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elon college. N. C.
FRIDAY. JANUARY 24.1969
NUMBER 12
Elon Study Group In England
THEY DIRECT STUDY IN ENGLAND
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DR. GERARD PRIESTLEY PROF, JAMES P. ELDER
Wake Forest Coach
Speaks To Gridders
Coach Cal Stoll, re
cently appointed as head
football coach at Wake
Forest University, was
the featured speaker when
the Elon I-S-E-A Club
played host to the Fight
ing Christian football
squad at the annual foot
ball banquet, held in the
dinner room of Huey’s
Barbecue on Wednesday
night, January 16th.
Coach Stoll, who was no
stranger to the Elon
scene, since he had as
sisted Coach Red Wilson
in summer football camps
or clinics during the past
two summers, challenged
the Christian grid per
formers to improve
themselves as football
players and as men.
“Be better than you
are,” he said in urging
the Elon gridders to set
high goals and work to
ward them, and he named
Specific challenges which
may inspire the gridders
to constant improvement.
Coach Stoll was accom
panied to Elon by Coach
Bill Lewis, one of his
newly-named staff mem
bers at Wake Forest.
Paul Huey, president of
the Elon I-S-E-A Club,
which is an organization
of Elon sports fans and
boosters, presided over
™e dinner gathering,
which included a goodly
number of the club mem-
°6rs, the Elon gridders
and the Elon coaches, a-
jong with President J.E.
^anieley and several
members of the faculty
athletic committee,
In addition to the ad-
toess by Coach Stoll, the
program also included the
presentation of football
tters and stars for grid
during the recent
"68 football season, and
also presentation of a
umber of special a-
wards.
Of Special interest was
Priestley And Elder
Twenty-Two History
Directing
Students
one presentation to a
member of the Elon
coaching staff. After all
the player awards had
been presented , Lloyd
Kanipe, one of the Elon
co-captains for 1968,act
ed for the members of the
squad in presenting the
game ball used in the
Christians’ 23 to 21 vic
tory over Lenoir Rhyne
to Coach Gary Mattocks,
Kanipe credited Coach
Mattocks with planning
the defense that halted
the always dangerous
Bears,
Richard McGeorge,
Elon’s All-American jun
ior end from Roanoke,
Va,, was presented the
“Most Outstanding Play
er” trophy by Dr. Ronald
Pruitt, who has been one
of the Elon team’s most
loyal supporters. Dr,
Pruitt praised McGeorge
for his all-round ability
and character as well as
for his football accom
plishments.
The “Most Outstand
ing Back” award was pre
sented by Paul Huey to
Burgin Beale, the brill
iant Elon passer from
Danville, Va., who com
pleted his four years of
Fighting Christian grid
play after practically re
writing the Elon passing
and total offense records.
The trophy for “Best
Running Back” went to
Emery Moore, of Sche
nectady, N.Y., who was
not present for the din
ner. The award was pre
sented in absentia by
Coach Jerry Tolley, who
called Moore by far the
outstanding runner on the
squad.
The “Best Blocker” a-
ward was presented to
Steve Helms, sophomore
line star from Fayette
ville, with the presenta
tion by Coach Mickey
Brown; and the trophy for
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Study abroad for Elon
College students under E-
lon direction became
available for the first
time this month, when a
group of twenty-two Elon
history and social science
students went to England
as a class group to study
British history and Brit
ish culture at first hand.
The foreign study be
came available under
Elon’s new 4-1-4 calen
dar, with its regular fall
and spring terms of four
months each, with a spe
cial one-month winter
term during January and
early February. The one-
month mini-term made
possible a number of spe
cial courses, each with
intensive study of special
courses and material, and
the study tour in England
was one of the special
courses.
The twenty-two Elon
students, who flew to Eng
land from the Kennedy
Airport in New York on
January 11th, are under
the direction of Dr, S.E.
Gerard Priestley, Dis
tinguished Visiting Pro
fessor of Political Science
and History, and Prof,
James P. Elder, who is a
regular member of the
Elon history faculty. Pro
fessor Elder is a special
ist in English history.
The presence of Dr,
Priestley, who is himself
a native Britisher, makes
the study of English his
tory, government and cul
ture more rich than it
might otherwise be, and
the students will have an
opportunity to visit the
Priestley home in Sus
sex and have access to
many points of interest
that might otherwise not
be open to them.
The program for the
Elon student group in
cludes visits to famous
historic landmarks such
as Westminster Abbey,
the Tower of London, St,
Paul’s Cathedral, the
Houses of Parliament,
the Law Courts and Old
Bailey. The students will
attend lectures at London
University and at the
British Museum and will
also visit such London
institutions as Guildhall,
Lloyds of London and the
Bank of England,
Also included will be
the opportunity to visit
famous art galleries and
to attend some of the
many London theatres,
ballet performances and
concerts at the Royal
Festival Hall and the
world-renowned Royal
Albert Hall, There will
be trips to many places
of interest outside of Lon
don.
In addition to the many
planned events, the Elon
students are having op
portunity to explore Lon
don as individuals,since
most evenings and week
ends are free from or
ganized programs. On
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FOOTBALLPLAYERS GET AWARDS AT ANNUAL DINNER
Football players all dressed up and somewhere to go is the fitting description
for the above group of Elon College football start, with the picture snapped at the
annual Elon College football dinner, which was held at Huey’s Barbecue on Thurs
day night, January 16th. The players in the group are most of those who were
presented with special awards at the dinner. Those seated (left to right) are Burgin
Beale, named most outstanding back; Co-Captain Wes Gilliam, who was given the
“Fighting Christian” award; Richard McGeorge, who received the most outstand
ing player award; and Tom Jernigan, recipient of the special coaches award.
Those standing behind (left to right) are Ronnie O’Brien, who was given the
“Scrub Bucket” award for fine service by a non-starter; Steve Helms, named the
best blocker; and Co-Captain Lloyd Kanipe, rewarded as the best defensive player.
Not present for the dinner and the picture was Emery Moore, who was awarded the
honor as the best running back.