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ntlDAY, MARCH 12. 1%.^
1
HK\KT WARMIN(; SPIKIT
No more heart-warming exhibition of the
Klon Colleiie spirit has been si'cn in recen*
year.s than that seen when more than one-
hundri“d fifly Elon students .ind faculty mem
bers gathered at Elon's Alumni Memorial
Gymnasium on Tuesday nijiht, .March 2nd.
to welcome home an Elon cage team that
had just lost to their bitter rr. als of High
Point College.
It hal been a fine sight on the pre\ lou.
Saturday night when a crowd of approxi
mately three hundred Fighting Chri.stian sup-
porter.^, including studont.s, faculty and towns
people. gathered at the gymn;wlum to wel
come back the triumphant Chrlstian.s. who
had that night rolled for a victory over the
High Point f*anthers and were bringing back
to the campus Elon .s first Conference cage
crown in nine years.
That welcome celebration on Saturday
night had only served as a climax to the
noisy and enthusiastic support accorded to
the Hon cagers during the three nights at
Lexington, and it I.-, always ' :lv/ to find en-
thiksiam for a winner, even nifire easy to
find enthusiasm for a championship winner,
and easier still to lift resounding cheers
when th.it champlon.ship is th> :.cond within
three months time.
The real test of enthusiasm comes in the
face of defeat, and the F'lon spirit met that
test when the group braved a cold winter
night to meet the ba.sketballers who had just
gone down in defeat and In so doing had
lost a chance for a trip to the national tourna
ment at Kan.sas City; Yes, indeed, it was
a wonderful di.splay of spirit on Elon's brick-
walled and oak-shaded campuj«.
WHAT IS AN AMKRK AN?
He whips the enemy nations and then gives
them the shirt off his back. He yells for
speed laws that will stop fast driving, and
then won t buy a car if it doesn't go 100
miles per hour. He gripes about the high
prices of things he has to buy but gripes
still more about the low prices of things
he has to .sell. He knows the lineup of every
baseball team In the American and National
Leagues and does not know half the words
in "The Star-Spangled Banner."
An American will get mad at his wife for
not running their home with the efficiency
of a hotel and then he will get mad at a
hotel fbr not operating like a home. He will
fall out with his wife over her cooking and
then go on a fi&hing ti'ip and swallow half
fried potatoes, burnt fish, and gritty creek
water coffee made in a rusty bucket and
think it is good.
An American will w»rk on a farm so he
can move into town where he tan make
money so he can move back to the farm
He will spend half a day looking for vitamin
pills to make him live longer — then drive
90 miles an hour on slick pavement to make
up for the lost twne.
But we're still pretty nice foflcs. Calflng a
person "a r«al American ' is the best compli
ment we can pay him. Most of the world is
itching for what we have — but Ujey won't
have it until they start scratching for it the
w^ we did. — SELECTED.
a View
from
the oak
By
MELVIN SHREVFJ5
Spring Flections — Almost Herel
In just ten more days, March 22nd, the
Student B'nly will be hearing from the candi
date for the top four offices In the Student
f^lii.ernment Association.
ITie Board ol Elections has announced that
filing i.s now open for these offices, President,
Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and
the cxnilldate.-, will be making their speeches
on Mar^h 22nd it a Student Body meeting in
Whitley.
Everyone who h.n> been at Elon for the
Spring Elections knows ol the excitement
and tense moments that are a part of the
elections. Speeches, posters, leaflets, prom-
i.M-s, and fierce Individual campaigning.
If there are more than two candidates for
any of the four top offices, the Primary
Election will be hold on March 25th. The
(ienerul Election has been slated for April
1st. and the Senate Elections for April 8th.
At may have been noticed, the election
dates an two or three weeks earlier this
year than they have been in the past. This
change will give the newly elected officials
more time to make key appointmnts in the
SGA set-up, and to work with the outpoing
officers for a longer period of time, so that
the new officials will be better acquainted
with their jobs when they take over.
Time is getting short and there aren't very
many candidates, but as always, candidates'
names will be on the ballot come election
time, and the voters will have a choice in
most all Instances. Th^ voters as well as the
candidates themselves should take plenty of
time to decide on their choice, be It whether
or not to run, or which candidate to vote for.
A Suggested Issue
Thi«e are certain issues that come up in
elections each >ear, and new ones are always
coming to the front. If we may suggest one.
In the stale of North Carolina, there is an
organization known as the State Student Leg
islature vhlch is composed of delegates from
some twenty odd colleges and universities in
the state. This organization meets annually
in Ilaleigh to discuss and debate current is
sues before the people and/or General As
sembly.
Whenever the lil)eral-minded assembly
meets, the newspapers blow up the resolu
tions passed by the group without giving
the reasons for their actions, and for this
reason, the organization does not have the
best name in the stale.
But there are two residents of Alamance
County who were at one time members of this
group that have really made good. One of
them was reared in Ossipee and attended
Elon, while the other is a native of Haw
River. One became one of the youngest
college presidents in the nation. Dr. J. Earl
Damelcy, and the other was elected as one
of the youngest Lieutenant Governors of
of the youngest Lieutenant Governors of North
Carolina, ‘Bob" Scott. (They are not mem
bers of the same party, however I.
Since the membersh.p of the House of Rep
resentatives of this assembly is in ratio to
the enrollment of the member schools, the
larger colleges and universities have more
votes and a great deal of power. And it is
the vote of the large schools that elect the
officers.
At the present time, it is almost impossible
to elect an officer from a small school. But
It could be done if there was an organization
of small scho«ls such as the now extinct
North State Student Government Association.
The last time the organization met was
m the Fall of 1963. In fact, Elon dominate 1
the meeting as holder of the coveted Most
Improved Student Government Award (award
ed the previous Spring under Jim Buie's
term as SGA president), and an Elon student
held the office of President of NSSGA.
But when it came time for the Spring
iweting, things fell apart. None of the mem
ber schools could get in contact with the
president, and no Spring meeting was held
Elon had its report ready, as did the other
schools, but there was no one to receive the
report.
'\nd so NSSGA folded. And the Elon SGA
was as guilty as anyone for letting it do so
So here is the pitch.
Can the new EUon SGA administration get
started for the reorganization of
N^A. It would be a tough job, and the
other members, plus any new ones, would
^v« to do their part. But the rewards coulj
be worth it.
At NSSGA meetings, member schools are
able to exchange idea* and programs that
can benefit all of the members, and it could
form strong block sf votes and power
that would better enaUe the small colleges
to deal with tJw larger college* and uni-
*ersities at the St.ite Student Legisljlure.
Uahyaitioas
COURTSHIP — The period when the girl
decides wiiether she can do any better.
BAB\-SITTEIRS — Girls you hirs to watch
your TV set.
THINGS SEEN AS ELOiN WON ( HAAIPlONSniP
Friday, March 12,
view
(loach And His l>o s P ■ !i
Branson Hils Against Pfeiffer
ON BENCH
AND COURT
•1 iil'ments
I . ; -T-l , ,,1 |V„. ; ^,,1 fgpg
' ' h' *hrpo .I'thN of play
i , lims Cniiforppc^* Toum-
.'■■1 ■* ,"t r ".\i it;tf>n. three nights
rini-1u'hirh the Elon Christians
roe ■ frrm a lowly sixth spot in the
st p-lin.'s to win the big golden
that symbolizes (he champ
ionship of the Conference for 1965.
Pictured lop above is a bit of
consultation between Coach Bill
Miller and his boys at the bench
a. Dart of the strategy
that carried them to victory over
Appuljrhfan, Pf?iffer and High
Point in successive nights. Jesse
Bronson. I.lon’s brilliant forward,
is pictrred in the centered picture
as he leaped high in the air to
drop a two-pointer against the
Pfeiffer Falcons, cutting loose the
shot over the head of Pfeiffer’s
Danny Carver. Then, in the pic
ture at the bottom, Branson hits
for another two-pointer In the
thrilling victory over High Point
in tie final game of the toMraa.
ment. Other pictures from that
final triumph over the Panthers
are shown on Page Four, and a
shot of the complete Christiaa
squad is found on the main sports
IV o Mone Against High Point
By
RICHARD GL'NKLE
In my last colunm I advocated that a letter
be sent to incoming students explaining the
honor system and what the spirit of honor
means to the individual student. For many
of us college is the first great test of per.
sonal honor. The honor system is ide- iistic,
but it is not unattainable.
Here in part is an address deli,ered to
freshman honor meeting at Princeton Uni
versity by Mike Smith, chairman of The
Undergraduate Council. This speech was de
livered last September to the Class of 1968
". . . bui most of all, the whole of your
experienceti vv'ill be bound together and made
more meaningful by the mutual trust and
respect shared between you and your fellow
classmates."
“The cornerstone of this mutual trust and
respect is the honor system. You are the
76th Princeton class to agree before you
begin here to respect the tradition and give
it highest place among your obligations to
; your fellows. In this sense, you now hold
! the same pivotal position which each class
before you has held. You are the newest link
in the chain which safeguards Princeton’s
honor, past, present, and future. From your
letters over the sturmer, I feel confident the
new link is well formed and strong.”
“However, the honor system is not sacred
or even successful merely because it is old.
(I know some of you may have cynical no
tions about Ivy Clad tiaditions of a less
serious nature.) And so that your understand
ing of it as an operative and efficient system
will never leave you, let me explain it to
you now."
“First, this summer you all agreed by mail
with me, land thus with each other', that
you would accept and actively support the
honor system. No o,’.e can enter Princeton
without making that promise. This means
that on each examination or test paper you
hand in, you will write the following state
ment, and sign your name to it: "
“1 pledge my honor as a gentleman that,
during this examination, I have neither given
nor received assistance.”
"Second; each student, by his letter to me
this summer, has accepted a corollary re
sponsibility for reporting any violation of.
the code which he observes. Over the years'
Molations have been rare, but I think you
should know that there are about four vio
lations each year. It is the most unpleasant
task an undergraduate can perform, to weigh
testimcny and evidence for hours and dis
cover that a student has indeed broken his
compact with his fellows. But you must real
ize that it is not up to you as an observer
to determine certainty of guilt before re
porting a violation, for many cases each
year are found, upon eareful investigation
to be groundless. It is indeed a pleasant task
for us to acquit a fellow student. But for
the preservation of our system without taint,
every suspected violation must be reported
and investigated. This is your pledge to each
other and Princeton."
Some of you, while agreeing in your let
ters to support the system' expressed con
cern about this second stipulation, though all
0 you agree to it. You all have been brought
up not to carry tales and not to spy on oth
ers^ But careful thought reveals that this is
a ar cry from reporting infringements of
the honor systam."
First, responsibility always goes with
power,. As undergraduates with a heightened
awareness of our increasing maturity, we
want to have freedom in examhiations; we
"'an to be assumed honorable. The honor
th* this, but you must accept
the adult responsibility with it.”
Secondly, everyone knows about the honor
ys em and what it means before he arrives
nnceton for the freshman week. He is
y sw^e that others have a responsibility
repor him, and that he has the responsi-
ment T others in case of an infringe-
nnt j” ® words, the rules are spelled
out and agreed upon before the event.
with tu >our life you will be faced
risi ^ necessity of making difficult de-
sions and you might as well learn to do
and i ^ I gsnie. Doctors and lawyers
with !! instance, are constantly faced
aro r, difficult decisions. As they
sinna^'™ «ssional men, so are you a profes-
„ 3 professional student.”
® violation is reported, a commit-
eathor!^ evidence can be
reachl?^ «it »til a verdict is
inflim honor committee cannot
S a rf' .“"’y ^^rtain the facts
ported violatioB. Accuser and accused
er meet, so there can be no hard leeiings
«it of a false alarm. All arailable pap-
s an witaesses are carefully examined
m stnct confidential meetings. If a man if,
acquitte^ there is absolutely no stigmfl. -
mcdem is closed and no one else k«ows
^ of guilty decisions.
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