November 9, 1910.
THE WEEKLY DIRECTORY.
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See Burlington Hardware Co. for Plumb-
ing.
Get your Photographs at Anglin’s Studio.
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Gents’ Furnishings.
See Dr. Morrow when in need of Dental
Work.
Real Estate, Insurance and Loans, Ala
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Bairber Shop, Brannock & Matkins.
Dr. J. H. Brooks, Dental Surgeon.
See Freeman Drug Co. for Drugs.
Elon College, N C.
For an Education go to Elon College.
Gribsonville, N. C.
Dr G. E. Jordan, M. D.
High Point, N. C.
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THE ELOII COLLEGE WEEKLY.
My name on the programme was called.
When I gained the floor, I was conscious
that my cheeks were burning and my
knees trembling. As I began to speak
my voice began to falter; but I managed
to -aet through somshov/. The other boys
followed. Then came the decision of the
committee appointed to award the prize.
Every one sat with death-like stillness
as the chairman of the committee arose
to render the decision. After comment
ing on the excellent speeches and good
impression made by the contestants he
declared the young man sitting opposite
me to be the winner. The successful
contestant had used for his d‘;clamation,
“The Deathbed of Benedict Arnold.” I
suppose I wished at that moment Arnold
had never bad a deathbed. In the eyes
of the audience 1 was defeated, but I
knew better than the audience how hard
I had striven for success and I felt then
as I feel now, that there can be no de
feat when a person puts his best self
and most conscientious work into his un
dertakings.
Commencement now being over, I re
turned home and spent the summer.
But the opening of school at J in
October found me a student again. My
experiences this year were very nearly
like those of the previous year, except
that they were on a larger scale. Miss
Parks having' returned to her home in
Georgia after commencenient did not re
turn when school reopened. This, how
ever, did not liave the effect on me that
the reader might suspect; for there soon
entered school another girl. Miss May
Benthon, who was destined to exert a
far greater influence on my life than Miss
Parks. How shall I describe Miss May
Benthon? I wonder if there are not
others who know her, who acquiesce in
my description of her? In the words of
the poet she was a girl—
“To whom the better elements
And kindly stars have given
A form so fair
That, like the air, ’tiss less of
Earth than heaven.”
She was just blossoming into womanhood
and her cheeks were blooming with the
first roses of the summer.
“Her every tone was music’s own.
And something more than
Melody dwelt ever in her words.”
Between her and me there spranjg up a
feeling such as only young hearts like
ours could feel and understand. An
hour in her presence seemed to pass as
quickly as a fleeting arrow. The mem
ory of many happy hours spent in the
company of this ehanning young lady
still lingers in my mind.
Before I was aware, so quickly had
time flown while I was under the charm
of Miss May Benthon’s lovely presence
and musical words, autumn liad ripened
into winter and winter was budding into
spring. May, the month of flowers, had
come, and the girl of that name seemed
blooming too. Commencement day was
drawing near. My career as a student at
J was nearing an end. I had been
in school there for nearly two years; and
though I had had sentimental feelings at
limes which are calculated to be detri
mental to a schoolboy’s best interest,
I had made much progress as a student.
The commencement exercises of this term
of school were held in the latter pait of
May, 1909. I occupied the same place
on tlie commencement programme as of
the previous year—that is, as a contest
ant for the declamation prize. Again I
failed to be the successful contestant,
but had worked even haid'er for success
this time than before.
Commencement was over. I began to
tell my friends and schoolmates good-bye.
But the one from whom it was hard'er
to part was Miss Benthon. Never shall
I forget that parting! It would not be
of interest to the reader to know what I
said at that parting, but I will give the
young lady’s parting words. They were:
‘‘I shall think of you often; my love
for you will never wax cold.” I be
lieved it then. I heard ficm her occa
sionally during the summer. At first her
letters Wer> filled with warmth and affe’-
tion. But a clond was rising in the ho
rizon. A change was coming. One day
I received a letter from her which con
tained these words; “I feel it my duty
to tell you we can no longer be more than
friends. You have probably known of
the feeling that has long existed between
Mr. Wilson and me. However much I
love you I cannot thiow away my love for
him. Six months will not have glided
by before I shall see that happy day that
shall bind us hand to hand and heart
to heart;—etc.”
Kind and sympathetic reader, if such
I am honored with, that was the end of
the romantic side of my school life. I
will now give you a short account of my
last year in the high school.
Piof. Yol had decided not to teach in
J the coming year but to move to the
village of F , and take charge of the
high school there. I had become so strong
ly” at (ached to Prof. Yol that I decided
to go with him to F . Most of my
time at F was taken up with my
school work and in keeping bachelor’s
hall. In the latter occupation I was by
no means an adept as the scorched rice,
the crusted biscuits, the browned meat,
and the burned fingers could have testi
fied.
At the beginning of the school term
the trustees of the scnool offered a schol
arship medal. *I determined to bend ev-
erv energy in an attempt to win this
prize. I set this up as my ideal and
marked the letter “S” over my room
door as a constant reminder of my re
solve. I worked steadily on through the
year with this one aim in view little
dreaming that if I should succeed it
would mean far more to me than a medal.
Commencement had again arrived. The
exercises were all over. The teacher
mounted the rostrum to make the con
cluding speech, and to award the various
prizes. I sat in breathless silence, wait
ing to know whether or not I should be
one of the winners. In a short time,
which, however, seemed like hours, the
scholarship medal was awarded to me as
the successful contestant. This was joy
to one who had labored so persistently
for success.
Later in the summer I received a let
ter from Prof. Harper stating that, hav
ing made the highest grades in school
under Prof. M. H. Yol, a graduate of
Elon, I ^^’ns entitled to a scholarship in
Elon. I accepted this generous offer.
AVhat Elon will be to me the future must
decide.
In the above short sketch I have en
deavored to give some of the more im
portant events of my life, especially those
happenings in my school life which have
made the deepest impressions.
William Stanton.
BEGINNINGS OF CHEMISTRY.
(Continued from Last week.)
The Ultimate Constituents of Matter
Among the Ancients.
In one respect the chemical speculations
of the ancient philosophers demand our
attention. They sought the ultimate con
stituents of bodies,—the original mate
rial of which the world was built up. Tha
les in the sixth century took water as his
ground material; Anaximenes and Hera
clitus air and fire; Democritus took as
his griHird material the atom. He imag^
ined these atoms to be of different shape
and -.iz/e but the same nature as to sub
stance. All the changes in the world con
sisted, according to him, in- the separation
and recombination of these atoms, which
were supposed to be in continual motion.
This doctrine, which at first sight appears
to accord with our modern atomic theory,
but which in reality has nothing in com
mon with the latter, was further devel
oped by Epicurus.
Empedocles about 440 B. C. gave utter
ance to the so-called four-element theory.
He took as the ultimate basis of the world
Fire, Air, Water and Earth. Aristotle
adopts this view into his system of nat
ural philosophy; but neither he nor Em
pedocles regards these elements as dif
ferent kinds of matter, but as different
properties carried about by one original
matter. By the combination of these four
elements the most various prodjcts could
be fonned. For example, flesh and blood
consist of equal parts of all four ele
ments, while bones are one half fire, one
quarter earth and one quarter water.
Metallurgy Among the Ancients.
As has already been mentioned, thj an
cients were acquainted with seven metals,
gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, tin, quick
silver. These are mentioned by Homer.
The first six also occur in the Bible, be-
in? recorded in the order just named. Of
these gold, silver and copper are found to
a small extent in the free state, the other
would have to be extracted from their
ores; the ancients must have been ac
quainted with the metallurgical processes
necessary for this. The name metal came
fiom “metalla.” It is supposd to have
originated from the fact that> metals occur
together in veins. Herodotus called a
mine “metallon.” This being derived
from “metallou,” “to search after.” The
ancients believed, on the ground of Aris
totle’s testimony, that the metals were
produced by the penetration of the air
into the vitals of the earth. On account of
this they supposed the amount of metal
increased as the mine procceeded inward.
Gold was the first known of metals. Its
occurrence in pure form in nature, togeth
er with its color, luster, and malleability,
attracted the attention of the early na
tions. The Egyptians were very skillful
workers in gold. They made wire and
leaf, fine inlaid work, and many beauti
ful ornaments. Early vessels were made
of it, and it was used for coating or plat
ing, over wood nnd other materials. Sil
ver seems to have been found at an early
date also. Occurring free in nature, to
gether with its being easily made ready
for use, made it a desirable metal. Then
follow copper, iron, tin and lead; and
later mercury. The Egyptians attributed
the discovery of the metals to their sov
ereigns; the Phoenicians and Greeks to
their gods.
The cupellation process by which gold
is freed from its impurities is first met
with in the second century B. C., but there
was no means by which gold could be
separated from silver. The alloy of the
two metals was supposed to be a pecul
iar metal itself, and was called “elec-
trum.” The oldest coins are made of
electrum or pale gold.
Copper has been known from time im
memorial, being first found in the Neo
lithic Stone age. It was found native in
many places. Ilcmer called it “chalkos. ”
From this we fiet the word chalcopyrite.
It was obtained by the Romans from the.
Island of Cj^prus and was called by them
“aes cyprium,” later “cuprum” and in
English, copper. Its main use was as an
alloy. Aurichalcum, or biass, was made
from copper and zinc ore, metallic zinc
not being known to the ancients. Bronze,
an alloy of copper, zinc and tin, was
known before metallic tin. This was very
stiong and much easier to work into
shape than iron. It found extensive use
in the manufacture of weapons, orna
ments and utensils.
According to Lepsius iron has been in
Dr. J. H. Brooks.
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