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MAROON AND GOLD
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the Maroon and Gold is published semi-monthly durmg ^
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CHRISTMAS ON
ELON CAMPUS
German Class In Yule Program
department.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Don King
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editor
Thomas Pearse Alumni Editor
V Faculty Advisor
Luther N. Byrd
reportorlal staff
Paula Hudson
Douglass Apple ZZZZ Gary Knapp
James Baker Christian Kurrle
Myra Boone Li^jl^
Janie Carr
Marvin Chewning
William Clark
Ronnie Cohen
Ilene Costner
Sonny Long
] Jonathan Lucas
Robert Model
[ Cheryl Morrow
^ , Clyde O’Ferrell
Richard DeLowry
Bobby Denny Z:.:'Edward Osborne
t T Elaine Phelps
Bobby Ferrell
David Gentry ,
, James Ritter
John Greeson
^ Thomas Rodney
Alan Groh „ .
_ . Dorothy Smith
Richard Gurgamous ’
,, ,, Carl Sparks
Oliver Halle „ "I
. Sam Troy
Skip Hmshaw „ „ „
u ,, Dolly Walker
Charles Honeycutt ^ ,
,, 1, .... Don Weed
James Howell
Roger Wood
AND THE ICY TREES GUARD THE QUIET SCENE
The scene was quiet. Icy sleet turned to snow, had left a magic blanket of
white hugging the brown grass and lanky trees. Tranquil. But, only minutes
ago skidding tires, screaming voices, and blaring headlinghts had cut nature’s
silence and winter’s scene. .
They were just college students, gay and anxious, and glad to be on their
way home for the Christmas holidays. Five of them. Five, singing along with
the radio . . . unconcerned with the icy-slick, treacherous highway.
Strains of “Walking With My Angel” were ringing among the group when
a periodical announcement came through the air. A North Carolina Patrolman
warned motorists of the dangers of driving carelessly and especially under
the influence of alcohol. “Remember to drive safely this season. The life you
save may be a friend’s or it may be your own.”
“Funny, how these North Carolina Patrolmen all sound alike,” piped a
tiny brunette, wedged between hanging clothes and a husky ex-high school
football hero.
“Yea! For sure,” answered the hero, reaching for her cup. “Refill?”
The quintet laughed ... as the spirited driver, after an hour on the road,
passed his cup over the seat for his third round ... his eyes leaving the road.
A split second at 65 miles per hour. The right front tire hit the highway’s
edge, pulling the steering wheel from his one-armed grasp. He jerked the
wheel to recover ... no one knew what happened next.
The screams grew silent and terror-filled eyes rolled to the side.
The quiet scene, following its untimely intrusion, pictured the mangled
bodies, the blood smattered snow, and the upturned late-modeled car . . .
its radio sounding the familiar “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” ... the lanky
snow-covered trees guarded the scene. Before too long, the slow talking
Patrolman would be there.
STUDENT CENTER NOW OPEN
Virtually all of the new William S. Long Student Center is now in use,
including the new snack bar, the new campus book store and supply room,
listening rooms, game rooms, student offices and conference rooms, and the
entire center embodies a homelike spirit of friendliness. That spirit of
friendliness is exemplified in the smile of Peggy Ferguson, of Durham,
student receptionist, who is shown above at her desk where she greets visitors.
From the column of a former editor
of the Maroon and Gold and with
apologies to Clement Moore comes
the following jottings of a Christmas
night at Elon College.
Twas the week before Christmas, and
all ’round Elo’.
The girls were all standing ’neath
draped mistletoe.
Each wishing and hoping, but not for
a toy.
They’d much rather have just a tall
handsome boy.
But the boys on the campus were pay
ing no mind
To the mistletoe misses and things of
that kind,
For each college lad knows that a
Yule season kiss
Can entangle a guy with a gift-seeking
miss.
If he’s caught with a maid 'neath a
mistletoe spray,
He may live to regret it fore’er and a
day.
With the green overhead and a gal in
his paws.
It’s a sure thing for him; He must play
Santa Claus.
“Did you say Santa Claus? Why
there’s no such a thing,”
Says the king of the campus who’s
having his fling.
He forgets the great fun he has known
when a boy.
When Saint Nicholas came with his
bag full of joy.
Tis a miracle needed as proof of the
truth
Of the beautiful legend he knew in
his youth.
And a miracle ’twas hit the campus
that night.
As the fat little Saint gave the students
a fright
With a visit which showed that beyond
any doubt
Good ol’ Santa still lives and knows
what he’s about,
That he travels in style, and he’s quite
in the mode.
When he steps on the starter and hits
the long road.
All was quiet on the campus that
bright winter night.
All dark in Carolina, West Dorm was
locked tight.
And the girls in their kerchiefs, the
boys in their caps.
Had just settled their brains for some
long needed naps.
And then over the campus was heard
such a noise.
It awakened them all, e’en the sleepiest
boys.
All the windows flew open, and heads
hit the air.
And all eyes were amazed to see what
was there.
It was Santa himself in a jet-driven
sleigh.
Not a reindeer in sight, they’d have
been in the way.
With a swish and a swoop as Saint
Nick cut the power,
His new sleigh did a loop over Ala
mance tower;
Then it came to a halt and a landing
he made
’Tween the O’Kelly Marker and the
East Colonade.
Then ol’ Santa bounced out like
round rubber ball
To greet all the students by first name
and all.
He presented a gift unto each of the
group.
Then he hopped in his sleigh and was
off with a swoop.
But not even the screech of his jet-
powered sleigh
Could o’er-sound his farewell as Saint
Nick soared away;
And they heard him exclaim as he
flew out of sight,
“Merry Christmas to all and to all a
good-night.”
A typical German Christmas service
was presented by members of the ad
vanced German class in Whitley Audi
torium last Tuesday night, proving an
interesting feature for those attending.
The program was under the direc
tion of Prof. Alfred Hauser, a native
German, who is also a minister of
the United Church of Canada. He
offered a brief sermon in his native
German language, preceded by several
German hymns, and he also played
selections on several instruments.
Members of the advanced class in
German, including Tommy Conally,
John Little and Doug Olson, particj.
pated in the musical portions of tht
German Yule season program.
TOGETHERNESS AT LAST
By DON KING j
The other day I read an article in
the Burlington Daily Times News en
titled, “Students Save Money in Col
lege.” This article appearing on Wed
nesday, November 2, by James Mur
phy was concerned with a plan which
would alleviate a great problem facing
the students of Elon.
The lack of communication between
the merchants of Burlington and the
Elon College Student Body has long
been a thorn in the “college-commun
ity” relationship. Neither the business
men of Burlington nor the students of
Elon College have made an honest
effort to coordinate a successful and
beneficial relationship.
It would appear that several of the
merchants would be interested in a
plan to attract the students’ business in
order to enhance their chances of a
lucrative business. Also the Student
Government Association should try to
coordinate such a plan as one of the
many services it offers to students.
I would like to take this opportunity
to explain the previous mentioned plan
both to the “ambitious” businessmen
of Burlington and to the Student Gov
ernment Association in hopes that one
or the other would take the initiative
to formulate some feasible way of car
rying out this plan in our community.
It was originated at the University of
Minnesota and was highly successful.
Many other colleges have adopted this
plan recently.
It would involve the businessmen of
Burlington, who would offer theii
merchandise to the students of Elon
at the lowest possible discount, and the
students of the College, who would be
inclined to patronize stores which of
fered such a discount.
The appealing factor to the busi
nessman is the uniqueness of the types
of stores involved. Only one of Bur
lington’s clothing stores, service sta
tions, drug stores, banks, theaters, shoe
stores, etc., would be allowed to par
ticipate in this plan. Hence, with only
one store of each kind offering such a
low discount to the students of Elon,
the volume of their business would
increase tremendously, as would their
profits. All participating stores would
be expected to offer a uniform di>
count. Students would be notified of
stores taking part in this plan.
Only the students who have paid
their Student Government fees would
be eligible to take advantage of this
plan. This would offer the S.G.A. a
means of collecting the S.G.A. fees
sooner than before since they now
would be in a position to extend to
the students a very beneficial service
immediately upon payment of his
S.G.A. fees. This plan with its substan
tial discount would give the students
of Elon an opportunity to save money
while in college.
I therefore request the S.G.A. and
the businessmen of Burlington to con
sider this plan or any similar one, not
only to help the students of Elon Col
lege, but to help yourselves as well-
ADVOCATUS DIABOLI
By TOM PEARSE |
Seniors, it is that time of year
again. What type of work should one
look for? How does one get in touch
with the company he or she is interest
ed in? Then again you may be one of
the gifted few who is going to graduate
school or into the teaching profession.
These are questions which will not
perplex you. But if you are interested
in obtaining a job outside the academ
ic rat race; into the martini drinking,
money hungry, peptic ulcer business
world, these questions pertain to you.
Perhaps though, you will go into busi
ness with dear old Dad. This would
solve the problem of job-hunting.
More than likely though you are
one of the people who has no earthly
idea where to look. Then the first
thing you should do is get a copy of
The Placement News. Once you have
carefully surveyed the five companies
pick the one which you think can of
fer the most. One can easily decide
which suits his or her purpose by the
astute resume* given in the News.
Next, sign up for the interview. Now
it is simply a matter of a short wait.
The big day arrives. For this you
should be properly attired, a coat and
tie will suffice. But if you happen to
be a non-conformist, faded blue jeans,
a sweat shirt, and wee jun loafers (no
socks) will be enough. The interview is
set for 10:30 in the morning. But, due
to an unforeseen oversight the inter
view preceeding yours has not ended,
Hence, you stand there chewing your
nail or pulling the loose threads from
the cuff of your trousers.
Finally it is time for the next class.
The door opens, out walk three young
men (?), unshaven and chewing gum.
interview another young man walks
up. “Is this the place for the interview!
I have one at 10:30.”
And so it goes, by two’s and three's.
Unfortunately, we as students must
suffer by being subjected to interviews
in groups. We are only alloted so
much time whereby we can establisl
ourselves in the eyes of the interview
er. The interviewer must also allocate
his time so he can spend some will
each person.
The afore stated problem could be
alleviated and in so doing, the student,
the interviewer, and the school would
benefit. The only requirement is that
the school join the College Placement
Council, Inc.
This is “a non-profit service to the
college and university seniors—”. The
Council publishes an annual each year
of more than 1,800 corporate and
governmental jobs in the nation. It not
only provides listing of regular full
time jobs, but also summer and regu
lar part-time jobs. There are also ex
amples of resumes' and application,
In addition there are articles on what
the interviewer is looking for and how
to act.
How would this benefit the schooH
If the school joined they would ht
able to get many more companies n>
for interviews with the student. This
would give the student an opportunity
to pick a company which will iook
than likely pay more. The student io
the higher paying bracket would do
nate more to the school. Possibly tht
student would be sent to some othei
section of the country. Thereby carry
ing the name of Elon with him.
A good personnel service is some
thing we desperately need. Let’s
As you are about to enter for the together and work for it