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Maroon And Gold
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Colleae and lU »tudent* and faculty, the
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editorial board
Melvin Shreves ■ -- EdItor-in-Chief
Sy Hall -- Assistant Editor
WUliam Whittenton .. Assistant Editor
Thomas Corbitt Sports Editor
DeeU Welch Girls Sports
H. Reid • ■ Alumni Editor
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
Jack Lambeth Staff Photographer
technical staff
William Baskcrvill Beverly Powell
Judy Berwind ■!'> i ■' ^
Gordon Cox B irli.ira Rix
Terry Cox Paul Robinson
Ji)hn Dominick Ann Sanders
Hunter Dula llerbort siner
Roni George Demus Thompson
Don llinton Jerry Tillman
Marty Hogen.son Carol Trageser
Joyce Howell Bobby West
Ada Mullii. Ken Woodruff
Luke O'Hara George Wanton
Gene Wrenn
FIUDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1964
MAROON AND GOLD
Friday, February 21, 1964
NO HEVER.SF. GEAR
There seemi much to be learned from a
story told by a nian who recounts his ex
perience in thumbing a ride from Princeton
to Philadelphia at the close td an authors'
conference some years ago.
Explaining that he managed to get a ride
with a profe.ssor friend, who said, "I have
just bought thi.*. second-hand automobile, and
1 am not sure whether we can make it to
Philadelphia or not, for my car has no re
verse gear, and 1 have had no chance to
get the car repaired."
The author who told the story picks up
from there. He pointnd out that he felt
that it can often bie a quite fine experience
to be associated with someone who has no
reverse gear, to know someone who c;in o ’lv
go ahead. He picks up from there in the
following comments and tells of his thcu'i'its
as he rode the car with no reverse
Having no reverse meant that he could
only go forward. Well, it was fine to be as
sociated with one who could only To ahi'id.
"However, not having a reverse gear in
volved some problems.
"In parking, he had to find a wide open
space which permitted him to dri. ' away
by going forward only.
"When he stopped to make a bank deposit,
he illegally parked in the driveway because
other parking spaces required backing out.
Only when you do not have a reverse gear,
do you realize how important and useful
it is.
In many in.stances life is without a reverse.
We cannot go back, only forward into the
future.
Someone has said, “Four things come not
back — the spoken word, the sped arrow,
the past life, and the neglected opportunity."
M this not true?
Some would be willing to give a million
dollars if only they could take back their
"No" when it should have been "Yes."
Cnee a word leaves the mouth, it is gone
forever and can never be taken back to
undo the harm it caused.
There is the arrow that cannot be put in
reverse to come back to the bow. When some
things have begun, there is no stopping
them.
When a nation declares war, it cannot re
trace its steps into peace.
A businessman decides to buy or sell and
signs an agreement. After the signature is
sffixed, there is no reverse. For better or
for worse, it must go through.
Hk' past has no reverse gear just like my
friend's car. The past life cannot be taken
back and lived over again. Tlie mistakes
cannot be relived. We can only profit by
them in the future.
In the past many mistakes were made and
many injuries may have been inflicted. There
is nothing to do about them, but to forgive
and seek forgiveness for past errors.
The water of the river has flowed under
the bridge, never to come back again, llie
door is closed and nobody can open it for
you again.
If the opportunity to do good and to ad
vance is not taken at the time, it is gone
forever It has no reverse gear.
My professor-friend got along fine with
his newly bought used car without the re
verse gear functioning.
This was because he knew he did not have
a "reverse."
In spite of having no reverse we can
still live successfully if we will keep in
mind that at least four things do not come
back — the spoken word, the sped arrow,
the past life, and the missed opportunity.
a view
from
the oak
By
MELVIN SHREVES
^ ' Problem — Part HI
The Student Affairs Conunittee did meet
on February 6, and one of the topics brought
up for di'i' us ion was. the parking problem.
But again, no definite decisions or recom-
u i ■ 0 m irte.
i ■ ' ■ rinitt.e plnn.s to go into further
on the parking problem at its
next meeting, but just how much this com
mittee will do is doubtful.
;■ li. ‘ mt -itime. th.- parking com-
p, • ttitT' hit from all sides. The
commuter students are complaining about
h -.' int ti ii'irk their cars off campus; the
I rm I'.ni^, nre complaining because com
muter students and dorm students are park-
ii ■ th« r car.s in the middle of the parkin?
blocking othor cars from getting
in or out of the available spaces.
And then to top it off, the faculty members
.-'■e comobining because they have to park
th.ir cnrs near the north exit. And most
of the complaints are warranted.
Commuter students complain because the)
sec empty spaces in the parking lot just
north of the science building, and they must
■nrk outside the wall. However, these spaces
are there because the dorm student parked
his car in the middle of one of the dorm
lots when all of the parking spaces were
either filled or blocked by other cars.
And the dorm students complain because
the commuter students have taken up the
spaces or because cars are parked in the
middle of the lots or in two spaces.
The faculty is complaining because unless
they have an 8 o'clock class, they are beaten
to the spaces by members of the staff or
students. These members of the faculty
have to park near the gate and walk up to
their offices or clnssrooms with a load of
books, tests, and/or bunch of corrected pap
ers. Becau.se of their broken schedule, many
01 them use their cars several times during
the day and must take the long walks to
and from their cars.
On the other hand, the members of the
office staffs and maintenance staff arrive
in time to grab up the spaces. Many of them
leave their cars in the lot all day.
Usually the only articles they bring to
work are their handbags and/or lunch bags.
That's not half the load that some of the
professors have to bring.
If I am not mistaken, it has been recom
mended that the members of the office
staffs and maintenance staff use the parking
circle south of Alamance, and that the lot
north of Alamance be reserved for members
of the facu'ly only.
There are more problems in the parking
Uiation than some people want to fidmit.
It certainly stands to reason that if there
were rigid parking rules that could be en
forced. and a system that would help instead
of hinder, then tho.se people who are em
ployed to give out parking tickets would do
a better job. They would know then that
I their time and effort is not being wasted.
I rhe students have a gripe about the park
ing problem, and they are doing everything
! they can to try to correct it, but the stu-
j dents can only go so far. Why? Becau.se
th« faculty makes the rules for parkingl
I And since it is the faculty who sets up
the parking rules, and the faculty who
shares in the griping, why doesn't some
body do .something?
My advice, sir? See, write, or wire your
local advisor and air your complaints about
the parking problem. Let's not let the ball
stop rolling!
And remember, the Colonnades weren't
built in a day.
voiw epvif: winners in one player show
— ■, **(>
..Mr
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Some of the brightest stage stars of Elon Player history are shown in the above picture, which por
trays a scene fro.n "Sce How They Run," a comedy of English vilLige life. Shown in the foreground on
the floor 'left to right> are Tom Targett as Corporal Clive Winston, Virginia Trigg as Penelope Toop,
and Happie Wilson as the housekeeper. In the background 'also left to right’ are Roger Wilson asJ:he
mysterious intruder, Lynn Cashion as the Rev. Lionel Toop, Ed Engles as the Bishop of Lax, Joan mck-
man as Miss Skilton, Ed Woodward as Sergeant Towers of Scotland Yard and Joe Brankley as the Rev.
Arthur Humphrey. Virginia Trigg, Joan Wickman, Lynn Cashion and Ed Engles were all winners of Ep-
pies" for their stage work during student days. Cashion, Engles and Tom Targett were all one-time
editors of Maroon and Gold, and Cashion was a student body president.
During The Middle Period . .
Of Play ers And Playniaking At Elon
From Other Campuses
Students at Texas Technological College
will get a day break between Dead Week
and final examinations during the 1964-65
academic year as recently approved by the
Board of Directors and recommended by the
Council of Deans.
Dr. W. M. Pearce, academic vice-president,
said that the day break will not cause an
additional class day to be added to the
.school year. Because the academic calendar
for the current spring sem3ster is set. a
day break was reported impossible for this
year.
The plan proposed by the students was
accepted by the administration without a
change. It was first proposed last Spring
during the student body elections. TTie reso
lution adopted said in part: "The Student
Council believes that adoption of this pro
posal will give students an opportunity to
prepare adequately for final examinations
and will enable the students to attain the
goal toward which everyone is working —
greater academic achievement.”
As interest mounted in student
dramatics at E!on College in the
l.ito "Thirties", the students em-
-'nrked upon the new enterprise of
writing plays; and records dis
close that Elon's first bill of orig
inal plays, written, ca.st an ddi-
rected by students in the college
course in Dramatic Literature, was
presented March 22. 1938.
Plays given at that time were
"Bramble Bush." by Margaret Earp.
and “Swap," a mountain comedy
by Ford Miller. A month later an
other original play, Gwen Tilmin'
"Six Guns," was presented, along
with A. A. Milne's "The Man in the
bowler Hat." A final original play
that year was “Mill Village." which
was repeated the following year
and acclaimed winner in the state
The Elon chapter of Delta Psi
Omega, a national dramatic fra
ternity, combined with the Dra
matic Club in January, 1939, to pre
sent Maxwell Anderson’s "Winter-
.set". The cast included Kenneth
Utt. who has since been a TV star
and producer in New York.. Also
oroduced thit ycnr wns Shake
speare's "Much Ado About Noth
ing.”
SECOND CHAPTF.R
T^is continMcs the story of stu-
ii'ut Hranntics at Elon College,
'■oTtinilpd from a study hy a form
er Maroon and Gold editor. It
tells of the productions on Elan’s
stage during the years between
1935 and 1950, the so-called Middle
Period of F.lon dramatics. The
Modern Period will be portrayed
in the concluding article of the
series.
• • *
Published records were again un
available for 1939-40, but old pro
grams in the library reveal that
at least two plays were presented.
On December 14, 1939, the Elon
Players presented “Old 97,” a play
WTitten by the students in sopho
more English. Directed by Dr
Fletcher Collins, it was given in
■Vlooney Chapel, and it later placed
first in the state contest. The
Shakespeare class presented “Ro
meo and Juliet" on December 11th
and 12th that year.
More Original Plays
The following year the Elon Play
ers presented “Sophisticated Fresh
this
and
that
By
IMA SL’BSTITUTE
This thb.g of missing deadlines gets to
lie a habit with people now and then. In
fact, it's happening all too frequently, and
Ima Substitute is drawing all-too-frequent
duty. Ilowev, she is always ready and keeps
her scissors sharp for use in clipping filler
duty. However, she is always ready and keeps
quite exhausted and has hired a detective
to seek out a “permanent substitute" to
take her place. Maybe such a “permanent "
person can be uncovered within the next
two weeks.
So What?
Visitors were being shown around the
battleship that had just arrived in port.
The guide paused before a bronze plaque
on the deck and with bowed head said,
“This is where our gallant Captain fell.”
“Well, no wonder,” said one little white-
haired old lady. “I nearly tripped over the
stupid thing myself.”
No Historian
“I hear, Doctor,” gushed the lightheaded
matron as she cornered the noted psycholo
gist, “that you can tell whether one is really
sane by asking a few simple questions."
“Yes, very simple ones. Ma’am,” he re
plied, smiling, “such as: Captain Cook made
three around-the-world voyages and died on
one of them. Which one was it?”
“But, Doctor,” she scolded, “I’m no good
in history!”
man,” a play of college life, written
jointly by Gladys Wright, Charle:
Parker and Robert Cox; “Infernal
Triangle," a ballad play, composer
by Elizabeth Newton, Tenala Ab
ner, Roger Inman and Boyd Clapp
and based on the old ballad of “The
Farmer's Cursed Wife” A third play
on the same bill was “Funeral Flow
ers for The Bride,” by Beverly
Hamer. Once more the Players en
tered the state contest, and “Will of
the Lord” received second place in
the event at Chapel Hill.
Three one-act plays were record
ed in the Maroon and Gold for the
season of 1941-42, along with a Dra
matic Club presentation of “Judy,”
directed by Marjorie Hunter. Fac
ulty advisor that year was Dr. Mc
Clure. The one-act plays given by
the class in Dramatic Literature in
cluded “The Broom,” “A Japan
ese Incident,” and “Air Raid Drill”
Kenneth Utt was again a star in
these productions.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Smith came to
'^lon in 1943 and began a success
ful ten-year tenure as director whilr
teaching under a fellowship. Out
standing during the 1942-43 collegi
’ontlnued cn 1‘aee r-m ■
Symbols and Signs
Dear Dad:
Gue$$ what I need mo$t of all. That’$
right. Plea$e $end me $ome.
Be$t wi$he$,
Your $on, $am
Dear Sam:
Nothing much has happened here lately.
Glad to kNOw you like your school. Write
us aNOther letter. NOw I must say good
bye; just wanted to send a NOte.
Pop
Svde Lines
By SY HALL
F.MTH will never die as long as colored
seed catalogs are printed. I
In the last thirty years great
changes have been taking place on
the college campuses throughout
.\merica. Some people have termed
it “a revolution on the college cam-
Dus.” In a recent survey conducted
by the staff of U. S. News and
World Report, it was brought to
light that there is very little simi
larity between the college student
of today and the college student of
yesteryear.
Today's students are much bet
ter prepared when they enter col
lege. High schools, through increas
ed facilities and improved teaching
methods, have begun to do a better
job of educating the youth. Many
of the so-called "bonehead” cours
es, which were once needed to raise
poorly prepared freshmen to the
college level, have now been drop
ped in many colleges.
J The football hero no longer holds
r such a prominent position on cam-
ous as his predecessors did a few
decades ago. The trend now is to
ward individual sports which a per
son can continue later in life. ’The
artists and musicians are no longer
considered the campus freaks, and
appreciation of the arts is now
widespread.
Pnntv ra'Hs and fish swiIIow'T'’
are a thing of the past, and cam
mis social life is much quieter
■Hiere is less emohasis as well as
Ipss intere.st in the big dance with
‘he big-name orchestra.
.Ambitions have changed. Fewer
students now plan to go into busi
ness for themselves. The students
of today express a preference to-
v-ird the big corporations. TTiere is
also a greater trend toward the
•graduate and professional schools
Competition for entrance in thesr’
chools is keen, and students now
■lave to study harder and longer ir
irder to secure admission. Hence
studying and getting good grades ir
now more socially acceptable.
The average student today seem?
more serious and more mature than
in the past. Educators are worried
about the stresses and strains to
which today’s students are subject
ed. Many people foresee a vastly
increased mental health problem
arising throughout the colleges.
"I worry about the heavy stress
on academics today,” says one of
ficial at the University of New
Hampshire.
“The freshmen are frightened. I
think we are in danger of going
werboard and becoming unbalanced
This is one reason we are trying to
improve our physical education set
up. hoping to restore balance.”
Two Hearts
The lady of the house was entertaining
her bridge club when the pattering of tiny
feet was heard at the head of the stairs.
“Hush,” she told her friends. “The children
are going to deliver their goodnight message.
It always gives me such a feeling of rever
ence to listen to them.”
There was a moment of sUence, then
shyly from the head of the stairs:
“Mother, Willie found a bedbug.”
Sportscast
The list of prizewinners at a recent picnic
was announced and included: “Mrs. Smith
won the ladies rolling pin throwing contest
with a throw of 75 feet. Mr. Smith won the
100 yard dash.”
Home Run
Johnny told his mother the teacher asked
the class where they were born.
“Certainly you could answer that,” his
mother replied. “It was Woman’s Hospital.”
’Course I knew but I didn’t want to
.^rund like a sissy, so I said Yankee Stadi
um," the boy replied.
'I. .v-’-er, toify’s .students do h^ve
ccn'' th'nos in common with stu
d^'nts of the oast, for sex and drink-
In-’ are still bugging the schoo’
authorities. Students now are con-
'iH^rpri to be wi.ser and more in
formed about sex, and they are on
the whole moderate drinkers.
One college official, quoted in th'-
report, said, “Sex is much more
open now than it used to be. I
suspect sex is more comonon today,
but in terms of students getting into
trouble the problem is no worse
One reason, frankly, may be that
students today are more worldly-
wise and know how to avoid compli
cations.”
Todav’s trend is toward conserva
tism. This attitude is especially
orevalent through the Southeast.
Students today are more apt to
participate in all-night bull session'
concerning politics instead of plan
ning how to pull off a successful
panty raid.
Specialization is the keynote of
college campuses, where students
are preparing themselves for the
“big time job.” It is not uncom
mon to find students just out of
college earning $7,000 a year. Suc
cess is within reach of every am
bitious and dedicated student. How
ever, there is a price to pay, and
it will be quite some time before
we know whether it is really worth
it.
Proof Positive
“Are you positive that the defendant was
drunk?" asked the judge.
“No doubt,” growled the officer.
“Why are you so certain?”
“Well,” replied the officer, “I saw him
put a penny in the patrol box on Fourth
Street, then look up at the clock on the
Presbyterian Church and shout — ‘Hurray!
I’ve lost 14 pounds.’ ”
Be Not Afraid
One little fellow had been taught to recite
the line from the Master: “It is I. Be not
afraid.”
When the time came for the little fellow
ashy with stage fright, but with his small
to inarch on stage and say his line, he was
voice trembling and eyes brimming with
tears, he managed to say:
“Tain’t nobody but me. Doan’ get skeared
Caught ' ""
“Brothers,” said the preacher, “the sub
ject of my sermon today is liars. How many
in this congregation have read the 35th
chapter of Matthew?”
Nearly all the hands in the congregation
went up.
You are just the people I want to talk to.
There is no such chapter,” intoned the rev
erend.
MORE PEOPLE get run down by gossip
than by cars.
Everything should be practised in modera
tion, including moderation. i