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MAROON AND GOLD
MARCH 22.1968
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,
N.C. (Zip Code 27244), publication being in coopera
tion with the journalism department.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Paul Blelberg Co-Editor
James Payne Co-Editor
Ken Hollingsworth Associate Editor
Russell Schetroma Associate Editor
David Johnson Entertainment Editor
Eddie Osborne Sports Editor
Bob Williams Sports Editor
H 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.
SHE GRADUATED 75 YEARS AGO
Few if any of the Elon College seniors of the Class
of 1968 will be around in the year 2043 to celebrate
the seventy-fifth anniversary of their graduation from
college, but Mrs. W.P. Lawrence (pictured above) is
nearing that goal after celebrating her 96th birthday
on Monday, March 11th, for the forthcoming 1968
commencement will mark the Diamond Anniversary
of Mrs. Lawrence’s graduation from Elon in 1893.
Mrs. Lawrence, who lives in the big white-columned
house across from the Elon College presidential home
just at the northwest corner of the campus, cele
brated her 96th birthday along with the annual Elon
College Founders Day program on Monday, March
llch, for the college itself was established on her own
17th birthday back in 1889. Mrs. Lawrence’s husband,
himself an Elon graduate of 1894, was one of the pioneer
faculty members of the college. She now lives with
her daughter and son-in-law in the very shade of the
oaks that gave Elon College its name.
So What’s
New?
By PAUL BLEIBERG
There can be a great
deal said about our food
system here at Elon.And,
unfortunately, most of the
comments would be in the
negative.
Many articles have
been written in both the
MAROON AND GOLD and
the CAMPUS CRIER stat
ing that the food is lousy,
not edible, atrocious;the
atmosphere is on a third
grade “cookie break
caliber; the silver is con-
tinously dirty and simi
lar comments.
This writer whole
heartedly agrees with
most of these comments
but he is not writing any
thing more on this sub
ject to antagonize the stu
dent body.
This particular article
does not deal with" per
sonal feelings, camfms o-
pinions or polls but with
pure fact of. what ip go
ing on behind the scenes.
Probably ypu have heard
rumors regarding the in
stallation of mealtickets •
as well as paying for
meals for the entire se
mester in one “lump
sum.’’
These are by no means
rumors but "truisms”.
There are people working
on this at the present time.
The Food and Cafeteria
Committee, a student a-
filiation of the SGA, is
working very hard to once
more make eating a plea
sure rather than a task.
This committee, headed
by Bill Walker, has spok
en to all the necessary
people to find out where
the problem lies.
Whe n approached by
this committee and asked
whether the school would
be interested in the use
of meal tickets, the an
swer was why not? They
then were asked how much
this would cost. No fi
gures were as such.
The only thing that was
said was that the price of
board would rise if meal
tickets were to be in ef
fect. What one does not
realize is that the school
receives a rebate on all
the students eating in the
cafeteria.
It costs a student thir
teen dollars and sixty-
five cents per week to
eat in the cafeteria, and
the school receives ap
proximately four dollars
of that. This is what I
mean by a rebate or
sometimes known as a
“kickback”.
The two main things to
remember is that if meal
tickets are to be used,
tuition is definitely go
ing to rise. And, of much
more importance, the
school is out to make
money from the cafeteria
while we pay the conse
quences. All I can say
is to eat, EatjEAT!!!
BLOODMOBILE
VISITS ELON
The Red Cross Blood-
mobile will be at Elon’s
Alumni Memorial Gym
nasium next Friday,
March 29th, and members
of the Elon student body
and faculty are urged to
contribute to the Red
Cross blood program in
this area at that time.
The Elon quota has not
been announced.
TEACHERS
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Western High; Gail Sum
mers, Eastern High;
Burgin Beale, Southern
High; Wright Anderson,
Southern High; Ron For-
esta. Western High; Da
vid Marshburn, Western
By KEN HOLLINGSWORTH
Last year Mr. Johnson
in an editorial for the
CAMPUS CRIER jested
that the defense of Mo
therhood and the Amer
ican flag would be left
to the MAROON AND
GOLD. Not in an effoxt
to revive the so-called
fued between the M and
G and the CAMPUS CRI
ER, but because of the re
action of the majority of
the spectators at the re
cent Elon-Guilford bas
ketball game, do we write
the following.
It was disturbing to us
to note the obvious lack
of display of flag eti
quette. Guilford might be
expected to be so ignor
ant, but Elon should nev
er appear so.
We would like to call
it to the attention of the
reader that the proper
etiquette to be observed
while the national anthem
is being played has been
set by an act of the 77th
Congress. Basically the
law states that one should
stand while the national
anthem is being played.
If a flag is being display
ed, one should face the
flag and salute by placing
his right hand over his
heart.
Our hope is that Elon-
ites will remember this
information the next time
the national anthem is
played. Let’s not make
ourselves appear any
more ignorant than we
are I
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As most of Elon now
knows, the 4-1-4 class
schedule will go into ef
fect next year. This will
mean that for the average
student the maximum
number of credit hours
will run 15-3-15, making
a total of about 33 maxi
mum number of credit
hours per year. Most stu
dents find they need to
take about 16-18 credit
hours per semester in or
der to graduate under the
present system.
Although there are ad
vantages to the new 4-i-
4 system, the inability,to
accumulate needed credit
hours during the regular
school year appears to be
a disadvantage for which
there should be compen
sation.
Some schools offer stu
dents a 5-year plan in
which the student.-pays
the equivalent of four
years of tuition and gets
the 5th year tuition-free.
This plan might be an
equitable solution for
Elon to use for thope who
find themselves “ifiessed
up” by the new. system.
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The administration has
promised to look into the
possibility of allowing
campus residents the op
tion of paying for board
by the semester, as it is
now, or by the meal. The
Food and Cafeteria Com
mittee of the SGA hopes
to work out a plan with
the administration so that
it can be presented to the
executive committee of
the Board of Trustees in
May, which would enable
the Trustees to put the
plan into effect next fall.
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As the mid-semester
mark approaches, this
column reiterates its fa
voring an early announce
ment of examination
schedules. There are
those who doubt that the
administration can ever
get anything done before
§16 last minute. Latest
report has it that local
bookies are holding 4 to 1
odds that the exam sche
dule will not be out until
3 days before exams are
to begin. Any takers?
High and Rebecca Whit
aker, Western High.
Those working in ele
mentary and primary
grades in the county
schools include Sharon
Cable, Alexander Wilson;
Patricia Britton, Altama-
haw-Ossipee; Mary
Fuast, Altamahaw-Ossi-
pee; Betty Talley, Elon
College;
Janice Carter, Elon
College; Carol Teague,
Alexander Wilson; Lynn
Seymour, Altamahaw-
Ossipee; Charlotte Lay
ton, E. M. Holt; Nancy
McNair, E. M. Holt;
Glenda Lutterloh, E.M.
Holt; Gail Moore, Elon
College; Martha Ragan,
North Graham; Gladys
Albright, E. M. Yoder;
Lorin Totten, E. M. Holt;
Alice Miller, North Gra
ham;
Judy Johnson, E. M.
Holt; Rosaline Shoffner,
Elon College; Delaina
Walker, Elon College;and
Susie Clark, Elon College.
Most of these elementary
majors will do their work
in the first three grades
in the various schools.
Portrait Gift
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post to become the Ala
mance School superin
tendent from 1394 until
1910.
After retiring from tnat
public school post, he
spent his later years in
Chapel Hill. His death
occurred in an automobile
accident on August 3,1924.
The portrait was ac
cepted in behalf of the
college by Dr. J. E.Dan-
leley, Elon’s president,
who called Dr. Long the
education prophet of his
native county and of his
denomination,” quoting
the words of Dr. W. A-
Harper, a later president
of the college.
Quoting still another t-
lon president. Dr. •
Staley, Dr. Danieley also
declared of Dr. Long tna
“His inflexible purpose,
his devotion to truth, hi
coail gifts and his a
vocacy of Christian edu
cation were outstanding
features of his life.