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\'OLUME
ELOX COLl.EGE, N. C., \VE:DNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1929
NUMBER II
PHILOLOGIANS GIVE CLIOS SECOND DEFEAT IN DEBATE
SOPHOMORE GIRLS ENTERTAINED
BY MRS. HARPER FRIDAY EVENING
The Sunday. School class of the Soi)h-
©more girls \^'as given a party by Mrs.
W. A. Harper Friday evening. Although
the weather was anything but pleasant,
it served to add to the enjoyment of the
evening by making the guests all the
more a])preciative of the warmth and
comfort within. The party was quite a
success, as was demonstrated by the
laughter and general air of enjoyment.
Misses Anna Virginia Hritt, Jewell
Presnell. and' Frances Ring sang solos.
Following those numbers on the program
came a number of pantomines given by
six different groups of the girls. Each
group had to represent some story in the
Bible, such as. “The Crossing of the Red
Sea,” “Daniel in the Irion’s Den,” “Ruth
and Naomi.” A prize was given to the
best representation. Evidently the
waving of the. bulrushes appealed to the
imagination of the judges, for the group
giving “Moses in the Bulrushes” won.
Miss Stout, Miss Raine., and Miss Savage
served as judges. Perhaps if each group
had known that the prize was to be a
large box of chocolates, the competition
would have been even more strenuous.
As it w'as, however, the pantomines caus
ed much laughter.
A delicious salad course was served.
When to an atmosphere of laziness,
warmth, and congeniality is added good
food, a pleasant evening is the inevitable
result.
DOFFLEMYER
FOGLEMAN
THE GIRLS GLEE
CLUB REORGANIZES
The girls of the college glee club held
a meeting Tuesday morning for the pur
pose of reorganizing. The following of
ficers were elected: Miss Frances Ring
of Edinborg. Va.,—President; Mrs. Ella
Keyser Garrett of Elon College, N. C.,—
Vice-President; Miss Jewell Presnell of
Hasford. Fla..—^Secretary-
The girls are looking forward to a year
of fun, fi-olic, and work. There are many
things that they are planning to do this
year: One is to sing for the college once
in chapel before Christmas. The girls
singing are: Misses Frances Ring. Viola
Worsley, Anna A’irginia Britt, Idell Jones,
Jewell Presnell, Ella ICeyser Garrett,
Dolphine Irby, Margaret Hines, Annie
Laurie Holland, Adna Lane Bruton. Eli
zabeth Rogers, Cornelia Troxler, Ruth
DoggPtt. Irene Ring, and Ruth Smith.
The boy’s glee club held a short busi
ness meeting Tuesday morning and defi
nitely arranged their schedule for prac
tice. 'JHiey w'ill elect officers shortly. The
outlook is very promising for a good boys
?lee Club. Watch the boys!
JREV. ENSMINGER SPEAKS
TO THE STUDENTS
Oil Montliiy, November Rev. Ens
minser gnve tlie rhapel speech for the
morning, choosing; as his text “The Fisli-
«r’s o£ Men,'’ which lie very eilectively
developed, lie cited Christ’s call to
James and John to follow Him and be
come fislier’s of men, and showed its
significance in modern times, lie gave
many valuable points on how' to live bet
ter. and thus profit both materially and
spiritually.
It is always a pleasure to have Rev.
Ensminger with us, and his talk last
Monday was much appreciated.
Students Extend
Dean Savage
Their Sympathy
MRS. RIHELDAFFER
CONDUCTS CHAPEL
SERVICE WEDNESDAY
The college students heard Mrs. Riheld-
affer last Wednesday morning for the first
time as a speaker, although they have
been enciianted by her solos at different
times. She said in the beginning of her
talk that she w'^as indebted to F. C. Pink-
ham for some of the thoughts which she
was going to express, and that at the
close of it she would i*ead a poem which
she herself composed here at Elon Col
lege on November 12.
“I have chosen for the basis of my re
marks ‘meekness’ in its relations to spirit
ual progress,” said Mrs. Riheldaffer. Then
she told of powers which are enthroned
through “meekness.” She gave several
illustrations of well known Biblical char
acters who were examples of meekness.
■'Meekness is closely allied to might,”
she said.
Quoting her: “Spiritual progress is
gained tlirough self-know'ledge, meekness,
and love. Today, as in Jesus’ time, meek
ness is an indispensable stepping stone
to the understanding of God. By meek
ness I do not mean to infer servility—
these are two entirely different ideas.”
After some more very explicit examples
of meekness she read her poem which was
inspired by her hearing the Boston Wom
en’s Symphony conducted by Ethel Legin-
iska.
LOVE’S SYMPHONY
Our God is Love. When we so tune our
lives
That all the strings reach upwai'd unto
Him,
He reaches out His hand ; and lo—
In notes so clear, divinely sw'eet,
The strings I'espond, and echo forth—
That all the other strings of eciual
. length, Tho here-to-fore
Stretched outward toward the dark,
Cease twanging, and in silence wait.
Tlien low and sweet comes the refrain.
“I am the Way—come listen while T
play
Your strings, as Angels e’er do play.
You are a precious instrument.
Come—cease playing in the dark :
‘1 am the Light’—stretch upw^ard unto
Mer
Then Angels’ music, calm and clear
And high on mountain, peals afar.
Comes circling round the strings
That wait in awe.
And as the music nearer floats
The strings stretched outward toward
the dark
Return to God—and lo—their muted tones
By love set free—
E’en answer the refrain,
“Thou art the Way,
We see the Light,
Praise God for Harmony.”
Clios Are Outclassed Throughout
()u Friday night, November 22, 1029,
the annual debate between the Clio and
I'hilologiau Literary Societies was held
in the college chapel at eight o'clock P.
M. Mr. Robert Boyd presided, in the
ahsi'uce of Mr. Delos Eldev, president of
the Clio’s.
The query was: Resolved, That Com
pulsory Automobile Insurance Legisla
tion Should Be Enacted. The Clio’s up
held the affirmative side of the question.
Therefore, it fell the lot of the l*hilolo-
iaus to uphold the negative. The speak
ers on the affirmative were : R. H. John
son, J. C. Gresham and R. A. Richard
son ; on the negative. H. N. Truitt, E.
H. Thompson, and L. C. Williams
Anyone who was privileged to attend
this oratorical battle will readily say
that each society was well represented.
Il was easy to discern also, that the Phi-
lologians w’ere superior to their old ene
mies. In the first round Mr. Johnson
and Mr. Truitt engaged in desperate com
bat. Mr. '^l.’ruitt by presenting his state
ments and proving them successfully by
using references sent his enemy to his cor
ner looking downcast. T\Ir. Gresham,
and Mr. Thompson seemed to have their
oratorical swords sharper than their pre
decessors and made the combat more in
teresting, although, Mr. Thompson finally
proved to be a better handler of this par
ticular sw’ord than his opponent. When
Mr. Richardson and Mr. Williams en
gaged in combat the den of battle thick
ened. Again, the Philologian represen
tative prevailed. In the last round of
speeches it was the same. The Philolo-
giaus were victorious. Needless to say
that each speaker has had experience
which has been w^orth while to him and
his respective society. The Clio’s seemed
downcast as a result of losing the debate
tw’o years in succession, and the Philolo-
gians correspondingly delighted by their
second successive victory.
The decision of the judges stood 3-0 in
favor of the negative. Mr. R. A. Rich
ardson was voted best speaker on the
affirmative and Mr. L. C. Williams the
best on the Negative and the best on the
entire program.
The marshals were: J. R. Parks and
Xorman Cameron; Judges: Professor
Tower, Dr. Hurst, Professor Burnett,
and Secretary C. C. Dollar.
NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE PRESS
ASSOCIATION MET AT HICKORY
WATSON
HUGHES
Dean Savage was called home last Sat
urday morning because of the illness of
her mother. The student body, as a whole,
extend to her their heart-felt sympathy.
Because he failed to observe the traf-
fice rules, Mayor M. A. Sawyer, of Bed
ford, Iowa, fined himself $3.00.
Richard Morris parked Ms car near
the woods in Barnet, Eng., and on his
return fonnd a snake in the front seat.
Hazel Hale, of Wheeler Mill, Ky.,
who has ridden a poney to school every
day for four years, estimates she ha«
traveled 8,000 miles on horse-back.
New York City is to have a pede-
strain’s subway under Madison avenue
at Forty-second street, where sidewalk
traffic is heaviest. Years ago there was
a foot bridge over Broadway at Fulton
street.
OUR GARDENS OF
GETHSEMANE IS
JOHNSON’S THEME
Our Gardens of Gethsemane” was
Ralph Johnson's topic for a sermon de
livered to the Ministerial Association
Friday night in the Chapel. Taking as
the basis for liis remai-ks the passage of
scripture that relates the experience of
Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, Mr.
Joluison held attention of his audience
as he presented his points. He endeav
ored to describe the suffering w’hich the
Master wen-t thru that night before His
crucifixion.
After a description of Jesus in the Gar
den. showing what He had to go thru,
the speaker mentioned some of the hard
ships a Christian must go through, even
as Christ did. “We all have our Gardens
of Gethsemane, some are burdensome,
others are not so heavy. This is a test
of our discipleship. In order to gain that
blessed home over there we must pass
the test that Christ did; we must have
our gardens of Gethsemene.” He cited
many gardens of Gethsemane that Chris
tians in the past have gone through and
some that Christians of the present have
to enter.
The Association was well pleased with
the sermon delivered by Mr. Johnson, and
several spoke of the help they had received
from his well delivered talk.
Prior to the sermon the regular busi
ness session was held, and several mat
ters of importance were disposed of.
Among the student visitors were Ben
nett Weldon, E. H. Thompson, G. O.
Mann, K. B. Hook and others.
FUTURE PREACHERS
CONDUCTED SERVICES
“The Mission of Christ” was the theme
of the Ministerial students at the regular
Sunday Evening church service in the
Whitley Memorial Auditorium. Edward
E. Kipka presided and introduced the
speakers of the evening.
Robert Boyles read for the Scripture
part of the thirteenth chapter of Acts.
Ralph H. Johnson followed with prayer,
Roy D. Coulter spoke first on the “Di
vinity of Christ’s Mission.” He declared
that no man could deny the divinity of
Christ and be a Christian, He further
stated that Christ came in a divine form
and left in a divine way. He delivered
a fine speech on this topic and handled
it in an interesting manner.
“The Benevolence of Christ’s Mission”
was discussed by Numa R. Franks. He
pointed out the many ways in which
Christ gave Himself to us. “Giving”
w'as rhe keyw’ord upon which he spoke.
J. Ray Dickins came next with a talk
on “I'he World-wide Range of Christ’s
Mission.” He showed how Christianity
was for all and not for us only. The
foreigner wa.s as ])riviJeged as was any
one else to partake of Christ’s Mission,
ho declared. Dickins threw himself into
the talk and proved that he could give
a fine one.
Itobert Mabi'y w’as tJie last speaker.
‘The Specific Object of Christ’s Mission”
was his subject. “He came to seek and
to save. He came to call sinners to right
eousness : He came for the lost.” Christ
was tho redeemer of the world.
The pi’esiding officer pronounced the
benediction.
It was a jolly bunch of publication
enthusiasts from some sixteen colleges
that met at Lenoir Rhyne College in
riickory, N. C., from Thursday until
Saturday of last week at the meeting of
Ihe North Carolina Collegiate Press As
sociation. Maroon and Gold was repre
sented by Mr. Paul Magee and ]Mr. IjCS-
ter Register and the Phipsicli scut Mr.
Delos Elder and Mr. Levi Wilkins as its
delegates.
The meeting opened by registration of
di'legates from two until four o’clock
Thursday afternoon at Slauney Hall. This
W’as followed by a tea given by the stu-
d«‘nt body of Lenoir Rhyne. No other
entertainments w’ere scheduled until seven
o’clock wdien the delegates were taken to
the Country Club by the Kiwanians and
there given an elaborate banquet. North
Carolina’s own Will Rogers was one of
the speakers at the banquet and his wit
was a source of constant enjoyment. If
laughter aids digestion, the delegates must
have bei*n hungry at the conclusion of
the toast. After the banquet everyone
was taken back to town for the night.
Friday opened with breakfast at 7:15
at the college dining hall—that is, Fri
day opened in this way for those who were
ambitious. enough to get to breakfast by
this hour. For tho others, the day opened
v^ith the first business session at 9 :30 in
the assembly room of Administration
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DR. OPIE SPEARS
TO STUDENT BODY
Psiphelians Render
Thanksgiving Program
The Psiphelian Literary Society held
its regular meeting. Thursday night. No
vember 21. 1020. New officers were in
stalled at this meeting. At the close of
the business session the following girls
rushed the season by presenting a most
enjoyable ';rhanksgiving program: Lan-
nie McIntyre, Alma Faucette, Mrs. Ella
Keyser Gn-’Tott. r>aR)ie Brann, Lillian
Foust, and ATirrha Xethery. The judges
for the evt ninr deridod that the thanks
giving poem given by Mrs. Ella Keyser
Gar!-ett was the best number on the
jn-ogram.
I'he Psiphelians are “pepped up” over
the coming debate. They closed their
meeting Thursday evening with songs and
yells filled with “pep” and enthusiasm.
Last Friday morning the students of
Elon College w^ere privileged to hear Dr.
>pie, Rector of the First Episcopal Church
in Burlington. His speech was very ap
propriate to the season, as he talked about
colonization. The colonization that he
discus.sed was not the landing of the Pil
grims, but the tliought that we were col
onizers for Christ. He took his text from
the 13th chapter of the I Corinthinians.
He said that w© are a colony of Heaven,
all different races and colors, our dress,
manners, speech and religion are also
different, but we are all striving for the
same goal. One doesn’t have to be a col
lege Pre.sident, a genius, a millionaire,
a scholar or somebody who 1ms won fame:
but anyone can be a colonizer, even the
very simplest. Real colonizers ai*e, how
ever, the true, just, and high-toned char
acters.
He gave a clear definition of sin, which
selfishness. This word covers much
more ground than just the word “sin.”
lie also-said that one’s will determined
what he would be. If one has the am
bition to be a real colonizer for Christ,
he will be; but Christ never forces colon
ization.
THANKSGIVING
Wonderful Things
Ahead
Thanks for food and homes to shelter,
Social joys of neighborhood,
Grains in harvest yellow gathered,
All the old familiar good.
As an AngelV is sounding
Nation-wide today the call,
Stand with hand and heart uplifted,
Thank the Giver of it all.^
—Jane Blakeslee Richards.
Five minutes a day of shimmy danc
ing followed by a hot and cold shower
were prescribed to keep the tired busi
ness man fit by Dr. J. W. Torbett, ot
Indianapolis.
Thej*c isn’t a student at Elon W'ho
isn’t looking forward to that time in the
near future when he or she will meet
his doom. For the past few weeks you
have been putting off thoughts of exams
because—oh, they were such a long time
off. But how about it now?
In a short while each student at Elon
will be placed upon his honor to uphold
the faith of his parents in him and the
name of dear old Elon. Why not make
the best of the time between now and
examination time and really get those
subjects so there will be no need for burn
ing the midnight oil the night before the
exam? Why wait until the la.st minute
to learn some difficult lesson?
Of course every year about examina
tion time each student feels that he is being
preached at about being placed on his
honor and all such things; but probably
if he did not hear the same old stuff he
would forget it. And, anyway, why not
take advantage of that advice and make
everyone proud of you and for you? Its
worth trying; is it not?
Remember! Examinations are only a
short while off. Wake up, sit up, and
get busy.