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MAROON AND €OLD
Friday, November 16, 1962
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Melvin Shreve* At^i‘:tant Editor
H,n»on .Mikell Ai--,^'ant Editor
David Marihburn Bpurti Editor
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H. Iteid Alumni Editor
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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
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