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MAROON AND gold
Dedicated to the best Interests of Elon College and
its students and faculty, the Maroon and Gold is puD-
lished weekly during the college year wiA the excep
tion of holiday and examination periods at Elon College,
N.C, (Zip Code 27244), publication being in coopera
tion with the journalism department.
editorial board
Paul Bleiberg
James Payne ’
Ken Hollingsworth Associate Editor
Russell Schetroma Associate Editor
David Johnson Entertainment Eduor
Eddie Osborne Sports Editor
Bob Williams Sports Editor
Alumni Editor
Luther NV'syrdV/.V.V.V.V, Faculty Advisor
REPORTORIAL STAFF
Richard Adams, Claes Alexanderson, Nancy Boone,
Sam Boroody, Judy Caines, Tom Campion, Sandy
Carrington, Stanley Cocke, Larry Collins, Shannon
Doolittle, Monty Duncan, Wanda Edwards, Walter
Gose, Timothy Green, Keith Handy, William Her
bert , Eleanor Hill, Holly Hollingsworth, Vickie Hor
ner, Linda Jordan, Lloyd Kanipe, Richard Lee, Jim
my Lunsford, Kay McCauley, Jim McClure, Don
Martin, Lynn Michael, John Michaels, Robert Mona-
celli, Richard Moon, William Motz, Carl Mulholland,
Aleda Pope, Jeannette Robinette, Beth Rountree,
Wayne Smart, Sandra Wrenn.
...p.nnin Friday, March8,968
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0UO-PIANISTS APPEaFIN flEXTLYCEVIU PROGR^
Sara Bencini and Troy Lee, appearing under the team name of Bencini and Lee,
will present a duo-piano concert in Elon’s Whitley Auditorium at 8 o’clock next
Tuesday night as the next in the series of Elon Lyceum programs.
Short Plays Saturday Night
The Elon College Play
ers will join in the week
end program for visiting
parents of Elon College
students by presenting
two one-act plays in
Mooney Chapel Theatre on
Saturday night, with the
hour to be announced as
the Parents’ Weekend
program develops.
The two plays which
will be presented under
the supervision of Prof.
Edward Pilkington, now
in his second year as di
rector of the student dra
matic activities on the
Elon campus, are Cliff
Harville’s “Rough Days”
and Joha Whiting’s “No
Why.”
It has been announced
that the two plays, after
being presented from the
Mooney Chapel stage, will
be later presented by the
Elon student dramatists
in the district festival of
the Carolina Dramatics
Association, which is to
be held at Catawba Col
lege in Salisbury next
Friday and Saturday,
March 15th and 16th.
The first of the two
plays, “Rough Days,” is
a comedy and will be pro
duced under the direction
of Jay Wilkinson, a stu
dent director from Mas-
sapequa, N.Y. Members
of the cast include Bill
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So What’s
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New?
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By PAUL BLEIBERG
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A Song
By KEN HOLLINGSWORTH
It’s almost here — Par
ents’ Weekend, 19681 To
those parents who are
visiting Elon for Parents’
Weekend, may we say
“Welcome!” This week
end is a joint student gov-
ernment-college admini
stration affair. Most of
the leg work and pre
planning was done by
Chairman Bill Walker and
his committee; the costs
were borne by the college.
To Mr. Walker and his
committee go our thanks
for doing the planning and
supervising, a job few
students were willing to
tackle.
The committee had
hoped that the new li
brary building would be
ready for dedication on
Parents’Weekend, but not
so. Nevertheless, the pro
grams and discussions
should be very entertain
ing and enjoyable.
There was a great temp
tation to do this column
on some of the “tradi
tions” of Elon, but after
a little research our
problem was to decide
which of the many tradi
tions to talk about. The
history of various organi
zations and campus land
marks could easily fill a
volume. We hope that
someone or some group
will write a book on the
history of Elon before
those who personally
know the early years of
Elon are no longer avail
able to add their personal
insights.
There is one tradition
which we would like to
discuss. It is first men
tioned in the 1911-12 cat
alog and is repeated in
many others. This tradi
tion was the reason this
college was founded—and
is the only reason for
its existence today and
the future.
The tradition we refer
to is what is known as
the “Elon Spirit”. This
is more than just the
school spirit displayed at
ball games and other in
ter-collegiate compe
tition. The old catalogs
describe that spirit thus-
ly:
“Visitors to the Col
lege are impressed forci
bly by what they are
pleased to call THE ELON
SPIRIT. No one can fail
to feel it, and no student
capable of the larger vi
sion of life a college ought
to give can long live un
der its influence without
imbibing it. It is the spirit
of fair play, of decency in
all things, of moderation
and temperance of mu
tual helpfulness and hu
man brotherliness, of e-
quality and fraternity, of
manliness and womanly
gracefulness, of emula
tion in right doing, or
respect for the rights and
attention to the obliga
tions of college mates,
of deep and vital piety,
of consecrated religious
and Christian character.
Such an atmosphere, pul
sating with such a spirit
would seem to be an ideal
condition for the unfolding
of young life and the bud
ding into fruition of wo
manhood and manhood of
the highest type.”
This phraseology may
be high-sounding to mod
ern ears, but the Elon
spirit deserves a proper
eulogy. This type of Elon
spirit appears to be dy
ing, if it is not already
dead.
For what other eason
would leaving trays on ta
bles be tolerated by the
majority who have to eat
amidst the garbage? Why
else would Elonites be as
rude as they are during
chapel? Could anybody
with the true Elon spirit
be so thoughtless as to
play cards in the Varsity
Room when there are
those who would like a
seat in order to eat?
What kind of person does
it take to ignore the com
fort of those eating in
McEwen so much as to
pollute the air with smoke
in spite of the “No Smok
ing’ signs?
Is there any hope that
Many people around the
campus can be heard say
ing that there is nothing
to do at Elon, There are
not enough dances, there
are not enough concerts,
and other types of en
tertainment.
To begin with, all the
money used by the Senate
does not go towards so
cial entertainment.Money
is used for busses to take
students to the away bas
ketball and football
games, the Liberal Arts
Forum, the Contempor
ary Affairs Symposium,
State Student Legislature
and many other functions
on campus.
But what happens when
we do have a dance? Un
fortunately, not many peo
ple show up. And the peo
ple that stay away are
usually theones whodo all
the complaining.
Saturday night after the
thrilling game with Guil
ford there was a dance
on top of the dining hall.
If the outcome of the game
wasn’t a big incentive to
go and have a good time
then nothing was.
But, as usual, the turn
out was pretty poor. 1
am sure that the people
attending had a great tim e.
To the people who couldn’t
make it, you missed out
on a good thing.
And now, finally, to the
people who complain a-
bout the lack of enter
tainment, try going to the
next dance and see for
yourself what a good time
you can have on the cam
pus of Elon.
The business of the
girls having an extra half-
hour added to their cur
few is being considered
by all concerned. Pre
sently there is a com
mittee working to push
this thing along.
I took the opportunity
to interview several peo
ple about the matter. As
far as the male popula
tion was concerned they
were all in favor of the
extended hours. On the
other hand, the girls had
different opinions. The
general consensus was to
raise the limit.
The freshmen, not
knowing what it was like
before they got here, all
wanted the half-hour.
They felt the restric
tions were too severe and
the half-hour was a step
towards liberalism. The
upper-classmen, seniors
especially, had a little
different conception.They
said that since they have
been here the trend had
been towards better con
dition, but they would stiu
like to see later hours.
It was very interesting
to hear what the people
had to say. All anyon
can do now is to wa
and see. As a word
concerned who
whether the girls
half-hour or not, the en
tire student body is m
vor of it.
Godot will come with the
Elon spirit to save us
from ourselves? The tra
ditional Elon Spirit can
exist only if we want it
to. There can be only as
much decency, respect,
and courtesy on this cam
pus as we as individua
want to have ! ,
It seems to this c
umn that Founder s uay
which will be
would be a good time
the resurrection ot
Elon Spirit.