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The Pendiilirm
Thursday, January 24, 1980
Why do they leave?
Just as we finished applauding the student affairs
administration for placing Frank Mianzo in a strategic position,
asdirector of activities, Frank quietly lets it be known that he is
leaving Elon. So he joins a long parade of those who came with
bright eyes, new ideas, and lots of energy to work with student
affairs... and who left after a year or so. Students hardly know
who is who.
We find it disappointing, if not really sad. We honestly do
not know why the turnover in this staff, both men and women,
is so great. We can only ask why and hope that someone can
find the answer. We need to keep good people longer than the
introductions.
Phyllis Har^s^who cut her teeth on traffic and housing,
should be a good director of student activities. Now,Dean
Long please see that Mrs. Hargis doesn’t start reaching for her
hat and coat.
Title IX, 8 years after
The Title IX record is being played again, this time with a few
new scratches and a repair or two. The first report since that
for 1976 on the status of sex equality, opportunity, pay scales
and rank was published last week in Interaction, a news and
views memo from the vice president’s office. This is a limited
publication compared with the January 1977 issue of the
Communicator which was distributed college wide.
This summary shows^among repairs to the record that status
and salaries for men and women in the non-academic area are
now in line with Title IX. Fringe benefits have been added for
office staff to include insurance and retirement benefits,
disability insurance and other standard fringes such as
holidays, sick pay, and leave for a death in the family. All
praise for this step!
Another repair to the record is in the area of salary, although
money is still in a mixed bag. At the associate professor level,
women with doctorates have an average salary above that of
their male counterparts, a fact also true of those with the
master’s plus 30 hours of study. At the assistant rank, men
with doctorates earn an average of $700 more than women.
The woman full professor ranks fifth in salary among 13 full
professors for the 1979-80 year.
The report says, “Many women at assistant and associate
ranks lack the academic credentials necessary for promotion to
higher ranks.” Yet the report’s figures show that eight of 23 do
have the doctorate, which is the academic credential. The
report also says that at the assistant professor level only one
third of the women have the academic credentials for
promotion. Five women compete with 17 men here. Yet there
have been three new doctorates since this September 1979 list
making eight women of 17 assistant professors or nearly half.
The most dismal account is of department chairmen where
this year no woman serves and therefore none is on the
curriculum committee. In the 1976-77 appointments, two
women were named chairpersons, but they were not
reappointed. Some departments have been and are chaired by
assistant male professors although associates who are women
are available.
The president’s staff of nine administrators includes two
women, one for development and one for admissions. Of 23
administrative directors, eight are female.
The 1980 report states that “The 1976 recommendation that
emphasis should be placed on the hiring of women in
administrative positions, the appointment of women to
chairmenships of departments and committees and elevation of
more women to full professorships remains as valid today as it
did four years ago.” To this we say that the top
administration, which does the hiring, firing and promoting,
could surely have prevented the faculty record from
deteriorating even if they could not improve on the 1976 record.
This college is the recipient of at least $3 million in federal
funds, and Title IX has been the law of the land since 1972.
Let’s get with it, men.
This spccial winter term edition of the Pendulum has been
prepared by: Robin Adams, Yield Bianicenship, Stacy Bragg,
Don Fisher, Susie George, Joy Hamilton, Becky Kimbrell,
Cindy King, and Mildred Lynch.
Photographerslwere John Hurd and Ed Spigle and Mary E3len
Priestley served as adviser.
The next issue is set tori Feb. 7.
More faculty support needed
to promote women^ says Moncure
by Joy Huniltoii
“Women are playing catch
up ball. Historically, women
weren’t going to college 20
years ago. Not nearly enough
women came out of doctoral
programs in the late ’50’s and
early ’60’s,” says Dr. James
Moncure, vice-president of
Elon College, with reference
to the continued shortage of
women in high positions at
Elon.
“If the faculty will support
women, more promotions
will be reflected in actuality,”
says Dr. Moncure.
Last week’s report on Title
IX at Elon College shows that
only 30 faculty members out
of 84, or 36 percent, are
female. At the same time, 45
percent of the students are
women. At present there is
only one woman full profes
sor, constituting 8 percent or
one of the 13 full professors.
Hargis fills
Mianzo^s post
By Don Fisher
Phyllis Hargis will begin
the duties of coordinator of
student activities next week.
She is taking over the position
held by Frank Mianzo since
September. He will leave
Elon at the end of the winter
term.
Mrs. Hargis, a Burlington
native, graduated from Elon
College in 1976 in music. She
is now working for a master’s
degree at UNC-G Mrs.
Hargis was hired in 1977 to
direct parking and student
insurance. In 1978, she
became director of off-
campus housing and in 1979
coordinator of all student
housing.
In student activities, Mrs.
Hargis will be responsible for
Long Student Center and will
act as adviser to the Student
Union Board. In addition,
she will direct college pro
grams and advise fraternities
and sororities.
“The toughest part of my
job will be following and
meeting the standards set by
Frank, who has just done a
super job,” says Mrs. Hargis.
“I am looking forward to
working with the students
more closely.”
PACE deadline
Applications are now being
taken for the Professional
Career Examination (PACE).
PACE is a step in securing
entry-level employment in
most federal administrative
jobs. It covers more than 100
occupations in fields such as
administration, personnel,
social service, contracting
procurement, and claims in-
Three women with the doc
torate are associae professors
and could be eligible for
promotion to fuU professor.
Only 11 percent of all faculty
are women who hold the
doctorate compared to 51
percent of the men.
Six women now serve on
the Board of Trustees of Elon
College, but no chairpersons
of departments are women.
According to Dr. Moncure,
“We have a responsibility
under Title IX and generd
humanity. The fact that there
is only one full professor who
is female has been brought to
the attention of the tenure
and promotion committee.”
Only one of the seven mem
bers of that committee is a
woman.
Dr. Moncure says that
appointment to department
chairman involves “admini
strative ability, good human
relations, attitude and re-
sponsiblity” as well as stu
dent ratings. “With a large
department, the chairman
ship is rotated,” he said. As
for employment, “If two
applicants are equal, we go
for the woman. If not, we go
for the person. Our respon
sibility is to give the student
Betty Burton, who grad
uated from Elon in December
1979, is enrolled in_ further
studies in English literature at
the University of Exeter on a
Phi Mu Sorority Foundation
scholarship specifically des
ignated for study abroad.
A letter postmarked Jan
uary 1 and addressed to Dr.
Mary Ellen Priestley tells of
her experiences since her
arrival. The letter follows:
Dear Dr. Priestley,
The trip so far has been
delightful. I am on a
residence hall that has about
fifteen girls with single rooms.
We ^hare a kitchen, bath and
shower. The first two days
th^ weather was lovely and
today it rained. The country
side is gorgeous and the
people very friendly. The
first day one of the English
professors took me on a tour
in his car— it was quite an
experience riding on that side
of the road! My lectures start
vestigation.
The student may qualify
for PACE positions regard
less of college major. Most
positions covered by PACE
do not require specialized
education or experience.
Minimum requirements in
clude: 1. a bachelor’s degree
(graduating seniors eligible
for exam); 2. or three years of
the best instructor possible.”
At present there is no dean
of women students nor of
academics at Elon.
Dr. Moncure says, “We
must rectify this imbalance—
this is a knotty problem. The
balance of men and women
faculty won’t balance out,
but we’ll be working in that
direction.”
Women’s athletics is
another matter. According to
Melvin Shreves, athletic busi
ness manager and special
information director, men’s
athletics receive 90 percent of
scholarship aid when 81.5
percent of athletes are men.
Shreves says, “The newest
guidelines require that
schools direct the percentage
of scholarship aid to the per
cent of athletes, male or
female.” A full athletic scho
larship is equal to $3,242.50.
Women now receive three
basketball scholarships and
two from all other sports.
However, men receive seven
and a half basketball scholar
ships, three in baseball, 25 in
football and two in all other
sports.
Women make up 18.5
Cont. on p. 3
tomorrow, but I am quite free
in that I may attend anything
that I like.
I will be doing a lot of
traveling while I’m here. Bath
is Friday and London on
Saturday.
I am a novelty in this hall
because I am the only Ameri
can. I get introduced as “Bet
ty the American” and every
one is amazed at the words I
come up with. I’ve become
very conscious of how I talk.
The whole experience is going
to be interesting and fun. I’ve
made a lot of friends and only
today met some Americans.
They are also studying En
glish.
I saw Craig Harris in
London when I arrived. Take
care.
Betty
Friends may write to her,
Betty Burton, Lafrowda,
Cornwall House, St. Ger
man’s Road, Exeter, Ex4
6TG, England.
responsible experience; 3. or
an equivalent combination of
education and experience.
To be scheduled for the
exam, the student must file an
application in the Placement
Office, 104 Alamance, before
filing deadline, Feb. 1. The
exam will be administered on
Thursday, March 6, 1 p.m. in
Alamance 302.
Letter from Burton