College Awards Day
Tuesday May 9
9:30 a.m.
Careers Night
May 4
7-10 p.m.
Volume IV Number 25
Elon College, North Carolina
May 4,1978
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President Young accepts portrait of Johnny Graves for tiie
collegc during JG Day festivities.
Bill Siiarpe and Gwen Crawford crown Herbie Spruill May
King and Wanda McDowell May Queen of Campus Spirit
during JG Day.
Voters name senators
by Beverly Faison
Elon College students elect
ed nine class officers and 21
senators last Tuesday and
Wednesday in the college elec
tions.
Banu Duruman, who ran
unopposed, received 74 votes
to become senior class presi
dent. Kathy Butler, elected
senior class vice-president,
beat her closest opponent,
Laura Moss by 34 votes, and
Wanda McDowell defeated her
closest opponent, Ken Payne,
by a wide margin of 46 votes to
be elected senior class trea
surer.
Rhonda Apple was elected
junior class president with 67
votes. She ran unopposed.
Betty Burton defeated her
closest opponent, Gail Bare-
ford, by 20 votes to become
junior class vice-president.
Shari Gould was elected junior
class treasurer. She ran un
opposed and received 80 votes.
Ken Whitley won by a large
margin of 49 votes to take the
seat of sophomore class presi
dent from his closest oppon
ent, Tom Greeley. Donald
Leon Proffitt was elected
sophomore class vice presi
dent, receiving 92 votes. He
too ran unopposed. John
Eaves, another unopposed
candidate was elected sopho
more class treasurer receiving
87 votes.
Senators were elected from
three precincts. Elected from
the first precinct were Bryant
Colson, Julie George, Frank
Grove, Grant Larson, James
McFarland, Mark Nisbet, and
Cheryl Snider. Senators elected
from the second precinct were
Bill Day, Karen Gould, Keith
Scott, Fil Stidman, Roger
Taylor, J. King White, and Bill
Zint. Third precinct senators
elected were John Atkinson,
Mindy Duncan, Lisa Garri-
ques, Toney B. Lewis, Diane
L. McAllister, James Steven
son, and Martha Ramseur.
From the 21 elected senators
only three incumbents were
re-elected. According to Char
lie Hopkins, election board
chairman, “A lot of newcom
ers were elected. Much work
has to be done in next year’s
senate.”
Johnny Graves
Day raises
about $1,500
Despite a slow start, things
began to pick up around 1
p.m. Monday in preparation
for the Johnny Graves Day
festivities. The day began
gloomy as gray clouds covered
the skies. This, however,
didn’t stop the many who par
ticipated.
The afternoon began with
carnival booths sponsored by
various campus organizations,
a bake sale by the Elon
Women’s Club, and an ice
cream and lemonade stand
sponsored by the home eco
nomics class.
According to Bill Sharpe,
proceeds are estimated at
$1500.
The highlight of the day was
the crowning of the May
King and Queen of Campus
Spirit contest. Herbie Spruill,
representing the Black cultural
society and the Elon gospel
ront. p. 2
New life for center
by Gib Buie
Harper Center will be a
“living-learning” area for'
students beginning next fall,
according to William G. Long,
dean of student affairs.
The purpose of the program
will be to integrate classroom
and dorm experience. The
college, according to Dean
Long, is taking this action
“in the belief that people are
not disjointed minds and bod
ies — that reason and emotion
are intertwined — and that the
person’s mind, emotions and
body must be educated as a
whole.”
Emphasis will be placed on
development, centered on
mini courses, cultural exper
iences, and activity programs.
Courses or seminars may in
clude topics such as human
sexuality, alcohol education,
drug education, life planning,
and human stress points. Cul
tural activities may be explored
through drama at UNC-Ch,
UNC-G, NCSU, the Gallery
Players, and theater weekends
in Washington or New York
City. In addition, art, the
dance, and music will be of
fered.
Other changes disclosed
were the increase in the num
ber of upperclassmen in Harp
er Center — although fresh
men will room with freshmen,
there will be proportionate
numbers of upperclassmen in
each hall in Staley and Moffitt.
Also, by the school year
1979-80, the campus will be
coed. Smith becoming a wom
en’s dorm, Sloan for men,
and Brannock a women’s
dorm.
Dean Long says among the
benefits of living in Harper
Center will be the intramural
program, an increase in
planned social activities, and
the lack of overcrowding in in
dividual rooms. All of these
changes are in “logical pro
gression” toward a better
cent. p. 5
Leadership fraternity to induct 34
Newly elected SGA officers, class officers, and senators for
1978-79
Photo by Brent Whitener
by Becky Sharpe
The Omicron Delta Kappa
(ODK), leadership honor fra
ternity of Elon, will hold its
spring induction of new mem
bers on Sunday, May 7 at 7:00
p.m. in Mooney Theater.
Thirty-four new members
will be officially admitted into
the honorary society, six of
who are faculty members.
The organization is based on
leadership and scholarship and
requires that a nominee be
ranked in the highest 35%
among the students in his or
her class. To be considered for
ODK, a student must show
special distinction in at least
one of the following phases of
collegiate activity; scholarship;
athletics; social service; reli
gious; or campus government
activities; journalism; speech;
or the mass media; and
creative or performing arts.
ODK sponsors the annual
Awards Day (this year on May
9) and will co-sponsor an SGA
leadership workshop in the fall ens, Beverly Faison, Michaeil
of 1978. This year’s new Gilliam. Jay Grandin, Robin
inductees are Jennifer Batson, Grimes, Jeffrey Holland,
Irene Caicedo, Dr. Carol
Chase. Katherine Trent Dick- cont. p. 2
British studies group
urges early decisions
This morning at assembly, a
varied program on the winter
term in Britain was given by
faculty and students who were
abroad last January.
Presided over by this year’s
director. Dr. David Crowe, the
participants gave brief talks on
Edinburgh, the Lake District,
London theaters, ballet and
opera, tours to historic spots,
■ihoDDing and eating.
Dr. Mary E. Priestley
showed slides on London and cont. p. 2
some of the historic and
literary places visited. Holt
McCormick, Lynn Walker,
and other students spoke.
Dr. Crowe urged all stu
dents who may take the tali
term course, Britain: Yester
day and today, as well as
those who go in January to see
the exhibition of British water-
colors (through Saturday) in
the Priestley Gallery and to
look at the special display in