Friday, October 19. 1902
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iJtjbert U >ihi!:!i Barbara Jcn;:cn
Willi.sni ji.!»k.rvUle Csmcion Little
r»ari' V 1..1U BuiliT July Mancss
Jc . Bid ... Larry .Mcise!
D Biie Clary Roland .Miller
B:rl Ci^menis ' James .\loore
Aithur Uavis Bill Mortilnt'.'.taf
KonaUl l>enhart Otto .Muel'cr
Jantt FaulkntT ^iHairy Cpell
’P'-Ifbit t *'..'Richard Tliompsbn
Wlrti.im Griffin Aubrey Utz
Danny HjU Sonny Wllbum
Jane HarpT David Winfrey
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FRIDAY, OCTOBKR 19. 1962
BIBI.K KNOWLKIM.K
Thousands and perhap.s millions of peo
ple in ill part! of the United States ques
tioned the ul.sdom of the United States
Supreme crourt when It handed down its
njims ?)me months ago against the use
of prayeri in the .\merican public schools.
In fact, the questioning and the opposi
tion proved 30 widespread that the high
court juiitices have announced within the
past few weeks that the court will review
Itii ruling and will perhaps alter the de
cision In resard to religious worship in
the public kchools.
Granting that it is part of the American
system that church and .state shall be sep
arate and part. It is not likely that the
Founding Fathers in writing the United
States Cunslliution had any intention of bar-
.'ing all forms of worship or religious in-
Jlruction from the schools of the nation.
It is a matter of general knowledge the
motivation for early education in this coun
try was to a great extent influenced by re
ligion. One of the earliest forms of public
education was found in the apprenticeship
l>stem, with early laws specifying that the
apprentices should be taught to write and
tG read the Bible.
Students of sducationul hisiury kno» too
that one of the earliest laws to provide
public ^.chool!; was the famous Old Deluder
Act in -Massachusetts, which proposed to
lu train the children of the Bay State that
Ih'-y might uut'.vit Satan, who was referred
to as the Old Deluder.
Certainly there Is a great need today for
children of this great and populous coun
try to have biblical and religious know
ledge as there was more than three cent
uries ago when .Massachusetts adopted that
public school provision in lt>47
If there is any doubt of the need for
fome religious and biblical training, one
should study certain figures wliich came
to light in scientifically cundueU-vi surveys
of Bible knowledKe in two stales.
In one stale 16.000 adults filled u.t ques
tionnaires, which included ten simple Bi
ble questions that many children kii )W or
should know. Only 35 per cent ol those
adult person: eould make a passing grade.
In another state in the Soutn .\uantic
area a test was given to 18,000 high iciiool
students, and the test disclosed that Iti.oOO
of the group could not name a^ many as
thre^ prophets of the Old Testament, 12.-
000 of the pupils could not name the four
Gospels, and 10,000 could not name as
many as three of the twelve disciples of
Jesus.
Certainly, in view of those survey re
sults, there would seem to be a great need
for biblical and religious teaching in Amer
ican schools. It might be well for the Su
preme Court Justices to study those fig
ures before they review their nillng. It
nught. Indeed, be highly interesting to see
the result* if the justices themselves were
given one of the above tesu of biblical
knowledge.
Short Snipfi
Give some people ao inch and they
think they are rulers
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It’s what you learn after you know it
all that counts.
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Every man must live with the man
makes of himself.
, iimjU', ;j ail annual affair and
i..f first h;-.; dance of the school
. .. The >,s'ki nd t;r; ;ns loday. Friday.
October 19, with a chariot race butwein
fi .-r. .'nilv uniups to be followed
1, . .e Ill ■! :'''P ..ill. I'H' t ’(■ loot-
ball !fam. .\n informal dance, complete
v.'tli . ombo, will be held this evening In
.McEwen.
Tomorrow, the essence of the homecom
ing spirit will be seen in competitive cam
pus di.splays et up by most of the [ratern-
itie-! and sororities and by numerous other
campus groups. Generally speaking, these
displays will be concerned with "stopping
the Indians." a theme which 1 well remem-
!.er from’ Homecoming of 1960. It was a
moment of sheer excitement for all when,
in the last twenty seconds of the game, aft-
Ci pfujifcvlikd ibgun to leave, George Woo-
Ten ran the full length of the field for a
winning touchdown in that year's game.
After receiving bag lunches from the
cafeteria, most of the Klonites will be head
ing toward Burlington, first, to see the
Homecoming parade on .Mam Street, then
to witnes* what ought to prove an inter
esting encounter with the Catavvba Indians
at the Burlington Stadium. The weekend
will culminate with a formal dance in the
gymnasium featuring The limbers, a nine-
piece band. Helgnlng over the event as
Homecoming yueen will be Miss Duane
Powell, a senior from Smithfield, Va.
It -f’cms that that there was an indiffer
ent response from a cross-section of Elon
students to an item in the last edition of
.Maroon and Gold. At their request, 1 am
taking this opportunity to join them in com
mending Rus> Phipps and hi- ori(...iat!on
commmee for a job well done. This year’s
orientation program initiated several im
provements over programs in past years.
Tor example, our current "plebe ’ class
was broken down into many small groups,
each headed T)y a member of the orienta
tion committee. These groups provided
each freshman a source ot reference for
familiar with school regulations, policies,
and campus life in general. In these groups,
questions were raised and ansviered with
fluent discussion on points of interest. In
addition, each student was assigned a fac
ulty advisor, with whom to discuss his sche
dule in terms of an intended major.
There was some criticism in the afore
mentioned item of freshmen for a laxness
in the wearing of beanies and also for a
seeming lack of rspect for upperclassmen.
If this criticism is justified, perhaps ninety
percent of the upperclassmen U included)
are simply not very observant. However, It
seems more likely that most of the new
comers were cooperative in tolerating the
beanie tradition, which might just as well
be replaced in future years by a maturer
"Bienvenu". ,\s for respect, it's obvious
that people show the most respect for those
who respect them, and freshmen are to be
considred people—aren’t they'.’
On October 2nd the Pan-Helenic Council
met with a faculty committee on fraterni
ties atid sororities, and the revised consti-
iulion. putting these groups under student
The revision shows many significant chang
es from those • Regulations ’ which appear
in the current Elon CoUege Handbook.
Rush ’ is scheduled for the second week
in November to be followed by a maxi
mum seven-day initiation period starting
in the third week. Sigma .Mu Sigma, an
honorarj fraternity which is governed by
Masonic principles, does not rush in ac
cordance with times set for the social fra-
lemalies. I am certain that much thanks
from all of us who are conte.ned vith fra
ternities and sororities goes to Demus
Thompson and the Pan-Hellenic Council for
the fine work.
Before closing, I would like to congratu
late those students who are charter mem
bers of Elon’s new honorary society, the
Order of the Oak. To be a member of this
wclety, one must have an academic aveiv
age of 3.3 or better ^a strong “B ” aver
age. at least 1. To students whose cumula
tive average prohibits membership in the
former, the Dean’s Ust ought to issue a
challenge. This list, which is printed in
the Maroon and Gold at the end of each
semester, recognizes those who have at
tained a -B” average or a single semest
ers work. This short-range goal, if sought
for, certainly ought to stimulate success in
college work.
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I.story On Pase One)
Charter nicnibers ol the newly-;'o^ mcd Ord. r .if the Oak, honorary scholastic Society on ^
camputare pietu.ed above. Those shown left to ":,ht are as follow - FRONT ROW-Loretta Hall, Elon
College: Carol Tra^eser, Arnold Md.: Jo Ana. Braxton. Grahain; Ar.nie Cleap'Ol-.
nor Smith. Winslon-Saieni; Glenna :^mith. Bm'Un;lp)i;. and Amy LitRn. Burlington. BACK RO\\
' Paul' Hvdc. Chicago, IH ; Paul Hjlscnbafk.Burlington; . Leroy-Willer, Burhnglon; Paul -May,
■ Burlington; Lerow Horwath, Burl;ngtot\; Barbaros Celiiikol. .\dans, Turkey: and^'John Heed., Fair ax.
Va. Not present when the picturewa.s, ^aken was Helen Uogers.■.ofBurlington.
Group Formed For Honor Students
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plans were adopted by faculty vote
when the committee made its fin
al report last spring.
The constitution provides that
members shall be elected to the
honor society by faculty vote in
October and February of each
year, at which times the dean of
the college shall present a list of
eligible students as compiled from
grade records in the registrar’s
office.
Once a student is elected to
membership in the order of the
Oak, he or she may forfeit such
membership if for two consecutive
semesters he or she fails to main
tain a 3.3 average or in case , of
conviction of an honor code viola
tion or is suspended from college.
I Reinstatement may be obtained by I
afjpeal to the appropriate faculty
I committee and by a two-thirds
I vote ot that committee and by
[members of'the Order of the Oak.
; Formal induction of the students
i elected to the Order will be at a
[banquet .given by the college In
I the Fall Semester. Both the mem-
I bers w ho become eligible in Oc.
I tober and those who had been
named the previous February will
be inducted at this banquet.
The dean of the college will serve
as faculty sponsor for the group,
but student officers of the group
will be elected in May of each
year for the next academic year,
with the officers to include a pres
ident, a vice-president, asjecretary
a treasurer and a historian.
The official insignia of the Order
of the Oak will be a gold oak leaf
in the form' of a key or pin, along
with a certificate or shingle which
certifies membership. Members of
tlie Order will have the privilege
of purchasing it from an official
jeweler which will be named later.
The-constitution of' the group
specifies the duties of each officer.
The president shall preside at all
meetings and hold in custody all
official documents, the vice-presi
dent will act in lieu of the presi
dent and shall serve as. program
chairman each year, the secretary
and treasurer will perform duties
usual to such offices, and the hist
orian will keep a detailed narrative
and pictorial record of activities
each year, including newspaper
clippings, summaires of programs
and mementoes of the meetings.
A \ ie>v From The Oak
By MKLVIN SHKEVES
Orchids
To Elon’s new Homecoming
Queen. Duane Powell, and her
Maid of Honor, Janet Faulkner.
To the Elon College Band, and
it’s director. Prof. Jack White,
for the fine performances at
Elon’s home games.
To the members of the foot
ball team for their thrilling vict
ory over EcT,t Carolina.
To the newly elected officers
of the Freshman Class, namely,
Oscar Fowler, president; Denny
Parker. vice-president; and
Diane Hancock, secretary-treas-
urer.
Those Leaking Colonnades
couple of weeks back the
Student Senate of Elon College
passed on to the administration
a proposal that the Colonnades
connecting Alamance Building
with Whitley. Mooney, Duke
Science, and Carlton Library
buildings be repaired for the “well
being of the before mentioned
persons 1 Elon students) and for
a better appearance of the Elon
College campus.”
A letter came back to the Sen
ate saying that the repairing of
the Colonnades had been under
consideration ‘ for some time.”
It was later said that the mat
ter had been under consideration
for some ten years, but that the
main holdback was the cost of
the operation—somewhere be
tween $1,000 and $1,500—and the
lack of funds to have the job
done.
It seems that the Hoard of
Trustees must first appropriate
funds to have the work done.
The Board has appropriated
money to tile the floor in Ala
mance, to fix up Society Hall
for the band, and to put new
locks and hardware on all the
doors in Alamance. This is all
well and good, but the Colon
nades are not improving over
the years.
Actually the Colonnades may
not be able to support a new
coat of weather-topping. An en
gineer is supposed to be called
in—no one knows when—to ex
amine the structure and make
some recommendation as to what
should be done. Even when this
is done, the matter must be
brought before the Board of Di
rectors.
The administration has looked
at the figures as to how much
it would cost to fix the Colon
nades. and they have frowned
One wonders what k»nd of ex
pression would appear on their
faces if they were faced with a
law suit for negligence on their
part of the decayed structure
falls on a student or a friend
of the College.
I have all the confidence in
the world in Elon’s administra
tion and am sure that they will
have the Colonnades fixed—even
tually. But it seems that if the
Colonnades are to be fixed any
time soon, a direct appeal to
the Board of Trustees by the
Student body will be necessary.
I. D. Cards
The Community Relations
Committee, headed by Fred
Stephenson, is hard at work,
with the help of President Jim
Buie, trying to get some kind
of I. D. Card system working on
the Elon College campus. And
they couldn’t be working on a
more worthwhile project.
The main purpose of the I. D.
Card will be to provide identi
fication for Elon students who
would like to cash checks in Bur
lington. At the present time there
are only a few businesses in
Elon and Burlington who will
cash checks, and they do it at
a great inconvenience.
In the town of Elon College,
the four merchants who will
cash checks cash as many as
five or six hundred checks a
week, On cne Saturday this
month, one of the merchants
cashed over $1,000 worth of
checks for Elon students . . .
and he still had to turn down
more than half of those who re
quested that he cash checks for
them.
It seems that the business of
fice could do something about
this situation. The office is open
for cashing checks about six
hours a weekk, but when is it
open? That’s right: during class
or during upperclass or volun
tary chapel periods. One hears
that the reason no longer time
is allowed is to avoid paying the
bank for cashing checks on non
par banks. Those checks cost
from seven to seventeen cents
each and the fewer checks cash
ed the less expense to the col
lege.
Of course the snack bar in the
Union won't cash checks; its
business is bringing in money,
not paying it out to help the
students who make snack bar
jobs possible on this campus.
And the book store? It appears
that cashing checks is too much
trouble there.
At the present time the com
mittee is considering the cost of
inaugurating a system that
would be beneficial. There are
several systems that would work
well, and the Committee should
consider all systems before it
makes any definite decision. A
good I. D. card would also serve
as a Student Activity card and
a Student Government card.
Without a doubt a card that ser
ves three purposes would cost
less than three separate cards.
It is a point that the Committee
and the Administration should
consider.
(Continued Or Page Four)
a voice
from the
corner
By
don TERRELL
Congratulalions are in order especially
for Oscar Fowler, the new Freshman Class,
president and his chief aide, Denny Park
er, vice-president, and Diane Hancock, v:
retary-treasurer.. The campaign in-
deed a spirited one, and it seems that those
in the various offices are student i.,vcrii-
ment minded. There may be some n V
fine talent with which the present admin
istration can w'ork. In addition tu liu;
expected campaign postere artisticallj cre
ated by the 'candidates, there were
crafty mechanisms entered into the- lace
in th Student Union to summon voters.
Orchids are also in order for the fairest
of the fair: Duane Powell, our Homecom
ing Queen and Janet Faukner, tlie ]\Iaid
of Honor.
Honor Key System?
In an earlier ^edition of the Maroon and
Gold,, I mentioned-the possibility ,ot tlie
college’s administration sponsoring a key
system for deserving students. Most schools
(Jf're^sbnable size, have some. form .ot sys
tem similar to the one I suggest. Here at
Elon, keys will be awarded for the newly
established Order of the Odk^, and awards
could also be given to members of the
Student Senate Council, and , for literary
and dramatic achievemen.t, Key^ are avail
able for those students n'amed_ to ‘Who's
Who in American Universities and Col
leges," Alpha Psi Omega, and Pi Gamma
Mu, but the student honored must purchase
his own key. It would be nice if the college
decided to award not only the privilege,
but also the emblem of, distinction for cer
tain campus services. The system would
add a great deal of prestige to the honors,
and the keys would add a definite colleg
iate look to the wearer. This would be a
nice way for the college to display its ap
preciation for the hard work done by the
students of this college.
Student Senate
The legislative branch of our Student
Government Association is the Student Sen
ate, which meets on the second and fourtli
Wednesday nights of each month during
the school year. This year the Senate is
under the capable leadership of Lynn Ryals
one of Elon’s most outstanding student
government leaders in recent years. It is
the duty of each and every student of this
college to keep up with the actions and de
cisions made by your representatives. The
Senate is elected by you to propose, act
upon, and legislate almost every issue con
cerning students.
You as members on the outside should
regularly check the student government
bulletin board, glance over the Senate min
utes and see just how active or obviously
interested your senators are. If you feel
they are not upholding their promise to
you, let them know you feel. The office is
not merely an honor or distinction, it is
a work-job. Those elected should realize
this and be actively interested.
Student Affairs
Within the Student Government Associa
tion, one of the most valuable and most
active working groups is the Student Af
fairs Committee. This committee meets
with faculty and administrative represent
atives to present problems, likes, and dis
likes of the students in an attempt to clar
ify or correct the established interpreta
tion of the situation. Tom Brady is the com
mittee’s more than capable chief. It "ih
be interesting to note the committee’s ac
tivity by observing the meetj(5y minutes
which will be posted on the student gov
ernment bulletin board.
Elon Players
Professor E. R. Day is currently working
on the opening dramatic presentation for
the year. This year’s Initial show will be
Moliere’s “The Imaginary Invalid.’ The
featured actors are Frankie Rich and Carol
Trageser, two members of Elon’s higher
echelon of dramatic ability. The supporting
cast is strong, and the show has possihili"
ties of being one of the top shows of the
Elon stage. Judging from the past, it will
be show well worth seeing.
Speaking continuously of drama. I hope
you were among the sparse crowd gathereii
to see the Italian film, “La Strada,” last
week. The film was truly what it "'as
promised to be. Those who saw it obvious*
ly enjoyed it from the comments I receiv
ed. It was quite an experience.
Enough of political and dramatic ad
vertisement, I again mention the fact that
Playboy is the magazine of the south-east
side of the campus. Reduced rates on sul*'
scriptions can be ebtained from yours truly.
Thanks for your attention. I’ll see you
just about two weeks (I hope!)