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VOLUME 50
Elon College, N. C.
Crowded Conditions
Examined At Elon
Wednesday, October 1, 1969
Lesson number one in Freshman Orientation: Avoid
all cream pies flying through the airl
Lively Session For Senate
By Larry Sage
Jennings Berry, dean of
students, was questioned
recently about the prob
lem of overcrowded sit
uations in many of the
dormitory rooms on cam
pus.
Dean Berry explained
that there are many com
plexities involved in this
problem. In general, the
problem is the fact that
more students already
enrolled decided to re
main at Elon than expect
ed. In addition, the pro
jected enrollment of new
students was underesti
mated.
According to Berry,the
College regulates the
number of students wuo
attend Elon through a per
centage formula which is
based on previous enroll
ment figures.
The problem now, stat
ed Berry, is that the per
centages have been shift
ing faster,compounded by
the fact that the school
was overcrowded last
year.
The crisis period came
in early May when Col
lege officials realized
that too many acceptance
letters had been sent out.
None of these letters, of
course, could be recalled
or cancelled.
In trying to alleviate
the situation, the Admis
sions Office sent out no
tices to freshmen appli
cants stating that it ap
peared that many them
would be assigneo ..hree
to a room. The letter al
so informed them that the
College would refund de
posits until June 1 if any
wished to withdraw. Less
than ten withdrew, how
ever.
Dean Berry stated that
there are many other con
tributing factors to the
overcrowded conditions,
but these are the main
causes.
A1 S. Hassell, assist
ant to the president, com
mented on the Admini-
The E-4 Fund which
was Introduced in the
spring of 1967 has rais
ed approximately $1,700,
000 of the total $3 million
for the first phase of the
campaign, according to
Robert C. Baxter, di
rector of development..
Actual campaigning be
gan in the fall of i 967. The
purpose of the campaign
is to satisfy the needs of
people, programs, and fa
cilities of the College.
“Elon Expands Its Edu
cational Excellence” or
E-4 as it is known is
concerned with raising
the standard of excell
ence”.
Elon’s most urgent
needs at the present are
renovation of Whitley Au-
stration’s plans to solve
the overcrowded condi
tions. Hassell said that
by accepting fewer stu
dents and moving up the
time to sign up for rooms,
the Administration hoped
to alleviate this problem.
Also, he stated that the
Administration is trying
to cut the number of dor
mitory students down to
norma] capacity, “We
certainly don’t want Elon
to be overcrowded,” said
Hassell.
A few students who have
been placed inthree-per-
son rooms were asked to
comment about the
crowded situation in the
dormitories.
Bill Haffey, a sopho
more, said, ‘ It is crowd-
THREE IN A ROOM
(continued on page 3)
The Student Senate
meeting of Thursday,Sep-
tember 18 was a scene
of intense activity and
complicating circum
stances.
First of all, the Speak
er of the Senate, Lee
Loy, called the meeting
to order at 6:30 and an
nounced that he had re
ceived two more Senate
resignations. This, he
added, brought the total
number of Senate vacan
cies to six. He stated that
these seats would be fill
ed in a special election
on October 1.
In the realm of special
reports, the S.G.A. Trea-
A group of thirteen
students and six faculty
members attended a
weekend retreat at Frank-
linton Center, N. C. to
study the religious life on
campus.
ditorium, necessary
equipment and furnish
ings, conversion of the
Carlton Building for use
as additional instruction
al space for art and mu
sic, and an additional $1
million in unrestricted
endowment.
Through the E-4 Fund,
several objectives have
already been attained,
such as the completion
of the new library build
ing. Other goals that are
nearing completion are
the additional physical
education facilities and a
new class-room building.
Also, new faculty appoint
ments have increased the
percentage of doctorates,
which was another objec
tive of the plan.
surer. Morrow Miller,
briefed the Senate on the
progress of the special
financial investigation.
Bill Walker, Senior Sen
ator, reported that the
Administration had com
pleted its share of a fin
ancial agreement con
cerning the sound system
in the gym. He request
ed that the Senate keep
this factor in mind when
considering the revised
1969-70 budget.
As far as old business
was concerned, the revis
ed and updated Policies
and Procedures of the S.
G.A. on the legislative
branch was passed on the
The members of the fa
culty group were Dr. Al
fred Hurst, Dr. William
Elzey, Mrs. Bessie Sloan,
Miss Edith Brannock and
Dr. Albert Gminder.
The main concern of this
group was to discuss the
religious life on campus
and its relation to the stu
dents, faculty and admin
istration.
After various group
discussions, plans were
made to meet again the
following week to discuss
projects for the coming
year.
Dr, Hurst, who is the
campus minister and who
planned the retreat, felt
that the retreat was a
success. “I hope that ev
eryone came back with
some enthusiasm and that
this enthusiasm will con
tinue,” said Dr. Hurst.
The fact that the group
has planned other meet
ings is a good sign, stat
ed Dr. Hurst. As a final
note. Dr. Hurst said that
he would like to see more
retreats like the past one
with various other stu
dents.
condition that the Speak
er launch an investigation
to solve the problem of
carrying on Senate busi
ness during the Winter
Term.
Under new business,the
Senate approved an emer
gency bill to allow the
upper classes to loan
funds for a Freshman
“mixer” and record hop.
At the same time, a bill
to supply funds for send
ing the cheerleaders to
the Elon-Concord game
was rejected. Many
write-in bills and reso-
in bills and resolutions
were introduced.
One write-in resolution,
a request for the bath
room doors of Smith and
Carolina Dorms to be re
placed, was passedunani
mously following a color
ful and comical argument
See Action-Senate Meet
Page 4
During the first week of
classes everyone prob
ably noticed the freshmen
carrying plastic bags full
of paperbacks. This is a
result of a change in ap
proach to the first two
years of English, which
all students are required
to study.
This experimental pro
gram includes English
111, 113, 211, and 213.
English ill, instead of
placing emphasis on
grammar as it used to,
will deal primarily with
critical study of various
forms of literature. The
course will begin with
analysis of essays and
then shift to drama and
novels. Students will be
required to write criti
cal themes on the works
Frosh Given
Sentences
At Tribunal
The feared freshman
tribunal was held in the
form of a Kangaroo Court
on Wednesday, September
24.
At six p.m. approxi
mately 200 scared fresh
men flocked into Whitley
Auditorium to hear the
accusations. All fresh
men summoned to the
bench of the High Judge
of the Court, Louis Blom,
were promptly splattered
with eggs, dusted with
flour, and creamed with
pies.
The freshmen, how
ever, would not be intim
idated. Approximately ten
of them ambushed the all
female jury. Judge Blom
and Overseer Comnlnaki
with a barrage of eggs.
Their fun was shortlived,
however, for the first
session of the Kangaroo
Court was adjourned five
minutes later.
Elon Enrolls
Record No.
Current enrollment
figures were released
this past Wednesday by
Registrar Robert Gwalt-
ney through Worden J.
Updyke, director of tech
nical services. According
to Updyke, a total of 1843
students are attending
classes on the Elon Col
lege campus for the
school year 1969-70.
This year’s enrollment
is the largest in Elon’s
history. The total num
ber of students is divid
ed into the following cat
egories: commuters 661,
night 78, and dormitory
students 1104.
The following class
breakdowns were also re
leased by Mr. Updyke;
Freshmen 492, Other
freshmen 133, Sopho
mores 461, Juniors 354,
Seniors 369, and Night
students 78.
they have studied. Under
this plan the students will
be counseled by their in
structors regarding their
papers.
English 113 will be ap
proached in much the
same manner, except for
the fact that American
literature will be studied
from The_American Tra
dition in Literature'(one
volume), by ^ Bradley,
Beatty, and Long.
This year English lit
erature will be a two-
semester course. Em
phasis will be placed on
appreciation of English
literature from “Beo
wulf” to the latter eigh
teenth century (English
211) and from the nine
teenth century to the pre
sent (English 213).
Successful Retreat
E-4 Fund Aids
College In Goals
Changes Are Listed
For Eng. Program