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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1965
A.STR1I>K THE WHIRLWIND
It IE a pity that more persons on the
Elon campus could not have been among
tho* who heard Dr. PhiUip Cummings, world
traveler and renowned authority on world
wide politics, when he spoke in McEwen
Memorial Dining Hall recently as a guest
of the Alamance Executives Club, for his
remarks were both interesting and timely.
Many of his statements and opinion.^ were
rt called during the past weekend when word
came over the air waves that President
Lyndon B. Johnson had ordered a retaliatory
strike at the Viet Cong Communists in North
Viet Nam. for Dr. Cummings declared at the
time of hii. visit here the necessity for a
more firm American stand in Southt'ast Asia.
Tliere are many persons who were stricken
with fear of all-out war when the first words
came last weekend of the strike by American
air power against the Viet Cong, but many
of those who heard Dr. Cummings may have
thought only that many such .strikes had
b«-en sorely needed In the past.
The visiting speaker, who has spent many
years of his life in foreign countries and in
all continents on the globe, declared firmly
that an immediate and firm stand in South
east A.sia could go far toward restoring re
spect for the United States in other parts of
the world.
In that connection he declared that Amer
ican actions in Viet Nam in the immediate
present can go far in determining the future
fate of America s youth and even the fate
of Americans still unborn. At that same time,
in justification of firm action, he warned
that "if we do not act as ciistodians of the
future, then we are failing our heritage of
tb« past.”
In urging decisive action in the Viet Nam
crisis, Dr. Cummings quoted the late Gen.
Douglass McArthur in the declaration that
“nothing is more immoral than limited war
fare. in which you only irritate the enemy
and do not finish him off." In this connection,
Cummings declared that the American ac
tion in the Cuban crisis in the autumn of
1%2 only served to irritate the enemy and
he warned that America mu.st "finish off"
Cuba some day to relieve the Communist
threat at America’s front door.
In criticizing the American actions in'vTet
Nam. Cummings declared that American am
bassadors in that far Southeast Asia nation
have been faced with constant interference
by the so-called presidential “fact finders”
and other experts whom the president has
sent to Viet Nam in recent months.
In speaking of the Viet Nam situation, the
f:peal«er declared that American actions in
Viet Nam. if launched on a positive scale,
could go far in determining the future fate
of India, Burma. Nepal, Taiwan, Formosa,
the Phlllipines and could make or break
America’.s reputation in the sight of still
other nations in Europe, Africa, Australia
and Latin America.
INEXI'ERIKNC'K
Those who claim that snow light,
Weightless as a feather's flight.
With flakes ethereal as fluff.
Have never shoveled the blasted stuff.
—Jean OoDder Soak
a view
from
the oak
By
MELVIN SHREVES
,SGA REFORTS: First Semester
Krom tht looks of SGA Pre.sident Fred
Stephenson .s "State of the SGA message
to the student body 'printed elsewhere in
thi.s ii--'e'. SGA i;- all peaches and cream.
But theie are ^^.me di.^crepancies in his re-
port.
For in.stancc. if every person who paid his
S;A fi;. took advantage of all benefits,
you mi,‘;ht be able to see a $5.00 return on
your $7.50. For instance, everyone doesn't
attend all of the away games, everyone
doesn't go to all the dances, and you can't
measure in dollars and cents the vrorth of
our Checrleading Squad, the work done by
the officers and senators, and many other
things. The programs are set up knowing
that everyone will not take advantage of all
S(;A offers But there is no doubt about it—
if you want to ge* your money'-- worth, you
can.
Af:."r listing all of the things that SGA
has done, according to the President, only
three committees have done jobs worth being
thanked for. Nothing about the Libera! Arts
Forum, the Entertainment Committee, or
other committees that have been doing fairly
decent jobs.
Of course, there are committees that have
not been doing much. For instance, what
ha.s the Constitution R«vision Committee done
about the very inadequate constitution under
which our SGA tries to operate?
That Little Extra(?) . . .
An organization like SGA on our campus
should be able to provide a little extra
and be able to think and act quick when need
ed But v^'hat happened (or didn't happen)
last month.
When Elon fell prey to the season't first
snowfall, most of our students were left
without any form of recreation except snow
ball fights and sledding.
With five or six inches of snow and/or
ice on the roads, students couldn't get to
the movies or to Earl's and Richie's. In fact,
very few were able to leave campus, and
tho.se left stranded within our four walls
had nothing to do.
The point, as has been recognized by some,
is that our SGA. the organization on our
campus that is supposedly always looking
out for our welfare, was asleep!
For the twelve hours that Saturday as the
snow paralyzed the surrounded area, not
one of the more than one hundred students
who are a working part of the SGA even
suggested any type of organized recreation
for the students that night. And if a suggest
ion was offered, it must have been ignored.
Surely thase who are as interested in the
welfare of the students as our present of
ficers and senators see;ned to be when they
were campaigning last Spring could have
come up with a record hop in McEwen or a
movie in Whitley without too much trouble.
Who knows what the powers that be in the
SGA were thinking about at that time, but
it surely wa.sn't the Student Body. Maybe
they were too busy with their lesson plans
or admiring their "Congratulations, Coward!”
sign!
A I.UtIr Tact, Maybe?
While on the subject of our SGA President’s
now famous “Congratulations, Coward" sign,
quite a few students are wondering if the
right approach was used in trying to get
the real point of destruction across to the
vandals.
From the looks of the door of the men's
room in the Union, the point didn't come
across. And the sign that followed the dam
aged door '"The Coward Strikes Again"),
verified the opinion of many students, in
cluding this writer, that this approach to
reprimanding vandals was both childish and
silly.
Has anyone ever heard of tact?
Honor: Air Force and Elon
When it was discovered that someone broke
into the office of Prof. Tully Reed the week
end of exams, did anyone notice any rush of
students going to the Dean’s office to hand
in their resignations?
Well, actually no one did resign, and prob
ably no one will. But when word leaked out
at the Air Force Academy that an investiga
tion was under way on a cheating scandal,
quite a few cadets turned in their resig
nations rather than face a court martial.
You might wonder why so many resigna
tions were turned in. Some probably resigned
becau.se they stole the exams, some because
they bought the stolen goods and thus would
have been considered cheaters: some knew
what was going on and didn't report it:
some would rather resign and give up a
free education rather than report or serve
as a witness against a friend.
Elon s Honor Code is quite similar in words
to the one at the Air Forte Academy, but
in reality, is our Honor Code in any way
similar to the Air Force's? If a scandal
like their s broke out on the Elon campus.
(Contionrd on Page Four)
CAMPl S ANDCOMMLNi rV HEAKT FlM) f.EAOERS
Leaders in the 1965 Heart Fund Campaign being conducted on the Elon campus this month, are
shown reviewing planned activities with other area chairmen. Standing, left to right, are Roy Sonovick,
chairman of the student campaign: Fred Steph-nson, 1 resident of the Elon Student Body: and Rev. John S.
Graves, chairman of the Elon faculty campaign. All are brothers of Sigma Mu Sigma Fraternity, which
is sponsoring the campus campaign in memory of the late Prof. Dudley Watson. The two gentlemen
seated aie James Shofner and James Haynes, who are among community leaders working with the Sigma
Mu Sifima group in the Heart F\ind Drive.
Elon Is Meniher Of Cooperative Group
Continued From Page v>i.e)
operatei through a board ol direct-;
ors. which is composed of the ;jrC3-
idents of the seventeen memb.-r col
leges. The directors then choose the
officers, including a president, vice-
president, secretary and treasurer.
I These officers, plus three additional
members named by the directors,
make up an executive committee. 1
Currently the Center operates!
through six standing committees.'
each of which includes one repre
sentative from each of the seven
teen member institutions, with the
members from each college appoint'
ed by the president of that college.
These six standing committees di-
on Librai7 Affairs, which has al
ready arranged cooperative bargain
ing for binding books for the vari
ous libraries and has published a
union periodical list of holding in
rect arrangements for visiting .schol
ars on various campases, faculty re
search projects, library affairs, ar
rangements for exhibits and films,
visits by artists and performing
groups and plans for the general ed
ucational program.
The Elon representatives on these
six standing committees of the
Piedmont University Center include
Dr, H. H. Cunningham on the Com
mittee for the Visiting Scholars Pro
gram, which brings to each member
institution a number of outstandin
scholars as speakers during the
year: Dr, Paul H, Cheek on the
Committee on Faculty Research,
which arranges and makes grants
for faculty research projects.
Olhe'- Elon ii;;)resjniative:- .ire j
Ui . W. W. Sloan on the Committee
various libraries: and Prof. Edwin I
L. Daniel on the Committee on Ex
hibits and Films, which schedules
various tra elling exhi'oitions on the
various campuses and also operates
a centralized teaching film library
at Reynolda House in Winston-
Salem.
Also representing Elon in the pro
gram are Prof. Walter Westafer on
the Committee on Artists and Per
forming Groups, which keeps a cen
tralized file of artists and perform
ing groups available for appearance
at the member colleges and which
can reduce costs by block-booking
certain attractions to several
schools: and Prof. Fletcher Moore,
Elon's academic dean, who is a
member of the Committee on the
General Educational Program. This
committee has arranged inter
change of students and joint employ
ment of faculty members within the
group and which considers various
cooperative academic programs
such as conferences of administrat
ive. faculty and staff representatives
of the member colleges and which
considers such plans as a common
calendar, student study abroad and
cooperative curricultun planning.
One of the most significant pro
grams to be considered by the mem
bers of the Piedmont University
Center thus far is a plan for a co
operative admissions center, which
is to be presented soon at a pro-
losed meeting of the presidents of
the seventeen institutions. It is a
plan designed “to bring some kind
over
the
bar
of order out of the chios that now
cxisis in the field of c«!lege admis
sions."
According to Dr. A. R. Keppel.
executive director of the University
Center, this cooperative admissions
plan would have a h’'5h school stu
dent to send his application to the
Center instead of to the college he
wishes to attend. On his application
the student would indicate his first,
second, third and evpi fourth choic
es of colleges he might wish to at
tend.
The Center would then mail the
application in turn to each of the
student's successive choices of col
leges in order until the application
is either accepted or rejected by one
or all of them. It is pointed out that
the student, regardless of how many
institutions his application went to.
wou4d pay only one application fee,
where as present multiple applica
tions require multiple fees. The plan
would reduce the number of appli-
cations to be compiled by high
I schools.
I This program, if adopted, would
I operate along with others at the
permanent home and headquarters
of the Piedmont University Center,
which is located in the beautiful
Reynolda House in Winston-Salem,
the huge mansion which was the
home of the late R. J. Reynolds,
founder of the Reynolds Tobacco
Company. The Renolda House was
recently provided as a gift of the
Mary Reynolds Babcock Founda
tion, along with sixteen acres of
land, as a center for tiie arts and
higher education.
Student Government Report Given
In beginning this report, I knov(
each of you is primarily interested
in two things: you paid $7.50, and
what do you get in return? For the
student who wanted to capitalize
on his investment, he could have
attended concerts by the Migrants
i$1.00). Drifters l$l,50), and Major
Lance ($1.50); attended the Sep
tember dance with the Fabulous
Five '$1,001, a dance with the Mys
tiques (.75). the Homecoming Dance
'$1.50', and a dance with the Fab
ulous Furies '$1.00': attended ten
movies at fifty cents each, the
YMCA Orientation Party (.50), four
Liberal Arts Programs '$1.00 each),
and Date Night i$1.00': and taken
busses to seven away games
'$33.50) and five home football
games i$2.50'. What does this all
mean? For your original $7.50 in
vestment, you could have received
$55.50 in SGA benefits.
The SGA has far more sides
to it than the financial side. As I
look back at the Fall Semester, I
can see the bad along with the
good. To mentira a few of these
mixed topics:
By FRED STEPHENSON
SGA President
The spirit this season has been
exceptionally good. Perhaps it was
the success of our excellent foot
ball team, but at any rate, spirit
has improved. Let’s keep this up.
Support the basketball team and
the approaching Spring sports.
Perhaps each of us has his own
definition of honor, but neverthe
less. I think honor on our campus
has not been up to the best stand
ards. When people destroy property
such as the Union furniture and
SGA posters, when they cheat on
tests, when they steal books and
furniture, and when they continue
to break rules, then they show me
how they regard honor. Honor is a
personal thing. It is up to the indi
vidual to set up his own code. It is
unfortunate, but society has failed
to set up a code for us.
Three committees deserve credit-
at this time. The Orientation Com
mittee under the direction of Hal
Pittard. the Homecoming Commit
tee under Tim Gifford, and the
Parent's Day Committee under Tom
Millspaw did excellent work. All
three chairmen completed their
tasks, handled their committees,
and met their deadlines more than
satisfactorily.
Looking ahead, several events are
scheduled for this semester. Feat
ured will be the Mid-Winters this
week-end. and the Spring Week
end.
Spring weekend will replace the
May Day celebration this year.
Gone will be the May Day activ
ities on Saturday afternoon and the
Semi-Formal Dance on Saturday
night.
Featured this yeer will be the
Lettermen in concert on Friday
night, a picnic and carnival on Sat
urday afternoon, an informal dance
featuring the ShireUes on Saturday
night, and Little .Anthony and the
Imperials for a concert on Sunday
afternoon.
Other events planned for yoirr
benefit are buses to athletic events,
including the Carolinas Conferei: je
Basketball Tournament: buses to
the circus, ice show, and Globe
trotters basketball game; fo«r or
five other dances: about ten movies;
and several Liberal Arts Programs,
By
RICHARD GUNKLE
NUMBER ONE
Someday some of you are going to have
to stand on your own two feet and look at
the world fair and square — at its ugli
ness, its beauty, its good, its bad; and see
the world for what it is and not be fright
ened of it. You conquer the world through
intelligence and not being subdued by fear.
We ought to make the best we can of our
world. Even if we are not in the best cir
cumstances we are still better off than
some of those who came before us.
Remember the past, hope for the future,
but remember we live in the present, and
it is only in the present that we can control
ourselves. Knowledge, kindness, and courage
can only be had when we put aside our day
dreams, fears, and prejudices. All of us at
one time or another are going to have to face
this unavoidable decision, the decision to
stand alone and look at oneself.
Some of us are not going to like the per
son we see. Still others will not be percept-
able enough to see anything. For the latter
their situation is not tragic, but for the
former it is. For »nly one who is aware of
himself can know.
Perhaps 1 have lost some of you by now.
Very simply put. I’m saying you have a
choice: you can be a vegetable all your
life and live in your make believe world,
or you can step out of your shell and play
ball. This choice is vrhat makes us superior
to all other animals. This awareness is what
keeps some of our species from imitating
other animals.
There are some “realists” who assume that
everyone is basically selfish, and out for
what he can get. This “survival of the fittest
or law of the jungle” is a widely current
philosophy on this campus. I ask these “real
ists” whether the cunning of a fox or the
ruthlessness of a lion are qualities of human
fitness. I think not. Some humans have
managed to survive without emulating the
ostrich or the lion.
By now, 1 know I have lost some of you.
Well, how does all of this stuff relate to
honor? Our honor system is not as effective
as it could be. Our honor system will not
improve until improvement comes from with
in the individual student. Until the majority
of you move from your complacency there
will be insufficient interest to improve the
system.
Wake up, look at yourself! Are you proud
of what you are? Remember to be a vege
table is easy, to be an individual it takes
guts. Sure you may step on some toes, but
no one yet has succeeded in going through
life without stepping on some.
Shortly after this column was written, the
cheating scandal at the Air Force Academy
was made public. Over a hundred students
have resigned at the academy, A minority
of the parents of the former cadets have
expressed the following view point:
‘We have raised our children for the past
eighteen or so years not to be stool pigeons,
but now our children have been forced to
resign because they refused to be stoolies,”
This viewpoint is rather a sad excuse for
lack of parental guidance. What is our honor
system? Basically it is a contract in which
the student agrees to uphold specified stand
ards and to report any violations of these
standards to the proper authorities: when
he himself becomes a trespasser or anyone
else trespasses these standards. In return
the student should derive some sense of ma
turity and responsibility, insofar that he is
on his own.
Failure to live up to these standards is a
failure to achieve self-realization and ma
turity. These former cadets knew the acad
emy had an honor system before they entered
the academy. If they could not abide by the
standards and norms set up they should
have gone elsewhere.
Future columns of “The Other View” wiD
deal with honor and the problems we stu
dents here at Elon face.
SKRMONETTES
An executive is the guy who is always
annoying the hired help by asking them to
do something.
Everything should be practiced in mod
eration, including moderation.
Faith will never die as long as aolored
seed catalogs are published.
The person with a chip on his shoulder
always carries an unnecessary burden.
Thosie wka criticize the younger generatioi
seem to forget who raised it.
Hard vrork is an accumulation of the
things that you did net do when you should
have.