Elon University - Phi Psi Cli Yearbook (Elon, NC)

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Which One Will YOU Be In the Year 1984? Proletarian — Considered inferior and kept in total ignorance, you ' ll be fed lies from the Ministry of Truth, eliminated upon signs of promise or ability? Police Guard — Chosen for lack of intelligence but superior brawn, you ' ll be suspi- cious of everyone and be ready to give your life for Big Brother, the leader you ' ve never seen! Party Member — Male — Face-less, mind-less, a flesh-and-blood robot with a push- button brain, you ' re denied love by law, taught hate by the flick of a switch! Party Member — Female — A member of the Anti-Sex League from birth, your duty will be to smother all human emotion, and your children might not be your husband ' s! 24

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.y Dean ' s List, National Dean ' s List, Pi Gamma Mu — Secretary, Sigma Tau Delta — Secre- tary, Omicron Delta Kappa — President, Al- pha Chi, Honors Graduate, Civinettes, Catholic Young Adults, House Council — Secretary Treasurer, Resident Assistant, Phi Mu Soronty — Pledge Director, Rush Chair- man, Senior Class President, Intramural Par- ticipant, Ex Officio Senate Member Patricia Brammer — Sr. Melinda Brown — Sr. Jo Craven — Sr. ijors: Accounting, Business Administra- n. Honors Graduate, Dean ' s List, Recipi- t of Elon College Presidential Scholarship, irper Area Council — Secretary, Student )vernment — Judicial Clerk of Council, So- ity for the Advancement of Management C Tutor, Resident Assistant Major: English Journalism, Honor Graduate, Dean ' s List, National Dean ' s List, Pendulum — Editor-in-Chief, Student Union Board Member, Area Council Member, Student Ad- missions Committee Member Majors: Biology and Physical Education, Let- tered in Volleyball and Softball, Football Hos- tess, Dean ' s List, Intramural Participant, Honors Program, Life Guard, Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority — Scholastic Chairman, President, SGA Continuing Education Committee Mem- ber, Recipient of ZTA Scholastic Scholar- ship, EDGE Program Assistant Major: Business Administration Minor: Ac- counting, Elon Gospel Choir — Treasurer, Vice-President, Black Cultural Society Mem- ber, Miss Ebony Pageant Participant, Delta Sigma Theta — Charter Member, Freshman Orientation Counselor, Harper Area Council Member, Student Admissions Committee Member, CROP Conference, Resident Assis- tant, Summer Resident Life Advisor, Intramu- ral Participant, Writer for Harper Center News Letter Mary Eubanks 23

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Is Uncle Sam ig brother? How about Ma Bell? s finally 1984, the most highly antici- ited year of the century. The question any people are asking themselves is lether or not George Orwell ' s fears ' the future were true, and if any of the mgs that he predicted actually have me into being. )rtunately for us, Orwell ' s frightening Drid of spies, thought control and no ivacy has not come to pass; yet. Or- 3ll himself probably did not expect the world to be quite as bad as he made it out to be in his book. His main objective was to scare his fellow intellectuals and everyone else into realizing the dangers of Socialism, before it was too late. There is, however, one thing Orwell pre- dicted that has come to pass. Big Brother is able to watch his people and know what each and every one is up to. Although Uncle Sam is not quite as effi- cient as Big Brother, he does have his own way of keeping track of each American. Today almost every Ameri- can has a number which allows the government, or whoever has access to it, to gain information about the individ- ual. So in this year of 1 984 The Party slo- gans of. He who controls the past con- trols the future; War is peace; Slavery is Freedom; Ignorance is Strength, have little truth for today Hopefully no one will ever have to live in a world as frighten- ing as George Orwell ' s world of 1984. George Orwell Born in 1903 in India and educated at Eton, Orwell ' s career was varied — Burma service in the Imperial Police, two years in Paris, and teaching in Eng- land preceded the war in Spain and Home Guard membership in World War II. A frequent contributor to literary re- views, Orwell ' s previous books were Animal Farm, Burmese Days, and Down and Out in London and Paris. 25