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t the ELON college WEEK LY . P.iblUhett e\cty VVediK«d«j durinj iht College year by Tb« Weekly Publishing Compa^iy a. A. Campbell, Editor. J. C. Stuart, Business Managr.r. ■JT,. T7. 1— ~ CmCUI.ATION DEPARTMENT. Cash Subsciiptions (40 weeks), ^ Cents. Time Subscriptions (40 weeks), 75 cents. All matter pertaining to subscriptions should be addressed to J. C. Stuart, Elon College, N.C. ^ IMPORTANT.^ The offices of publication are Greens boro, N. I’.. South Elm St., and Elon College, N. C., where all communica tions relative to the editorial work of the Weekly should be sent. Matter relating i*i'th* mailing of the Weekly should lie sent to the Greensboro office. Entarerl a* second-class matter at the post-oCfite at Greensboro, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1912. Another week gone, how was it spent? Soon we can count the remaining weeks of the school year on our fingers, and if we have not done all those noble things we set out in the beginning of the term to do, better get to work—for time is getting short. At last the Si^hinx has spoken and the Colonel has “fessed up.” What aextT If 4he poetical pure-fooil progenitor is as pure in politics as in food, then this must be the messiah long since promised the political word, and “His own wpuld do well to “receive him.” Recall of judges, recall of Court de- oisions, votes for women and fat jobs for men; “T. R.” seems the most politic politician of them all. W'hilei “T. R.” explains his recall to the nation, W^e wish he would explain his expla nation. The planets all may go their run, Earth from her course may stray, Tct after all her wanderings she Swings back to Oyster Bay. t ’Modest—’manly—’musing—T. R. New York's greatest problem—will hobble skirts be widenel or runni.ig boards lowered ? The next breeze that blows from the Runny South may bring us the poopings «f smokeless powder. Their upholstered eots are already posted on the plains of Texas; their eolf links have been forged: their baseball parapher.ialia has arrived and their bathing suits have been sup plied for swimming the Rio Grande, and nare not what place others may choose, but as for me. give me Texas or Coney Tsle. Speaking of baseball reminds us that expect to put out the best All Elon” team in the history of athletics on the Hill. The January 30th rule, which -lo man shall be eligible to play on any baseball team or represent the col lege in any branch of spring sport un less he shall have been here in person, registered and taken up full college work by the 30 of January, together with the clause excluding all professionals or those who have at any time received a money compensation for their playing will insure clean sport at Elon this spring. It may seem folly to the outside ath letic world that such drastic measures have been taken by one of the smaller institutions in the face of such strong adverse conditions in practically every college which our team shall meet, yet we believe and feel sure it is only a mat ter of a very few seasons until all our sister colleges will a.iopt the same mea sure and intercollegiate athletics will as sume the proper aspect of pure sports manship, pleasure and recreation inten ded and we don't propose to be the last to adopt the custom. Hitherto any given athletic contest, es pecially baseball, has not been the stu dents of one college versus the students of another, nor the athletic association of one college xersus the athletic associa tion of another, but has been the finan ces of one crowd versus the finances of another, to a great extent at least. That party who had the most coin landed the best players for his institution which players did college work as a side line and preventive of nostalgia while those paying him for his idlness were digging hard in an effort to win back lost money. We believe such times have passed. We believe the idea of gentlemanliness and s[)ortsmanship has superse.led the idea “to win at any cost” and that the ten dency in college athletics is upward and forward toward the ideal which friends and admirers hold up for it. We also be lieve that in coming years any college that insists on indulging the laxities ot former times will be branded as unfair, deceitful, unsportsmanlike and dropped from the schedules of self-respecting col leges. Our idea is colleege ball for college men and representative men at that. Men who when off with any particular team of our institution represent the college as well as the athletic association. What business has any man on our (or any other college team, for that matter) base ball team who does not know the num ber of hours required by his college for graduation and who would have to call time for fifteen if asked who was dean of the faculty of his college? The college world is tired of such fol ly and misrepresentation and we take pride in announcing that such practices are a thing of the past with us for rea sons stated and hope that any others of our sister institutions who may have been indulgent along this line will see to it that every man who goes out with their team shall be a full-fledged, bonafide stn- d?nt, taking full work, making a passing mark (or better still. 80 per cent., as is the case here) and receiving no money compensation whatever for his services. Then, and not until then, can we have clean, respectable and wholesome rivalry between our several colleges and judge an institution, in a measure at least, by the men who pose as representatives thereof. WITH THE CLIOS FRIDAY EVENING. On the night following the night the Clios gave their Annual entertainment in the College chapel, they executed a very interesting program in the hall. The items that were intensely interesting were an oration, a humorous selection, and the debate. The oration was deliv ered by Mr. J. A. Dickey, Jr., his sub ject being, “History As Taught By the Lives of Great Men.” His speech, how- ever was extemporaneous because of his recent return to the college after having been absent for several days. He gave to us the lives of several great men in order that he might show that history is taught in that way. Among the li'es which he considered were some of onr greatest statesmen. The second item which is mentioned aVove was a humorous selection. This was deliverd by Mr. Clifford Morgan. He, in his characteristic manner, showed good work on his selection. The third item of great importance was the debate. Query, Resolved, That the Senators should be elected by the direct vote of the people. The affirmative argued that the masses are more capable of electing a man to this high office than the few. Furthei more they argued that the few could work a scheme of bribery and place in oflice any one they wanted to. The negative argued that if the masses were allowed to elect the senators, there would be bribery through and through. They gave instances showing wherein many a man's vote had been bought for a paltry sum. Tliey also argued that the few men who elect are all educated and know their business, and that they are not so easily bribed as an uneducated man. Furthermore they argued that the present system of election is very suc cessful and has proven so up through the ages. The question was won by the negative. Best speaker of the affirmative was Mr. D. F. Parsons. Best on the negative, was Mr. C. W. Rouiftree; oratorically, J. A. Dickey. C. S. PSIPHEUAN SOCIETY. in the Psiphelian Society Friday eve ring we spent “An evening with Long fellow.” The program consisted of a biographi cal sketch of Longfellow’s life , some readings selected from his works, stories of the poems Evangeline and Hiawatha together with essays and 'music. The first paper deserving special men tion was an essay, “The Fountain of Youth.” by Miss Mabel Farmer. She tf.H us how that ort vhe discovery of AmericB the tradition was spread throu’- out the Old World that there was a foiin- ta '1 in tiiis country whose ever-flowing waters would restore to old age its youthful vigor. She then told ns how that if we should live to become old we might retain the same cheerfulness, p» tience and kin:lness that we had in youth. She said there wa. a fountain of youth. Friday, March 1, 1912. OB.J.B. SHOOKS, DENTAL .SURGEON Offlcs Over Foster's Shoe Slore BUKLTNOTON, N. C R. M. iMOKROW, f'lirgeoii Dentist, MORROW BUILDING, Corner Front and Main St reels, HURLiNGTON, - N. C SEE •Morrow, Bascn and Green. Inc., BURLINGTON, N. C. When Needing Hats, Muslin Underwear And Ro/al Society Embroidery. SHOLB, AA'iJ I'AILOiCiNG Ibat Satisfy — at— HOLT-t’ATES (.OMl'ANY Main Street. Burlingtuu. B. .G 0 0 D M A N Th* Home of GOOD CLOTHING Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats and Ladies’ Good* Bnrlingtcn, North Carolina. 303 Main Street. not necessarily in Florida, but secretly hidden awsiy in the hearts and lives of men. And to obtain this foiintain lik* the kingdom of heaven, it must be sought. Miss Lillian Johnson gave the “Wreck of the Hesperus. ’ ’ She always recite# well, and was at her best on this occa sion. The third item -deserving special men tion was “My Favorite Quotations,” by Miss Lillie Dalrymple. She had som« choice selections from our best poets and read them in a very entertaining manner. Myrtie Lawrence, Y. W. C. A. We had a very good meeting our Y. W. C. A. last Sunday afternoon. Miss Sallie Foster, being the leader, se lected as her subject “Thankfulness.” The attendance was unusually large an.1 several of the girls told for what they were most thankful. Others gave Scrip ture references on the subject. Miss Winnie DuRant sang “The City of Surcease.” It was very sweet and impressive. After the solo came the sen tence prayers, and I think every girl of fered a fefr words of prayer. The Y. W. C. A. has taken on new life it seems, since our recent revival and th« attendance is about twice the number be fore the revival. We hope the girls will continqe to attend and remember their plelges. Mabel Farmer. — Both honses of the South Carolina l^egislature have passed the bill requir ing railroads to pull mileage on trains instead of haring them exchanged at ticket windows as heretofore.
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