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The Pendulum
October 4, 1979
“Fish” entertains, rain or shine
by Susan Troxler
“Fish” is a junior transfer
from Chowan College in
Murfreesboro, N.C., where
he received an associate de
gree in graphics. During his
two years at Chowan, Bob
Trout gained fame as an
outstanding runner for their
track team and also as an
Indian brave— Chowan’s
mascot. In addition to
whooping and hollering, he
was listed in “Who’s Who in
American Junior Colleges”
and won “The Award of the
Silver Feather,” a citizenship
award given to him for his
contributions to the school.
It seems this would have
been enough to keep any
body busy, but “Fish” also
managed to cheer for the
basketball games after foot
ball days were over.
Since his arrival at Elon
this fall, “Fish” has become
involved with the S.U.B.
movies (he chooses and
shows them), and he is
hoping to be a resident
counselor next semester.
His experience in graphics
enables him to do layout
work for the Pendulum.
As if this isn’t enough, he
runs five miles in the morn
ing and in the evening.
When asked why he chose
to come to Elon, “Fish”
said that he came “primarily
for track.” Elon’s track
coach, Linwood Ferguson,
had coached at Chowan
before coming to Elon last
spring. “Fish” was encou
raged southward (down
stream?) by Ferguson’s
move. Meanwhile, because
he isn’t physically partici
pating in football, “Fish” is
taking on the role of the
Fighting Christian— as
Elon’s new mascot. By
doing this, he feels that he
can “encourage the crowd
and participate by cheering
the team on and getting the
crowd up.”
Being the first mascot for
the school left “Fish” no
thing but his imagination to
go on in planning his cos
tume. The only major
change in his physical
appearance will be the addi
tion of a beard he has to
glue on prior to each game.
Although this sounds like a
simple process, there is a lot
of time and patience in
volved because he has to cut
tiny lengths of hair from a
braid and glue each tuft on.
Volleyball: “We’ve got the skill;
we just can’t put it all together.”
by Vicki Blankenslilp
Although the Elon wo
men’s volleyball team is
halfway through their season
with a 1-11 record, the
season has not been one of
defeat.
Coach Barbara Yarbo
rough is returning as head
coach for the fifth year and
she comments, “In skill,
condition, attitude, and
character, this is the best
team I have coached. We’ve
played the hardest schools
first, which were mainly
larger colleges, to prepare
the team for the matches
they need to win as far £s
conference or district rulings
go.”
Coach Yarborough is not
depressed or discouraged
about the team records be
cause the girls are great
athletes and are abiding by
all the team rules. She said,
“Things will start looking
up.”
Assistant coach for the
Fighting Christian girls this
year is Carolyn Smith. She
was an Elon letterman in
volleyball for four years.
She conunents, “The team is
working very hard.”
The team members this
year consist of one senior,
Jane Cooper; two juniors,
Barby Adcock and Sue Bias;
three sophomores, Barbara
Carter, Gina Rhew, and
Trina Gombill; and five
freshmen, Teressa Davis,
Carolyn Drake, Pam Moore,
Penny Moore, and Rhonda
Penson. Manager is Terri
Morris and scorekeeper is
Nancy Rose Stainback.
The team has played
mainly larger colleges such
as Appalachian, Carolina,
N.C. State, UNC-CH, and
Western Carolina. The re
maining schedule consists of
teams in the conference or
district.
Barbara Carter, a spiker
and setter for the team,
comments, “We’ve had
some close matches. We’ve
got a good team but the
matches have just been go
ing to the other teams. Part
of it may be inexperience
but things have to start
looking up. We’re in great
condition. We run two
miles every Monday plus
other work outs.”
Barby Adcock, a third
year returner and one of the
leading spike attackers for
the team, comments,
“We’ve played pretty good
volleyball up until this week.”
“When we play aggressive
teams , we play aggressive
along with them. When
we’re playing teams that are
slack, we seem to play slack.
As far as skill goes, we’ve
got the skill. We just can’t
put it all together to win a
match.”
Oct. 9 the team will
see some away action in
Greensboro against Guilford
and UNC-Charlotte at 6:30
p.m. TTie team will return
play to their home court
against Pembroke at 4:30
p.m. All supporting fans
will be greatly appreciated,
the players say.
Eloa’g new mascot, Bob “Fish” Trout, made his debut
against N.C. Central. Be prepared to see the “Fightin’
Ciiristian” in the future. Staff photo.
Majorette loves job
by Becicy Kimbrell
Fans, cheerleaders, and
players add excitement to
Elon football games, but so
do the “Show Band of the
Carolinas” and the eight
majorettes. They add color
ful sidelights to the games.
Melody Lewis, one of
these sparkling majorettes,
enjoys twirling for the Elon
Marching Band. The 19-
year-old sophomore from
Autryville, N.C., is twirling
her second year for the
Fighting Christians. She
likes being a majorette for
the showtime band and says
she actuaUy enjoy s the hard
practices.
After strutting as chief
majorette for her Lakewood
High School Marching
Band, Melody says that
twirling in college is diffe
rent from twirling in high
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school. The Elon band, she
feels, is more energetic than
her high school band. “In
college, we’re all pretty close
and everyone tries harder,”
she says of the band. “It
makes a lot of difference
when everyone contributes
something and gets along
with everyone else. We all
work together as one.”
Band practices began a
couple of days before classes
started. Each practice lasts
one and a half to two hours
a day. Melody believes that
the hard everyday practices
pay off the end of the week.
The eight majorettes like to
perform to music that the
student body finds popular.
After twirling for nine
years, Melody has other
hobbies-bicycling and play
ing golf during the summer,
but mainly she looks for
ward to football season.
This is her last as an Elon
majorette because she is
majoring in radiology, which
is a two-year program here
at Elon. She has enjoyed
being a part of the band,
and she hates to see this as
her last year twirling, she
says.
The eight majorettes and
the “Showtime Band of the
Carolinas” not only give
good entertainment, but they
also add colorful excitement
to the game.