January 26, 1912.
TUB ELON OOLLBGB WEEKLY.
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Y. W. C. A.
The Y. W. C. A. has begun in earnest
since Christmas. The girls have pledgel
themselves to take active part at eacli
meeting in that if they do not have some
thing to say on the subject, they will
give some favorite x erse of Scripture. \\ e
have also arranged a systematic way ol
giving that will help us financially. The
sjbject Sunday was, “Are we crowding
Christ out of our college life?” which wah
ably treated by Miss* Viola Frazier. She
gave vis something to think of in the
following words:
Are we who have given our hearts to
God and profess to be his representatives,
alowing the things of this world, its cares,
its weath, its fame, its pleasures, to crowd
Christ out of our colleire life? Are we
so busy seeking worldly knowledge that
we do not take time for heavenly medi
tations? We cannot afford to let these
earthly thing draw our minds and thoughts
from Christ, the Giver of all strength and
power, because as soon as he is crowded
out, Satan will creep in before we know
it and take possession of our lives. I
know we sometimes get so wrapped up in
our cnlloge work that we do not take time
to pray during the day and at night when
we finish our day’s work we are so tired
and our minds so nearly worn out that
when we try to read our Bibles and
pray we simply fall asleep. No wonder
that there are so many failures in this
life, as soon as a branch is broken from
the -vine it withers, so it is with us if
we break ourselves away from Christ, the
true Vine, we will s’.rely wither awav.
He tells us plainly. “Seek first the king
dom of God and all other things shall be
added unto you.” I know there are
many brilliant attractions shining around
us. that will tend to draw us little by lit
tle away from heavenly things until we
wake up and find ourselves cut off from
the true Fountain of knowledge. I know
there are some of us who ai‘e deceiving
ourselves by thinking that when we leave
college we will take time to think about
lieavenly things. Don’t let us be deceived
here, if we can’t be a Christian in college,
it will be almost impossible after we get
out into a busy, careless world. The feel
ing that God is always present in our dai
ly life is an unfailing source of happi
ness. It gives us strength and powei
when' discouragements loom up like moun
tains before us. The presence of G«d
makes lifj sweeter and more worth wiiilo.
It is a source of pleasure while we live and
when we come down to the cold cliilly
waters of death, it imparts a joy never
tell before.
iiOw can we afford to crowd Clirist out
of our college life? Lillian Johnson.
Y. M. C. A.
It is indeed a great pleasure to me to
wiite up our meeting of last Saturday
iiigtit. it seems to me that each meeting
is better than the one preceding it. And
tnere is but one way of accounting for
It, as I see, and that is, tliat our resolu-
li(,ns which we made in the beginning of
11.e year are being carried out. W hat
is better than a good resolution when you
undertake to do a thing? To my mind,
tnere is nothing better.
The meeting for the evenipg was open
ed by the use of the old, familiar hymn,
“I love to tell the story.” Following
this, Mr. J. A. Fogleman, the leader for
the evening, read as our Scripture lesson
the thirty-first chaiiter of Deuteronomy.
Mr. Fogleman gathered as his subject
Jrjm this chapter, “Courage and Perse
verance.” This was a very appropriate
s.Djtet indeed. He pointed out many in
stances wherein courage and perseverance
is needed in order to succeed. And among
many other things that he said, he piC-
t.ired to us the great deeds that some ot
the greatest men of oui’ country have done
through courage and jiersefverarK e. This
aroused a great enthusiastic feeling among
; is liearers. Nearly all present expressed
tliemselves on the topic. e believe that
i: e interest manifested in this meeting
is goinsr to cause our next meeting to
le better, l.et us hope that it will, an>-
how.
\»e extend to every yoi ng man in col-
Ifge a hearty invitation to (ome to our
U'eetings. You can not reali/.e the bene
fit that you may derive therefrom. Ti.i-
good that we get from these meetings
helps us very much in our daily toil.
F. F. M.
IN THE PHILOLOGIAN HALL FRI
DAY EVENING.
With the new year the boys have begun
work with a new vim and noble determi
nation. The orations and essays of the
evening were extra good. Mr. Hollis
Atkinson’s paper of “Local Stings’ was
catchy, showing much original work. With
several other, Messrs. R. M. Homewood.
W. D. Loy, David McKay, and W. C. Pur
cell deserve worthy mention for their
diligent work and fine productions.
Mr. R. M- Homewood was the best
speaker oratorically, subject, “Civiliza
tion of America.” He displayed great
skill and wonderful power in his deliv
ery, showing possibilities of becoming a
distinguished orator. Rolling back the
I ages of history we can find no natioji
possessing a more brilliant and a more
glorious record than that of this natioi^,
which only recently has appeared on the
thresh-hold of national existence. We may
find more great men and grander me.T:
we may find kings and emperors throned
and dethroned; we may find nations no
bly rising on wings of ideal justice, or
sinking into the vortex of tangible ille-
sality, but we will not see in a better
degree the steady march of itg peopje
toward the goal which leads to the high
est and purest desire of all nations .i
])erfect civilization.
Mr. J. S. Fl&ming's “ Prophecy of vthe • •
Senior Class” was especially interesting,
giving each member of th^ class a pro
gressive record and a tinal position w^ell- I
worthy of the ambitioin of its repsective
members. New York ( ity will yet boast
of another celebrated phy.sician; H.arvard
('ollege will yet be distinguished for her
mathematics; North Carolina, Virginia,
and Ohio will soon be famous for their
pastors and evangelists of renowned rep
utation. The country will yet be distin
guished for its shrewd lawyers and honor
able statesmen, and a State Governoi
will not be lacking. Girls will continue
to marry and live in happy bliss.
The debate on “Resolved that the
Socialists party is destined to become the
leading party of tive United States,” was
one of interest. The affirmative argued
that the 'party was an organization of
brotherhood founded on the * ‘ mission of
the people.” Its leaders are cultivated,
scientific, practical, and alive with such
enthusiasm that ever calls forth the re
spect and love of people. This work of
I he Socialists party is a preventive for
oppression in the midst of ignorance and'
inability. By means of Socialism the
workers gain force and courage. They
learn how to control themselves and to
love and aid one another by mutual ef
fort—a co-operative society of workers,
born of the oppression of the working
class. Its motive is the production and
sale r.f the necessities of life. There is
an abiding sublininity in the fraternal
work of the movement which gives it a
predominating prosfiect for greater and
better things.
The negative and winning side argued
that the Socialists in their endeavor to
reduce the function of government to its
narrowest limits were practically endea
voring to do away with government. So
cialism neglects the individual and great-
iv exaggerates tlie pt)ssibilities of public
action; it is unjust in confining all labor
to manual labor, and has the wrong con
ception of property. Socialism favora
unlimited gdvernmental ownership and
control of property. Such a scheme would
he a hindrance to progressive develop
ment. because the abolition of private
j-.roperty would terminate in a disregard
for finance. It would reduce the energy
of social life to a low ebb of unintelligeni
indifference.
The best speaker for the alBrmative
was Mr. R. M. Neese. The best speaker'
for the negative was Mr. J. F. Morgan.
W. L. Anderson.
PSIPHELIAN SOCIETY.
The Psiphelian Literary Society met in
the Psiphelian Hall Friday eyening, Jan.
19, 1912, in its regular literary and bus
iness session. The busiriess part of the
meeting being over, the remainder of the
evening was devoted to literary work.
The program consisted of recitations, sto
ries. college cuts, music, both vocal and
instrumental, and essays. It was full of
variety, wit and. humor.-stoed side by sid*}
with the pathetiic and, tragic. The wofk
was rendered well Ijy all on the pro^am,
and enjoyed by the other memjiers. No
one seemed embarrassed but all jvere at
.r.se and tarried put tbeir part..naturalJx
and gracefijly., The judges decided, tha^
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