THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY
Vol. IIL New Serit^
Greensboro, N. C., Friday, Dicjmbsr 6, 1912
and Elon College, N. 0.
The
olog:ian Society Entertains.
. r. J. I’aisley spent Sunday last
with |iareiits near Greensboro.
Qnite a number of ministers took ad-
vantag'e of llie Summerbell Institute and
visited the collefre diirinu- the past few
days. The satherinjr was a distinct suc
cess in every particular.
I'Ir. and Mrs. K. H. Johnson, of Car
denas, N. were pleasajitj callers jn
the home of Dr. and rs. . ^V. Harper,
for the week-end. Mr. .lohnson drove
throuj^h in his car and was most liberal
with it during his sojourn here. He
leaves a host of happy ones behind who
INTEltlOU VIEW OF I’HILOI.OOIAX HALL.
WELCOME AUDHESS.
A. T. Banks.
Faculty, Students, and Friends:
The I’hilologian Society g’reets you all
and welcomes you to its' annual literary
entertainment; its own appointed even-
in;; of our National Thanksgiving Day.
This is our year, our day, November 28,
1912.
We stand with sublime connection with
th» past and with the future. Although
the one is irrevocable end the other is
unknown to us; we hold the former by
history; the latter we possess by antici
pation and ho)ie.
Our nation has never experienced such
a time of prosperity as the present. She
is at peace with all nations. Her influ
ence for good is felt all around the globe.
Other nations are seeking her counsel
and ])rinciples of government. She is
founded upon the solid principles of the
democracy with a republican form of
government. “P]qual rights to all and
special privileges to none.” Not only
are we experiencing a time of prosperi
ty in material life as never before, but
we are producing numbers of orators,
statesmen, authors, and preachers, whose
voices are heard, whose books are read,
and whose influence for Christianity is
felt in the four corners of the earth.
Surely we have a right to set apart a day
for thanksgiving and should hallow it
for the blessings to our nation. But we
greet you here in another capacity.
We come not in tlie name of the na
tion, nor for the purpose of thanksgiv
ing, but, to interest you with a program
such as we enjoy every Friday evening.
Never in the history of the Philologian
society has she enjoyed such prosperity
as at the present time. Only a few years
ago her walls were bare, her floor un
covered, and her seats uncouth and un
comfortable. Now the hall is fully
equipped in modern st|yle wbSch meets
the ideals and pleases the eye of the cul
tured and refined. Not only are we en
joying prosperity in a material sense,
but we are aj)ace with this in proUiction
of strong manhood. The influence of
those persons who have gone out from
our walls; even in the ni!nistr;> i> fell
and ^nown in almost eV' f. "iKKch of the
Christian denomination. Her teachers
form almost a continuous chain by states
from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans.
Those who have entered the profession
of law and medicine are held in high es
teem by thir fellow practitioners. To
day we enjoy a large acti\e membership
and a higher grade of work done than
at any previous time.
This evening our humorist will please
you, our orators will inspire you, our
singers will thrill you, aiul our debaters
inform you.
We invite you to our liall, we welcome
you one and all to our entertainment.
I'lUST Sl’EECH OS AFFIRMATIVE.
O. 1). I’ovthres.s.
.'■’y honorable oi>ponents are crying
change in one of our greatest fundamen
tal institutions, the public schools. To
change these institutions and vocational-
ize them would, we fear, utterly destroy
the highest ideal and most far reaching
purpose of free education. We do not
need a change because we came so late
in history that we have been able to
take advantage of and build from every
system of the past ages.
We want strong vocations in every de
partment but we must have a strong pre
paratory education as a foundation to
build these upon. Kducation means more
than a mere livelihood or the intelligent
use of methods to secure it. Is not a
generous culture vastly more important
to a community than the mere reaching
out to gather in the shekels, which in
fairness belong to a less fortunate, be
cause, not so shrewd? Some of the
graduate students of Amherst college
have urged upon the trustees “to take
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('OLLEGE CUTS.
C. C. Jon.Ns-ON.
As a humorist Mr. Johnson well eii-
terfained the audience. He gave us some
delightful jokes and some stinging cuts
wliich were rich in humor and wit. Mid
a continuous uproar of applause he pour
ed forth his production as solemn as a
judge. He would sway his audience from
the depths of seriousness and thought to
ihe li-igiits of laughter and merriment.
He would often cause the color to rush
fort in the face of some meml>er of his
audience and readily sway their atten
tion to another member ere the last ap
plause had died away. Time passed all
too (juickly and he (inished with honor
to himself, his society, and his Alma
Mater.
LOCALS ASD PERSONALS.
Mr. R. Henry Barnes recently return
ed from a “business” trip to sutfolk, Va.
Mis.ses Pitt, Clements, and Barnes of
the College attended the organ recital of
the Burlington Kpiscoi)al . Church on
Tuesday evening, gi\en by Mr. E. Sea
ton Blyth, with Mrs. E. Seaton Blyth and
Mr. 0. M. Barnes of the College assist
ing. Mr. Barnes delighted the hearers
with his jileasing baritone voice.
Miss Jennie Lashley, of Mebane, N. C.,
was a week-end caller at West Dormi
tory, with her friend Miss Mary Lou
Pitt.
Jliss Mamie Tate, who has been spend
ing the while in Norfolk, Va., is at her
home in the village.
Mr. 0. B. Barnes and family have
transferred their domicile from this town
to Greensboro, leaving Thursday morning.
Mr. Barnes has extensive business engage
ments in Greensboro, which necessitate
his presence, hence the change.
With the exit of these good people
Elon College as a village will lose one of
the mosti loyal^ patronizing, respected
and excellent families of the section. We
note their departure with reluctancc.
JUNIOR—SENIOR DEBATE.
The first annual debate between the
Junior and Senior classes occurred in
the colletre chapel on Saturday evening,
Nov. 30, on the query: Resolved, that the
the aim of education is mental enlarge
ment rather than industrial training.
The first speaker on the alTfirmative was
Mr. A. L. Hook, Winchester, Va. Mr.
Hook dealt with the problem of educa
tion that there was a period when man
had to have mental power to do the gen
eral working for the whole world, and
that such brandies of learning as His
tory, Latin, \fathematics. Psychology
and a various number of other subjects
must be for the soul’s own special pleas
lire and privilegefrom the standpoint of
mental enlarrgement rather than the line
of industrial training. He gave us a
brief history of how the advancement of
such branches of learning were coming to
be the leading powers of the all around
man. ^
Mr. G. G. Holland, of Holland, Va., was
the first speaker for the defence of the
question and he argued that the question
of industrial training is coming more and
more to the man’s own special privilege.
Those acquainted with our social side
of our modern industrialism, will readily
comprehend the tremendous power for
good this scheme will exert in the uplift
of the morals of the working people and
of the community at large. Conditions
are not constant, opinions are changing.
Our educational horizon is broadening.
This country today is awakening far
and wide to the uplift of the man’s
special work as other nations are. The
progress in which each plays an importaht
part is more attentive toward the indus
trial side rather than the mental side of
life.
Modern life has not yet accommodated
itself to 'the areat revolution of our In
dustrial system. Nothin? but a thorough
industrial education and understanding
of economical interest of society can lead
to the necessary union between labor
anl capital and eive peace and prosper-
■itv to the presen^t di.sturbed and suffer
ing industrial world.
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