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MAROON and gold
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 with the excep
tion of holiday and examination periods at Elon College,
NX. (Zip Code 27244), publication being in coopera
tion with the Journalism departmsnt.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Paul Bleiberg Co-c-ditor
James Payne ..Co-Editor
Ken Hollingsworth Associate Editor
Russell Schetroma Associate Editor
David Johnson .....Entertainment Editor
Eddie Osborne Sports Editor
Bob Williams Sports Editor
Reid Alumni Editor
Luther N. Byrd Faculty Advisor
REPORTORIAL STAFF
Richard Adams, Claes Alexanderson, Nancy Boone,
Sam Boroody, Judy Caines, Tom Campion, Sandy
Carrington, Stanley Cocke, Larry Collins, Shannon
Doolittle, Monty Duncan, Wanda Edwards, Walter
Gose, Timothy Green, Keith Handy, William Her
bert , Eleanor Hill, Holly Hollingsworth, Vickie Hor
ner, Linda Jordan, Lloyd Kanipe, Richard Lee, Jim
my Lunsford, Kay McCauley, Jim McClure, Don
Martin, Lynn Michael, John Michaels, Robert Mona-
celli, Richard Moon, William Motz, Carl Mulholland,
Aleda Pope, Jeannette Robinette, Beth Rountree,
Wayne Smart, Sandra Wrenn.
1
Beneath
The Oaks
BY
RUSSELL SCHETROMA
Friday, March 1, 968
Why
Is It?
By JAMES PAYNE
Ever since the S.G.A.
raised the Student Gov
ernment Fee to SIO per
student, there have been
many complaints made
that the student gets no
more—if not fewer—ben
efits now that this new fee
is in operation.
When asked about these
complaints, Carl Mulhol
land (S.G.A. Treasurer)
responded that he too was
upset by the fee hike when
it was first suggested; but
now that he has become
treasurer and intimately
concerned with the prob
lems and expenses of the
S.G.A., he definitely sees
the necessity of this new
higher fee.
The S.G.A. Treasurer
offered the following facts
and figures to help the
hlon Student Body see
where the money is being
spent and why the higher
fee is necessary:
1. For the 1967-1968
year the total S.G.A. Bud
get is S25,200.
2. The Liberal Arts
Forum which brings many
truly excellent scholars
to speak on our campus
and also sponsors the
“Humanities Symposium”
is allotted S6,000.
3. The representatives
hlon sends to the State
Student Legislature are
allotted S600; and al
though this is a select
group, the honors they
have brought to l.lon cer
tainly benefit the entire
student body by building
respect for l-.lon in the
world of scholarship.
4. I he l-.ntertainment
t.ommittee, which is the
group most frequently
lambasted by students for
a supposed lack of acti
vity, is allotted $10,900.
I his may sound like a
^reat dejl of money when
fine considers how few and
fjr hetwc-en entertain
ment programs on our
campus are,bui one cannot
forget that this committee
spends a great sum just
for busses to transport
students to away-games.
For each program on
campus this group pays for
equipment (e. g. lights),
personnel (e. g. lighting
men, etc.), police ser
vices, and janitors in ad
dition to the entertainer’s
fee! (For example, the
recent concert by the
“Shondels” cost the S.G.
A. $2,671.70)
5. The Orientation
C o m m i ttee is allotted$ 300
for its necessary work.
Although it is true that
this group makes some
money on the sale of
“beanies,” the S. G.A.
always has to make up
a sizeable sum to enable
Freshman Orientation to
be a memorable exper
ience for Elon’s new stu
dents.
6. A fund of $250 has
been set aside to pro
vide flowers for the fune
rals of Elon students and
their immediate families.
These are only a few
of the many expendatures
of the S.G.A. which Mr,
Mulholland mentioned,but
they should give a fairly
accurate idea of the major
expenses faced by the
group.
From these 6 points it
is plain that the money
the S.Ci.A. receives from
the student body is being
spent, not hoarded or used
to pay off the officers as
some students jokingly
suggest, rhe burden of de
ciding whether the stu
dents’ money is being
spent effectively lies on
the rank and file paying
members of the S.G.A. F-
lon has an active Student
Senate and Senators who
are usually quite willing
to listen to any construc-
MAROON AND GOLD
NEW TRAINER
JOE SELMAN
Selman Named
New Trainer
For Athletes
Joe Selman, a native of
Newalla, Okla., and mem
ber of the athletic train
ing staff at the L'nited
States Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Md., for the
past two years, has re
cently joined the Elon
College athletic staff as
head trainer for all Fight
ing Christian athletes.
The Elon athletic staff
has had part-time train
ers in past years, but
Selman became the first
full-time trainer to serve
with the Fighting Chris
tian teams. He will work
with the athletes in foot
ball, basketball, baseball,
wrestling, track and other
sports.
Selman is a graduate
of high school in his na
tive city and attended the
University of Oklahoma
for two years, majoring
in physical education.He
worked as a team train
er both in high school and
at the University of Okla
homa.
He entered the armed
service in 1966, and in
June of that year he was
graduated from the U.S.
Navy Hospital Corps
School in San Diego, Calif.,
where he completed his
work with an honor aver
age.
After completing his
training at San Diego.Sel-
man was assigned to work
at the Naval Academy,
where he worked with the
Middies in football,
wrestling, crew, soccer
and lacross training. At
Annapolis he had exper
ience under one of the
finest athletic trainers in
the business in Leon Ro
mo, and he also worked
under Ken Rawlinson at
Oklahoma.
Selman is an associate
member of the National
Athletic Trainer’s Asso
ciation and the American
Red Cross First Aid As
sociation in both standard
tive suggestion offered
by any student. Worthy
suggestions can in this
manner be brought to the
attention of the proper
authorities who have the
power to put them into
action.
Obviously, the student
who refuses to seek the
real facts, base his de
cisions upon them and
then seek to change what
appears to him to be in
effective is also refus
ing the one path of con
structive dissent open to
him.
Why is it that some
thing cannot be done about
the stealing on our col
lege campus, which is
hovering over us like the
Black Death once hover
ed over England and other
parts of Europe?
During the years that I
have been a student at
Elon 1 have never seen
the college faced with the
stealing problem that it
now faces. For those
students who are not a-
ware of these “dishon
est acts”, I am mainly
referring to the break-
ins of the cigarette and
candy machines which are
located in Long Student
Center and the cigarette
machine located in Ala
mance Building. Some of
these thefts have even oc
curred during regular
class hours, others early
and a few between 6 o’
clock and 8 o’clock in the
morning.
Each of the machines
that have been broken in
to have had a hook-latch
system. Entrance is gain
ed into these machines
by cutting the hook which
then allows one to re
move the lock, lift the
latch and open the front
casing of the machine. At
first the machines were
robbed of the merchan
dise and money, but now
it seems that the money
is the main objective of
the thief or thieves.
After talking with one of
the men from Burns De
tective Agency, I learn
ed that at various times
a “stake out” was made
by the above agency in
effort to apprehend the
guilty parry but no re
sults took place. The
thief or thieves know when
and where to strike and
and advanced divisions.
The new trainer re
ported to Elon at the be
ginning of the spring se
mester. In addition to his
work with the athletes, he
is also taking some
course work here.
Westafer Is
Delegate To
Music Meeting
Prof. Waler Westafer,
of the Elon College mu
sic faculty, represented
Elon College recently at
the annual meeting of the
South Central group of the
Music Teachers’ National
Association, which held
its sessions at New Or
leans.
Prof, Westafer, who is
a member of the national
executive board of the mu
sic teacher organization,
served during the conven
tion on both the nominat
ing committee and the
necrology committee,
acting as chairman of the
latter group.
when the machines will
have the most money. Yei
it is not known how many
are involved in this or
whether the guilty party
is a student of FI on or
not.
It should be made clear
at this point that I am
not criticizing the admin
istration of the i^urns De
tective Agency. Yet 1 can’t
understand why no obser
vable headway has been
made in trying to appre
hend the guilty party sincc
the thefts first i)egan in
September of last year.
1 believe all students
should consider these
break-ins as a threat to
the reputation of our col
lege. If the guilty par
ties involved in these
thefts are allowed to
continue, it could spread
to other a reas and get even
more out of hand.
An example of this is that
a few weeks ago a dor
mitory student had his
transmission, drive shaft
and gear shift removed
from his car while it was
parked in front of his
dormitory. A few students
may laugh ai this inci
dent and think it to be
funny, yet 1 don’t believe
it would be too humorous
if one if these laughing
students were to become
the victim.
So, what 1 am asking
is for each and every
student to be alert and re
port anything suspicious
to the proper authorities
and let’s put a slop tu
i.hese campus thefts now
before it gets worse. (P.
S. - Anyone noticing an
English 342 book floating
around with my name in
it, it would be appreciat
ed if you would notify
me. It seems that it just
walked off.)
PACE
PLAN
(Continued from Page I)
eligibility of a student
on the basis of his need
for financial assistant to
attend or continue col
lege. PACE is one of
several sources of loans,
grants and work study
programs available to
students who need finan
cial assistance.
Students who wish to
know how to apply
apply to the local depart
ment of public welfare
in his community, to the
financial aid officer at
the college which he at
tends or to the local hign
school guidance counsel
lor and request informa
tion or forms that ari.
needed for application.
Robert E. Gwaltncy.
who is the financial aid
officer at lilon, would UK*-
to be informed of any
persons who may nett
financial help in starling
or continuing their col
lege educai ion.