fAGE TWO
MAROON AND GOLD
Friday, November 13,
Maroon And Gold
Entered u lecond cUm matter at the
?0B* Office at Elon CoUegc, N. C.. under
the A«t of March •, 1879. Delivered by
Ball. $1 90 per college 7«ar. 75 ceoU the
•emeitar.
EOrrOSlAL BOARD
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Scott Zimmerman
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1964
C01.1.KGK I’OPfl-ATION
The probable growing demands to be nui(k'
upon the colleges of North Carolina was the
subject of an address made rti'Titly by Dr.
A. K. King, one of the vice-presidents of
the con.solidated UniversHy of North Caro
lina, who stressed the need for tremendous
expunnion by all of the state’s colleges to
keep pace with the much-heralded population
explosion
The prospective increases in college-age
population has been the subject iif widespread
discussion in recent years, but Dr. King
warned that predictions of increased en
rollment in the colleges of the state and
nation have bi-en "far too consTvative.” He
cited .survey figures which indicate that
"total enrollment in North Carolina colleges
and universities will be IfiO.OOO with an esti
mate of 205,000 for 1975.
TTie need for expansion of facilities be
comes very evident when one considers
that the total enrollment in North Carolina
Colleges last fall was 88,0R5, with private
colleges enrolling 38,518 or +4.7 per cent,
while the public colleges enroled 47,5#7 or
S5.3 per cent.
The speaker pointed out that if the 1975
predictions come true, then it would repre
sent an increase of 137.5' above and beyond
the enrollment in the fall of 1963. If the pri
vate and public institutions kept pace unth
the respective rankings in 196.'), then one
would be likely to find out 91,635 students in
the state's private colleges in 1975, with the
remainder of the 205,000 students attending
public institution.s.
It is intere.stlng to conjectun what this
tremendous population explosion could mean
to ju.st one institution if it kept pace with
the increa.>ie. Consider that the enrollment
of Elon, for instance, was 1,262 students in
the fall of 1963. If Elon were to increase
It’s enrollment by 137.5 per cent by 1975,
then Elon's increase alone would total ap
proximately 1.725, and one can visualize an
EJon in 1975 with 2,987 students, or roughly
an institution of 3,000 stmlents.
Of course, as Dr. A. K. King remarked in
hii. speech, the majority of the private in-
stitution-s will not expand as rapidly as will
the public-supported colleges. This will be
due in part to the lack of financial sup|x>rt
for such tremendous expansion, and it will
also be due in part to the fact that the
administrations of many of the privately-
endowed colleges will not wish to expand so
rapidly in view of the varied institutional
philosophies and policies in repard to se
lective admissions and continued elevation
of academic .standards
In disciLssing the increasing! (*emand. Dr.
King warned, however, that xljustments
must be made to take care of the growing
number of the state's talented young peo
ple. an increasing per cent of whom are
continuing in secondary schools as a result
of the emphasis upon retention of drop-outs.
He said that failure to provide ade]uate
college facilities would be "a vvaste of talent
which the slate can ill afford."
Surely thi.s look into the future is of in
terest to everyone, not only here at Hon,
biit upon the campus of all of the North
Carolina colleges, and it is well to think
what demands Increased enroknent can
mean to each and every college and to each
and every college student and faculty mem
ber Think, for in.^tance, how it would seem
to be attending an Elon Callege with 3,008
students l»stead of the slightly .Tiore than
1,300 that are here this ftiU.
a view
from
the oak
By
MELVIN SHREVES
Red Tape
It is no wonder that the Liberal Arts Forum
has not had any more success than it has
in the past years, and if things continue
the way they have during the past several
li'i.iiii', the Korum may throw in the
towel again. And who would blame them?
What am I talking about? Red tape I And
plenty of it. Pylori College probably spends
more money on red tape in a year’s time than
they GO Oil teachers' salaries.
Kor instance, when the college buys chairs
for the choir to use, no one can get those
chairs for another use unless he has an
order from the Boaid of Trustees. At lea.st,
that's the way it .seems. And it’s the same
way with the chairs In the dining hall.
McEweii has about three hundred chairs up-
stai s and tables enough for all those chairs.
But can the Student Government Association
or any of its committees use them for a
dance or a Liberal Arts program? You just
ask them.
Every time the SGA has a dance in the
gym, they have to rent chairs and tables at
the tune of $200 and a piano at the tune of
$10. Why do they have to put out this
money? Because its cheaper and faster than
trying to cut through all that red tape and
saner than getting kicked out of school
for stealing the chairs.
At Homecoming ,the Talent Show com
mittee couldn't get an upright piano moved
from one of the piano rooms to the stage
. . . and they could not move any of the
two pianos that were on the stage unless a
member of the music department was pres
ent.
Well, you know how little the stage in
Whitley is. Try fitting two concert grands,
thirty folding chairs, and the Eddie Harris
Sextet behind the curtains. It can be done,
but with a little consideration, conditions
could have been much better.
When the Liberal Arts Forum had Vinciati
at Elon several weeks ago for a lecture in
West Parlor, over one hundred spectators
were on hand. But the college would not let
the Forum use the choir chairs or the dining
hall chail>s fOr the seating of visitors. And
there were many visitors at the program who
had to stand around for ten or fifteen minutes
while the committee went around looking for
chairs. They got chairs, but 1 won't say
how.
One of the candidates running for presi
dent of the United States last week favored
doing away with cumbersome waste and red
tape. The students at Elon voted for him.
Perhaps they knew what he was talking
about from their experiences at Elon. Maybe
the college should consider this for a few
minutes. Or maybe they would rather that
the Liberal Arts Forum throw in the towel.
I don't think they want this.
Apathy In Voting
Quite a few people were surprised at the
vote returns from the mock election held here
on campus last Monday especially after the
figures were compared with figures of pre
vious elections. The turnout for the Johnson-
Goldwater election was the smallest since
1952 when Stevenson first ran against Eisen
hower. In that year 173 students voted for
the Republican candidate and 186 voted for
the Democratic candidate.
The second Stevenson-Eisenhower election
showed a sharp increase in voter turnout.
The students wnt for Eisenhower with 313
over the Democrats 143 votes.
In 1960. the Republicans nominated Nixon
for the top job. and the Democrats ran Ken
nedy. The \ DC and the YRC must have put
on a good show that year as a total of
560 persons voted in the elections. Thev cast
sow votes for Nixon and 251 for Kennedv.
As in the 1952 race, the student vote was
reversed by the national vote and Kennedy
became the nxt President of the United
States.
And now it is 1964. Of the 1,114 studenU in
daytime classes, only 403 students voted in
the mock election this year, which is only
36.2' of the daytime enrollment. Why this
apathy?
According to sex, the men voted 270 out of
672 for a percentage of 40.2, vUiile the women
voted 33.6 percent, with 133 out of 396. So
percentagewise, and numerically, the men
outvoted the women.
I am sure that people are still wondering
why the turnout v^as so small, and I’m sure
that many people have many answers. I have
a few answers myself, but what really
worrM>s me is that there are students on
this campus who didn’t care eneugh to even
v^te, and there are those who voted who
oon t care how it c; me out or that there
was a small vole.
The blame can go to many people and
groups, but locally a lot of the blame can
go to the VDC and the YRC. According to
the Maroon and Gold of I960, the campaign
put on by the parties that year was much
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STl f)KM S IN SCHOLARSHIPS BY SALES WORK
over
the
bar
Prof. Fletchor Moore, dean of the college, is pictured at the left above as he presented scholarship
checks for $1,000 each recently to Larry Crim, second from left, and Leslie Johnson, second from the
right, as awards won for outstanding summer .s') les work with the Collier's Encyclopedia organization.'
Watching from the right as Dean Moore presented the checks is George Minson, regional sales supervisor
for the Collier's Company.
Two SUidents Awarded Scholarships
Larry Crim of Winston-Salem, a;iJ
Leslie Johnson, of Burlington, Intli
students at Elon College, have w >n
$1,000 scholarships for their out
standing records as Collier's En
cyclopedia salesmen during the
past summer.
The award v^’as given by B. F.
CoUier, Inc., a division of The Crow-
ell-Collier Publishing Company which
publishes the encyclopedia.
Prof. C. Fletcher Moore, aca
demic dean of Elon College, pre
sented the scholarships to Crim and
Johnson in ceremonies at the col
lege. Representing Collier's Ency-
^ril'C'iia was George Minsoii. re
gional sales supervisor.
Johnson and Crim are two of 16
U. S. r.ntl Canadian students to
win Collier scholarships under the
company's annual vacation training
program.
Crim. an English major and ;>
member of Sigma Mu Sigma fra
ternity, is a sophomore at Elon
Johnson is a pre-med student in
his junior year at the coilega. Both
were members of Collier’s student
sales force.
Minson said the Collier's summer
scholarship program, in which more
than 4.000 students participated this
year, enables the company to de
velop executive sales personnel and
gives the student practical business
and sales experience. The company
has awarded more than $125,000
in college scholarships and grants
since 19,57 when the program began.
Ne>v Elon Player Room Is Now In Use
By .MEIA’IN SHREVES
(Other Picture On Paf^** l*iiiir>
When I went up to the second
floor of Alamance last week to get
a description of the new Prayer
Room for this story. I was not pre
pared for what I saw, for it was
a wonderful transformation.
The old corner classroom has
been completely redon. The walls
have been painted a rosy white,
with the back wall semi-panelled
in walnut as are the radiator cov
ers. The little room has indirect
lighting, a stained glass window, j
and the windows are draped Tn
maroon velvet. The floor is covered
wall to wall with a deep gold car
pet, upon which are about thirty
newly upholstered maroon chairs
which originally sat in the Society
Hall.
As you walk into the room, you
can't help but feel the air of quiet
dignity and meditation that sur
rounds you. The chairs look so
comfortable, one cannot turn down
DR. J. C. NEWMAN
their invitation to sit and stay a
while.
As I sat in tf.e room, I recalled
talking with ‘‘Papa John " Graves
about the Prayer Room. He had
told me that the idea started as a
request from students for such a
room some years ago. The college
and friends gave money to have
the room done with “Papa John"
in charge.
He has just finished three years
of work on it. The campus chap
lain and some students had cut
the stained glass and fixed the
mold for it. It is something for
which they are pleased.
The Reverend Mr. Graves had
explained to me that the room
would always be open for medita
tion by anyone at anytime, and
(one has the idea that it will be
used often.
As 1 got ready to leave the room.
I walked up to look at the Bible
which someone had given to the
room. On the inside cover read:
"In Honor of John S. Graves.” The
altar table on which it rested had
ontlnued rage Fou;
JUDICIAL OBSERVER
A Viow Of Honor System
Nothing's perfect. Perfection, how
ever. is something which we strive
for, but it is a goal which we never
quite seem to reach. Every foot
ball play is designed to make a
touchdown; this is the goal, but
seldom is it achieved. It usually
takes many plays to score. The
game is not easy; there are ob
stacles all along the way. and over
coming them is difficult. When a
team scores, it achieves its goal.
If the game has been played fair
and square, the winning team is
worthy of the victory it has won.
I suppose almost everybody Ras
heard the expression, "win or lose,
it doesn't matter, it’s how the gamo
is played that’s important.” There
is an elemkrt of truth here, be
cause playing the game honestly
is an important factor. When the
game isn’t played this way and
when violations are committ^, the
offending team is penalized. So,
playing the game honestly is im-
important, but winning is also im
portant, because victory is the goal.
Just as every play is meant to
score, every game ir n»eant to be
won. A team strives for perfection,
and a team must work together, for
one man making a mistake can
throw a vthole play off key. Co
operation is needed too. Each man
must do his part to move the team
on to the victory.
A game of football is indeed sym
bolic of most anything we try to
achieve in life. All along the way
there are obstacles which must be
overcome; and, just as in a game
of football, success in life is achiev
ed only when "the game is played
right." Success, just like winning
a game, is a wonderful feeling, es
pecially when it is achieved hon-
astly. It is a gratifying experience
to achieve a goal honestly because
one can honestly say to himself,
“I am worthy of this,”
Honor is a loftv goal to seek,
and achieving honor requires a lot.
It requires sacrifice and self-
discipline. The person who achieves
honor and attains it honestly is re
spected by his fellow man. We, as
students here at Elon, are expected
to conduct ourselves in such a man
ner as to exhibit honor in every
I phase of school life. We operate
1 under an honor system, which does
not mean that anyone will force us
I to conduct ourselves in this man
j ner, but it does mean that we are
j expected to conduct ourselves with
. honor if we are to be a part of
I Elon College.
Each one of us carries his own
load, just like a member of the
football team. If one player doesn’t
do his job, the play is most likely
unsuccessful, and the same thing
is applicable to us as students. We
are part of the college’s team, work
ing to achieve a goal. Our goal is
honor, and if one student fails to
do his share in achieving that goal,
then the play is lost.
How many of us really do our
share in upholding our honor sys
tem? Probably very few of us can
honestly say that we have given
our best. Are we, as Elon College
students, worthy of our honor sys
tem? We are worthy, only if all of
us do our full part to uphold it and
if we cannot do this, then we are
not worthy of even having such a
system, and it should be taken
away fr"m us.
Our honor system is a privilege,
and if we do not support it, then
we are not worthy of such a priv
ilege. It is like playing a game. No
team is worthy of wtining a game
if the game is not played fairly.
It is a much better feeling to win
a game honestly, and a truly great
player will not settle for less. How
I about you?
By
PALX ROBINSON
In the last issue of the Maroon and Gold
I claimed to know why many Elon students
did not understand the organizational struc
ture of the Honor Court. The reasons for
this are numerous and easily explained.
Let me begin with the freshmen. Initiated
into college life during Orientation Week,
the rules of the campus are explained to
them and the adjustment begins toward be
coming I'ndependant students. The first week
goes well. They are told that Ellon has an
honor sysfejp and a campus code. They
are told that they are going to be trusted
with the personal responsibility of individual
integrity. They understand and accept the
challenge.
Then the ceiling falls in — the upperclass
men arrive and classes begin. Up to this
point the naive freshmen have had only
limited association with two campus ele
ments, the upperclassmen and the faculty.
There are, of course, several upperclassmen
and faculty members associated with the
orientation program, but these are usually
a few who are public spirited, have free
time, and wish to accomplish something
other than their minimum responsibilities
on the campus.
Within two weeks the upperclassmen and
faculty have imbedded the campus mood
into the freshmen’s mind, and the stagna
tion resulting from their apathy is firmly
impressed upon our new-comers. The stu
dent body in general is aware that Elon
has an Honor System, but most people don’t
seem to let it bother them nor inhibit them.
Few people seem to conduct themselves
with full awareness of their responsibilities to
upholding the system. An unwritten law
appears to prevail, "'i'ou don't turn me in
and I don’t turn you in.” The freshman in
a new and different atmosphere is usually
uncomfortable. He wants to belong and the
best way to do this is to conform. Thus,
Elon’s most imbedded tradition, apathy, is
continued into another class. We therefore,
find that there is a much larger problem
affecting our Honor System.
Apathy, once embedded in a society, is
difficult to root out. To become apathetic is
as easy as bowing to the simplest of tempta
tions. If one like to drink or smoke, it is
much easier to drink or smoke excessively
than it is to quit. It is easier to go to the;
movies than it is to study, especially if one
has difficulty concentrating. It is also much
easier to allow one’s social obligations to
slip than it is to fight to preserve them,
especially if there is a long history of slip
page resulting from apathy.
During the past few weeks there has beaa
frequent reference to what our heart knows
-0 be right. The voter was supposed to know
in his heart that Barry Goldwater was ijight.
The Democrats ' said, ‘^es — extremely
right! On Nov. 1, C.B.S. said that during
the final days of the campaign Barry knew
in his heart that he was going to lose. Well,
C.B.S. and Barry were right.
In our heart we all know certain things
are right. The Republicans felt that Barry
was right, the Democrats felt that Johnson
was right. The John Birchers feel that Dr.
Billy James Hargis is right, and the clergy
feel that Jesus Christ is right, etcetera, ad
inifinitum.
According to the October 16th issue of
the Maroon and Gold all of the students
here at Elon claim some sort of religious
affiliation. I am sure that the intensity of
faithfulness among us is quite variable,
but nonetheless, most of us have some
respect for religious teacJiings, and most of
us know the importance of personal integ
rity before God and our fellow man.
I feel that I can safely assume that most
of us feel in our heart that the Honor system
IS Expressing in action a social re
sponsibility is more difficult than merely
Mowing that it is right. No one wants to
be a martyr. Only a very few people ever
"ant to be the only person to take a differ
ent stand because conformity is vogue. The
^lal consequences of non-conformity are
ig . All we ever get in return from sticking
our neck out is our head cut off (socially
speaking),
in the midst of our complacency, how-
J ™portant observation is over
looked. When we fail to act honorably we
torfeit the right to advocate honor, and if
enough people refuse to act with honor, honor
itseli soon becomes myth.
I challenge us all to prove that we can
ve as honorably on practice as we advo-
^ f I suggest that sUmuli can
ound by viewing the consequences of
aving the honor system removed. We will
ave to fight to preserve what we know in
our hearts is right.
Pointed Phrases
■That freshman girl is frightfully temp
eramental, isn’t she?”
You said it! She’s 95 per cent temper
and 5 per cent mental."