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June 14, 1912.
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THE ELON COLLEGE WEEK
LY.
Published every Friday during the
ColicKe year by
'J'lie Weekly Publisliing Company.
ft. A. Campbell, Editor.
J. C. Stuart, Business Manager.
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^ " FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1912.
COMMENCEMENT ISSUE.
It has not been the custom of the Week
ly to f)i’ing out an issue after Commence
ment, but feeling that our subscribers
would appreciate it and especially that
those prosi>ective students who by the
courtesy of the President of the College
have been receiving it would be glad of a
concluding word for the year, we have de
cided to incur the extra expense and send
forth thi^ final iasue till the opening of
the Fall Term, Sefit. 4, 19112.
We say it without flattery, but as the
plain statement of the truth, that the
('onimencement, aeoonnt of which is here
in contained, was the largest, best, most
enjoyed of all Elon’s history. From the
opening exercise on Saturday evening,
June 1, to the concluding exercise on the
e\'ening of June .5, the attendance taxed
the capacity of the spacious auditorium
and was as appreciative and as responsive
as it was large. The good influences set
in motion by such a series of high-class
exercises cannot be computed. Commence
ment is a severe tax on those who make
it possible, but it is certainly worth far
more than it costs. Here is our appre-
ciafi(m—to those who came to see us, ev
ery one of the grand throng, and to those
whose commendable effoi'ts made the
f wenty-second the best Commencement yet
held at this sacred center of learning and
culture.
ADVANTAGES OFFERED AT ELON.
We feel, and justly so, that Elon has
advantages that cannot be surpassed by
any college in the land, and we are proud,
pardonably so, to see the recognition that
is accorded her by a growing constituen
cy, by the press, and by the educational
world at large. Elon’s graduates fill suc
cessfully every walk in life and are hon
ored everywhere they are known, ^\e
liave never heard of one who committed
a crime after leaving here. This is at
tributable to the great care with which
the moral training of the student body is
cared for by a consecrated Faculty, and
to the fact that I^lon is distinctly a Col
lege town.
In view of the prestige to which the
College has come and of the growing con-
fidence and esteem it is receiving, we ap
pend here ten of the great advantages
w'liich it seems to us have made Elon the
synonym of the best and finest in educa
tion and life-preparation:
1st. High moral tone, no hazing, clean
athletics.
2nd Thorough scholarship under sev
enteen specialists, representing the very
best training in this country and Europe.
3rd. An equipment that is modern in
every respect, upon which recently $-^5,-
000 has been expended, including steam
heat, electric light, bath and sewer sys
tems, a modern gymnasium, and located
in one of the most healthful sections of
file North Carolina Hill Country. “I will
look to the hills, whence cometli my
strength. ’ ’
4th. Healthfulness that is remarkable.
In tweiity-two years there has never been
an instance of serious sickness. lV»r
several years there has not been a death
in.the student body, and those who come
to Elon debilitated soon regain their vig
or and develop a virile man- and woman
hood. Elon has no medical fee, because
it is unnecessary.
,'5th. An absolutely pure water supply
from a deep well “that faileth not.”
Gth. Instruction of the most compe
tent type in Piano, Voice, Art, and E.x-
pression.
7th. A Business Department that costs
nothing when entered while a student in
the Literary Department and that has
equipped more men and women for suc
cessful careers in the business world than
any so-called Business College, and has
kept silent about fls successes.
Sth. Sj>ecial attention to preparatory
students in our excellent Preparatory De-
jiartment and to those who are deficient in
a study or two. making it possible to save
at least a year in life-preparation.
nth. Free intercourse between profes
sors and students, contributing tremen
dously to character growth, which we re
gard as the highest good of College edu
cation.
10th. The lowest rates, advantages con
sidered, in the entire South.
Finally, if you feel inclined to patron
ize an institution of these ideals and ad-
vantases, the editor would suggest that
you drop a line to Elon’s President, who
is always, we assure you, glad to help tal
ented young people to self-realization.
W>ite him at once!
ELON’S 23RD FALL TERM OPENS ON
SEPT. 4. YOUR PRESENCE IS DE
SIRED THEN.
THE I'TEW GYMNASIUM.
TJie Weekly rejoices that the Board of
Trustees of the College have decided to
erect durinr the vacation season a mod
ern gymnasium and also to equip the gym
nasium room in the W>st Dormitory for
young ladies. These improvements are
needed and will add materially to the
value of the College plant and we herald
their approach with peculiar pleasure.
And we rejoice the more w'hen we learn
that this gymnasium is to be the finest
in the State. The building committee is
President Ilariier, Dr. 'W'. W. Staley, and
Kemp B. Johnson.
Ray! Ray!
Rail! Rah!
Elon! Elon!
WELCOME, MISS LONG.
We tell in.another column of the mar
riage of Miss Bryan to Mr. J. T. Hobby.
This made a vacancy in the directorship
of the Department of Fine Arts. The
Board of Trustees, after careful consid
eration, elected ‘Miss Eula Virginia Long
to the position. Miss Long began her
Art pre])aration here, taught with success
in several jdaces, and for the past four
years has been pursuing graduate work
under specialists in Cooper Union, New
York City. We regard Miss Long as
highly com}>etent and welcome her cor
dially into the Faculty of our great and
good Elon.
Begun on page one.
starved factory children, who must find
their recreation on the street! Then too.
already the “inquiet sex” has entered
the, field of college professorship and held
its own. Man’s tender years in which he
builds character, and stores knowledge,
are entrusted to women. Still, there are
men, wlio are so devoid of knowledge, so
narrow-minded, so near-sighted as to as
sert, Pater-like, that woman hasn’t the
ability to understand, to be mentally de-
velo|)ed. How long it does take man to
open his eyes! W’hen will he ever wake up
enough to realize that he is already being
left in the shade, that woman is forging
ahead; reaching out for the laurel of vic
tory, victory over the prejudice of
man! ’’
One would have supposed from Miss
I'ogleman’s essay that the American In
famy was the failure to give women their
iiiiiph clamored for rights, but the next
sjieaker seemed to find it in the summary
manner in which the mob metes out jus
tice seasoned with rage and blinded pre
judice. Mr. F. F. Myrick spoke in part as
follows:
“According to statistics, more than
sixteen hundred illegal hangings were
engaired in during the last fifteen years.
Not only do helpless cries of the vic
tims come from the cotton fields and
cane brakes of the whole South, they al
so come from the iron fields of Pennsyl
vania and throughout the United States.
“There is only one solution for this
problem, and that is an aw'akening na
tional sentiment. The majority, both
North and South, know that lynching is
an evil, but this must be heated into ac
tion, which shall restrain the less
thoughtful majority.”
“Christianity and Peace” was the
subject of the eloquent oration delivered
by Mr. .1. F. Morgan. M,r. Morgan is a
ministerial student and treated this
theme with a personal relish and enthus
iasm that gave it peculiar aptness, the
burden of his message being to show that
“Christianity is not a creed, not a dog
ma, not a system of theology. It is an
essential spiritual reality, the most real
history development of the human race.
It stands infinitely beyond and above ev
ery other religion. Judaism and Heath
enism have been overthrown by its truths
and its great doctrines have mounted up
on thrones to rule the world.
Behold what geniuses Christianity
has moulded and how the greatest poets,
historians, statesmen and orators have for
have for centuries been its debtors.
“Christianity and peace are insepara
ble, the author of Christianity is the
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der tliis mighty Prince is going on con
quering and to conquer.”
“We hear a great deal about con
servation in these days,” said Mr. A. T.
Banks, in the concluding oration of tha
evening, but the kind of conservation
that appeals to me more than any other
is the Conservation of Manhood. In the
conservation and development of man
hood there are three important ideas for
consideration; these are the body, the
mind, and the spirit.
“The greatest need of the age is
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and we are invited by thousands of in
centives to fit oursel'es for the highest
service. Enduring service is the su
preme call from all Ihe vocations of litc,
country, home and God. ’ ’
Fourth Day—The Alumni.
The afternoon of the fourth day was
taken up in the business session of tha
Alumni Association and in the Annual
Recital of the Department of Expression.
The Alumni Association is meditating
large things for Alma Mater, which did
not materialize this year. It is hoped
however that soon something definite can
be announced.