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PAGE TWO MAROON AND €OLD Friday, November 16, 1962 Marocm And Gold Emtrrrd ai Mcond cUm matter at the Post (Mfice at Elon College, N. C.. under the Act ol March 8. 1879, Dellrered by mail. $1.50 per collese yea. 75 cent* the •«-me«ter. Edited aod printed by itudent* of Elon College. PubU*hed W-weekly during the year under the ausplcei of the Board of Publication. EDITORIAL BOARD Don Terrell Editor-In-Chief Melvin Shreve* At^i‘:tant Editor H,n»on .Mikell Ai--,^'ant Editor David Marihburn Bpurti Editor SaUle McDuffie GlrU. Sports H. Iteid Alumni Editor Luiher N Byrd Faculty Advjjor TEC HNICAL STAFF P. N. Thompton Linotype Operator Carl O-ijnt ... . .. Linotype Operator Ki?iHi?lh Harper Pri » Operator ri:porters Anne Aaron .. Donald Hinton Howard Arner . Paul Huey Robert Barham Barbara Jensen William BaikerviUe . . Cameron Little Nancy Lou Butler Judy Maness Jerry Byrd Larry Meiiel Diane Clary Roland Miller Burl Clement! James Moore Arthur Davis Bill .Morningstar Ronald Denhart Otto Mueller Janet Faulkner Barry Opell R(*'^rt Felton Richard Thompson William Griffin .. Aubrey Utz Danny Hall Sonny Wilburn Jane Harper David Winfrey FRIDAY, NOVE.MBER 16, 1962 C0LI.EC;E AND THE .MVTH Some observers have measured Amer.- Cd H growth in delusions rather than in social or economic progress, and one of the other college newspapers ip North Caro lina recently publUhed a commendable editorial on the delusions or myths which have become current In regard to American development, applying it at the fame lime to modern conditions on the college campus. Hutorlcal commentators cite for exam ple the my'h of the •Old West." whlcli play* a big part In the thoughts of the American people, pointing out that Ameri ca developed through the '‘mythological" Old West and on through the myth of "the SmaH Town" to a modern and more prosperous folk Image, which in future years may be referred to as the Big City" myth. Whether the Old West and the Small Town can truly oe referred to as myths or not. It was also cited by the writer in the other collcge newspaper that there art- also certalr mental pictures or nrjilis which may be said to exist in regard to the American college campus and the life that Is found there. The college myth Involves youthful years. Including the teens in their sleek tweeds and embued with "E.squire's" bold sophistication, mixed in with a tied-after- the-half football game or a corner bull session with a prof. Such Images, It la true, are grounded to some extent In reality. Just as are the American myths of the •Old West” and "Small Town." However, the editorial writer declares that the pleasures of college years are not generally so completely romantic, a fact which most upperclassmen realize and which freshman will in most cases find out before graduation. College Involves uneasy adjustment to unfamiliar roommates with different Ideas, and it also Involves a sharp new self-eval- uation and facing up to reality for all students after the first full-bloom disagree ment with the unfamiliar roommate or the first round of college quizzes. College years also Involve the realization that there are certain campus regulations which must be accepted, even though they are accepted unwillingly and many times with rebellious spirit. Some studenu never accept this realization, but most of them accept It before graduation as a training for the lIviBg with autborlties tJut will m- 1st and which must be obeyed in the greater battle of Life. For some. It Is true, college remains a delusion, a mythological round robin of sociaJ activities. The noyths which were ia tt>e^ralnds before arrivaj 00 the campus e«rttnue to delude them, and they Devw realize that such myths are a poor sab- ttltute for the Ideas which may be studied ■nd poMTssed and which wUI prtftrt thna *>r the hard reaUty of « workday woitd Idojus in the futurt. OaffTBl * ••'P * aam^bBdy wh« takrs a dM^ "•™t pate Uft II. • * * • • * baloBy di«iniiii«d as food far ttioufkt • • • • • OnnfWnrr Is ttie ^ shades of elon By HINSON MIKELL A Challenue To Students In the past, faculty advisor* have shown, by t:. j:r interest in fraternities and soror- Itii« faith in lje value of our social life. t.ien. should a new policy be allowed ;o our amiciable relationship with the faculty? Elon College, being a liberal arts insti tution. places stress apon many various aspect.^ of an Individual's development. The currtiit tendency, therefore, to curtail so cial freedom, which is an integral part of this development seems unwise. A liberal education Is defined by Webster as "a general extensive education, not necessarily preparing the student for any specific pro fession." This certainly does not imply omis sion of the social. I have heard that students of unlver- sltie; and colleges in Europe rarely take time for social experiences because of the difficulty and intensity of academic work. These Europeans deserve to be pit- led for their inability to realize a fully broad outlook on life. We, however, as Americans have an ex cellent oportunity for developing ourselves and. because we are endowed with a great heritage of freedom, it is our responsibili ty to defend vigorously this opportunity: Not with chaos and vulgarity, but with corporate determination and self-respect. To Clarify .Mlsunderstandinfc I have rarely attended a school dance, fraternity party or other function, during my two years at Elon, at which the chap erone 'or whatever one chooses to call him I has been an obstruction to the suc cess of the affair. .\s far as I'm concerned, faculty advisors are always welcome at the parlies to which I go. My behavior at such functions is quite in order. These statements seem very inconsistent with what appeared in my column two weeks ago; what I then intended to .say. however, is not inconsistent with this at titude. My ideas were misconstrued. The phra.se "ubiquitous intruders" which ap peared at the end of my last coltunn was. unfortuaately. misunderstood; it caused .some rather unpleasant faculty reactions. I used the phrase In an effort to express this idea: That those advisors who attend a social function with feelings of censor- lousness and mistrust about them creais an atmosphere which Is uncomfortable f, those who are trying to enjoy themselves. This is not necessarily a characterization of any Elon faculty member. Rather, it ex presses objection felt by many of the stu dent body to the new Ught in which the faculty apparently must consider socials. A few people also have Ihe impression that the aforementioned phrase ("ubiquit ous intruders”) is an indication that stu dents don't appreciate the time given to socials by faculty advisors. It is my opin- Ion that we do appreciate this time, per haps more than we openly express. This commentary should not be interpret ed as a retraction of the stand I made two «eeks ago in behalf of student rights I intend it rather as a clarification of this stand and as a reaffirmation of existing friction between students and the admin Islration. To all who have made commenU pro and con. I feel gladdened by your In terest. Exam Schednle For the benefit of those who are not aware of It, a new exam schedule is pre^ ently being co^idered for next yetr It seems that several student, in past semest ers have complained that the regular per iod allowed for exams (six days two ex ams each day) works a depressing hard ship on their minds and bodies. Having Jive or six exams in unbroken sequence can certainly be a trying experience and since the administration will not make ex ceptloni in such cases, a sub^H>mmittee on exams, headed by Bob Saunders, has been attempung to solve (he problem. The sltuaUon Is as foUows. Six days each semester are presently allowed for '*P'-'»*ed a desire «o double this exam period, therrtiy haTfaiB PO«^ible to extend I period withia the prtweut t»n« Co^mtrin, tkU, Ue ^ f recommendfng ,h, Sigma Mu Sijjiiia Gets New Members idem of Sigma -Mu Sigma was Dr. The Sigma Mu Sigma Fratern ity, college student affiliate of tbc Masonic Order, which has been one of the most active service groups on the Elon College cam pus for more than a decade, has Just initiated five new members to swell its active membership 1 f for the 1962-63 term to twenty-' ^ eight. The initiation of the new mem bers marks another step forward for the fraternity, which was es tablished on the Elon campus in 1950 under the sponsorship and direction of Dr. William M. Brown who was a member of the Elon faculty from 1948 until his re tirement in 1961 and who is rec-| ognized as one of the outstanding! members of the Masonic organiza-| tion in America. The group was first organized at Elon under the fraternal name of Sigma Alpha Chi, the Greek letters which represented the ini tials of the Square and Compass. No person who is familiar with the Masonic organization can fail to recognize the Square and Com pass an emblems of the Masonic brotherhood. In the years since 1950 the Sig ma Alpha Chi chapter here at Elon has been merged on a na tional basis with another organ ization and been transformed to the present national fraternal n»me of Sigma Mu Sigma. The group, which has both social and service features, has had among its members here some of the most outstanding members of both FOl jM)EK % DR. WILIJA.M M. BROWN Founder of the Elon Chapter of Sigma Mu Sigma was Dr. William M. Brown, a member of the Elon faculty from 1948 until 1961, who retired from the faculty two years ago and is now residing in St. Petersburg. Fla. 000 members were fifteen college presiidents and ma»y prominent Masonic officials. The Sigma Mu Sigma Fratern ity, which merged with and gave its name to the older group, was formed in 1921 at Tri-State Col lege in Angola, Ind., being chart- ih^ElVn "faculty”an^ ytude'nrb^d^ ‘’y ‘^e State of Indiana and The national history of the group later given a national charter, ad ,is also an interesting one, for ^“""8 ‘^e next thirty years, a the Square and Compass origin-.total of about l,2uu members were afed as a club of Master Masons, initiated, among them many col- at Washington and Lee L'niversityjlege and university officials and in 1897, and it was chartered by | prominent figures in the public the State of Virginia as the Sigma I life of the United States. , Aiflong the Sigma Alpha Chi's 5,-^ At that time the nationaV pres- Harry K. Eversull, who holds an honorary degree from Elon College, and the national secretary was Dr. William M. Brown, who was at the time a member of the Elon faculty. Dr. Browns close connec tion with the local group is com memorated by the annual William Moseley Brown Award, which the Elon chapter gives each year an outstanding senior. * Officers of the Elon chapter this year are Jerry Drake, of Greens boro, president; Kenneth Lumpkin, of Danville, Va., senior vice-presi dent; Wally Sawyer, of Portsmouth. Va., junior vice-president; Nick Ciotola, of White Plains, N. Y., treasurer; Harold Rogers, of Snow Camp, secretary; Allen Beals, of Annapolis, Md., guide; and Ocie .Murray, of Virgilina, Va., guard. Other active members from lasl year include Jack DeVito, Stam ford, Conn.; John Jones, Greens boro; Larry Schucker, Hickory, Va.; Robert \oung. Long Island, N. y.; Skip Paska, Arlington, Va,; Fred Stephenson, Greenville, R.I.; Barbaros Celikkoi, Ankara, Tur key; John Sargent, Whitehouse Station, N. J.; Bob Hosey, Hock- essin, Del.; Bob Schmidt, Linden, N. J.; Robert Ditzel, Roselle, N.J.; Ken Broda, Fair Lawn, N. J.; Bill Luby, Wethersfield, Conn.; Dudley Purdy, Edgewater, Md.; Harold Gray, Greensboro; and Larry Bid dle, Dover, Del. There are eight other student members on the in active list this year. New members just inslailel in clude Ronald Hodkinson, Norwich, Conn.; Kenneth Harper, Hender son; Adrian Bromirski, Linden, N. J ; Thomas Connally, Burlington; and Al Woodward, Wilmington, Del Faculty members and advisoi's for this year include Prof. John S. Graves, Prof. Paul ReddJsr and Pi of. George Boyles. A \ iew From The Oak By MELVIN SHREVES Honor Council Revision The Honor Council Constitution Revision Committee is hard at work trying to put together a new or revised constitution for the Hon or Council that would change the present structure of that body. Chairman Ken Lumpkin, a for mer honor council member, re ported recently that everything is now in the idea stage, and that nothing definite has t>een put on pnper yet. However, he did give some Idea of what the constitu tional revision might do to the structure of the Honor Council itself. To t>egin with, the new Council One objection of this proposal would be in selecting a Jury. One may wonder whether or not there are enough capable people on the campus to make up the juries for a full year. Or there may be more capable people in one de partment than in another with the smaller department being called o.a to put out more work per person than some larger department. It seems that jurymen from the Stu dent Body at large would be a more satisfactory arrangement. One former honor council mem ber suggested that a six member council be elected with on* mea, ber serving as the Judge and the remaining five serve as the Jury. This has its drawbacks in that an election may cause some capable person not to run for the office , . pci OVll liui lU 1 Ull lUi VllC I because he may not be as popular with three judges in contrast with „ther candidate for the _ ^ •u^jon nr ss r"“ os with ten exam dayi ...k ee h» drawn up . tenutiv, ex.m *che^ tc (be *da»t«i;ir*ti)p the interrogation process with six judges. Instead of being elected, the three judges will be appointed by the President of the Student Government with the approval of the Senate. The jury would be composed of one student from each of the aca demic departments. AjS of yet, there has been no statementn ex plaining just what the departments are. The Jury’s duty will be to return a verdict of guUty or not guilty leaving the punishment for guilty persons up to the thr»e judges. The job of gathering evidence for prosecution will be that of the Proaecuting Attorney, who will be appointed to that position in the same manne^r as the Judges, and his aasiaUnU. who can be select- by the Proaecutioi ^ judgM will set take part la “*-• quesUoniJic W tbe defendant. The President of SMhat Govaniment win alw sMMfat a DefeMe Attoracy fcr a one yw term wbo will be availaMa, witb hi* assistanta same office It was brought out in the Stu dent Senate meeting last week that a lower court should be cre ated to deal with the petty offens es, such as line breaking, parking violations, etc. This would give the Honor Council jurisdiction over the major offenses of the Honor Code, and other offenses, and would help the Honor Council re tain its high respect and regard for the Student Body. This matter should be considered by the Re vision Committee when it gets to the writing stage of their process. The Revision Committee would also dissolve the Student Council so that all appeals would be made directly to the Faculty Committee on Stodent Government. If a per son is found not guilty, the Fac ulty Committee will a«t review case and all aecords *t the proceeding will be distroyed. If a person is found guilty, the case may be appealed to the Faculty Coniwittec, but if a person pleads Pdky, ibe Faculty Committee wlU not Beview the caae. In defend tlie de fiant if he wisbet tbe services . « the Deleitar Attoni«y. Thf 4e- * P^rsoB Is suspended from feodant will alaa have tbe ri*ht CoDefe, an autemade appeal i‘lp fn ,t I* all eases tl appeal, pr*. ceedings will be held in the pres ence of the defendant. When all of the wrinkles are ironed out of this revised consti tution, a person who is brought before the Honor Council will be dealt with in a muc more demo cratic way than has been possible under the present constitution. The present Honor Councl has been called a "puppet” organization of the administration, but with a more democratic constitution, the Council can very easily shake this name. School Spirit It is a great thing that has hap pened . . . Elon students are de veloping some school spirit. But who got the ball rolling? You might say that it was the new ly organized and highly spirited band that Elon acquired this year under Prof. Jack White’s direction. Or you might say that it came about through the leadership of a small group of students. Without a doubt, Elon’s winning football team has had a lot to do with this great upserge of spirit. Ac tually the combination of these groups and others unmentioned got the ball rolling, and like a down ^ hill-rolling snowball, the spirit is growing larger as the school year progressef. The spirit really became notice able at Homecoming with all its elaborate activities. And with (he Lenoir-Rhyne game. It wa4S stUl on the rise. Ooups sit together in the stands cheering their lungs out. and making up new cheers as the game progresses. Signs appeared all over fhe campus seemingly out of nowhere. Brerycne is talking about the last game, and speculat ing about the up-eomiB^ game. Let’* hope that the spirit wifl not drop after die foottMll seasor contje* to a chse. The FJgbtiBg Christiaas have a rwgb basket- baU schedule Iia«d «p, Md wiU n«d tbe suppart and spirit of Student Body Let's not let our team down; iM's net let «ur CeV lege down; and Jnst as important let’s not let our let ourselves (town l»t’* keef) tbe School Spirit a voice from the corner By DON TERRELL This week I am submitting my allotted space to Paul Hyde, resigned chairman of our Honor Council. Paul's experience as chairman of the Honor Council should put him into an advantagous position to speak critically and evaluatingly concerning our present weak position. Mr. Hyde’s com ments follow: "There are few elements that are more important to the mature character than one’s honor. An honor system provides a medium in which an individual is able to come into contact with honor, learn to ia- tegrate honor into his character in tiie proper perspective, and be able to exercise his honor in an active manner. If an hon or system does not provide such a medium, what reasons can be given for the exist ence of an honor system other than the fact that it furnishes a system under which students may find Isopholes for legislation or a system under which the administrative body may delegate some of its more un pleasant tasks? The present honor system at Elon College is deteriorating rapidly. I feel that in tlie past two months it has become glaringiy evident that the honor system here is be coming inadequate. At the present too many duties are placed on a few. About five people must function as police, in vestigators, prosecutors, defenders, Jurors, and Judges. It would be a full time job merely trying to determine in which ca pacity one should be at the present. In addition to this the Honor Council must constantly defend their decisions when crit icized by students or faculty who are often not aware of all the details. Unless the system that is now used is changed, cap able and responsible people will not be available to insure the efficient mainten ance of the honor system. It is obvious that something must be done. The abolition of the honor system would prove little except to show that this type system is far better than totalitarian rule by the administration. The only alternative is revision of the present system. I under stand that an ever present committee has been set up to study the present honor system and propose changes. At this point, speed is essential although it should not come at the expense of foresight. It is nev er wise to replace one evil with another. Since serving on the Honor Council and experiencing the different and difficult sit uations in which the Honor Council is plac ed. I have seen, as any other person who has served on the council, the many strengths and weaknesses that exist under the present system. With much forethought and the realization that my opinions of the honor system revision are not all inclus ive. I would like to state my views on honor system revision. First, even greater selectivity should be exercised in admitting students to Elon ollege. It is only good logic that higher cahhre students would contribute to a ^tronger honor system. More realistically owever, the mechanics of the present sys tem should be changed. I feel that the six members of the council should be replaced y a Tribunal. There may be safety in num- ers, but not necessarUy wisdom and three people who would serve s ou be appointed by the president of the the advice and consent o e Student Senate. They would listen evi ence presented to them during a earing, exonerate the accused or find them determine the punishment of ^ Perhaps the most important as- f-rraf” ^ Tribunal system would be the rp, ^ departmennt of prosecution. prosecutor and his deputy should also positions, and the depart- (1,° P'^^^cution would gather evidence al)v f body and present it form- sboiiiH ^ A department of defense DarKc ^ ^ Up Jrom which accused that fh receive proper aid. 1 feel distnbuUon of duties would creaM more satisfactory system. or t ®sP«cts of the present hon- regardle« to be unchangeable ej ® of revision employ- tjip ** “Iways an external autliority; ment is a” of student govem- decision "J^'^'*‘«‘ratlon. Therefore, m ministration of the ad- t>e*0Pe they could be rendered P»r^ of s^biHty is system, the respoa- !• see^*?! Thus tbe rt f system is nuintainsd “»■ -xrxr.':