THE ELON COLklfQE WEEKLY.
VoL III. New Series.
Greensboro, N. C., Friday, May 31, 1912
and Elon Oellec*, N. 0.
No. 15
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.
Kev. A. B. Kendall, pastor of the Chris
tian Church of Burlington, with Mrs.
Kendall, were pleasant visitors at the eol-
lese Thursday.
Miss Sudie McCauley spent Sunday in
Greensboro with her brother, R. H. Mc
Cauley, who is in St. Leo’s Hospital. We
are plad to know that Mr. McCauley is
still improving, and if he continues, he
will soon be able to return home.
Kev. P. H, Flemins, of Greenville, 0.,
arrived here Wednesday morning and will
be with us until after commencement.
Mr. S. C. Harrell, a member of the
class of ’09, from Holland Va., is in
for commencement. He gets his M, A.
degree this year.
Mr. .1. C. Joyner spent a few days last
week at bis home, in Princeton, N. C.
Miss Thelma Clymer spent Thursday
and Fridiy of last week at her home in
Greensboro.
This has been examination week with
us and therefore was a very busy one.
It closed another year’s work at Elon
and will be the beginning of the happiest
time of the year—Commencement. We
are already feeling the commencement
spirit.
Mi.ss Allene Patton, of the village, is
glad to eiitertaiu Miss Jessie Massey, of
Durham, N. for a few days, and it is
to be hoped, tbrouirfi commencement.
Misses Doode and Reoule Harris, of
Trinity, N. C. are spending the week-end
with their sister, Mrs. W. E. Lowe.
A meeting of some interest was held
at the Christian Endeavor Sunday eve
ning, last. Mr. C. J. Felton conducted the
meeting on the subject of missions, and
made this a most prosaic subject to most
of us alive with keen interest. Home Mis-
.;ions furnished the topic and data were
draw from Howard B. Grose’s, “Aliens
or Americans,” principally after prelim
inary remarks by the leader each of the
eight chapters was discussed by an indi
vidual student of the Mission Study Class.
Their subjects were as follows:
('hapter I—The Alien Advance, Mr. A.
L. Hook.
Chapter II—Alien Admissions and Re
strictions, Miss Gay (absent).
Chapter HI—Problems of Legislation
nnd Distribution, Miss Utley.
(’hapter IV—The New Immigration, Mr.
Truitt, J. (j.
Chapter V—The K.tstevn Invasion, Miss
Ifeley.
Cl’ap^er VI—Tlie Foitign Peril of t’ne
City, Mr. Atkins.
^''i.iptej VII—Imni grition an 1 the No
tional Character, Mr. Myrick, F. F.
Chapter VIII— The Home Mission Op
portunity, Mr. E. L. Daughtry.
Each of the speakers presented his
subject well. A special quartette by Miss
es Viola and Grace Rollings, Misses Lucy
Gregory and Fogleman added materially
to the interest of the evening.
Senior Class was delightfully entertained
by President and Mrs. Harper. The spa
cious parlors and reception hall were
beautifully decorated in roses and potted
plants, while the class colors, old gold and
purple, prevailed in the dining room. Mes-
dames T. W. Chandler and J. 0. Atkin
son gracefully presided over the punch
bowl, serving the guests upon their arri
val.
Throughout the evening beautiful mu
sic was rendered by Miss Pitt, pianist;
Mr. Campbell, cornetist; Capt. Spiker, of
the Faculty of Bingham Military School,
violinist.
An interesting enjoyable feature was
the Ijeap Year proposal contest in which
Miss .lewel Michael won the prize for
having written the best proposal. Mr.
Stuart received the gentleman’s prize for
the corrtsponding reply. Dr. J. 0. At
kinson with appropriate remarks deliver
ed to each of the winners a volume of
poems.
Later the guests were invited to the
dining room where delicious refresh
ments were served in three courses. Mrs.
Harper was assisted in serving by Miss
Barnes, Bryan, Clements and Watson.
All too rapidly the hours passed, and
the guests upon their departure declared
the evening a must happy one and Presi
dent and Mrs. Harper a charming host
and hostess.
Those invited were Miss Ix)is David
son and Mr. R. A. Campbell, Miss Mag
gie Iseley and Mr. J. Ijce Johnson, Miss
Mabel I’armer and Mr. .1. C. Stuart, Miss
Ethel DuRant and Mr. E. L. Daughtry,
Miss .lewel Michael and Mr. J. A. Fogle
man, Miss Ruby Michael and Mr. C. J.
Felton, Miss Myrtie Cox and Sir. J. S.
Truitt, Miss Mary Lou Pitt and Capt. Spi
ker, Miss Ethel Clements and Prof. R.
S. Doak, Miss Linda Barnes and Mr. W.
H. Fleming, Miss Annie Watson and Mr.
J. S. Fleming, Miss Florence Wilson and
Prof. A. L. Lincoln, Miss Cornelia Bryan
and Mr. J. A. Dickey, Dr. and Mrs. J. 0.
Atkinson, Mrs. T. W. (’handler, Mr. W. L.
Anderson and Mr. R. H. Barnes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Thursday evening, from 8 to 11:00 the
Elon College celebrates her twenty-
third commencement beginning June 1st
and continuing until Wednesday evening,
*June 5th. Extensive preparations have
been made for the various occasions con-
s^tuting the- commencement season, hence
a delightful and pleasant period is an
ticipated.
Tile first event of interest to the gener
al public will be the class exercises on
Saturday evening at eight o’clock when
the various events of which such an oc
casion is suggestive. Then the following
program will be observed:
Sunday, June 2nd, at eleven-thirty A.
M., Baccalaureate Sermon, by Rev. J. F.
Burnett, D. I)., Secretary American
Christian Convention, from Dayton, Ohio.
S:00—Baccalaureate Address, by Pre.s-
ident Harper.
Monday, June 3rd, at eight o'clock P.
M., Society Representatives.
Tuesday, June 4th, at eleven-thirty A.
M., Annual Address, by Hon. R. B. Glenn,
former Governor of North Carolina,
Vv inston-Salem.
8:30 P. M.—Annual (’oncert.
Wednesday, June 5th, Graduation Day.
Ten-thiHy A. M., Commencement exer
cises.
Three P. M., Society Reunions.
Four P. M., Art Exhibit.
Five P. M., Business session of Alum
ni Association.
Eight P. M., Alumni Address, by De-
Roy Ranson Fonville, Esq., Charlotte, N.
C.
The following degrees will be conferr
ed :
Master of Arts upon:—
Russell Arndt ('ampbell, A. B.
Maryland.
Stanley Claudius Harrell, A. B.,
Virginia.
Isaac Walter Johnson, A. B.,
Virginia.
Margaret Jewel Michael, L. I.,
North Carolina.
Wilbur E. McClenny, Ph. B.,
Virginia.
Charles Heald Rowland, \. B.,
Virginia.
Bachelor of Arts to:
William Levi Anderson,
North Carolina.
Myrtie Leocia Cox,
North Carolina.
Elmer Leroy Daughtry,
North Carolina.
James Allen Dickey,
North (^arolina.
Calvin James Felton,
Virginia.
Jacob Sipe Fleming, Ohio.
William Henry Fleming Ohio.
Joseph Archer Fogleman, '
North Carolina.
John Lee Johnson,
North Orolina.
Joseph ('lyde Stuart,
North Carolina.
Joseph Spencer Truitt,
North Carolina.
Bachelor of Philosophy:
Lois Baird Davidson,
North Carolina.
Ethel Geneva DuRant,
North Carolina.
Mabel Hale Farmer, Virginia.
Marguerette Jewel Michael,
North Carolina.
Ruby Gladys Michael,
North Carolina.
Diplomas in Music to:
Russell Arndt Campbell, A. B., Voice,
Maryland.
Lois Baird Davidson, Piano,
North Carolina.
Mrs. James Lee Foster, Voice,
North Carolina.
Deplomas in Art to:
Mrs. .James Lee Foster,
North Carolina.
Helen Haywood Machen,
Virginia.
.Margarette Jewel Michael, L. I.,
North Carolina.
Certificate in Expression to:
Margarette Iseley North Carolina.
Certificates in Music to:
Orlando Mastin Barnes, Voice,
North ('’arolina.
Ethel (reneva DuRant, Piano,
North Carolina.
Minnie Allene Patton, Ph. B., Piano,
North Carolina.
■Maibelle Clarie Pritchette, Piano,
North Carolina.
(’ehtiticafes in Art to:
Bertha Virginia Garrison,
North Carolina.
Lucy Rebecca Gregory, Virginia,
(ertiticate in Book-keeping to:
( lara Hughes, North ('arolina.
The public is invited to be present.
HOHN-SMITH.
A few days since, at the home of Rev.
L. E. Smith, (ireensboro, N. C., a pretty
wedding was solemnized, of interest to
students and villagers, when Miss Eliza
beth Hohn, of High Point, N. C., became
the bride of Mr. James L. Smith, of the
town.
After the ceremony the happy couple
came to Elon College and after visiting
Mr. Smith’s family for a short while will
reside in Greensboro, where he holds a
imsition with the Southern Railway.
The groom is a son of our townsman
Smith and is one of the reliable men is
the employ of his company. Mrs. Smith
hails from the furniture city, and is the
daughter of one of (Juilford’s most en
terprising farmers. Their many friends
extend to both heartiest congratulations
and every possible good wish for an un
broken period of happiness while life shall
yet lasts.
A STRAIN ON OPTIMISM,
Try to be optimistic all you may, and
now and then appalling facts loom up
which jar you. Our optimism is bound up
with our belief in the power of the Chris
tian religion to triumph. For if this be
vanquished we are indeed of all men most
miserable. But when we read that the
Legislature of California adopts a law
forbidding the name of Jesus the Christ
to be used in public schools, or pronounced
from a text book; and when we observe
that the Stale of Illinois w^ill not allow
the Bible to be read in its public schools;
and that New York has half dozen Jew
judges on her bench who will not allow
the name of Christ, and scores of Jewess
school teachers in her public schools who
will not allow a pupil to pronounce the
word Jesus in their presence: when we
consider these and such things taking
place around us we repeat that there is
something of a %train on our optimism.
Christianity has yet a stupendous task
to perform in this world.
•—From The Christian Sun.