder of
fear to the hearts of Elon officials,
who 'never knew what sights might
greet their eyes when they awoke
after the annual autumn visit of
thf "spooks" and "gobblins.”
"Used to on Halloween," Andy
reminisced, "The boys would sneak
cows into the dormitories, run au
tomobiles up on the porches, steal
(Continued on Page Koui ■
Quill At Will
By NANCY SMITH
* mil
The long overdue, all too short
"Easter break' broke the mon
otony of the scholastic pencil
pushing, open-shut book routine
and claimed a few adventurous
individuals as money "broke",
and, perhaps, even arm, leg. or
neck broke. Actually If 1 had had
time to finish my coffee and
snack while visiting the ole home
place. 1 could have at least told
the folks about Elon's own dele
gation to the sum it up meet
at Fort Louder Dale. But, alas,
there was nary a moment for
"enter-nation-all " (college stoo-
dents, UN, US, and UTOO) chit
chat.
* * * •
Dorm life Is sometimes restric
tive, seeming to entrap one in
its web of rules and whirl wind
of constant goings-on. At night
by the time things cool down In
the dorm so that the atmosphere
is conducive to study, the tick-
tock sounds out a terribly be
witching hour and, automatical
ly, the eyelid flip shut until
mom. The trials and tribulations
of the dorm student are many
but those of the commuting co
ed are equally numerous.
Having to get up five minutes
til claastime may be rough on
dormees. but think what getting
up ftftecn minutes before ihe
whistle sounds would do to
your already hectic schedule.
Why ten miautes difference ev
ery -sctaol ^y adds up to thirty
haors in.an «ca4aii& year. Can’t
gwu -are Ike-hags and wrinkles
forming now from all that lack
of sleep! Besides, getting up ten
minutes earlier can end in a cat
astrophic situation, especially if
it takes one minute to bathe,
two minutes to dress, one min
ute to gaze at breakfast, one min-
to wish you'd never gotten up
in the first place, and something
like ... oh maybe ... 20 min
utes to gel to school.
The commuter has no consider
ate roomie to reach over and
awaken him by gently tapping
his noggin so he can roll over
for another snooze. No. but
what does this cummuter, cum
louder have to look forward to
every day? Wham! oozing light,
sliding easy ... ice cubes and
cold water In a generous quan
tity, cracking not only the skull
but also the most, the best, a
whopper of a dream. It's much
easier to make excuses in your
own mind for sleeping through
class than to answer to mom, In
which case, rain, snow, or hang
over won’t tempt you to snuggle
a tew minutes more beneath the
warmth of the covers.
Summoned by a real cool rev
eille, n( w the sUent sojourner
crawls fi-om his pallet and emer
ges from the doghouse, where he
spends a great deal of his time
at home because of his wild
collegiate pranks . . . and be
cause "when 1 was in college.”
No maUer what the menu is for
breakfast, a shotgun pointed at
the snozzle is persuasipn enough
that brains (pork, that is) and
scrambled eggs is rite nice, .ev
en if you don’t like eggs.
Barring ptomaine, the lucky
pilgrim, who has all the advan
tages of living at home asd of
travel with all expenses, makes
preparation for his diumal «>-
cursion in order to live up to
his reputation as a commuter
student. Ye old Ford is crammed
with supplies . . . going and
coming snacks, first aid kit. fish
ing pole, worms (just in case),
liquid, transistor, pipe, guitar,
swim trunks, tons of books and
oodles of notes bequeathed to
him by a former loyal commut
er.
iTeld together with toy airplane
glue, the monstrous contraption
of a Ford runs pretty good—
when the sun's shining, the
temp’s about 85 degrees, and
when our scholarly gent holds
his mouth right. If the wearever
Ford decides to cut the Elon-or-
bust bit. it can always be unsad
dled and put out to pasture
mules aren’t the only means of
traveling to Elon. Included in the
legal means of obtaining trans
portation for the physical being
are two alternatives—hiking
(hitching or wearing out a lit
tle leather) or taking the local
bus.
A gambler at heart, the com
muter naturjOly decides to gi^e
in to his tender feet and chance
an excursion to the Perian spring
bus. Braving the four-mile trip
through treacherous wilderness
our friend never fails to act quick
ly when his duty is called upon.
Immediately, he rises and flips
with the driver on whether the
Maybe , busmobele will reach
Elon. Having won his bet, the
commuter, determined to f^m
his mission or die trying, is seen
drag^ng his weary hgdy over
the campus waU. gasping‘'Md,‘
lastly, fainUng when lie sees
the dorm students heading for
church.
How did you enjoy Spring break? I sup
pose ii was a welcomed break for almost
all studious folks. Mom’s cooking, dad's
stories friends' parties, and just getting
the ole gang back together were all a
■grand and iglorious relief from the every
day routine of classes, study and work.
If any of you. by chance or otherwise,
happen to find yourself in Richmond. 'Vir
ginia. the capital of Uncle Jeff's Confed
eracy. don’t quit sightseeing after you have
been to all the museums and popular
points of interest. The New Market Inn is
still a sight and a good time you should
not miss. They have a swinging combo
and rather showey entertainment (which
incidentally, entertains you). Pal. there are
parties to be had at that place.
Have you noticed all the planned wed
dings for the coming summer? I thought
last year was the big year, but I'm afraid
Cupid is a weary little fellow after his
chores this year. The Fred Sliull-Sandy
Neighbors. Tom (Sir Thomas a Henpecked)
Carlberg-Helen Wright. Jerry Hollands-
worth-Sue Harvey (home town cutie), and
Bill Branche-Pat Jones, Cliff Hardy-Susan
Sandefur weddings are only a smidgen of
the planned unions for the summer.
The new rage and haunt of Burlington's
elite personalities is the neatest and only
big time club. Daves’ Half-Way Inn. It
scored big time just before our exodus at
vacation time. Frivolity, laughter, and gay
releases spirits ruled the fare of the even
ing as U.N.C.’s ChaseTs gave chase to sev
eral popular ditties of the day. Twist. huUy
gully and slop all were united under good
time bonds. Spread the word in secrecy,
because our Daves haven’t applied for
night club operator’s license.
The student one-act plays given before
the holidays were unusually good. They
were the best student directed plays 1 have
seen here. We may well be developing tal
ents who will return to the Elon stage some
of that time of real glory when a student
directed the season's top show (Inherit the
Wind, ’57-’58). Elon students have been
recognized as up and coming actors, di
rectors, and playwrites. Bill Watson, a stu
dent of not too many semesters back, wrote
a very successful one-act play entitled
"The Breaking of Bread.’’
1 certainly hope the students enjoyed Mr,
Sirotsky, the speaker from Brazil. He was
certainly the chanming Latin personality
we hear characteristic of that section o£
our continent. I heard several affirmative
comments concerning his enlightenment of
the Brazilian situation. 1 hope we can obtain
him to speak to us some other time.
I would really like to take this oppor
tunity to thank the upper class student
body for allowing me to serve as your
Student Government Vice-President this
year. This week, my accumulation of var
ious and sundry materials and matter are
to be moved to make adequate room for
a more than capable successor, Lynn Ryals
Serving in this capacity rewarded me tre
mendously. While active, I was given the
opportunity of representing Elon College
on several occasions. Our delegations
were called upon time and again to com
pare our student government organization
with another arrangement at a school in
our conference. We were comparable on
most every occasion. In sight is a time
when no longer shall we be comparable
to the others, but our student government
can become incomparable itself. There is
absolutely no reason why in years to come
e North State Best Student Government
award should not be a prized possession of
on College, and there is no reason why
we cannot gain fame and statue as recog
nition of our ideal Student Government As
sociation.
Student government has grown to mam-
mouth heights in the three years during
ich I have been able to observe it. It
has evolved from a centrally weak organ-
zation into a strong centrally organize!*
association, with effective chain.
This was one of the greatest opportunities
offered me in my life. Some outside infli*'
ences kept me from becoming as active as
my contemporaries, and for this time when
as not your complete device, I am truls'
sorry. I say thank you again for the op-
P rtunity. and I wish ftor the incoming
•ninistration the very best of luck.
would like to give a particular note ol
anks to three special folks who were si"
ways wiUing to wort'with'and for me. and
^ ose tinie and effort^ are* invaluable to
tudent Government. ’Those three‘‘are Tom
'■3*y, Lynn Ryals. and Carol Trageser,
ya later! ,