Page 4 The Pendulum Thursday, April 9,1981
Tuition costs go on upswing Elon professor sends idea to Senate
Tuition costs are on the
rise at Elon. Included in
these fees are the costs of
registration, use of the li
brary, recreation facilities,
admission to college athletic
events at home, student pu
blications, health services,
post office box, lab fees,
and 12 to 18 semester hours
of work.
The overall increase for
the fall of 1981 is $940 and
next spring’s increase is $820
above this spring semester.
Elon has made several
budget cuts as well as the
hike in tuition costs to
accommodate the spiraling
rate of inflation. One of the
new ideas is the two-year
catalog. With a catalog
every other year, the college
can save money because the
labor costs of printing have
risen substantially.
“Other schools in the area
are finding it difficult to
by Patrick McNeely
The town of Elon College
Appearance Commission, in
cooperation with the Ala
mance County beautification
committee, is planning a
clean-up week from April 25
to May 2. This community
beautification project encou
rages everyone to clean up
and plant around the town
and campus.
On Saturday, April 25,
members of the commission
will be selling azaleas, crape
myrtles and pink dogwoods.
These will be available that
day at a lot across from the
Post Office in cooperation
meet rising costs and are
having to do away with var
ious programs,” says^ Dr.
Chris White, academic dean.,
“Elon wants to have the
same good quality that is in
keeping with our tradition
without leaving the students
at a disadvantage,” he con
tinues.
Elon has added a new
major in sociology and a
minor in computer science.
Dr. White believes savings
such as the catalog change
will be beneficial by keeping
good traditional courses and
adding new ones needed.
The catalog will be pu
blished every other year and
enough will be printed for
the following year. On the
off-year, a supplement for
the front of the catalog will
have thf information for
that particular year. Accor
ding to Dr. White, this will
be a big money saver for the
college.
with Johnny Lowe’s Nur
sery.
All colors of azaleas will
cost $3.50 each. Pink dog
woods and crape myrtles will
be $9 a piece. For an extra
$3 Mr. Lowe will plant the
tree or shrub and guarantee
it.
The clean-up effort en
compasses all town estab
lishments. Churches and in-
town residences, the College,
the Elon Home for Children
and the elementary school
have been asked to coope
rate.
The Appearance Commis
sion wants everyone to be
aware that special trash col
lection is a key part of the
WiUiam Parks, assistant
professor of computer infor
mation science here at Elon,
is introducing to various
legislators his idea for a
“home manager tax deduc
tion.”
This proposal would make
it legal to deduct the cost of
employing domestic help on
one’s income tax return.
According to Parks, this
work program would take
up to a million recipients off
welfare and food stamps.
Middle-class workers would
then probably employ up to
two million domestic work
ers or “home managers”
within several months.
Parks estimates that about
$ 5 million in welfare costs
could be saved in addition to
the expense of food stamps.
The domestic workers would
also generate more income
taxes for the government
clean-up week. Times for
such pick-up will be an
nounced.
Chairperson of the Ap
pearance Commission is
Sherley White. According to
Ms. White, loblollies will be
available at only 10 cents
each. She suggests that or
ders be sent to her soon, as
the N.C. Soil Conservation
Department is supplying the
seedlings at such a low cost.
“The English Major and
Career Options” will be the
topic at the spring meeting
of Sigma Tau Delta, the
English honor society, on
Thursday, April 16, at 3:30
in Mooney Theater.
Five speakers will be pre
sented at the meeting for
English and English-Journ-
alism majors and prospective
majors as well as mihors.
Jim Gerow, retired from
Houghton Mifflin Co., will
speak on English and Pu
blishing, while Sam Moore
from Burlington Chemical
from their new jobs.
This program could be
only advantageous to both
the middle-class workers and
the welfare recipients with
out jobs, in the opinion of
Parks. He has sent letters
outlining this proposal to
several people involved in
state and federal govern
ment, such as Senator Jesse
Helms and Audrey McBane,
chairperson of the Alamance
County Republican Party.
The response has been
favorable and Senator
Original woodcuts by a
well-known Japanese artist,
Sadao Watanabe, will form
a special Easter week ex
hibition at the Priestley Fine
Art Gallery, 100 North Wil
liamson Ave.
The colored woodcuts, in
the style of modern stained-
glass windows, depict Bibli
cal scenes from the creation
of Adam to the crucifixion
of Christ. Watanabe, born
in 1913, completed these
woodcuts in the 1970s.
Among other collectors of
Watanabe’s works around
the world, the Vatican has
acquired several for its
Oriental Christian collection.
The exhibition will be
open Palm Sunday, April
12, and Easter, April 19, 1
to 6 p.m. as well as the
usual opening hours, 1 to 6
Company will talk about the
role of English in business
leadership. From Carohna
Biological Supply, Phil
Owen will describe scientific
writing.
Dr. Mitzi Bond will repre
sent Western Electric as she
outlines corporate careers
and the field of English.
Linda Brandon from Sou
thern Life Insurance will
discuss English majors in
insurance careers.
The public is invited to
attend. Refreshments will be
served after the meeting.
Helms has sent a copy of
Parks’ proposal to Robert
Dole, chairman of the Se
nate Finahce Committee.
Parks says that the idea for
this “home manager tax de
duction” is “very simple in
its essence, but far reaching
in its implications.”
He adds that a married
man could also hire his wife
as a “home manager” and
deduct her salary from his
income taxes up to a maxi
mum of $7,000.
on Tuesday through Satur
day.
The current exhibition of
flowers, birds, and gardens
in oil paintings, watercolors
and etchings will continue
through May 2.
Choir workshop
The Elon College Gospel
Choir presents the North
Carolina chapter of the Gos
pel Music Workshop of
America, Inc. in their sec
ond annual Spring Festival
and Extravaganza, Saturday,
April 11.
Held on Elon’s campus,
registration begins at 9 a.m.,
and workshop classes start
at 10. Delegates will perform
at a 7 p.m. musical service,
held at Elon College First
Baptist Church. The service
includes various choir
groups from cities through
out the state.
The president and founder
of the workshop is the Rev
erend Dr. James Cleveland.
He heads the National
Board of Directors, which
appoints a representative to
each chapter. Mrs. Norma I.
Foust serves as the N.C.
representative. She works in
the housekeeping department
at the college.
SGA ELECTIONS
April 10—Filing deadline
for SGA president, vice
president, and secretary po
sitions.
April 14 — College Pro
gram campaign speeches for
SGA candidates.
April 15-17—Elections.
April 20 — Filing dead
lines for senators and class
office positions.
April 21-24 — Ejections.
For more information
contact the SGA office at
ext. 367 or Janice Nelson,
senior class president, *t
584-4683.
Commission plans clean-up week
STORE:
Winn Dixie
Harris Teeter
Big Star
Food Worid
Food Town
Byrd’s
March 19 April 11
$47.78 $49.57
53.63
51.12
45.51
45.11
47.43
Public Interest Research Group [PIRG] members conduc
ted a market basket survey of 37 common items, ranging
from chicken breasts to frozen orange Juice at Buriington-
Elon groceries on March 19 and April 11. Sheila Callis and
Lisa Brincefield conducted the research with *he results
shown above.
Sigma Tau Delta
to give career options
for English majors
COMMUTERS & RESIDENTS
WE NEED YOU
We are currently taking
applications for security
guards. Get appUcations in
the student affairs office
[Alamance 128]. Apply by
April 22. Jack Murphy.
Gallery shows Easter art