PACr TWO
MAROON AND GOLD
Friday, March 20, 1964
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EDITORIAL ROARt)
Melvin Shreve* .. . . Editor-In-Chief
Sy Hall .. Assistant Editor
Paul Rotunson . li.stant Witor
Thomas Corbitt Sports Editor
Deetz Welch .. Girls Sports
H Reid . . Alumni Editor
I.uthcr N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
Jack Lambeth . . Staff Photographer
TECIIMCAL STAFF
P N Thompson Linotype Operator
Louis Jdncs Linotype Operator
Kenneth Harper Press Operator
HKI’ORTORIAI, .STAFF
William Ba.skervili Beverly Powell
Judy Ri rwirid .John '('--’d
Gordon ' ox . B.irbara Rix
Ti-rrv f cjx Paul Robinson
John Dominick Ann Sanders
IIuntcT Dula H'Tbert .Siner
Roni George Demus Thomnson
Don Hinton Jerry Tillman
Marty Hoijenson Carol Trageser
Joycc Howell Bobby West
A'la Ken Woodniff
Luke 0 Hara Geotge Wooten
Gene Wrenn
FRIDAY, MARai 20, 1964
TWI.STKI) I.ABFI.S
Writing in regard to the trend in current
politics to label every American political
candidate as either a "conservative" or a
liberal, a commentator in another campus
newspaper. The Collegian at Atlantic Christ
ian, points otit the interesting fact that these
labv'ls are twisted almost completely from the
meanings attributed to them in earlier Anwr-
ican history. Commenting editorially, he
says:
The con.servative is sometimes accused of
trying 'to turn hack the clock.” This state
ment implies that all the political progress
today comes liberals. Somehow, for the lib
eral, all change is considered progress and
attempts to maintain limited con.stitutionai
government are considered old-fashioned and
naive.
Going back into history we find the liberal
as the champion of human freedom who
feared and disliked the idea of government
which deprived individual rights. Hie Boston
Tea Party was the work of liberals; Patrick
Henry was a liberal; and even Thomas Jef
ferson was considered an extreme liberal
with hi.s idea of the .separation of church
and slate and the idea "that all men are
created e|ual " In those days the con.serva
tive considered the power of the government
to be the normal thing, and it was the liberal
who felt that government should be con
trolled by the individual citizens. We seem
to have taken many of our freedoms for
granted and had now better heed the words
of Thomas Paine: "What we obtain too
cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness
only that gives everything its value.”
Over the last thirty-five years, Americans
have voted for many changes in government
which have created an enormous bureauc
racy. Has America after so many years of
relative freedom, lost its fears of big gov
ernment? Have we been satiated with all
the "benefits" and "services" to the extent
that we are no longer aware of the new
taxes, controls, and regulations that must
necessarily be "gifts" from the federal bu
reaucracy.
It is very strange, indeed, that today the
liberal wants more and more government, as
America had before 1776, while the conserva
tive is the William Dawes or the Paul Revere
who warns of coming danger.
It seems, rather, that the liberal is the
one who wishes "to turn back to clock.” The
liberal of today thinks more government is
the answer to all problems, regardless of the
over-spending or the ever-enlarging bureauc
racy.
The modem conservative warns that we
must appreciate our freedoms unless through
apathy and bad leadership, we again fall
under the strong wave of government rule
in which the individual is drowned.
Throughout history, mighty nations have
fallen when people looked upon the govern
ment as an institution offering something for
nothing. The government cannot grow with
out the diminishing of the individual. As John
M. Lupton has said:
"It is today's conservative who is the true
progressive, for he favors limited government
in order to give unlimited opportunity to
every man.”
Truly, there has definitely been a change
in the meaning al these two words: "con-
•ervative" and "liberal,” and it is viul
important tlut we well understand this
chflin^e.
a view
from
the oak
By
MELVIN SIIREVES
Although the dates for the annual Spring
Election.*; have been known for over two
wo-;k' now, \ery little ha.i been said about
possible candidates for any of the four major
iiffice:. in the .student Government A.ssocia-
tion.
There arc quite a few good possibilities this
yrnr for presidential candidates, but we
proij.ibly won't hear much from them either
until .ifter Spring Vacation.
Those who ha\e been approached and
jir-tioned to whether they will be run
ning or ;’.()t h;ive flatly said "No!" But all
politician.'s say that at first.
The (.residential timber in this reporter’s
opinion consists of:
Jud.son Bryant, a math major, who has
been a .senator for the past year. He is
chairman of the Senate Finance Committee,
ani is chaplain of the Senate. Last week he
introduced a bill to appropriate funds for
lockers for Commuter Students, and for the
past three or four months he has been work
ing on the Pond project. If this project goes
through, it will be a real vote getter. Bryant
has also been working on the yearbook this
year as fraternity editor. He is a member
of Kappa Psi Nu.
Nancy Butler, one of three possible female
candidates, is serving as editor of the campus
literary magazine for the second year. She
has worked in the background on several
SGA committees, and has been a very con
troversial figure as a columnist for the
Campus Crier. Nancy is a member of Delta
Upsilon Kappa.
F'rank Harris, a member of Alpha Pi Delta,
is another possible candidate. He is quite
familiar with the goings-on in Student Gov
ernment and has a definite "in" with the ad
ministration.
Al McDonald, a history major, has one of
the highest academic averages among the
possible candidates. He has had quite a few
courses in political science, and could easily
apply some of these principles as president
of the SGA. He is a member of lota Tau
Kappa, and, if he gets the right people be
hind him, could be a strong dark horse.
Siilly McDuffie, a chemistry major and
member of Beta Omicron Beta, is a third
year senator. She is editor of the Phi Psi
Cli this year and one of the possible female
candidates with many good ideas.
Another senator, Carroll Monger, could be
a strong dark horse. He is new in the Senate
this year, when he was elected to fill the
unexpired term of Stan Switzer. As a mem
ber of Kappa Psi Nu, he probably will not
run if another brother runs.
Russ Phipps has been active in Student
Government for the past three years. TTiis
year he headed the State Student Legislature
delegation to Raleigh after much hard work
on their mock bill. He has served on several
committees, and is a member of Kappa Psi
Nu.
Another history major, Dick Pruitt, may
Well be a candidate this year. He has worked
on .several committees and will get strong
support from his fraternity. Alpha Pi Delta.
Lowry Sinclair, another new Senator this
semester (he was elected to fill the un
expired term of Junior Class Vice-President
Ron Hodkinsoni, may also be a candidate.
He was chairman of the Homecoming Com
mittee this past fall and has worked on sev
eral other committees. He is one of two pos
sible candidates from Sigma Mu Sigma.
Fred Stephenson, president of his class
for the past two years, could be the strong
est dark horse. He has been a conservative
leader in the Senate during his terms there.
He is a member of the Elon Quartet, and
of Sigma Mu Sigma.
Kathy Sandefur. a former member of the
Senate, is the third possible female candi
date. She is very interested in inter-collegiate
activities having set up the Inter-CoUegiate
Conference and Symposium Committee.
Kathy is a member of Tau Zeta Phi.
Those are the possible candidates, but with
such an open field it is quite possible that
there may be other candidates. Of those
listed above, some will not run for one of
many reasons. Some will not run because
another candidates who thinks along the
same lines will have a better chance of win
ning. It is very unlikely that a member of
a fraternal group will run against his (or
her) brother (or sister). When April 17,
the deadline for filing applications, rolls
around there will probably be only three
or four candidates to be listed on the ballot.
The qualifications for a presidential candi
dates as listed in the constitution are fairly
simple, but the voters will be looking deeper.
In the next issue this reporter will at
tempt to list those qualifications which the
students will be looking for in next year's
president.
AM) I IIKK EL>\ STAGE SCENE OF PAST YEARS
A rc?n' fi'om one cf tiie outstanding Eion Play:r jji'-.iu'Tiion? of recpnt yoars is portnyed above, re
calling one of the fine moinents from Maxwell An(ler?on’s “Br'd Seed,” which was pre3ent'?d l^st March
in Mooney Chape! Theatre. Those shown in the pict :re. :2it lo ri'^h!. are Gay Yulr?, of Hluffton, Ind., in
the role of Ilhc^a Penmark, child murderess: Ken S-i.rlrorcu'':'. of WJTiinct'n. n?]., as a famous crimin
ologist; and .Une Biddlr?, of Burlington, as Mr.s. Penmark. All three are still here this year, with
Ken Scarbcrou;h and June Biddle having had fine r ;les in this year’s Player productions.
Down To TIip Present...
Of Players And Playmakiiig At Elon
The great traditions of the Elon
stage have been continued in the
most recent years of Elon Player
activity, a period which brought a
number of truly outstanding shows
in the final years of the "Fabulou'?
fifties” and in the early portion
of the "Stupendous Sixties."
The 1957-58 season also brought
forth three fine major shows, in
eluding "The Happiest Days of
Your Life," “All My Sons" and
"The Crucible." The "Eppie"
awards for leading roles were glv-
•n to Billie Frye Barrett and Qiuck
Oakley, botn for "All My Sons."
Major supporting actors honored
were Ikey Tarleton and Reynolds
Van CHeve, both from "The Ou-
cible,'' with minor supporting
awards going to Tommie Boland
from "The Crucible" and Wayne
Rudisill from “The Happie.st Days
of Your Life." Wayne Rudisill was
again honored as "most useful"
Player.
No less than six full-length plays,
including the first Broadway musical
show in Elon Player history, were
presented during the 1958-59 season.
The shows were "Ladies in Retire
ment," "Annie Get Your Gun,”
"The Heiress," “Inherit the Wind,”
"Glass Menagerie" and “Our
Towti.” Rosanna Gant from “The
Heiress” and Joe Medlock from
"Inherit the Wind” received the
FINAL CHAPTER
This is the final chapter in the
history of campus dramatic ac
tivities at Elon College, and it
brings the story right down to the
present in telling of the Elon
Player presentations of the pres
ent year. This latest period of
Player activities has brought
many great shows and some of
the brightest individual stars ever
seen on the Elon stage.
• « •
leading role awards, with major
supporting role honors going to
■'hris Fayle from "Ladies in Re
tirement" and Jim Gross from
"Glass Menagerie.” Honored for
minor supporting roles were Lois
Kidd from “Ladies in Retirement
and William Bayne from “Inherit
the Wind." Ikey Tarleton was
named "most useful” Player.
The 1959-60 season showed three
ilays, a musical and a Player-
sponsored Variety Show. The plays
presented that year included Pat
rick Hamilton's “Angel Street,"
Eugene O'Neil's “Ah, Wilderness/’
and a great showing of Shake
speare’s “Othello.” The musical
show was "Pajama Game," which
had won such acclaim on Broad
way. The "Eppie" awards for lead-
ng roles that year went to Etta
Britt and Tommy Elmore, both of
porting roles went to Sharon Glew
and Bill Welch, each for work in
“Ah, Wilderness;" and trophies for
minor supporting roles were given
to Millie Fletcher from “Angel
Street" and Tom Kelley from “Ah,
Wilderness.” There were special
awards for work in the “Pajama
Game" musical by Jane Morgan
and Don Terrell, and the Players
also presented "Eppies” to Prof.
and Mrs. Melvin E. Wooten, who
were leaving that spring.
The beginning of the 1960-61 sea
son was marked by the return to
the Elon campus of one of the
brightest Elon Player stars of past
years, for Prof. E. Ray Day, who
won high praise and an “Eppie
for his stage work as a student in
the late 1940’s, returned to the
campus as director of dramatics.
The Players in that 1960-61 season
won praise with fine presentations
of Moliere's "The Doctor in Spite
of Himself” and Richard Nash’s
"The Rainmaker.” The costuming
for the Moliere show was hailed as
especially beautiful. The “Eppies”
that year for best leading roles
went to Carol Trageser and Wil
liam Troutman, each of them for
fine acting in “The Doctor in Spite
■f Himself.” The awards for best
them for great acting in “Angel
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Syde Lines
By ST HALL
Since the nuclear test ban treaty
was signed, many Americans are
wondering how such a ban can be
enforced. What are the detection
devices, and how do they work?
In a recenf article by Alden P.
Armagnac, the following was pre
-sented as an explanation:
Satellites to detect nuclear blasts
in space are the latest of an array
of devices that will police the new
U. S. - British - Soviet atomic test
ban treaty.
’To curb the nuclear arms race
and radio active fallout, these pow
ers agree to explode no more nu
clear devices in the air. sea or
space. Underground tests, which
do not contribute to worldwide fall
out, are still permitted, because
, they are hard to tell from natural
earthquakes at a distance. Observ
ance of the ban on the rest can
be verified by remote detecting in
struments.
How our National Detection Sys
tem is doing it, so far as general
principles are concerned is no se
cret: A nuclear blast in air sends
tell-tale signals afar. Around the
globe, sensitive barographs register
the air waves. Seismographs detect
earth tremors; radio apparatus,
lightning-like static. Bearings from
observing stations pinpoint the site
of the big bang. Wind-born radio
active particles clinch the evidence
that it was nuclear.
Testing deep in the sea offers no
-oncealment. A submerged hydro
plane strategically located can
"hear" an underwater nuclear test
virtually anywhere on earth.
In the vacuum of space, a nu
clear explosion will be a dark one
instead of a sun-like fireball, mostly
emitting x-rays, gamma rays and
neutrons. But x-rays from near
space tests will make the upper at
mosphere glow, a clue applied by
l»s Alamos Scientific Laboratory in
an experimental air fluorescence
detection stations.
Satellites will have to detect far-
space tests by picking up invisible
rays directly and reporting them
by radio. Ten such experimental
U. S. Satellites are to be launched
in pairs by the end of 1964.
Artifices might hide some small
tests, experts concede. An example:
' inflating a balloon of lead-impreg
nated plastic around a space shot
before detonation in order to stop
the escaping x-rays. But the great
risk of being caught at it. if any
thing went awry, would discourage
any such hanky-panky.
The U. S. Air Force, has a wing-
tip niter tank that snuffs up “hot”
particles at low and medium alti
tudes. Modified U-2's get similar
samples from altitudes as high as
70,000 feet.
Balloons, too, check radio-activity
in the upper air. Plastic balloons
are filled with a 2000ubic foot air
sample by a blower at any pre
determined altitude. A fan then
transfers the sample to a smaller
armored bay, which parachutes to
earth for recovery.
On the ground, the United States
monitoring stations sample airbom
radio-activity with a device that
resembles a midget vacuum cleaner.
It sucks air through a porous filter,
which traps the particles. Analysis
of the particles tells what kind of
nuclear bomb was tested and when
it was tested. I
Hie people of the free world can^
rest easy, because scientific eyes, I
ears and sniffers are guarding ’
against clandestine nuclear blasts.
the
fourth
year
By
PAIX ROBLNSON
There are several students now attending
Elon who have attended other schools that
operate under the principal of academic
freedom. This is a concept in education
worthy of consideration as it might relate
to our environment. Without getting too in
volved, I will simply define this term by
saying that it is an environment where the
student is allowed to pursue his course of
study at his own spe^ without the inter
ference of tests, reports, and other measur
ing devices that are intended to continually
remind the professor as to how smart or
how consistent the student is. This educa
tional tool is intended to be a means by
which total individuality is expressed in each
student.
It is obvious from this definition that this
situation does not exist in its purest form at
Elon. There are, however, several freedoms
that have been granted to us that might
imply that we have at least shades of or
leanings toward some version of academic
freedom.
We are now allowed to cut classes realiz
ing that our class attendance is our own
responsibility. One of the fraternities now
has a dormitory all to itself which happens
to be a house. Although they insist that it
is not a fraternity house, it does allow cer
tain privileges in living conditions.
The men students have almost no restric
tions on their movements on campus and
no curfew at night. As Mr. Shreves pointed
out on the other side of this page a few
weeks ago, Elon is amazingly liberal in re
gards to the restrictions that are placed on
who is entitled to have cars on campus,
where they can be parked and not forgetting
how much it costs to park them for a year.
These privileges and others, which include
the honor system, are seff-sufficient. Their
existence depends upon the life-giving sup
port and vitality which is furnished by an
adherence to their fundamental principles by
the people to whom they were originally de
signed to improve.
An example where this rule has been prov
en true by a privilege being violated and
thus lost is the simple matter of walking a
girl. Now all students are denied the privi
lege of privacy in a romantic setting after
dark on campus because someone quit walk
ing in a spot in a place that was too ro
mantic for his own good. I shall not get
involved in a discussion of what I think
of mass persecution for an individual's of
fense.
Abusing privileges is nothing new, either
here or in^ the outside world. I imagine that
every privilege that is presently granted at
Elon is abused or at least strained every
day by someone. An accumulation of viola
tions, or perhaps one flagrant violation, will
cause the whole privUege to be denied. This
is why there are so many laws in our so
ciety today.
When too many people abuse a trust often
enough, the rest of society finally needs to
create a penalty for committing the abusive
act. It is then no longer an act to be upheld
voluntarily out of a sense of duty, but rather
an act restricted out of a fear of the con
sequences.
This process will occur at Elon unless we
as a body begin to respect the privileges that
are granted us. I fear that there be even
a dream of cutting classes; instead of the
present honor system there will be a pro
fessor looking down our necks every time we
take a test; unless we learn to park our
cars in the legal zones, the whole question
of where to park our cars will not exist
for no one will be allowed to have one.
Elon is a society in and of itself, and I
have been told that it is much like the
one that exists outside the four walls. We
as its members will have to leam to be
good citizens here if we anticipate being
good citizens of society at large.
Contrary to popular opinion rules are not
made to be broken and privileges are not
granted to be abused. Until the present rights
are honored no new ones can be expected
to be granted. I propose that we either sup
port the privileges and regulation of our
society or leave it.
The Yearn To Leam
Every college campus is probably chaT’
acterized by a particular intensity among
the students toward achieving academic ex
cellence. For the sake of understanding we
shall figure this as the average of the total
individual effort. In the estimation of this
writer the intensity with which this char
acteristic is found at Ellon is not great,
although it is greater now than it was in
the fall of 1960 when the first observations
were noted. Interesting to note is the ob
servation that it seems to be more prevalent
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