Page Four
The Pendulum
October 21,1970
Homecoming crowd mingles during halftime of Saturday’s
football game.
-Queen-
(Continued from page 1)
Julie is an undeclared major
in community services and
loves to work with retarded
children. Although she believes
in living each day as it comes,
Julie’s long range plans include
becoming a wife and a mother
and then possibly getting a
fwrt-time job working with kids
who have disabilities. She
cautions that she would like to
live the first five or ten years of
her marriage without children
"just to get to know my
husband.”
Julie, as she readily admits, is
a nervous girl, and on the
Friday of Homecoming
weekend she was more anxious
than usu{d. She referred to it as
"the longest day.” Though she
never expected to win, one can
tell by talking with Julie that
being Miss Homecoming means
a lot to her. 'It was the best
weekend I’ve ever had. Ever! It’s
great to be in the spotlight for
about four seconds.’’ These
words were spoken, not with
conceit, but with frankness and
honesty.
Julie was the first TKE
representative to be crowned
Miss Homecoming in seven
years. It is TKE tradition for its
sweetheart to serve also as
representative on the
Homecoming Court. She
remembers vividly the night
the brothers of TKE asked her
to be their sweetheart. "They
made me feel like I was made of
gold; like I was something real,
real special. They gave me
roses. I cried. The guys in TKE
are super special. They treat me
like a lady; they are real
gentlemen.”
On the field, just before the
halftime ceremonies, were 17
apprehensive ladies. Recalls
Julie, "My lips and teeth would
not stop chattering. I was
saying, Tlease God, don’t let me
trip.’ It was like it was 20 below
zero.” The girls and their escorts
filed onto the field with the
band playing the Bread hit 'If”
behind them. The fourth runner
up, Ms. Donna Sowder,
representing ITK was
announced. The third runner
up, Ms. Dawn Luciano,
representing Kappa Sig; the
second runner up, Ms. Ava
Pearce, representing the
freshman class, and the first
runner up, Ms. Jan Morton,
representing Sig Ep.
'1 only heard 'Julie’ over the
PA system,” explained Julie
when I asked her about the
moment. "I thought to myself,
This can’t be true; things like
this don’t happen to Julie
George!’ ” But it was true; Julie
George was Elon’s Miss
Homecoming for 1976. Julie’s
escort, James Matanzo, told her
to take a deep breath as they
walked toward SGA President
Sam Moore for the coronation.
Although they couldn’t make
it to the game, Julie’s parents
did come down the next day.
"Dad bought six Greensboro
papers. Mom cried,” said Julie
smilihg. Julie would like to
thank the students for their
support, but she feels that the
usual "thank you” is
inadequate.
Elon students academic records
weigh hfeavily with grad school
by Dana Hill
A student at Elon who is
thinking of graduate or
professional school has a
number of questions that he or
she must have answered before
applying to these schools. The
quality of the institution, the
academic climate, quality and
credentials of the faculty and
the cost of attending a
particular school are all
important matters that must be
taken into consideration. On the
other hand, the graduate or
professional school is interested
in the student’s academic and
extracurricular achievements
while in undergraduate school.
The graduate and professional
schools also consider the quality
of instruction and the academic
reputation of the student’s
undergraduate college or
university. This brings us to the
question that we as students at
Elon are most concerned with.
That is, how are graduates from
Elon viewed by graduate and
professional schools with
respect to their academic
preparation?
After researching this
question, it appears that the
most accurate way to ascertain
your standing in the eyes of the
admissions personnel at a
graduate or professional school
is to go to that school and ask
questions. The student will then
be able to judge for himself how
the admissions officers at a
particular school look upon
Elon graduates. The student
will also be able to answer
partially the questions that he
may have pertaining to the
institution itself. In any case,
the two criteria that will
determine whether or not you
qualify are the grades you get in
undergraduate school, and the
scores you receive on the
entrance exams which these
schools require. In addition to
reviewing the student's
academic record, the graduate
or professional school may then
go back over its records to
review the academic records of
any students from Elon that
they had enrolled in previous
years. If those students have
done well, this wilLenhance the
reputation of the uollege as one
that gives good f(reparation for
graduate or professional study.
If, however, those students have
not done so well, this may lessen
the respect that the admissions
officers at the graduate school
have for present-day Elon
graduates. In a similar manner,
the records of present-day Elon
graduates in post-graduate
study may somewhat affect the
chances of Elon graduates for
professionid school.
According to sources in the
administration, approximately
12-15% of all Elon students
enter graduate or professional
school each year.
Unfortunately, these
percentages are only educated
guesses because the college has
no official records on graduates
attending graduate or
professional school. The only
way the college can tell who is
attending graduate school is
through periodic
questionnaires. Of 422 students
in the class of 1976, only 137
bothered to answer a late
summer fact-finding
questionnaire. Out of those who
answered only about 10% were
attending or planned on
attending graduate or
professional school.
The administration sources
says that Elon has a fairly good
reputation among graduate
schools. The departments cited
as being of top quality are
business administration,
education, and biology. A
concerted effort by
administration, faculty, and
students would help to bring the
remaining departments in
closer proximity with these
three, and would also serve to
place Elon in a position to
command the respect of a larger
number of graduate and
professional schools.
SREB set job
guidelines
Recently the Southern
Regional Education Board
developed guidelines for Black
College Students selecting their
field.
"A new report on manpower
and education forecasts more
favorable job opportunities for
black ^duates in those fields
where job openings exceed the
overall supply of college
graduate and in areas where
blacks are especially
underrepresented.”
In the health field, many jobs
are available. Health fields
such as nursing and therapy
offer many opportunities. There
is very little black
representation within these
fields. While there is a demand
in the health field, the black
enrollment in business and
management is very high. One
field is considered a risk for
anyone —teaching, a field that
has a great number of
prospective people in it already.
This applies to all races and
should be taken into
Radical acorn attacks
terrorize students
The students of Elon are
being subjected to undue risk!
As students travel throughout
the campus they are being
bombarded by acoms. Students
can be seen at any time dodging
the acorns as they come
crashing down through the
trees. Injuries are beginning to
multiply as fall progresses.
Dazed students can be seen
everyday reeling to and from
classes with knots on their
heads and cuts on their noses.
It seems to this writer that
the school needs to take some of
the responsibility of these
premeditated attacks by these
vicious Elons. The acoms wait
until a student gets directly
underneath the trees and
suddenly hurl themselves with
all their might at the
defenseless humans. It has also
been noted that at times
squirrels seem to help in these
vicious attacks.
At a college where a student’s
brain is so valuable, it seems
that the administration could
issue a type of helmet to
students to protect this vital
organ. If the cost of a helmet for
each student is too much, then
maybe the school could hire a
professional group of acorn
pickers. A five dolliir fine for
each , acorn found hitting
students could deter this action
Something must be done to
stop this radical movement as
many students have now joined
in this fight to injure fellow
students. Students lately have
been caught in the act of
throwing these criminal acoms
at any person brave enough to
stick his head out of a window
It doesn’t seem to matter if it is
a student or a professor, these
sadists don’t discriminate
between the two. It makes no
difference — man or woman,
girl or boy as these acoms
continue the attack.
It has been noted lately that
those rebels have also directed
their attack on unsuspecting
automobiles. Many cars still
show the scars of attacks.
But take heart, Elon, this
movement will soon fade out,
just as all radical movements
do. This writer predicts the
movement will end around the
end of November. But until
then, if you hear a crash in the
trees —run!
Black Cultural Society
promotes student heritage
The Black Cultural Society of
Elon College is designed to
promote the awarerTess of Black
culture. The society originated
two years ago when a group of
Black students and the college
administrators decided that
there should be an organization
for the Black people.
The organization makes
many contributions to campus
life. The Black Cultural Society
brings speakers to Elon College
to talk about the Black
heritage. In the second week of
February, Black History Week
will be celebrated. During this
week, activities will be
scheduled to interest all
students.
The Black Cultural Society is
also faced with problems. Some
Black students are not aware of
the program. The society holds
meetings every Wednesday
night at 7:30. Jennifer Hunter,
BCS president says, "As the
Black enrollment of Elon rises,
there is more and more
diversity among the Black
students. Because of this
diversity, only about 45% of the
Black population are members.
The other 55% are content
knowing that there is some type
considerati(m. It is a fact that
teaching is a field that is replete
but if this field is interesting to
one, he should not be
discouraged but should look for
specialty training.
Such fields as psychology,
engineering, law, and pharmacy
are fields that black people can
enter with a probability of
getting jobs, according to the
SREB.
Within this research, black
students are ^ven a general
outlook on the job market which
is essential in planning a
career. Although it is not
guaranteed that the job market
will remain this way, this
information applies to the next
four years.
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For the society to flourish,
interested students need to
participate. In previous years
the society has included
members of the white race.
They were interested in Black
Culture. It is impossible to get
other students to participate in
the program when Black
students refuse to participate,
the officers point out.
Another problem faced by the
society is a finjincial one.
Because the society is not
regulated by the student
government, the SGA does not
assist financially. The society
has had to depend on dues and
fund raising projects.
The most important task of
the society is to promote their
heritage. To accomplish this,
the Black Cultural Society
needs assistance from all
interested students.