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Volume VI Number 21
Elon College, Ellon Colleg^ N.C. 27244
Thursday, March 13, 1980
Alumni named to
NALi Hall of Fame
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over $250,000 for the College Annual Fund.Over $18,000 has been raised. The Greeks and
Daytrippers have been working the phones.
Greeks praised for ‘phonathon’
by Robin Adams
The results of Elon’s first
national “Phonathon” have
been “extremely successful,”
says William Ginn, associate
director of Development, co
ordinator of Parent and
Alumni Relations and direc
tor of the “Phonathon.”
Sororities, fraternities and
the Daytrippers have volun
teered to man the 25 phones
Monday through Thursday
for 12 nights. They are calling
parents, alumni and friends
of the college to secure gifts
for the annual fund.
The money raisiid will help
Elon meet its promise to
continue its excellent pro
grams for those in attendance
now and for students attend
ing in the future.
ZTA started off the first
night and Tri Sig followed the
second night. Other partici
pants are Alpha Sigma Al
pha, Kappa Sig, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, Sigma Phi, TKE,
Phi Mu, and the Daytrippers.
“I would like to thank the
group for its enthusiasm and
dedication in handling the
‘phonathon.’ They are mak
ing from 650-850 calls a
night, and we are pleased
with ^1 the resuhs,” said Mr.
Ginn. “We have been very
successful and I’m sure the
success will continue,
throughout the duration of
the ‘Phonathon.’”
Rich McGeorge and Dr.
A.L. Hook left yesterday for
the 27th Annual NAIA-Hill-
yards Hall of Fame luncheon,
where the Elon graduates will
be honored for their election
to the Hall of Fame. The
luncheon will be held in the
Continental Hotel in Kansas
City.
McGeorge, who will be
inducted into the NAIA
Football Hall of Fame, is a
former all-pro wide receiver
for the Green Bay Packers. A
first round draft pick in 1970,
McGeorge played nine sea
sons with the Packers and
ranks seventh on Green Bay’s
all-time receiving list with 175
catches.
McGeorge earned All-
American honors in 1968 and
1969. While at Elon he
established 12 school records
and was inducted into the
Elon College Hall of Fame in
1979, his first year of eligi
bility. He is associated with
Wheat, First Securities in
Winston-Salem.
Dr. Hook, who will be
inducted into the NAIA
Meritorous Service Category,
was one of the founders of
the first intercollegiate con
ference in North Carolina,
from which later came the
Atlantic Coast Conference,
the Southern Conference and
the Carolinas Conference.
Hook served as Elon Col
lege’s first director of athle
tics. He has been associated
with Elon athletics since 1912
when he served as student
manager, a position at that
time which included the re
sponsibilities of today’s athle
tic director. Upon graduation
in 1914, he joined the Elon
faculty and also served as
“graduate manager.”
He has been an active
member of the Facuhy Athle
tic Committee continously
since 1914 and has served as
its chairman during various
periods of his tenure.
McGeorge and Hook are
only the second and third
Elon people to be inducted
into the NAIA Hall of Fame.
Appalachian State athletic
director Jim Jones, an Elon
graduate, was the first.
SGA reports on trustee meetings
by Keith Nelson
A revised Student Govern
ment Association budget was
approved last week. President
Bryant Colson, Vice Presi
dent King White, and Trea
surer John Reaves told the
Senate about meetings with
various committees of the
Board of Trustees. Lori Ar
rington was sworn into office
as the new freshman senator.
On a request by the Ath
letics Department, a bill to
appropriate $750 for a “Fight
ing Christian” mascot outfit
was placed in the finance
committee.
Jeannie Hairston accepted
the resolution for Coach
Mary Jackson that honored
Ms. Jackson as the CIAC
Coach of the Year. Greg
Dowson accepted a similar
resolution for Coach Bill
Mexican course pkinned
A student trip to Mexico
will offer six hours of credit
in Spanish for the three and
one half week study tour.
May 22 to June 16.
liie study will take place at
the Cuernavaca Center for bi-
cultural and multilingual
studies. Small-group lan
guage study will feature na
tive Mexican teachers. Ex
cursions, fiestas and social
gatherings are planned, ac
cording to Kathleen Scott,
Elon language instructor and
leader of the study tour.
Room and board will be
with a Mexican family, allow
ing the student to test his
Spanish and gaining him ex
posure to Mexican culture.
The Spanish instructor from
Elon will travel with the
students.
Round-trip airfare from
Greensboro to Mexico City,
school-related activities in
Cuernavaca, room and
board, and Elon fees and
tuition are included in the trip
cost of $912.
All interested students
should contact Mrs. Scott for
application forms. Deadline
is April 15, and a $50 deposit
is required.
-Newsbriefs-
Students who wish to drop a course may receive a WP
through tomorrow. After Friday, students will receive a WF.
Students who are failing a course will receive a WF regardless
of the time at which the course is dropped.
Withdrawing with a WP will not count against the student.
No credit for the course will be given for a WP.
Drop forms may be picked up at the registrar’s office.
Forms should be signed by the adviser and the course
instructor and returned to the registrar’s office.
The Business Student’s Communication Committee will give
a coffee for the students and Business Department faculty on
Thursday, March 20, from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Long Student
Center Lotmge. All students are invited to come by for
refreshments and to speak informally with the Business
Department faculty.
Momingstar who received the
same honor as CIAC Coach
of the Year.
President Colson met with
the Campus Life Committee
last Wednesday and gave a
Sate of the SGA address. In it
he told of vandalism and
asked for a security system
that could insure security.
Colson reported what Thad
Eure had said about the SGA.
“Mr. Eure said he’d like to
see Elon in the State Student
Legislature. I told him that
the United States Student
Association and the State
Organization are very similar.
Elon was a member some
years back”, said Colson.
“Minority students don’t
have enough professors to
identify with. There is only
one black professor,” said
Colson. He went on to say
that students need to identify
with a faculty member. Col
son reported that the commi
ttee liked the idea of more
minority professors.
Treasurer Reaves met with
the Development Committee
cant, on p. 7