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''LETTERS" -- ' irtinued
Dear Editor:
The trivial Elon College Handbook strikes again! This time with its
u'sual "bending" of ethical human behavior. ^ ^
Recently, I have been acquiring orders for personalized stationary, I
might add that the sales have been excellent and all customers have been
pleased with their purchases. This stationary has been popular among most
college campuses throughout the country.
The trivial Handbook struck November 8th when I received the floowing
letter in my campus mailbox:
Dear Mr. Lind:
Information has come to this office that you are
---—a--eampus representative selling stationary in the
college area. If this report is ture you are hereby
requested to cease selling articles on campus as it
is a violation of the Handbook which states "Tthe,-;
sale of confectioneries or other articles is,forbid
den on campus, including the college buildings,
without the consent of the Business Manager of the
college."
Very truly yours
¥.E. Eutler, Jr.
Business Manager ;
mcp
CC jjr. Danieley
Mr. Hassell
Mr. Davis, Bookstore Mgr,
I am not doubting that such a "rule" exists no matter how insignifi
cant, trivial, or silly it may be,- 'lf/hat I am asking is: Gentlemen, is this
law humanly right, morally right, or ethically right? T'^ho gives you the
power to take money out of my pocket. Money which I need to further my ed
ucation? I'Jho are you? By selling stationary on the Elon College campus, I
am certainly not cutting the financial life line of our Alma Mater. The
Handbook, and the few people who wrongfully misuse it, is a symbol of the
housecleaning that we sorely need.
.Elon College is.a’fine institution with a beautiful campus—but, it is
getting-so bad that you can't "see the books and trees for the few people
%io"‘s-eaad“lH front of them." Gentlemen, Elon College is not standing still,
iDUt'surging ahead of many institutions of higher learning, in many respects,
with the times and methods changing rapidly, TVhy aren't the rules ad;)usted
to: compensate for our progress. If the higher echelon of Elon College
doesn't like my brand of stationary, why doesn't the monopolistic bo.o^-
qtpre offer something of the same nature? Please remember. Gentlemen,
oompetition hurts no one,
Don Lind, Jr.
Dear Editor:
.i-J-I r.eadi.an article in the November 1 issue of the MAROON AND GOLD con
'd erning the activities of Elon's cheerleaders during the football games. It
appeared to me that this article was written without a great deal of thought.
It would appear that both sides of the story were not considered, for the
cheerleaders can only do as good a job as the fans will help them to do. Al-
HEoiigh our cheerleaders are not perfect we cannot deny that they do put the
their whole hearts and souls into the job. Criticism of new cheers has al-
ways been voiced, but there has been a lack ^of constructive ciriticism, and
this article was no exception. In order forvcriticism to gain hopeful ends,
the critic should offer helpful means by which the ends may be accomplished.
Bob Gwaltney
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