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-3- (PolL fResults—continued) J225 students favor a change in the Homecoming schedule as is desired by thef merchants of Burlington and surrounding areas. 105 students wish to keepi the present schedule. This poll was the result of a requ-est by the merchants that the time ..of the annual Homecoming football game be changed so that they ;can be present at the game and support the Elon Fighting Christiams both morally and financially. , The College itself would like to change the time as Homecoming games in the past have suffered financial losses. The Athletic Department has recommended a change in schedule and deci4ed to find out the opinion of the student body before making any final decisions. The proposed schedule is as follows; Parade 2:C0p.m. Dinner 5:00 p.m. Game 7:00 p.m. Dance 10: p.m. ... The poll results have been given to Dr. Hook who will present them to a committee for discussion, —•— t (Jazz Concert — continued) Tickets are being sold by the members of the former Sigma Mu Sigma Frater nity for the price of 50jzJ (student) and #1.00 (adult). Tickets can also be purchased at the door. As a. special attraction, a transistor radio will be given away as a door prize. : .COLLEGE POND PROJECT IN, FULL SWING The College PordDevelopment project is progressing rapidly under the supervision of Judson Bryant, chairman of .the undertaking. Money has been appropriated for new tools and the campus fraternities and sororities are starting their work at the pond. As part of the conservation project, the ‘members of the former Sigma Mu Sigma Fraternity recently planted pine trees and the ground at the pond.will soon be blocked off into pbts for the other groups who are helping. Mr, Gentry has been very helpful and he will aid in plowing the area so that grass seed may be planted. ■'FOLLOvy iHt leader "He is a born leader." "She has. all the qualities of a fine leader*" Most of'us have heard these phrases applied to those people who have some ingrain quality which sets them apart from others; which causes us to place an "X!' on a ballot beside their names; which draws from us a faith that we shall be rightly directed if we obey a signal from them, li/hat is this mysterious qua lity? What is it that makes^ one person a leader and another a non-leader? ; The word leader creates various images in the minds of different people. Some may. visualize a leader ag aji organizer, a planner, and an evaluator. Others imagine a leader as an eloquent speaker or a convincing debater. .Still others perceive the leader as an executive, an aggressor, a mohi'tor, or a di^fatigable worker who can do fifteen ;)obs at once. Perhaps the real essence o| leadership ,is too often clouded by these external images which frequently iD^ply thunder and power. Certainly, a leader may have the gift of impressive speech, a mind which catalogues with facility, or the energy of an any who bears many times his weight when constructing his dwelling. But, apart from tfte varying characteristics that a leader MAY possess, there is a single characteristic that a leader MUST possesg»--the ability to inspire others. The all-important gift of being able to motivate others is that one qua»^ llty, which separates the good leader from the pseudo-leader and the leading leader from the worker or follower. It is this quality which causes a par^ t^cular organization or project to outshine others, for a leader will inevitably determine the success or failure of his undertaking. One has only t9;-ex!aiiiine the products of outstanding leader to realize that it is those , who have followed who have accomplished the gathering of the fruits of sue- ;^Mh.^e rewarded the leader with his creditable'reputation, ^ bbviousl'y the^ all of these whomi we call leaders are so. There are several types of so-called leaders who we may not really recognize as belne: only diligent workers or personality kids who are dressed in the cloak of an office title or in the robe of a delegated position. Let us look at a few of (continued on the following page)
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