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Maroon Aiid Gold
Entered as fecond claM matter at the
rtet Office at Elon CoUefe, N. C., under
tke A«t of March «, 1879 Delivered by
■lall. »1.S0 per college year, 75 centj the
•emettw.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Velvln Shreve* Editor-In-Chief
Paul Robinson Assistant Eklitor
Tbornas Corbitt .. Sport* Editor
June Keaves Girls Sports
H. Reid Alumni EUlitor
Luther N. Byrd . . — Faculty Advisor
Bob Wicker Staff Photographer
TECHNICAL STAFF
Louis Jones Linotype Operator
Kenneth Harper r>ress Operator
Jerry llolnif - Pp ■> Operator
REPORTORIAI. STAFF
Jewelk- Bass Joyce Howell
Stanly Boone Grover Huffines
Carole Boyle Ann Jennings
Rebecca Brundt Judith Jones
Ho;. Brandt Kay Lewis
Kenneth Broda Bonnie McEvoy
Jameh Brown B'rt Morrison
Lynwood Brown Barbara Price
Alex Burnette William Rice
Joe Cote Barbara Hix
Terry Cox Andrew Rohrs
Susan F'erguson Gay Saunders
Koni (jeorge James Self
Loui.-e Grabenstctter Dolan Tolbert
Kenneth Harper Ken Woodruff
Richard Hedrick Diane Woolard
Scott Zimmerman
FRIDAY. 0T0BER 16. 1964
WKI-COMK TO HOMKCO.MING
There is truly no more joyous event on
the calendar at Elon each year than is the
cinnual Homecoming Day ob.servance, al
most always held on either the third or
fourth weekend in October, for it is on that
occasion that Elon’s old grads come back
home, back to the campus which once
sheltered, nurtured and trained them,
as they take time off from busy lives to
It i>, of course, a joyous event lor them
come back to the oak-shaded and brick-
walled campus, but it is possibly a period
of p\en greater joy to those who are now
here and who have a chance to extend the
gUid hand of welcome to the ones who have
returned.
No effort has been spared or will be spared
to make this 1964 Homecoming observance,
which looms barely a week in the future,
one of the finest ev(,T held on the Elon
campus. Beginning with the pep rally on
Friday night and continuing through a full
days of festive fun on Saturday, the weekend
will continue and conclude on Sunday with
a concert that shotild be one of the high-
liyht.*. of the entire weekend program.
So, in behalf of the administration, the
faculty, the office staffs and above all in
behalf of the students themselves, the Ma
roon and Gold extends the hand of cordial
welcome to each and every one of Elon’s old
grads who elect to come back. May their
pleasures in returning be as great as will
ours in seeing them.
MAROON AND GOLD
Friday, October 16, 19*4
Al Tl MN COMF.TH
In the forests and dotted at intervals along
di.stant hillsides, touches of color have al
ready made their appearance The deep
green of summer has silently become a
faint autumnal yellow, with the bright riot
of red and orange hues soon scheduled to
make their appearance.
Autumn has already begun to work its an
nual magic, slowly, minutely and carefully,
wtih the final splendid magnificance that
only trees and shrubs, preparing for the
long and cold slumber of winter, can pro
vide.
■•)f course, the North Carolina mountains
are too far distant to be .seen by those of us
here at Elon. but the m\riad colors that dot
the hillsides of Piedmont North Carolina, give
«)me faint idea of the grandeur that meets
Jie eyes of tho.se who have the chance to
journey from the Piedmont into the hill
country.
Oily a fortnight in the future is that blci-
nial invasion of the Land of th ik' v> ; n
the Elon ;jridiron squad battln- Western
Carolina's Catamounts at Cullowhee. and
Elon students and faculty who have never
made the trip on that last weekend in Oc
tober can .'.carcely imacine the beauty that
await.*: anyone who makes the pilgrimage
westward with the Elon football team.
The Blue Ridge Mountains, . )lv a irm
with the promise of expectancy in the sprinc,
majestic with the aiure of their name in
th? summer and coldly aloof in icy winter,
present a real autumnal spectac ?. a ' in
colored landscape which only the 5rent(-.t
of all artists can provide. It i.- well worth
the trip to view Mother N. lure dur.a:
nt her finest hours.
Along with the colorful >pectaflr that
those North Carolina mountains and *.ven
the forests of the lower land.s provides come*
the realization that chilly n';hl and . hillier
mornings will soon be with us. for w all
realize that :f autmun comes, then W!!V-?r
can scarcely be far behind.
a View
from
the oak
By
MELVIN SHREVES
Liberal Arts Fomm
The Liberal Arts Forum, a committee of
the Student Government As.sociation. got off
to a fine start two weeks ago with a pre
miere program in West Parlor featuring a
string quartet playing chamber music.
The turnout for the program was probably
the largest that the Forum has received in
' Ta! years for such a program. Those
who were in attendance seemed to enjoy
the program, and are waiting for whatever
the Forum has on tap for a remainder of
the year.
A friend of the college notified Dr. A. L.
Hook recently that in the very near future
an improved sound system will be offered
to the college for Whitley Auditorium. This
would enable the Liberal Arts Forum to
put into use the two 35mm canveras that
lie in rest in Whitley for showing quality
foreign films at lower prices. This news was
In.iced welcome to the Forum members.
Is The Crier Coming?
Signs in the Union appealing for help
on the Campus Crier seem to indicate that
this publication is not quite dead as some
people thought it be after the graduation of
last year's editor.
For the past three or four weeks, SGA
President r'red Stephenson has been having
quite a hard time trying to find someone
to edit the publication.
Whoever the new editor might be, most
of the students of Elon are not expecting the
same type of publication that has been
published for the past two years. Many
students are afraid that the Crier will be
reduced to a collection of dry committee re
ports that old readers will shun for the
latest issue of MAD.
No line is certain who the new editor will
be. but let us hope that this new editor will
ask the advice and assistance of some of
the members of last year’s staff. Whether
the advice is followed or not after it has
been offered is up to the editor.
We hope that the Crier will be well writte*,
well received by the Student Body, and a
great success. If the Crier dies after all
ol the past two year’s blood, sweat, and
tears, I can hear the quiet laughter and
.-.neer of the Crier’s critics and opponents
now. And SGA will be a long time forgetting
it.
Will The Stickers Stick?
The Traffic and Parking Committee final
ly has some regulations with teeth, and a
system that will make it hard for violators
to get olf the hook — if they are guilty.
The Student Personnel Services office has
centralized the system — all tickets are
turned in there, all notices about fines are
stf.l from there, all fines are paid there,
and all records are kept there.
The fines have been stiffened this year for
some offenses, and if a person gets three
tickets from the committee during one se
mester, he may lose the privilege of oper
ating a car on campus for a period of time.
The new sticker are a help too. The num
bers are prefixed by the letters S, for staff
and faculty; D, for dormitory students; and
C, for commuters. ’S" cars may park in
one of the two Alamance parking lots, "D”
cars in the appropriate dorai parking lots,
and "C" cars can park anywhere outside
of the campus walls.
The only problems that we can see in the
parking situation now are: 1. How can any
one enforce a rule forbidding a .student to
operate a motor vehicle, and 2. Will the
new stickers stick?
Not Again!
Sometimes we hear depressed students
i'omplain, "Boy, this place slinks!" More
than likely the student who uttered those
word.', just got a call down, or just got a
parking ticket, or didn’t do too well on a
test he just took.
Up until a few days ago, any student who
uttered those words would have been ju.sti-
fied. The area around the South entrance
of the campus did stink.
Once again, the sewer ran over, .^uid ov««»
and over. Last year something similar hap
pened around the Library Building. This
time it was worse though.
When the Lady Bird iieciaJ went slowly
through Elon College last veek. and as she
stood out on the rear platform waving at
the students who lined the tracks to see
her. and as she looked over the campus of
the college that once presented her husband
v^ith an honorary degree, let's hope that
she didn't wrinkle up her nose cr become
offended by the odor.
Lockers F’or The Commuters
Now that the S(IA has bought new lockers
for commuter students, and the lockers have
been installed, only a few of them are being
tb^d. Whai is the problsm?
(CoDtloued on Page four.
SCENES FKOM ELON STL DEN FS VACATION TRIP
over
the
bar
Pictured center above is Howard Blanchard, Elon College student, who spent much 0/ ‘^e past sum^
mer working with a crew sent out by the National Council of Churches for work in a rec'-eation project
among the less privileged classes of Puerto Rico. The two top pictures are different shots taken at the
Colegio de San Justo in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where Blanchard and his fellow workers “"^rwent to
linal peri(Kl of orientation training prior to beginning their summers project. 'Z
at the Igelesia de San Andres in the Puerto Rican mountains, where Blanchard worked with a recreatwn
project; and lower right is a group of the Puerto Rican youngsters
The older boy in white is one of the native Puerto Rican recreation workers, with whom Blanchard was
associated in the project. The work in Puerto Rico gave Blanchard an opportunity to put into practical
use the Spanish he has learned in school.
Puerto Riraii Trip Proves Interesting
By HOWARD BI>ANCHAHI)
The week after spring semester
exams here at Elon. I found my-
.self on a northbound bus, headed
for New York City, where I was to
meet nineteen other students from
the United States and Canada, and
there we were to be briefed by th
National Council of Churches offi
cials in regard to our participation
in their summer program in Puerto
Rico.
Our main objective was to be the
organization of a summer program
onsisting of Bible study, crafts,
sports and some construction work
on the church, and the day after
our arrival in New York we board
ed a Pan-American jet for a three
and one-half hour flight to Sa«
Juan, Puerto Rico.
rhere we were met at the air
port by the program directors to
whom we would report, and we
then proceeded to the Colegio de
San Justo, where we spent a week
of orientation on the life, religion
■ind work of the people of the is
land.
..\fter the orientation program, I
was assigned to Barrio Rubias in
the mountains, where I was to be
assistant program director. It was
only sixty miles away, but it re
quired all of four hours of contin
uous driving over narrow roads,
which had been built by hand. One
did not dare drive more than 20
miles per hour, for fear of meeting
.some Puerto Rican driver, coming
around the curve on the wrong side
to force the car over the side of
he mountain.
Upon arrival at Barrio Rubias,
we boys were shown to our own
private little bachelor house down
a little road in the woods. It was
quite convenient to the church where
we would work.
Our first knowledge of the area
and its people came from Father
Jorge Rivera, our director, who
cautioned us not to say “No” to a
Puerto Rican for fear of hurting
his feelings and to try to feel at
home in the Puerto Rican homes,
not being afraid to ask for any
thing we needed. Both things I tried
‘.0 do, and the people made vls wel
come with the saying, “Mi casa
es su casa,” which means “My hnm'
is your home.”
After this bit of instructic.n, we
.11 piled into a jeep and headed
into the mountain countryside chilo
hunting, moving along narrow roads
which were little more than paths
We stopped at intervals at small
huts, where we often found ten or
twelve little half-naked children,
who would come to meet us and
invite us into their homes. In them
we found hand-made furniture, a
small cooking stove and on the
walls pictures of the Virgin Mary
and Christ, most of which had com»
from calendars.
At each shanty we told the people
of our program, and after a week
of this we were ready to start work
ing with youngsters from five to
eighteen years of age. Each day
started with prayer, and each night,
after the classes were over and
after the children had scrambled
Iho mountainside to their homes,
we •'.’ould 'vork on the church where
we held the school.
The nights were often enlivened
by dancing with the people of thfe
community, and those Puerto Rican
senoritas really knew how to dance,
their favorites being the Merengue
and the Bachanga. The music for
the dances was furnished by jibar?
musicians, beating steel drums and
playing guitars. The drums were
tuned by making dents in them.
During the stay at Barrio Rubias.
I ran across a number of supersti
tious beliefs of those mountain peo
ple, among them, the belief that
if one counted the stars he would
be the victim of warts, that a hat
laid on a bed would bring death
to the hat’s owner and that anyon
planning an outdoor party shouK!
hang rosaries outside the window
to insure fair weather.
The people also believed that
water used in bathing a corpse
should be saved for its occult power
of invoking the spirit, of the dead
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JUDICIAL OBSERVER
A View Of The Honor Svsleiii
Plain Talk
By the time a person reaches
college, it is generally assumed that
he has attained a level of maturity
and responsibility sufficient to gov
ern him.self. However, all too often
this is not the case at Elon. The
instructors take on the added duty
of policeman, because the students
fail to live up to the standards ex
pected of an adult.
The reluctance of the student to
deal with the Honor System is what
is basically wrong with the Honor
System, Perhaps the fear of impli
cation and social chastisement are
the most sensitive factors. We seem
to have a mutual agreement, under
which “I agree to refrain from
turning you in, and in tur» you
agree to refrain from turning me
in. But let's take this one step.
Suppose you agree to let me do
anything I want to do, if I agree
to let you do likewise.”
Obviously, if this happened, none
of us would trust anyone, and co
operation would at best be diffi
cult. Of course, this is an over-
exageration. but this attitude is
present in our apathy.
W’e are defeating our own ends
in that our actions are failing to
achie’.e their objectives Failing to
comply viith the Honor Syst .>m dtips
«ot solve the problem or make it
disappear. It simply makes mat
ters worse. At the present our sys
tem is set up so the accused knows
the accuser. This is a desirable
feature. More protection, however.
IS going to have to be given to the
iccuser if our system is going to
•.vork properly under present co:,
ditions. One suggestion is that we
make it an honor offense for any
one involved to discuss an Honor
Court case with anyone other than
an Honor Court official. Theoretic
ally. this would confine the case to
the participants in the case and the
Honor Court officials.
The less desirable alternative is
to take away the right of the ac
cused to know his accuser. Maybe
we can exhibit enough wisdom to
make the latter alternative imnec-
e£8ary.
So far, I have confinsd my com
ments to Elon College. We are not
the only ones confronted with this
problem of apathy. The nation as a
whole is ex)eriencing a period of
laxness. Recently thirty people were
witnesses when a young woman
was attacked, but not one of those
people moved a finger to help her.
People do not wan* to become
involved. It is easier and more
pleasant to turn one’s head and pre
tend that it never nappeded. It
takes a person with guts and a
true sense of values to stand upon
his own two feet, to look at the
world fair and square. It takes a
person with guts to see beauty and
ugliness and not to be afraid of it.
Apathy is conquered by intelligence
and not to be subdued by fear that
"omes from it.
Skeptics adopt 1 “wait-and-see”
policy, and some look back to “the
good old days” and hope for their
return. We do not need a longing
for the “good old days” to achieve
our goal, but we do need a longing
for truth and courage.
Fear is the mother of cruelty. The
basis of otr apathy is fear. We
stick to our little groups and cliques
because we are afraid to stand
alone. Perhaps someone might see
us and point us out to the group. As
one professor has expressed it. “so
many folks get halfway through
life before they discover that its a
“do-it-yourseU” project. Isn't it
about time we got started.
We exist in three tenses. Our fu
ture is related to our past, but it
iS our present that determines
hether that future is better or
worse than that related past. Our
very movement will determine both
the epic of man and the speculation
ot his progress.
By
PALX ROBINSON
In the previous column I attempted to
relate the thought that the virtue called
honor was regarded in western civilization
as a fundamental precept of a man's integ
rity. This is too broad an approach. A “man’"
refers to any species which fulfills the
categories of biology. Western civilization
can refer to any point on the earth west
of the Ural Mountains in Russia,
The breadth of these factors need not
confilse the reader. Our minute selves are
all equally important within such a discus
sion, As a matter of opinion, any discussion
of honor is without value unless each indi
vidual evaluates the particular aspects ot
honor within the context of his own char
acter.
It has been said that a discussion of a
continuing element of man’s enrivonment can
be appreciated only through added insight
into its history and development. Such a
consideration is therefore necessary here
Honor originally denoted personal fame and
ambition in recognition of one’s physical
prowess. Honor was rendered in this con
text to great kings and to valiant men in.
ancient Greece and ancient Rome, The
Olympic games and the feats of the gladi
ators were exhibited and judged on this
basis. In the evolution of religion, Christian
ity came to advocate the love of virtue for
its own sake. Again a self-centered motive
was expressed. The pistol duels of the 17th
and 18th centuries were performed for the
protection of honor. By now, however, honor
had shifted from an offensive motive to a
defensive one. This is the prevailing atti
tude today, Americans regard honor as a
self imposed virtue. An honorable person
today is one who has promised to act in
a certain way. In defense of his promise the
honorable person would rather die than break
his pledge.
It is possible to study honor as it exists in
different societies. Social standards are de
termined by the needs of the people and the
environmeit in which these needs ar ex
pressed.
American honor is an expression of people,
things, and ideals we as a society hold dear.
Any discussion of American honor is es
pecially difficult, because the Americans
have difficulty attaining honor. This is true
because Americans are more reserved.
Americans are influenced by their Puritan
heritage. They remain by and large non
committed and prove to be adverse to any
thing demonstrative.
It is said that after Abraham Lincoln fin
ished his now famous Gettysburg address he
was greeted by several minutes of complete
silence. He is said to have returned to Wash
ington in despair, believing his speech
to have been a failure and that the audience
was unconcerned with his stated ideals.
The American heroes, although only mo-
mentanily revered, are people whose fame
was acclaimed as a result of their honor.
Helen Keller, Charles Lindbergh, and Col.
John Glenn are a few who have enjoyed
the reTerence of the American public. They
reached their plateau because they had
reached out for something greater than
themselves and had grasped it.
One criticism of the type of honor paid by
the .Americans is that the masses who con
trol the rewards of public praise are not
capable of deep incite. The result is that
they are incapable of sustained appreciation
of quality. The standards of honor are based
upon empirical sensationalism rather than
rational analysis. The empirical system of
evaluation results in more esteem being in
vested in Roger Maris and Floyd Patterson
than in Dr. Edward Teller and Dr, Jonas
Salk, Just the opposite would be true if p
more rational analysis were applied. Evi
dence for the latter position would be a
review of the recipients of the Nobel and
Pulitzer prizes.
The empiricist bestows his honor in spurts,
while the rationalist bestows his honor in a
contineum. Roger Banister and Red Grange
are now “has beens,” while Aristotle and
Einstein are still respected and somewhat
exhalted. Honor can be summed up by say
ing that it is all head and heart, voice and
hands, use and non-use.
Non-use refers to an extra quality of
honor. This is the element of silence and
its power to invoke honor. There was an in
disputable display of honor shown the late
President Kennedy during his last few days
above the earth. Even today h#nor is shown
him in Arlington, but throughout his honor
he is silent. He existe in a state of non-use
and honor, but while he exhibited use the
amount of honor granted him was, moreo'er,
a center of controversy, and was often
treated with anything except honor.
In conclusion this example exhibits even
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