THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY.
VoL IIL New Series. Greensboro, N. C., Friday, September 27, 1912 No 19
and Elon College, N. 0.
LOCALS AND PERSONALS
Miss Margaret Iseley of Class 1!)12,
arrived in town on Wednesday, to spend a
few days before going to AVilkesboro,
wliere slie expects to teaeh, having been
elected to have charge of the fifth and
sixth grades of the city schools.
iliss Kena Clymer of Greensboro, X.
C., is visiting her sister, Miss Thelma, at
West Dormitory.
.Miss Moser s])ent the week end at her
home at Burlington.
Kev. .1. S. Klder of Kichland, Ga., Mr.
K. H. .Johnson of Cardenas, X. C., and
Senator .J. K. West of Suffolk, Va., were
Elon visitors, Wednesday.
Mr. Fuller of C'oncord, X. C., is visit
ing his son, who is an Klon student.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodard of Suffolk, \ a.,
spent Wednesday on the Hill, visiting
their son, Mr. A'armaduke Woodard, stu
dent of the College.
Miss Sallie Foster spent Saturday and
Sunday with her grandmother, Mrs. M.
A. Warren, at Prospect Ilill, X. C.
Mrs. .T. W. Page of Burlington, X. C.,
si>ent Wednesday at Klon, with her son,
Mr. Kilby Page.
Miss Ruth Hall spent Saturday and
Sunday at Burlington, with her parents.
Mr. .J. S. Farmer was called to his home
at XfWE Forry, Va., the first of this week
on acccmnt of his father's ilness. But
wc are glad to know that his father has
improved and that Mr. Farmer has re
turned to Klon.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tritchette silent a
few hours Wednesday with his sister, Miss
]\Iaibelle, on their return to their home
at Greenville, S. C.
Jliss Jessie Gilliam spent Sunday at
Burlington, with her parents.
Mrs. Mottitt of Ramseur, X. C., spent *
Saturday with her daughter, Miss Madge,
at West Dormitory.
Miss Annie Rijn'ey spent Sunday at
Burlington, with her aunt, Mrs. 0. P.
Shelton.
.Mr. Kilby Page accompanied by Mr.
Marmaduke Woodard siient last Saturday
and Sunday at his home, at Burlington.
■ Knrollment at the close of ofiice hours
on Wednesday, 8epteml>er 2.5th, 295, and
still they come.
Miss Claire Henly of GreeTisboro visit
ed in the home of Miss Hattie Belle
Smith during the week end, last.
Miss Alma Wilson spent Saturday, Sun
day and Monday of last week at States
ville, X. C., visiting friends.
BOOK CLUBS.
On Saturday fourteenth the Elon Col
lege Book Club met in business session
with Mrs. .Uma Wilson. Business of a
routine nature was transacted and otiicers
for the coming term were elected: Presi
dent. Mrs. Wilson.
On the same date following the ad
journment of the business meeting of
this club the Shakespeare club was called
to order for reorganization. It was de
cided to begin the season with McBeth.
This is to he a critical reading of the
different plays and promises to be both
interesting, entertaining and instructive.
This club will have its first meeting on
Saturday afternoon September twenty-
eight.
Alternating with the Shakespeare club
is the Book .club which held its tirst regular
meeting at the home of Mrs. M. A. At-
kinsoTi. Mrs. Wilson had |)rei)ared a
paper on Early Greek Life and Methods
of Education which was read by Mrs. J.
W. Patton. Mrs. Wilson’s discussi(m of
this interesting j)hase of an interesting
jieojile’s life j)roved highly entertaining
to all present and showed tact and care
in preparation.
Eollowing the adjournment dainty re
freshments were served and upon de[)ar-
tnre it was the opinion of all that the
evening had Vjeen pleasantly and j)rotit-
ably S])ent.
Xext meeting Shakespeare Club with
Miss Annie Watson.
CIII^ISTIAN ESDEA V01{.
The Christian Endeavor Society met in
l)usiness session Thursday afternoon, Sep
tember 2(i, 1912. After a brief song ser
vice, devotional exercises were conducted
by Rev. .T. F\ Moriran. A number un
usual for a business meeting, answered to
the roll call. The minutes of the last
session l)eing read, and adopted, the Look
out committee rendered a report, most
gratifying,—fifty new members were add
ed to the ranks.
The old members seem to have returned
with added enthusiasm for the year’s
work. Xumerous ^ilans were discussed
for the Society. In short, this year bids
fair to be the very best yet.
Pearle Fogleman, Secretary.
.1 THLETirS.
Elon has the best pros))ects for Ath
letics that she has ever had. With the
great enconragraent that the Trustees have
given us in having under headway a mod
ern gymnasium the boys ha\'e entered in
to the s])irit of athletics as well as into
their text books. Many of the men that
were here last year and did not take gym
work, because they were not compelled
to take it, come in off the field and say
they feel better and can do more efficient
work in the class room. Lots of old ma
terial is here with vigor and vim to |)ush
the work to a high plane, while with the
aid of the new material, which is much
better than in jirevious years, each de
partment will be better represented than
in the past. This will mean for the com
ing season more “won” games. The con
testants in the Tennis department are
i'essrs Holland, Wicker, Revell, Fuller,
M. L., and McCauley.
The baseball s(iuad is already in the
field and putting up some clean college
ball in their practice games.
The fellows that win are the ones that
practice. The man that slugs the ball is
the man that really tries to hit it in the
practice games.
The German proverb has it that the
morning hours have gold in the mouth so
as b'aculty and Trustee regulation pro
hibit foot hall this early base ball practice
will afford an outlet for our surj)lus ener
gy and give a good lead off for the com
ing season. A. L. Hook.
IXTEHEtiTiya ITEMS COXCEHX-
IXd ELOX COLLEGE.
Elon College has had the best opening
in all the twenty-three years of her his
tory. There has been an increase of more
than thirty-three and one-third jier cent in
attendance over the attendance last year,
which was the best attendance at that
time in the College’s history. The enroll
ment today is two lyindred aiul ninety-
five, and not one humlred and forty-one,
as some of the dispatches sent to the
newspapers have given it. The one hun
dred and forty-one which these j)apers
have given represents the number of
Freshmen in the College this year.
The Mis.sion Board of the Soutihern
t'hristian Convention, which is incorpo
rated and which con.sists of the follow
ing members: Col. .1. E. West, Suffolk,
Va., Chairnnin; Dr. .L O. Atkinscm, Elon
College, X. C., Secretary; Rev. W. H.
Klder, Richland, Ga.; liev. .L W. Holt,
Burlington. X. C., and Mr. K. B. John
son. Cardenas, X. ('., held its semi-annual
meeting in the Y. M. C. A. Hall ot the
College on Wednesday of this week, and
besides transacting many matters of a
routine character, apj)ropriated from the
funds in its hands varying amounts to
the following churches: Chapel Hill, N.
('.; Raleigh, X. C.; Winchester, Va.; Xor-
folk, Va., Park Place; Columbus, Ga.,
and Portsmouth, Va. The Board also
made )daus for the management of the
Loan fund for Church building created
by the recent session of the Southern
Christian Convention, and be placed in
its hands as a Trust Fund, to be adminis
tered for the building of Christian church
es in the bounds of the Convention.
Athletics at the College seem 'to be
taking on new life this year. Coach Doak
is exceedingly well pleased with the out
look for base ball and basket ball. He
is trying out his base ball S(|uad in a
number of preliminary contesits this fall
with the team at Burlington (amateur
team), with the Guilford sijuad, and with
other nearby teams. He says he does this
because Elon does not play foot ball and
it will show him what he may expect
next spring. He is exceedingly well grati
fied with the prosi>ects. Mr. R. X. Miller,
the gymnasium director, has taken on to
his work with a firm grasp, and is put
ting the men through several drills and
training. The gymnasium work is very
poi)ular and he is satisfie4 with the good
results, which he has obtained. The ba.s-
ket ball manager is also very hopeful of
the outlook in this sjiort and feels that
he will be able to put out a winning
quint.
The increased attendance this year has
made it necessary to inci'ea.se the seating
capacity in a number of the College reci
tation and lecture rooms and, in .several
instances, to tli\ide the class ainl run them
in additional sections. This is verv grati
fy! Tig.
Rev. W. G. Clements, of -Morrisville, X.
('., pastor of the Christian Clu.irch at
Cliapel Hill, X. C. and a member of the
I’oard of Trustees of the College, was
here one day this week representing the
Chapel Hill work and received a great
many siihscri|)tions, besides a considerable
amount of money in cash for the work at
that ])lace. The work on the church there
is now well under way and the building
will be completed .sometime this fall.
Y. ir. C. A.
The Y. W. C. A. met last Sunday after
noon at the usual hour. Our leader. Miss
S yrtie Lawrence, chose as her subject:
‘“Prayer,” reading Isa. 55 and in her dis
cussion gave this definition of prayer:
‘‘It is a form or reflective study and self-
examination. it never changes the mind
or ])lan of God, but changes us.” This
was followed by a chain of prayer. Then
Miss(*s Annie Bagwell, Pearle Fogleman
and Grace Rollings sang “Wonderful
Peace” \ery effectixely. The meeting was
then open for general discu.ssiim and we
were pleased to see the girls take so much
interest. Many jioints were brought out.
which if we were to practice in every-day
life, windd make our lives happier and
more beneficial. Prayer-meetings when con
ducted in the sjiirit of faith, meekness and
])ure love of the Holy One, are a means
or .yrace admirably adapted to bind the
people of God together, by the strong
cords of Christian union. Prayer is one
of the connectng links between God and
man. The Benefactor and receiver, the
Savior and the saved. It is the solace of
the troubled s))irit, dispelling the clouds
that gather over it. It brightens the hope
of future rest and stimulates to a life
of virtue. Social as'well as private pray
er, affords the sweetest and strongest sup-
])orts against trials and sorrows of life.
“Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath,
The Christian’s native air.
His watchword at the gate of death.
He enters Heaven by i-iayer.”
Viola Rollings.
MKHCHAXinSE.
At last we are getting into our midst
a modern up-to-date store, carrying such
thing's and articles as college men and
women would desire, .\bout two thousand
(iollars in new stock has taken the place
of all old, anti(iuated articles, by means
of which the projirietor is in a position
to serve his patrons with a genuinely mod
ern line of latest goods.
He also would be glad to serve with
made to order men’s clothing being ex-
clusi\e agent for Strauss Bros, and a num
ber of the leading merchant tailors of our
land, any who may be interested.
Drop in and look them over. No obli-
iration, therefor, toward buying.
A trial will convince.