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2 THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY. May 10, 1911. THE ELON COLLEGE W EEKLY. Published every Wednesday during the College year by The Weekly Publishing Company. R. A. Campbell, Editor. E. T. Hines, Affie GrifSn, Associate Edi tors. W. C. Wicker, Circulation Manager. W. P. Lawrence, Business Manager. CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT. Cash Subscriptions (40 weeks), 50 Cents. Time Subscriptions (40 weeks), 75 cents. All matter pertaining to subscriptions should be addressed to W. C. Wicker, Elon College, N.C. IMPORTANT. The oflSces of publication are Greens boro, N. C., South Elm St., and Elon College, N. C., where all communica tions relative to the editorial work of the Weekly sliould be sent. Matter relating to the mailing of the Weekly should be sent to the Greensboro office. Entered as second-class matter at the post-office at Greensboro, N. C. WEDNESDAY. MAY 10, 1911. A CHART OF CONDUCT. A prominent mtrchaiit of New York car ried these rules of conduct in his purse accompanied by a memorandum to this effect: “Read these rules at least once a week.” Never be idle. Make few pnimises. Always speak the truth. Never speak ill of anyone. Keep good company or none. Live up to your engagements. Be just before you are geneious. Earn money l)efore j’on spend it. Drink no intoxicating drinks. Good characttr is above all things else. Keep your own secrets if you have any. Never borrow money if you can possibly avoid it. Never play at any kind of a game of chance. Keep your jiromises if you would be happy. Make no haste to be rich, if you would prosper. When you speak to a person, look him squantly in the face. Save when you are young to spend when you are old. Never run in debt unless you see your way out again. Avoid temptation for ftar you will not be able to withstand it. Ever live (misfortune excepted) within your income. Small and steady gains give competency with tranquillity of mind. Good company and good conversation are the sinews of virtue. When you retire, think over what you have done during the day. Y'our chaiacter cannot be essentially in jured bj- any but yourself. If any one speak ill of you, let your life be so that no one will believe him. If your hands cannot be usefully em ployed, attend to the cultivation of your mind.—T^ie Business Philosopher. “Please Post.” I read deep-mirrored in thine eyes The gloi’y of a modest heart. We.t thou as fair As thou art good. It were not given to any man, With daring eyes, of ilesh and blood, To look thee in the face and scan The splendor of thy womanhood. —T. A. Dalv. I love thee, dear, for what thou art, Nor would I wish thee otherwise; For when thy lashes lift apart CLASSES OF STUDIES. We find in classifying our studies from a general standpoint, that there are two classes—fhe elementaiy and fhe highe,’ studies. First, let's take ui> the first class and see what the elementary studies are: They are speaking, reading and writing. We might consider speaking first as it comes first under this head. Of course when fhe (hild comes under fhe teacher's care, he is able fo speak; but that is not all. lie must reaeli correctness, if not perfection, and tlierefore, it takes all of his school life to do it. Learning to speak is a con tinuous process fnmi infancy to maturity. How does the infant learn to speak? He learns if l)y imitaficni. At first he fries to imitate what someone has said without understanding it; but as time goes on, un derstanding follows, and imitation and ap- jierception are combined in the beginning of real speaking about the end of fhe first year of his life. Slowly he is lead fo naming objects. Then is when his contiol of words begins; and he is lead further to abstract ideas. Prom here the child reaches out for those words that are need- td to express his, meaning. Now the use o*' Hie verb and the form of the question sit in. The pronouns, adveibs, the con- jugati(on of the verbs are to be conquered. At this stage he reaches the organized completed sentences. This degree of form ing sentences is obtained between the third and sixth year. Now the time has arrived foti his school life to begin. The first fhing he slujuld be taught is woids. The time has been, and is yet in some places, when the ciild is taughf the letters first; but modern psychologists tell us that the child should be taught words, first because of the fact that he can grasp a word as quick as he can a letter. I believe that this is true, because it matters not what we are going to study, we first have to study the wliole before we can study its paits. After the child lias learned a few words, and then the letters that consti tute- them, he can begin to read. Then if fhe teacher will put forth a little fur ther effort to teach him how to write, he will soon be writing. As time goes on, fhe child fakes up the higher studies. This class of studies is divided into two sub-divisions—the realis tic and the idealistic studies. Here the question might arise as to which is the better. To my mind the realistic are better, but if the child wishes to have a broad knowledge of the practical and the oretical things in life, he should study the idealistic studies also. Let’s now consider what some- of the realistic studies are: Botany and Geog raphy are realistic studies, and music and art are idealistic. In realistic studies, we .study the practical things, that is to say, the things as they are. In idealistic stu dies, we stud}’ the theory of things onlj'. Now as I see it, the child should be taught fhe practical things first, and let the theoretical part come on later in his life. So, as the child passes from the elementary to the higheri studies, he should begin with the most practical and most beneficial studies that are needed to lay a good foundation for a bioad education. There are some institutions about over our land that teach both, the realistic and the idealistic studies, while there are some that do not teach both. According to the tendency of fhe times, I believe that the former institutions are prefen ed; because the student who gets a knowledge of both the realistic and the idealistic studies is far s\iperior in fhe educational line to the one who has a knowledge of one kind only. P. P. M, AT THE THROAT OF THE REPUBLIC. (An oration delivered in the Philolo- gian litei'aiy Society April 7, 1911, by 1). Holt, winning a gold medal over S other competitors.) The basic pr,incii)le of the United States Government is Freedom, and the fundamental basis of Free Government is a written ('(institution. The constitution of tli6 United States incorporates tluee essential elements of Free Government, first, an honest method of adrainistering justice; second, freedom of choice of pub lic officials; tliird, popular representative legislation. It was for these fundamental principles of Free Government that our for,efatheis suffered and bled and died. It has been for these that American states men, through the past century, have fought wifh tongue and with pen. It is for these that we stand today, and it is upon the honest defense of these fliat tli. preser vation of Ibe American Union dejiends. In fact, the destiny of the American Repub lic rests upon the preservation of these immortal piinciples of Free Government. But the danger fliat threatens our Gov ernment today is fhe corruption in Ameri can politics. Political graft and public scandal flourish in fhe political arena of the United States. At the judgment bar of civil justice, there stands a liank account, a political ambition, or political favoritism to hinder fhe honest administration of justice. Mon ey or politics can gain an acquittal in fhe lower courts for almost any political fa vorite; and if he should fail here, con fused technicaliaies (on account of money and p(ditics) are almost sure to win a new trial in the higher courts, which is equiv alent fo an acquiffal. For example we need only to mention the Thaw case of New York, or fhe Cooper case of Tennes see. The former remained in court for over two yeai's because of Tliaw’s wealth and the latter is a disgrace to civilization because the Coopers go free- as a result of their intimate political friendship^with those in power. Then, an appalling weakness in our sys tem of elections, cimies through fhe use of money in politics, through fraudulent voting and through fhe groveling schemes of ambitious politicians. OtBce seekers first buy their nominations, and then are often elected by means of bribery and f and. United States Senators are often elected by fraud and throvrgh corruption. Senators Depew, Platt, and Lorimer, each gained his seat by means of fhe Almigh ty Dollar.” Is this not intruding upon fhe sacred rights of our people, the sacred trust of our Free Government? There fore, does not such an intrusion endanger one of the fundamental elements of Amer ican Free. Government? Likewise, the legislative halls of the United States are infested with those vi cious little insects that creep in our gov ernment tlirough bribes and graft and fo:m a powerful monster in fhe form of Government corrui>fion. ^\ hile in the Se nate, Senator Foraker received thousands of dollars to legislate for, and defend the interest of, fhe Standard Oil Company. Marion Butler turned a tiaitor to his na tive state, betrayed the sacred traist of his people and brought ^uit against ; the state and }>eople he was serving as Uni ted States Senator, simply that he might gain a commission from fhe collection of tile South Dakota bonds. And now, wifh such men as Lorimer in the Senate, we must blush and confess that our Congress is no longer honestly representative of fhe people. The “Free AVill ” of the American people is being impeded upon, and the fundamental elements of Repre sentative Government shall perish unless honesty sluill take fhe place of graft and corru]>tion in the Congress of the United States. Our Senate is almost within the grasp of mighty trusts and scheming poli- Dr. J, H. Brooks, DENTAL.SURGEON Office Over Poster’s Shoe Store BURLINGTON, N. C. II. M. MOIIROW, Siirgeoii Dentist, MORROW BUILDING, Corner Front and Main Streets, BURLINGTON, - - N. 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