Page Four The Pendulum
Dr. Stokes tells of varied past
Dr. Stokes at his desk is a familiar sight to the people in the Social
Science Department, but he will soon retire from teaching. (Newi
Bureau, Robert House, Photo)
Rights and Privacy Act
insures access to records
by Mark Sauer, B.A^ 1976
My most vivid recollection of
Dr. Durward Stokes was my
first class with him. His grey
slicked-back hair and
weathered character lines
etched in his face told me this
man had not spent his life in a
library pondering volumes on
man’s ascent from the cave. He
leaned on a Mack cane worn
use until the grain shone like
gold set in ebony but he carried
himself with an air of humble
authority. His personal
glimpses into the Southern
experience of history, religion,
and teaching gave me more
enthusiasm than it is likely 1
shall ever have again. Dr.
Stokes will be retiring from
teaching after the summer
terms.
Bom on Dec. 8, 1908 in
Alamance County, he recalls
his childhood experiences that
helped found his belief in the
South. "I was born of
substantial working people, and
both of my grandfathers lived
with us. They were confederate
veterans and they instilled in
me the principle for which the
war was fou^t” Dr. Stokes has
by Kay Raskin
An old organization at E3on is
undergoing facelifting for next
fall. Elon’s Alpha Chi, a chapter
of a nationid college honor
society, recently changed
sponsors and officers. Dr. Robert
BlaJie is now sponsor and Chris
White is assistant sponsor. The
new officers are: Zebedee
Talley, president; Janice
Sunmiers, vice-president; and
Bernadette McMullen,
secretary-treasurer.
Dr. Blake will be in San
Antonio, TejL, March 17 for a
national Alpha Chi convention.
He plans to iH-ing new ideas
suggested at the convention
back to Elon and put them into
no 'Romantic notions” about the
large Mississippi River
plantation as an accurate
appraisal of what ante-be!'um
southern life was like. "My
grandfathers told me of the
glories and the despairs that the
war and reconstruction left the
South. Although we had slaves,
the crucial issue was not
slavery but the state’s ri^t to
rule itself under the
constitution. We had a few
slaves, and I believe slavery was
the greatest curse perpetrated
on mankind, but they only
meant two more hands in the
work,” Dr. Stokes says. "I feel
the black people were held back
in the South; however, this was
due to the federal government
and reconstruction. Both
maligned southerner’s thinking
and created the hate that was so
evident toward the Negro.” His
formative years gave Durward
Stokes a healthy respect for the
land and the people that gained
their life from it T like the
neighborly way in the South;
people know one another and
therefore I believe we are much
better off than the largely
urbanized North. I like
practice. Alpha Chi has in the
past sponsored only one
induction in the spring. This
was a disadvantage to seniors
inducted too late to be active
members. Dr. Blake has
suggested two inductions a
year, one in the spring and
another in the fall.
Other ideas under
consideration include
sponsoring a nationally known
lecturer sometime next fall and
honoring area high school
valedictorians. A picnic at
Crumpton Center for current
members of Alpha Chi is also
planned for May to get new
ideas from the members.
Dr. Blake said this is all an
southern cooking, the easy Me
style, and the people. I think it’s
just perfect. I love the United
States, but I am a Southerner at
heart.”
Dr. Stokes’ great respect for
the land and the people woridng
on it helped create his religious
convictions. "I was greatly
influenced by the teachings of
Calvinism; that is, everyone is
supposed to work and produce to
the best of his ability, and I feel
one gets divine assistance in his
endeavors.” Stokes remembers
what man has risen from and in
some instances fallen from. 1
can remember when our society
was not mobile; most pec^le
lived and died near where they
were born,” he says. His
reminiscences are not idle
chatter about what some
members of society call "the
good ole days.” His stories are
an integral part of making
history live. The first radio
broadcast I heard was on the
third floor of the old Burlington
High School, now the Broad St
School. It was broadcast over
KDKA and the first song was
Tosti’s 'Goodbye’.” The mobility
of our society now, comp>ared to
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attempt to put some emphasis
on the academically talented
students at Elon. Members of
Alpha Chi are juniors and
seniors who rank in the top 10%
of their classes. The members
must also be of good character.
Members inducted this spring
are Velver DeHart, Perry
Everhart, Mary Beth Glynn,
Joanna Goss, Teresa Harris
Elsbeth Johnson, Bernadette
McMullen, Marilee McPherson,
Peggy Jo Parker, Arlene Pate,
Bonnie Pryce, James Shanks,
Rebecca Sharpe, Linda
Shoffner, Janice Summers,
Zebedee Talley, Rachel
Wagoner, and Nancy Sue
Wyrick.
by Kay Raskin
The 1974 Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act, better
known as the Buckley
Amendment, gives students the
right to see and contest their
school and college records.
Any institution receiving
federal aid must produce a
student’s records for his
inspection within 45 days after
the request has been made.
Parents also have the right to
see their child’s school records
until he is 18. When a student
becomes 18, tlie parents no
longer have the right to review
their child’s school record
without his permission. In a
college or university, parents
who are helping finance their
child’s education have the right
to review his records.
The only information an
institution can reveal without
written permission is a
student s name, address,
telephone number, dates of
attendance, birth date and
place, sports participation, and
major field of study.
Students are entitled to see
all documents and files
pertaining directly to them.
This includes: cumulative
folders, discipline reports,
standardized tests, teacher or
professor comments,
psychological evaluations, and
intelligence test scores.
Schools and institutions have
the right to throw away
outdated and unimportant
information. Schools must keep
a list of individuals, agencies, or
organizations which have
requested or obtained access to
student records. The list must
also indicate what particular
interest the person or
organization had in seeing the
records.
Students at Elon may obtain
a request form in the registrar’s
office to see their records. A list
is also provided upon request of
all places on campus containing
records pertaining to students.
These records, in most
instances, contain transcripts of
grades, hi^ school transcripts,
college applications, change in
schedule forms, and a list of
persons or agencies requesting
to view the student’s records.
A copy of the Buckley
Amendment is also available
for inspection in the registrar’s
office.
Journalism students at Elon
finding success in related fields
Honor society undergoing changes
Alpha Chi preparing for next semester
Lost andfound office tries
new approach for claims
Several members of the
journalism classes at Elon
College are writing articles that
are published in daily or weekly
newspapers. Others have
already found jobs in
journalism or related fields.
Gary Spitler, sports editor of
the Pendulum, works with the
college sports information
office. He covers baseball,
qning and summer, traveling
with the team while other
students are on vacation. He
also covers football and
basketball. He wrote 86 articles
on band members last year for
their hometown newspapers. As
a dorm counselor, he publidiesa
newsletter for Brannock dmn
every week.
^Diane Siloox, tjiking college
journalism while still in high
■cbool, writes a weekly colimm
8or the CUy-County Newspaper
on CuiiiiiiingR High activities as
as profiles, features, and
peraonality stories.
- Linda Shoffner has had
published several feature
articles and profiles in
Burlington newspapers.
Joe Chandler, B.A. ’76,
became assistant sports editor
and photographer for a South
Boston, Va, newspaper upon
graduation. He was already a
trained photographer when he
came to Elon, and he covered
most games and sports while
here. He had practice in aU
types of writing in two
journalism courses.
It was Joe Chandler’s
published feature article on
Ken Toda, the student
photographer, that got Ken a
job in phott^phy upon his
graduation in 1976.
The editorial of the last issue
of the Pendulum (Feb. 24) was
reprinted with credit in the
March 2 issue of the Burlington
Times-News.
by Ted Salisbury
The lost and found service is
nm this year by Bill Sharpe in
Long Student Center, Room
203. The service was moved
there from Mrs. Perkins’ office
at the end of last year because
there were more students at the
student center.
A new system is being used
by Mr. Sharpe in his effort to
»^^de this service. When an
object is found, a card is filled
out on where it was found, when
It was found, and a description
of the item. The same is done for
things that are reported
imssmg. When a student comes
in and says he has lost
something, the card file is
checked to see if it is there. Hie
Mtu^ collection of lost and
found objects is not di^layed.
This cuts down on the
possibility of a person claiming
something that is not really hia
About once or twice each
semester the Communicator
prints a list of the items that
have been turned in to Mr.
Sharpe’s office.
Any valuable items such as
watches, jewelry, etc., are kept
until the next year. Things like
clothes are given to the needy.
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