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MAROON AND gold
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N.C. (Zip Code 27244), publication being In coopera
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MAROON AND GOLD
FEBRUARY lS,il968
A
Beneath
The Oaks
BY
RUSSELL SCHETROMA
With the passing of
another examination per
iod and the beginning of
a new semester, there
seems to be a strong and
growing concern about the
upsurge of cheating on
our campus. As concern
over cheating grows, faith
in the Elon Honor System
seems to become weaker
and weaker; and as faith
in it drops, the Honor
System’s potential also
fails. Some students have
gone so far as to claim
that the present Honor
System does more to pro
tect the cheater than it
does for the honest stu
dent.
In the frequent student
discussions of this prob
lem, the angry finger of
blame is often pointed at
the faculty, the admini
stration, and, most often,
at the Honor System it
self. No matter where
one decides to place the
“blame” for present con
ditions; something more
than angry idle chatter
on the part of the stu
dent body must done.Many
interesting and possibly
effective suggestions
have been made, but un
less these suggestions
are presented to the pro
per authorities, they are
little more than wasted
breath.
George Martin, presi
dent of the Honor Court,
feels that the problem
stems not only from stu
dent unwillingness to per
form the truly difficult
duty of reporting another
student for infractions of
the Honor Code, but also
from the attitude display
ed by various members of
the faculty and admini
stration. As evidence of
the validity of his view,
Mr. Martin notes that
many incidents of failure
on the part of the stu
dents to perform their
unpleasant duty, instances
in which some professors
have dccided to handle
cheaters in their own
Elon Drummer
Wins Tribute
Don Stubblefield, Elon
college sophomore from
Durham, has recently
been honored as a drum
mer through certification
by the National Associa
tion of Rudimentary
Drum-Tiers, being the
first Elon musician so
honored by this group.
The Elon percussion
artist earned the honor
when he passed success
fully an examination giv
en recently by Bobby
Christian, world-famous
percussionist, who ap
peared in one of the Elon
lyceum programs during
the past autumn term.
manner rather than fol
lowing prescribed pro
cedure, and the admini
stration’s lack of action
when faculty members u-
surp the power of the Hon
or Court.
Mr. Martin suggests
modification of the pre
sent Honor System to al
low professors to remain
in classrooms during ex
aminations — not neces
sarily as proctors but to
definitely m ake their pre
sence known.
The S.G.A. has appoint
ed a committee under
Miss Dawn Leland’s lead
ership to study the prob
lem. As soon as the long
awaited appointment of
the necessary faculty
members of this commit
tee is made, the group
hopes to make a thor
ough study of the situa
tion and to be able to
present some potent sug
gestions for improve
ment. Miss Leland has
readily agreed to con
sider any student sub
mitted ideas. (Sug
gestions should be sent
to Miss Dawn Leland in
care of the Student Gov
ernment Office).
The channel for effec
tive student action on this
vital matter has been
opened, but it remains
to be seen if the seem
ingly deep concern of the
student body is really
deep enough for advan
tage to be taken of this
opportunity.
A tomcat and a tabby
were courting on the back
fence when the tomcat
leaned over to her and
said: ‘T’d die for you,
you beautiful thing'” The
tabby gazed at him long
ingly and said; “How
many times?”
THEY HAVE ROLES IN ELON PLAYER SHOW NEXT WEEK
Why
Is It?
By JAMES PAYNE
Three of the five student a,ctors who will a,DDear in the npw Pir\n u
Mooney Chapel next week are shown abre. Le^ffto rig^^^ they ^re
of Windsor, Va Paul Bleiberg, of Wilmington, Del., Ind Go/dy Payne ^f Wavnl’
N.J. Others in the show, for whom pictures were nnr j i ^ 't. Wayne,
pie, of Taltvllle, Conn.,V„d Sam RobeSrof BuruSon ’ ’
Why is it that spring
registration has become
even more of a dreaded
nightmare for the Regis
trar and his staff than
that of fall registration?
Is it really necessary for
Mr. Barnes, Mrs, John
ston and other staff mem
bers to have to succumb
to all of the daily hard
ships and problems that
they are forced to face
for about a two week per
iod? Definitely not! I place
the origin of at least 50
percent of the problems
that arise during regis
tration upon the faculty
and students.
We all recognize that
some problems are bound
to arise when a small
staff and office are given
the job of registering
some 1,500 students.My
complaint however is the
lack of seriousness taken
by some students and fa
culty advisors during
the pre-registration and
registration period.
Among a few of the
headaches that faced this
office during this process
were the failure to pre
register; improper pre
registration; a failure of
a few professors to turn
in final grades in time to
be computed on the stu
dent grade sheets; the
improperly placed duty of
withholding student grade
sheets until a delinquent
fine receipt is turned in
to the Registrar; unne
cessary drop-add pro
cedures; the receiving of
blame for over crowded
classes and similar ac
tions. It would take the
remainder of this semes
ter to discuss these prob
lems in detail in my bi
weekly column, yet it is
felt that a few points need
some elaboration.
Faculty members, in
general (excluding one),
observed the procedure of
turning final grades into
the Registrar s Office on
time and thus eliminated
the possibility of a few
more additional head
aches for Mr. Barnes and
his staff.
However, during pre
registration considera
tion on the part of a few
professors seemed to be
greatly lacking. Evidence
of this is shown by the
way some student sche
dules were filled out and
approved by their advis
ors. It seems, in some
cases, that about as much
consideration was given to
this as one would give
to the problem of how
much a pound of feathers
weighed. A few profes
sors were very scarce
during registration and
had to be cornered ei
ther in the barber shop
or on the first green in
order to obtain their sig
nature on a student sche
dule.
Students themselves
are also to blame for the
disinterest and lack of
consideration during pre
registration, which is
evident insoms instances
by the great number of
drop-add forms that were
filled out after classes
had begun. It is interest
ing to note here that two
years ago approximately
1/2 as many drop-add
forms were filed as there
were students enrolled in
this college. Although no
percentages are available
for this semester as of
yet, I can assure you
that the percentage will
be high.
The first four days of
drop-add procedures in
the Registrar’s Office
looked like a clearance
sale at Macy’s Depart
ment Store in New York,
Here we find some stu
dents who felt that his
problem was more im
portant than any other
student and thus felt his
complaint deserved pre
cedence. As long as this
student could rearrange
his schedule to fill his
desires then gratitude
would be shown (in some
instances).
However when he was
unable to rearrange his
schedule and found out
that certain classes were
closed, then about as
many thank yous were
found as Ponce Do Leon
found polar bears in Flor
ida. If a person fails
to give consideration to
another, how does he ex
pect consideration in re
turn?
The Registrar’s Office
was also given the task
of withholding the grade
reports of those students
who had delinquent fines
to be paid. As usual some
of these lists were in
accurate, and the above
office was blamed for
withholding grades with
out just reason while the
fault really lay with the
originator of each list.
A few professors com
plained of the over-en-
rollment and the lack of
seating space in some of
their classes. The Regis
trar is not in line for
these complaints, for
there are only as many
class tickets printed as
there are seats in the
classroom. What happen®
is that sudents seekingau"
mission to closed classes
receive signed permis
sion from the department
chairman or professor
(involving the course
spoken of) and thus are
admitted to the class.This
causes inadequate seating
arrangements in mosto
the classes. ,
A certain amount o
confusion is bound to ta
place during registration
but much of the confusion
that did take place was
unnecessary. My .
of writing a second art -
cle on this subject
not so much to give prai
again to the Registrar a
his staff (even tho“g
much is evidently
to try to encourage 1 '
culty members and s
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