THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY
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Vol. III. New Series.
DB. SDMME; ' ELL HOLDS INSTI
TUTE AX ~'LON COLLEGE.
Dr. J. J. lerbell, Dayton, Ohio,
formerly editor ' ; the Herald of Gospel
Liberty, the int«? utioiial organ of the
Christian Church, -^egau his institute on
Campbellisra yesti fliy afternoon in the
Y. M. C. A. Ha( Only ministers are
jjermitted to attet ^ these lectures, and
more than si.xty gr^^U him for the oj)en-
ing lecture. Others^e to come in later.
The lectures begin at nine in the morn--
ing, at three in the afternoon, and at
seven in the evening and continue for
two and one-half hours each session. It
is a working institute, but those attend
ing are entering into it with zeal and
vigor. . The Institute will close P’riday.
Dr. Kummerl>ell was pastor of the
Church in Kentucky for many years in
which the so-called union of the Camp-
bellites and Christians occurred, and can
speak with authority respecting the issues
involved in this matter. In his intro
ductory remarks, he made it plain that
he was attacking Campbellisni and not the
Discii)le-s Church, often miscalled the
Christian Church, “for,” he said, “not
one-half the members of the Disciples
Church are believers in Campbellism.
The Church hierarchy believes in it, but
the rank and file do not. They certainly
do not when they have it explained to
them properly and readily leave the
Church.’’
The speaker drelared that he proposed
as the thesis of the Institute to i>rove that
Campbellism is rebellion against f>od,
and justified the use of stern language in
condemning Campbell s theories- by citing
asperities by Campbell against all other
Christians of whatever name or order.
The speaker then showed the unbibli-
cal position of the Campbellites when
they claim that the gospel was not preach
ed till Pentecost, and pointed out that
this position was taken so as to destroy
the authority of the first four gospels,
since they collide with their other teach
ing of no regeneration without immers
ion. Baptismal regeneration, he declared,
was utter folly and more iniquitous than
the Pope. It is placed the right to send
a man to hell in a preacher’s hands, who
could do this thing by simply refusing to
baptize the candidate.
The second lecture of the series took
up tbe passages of the New Testament
often quoted by the Campbellites as sub
stantiating their positions and one by
one showed the impossibilSty o{f thfeir
application in the sense of the Camp-
bellite teaching. He concluded by saynng
that not a single doctrine of Campbellism
can be stated in Bible language, tho’ they
sophistically claim to speak or be silent
with the Bible.
The remaining lectures deal with the
philosophy of Campbellism and its dire
ful effects on character in the Church
and bow to rid the Disciples Church of
it.s insidious effects. The Institute has de
cided to request the publication of the
manuscript in book form and the request
Greensboro, N. C.,
and Elon
will likely be granted by Dr. Summerbell.
Visiting ministers attending were: Rev.
H. E. Rountree, Greensboro, K. C., Rev.
C. C. Jones, Waverly, Va., Rev. J. W.
Harrell, Portsmouth, Va., Rev. R. A.
Keys, South Norfolk, Va., Dev. W. D.
Harward, Newport News, Va., Rev. J. D.
Wicker, Sanford, N. C., Dr. P. H. Flem
ing. High Point, N. C., Rev. J. S. Car
den, Durham, N. C., Rev. J. 0. Cox, Dur
ham, N. C., Rev. L. F. Johnson, Car
denas, N. C., Rev. T. E. White, Holland,
Va., Rev. W. S. Long, Chapel Hill, N. C.
EDUCATIOS yOTKS.
21 Slates' in the Union have abolished
the comnion drinking cup in schools.
A two years, course in forestry has been
instituted at the University of Wisconsin
to meet the demand for trained forest
rangers.
More than a thousand school teachers
in the Netherlands are banded together
in an association for temjierance work
among their pupils.
2100 women attended the University of
Paris during the past year. 99 studied
law, 17U medicine, 24H science, 32 phar
macy, and the remainder were in the
course in lettei's.
The school form mo\ement in Wake
County, North Carolina, which has at
tracted wide attention, is described by
Countv Superintendent .Tiidd in an illus
trated bulletin just issued by the United
States Hnr^'ati of F!ln'’:itinn,
At a Conference of Swedish te:ii'hers
recently it was empha,si/.ed that instruc
tion in domestic science in the schools
must deal princijially witli the substan
tial things, instead of the “caramel and
tart” kind.
The woman’s law class at New \ ork
University is jirobably unique in that it
is not intended to prepare women for
the practice of law, but to give them
sufiicient legal knowledge to conduct the
administration of trust estates and other
forms of business.
In urging the need of vocational train
ing, the Indiana c-omuiission on industrial
and agricultural education estimates that
there are fully 25,000 boys and girls in
that State between the ages of 14 and 16
who have not secured adequate prepara
tion for life work in the schools and are
now working at jobs which hold no prom
ise of future competence or advancement.
The “House of Science” just founded
by private benefaction at Tomsk, Siberia,
aims to be a jiopular Siberian universi
ty, where free instruction will be givon
in elementary and advanced subjects.
Special evening classes will be held; a
library and a museum of practical in
formation will form part of the epuip-
ment; and instruction in sanitation and
hygiene will have a leading place in the
program.
Soldiers at Fort McPherson. Georgia,
will have a school of practical business,
if the reported plans of General Evans,
in command of the department of the
Gulf, are carried into effect. Among the
Friday, December 13,
College, N. 0.
subjects of instruction will be: Intelli
gent reading, simple arithmetic, single
entry bookkeeping, legible writing, sten
ography, automobile and explosive gas
engineering, and telegraphy. The idea is
to furnish the enlisted man with school
ing that will enable him to earn a good
living at the expiration of his enlistment.
The school is part of a plan to make the
army more attractive to young men.
ir/M7' ARE WE aOIXt; TO DO
ABOVT ITf
North Carolina gives .'f.'!-l4,000 to three
of tiie higher educational inslitutions of
the State, the benefits of which are en
joyed by less than 3,000 students, most
of whom are able to hel)> themselves. To
the public .schools of the State, in which
there -is an army of more than 500,000
boys and girls, oidy .'(271,000 is given.
It looks like lielping the strong and neg
lecting the w/?ak. Is it rightf—Wades-
hori) .Vnsdiiifcn.
I'HOOHKSS O.V THE A.WM AL
The (Mass of 1913 have gone to work
in earne-it looking toward the publica
tion of this year's annual. Ollicers liave
been elei*tei some time aiul indications
are that the project will he a success.
A. 1j. Hook, of Winchester, \’a., is Hnsi-
lu'ss N.'anager with .\. T. Banks as as
sistant and Titus Rand, of McCul-
lers, N. C.. having general oversight of
the editorial work. The various class
es liave met and elected |>roper re|>re-
sentati\'es aiid :ippointed their commit
tees. All the several organizations of
the College are meeting from time to
time and bidding for space.
Manager Hook is going alxmt his task
of raising the funds in a business4ike
manner and it would seem that this most
iniiiortant portion of tlie business will be
looked after in [iroper style.
They must apjieal to the loyalty and
(latriotism of alumna' and students for
their su)>port, without which no success
in this line is j)o>sible. Their apjieal is
not for donations but for patronage.
They projiose to give the (’ollege public
a magazine worth the money and .indeed
more.
Thus the managei’s ask, ref|uest, de
sire and hoj-e for the cooperation of all
students, aluiniue and friends. With
this cooi)eration the “Phisicii” will be
assured, with out it it must fail. Here’s
hoping.
THE HOME MOTIIEli.
We«uist draw a line, a broad line, be
tween tlie home mother and the worldly
mother, who, forgetful of the sacred task
assigned her. neglects those who have been
given into her charge, leaving them to
the care of hirelings, while she pursues
her giddy round of amusement.
The nineteenth century has made the
world one neighborhood; the twentieth
century must make it one brotherhood.—
Joseph Cook.
No 30
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THOraUTV'VL OFFICE BOY.
The otlice boy looked at the persistent
lady artist, who calls six-times a week,
and said firmly:
“The editor’s still engaged.”
“Tell him that doesn’t matter. I don’t
want to marry him.”
“I haven't the heart to tell him, miss.
He’s had several disappointments to
day.”—Sketch.
AWOCXCEMENT.
An a)iproaching marriage of unusual
interest to Elon folks is that of Miss
.rosei>hine Bowman of Woodstock, Vir
ginia, to the Kev. W. Andes of Har-
lisonburg, same state.
Wells-Hohby.
On Wednesday last at the home of the
bride in Raleigh, N. ’’r. Werner L.
Wells and Miss Narvie Hobby were unit
ed in marriage by the Rev. James Oscar
Atkinson. 1). D., of Klon Colley.
Universal interest attaches to this most
hap)iy event, locally, due to the fact that
both the contracting parties were former
ly stuednts here. N'r. Wells received his
Bachelor’s degree fnmi Elon College in
1911 while his bride though not a gradu
ate spent several years ,as a student of
this institution.
Kev. Wells is now pastor of the Chris
tian church in Columbus. Georgia, and
tho' comparatively young in years, enjoys
the confidence and respect of a devoted
congregation.
Mrs. Wells is the attractive daughter
of .Mr. and .Mrs. S. ('. Hobby of Raleigh,
who is extensively engaged as commission
merchant and wholesale gi'oceryman.
The best of wishes go out from this
their college home for the new home, just
I'onnded.
“How does it happen that you are five
minutes late at school this morningT” the
teacher a.sked severely.
“Please, ma’am,” said William, “I must
have overwashed myself.”—Harper’s Mag
azine.
“I’m at the head of my class, pa,” said
Willie.
“Dear me, son, how did that happen T”
cried his father.
“Why, the teacher asked us this mom-
in how to pronounce C-h-i-h-u-a-h-u-a,
and nobody knew,” said Willie, “but when
she got down to me I sneezed and she
said that I was right.”