TH€ ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY 1 Vol. III. New Scries. —— —=4r-- BEFORE IT IS TOO ^lA.TE. If you have a grey-haired .yptter In the old home far awaj Sit down and write the letter You put off day by day. non’t wait until her tired steps Kea‘h heaven’s pearly gate. But show her that you think of her Before it is too late. If you’ve a tender message Or a loving woid to say, Don’t wait till you forget it But whisper it today. Who knows what bitter memories May daunt j'ou if you wait? So make your loved ones happy Before it is too late. We live but in the present The future is unknown; Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is all our own. The ehanee that fortune leads to us May vanish while we wait. So spend your life’s rich pleasure Before k is too late. The tender word unspoken, The letter never sent, The long-forgotten messages The wealth of love unspent. For these some hearts are breaking. For these some loved ones wait; To show them tliat you care for them Before it is too late. FEOM THE MANAGER’S DESK. We shall use our j>en rather freely af ter this week in cutting off many of our sub.%eribers. W»_* do iliis «il’u rei^rei, but are forced to so do, we do it with the hope that it shall be he best for all concerned. RELIGION AND EDUCATION. President Harper delivered this week before the Western N. C. Christian Con ference an address on “Religion and Edu cation” The subject was so ably deliv ered that the Conference ask that the address be printed in pamphlet form for free distribution. Every person loving Cliristian citizenship and having an interested in the welfare of the colleges of our State should make applications for a copy of this address. Requests for this may be sent to President Harper, or to the Editor or Manager of the Weekly. SOVHOMOHES. The Sophomore Clas.s liad a meeting. 7 COMINGS & GOINGS. Miss Mary F.thel Clements of the Col lege is spending the while in Suffolk, Va., where she attended the marriage of Miss Jennie l^ee Williams to Mr. Harry Doss of that city an account of wliieh appears elsewhere in these columns. Mrs. Jno. T. Hobby (nee Cornelia Bryan) for several sessions directress of the Art Department of the College spent a short while at West Dormitory during the past week with Misses Pitt, Barnes, and Clements. Greensboro, N. C. and Elon Mr. Harry Anglin of Martinsville, Va., visited his cousin. Miss Essie Hauchins, of the College, Wednesday, last. Mr. C. B. Riddle, Business Manager of the Weekly, is absent from College and from the office at this writing attending conference at Bennett, N. C. President Harjjer addressed the con ference at Bennett during its session from November 10th to 22nd. Mr. ,T. H. Farmer, of News Ferry, \'a.. has recently occujiied the property for merly in use by “Aunt” Helen Win- bourne. Mr. Farmer comes here that his children may have tlie educational advan tage of the graded school, high school and College. We are indeed glad to wel- cf>me him into our midst and trust he shall never regret his change. Mr. 0. B. Barnes, who has been ill for some time at Greensboro, came fo liis home here on Sunday, last and is now able to be about his busine.ss, locally. A present, he is confining his business aetiv ities to the bank and local affairs, penil ing full recovery. Dr. T. C. Amick of the chair of His torv attended the rennion of his family at laberty on Saturday, November 9tli Mrs. Amick accompanied him. Miss Annie Spencer, of Aslieboro, mem ber of the Class of ’08 called on friend)- in the village Thursday and Friday, At (iresent Miss Spencer is engaged in her home town with the Ashehoro Pro duce Co. niAXKSGIVlNG AT ELON Thanksgiving will be duly celebrated, as usual, at the College. Morning exer cise will be held at eleven o’clock in the Chapel, at which time the annual offering for the Or|>lianage of this place will be taken. Following this Thanksgiving service, the annual baninet will be served in the dining hall at Weet Dormitory, to wliicli hap]iy event, hoth t'acnlty and students look forward with the fondest antin|m- tion for real pleasure and delightful so cial intercourse. At eight P. M. in the College Cha4)el, the Philologian Literary Society holds its annual celebration and all who are fa miliar with these evenings will spare no effort to be present. An unusually at tractive piogram has been prejiared. Mes- si-s. I. Paul Ingle and W. Duncan Loy will deliver orations. Mr. C. C. .lohnson has “College Cuts” for this occasion. The chief event of the evening, however, will be the debate. Query: Resolved that. It would he unwise to vocationalize the public scliools of our land. Messrs. (). 1). Poythress and R. A. Truitt will sup port the atiirmative, with Wm. C. Franks and J. V. Knight presenting the opjjosi- tion. The public is cordially invited to at tend these e.xercises. Interesting is beginnin.'; to bo ari.iis‘d in the State Inter-Collegiate l‘>aco con test to be held in the audit at Ra leigh during the next sitting of the Leg- , Friday, November 15, College. N. 0. islature. Elon will hold her preliminary contest, probably in December, to decich who shall represent this insti'nliot: in tin State contest. The fullowing li;-vt enter ed for the prelimenary contes': ,\li;ssrs •J. F. Morgan, A. T. Ban'^s, ,1. . Kmyljl (). I). Poythress, \V. T. Dowd, W. K Har.lesly, T P. Harwood. 11. E V) ids H’. F. ’ yricU, I. .1. Kelloni. UNCLE WELLONS WRITES. As my church gave me vacation in August, 1 spent one-half of the- time in visiting ray old friends, my old home church (Barrett’s), and my old home lo cation. I left here October the 26th and reached Franklin, Virginia that night and was met by my cousin, Riehleu ellons. Spent the night at cousin John Wellon.s. to WiHinTU ellons’ the next du, and again spent the night at -Tolin Wellons’. Next day I went to Richard Rollings, whose wife is . a relative of mine, and spent the night . and met Rev. R. H. Peele there. We had a very pleasant time. Next day I went to Samuel Rollings and Mr. Everett Rol lings. where he and his sister, Adelaide, are kee|)ing “batch.” Here I visited the grave of Sylvester Rollings, the young man we were all so fond of and with whose family we sympathise so much. Neyt morning, in company with the pas tor. Rev. R, H. Peel, I called to see Sun- buek Hines and found him in a critical condition, possibly not much longer to blind, and his mind n^most entire ly "One. Fro?n there I went to the church and met a large crowd of anxious hearers, a large portion of which were my relatives. Here at Barrett’s my dear mother brought me when I was a child, and here I was converted, joine.I the church before I was eleven years of age, when Wm. A. Jones was the pastor. I missed so many old friends the Barretts, Lanes, Kitchens, Travns . Brittles, Harris’, S(‘arboroughs. Here I acted as Secretary-Treasurer and Deacon of the church, but in 1852 I left for school, spending two years in school, then entered my ministry, where I en gaged in an extensive work, traveling a circuit of seventeen appointments; preach ing twenty-one times a month and trav eled through five counties. Rev. Bur rell Barrett organized this church aboui, one hundred and eleven years ago. His son. Mills Barrett, was a preacher. His son, Rev. A[. B. Barrett, was a minister, Rohert Barrett, W. M. Wellons, J. W. ellons, W. .T. I>ane,—all were ministers rai.sed up in this church. I proceeded to give the conaregation a brief sketch of my work ^nce I left them, as in all prob ability I would never he there again. All •seemed to be very much interested. r spent the evening with my cousin, PrieillJ Travis, and many friends and relatives came to see me. We had a very pleasant time together. Next morning, in company with R. L. Travis and his mother, Pricilla, we went to the old homestead, where I was horn, and not a single house of the original buildings was 1912 No 26 standing. We proceeded to hsnt the Krave yard, but as it had grown up in large jiines, we failed to find it until we ,wt a colored woman living near by to show us where it was, as there was noth ing to mark the place hut two tomb stones and they had grown very dark trom age. The enclosure that I ha,] paid >0 keep up had gone down and bushes and briars were in the lot where my '7*'“d-i>arents, Willis Stevenson and wife Sallie, two little nephews, my mother and father were all buried, these being all that were buried (here. After remain ing a short time, we left, making ar rangements to have the graves cleaned off and kejit up that we might show respect to my dear parents. On my return to R. L. Travis’ for a •short time to rest, we went to Wakefield, where I spent the night with my old frien.i Piof. Lincoln, and family. Next morning I went to the church and school buildings. I al.,0 visited two old ladies Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Baine, old friends of former years. At fen o’clock I took the tram for Norfolk, where I spent a few days with Frank Hitch, and his five chil dren. who married my niece (died a little over two years since.) Here I had a very pleasant time with dear friends. I •s|)ent Saturday in Suffolk, my old home, with Dr. Staley and was very much inter ested in looking over the new Sabbath school room he is adding *o his church, havin? all the moderi improvements. This will add .ki niucii t(, their comfortg when completed. I visited the graves of my dear brother, W. B. Wellons, two sis ters, a niece, and other relatives. Some of the graves were kept in nice condition, others in a different cemetery need clean ing off. ould have it done while there, but did not have the time. I will see that they are cared for in the future. On Sunday I went to the Memorial Christian Temple, Norfolk, for morning .'-ervices and heard Dr. Dennison. In the evening I went to the Third Christian Church and hear;! Rev. .Mr. Booth. Both preached fine sermons and I enjeyed the same very much. , On Monday morning I left for home, i;ion College, l^pon my arrival, a large number expres.sed themselves as being glad to see me and said they had missed me so much. This has been a pleasant trip to me and I am now at home for work, not expecting to be away, only to attend the (. onference in Greensboro, any more this fall or winter. Rev. J. W. Wellons. Elon College, N. C. Nov. II, I9I2. And it will soon lie time for the sus pension of rules. Think of it, Nancy. President Harper is still climbing and I'lilling Elon College with him. That .Junior and Senior debate now soon. Everything and everyone moving to ward one common end".