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» September 20, 1911. THE WEEKLY DIRECTORY. Barlinjrton (K. C.) Business Houses. Lend or borrow mouey through the Pied mont Trust Co., Burlington, N. C. Buy Dry Goods from B. A. Sellars & Sons. See Burlington Hardware Co. for Plumb ing. B. A. Sellars & Sons for Clothing and Gents’ Furnishings. See Dr. Morrow when in need of Dental Work. Barber Shop, Brannoek & Matkins. Dr. J. H. Brooks, Dental Surgeon. See rreeman Drug Co. for Drugs. Elon College, N C. For an Education go to Elon College. Gibsonville, N. C. Dr. G. E. Jordan, M. D. High Point, N. C. People’s House Furnishing Co Greensboro, N. C. Pierce Stamp Works for stamps. Hotel Hufiine. Burtner Furniture Co., for furniture. A CALL FOR MANHOOD. There are three parts of man which wlien develiipeii make the full yrown man. These are the mind, the body, and the spirit, and without the development of all of these we are not htted to resixmd to the universal call for manhood; and we have not attained to the ideal of man hood for which we were created. Man is of such a nature that without the realization of the truth that he is called to greater and nobler duties will not strive to tit and prepare himself for the iilace of true manhood; and there is only one remedy l)y wldch this fault can be coiTected and that is to educate him, mentally, physii-ally and spiritually. A century afjo ihis natiim had just lie- jrun to clothe liciself in civilizatiou. We knew liut little al)oiit the rich treasures that were liid beneath her soil. Her trackless mountain sides inliabited by ra- \enins.'' wolves and other vicious animals, have been turned into rich mines, and places where man dared not go without a l)ody guard now are bedecked with thriving towns. Her far west prairies which were of no use only to tlie brute creation have been transplanted into fields of growing gi'ain. With men's minds educated to think all this transformation has been done. Electricity has been discovered and yields forth treasure to man’s ingenui ty. Streams have been bridled and boun tifully give their power to humanity. We threaded the air with wires. These in ventions are calling for educated men to oi>erate them. The educated mechanic has transform ed the means of travel from the power of the animal and locomotive to soar in the realms of celestial l)odies at the rate of nearly ninety niiles an hour. The ed ucated inventor with his machine s]>eaks to friend and stranger hundreds of miles away. He has captured the wild cur rents of the air and apjilies them to the saving of human life. With the modern equipped gymnasium men and boys of the cities have develop ed their brawny muscles to giant strength and leap beyond the line of activity of which a century ago the most daring ath lete could not dream. The Y. M. C. A. is doing its part in this capacity as no other organization can do. Man is called to giN-e service of a strong body today as never before in the rescuing and legthening human life. THE ELON COL But without the educated spirit man has not attained to that manhood where- unto he is called. The call was never so definite for the spirit-filled life as today. Tlmse corners of our towns and cities and cross roads of the rural districts where a few years ago were darkened by saloons are now turned into churches and temples. These are calling for the high-- est ideal of manhood. With the educated the illiterate is erad icated, with the giant the dwarf is known no more, with the spirit-filled life the strong-holds of sin ai’e broken down. It is your j>ri\ilege and my jirivilege to meet the demands of the universal call for true manhood. We often shrink from a call to service l)ecause we are not fitted to perform the task. Hut there is a treasure of prejia- ration filled with the infinite goodness and mercy of (iod of which the enthusiastic, ener!;etic young man can acquire. The great lovin"' invitation of God is jiouring from the windnws o|' heaven, “Come up liigher.' ’ We scale the heights of imagination and deface the walls of opportunity, with out an education, l)ut with the mind trained in its i)roper channels, the body de\eloped in strength and the spiiit kin dled with tlie light that never grows dim, we could say, “Here am I. Lord, take me.’’ Then we could set sail ujion the unseen future with certainty that we would reach the desired haven. Christian education is the only means ada)ited to nmn that will clasify his vis ion and inspire him to search out the hidden treasures scattered here and there by tlie unmeasured love of Christ. With the mind trained to think and the body developed to its utmost power and the soul liberated from the darkness of sin and illuminated by that light of love and service, nuin is fitted to pick up the little things here and there that have fallen from the priceless treasures of Je hovah. With the mind cranqied by illiteracy and the body trained to revel in low de grading acts and the soul blackened by sin; nations cannot hope for better things, friendship is hardly known and the bonds of home are broken. What then? Shall we wrap our talents in nai)kins of indifference and close our doors against opi>ortunity‘J God forbul! But may the call for manhood be branded upon every man and be held before his vision to haunt him until he shall say. “Thy will be done in me.” Then the call for manhood will have been answer ed and men will begin to realize that real ly and in truth they are made in the image of God. A. T. Banks. EXCHANGE COLLEGE NEWS. Kats. cats and ants are made to run through mazes of labyrinths at the Uni versity of Michigan in order to teach stu dents their learning processes, and soon monkeys are to be added. The work is unique in that the experimentation ac companies a regular undergraduate course, whereas in the past such work has been reserved for graduate students. Figures from “Who’s who in Ameri ca” show Harvard has first place with 813 names, Yale 6S1, and Michigan 271. A competition for prizes aggregating $3,000 for papers on business problems to be conducted during the next academ- LEGE WEEKLY. ie year was announced at Wellesley Col lege. The competition will be open to undergraduates and will aim to arouse greater interest in the study of commerce and industry in this country. A course in heating and ventilating has been established at Kentucky State Uni versity. The same institution is install ing a Western Union telegraph wire on the campus c(mnected with the Oynuia- sium, for the purpose of receiving and dispatching results of athletic contests. The establishment of a postotfice on Princeton’s campus is being strongly agi tated. Men jdedged to Indiana Senior honor ary society wear a distinctive headgear. It is called the “Jaw Bones” hat. and is made up of the colors of the society— red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet and ])urple. At Michigan men have been trying out for the chess and checker teams. They expect to lilay intercollegiate games by mail. Wellesly college has a fire department. Miss Mary Sawyer, the chief, stands six feet tall without French heels. The l)ri- gade has ])roven heroically efficient in all the Kre drills which are held semi-occa- sionally. Hereafter thesis will not be required for the baccalaureate degree at the Uni versity of Michigan. The State Chairman of the Democrat ic iiart of Utah, has accused the “White and Blue,” the student paper of Brig ham Young University, of having taken too prominent part in the recent election, and in fact, of h ivins turned the elector al results. The Christian .\ssociation of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania has inaugurated a crusade for the education of foreign ers in the poorer districts of the city. Classes have been established in English politics and American history. Twenty students of the university are already en gaged in the work. The students of the University of Michigan presented the Battleship Michi gan with a silver bugle in acknowledge ment of the support given Michigan’s eleven at the Pennsylvania game last year. The University of Virginia, Universi ty of North Carolina. Vanderbilt and Tulane comprise another Southern Pen tagonal debating league. The athletic association of Washington and Jefferson College has granted Fresh men the right to participate in Varsity athletics, provided they are passed upon by the faculty. Havard University has decided to ac cept a number of exchange students from Scandinavian University, exempting from the regular tuition fees for a period of ten years, three advanced students from Scandinavian universities who may be re commended by the American Scandina vian society. According to the women s physical di rector of the University of Minnesota, the girls from the country and small towns who enter the university are superior physically to those from the cities. The reason assigned is that the city girl does not take enough exercise. An amendment to the state constitu tion for the transfer of the last two years of the Medical school of the Uni- 3 It’s Good Work that Counts. See' if the SANITARY BARBEK SHOP Can Please You. BBANNOCK & MATKINS, Prop’s. G. E. Jordan, M. D. Office Gibsonville Drug Co., GIBSONVILLE. N. C. HOTEL HUFFINE Near Passenger Station Greensboro, N. C. Bates $2 up. Cafe in connection. CALL ON Burlington Hardware Company For First Class Plumbing, Builders’ Hardware, Farm Implements, Paints, Etc., Etc. BURLINGTON, N. C. LINEN MARKING OUT.FfTS: Name Stamp, Indelible Ilk »fld Pad, 40c. Postpaid on receipt of price. PIERCE STAMP WORKS. Greensboro, N. C. versity of Coh)rado from Boulder to Den ver. Colo., is now jiending before the peo ple of that state. ABOUT RELIGIOUS BOOKS. By Exchange Editors. They tell us that almost nobody reads sermons, and yet readers of sermons must be found, or );u'.;lishers would not continue to send out so many volumes ot them. One of ti'.e latest bocks of ser mons is “(Jod and Life.’’ by Kev. Ur. Jno. Hunter. Most of these sermons were de- livend in America, dv.ring a visit which Dr. Hunter made to this country last year. The sermcms are deeply spiritual and are also very practical, touching life in many ways. Some of the titles are suggestive, for example, “The Passion of God,” “The Sleep of the Soul,” “The Great Hours of Life,” “The Coming Back of Our Dead.” (The Macmillan Company). The reading of devotional books is not so common among Christians in this C(mntry as in Great Britain. Somehow our p.eople do not have the leisure for (|uiet thought and meditation that many C’hristian ])eople in the old country take. Yet there are also in the country many devout persons who always keep on their table some devotional book to read in cimnection with their Bible reading and morning and evening prayer. No doubt there is a great spiritual profit in such reading, if we would only take time for if. Threshold Grace, by Percy C. Ainsworth, is a book, of the kind that is profitable for such reading. This volume consists of meditations on the Psalms. They are not, strictly speaking, sermons, although they might well pass for ser mons. The volume contains eleven of these meditations. They are of a really
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