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Elon College, N. C.
PERMIT No. I
VOLUME 50
Elon College, N. C.
Return Requested
Thursday, May 14, 1970
NUMBER
Three Honorary Degrees
To Be Presented This Year
By Betty Anderson
Elon College will pre
sent honorary degrees to
three local citizens dur-
inc Commencement exer
cises on May 24. The
three to be honored are
Mrs. James H. McEwen,
M-. Reid Atwater May
nard, and Rev. Hoyle Lee
Whiteside,
Mrs. McEwen attend
ed the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro,
She has been active in
church and civic work
in Alamance county and
will be presented with an
honorary Doctorate of
Humane Letters.
Mr. Reid Atwater May
nard attended the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
He has been active in
church and area civic
groups including the
Board of Trustees of Elon
College. Mr. Maynard
will receive the Doctor
ate of Laws from Elon
College. Mr. Maynard
serves as president and
treasurer of Tower Hos
iery. He is also president
of Loug Finishing Mills
and a director of Leath,
McCarthy and Maynard,
a hosiery enterprise.
Rev, Hoyle Lee White
side was graduated from
Lenoir Rhyne College and
Lutheran Theological
Southern Seminary. He
received the first Mas
ter of Sacred Theology
Degree from the Semi
nary. Rev. Whiteside has
been active in the YMCA
program in Burlington as
well as AA and the Bur-
linCTon School system.
Rev. Whiteside will al
so give the Baccalaureate
address this year.
Commencement Speaker
Dr. Marc C. Weersing,
president of Presbyterian
College in Clinton, S,C,,
will give the annual Com
mencement address this
year, according to the
President’s office.
Dr. Weersing, who be
came president of Pres
byterian in 1963, is a
former Presbyterian
minister, having served
churches in Spartanburg,
S.C.; Elberton, Ga. and
Jackson, Miss.
He holds an A. B. de
gree from Calvin Col
lege in Grand Rapids,
Mich, and a bachelor of
theology from Calvin
Theological Seminary. He
then earned a master of
theology degree from
Columbia Theological
Seminary. An honorary
doctor of divinity de
gree from Southwestern
at Memphis and a doctor
of laws from The Cita
del have been bestowed
upon him.
Dr. Weersing is a
trustee of Columbia
Theological Seminary and
is currently chairman of
the S.C. Foundation of
Independent College and
heads the Association of
South Carolina Colleges.
The schedule for com
mencement is as follows:
11:00 a.m. - Baccalau
reate Sermon.Gymnas-
ium
12:15 p.m. - Luncheon
for Board of Trustees
and Special Guests, at
McEwen
12:15 p.m. -Luncheonfor
Parents and Seniors,
Harden Cafeteria
1:15 p.m. - President’s
Reception for Seniors
and Guests, Ballentine
Lounge, Harper Center
3:00 p.m. - Graduation
Ceremonies, Gymnas
ium
Faculty Approves
By-Laws
The faculty of Elon Col
lege approved its first set
of by-laws on May 1,1970.
These by - laws were
written by a committee
of eight members chair
ed by Professor Allen
maunders. Other mem
bers of the committee
were Professors Bax
ter, Kelly, Elder, Gerow,
Md Stuart. This commit-
J^ee has put in literally
hundreds of man hours
Working on the by-laws
Since they were request
ed in November by the
oard of Trustees.
As stated in Article
of the by-laws its pur
pose is *‘to enable the
teaching faculty, admin
istrative officers, stu-
S.G.A. Pres. States Goals
By Ernie Wilkinson
dents, and Board of Trus
tees to engage in con
scious, deliberate, and
purposeful cooperation so
that each may most ef
fectively contribute to
the growth, developn^nt,
and functioning of Elon
College.”
Perhaps one of the m ost
im portant additions to the
structure of the faculty
is the addition of an aca
demic council. Each of the
four general academic di
visions of the college is
represented on this coun
cil. The purpose of the
council is to formulate
general policy for appro
val or disapproval by the
faculty. When comment-
(Continued on page 8)
The following is the
text of Lee Loy’s inau
gural address:
Dr. Danieley, Dean
Moore, members of the
staff and faculty, fellow
students:
Once again, a new year
is dawning for Student
Government, one that I
hope will be “a year of
constructive change and
reform.” Since I assum
ed the office of Student
Government Association
President last Decem -
ber, I have done my best
to keep S.G.A. out of all
unnecessary controversy
and to restore the respect
of students for THEIR
S.G.A. and the College
Administration.
Even though we have
not been completely suc
cessful in attaining these
goals, I am confident that
we are moving in the right
and the proper direction.
No longer are we torn
by bitter factions — in
deed, we now have a loose
unity which needs only
solidification.
Therefore let me sug
gest to you today, fellow
students, newly installed
officers and senators, as
we are about to embark
upon the 1970-71 S.G.A.
Administration, that we
examine critically the in
ternal structure of the
Student Government As
sociation and devote our
energies to inner reor
ganization and perfection.
There are specific areas
which should be of parti
cular concern.
1. Constitutional Revi
sions — which includes
improvements and
changes in our only one-
year old Honor System’s
Revisions — Profession
al expert help is needed
to plug up the holes and
fallacies of our Constitu
tion.
2, Election Reform —
let us revise our election
and voting procedures —
we need honest and fair
elections.
3. Re-evaluation of the
S.G.A. financial support-
In the past few years,
the Student Government
Association has spread
itself too thin financially
by trying to support too
many activities. As a re
sult, students wonder if
we are really financing
anything. I n addition,
many students feel that
their S.G.A. is support
ing many activities that
the College Administra
tion should be paying for.
Also, several worthy
groups, including busi
ness organizations and
religious groups are al
lotted no funds at all. Let
us look again at the pro
grams we are financing
and then decide if they
are worth supporting,
4. Restoration of re
spect for the Liberal Arts
Forums — The prestige
of the Forum has declin
ed greatly during the past
year. The popular con
ceptions of the Forum
being a party group and of
it being a clique of the
"elite” mast come to an
immediate end. The lead
ers of the 1970-71 Forum
realize this, and I will
be working with them to
help restore student re
spect for the Forum.
5. Democratization of
the Student Government
Association — Too few
people have been making
the decisions in S.G.A.
for too long. For exam
ple, it is not fair for one
or two people to decide
what group or groins we
should have for Spring
Weekend. Instead,through
the media of polls and
referendum s the students
should have a voice in de
termining where their
money shall go and what
S.G.A. policy shall be. If
you want more entertain
ment, your officers are
(Continued on page 8)
Prof. Drumm
To Retire
This Spring
The President’s office
recently announced that
one of our faculty mem
bers will end his teaching
career this year. Pro
fessor Lewis R. Drumm
of the science depart
ment will retire effective
at the end of this semes
ter.
Professor Drumm
joined the Elon faculty in
1964 and has served
as an Assistant Profes
sor of Natural Science
since that time. He re
ceived his A. B. degree
from Susquehanna Uni
versity in 1925 and his
Masters degree from
New York L^iversity in
1931. Prior to joining the
Elon faculty. Professor
Drumm taught in the Ir
vington, New Jersey
school system for ap
proximately 34 years.