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VoL V No. 27
Elon College, North Carolina
May 10, 1979
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Field house to be built in memory
of Lebanese immigrant Koury
Maurice and Ernest Konry have given $150,000 to Don in
memory of their father, John A. Koury.
Graduation set
The commencement speaker
on Sunday, May 20, will be
the Rev. Joseph H. Evans,
the secretary of the United
Church of Christ, headquar
tered in New York City.
Dr. Evans will address the
336 seniors expected to grad
uate, their parents and friends
as well as faculty and staff at
the ceremonies beginning at
10:30 a.m. in Alumni Memor
ial Gym.
The program will open with
the academic procession of
faculty and administrative of-
Ticers and seniors all in acad
emic regalia. Further details
of the commencement pro
gram are not available at this
time but will be amiounced.
The chief speaker received
his Bachelor of Divinity .de
gree from the Yale Divinity
School and was ordained in
1942. He has been awarded
several honorary degrees-the
Doctor of Divinity from the
Chicago Theologial Seminary,
the Doctor of Humanities
from Western Michigan Uni-
versity,and the Doctor of
Humane Letters from Cedar
Crest College, Allentown, Pa.
In other commencement ac
tivities, the alumni association
and the faculty and staff will
hold a reception for graduat
ing seniors and their families
on Saturday, May 19, from 4
to 5:30 in McEwen Dining
Hall, second floor.
At 7:30 on May 19, a
special college worship service
will be held at the Elon
College Community United
Church of Christ.
by Margie O’Connell
An athletic field house to
be built at Elon College will
be named in memory of a
Lebanese immigrant, John A.
Koury, who believed in the
value of education even
though he never achieved
much formal education him
self.
The John A. Kourv Field
House will be built with funds
provided by his sons, Maurice
and Ernest Koury of Burling
ton.
$150,000 cost
The structure will house
dressing rooms, showers and
supporting facilities for
Elon’s football, baseball, soc
cer, track and softball teams.
It will be constructed near the
Newsome Baseball Field on
the Elon campus. The $150,-
000 building will cover ap
proximately 5,000 square feet.
Vernon Lewis of Burlington is
architect for the project which
is expected to be completed in
early 1980.
“The field house will mean
a great deal in that it will give
our athletes modern, conven
ient dressing and equipment
facilities on north campus ad-
S.U.B. needs helpers
by Joy Hamilton
The S.U.B. and the SGA
entertainment committee are
reorganizing in an effort to
improve the student activities
program on campus.
Under this proposal more
students will be involved in
planning and running activi
ties. Technical, dance-concert,
films, publicity, public af
fairs, fine arts, and special
activities chairpersons would
be responsible for attending a
weekly meeting under direc
tion of the S.U.B. chairper
son. The positions of sec
retary and treasurer are also
available. Each of these per
sons would share the respon
sibilities with a student com
mittee.
Jim Stephenson, chairman
of the Constitutional Revision
Committee, said a committee
was formed through an act of
the Senate. “The purpose of
this committee is to make the
SGA more efficient and bene
ficial to students. We think
it’s a good idea that the SGA
not be responsible but dele
gate most of the responsibility
of entertainment to another
body. We’re hoping this will
get more students involved on
campus. This will require 10
people in leadership positions.
It’s going to take a lot of
dedicated people to make this
thing work,” said Stephen
son, but the system has suc
ceeded at many other colleges
in the state.
According to Frank Mian-
zo, “We do need people very
badly to make this system
work.” The entertainment
committees will keep the stu
dent body informed on how
their money is being spent
and listen to any suggestions
offered by students.
The student body and the
Senate will vote on this pro
posal in the fall.
jacent to the new athletic
fields,” said Athletic Coordi
nator Melvin Shreves.
“Ernest and Maurice Koury
have been long-time support
ers of Elon’s athletic pro
gram, and we are appreciative
of this outstanding contribu
tion which will stand not only
as a monument to their
father, but to them as well.”
In 1906 John Koury first
visited America. At that time
he was fleeing Beirut, Leba
non, which was in religious
turmoil. He was 16 years old.
Later he returned to his
native land but came back
to theBurhngton area in 1918.
He never went to live again in
Lebanon.
To earn a living in Amer
ica, Koury became a piece-
goods salesman. Even though
he was just learning to speak
English, he advanced rapidly
in his work. In time he be
came owner and operator of
his own dress shop on Front
Street in downtown Burling
ton. The year was 1927.
Clothing on credit
As owner of the Princess
Dress Shop, Koury was one
of the first merchants in this
area to sell clothing on credit.
His sons remember the day
their parents went to the
courthouse in Greensboro to
become American citizens.The
couple had six children: Er
nest, Maurice, Marshall,
George, Salve and Pauline.
As the children grew, they
knew the emphasis father
John placed on education.
Two sons, Ernest and Mar
shall attended Elon College
while Maurict’ and George
went to UNC-CH. Salve grad
uated from Immaculata in
Washington, D.C., while her
sister Pauline is a graduate of
Sacred Heart in Belmont.
Six children
Today Ernest and Maurice
share responsibilities as own
ers of the Carolina Koury
Hosiery Mill. Marshall ope
rates the dress shop his father
established, now known as
Koury’s Dress Shop, still in
the downtown area. Their
brother George is a practicing
physician in Burlington. Pau
line lives in St. Augustine,
Fla., while Salve is living in
Raleigh.
Koury died in 1953 at 65, a
man dedicated to education,
hard work and integrity.
Architect Vernon Lewis is
working with a building com
mittee on specifications and
plans for the field house.. Bids
will be let in June and con
struction is expected to begin
in July.
“This addition will also
free some valuable space in
Alumni Gym that has been
used by the football team
cont. on p. 5
Greeks contribute
by Joy Hamilton
“I’m encouraged by the
fact that we have $1,100 in
the bank, but this represents
the returns from only 15-20
fasters,” said Dr. Carole
Chase of the recent hunger
fast for CROP. “What gives
me cause for concern is that
about 50 people haven’t
turned in their money yet.”
“We would like to know
the total amount raised so we
can earmark 25 percent of it
f6r Meals on Wheels in Ala
mance County,” Dr. Chase
said.
Dr. and Mrs. William
Sloan, both of whom taught
at Elon before working as
missionaries in Africa, par
ticipated in the fast and con
tributed $250 to CROP. “We
have taken part each year in
the CROP fast and enjoy the
fellowship. We look forward
to participating in it next
year,” said Dr. Sloan.
The Greeks contributed
$150 to CROP. According to
Jack LoCicero, spokesman
for the Greeks, “This is
our way of showing we are
concerned about world hun
ger and are a part of the
student body that supports
church functions.”
Fasters wishing to turn in
their money may give it to
any member of the Religious
Life Committee. If a CROP
faster does not turn his
money in before leaving the
college, he may mail it to
CROP, Box 220, Elkhart,
Ind., 46514.