THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY.
VOL. I. New Series. GreensborO; N. C.^ Wednesday, November 16, \9\0 No. 27
IiOCALS AOT) PERSONALS.
—Miss Nannie Carlton of News Ferry
who "ludiiated here in ’04, is visiting Mrs.
Annie Watson.
—Kev. L. E. Smith, class uf ’10, spent
Wednesday here on his ri'tum from his
home in IjaGmnpre, Oa.
—I)r. J. F. McCnllofh, of Gi-eensborn,
filled the pulpit here Sunday niorninn;.
He pave one of his usual able senoons.
—Dr. Moflfitt is attendin'; Conference
this week, at Hank’s Cliai>el near Pitts-
boix).
—I’rof. Hariier spent Sunday in (ire ns-
boro. 'eonluetins' seivices at Palm Street
for Doctor W. C. Wicker, who was at the
E. N. Conference.
—Miss Ethel Clements sjieut Saturday
r.iffht with Miss Lou Davidson in Gibson-
ville, where she assisti d the BetleiTiient
^Association in an entertainment.
—Mrsh. 0. B. Barnes and her dausrhter.
Miss Bessie, spent Friday nig-ht and Sat
urday in Greensboro.
—Dr. Wicker. Messrs. J. Lee .lohnson
and A. T. Banks retnrn.=d Sunday eve-
nima; from thj Eastern North Carolina
Conf-rence held near MeiTv Oaks.
—In the Y. M. C. A. Saturday evening
Mr. W. I.. Anderson was the leader.
—In the Philoloidau Society Friday eve-
ninsj Mr. W. B. Full r wa.-; the best speak
er iiiati'rieally. Debate; (^nery: Re-
solxed, Tliat man's inli icel is su[>eri(ir to
woman s. Won by the ne.;ative. Best
-(>eaker on the affirmative. Mr. .\I. S. Rev-
ell. Best speaker on the nesrative. Mr.
J. F. Morgan.
—Miss Lillian .lohnson led in the Y.
W. C. A. Sunday afternoon, subject, “The
purpose of power.”
—In the Christian Endeavor Sunday
evening: Prof. Brannock was tlie leader,
subject, “The war against the saloon, En
list!” The nil etin" was a "ood one.
—Those in the Psiphelian Society who
deserved special mention were Miss Lil
lian .Tohnson, a recitation. Miss Pearl Fo-
gleman, a vocal solo. Miss Pattie Preston,
a ))aper on Colleg? life.
—The last student to register is Rev.
J. V. Kniffht of Alabama. The two hun
dred maik in enrollment has been reached.
—Mr. 0. B. Barnes .sjient .sev'ral days
in and near Chapel Hill last week on
business.
—Revs. J. W. Wellons. .1. W. Patton,
L. I. Cox, and J. F. Morgan are among;
those from here attending: the Western
North Carolina Conference at Hanks Cha
pel this week.
—Ml'S. T. C. Amick returned Thursday
from several days’ visit near Liberty.
—.Mr. (jerry, the section masteir on the
Southern railway, has moved into the Car
Cottage vacated by Rev. J. 0. Cox.
—.Mr. D. C. I^)y, a member of the Fresli-
man class, is recovering from a rather se
vere attack of sickness last week.
—Mr. I). W. Brown accomj>anied by his
daughter. Miss Gertrude, was in Greens
boro Saturday. Mr. Brown beinig; town
street commissioner examined a Case road
machine which will l>e tried on our streets
with a view to purchasing, and Miss Ger
trude went to consult an oeculist.
—Sheriff S. L. Haywoath of Asheboro
was here Saturday to see his niece, Miss
Mai-y Howard of Mineral Wells, Texas.
THE BOOK CLUB.
The Ladies’ Book Club met Saturday
afternoon with Mrs. J. Fletcher Somers.
The following members were present:—
Mesdames Alma Wilsim, JC. L. Moffitt, T.
C. Amick. J. W. Patton, W. A. Hajri>er.
and ,T. Fletclier Somers.
The Club read at tliis meeting the sec
ond part of Henry. JV’. The next of
Shakespeare's dramas to be studied is
Henry V.
ANNUAL LITERARY ENTERTAIN
MENT OF THE PHI SOCIETY.
Thursday evening of Thanksgiving day,
tiie Philologian Ijterarv Society will ajve
the foUowing program:
“Thomas Dixon .Tr's. Winning Ora
tion.” R. A. Truitt.
liOcal Slings, ,L U. Newman, ,Jr.
Oration, Chaiacter, F. S. Drake.
Debate.
Query: Resolved, Tliat a representative
Government like that of the United States
is a better form of (iovernment than the
.Monarcliical Government of England.
AHiirmative: ,J. F. Morgan, B. J. Earpe,
Negati\e: ,L C. Rowland. D. C. Holt.
Mjii-shalis: R. Holt. (Tiief. M. A.
i^evell. C. S, M(«)re, S. S. .Vlynck.
President, Arnold Hall. Sec., .L S. Tru
itt.
MEETING OF THE ATHLETIC COM
MITTEE.
A me.ting of the athletic committee was
held Saturday at which were present
W. P. Lawrence chairman. W. H. Fleming,
Secretary, Professor T. C. Amick, J. J.
Ingle, manaiaieir the bas?ball club and R. A.
Cam]>bell. Bun Hearne, the coach, was
|)res3nt by request of the committee, and
on motion was made an adrisoi-y member
of the commit teee.
Tlie manager reported requests for
match games of baseball as coming from
several institutions. The manager wa.s au-
thorii'/jd to arrange games in April with
William and Mary,l)elawai :e, Hampden
Sidney, Richmond College, and Oak Ridge
Institute, the last named to be played
Easter Monday in Burliii'>|ton, the dates
for the colleges to b^e arranged later.
It was decided to adopt a monogram for
the athletic a.ssociation, and Messrs. J. .1.
Ingle and W. H. Fleming wth Mr.
Hearne as advisory member were consti
tuted -a committee to make recommenda
tions as to the monogram and the require
ments ujM)u which it is be awarded.
Mr. R. A. Campbell was appointed a
committee to arrange for some paid lec
tures, the proce?ds to go to the treasury'
of the athletic association.
TO PURCHASE LOT OF A CHURCH.
The Ladies’ Aid Society in session last
Wednesday afternoon appointed a com
mittee consisting of Mesdames J. W. New
man and J. W. Patton to look out a lot
ujmn which to build a church. The Aid
Society has accumulated several hun
dred dollars for the purpose of building a
church, and the members of the Society
are anxious to secure a lot before thf
meettiniaj of the Annual Conference at
Pleasant Grove, Nov. 22.
When the memmbersship of the church
becomes as much in earnest about the
uuitter of a church building as is the l^a-
di?s’ Aid Society, this college village will
■soiui have a liouse of worship.
MR. BOB IS PRESENTED IN MEBANE.
The ccmiedy, “Mr. Bob,” given here re
cently by h)cal talent much to the de
light of a good sized audience, was given
by the same company under the aupices
of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the PresVjy-
terian church in Mebane last Friday even
ing. The company sjieak hightly of their
reception and of the L.icellent entertain
ment g|i\en them l>y good people of
Mebane.
SUNDAY SCHOOL RECORD FOR SUN
DAY NOV. 13, 1910.
D. J. Sipe, Secretary.
Class No. L, Mr. 0. B. Barnes, Teacher.
Present, 7; collection, 35 cts.
Class No. 2., Dr. .1. W. Newman, teacher.
Present, 8; collection 2S cts.
Class No. Prof. T. C. Amick. Teacher.
Present, 14; coll.ctiou, 21 cts.
('lass Xo. Prof. A. L. lincolu, Teach
er, Present lo; collection, 41 cts.
Class No. (). Mrs. Rose Machen, Teach
er. P;esent 20; collection. 24 cts.
Class No. 7. (Intermediate class) Mrs.
.1. W. Patton, teacher. Present, 28; col
lection, 5 cts.
Class No. S. (Inteimediate class) Miss.
Clements, teacher. Present, 12; collec
tion 4 cts.
Class No. 0. ( .lunior class) Mrs. ,T. M.
Sanders, teacher. Present, 27; collection,
17 cts.
Class No. 10. (Primaiy class) Mrs. J. I.
Foster, teacher. Present, 27; collection,
Kl cts.
Teacher Training Class, E. T. Hines,
t;acher. Present, 12; collection 12 cts.
Citizens’ Bible Class, Prof. W. A.
Harper, teacher. DK Atkinson, substi
tute. Present, ](i; collection, 21 cts.
Mission Study Cla.ss, R. A. Campbell,
Teacher. Present, 21. (Collection, .(i2 cts.
Total: Scholars, 190; visitors, 3; whole
school, officers and teachers, 207. Collec
tion, .$2.S0.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF J. S. REED.
In the year 1S9.3 I was bom near the
boundary line of Georgia and Alabama.
At the age of five years my father moved
to Columbus, Georgia. After n“maining
there two yea;is my parents started me to
school. The school not being what they
wished for me. and my older brother to
seek an education, became dissatisfied. My
father was a minister and always wanted
to labor where he thought he could ac
complish the most good, so when I was
seven years old my father decided to move
to a small town where there was a good
school, by name. S .
In this town there was a fine set of peo
ple as well as a tine field for Christian
work.
On February the second I staa-ted to
school with a desire to have an education,
and to keep up with my class.
After being in school four years I en
tered the fourth grade.
By this time my father had built a
Christian Church in our town and had al
so been elected as a member of the Board
of Education. By my father writing to
one of the gi”adnates of Elon College and
putting his name brfore the Boiuid he was
elected to take the work of teaching the
third and fourth grades. He boarded at
our home and took a gi’eat interest in me.
He was the first j>erson who causi d me
to want to ep to college. He told me of
the college in North Camlina where he se
cured his education. I became attached
to him as Wi.dl as to his wf^s of leaching.
The next year 1 began saving my money
for the ])ur)iose of gwng to school at Elon
Colleg’e. Being very indei)endcnt I
thought I would beair my own expenses
through school. My j)arents did as much
as they could to help me in my plans. My
greatest trouble was I didn’t know what
I wanted to prepare myself for.
In the eighth year of my school life I
met with a serious accident wliich caused
me to be in liad health and lose nearly p
V' ar in school. During this time I got
careless and neglected my books.
Of course this threw me behind my old
class-mates, and caused me to feel des]X)n-
deut. As most of boys do. I now lost con
trol of my temper and made my school
days harder faji- mf.
By the help and good w'ill of my old
classmates, however, I succeeded in get
ting through the high school in 1008, I
then secured a position in the mercantile
business, but a few months of confine
ment taught me that this was not a suit
able occu])ation so I turned to farming^
Every day the need of more education
was looking me in the face. At last I
accejted the invitation of the authorities
of Elon to become a member of thie Col
lege and now I am in school enjoying the
fruits of S(‘ed sown long ago.
An Uncomfortable Chair.
“It cost Blank a fortune to get into a
seat on Ih?. New York stock exchange.”
“That is n’t the worst of it; it cost him
three fortunes to get out of it!” Detriot
Free Press.
Sure Remedy.
Cmipl'te repose, the doctor said,
Would put rim at his best; '
And so he ceased to advertise
-\nd got the needed rest.
—Woman’s Home Companion.
Defenceless.
Clarence Kinkby.—Ain’t seen nothin, o’
Mose .Tohnsing lately. Anythin’ done hap
pen to him, huh?
G. Washington Cole.—Yessah, Mose
done sufferin’ from a fit ob absentminded
ness; he came around to de club las’ week
wif only a safety razor.