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m O ^';'5''‘0RICAL SOCIETY. 1956. u srn onvantion of Oj.ig.egation«f Christian Ch-jrches. THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY. Yol. II. New Series- Greensboro, N. C., Friday, April 12, 1912 and Elon College, N. 0. No. 48 i I Mrs. Hugh McAllister, nee Miss Elise ■oamsey, a former music teaclior of this jj'lleffe, and little son, Hufrh, Jr.. of Lum- ■S‘rton, N. C.. «i>ent the Easter holidays I West Dormitory vrith M'iss Marv Ix)u I'"-. , . ‘ . — Misses Sadie Fonville, of class '11. an! Kdit'h Walker spent Saturday night and Siinday visiting: friends at West Dormi tory. Mr. Algernon J. Warren, of Durham. N. spent Saturday night and Sunday \is- iting one of the lady teachers of this col- leue. Seems to le a great attraction up here for him. The Inter-sdiolastic Declaimeis' High School Contest was hell in tl;e college chajiel Friday evening. All on the pro- ifram d'd well. The I’sipheh'an l.^eraiy Society gave its annual enterta nment in the college cl r.j>el S. t ’rday e ening. Quite a large crowd attend(«'. The yorns ladies on the ]'roaram d'd .justice to their society. ■Mr. H. K. l.infoln ^pent tlie P’a.ster Holi- day.^ at his l)ome, l.acey S))rings. Va. Miss At!ie Grittin. one of the teachers of the Elon (fradeil Scho(d, sjient Sunday and Monday with Miss Mary Foster at Bi'rl'ngtcn. .Misses Xaomi .lo . ner and Ei nia Kerlet s: ent .\r(mday in B rlington, visiting Miss Ii’iith Hall. •Mr. E. T. Hines of das.-; '11 was on the !' !! i.v i;.,r :a>.. .\Ir. Jes.se Wellons. of Col 'mbia, S. ('., was a pleasant alKr here Sunday and Monday. Messrs. I^en ([legory and Arthur Tuck, of ViiLnlna. Ya., spent Sunday l)erc with relatives and friends. Althou;Ci we were “uji against it" in f’e tame Mmday at Burlington, with O.’k Rii’ge, yet o'r hoys did well and we are proi'd of them. Trust to the girl.?, evecially, to always find an excuse for all their hhuiders. Don't lose heart, boys, you have strong allies in West Dormitory, and o ■ts!('e. t lo. Miss Yivian Atkinson, of Kaleigh, is \is;t!ng lier sister, Mrs. Jones, of the •. \ illage. Mrs, Sue Jim^s and sister, with Mr. and Mrs. R. (t. Kernodle, of Durl'.am, are vis- it'ng Jlrs. .1. O. Atkinson. .M 'ss I.ill an Aldridi.e. a former student of this cidlege, spent t'he Easter lioli/la>s with her uncle. W. T*. I.avvreiK'e. Miss Mary Kevell, a student of Peace Instit-te, spent the Easter holidays with 1 er hr ither. Mr. Eveiett Lav.rence. of Higli Point, y. ('., was a rccent visitor in town. •Mr. I angster V\ ilson spent Sunday witU his sisler at Vest Dormitory. >fr. Roney High of A: & M. College v-.ns a very pleasant caller on his old friend, M. S. Kevell, of the college. Miss Thelma ( lyniSr was called home Tuesday morn'ng, hut exj)ects to he back in a day or so. Mr. Arnold Hall of Class '11 was a spet^ial visitor on the hill Tuesday. No doubt the many friemls of Miss An nie Lowrance, w'ho taught in the graded school here last year, will be surprised to hear of lier marriage to ilr. Claude S. Moore, a former student of Elon. They were mariied Saturday evening in (ireens- loro. Mr. Joljn Hobby, of Raleigh, was a j.leasant caller at West Dormitory Sun- dav. PEACE CONTEST, Elm held its preliminary contest in the college auditorium on last Monday eve ning at eight o’clock for tlie ()urpose of deciding who should represent this insti tution in the state contest to be held in Raleigh on Ma.v 4th. The program for the evening was as follows: Music—('ollege Orchestra. E. Ij. Daughtry—The Dying Dragon. J. C. Truitt—International Peace, the,' (ilory of Nations. M. sic—('ollege Orchestra. J. A. Dicke.y—The I'nited States’ Duty t I the W'orld. C. B. Ri:ldle—War and Christianit.v In compatible. Music—College Orchestra. ■I, A. Dickey—I'p From Savagery. ■Mrsic—College Orchestra. W’liile the judges were deliberating, I’l-of. Blair, of Guilford College, origina tor of the movement in North Candina. S; oke l-i'H;t]_\ :'oucerninv its history and commen'cil (m the shov\ing made by the men wimi iiad sjioken. President llarpe;- then read the (omm'ttee’s decision, whicli was that Mr. J. (i. Truitt had first place, anti Mr. \V. L. Anderson, alternate. Revs. ('. J. Sox’, l>. 1. C'ox, and Mr. J. R. •McNally ser.ed as judges. DECLAIMERS’ CONTEST, The ('(diege was glad to welcome twen ty-one representati\es from the leading high and pre))aratory schools of the state to the annual declaimers’ contest held here (ju Friday, the fifth inst. All arriv ed in time and were assiirn; d homes in the \illa>re Thursday evening* and Kridav mornnir. At two o'clock. P. M. Friday all lontestants spoke before the cimimittee cousistinir of Fev. A. B. K:ndall, Hur- ling'ton. N. C., Rev. H. M. Andrews, lington N. (',, and J. Adolphus Long. Esi| , of Ciril am. From this prelimin:iry con test, eight Mere selected to appear in the ti:ial ainl pdd'c one of the evening at S o’clock P. M. The f illowing are the names an 1 sub- ,ie-'!s of the S3veral contestants in tlie dif ferent contests: Ccnfestants in Preliminrry Contest. J. I). Harrett Cary, N. C. Truth and Yictory. F. C. Feezer l inwo.id, N. C. Our ITonored Dead. I awrence I.ingle Salisbury. N. C. My Mother. Mv Country', Mv God. Bryson Osborn fameslown. N. C. S]>ar«acus to the Glad'ators. Valter Bridges Warsaw, N. C, I’eace versus Var. Walter (’. Kearns Farmer, N. C. The Two Emancipators. Crawley Hughes Shelby, N. C. One by One the Hoses Fall. Ben R. Lew-is Pikeville, N. C. i he T ses of Education for Business. 1 ankston Wilson Mebane, N. C. Echoes. Ro :ert ^\ ag’gnner . .. . Walkerto\Mi, N. C. The Power of Free Ideals. P. E. Sprinkle W inston-Salem, N. C. How Rukenstein Played. ( lau'le R. P: tf Betl'ania, N. C. The Opportunities of a Scholar. Ste})lien W. Smith ..Walnut Co.e, N. C. The New South. Will H'.nshaw Snow Camp, N. C. Sj artacus to the Gladiators. Jose|)h Hendrix Concord, N. C. Inglorious Peace. Ira Hinshaw Liliertv, N. C. T!'e American li’e.-iuHic, A Cliristian State WilKam I'nstead D::rham, N. C. The Black Horse and His Rider. l,onn:e L. Wyrick ..Brown Summit, N. C. ■Man's Inlu’.manity to Man. H. L. Williams Summertield, N. C. \ irelL?ss, Pa.nless, M()nevL"ss. J. Walter ,\I:inn Hawtields, X. C. Need of Christianity. Yernon Cidetrane .Pleasant (iarden, N. C. liberty. Prrgram of the Final Contest, Alusic by the College Hand. ■). D. Barrett Cary, N. C. T' 1 \'i.’ ry W alter lir.dges Warsaw, X. C. Peace vers\'s \\ ar. Music by the College Band. Ben R. Lewis Pikeville, N, C. The Fses of Educat'on for Business. P. L. S;r nkle ....Winston-Salem, X. C. How Ruhenstein Played. Music by the Cdlege Band. ( laude R. Pfafl’ Betbania. N. C. The Opportunities of a Sclxdar. Stephen W. Smith ...Walnut Co>e, N. C. The New South. Music by the College Band. Joseph Hendrix Concord, N. ('. Inglorious Peace William I nstead Durham X'. C. The New So'ith.. Music by tlie College Band. T!'t‘ decis'on of the judges was an nounced and mc('al delivered l)v Rev. An drei s. I'he essay of the evening. i)r,ibahlv its best numl)er, was read by Miss Viola Frazier, sub.ject. ' • DifHculties. Es,.-ntials of Success.” Miss Bagwell’s vocal soio, •■Love Is Spr.n ," by Shelby w.:-s nell rendered. I’ollowing th:s a liglif • ‘ S;,t}raoette'’ o;i.edy, ent.llid. "A l.ove oj' a Bonnet,” by Raker, was given. Miss Cynthia C,ar- rett as Mrs. Clipper, a wido.v, a:;il Miss Sud:e McCauley in the role of Aunt Jem ma Hop,kins, “a leetle in.|uisiti\e,” ap- rearnl strongest in the cast. Ihen a dou le number of choiTs; “Ro ses h.eryu'.iere,” which was the best of the three, and a dainty “(Jood-night. ’ These w\rL’ wu'er the d rection of Miss - itt and were enjoyed. A lai^e and appret'ialive audience greet- (d the ladies and the evenim; was spent ! l^'.-r.nlly by all w!-o attended. MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION. rh^ m nis'erial stiulents enjoyed an other s:-c'essf-.d meeting of their Associa tion We’nesdny evening. The leader, Mr, W. I). Loy, read the third chapter of I?eve!a‘i: n ard ' as. d his talk on verse twenty: “Beho’d I stand at the door and I'-no k: if any mm hear my voice, and oi en the door, I will (-(juie in to him, ■rrd w II s;in «ifh liim ;„,d lie with me ” O., .. .Jd.., »,re |)ersonul and ap- pcal'n ■. hr st knocks at the heart of that ( l'ris‘i"n who is growing coM, He does not necessarily confine the knocking spo ken of in this verse to s nners. He often knocks at the diKir of the church, of the state and the nation. If any go unfed or 'Vithouf guest the fault lies in that per son refusing to open the door. Do not we often say with our lips. ■ ome in, when a h:ir of doubt is yet acr-ss the diHii ? How destitute of knowl- td-e one would be to .sit in his room and ery ( ome to the person knocking when the d"or was heavily barred. Then, too, (!od has made our bodies His temples, f^ a'l we he so selfish as to use His own temple and then not let Him in when He comes? (j, 'ivuitt. THE rsiPHELIAN EXTE^.TAINMENT, O'l Saturday evening. April yixth. in t'-e ('!'lie->e a'ulitori”m, students and ^is- :t rs V. ere allo 'cd to atten) the annual entei't'!inment of the Ps;plielian Soclietv. The program, while not up to the stand- ar'l. wis in‘cre=fnn- and cnioya' le. Th.- evenng opened with a chorus, “When I ife is I’risrhtest,” followed by a niono- loare'e’-t^led “At the Box Office,” giv en by Miss Nellie Sue Fleming, Then 'f ss Verna (^arrett sra-e .as p^ino .=olo “"alse Cbionia'iore." by Godard. Miss Garrett played wit'i i^re-ision, smoothness, end d’ll credit to her society. M'ss X'ew- mr^n s “College Crts.” thoug'h interest- inr:^ were r.it^er confi.ned and smacked of the personal. ti:acheh,s' n:rmal. As sched'ded. the special normal course f ir t'achers rnder the direction of Dr. Amick. oi'enol Apr'l n' nth under favora ble ausrices .. r.i' with hrinht prospects. The first day's woik c-n.sisted chiefly 1 pu t" ■ bti.T anti as-: gnmiiits of work, wl'ile l.usinf.‘.3 began in earnest on the orr'n ■ n? t) e tenth, 'n.l at this writing C'f’-y'ody 's d'wn at work waiting for ti e next holiday season, Tliis normal course has the hearty en- oorscment of Stat? Superintendent Joy ner as well as the majority of county s pcr:ntendents, and att;ndance upon it rel e-es the teacher from attending the s' mmer county instit"tes, Vi e are glad to receive these new mem bers of our college community and trust their stay may be profitable to them as we /.cel it will he pleasant to us.
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