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mr ■■III tiill The Pendulum Thursday^ February 9,1984 Volume X, Number 15 Hold Fire! Elra stadents N«na Araeae (lefi) and Paal Keaaard (right) ready tkeaiselves agaiast aa Micoaiiag saowbalL last M«aday saw tke seasva’s first saawfoU for the Pied- a«at Area, which clased dawa area schaals aad gave mtyaae a chaace ta see haw Mather Natare caa chaage the bee af thiags. Registration goes smoothly Apply to graduate now By liMkia Lmika Associate Editor Classes have been in session for over a week, and the approximate enrollment is 2,450. Of these students. l.GOO completed registration by mail and 600 pre-registered. but did not complete by mail. Registrar Mark Albertson re ports that both registration and drop/add day passed smoothly. “I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that once you got into the gym, the lines in front of the computers were short- - the shortest I’ve ever seen as registrar.” Albertson attri butes the success of registra tion and drop/add to the up grading of the college compu ter system and the ability it provides to process students sooner. “Usually, during the fresh man sign-up times, the lines are heavy. Now that the compu ters have been upgraded, it means that both pre registration and registration will go faster and students won’t have to wait as long to have their schedules pro cessed.” One problem the registrar has discovered, is that an in creasing number of students are drop-'adding after the de signated time. “They have to pay a $10 fee and I’m finding more students are doing this. They have to do all their drop/ add when we set time for it, or it all gets confusing.” The registrar will be order ing degrees within the next two weeks. Although the deadline to apply for graduation was Oct 31, Albertson reports that students are still applying for graduation. “I’m worried there are people out there planning on graduating and 1 don’t know anything about them,” be said. If students applied for gra duation in the fall and see they can’t meet graduation require ments. they can canel their ap plication and get their gradua tion fee back as long as this is done before the degrees are ordered. Also, if there are any changes in a student's permanent or local address, the student must report the change to the reg istrar, or else this can cause a delay in mail. “I do the changes in here and by not reporting to me, it can prevent students from receiving mail from any of the offices. Another reminder to stu dents is that if students are going to class and not hearing their name on the roll, they should report to the registrar. Civil Rights Leader Abernathy to speak here In honor of Black History MoDth. Elon will sponsor “An Evening with the Rev. Ralph Abernathy” at 8 p.m. on Feb. 16th in Whitley Auditorium. Abernathy first came to national rec^ition witli his leadership in the Montgomery Ala., bus boycott of 1966, and later went on to work closely vith the Rev. Martin Luther \ King Jr., in the fight for civil p rights. lamediately upon gradua tion ^m Alabama State Uni versity. he entered Atlanta University, where he received lus Master's d^ree in the field of Sociology. He continued his Theological Training at the Morehouse School of Religion and then he returned to his Alma Mater and accepted a position on the University staff; first as Personnel Direc tor and later was promoted to the pKition of Dean of Men. In Feb. of 1962. Dr. Aber nathy was called as the Senior Pastorofthe historic First Bap tist Church in Montgomery. Ala., a position which he held for ten years. This job required his full time so the foUow^ Sept, he resigned his position as Professor of Social Sciences at Alabama State Universi^ to become the lull time Pastor of Mont^meiy, Alabama’s oldest black congregation. In 1956, Dr. Abernathy oiga nized the Montgomery Bus Boycott and later he became one of the founders of the Mont gomery Improvement Associa tion. In this organization he was elected to the position of Director of Programs and also led with the late Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. the Montgom ery Bus Boycott for 381 days. During this boycott his home was bombed, his church dyna mited, his car was taken away along with his family inheri tance and all of this was sold at public auction to the highest bidder. He was sued for $3,000.00 and his body was beaten until thought to be dead. Dr. Abernathy, the late Dr. King and others founded the Southern Christian Lead ership Conference (SCL£) in 1957 which was an outgrowth of the Montgomery Improvement Association. He and Dr. King marched together all the way fivm Montgomery to Memphis, being jailed more than four teen times in their non violent quest to achieve justice for all mankind and to tear down the walls of segregation and discri mination. Their major victor ies included the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and The Voting Ri^ts Act of 1965. Dr. Abernathy rose to the duty of succeding his closest friend and associate. Dr. Mar tin Luther King, Jr. as Presi dent of the SCLC on April 4, 1968 when Dr. King was assas sinated in Memphis, Tenn. In May of 1981, Dr. Abernathy organized the Foundation For Economic Enterprises De velopment (FEED). He pre sently serves as the founder. President and Chairman of the board of FEED. Thru this chan nel, unemployed youth and young adults are trained and found place of emploj^ent at the completion of their train ing period. London Calling;! A look at how o few students spent Vi^intef Term P. 4 Christians lose Tate Leading scorer playi last game p. 8
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