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Volume III Number 3
Elon College, North Carolina
October 7.1976
Homecoming features queen and court
These girls represent the 17 campus organizations sponsoring a candidate for the 1976
Homecoming Court. Today’s election will determine the winner and the four finalists who will
serve as the homecoming court during halftime of Saturday’s game.
Elections today will
determine which of the 17 girls
pictured above will serve on this
weekend's homecoming court.
The girls and the organizations
they represent are Julie George,
TKE; Dawn Luciano, Kappa
Sig; Jan Morton, Sig Ep; Nancy
Heil, Kl|IN; Donna Sowder, ITK;
Dawn Shutts, APO; Wanda
McDowell, Sigma Pi; Ava
Pierce, freshman class; Trent
Dickens, sophomore class;
Linda Bartlett, junior class;
Debbie Porter, senior class;
Betty Burton, SAM;
Merbristeen Blakney, BCS;
Neil Teague, Civinettes; Debbie
Carlson, Phi Mu; Sue Ross, Tri
Sig; and Amy Williams, ZTA.
Everyone is urged to come to
the lobby in Long Student
Center to vote for favorite girls
and the SGA referendum.
Freshmen will also vote on
freshman class officers.
Homecoming festivities will
be kicked off this Saturday at 9
a.m. in Long Student Center
with an alumni registration
and reception.
Elon’s little Vegas night, this coming Monday, will offer free
chances to participate in casino games. Everyone is welcome
to attend. (Photo by Robert House)
Forum to present concerts^
historians^ filmSj lectures
by Kay Raskin
The Liberal Arts Forum has
brought such celebrities to Elon
in the past as Gerald Ford,
James Dickey, Hubert
Shuptrine, Alan Bloom, and
Alexander Bickle. The Forum
plans to continue its tradition
this year.
On Oct. 18, the Forum will be
co-sponsoring two Italian
historians. Dr. Giorgio Spini
and Dr. Raimondo Luraghi. Dr.
Spini will speak on "The
Politics of Michelangelo" and
will be introduced by Dr.
Luraghi. The program at 7:30
will be in Mooney Little
Theatre.
On Oct. 21 the Forum will
co-sponsor an hour of jazz.
The Missouri Hogshead
Exposition, a local bluegrass
group, will be appearing Oct. 31
by Staley lake for a special
Hallowe’en presentation,
"Waiting for the Great
Pumpkin. A troupe of actors
from the N.C. School of the Arts
will also be performing. The
event planned for 6 will
culminate with the anticipated
airrival. Everyone is advised to
bring a blanket; a bonfire and
refreshments are planned.
A tentative date of Nov. 17
has been set for an Alfred
Engstrom lecture. Mr.
Engstrom is the editor of a book
containing lectures he
presented during a series of
presentations for the Forum at
Elon.
"God and the Dark Night of
the Soul" is the theme of the fall
symposium which features a
series of films and
commentators. Dr. William
O’Grady of St. John's College
will speak Jan. 24 on the film
Diary of a Country Priest. Shop
on Mam Street is the film
scheduled for Jan. 31 with
tentative plans for M. R. Elie
Wiesel as the commentator. On
Feb. 8, The Virgin Spring will
be shown, and Dr. Carlyle
Maurnay of Duke will be the
guest speaker. On Feb. 14 the
Forum will sponsor Dr. Edward
Goerner of Notre Dame as the
commentator on the film A Man
for All Seasons.
The spring symposium s
theme is "Competition: "Virtue
or Vice” and will consist of four
speakers on the topics: 1)
Competition is neither virtue
nor vice; 2) Competition is a
vice; 3) Competition is a virtue;
4) Competition is both virtue
and vice. .
The spring symposium will be
held April 4,5,6, and 7.
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Dr. Chase at work in the Religion Dept with, not a dart board
but a multiple wheel of New Testament knowledge.
Carole Chase moves from
math to the ministry
Italy’s past
to come alive
by Dana Hill
The Liberal Arts Forum will
present on Oct. 18 at /:30 in the
Mooney Theatre a lecture by Dr.
Giorgio Spini of the University
of Genoa in Italy. His topic will
be "The Politics of
Michelangelo." Also appearing
with Dr. Spini will be Dr.
Raimondo Luraghi, professor of
history at the University of
Genoa and the University of
Turino, Italy.
Dr. Spini is a specialist in
Florentine history, and Dr.
Luraghi is considered an
authority on the American
Civil War. He is generally
recognized as one of Italy’s
outstanding historians and is a
friend of Dr. James Moncure,
vice president for academic and
student affairs at Elon. "Dr.
Luraghi has a way of being a
superb detective as a historian.
I covet the opportunity for all
Elon students to meet him,”
asserts Dr. Mmkutb.
by Dana Hill
The religion department here
at Elon has a first, a woman
faculty member. Dr. Carole
Chase has been employed by the
college as an assistant professor
of religion. Dr. Chase holds a
bachelor's degree from the
College of William and Mary, a
master's from the Presbyterian
School of Christian Education
in Richmond, Va., and a Ph.D.
from Duke University, 1973.
Although not a native. Dr.
Chase calls Richmond home at
this time. She hopes to call Elon
College home within a couple of
years. She first heard about the
opening in the religion
department back in April, and
says of her coming to Elon, "I
feel very, very right about being
here. I think it is exactly where
God wants me to be right now."
W'hen asked about her
impressions thus far of Elon
and its students she replied. It
is a warm and friendly campus
on the part of administration,
faculty, staff, and students. The
students recognize this warmth
and friendliness and consider it
one of the strengths of the
college."
As for her male colleagues in
the department, she feels that
they have accepted her
completely. She looks at her
position as "good for both men
and women students at Elon in
that they will be exposed to a
woman as a teacher in the field
of religion."
As a staunch supporter of
women's rights. Dr. Chase will
attempt to "provide a model for
women students who have been
accustomed to having only male
ministers in churches and male
teachers in the religion
classroom." She hopes that her
example will prove to all that
"Religion is as legitimate a
discipline for women as it is for
men."
In addition to her own goals
and aspirations as a teacher. Dr.
Chase will try to expose the
department goals of "making
religion stimulating and
challenging for all students."
She feels that all truly educated
persons should engage in some
sort of religious study. She also
feels that the student's first
responsibility is to become an
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Dr. Spini and Dr. Luraghi will speak in Mooney Theatre on
Oct. 18.
Dr. Luraghi, the only state
professor of U.S. history in Italy,
has had teaching stints at such
universities as Notre Dame,
(Jeorgia, and the University of
Richmond where Dr. Moncure
met him.
There will be time after the
lecture for students to talk with
both Dr. ^ini and Dr. Luraghi.
Civil War buffs and those
interested in the American
political scene are especially
encouraged to attend as
Dr. Luraghi eiyoys discussing
both. Persons from the
surrounding communities are
also invited to attend, as this
promises to be an enlightening
evening for all.