Senate passes new election bill
by Bryant Colson
After being plagued by the
absence of senators, the SGA
senate finally had a quorum to
begin last Thursday’s call
meeting.
One senate resolution and
two bills were brought out of
committee during the meeting.
A revised version of the con
troversial bill to change elec
tion procedures was brought
out of committee. To encou
rage true representation of a
senator’s constituents, the bill
divides the camous into three
precincts. From each precinct
seven senators are elected.
A freshman election will be
held in the fall when three
senators will be elected, bring
ing the total to eight senators.
Classes will continue to elect
officers. Senatorial officers
along with class and SGA
officers will face a petition
election. Senatorial officers
will be required to get 75
signatures from their precinct
while class officers will be
required to get 75 signatures
from their prospective classes.
SGA officer candidates must
get 125 signatures from any
full-time Elon College stu
dents. This plan shall eliminate
the present dorm government
plan.
The senate approved a bill to
allocate $150 to the Elon
College Gospel Choir. A res
olution to provide a crosswalk
for pedestrians crossing Wil
liamson Avenue was also
brought out of committee. It
asks that the SGA president
send a letter to the Board of
Aldermen of Elon College ex
pressing concern over the
hazardous intersection and re
quests that a crosswalk be
placed on Williamson Avenue.
Two bills were introduced
during the course of the
meeting. The first was a bill to
buy a vacuum cleaner. Ac
cording to the bill, the SGA
office shall control the use of
the vacuum cleaner and collect
the rent for its use by any
I student.
The second was a bill to
allocate $25 to the freshman
class. This bill asks that $25 be
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help them promote various
meetings, fund raising pro
jects, and enthusiasm. These
bills were sent to the senate
finance committee.
Following the senate meet
ing, the judicial committee met
to discuss the absences policy
for senators. Another meeting
is set for today at 5:30. A
regular senate meeting will
follow at 6:30.
According to a senate
spokesman, these bills, like all
bills, are available for student
viewing on the SGA bulletin
board in the student center.
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Volume IV Number 18,
Elon CoUef^e, North Carolina
March 9,1978
Administration promotes
off-campus housing
The increasing number of
requests from students for
information concerning off-
campus housing has prompted
Elon College officials to open
an off-campus housing office.
The office will coordinate
housing opportunities avail
able in the community and
students seeking an off-cam-
pus residence. Mrs. Phyllis
Hargis has been named special
assistant to the dean of student
affairs to coordinate the off-
campus housing office.
Dr, Powell endows professorship
Dr. Thomas Edward Powell,
Jr., founder and chief execu
tive officer of Carolina Bio
logical Supply Company of
Burlington, has donated $250,-
000 to Elon College, his alma
mater.
The announcement came
yesterday at a luncheon honor
ing Dr. Powell. Attending were
members of the Powell family,
trustees and faculty and staff
members at the liberal arts
college, friends and classmates
from Dr. Powell’s Class of
1919.
President Fred Young said
the funds will be used to es
tablish an endowment fund to
provide a professorship of
biology. The position will be
known as the “Thomas E.
Powell, Jr. Professorship of
Biology.”
“This marvelous gift will
allow Elon College to secure an
outstanding professor in the
field of biology to complement
our biology department,” Dr
Young noted. “The entire
college community is grateful
for the generosity of Dr.
Powell.”
Secretary of State Thad
Eure, chairman of the Board
of Trustees, praised the com
munity leader for his loyalty to
the college. He noted that Dr.
Powell was named Outstand
ing Alumnus of Elon College
in 1964 and was awarded an
honorary Doctor of Science
degree in 1968.
A native of Warrenton,
N.C., Dr. Powell received his
A.B. degree from Elon in
1919, his M.A. degree from
UNC in 1923, and his Ph.D.
degree in biology from Duke in
1930.
From 1919 to 1936, Dr.
Powell taught biology and
geology at Elon College, where
he attained the rank of pro
fessor in 1924. He founded
Carolina Biological Supply
Company on a part-time basis
in 1927 and has devoted his full
time to and headed the opera
tion from 1936 to the present.
Tremendous growth during
cont. p. 5
DeSn of Student Affairs
William G. Long said that the
new position will allow the
college to create a more satis
fying housmg situation both
on and off campus.
“This is a new service the
college can provide to our
students. The requests for
information on off-campus
housing have grown steadily
over the past several years.
Many students prefer to live
off campus, if they can locate
suitable housing. We hope to
bring the students and the
prospective landlords togeth
er,” Dean Long said.
Once the landlord and pros
pective tenants are brought
together, he noted, it will be up
to them to work out a private
agreement. The college will not
recommend the landlord to the
student or the student to the
landlord.
Dean Long noted that al
most half of all Elon College
students live off-campus now.
While students must get per
mission to live off-campus.
Dean Long said that he can
remember only a few cases in
the past several years when the
permission was denied.
“1 would say that, by and
large, our students make ex
cellent tenants. They pay their
rent on time and they are eager
to demonstrate that they can
accept new responsibilities,”
he noted.
Mrs. Hargis said students
seek rooms available in private
homes, in addition to apart
ments and houses. Many stu
dents, she noted, would prefer
just one room, while others
would rather have a house or
larger apartment.
Housing on-campus at the
coeducational college has been
crowded this year because of
the record enrollment. Appli
cations are already running
ahead for next year, and
college officials hope to avoid
a similar situation to last fall’s
overcrowding when some 40
students were temporarily
housed in an area motel.
Mrs. Hargis said she will
begin immediately contacting
area realtors, alumni, faculty
and staff members, and in
dividuals to compile a list of
available housing in the area.
Persons with facilities avail
able may contact Mrs. Hargis
at the college.