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The Elon College Weekly. The Weekly' Directory'. BURLINGTON (N, C.) BUSINESS HOUSES. Buy Dry Goods from B, A. Sellars & Sons. Buy Furniture from the Smith Furniture Store. See Burlington Hardware Company for Plumbing Get your Photographs at Anglin’s Studio. Go to Holt-Cates Company and B. A. Sellars & Sons for Clothing and Gents’ Furnishings. See Dr. R. M. Morrow when in need of Dental Work. Real Estate, Infurance and Loans. Alamance In surance & Real Estate Co. Barber Shop, Brannock & Matkins. Dr. J. H. Brooks, Dsntal Surgeon. See Freeman Drug Co. for Drugs. ELON COLLEGE. N. C. Do your Banking with the Elon College Banking and Trust Company. For General Merchandise see J. J. Lambeth. For an Education go to Elon Ck>llege. GIBSONVILLE, N. C. Dr. G. E. Jordan, M- D. The College Man’s Clothes. We are pleasantly impressed by the appearance of a neat, well dressed, well bred person; we are as strongly repelled by the appearance of one who is careless in dress and rude and uncultivated in his manners. Shakespeare says : " The ap parel oft proclaims the man," and in the ; majority of cases we agree with Shake speare. The man whose mind and soul are clean and vigorous will seldom neglect the appearance of the body. An im provement in the spiritual nature soon: manifests itself in the physical. The out ward appearance is a reliable index to the character. With neatness and clean'iress of dress, we also desire harmony. The man who j delights in clothing himself in a eorgeous | display of colors, or in an unusual or jCTotesque style, may attract attention, but "T.olhing more. He fails to arouse interest | or to enforce respect. Hence, if one wishes to create the most pleasing impression, he must endeavor to present a harmonious appearance. The three essential elements of man’s nature are the physical, mental and spirit ual. If the garb of the true man is to be complete he must have each of the ele ments properly clothed. We may look upon the college life of the student as the time in which he is clothing himself for his debut upon the stage of the world. If he is wise, he will come fo.th in full dress; if unwise, he will appear more or less a clown. We are acquainted with each type. The first is found in the man who takes sufficient exercise to keep his body in a healthy state but does not go to extremes; makes proper use of text books and libra ry, thus equipping well his mind, and avails himself of the opportunities for worship and religious instructions, thus developing the powers of his soul and gaining the highest, truest pleasure. The world is eagerly awaiting his coming and hastens to secure and reward his services in whatever field he chooses to become an actor. Of the second type there are three classes. First he who considers muscular development, and a brilliant athletic career things of greatest importance. He fre quently achieves the desired distinction, but finds that his laurels fade with the in evitable decline of his physical prowess. He is not properly clothed, and the world ushers him out and soon forgets him. The second class is exemplified in the student who cherishes an insatiate, inordi nate desire for knowledge of books; he who, in a few brief years would seek to compass the cycle of human knowledge, considering everything else of a social. religious, or physical nature of little im portance. He is the " book worm " who in his search for facts loses sight of fund amentals. Too often he finds his life barren of results or effect upon the world, because with all his learning he has neg lected to develop the social and religious sides of his nature and, like Archimedes, lacks a fulcrum by which to apply his power to the world in an effective way. The third type are less numerous. An example of this class is the man who con siders all sorts of organized athletics a deplorable weakness of the flesh, and re fuses to engage in or assist any such or ganizations ; who underestimates the value and influence of both physical and intel lectual training upon the spiritual nature. With all his good intentions and spiritu ality, such a man must largely fail in his attempts to elevate humanity, because he lacks a vital bond of union with his fel lows in that he is unable to appreciate their physical needs and comprehend their intellectual difficulties and desires. As college students and prospective factors in the world's affairs, we must therefore seek to clothe the whole man, not endeavoring to be giants either phys ically, intellectually or spiritually; since the age of giants is passed and such are only curiosities now. But with due re gird for the needs of body, mind, and soul, we should so employ our opportu nities in college as to secure their harmo nious development, and when the time shall arrive for our debut in larger fields we may go forth confident in our prepa ration and certain of our reception. J. W. Barney. j been played and coach Hobbs feels very hopeful that Elon will make it interesting I for her strongest foes. The schedule is as follows: ' March 9th, Whitsett Institute, at Elon. March I 3th, Greensboro High School, at Elon. March 23d, Carolina, at Chapel Hill. March 26th, Guilford College, at Greensboro. March 28th, Oak Ridge, at Burling ton. March 31 St, Delaware College, at Burlington. April 5 th, Bingham, of Asheville, at Burlington. April 6th, Richmond College, at Elon. April 8th, Trinity Park, at Elon. (pend ing) April I Ith, Guilford College, at Guil ford. April 12th, Oak Ridge, at Oak Ridge. April 13th, St. Mary’s College, at Belmont. April I 4th, open. April I 5 th, Asheville School for Boys, at Asheville. April 16th, Bingham of Asheville, at Asheville. April 18th, Danville League, (pend ing) April 25th, Greensboro League, (pending. JUST FOR FUN. Among the Alumni. Rev. N. G. Newman, ’91, is a non resident, post-graduate student working for his A. M. degree. Mr. Newman has been a student since his graduation, and ranks among the first of the ministers of the Southern Convention. He spent a year in study at the University of North Carolina after leaving Elon. He is now pre ident of the Eastern Virginia Confer ence, the strongest of the seven confer ences const tuting the Southern Conven tion. Mr. Newman’s w fe is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. H. Clendenin, of Graham, N. C., and a niece of the Rev. doctors W. S. and D. A. Long. She was an Elon student in the first years of the college. Major Elijah Moffitt, '91, is an attor ney in his old home town, Asheboro, N. C. After graduation Major Moffitt took a course in law at the University of North Carolina and practiced for a time in Raleigh, but finally settled in Ashe boro. He married Miss Blanche Baird, of Waverly, Virginia, a sister of Mrs. Judge West, of that town. Mr. Moffitt was made a member of Governor Kitchin’s personal staff about a year ago, ranking as major. Major Moffitt is prominent in the councils of his denom ination and is president of the North Car olina State Sunday-school Association. Very Dry Ground. A young man who lived in Chicago was drinking more than was good for him. His friends tried to stop him, but were unsuccessful. j Finally one of them took him to Peo ria, Illinois, where there are many great distillers. They arrived about eight o’clock one evening and walked around 1 the city. " Now look here, Jim," said the good Samaritan friend, "all these big buildings you see here are distilleries. I just brought you down here to show you that your idea you can drink all the whiskey they make is foolish. You can't beat them. You can't consume what they make and you had better quit." " Maybe I can’t consume all they make," the young man replied, " but," he added with much pride, " I’ll have you notice I’ve got them working nights." Why Women’s Minds are Clean er. "Of course women should vote," he said. "Women deserve the suffrage as much as men—more, because their minds are purer and cleaner." " Cleaner?" cried the sweet young thing he had taken to dinner. " Of course they are, ever and ever so much cleaner! But how do you know that?" " Because they change them sd much oftener," said he solemnly. Of Historical Interest. A doctor, visiting a small country town, went over the local museum. After admiring one or two of the exhibits, the curator, who was an old man, said: " Ah, but we’ve got a chair here that belonged to Louis Cross-Eye." " Oh," said the doctor, " who was he?" " Don’t you know, sir? Why he was one of the kings of France." " King of France ? Louis Cross-Eye? There must be some mistake. Show me the chair." The old man promptly complied, and pointed with conscious pride to a ticket inscribed: " Once the property of Louis XI." First and Last. When a girl begins to call a man by his first name, it generally indicates that she has designs on his last. DR. J. H. BROOKS DENTAL SURGEON Office Over Foster’s Shoe Store BURLINGTON, N. C. CALL ON ililM For first class Plumbing, Builders’ Hardware, Farm Implements, Paints, Etc., Etc. BURLINGTON, - N. C. It’S Good Work That Counts! See if the Sanitary^ Barber' Shop Can Please You. BRANNOCK & MATKINS, Prop’s. G.E.JORDAN, M D- Office Gibsonville Drug Co., GIBSONVILLE, - N. C. Elon College Baseball Schedule. The Elon College baseball team has arranged one of the best schedules it has ever had. Such games as Carolina, Guilford, and Oak Ridge bid fair to be fast exhibitions. The prospect grows brighter with each day’s practice for the strongest club this institution has ever sent out. Several practise games have already Suits and Shoes that Satisfy PARTICULAR DRESSERS THE HOLT-CATES COMPANY Main Street, Burlington. N. C. People’s House Furnishing Company^ HIGH POINT, N. C. whoi«aie and Housc Fumlshers and Jobbers Mantles, Grates, Tile a Specialty.
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