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PERMIT No. 1
VOLUME 50
Elon College, N. C.
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Thursday, October 30, 1969
Number 6
Students Discuss Smith Case
Students gather in front of Student Center to listen
to the discussion of the suspension of Prof. Michael
Smith,
Shakespearean Festivities
To Be Given Nov. 3-6
The English Depart
ment and the Liberal Arts
Forum will jointly pre
sent a Shakespearean
Festival Nov. 3-6 for stu
dents, faculty and guests.
The Festival will in
clude the showing of three
film on Shakespeare. Af
ter each film, members
of the English Depart
ment will lead informal
discussion on the films
and the plays on which
they are based. Coffee
will be served during
these discussions.
Activities will begin
with a showing of Orson
Welles’ version of “Mac
beth” Monday at 6:30 p.m.
in Harper Center. Tues
day afternoon at 3 p.m.
the Elon Players will pre
sent several favorite
scenes from various
Shakespearean plays. A
Russian version of
“Othello" will be shown
Tuesday evening at 7 p.m.
in Harper Center,
One of the features of
the Festival will be a
display on loan from the
Folger Shakespeare Li
brary in Washington, D.C.
Included in this display,
which will be located on
the second floor of the
library, will be the first
folio text of “The Mer
chant of Venice” and a
quarto copy of “King
Lear”. It was hoped that
several costumes would
be included in the dis
play. Dr. Robert G. Blake,
chairman of the English
Department, and other
members of the English
faculty will conduct a
seminar Wednesday af
ternoon at the display.
The third film, Lau
rence Olivier’s version of
“Richard III” will be
shown Wednesday even
ing at 7 p,m. in Harper
Center,
One of the highlights
of the Festival will be a
lecture by Dr. Clifford
P. Lyons, Kenan profes
sor of English at UNC at
Chapel Hill, Dr. Lyons
will talk on “Shakespear
ean Plays: Stage and Stu
dy”. Thursday at 7 p.m.
in Harper Center,
A number of students
gathered in front of the
Student Center Oct. 15
to learn about the case
against Prof. Michael
Smith and his suspension
by Dr, J, E. Danieley,
president of the college,
Craig McCreary, in his
statements explaining the
reason for the meeting
said, “This issue affects
us all, students, faculty
and administration of this
school,” He also stress
ed that the movement was
not sponsored by the SGA
but by a number of con
cerned students,
Ruth Mayfield present
ed an outline of events
beginning Sept, 26 when
Dr, Danieley released a
letter to SGA President
Bill Comninaki and the
faculty on Oct, 22 when
Prof. Smith was suspend
ed.
Miss Mayfield also
mentioned that Prof.
Smith notified Dr. Daniel
ey on Oct. 13 that he would
not hold classes. Smith
also arranged for two of
his colleagues to take
over his classes in his
absence.
Randy Spencer quoted
from Dr. Danieley’s let
ter stating, “The faculty
must hold classes except
in the case of a profes
sional meeting, sickness
or death in the family.”
Spencer said that the
faculty handbook states,
“sickness or otherwise,”
Continuing, Spencer said
that many faculty mem
bers have taken advantage
of this clause. He said
that Smith’s suspension
was a case of selective
enforcement because
Smith chose not to teach
class on Oct, 15, “Smith
was the only one and it was
not a protest against the
administration’s ruling
but a deep conviction for
the Moratorium,” stated
Spencer,
Spencer felt that this
action against Smith was
a violation of the aca
demic freedom of a pro
fessor. “It we stand by
and let it pass it can con
tinue and we will all live
In fear,” said Spencer.
“What we can do,”
Spencer said, “is to sign
the petition and write per-
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sonal letters to the Board
of Trustees in support of
Michael Smith, However,
there should be no student
pressure,”
The case of Smith’s su
spension was to go before
the executive committee
of the Board of Trustees
Wednesday, Oct. 22 but
was postponed till Oct.
29.
Shakespearean
Week
Mon. Film 6:30 Harper
Center
Tues. Elon Players pre
sent Shakespeare scenes
at 3 p.m. (place to be
announced)
Film 7 p.m. Harper
Center
Wed. afternoon display
and discussion
Second floor of library
Film 7 p.m. Harper
Center
Thurs. Guest lecturer
7 p.m. Harper Center
Seminar Hosts
Elon Graduate
A part of Homecoming
activities this year will
be the second annual
-Alumni Seminar with
Marjorie Rose Hunter as
guest speaker.
Miss Hunter, graduate
of Elon class of 1942, is
president of the Women’s
National Press Clab and
is presently a congres
sional correspondent for
Elon--Ten Years From Now
Varsity Room
To Close
According to an an
nouncement by Dining
Services Manager Loren
Kingsley, the Varsity
Room will close each day
from 4-4:30 so that it
may be cleaned. This
schedule will begin Nov. 3.
What Elon College will
look like at your 25th
reunion is a difficult
question to answer, but a
good indication of things
to come is the E-4 Fund,
In 1967 a Long Range
Planning Committee was
selected. It was made up
of students, faculty, ad
ministration, and mem
bers of the Board of Trus
tees, All aspects of the
college were discussed
by the committee. Some
items of concern were the
layout of the campus,new
programs, necessary ad
ditions to the faculty and
increases in their sala
ries, and many other
problems which would
face the college in the
future. A complete and
in-depth report was sub
mitted to the Board of
Trustees. Their plans
were accepted and ap
proved by the Board in
1967.
By A1 Zink
The program is divided
into two phases. The first
phase deals with the im
mediate needs of the col
lege and many of these
plans have been put into
effect. A total of $3 mill
ion will be spent to com
plete the first phase. Two
million dollars will be
spent to construct and
renovate facilities. The
remaining $1 million will
be used to expand pro
grams and to increase
scholarships and sala
ries.
The second phase,
which is expected to be
completed in 1978, will
meet the future needs of
the college. Three mill
ion dollars will be spent
on people; this includes
scholarships, salarv In
creases, and five endow
ed professorships. An
other $1 million will be
spend to expand programs
and facilities. The total
immediate and long-
range needs of the col
lege will total $7 million
Finances for the pro
gram will be sought from
trustees, students, facul
ty, alumni, corporations,
foundations, and other in
dividuals.
Continued on page 3
the New York Times,
Washington Bureau. The
seminar will be held in
McEwen Dining Hall at
10:15 a.m. on Saturday,
Nov. 1. Her lecture will
be on “Guaranteed An
nual Income”.
The present schedule
for Homecoming activi
ties is as follows;
FRIDAY, Oct. 31 - Tal
ent Show, Whitley Audi
torium ,7:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, Nov. 1 -
Alumni Seminar, McEwen,
10:15 a.m.; Judging of
Campus Displays, 11:30
a.m.; Parade in Burling
ton, 12:30 p.m.; Football
Game, Burlington Me
morial Stadium, 2:15
p.m.; Alumni Reception,
Harper Center, 4:30 p,m,;
Buffet, McEwen, 6:00
p.m.
SUNDAY, Nov. 2 -Con
cert (The Vogues), Gym
nasium, 2:00 p.m.
Elon College Senior Dies
Of Self-Inflicted Wounds
Wallace Harris, a sen
ior at Elon College, died
of self-inflicted wounds
Oct. 21,
Burlington police re
sponded to a call at Har
ris’ home and when they
arrived Harris fired at
the officers from behind a
bush and hit Officer Jim
Taylor. Taylor was list
ed in fair condition at
Duke Hospital in Durham.
Harris ran to another
house on EnglemanAve.
from Orice St. and held
David Bradley hostage.
Bradley, however, was
able to escape and Ae po
lice tried to talk Harris
into giving himself up.
Harris warned the police
not to come any closer
and then turned die shot
gun on himself.
Harris was a native of
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