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Volume VI Number 7
Elon College, Elon College, N.C. 27244
Thursday, October 11, 1979
CROP raises $^1,000
by Joy Hamilton
More than 1,058 walkers
of all shapes and sizes
participated in the CROP
Walk to battle world hun
ger last Sunday. The 10-
mile route was crowded with
enthusiastic walkers over
flowing Burlington and Elon
College sidewalks and
streets.
The Rev. Carol Bernard
Snyder, coordinator of re
cruitment for the area, said,
“Our goal was 500 walkers
and $10,000. We doubled
our goal and have over
$21,000 pledged.” The Rev.
Snyder went on to say, “We
had recruiters from all of
the major denominations,
high schools in the area, and
Elon College. Publicity was
a big key to our success.”
Dr. Carol Chase, who
coordinated the campus ef
fort, said, “The whole Reli
gion Department walked.
I’d like to thank every
member of the college and
community who walked or
helped out by sponsoring a
walker.”
The 10-mile course started
at the Williams High School
stadium and wove through
Burlington on Front Street
to Elon College. The long
parade of walkers then re
turned to Burlington by way
of Saddle Club Road and
Edgewood Avenue to com
plete the 10-mile trek.
Several area churches pro
vided refreshment for the
walkers, and three VISTA
volunteers were, according
to the Rev. Snyder, a “big
help.” The Rev. Darrell
Peebles of Graham designed
a silkscreen foot that ap-
cont. on p. 4
Members of Sigma Pi Fraternity begin a 10-miic walk through Burlington and Elon College
to help raise funds for hungry people in the world. Photo by Craig Stanfield.
Rotary scholar enjoys dancing
by Joy Hamilton
Although he looks like an
ordinary American, Ralph
Mueller is not the “typical”
Elon College freshman.
Ralph, an exchange student
from West Grmany, calls his
nine-iponth stay in America
his “first big journey.”
Ralph says, on occassion,
“My English is very bad,”
but actually he probably
understands and speaks the
language better than most
Americans. “I am on
scholarship from the Rotary
Club and Elon College and
my major is American his
tory,” he says. Ralph
graduated last year from
Gymnasium Poststrasse in
Velbert, West Germany,
which is near Duesseldorf,
the capital of North-Rhein-
Westfalia. The German
high schools differ from the
American in that the school
day is shorter, and each
student has two majors.
Ralph’s majors were history
and math.
Ralph is fondly known as
the “Disco King” of Barney
Dorm, though his specialties
are Latin and ballroom dan
cing. “My main hobby is
dancing,” says Ralph. At
home I’m in a German
formation team, TF Duessel-
dorf Weiss Blan. This
formation won the German
Championship ii^ 1978, and
the European and World
Championship in 1979. ”
Rehearsal for this champion
ship team was “five times a
week for three to four
hours.”
Presently, Ralph is in
volved in ballet and modern
dance classes at Elon, and
rehearsing with the Ala-
mance-Civic-Dance-Com-
pany. This company will
present a performance in
early December in Whitley
Auditorim.
Ralph received a culture
shock his first few weeks in
the states. “The main
difference between Germany
and the USA is that the
Americans are much more
helpful than the Germans—
the Germans are more dis-
cont. on p. 7
ARA to offer dinner for blood donation
The Red Cross blood-
mobile will be on campus at
Jordan Gym on Thursday,
Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. The places and
times for volunteer registra
tion will be announced later
this week.
In the past the ITK fra
ternity has sponsored the
College’s blood drive with
the help of Bill Ginn, the
director of alumni affairs.
In a meeting of the IFC last
Wednesday, Mr. Ginn en
listed the help of the re
maining fraternities. Early
this week he recruited the
sororities. It is hoped that a
local business can be found
to contribute a television set
to the group that registers
the most donors. Howard
Southerland of the ARA
food service is offering a
free roast beef dinner to any
student or faculty member
who gives blood.
Blood supplies in Ala
mance county fall short of
demands by a least 22 per
cent each year. Blood col
lected by the Red Cross
bloodmobile is free to the
public for as long as it lasts.
After the free supply is de
pleated the remaining pa
tients must postpone their
operations, or buy blood
that is not only of inferior
quality but very expensive.
This lack of quality is re
flected by the fact that the
risk of getting hepatitis is 10
times greater for people sup
plied by paid donors.
Only 103 Elon students
gave blood in May. An
additional 81 donors from
the community still left the
total 125 pints short of the
goal. With the help of the
graternities and sororities it
is hoped that the goal can be
reached this time.
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Ralph Mueller is known as the “Disco King” of Barney
Dorm. His specialty is Latin and ballroom dancing. Staff
photo.