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HISTORICAL SOCIE'nr. 1956. Southern Convention of Congregational Christian Churches. THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY. ^ J . IZ TT _ ^ ~ Uuth - Vol. IL New Series. Greensboro, NT C., Friday, December I5, 1911 No. 31 aiui Boa 0*Uaf«, X. 0. LOCALS AND PERSONALS. Miss Grace Rhodes, of Harrisonburg, Va., who spent the past few weeks here, has left for Asheboro, N". C., where she will spend the holidays with Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Moffitt. Rev. and Mrs. E. G. Lowdermilk, of Mt. Hennon, N. C., visited Dr„and Mrs. Amiek Sunday. (Misses Mary Lou Pitt, Linda Barnes and Ethel Clements, of the faculty, and Miss Lois Davidson, of the College, at tended the organ recital given at the Episcopal Church in Burlington, (N. C.) Thursday evening of the past week. This recital, which is the first of a se ries to be given by the organist, Mr. Blythe, was enjoyed by the ladies and we trust more of our students will hear the others of the series as they are well worth the time. Mr. Blythe is an excellent performer and the instrument is a credit not only to this congregation, but one such as the city may well feel proud. The good peo ple of Burlington and' the Episcopal Church are to be congratulated on having a series of musical entertainments of the nature of the one spoken of in their midst. Mr. Blythe was ably assisted by Mrs. Pomery, of Graham, mezzo-soprano, who rendered several vocal selections. Mrs. Pomery has a pleasing voice md her numbers added materially to the attrac tiveness of the progr am. Mrs. W. P. Lawrence spent a few days during the past week, visiting Miss Cora Lawrence in High Point, N. C. Mrs. Davis, wife of Rev. T. E. Davis, pastor of the Burlington congregation of the Methodist Protestant Church, and daughter, Miss Nellie, spent a few hours in town Wednesday afternoon visiting the college and in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Amiek. Miss Nellie expects to en ter college here after Christmas. Miss Clements was confined to her room for a few days during this week with a slight attack of lagrippe, but we are glad to note she is out again. ITie condition of Uncle Wellons con tinues to improve and we expect soon to be able to announce he has fully recover ed. President Harper is, at this writing, in the Valley of Virginia. When last heard from, he was at W'inchester with Rev. W'. T. Walters and prospects bright for the Special Fund. Miss Vivian Huffman, Sanford, N. C., spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Huffman, in the vilage Mrs. S. M. Holt, of Pittsboro, N. C., spent several days with Miss Affie GriCSn at West Dormitory during the past week. EXCHANGES. The Radiant and High School Enter prise have been received, but not read, as yet. Our list of exchanges continues to grow, for whieh we are glad. Such, we feel sure, will be mutually beneficial. BOOK CLUB. Members of the Elon College Book Club met ^Saturday evening with Mrs. M. A. Atkinson to discuss Art during the Ren- naissance. Mrs. T. C. Amiek conducted the meeting in a most interesting manner and also read an excellent paper on the subject under consideration. Delicious refreshments were served, af ter which the club adjourned. ELON IN THE DARK. On account of a break down at the pow er house, early Tuesday morning, our vil lage and buildings were in darkness for two days, or nights rather. By some means a key worked out of the drive wheel of the engine and caught in the govern ors, tearing this in pieces. Mr. Coble, machinist, had to take the broken parts to Greensboro and as considerable braz ing was necessary we have been in the dark for two nights and mornings. We do not know how to appreciate our city accommodations until they are denied us and then we wonder what can we do with an old kerosene lamp. But our dynamo is in good shape now and the engine clicking it off at its usual gate, so let us hope that light thus gener ated may illuminate the mystic pages of our several text books and by electrolytic decomposition may we hope th^ difficult combinations of mathematical formulae «ill he r(;>ol'td l:.tj their ei;;plcr ele ments so as to be easily grasped by all. Lucky our bad luck came this week in stead of next. FROM THE PULPIT. The faculty and students were delight ed and edified Sunday by the instruc tive and well prepared message delivered in such and eloquent and forcible manner by Rev. R. M. Andrews, editor of the Burlington News. Mr. Andrews is very much interested in young people, 'believ ing that in most cases the career and des tiny is decided upon in youth. He made a strong plea to the student body, as young people just starting out on life’s journey, the all importance of getting started in the rirht direction. He dwell ed upon the necessity of having a purpose in life, having some mark or goal toward which to strive, or the chances are that you will drift with the tide and land upon somie strange and rocky shore, a ship wreck. He used as his text Joshua 1:5, “There shall not be any man able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee:I will not fail thee, or forsake thee.” A brief sum mary of the sermon is as follows: We often think of Moses, Joseph and David as wonderful Bible characters, and they were, yet we often fail to class Josh, lift in the same class, where he belongs. He was a man of wonderful power, which made an impression upon the world so strong that twenty-five centuries has not erased it, but only strengthened it. There was a secret to the character of this great man. This was his firm faith and trusli in God. Joshua was called to do a great work, not for himself alone, but for humanity. He would never have undertaken work if he had not been a firm believer in the text: ‘ ‘ There shall not be any man able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” God gives that prom ise to all who undertake what He has asked us to do, and we all have a mission to fill and a work to do which if we fail the work will be the W’orse, and if we do our duty the work will be that much the better. The important question for each young man or woman here is to find your sphere and when you have found it, put your faith in God and get to work, and great shall be your reward. The first secret of Joshua’s success was that he believed in God. I have seen many young men go ship-wrecked, just because they did not have faith. The pessimist comes with his whine and tells us that everything is gong tg the bad, and we can do nothing, there is no need of trying. \A ith faith in ourselves, faith in our fellowmen and faith in. God. we can mo\e with power and accomplish that which seems impossible. The second reason that Joshua succeed ed was tlmt he was devoted. He felt I. he liau a work to do and it was his one aim and purpose through God’s help to do that work. God is calling us to a field of service. It may be to the fiel^ of law. the ministry, merchandise or teach ing' but what ever he has fitted and called us for we should respond, with a firm faith in our God as our strength and pow er. In this, and in no other way, may we hope to succeed in filling our mission in this life, and receiving that welcome ap- plaudit. “Well done, thou good and faith ful servant, enter thou into the joys of thy Lord.” J. S. Truitt. VISIT OR MR. KARL LEHMAN. It was indeed a pleasant surprise W'hen the news reached the College that Mr. Karl l^hman. field secretary for the Uni ted Society of Christian Endeavor, was in North Carolina and desired to make us a visit. Mr. Lehman reached the College Thurs day and delivered a splendid lecture in the college chapel on Christian Endeavor. No one who heard it could have gone away without feeling that they had been wonderfully benefited, and by the help of God would be a better Christian Endea- vorer. In his lecture he said that Chris tian Endeavor meant consecration, enthus iasm and service, and if one would be a true Endeavorer he must possess these three qualities. He also made a good talk to the stu dent body Friday morning in ehapel ,«;er- rice and that afternoon he held i *on- ference in the Y. M. C. A. hall for the purpose of discussing questions as to how to make a better society. Surely everyone was greatly helped by this meeting and felt that dui-ing the fu ture we could have a better society than ever before. He left Saturday morning for Raleigh where he will deliver lectures on the same suhjet t. He won many friends while here and we hope to have him visit us again. Come, all who heard him, and let us en deavor to bring our society up to the ideal which Mr. Lehman pictured to us. By onr earnest work and prayer we can if ''■ill- Sudie McCauley. THE ELON SPIRIT. It has been my privilege to visit a great many school during the six years that I have been a C'hristian Endeavor Field Secretary, and I want to say that Elon is absolutely the finest I ha\e ever seen for a real, true, Christian spirit. Every- faculty and student body alike, seem to unite to make this spirit what it is. It was a source of real pleasure to have fellowshij) witli you during my recent vis it. I shall never lose the impressions of those two days. Your literary society halls are elegant ly and appropriately furnished—save per., iiaps that looking glass—but maybe tihere is a better reason than one wo ild suppose, upon iirst thought, for its presence in the I’liildloirian hall E erywhere I go in North Carolina I fee the marks of Elon Colle-'e work. I am so thankful for your loyalty to Chris tian Endeavor. May Elon long continue to be the blessing that she now is. As I have opportunity I shall always be glad to say a good word for Elon and the Elon spirit.. Vour sincere friend, Karl Lehman. Field Sec. of U. S. of C. E. East Dormitory has at la^t got its ’phone in, and, say. but it is doing a bus iness. “Are you busy this evening,” or “Mi?ht I call this P. M,V’ or “A friend and I may drop around toniglit, what do you say?” etc., during the day. But this is an improvement which has been greatly needed a:id all welcome its installation. To those outside the East Dormitory we would say this ’phone was installed by. and is being maintained, by boys rooming in the building, and if you expect to make very frequent use of same, yonr monthly subscription of ten cents per month comes due immediately. NEW RESTAURANT. Mr, J. N. Coe, formerly a student here, but at present proprietor of the “Amer ican Cafe” in Greensboro. begins this week to show his loyalty to the college by inserting an ad with ns and incidentally ireeognizes the value of the Weekly eol- umns as an advertising medium. Mr. Coe is conducting a modem, neat, and sanitary eating house, and invites all ofudents to pay him a visit when in the f-ity. One half block from station, 350 S. Elm.
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