Page 2 nTaroon and gold Dedicated to the best interests of Elon College and its students and faculty, the Maroon and Gold is pub lished weekly during the college year with the excep tion of holiday and examination periods at Elon College, N.C. (Zip Code 27244), publication being in coopera tion with the Journalism departm ent. EDITORIAL BOARD Paul Bleiberg Co-Editor James Payne Co-Editor Ken Hollingsworth Associate Editor Russell Schetroma Associate Editor David Johnson Entertainment Editor Eddie Osborne Sports Editor Bob Williams Sports Editor H. Reid Alumni Editor Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor REPORTORIAL STAFF Richard Adams, Claes Alexanderson, Nancy Boone, Sam Boroody, Judy Caines, Tom Campion, Sandy Carrington, Stanley Cocke, Larry Collins, Shannon Doolittle, Monty Duncan, Wanda Edwards, Walter Gose, Timothy Green, Keith Handy, William Her bert , Eleanor Hill, Holly Hollingsworth, Vickie Hor ner, Linda Jordan, Lloyd Kanipe, Richard Lee, Jim my Lunsford, Kay McCauley, Jim McClure, Don Martin, Lynn Michael, John Michaels, Robert Mona- celli, Richard Moon, William Motz, Carl Mulholland, Aleda Pope, Jeannette Robinette, Beth Rountree, Wayne Smart, Sandra Wrenn. MAROON AND GOLD Why Is It? By JAMES PAYNE ORCHESTRA (Continued from Page 1) edby instruments, follows: VIOLIN 1: Eleanor Rey nolds (concert mistress), Cathy Handrahan, Mike Deason, Helen King, Jody Perdue, Alfred Hauser, James McGaughey, Bill Pennington and Clyde Sim - mons. Presidential Preference In Choice '68 Unofficial reports on the Choice ’68 balloting, which was held on the Elon College campus on Wed nesday, April 24th, show ed a strong interest on the part of Elon College stu dents in the 1968 politi cal races, and in parti cularly the races for the presidency. The unofficial reports from the SGA office dis closed that more than 500 Elon students took the time to express their presidsntial preference for the 1968 election by voting in the campus poll that was staged under the sponsorship of TIME magazine, a collegiate poll which was expected to reflect the presidential preference of literally millions of American col lege students on campus es all over the United States. No official count was available on the Elon campus on the number of hlon students who voted in the Choice ’ 68 bal loting, but unofficial re turns indicated that more than 500 Lion students did take time from their busy daily schedule to express a preference. The final count on a na tional basis will be re leased to the various col lege campuses within the next few weeks, but a sampling of the Lion ballots indicated that Richard Nixon and Eu gene McCarthy were the leaders in that order in ilie balloting of the hlon Students. PLAYS MON VIOLIN II: Jennings Berry, Jack Deason, R.P. Ellington, Dean Hall,Jean Powell, Jane Deese, Don na Festa, Caren Hobbs and Lynette Petree. VIOLA; Phillip Allen, Pat Conner, Fred Lail and Elizabeth Williams. ■ ; CELLO: Susan Mc Adams and Mickle Ray. BASS: Jim White and El mo Hatley. FLUTE I; Ann Lentz. FLUTE II: Pris cilla Spoon. OBOE: Cathy Hobbs. CLARINET: Dan ny Chilton. TYMPHANY: Don Stubblefield. HORNS: Susan Ange- mayer, Susan Patton, Judy Stevens and Mickey Stuart. TRUMPETS:Jack White, Robert Truitt and John White. TROM BONES: David Abernathy, Danny Fields, Ken Hol lingsworth. LIBRARIAN: Bill Pennington. The Elon students were recently given an oppor tunity to express an opin ion concerning the pre sent food service plan here at Elon, and the re sults of that plebescite showed that fewer than twenty Elon students wished to continue the present set-up! This expression of stu dent feeling might have gone relatively unnoticed just as has happened at times in the past, but this time students participat ed en masse. For one of the relatively few times in the history of student politics, over 90 per cent of the interested students took the tim2 to express their opinions, and such mass expression of dis approval of the present system could not be ig nored. band concert (Continued From Page 1) Ken Hollingsworth, Ran- dleman; Nancy Thomas, Burlington; Dianne Clen- dennin, Milford, Va.jPaul Bleiberg, Wilmington, Del.; and Judy Coffman, Roanoke, Va. OBOE: Danny Chilton, flemyer, Elkton, Va. SAXOPHONES: Bob Johnson, Charlottesville, Va.; Cecil Johnson, Bur lington, Tom Burgess, Burlington. CORNETS: Howard Ea ton, Cary; Ruffin QuaUs, Burlington; John Regis ter, Burlington; Bob Truitt, Raleigh; Wally Hardwick, Burlington; David Towe, Miami, Fla.; Lindsey Wyatt, Wilson; Danny Suther, Concord; Kim Luffberry, Washing ton, D.C.; and Eddie Os borne, Kernersville. FRENCH HORNS: Judy Stevens, West Lebanon, N. H.; Mickey Stewart, Speedwell, Va.; Susan Patton, Speedwell, Va.; and Charles Calligan, Gibsonville. TROMBONES: Elwood Porshia, Falls Mills, Va.; Buck Bayliff, Elon Col lege; and George Cannon, Newport News, Va. BARITONES; Tom Short, Roanoke, Va.; Cleo Perdue, Roanoke, Va. TUBA: Aaron Graves, Burlington. STRING BASS: Jim White, Wythe ville, Va. PERCUSSION: Danny Fields, Burlington; David Abernathy, Lenoir; Don Stubblefield, Durham; Greg Smr.th, Pittsboro; and Fred Walser, Glen- dola, N. Y. USHERS (MAJOR ETTES): Evaline Gar rison, Burlington (chief); Adrienne Moen, Belmar, N.J.; Kay Savage,Whaley- ville, Va.; Mary Lee La- Rue, Sanford; Debby Draughn, Sanford; and Sandy Dofflemyer, Elkton, Va The Slater manage ment sent a new district manager to spend a few days on the campus to find out what was going on to cause such apowsr- ful outcry against Slater’s present service. He saw what we see every day, and because of the ob viously strong feeling of the student body in fa vor of change, a change of system was instituted. Suggestions made by the Food and Cafeteria Committee that had long lain for all practical pur pose ignored were put in to effect. New paintings mysteriously appeared on the walls to add some color to the otherwise drab appearance of the dining hall. And suddenly students found themselves with a better chance of having Why is it that racial violence exploded in 110 American cities during 1967? Are riots secret ly subsidized? Do riots just happen? These are a few of the many ques tions that are on the minds of the American populace today as “Free America" braces herself for what could be the longest and hottest summer yet. Within the last year, heavy accusations have been made against the Of fice of Economic Oppor tunity (OEO) in which it has been claimed that em ployees of L.B.J.’s war- on-poverty program are partially responsible for the instigation of racial riots. One poverty worker stated that it was his job to persuade the Negro to trust the poverty workers and then to organize them for political action. When asked what would happen if the poverty money were cut off, he replied simply that, “There would be riots in every major city”. Nashville Police Cap tain John A. Sorace tes tified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that riots in his city in April of 1967 had been ferment ed by SNCC which was inturn subsidized by the OEO. His testimony stir red an uproar in Wash ington and soon after wards poverty money was cut off in certain areas of that city. In a Congressional in vestigation of the Newark riots that took place last summer, the report show ed that poverty workers were in the forefront of the protests and demon strations that occurred in Newark. It was also proved that poverty work ers triggered a riot by arranging a ‘‘Police Bru tality Mass Rally”. Willie Wright, a di rector of Newark’s po verty agency, was quoted in the press as saying, “Get yourself a machine gun, ’ cause you’re gonna need it. Complete chaos will have to prevail in the streets of American cities clean silverware on first grab, and — wonder of wonders — stew was ser ved in soup bowls rather than splattered across the surface of a plate. Of course, it is only natural for a company not to want to lose a situa tion in which it has a captive market for its products if it can help it, and in the near fu ture students will be giv en an opportunity to see what the estimated costs of eating various meals on a “pay-by-the-meal” plan will be, and another plebescite will be held to see if students are will ing to try a new system and pay estimated prices. FRIDAY, MAY 3,1968 and blood will have to flow like water before the black man will become an accepted citizen”. Le Roi Jones, Negro playwright, made a speech in the Newark city council on June 27,1567, just prior to the riots and stared that “Hiro shima and Nagasaki will look like Sunday school picnics compared to what Newark will look like when we get through with it.” He was arrested dur ing the riots for shooting a gun out a car window. He is another who has been subsidized by the poverty agency to the tune of some $115,000. The latest brainstorm for spending OEO money was to approve a $927,000 poverty grant in Chicago to put leaders of Chica go’s big South Side gangs on the Federal payroll at salaries of $5,000 to $7,000 a year. A similar “gang” program for Cal ifornia’s San Fernando Valley was scheduled to cost the taxpayers some $250,000. It’s director at $9,000 a year was to be James Sherman, 25-year- old gang leader with a record of 14 arrests. This program was however postponed temporarily because Sherman was ar rested on June 24, 1967, for holding up a liquor store. The racial struggle that is now taking place within our country is the worst internal struggle that has faced our nation since “The War For Southern Independence” (common ly called The Civil War). The problem is why can’t the chaos cease, are there any major substantial gains being made through violence, is the federal government doing every thing possible to STOP violence, can the U. S. survive the predicted up coming long, hot sum mer? Like 200 million other Americans, 1 Don t Know: ***Next time a closer look at the question, Riots Just Happen”. Some people have ex pressed the fear that the figures will be “padded to make the system look too expensive, but it must be remembered that the prices can be adjusted somewhat to fit the fin ancial resources of the students, who might not patronize the dining hall if prices are too high. The new district man ager for Slater’s took the newly elected SGA offi cers to Wake Forest to show them the “pay-by- the -meal” plan system in operation there. The most expensive meal of fered that particular evening (steak, etc.) cost (Continued on Page 4) A Beneath The Oaks BY RUSSELL SCHETROMA

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