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NUMBER 27
VOLUME 49
ELON COiLEGE. N. C
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1969
ARCHITECT S DRAWING OF NEW ELON PHYSICAL EDUCATION BUILDING
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Phys Ed Building Contracted
Commencement Set Structure Will Provide
For May 24 And 25 Greatly Improved Facilities
Something new will be
introduced into the annual
Elon College commence
ment exercises for 1969,
with the weekend program
to be telescoped within a
two-day period on Satur
day and Sunday rather
than spread out from Sat
urday until Monday morn
ing as has been the case
for so many years.
■ ^6 commencement
exercises will get under
way with the annual Alum
ni Day observance on Sat
urday, May 24th, when
hundreds of Elon’s old
grads are expected to re
turn to the campus for
class reunions and to at
tend the other comm ence-
m ent program s during the
weekend.
The Alumni Day will
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ANULIS RULES AS SPRING QUEEN
The contract for a huge
new physical education
building on the Elon Col
lege campus was let yes
terday when the executive
committee of the col
lege’s board of trustees
accepted the bid submit
ted by Jack 0. Farrell,
Inc., of Sanford, for con
struction of the new
sports facility.
The new physical edu
cation building, which is
to be erected at a total
cost of approximately
$650,000, will be located
immediately north of the
Alumni Memorial Gym-
nasiun:. The plans were
drawn by Guy E, Cramp-
ton and Associates, of
I^aleigh. Construction is
to begin at once, with the
building to be completed
in one year.
The new structure will
provide for a much more
comprehensive physical
education program at
Elon College. The pre
sent Alumni Memorial
Gymnasium, which was
built in 1949 and occupied
in January of 1950, was
built principally as a bas
ketball arena, which seats
4,600 spectators. It does
not furnish adequate
space for the physical ed
ucation activities.
The new building is to
include a full-size
basketball court, rooms
for weight training, hand
ball and wrestling, along
with classrooms, and fa
culty offices. It will also
include an indoor swim
ming pool of full Olym
pic size, which will make
it possible for the college
to sponsor an aquatic pro
gram. It will also offer
space for campus recrea
tional activities.
A federal grant of
$166,133, approved
through the Higher Edu
cation Facilities program
of the U. S. government,
will be applied to the con
struction of the physical
education building, sup
plemented by funds from
the current E-4 Fund
Campaign that is being
conducted by the college.
Eleven Elon Honor Students
Are Inducted Into Alpha Chi
EWo f ^nulis, of Port Chester, N. Y., member of
festiviH class, ruled as Spring Queen over the
featurii^® of the annual “Spring Weekend,” which
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Fourteen Elon College
honor students, including
two members of the sen
ior class and nine mem
bers of the junior class,
were inducted into the
Elon Chapter of Alpha
Chi, national academic
honor society, in cere
monies held at McEwen
Memorial Dining Hall on
Tuesday night of this
week.
Dean Fletcher Moore
presided over the dinner
ceremonies,and the new
Alpha Chi members were
presented by Dr. Theo
Strum and Dr. KostasV.
Cepas, who are the co
sponsors for the academ
ic society.
The Elon chapter of
Alpha Chi was originally
formed on the campus as
a local group under the
name of Order of the
Oak, but it becam e a chap
ter of the national Alpha
Chi fraternity last
spring. Membership re
quirements call for a 3.3
cumulative grade average
and at least junior rank.
The two seniors who
have just been inducted
are Bernice Phillips, of
Ruffin; and Treva Book-
out, of Elon College. Jun
iors inducted were Ellen
Barnes, Courtland, Va.;
Belinda Black, Lexington;
Elmer Edmonds, Bur
lington; William Estes,
Staunton, Va.;
Diane Gerlach, Elon
College; Jennifer Huff
man, Burlington; Anthony
Hunt, Thomasville; Rich
ard Massey, Elon Col
lege; Patricia Morris,
Efland; Alice Reavis,
Burlington; Pamela Sau-
vain, Richmond, Va.; and
Saundra Steverson, Elon
College.
Active members of Al
pha Chi from previous in
ductions include David A-
bernathy, Lenoir; Rebec
ca Beale, Hickory; Edna
Brantley, Lattlmore;
John Burgess, Glbson-
vllle; Laurent Changulon,
Krugensdorf, Transvall,
South Africa; Annie Clea-
por, Burlington; Muriel
Cole, Centerville, Mass.;
Larry Durham, Bur
lington; Mary Etheridge,
Burlington; Shirley Fair-
cloth, Burlington; Marion
Farley, Hollins, Va.; Pe
ter Fleming, Butler, N.J.;
Penny Gilliam, Burling
ton; James Green,Smyr-
na, Del.; Peggy Gree-
son, Gibsonville; Diane
Gucker, Edinburgh, Va.;
Suzanne Hooper, Burling
ton; Sandra Isley, Bur
lington;
Neill Key, Haw River;
James Lightburne, Bur
lington; Linda Long,
Pocomoke Clty,Md.; Rudi
Mayfield, Norllna; Denny
McGuire, Montvale, N.J.;
Carol McKinney, Bakers-
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