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a riiB KUON COLLEGE WEEKLY January 12, 191'2. THK ELON COl.LEUE ^EEKi Y r.iblnlie.i evcfj’ Wcdnfsdnjr dunng llu Coliejfe year by 'J'lie I’liblisliins Coiiiliaiiy B. A. CampbsU, F.dUoi. J. C. Stuart, Biisiiiods Manager. Cl K( I' I -AT ION DEPAin’ MICNT. Cash Subsi'ii|)tions (40 weeks), 50 Cents. Time Subscriptions (40 weeks), 75 cent?. All matter pertaining to snbscriptions should be addressed to J. C. Stuart, Elon College. N.C. IMPORTANT. The oflices of publication are Greens boro. N. South Elm S!.. and Elon Colleg*, N. C., where all communica tions relative to the editoi'ial work of the Weekly should be sent. Matter relating tn tli» mailing of the Weekly should be si'iit to the Greensboro office. | Entareit as second-clasi matter at the post-office at (ireensboro, N. C. FRIDAY. .lANUARY 12. 1912. Dr. Sumnierbell is a s®-'tlemau and a scholar. Everytliinsr and everybody are moving- The basket ball team, where are they? Baseball material is all here. Must be matriculated by .Jan. IDth. The question is who wrote the poem. “Student Love” which appeared in the last issue or who is Bad Boyf Still they come. Washinirton and Lee University has bright pros; e(ts for baseball the com ing season, it' all reports from’those quar ters are true. Harry Moran, the sensa tional pitcher of 1!)11 baseball outfit, is back in colic .;e a.- captain of the team, and with sucli men a.s Malcolm, half-back on the varsity football team. Miles, cen ter. and Tompkins, from Arkansas, the. the White and Blue has a string of ]>itch- ers that look good from a distance at least. Virginia may lose her veteran coach and all around athletic advisor. “Pop" Ijannigan now soon unless the general athletic association can come across with more money for a bigger salary. North ern Universities have heard of tlie abili- tj' of Coach Lannigan both i:i a general way. and better still through the achieve ments of men whom he has trained for track work. es])ecially .Timmy Rector. Lar ry Martin and Forrest Stanton, the fleet- footed Californian, and foot-ball star, owe their successes in a "Teat measure to the superb coaching of Mr. I.an.iigan. Coach Moakley. of Cornell, is in com munication with him and has offered a round thousand dollars more than Vir ginia is paying, for his services. But he seems wooed to Charlottesville and the Virginia boys and hesitates to leave them if they will come any ways near the terms offered by the Ithica Coach. We hope s’lch arrangements can be made as will keep Coach Lannigan in the South, for we need good men down here as badly if not worse than our Yankee brethren. This man is an up-to-date Coach and his work on Virginia’s back field in developing speed is very evident to all who have watched the workings of the Orange and Blue squad during the past several football seastms. If a change is made it will he at the close of the present school year. Everything now looks as if Eddie Hai- lan will be named as coach of the base ball and foot-ball teams of .Johns Hopkins University. The Hopkins athletic hoard will have a meeting during the current week whose chief business will be tlie se lection of a coach. Everyone, both students and alumni, in view of his excellent lecord as an ath lete while at Princeton University and bis conduct since, are anxious for Har lan to be chosen. The only dilTiculty at present seems to be the matter of salary. Harlan has an enviable reputation as a foot-ball i)layer, though he is small, and as a pitcher was among the best on his club while in college. Hojikins will do well to get such a man as Harlan to build up their athletic strength. THE BENEFIT OF DAILY BIBLE STU DY. One is always benefited by forming good habits. What we do is largely the result of habit, and the way to keep these habits from being bad is to form good ones. One of the first things daily Bible study does for us is it helps us to form a good habit, the habit of stu dying systematically the greatest Book ever written. And once this habit is formed the good will be so evident that it will continue throughout life. This study also helps us to meet the temptati(ras of the day. It isn’t hard to overcome temptations if one is steeped in the atmosphere of the Bible. Christ an swered every argume;it the devil put to him with a quotation from the Bible. If our Saviour needed the Sciiptures to strengthen Him in the time of trial, we who are weak and jirone to sin must need them a thou.sand times mcjre to hel|) us overcome the wiles of him who is ever trying to pull ma.ikind down. By it we become acquainted with the Scriptures and those great heroes who lived so close to (Jod. We are told that, character is not taught, but caught. By associating for .some time with a man of a strong character one catches something of his spirit. How glorious it is to catch something of the character and inspira tion of the great men of the Bible! Again, it sets standards for men. One who is a consistent student of the Bible is one who has high ideals of life. Tt is almost impossible for a man who studies the Bible systematically with the right spirit to deal dishonestly with his fellow men. The student who is a systematic Bible student is never caught cheating on examination nor anything else which he would not like to be caught doing. It brinss individual consecration. The systematic Bible st ’dent is consecrated to (iod. and the building up of His cause and the promotion of what is good in his fellowmen. The life of him who lives daily in the atmosphere of the Bible is so cmsecrated to the service of God that ti e man of the world feels when coming into his presence that he is very close to God. It helps to fight life’s battles. The man who studies the Bible every day is strong enough to win in the conflicts which come to him. The men who lose in the great battles of life are the men who do not study the Bible systematically. Above all, it gives us fellowship with God and Jesus Christ, our elder brother. We never really know and have fellowship with a person until we know something of what he believes and teaches. Neith er can we really have fellowship with God until we are familiar with his wprd. Those great men like John Bunyan, Moo dy. and others who seem to carry the pres ence of God with them, were men whose lives were consecrated by diligent, ear nest study of (iod’s word. Can we do anything for thirty minutes a day which will do more for us than this ? What it has done and is doing, for others it will do for you. All you have to do is to give it a fair trial. We have a few group Bible study classes here in Elon which are doing a great work, but still there are numbers of the young men who do not belong to any of them. We wish to organize more groups soon and enroll every young man in college in them. We can do this if we try hard enough, (iet together and let’s go for ward to a more earnest, diligent and sys tematic study of the Bible. C. J. F. A STAND PATTER. By John G. Truitt. School teaching is for a man W1 at is still standing pat, Who is not changed by wind or sand. Neither by this nor that. But whe:; troubling clouds arise, ■\nd things take him by surprise. You will lind that he is wise. For still standing pat. Should _\ou meet him with a frown, hat cares he for that'? Should you greet him with a smile He is still standing pat. Troubles come, and troubles go— Pretty weather and weather of snow; He don't care how hard you blow If he is still standing pat. A school teacher should be a man ith sense under his hat; Knowing all kinds of words and figures. Yes. and more than that: • He must make the children obey. Share their work and share their play: Teach for more than pomp or pay. Then he will stand pat. He should be kind and courteous to all. And nice, for all like that; He should know his business well. He should certainly stand pat; Treat alike both great and small. Heed not their howling call. Then you know their feathers will fall Because you always stood j.at. GENIUS. Through the drift and scope of fleeting ages genius has ever held a dignified dis- t’nclion. It touches every shore of hu man knowledge and experience. It appro priates and investigates every element and product of nature—all the minerals, all the trees, all the flowers and all the birds tf the air are its companions and con stitute source for its development and ex pansion. It touches life at all of its va rious and complicated points, covers all of its different fields, and responds to ev- DR.J.H. BROOKS, DE N T A L .S II R G EON OfTicf Over F’osler'* iShoe Slore ItliliLINtn'ON, N, (!, II. M. xMOUIiOVV, MORIiOW BUlI.niNG, Corner Front and Main Streets, HUIUJNGTON, N. 0 SEE borrow, Bascn aind Greeo. Inc., BURLINGTON, N. C. V. hen Needing Hats, Muslin Underwear And Royal Society Embroidery. SHOES, iaATS AN^ T.'ULORIlVG lhat Satisfy — St— nOLT-CATES COMPANY Main Street, Burlington. ery movement in the complex web of its throbbing activities. Genius looking out from the narrow bounds of ordinary human comprehen sion ever sees something brighter and more noble in the extensive distance, something greater and something better. \\ ith the astronomer it ascends into the milky way and constellations and unfolds to the human eye and mind the beauties and glories of the solar-system. With the scientist it dives into obscur ity and grandeur of nature and there opens to mankind unforeseen powers of priceless utility. With the philosopher.-! it displays an explaiiation of reasons and thereby man is enabled to comprehend logical facts and virtuous truths of in finite reverence. With a Shakespeare we are led into the unknown secrets and mysteries of the su pernatural; we convene with ghosts and fairies, and ride astride the currents of air. With a Milton we are plunged through the gloom of chaos into the fiery depths of eternal doom, and then in a reversed mood we are carried into a re gained paradise of perpetual peace and happiness. W. L. Anderson. PROVERBS AND PHRASES. It is only the supremely wise or in tensely ignorant who never alter.—Con- I'.icius. Personality cannot he made to order or fiiends selected by deliberate choice. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.—Caxton. Only dead men have no competition.— C axton. 0, what a tangled web we weave. When first we practice to deceive.— Scott. He that of greatest works is finisher Oft does them by the weakest minister. —Shakespeare. I will never trust a man again for keeping his sword clean, nor think he can have everything in him by wearing his apparel neatly.—^Shakespeare.
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