THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY.
Vol. IL New Series.
Greensboro, N. C., Friday, Novembe^
and Elon CoUece, N. 0.
No. 28
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.
Mrs. Holland spent Thursday in Greens
boro shopping.
Miss Ethel Clements spent Saturday and
Sunday at her home in Morrisvilld.
Misses Sallie Foster and Nellie Flem
ing spent Sunday in Burlin^on.
*The Y. W. C. A. devoted last week to
a study of missions. Having a meeting
each afternoon. The meetings were well
attended and mucli interest was taken.
Miss Nannie Carlton, of class 1904, is
visiting Miss Annie Watson.
Quite a number of our students atten
ded the service at the Burlington Chris
tian church Sunday. Dr. J. 0. Atkinson
had charge of the service, with Dr. J. U.
Newman and Mr. J. W. Patton taking
part. The new pastor, Mr. Kendall, from
LeGrande, Iowa, was installed in a most
impressive and beautiful way.
Miss Mamie Ray spent Saturday and
Sunday at her home in Graham.
Miss Grace Trollinger’s brother spant
Sunday at the college with her.
The many friends of Miss Lois David
son are glad to know that her father, who
is at the hospital, is improving.
“Unele Wellons" is reported to b^
some better today. We all hope he will
soon be out again.
Miss Affie Griflfin, teach jr in the gra
ded 7"hf'ol 'Dur town, .'■pent th.; week
end in Graham. N. C., visiting relatives.
Carl Jans'jn. the Swedish entertainer,
gave a recital in our chapel Saturday eve
ning. He is a skilful impersonator, and
the variety of his program, ranging from
the strictly humorous to the highly dra
matic, showed him to be a master in the
art of entertaining.
The following passed through town
Monday, P. M., and Tuesday, A. M., en-
route to Conference, which convenes at
Bethlehem church near here: Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Farmer, of News Ferry, Va.,
Rev. J„ 0. Co.’c, Durham, N. C., Mr. F. H.
Stroud, Chapel Hill, N. C., Rev. R. P.
Crumpler, of ReidsvillN. C.. Mr. Cly-
mer, Greensboro, N. C., and Rev. and
Mrs. L. E, Smith, also of Greensboro.
A DELIGHTFUL WEEK-END.
A lively party, composed of Misses Vi
ola Rolliugfs, Grace Rollings, and Messrs.
R. A. Campbell and A. L. Lincoln, joined
by Miss Grace Rhodes, of Harrisonburg,
Virginia, left Elon College Friday after
noon for Kenly, N. C. Here others were
awaiting their arrival, among whom were
Messrs. D. M, Johnson, ,of Wake Forast,
N. C., J. L. Wood, of Selma. N. C., and
J. S. Rollings, of Wakefield, Va„ and
Miss Nancy Wrenn, of Durham, N.. C.
These composed a house party for th^
week-end. ..They were entertained by the
faculty of Kenly High School, of whicb
Prof. S. G. Rolling^ an Elon graduate of
’OS, is superintendent.
Saturday was spent, in touring t}ie
town and , surroanding country,, driving,
kodaking, aiid shooting, . At si.x o’clock,
a bounteous dinner was served in tha din
ing-hall of the Dormitory. From eight to
eleven Saturday evening they were ten
dered a reception by the school. Many
young people of the' town enjoyed this
hospitality. In the receiving line were;
Professors S. G. Rollings, and G. H. John
son, and Misses Ruth Hunter, Madge
Koiter, Rose Etheridge, and Mary Mc-
Dimald. Misses ('allie Rollings and Gla
dys Kirby presided gracefully over the
punchbowl. Throughout the evening the
assembled guests wer» entertained by cor
net solos, by Mr.' R. A. Campbell, vocal
solos, by Misses Hunter, Grace Rollings
and Mr. R. A. Campbell, instrumental se
lections by Misses Hunter, McDonald, and
Gladys Peace, and readings by Misses
Keiter and Kirby. After this everyone
roluctnntly departed, havinf; s])ent a
charming evening.
Sunday was spent in a very sociable
manner. There was congeniality among
all, making it pleasant at all times for
everyone.
At noon it was realized that Thanks
giving must be a little pevious this year,
owing to the dinner served. It can truly
be said that the hospitality of tli3 people
of Kenly cannot be equalled. At two-
thirty all boarded the train for their re
spective homes. The Elon crowd stopped
in Morrisville until t)ie late train. While
there they visited Mi;-> Clementf, te.".ohcr
of Expression in Elon College, who was
spending a few days at home. Aftjr spend
ing a few pleasant hours in her home, to
gether with Miss Clements, all returned
to Elon. Here goes down in the memory
of each one present at this house party,
a long-to-be-remembered good time.
INTER-CLASS BASKET BALL.
The inter-class basket ball games began
last Thursday, and were finished Monday.
The first game was between the Freshmen
and Sophomores, the former running 34-
IG. For the Sophomores Johnson and
Garrison played good ball. While the
whole Freshman team did good work, es
pecially Homewood and Southerd.
The second game, w'hich was played !)'■■
tlie Junior and Senior teams was more ex-
ci'iug than the first, the ‘eitms bei..a more
e'i';-i natchad. The work of Heni.v
Fleming for the Seniors and Newman, for
the .Juniors, were the features of the
game.
The first game to decidj the champion
ship was played Monday evening, the
winners of previous game being the con
testants. In this game the Freshman had
the better team and were victorious to
the tune of 21-10.
Basket ball is beginning to be very pop
ular here and a gymnasium to play in is
needed very badly. Such a building can
be built for about twenty-five hundred
dollars, and I wish every one who is in
terested in athletics at Elon would do
some talking along this line, and not only
talk, but send us such contributions as
they are able to start a fund toward get
ting the bnilding under way. R. S. D.
Y. W. C. A.
The .veek of prayer in the Young Wo-
Wonien’.' Christian Association closed last
Friday. In these services we caught a
\ision of he great wort that was accom-
jilished last year in the different conti
nents of the world, through the associa
tion, and also a larger idea of what the
assi'iation means to us. We feel that it
has broadened our views regarding mis
sionaries. and we are beginning to realize
the great responsibilities resting upon us
more than ever before. We are truly
thankful for these wonderful results that
were brought about in the past yaar, but
we see more clearly the need of doing a
greater work this year. We also gained
a knowladge of how to pray for heathen
people.
The regular meeting, Sunday afternoon,
was led by Miss Blanche Newman, using
for her subject “Forgiveness,” one in
which we all should taka the greatest in
terest. A number of Scripture verses
were used showing how to obtain forgive
ness. If we wrong our neighbor or have
done him or her an injustice and can
make it good we need not ask God to for
give us until we are willing to make it
good. Then if we come to God with a
repenting and contrite heart Ha will for
give us. Kven the best of us need for
giveness. “There is none righteous: no
pot nna ” “,\1I ha^'e sirined and (nme
short of the glory of (3od.” But if we
will only repent and come to God in this
spirit He will lift us up to the place of
forgivness. God is merciful and just, and
as soon as He sees true repentance in
the heart He will meet that soul.
Miss Mabel Farmer sang a very sweet
and impressive solo which added a great
deal to the meeting.
The subject for next Sunday is “The
Result of Idleness.” Now let every one
of us come prapared to receive a blessing
fiom this meeting. Ijet us prepare our-
se'ves on the topic and not depend entire
ly upon the leader. It is not so much
what the leader does, but what we do that
really benefits us. Viola E. Frazier.
WITH THE CLIOS, FRIDAY EVE
NING.
The best speaker oratorically of the
evening was Mr. W. A. Truitt, in a dec
lamation, the subject of which was The
Piesent Relations of the Learned Profes
sions to I’olitical (Jovernmeut. The lecla-
mation was taken from one of Hon. Wil-
' liam H. Taft’s speeches. Mr. Truitt first
gava the order in which the professions
come. They were as follows; Ministry,
teaching, writing, medicine and law. He
then showed how each was relat.ed to the
Government, law being the most promi
nent in political and governmental affairs.
But all the professions are closer now than
ever before.
Another item that was especially good
was an essay on “Man’s Progress,'’ by
Mr. Henry S. Southerd. Mr. Southerd
gave a sketch or an outline of man’s early
condition up to the presant age. He also
told of man’s great achievements and
closed by saying that last but not least
of man’s mighty achie\ements is the step
that he has taken towards universal
brotherhood and that the light dawn d
ujron the world, the West has joined hands
with the East and the North with the
South.
The debate of the evening was as to
whether or not the CJovernment should
seek to control or regulate the use of
mines of coal and other raw material
whose supply may become the subject of
monopoly. The affirmative argued that the
Government should seek to regulate mines
of coal, etc., whose supply may become
the subject of monopoly, on the grounds
that unless the government did get con
trol oi sucli they wouhl eventmilly (if
not already) fall into the hands of indi
viduals who would use them for their own
aggrandizement by forming a monopoly
and placing or fi.xing the price at what
ever they miglit de.sire, and the evils
which would result from so-doing would
be detrimental to the nation’s welfare. Ex
amples of such combinations and monop
olies as these ware cited and the evils
of such plainly shown. The Standard Oil
(■‘ompany furnishing a good example of
how the output of oil had become the
subject of monopoly and the price of oil
is just whatever the individuals of that
company see fit t.. make it. Tl;d
being true of several other monopolies.
Then, sinca the nation as a whole would
be and is affected by such monopolies
and IS affected in such a way as to be
detrimental in that the people have to
pay extravagant j)rices for those nacessi-
ties, government ownership of such
would be for the best interest of the na-
tion at; lar^je.
llie negative maintained that the gov
ernment could not properly 16ok after
and care for these things as well as if
they were owned and operated by indi
viduals or companies. Especially is this
true since the government is in debt and
has not the means by which to finance
the operation of mines, etc. Then too, it
would have a tendency to braed ofTicial
corruption as in the case of the recent
forestry scandal in which the chief for
ester was discharged. The judges report
ed the debate won by the affiimative with
F. F. Myrick as best s|)eaker, and F. H.
Anderson best speaker of the negative.
C. S.
IN THE PHILOLOGIAN HALL, FRI
DAY EVENING, NOV. 17, 1911,
The program was one of intense inter
est, both entertaining and instructive
Mr. C. T. Rand’s paper on “College Cuts”
was a fine, vigorous production and w'as
well worthy of the many complimentary
remarks which it received.
Mr. J. A. Fogleman Was the best orator
of the evening. His sitbjsrt was “The
South After the Civil W,ir.”' In this
oration Mr.- Fogleman gavft- some idea of
the k&rdships . and ■ privations through
which the southern soldiers passed. He