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2 THE ELON! COLLEGE WEEKLY. Friday, June 6, 1913. IHE ELON COLLEGE WEEK LY. 1‘nblished every Friday during the tx)lle?e year by The Weekly Publishing Company. R. A. Campbell. Editor. C. B. Riddle, Business Manager. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. On« year $1.00 Six Months ^ Three Months JO hi Advance. To students one-h*lf of the abore price. Paper issued from Sept. 1, to June 1. IMPORTANT. The ufEccs of publication are 6/ eens- boro, N. C., South Elm St., and Elon College, N. C., where all communica tions relative to the editorial work of the Weekly should be sent. Matter ' relating to the mailing of the Weekly should be sent to the Greensboro office. Entered as second-class matter at th post-ofifice at Greensboro, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1913. was thronged with tremendous crowds. It was a gala day, fifty-two receiving degrees, diplomas and certificates, the largest clus ter of such fortuuates so far in Elon’s twenty-three years of achievement. Prompt ly at 10:30 A. M. the baccalaureate pro cession filed into the Auditorium and the formal graduation exercises began with prayer by Rev. W. 0. Clements. The audience was welcomed by the salu- tatorian. Miss Nellie Sue Fleming, High Point, N. C. Four essays and two orations then followed. The first was an oration by Mr. Ben Joe Earp, Milton, N. C., who discussed football as a sport, the so-called typical American sport, using as his sub ject “Chasing the Pig Skin.” Mr. Earp was a football player during part of his College days, and declaimed boldly against the brutality of this pastime. Mr. A. L. Hook chose for his theme “Hidden Powers,” and spoke of the great forces as silent forces, whose powers could not be seen, but which could not be re sisted. Miss Pearl Tuck paid a glowing tribute to indomitable will-power, thinking that all things must eventually yield to him who thinks he can. Her subject was “He Can Who Thinks He Can.” Miss Virgie Beale spoke of charac*:or as the basis of success and the only g>iar- antee of real attainment, picturing life as a building and character that principlts in it which made it “The Living Structure.” Miss Viola Frazier congratulated those who have had experience in the school of hard knocks and saw a joy as well as n discipline in “The Ministry of Adversity.” Miss Pearl Fogleman made a hit with her militant utterance respecting the treat ment of women at the hands of the gallant sex. She declared that women were the mothers of men and their strength as men was due to their mothers’ characters and personal training and that it was folly to regard women as man’s inferiors. She was warmly applauded when she concluded her remarks by asserting that “Woman hood, the badge of inferiority, shall soon be changed into womanhood, the badge of excellency in every line, and the sons of women will see that it shall be even so.” Miss Virgie Beale, valedictorian of the class, next said farewell to the audience and the part of the class in the Commence ment exercises was over. As soon as she was seated President Harper delivered the diplomas and certificates to the graduates, prefacing his presentation of them with words of admonition as to the place Col lege men and women should occupy in the leadership of modern life, as follows: Bachelor of Arts Viola E. Frazier, Elkton, Va.; Alonzo Lohr Hook, Winchester, Va.; Charles Titus Rand, McCullers, N. C.; Walton Staley Wicker, Elon College, N. C. Bachelor of Philosophy Alonzo Tomlinson Banks, Henderson, N. C.; Janie Lee Beal, Handsom, Va.; Vir ginia Estelle Beale, Windsor, Va.; Ben Joe Earp, Semora, N. C.; Nellie Sue Flem ing, High Point, N. C.; Pearl Fogleman, Burlington, N. C.; Lillian Pearl Tuck, Vir- gilina, Va. Licentiate of Instruction Pearl McKee Jones, Holly Springs, N. C.; Lilian Belle Johnson, Cardenas, N. C.; Isaac James Kellum, Kellum, N. C.; Myr- tie Alice Lawrence, Seagrove, N. C.; Doc tor Travis Surratt, Jackson Hill, N. C. Master of Arts Rufus C. Cox, A. B., Liberty, N. C.; W. D. Harward, A. B., Newport News, Va.; John Lee Johnson, A. B., Cardenas, N. C.; C. C. Jones, A B., Wakefield, Va.; Charles Everett Newman, A. B., Hender son, N C.; Mrs. L. E. Smith, Ph B., Prince ton, N. J.; H. E. Truitt, Ph. B., Defiance, Ohio. Diplomas in Music Orlando M Barnes, Greensboro, N. C., voice; Maibelle Claire Pritchette, Altama- haw, N. C., piano. Certificates in Music Ethel Crews Barrett, Dayton, Ohio, pi ano; Annie Corinne Bagwell, Durham, N. C., voice; Pearl Fogleman, Burlington, N. C., voice; Beatrice Mason, Nashville, N. C., piano; Minnie Reidel, Holland, Va., piano; Hattie Belle Smith, Elon College, N. C., piano. Certificates in Fine Arts Annie Corinne Bagwell, Durham, N. C.; Thelma Clymer, Greensboro, N. C.; Naomi Joyner, Courtland, Va.; Helen Lawrence, Holland, Va.; Larlie May Taylor, Milton, N. C.; Annie Laurie Wicker, Elon College, N. C., Mary Elizabeth Williams, Suffolk, Virginia. Certificates in Expression Nellie Sue Fleming, High Point, N. C.; Viola E. Frazier, Elkton, Va.; Mary Eliz abeth Williams, Suffolk, Va. Certificates in Commercial Department Henderson Cole, Jr., Wilmington, N. C.; James P. Hales, Kenly, N. C.; W. Harvey Pitman, Kenly, N. C.; Lester V. Smith, McLeansviUe, N. C.; Raymond W. South erland, Watha, N. C.; Langston L. Wilson, Mebane, N. C. Honorary degrees were conferred as fol lows : Prof. Edward Myers, Dean of Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio, to be Doctor of Literature. Rev. J. W. Harrell, Portsmouth, Va., to be Doctor of Divinity. Rev. I. W. Johnson, Suffolk, Va., to be Doctor of Divinity. Rev. A. B. Kendall, Burlington, N. C., to be Doctor of Divinity. Rev. C. H. Rowland, Franklin, Va., to be Doctor of Divinity. Rev. J. W. Wellons, Elon College, N. C., the oldest living minister in the Christian Church, South, and who has done more perhaps to infuse the principles of his denomination than any man among us. Dr. C. E. Forlines, Professor of Pas toral Theology in the Western Maryland Theological Seminary, was recognized and delivered the Bibles to the graduating class. Dr. Forlines deplored the tendency in many sections to deny the people the right to the Bible in connection with their educa tion and declared that no college could afford to do anything derogatory of the Book of books. He was of the opinion that few men become great who did not get their inspiration from the inspiring record of Holy Writ. Dr. L. F. Johnson, Raleigh, N. C., in the absence of Col. S. L. Adams, Cluster Springs, Va., giver of the Stanford Ora tor’s medal, presented the five medals which it is the custom of the College to award through its friends who have provided the foundation of them, as follows: Long Scholarship to Miss Virgie Beale, Wind sor, Va.; the Morrow Memorial Thesis to W. S. Wicker, Elon College, N. C.; the Moffitt Essayist’s to Miss Viola E. Fraz ier, Elkton, Va.; and the Stanford Ora tor’s to Hev Beji Joe Earp., M'ltOn, N. C. The Art Exhibit was given this time in the Young Ladies’ Gymnasium on the sec ond floor of the annex of the West Dor mitory and occurred at 3 P. M. Follow ing came the reunions of the Psiphelian, Philologian, and Clio Literary Societies in their respective halls. These reunions were characterized by the usual wit and humor and good fellow feeling. The College Band, besides furnishing music for the graduating exercises this morning, also gave a concert on the cam pus at 6:30 o’clock, occupying the tradi tional place for this function, the College Band Stand. Mrs. J. F. Ruebush, Dayton, Va., of the class of 1901, at eight o’clock charmed her audience in a discussion from the woman’s standpoint of “Universal Democracy.” Mrs. Ruebush said nothing about woman suffrage in her address and it could not be inferred whether she believes in it or not. She discussed the development of democracy in every departmnt of life and that with its spread had come happiness and fulness of life for the masses as well as for the classes. In concluding her magnificent address Mrs. Ruebush said: “Democracy is more than a form of government. It^ is a spirit of life. It is faith that all men are brothers. It is there fore faith in community of interest. It is that faith the Father has given to his children all things richly to enjoy. It is religion of the people, by the people, and for the people. It is education of the people, by the people, and for the people. It is wealth of the people, by the people, and for the people. It is government of the people, by the people, and for the people. In brief, it is the sovereignty of the people in religion, education, and industry no less than in government. “And in the light of this coming World wide Democracy, we look forward to the time when machinery will do the world’s drudgery and man will cease to be a drudge; when he will have time for other things than labor; when the conditions of labor will be sanitary and generally com fortable; when he will share in the profits of his labor; when there will be none so rich that they will have to spend their money on monkey dinners, jeweled coUars for poodles, and gold and powdered foot men; where none will be so poor that they can get no work to do; when all shall recognize the truth that an injury to one is an injury to all, that a benefit to one is a benefit to all. Then shall we ap- j)roach the realization of Tennyson’s fine phrase, the Parliament of Man, the Fed eration of the World.” The Alumni Banquet occurred in the College Dining Hall immediately following Mrs. Ruebush’s address. Over this she gracefully presided as toastmaster, the ban quet going through six courses and con tinuing until 2 A. M. Many toasts were responded to. Rev. H. E. Rountree, Greensboro, N. C., with Prof. A. Lucius Lincoln, Richmond, Va., as alternate, is to deliver the Alumni Oration in June, 1914. PROF. W. P. LAWRENCE HONORED Dean of Men, Prof. W. P. Lawrence of the College Faculty has just received notice of the conferring of the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature upon himself by Defiance College, Ohio. Prof. Lawrence is head of the English Department here and is widely know as an authority in English Literature. AN WEAL COLLEGE Visitors to Elon College, N. C., are com monly heard to remark that Nature has done more to make Elon College beautiful than any other College campus in the South. There is a deal of truth in this as one would readily appreciate were he to view the magnificent campus of twenty-five acres covered with its wealth of stalwart oaks and hickories. But to the bounty of Nature have been added many other fea tures that make Elon College not only one of the most beautiful, but also one of the most wholesome educational institutions in the South. Beautiful winding walks and promenades and ornamental shrubbery help to make the charm of the campus complete. A massive administration building, of model appointment, magnificent dormitories, equipped with steam heat, electric lights, baths and sewerage, two unexcelled gym nasia, and the cooperative boarding facili ties for both men and women reducing the cost of living to a minimum, mark the Col lege as one of the best. Elon College is located to ideal advan tage, combining all the advantages of city life, with none of its disadvantages, and parents desiring safety in a College for their sons or daughters, as well as high
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