North Carolina Newspapers

{fmhulum VALENTINE’S DAY 1977 Volume III, Number 8 Elon College, North Carolina February 10,1977 A group of Elon students listen as a tour guide explains the mysteries of Stonehenge. The winter term in England was a huge success. Story on p. 3. Forum presents films, lectures by Kay Raskin The Liberal Arts Forum presents the third in a film lecture series, "God and the Dark Night of the Soul,” Monday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 in Whitley Auditorium. The last film lecture is 'The Just Man.” The film, A Man For All Seasons, retells the story of Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of Henry VIII, who is forced to choose between the world and God. The commentator is Dr. Edward A. Goemer, professor of political theory at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Goerner is the author of Peter and Caesar, a study of the relationship between church and state. The first in the series was held Jan. 31. "Silence in the Whirlwind” featured the film Shop on Mainstreet, a tragicomedy set during the early days of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. The commentator was Rabbi Robert A. Seigel, director of the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation in North Carolina 'The Cost of Discipleship,” the second in the series, was Feb. 8. The film The Virgin Spring directed by Ingmar Bergman tells of a young girl, bearing a gift of the Virgin, who is brutally assaulted and slain and of her father’s revenge. The commentator was Dr. Carlyle Marney, visiting professor of religion at Duke Divinity School. The spring symposium, also sponsor^ by the Liberal Arts Forum, is planned for the evenings of April 4, 5, 6, and 7. The topic is the different aspects of competition. The first presentation is still irf the planning stages but is expected to consist of a short film and a panel discussion. The presentation will focus on the good and bad aspects of competition. The April 5 lecture on the positive aspects of competition will feature Dr. Wesley Kort of Duke University. Dr. Sami Gupta of the University of Waterloo will speak on the negative aspects of competition on April 6. Dr. Gupta appeared at Elon in 1974 during a science-science fiction and religion series. Dr. Gupta does man-environment studies and also makes films. The last speaker, Frederick Franck, M.D., author, painter, and playwright, will speak mainly on a new passion play he wrote. Dr. Franck will bring together the different facets of competition. Alpha Chi to induct 20; banquet to be held in March Twenty students have been elected members of Alpha Chi, national honorary fraternity, and will be inducted into the Elon College Delta Chapter at a banquet early in March. Dr. Chris White, adviser to the fraternity, presented the list to the faculty on Feb. 4 and explained that the cut-off grade point average for the group was 3.75 on a 4-point scale. All the newly honored students are juniors or seniors. They join the 14 members of the Delta Chapter of Alpha Chi. This college chapter was formed in the spring of 1968. The officers are Jeanne Dutcher, president; Karen Blose, vice president; and Phil Bridgeman, treasurer. . Those who have, by their academic record and evidence of good character, achieved tos honor are Peggy Jo Parker, Teresa Mann, Janice Summers, Mark Payne, Joanna Goss, Rebecca Sharpe, Rachel Wagoner, Zebedee Tal^y, Elisbeth Johnson, Maiy Beth Glynn, Unda Shoffner, Manlee McPherson, V. L. DeHart, Nancy Wyrick, Robert Holleman, J. Herbert Shanks, Bernadette McMullen, Bonme Pryce, Perry Everhart, and Arleen Pate. Bob McBee joins Elon as coach and teacher by Elon News Bureau Robert D. "Bob” McBee, assistant baseball coach and doctoral candidate from the University of Southern Mississippi, has been hired as head baseball coach and assistant professor of sociology at Elon College. McBee, who will start his coaching duties at the Big E this week, will begin teaching in the fall semester. "We are pleased that Bob will be joining our coaching staff this spring,” said Athletic Director Wilson about the Presbyterian College graduate. "He has a good background as a player and as a coach, and we are confident that he will aid stability to our fine baseball program.” Dr. James A. Moncure, vice president of academic and student affairs, added that McBee comes highly recommended in the field of sociology. "He was a top student at Presbyterian and at Southern Mississippi, and will be a real asset to our social science and community service departments.” A native of Coffeyville, Kan., McBee received his undergraduate degree from Presbyterian in 1968. He taught and coached in the public school system of Mississippi until 1974 when he entered Southern Mississippi to begin work on his advance degrees. He played several seasons in the farm system of the St Louis Cardinals and then with the London AVCOS baseball club in Ontario, Canada. During the summer of 1973, he served as assistant general manager of the St. Petersburg, Fla. club of the Cardinals. At Southern Mississippi, McBee has been assistant baseball coach for three years and head coach of the women’s basketball team for the last two seasons. Working under a graduate fellowship, he served as an instructor in elementary education and sociology. He holds membership in a number pf professional organizations and has been elected to several honorary societies including Kappa Delta Pi, the honorary education society. McBee is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. McBee of Hendersonville, Miss, and is married to the former Margaret Hislop of London, Ontario. As a member of the Carolinas Conference and the N.C. Collegiate Summer League, Elon has been a traditional contender for seasonal honors. McBee will fill the coaching position that became vacant with the resignation of part-time coach Bobby Jones last fall. Films explore “The Ascent of Man” The first of the film series The Ascent of Man was shown last Monday evening in Mooney and will continue through 12 showings, the next one Sunday at 7:30. "the series, developed by the late Jacob Bronowski, scientist, philosopher and historian, traces the evolution of human civilization and its relationship to the natural world. Filmed at locations all over the world, the programs examine man’s imaginative ability to use the forces of nature to change the world in which he lives. All showings are free of charge. Dates are as follows: Feb. 15 and 28: March 1, 7, 8. 22, and 28; April 4 and 5. All films carry college program credit. The cold weather didn't seem to bother these students, but President Young has asked that everybody comply with the guidelines announced by Gov. Jim Hunt