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Elon is now ranked 10th in NAIA pntbulum There will be no paper Thanksgiving week—Happy- holiday Volume IV Number 11 Eton College, North Carolina November 17,1977 The honor system at work for students by Bryant Colson [Editors Note: This is a Tirst in a series of articles which will examine the honor system of Elon College.] To maintain the moral, ethi cal, and intellectual soundness of Elon College, the school instituted an “honor system.” This honor system is explained each year in the student handbook. The system is de fined in two codes, the “honor code” and the “campus code.” Under the honor code a stu dent is on his honor not to cheat, steal, or lie. If he sees another student doing so, he shall report him/her to the student attorney general or to the office of student affairs. Also under this code, the student is required to write, after taking an examination, the honor pledge: “On my honor, I have neither given nor received help on this test.” The campus code blinds a student to conduct him/herself as a gentleman or lady at all times. He is to see to it, when ever possible, that his fellow students do likewise. This honor system is en forced by several judicial agen cies. Depending on the nature of a honor system offense, they are: the general council, composed entirely of students; the honor council, composed of half students and half faculty; the administrative ju dicial council, composed of the dean of student affairs, and two other professional mem bers of his staff; and the judi cial review committee, com posed of the dean of student affairs, dean of academic af fairs, and four members of the teaching faculty. How effective is this system? “Our system is reasonably ef fective,” says William G. Long, dean of student affairs. “It’s as good as it can be. The general level ot honesty is the highest of all places I’ve been.” Professors do not usually leave the room during an exam, but that is what an honor system is based on. Bill Britton, attorney gen eral, said, “The system lacks efficiency because it is dean- oriented.” The more students who work on it, the fairer it will become, he thinks. Paul Gcmi accomplished the impossible during last Tuesday night’s billiar exhibition. (Photo by Rolf Rosenfeldt) Cady emphasizes humanities Gemi astonishes crowd by Ron Laffaye Dr. Ed Cady was the guest speaker for the annual Alpha Chi Lecture held Nov. 9 in Whitley Auditorium. About 150 people attended the lecture on the “Future of the Human ities” given by the Andrew H. Mellon Professor of the Hu manities at Duke University. Dr. Cady placed the future of the humanities on the future of humanity and immediately followed this by saying “‘as undergraduates you are really the only ones worth talking to.” Winston Churchill was one of several famous people that Dr. Cady quoted during his lecture. Churchill's “never give up” was used by Dr. Cady to address himself to the position that we as humanity should take. “Play is a fundamental part of cultu'-e and civilization. People s yuld play more, not less, foi oetter mental health. Play educates them about their culture,” he told the audience. Psychiatry, ethnology, biology and sociology are “all invented forms of play.” Dr. Cady ended his lecture by criticizing vocational edu cation and the worth of it by saying, “No vocational course of training will train you for your profession in the 1990’s; only a liberal arts education will prepare you for the neces sary changes each of you will be forced to take in an ever- :hanging world.” Rudow speaks to SAM by Tom Berry The Society for Advance ment of Management spon sored Dr. Edward H. Rudow as guest speaker cast Thurs day. Dr. Rudow is director of psychological services for the management consulting firm of Farr Associates, Greens boro. At Farr Associates, he is responsible for directing and administrating all programs on major clients. Dr. Rudow pointed out that one of the weaknesses of stu dents finishing business schools and management class es is in the area of human behavior. In his talk, he em phasized that “a good manag er always looks at all three aspects of the system.” The three organizational aspects are (1) technical operating sys tem—producers of the pro duct of the organization: and machine logic; (2) administra tive system — accountability; and (3) the human system. Dr. Rudow stressed human behav ior, saying that the “human system is operating at 5017o capacity, and to optimize all systems you must optimize the human system.” He said that people want to be informed, people want to feel respon sible, and that a lack of com munication in an organization could be the downfall of the organization. Dr. Rudow is the third speaker S.A.M. has sponsored this semester. Tom Berry, president of S.A.M., said these programs have been successful and educational to the stu dents. “We plan to continue to have featured speakers at our regular meetings this semester and during the spring semester to give students a better insight into management and busi- ness-related topics,” Berry said. Alpha Chi Speaker Dr. Fred Cady—Andrew Mel lon Professor of Humanities New Civinettes inducted The Collegiate Civinettes, the only service organization at Elon, inducted 15 new mem bers on Nov. 8. The inductees were Emily Adams, Dina Armstrong, Susan Burkhart, Sherry Byrd, Janet Combs, Pam Davis, Beverly Faison, Cindy Grissom, Candy Gu tierrez, Linda Kent, Karen Michaels, Debbie Parr, Fraun Talley, Nancy Tripp and Tam my Winstead. The Elon Civinettes are in volved in many service ac tivities in Elon College as well as in the surrounding com munity. They visited and en tertained at the Skilled Nursing Home in Burlington on Hal loween and at Christmas will give a party for retarded chil dren at Macedonian Lutheran Church in Burlington. They are also involved in campus projects including freshman orientation, the com piling and selling of a recipe book, and sponsoring the armual “Queen of Hearts” contest on Valentine’s Day to raise money for the Heart Fund. The officers of the Elon Collegiate Civinettes are Janice Summers, president; Melinda Hicks, vice-president; Cindy Simmons, secretary; and Nan Pearson, treasurer. by Bryant Colson “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, as Newton’s third law states it, is the reasoning behind every shot,” said Paul Gerni, in ternationally renowned pocket billiards champion. Last Tuesday night in Jor dan Gym the Student Union Board sponsored the 1975 European champion, 1974 U.S. trick shot champion, 1975 and 1976 world trick and fancy shot champion — Paul Gerni. Gerni dazzled and amazed his audience, which was com prised of mostly Elon students and several citizens from the town, with his trick shots that earned him many of his cham pionship awards. Gerni and his $750 cue stick performed feats from the movie “Hustler” starring Jackie Gleason and Paul New man. One shot by Gerni before perfection. Gerni, with his somewhat magical cue stick, allowed several spectators to try trick shots, all of them having positive results. He tried several times to get 12 balls in with one shot. Even with his best shot, Gemi came up two short. Several times Gerni attempted shots that the audience reactedi to as impossible; after the shot every doubt had been erased, for Gerni had accomplished the impossible. The 29-year-old champion has been playing pocket bil liards for 23 years. He won his first tournament in Newark at the age of seven. The certified professional has a master’s degree from Purdue and has made many guest apperances on television talk shows. Gerni will appear on “Dinah” De cember 8. Gerni’s tour includes many appearances on college cam puses. Prior to his Elon performance, Gerni appeared at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina Central Uni versity in Durham. Gemi received raving ap plause and a partial standing ovation at the conclusion of his final feat when he knocked in two balls in two different pockets, made the cue ball travel up one cue stick and down another to knock in yet a third ball, all with one shot. Court rules on tuition (CPS) — A case before the Supreme Court may make out-of-state tuition rates un lawful. The Supreme Court will review two lower court decisions that ruled that the University of Maryland cannot charge the higher, out-of-state _ rates to students holding non-' immigrant-alien visas. The University has been al lowed to continue charging the rates on the condition that it retroactively reimburse affect ed students if it ultimately loses the case. The American Council on Education and four states have filed a “friend-of-the-court” statement that says the conse quences of striking down Maryland’s “rational” sys tem of classifying students for in-state tuition may be to “ultimately force publicly- supported colleges and univer sities to charge the same rate of tuition to all students, regard less of state residency or domi cile. This would deprive state taxpayers of the direct benefit of their support by raising the cost of education for them and their dependent children.” The case will probably be reviewed in early 1978.
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