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THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY.
I'HE ELON COLLEGE WEEK
LY.
1‘uljlished every Friday during the
coileKe year by
The Weekly Publishing Company.
R. A. Campbell, Editor.
C. K. Kiddle, Business Manager.
Then, too, to contemplate on the possi
bility of future citizenship here, to look
over this newly-washed faces and polished
shoes, stiff collars and the like, and think
that from these very ranks must be re
cruited the statesmen, politicians, preach
ers, fathers, wives and husbands of the
future, is but to wish for them that tliey
might forever remain as they are. Fain
the tirst public reading of the excellent
volume.
Dr. Long’s book is to go to the press
in a few weeks and should receive a wide
reading and a ready sale and meet the ap
proval of all Christian workers.
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tions relative to the editorial work of
the Weekly should be sent. Matter
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should be sent to the Greensboro oBSee.
“Clieerily, then, my little man.
Live and laugh as boyhood can,
For all too soon thy feet must hide
In the prison cells of pride.”
Little wonder the Matchless Teacher
bade the multitude to suffer the little ones
to come unto Him, “for of such is the
kingdom of heaven.”
Entered as second-class matter at th(
post-office at Greensboro, N. C.
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1913.
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BUSY
That's about the most often used and
seldom practiced word our language holds.
So easy it seems to follow' the line of least
resistance, to take things easy and trust
to luck or a chance to swindle for the
rest. Ou civilization, locally at least, con
tains by far too many Esaus—fellows who
are willing to part with a whole evening’s
. work and porfit, the birthright of every
“CUAliOE IT’ registered student, for a mere mess of pot-
How easily said, especially by a young, tage in the form of hours (and by hours
promising College youth whose pockets so we mean actually hours) lost lounging
far as cash is concerned, are an actual around the soda fountains and stores filling
‘X»m]ile of what theory knows as a vac- themselves with all sorts of swill and gar-
^um absolute. To be able to say, “Charge bage that the most healthy and hungry
itjg fcnd have the merchant honor same “Billy” in existence could not consume
presupposes a reputation, at without crying out in the midst of Ins
leiSVtor lionesty, either on-the part of the pain and anguish for another and repeated
individual student or his father (usually doses of Kodol. Why is it that these pei-
tlie latter). But tlien, what looks to him sous (we cannot say men) will insist on
a favor and a silent compliment is o'tTiy"loitering away their time that ought to
one ot llie many ways the business man be spent so differently we cannot see. Sul-
who is on the job has ot eliciting more flcient pity is it that all individuals who
lieavy buying, whether same be for fitting have naught of ambition and less hustle
the U^w teeth with boil bons or a vacant and who are so utterly devoid of anything
with chairs. that sounds like manhood, brains and back-
iM xhe get-rich-quick methed is, on the bone, are not subject to the curfew laws
-^(■oiil^ry, "'the pay-as-you-go one. F. W. of old. Would that that grand old cus-
W’^vorth, has built in New York City tom might be resumed in every college
a aiding fifty feet higher than the fam- town.
ous Singer Tower and has the same backed Or if time is not wasted in manners just
by a fifty million dollar combine, which mentioned, worse still it is frequently
building is but a monument to the possi- squandered in the silly practice of writing
bility of nickels and dimes saved and pay- notes, playing toward members of the op
ing cash policy. While clerking in an ob- posite sex, childish efforts to attract at-
scure New England town this wizard of tention, and like the famous legendary
>small coin finance caught a vision of a inhabitant of the Empire State, “with a
new business. He chased that vision from natural aversion to all kinds of profitable
t town to town until at Lancaster, Penn., he labor.” \Vhy is it that so many young-
f secured a foothold where, with three hun- sters have to waste half their lives before
r - dred dollars actual capital and ten millions they discover that ’tis not all of exist-
I in brains he started a business, the like euce to pass the days away nor all of life
i '^hf which cannot be found in our commer- to live in comfort now?
'’/Cial world today. Mr. Woolworth was The policeman on a busy corner who
|\ /enabled to bJiW**the building referred to insists that we must “keep moving” is by
iust because he kept tab on the nickels no means the least of philosophers of his
and dimes and paid his bills as he went. day.
An e.Kcellent lesson here for soda foun-
tain loafers and sweet-cake “toters.” DE. LONG LECTURES
FIRST PRESIDENT OF KLON COLLEGE DELIGHTS
jyTEBlM AUDIENCE OV JIINTSTERS
DoiibUess many were impressed by the i)r. \V. S. Long, Elon’s first President,
THE “QUID NUNC?” LITERARY CIR
CLE.
The newly organized reading club,
known as the “Quid Nunc?” Literary Cir
cle met for their first time on Tuesday
afternoon, April the eighth wit^h Miss
Dawson. Miss Dawson acted the part of
a hostess to perfection.
Tlie first work of the hour was to trans
act some matters of business in the inter
est of the club. The remainder of the
hour was spent with three of our great
English writers, Charles Lamb, Thomas
De Quincey, and George Gordon Joel
Byron. Miss Dawson first gave us a very
interesting paper, comparing the lives
and works of the three men in general.
Misses Hall, Gregory, and McCauley fol
lowed her with more definite discussions
of their separate works, giving readings
from their best selections.
We were all very much pleased with
the first work of our club, and feel that
the meetings would be pleasant as well
as profitable.
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Although our first meeting was one
which we were very much pleased with,
the second one showed an increase in the
work and interest on the part of each
member.
The time on Tuesday afternoon was
pleasantly spent with Keats, Shelly and
McCaulay.
The item most worthy of mention was
the work of Miss Mason. She compared in
a clear and interesting manner, the lives
and works of the three writers. Miss
Newman, with Keats, Miss Utley with
Shelby, and Miss Preston, with MacCau-
lay familiarized us with some of the best
writings of these great poets.
At |the end of the hour, we were all sor
ry that our organization was not blessed
with more members, that we might have
longer programs and more time.
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Friday, April 18, 1913.
a minute to comb his hair. Having con
sumed a inall portion of eternity in this
function he came down to the porch, and
he and Marvin then tor a few seconds
capered about and cut a few shines like
the true sports they were. Marvin did
a few little antics such as popping his
fingers and .Jimmie Lee paid most respect
ful attention while the exercises were pro
ceeding and then applauded most vocifer
ously at their denouement.
At last they started down town and Mar
vin was pulling the llaps out of his pock
ets anil admiring his pretty clothes while
.Jimmie Lee was revelling in the beauty
of his own face which he could see clenrly
defined -in his perfectly shined pumps.
arvin was stepping, .most dandily*«nd
.Timmie Lee was thinking of how hand
some a young man he must be when sud
denly the}' met Misses Ethel Barrett and
Viola Rollings just in front of the Ad
ministration Building. And then of all
the smiles, the sweet looks, and the graces
that can be exercised by mankind, either
male or female, these were the most beau
tiful, the most charming that human eye
will ever be ))erniitted to witness. The
young ladies looked better than 1 ever
saw them look before and I never expect
to see them looking better. The scene
was absolutely fascinating, and the soft,
low greetings which they passed, though
not audible, had—
“Their every tone
As music’s own
And their voice like the morning bird's.”
These precious moments having left the
young men forever and were to the young
ladies to return no more, both .Timmie Lee
and Marvin, ^ iola and Ethel, proceeded
on their way liglitly, sweetly, happily. Jim
mie Lee’s “he, he, he, ha, ha, ha,” will
forever leave its impression on my mem
ory and Marvin^'s look of satisfaction,
pea(« and content—a look that conies only
to the select few—floats before my eyes
even till now. There never was a hap-
liier pair of boys than these two and never
will Elon have so much of beatitude re
flected and exchanged in so short a time
again.
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sight of the rocent closing of public schools .anie down from Chape! Hill Tuesday att
in our village and constrained '.0 drop back grnoon and delivered six lectures on Sys-
over the brief spa", ot years when we as tematic Theology to the ministerial class
they were engaging in pursuits such as Wodnesday and Thursday. Some years
those consequent upon lives of their kind, ago Dr. Long began a book on Systematic
To remember, to recollect, to recall and to Theology, and having recently completed
rehearse in mind again the scenes of our his task, made his lectures on a digest of
own childhood suggested by this sight must this book. The ministerial students of the
have aroused a .dea.Mire' that is slightly College appreciate the opportunity that
akin to pain. Dr. Long has given them in giving them
REVELING IN BEAUTY
There are two proud boys in school;
namely, Marvin Stanford Revell and Jim
mie Lee Beale. What are they proud of?
Of themselves. And well they might he, for
they are the most beautiful boys in Elon.
They are the ornaments of the Dormitory
and the pride of the College. They are the
glory of tliemselves and the joy of the
ladies. They are an honor to the institu
tion and reflect credit upon the faculty.
Now, if one event that shall go down in
the annals of history be more interesting
than another, it is the stroll which was
taken by these two gentlemen from East
Dormitory to the Business Centre of the
city. Jimmie Lee having nothing else to
do called out to Marvin, “Come on, old
sport, let’s go down town.” “Wait a
minute and let me see which cap I want
to wear,” replied Marvin. In about ten
minutes the decision was made, but just
at that time Jimmie Lee, intuitively feel
ing that he should look his best, went for
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THIS HAPPENED IN SANFORD
In a certain town not more than fifty
miles from Raleigh, last week the school
gave a public spelling match. Interest in
the occasion ran high. A leading lawyer
of the town offered his boy a fifty dollar
bicycle if he would win the prize. A
banker wanted his daughter to have it, and
offered her a bicycle also, if she would
work hard enough to win. But in the
town there was a bright, hard-working
little girl whose widowed mother was not
able to offer anything but a mother’s love
and hope and encouragement. Indeed, the
child herself is compelled to work in a
store on Saturdays and after school hours
to help herself along. When the great
spelling match came on, this ambitious,
bright girl was the winner. The others
worked hard, but she worked harder or
had more natural ability in the contest.
And after it was over no one was more
happy over the event than the lawyer and
the banker w'hose children had lost. Such
tilings are not rare in North Carolina.
It is the North Carolina. spirit. Let us
cultivate it. Not only should opportunity
be open, but as in this instance, the praise
and the happiness occasioned by success
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