FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1967
United Church of Christ
with 205, followed in or
der by the Presbyterians
with 192, Episcopalians
66, Catholics 61, Luthe
rans 48 and Jewish 8 stu
dents. The remaining 12.4
per cent listed other de
nominations or no church
preference.
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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 wirt the excep
tion of holiday and examination periods at Elon College,
N.C. (Zip Code 27244), publication being in coopera-
Lion with the Journalism department.
editorial board
Don Brown
Paul Bleiberg
Ja.mcs P3.yn6* AssoclS-tG Euitor
Ken Hollingsworth Associate Editor
Eddie Osborne Sports Editor
Joe Lee fvorts Ed tor
Alumni Editor
REPORTORIAL STAFF
Claes Alexanderson, Peggy Beale, Percy Benton,
Nancy Boone, Charles Boroody, Barbara Bugg, Bobby
Bulla, Tom Campion, Sandy Carrington, Janice Car
ter, Cathy Collins, Monty Duncan, Pete DeVault, Robert
Halstead, Keith Handy, Holly Hollingsworth, Barbara
Ippolito, Gary Jordan, Lloyd Kanipe, Jim Lunsford,
Glenda Lutterloh, Jim McClure, Lynn Michael, Robert
Monacelli, Richard Moon, Donald Morrison, J.W. Pace,
Jeannette Robinette, Rosalind Shoffner, Larry Small,
Ike Steele, Malcolm Sullivan, Ronnie Tugwell, Bill
Turner, Charlie VanLear, Tom Ward, Claire Webb,
Rebecca Whitaker, Bob Williams.
Varied Backgrounds
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dormitory enrollment of
699 last fall. There are
618 day-time students
who commute to classes,
as do almost all of the 99
night students.
Also of much Interest
is the widespread geo
graphic distribution of
Elon students, with this
1967 registration showing
students from 23 states,
the District of Columbia
and five foreign countries.
As always, the largest
student group comes from
North Carolina with a to
tal of 996 students, rep
resenting 68.5 per cent.
Other states among the
leaders are Virginia with
226, New Jersey 45, New
York 30, Maryland 27,
Delaware 21, Florida 19,
Connecticut IS, Pennsyl
vania 14 and South Caro
lina 14.
These ten states fur
nished 98 per cent of the
entire Elon enrollment,
with thirteen other states
and the District of Colum-
- bia having at least one
student. Foreign coun
tries represented include
El Salvador, Greece,Hon-
duras, Jordan and Swe
den.
Among the North Caro
lina students there are
64 of the state’s 100 coun
ties represented, five
more than were listed last
fall. Alamance County
furnished 517 students,
slightly less than last
year. Other county lead
ers are Guilford 71,
Durham 43, Rockingham
38, Randolph 30, Forsyth
24 and Wake 22 students.
The varied religious
memberships and prefer
ences show more than 20
denominations, with the
Baptists and Methodists
topping the lists with 364
and 329 students listed,
with each group holding
the same relative rank as
last year.
In third spot is the
SGA Has
New Look
In ‘67-68’
The Elon College Stu
dent Government Asso
ciation has begun the
school year with several
innovations in its set-up,
among them operation
from a brand new set of
offices on the second floor
of the Student Center.
Installed in these of
fices are SGA President
Dale Morrison, of Lynch
burg, Va.; Vice-Presi
dent Noel Allen, of Bur
lington; and Treasurer
Carl Mulholland, of Dur
ham.
Also an innovation is
that this year for the first
time there is no elected
SGA secretary, and the
SGA paperwork is now
handled by a paid secre
tary, Mrs. Pat Pilkinton.
President Morrison, in
addition to being charged
with the overall running of
the Student Government,
_ also serves as a chief
liason between the stu
dents and the administra
tion. One of Vice-Presi
dent Allen's chief tasks is
service as speaker of the
Student Senate, presiding
over the weekly meetings.
The Student Senate is
the legislative branch of
the SGA, and it is com-
fXDsed of the class offi
cers of each of the four
classes, plus five elected
senators from each class.
The senior officers are
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Campus
Comment
By Don Brown
The gymnasium acous
tical system is once again
a foremost item of stu
dent government contro
versy. With a recent bill
stopping further payment
by the SGA on the system,
perhaps a definite step
has been taken toward
solution of the problem.
Disagreement and con
fusion concerning the pro
ject covers its whole
scope from payment to in
stallation. A recent talk
with SGA President Dale
Morrison demonstrated
to u s that his knowledge
of the situation is as vague
as ours.
In the first place, the
very nature of the work to
be done seems to be in
doubt. Just what is meant
by the term acoustical
system? According to
Morrison it.is a system
of renovations and equip
ment within the gymnas
ium which “would render
it possible for a speaker
or entertainer to be
heard clearly from any
point within the gym pro
per”.
That sounds simple e-
nough but no one is quite
sure how it is to be ac
complished. The common
conception is that the a-
coustical tile already
hanging from the gym
ceiling is to be supple
mented by some other
frhy
Is It?
By JAMES PAYNE
sort of sound baffle, and
an improved public ad
dress system. Whether
this is the extent of the
work even Morrison
seems uncertain.
Acutally, we cannot
blame Dale Morrison for
whatever shortcomings
may presently exist in
the project. It was begun
during the administration
of Jerry Cameron in the
spring of 1966. Neither
can we blame Cameron
for implementing a poor
plan because we cannot
determine what that plan
may have been.
When the project was
first suggested it seems
that Cameron made some
sort of verbal agreement
with administration offi
cials concerning payment
for the work. No one is
quite sure what exactly
the agreement entailed.
Som» sources indicate a
contract was prepared
and never signed, but no
one seems certain even
of that.
The SGA was to pay
$12,000 for the comple
tion of the project. It
was never certain just
how much the full job
would cost, but a recent
estimate sets it around
$20,000. Payment was to
be made from profits
from the concerts and
(Continued on page 4)
Why is it that each day
as students leave the
“pleasant atmosphere”
of Slater’s “Hot Shoppes”
sign continues to be post
ed over the exit door?
Are there certain grounds
for this ruling or is it
just that certain mem
bers of the established
hierarchy don’t approve
of smoking?
These are questions
that I have heard off and
on for some three or four
years. Let’s look at this
question of smoking in the
cafeteria and take into
consideration both the
positive and the negative
side.
Smoking itself has be
come an accepted social
“habit” and this campus
has its share of loyal
followers. Considering
this, if a majority of the
students were to vote for
smoking to be allowed,
would this notbe the dem
ocratic way of approach
ing this matter?
Shouldn’t the question
be left up to majority
rule? Yes and No!! Ma
jority rule is very es
sential but how about min
ority rights? This too is
very important and can- ■
not be “puffed out” by
just saying the majority
rules. Then again there
can be an over protection ‘
of minority rights by cer
tain individuals which t
could thus lead to minor
ity rule. Yet, I don’t be- '
lieve that the problem of
“Majority rules” vs
“minority rights” is the
main problem to contend
with.
Some adherents to the
non-smoking policy advo
cate that if smoking was
permissive, confusion
would occur and the prob
lem of lingering within
the cafeteria would de
velop. This is not neces
sarily true, because a
majority of the students
do not rush out of this
fine “eating eastablish-
ment” as soon as their
meal is completed. Lin
gering is bound to take
place wherever there is
a student gathering, for
what else is there to do
within the walls of an
institution that offers f
such a wide variety of
social activities. Well,
anyone for ping-pong?
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Faculty Vacations
(Continued from
Ann Vickers of the library
staff and Miss Edith Bran-
nock in home economics
completed master's de
grees at the University
of North Carolina in
Greensboro.
Other Elon faculty
members who pursued
advanced study during the
summer were Dr. Howard
R. Richardson at the Uni
versity of Maine, Prof,
Walter Westafer at the
UNC-CH; Prof Gene Fea-
therstone at Eastman
School of Music of the
University of Rochester;
Prof. Edwin Daniel at
UNC-G; Prof. John Ger-
lach at the University of
South Carolina; Miss
Marilyn Spencer at Crow
ell Collier Institute in
Chicago; Prof. Allen San
ders in a special IBM pro
gram at Winston-Salem;
Prof, James P. Elder,
doing research at Har
vard University; and Mrs.
Edith Stevens at the UNC-
CH.
Several of the Elon fa
culty members combined
more than one activity.
Dr.and Mrs. Sylvanus Du
vall, after returning from
a tour of New Zealand,
participated in experi
mental church programs
and surveys or worked on
special projects such as
film strips; and Dr. Will
iam W. Horner cooperated
in research projects in
chemistry at Chapel hill
and attended a special
conference in NewHamp-
shire.
Dr. J. E. Danieley,
Elon's president, also had
varied activities. Along
with administrative du-
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ties here at the college,
he found time to attend
meetings of the General
Synod of the United
Church of Christ in Cin
cinnati and joined with
Prof. Fletcher Moore,
Prof. Alfred Hassell,
Prof. Robert Baxter and
Business Manager W.E.
Butler in attending a
workshop on administra
tive leadership at the Uni-
N^ersity of Georgia. Mr.
Butler also attended an
institute on college busi
ness management at the
University of Kentucky.
Dr. Malvin N. Artley,
of the Elon music staff,
was one of the busy fa-
cultyrnembers, for he ser
ved as administrative di
rector for the Eastern
Music Camp for several
weeks, served as chair
man for the first south
eastern regional confer
ence of the American
String Teachers Associa
tion here at Elon and was
named president-elect
for the National School
Orchestra Association
while attending the na
tional convention in Mich
igan. At that time he com
pleted a four-year term
as treasurer of the or
chestra group.
Among those who par*
ticipated in or helped con
duct clinics or workshops
in various fields were
Mrs. Betty Gerow, of
the English faculty; Prof-
Gene Featherstone, of the
music faculty; Prof.
White, of the music fa"
culty; and Coaches
Wilson, Bill Miller and
Jerry Drake, all of the
Elon coaching staff.