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Special Orientation Issue Volume V Number 1 Elon College, North Carolina Sept. 4,1978 Students who are at Elon College for the first time may not have heard of the British Studies Abroad program dur ing the winter term. They will be hearing of it often, ac cording to Dr. David Crowe, director of the 1979 study tour. Dr. Crowe and his col leagues in the program have already launched an informa tion campaign among stu dents and friends. Many have signed up and several have paid deposits to hold places on the jetliner from Greens boro to London and return, Jan. 1 to 29. In its eleventh year, this program is reputed to be the best offered by any college during one month, both for its content and its cost. Based in the West End of London in a comfortable hotel, the group of 80 or 90 with five professors will have a core of cultural activities such as tours of Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral, visits to the British Museum and the National Gallery of Art, seeing a Shakespearean play in Stratford presented by the Royal Shakespeare Com pany and a ballet at the Royal Festival Hall or Covent Gar den and several tours outside London. Bi^t around the core of ac tivities will be daUy observa tion and travel planned to en- IJMce the knowledge of stu dents who are concentrating in one of five areas: the humanities, history, English literature, music and religion. Professors who will direct the courses include Terrell Cofield, soprano and assistant professor of music; Betty Gerow, associate professor of English; Mary Ellen Priestley, professor of English; Bill Rich, assistant professor of religion; and George Troxler, associate professor of history. Prof. Cofield has traveled with groups to London in the past and was director of the music group last year. Prof. Gerow directed the English course last January and has traveled with her husband in several areas of the world. Dr. Priestley has directed several groups in London — humanities last year — and has lived in England part of each year for 15 years. Dr. Rich has visited England and will be introducing the new course in religion as part of British Studies. Dr. Troxler has been with groups three times over the last eight years. Persons who are interested in going to England for the winter term for a course in the humanities, history,, Eng lish, religion, or music, should sign up now with Dr. Crowe, history department, or one of the professors men tioned above as soon as pos sible to assure a place. A deposit of $25 is required. More information will be given in the Pendulum. Elon’s dorms overflow WELCOME: From the President Dr. Fred Young “We are delighted to welcome the Class of’82 to the Elon campus. You are a talented and enthusiastic group who will greatly enrich the college. In turn, here at Don you will find the people and the other resources necessary to help you develop to your fullest potential, both in an economic sense and as a human being. We wish you a highly successful four years.” College schedules 11th winter term in Britain A record number of fresh men and transfer students will fill Elon classrooms this fall. Between eight and nine hun dred of them are expected today, according to Phyllis Hargis, director of housing. As Elon’s enrollment reach es the 2300 mark, many new students along with upper classmen will be faced with last year’s problem of over crowded dorms. Several col leges and universities in this 'rea are plagued with the same problem. Tripling has become a household word around Elon as dorms — Carolina, Smith, Virginia, Sloan and much of West — will see three in a room. Total on-campus housing is at about 1252, not including 70 freshman males and fe- medes at the local Ramada inn. For these 70, trans portation to and from the inn is provided by the college. Me^s are provided on cam pus. When the housing problem occurred last year, 45 fresh men men—no women—were housed at Ramada. “The campus housing wait ing list is down to 70 stu dents,” says Mrs. Hargis, “and that’s good.” Accord ing to the housing director, things should level off as the semester progresses; mean while, «he says that no com plaints have been lodged be cause students seem to under stand. First TV course to begin Religions of the world, long studied by scholars for clues to the understanding of na tions and civilizations, will be the subject of a new course combining a 13-week series of television shows and lectures at the college. Religion 252-C, The Reli gions of Mankind, is based on the new British Broad casting Corporation’s film series, “The Long Search.” The course is sponsored by the new Non-Traditional Stu dents Program and the De partment of Religion. Dr. James H. Pace, chairman of the department, and Dr. Carole Chase, assistant pro fessor of religion, will con duct several on-campus dis cussion meetings and will give the three quizzes. Reading lists will be distributed. Students will attend the meetings, see the 13 programs beginning Sunday, Sept. 17, on WUNC-TV, Channel 4, at 2 p.m. and repeated on Thursday evenings. The course may be taken for three hours credit upon successful completion or may be audited. Campus students may enroll. Mrs. Geraldine Fox, direc tor of the Non-Traditional Students Program at Elon, has urged area residents to take advantage of this course, the first to be offered by Elon College for credit via tele vision. Area offers much to students Newcomers to the Elon market, discount store and College campus will find that fast food restaurant. The they have chosen a college Community Church and other away from the hurry and nearby churches all have spec- bustle of a city but close to ial interests in the students. A several urban centers, near veterinarian. Dr. Jeff Wil- many colleges and universi- kins, has recently set up ties, with a steady flow of ac- offices in the old Montgom- tivities both on campus and in ery house across from the nearby colleges and towns. post office on Williamson First, they will find a small Ave. Dr. Bill Crouch, dentist, attractive village with its own is renovating a house on Holt post office, bank, fine art Ave. as an office. gallery, record shop, restau- The Town of Elon Cllege, rant, fast food shops, con- run by a mayor and a Board venience store, furniture of Aldermen, has more than shop, hairdressers, insurance 2,000 residents and is now agent, service stations, gift annexing the Westbrook For- shop, and three taverns. est area at the request of the Down Haggard Ave. tow- residents there. During the ard Gibsonville are a super- last 18 months much work has been done in curbing and --- , 1 paving, acquiring a new water J.HS1C10 tank, changing over to city water for the college, land- „ ^ , scaping and beautifying the Daytnppers 3 ^ » ^culty we come.. Burlington and Alamance Co. Orientation Schedule 3 surUngton will be the home Pendulum we come many students, and others Choir recruits 2 8 4 discount stores (there are P® many), the churches' arts groups, the Holly Hill Mall, even the hospitals, of much use and comfort. 1-85 threads its way past Burlington and Elon College and connects them with Greensboro and Winston-Sa lem to the southwest and with Chapel Hill, Durham (with UNC-CH and Duke Universi ties), and the Research Trian gle, as well as Raleigh via Hwy. 70. The mountains lie to the west and the Atlantic to the east with its beaches, already known to most stu dents. The Pendulum will keep students informed of various activities going on in the commuting area for Elon res idents. Announcements and reviews of concerts, films, and all types of special pro grams will appear regularly in this newspaper. In addition, the daily papers, the weeklies, the radio stations, especially WSOE, Elon College, £md the public broadcasting stations will enable students and facul ty to plan their co-curricular activities.
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