.. \ , ______________~ RELIGIOUS STARTS FOCU~. ~OND~Y, ®lb ~nl~ null ~lark,,, WE~.K FEB.1 * * Volume XXXIII, Number 17 Wake For~st, N. C., Friday~ January. 30, 1948 Telephone 304-6 ''Christ In Campus Living.'' 1 Enrollment Reaches 1679; To Be the Theme of BSU.'s, Third .Religious F·orum ·Week Late Arrivals Swell Total Activities tO Begin Feb- Forum .Leader ruary 1 and Continue rr NOMINATIONS - Prof. McDonald Adverse Weather Forces Many Stnd~nts to Wait Through Week Claims Tar .J;J..eels ... , But Is FurPiner For- lmprove~ent of Transportation Facilities "Christ in ·campu~ Living" will Enters Contest be the theme of the B~tist Stu- Local School Registration Soars to Record Breaking To Be in Competitjon with Total of 145; Only Students Pursuing ~ Two of His Former Degree Are Listed Stud~nts ---- , Despite two inches of snow covered with sleet which com­ bined to give Wljke Forest and vicinity its worst "registration" weather in. yeat;"S, some 1679 students had enrolled in the schools of law and liberal arts through Wednesday afternoon, according to Registrar Grady S. Patterson. At least 100 students were members in a week of religious expected to register yesterday pending· the improvement· of emphasis._ There will be worship transportation facilities from Raleigh to Wake .Forest. services, classroom discussions led by the visitors, seminars for stu:­ J dents, seminars for' faculty mem­ bers, chapel services, informal discussions .an<i private confer- ences. Speakers Listed CAPTAIN TO. SPEAK ON CADET.PROGRAM Captajn Rixc;n of the P,.rmy Air Force will explain the Aviation Cadet Program to all interested students at 10:00 on February 12 in the auditorium of the Johnston building. According to a state­ ment issued from N. C. State Col­ lege, the Air Force is interested primarily in those students who will graduate this .Tune. Any stu­ dent who has completed two years of college work, however, is eli­ gible. Air Force authorities also an­ nounced that a processing team wll be at Wake Forest from Feb­ ruarY 19th throqgh February 21st for the purpose of testing all stu­ dents who are interested in the Aviation Cadet program. • I Page Two Old Gold and Black ..,. • ••• :Vt. Snowbound Kirk. Fint:ls Civic Music MAEtSTRoM· Old Gold and Black By HaTold Hayes Founded .January 15, lSH, as the official stu­ Over the. past weekend more than two huf!­ Program· Well · B~lanced dent new~paper of \Vake Forest College.. Publlshell weei<IY during the school year except durmg exam­ dred students were snowbound by cold, sleet, (Editor's note: If you want to Ination periods and holidays as drrected . by the know what. "Maelstrom" means \V>1l<e Forest Publications Board. and snow. Busses had stopped running; prom­ By Leldon Kirk from Pet'l'ouchka (Stravinsky) - ask Hayes. Or ·a:>Jt Edgar. Aile~ Bvuun1 .Sh:nv . ~ _ .... ~............... Editor .Jesse Glasgow ....... _ .... :\lanaging ELl) tor· Joseph Szige~presented a vio­ :t:iery and given magnificient pian<.o Poe, from whom he stole the Don .l:'a~chal . • .. • . • • . .. A1·t \\ark ised rides failed to materialize; and bumming lin recital on 22 .Tantlary in Ral­ support. Dick Harris •........•. _ •. _. Photographer term. We take this opportwl.ity to eigh for Civic Music which in The generaily-accepted · high frag~ lO:ditul'ial ~tafr: Jim Hawkins, Harold T. P. was at its lowest point since the war days when warn all readers of a more Hayes, Earl Hester, Hobert Howren, H. Lyldon many respects was the most sat­ point of the evening was the ile nature that the editor is not re~ lOrl< Geun;e ~1allonee, Luc~- Rawlings, Jumny thumbing priorities were at premium. No one isfactory of the series so far this playing of the Mendelssohn Con­ Shelton, llill Robbins, Tommy Stapleton, Care>! sponsible for any of' the fiendish Oldham B l\lcDaniel \Vard, Bob Grogan, Lamar could get in'or out of Wake Forest. , season. There was a large Wake certo in E Minor. The conce~to is machinations which may . appear Cauule' I·ienb Paschal, Clarence Lane, L. B. Forest attendance in spite of ex­ one which can be heard over and in this slot. We personally have Settle, ' Alice Puryear, ·.Vivian Snuggs, Leigll aminations. "'illiams, For the first time in many months tli.ere again with increasing apprecia­ no time for such stuff.) l:itt Bethune ..•....•...•••.. Sports Editor The program was UI}Usually tion: It is so well proportioned Mimy things haove been done Sports Stan: Dave Clarl<, Tomm~· Creed, John­ were no lessons to get; the movies offered in well-balanced, and-while the and so totally complete. The ny· l>illon. !\lit~\! s._•itz, '\Vill E!~~ehen. with humor colwpns before. They Dick \\.illi:.uns .............. Uusincss l\lanagBr downtown Wake Forest were strictly for the artists did not bend over back­ first movement is pure brilliance · are gooli to have, in any paper. Tom "'lu><c ...•....•.•.•. , . Asst. l'ous. )!gr. wards to cater to so-called popu­ and second is full of tendernes~ Old Gold· and Black now has a Carlyle l\lorris . , ••...• Circulat!on ~~anager farm trade; activity was at a stalemate - lar taste - a program which Busines~ Staff: l'aula J~an lluw. Jm1rme Bur- 'and wistfulness, singing along the humor column. The main reas­ ris, Charlotte Duling, Eliza.l.oeth Gcrtm:r, .Jo Ann there was nothing to do. most-people who are even casual­ thin line which just divides joy, :\!organ, Paul :Moyl<", Tim \Vrenn ons Old Gold and Black decided ly acquainted with violin music and sadness; the fourth move:. to have a humor column were be­ All e<litorl-'1 matter should be addressed to the This situation offered a fine opportunity could recognizE! and enjoy. editor, P. 0. llox 128, \Valie Forest, ::'il. C, . All ment is bright, like the sun flash­ cause many things,have beelf done .' businc>ss matter should be atldre<~ed tu the busmess for some campus organization to sponsor a spur­ The first section consisted of ing on a lake in tne early morning. managf'r, same atldr·ess. SubscriJJtion rate: $2,00 1 with humor columns before and per yea.r. of-the-moment social. It could have, taken the Beethoven "Kreutzer" Sonata. they are good to have in any pa­ !'hone 3n4-G. For imp~>rtant news on 'fhU1'sday Szigeti came on "the stage and The pianist, .Joseph Levine, was per. B€l,. that as it may. Wheth­ ])hone ~561. 'rhen. Da \'is l'on:e, Zcl•ulon, ;<.;. C. the forn1 of a bonfire, a mass hike, a coke went straightforward to playing, a pleasure in his earnestness, Eulercd as second class 1nnil 1natter .Jan.uary er Old Gold and Black is a go,od 23. l!'lG. at the pnst office at "\\'a~<>' ~~·rest. North party, a songfest, or any one of a number of with a minimum of unnecessary ability and unobtrusivness. And paper is not the question. Per­ C:u·olina. nntlH tlw net of '-larch .l. ll! <9. other activities. preliminary bowing and scraping. too much cannot 'be said in praise sonally, I tltink it is a lousy sheet. :\lenlbcr A::;~ociatcd Cul\egia\C Pl"(•SS At first he ~eemed a little at a of both artists for their straight­ :\le1niH.~r :"'. C". Colle~in.tP 1-'ref:.s Never read it: However, 1et that Any group could have taken the initiative loss, trying to fill the entire au­ forwardness of performance. One be as it may. in such a step, . the B. S. U., a literary society, ditorimn with tone from his in­ received the feeling that here were strument, but by the' middle of the This column will be devoted to a .fraternity, the student counoil, or the worn~ two a-rtists who had no reason to exposing lousy things like the Old ( second movement he had found apologize. for their ability to play Gold and Black and other. non­ an's government association. the exquisite tone which did not good music well and for that rea­ leave htm the rest 'of the even­ worthwhile things. This column. We realize that by, that time many of the son did not once resort to undue will be devoted to worthwhile ing, The last movement of1he head- and arm-waving to ·dis­ things. Things which have a Colle8e and Clerl5y campus leaders had gone home and naturally sonata is gay, almost whimsical tract the listener from an inferior with a wholesome peasant higher meaining. This- column is could not know of the plight of the- students jol~ performance. · for ,students who want to learn. ' In a recent issue of the Biblical Recorder left behind. are not levelling the finger of lity, supported by a piano sug­ Mention must be 'made of Szi­ \ ·We gesting, the usual morose under- geti's ability to cr.eate tone through If you come to school to Learn, Dr. C. Warren, pastor of the First Bap­ then this column is for you. C. accusation at anyone, because this was an un­ tones of Beethoven. I (\ his instrument. The • music he Eno).lgh jazz!. Let us turn to the tist Church in Charlotte, contributed an ar­ foreseen en1ergency. His second section was two produced cannot be described, issues at hand. \ ticle entitled, "What the Pastors Have a Right numbers: a happy, lacy little but the listener felt - an unu­ This does point out t.he ·need, however, .for Rondot by Schubert; , and the in­ sual thing - that, even in the top There have been whispers and I \ to Expect of Our Baptist Schools." Dr. War­ a soci~l committee which would -be able to rise toxicating, sometimes-plantive Pa.:.