'ollcgc Weekly
VOl.. New Sc
COL^Ev.}' N. C. TU'HSDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1910.
NO. 1
.'f Buriin;rton, N. C.
$50,00'. . *>R FI.ON CO? - ‘ . I -ta i.; llent example by doub
, . , , ■ . ’ i! line: the miiiimum amount asked of
.■\s IS Hi I'J’U : ■ f .ii , »
f ■ . I iour lauv Ui .duates.
our fri'jniiS, 1 .ii -a iii- -sui I - °
nwiK of a campa.^n :aise SSOrOOU i. ^Ins, 1 regard as a most promis-
for Klon College. During the last '.eKinnmg; and it should en-
1 .VO or three vears practically all
our colleges have been putting forth
strenuous efforts to increase their
endowments, and otherwise to sup
plement their regu'ar incomes, The
El-
friends of
some tirr ri ....
of ■ h.
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TrusUf;., U|:i
thf .-ii: ■
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lurt to XA,- .■ :
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liege have for
^he great need
• c, ircome for our
, and vhe Board of
■ ;c' iinendation of
'I'stiii : Convention,
Mie ■ .;ake an ef-
for the college,
has been officially
. f.dors' by all the Conferences of
> rtli Carolina and Virginia, and I
presume it also meets with the ap
proval of the other Conferences in
Georgia and Alabama.
Under the plan, as fixed upon,
we were not to make any general
canvass until at least ten men should
be found who would agree to eive
one thousand dollars each, payable
in fivf? annual installmeiits .^f 520 *
eaf-h. Before the tirst day o.' last
January I su:ceededin findingthese
ten friends; B os. J. E. Wejt, ^C.
•A. bnoop, /r., o vV.
Truitt, K. B. jS|^son, W. J. Lee,
I I b. Carr, J. Beale .Johnson,
, B. Farmer, and Mrs. K. B.
r 'on. This gave us a starter of
.M \ next desire was to find twen
ty men who would give $500 each,
fimi a year for five years. Of these
1 havi secured five ; Bros. Job G.
jlland, John King, C. D. West,
.V /' Atkinson, and E. E. Holland,
i'l;^ i ibkes S2,bOO more. lamnow
1 . ikiii { for fifteen more friends,
. r women, to complete this
•\n( ther feature of the plan is to
..sk the alumni ol the college to take
an active and definite part in t'lis
great movement for the strengthen-
ini; of , heir alma mater. I am now
>ur.'.. al! friends of the college to
give liberally, and to endeavor to
get others to take a liberal part in
making the movement a success.
May we not reasonably hope that
every friend of the college will take
a personal and practical interest in
the work ?
May we not have volunteers for
the $500 list ? And will not all the
alumni respond readily to the rea
sonable appeal made to them ? VVe
want a donation from eyery old stu
dent whether graduate or not.
And why should not many others
volunteer their subscriptions for
$300, $250, $200, $100, $50, etc ?
It will hasten the completion of the
campaign, and put such enthusiasm
into it as nothing else can do.
I shall continue my personal can
vass, but with the territory to be
covered, and all the other duties of
I- y p ,'i ". n, it will necessarily be
Cf.'.nphrau'.ely slow, if a personal
call or a pt;rsonal letter from me
necessary to secure every subscri
tion. „ .
COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
We are glad to note the upward
trend of college athletics ; the aboli
tion of professionalism and the sub
stitution of a genuine, healthful col
lege spirit. Nothing has done more
in the past to nullify the value of
college athletics than the infusion in
to them of an element entirely for
eign in nature and aim to college
life and ideals. Properly estab
lished and regulated athletics form
one of the most potent influences in
student life. We can not deny the
value rr necessity of proper physi
cal training. It is rare that a strong
mind is found in a weak body. It is
a well known fact that, as a rule, our
giants in intellect, our greatest
statesmen, authors, and religious
leaders have been men of splendid
physique. Hence if we are to have
a well rounded man we must provide
exercise for his physical as well as
his intellectual, moral and spiritual
nature. No college student is too
busy to take suitable and sufficient
exercise. Thf; leaders in college
lift- rti tho.se who have availed
! I. inseh’-r of i;vt-ry opportunity for
'n^iprt .emenr athletics included,
jt^ich t*'^ ile!^e s* -ds. If you
to
gent, and ^ne cause worthy, ^^hy !
not give it your personal and im -'
mediate help ?
E. L. MOFFITT, President.
.TK.
pt.s
mg
Slv
ami
•AUh
in the work of sending out
, A letters to the alumni, ask-
li’o men to average at least
ich, $20 a year for five years,
th women $50, $10 a year,
.'^^h the letters have not yet
all l ii -n mailed, I am glad to report
JUST FOR FUN.
“Yes, gramma, when I graduate I
intend following a literary career—
write for money you know.”
“Why, Willie, my dear, you
haven’t done anything else since
you’ve been at college.”—Exchange.
“I presume,” said the lodger, at
the conclusion of 'the dispute with
his landlady. “I presume you will
allow me to take my belongings
away with me?”
“I am sorry,” was the icy reply,
“but your other collar has not yet
come home from the laundry.”
Mr. Campbell; “Jo, don’t you
think that the opening lines of
Tennyson’s little poem, ‘Break,
break, break’, are plaintive and
sad?”
Jo. “Yes. But I think that
a n.obt promising beginning. Up Broke, broke, broke, is a good deal
to the present lime, Feb. 14th, the sadder.
fo:lowi ;g have signed and sent in
their subscriptions : W. A. Harper,
$100; Mrs. W. A. Harper, $50;
Rev, J. O. Cox, $100; Bro. S. E.
Everett, .f!'!'.' I'rof. Vi- t' T.aw-
rence, tiUU, Mrs. \V'. P. Li.i
$50; Prof J. T. ‘.‘obb, $100.
W_ C. $iOO -
Jones, $10n Mrs.. Bt .
Cheatham $50 Mrs
«on, S50, am
Xewman, $1'
the ali.nini, s> i
fotal to date, ' >
She frowned at him and called him
Mr.
Just because he came and Kr.
That very night, just her to spite,
T^ naughty Mr. Kr. Sr.
ence.
A Personal Allusion.
What started the riot at the
,‘prmance ‘Hamlet’ last night?”
y Hamlet held up the skull
'Ii.;, - -r '-'or'ck!’ You
, only dead-head in t!-e
■y'xchange.
i:-- I :,.t of a
T> - ' :n the .^olely
---k traiiied man his lesson to
learn over again when he meets the
test of the world of affairs. Athlet
ics train us to be prompt in decis
ion, quick in action, ready witted,
and steady of netve. They likewise
develop in us the spirit of co-opera
tion or mutual helpfulness. And cer
tainly this spirit can not be developed
too highly. The opposite extreme
seems to threaten our country most
today. A healthy athletic spirit is a
bond of union uniting the student
body as an organic whole. Our
hearts and hopes rise and fall in
unison as we behold the alternate
success or failure of the team repre
senting our own institution.
Thus as a complementary feature
of college life, ath'etics exert a tre-
menduous influence, and any move
to purify and uplift athletics must
be greeted with approval by all who
have at heart the welfare of our ed
ucational institutions.
J. W. BARNEY.
“Look here,” said the guest,
“things around here are just about
as rotten as they make them. When
I went to lunch today I found hair
in the ice cream, hair in the honey,
and hair in the apple sauce.”
“Well,” exclaimed the genial
proprietor, “the hair in the ice
cream came from shaving the ice,
and I suppose the hair in the honey
came off the comb. But I don’t
understand about the hair in the
apple sauce. I bought those ap
ples myself and every one A'as a
Baldwin.’’--Lonuon Tid Bits. j
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.
Rev. T. C. Amick filled the pul
put here at the 11 o’clock service
Sunday.
Mr. J.Lee Johnson left Wednesday
to attend the Whitaker-Atkinson
marriage.
Miss Bessie and Mr. Marvin
McPherson spent Saturday and
Sunday with their brother in Haw
River.
Rev. J. W. Wellons left Tuesday,
8th, for Cardenas where he oBiciat-
ed at the marriage of Miss Atkin
son and Mr. Whitaker.
The young ladies of the Physical
Culture class have been organized
into several teams, and there is
much enthusiastic practicing.
The announcement of the mar
riage of Miss Elsie Athinson to Mr.
William Carl Whitaker, former
Elon students, at Cardenas. N. C.
February tenth, has been received
by friends,
I■■ ss Cornelia Brjan, Principal
of t e Art Departme !, attended
the seventy-fifth an- »veisary at
\»’a -3 '
ed )me frit' at .vleredith ('ol*'
leg' on her .eturn.
Kt;v. L.. L. Davis ot Wilson, N.
C., President of the Anti-Saloon
League, made an earnest and ef
fectual “anti-jug” and “anti-blind
tiger” speech in the College chapel
Tuesday evening February 8th.
The Y. W. C. A. has elected the
following officers for the ensuing
year: Pres., Miss Bessie McPher
son; Vice-Pres. Sadie Fonville; Re
cording Secretary Maggie Isley;
Corresponding Secretary, Pattie
Preston; Treasurer, Beulah Foster;
Organist, Mary Foster. j
Dr. Elmer N. Horenshell from.'
Dayton, Va., on last Thursday
evening in the college auditorium
held his large audience spellbound
with his graphic description of the
Passion Play, as he saw it given in
i9oo in Oberamergau Swit'ierland.
Everybody who heard him was
deeply impressed by his graphic
account of the play.
In the Clio Society, Friday, eve
ning, the best speaker oratorically
was R. A. Campbell Debate: Quer;^
Resolved, That the welfare ancP’
perpetuity of popular government
depends more upon national than
state legislation.” Won by affir
mative best Speaker on the affir
mative, J. W. Barney, best speak
er on negative, C. J. Felton.
In the Philologian Society Feb
ruary iith, the best speaker orato
rically was W. L. Anderson. De-
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