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MAROON AND GOLD
FRIDAY. JANUARY 17,1969
MAROON 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,
NX. (Zip Code 27244), publication being in coopera-
don with the Journalism departmant.
REPORTORIAL STAFF
John Andrews, Landy Blackwell, Don Bowers, Edna
Brantley, Richard Bray, Rebecca Burgess, Chester
Burgess, Bruce Cohen, Dean Coleman, Dillard Dye,
Joe Fowler, Don Goldberg, Joe Goldberg, Tom Hardee,
Wally Hardwick, William Hartley, Joe Jessup, Sondra
Jones, Bobby King, Bob Klingel, John McNeill, Sam
Massey, Jerry Midkiff, Denny Moore, Robert Nash,
Ned Poole, Elizabeth Sanders, Kay Savage, Jerry
Schumm, Ronnie Sink, Mike Spillane, Mike Straka,
Archie Taylor, Joe Teague, Bill Walker, Ronnie Wick-
er, Jerry Woodlief, George Watts, Frank Webster.
Best 1968 Stories
DRAWING OF NEW OFFICE AND CLASSROOM BUILDING
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term, which will conclude
with the annual com
mencement late in May.
This new schedule, com
pletely new to Elon stu
dents and faculty, repre
sents a modern innova
tion in the field of higher
education.
(4) CAMPUS RETIRE
MENTS — Of major new
interest on the Elon cam
pus during 1968 was one
story which brought a de
gree of sadness and re
gret to both students and
faculty. This story was
the final retirment from
campus duties of William
B. Terrell, long - time
secretary of the Elon Col
lege Alumni Association;
Dr, William T. Scott, di
rector of church relations
for the college for a num
ber of years; and Prof.
J. C. Colley, a long-time
member of the faculty in
the Department of Edu
cation. Each of these
three men had endeared
himself to both students
and faculty, and their pre
sence has been missed
during the autumn of 1968.
(5) GUIDANCE PRO
GRAM - An expanded
program of guidance for
members of the Elon Col
lege freshman and sopho
more classes was insti
tuted at the opening of the
1968-69 college year,and
this addition to the col
lege academic program
filled a long-felt need.
As might be expected,the
inauguration of this ex
panded guidance staff and
a reorganization of por
tions of the administra
tion staff.
(6) COMMENCEMENTS -
Two commencement pro
grams in May and August,
each of them with their
related events, marked
the graduation of two
large groups of seniors
from Elon College, and
both of the commence
ments represented major
developments in the lives
of a large group of Elon
students who moved from
the ranks of students in
to the ranks of the alum
ni.
(7) McGhORGE AND
lil-.AI^l-. — As is always
the case, certain sports
events attract attention
and such was the case
during 1968 when Richard
McGeorge and Burgin
Beale attracted notice
from all directions as one
of the greatest passing
combinations in the state,
the South and the nation.
Despite the fact that the
football team suffered a
losing season, with only
four wins and hve losses,
the great passing combi
nation that set so many
new Elon records must
be ranked among the great
stories of the year.
(8) CAMPUS ELEC
TIONS — The annual cam
pus elections, which were
held in April, marked by
the choice of new SGA
leaders and new members
of the Student Senate,
must always be ranked
among the outstanding
news events of the college
year, and the 1968 elec
tions are also accorded
a place among the “Top
Ten” stories.
(9) CULTURAL WEEK-
The third annual Cultural
Week, which was staged
late in April and early
in May under the spon
sorship of the SGA’s Lib
eral Arts Forum, once
more brought to the cam
pus a very fine group of
lecturers, who presented
scholarly topics to inter
ested faculty and students
in both entertaining and
instructive manner.
(10) ENTERTAINMENT
Appearing in many in
stallments during the
year was the story of the
fine entertainment pro
grams, which proved in
teresting to a major seg
ment of the campus popu
lation. Included among
these many programs
were those presented by
the Elon Choir, the Elon
Players, the College-
Community Orchestra,the
Elon Band and the Elon
Lyceum.
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Pictured above is the architect’s drawing of the new office and classroom
building which is to be constructed during 1969 near Elon’s North Gate and ad
jacent to the Duke Science Building. The excavation for the new structure has
already been made, and construction got underway immediately following New
Year’s Day. As can be seen from the architect’s drawing, the building is to be
of traditional architectural design that will fit with the other buildings that stand
within Elon’s walled campus.
Alpha Chi Inducts Honor Group
bourne, Burlington; Den
ny McGuire, Montvale,N.
J.; Dimitia Panagiotopou-
lou, Athens, Greece; A-
nita Rich, Haw River; Va-
da Rogers, Durham;
James Ross, Graham;Ar
chie Taylor, Durham;
Julia Treece, Concord;
Ronald Wicker, Sanford;
and Dennis Wilbourne,
Leasburg, Va.
The junior students just
named to the group are
David Abernathy, Le
noir; Laurent Changuion,
Krugersdorp, Transvaal,
South Africa; Mary Eth
eridge, Burlington; Peter
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Fleming, Butler, N. J,;
Dianne Gucker, Edinburg,
Va.; Londa Long, Poco-
moke City, Md.; Ruth
Mayfield, Norlina; Sally
O’Neill, Sycamore, 111.;
Cleo Perdue, Roanoke,
Va.; Janet Winstead, Elon
College; and Jerry Wood
lief, Rougemont.
Active members al
ready in the Alpha Chi
chapter from previous
years and still in col
lege include Edna Brant
ley, Lattimore; Annie
Cleapor, Burlington;Lar-
ry Durham, Burlington;
Shirley Faircloth, Bur
lington; Marilyn Farley,
Hollins, Va.; Suzanne
Hooper, Burlington; San
dra Isley, Burlington;
Carol McKinney, Bakers-
ville; Gerry Oxford, Elon
College; Russell Sche-
troma, Natalie, Pa.; Lin
da Thompson, Burlington;
Linda Wesley, Roxboro;
Harold Wheeler, Graham;
and Margaret Willett,
Pittsboro.
Resignation Reconsidered
Coach Wilson To Keep Post
As Elon AD And Grid Coach
.
“The moon will affect the
tide—and the untied.”
After resigning his po
sition as head football
coach and athletic direct
or at Elon College, Coach
Shirley S. “Red ’ Wilson
has since reconsidered
his decision and will re
main at the head of the
Fighting Christian sports
program.
Coach Wilson, who has
directed the Elon College
football program for the
past two years, announ
ced on December 20th that
he had resigned that po
sition and the related post
of director of athletics to
accept a position in the
personnel program for
the Kayser-Roth Hosiery
Company, Inc., with the
resignation taking effect
on December 31st.
That announcement was
followed ten days later,
prior to the effective date
of the resignation, was a
second statement in which
Coach Wilson made public
his reconsideration of the
action and his decision to
remain at Elon College in
the post of head football
coach and director of ath
letics.
The first announce
ment, made jointly by Dr.
J. E. Danieley and Coach
Wilson, included a state
ment from President
Danieley in which the Elon
president expressed ap
preciation to Coach Wil
son for his work at the
college and praise to both
Coach Wilson and his as
sistants for the fine grid
program conducted here
for the past two years.
Coach Wilson himself,
in making the first an
nouncement, expressed
COACH “RED” WILSON
his regret at leaving the
coaching profession ana
expressed his apprecia*
tion to college officials
for their cooperation ana
to members of his coach
ing staff for the fine worK
they had done.
In the subsequent state
ment, in which Coach Wil
son made public his re
consideration, the Chris
tian grid mentor stateQ
that he had considerea
both the Elon football pro
gram itself and the tu
ture of his staff
sistants and had decided
to continue his work a
football coach and atn-
letic director. President
Danieley at the same ti
expressed his j
that Coach Wilson h
decided to rem ain at bion.
During his two years
as Elon’s head grid coacn,
Coach Wilson and his as
sistants had guided
Christians to a total oi
nine wins,
and one tie. I" ,
season the a
were 5-3-1, and during
rather disastrous cam
paign this past fall
team had a 4-5 record,
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