Welcome Parents of Elon Students
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The Pendulum
Thursday, November 1,1984
Volume XI, Number 9
Parents Weekend may get largest turnout ever
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The parents of Elon College
students will join their sons
and daughters on campus this
weekend for the annual Pa
rents Weekend activities.
Three days of events, which
begin on Friday, have been
scheduled.
According to J. King White,
director of alumni and parent
programs. Parents Weekend
has become one of the biggest
campus events of the year.
“Judging by the number of in
quiries we have received, this
year’s Parents Weekend
should involve the largest
turnout ever,” he said. “The
student body is anxiously
awaiting Parents Weekend
and all of the members of the
college community look for
ward to welcoming the fami
lies of our students to
campus.”
The annual Parents
Weekend Talent Show, spon
sored by the Student Union
board, begins at 8 p.m.on Fri
day in Whitley Auditorium. A
variety of student acts will be
performed and evaluated by a
panel of faculty and student
judges. The grand prize is a
check for $100 from the Elon
College Alumni Association.
There is no admission charge.
On Saturday morning the
registration and ticket sales
desk will be open on Scott Pla
za from 9 a.m. until 12 noon.
The Campus Shop in Long Stu
dent Center will be open from
9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday
form 1-4 p.m. on Sunday.
At 10 a.m. on Saturday Dr.
Fred Young, president, and
Ronald A. Klepcyk, dean of
student affairs, will discuss
the state of the college and
issues concerning sutdent life
at Elon at the Parents Meeting
in Whitley Auditorium.
Following the Parents Meet
ing parents will have the
opportunity to “Meet The
Faculty” in Iris Holt McEwen
library. The members of the
faculty will be arranged
throughout the library by de
partment.
A picnic lunch will be
offered at 11:30 a.m. in front of
McEwen Memorial Dining
Hall. Box lunches will be
available for $3.50 for adults
and $2.50 for children under
12.
At 1:30 p.m. Elon’s Show-
band of the Carolinas under
the direction of Dr. Jack White
will present a pregame show
at Burlington Memorial Sta
dium. The Fighting Christians
tackle the Newberry College
Indians in the 2 p.m. game.
Tickets are $5 for general
admission and $6 for reserved
seats and may be purchased in
advance from the college’s
athletic and alumni offices or
at the gate.
The “5th Quarter Social,” a
dance honoring parents at the
Alamance Country Club, will
conclude the day’s activities.
Haven will entertain at the
event, which is co-sponsord by
See Parents, p. 9
All aboard!
Photo by Jamie Cobb
uLet’s Roll: Conductor John Cannon of Monroe, Va., wel-
corned passengers aboard Amtrak’s inaugural run last
Friday.The Carolinan, which stops in Burlington, nas
restored a rail passenger link between Raleigh and Char
lotte.
By Frank Isley
Special to The Pendulum
Greeted with anticipation
and excitement all along its
route by crowds of people rang
ing in age from the very young
to the old, a silver, red and blue
train made its way through the
heart of Piedmont North Caro
lina last Friday.
The train was Amtrak’s
Raleigh-to-Charlotte passen
ger train, the first passenger
train to pass through this part
of the state in more than 20
years.
Almost a week old now, and
still drawing the attention of
people along the tracks as it
passes by, the train, known as
The Carolinian, makes its run
daily from Charlotte to Raleigh
in the morning, returning to
Charlotte in the evening.
More than three years of
study were put into the train to
determine whether it would be
Passenger train service
returns to Burlington area
worth the effort, and now it has
a one-year trial to prove itself
“Two million North Carolina
residents live near this route,”
N.C. Secretary of Transporta
tion William R. Robertson Jr.
said in an article in the Burl
ington Daily Times-News.
“It is up to the people of
North Carolina to decide for
themselves if they want this
service,” he said.
Although The Carolinian
arouses a thrill in people in the
way that only a train can, just
how many people ride the rain
will determine whether the
train survives past its one-year
trial period.
The Carolinian offers an
alternative mode of trans
portation to people traveling
between any of the cities along
its route at competitive prices
with other means of trans
portation.
A round-trip ticket from
Raleigh to Charlotte aboard
The Carolinian is $30, whereas
a round-trip airline ticket
would cost about $78, and a bus
ticket would cost around $26
round-trip.
However, the train will only
come through twice a day, once
going each way.
It is expected that the major
ity of passengers on The Caroli
nian will be college-age people
and the elderly because the
time schedule will suit them
best, according to David King
the state’s director of public
transportations.
The Carolinian will take a lit
tle over four hours to make the
trip each way, making it incon
venient for those for whom
time is an important factor
such as businessman.
The train’s travel time is
lengthened partly because the
See Train, p. 9