FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1967
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MAROON AMO GOID
Dedicated to the best Interests of Elon College and
its students and faculty, the Maroon and GoW is pub
lished weekly during the college year wiA the excep-
tion of holiday and examination periods at Elon College,
N.C. (Zip Code 27244), publication being in coopera
tion with the journalism departm ent.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Don Brown
Paul Bleiberg v
James Payne Associate Editor
Ken Hollingsworth Associate Editor
Eddie Osborne Sports Editor
Joe Lee fpo^ts Ed °r
Reid 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.
BY WAY OF AN ANSWER
There were a few per
sons on the campus who
were so unacquainted with
Journalistic procedure as
to object to the use of
the word “Flash” over
the brief bulletin con
cerning the tragic death
of John Anderson in the
wreck which occurred
near the campus on Fri
day night, October 6th.
Those persons were so
unacquainted with journa
listic expressions as to
think that the use of the
word “Flash” meant
some disrespect to young
Anderson or his family
and friends. They did not
know that when Presi
dent Franklin D. Roose-
Homecoming
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halftlme in conjunction
with the presentation of
the Homscoming queen,
her court and the student
sponsors.
Homecoming guests
and alumni may register
with the college tomor
row morning in the Wil
liam S. Long Student Cen
ter from 9:00 to 1L30o’
clock. Guests will be able
to visit the new library
which is currently under
construction, and view the
recently completed reno
vations in Duke, Mooney,
Whitley, and Alamance
buildings.
Group campus displays
will also be on exhibit
tomorrow morning. The
displays will be judged,
$10 awarded to the win
ners. They will be con
structed to coincide with
the Homecoming theme
“On to the Goal”. The
Homecoming parade
floats will be judged on
the same theme and iden
tical prizes will be a-
warded.
Following tomorrow’s
game a coffee hour will
be held in the Student
Center at 4:45 o’clock.
Alumni and guests will be
received and entertained
at this time.
Tomorrow night’s an
nual Homecoming Dance
will feature the nation
ally known recording
group Jay and the Tech-
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velt died in the late af
ternoon back in 1945 that
hundreds of America’s
afternoon newspapers
used “Flash” over the
dispatch concerning
FDR’s death, nor did they
know that newspapers,
radio and television used
“Flash” over the equally
tragic death of President
John F. Kennedy.
Those persons who
protested the use of
‘Flash” over the recent
wreck death of the Elon
student, were completely
unacquainted with the
timing element involved
in the printing of the Ma
roon and Gold, which is
completely separate and
apart from the timing in-
TOlved in the publication
of the state’s daily news
papers. No disrespect to
ward either John Ander
son or his family and
friends was intended,and
therefore no apology is
necessary.
Archeologist
Visits Elon
November 9
The annual Visiting
Scholar Program, which
is operated each year un
der the sponsorship of the
Piedmont University
Center, will get underway
on Thursday, November
9th, when Dr. G. Ernest
Wright, of Harvard Uni
versity, will speak on the
general subject of Syro-
Palestinian archeology.
The first of these visit
ing scholars for the 1967-
68 college year, is a
Parkman Professor of
Divinity and is the cura
tor of the Semitic Mu
seum at Harvard Univer
sity, and he has had a
rich career in the field
of archeology and study
of ancient cultures.
He was the director of
the Drew-McCormick
Archeological Expedition
to Schechem in Jordan
and was also the director
of the archeological pro
gram at the Hebrew Un
ion College in the study
of Biblical and archeo
logical subjects at Jeru
salem. He Is now serving
as the president of the
American School of
Oriental Research and is
a prolific writer.
His visit to the Elon
campus on November 9th
will be the last of a ser
ies of a three-day tour
under the sponsorship of
the Piedmont University
Center in its Visiting
Scholars Program, and
Elon will be the sixth
of the Piedmont group
colleges he has visited.
The Visiting Scholars
Program at Elon College
this year is arranged un
der the direction of Prof.
Allen Sanders, a member
of the faculty in the de
partment of business ad
ministration. Admission
to all lectures is without
charge, and both faculty
and students are urged
to attend.
“Why Is It” this week
continues with the Octo
ber 13th edition concern
ing NO SMOKING in the
cafeteria. Because of the
insufficient space in that
edition of the paper, the
concluding portion of that
article was omitted.
I feel that these are
all excuses for the NO
SMOKING sign, not justi
fications. However, I be
lieve the real problem
lies in ones “dinner
plate.” For this is where
the “butt” to the case
for permissive smoking
will end up. If a system
could be developed where
ash trays would not dis
appear the first time they
were placed on the tables,
then 1 believe that a solu
tion to this problem of
NO SMOKING in the cafe-
Campus
Comment
By Don Brown
Why
Is It?
By JAMES PAYNE
teria could be arrived at.
The NO SMOKING sign
will not discourage smok
ing outside of the cafe
teria just like the new
little “warning sign” on
the side of each cigar
ette pack has not caused
cigarette sales to drop.
It s OK for a physician
to try to discourage his
patients about smoking,
but of the Doctors I know
within these ivy walls,
not one has a license to
practice medicine.
Therefore, it is of my
opinion that the NO
SMOKING sign can be re
moved if the problem that
justifies its being there
can be eliminated. How
about it smokers?
Since we are on the
subject of NO SMOKING,
which seems to be a fav-
The first rush under
Elon College’s newly ren
ovated social fraternity
system was completed
last week, and close to
100 new pledges are now
engaged in fraternity—
sorority activities.
The most important in
novation in the setup is
the length of the pledge
period. Instead of a few
days of concentrated ini
tiation, as has been the
practice in the past, the
pledge period has been
extended to a full semes
ter.
This and some of the
other changes might to
some seem radical inno
vations. Actually they are
merely the updating of E-
lon’s system to the mid-
20th century conditions
already existent in other
colleges.
Under the new system
the real purpose of pled-
geship can be realized.
That purpose is the
chance for the members
to observe the prospec
tive member in a variety
of situations and judge
whether or not he is ac
ceptable to the group.
Certainly the scope of
activities which could be
observed in a few days is
not very great. Over a
full semester, however,
the pledge can be seen at
his best and worst mo
ments.
Another factor which
could be strongly affect
ed under the new system
are the new members’
grades. All too often we
see the new student join
a social fraternity, and
in the excitement of new
activities, begin to neg
lect his studies. Under
the new system the pledge
will be required to
achieve a good scholas
tic standing before he m ay
become an active mem
ber. The conscientious
fraternities and sorori
ties will initiate study
programs for their pled
ges to insure that they
‘make the grade”.
For the first time now
freshmen are now eligible
to pledge social frater
nities in their first se
mester in school. In ac
tual practice, with the full
semester of pledging, the
freshman will not become
an active member any
sooner than under the old
system.
Now new members will
be initiated during the
first part of the second
semester, after grades
have been received.
There is also a provis
ion in the new system
for delayed initiation of
those whose averages
might not be sufficient at
the beginning of the spring
semester.
In order to determine
which freshmen are eli
gible to pledge a Grade
Point Average is project
ed for each by computer.
We are told that this sys
tem is generally accurate
to within hundredths of a
decimal point. We can
only wait to see how it
works out for the fra
ternity system here. At
any rate, it is commen
dable that a graduated
system of grade restric
tions has been designed
for all students.
With the improvements
we have already men
tioned, the Inter-Frater-
nity Council has done a
rather good job in bring
ing the social fraternity
system at Elon College up
to date. It is only within
the structure of the IFC
that we find fault.
In the past the busi
ness of interfraternal
government was han
dled by the Pan-Hellenic
Council, It was made up
of representatives of the
social fraternities, and
sororities who were
chosen for the job by
their groups. It seems
that this system was high
ly ineffective.
Now the Pan-Hellenic
will be replaced by the
Inter-Fraternity Council,
consisting of the presi
dents of the fraternities
and sororities. It would
seem to us that the pres
idents of fraternities
would have enough work
just running their organ
izations, Now with certain
fraternal groups on cam
pus taking on a slightly
less provincial makeup,
the job of the president
will even be expanding
If there was a problem
in getting a representa
tive assembly to work
efficiently in the past,may
we suggest that a major
part of the problem was
in the selection of the
members. Perhaps if the
Greeks of Elon College
had been a bit more se
lective in the choice oi
Pan-Hellenic represen
tatives, the fraternity
system would have been
changed long ago.
At any rate the change
has taken place now. ^
must congratulate tnos
who were responsible i
it, and wish the socia
fraternities and sorori
ties good fortune o
whatever work may st
be ahead.
orite slogan of this in
stitution, let’s focus our
attention upon one of the
favorite high spots on the
campus, Carlton Library,
Why is it that students
are again faced with the
NO SMOKING proclama
tion? Are there any more
grounds for this ruling
than there is for the same
ruling in the cafeteri
I believe not! ,
For those smokers a '
ing extensive
work in the i,.
stacks located in the
brary, they are faced witn
the unnecessary and i
convenient ultimatuni
of
cuJivemeiiL uilhw...-
having to go outside
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