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satisfied that we are only paying $12 extra for those comfortable inner- spring mattrsisses. This year we, the students of Elon College, are paying more money than ever before for tuit.ion, room and board at a time when money is harder to get than ever before. Ic v;ould seem that the additional money we have been re quired to pay this year should result in the much-needed improvements on our cair.puc. So, ars we slov/ly freeze and starve to death, at the same time going broke in the process, the question arises: WHERE IS ALL t’he MONEY GOING? XU xo Liuc. -clot the addition of the new men's dorms and student center (if they ever get .it finii-hed) is an .improvement to Elon which we can all be proud oi-o Also, wa do finally have reasonably comfortable beds to sleep in. • .T 11 where all the rurplus money is going. In fact, there is talk of .raxsing tuition, room and board to 900 dollars per semester next year. Until provisions are made for the necessities of li.;e, such as an improvement in the quality of tho food and installation of a heating system, see no reason why the tuition of this college cannot be lowered to its former level. ******** POST SCRpTs Since the writing of this article, an event has taken place v;hich il.lustrates one of the things I have been trying to point out. Grum bling about not having a lock on a door may seem trivial to most people, but this wae.c I v;as relieved of a geography book which cost me over ten dollars because the administration of this college has not provided locks for the doors. It is reasonable therefore to demand that the administration of Elon (College accept the responsibility for the loss and replace the above-mentioned book, since it was their failure to put a lock on the door. I hereby appeal to the Student Government Association to investigate this matter iniinediately. LE I D I T by George Hughes \ ! VJhile casually loafing th.vough the Standard College Dictionary. I noticed the word "spirit." As I glanced over the various meanings, I came across the meaning which I have always used in reference to school spirit. It reads: "a state of mind, mood, or temper; ardent loyalty or devotion." This was supposedly referring to the mood or ardent loyalty for which most colleges are known. But as I read further, I came upon another definition: "a supernatural or immaterial being or thing." At this point I dropped my books and began to think about this word "spirit" in connection with Elon College. Do we have what you could really call spirit in the "rahl rahi" form? If you are any kind of a reject, the only answer to this would be no. A big, fat and horrible NO] But when I thought once again of the second meaning of "supernatural and immaterial," I began to realise the type of spirit we have here at Elon. People may argue that we DO have spirit. Well, when was the last time you saw a student go c::azy at a pep rally? As a matter of fact, when was the last time v;e had a pep rally at v;hich anyone was so enthusiastic that he had to be ho3,d dovm? You will have to go back a few years to find any of the really great pep rallies. I blame not the cheerleaders, but the students who claim they are Elon boo sters. Kow many students 'wi.ll you find at a game? X daresay the majority will be at Greensboro or out r.t the favorite taproom on Route 70. You may counter with "but I al';ayc go to the games." Well, so what? Any imbecile
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