THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY.
Frida3', May 9, 1913.
XHE ELON COLLEGE WEEK
LY.
^'ublislied every Friday during tbe
• allege year by
The Weekly PubUehing Company.
a. A. Campbell, Editor.
I.'. B. Kiddle, Business Manager.
A REAL WINNER, NEVERTHELESS part and if we bad a law to make a man b. Goldsmith. She gave this in a most
Voicing the universal sentiment of all work when he and his family need hig' interesting manner. Next on the pro-
who have commented on the matter, we add earnings, it seems to us that such would gram was a reading by Miss Hall. Her
this word touching the case of Jim Thorpe be moie reasonable than to have him or selections were from some of Tennyson s
and the prizes won at the Olympic games his son in the courts for some crime that best poems. JViiss McCauley gave us
last season. True, the committee has seen has developed from an idle hand and some striking selections from Brown-
fit to strip the big Indian of his laurels, brain.
but this only gives us the better view of
his splendid athletic record, and all will
On« year $1.00 proclaim him the best of the whole athletic
Six Months -5® proved it, has won that
Three Monthi 30 place in the hearts of American lovers of
mg's
C. B. Riddle.
‘Men and Women.”
Corresponding Secretary.
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athletic sports and no man nor set of men
nor rule nor set of rules can rob him of
that distinction. He demonstrated beyond
a doubt that he was the best of the world’s
athletes and the thinking people of our
land will refuse to believe his few months
of so-called professional ball made him so.
Ray for the red-skin regardless.
ELON’S CATALOG. TWO IMPOR
TANT CHANGES. AN INTER-
ESriNG PUBLICATION CON
TAINING VALUABLE IN
FORMATION AND
FACTS.
RESPONSE TO TABLE TALK.
Again we are reminded that truth is
stranger than fiction—to some folks.
“Disturbing the harmony of diges
tion” and “Permulceating the finger
nails” are phenomena that our physiolo
gies fail to mention. Evidently they have
just been discovered and, as only one per
son in Elon knows what they are, we can
Elon College, N. C., May 8, 1913.
The catalogue number of the College refute these charges.
Bulletin, the 24th annual number, Ss just Xo deny that we have been forced to
from the press of the Lhristian Publish- g^t in the kitchen is useless, since you
THE BUSY (?) WORLD. ;ng Association. It is larger in extent all have seen us there. (Nit)
We hear a great deal nowadays about ji,an any previous issue, containing 178 'While there, (in our dream), we the
- the busy world and its many activities, panes and showing among other changes, undersigned, have considered well t)ur
Entered as second-class matter at thi We have heard of the rush and push until gf singular import. ( manifold sins and wickedness and we do
-otiice at Greensbi.ro, N. C.
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1913.
we sometimes think everybody is busy. ^lie first of these changes and the one hereby petition the Honorable Faculty
But not so. The work and the push in jh^t will be most welcome in this age that restoie us to our former seats, prom-
this good land of ours is done by a class (.lamors after the practical in education iging on our honor to wear black clothes,
and not by the masses. ig that which provides for the Bachelor tombstone expressions, graveyard winks,
We write this article while being de- Science degree, for which no I.atin or crocodile tears to the end of our col-
tained in a doctor’s office. From our Greek is required, either for entrance to i „e course, and guaranteeing that hereaf-
window we see perhaps a dozen busy college or during the College course. In- jer no waiter shall find it necessary to
But what do we see to compare gtead of these ancient and honored any vehicle larger than a wheel-bar-
or Spanish, row to keep our table supplied with vic-
“lightful little piece
Snow-
nday, but
A WORD TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADU
ATES.
The Weekly has a very large circula
tion among High School pupils and many men,
of them will graduate this year. We this? For mere curiosity we have tongues, German, French,
hope they will not be satisfied with that counted the idle men in front of the stores wiih English will make up the required tuals.
achievement, fine as it is, an achievement in our view and the number is 36. , By language work. This change is expected Wlien we started to read the vivid ac
which only a small per cent, of our young) looking at our watch we find that we have to be far-reaching in its influence and to count of our first Sunday dinner in the
people attain to. V\ e hope they will go been waiting 25 minutes. Had these 36 result in the preparation of a great many West Dormitory kitchen, we could not
on to larger and wider and better prepa- nien been at work during this time they scientific men, who feel that the classical imagine who>y||a[^ so n|||Mjk inside infor-
ration of themselves for lif~ They can would have made 1.') hours time, and to languages are not directly connected with niation, hut win we ca^^% Uie la«t
.lo it if they will. We hope they will. put it on the conservative estimate of theiir life-work. Taken in connection with agraph, the words “1 heard” gave u^th
We would like also to drop another fifteen cents per hour, these men would the two excellent laboratories in Physics pioper clue, and we knew the author
word r ght here, in confidence with these have earned $2.25, an amount equal to the and Chemistry now nearing completion that delightful little piece o:^'
promising young friends: Do not be too S. S. collection of the average church, this hope would appear to be well- none otl:
early to undertake ppefilh of'profession- But suppose we say that on this average founded. Sortth
al work. It is readily graced that this these '30 men have idled away five hours The second of these changes has to do That delicate youth B|ad wrj
is an are of specialization and special- each today, the sum would be ISO hours «-ith the inauguration
ism, but the tendency to begin to special- and at the same rate they would have teaching for six days in the week, rather got stung. So he determined to get
ize too early is a hurtful one and should earned $27.00. This town in which we than five days. The recitation work will job as cook at thi*W^e^ Dormitory kitch-
be discfrded The time to specialize is write has a population of nearly ten begin at 7:50 in the morning and close en in order to be near her at any rate,
after the educational foundation has been thousand, and if the business section of at 1:00 in the afternoon. This arrange- He appeared on the scene just as Nor-
Said deep and rich and solid. You can the town affords as many loafers as the ment will give a much larger time to the fleet asked Heatwolf if he had ever seen
:et this sort of foundation only in tak- small space in front of the window from gymnasium and laboratory work than has a monkey hide,
mg a full college course. which I write, there are at least 300 idle previously been possible. “Sure,” said Victor.
You must not quail at the time it takes men in the town, and at our same figures rPhe catalogue shows that three hun- “W^here?”
for this nor at the cost of it, for all goj|i. these men could have earned $225.00 dred and fifty eight students have ma- “On that monkey coming in the door,”
things come slow and are relatively cost- today. triculated during the College year, from wias the answer, and, when we turned
ly, but you must look at the recompense Just a little further. Suppose these thirteen states and more than a hundred around there stood Appius Claudius,
that is to come to you in the way of en- 300 men lost on an average of twenty counties. , There had been talk current Aunt Mickie took a fancy to him at
larged opporutnity of service and of in- hours a month, this would mean that on the hill of raising the entrance require- once, did him up in one of her own aprons,
creased reward for service. The man they could have earned in one year $10,- ments to fifteen units, or one more than and told him to wait on our table. And
who is to lead next generation will )b«i 800, an amount sufficient to support a the standard College requires, but the that is why Brother Rainey offered up
your man who has his College course missionary in the foreign field for ten catalogue does.not show the change, the that fervent prayer, “Oh Lord, forsake
huilt upon a good preparatory course and years, to educate the young people or requirement of fourteen units as prac- us out in the hour of our affliction.”
Kis specialty resting securely upon both make their homes more comfortable; not tised for many years being adhered to, in Waiting seemed to be his specialty. He
of these. And it is within the reach of^ alone by the plenty from a “bread and company with the other colleges. The waited so long before he got in a mood
«ivery ambitious young person, whether butter” standpoint, but by bringing into usual sixty-nine hours of college work, to work that Myrick wondered if he was
m.an or woman, to have this sort of prepa- the home a spirit of industry. with the graduating thesis exhibiting or- unconscious.
ration for life and its obligations. For fear that some will say that these iginal research, are required of all ean-
In conclusion we may be permitted to men had no employment, we state that didates for the bachelors’ degree.
give in our experience to this effect, that we have thought of this and there is no
we, have never known a College that does excuse wben we familiarize ourselves with “Quid Nunc?”
s) much for its pupils at so little cost the labor conditions of this town. Owing to the ball game Tuesday after-
iis Elon and we unhesitatingly state what Not only in this town in which these noon, the “Quid Nunc?” met at three
we can easily prove, that no student ever lines are penned are men idle and whil- instead of the usual time. On account of
left this seat of learning and culture who ing away the good days, but all over the game the business part of the meet-
‘Oh he’s
said Rountree,
conscious,
“but he doesn’t know a thing.”
•Just then Mrs. Machen sent him down
to Mrs. Battle with a note.
On his return he was asked of he had de
livered it.
“Yes,” was the reply, “But it’s no use
sending that lady notes; she’s as blind
was willing to help himself to a large this land of ours the millions are found ing was made short, but the literary pro- as a bat.”
place of usefulness in life. We are not idleness, developing and making pos- gram throughout its entirety was very “Why, what makes you think that?”
•authorized to say so, but we believe the sible a generation of weaklings, loafers, much enjoyed. asked Mrs. Machen.
SPresident will be glad to prove this in spend thrifts and unappreciated citizens. Miss Dawson opened the program with “Well, I went in and gave her the note
«Terv reader’s case. Write him and see. There is enough work for all to have a a review of “She Stoops to Conquer” and, while she was looking at it, she asked