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HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 1956. Southern Convention of Congregation*! Christian Churches. Miss Ruth Johnson THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY. VoL IL New Series- Greensboro, N, C., Friday, Decembers, 19 H No. 30 and Elon Colltte, N. 0. LOCALS AND PERSONALS. The many friends of Mr. J. A. Dickey, Jr., member of the senior class, regret to hear ha has been called home for an in definite period of time on account of the illness of his uncle. Mr. Dickey will have the business of the latter to look after durin" the illness. We sincerely trust cir^ cumstances will allow his early return to college. . Hiss Helen Weaver, of Greensboro Fe male Colleg’a, was sometime with Miss Betty Ellis, at West Dormitory, during the past week. Mr. H. P. Cline, of Charlestown, W. Va., was on the Hill from Wednesday, last, to Monday, visiting his son, Philip, who is a student here. While in town, Mr. Cline, Sr., made a host of friends; among the boys by his genial disposition and liberality with .good things to eat and free diistribution of good cigars; with the managemant by his kind words for the college and his appreciation of its work. Mr. Cline was one of the boys and one of the kind all admire. We shall be glad to welcome him back any time. Miss Lizzie Utley, of McCullers, N. C., forn'.erly a student of the college, visited her sister. Miss Oma, at West Dormitory, duiin? the weak past. hand-painted chiffon with gold trimmi and carried yellow chrysanthemums. 1 ■srs. ,T. D. Mc/^pnnv, .T. H. Britt. .T. Holland, W. V. 1^'athers, and T. 0. Q served as ushers. Kcv. antf'Atrs. r‘T‘'8nutYi: both grad-’' uates of tl:e college, were here for Thanks- . . givmg day and the Philologian entartain- mcnt. Rev. T. B. Dawson, of Greensboro, vis ited his daughter. Miss Jessie, of the col lege. during the past weak. Mr. W. S. Beale, of Han 3om, Virginia, was among those who spent Tliankogiviiig with us. Mr. Beale, whose daughter. Miss Janie Lee, has baen several years a stu dent here, was favorably impressed with Elon’s work and improvements. Mr. Ralph McCaulay and sister, of Cha pel Hill, N. C., were with us Thursday of Thanksgiving, renewing old acquaintan ces, both having been students h^re last session. Misses Mary and Ethel Hobby visited their sister, Mrs. M. A. Atkinson, of the village recently. Another Thanksgiving caller in town was Mr. John Hobby, of Raleigh, N. C. Mr. Joseph Pleasants Farmer, of News F rry, Va., better known as “Joa Rete,” graced Eloa’s campi:s with his character istic stride during the Thanksgiving sea son. Mr. Farmer was for four years a student here and we presume ha had a “gay” time among his old friends. Elon missed a_famiU.ar face at dinner Thursday, last;, ^ue to- the fact that Miss Frankie McNeil was spending the Thanks giving Holiday at her home in Brown’s Summit. I , . Mrs. Smith and Miss Aflie Griffin at- t nded the state meeting. for teichers held in Raleigh, NoTember 30th. These ladies, who are teachers in the graded school here, report a good convention, if we may call it that, and heard many val uable suggestion as to methods in teach ing. Mrs. Chandler and son, of Virgilma, who have been spending sometime with the former’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. G. S. Watson, of the village, have returned to their home. Miss Bryan, of the Art Department, was in Durham Saturday. President Harper has been confined to ’ his room for a few days with a slight attack of la grippe, but is out again and expects to take the field again in the in terests of the Special Fund. The condition of Uncle Wellons is stea dily improving and he was able to sit up a few hours for the first time on Wednss- day. Barring further complications we expect to see him and his cano n'-nint» across the campus in a few weeks. Miss Vivian Huffman, of Greensboro, N. C., spant the week-end with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Huffman, in the village. Among other out-of-town guests for the week-end were; Miss Florence Nicholson, of Graham, N. C., visiting Mi.^s Clara Hugl es, and Miss Gussie Ingle, of Greans- l oro, her parents, Mr. and M/s. James L. Ingle. Prof. W. F. Warren, of the class of 1910, ar pref-ent principal oi the Reids- \ille (N. C.) Hish School, attended tha Pi.ilologian entertainment. J Miss Crystal Matthewson, of Greensbo ro, N. C., arrived in town Wednesday, P. M., in company with her father. She has .since entared college and expects to remain throughout the year. Misses Katherin West and Isley Cox, whose homes are in Greensboro, but who are at present in school at Guilford Col- leae, weie pleasant (allcrs at Vv’est Dor mitory for a few hours Sunday, “chap eroned” by Prof. Doak. The Thanksgiving of Mr. D. F. Par sons, student of the College, was some what broken-into by the illness of his father, calling him home immediately. Mr. Parsons left on the first train and arrived at his home just two hours after his father had breathed his last. Interment was made in the cemetery at Waverly, Va., where Mr. Parsons , has resided for the past few years. The elder Mr. Parsons had been en gaged in farming at Dendrcn, Va., until his sixty-three years of active life called him to a less active live in Waverly, two years ago. Since his moving to Waverly, Mr. Parsons has done light work in con nection with the officas of one of this town’s leading lumber mills, and in this connection will be seriously missed. The many friends of the son in college grieve with him in his loss and extend their tenderest sympathies to the bereav ed family. West Dormitory reception hall Wednes day evening, December 6th. Business of current nature was attend ed to, committee reports were heard, then a plan to boost the paper was set on foot. The business manager and editor in chief were appointed to have the work in charge and instructed to pursue such a course a-s deamed proper, looking toward a larger subscription list and take such other steps and plans as might be conduc ive to the desired results. Consequently the student body and constituency may expect to hear further of this soon. The meeting adjourned to meet De cember 14th. Pres. Harper, President. (Miss) Mabel Farmer, Sec. MEETIITG OF STOCKHOLDEZIS. Stockholders and representatives af stock of the Elon College Weekly met in THANKSGIVING AT THE COLLEGE. Our national holida.v was duly observ ed by the faculty and fudent body of th-i collcge. As is cu'tomary. a service .f Thanksgiving was bald in tnc diapel at the regular eleven o’clock hour. Dr. At kinson delivered a powerful and iiv| res- sive sermon on an appropriate tLeme aud the annual offering for the far'iliaii Or- plianage was tak^n, resulting i-; a fairly good sum. Howe'er, these jlT.r'ngs are not what they might he and not what that should be, when we consii;'.’ tha wur- thiuess of the cause. After the sermon all repaired to H:e \.est Itoniiitory dinicg hall f.;id \ari,iu'i club houses for dinner. As for l.'i r, in ti-e College dining room to say it was “m”cha grandioso” would be nutting it mildly, for such a feast as was spread before the students and visitors i.ould not be beaten at hotels LaSalle. Waldorf, Astoria, nor Bellevue Stratford. To print the menu would occupy the space allotted to this article, but suffice it to say the many good things preDared .hy our e.'vcellcnt stewardess, served in sni- i a dainty style by our courteous waitress es will not be forgotten until the bodies which they helped to build shall havT re solved themselves to the dust whence all came. President Harper served as toast-mas ter. and to all who know him there is a “nuff sed.” Such a flow of wit and e.x- change of puns is seldom witnessed, and H num*ier of the toasts were indeed ap- [■ronriate and as well given. Following the dinner came the real ev nt of the day, ‘ ‘ Rules suspended. ’ ’ Those who are familiar with the inside doings of college life know what this means and those who are not would do well to enroll themselves as students in order that they might find out, for it certainly will be worth the trouble. Some one has said a co-ediicational institution is only good as a matrimoiflal factory (and we will not attempt to produce the preponderance of argument on tha neg ative) bijt surely the mills of Elon were in full blast, dquble time, Thursday, a' least until supper time, five-thirty. In the ev.ening, prpmptlv, at ^ , eight o’clock, P. M., President Fleming, J. S., of the Philologian entertainment «lub called to order the large audience as sembled in the chapel and the entertain ment described elsewhere in this issue was begun. After the program had been finished and tliose participating in same had re ceived their many boquets of roses, car nations, etc., along with the congratula tions of the highly phased ai:dience, Pres ident Harper announced that the chapel and seveial society halls were at the dis- ])Gsal of tiiose present, whicli announce ment was most heartily taken advantage of by such as cared to remain; and man.v they were. Tlie greatest dissatisfactioi. of the evening seemed to he that “lights■ fashed” too soon, but probaMy the com plain ng ones were too busy to consult t!:ar watches and consequently had idea of passing moments. Such is lifo among Elon's “Smart Set.” Friday was given for holiday, also as a free-w’ill offering to the occasion by the President and faculty, v.hich holiday, with its tliree-to-five suspension of rules, made it profoundly appreciated by all hare. Then came Sunday, the grand old day to rest and meditate over happenings (and .sayings) of the past few days with an excellent discourse by Rev. J. U. New- n!an. D. D., and then—AIou(?ay; with it also, work. All entered into the new week’s work "i'h renewed inter,->«*. s.vnr ,o prove th.'msdves worthy of things heard d:iring days \ ast and others somewhat in the spirit uj' revenge. At any rate, it Icol’s like real work around the campus now indications are for an excellent ex amination period, which begins on De cember 15th. EXCHANGES. The second issue for the year of the “G:-ilford Collea-ian” is in. “ ’Tis Better to Havi Loved , and Lost, Than Never to Have Loved At All” is treated in a manner somewhat different from the us ual interpretation and forms tha subject of *an interesting story. . The article, “Food Iron” is good and shows a fa- railsar ty of the subject for the writer. It is solid reading. The first installment of “The T.owry Outlaws” was good, as an historical story, and we await tha comple tion of it with interest. The Collegian, like its home, is good. “Thanksgiving and Thanksliving” in the “Defiance Collegian” was appropriate and interesting at this season of the year. In and Around the College” must be likewise interesting to those who know the life of Defiance Colle.ie. “Try Your Luck, or Take a Chance,” by “C. 0. H.” has good advice, in it. This magazine, neat and “well-drass- ed,” is always read with pleasure and profit. RECITAL. itiss V\ ilson and her assistants on th* music .faculty have arranged the program for their regular fall recital, which is to be held in the college chapel .on Siiturday evoning, December 9th. Tha public. ■ is •ordially inrited to attend.
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