THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY.
Vol. II. New Scries. Greensboro, N. C., Friday, March 22, 1912 No. 45
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LOCALS AlTD FBXSOlTAliS.
Among those who spent the Sunday at
home were Misses Kellie Davis, Burling
ton, N. C., Miss Lois Davidson, Gibson-
ville, N. C., Miss Eva Chrisman, Burl
ington, N. C., Mr. S. C. Spoon, Haw
River, N. C., and Mr. R. M. Homewood,
Alamance.
Delegates to the Boones Station Town
ship Sunday school Convention which met
at Sharon Lutheran church in Gibsonville,
N. C., were Mispps M'ary Vr'illir.mRuth
Wicker, Messrs. F. F. yyrick, A. L. Lin
coln. M;-.; er Carl .VIeNally, Mr. -J. A.
Dickey and otheij.
ProloEsor I a '.ren-> adJro-^sei t'e con
vention on “The i'is.^'on o; tie h,,,nday-
Kfhool,” Dr. Amick on “The Problems
of the Sunday-school,” and President
Harper on “The Value of Systematic
Giving.” A part of the College Sunday
school orchestra was present to assist
with the music.
Captain Spiker of Mebane and Profes
sor Flick of Greensboro were pleasant
callers in the village Sunday.
Professor Lawrence was at Guilford
College as ju'.ige on a dej^te on Saturday
evening last. Prof. Lawrence reports an
interesting debate and a pleasant trip.
The Chapel is at present undergoing re
pairs. The wood work excentinq' ceilin'^,
which will remain prsctically the same
lolor, will be done in oak, side walls pa
pered in attractive oatmeal green and the
floor thoroughly scoured and well filled.
'Ibis will improve the looks of our chaj>el
considerably and all friends at a distance
as well as students here will welcome the
good news.
President and Mrs. Harper spent last
Thursday in Durham, the former on bu
siness of the college, while his good lady
was the guest of Mrs. R. J. Kernodle.
Miss dements of the Department of
Expression spent Sunday at her home in
Morrisville, N. C., visiting her mother
who was ill. We are glad, however, to
note that a sufficient change for the bet
ter has resulted to allow Miss Clements’
return to College.
SUNDAT SERVICE.
The preacher for the Sunday morning
service was Rev. P. F. Klapp. In his
usual strong and forcibk manner, he
brought a plain, practical message from
the Bible. He used as his subject “Who
it is that God keeps from sin, and how
Hie keeps them. ’ ’ The Scripture on
which this subject was based is John 17;
15, “I pray not that thou shouldst take
them out of the world, but that thou
shouldst keep them from evil.” The fol
lowing is a synopsis of the discourse:
Jesus IChrist, understanding all, knew
how to pray. Nobody would question
that. He prayed that we might be kept
from eril. And he never prayed for an
unnecessary thing. Be never prayed for
a blessing that the ehureh did not need.
There are threft classes that need to bs
kept from, thiir gins. First, those who
never knew Christ in the forgiveness of
their sins. Second, those who do not be
lieve tliat God can keep them. Third,
those who have never committed anything
to God to he kept. In order to be kept
there is a condition. We must first be
saved from sin. This is a great day of
joining the church, but I fear that many
have never met the condition. First, we
must get forgiveness for the sin we com
mit. We need not go moping about and
wallowing in our sins if we have been
saved. We must be saved from a great
many things, and one of the most import
ant is from tlunking too much of our
selves.
In order to be kept from sin we must
be crucified to sin. Gal. 2:20. I am cru
cified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
vet not I but Christ liveth in me: and
the life which I now live in the flesh I
live by the faith of the Son of God, who
loved me, and gave himself for me. If
you are dead to sin you are in the hand
of (iod and you are safe.
In the next place we must abide. If
we abide in him the word says we sin not.
In Older to be kept from sin we must
obey God. Many think that the law can
not be kept. John 14:21. “He that hath
my commandments and keepeth them, he
it is that loveth me: and he that loveth
'lie *5hpll Invpfl i>-f my T^.ither, piid ^
will love him and will manifest myself
to him.” if I did not believe that God
can save and keep I would sit down and
close my mouth.
We have no right to lay claim to God’»
promises unless we meet the conditions.
God cannot keep you and me longer than
we obey Him. Give God a real chance at
your life and see what He will do for
you. J. S. Truitt.
DBCLAIMERS’ CONTEST.
The annual declaimers’ contest for 1912
will be held in the College Chapel Friday
evening before Easter. This contest is
for a medal given by the faculty of Elon
College to that member of any State high
school or preparatory academy who shall
deliver on the said occasion the best dec
lamation. This event was a winner last
year and evidences are that it will be the
same this time.
A large list of names is already in, ne
cessitating as before, a preliminary con
test sometime during the day.
Names and subjects so far reported are:
Walter Bridgers, Warsaw, N. C., Peace
versus War.
W. C. Kearns, Farmer, N. C.
Crawley Hughes, Shelby, N. C. One by
One the Roses Fall.
Ben R. Lewis, Pikeville, N. C. Uses of
Education for Business.
Lankston W'ilson, Mebane, N. C. Echoes.
Robt. Waggoner, Walkertown, N. C. The
Power of True Ideals.
P. E. Sprinkle, Winston-S«lem. How Bu-
benstein Played.
Claude Pfoff, Bethania. Opportunities of
* Sehol«r.
S. W^. Smith, Walnut Cove, N. C. The
New South.
Will Hingshaw, Snow Camp, N. C. Spar-
tacus to the Gladiators.
Joseph Hendrix, Concord, N. C. Inglori
ous Peace.
Ira Hinshaw, Liberty, N. C. The Ameri
can Republic—a Christian State.
Wm. Umstead, Durham. The Black
Horse and His Rider.
L. L. Wyrick, Brown Summit. Man’s
Inhumanity to Man.
H. L. W'illiams, Summerfield. Wireless,
Painless, Moneyless.
Byron Osborne, Jamestown. Spartacus
to the Gladiators.
J. Walter, Moser, Hawfield, N. C. Need of
Christianity.
F. C. Feezor, Linwood, N. C. Our Hon
ored Dead.
All persons interested are invited to at
tend the final contest which comes on the
evening of Good Friday and is between
the six who shall have been adjudged
best at the preliminaries of the morning.
Remember: Good Friday evening at 8
o’clock.
ALUMNI NOTES.
Mr. Claude C. Fonville, class ’10, who
lias been connected with the Southern
Ijfe and Trust Co., of Greensboro, and
I'.U.j *t^-CIi.lj mb puaitlou to ac-
oept a positipn in the English Depart
ment of the Staunton Military Academy,
Staunton, Va. This is one of the most
up-to-date as well as one of the largest
preparatory schools in the State and we
predict for Mr. Fonville a successful
year.
Another of our fair alumnae has given
up the idea of single blessedness and en
tered upon the blissful plain of matri
monial life. Recently Miss Maude Ma
ple Klapp of the class of 05’ was married
to Mr. C. 0. Robins of Richmond, Va.
Miss Klapp was not only a graduate of
the College but also a musician of note,
being a graduate also of the music de
partment of this institution.
Prof. A. Lucius Lincoln, class ’07, who
for the past two years has been superin
tendent of the Charlotte Court House
High School, expects to pursue graduate
work looking to his master’s degree at
Harvard University next year. Mr. Lin
coln is one of the most successful young
teachers who have gone out from the
College.
Miss Effie Iseley of the class of ’04
who has been teaching in the city schools
of Raleigh, N. C., was recently married
to Mr. A. C. Green, of that city. Miss
Iseley will continue with her school work
through this year and then will gracefully
bid her adieu to the teaching profession.
TRACK.
Interest in track work is jrradually in
creasing as we approach the, time for the
meet with Guilford. All places and
event* afe well taken pare except the
hsavy s6uOts where Johnsoa a»d Home
wood seem to bo th* only candidatea.
Men invested in this branch of our
sport metfcth Coach Doak in the Chap
el WednesWy for a short talk on the
work and So elected Mr. R. M. Home
wood captaiMof the team.
Pending (^ftcial action by the general
association, R. A. Campbell was elect
ed manager o«;he team and work hence
forth will‘be ijire systematic.
Certainly all men in college can’t be
on the base ball team, so ivhy not land a
job in some good track event? Of
course this branch is not so highly de
veloped in the South as farther north,
but it is destined to come, so why not get
rcndy for it now? The best all around
exercise one can get is running. It de
velops eniurance, strengthens the heart
action and encourages healthy, active
lungs.
So to those fellows who have been com
ing out we. would say be sure to keep it
up, and to those sleepy-looking, curved
spine ones who have been taking no reg
ular systematic exercise we would say
“wake up” before it is everlastingly too
late.
Cold weather is past. The bracing ef
fect of the cool atmosphere has gone with
it. Now if we are to continue to be
healthful, if we are going to live in our
personal live.s so as to get the best out of
oil. coiijge work from now until June,
«e must engage in some sort of regular
everyday out-of-door exercise or else be
counted on the list of the superannuated,
the lazy or the bums, neither of which
would look very attractive to an active,
wile-awake, red-blooded college man.
So everybody out. Get into something,
whether it be baseball, tennis, or track.
There is plenty of room for all and with
the completion of the shower arrange
ment in the annex of East Dormitory,
ample bathing facilities of the best sort
are supplied, with lockers and all other
conveniences usually found in such con
nection. We count ourselves particularly
fortunate in the proaress of things along
athletic lines this year and mean to kee.p
the ball rolling. So if you want to be
with the crowd, if you want to be count
ed -alive, if you want to be recognized
around college, best fall in line with the
improvements and move up and out with
the multitude, else get a guitar and learn
to play “Ix)nesome” or perfect the prin
ciples of the wonderful game Solitaire.
PROVERBS AND PHRASES.
Much may stir the heart’s surface or
the eye, but there is little that affects
the soul or gives delight to our reflection.
—Elshemus.
Any full-sized man ought to have a
good lot of temper, but like all his val
uable possessions should never lose it.—
Wister.
There are no true joys other than in
the emotions of the heart.—Taine
Happiness is not ^ matter of events,
but depends upon the attitude of the
Hiind.