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Volume Vn Number 13
Elon College, Elon College, N.C. 27244
Thursday, December 4,1980
Who’s Who taps
24 Elon students
I By Lynn Ferro
Twenty-four students
from Elon CoUeKe will be in
the 1981 edition of Who’s
Who among students in
mnerican Universities and
|CoUeges.
J These students have been
loosen as being among the
country’s most outstanding
j^ampus leaders. Students in
ftfho’s Who are selected
^rom 1,300 institutions of
iiigher learning in the United
States, from the District of
^Columbia, and several
Sforeign nations,
s' Elon College students
iiamed this year are Paul R.
^ello. Coral Gables, Fla.;
. Jerome D. Bailey, Codan-
ville, Va.; Margaret S. Burk-
i^art, Lexington, N.C.; Eli-
izabeth V. Bynum, New
Bern, N.C.; Linda C. Clark,
iBuriington, N.C.; Raymond
H. Coleman, Burlington,
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N.C.; Susan C. Davis, Bur
lington, N.C.; Diana M.
Dewhirst, Jacksonville,
N.C.; Diana L. Fulford,
Charlotte, N.C.; Margaret
E. Guy, Salisbury, Md.;
Jerry L. Hooker, Thomas-
viUe, N.C.
Marsha C. Hughes, New
York, N.Y.; Nancy W. Mc-
Lawhorn, Burlington N.C.;
Timothy C. Mills, Tabor
City, N.C.; Sherri L. Nunn,
Virgilina, Va.; John M.
Sadler, Baltimore, Md.;
Anne M. Saleeby, States
ville, N.C.; Ardith J. Shoff-
ner, Burlington, N.C.;
Roger S. Shore, King, N.C.;
Dorene Spaulding, Clarkton,
N.C.; Tracey Taylor, Jack
sonville, N.C.; Karen M.
Wall, Reidsville, N.C.;
James R. Williams, Eliza
beth City, N.C.; and Ste
phen M. Wright, Aberdeen,
Md.
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The famous old Senior Oak on the main
(recovering after surgery. Photo by Avrette.
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ROTC member George Holmes and Tracey Taylor received awards at a ceremony at A4T
on Nov. 6. Photo by Avrette.
ROTC salutes Taylor and Holmes
Two Elon students en
rolled in the ROTC program
at N.C. A&T State Univer
sity were awarded the Dis
tinguished Military Student
Award and Recondo Certifl-
cation during an awards
ceremony held at A&T on
Nov. 6.
Seniors George Holmes
and Tracey Taylor received
the Recondo certificate and
Badge for successful comple
tion of the prescribed eight
hours of recondo training at
Fort Bragg ROTC Advanced
Camp, N.C.
These eight hours of train
ing consisted of an obstacle
course, a 40-foot rope drop
into lower Little River, a
slide for life, building of a
rope bridge across the river
and rappelling from a 50-
foot tower. They also had to
score 90 or above on an
“orienteering” test.
Holmes and Taylor
received the DMS award for
displaying outstanding quali
ties of leadership, high mo
ral character, noteworthy
academic achievement, and
exceptional aptitude for mili
tary service.
The award enables
Holmes and Taylor to re
ceive regular Army commis
sions as 2nd lieutenants on
graduation day.
World celebrates Christmas
by
Mari Behrend
The arrival of the Christ
mas season with Santa
Claus is not only an Ameri
can tradition, but it is cele
brated all over the world. It
is considered the greatest
folk festival of Christmas.
In England, Christmas has
many traditions including
yule log, plum pudding, the
boar’s head, the singing of
Christmas carols and send
ing of cards.
Their season, which origi
nally lasted 12 days, has
now been shortened. Howev
er, the children here still
throw Christmas lists into a
fireplace and hope that
Father Christmas will receive
the list.
The yule log is brought by
the father or eldest son in
the family and each member
sits on the log so that the
family might have good for
tune for the coming year.
Halls decked with holly
and mistletoe arc other tra
ditions of the English peo
ple.
Christmas cake which is
made in September and
plum pudding which is filled
with coins and treasures are
traditional English desserts.
Religious services are held
on Christmas Day, and peo
ple gather in groups to sing
on street comers and in
front of cathedrals.
Mexican people begin their
celebrations nine days before
Christmas. It begins with the
presentation of simple plays
cont. on p. 7
PIRG releases reports
Prognosis for Senior Oak positive
j The Senior Oak, an Elon
I College landmark for a cen
tury and thought by many to
I be dying, is going to Uve,
' says a tree specialist from
‘ Greensboro.
After a thorough examina
tion of the tree, the arborist
I concluded that the tree had
been struck by lightning.
The harsh cold winters this
area has been experiencmg,
plus the severe ice storms of
recent winters, also added
concern for the tree, which
looked dead.
The top and bottom of
the Senior Oak were alive
and growing and only cer
tain portions of the middle
section were dead. Larry
McCaulev director of the
college’s hysical plant, is
sure the x will live after
the careful removal of all
the dead limbs by the arbo-
cont. on p. 6
The Elon College chapter
of the N.C. Public Interest
Research Group (PIRG) fin
ished the fall semester by
releasing three major con
sumer reports: Market Bas
ket Survey, Eyeglass Shop
pers Guide, and Student
Voter Regbtration in Ala
mance County: A continuing
challenge.
All three reports deal with
different areas of consum
erism.
Student Voter Registration
in Alamance County: A
Continuing Challenge! Doc
uments the work of five
Elon College students at
tempting to encourage Elon
students to register to vote.
They also examined Ala
mance County and North
Carolina Elections Boards’
cont. on p. 7