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October 21,1976
The Pendulum
Page Three
Look right! step off the kerb!
by Mary Ellen Priestley
If you are one of the eighty or
more students going to England
for the winter term, and
especially if this is your first
visit, you may find some
interesting and, at times,
baffling differences in English
as spoken and written across
the Atlantic.
A short glossary of commonly
used words about travel might
be of help. If you talk with an
Englishman about his car, he
may call it a car or a moto car,
but rarely an automobile. The
car trunk is called the boot, and
the hood is the bonnet. Tire is
spelled tyre. The windshield is
the windscreen. A muffler is a
silencer. Gasoline is petrol, and
a filling station or service
station is usually a petrol
station. One dims lights in the
U.S. but dips them in England.
An interstate or superhighway
is a motorway; a dual highway
is a dual carriageway. A truck is
a lorry in England, and a
tractor-trailer, often from the
Continent, is an articulated
lorry. Of course, a taxi is a taxi,
but the London version is
usually black, has plenty of
headroom, and can turn around
on a sixpence.
In England, a railroad is a
railway with a railway station.
A passenger car or carriage may
have an aisle with seats on each
side or it may have
compartnients with doors on
each side or opening into a
corridor on one side. What is
called the subway in New York
is the underground in London.
Subway is confined to a
pedestrian crossing under a
street. Signs remind the walker
to "Look right,” for traffic
moves on the left of the road or
street aJl over Britain. The road
shoulder is called a verge,
usually narrow, and a car may
stop on a lay-by. A curve in the
road is a bend. Traffic signals
are Usually at the left side of the
road and rarely hanging in the
center of tte street.
In general, international
traffic signs are used, but
occasional words will appear.
For example, yield in America
would be Give Way in Britain.
One does not pass a car but
overtakes it, and always on the
right. One may ride in a
double-decker bus in London
and the suburbs or take a bus on
a regular scheduled route to
another city. But a tour for
sightseeing is made in a coach.
Contrary Carla addresses
letter to students, staff
Hello, students! I’d liKe to
introduce myself since this is
my literary debue, or is that
dabue? Well, anyway my name
is Contrary Carla. My friends
call me Con, for short, that is.
I’m writing to you because no
one else will listen to me, and I
figure the few school spirited
students, rare though they may
be, that read the school
newspaper from cover to cover
will have to lend me an ear, or
should I say eye. And for most of
you here at Elon that can’t read
anyway, perhaps your
roommate will read it to you.
Here’s what I want to say. I
figure with as many students as
Elon has, and good lord
everyone knows what tuition is,
that someone could rent a
cement mixer and take it to the
new parking lot and DUMP IT!
It’s hard enough wearing four
inch heels but adding two inch
rocks under one shoe at a time
is more than cruel and unusual!
Anyway, it’s bad for my legs
and believe me, honeys, big "E”
can use all the help in that
department they can get!
I’d like to make a little
suggestion too. I think the gym
parking lot should be designed
for the skinny people (there
should be plenty of room) and
the new lot should be marked
"fatties.” Face it, they are the
only ones who need the exercise.
I’d like to address a few lines
to the higher ups, too, that’s the
administration for you that are
a little slow to catch on. WHAT
are you DOING WITH MY
MONEY? You must have a few
boozers and gamblers
somewhere in your ranks to be
blowing that much loot.
Judging from your clothes,
you’re not blowing it on
anything like that. I mean not a
one of you even wears
platforms. And another thing, I
hear those people over on the
newspaper and annual staff
Tickets are retained throughout
the trip on a train smd are given
up at the barrier in the station
on arrival. Bus, train or coach
tickets may be inspected at
some point in the journey.
The vocabulary of air travel
is about the same in the U5.
and Britain. Walking can be
about the same, except that one
walks on a footpath in rural
areas and the pavement instead
of a sidewalk and steps off the
kerb instead of the curb.
How much pie
can you eat?
Can ITK really out eat TKE?
Is there anyone in Moffitt man
enough to out eat Carolina’s
man? Can the Tri-Sigs hold a
light to the world famous pie
eating of Staley Dorm? Or how
about the faculty, how much pie
can you eat. Dean Long?
The SGA in conjunction with
the ARA food services is
sponsoring the first annual
Elon Eat Out on Oct. 28. The
Elon Eat Out will consist of one
person with hands tied behind
the back eating as much
chocolate or lemon pie as can be
consumed in 15 minutes with
one person helping him. E^ch
dorm, orgamization, and club
can sponsor a contestant by
paying an entry fee of $10. The
entry fees will help purchase a
color television for the Varsity
Grill. The winning contestant
and his/her cheering section
will be treated to a steak dinner.
So sign up now and prove to
your friends that you can make
a pig of yourself.
don’t even have a photographer.
The yearbook’s gonna look
pretty dull without any
pictures.
And you people that are
giving my dear friend Sam
Moore so piuch static. Lay off
him. He’s mine, I mean Sam’s a
really cute boy and you don’t
want him getting wrinkled
before his time, do you? That
would be such a waste.
Well, I don’t want to sound
like I’m ungrateful for all the
things Elon’s done for me, I
mean after all they ... well they
... no... well... well anyway tha...
tha ... tha ... that’s all for now
folks.
talk at you next time,
C.C.
Schedule of Events
Parents Weekend
November 6-7y 1976
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 6
REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS AND CAMPUS TOURS
9:00 a.m.
William S. Long Student Center
PARENTS ASSOCIATION MEETING
10:00 a.m.
Whitley Auditorium
MEET THE FACULTY
10:30 a.m.
Iris Holt McEwen Library
PICNIC LUNCHEON
11:30 - 1:00 p.m.
by the College Lake (inclement weather-
McEwen Dining Hall)
FOOTBALL GAME - ELON vs NElilBERRY
2:00 p.m.
Burlington Memorial Stadium
TALENT SHOW
8:00 p.m.
Whitley Auditorium
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 7
CONCERT BAND AriP EMANONS JAZZ ENSEMBLE
1:00 p.m.
Whitley Auditorium
INTRAMURAL ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAMES
2:15 p.m.
Intramural Athletic Fields
(Behind Huffines' Texaco)
Elon Elementary’s Fall
Festival appeals to all
by Linda Shoffner
Can a fall 'festival at an
elementary school appeal to
college students? Last year’s
event at Elon elementary did,
and many Elon College
students turned out for an
evening of fun and games, good
food, contests and prizes.
The Parent-Teacher
Organization has planned an
even bigger celebration this
year on Friday, Oct. 29,
beginning at 5:30 p.m. They
have combined the traditional
carnival games for the
youngsters with attractions
which apjjeal to all ages.
Area merchants have again
contributed a wide variety of
items for bingo and door prizes.
Some lucky person will win
$200 in groceries, and many
more will take home cakes won
in the cake walk.
Concession stands in the gym
and cafeteria will serve hot dogs
and cotton candy, plus lots of
Other treats.
The haunted house is
expected to "scare” many
visitors; and to add to the
Hallowe’en mood, children amd
adults dressed in their wildest
outfits will compete in costume
contests.
The Fall Festival is the
P.T.O.’s major fund-raising
project for the Elon elementary
and middle schools. Money from
this project buys needed
educational materials and
supplies. Members and friends
of the community are urged to
support the schools by turning
out for an evening of good clean
fun.
. .lark White and Dr. David Bragg
The "Showband of the Carolinas” under the d^bonom^
- Writing ills-
(Continued from page 1)
took and the need for individual
help. Prof. Gerow was followed
on the program by Dr. Russell
Gill who spoke on criteria for
grading. He had distributed a
list of standards for the A, B, C,
D amd F papers and on specific
items to be considered. Again
many questions from listeners
were answered.
Dr. Andrew Angyal, at the
suggestion of more than one
department at Elon, made a
plea for a manual to be used
throughout the college in
writing papers, especially
research papers or those with
footnotes. Mrs. Betty Maness,
director of the Skills Lab,
explained why professors
should send students in any
discipline to her for help in
writing skills. If she could see
sample papers of the student
having trouble, she could help
in a more effective way, she
said.
"The response from the
faculty was excellent,” Dr.
Priestley said later. "I think we
all enjoyed it, and we hope that
everyone becomes more aware
of the need to make speaking
and writing more effective.”