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2 :e elon CO I. lege vteekly. January 10^ 1913. THE EIjON college WEEK LY. J'iiijlished every Friday during the (college year by Tlie Weekly Publishing Company. E. A. Campbell, Editor. C. F>. Riddle, Business Manager. SUBSCEIPTIAN PEICE. One year $1.00 Six Months 50 Three Months 30 In Advance. To students one-half of the above price. Paper issued from Sept. 1^ to June 1. IMPORTANT. i The offices of publication are Greens- I boro. N. C., South Elm St., and Elon | College, N. C., where all communica- | tions relative to the editorial work of 1 the Weekly should be sent. Matter relatiiig to the mailing of the Weekly should i)e sent to the Greensboro officc. Entered aa second-class matter at I hi posi->>ltice at Greensboro, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 1913. KLOy COLLEGE LKTTEV. This- pnvernmenl of ours is straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel in its ef fort to bring about freedom of opinion in religious matters. The only recogni tion it ta'ket! of religion is the approval of one day in seven for rest, more on economic grounds than religious, and to jirovide chaplains for its legislative halls and array and na\y. Christmas day it does not make a holi day, because that would l)e to keep a day not kept by the Jeifish element of our citizenshiii, but it lias no hesitancy about kee])ing New Year’s day, for which there is no warrant in sacred associations nor holy traditions, unless it be that the month is called after the two-faced pa gan gcd Janus. It keeps Thanksgiving Day, but it ke«ps it as a govermental day and not as a religious day. Washington, Lincoln, Lee are honored by holidays, but the Man of Galilee who makes our civili zation what it is and colors all our liv ing and thinking cannot be so honored, l)ecause a few of our jieople do not ac cept Him as God. The government sees jio inconsistency in assiginng a special day for labor, tho’ a great many are not laborers, while it denies a day to Christ because some are not t’liristians. Democracy is founded on majority rule, and this rule we try to follow faith fully, till it comes to religious matters. Here the minority rules. The minority «lo not believe in Christ, and so we can not keep Christmas as a national holi day. The minority do not believe in the open Hible, and so the Bible is being gradually excluded from our public schools. The minority do not believe in religious institutions for adolescent young ]ieople, and so religious instruction is excluded from state institutions of high er learning. That is bad enough, but it is even worse, for not only are the Bible and religious instruction excluded, but irreligion and infidelity are included in a great any cases, and these evils are constantly growing in extent and insid iousness. How long will a free people tolerate this serfdom in sacred things at the hands of a self-assertive minority? The situation demands thorough consid eration and heroic action, it cannot be always thus and our institutions and our sehes be free. W. A. Harper. THE DISTINCTIVE AIM IN TEACH ING. The teacher who comes to the school prepared to feed the hungry souls of the children upon the real bread of life will be inspired by the higher and larger vi sion of a completed, full-rounded human being as the finished product of training. Not a mere bread winner, a mere artisan, a mere artist, a mere money maker; but one who is incidentally one of these, as the case may require; and one ivho is dis tinctly much more than all these^ namely, a living soul. The distinctive aim of teaching is not, therefore, to enable the individual to make a good living but to enable him to live a good life. The chief fault of the trade school is its low aim. It concentrates all the thought and effort of the learner upon the problem of mere self-support. The typical product of the trade school is a one-idea class hater. He comes to his physical manhood with the belief he has been forced into a little corner of the world by those who wished to reap the benefit of his skill as a workman, and he feels his helplessness in the ehought of fighting his way out to a more indepen dent position. We are forced to admit the expediency of the trade school training. Great num bers of the young are growing up in the cities. Some one must feed and clothe them or they will become public charges. But if they are pushed hurriedly through the trade school and their general culture be neglected, they must be expected in time to join the ranks of the discontented who claim to have been cheated out of their birthright. So the distinctive aim of the school should be that of rounding out the whole inner life of the individual, including as a matter of course the bread-winning quality. In realizing this higher aim of the schools, labor and industry will be dignified and exalted. The chosen call" ing will be consideret) high or low only in proportion as the person occupying it is a puny-minded, one-idead, under-devel oped individual, or an intelligent, far- seeing, broad-minded one. Pres. W. A Keener in Normal Instruc tor. Ponsville, N. Y. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOP, FIRES. Can any real progress be made in check ing our fire waste, enormous as it is. until the man who has a fire ceases to be re garded a as an unfortunate and is looked upon as a public offender? Individual legal responsibiity for loss by fire seems a drastic correction, but is it not the real remedy? Under the Code Napoleon in France a man is held responsible for fire damage to his neighbor. Each fire is investigated and the owner or the tenant of any premises must show he is not responsiblr- for a fire starting in any premises occu pied or owned by him. In France the tenant usually insures by one policy the following items: (1) His own property; (2) The risk of re sponsibility for damage to the building; (3) The risk of responsibiliLy for damage to property of his neighbors, A landlord insures in one policy the follow'ing items! (1) His own property; (2) His responsi bility for damage to the property oi ten ants: (3) His responsibility for damage to the property of his neighbors. Why should not this be so, when 50 per cent, of our fires are due to gross carelessness ? Why should we pay our immense loss by fire when practically two-thirds of it is preventablo by the exercise of proper care and foresight? The loss by fire in JYance is about one- eighth of that in the United States. Nearly all of our cities and towns make some provision for putting out fires after they start. This is wise and all right, and few of them spend enough in fire equipment. Money properly spent in preventing fires will go further in saving life and property, and yet our oflBcials and people do not seem to take it in and do what should be done along this line. In North Carolina less than 50 per cent, of our property is protected by in surance. A loss here falls heavily on our citizens and the State, country, and cities in loss of taxable property whether the fire is caused by malice, carelessness, or thoughtlessness. Insurance Department, Raleigh, N. C. SIGNS OF CONSUMPTION. How to Detect It Early. Be on the lookout for consumption. Four ont of five early cases can he cured, hut onl,y about one out of five late cases survive. The mortality from consumption would be reduced immediately if the dis ease were easily recognized in its early stages. Unfortunately’*, many consump tives go to their graves without knowing that they have the disease until it was too late to make much of a fight. There are a number of signs of con sumption, but none of^ them are infallible. One of the earliest signs is an unwarrant ed tired feeling. Tiring easily is always suggestive of consumption, hut it may also be an indication of many other things. It may suggest hookworms, and we know that some people are “marked for rest.” If one is very susceptible to colds and lias difficulty in “throwing them off,” or catches “one cold on top of another,” he should be on his gard. Whenev'er suspicion is aroused the body temperature should should (be noted five or six times a day, and if the morn- inET tempature is as low as OS and the afternoon temperature as high as 100, consult a doctor at once for a more thor ough examination. While the temper ature sign is not conclusive, it is more reliable than the easily tired symptom. When tlie g^rms of consumption are foiind in the system, no further evidence of the presence of the disease is neces sary. The only trouble is that this is not a \ery early sign. The important thing is to recognize the disease early, so that we may lock the stable before the horse is stolen. Consumption is frequently contracted w'heen one has been closely associated with consumptives, particulary careless, coughing, spitting consumptives, or when one has been otherwise exposed to the disease or to dusty, unsanitary places. We are especially prone to contract the DR. J. H. BROO KS, DENTAL .SURGEON Office Over'Fostei's Shoe Store BLULINUTON, N. C. B. .G 0 0 D M A N The Home of GOOD CLOTHING Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats and Ladies’ GoodiS Burlington, North Carolina. 303 Main Street. disease w^hen we are physically run down, hence the importance of always keeping one’s physical vigor up to the highest standard. So called consumption cures are fakes. They take people’s money, stimulate them for a short time, and leave them in worse sliaiJe than they were before. Fresh air, abundance of good, pure food, and rest, all under the direction of the competent doctor, are the chief factors in the cure of consumption. Free Health Almanac. The State Board of Health is just is suing a free health almanac for 1913. This marks a new departure in health litera- true for this state. The almanac is intend ed to replace the time worn patent medi cine almanac. Besides being an almanac, it gives a lot of valuable information on the common diseases, minor ailments, and just such practical things about health and disease as every member of the fam- il.v should know. Furthermore, it gives a list of the most important dates in the history of North Carolina, which has been especially compiled for this purjiosf- You won’t want to miss the jokes and stories in the almanac, either. The two classes of people that need this almanac are those who are sick and those who don't want to get sick. If that includes you, send a post-car^ to the State Board of Health at Raleigh and ask for a copy of the 1913 Health Almanac before they are all gone. Better do it today. DR. SUMMERBELL AT ELON COL LEGE. President Martyn Summerbell, of Lakemont, N. Y.. visits the College from Sunday, January twelfth, to Wednesday^ January fourteenth, coming in the ca pacity of non-resident Professor ’of Church History and Biblical Literature. On Sunday morninr at eleven o’clock Dr. Summerbell w’ill deliver a sermon based on Romans 8:32, using as a theme Ood s Gift in Jesus. Sunday evening at seven o’clock an address on Christian Education in our Christian Schools promises to be an interesting topic. Monday mornine at eisrht Lecture T. will be given on “The Protestant Prepa- cation in England.” Lecture IL Monday evening on “Henry VIIL and the Break from Rome.” Lecture III. Tuesday morn ing will be on “Henry, Edward and Mary” and Tuesday evening Lecture IV. on “Elizabeth Establishing Protestant ism. ’ ’ Dr. Summembell is one of the most distinguished and scholarly men whom Elon people are permitted to hear and without a doubt. ^ a-oodly number will avail themselv'es of this opportunity.
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