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Petiiulum
letters p. 2
faculty sabbaticals p. 4
summer photo feature p. 5
sports pp. 7 & 8
Volume Vn Number 2
Elon College, Elon College, N.C. 27244
Thursday, September 11, 1980
President Young takes to student path
President Young became a
student this summer for six
weeks during July and
August. He states that his
sensitivity for students has
increased tremendously
since ills experience. Staff
Photo
Phi Psi Cli
Plii Psi Cli Organizational
meeting wUI be held Tues
day, Sept. 16 in the large
Lounge Student Center at 3
p.m. All students with ex
perience in art, layout de
sign, or photography are
urged to attend. They must
be present to be on the
yearbook staff.
Coffee House
The weekly Coffee, an
opportunity for students,
faculty and staff to meet
and interact, will begin on
Thursday*, Sept. 18. It will
be held from 9:30-10 a.m.
in the large lounge of Long
Student Center. Students
may take advantage of the
Thursday class break and
enjoy a cup of coffee or a
soda.
By Joy Hamilton
Dr. Fred Young, Elon
College president, has a spe
cial understanding for the
freshmen and upperclassmen
who arrived on campus last
week— he himself returned
to the classroom at Harvard
for a six-week period of
intensive training.
“I was there for six weeks
in July and August partici
pating in a seminar for
experienced college admini
strators. We studied virtually
every element of college
management and opera
tion,” says Dr. Young.
“I went back to school
because I felt the need for
renewed academic training,
and it’s been about 15 years
since I’ve had any formal
education,” the president
says. “It seemed time for me
to go through intensive
training to upgrade my skills
and renew my knowledge
and increase my understand
ing so I could be more
effective in my role as well
as a more professional per
son.”
Dr. Young describes his
six-week stav in the dormi
tory as “an interesting and
different experience and bas
ically good for me.”
“It gives me renewed em
pathy with and understand
ing of the problems of living
in a dormitory. I can be
more effective and have
additional sympathy for
dorm students since I now
have a better understanding
of some of the things which
can be done to make living
in a dorm as pleasant and
educationally rewarding as
possible.”
Although noise was not a
substantial problem for Dr.
Young, privacy and getting
necessary service constituted
a problem. “I feel I’m
more sensitive to our stu
dents who face such difficul
ties and will try to improve
our services,” Dr. Young
states.
At the freshman convoca
tion Monday afternoon. Dr.
Young’s advice to incoming
freshmen was to “recognize
the investment of time and
money being made, to take
advantage of the activities
offered and become in
volved, and to recognize the
importance of the academic
program.”
Dr. Young stressed the
importance of putting in an
eight-hour day. “If one goes
to class three hours, one
should study five hours.
There is not a single fresh
man who will not be suc-
cessfull if he has that
amount of discipline,”
Young said.
Asked about the practi
cality of building dorms with
an expected life of less than
50 years. Young replied,
“I would rather spend mon
ey for dorms that have a
longer life, but we need
dorm space immediately,
and modular construction
was considerably more eco
nomical, like 25 percent,
perhaps. That’s also what
we had the money to do.
The real option was whether
to build The Oaks or not to
have the housing.”
A pedestrian crossing on
Williamson Avenue will join
the main campus and The
Oaks. “We want to wait and
see how the pedistrian traffic
is going to fiow. We don’t
know which way those resi-
Continued on P. 7
Are you a Who????
All juniors and seniors
who aspire to being listed in
Who’s Who in American
Colleges and Universities
this year should submit lists
of their academic honors,
extracurricular activities and
service to the academic
dean. Lists should be in
Dean Chris White’s office,
Alamance 106 by or before
Oct. 1.
Eligible persons will be
considered first by a college
committee comprised of stu
dents and faculty members.
The quota for Elon College
is 36.
Later in the fall a selec
tion will be made by Who’s
Who in American Colleges
and Universities. Each stu
dent who is selected will be
awarded a certificate suitable
for framing as well as other
benefits such as a lifetime
job-placement service.
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Sadler speaks for student input
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By Joy Hamilton
The new SGA president,
John Sadler, is starting the
year with a devout resolu
tion to make Elon College a
better place for students to
live.
“I want Elon to be a
place that students can be
proud of. Presently, the
SGA is plagued with student
apathy and lack of interest.
We would like to lower the
number of senators to 20-25.
The senate room will be
improved and we’re working
on voter registration in
North Carolina,” says Sad
ler.
“The students need to
have more input into the
community scene, for exam
ple, the liquor situation. We
have to work into the town—
they make the rules and we
don’t have much input. We
basically have to live by
their laws. Having the bars
is a vital part of college life.
They just can’t get rid of the
bars and say that bars are
the root of all evil at the
college. We should have
some say so,” Sadler states.
Sadler made cabinet ap
pointments this week. The
top positions are Danny
Ayteck, chief justice, Dennis
Bailey— attorney general,
and Mark Hayes— defense
attorney.
Jerry Hooker, chairman
of SUB, will be coming out
with a campus wide poll.
According to Sadler, “We
are trying one more time to
get a major concert not to
fiop. We need the right
weekend and the right band.
We’re coming out with a
poll that will name ail the
bands within the SUB bud
get and ask the students for
the top four groups they
want. SUB will compile it
and hopefully, students will
get excited about it.” The
concert will be in late Octo-
• ber or early November.
The new SGA president
also stressed the importance
of student involvement. “All
chairmen need people. I urge
everyone to come by the
SGA office (office hours are
1-4 p.m.) and tell us what
they’re interested in. We’ll
put them right to work.”
Sadler also reminds fresh
men that the deadline for
signing up for class officers
is Sept. 22. Elections for
sophomore and freshman
officers will be Sept. 23 and
24. Also the first senate
meeting is Thursday, Sept.
18.
Other SGA officers this
year are Norman Whitting
ton— vice-president, and
Dan Daly, treasurer.