Board okays dorm plans, raises tuition
Dr. Fred Young, college president [right] talks with
Professor Martha Smith, chairperson of the Academic
Council, and Woodrow Piland, member of the Board of
Trustees at March 4 reception. Photo by Priestley.
By Teresa Warren
and Joy Hamilton
The Board of Trustees
voted to increase tuition,
room, and board by a total
of $389 at last week’s board
meeting. The increase results
from higher operating ex
penses, Pres. Fred Young
says. Tuition will increase
$220, board $95 and room
rent will increase $74.
Plans for a new dorm
were also approved by the
Board at last week’s meet
ing.
According to President
Young, the need for campus
housing stems from the fact
that more students wish to
live on campus. High costs
of off-campus living are a
major factor.
The new dorm may also
be used to house some of
the Greeks, according to
President Young.
Most of the increase in
number of students has
come from upperclassmen,
not freshmen, says Young.
High retention rate is then a
factor in this increase.
Other action taken by
the board includes the new
promotion and tenure poli
cy. The new policy will
allow the college flexibility
to bring in new people as
needed because the Board
voted a five percent increase
in the number of associate
and full professors. Two
reasons for this policy, ac
cording to Young, include
the fact that many qualified
people merit promotion, and
the stability in college-level
teachers has increased. A
new non-tenure track, to
enable the college to employ
up to 30 percent without
tenure, was also approved.
Plans include the develop
ment of a faculty service
center in Carlton Bulding.
Included in this will be the
faculty mail room, secreta
rial services, and the print-
shop.
Alamance Building will al
so face a major renovation.
Quadrants will include the
business office, the office of
cont. on p. 3
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Volume Vn Number 19
Elon College, Elon College, N.C. 27244
Thursday, March 12,1981
The green of spring
Tuesday marks St. Patrick’s Day
Vandalism costs high
by Stacy Bragg
On March 17, almost eve
ry person will be wearing
green in honor of St. Pa
trick’s Day. Yet, why honor
St. Patrick?
The patron saint of Ire
land, Patrick, was actually
born in England, when the
Christian Church was still in
an infant stage. At 16, he
was captured by pirates who
carried him to Ireland to sell
as a slave. The boy ceime to
love the pagan Irish and
longed to convert them to
Christianity.
After six years of bond
age, Patrick escaped to
France, and entered a mona
stery. He later returned to
Ireland to preach his Chris
tian views to the people.
Before his death, Patrick
had founded more than 300
churches in Ireland.
The association we always
make of the shamrock to St.
Patrick stemmed from one
of his sermons. As the Irish
were having difficulty gras
ping the Trinity, Patrick is
said to have picked up a
shamrock. While pointing to
the three leaves, he ex-
Choir to tour in April
By Taz Fields
The Elon College Gospel
Choir will embark on its
first extensive tour April 24.
The tour, which will last
three days, will include con
certs in Chesapeake, Va.;
Brooklyn, N.Y. and Fort
Meade, Md.
While in Brooklyn, the
choir will be hosted by the
First A.M.E. Zion Church,
home church of Joy Moses
and Marsha Hughes, both
seniors at Elon and members
of the choir.
The choir, which now
boasts 50-55 members, was
begun in 1976 by students
participating in Elon’s Ta
lent Show. It was later
disbanded. In 1977, under
the
Talley
direction of Zebedee
V it was re-formed.
Si“n7e then the choir has
travelled to various churches
in the area spreading the
Word of God through song.
In 1979, the choir elected
officers and became an offi
cial organization of Elon
College. Besides performing
in churches, the choir has
sung at the Graham Prison
Unit, for College Progrms
and for campus worship
services.
Financed primarily by
fund raising projects ana
donations, the choir wel
comes any assistance m or
der to further its mims^.
For information contact Do
reen Spaulding 202 Virgima
Dorm.
plained that they represented
the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Ghost. No one leaf can
stand alone; they must col
lective to be called a flower.
The shamrock later became
the national flower of Ire
land.
While St. Patrick’s Day is
celebrated throughout the
world, it is a national holi
day only in Ireland. Each
March 17 brings the same
things, a rekindled spirit of
patriotism and a shamrock
cont. on p. 3
In a front page article last
week, reporter Mari Behrend
quoted Dean WiUiam G.
Long as saying that vandal
ism on campu5 costs about
$2,500 to $3,000 a year at
Elon College.
Investigation by the Pen
dulum has revealed that
Dean Long’s figures are
about right if he is talking
about the cost of replacing
window panes and screens
only. And $2,500 would be
low on these items alone if
the winter has brought seve
ral snowfalls and resulting
snowballs.
The total figure for re
placements of “Exit” lights
and fire alarms (smoke de
tectors) and wiring comes to
more than $1,000 a year.
Three damaxed decorative
shield walls, two of which
have been partially destroyed
by vandals, will cost about
$5,000 to repair.
Seven trees, costing $100
each, were run over by a
vehicle two nights after plan
ting and had to be replaced
at $700. Fifteen uprooted
trees have been replanted
but there is a question as to
whether or not they will live.
If they die, this will mean
another $1,500.
The estimated total for
replacement of furniture,
draperies, curtain rods,
small tables, lamps and
shades for a year comes to
at least $10,000.
Add all these figures toge
ther and the amount is
between $17,000 and $20,000
for the last year.
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The Elon College Gospel Choir will leave April 24 for its first extensive tour. Directed
by Vanessa Howard, this group sings for local organizations. Photo by Avrelte.