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Volume Vni Number 1
Ellon College, Elon College, N.C. 27244
Monda)’, September 7, 1981
EnroUmeiit reaches
largest number ever
by Teresa Warren
This fall will see 980 new
students coming to Elon
College, the largest number
of incoming students for one
semester in the history of the
college.
Freshmen make up about
750 of this number, with
transferring and readmitted
students composing the re
mainder. This brings the
total enrollment to more
than 2600, an increase from
last fall’s 2576, according to
the office of admissions and
fmancial aid.
New Elon commuters have
decreased in number to 176,
as compared to 213 last
year. But the number of in
coming dormitory students
will grow in size to 765.
Overall, 2401 students are
preregistered for the fall
semester, an increase from
2336 students last fall,
according to the registrar,
Mark Albertson. Of these
students, 1621 have already
completed registration by
mail, compared to last year’s
1330.
Mr. Albertson is “very
pleased” with the growth in
the number of students who
will not have to come for
registration day, Sept. 8.
However, he points out that
the number of mail regis
trations could have been
greatly increased.
Sixty percent of preregis
tered upperclassmen have
completed registration by
mail while 81 percent of the
preregistered freshmen have
completed their forms and
returned them to the regis
trar’s office.
By comparison more
freshmen have completed the
registration process by mail
than the continuing students
and transfers, says Mr.
Albertson. He feels this is
due to the conscientiousness
of freshmen about reading
letters and forms that are
sent by the college.
He believes that “even
more students could be so, if
they would only take the
time and effort. It is un
necessary for most of these
students to come to the gym,
yet they do not take advan
tage of this opportunity.”
Mr. Albertson adds that
this completion of regis
tration by mail to the extent
used by Elon is rare among
colleges. He feels that he can
only encourage more stu
dents to take advantage of
this chance to avoid the
heavy lines in Alumni Gym
nasium on registration day.
“This takes the pressure off
not only the students, but
also the cashiers, the faculty
advisers, and the workers in
the registrar’s office,” Mr.
Albertson says.
Looking over the enroll
ment for the fall, Mr.
Albertson concludes that “It
is very positive from the
standpoint of the registrar’s
office,” and he is “looking
forward to working with the
students.”
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MAIN THRUST of muuMr renovatioa of Aluuuce has
been completion of new stairs at ends of building. The stairs
will be ready for use of classes on second and third floors.
Photo by Mary Ellen Priestley.
Alamance construction^ new dorm under way
by Mari Behrend
Renovation of Alamance
Building, now underway,
should be completed by late
November or early
December, says Dr. Fred
Young, college president.
According to Dr. Young,
construction scheduled for
completion in August has
been finished. The stairwells
at the ends of the building,
the demolition, and “noisy
work” are finished for the
most part, says the presi
dent. The building will be
ready for use the first day of
classes on Sept. 10.
During the construction.
many students may en
counter some incon
veniences, but, “everybody
will have to show some
flexibility and adjust to the
extent possible until the re
novation is completed,” the
president says.
The new dormitory near
the lake and the Scott Plaza
with fountain in front of
Alamance now have tenta
tive completion dates of fall
1982, according to Dr.
Young.
Construction began this
summer on the new dorm
itory which will house 300
students. This facility will
help relieve present crowded
conditions, says the presi
dent.
Brick walls have been
started on the new dorm.
Steel-reinforced concrete
columns are being poured to
meet stringent requirements
for safety in storms and
earthquakes, the architect
says.
Football team is No. 1 in NAIA national poll
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FOOTBALL: Brothers Ernie (42] a Junior, and Stanley [46]
sophomore, Tootoo, linebackers, are two of the football
team. Photo courtesy of Elon Sports Information.
The Elon College Fighting
Christians, national NAIA
football champions in 1980,
have been picked by journa
lists and NAIA coaches to
win the title again this year.
Defending champions
often must avoid entering a
new season with over-confi
dence, especially with the
kind of talent Elon returns
from last year’s 13-1-1
squad. But head coach Jerry
Tolley predicted that his
players will not let their
go(^ press go to their heads.
“There’s lots of maturity
on this squad, a sense of
responsibility,” Tolley said.
“With 14 starters and 37
lettermen returning, I feel
good about the upcoming
season as well as the
ranking.”
“We learned a lesson the
hard way after we finished
second nationally in 1978.
We slipjjed all the way to
5-5 in 1979, then worked our
way back up the ladder last
year. You have to prove
yourself all over again every
year, and our kids know
that all 10 opponents this
year will be out to hang a
defeat on a national
champion.”
Missing from last year’s
cast are All-American run
ning back Bobby Hedrick,
the NAIA all-time career
rushing leader; tight end
Joey Hackett; punter Phil
Melton; offensive lineman
Donovan Brown; and defen
sive back Greg Bynum, who
is academically ineligible.
Despite these losses, the
Fighting Christians retain
seven starters on both
offense and defense as they
prepare for their Sept. 12
opener with Mars Hill in
Burlington Memorial Sta-
'dium. Mars Hill, a 23-11
cont. on p. 8